After the war, more than 3,000 prisoners of war were housed, and in just one day, more than 1,000 died?

Well, in this era, the mortality rate of the seriously wounded is not high at all, and it can be said to be very low. Chen Cheng could have saved some people, but he was annoyed by Cao Jun's style of slaughtering cities at every turn, so he left the matter of sheltering the wounded soldiers to Yan Xing to deal with.

At this time, I heard that so many people died in one day, and I thought that it was almost enough, and the rest of the people, even if they were guilty, would be sent to mining or planting cotton. He said to Fa Zheng: "I'll go to Xiaowang Village to have a look, and you can continue to count here." ”

Fa Zhengdao: "Why don't I go with the lord?" ”

Chen Cheng smiled: "What are you going to do?" It's good to help with some military affairs here. ”

He left Ma Chao and Pang De in the barracks, only took Bao out of the team of guards, and rushed to Xiaowang Village in the rain. The village has been converted by the soldiers into a huge barracks, a large hospital. Two hundred horsemen came out of the rain curtain, which immediately aroused the alarm of the guards at the entrance of the village.

On the enemy tower set up high, Wu Chang grabbed the horn beside him and shouted loudly; "Who?"

Bao stepped forward and shouted: "The general is here, immediately remove the antlers!" ”

Captain Wu poked his head out, carefully identified it, and saw that it was indeed the general himself, so he climbed down and worked with several soldiers to remove the antlers blocking the road. The horses ran over the muddy roads and into the village.

Chen Cheng didn't need to do anything else, just walked around the hospital, and then found a grass shed to squat. Nothing was left to chance, and by the second day, many of the seriously injured had gotten better, and by the third day, most of their wounds had stopped suppurating, and had basically become ordinary minor injuries.

Even if there is inflammation and lead poisoning, it will get better quickly. After the rain stopped, Chen Cheng said a word to Yan Xing, and then returned to the camp. After the sky cleared, they waited another day, and when the ground was dried, the army launched an attack on Cao's camp and fortress.

In the past few days, Cao Cao urged his soldiers to continuously strengthen the camp, and in addition to thickening the barriers, he dug a number of trenches outside the camp and put several heavy antlers, hoping to block the enemy's attack.

After being beaten by artillery, Cao Cao thought a lot, but those strategies were useless. In the face of absolute strength, no matter what the strategy is, it is not easy to use. Even Cao Cao, Guo Jia, and Xun Yu can only choose to stick to this one.

They sent more spies to Guanzhong to find out what kind of new weapons were being used by the imperial army. At the same time, he urgently sent people to Xiangyang, Huiji, Changyi and other places to lobby the princes from all walks of life, wanting to form a unified front against the imperial court.

But before the envoys returned, Chen Cheng had already led the army to kill them. The tooth soldiers methodically spread out the battle formation, and then set up their cannons, and there was a burst of bombardment at the Cao army camp on the edge. Even with several antlers, even with thick barriers, it can't stop the cannon's direct fire.

More than 10 kilograms of artillery shells smashed the barracks made of mud and trees, collapsed the towering enemy towers, and crushed bloody roads in Cao's camp. Because Cao Cao's army did not have the weapons and measures to counter artillery, Chen Cheng could deploy Napoleonic cannons very close and then fire with impunity.

After only four rounds of shooting, the Cao army in the camp had already collapsed, and they opened the camp and rushed towards the rear. But Xiliang Tieqi had long been eyeing the side, how could they be allowed to retreat so easily? The cavalry launched a surprise attack behind them, cutting down the enemy to the ground piece by piece.

In one day, Chen Cheng led his army to destroy three Cao army camps, killing and capturing more than 4,000 people. That night, the army was stationed in the captured camp of Cao's army. Cao Cao led people to launch a night attack, Chen Cheng had already prepared, the artillery only roared once, and the powerful army that had swept through Yuzhou collapsed, and I don't know how many people fled without a trace in the dark.

The next day, Chen Cheng continued to march with his army, surrounded a camp of Cao's army and began to bombard it with artillery. Once the barracks were flattened, the people hiding inside would face a massive massacre of shotguns. Cao Cao was unwilling to lose, and took advantage of Chen Cheng's army to gather more than 50,000 people from the rear and launch a surprise attack.

After containing the county soldiers and government soldiers under Chen Cheng's command, Cao Cao led the main force to break through. The soldiers of both sides fought fiercely on the plain for several hours, and the tiger and leopard cavalry led by Cao Chun even killed Chen Cheng for a time. But everything was in vain in the thunderous sound of cannons and the hooves of Xiliang's horses.

By the time the sun had set, the once-tyrannical Cao army had completely collapsed, and the soldiers threw away their weapons and armor and ran in all directions. The camps, which had been heavily fortified, were simply undefended. Chen Cheng marched south and routed Cao's broken soldiers and horses.

