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Swallow!

"Swish, swish, swish——!"

Suddenly, a roar broke through the sky, and a powerful rapid sound of breaking through the air was heard above the battlefield in front of the formation.

Immediately afterwards, burning fireballs soared into the air, swept past the battlefield of the chariot formation, and headed straight for the Xiliang Central Army cavalry roared and attacked.

"Attack of the turbulent tank! Did the Allies launch a catapult formation?"

Mu Ran looked up and saw the fireball roaring in the sky. Li Li's expression suddenly changed and she exclaimed in dismay.

"The trap camp is aligned to guard the central army, the giant shield defense array, and raise the shield!"

Just as Li Li spoke out loud, Gao Shun, the commander of the camp of the camp, made a quick decision and ordered the heavy armored infantry of the camp to raise shields in front of the central army to prevent the enemy's fire from disrupting the central army's team.

The soldiers of the trap camp moved in response to the sound, forming layers of semicircular superimposed giant shield formations within fifty steps in front of the central army formation for several breaths, defending the central army's formation.

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!"

The reaction of the trap camp was undoubtedly extremely rapid. As soon as the formation was formed, hundreds of tiny oil tanks were welcomed. With a loud bang, more than half of the tiny oil tanks did not reach the predetermined range, and they broke into the open space in front of the Xiliang Army formation, scattering all over the sky, dust and scorching flames. Only about 30% of the tiny oil tanks were relatively in front of the Allied wing formation, and then attacked a hundred steps away from the Allied wing formation. Therefore, these "cannonballs" (i.e., tiny oil tanks) could reach the predetermined range and whistled and fell sharply in front of the Xiliang Central Army formation.

In an instant, with the loud "bang" sound, nearly a hundred tincture tanks hit the Xiliang Central Army, but were intercepted by the hidden shields held above the heads of soldiers in the camp. None of them were left out of the central army's combat cavalry by the giant shield.

"Boom boom boom boom!" As the turbulent oil tank suddenly burst, the broken tiles and thorn iron chips contained in the tank flew into the sky, as sharp as a sharp blade. They flew up and shot everywhere, and the burning flames scattered wildly, with flames splashing everywhere, extremely hot and extremely lethal. Therefore, although the soldiers of the trap camp raised their huge shields to form a dense semicircular giant shield formation, they still could not completely block the powerful impact of the turbulent oil tank when it exploded. Hundreds of soldiers were hit by tiles or turbulent oil splashed on their bodies. Nearly a hundred soldiers were killed on the spot, and more than 200 remaining were injured or burned, causing considerable losses.

"Fill in the gap quickly and quickly restore the formation to prepare for another battle!"

In the middle of the camp, Gao Shun responded calmly without changing his expression. After the first round of the tincture tank fell, he immediately directed the soldiers to carry away the dead and injured soldiers, and then quickly blocked the gap, restored the formation, and prepared to face a new round of tincture tank attacks.

"What happened to Yuan Benchu? Was he crazy? The two armies have not yet launched a full-scale attack, and the two armies are still fighting in front of the formation. Why did he send a catapult so quickly to launch an attack? It's so weird and completely unreasonable!"

Just below the Xiliang Army's flag, watching hundreds of heavily armored infantry in the trapped camp die in front of him. Li Li stared at the Allied camp opposite the battlefield with a blue face, and said in confusion.

At this time, the generals who were supporting Li Li on the left and right were the main generals of the Western Liang Army. On the right were the right wing chief generals Zhang Liao, Pang De and Cheng Gongying, and on the left were: the left wing chief general Dian Wei, Qubei and Li Zheng. At this moment, the generals standing behind Li Li were the central generals, and they were more than ten generals including Li Zhi, Huan Fei, Dong Yue, Huang Lie, Xu Chu, Chen Dao, He Yi, He Man and Guan Gu. In addition, the deputy generals and other generals of the left and right wing war cavalry were all on standby. Once they saw Guo Jia on the commanding platform waving the flag, they immediately rushed to attack.

"Don't be anxious, don't get angry."

Seeing Li Li very angry, Zhang Liao immediately comforted him, then looked at the Allied battle formation and the Allied Cast Cartridges that were protruding from both wings, and thought about it: "As the lord said, Yuan Shao's move was indeed contrary to common sense. In the last general's opinion, the Allied forces used the catapult cart to attack too early, and perhaps it would be a must to force him to take this worst. Moreover, Yuan Shao sent the catapult cart formation at this time. This itself shows that he had no intention of siege in this battle. The thousands of siege armors behind the Allied Central Army were actually bluffing and decorations. The Allied forces had only one purpose, which was to confuse the public, so that we mistakenly thought that the Allied forces were sure to win. After defeating our army, they then captured Hangu Pass in one go."

Speaking of this, Zhang Liao showed a smile on his face: "So, I think that the Allied forces use the catapult formation at this time may not be a good thing for our army. At least its appearance directly exposed Yuan Shao's true intentions."

"Well? Bluffing, don't you plan to capture Hangu Pass?" Li Li was slightly stunned, Gu Zi pondered, then turned his head to look at Zhang Liao, and asked thoughtfully: "Wen Yuan thinks that Yuan Shao's real intention is? Is it just to disrupt the formation of our central army and then to cover up the attack? In my opinion, Yuan Shao should not be so naive. It would be too whimsical to shake our central army's combat cavalry if he just casts the stone carriage! Do he think we are all dead people and let him do whatever he wants?"

