Below the city, all the Thunderbolt cars that have been famous all over the world have been burned, and the number of casualties has reached tens of thousands. This battle is really a disastrous defeat for Cao Cao.
In the Great Tent of the Chinese Army in Cao Junyingzhai, Cao Cao is summoning various civil servants to discuss countermeasures.
I saw Cao Cao standing above his head blankly, no one could see his inner thoughts, and suddenly asked in a deep voice: "The Wolong in Zaoyang is so powerful, what can you do?"
As soon as Cao Cao's voice fell, the tent was quiet, and no one could break the Wolong Qiangbow with a range of nearly two hundred steps. The atmosphere in the tent was embarrassing, and even Guo Jia, a wise man with many tactics, frowned and had nothing to do. , Compared with the original contenders, it can be described as a world of difference.
Cao Cao sighed at the reaction of the counsellors in the account, waved his hand, and told them to retreat.
At this time, Cao Cao was extremely depressed. He had been in a stalemate with Liu Xun for a month. Not only did he fail to get any benefits, even the Thunderbolt car was completely damaged.
In a blink of an eye, three hours had passed. Cao Cao thought for three hours continuously, but there was no way to break Wolong and force his crossbow. In desperation, he thought of retreating.
He is a sensible person. Although Zaoyang is not as majestic and strong as Yecheng, it is also one of the few strong cities in the world. The most powerful thing about Wolong's strong crossbow is not its power, but its deterrent power, dozens of powerful. The crossbow flew down from the city, its power was terrifying, and it was undoubtedly a serious blow to the morale of the siege soldiers.
What's more, as long as there is a powerful Wolong crossbow, there is almost no room for siege equipment such as rush cars. If you want to use a ladder to attack by force, it is undoubtedly a idiotic dream.
Therefore, in the face of the facts, Cao Cao naturally thought of retreating.
At this moment, it was late at night, and there were many people who were as difficult to sleep as Cao Cao, and the ghost and talent Guo Jia was one of them.
The battle in the morning left an indelible impression on him and made him deeply aware of the power of Wolong Qiangbow. He knew very well that the first thing to do to take Zaoyang was to destroy Wolong Qiangbow.
Otherwise, over time, Cao Jun’s food will be in short supply, and he knows that as long as he captures Zaoyang, he will be able to break the deadlock as soon as possible.
Guo Jia took a deep breath and walked quickly towards Cao Cao's camp.
In the account, Cao Cao still frowned, and continued to think about countermeasures. At this moment, when Guo Jia asked to see him, Cao Cao was overjoyed. Before the soldiers could pass it on, he took a few strides and yelled: "Fengxiao came here late at night. Have a trick to teach me?"
Guo Jia looked ashamed and said in a low voice: "Guo Jia is incompetent, and he has not thought of a good plan for the time being.
The regretful look on Cao Cao's face flashed, and then he smiled heartily, and said with a great deal: "Fengxiao don't rush, a smart plan can't be thought of in a moment, I don't know if Fengxiao is visiting late at night, what's the matter? "
Guo Jia looked at Cao Cao and suddenly knelt down and pleaded: "The Zaoyang battle is related to the future of our army. Please give Jia three days from the prime minister. After three days, if Jia has no good plans, he will discuss the withdrawal of the army."
Cao Cao picked up Guo Jia and said with a smile: "Fengxiao guessed what he was thinking about in his mind. Okay, I'll give Fengxiao three days. You can just ask Wenruo with a quick horse."
Guo Jia smiled and said, "Thank you, Prime Minister!"
Three days, saying that it is not long or not short, for Guo Jia, it was a blink of an eye. In these three days, he hardly closed his eyes.
During the day, he invited Liu Ye to study thundercars together. At night, he would either use the lamp to study the ancient borrowings collected from various places, or he would spend his time thinking about countermeasures.
But it was so easy to destroy the Wolong Qiangbow on the wall of Zaoyang that was as high as five feet.
Three days later, there is still no strategy.
It was late at night that was the last night agreed. Seeing that the sky was shining, Guo Jia couldn't help but become irritable. He threw the bamboo slips in his hand to the side, sighed, and fell into thinking again.
Suddenly, a choking smell of smoke hit his nose, and Guo Jia turned his head to see that the bamboo slip he had just lost overturned an oil lamp.
Because the oil lamp was dim at that time, if you want to read a book in the middle of the night, you must burn two or three oil lamps to see the small characters on the bamboo paper clearly. Of course, there are also people who use a lamp to read, but the book is facing the lamp. Look, this is laborious and dangerous, and the smart Guo Jia would naturally not do such a stupid thing.
Therefore, Guo Jia, who was meditating, did not notice that the light was dimmed. When he found out, the book had already burned with the help of lamp oil.
It's just a small matter, which is not strange in the eyes of ordinary people, but at this moment it has attracted Guo Jia's attention. Suddenly Guo Jia's eyes flashed, thinking of the main points, and shouting: "I thought about it, I thought about it. Up."
After the excitement, Guo Jia immediately put on a coat and walked towards Cao Jun's central handsome account.
Soon, Cao Cao's ecstatic laughter came out from Shuai Zhang.
"If there is Feng Xiao here, it will never die!"
The next day, news of Cao Cao’s retreat suddenly came out from the Cao Jun. The news reached Zaoyang within a moment. Liu Xun heard that he did not intend to take the opportunity to send troops or verify the authenticity of the matter. He just smiled and said lightly. One sentence: "Strengthen vigilance." No longer speak.
