Chapter 778: Disturbed Cao Cao's Spring Festival
To the north of Chang'an City, the Qin army camped in the horns. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
When the weather quietly warmed up, Cao Cao was still unaware of it, and was in his imperial tent, hugging two beautiful women and being happy.
The two beautiful women were the widows of his two generals, and Cao Cao had promised them before they set out on the expedition that if they died on the battlefield and died for the Great Qin, Cao Cao promised to take care of their wives and children.
Cao Cao, as the Emperor of Great Qin, naturally did what he said.
So, after the two generals died in battle, Cao Cao fulfilled his promise and adopted their sons as adopted sons, and their beautiful wives were also raised by his side and raised on his dragon couch.
Cao Cao hadn't been so comfortable for a long time, and since he was defeated by the potters in Hongnong, he had been depressed and dignified, and he was no longer so interested in the joy of bed.
And now, Cao Cao is grateful to his excellent eldest son Cao Ang in his heart.
It was his precious son who turned Chang'an City into an impregnable iron city with a plan to cover the city with a solid ice, even if the potters concentrated thousands of heavenly thunder cannons, they could not shake it.
The city of Chang'an has been determined to be invulnerable, and it has been defended by his son as a city that can never be breached, and the intelligence from the north also shows that Liu Bei's army is moving south step by step, threatening the northern border of Wei.
As for the potter, he obviously sensed the threat from the north, and he received information that the potter had to send nearly 50,000 troops to the north for reinforcements.
On the surface of all kinds of signs, the overall situation of the world has changed dramatically, the good luck of the potters has been exhausted, and the balance of victory is tilting towards their side.
All he Cao Cao had to do now was to continue to act as a horn for his son, and continue to hold on to the city of Chang'an, until the potters were burdened by the threat from the north and had to retreat.
At that time, he could launch a large-scale counterattack, take advantage of the situation to regain the lost territory, and drive the potters out of the land of Great Qin.
Even, he could cooperate with Liu Bei's southward offensive, fighting the potters and the north and the south could not take care of each other, and the army entered the Central Plains again......
All these turnarounds and all the bright prospects are all because he has a good son who defended Chang'an City for him with a whimsical plan to cover the city with ice.
"Ang'er deserves to be my eldest son, only he is the most like me, Pi'er is still a little inferior to him, it seems that I have made him the crown prince is right......"
"As for Ang'er's letter, I want to marry Ma Yunlu as the crown princess as soon as possible, although I am a little anxious, but in this situation, marrying Ma Yunlu as soon as possible can also make the Ma clan more caged, so that they can serve me with peace of mind......"
"Ma Chao's sister is indeed beautiful, she is really a lovely person, if I had known that she was so beautiful, I would not have given marriage to Ang'er, and I would have been in the palace by myself, but now that the wood is in the boat, I can only be cheap Ang'er......"
Cao Cao lay flat on the big dragon couch, hugging two beauties left and right, muttering to himself, his thoughts were flying, thinking about all kinds of blueprints, imagining that if Ma Yunlu did not marry his son, but was accepted as a concubine.
Thinking about it, Cao Cao suddenly felt that the temperature in this tent seemed to have risen a lot unconsciously, which made him feel a little stuffy.
"What's the matter with you, what are you doing with so much charcoal, and you want to die of heat?" Cao Cao, who was lying on the couch, kicked off the quilt and scolded the palace maid who was waiting in front of the couch.
The palace maid trembled in fright, and hurriedly whispered: "Back to Your Majesty, the slaves and maids did not add firewood, but the temperature outside suddenly rose sharply, and even the snow on the ground melted, so the tent was a little hot." ”
Snow melts and temperatures plummet?
Cao Cao was stunned at first, then his expression was shocked, and he suddenly jumped up from the gentle countryside, jumped out of the house, and rushed out of the imperial tent before he had time to put on his thick clothes.
Lifting the curtain, Cao Cao actually felt a warm wind blowing in his face, and looked around, but saw that the sky was high and the clouds were light, and the wind was warm, and the feet that were originally covered with ice and snow had turned into mud all over the ground at some point.
Cao Cao was taken aback, obviously not expecting that the weather would suddenly change abruptly, just when he was in the tent, it suddenly warmed to such a level.
Cao Cao suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly looked in the direction of Chang'an City, although it was a few miles away, he could still see that the dazzling cold light reflected by the original ice-covered Chang'an City, I don't know when, it had become no longer so dazzling.
The weakened reflected light means that most of the ice walls in Chang'an City have melted.
This is an extremely dangerous sign!
"Quick, quickly spread the Fa Zheng and others to come to the imperial tent to discuss matters, immediately!" Cao Cao turned around and returned to the big tent, and hurriedly put on his clothes.
A moment later, when Cao Cao had just dressed and sat down, Ma Chao, Fa Zheng, Xu Huang and several other civil and military officials had already arrived in a hurry.
Before they could speak, Cao Cao asked in a reprimanding tone: "The temperature has changed suddenly, and the ice walls of Chang'an City have melted, why don't you report such a dangerous thing early?" ”
The ministers glanced at each other, and Fa Zheng stepped forward and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't worry, it is the end of winter and the beginning of spring, and it is common for the weather to be warm and cold. ”
Cao Cao Shicai was also nervous for a while, only to realize that the situation was serious, at this time, Fa Zheng was so relieved, calmed down and pondered carefully, and his nerves suddenly relaxed.
