The breeze is light and there is a hidden smell of oil.

"My lord, what is that? According to the old practice, shouldn't this time be logs and fire oil? ”

Xiahou Yuan drove his horse to Cao Cao's side, pointing to the spotted bamboo tubes in the hands of the soldiers and the black curtain on the city wall, with a look of surprise on his face.

However, Cao Cao did not pay attention to his brother. His complexion was as dark as the coal mountains of Taiyuan, and the air of the Bohai Sea was as solemn, and he could already smell a hint of crisis in the wind.

At the beginning, in order to be able to shake Liu Bei's restless heart, he can be said to have made a bloody investment, will all this be a castle in the air and a moon in the water?

During the ten days in Baoxin City, he not only conducted various deductions on tactics with Cheng Yu and others, but even summoned strange people from all sides to create a batch of shields on their heads for the first batch of soldiers who landed in the city, which could greatly prevent being burned by the flying fire oil.

The shields were on the backs of the soldiers, but they seemed to be completely useless at the moment.

For the oil had flowed down the walls and ladders, staining the armor of the soldiers, and their clothes, their lives, and the oil were closely linked.

Sure enough, without waiting for Cao Cao's order to retreat, Liang Gang shouted violently, and hundreds of archers abandoned their bows and lit fires, throwing torches along the city. Hundreds of torches cut an arc in mid-air, like a meteor shower falling from the sky, leaving a brilliant light in the sky and falling on the ladders and soldiers.

"Boom!"

Sparks can start prairie fires, flames rise in the wind, and the ladders and soldiers begin to make "crackling" sounds.

Immediately after that, one star, two stars, three stars... Countless cold stars suddenly lit up on the city wall, like thousands of stars suddenly appearing in the quiet galaxy, and the crackling sound condensed into a thunderclap in an instant, and the ladders and soldiers were ignited at the same time, and a red line of defense was immediately cast on the city wall.

Poison burns flames, smoke and flames.

The ladders groaned in the fire, and the soldiers were hysterical in the flames, but unfortunately the oil had already surrounded them, and they had no way out.

In addition to waiting for death, there is only death, rushing to the city wall and hugging the enemy to die together!

Countless soldiers fell into the fire, and countless soldiers endured the pain in their hearts and struggled to climb up.

Unfortunately, falling off the ladder is certainly a death, and climbing the ladder is not necessarily a way to live.

The flames had already followed the ladder and the city wall to the mouth of Banzhukou one step ahead of them, and the fire oil flowing from Banzhukou was ignited again, like a group of dragons spitting fire, and seventy or eighty flames sprayed towards the head that had just emerged from the mouth of the arrow.

I don't know if there is an iron sheet installed at the mouth of the bamboo, which can keep the fire out, all the bamboo tubes are in the direction of the arrow stamping, and clusters of fierce flames spray out of the bamboo tubes.

Screams and wails.

The armor burned, the beard burned, the hair burned, and the whole body burned.

The soldiers looked at the cannibalistic fire in front of them, and weakly let go of the weapons in their hands, turning into char burned by the fire and falling backwards, and from time to time there was a sound of "bang" falling to the ground.

Smelling the smell of burning in the fire, listening to the chaotic voices of the soldiers under the city, and looking at the stunned and frightened expressions of the soldiers under the tent, Cao Cao suddenly burst into tears.

Before our swords are properly equipped, we are already rivers and lakes when we go out. We are still in the era of slash-and-burn farming, but Yan Xiang has already grasped the heat weapon. Where is this special fire oil, this is a musket that kills people!

Of course, the bamboo tube is not a hot weapon, let alone a gun, but it is definitely of epoch-making significance.

"Withdraw your troops!"

Cao Cao lay on his horseback in a dejected manner, and he no longer had the strength to complain, and the accident and injury that Yan Xiang brought him was really shocking. Coming back happy and returning home, maybe it was his sketch at this moment.

"Lord, you can't withdraw, you can't withdraw!"