"What the lord said is very true." Zhang Liao nodded happily when he heard the sound and said respectfully: "As far as the general thinks, Yuan Shao will naturally not be so naive that he can disrupt our central army's combat cavalry by just a catapult; otherwise, he would be arrogant and too self-righteous. Since this is the case, then he had only one real purpose for him to do it, that is, to try to force our military cavalry to attack in full swing. In other words, Yuan Shao sent out the battle chariot formation one after another, and the intention of the catapult formation was the same, that is, to lure more than 100,000 combat cavalry of our army to take the initiative to attack his 240,000 central army's six-horse formation!"

"Why didn't Yuan Shao take the initiative to attack, but instead wanted our army to take the lead in attacking?" Li Li raised his eyebrows and pondered.

"This???" Zhang Liao was stunned when he heard the sound and hesitated: "Mo Jiang is stupid, and he has not yet thought of the reason. However, Mo Jiang is very confident, that is, why Yuan Shao did this, he must have some intention. Otherwise, he would never easily reveal that the Allied forces had no intention of attacking Hangu Pass, nor would he be so stupid that he would have exposed hundreds of catapults to our military cavalry. You must know that these catapults drove to more than a hundred steps in front of the formation, and our military cavalry could destroy them all with just one charge. As for why Yuan Shao insisted on luring our army to attack the large formation of the army, Mo Jiang had no idea. I wonder what medicine he was selling in this gourd?"

"Well, what Wenyuan said is reasonable." Li Li nodded slightly, frowned and pondered for a moment, then looked at the catapult formation on both wings of the Allied Army coldly and said in a deep voice: "The power of the catapult of the Allied Army is far less powerful than that of the Xiliang Army's catapult. The range is only 270 steps, and it is at most about 300 steps, which is not enough to pose a threat to our military cavalry. The range of our catapult car is at least 250 steps. If this kind of tincture tank that is only the size of a pumpkin instead of a huge rock, the range can reach more than 300 steps. If our catapult car array is heading in front of the formation, it can directly fight the Allied Central Army battle formation, which will make them in chaos."

Speaking of this, Li Li's speech suddenly stopped. Then he turned around and looked at He Yi behind him, and ordered: "Immediately send Bo Cai to the Stone Cattoist formation to fight and directly attack Yuan Shao's central army!"

"I hope, I will obey the order!" He Yi took the order happily and immediately led his horse to the rear army.

As soon as He Yi left, Dian Wei whispered with a worried look on his face: "It is good to attack the enemy's catapulted cart, but now General Hu Cheer is leading the chariot array to fight bloody battles. When our army's catapulted cart is ready, Hu Cheer must have led the chariot array to rush into Yuan Shao's central army; by then, the turbulent oil tanks will be scattered and the rocks are flying, and it will inevitably hurt our soldiers by chance."

"What evil says is not without reason. I wonder if you have any solutions?" Li Li nodded and asked.

Dian Wei shook his head gently and said, "Apart from leading the army to attack, the generals really can't think of a better way. Originally, the chariot formation was a suicide squad that had never returned. If they all died in the battlefield, it would be considered a place to die. However, if they died tragically under our army's catapult, the generals felt sorry for them. After all, these chariot soldiers were all warriors from a hundred miles away, and they died in vain in their own hands in vain. But the generals couldn't bear it and couldn't accept it."

Li Li nodded slightly and immediately said, "That's true. Every chariot soldier in our army is a carefully selected brave man. His combat power is not inferior to that of a centurion or a team leader, and he is not afraid of death. He is a rare good soldier in the world. If he is hit by a catapult of our army or is affected by a tinder tank, it is indeed a great regret and regrettable."

Speaking of this, Li Li's expression changed and he ordered solemnly: "Dian Wei obeyed the order. When our army cast a stone car to the front, Longxiang Camp will fight immediately. Be sure to rescue Hu Cheer and then attack the right-wing cavalry of the Allied forces! In this battle, be sure not to be careless, because the enemy you are facing is the wolf cavalry under Lu Bu. Therefore, the task of Longxiang Camp in this decisive battle is to defeat the wolf cavalry head-on while preserving its own strength as much as possible. Fortunately, Lu Bu has been severely injured by the flying tiger and his combat power is limited. He is definitely not an opponent of you and Li Zheng. As for Yuan Shao's central army and other wars, it has nothing to do with you Dian Wei and the soldiers of Longxiang Camp."

"Uh! This???, the last general will take the order." Dian Wei was stunned after hearing this, and he was very puzzled by the last words of his lord Li Li, but after seeing the unquestionable expression on Li Li's face, he did not hesitate and immediately accepted the order and left.

Watching Dian Wei leave, Zhang Liao whispered with confusion: "The lord's move seems to have other profound meanings. I'm sorry, I'm stupid. I wonder if the lord can make it clear?"

"No, after the catapult attack is completed, I will lead the army to fight in person!" Li Li's deep eyes looked coldly at the princes in front of the Allied Forces and said in a deep voice.

"Ah! The lord personally led the army to attack?" Zhang Liao's expression changed and said anxiously: "This is not, no! The lord is a body of thousands of gold, how can he take risks in person? The last general is willing to die and lead the army to fight. Please take back the lord's life!"

Hearing Zhang Liao's anxious voice, Li Li did not look back, shook his head slightly and said, "I have decided, Wen Yuan doesn't need to say much. Somehow, every time I see the central army formation behind Yuan Shao, I always feel a little uneasy, so I want to go to the formation to find out and see what Yuan Shao's plan is!"

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Chapter completed!