One day. Two days. On the third day, except that Cao Jun was packing his luggage at Turtle Speed, there was no change.
Until the sixth day, Cao Jun finally took action.
This night, the sky was densely covered with dark clouds, and even the moon was covered by dark clouds. The earth was completely dark, and I could not see my fingers.
A team of Cao Jun walked towards Zaoyang lightly. At this moment, Zaoyang was sleeping peacefully in the night, like a sleeping beast. Several torches on the city wall were shining dazzlingly in the night.
At this time, something strange happened in Cao Ying. More than 30 people lifted the relatively large Thunderbolt and walked towards Zaoyang with ease.
Five hundred steps, four hundred steps, three hundred steps... One hundred steps, because the soldiers acted very carefully, there was no sound between them, not even a loud breathing.
After an hour and a half, a hundred meters from the northern wall of Wancheng, five smaller Thunderbolt cars were faintly scattered. It turns out that these five Thunderbolt cars were built by Xu Du’s craftsmen when Cao Cao’s army set off based on Liu Ye’s drawings. After the construction was completed, they were sent to the Zaoyang front line. Just arrived yesterday, and it happened to be used by Guo Jia.
"Launch..."
At the order of Xia Houyuan, five thunderbolt cars threw dozens of earthen jars on Wancheng, and there were bursts of'bang, bang, bang, bang' on the wall.
At this moment, the northern sky suddenly heard the sound of horseshoe running away, the sound was hurried and clear, and it was obvious that the person was not far from Zaoyang.
The soldiers who defended the city immediately came to the alert, "There is a situation! There is a situation! Enemy attack! Enemy attack!..." While shouting loudly for all soldiers under the city to go up to the city to prepare for battle, they sent people to inform Liu Xun and rest in the city pavilion. General Kou Wei Yan.
But it was too late. The archer, who was already on standby, lit up the rocket and shot towards the city as early as the chaos in the city.
The kerosene ignites when it meets the fire, and within a moment, the city wall becomes a sea of flames. The archer just shoots a few times and then stops shooting. The outside of the city is suddenly dark and nothing can be seen. Only the thunderbolt car is still fast An earthen jar filled with kerosene was thrown on the city.
The fire is getting bigger and bigger, most of the Wolong crossbows on the city wall are already on fire, the soldiers guarding the city are in chaos, and there are many burning people rolling on the ground.
Wei Yan, who was resting in the city pavilion, was notified by the soldiers that he couldn't even put on his clothes, so he ordered the soldiers to put out the fire.
When Liu Xun and others arrived, Wei Yan had organized a temporary fire extinguishing team. All soldiers were trying their best to put out the fire, but the effect was not very good.
Zhao Yun said anxiously: "My son, let me take a troop down to demolish the opponent's Thunderbolt. The fire can't be extinguished like this!"
Liu Xun calmly said: "No, Cao Cao has a hundred thousand army. If the gate is controlled by the Cao army, Zaoyang will be lost at that time. I remember that the military division once said, "When defending the city, it is best to destroy the fire on the city The method is to pounce on the sand,' and now I immediately order people to prepare the sand."
Soon, a bag of sand was transported onto the city wall, and a piece of sand was sprinkled on the jumping flames. I have to say that the effect of this sand is amazing.
The effect of the whole tank of water is not as good as that of a bag of sand, the sand is instantly reduced when the fire is extinguished, and the fire in the city is extinguished by the sand in less than a cup of tea.
Seeing that the fire was extinguished, Liu Xun breathed a sigh of relief and immediately ordered, "All soldiers with torches, all torches will be thrown to the north."
The soldiers didn't quite understand what Liu Xun meant, but they threw the torch out without any hesitation.
Hundreds of torches took a picture of the situation in the city in a short period of time. Liu Xun looked around and saw that there were at most 10,000 people in the city, and immediately ordered Zhao Yun to lead the soldiers out of the city to pursue them.
Ten thousand cavalry took the initiative as soon as they left the city. Xia Houyuan ordered the soldiers to smash the remaining kerosene on the Thunderbolt. After setting a fire, he led the troops to retreat. Liu Xun saw that the night was too dark and he dared not let Zhao Yun pursue him. Then Mingjin signaled Zhao Yun to retreat.
After half an hour, everything was counted.
Liu Xun smiled bitterly and asked, "How about the loss?"
The owner of Zaoyang, who had just cleaned up the battlefield, replied: "Most of the Wolong crossbows were burned out and cannot be used anymore. Only one of them escaped the disaster. Thousands of soldiers were severely burned, and the rest were slightly burned. , Does not get in the way."
Liu Xun nodded. He sighed: "What a great Cao Cao. In such a short time, he caught the weakness of Wolong Qiangbow, which is heavy and unsuitable for moving up and down. He actually used a thunderbolt to destroy our army's Wolong Qiangbow. It seems this The next time I met an opponent."
Liu Xun was not discouraged because of this, his eyes showed high morale.
"If the order is passed on and the defense is strengthened, Zaoyang's survival is the key to our army's victory and defeat, and it must not be lost."
After the order was delivered, Liu Xun looked into the distance and sighed deeply. Now that the critical moment of success or failure is reached, it depends on who can hold on to the end...