Chapter 2235

Cao Shuo summoned all the tailors in Luoyang, and also mobilized many women in the market to sew gloves, cotton hats and socks for the soldiers.

The shoes of the Wei soldiers had been changed to leather shoes a few years ago.

Among them, in the north in winter, the soldiers' shoes still have fluff. Shoes were a problem that had been solved in the early years, and now with socks, even in the cold winter, the soldiers' feet will not be frostbitten.

Your feet will not get frostbitten, and with gloves and cotton hats, not to mention outside the pass, even if you are further north, the soldiers of the Wei army can go.

Truckloads of cotton hats, gloves, and socks onto the cart, and Cao Shuo ordered Wei Yan to escort the supplies to the gates.

Outside Luoyang, the snow has not yet melted.

Wei Yan led a team of soldiers and escorted hundreds of carts out of the city.

At the head of the city, Cao Shuo looked at the team out of the city.

Guo Jia, who was beside him, asked, "Why didn't the lord send a little general, but ordered General Wei Wenchang to go to the Guanwai?" ”

"Little General?" Cao Shuo asked with a smile: "If I send a young general like Guan Xing to Guanwai again, can I still see people back?" ”

After listening to Cao Shuo's explanation, Guo Jia also smiled and said, "The lord is still worried that the eldest son snatched the generals from his hands? ”

"It's not that I'm worried that he's robbed the generals." Cao Shuo replied: "It's just that he hasn't grown up yet, and he has given him too many generals, so I'm afraid he won't be able to control it." ”

"I think the eldest son can completely control the generals." Guo Jia said: "Since he led the army to Guanwai, I haven't heard that he doesn't get along well with the generals. ”

"It's all young people, and there must be nonsense." Cao Shuo said: "This time I just want Wei Wenchang to deter them, and I also want them to understand some rules." ”

"The generals are good to say, but the eldest son is only afraid that General Wen Chang will not dare." Guo Jia replied with a smile: "The lord has given General Wen Chang a big problem. ”

"Others may not dare, but Wei Wenchang will definitely dare." Cao Shuo said: "He has always been rebellious, if Heng'er dares to be rude to him, Wen Chang will not let him." ”

Cao Shuo and Guo Jia were talking about Wei Yan, and Wei Yan, who led the team to leave Luoyang, carried a big knife all the way forward.

The snow has not melted yet, but the snow in Luoyang is not as non-stop as it is outside the gate.

From Luoyang to Yanmen Pass, the road is not very far, and it is definitely not close.

It is said that the heavy snow outside Yanmen Pass is still closed to the road, and this time, they will not feel relaxed on the way.

While Wei Yan led the team to leave Luoyang, Cao Heng also led the army to continue to advance north.

After several days of waiting, the snow finally became much thinner.

The soldiers stepped on the snow, followed behind Cao Heng, and pushed north.

Since the snow did not melt, the Karma tribe would not have chosen to migrate at this time.

Cao Heng advanced all the way north, destroying several more tribes along the way.

It's been two days since they entered Cloud City, and they are about to advance to Cloud City.

The royal court of the stone evil is located in Cloudsdale.

Since the Qiang people attacked the Central Plains, they took a lot of places from the Central Plains people.

The once purely nomadic people now guard several cities, including Yunzhong, Yuanyang, Wuquan, Dingxiang and other cities.

In order to strengthen these cities, they had craftsmen pour yellow mud on the outside of the cities, and then bake them with fire to bake them into bricks.

In such a reinforced city, the city wall is like a thick hard shell, even if it is smashed with a sledgehammer, it is difficult to smash a hole.

If it weren't for Cao Shuo's unification of the world and the possibility of the emergence of the Wuhu Rebellion later, after the establishment of the Later Zhao Dynasty, Shi Le used this method to consolidate the city defense, which can be regarded as a major feature of the Qianren to consolidate the city defense.

After walking north for several days, most of the snow had melted, and the ground was revealing patches of black.