"I ...... I'm just worried that the pottery thieves will take advantage of this opportunity to attack Chang'an City. Although Cao Cao still had concerns, his words had obviously calmed down a lot.
"Then Your Majesty is even more worried......
Fa Zheng smiled disapprenorovingly, Fang said: "The weather is warm and cold, in less than two hours, the weather will inevitably turn cold as soon as it is dark, if the pottery merchant wants to take the opportunity to attack the city, he must prepare in advance, you know, he just transported those heavenly thunder cannons to the front of the city, it will take at least more than an hour, not to mention the mobilization of 200,000 troops out of the camp to form a formation, and when he is ready, I am afraid that the sky is already dark, and the ice wall of Chang'an City has long been re-solidified, what is the use of him attacking the city again." ”
"Yes, Fa Xiaozhi's point is reasonable." Even Xu Huang, who had always been calm, nodded and agreed: "Unless the pottery thief can see through the changes in the sky and predict in advance that the weather will get warmer, if he can really do that, wouldn't he really become a god." ”
Fa Zheng and Xu Huang, after you say a word to me, and after a sigh of relief, Cao Cao's worries were completely dispelled.
After pondering for a moment, the corners of Cao Cao's mouth swept up with a self-deprecating smile, and he brushed his hands and said: "You are reasonable, this time it is indeed that I have thought too much, even if the pottery thief is cunning and scheming, how can he calculate the sudden change in temperature." ”
In the imperial tent, the atmosphere of worry was swept away, and the atmosphere was relaxed again.
Xu Huang said again: "But having said that, the minister thinks that it is better to send someone into the city to remind the prince and let him be on guard." ”
The voice fell, and without waiting for Cao Cao to speak, Ma Chao said disapprerovingly: "Xu Gongming, you also underestimate the prince, with the wisdom of the prince, how could he not take precautions?" ”
Xu Huang was speechless for a while.
Ma Chao smiled at Cao Cao and said: "Since Your Majesty let the prince guard the city, it means that you are full of confidence in the prince, and I believe that the prince will be wary of this little thing, if Your Majesty sends someone to remind the prince, it will show that you don't trust the prince." ”
"Well, Meng Qi is right." Cao Cao nodded again and again, "Ang'er is both wise and brave, and assisted by Xiahou Yuanrang and others, I believe that I have long been wary of this sudden change in temperature, so why should I take this extra step to remind him." ”
Bang bang bang -
Cao Cao's words fell, and there was a sudden sound of deep bombardment in his ears, and even the ground under his feet shook slightly.
Cao Cao changed color, Ma Chao changed color, Fa Zheng changed color, and the monarchs and ministers of Great Qin suddenly changed their expressions, and their eyes shot in the direction of the south.
Boom, boom, boom
The sound of bombardment returned, for example, several times stronger, and the ground under his feet was also shaking, as if a meteorite had fallen.
Immediately afterwards, Cao Cao and others saw that the direction of the east gate of Chang'an was covered by dust and mist, covering the entire city wall.
The Wei army is bombarding the east gate of Chang'an!
Cao Cao suddenly woke up, his face suddenly changed, and he hurriedly said: "What's the matter, didn't you say that the pottery thief didn't have time to prepare for the siege, what's going on?" ”
Fa Zheng also looked confused, but he hurriedly relieved: "Your Majesty, don't worry, this may be because the pottery thief only transferred part of the heavenly thunder to bombard my east gate in order to gain time, he does not concentrate a thousand heavenly thunder cannons, how can he break my city wall, Your Majesty does not need to worry too much." ”
Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief at this time, but he didn't dare to underestimate it, so he hurriedly sent the scout to rush away to find out.
The scout rushed away, Cao Cao stood outside the camp gate, looking at the dust and mist rushing to the sky in the direction of the east gate, listening to the more and more violent bombardment, his expression became more and more solemn, and his heart gradually rose to his throat.
Moments later, the scout returned, bringing back a shocking news:
The potters have exhausted their 200,000 troops, thousands of heavenly thunder cannons, and are facing the east gate of Chang'an, launching a bombardment of the sky and the earth, and the city wall of the east gate has lost the protection of the ice and is already crumbling.
"What!" Cao Cao changed color in shock, as if he had been struck by lightning, and his body shook violently.
The left and right Fazheng Ma Chao and others were also shocked, all of them were stunned and dazed, looking incredulous.
"In such a short period of time, how could the pottery thief mobilize a thousand heavenly thunder cannons, this is absolutely impossible, unless the pottery thief has long expected this sudden change in temperature!" Fa Zheng looked incredulous and yelled at the scout.
The scout hurriedly said: "How dare the little one lie about the military situation, the Wei army does have thousands of heavenly thunder cannons bombarding the city, and our city wall has been cracked in several places, but I am afraid that it will not be able to support it." ”
There was an uproar.
Up and down the Qin Kingdom, up to Cao Cao, down to Fa Zheng, there was deep horror in his eyes.