Chapter 308 (1/2)

Break Yuan

Thousands of horses galloped towards Shouchun Xu Shu looked at the large ar defenders on the wall He felt that he was fortunate for the walls to be present If it were not for that, his subordinates would have already been routed

Xu Shu took a deep breath He needed to provide the men with morale or else the scared soldiers would not be able to protect Shouchun

“The target is the Xiliang Cavalry!” Xu Shu saw the Xiliang Cavalry approach They had entered the range of the ballista but prevented the soldiers fro at that reater

Xu Shu waited until he could see the faces of the riders before he swung his hand down “Fire!”

The first volley was fired Although the Xiliang Cavalry’s heavy arular arrows, they were torn through like paper before the ht of the ballista

The attack e arroere too powerful It pierced through up until the seventh row of e forward and fill up that e our brothers!” Hu Che Er shouted loudly Such severe dae would usually hurt morale but instead, it provoked their ferocity

“Cory The arrows from the ballista did not slow the!” Xu Shu ordered The ballista continued to shoot instead of stopping for a while

This ti Cavalry turned clear “What!” Zhang XIu’s was at the end of his tether His eyes seeht in a perilous situation This was because each of the twelve ballista shot about ten of the large arroithin a shortCavalry

No ood the horse was, they were still wearing heavy ar reaped like rice being harvested Before this, Zhang Xiu had believed that the threatening power of the ballista was greater than its offensive power But now, not only was its offensive power even greater but its threatening power evenCavalry cry out for their parents They could no longer fill up the s and escaped with their horses All of theo out like that Those pierced by the large arrows did not die iether with their organs They would have to watch theic Even the ferocious XIliang Cavalry could not take it even thoughdescend They were people that have faced terrors like the ballista since they were children This is from the stories told by their ancestors

“Retreat! Spread out!” Even an idiot like Hu Che Er knew that charging in was no longer an option The ballistae on the wall had shot over two hundred of the large arrows The casualties was in the thousands These were not the Qingzhou or Yuzhou troops where their deaths were not of iht if only the soldiers were killed but both the armor and horses would also be lost It could be said that each Xiliang Cavalry h to equip fifty light infantries

The lossesXiu’s heart ache When he loss two thousand of the Xiliang Cavalry from Liu Bei’s ambush, he was compensated with five thousand provision, two thousand horses and two thousand heavy armor However, the ones lost here could not be co Xiu felt regretful but Liu Bei was calh he was shocked by the ballsita, he had already prepared hi

Right now, Pang Tong was no longer by Liu Bei’s side He was at one side of the cahtered The ballista on the walls had his undivided attention He would not caught unprepared a second time and he could still remember the events on that day

“Sir Did you see it?” Pang Tong suddenly yelled to a young ent but prideful , respect However, he noed to a young man and even called him sir

“M-Military Advisor I… I did not see it clearly” The youngster was shy but his eyes burned with radiance when he looked at the ballista on the walls

“You did not see anything?” Pang Tong was a little disappointed and felt a little bit frustrated The youngster noticed Pang Tong’sfor the worse and sh I did not see it clearly, I found hoe could restrain it” The youngster said again when he could not bear to see Pang Tong’s disheartened expression

“You have a way?” Pang Tong’s eyes shi+ned Pang Tong had called him sir because this man was learned in e Liang This was the reason behind Pang Tong’s attitude to this inally, he dis defeated He noanted to learn this again but it was too late Kong would also not bother with him Fortunately, his uncle had recommended this youth to him

“Military advisor Do you still re to recall

“Are you saying…” Pang Tong’s eyes lit up

“Yes We use catapults1!” The young man nodded The catapults was not developed by hi and the surviving soldiers fro’s rock ballista He copied and then iht that it would not be needed on this trip to Yangzhou but now seeood ti Tong felt doubtful There were many areas the trebuchet needed to be improved on despite the blueprints On top of that, inally, Pang Tong wanted Liu Bei to give an order so that a rock ballista would be plundered and given to the youngster for development However, it seee is not enough but if we get closer, we could still hit the wall!” Shouchun was eighty feet tall and the moat was a dozen meters wide The trebuchet would be able to hit the walls when used outside thenodded and ran back to where Liu Bei was

“da XIu was very annoyed His ten thousand Xiliang Cavalry was prepared to show off his strength to Liu Bei and to shut the mouth of the Liu Bei’s Ar Xiu lost more than a thousand heavy cavalry It was very costly

“Milord Let us White Eared Soldiers go and try!” Chan Dao cupped his fist at Liu Bei

“White Eared Soldiers?” Liu Bei frowned The moat had to be filled or Shouchun cannot be attacked However, the ballista had caused the Xiliang Cavalry to fall into a sorry state Would the White Ar Xiu, Liu Bei only had five thousand of the White Eared Soldiers He would feel distress if he lost them However, many more would perish if he did not send theht of it Liao Hua was simple He had only just become the head of the Yuzhou Ar so much responsibility on his first day So, he lowered his head and avoided Liu Bei’s gaze On the other hand, Zhang Fei also knew that soldiers were needed to kill the enehed

While Liu Bei was in a dile came over and said, “Milord Order a retreat I have a plan!”

Liu Bei’s eyes flashed He then waved his hand to order the retreat

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While the battle continued at Yangzhou and Yuzhou, the sa at Guandu