After the army was stationed, Cao Heng looked in the direction where Cloud City was located, and asked Jiang Wei on the side: "How far is this place from Cloud City?" ”

"It's probably more than twenty miles away." Jiang Wei replied: "I always feel a little strange, the army is advancing here along the way, and it stands to reason that Shi Xiyi should react." Could it be that he planned to give up the advantage of the Qianren cavalry and choose to defend the clouds? ”

"I don't think it's impossible." Cao Heng said: "However, when attacking Yunzhong, we must beware of sending troops from several other cities. The people suffered many setbacks, but they did not break their bones. We need to be more careful when fighting them. ”

"Although the snow has melted, the weather is getting colder." Jiang Wei replied: "Many soldiers have frostbite on their hands and feet, and if we don't think about it, it is likely to become the biggest problem facing our army." ”

"I've sent someone to report to my father, and I don't know if my father will think of a way." Cao Heng said, "I only thought about going out in winter, and the tribe of the Qianren people would not migrate easily, but I ignored that the cold winter would also bring us a lot of trouble. ”

"Actually, the eldest son's consideration is already very fine." Jiang Wei said: "Generally speaking, it is the autumn and spring war, and the eldest son suddenly chooses to go out in winter, and the people must have been caught off guard." ”

"I caught them off guard, and the loss of our army was not small." Cao Heng said: "Just the charcoal used for heating is a lot of money. ”

"Defeating the Karma, these costs are nothing." Jiang Wei glanced back at the depths of the camp: "There are too many women in the army, and the number is enough to give one for every two soldiers. The eldest son has to think of a way to send these women back. ”

"If my father sends someone to bring supplies, I will ask someone to take the women away." Cao Heng said: "The soldiers in our army have no time to do those things. ”

Cao Heng led a large army and stationed more than twenty miles away from Yunzhong.

In Cloud City, Shi Xie Yi Yu was not idle.

He summoned a group of leaders of the people to the royal court.

Since occupying Yunzhong County, Shi Xiyi Yu abandoned his previous tent as a royal court, and instead chose to live in the official mansion of Yunzhong City.

In the front hall, there were more than a dozen leaders of the Karma people, and Shi Xie Yi Yu sat at the top.

Judging from the direction in which they were sitting, there was not much difference from the Central Plains.

Looking around at the leader of the Qi people who were seated, Shi Xie Yiyu said: "Cao Yuanchang led 60,000 Wei troops to approach Yunzhong, and they killed many of our people along the way, and they didn't have the slightest intention of stopping. The spies reported that he had reached a distance of only twenty miles from the clouds, and what do you think I should do to repel them? ”

"The king doesn't really have to worry about this at all." A leader of the Qi people said: "Although the Wei army brought by Cao Yuanchang can fight well, this is not their territory. As long as the king gives an order, our warriors rush out, and I don't believe that he will not be able to fight back. ”

"I really can't beat him back." Shi Xie Yi Yu said: "Have you forgotten how much we lost at his hands when we fought against him before? ”

The leaders originally all had the same opinion, thinking that Cao Heng led a large army to come here, and it was impossible for him to be the opponent of the Qiang warriors.

But Shi Xiyi obviously poured a basin of cold water on their heads.

Each of the leaders looked at each other, they didn't dare to say anything, and after glancing at each other, they all looked at Shi Xie Yiyu again.

One of them asked, "What is the king's plan?" ”

"My plan is to hold them down first." Shi Xiyi Yu said: "As long as they can't show it here, Cao Yuanchang will definitely be anxious. When the time comes, I will order the tribes to send warriors to attack them from all directions, I don't believe that Cao Yuanchang has the ability to reach the sky, and he can win the final victory under such a disadvantage! ”

The leaders of the people sitting there all nodded, and one of them asked, "What does the king mean that we will defend Yunzhong City first, and no matter how Cao Yuanchang attacks, we will not go out of the city to meet the battle?" ”

Shi Xie Yi replied: "That's what I mean, no matter what method Cao Yuanchang uses to attack the city, we don't want to go out of the city to fight." ”

Cao Heng's army was stationed overnight, and the next day advanced outside Yunzhong City.

The city wall in the clouds has been rebuilt by the Qiang people and is much stronger than before.

Looking at Cloud City, Cao Heng's face was calm.

Jiang Wei and Lu Xun stood beside him.

"Eldest son, do you want to fight first?" Lu Xun asked.

