The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 360: Bombardment of Liyang
After the news that Zhang Fei used the Thunderbolt Chariot to block Zhang He in Yanjin last time spread, the emperor immediately came up with the idea of ​​placing the Thunderbolt Chariot on the fighting ship.

"How can there be no cannon on board? If Yide hadn't hit the ship with stones today, I would have almost forgotten about it."

Originally, he just wanted to place the Zhuge Crossbow on the warship so that the firepower of the warship would be enough to suppress Yuan's army.

But now with the Thunderbolt car on board, it is obvious that the word "suppression" can no longer be used to describe it.

"put!"

Zhang Fei waved his hand, and the bowstring of the ship-borne Thunderbolt Chariot made a loud sound. Then it leaped high into the air and smashed towards Yuan Jun’s fighting ship!
“Why are there still stones?”

The Yuan army soldiers on the opposite ship had experienced being bombarded by thunder chariots before. Seeing the stones in the sky, they could not help but sigh again: "Could it be that the enemy army really has the help of gods?"

When the Thunderbolt Chariot threw stones on the shore, some soldiers of Yuan army thought that it was the help of gods, or that there were strong men three meters tall following in the Han army camp, who were able to throw such large stones.

They thought that now that they were far away from the Han army camp, they would no longer be bombarded by flying rocks. However, the huge rocks that appeared head-on proved without a doubt that Yuan Jun's luck was nothing but wishful thinking!

"Don't panic!"

"Don't panic!"

An officer named Yuan shouted loudly in an attempt to maintain order.

But the real danger right now is not the panic of the soldiers.

What is really dangerous is the huge rocks falling from above!

It wasn't just Zhang Fei who triggered the Thunderbolt Chariot just now.
There was more than one Thunderbolt Chariot throwing huge stones on Liu Bei's ship, Gao Shun's ship, Zhao Yun's ship, and Huang Zhong's ship at the same time!

The whistling stones were like meteors from the sky, falling one after another onto the deck of Yuan’s army’s ship.

How could a wooden deck withstand such bombardment?

In just a moment, one of Yuan's warships sank.

After a while, the second and third ships were smashed by the thunder chariots on the Han army's ships, sank to the bottom of the river and disappeared without a trace.

……

Gao Fan, who had just given the order to dispatch the large ship, was now stunned.

Guan Tong also stood there in a daze, staring blankly at the flying stone bullets.

"They actually installed the gun carriage on the ship..."

At this moment, despair is not enough to describe their feelings.

When it comes to close combat using small boats, the soldiers from Hebei are not as well adapted to water battles as the soldiers from Jingzhou.

Using a large ship to suppress the enemy from a distance, the enemy directly moved the Thunderbolt Car onto the ship and dealt a crushing blow to the ship...

"Son of Heaven, you really don't fight a battle without preparation."

Since the emperor has already chosen the site of the decisive battle on both sides of the river, how can we not have a plan to deal with it?
Gao Fan was full of bitterness at this moment: "We lost the water battle."

"Retreat immediately and send the remaining ships downstream to Yin'an to conserve strength."

"The rest can only be handed over to General Zhang on the shore!"

Yuan Jun also formulated a detailed battle plan.

First use Gao Fan and Guan Tong's navy to resist. If they cannot resist, they can retreat first.

Because on the shore, there were halberd warriors led by Zhang He and Gao Lan guarding the place.

There is Yuan’s army’s last line of defense!

As for the purpose of the navy's blocking, it was only to consume as much of the Han army's manpower and morale as possible.

But as the emperor moved the Thunderbolt Chariot onto the warships, the Hebei navy couldn't even consume a single bit of energy.

The news that Gao Fan and Guan Tong had to retreat soon reached Yuan Shao in the rear.

Yuan Shao looked up at the sky.

Only one hour had passed since the Han army set out!
The navy of Hebei couldn't even stop the imperial army for an hour!
But when Yuan Shao heard that the emperor on the other side actually moved the Thunderbolt Chariot onto the warship without following the moral code of war, he also sighed.

"This is not the fault of Gao Fan and Guan Tongzhan! This is Meng De who misled me!"

Yuan Shao has also recently figured out the origin of the Thunderbolt Chariot.

When Yuan Shao learned that this thing was invented by Cao Cao to deal with the emperor, Yuan Shao almost vomited blood!
It was obvious that this item didn't play much of a role when Cao Cao attacked Liu Bei, but now it was moved to Hebei and caused such terrible casualties to himself?
"Mengde, Mengde."

Yuan Shao sighed for a while, but forced himself to calm down, and asked Guo Tu to send wine and meat to Zhang He who was fighting on the front line, as a way of encouragement.

When Zhang He saw Guo Tu, he looked at the wine and meat in his hands, and shook his head helplessly and bitterly.

"If Mr. Yuan had treated us Hebei people so well earlier, how could we be in this situation today?"

"Guo Tu, you used to be the best at giving advice to Lord Yuan to check and balance us Hebei people. Now that we are in this situation, do you regret it?"

Perhaps Zhang He had already realized that this battle would be his last and also his last meeting with Guo Tu, so he said some things that he had never said before.

