The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 354 Volume Give Him a Trick
"General Gao, long time no see! Have you made any progress in martial arts recently?"

Before the people arrive, the sound comes first.

Gao Shun had met Zhang Fei once in Chang'an before and knew that Zhang Fei was an amazing martial artist.

But at this moment, it is impossible to charge into battle. What can Zhang Fei do even if he comes?

Zhang Fei hadn't noticed Gao Shun's abnormality yet, and walked up to him enthusiastically and gave him a bear hug: "This time we can finally cross the river, head to Hebei, and return to my hometown Zhuo County!"

"I buried a few jars of fine wine in the yard of my hometown. I don't know if anyone has discovered it. If it hasn't been discovered... Hehe! General Gao, don't worry. I will not leave until we are drunk!"

Facing the enthusiastic Zhang Fei, Gao Shun also forced a smile unconsciously: "It would be great if I could drink the wine from Yide's hometown. Although I don't drink alcohol on weekdays, if the war is over, I will drink with Yide."

Zhang Fei laughed out loud and was about to praise Gao Shun for his heroism when suddenly there was a sound of gongs and drums outside, which made Zhang Fei feel annoyed.

"Where did this broken gong come from? If it doesn't call you during the day, what will it call you at night?"

"It's Zhang He."

After Gao Shun explained Zhang He's strategy, he could not wait to ask Zhang Fei: "Yide, are there any reinforcements coming?"

"Gone."

"Gone?"

Gao Shun stood up suddenly and said, "How could this be? There are still tens of thousands of troops in the Central Plains. Can't some of them be transferred over?"

Now Zhang He is bullying Gao Shun because he has too few troops.

If support could arrive here, Gao Shun would have the confidence to continue holding on and prevent Zhang He from getting close to Ji Jin!

"It's really gone!"

Zhang Fei explained to Gao Shun: "I heard everything your majesty arranged."

"My eldest brother left 10,000 of his 20,000 troops to my second brother, and asked him to guard Yuzhou. Then I asked Lu Bu to lead his cavalry to support Bai Ma."

"What about the rest?"

Even so, there should still be the 10,000 soldiers under the command of Pang De and Pang Tong.

It should be possible to allocate 10,000 troops to support Yanjin, right?
"Did the emperor bring all the remaining troops to Luoyang?"

"Luoyang?"

Gao Shun paused for a moment.

"Why go to Luoyang at this time? Are you going to ignore Yanjin?"

"it's not true!"

Zhang Fei encouraged Gao Shun, saying, "Your Majesty has said that Zixun's Xianzhen Camp is the best in the world. I believe you can definitely stop Zhang He and live up to His Majesty's trust! So for the time being, I was sent to help!"

"..."

When Gao Shun heard the emperor's praise, he was happy for a while, but he immediately became depressed.

"I am afraid I will disappoint your majesty's expectations."

"Zhang He is indeed a famous general from Hebei, very smart and resourceful."

"If he builds more fireboats tomorrow, I'm afraid he will be able to completely destroy Yanjin!"

Zhang Fei also looked serious: "Is it really that serious?"

"Is it really that serious?"

Gao Shun was at his wits' end at this point.

"If we were to fight head-on on a plain or mountainous battlefield, I would not be afraid of Zhang He."

"But now I am defending the ferry, and there is no navy outside to stop us. How can I prevent a general like Zhang He who is good at making clever changes?"

In a head-on combat, Gao Shun is invincible!
Even Gao Shun can guarantee that——

In a one-on-one situation, he couldn't beat Lu Bu.

But in the situation of 500 vs. 500, he could be on par with Lu Bu.

If it was a one-to-one-thousand situation, Gao Shun would have a chance to defeat Lu Bu!
But now both the terrain and the combat objectives are not favorable to Gao Shun, which makes Gao Shun fight very frustrated.

Zhang Fei also pointed out the key point: "Is it possible that Zixun is only worried about Zhang He's fire ships?"

"If I can smash Zhang He's fireboats... do you think you can hold on to Yanjin?"

Smash the fire ship?

Gao Shun just thought that Zhang Fei didn't know how to fight on water.

"Both the warship and the canoe are very stable in the water. How can they be smashed?"

"Don't worry about it, just leave it to me!"

Zhang Fei's rough face smiled in a frightening way: "Leave it to me! I promise that Zhang He's fireboats will not get close to the ferry!"

……

The next day.

As expected, Zhang He led his troops here again early.

Many of the warships can be seen to have been modified at a glance, and are obviously fire ships that can burn directly.

"We must take down Yanjin in one fell swoop today!"

It had already been three days. If it dragged on any longer, the imperial troops left in the Central Plains might arrive. Zhang He was also afraid of more trouble, so he simply issued a death order.

"Bang the drum!"

Countless warships that had been converted into fireboats rushed towards Yanjin, and an atmosphere of hundreds of ships competing with each other, all things competing, and vitality filled the air!

This time, with these fire ships, they will definitely be able to destroy Yanjin and hinder the imperial army! As the fire ships arrived in the middle of the river, Zhang He knew that the war was over!
Just now.

A thunderclap suddenly exploded in the air!
It's thundering?
Zhang He looked up in confusion and found that although the sun had not yet risen and the sky above his head was vast, it was still cloudless.

"Where's the sound coming from?"

"General! Look!"