If Cao's army gathers and forms a dense battle formation, then there will be artillery coming to teach them how to behave. But if they take a loose formation, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry will fight through the weak spots, and then start a massacre. The infantry artillery and cavalry of the Western Liang Army are still very primitive and rusty, but they are enough to deal with the army of the Cold Weapon Era.

Cao Cao was defeated again and again, and retreated to the city of Xiangyi with more than 20,000 men, preparing to rely on the tall city walls to hold back Chen Cheng's army. He hasn't given up yet, although Chen Chengjun has shown desperate combat effectiveness, but if the princes of the world can fight against Chen Cheng together, there is still hope for victory....... Right?

The walls of Xiangyi are still quite tall, and there are a lot of soldiers and food in the city, as long as you can make up your mind, you can still hold it for a long time. The Napoleonic cannon, though powerful, was not much of a good solution to thick walls. The gates could have been pierced with just a few cannons, but Cao's soldiers had already filled the caves with bricks and earth.

The soil has a good absorption effect on the kinetic energy of the cannonball, Chen Cheng has no flowering shells in his hand, and there is no time-delay fuse, and after smashing the city gate with a cannon, there is nothing good to do about the city hole that is blocked.

But it's not too much of a problem, just build a mound of earth outside the city and fire a condescending cannon. While Chen Cheng ordered people to dig trenches and pile up earthen platforms, he selected a few captives and asked them to go into the city to deliver a message to Cao Cao. The letter was very simple, just a few sentences.

"Wouldn't it be beautiful if you could turn against yourself and surrender with courtesy, and still not lose the hope of being a marquis?"

The messenger fell to his knees tremblingly, for fear that Cao Cao, who was at the top, would order him to be pushed out and beheaded. But Cao Cao didn't do that, he just let them go down. When the messenger left, Cao Cao stood up and pondered it repeatedly, and his heart was a little shaken.

The enemy forces are so strong that there is basically no hope of victory in the confrontation. Do you want to surrender at that? Chen Wenzheng's strength is amazing, even Han Sui, Lu Bu and others can tolerate it, can't he Cao Mengde?

However, vacillation was only a matter of moments, and then it was replaced by reluctance and anger. Obviously he was just a despicable person who once waged his tail and wanted to ask a certain family to take him in, and now he dared to speak in such a tone?

Success or failure, still unknown!

Cao Cao flatly refused to surrender, which made Chen Cheng feel ...... Well, he didn't feel anything at all. Farming, mining, training, and then pushing through the waves is what he is best at. With such a powerful force in hand, even if the enemy on the opposite side is Cao Cao, it can still be pushed flat.

During this period, Cao Cao was still dead hearted and sent people to carry out a night attack. Chen Cheng was also unceremonious, directly washed the ground with artillery, and the spit lead bullets hit it densely, and all the warriors and heroes became a mess of meat. Three days later, six mounds had been erected and the cannons had been placed.

Cao Cao's face was gloomy as if he was about to drip water, and he asked Xiahoudun, "The envoys sent to Yuan Shao and Liu Bei haven't come back yet?" ”

Xiahoudun's face was gloomy, he shook his head, and said: "Ju Yi, the general under Yuan Shao, is still stationed under Picheng, and has no intention of withdrawing his troops. ”

Cao Cao asked again, "What about the envoys of Liu Biao and Sun Ce?" ”

Xiahou said: "They are still fighting for Jiangxia. ”

"None of the princes of the world has a vision?" Cao Cao looked up to the sky and sighed, "Chen Chengjun is already so powerful, he may not be able to win if he is in a group, who can be his opponent in a loose game?" ”

Xiahoudun said bitterly: "Mengde, don't say these words, let's think about the way back first." ”

"The way back? What else can there be? Cao Cao said stupidly: "When we are bombarded into meat sauce, we don't need to worry about other things." ”

He let out another long sigh and said to Xiahoudun: "I know what you mean, but I, Cao Mengde Hero I, how can I bend my knees and surrender to others?" Even if you surrender, will you be able to save your life? At that time, people were swordsmen, and I was fish and meat, so it was better to die vigorously than this, so that I could leave a good reputation. ”

Xiahoudun smiled and said, "Can we still have a good reputation?" ”

Cao Cao was stunned and said, "Yes, I am waiting for me to dig people's graves, kill my parents and brothers, and my hands are covered with blood, where will I have a good reputation?" The evil of the gentleman is indecent, and all the evil in the world is returned. In the history books of later generations, we don't know how to arrange us. ”

"In that case, why don't you surrender? Anyway, the clan will not be wiped out. ”

The struggle in this era was very cruel, and it was common to kill entire families. In the process of regaining Yanzhou, Cao Cao killed Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao's brothers.

Hearing Xiahoudun say this, Cao Cao couldn't help but groan. In the past, he had never worried about the continuation of the family, but things had come to this point, and he also needed to think about the family's affairs. He turned back and forth in the lobby a few times, and then said: "The Cao family is originally from Xiahou, and Yuan asked you to lead people to break through." After you go out, whether you go to Hebei or Jiangdong, it's all up to you. ”