"If Lord Yuan had always trusted us and had not allowed you, his so-called confidants, to stir up trouble, why would there be so many incidents and disagreements in Hebei?"

"Mr. Yuan, please go back and ask Mr. Yuan for me, does he regret it now?"...

Guo Tu did not expect that Zhang He would say this in public, and say it so bluntly.

But thinking about it carefully, there was really no need to hide it now. So Guo Tu simply looked directly at Zhang He, without a trace of fear or regret in his eyes.

"If Lord Yuan really does what you say, wouldn't he be the second Han Fu?"

"Since you can sell Jizhou to Lord Yuan, you can naturally sell it to others."

"Zhang He! Let me ask you! If the one attacking Hebei today was not the emperor who wanted to kill all the noble families, but Cao Cao! Would you surrender to him directly today? And sell out Lord Yuan completely!"

Guo Tu was Yuan Shao's confidant and close friend, and he understood Yuan Shao's situation very well.

"If Lord Yuan doesn't work hard to check and balance you, and support his loyal retainers to fight against you, then what is the difference between Lord Yuan and a puppet?"

"So, neither I nor Lord Yuan regret treating you like that!"

"The only thing I regret is that Lord Yuan didn't have a character like Dong Zhuo by his side to get rid of all of you and bring complete stability to Hebei!"

Most of the generals around Zhang He came from prominent families in Hebei.

After hearing what Guo Tu said, they all glared with anger, wishing they could go up and chop Guo Tu into pieces!

On the contrary it was Zhang He.

After hearing Guo Tu finally shout out what he had been holding back for ten years, he actually burst into laughter.

"Guo Tu! You are so brave! You said what Yuan Gong didn't dare to say!"

"What a pity, you are not from my Hebei province, otherwise I would be very happy with your personality and would definitely make friends with you! We wouldn't be enemies like we are now!"

Zhang He smiled and bowed to Guo Tu: "Now that we have talked, please go back and report to Lord Yuan."

"At this point, I have realized that if we really let that emperor cross the river and seize Hebei, everyone will die, including me!"

"Just as Lord Yuan had to fight this battle, I, Zhang He, also have to fight this battle now!"

"If Lord Yuan sees my flag fall from the rear, he doesn't have to wait for me and can just lead his troops to retreat!"

"I just hope that Lord Yuan will consider that I, Zhang He, was once a pillar of the Hebei court and hide my son Zhang Xiong among the people so that he will not be captured and killed by the emperor!"

Guo Tu nodded: "After all, I still hope that the general can win and reunite with his son when he returns home!"

Zhang He smiled but said nothing, but did not give Guo Tu a clear guarantee.

Faced with the emperor's method of using troops that was like a devil, the only thing Zhang He could hope for now was that luck would be on his side.

Apart from this, there is no other way!

"Oh!"

With a loud bang, Zhang He came to his senses.

The Han army's offensive has begun!

"Avoid the stone bullets! The enemy's warships are not deep in the water! That means there are not too many boulders on them! As long as we wait until the stone bullets are all gone, it will be our chance to counterattack!"

Zhang He took a look at the Han army's warships and immediately made a judgment.

"Find cover! Wait quietly!"

Just as Zhang He observed.

The bombardment from the opposite shore lasted only a few times before the Han army's warships stopped firing. It was far less exciting than the shooting on the water just now.

Seeing that the Han army had run out of stone bullets and that Han soldiers were stepping down the ladders from the boats one after another, Zhang He issued another order:

"Let the halberd warriors go forward and block the ferry!"

Now that the Han army has run out of stone bullets, the next step is nothing more than close combat!

Zhang He was confident that his halberd soldiers were no worse than any other infantry in the world!
But at this moment, the low sound of a mechanism being activated startled Zhang He, and he looked up in astonishment.

There were no soldiers on the approaching warships of the Han army.

Instead, there were countless crossbow arrows with flashing sharp edges showing their arrowheads, looking ferociously at the halberd soldiers who were already lined up in neat formation beside the river bank!
"withdraw!"

Zhang He wanted to give the order, but it was too late!
Zhuge Crossbow fired at full power on the battlefield for the first time!

Ten crossbow arrows were fired continuously and densely from the boat at Yuan's army on the shore. In just a moment, all the Hebei halberd soldiers in the front were shot into sieves!
This is the real purpose of equipping the ship with Zhuge Crossbow!

If something can be accomplished with weapons, we will never let the soldiers risk their lives to accomplish it!
Several fighting warships surrounded the Liyang ferry. Zhuge Crossbows kept roaring, clearing the ferry below that was surrounded by Yuan's army.

Unfortunately, the damage rate of Zhuge Crossbow was too high. By the second round, more than half of the crossbow arrows had been visibly reduced.

Zhang He had no time to feel sad for the halberd soldiers who had died in the previous battle. He hurriedly urged the soldiers in the rear to take over and block the ferry that had just been exposed.

At this moment, a Han army warship had quietly approached the dock, and soldiers got off the ship one after another.

And what these soldiers carried on their backs was not a general's flag, but just two simple blood-red characters:

[Trapping Chen]!
(End of this chapter)