Suddenly, some of the soldiers around cried out in surprise. Zhang He looked in the direction of their gaze and was shocked to find that countless huge rocks were falling from the sky!
The terrifying boulders smashed down in large numbers, not only creating countless large holes in the river and stirring up water splashes several feet high, but also directly breaking many huge fireships in half and sinking them into the river!
"Why is there a huge rock in the sky? Could it be that the Han army on the other side is being helped by gods?"

"No, not a spirit!"

Zhang He forced himself to calm down and looked towards the Han army camp on the opposite bank.

It turns out that it is not a god!
Instead, they were a series of strange-looking, yet terrifying-sounding artillery vehicles!

The other side.

Zhang Fei was also showing off to Gao Shun: "This was made by a strategist named Liu Ye under Cao's command."

"At that time, Cao Cao used this thing to attack us at Yingshui River, forcing my second brother to retreat from the high ground. Later, after defeating Cao Cao, military advisor Kong Ming dismantled this thing and showed it to me, and I also remembered how to make it."

Zhang Fei wanted to imitate Zhuge Liang and stroke his beard and fan himself, but he found that his beard was as hard as steel needles. He could only smile awkwardly and let it go.

"Cao thief brought out this Thunderbolt Chariot to deal with us, but who would have thought that we would use it to deal with Yuan Shao now! If Yuan Shao knew about this, he would probably turn against Cao thief!"

Gao Shun, who was standing by, looked at Zhang Fei with great admiration after seeing how countless huge rocks were thrown out so easily by the Thunderbolt Chariot.

Looking at Zhang Fei's appearance, Gao Shun always thought that Zhang Fei was just a reckless man with no strategy.

But Gao Shun was really surprised that Zhang Fei was able to create something like the Thunderbolt Chariot overnight.

“You can’t tell a person by his appearance!”

Gao Shun bowed to Zhang Fei in shame.

"I saw Yide's rough appearance and thought he was a fierce general like General Lu, but I didn't expect he had such a strategy... Gao Shun admires him!"

Zhang Fei thought Gao Shun was praising his bravery, saying that he was on par with Lü Bu, and laughed again: "Zixun is such a talker!"

At this moment, the Thunderbolt Chariot had completed the first round of shooting, causing half of Zhang He's fireboats to sink to the bottom of the river.

Zhang Fei smacked his lips in dissatisfaction when he saw this: "What a pity! If there were a few more Thunderbolt Chariots, I'm afraid one round would be enough to smash all these boats into the river and feed the fish!"

Gao Shun was very satisfied with the result: "The rest of the structure of the Thunderbolt Chariot is easy to make, but the tendons for launching stones are hard to find. If it weren't for the strong tendons in the Puyang government treasury, it might not be possible to make it."

"And even if there are still half of the fire ships, does Yide think they will still attack?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Fei looked towards the river and found that the Yuan army soldiers on the fireboat were in a panic.

"It was the gods who dropped the stone from above!"

"It's not a god! It's not a god! It was thrown over here from the camp on the other side of the river!"

"That's right! I just saw with my own eyes a three-meter-tall strong man appear on the other side and throw a rock at me! If you lie to me, my whole family will die!"

"..."

No matter which one it is, at this moment the Yuan army soldiers on these fireboats just want to go home!

In the panic, some Yuan soldiers accidentally set fire to the haystack on the bow of the ship.

"on fire!!!"

The fire caused panic again, and the Yuan army soldiers on the boat simply abandoned their boats and allowed the burning ship to crash into other fire ships again.

The Yuan army soldiers on the other fire ships were also furious when they saw this: "Don't come over here!!!"

But the ship still collided with other fire ships, causing the fire to spread further and spreading the chaos completely!
All Yuan army soldiers were forced to abandon their boats and swim towards the shore with difficulty in the turbulent river.

While Zhang He was giving orders to rescue the soldiers who had fallen into the water, he was looking at the Thunderbolt Chariot on the opposite bank in horror.

The appearance of the Thunderbolt Chariot not only meant the failure of this fire attack.

It also means that ships from Hebei will no longer be able to cross the middle of the river!

Even a tower ship cannot withstand the stone bullets from the Thunderbolt Chariot!

After some hesitation, Zhang He decided to report the situation to Yuan Shao truthfully.

The battle to capture the Yanzhou ferry ultimately failed.

There is only one thing Yuan Shao can do now - that is to think about how to defend the river and prevent the imperial army from setting foot on the land of Hebei!

……

Just as Zhang Fei made the Thunderbolt Chariot to help Gao Shun successfully defend Yanjin, Emperor Liu Xie also returned to Luoyang.

After arriving in Luoyang, Liu Xie did not stop, but continued to march westward with his dragon flag.

Guo Jia, who was accompanying him, was a little surprised when he saw this: "Your Majesty, are you going back to Chang'an?"

Liu Xie smiled but said nothing, just covered his head and continued his journey westward until he arrived in Hongnong.

"Fengxiao, have you always been wondering how I can transport Henan's army across the river to Hebei after I burned the ferry and ships at Mengjin?"

Guo Jia nodded.

Although he could see at a glance the court's strategy of sending troops from Luoyang, he didn't know how the emperor would send the army from Henan to Hebei.

Even if we have secured the ferry crossing in Yanzhou, without boats, how can the army cross the river?

Liu Xie smiled slightly and motioned Guo Jia to look down.

"Fengxiao, do you know why I had to wait until winter to send out the troops?"

(End of this chapter)