Spoiling History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Since the victory in the Battle of Jingxiang, Huang Zhong and Guan Ping have been stationed in Duyang City.

It borders Jingyu, with Funiu Mountain and Fuyu Mountain in the north and south.

To control and defend the two states, the road is narrow for more than 40 miles, and it is a battleground for both north and south.

When Huang Zhong and Guan Ping came, there was only a small county called Duyang, which was not enough to control the roads to stop Cao's thieves.

Huang Zhong, a local, knew this well, but after all, there were very few conflicts between the two states of Jing and Yu, so there was no need to worry about it here.

And for Jingzhou, whether it is Xiangfan or Jiangling Jiangxia, it is much more dangerous than Duyang.

But now the situation is different. So after cleaning up Cao Jun here last year, Guan Ping, Huang Zhong and others followed Guan Yu's example in Jiangling.

While sending troops to resist Cao's soldiers, he also built a new city to hide the supplies and defend the powerful enemy.

"Cao Jun is going to make a big move again."

The color of the new soil on Duyang City Wall is still quite obvious. Huang Zhong stood on it with a slightly solemn expression.

Guan Ping said nothing but nodded slightly.

During this period of time, the two of them had a pleasant time cooperating in Duyang. Guan Ping specialized in training troops and building the city, and Huang Zhong was responsible for defending the city and pursuing pursuits. The old and young were harmonious, and Duyang was still as stable as Mount Tai to this day.

Only since July, Cao's army in the direction of Yuzhou has fallen silent. Huang Zhong would have been out of the city to pursue with his bow and horse every day, but now he has been idle for a long time.

Being on the front line of the battle between Cao and Liu, and both of them being considered veterans, they understand this situation all too well.

The scouts retreated to keep up with the mobilization of the legions, the defenses retreated to avoid leaks, and the longer the silence became, the more unsettling it became.

It wasn't until one early morning in September that the silence was broken by Huang Zhong's scouts:

"General Huang, Cao Jun!"

Huang Zhong and Guan Ping hurriedly climbed up to the city to take a look, and couldn't help but gasp in the cool morning air together.

Cao's army came overwhelmingly from the east, like roaring waves crashing on the shore, and could not be seen beyond.

Even though Cao's army has suffered a losing streak for more than a year and has struggled to win, the sights seen with the naked eye now clearly let Huang Zhong and Guan Ping know what later generations called "one mine to attack nine mines."

"General, if the bandit army marches in large numbers now, they will be arrogant. It would be better to go out of the city to attack them."

"The thieves are embarrassed and are encircling Yang, so they can hold on and wait to respond to General Yunchang. If the thieves go straight to Wancheng regardless of the situation, they can follow up and attack to weaken the spirit of the thieves."

The strength of Cao's army made everyone look stern, but there were still some people who were not afraid and went out to fight.

"Liu Min is so brave!" Huang Zhong did not hide the admiration on his face.

This cousin of Jiang Gongyan is not a boastful person. He joined Huang Zhong's command and fought in Xiangyang Pingxinye successively, and his performance was remarkable.

After arriving in Duyang, he became very knowledgeable about city defense and was praised by Guan Ping.

The attack strategy proposed at this time was not without purpose. Due to the stability of Duyang and the heavy troops garrisoned by Guan Yunchang in Bowang County at the rear, the two cities formed a posture of watching and helping each other.

Liu Min's suggestion is also appropriate. If Cao Jun is in charge of Duyang, he will cooperate with General Guan Yunchang inside and outside.

But what disappointed Liu Min was that after Huang Zhong praised him, he did not hesitate to lead his cavalry out of the city, cruising close to Cao Jun to harass him.

"That's Huang Zhong?"

Seeing that every time the leading white-bearded general drew his bow, Cao's army would fall in the camp, Xia Houyuan hissed, lowered his head and asked around.