Xiahoudun, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Le Jin, Zang Ba and Cao Chun hurriedly knelt in front of Cao Cao in a circle.

Xiahou Yuan also tightly grabbed Huang Feidian's chew, and there was no longer the arrogance on his face, only tears and resentment were left on his face: "Lord, you really can't withdraw, the brothers died too miserably, we must avenge them, otherwise we won't be able to give an explanation to the brothers when we go to the underworld in the future!" ”

Xiahou Yuan burst into tears, and Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren and other generals were deeply affectionate.

The adjutant generals, captains and soldiers in the formation could no longer hold back the grief and indignation in their hearts, all the panic was put behind them, and they all knelt on the ground: "Lord, if you don't succeed, you will become benevolent, please give us another chance, if this time we can't take Yiyang and kill Yan Xiang, the dog thief, we are willing to come and see us!" ”

The voice was first depressed and low, then gradually confident and high-pitched, and finally converged into earth-shattering thunder.

Cao Cao couldn't help but be moved: the war on the head of the city has not been extinguished, and the soldiers on the ladder are still breathing, but the soldiers under the tent are ready to go forward and succeed.

Since the brothers are so powerful, is my Cao Cao a bad seed!

With a wave of the Qingyu sword in his hand, a bundle of long hair fell to the ground from Cao Cao's head, Cao Cao sat on horseback, pointed at the head of the city with his sword and swore an oath: "The big-eared thief is cunning, Yan Wenji Liang Gang and others are cruel and unkind, and the brothers also died in Huangquan because of the dog thief."

Cao swears here today that if he can't take down Yan Xiang and cut off Liang Gang's head to avenge his brothers, what face does Cao have to go back to Qian County to meet our fathers and fellow villagers? Brothers, are you willing to follow Cao to meet our dead heroic spirits? ”

"Go together, go together!"

"I want to go with my lord!"

Everyone raised their weapons in unison and shouted loudly, like a thunderbolt.

Cao Cao's hands pressed down gently, and the field was suddenly silent, but a young and firm voice came from behind him: "... Raise your hand to catch the flyer, lean over and scatter the horse's hooves. Cunning than the monkey ape, brave as a leopard... Donate your life to go to the country, and see death as if you were going home! ”

Cao Cao looked back and saw an eight- or nine-year-old child sitting on horseback and singing with his head held high under the support of Cheng Yu.

That child was his third son, Cao Zhi Cao Zijian, who was famous in history.

It turned out that Wang Li's birth not only completely disrupted the course of history, but also changed Cao Cao's fate.

After Wang Li became the ruler of Luoyang, Cao Cao lived for a period of time with the Bian family, that is, Empress Bian, the mother of Cao Pi, Cao Zhi, Cao Zhang, and Cao Xiong in history.

Maybe Dong Zhuo has fled to Guanzhong Hedong and no longer has half of the pressure, or maybe it is full of warmth and lust, Cao Cao was full of firepower during that period of time, and the two brothers Cao Pi and Cao Zhi actually came to the world one after another in front of the historical records.

The eldest son Cao Ang is still in the Yanzhou army with the army, and the second son Cao Pi is sitting in the county with his mother Bian and Mrs. Ding, and this third son doesn't know if it is because Cao Cao likes it or has the intention of exercising, so he has been staying by his side, even this march is no exception.

In fact, Cao Cao was reluctant to withdraw just now.

For him, time is more important than anything else, he doesn't know anything about the battle situation on Xu Zhu and Dian Wei's side now, and he must take Yiyang before Guan Yu's soldiers praise him. However, the morale and morale of the officers and men in the battalion had to worry him.

Fortunately, after all, Xiahou Yuan is an old brother who has followed him for many years, so he naturally understands his thoughts, and a few words completely reversed the soldiers' idea of retreating, and Cao Zhi's babbling words are even more miraculous.

The Qingyu sword was raised again, and Cao Cao roared angrily like a dragon's groan: "Donate your body to go to the country, and see death as if you were going home, brothers, follow me to cut off the dog head of Liang Gang Yanxiang!" ”