This cavalry was not many in number, but they could all draw their bows immediately, and they could always keep a subtle distance from Cao Jun when advancing or retreating. Cao Jun's scouts came out of the formation and were shot to the ground. The soldiers surrounded each other slowly and inevitably missed. Xia Houyuan actually felt anxious, accompanied by an inexplicable feeling of grievance:

There were six Cao troops attacking Wancheng via Duyang this time. Why did Huang Zhong hit his troops alone?

Staring at Huang Zhong, what emerged in Xia Houyuan's heart was what Zhang Fei said, "Giving someone's head".

Although he felt dissatisfied, seeing Huang Zhong's powerful bow retreating in every direction, and then thinking about the death of Le Jinle Wenqian, Xia Houyuan honestly lowered his body again.

Although the powerful bow was powerful, its arrows were limited, and Huang Zhong's rangers were still few in number. After Xiahou Yuan frequently mobilized his troops and horses to form formations to press against each other and used long bows to plunder the formation, he finally forced Huang Zhong's rangers back to Duyang.

After breathing a sigh of relief, Xia Houyuan looked at Duyang again, and then led his troops to continue westward towards Wancheng without hesitation.

This veteran was extremely brave. He was also around sixty years old. Now his three-stone bow is still difficult to draw. Huang Zhong could still draw his horse's bow and kill the enemy in response to the string. Le Wenqian's death was not unjust!

Before setting off, Cao Ren, the commander-in-chief of this route, proposed that Xiahou Yuan lead a force to surround Yang, but Xiahou Yuan rejected it without hesitation.

Instead of leading the army alone to face Huang Zhong and Guan Yu's son Guan Ping, he would rather serve as Cao Ren's subordinates and fight against the fierce and powerful Guan Yu!

Xia Houyuan can still tell which one is more important and which one is less important.

Now seeing Du Yang being left behind, Xia Houyuan just wanted to laugh. He felt that the three words "giving someone away" that Zhang Fei joked were getting farther and farther away from him.

After returning to Duyang City, Huang Zhong climbed back into the city without taking off his armor. Standing on a high ground, he had a panoramic view of Cao's army's movements.

Cao's army swept in like a wave and moved slowly towards the back of Duyang City without stopping. It was obvious that he did not intend to waste time on Duyang, but wanted to go directly to General Yunchang to fight.

But Cao Jun obviously did not intend to let the defenders in Yangcheng threaten their retreat:

Dozens of strange-looking ordnance were pushed to the foot of Duyang City by Cao Jun with great efforts, and a group of Cao's soldiers began to busy debugging them.

Such a battle immediately made Huang Zhong and Guan Ping a little nervous - no wonder they were nervous. After all, when it comes to the power of engineering ordnance, Liu Bei's generals may be all too aware of it.

Nowadays, even Lei Xu, who maintains law and order in the rear area, can praise the engineering creations of Military Advisor Zhuge and Mrs. Huang with a few sentences when drinking in his spare time: "A gentleman is born without exception, and he is good at fake things."

But soon, the debugging of Cao Jun's weapons relieved the tension in their hearts.

A stone about one foot tall was thrown high after more than a dozen people worked together to pull the ordnance, and finally hit the waistline of Duyang's city wall, leaving a shallow mark.

Cao Jun, who was in charge of besieging Duyang on the opposite side, suddenly burst into enthusiastic cheers, causing Huang Zhong to become somewhat silent:

Not to mention throwing stone bullets into the city, you can even make a dent in the city wall...

Guan Ping said in a somewhat uncertain tone:

"This thing...could it be the thunderbolt car that defeated Yuan Benchu?"

After the rise of engineering in Gong'an County, Zhuge Military Advisor and Mrs. Huang naturally searched for various ordnance and tried to imitate and dismantle it. Among them was the Thunderbolt Chariot used in the Battle of Guandu, so it was also known to Guan Ping.

But now that I see it, I feel disappointed.

Huang Zhong's response was even simpler:

"Mount the crossbow!"