"How many cannons are there in our army?" Cao Heng asked, "How many shells did you bring?" ”

"There aren't many cannons, but ten." Lu Xun replied: "There are more than 3,000 shells. ”

"With more than 3,000 shells, it shouldn't be difficult to blow up a gap in Cloud City." Cao Heng ordered: "Order the artillery, give me a hard bombardment of the walls of Cloud City, when will the bombardment collapse, and when will it stop." ”

Lu Xun agreed, and instructed one of the guards behind him: "Go and pass on the military order of the eldest son." ”

The guards were instructed to deliver military orders.

After a while, ten cannons pushed to the front of the Wei army camp and aimed at the city wall in the clouds.

As the officer gave the order, the cannon roared, and the cannonballs whistled towards Cloudsdale.

One by one, the cannonballs fell on the city wall, and at the same time, the light blue gunpowder and white powder were mixed together, like flowers blooming on the city wall.

The cannon rumbled and roared, and Cao Heng beckoned Jiang Wei and Lu Xun to retreat dozens of steps into the barracks.

The roar in his ears was a little quieter, and Cao Heng said to Jiang Wei and Lu Xun: "The cannon is a good thing, the only bad thing is that it is too noisy. Wouldn't it be nice if this thing could be quieter? ”

"How imposing is the roar of the cannon?" Jiang Wei said with a smile: "When I was crusading against the Southern Barbarians, the last stop was dozens of cannons bombarding the barbarians together. That momentum is really uplifting. ”

"Lifting the breath is lifting the breath, and the ears can't stand it." Cao Heng smiled: "Shi Xiyi only knows the power of mines and rockets, but he has not tasted the taste of cannons. By the time today's bombardment is over, he will have a deeper understanding of our army. ”

"If you can't even let him have a deeper understanding of this, I feel that Shi Xie is too big for this person." Lu Xun said: "On the way to our army, he didn't mean to intercept it at all, he should have prepared to defend Yunzhong City." I want to drag our army here, and when we are tired, we will order the other people to be killed, so that we can be surrounded on all sides and annihilate our army outside the city in the clouds. ”

"Bo Yan's analysis is similar to what I am thinking." Jiang Wei said: "The Qianren have occupied Yunzhong County for many years, and they have deep roots here, and it will take a lot of effort for us to completely destroy them. ”

"Actually, I think Bo Yan's earlier plan is very appropriate." Cao Heng said to the two of them: "When we break through Yunzhong City, we will inform the people that they are willing to come to Yunzhong City to pay tribute to Great Wei, and I will not kill them." ”

"If the eldest son does this, he may really lose his trust in the karma." Jiang Wei asked, "Are you sure you want this?" ”

"I promised not to kill them, but I didn't promise not to let the soldiers kill them?" Cao Heng said: "Even if the soldiers I brought are not easy to start, there are still those people. ”

He looked at another camp not far from the barracks.

There were stationed the warriors who had come with them.

Along the way, the warriors also killed a lot of people and captured a lot of women, which can be said to be no less than the soldiers of the Wei army.

And they didn't have the Wei army at all, at most they could only be regarded as a righteous army that came here with the Wei army.

The rebels killed people, Cao Heng could only control them at most, and he really couldn't order anything to do to them.

Cao Heng had such a plan, and Jiang Wei and Lu Xun certainly couldn't stop him.

From the day they set out on the expedition, they knew very well that the King of Wei wanted to completely erase the Qian people from this world.

The shelling continued, and Cao Heng, Jiang Wei, and Lu Xun stood and watched from afar.

The soldiers in the barracks had long been accustomed to the sound of explosions, and they were just silently busy with their own affairs, and few people deliberately watched the artillery bombard the city wall.

Looking at the white smoke rising from the city wall in the distance, Cao Heng always had a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

Jiang Wei and Lu Xun's expressions were also very relaxed.

The cannonballs fell on the city wall one by one, and although the city wall showed no signs of loosening, they all knew very well that as long as the bombardment continued, it would not take 3,000 cannonballs at all, and the city wall would be blown down.

Shi Xie Yi should have been waiting to drag them down, at least until they were tired, but Cao Heng didn't fight according to his ideas.

He did not give the order for the soldiers to attack the city, but just let the artillery keep firing shells at the city wall, first to crush the morale of the people in the city.

The artillery fired cannonballs, and the people in the city shrank their heads one by one when they were beaten by the black, and they did not dare to poke their heads out.

Shi Xiyi, who was originally watching from the city, was also hit by cannonballs and couldn't raise his head.

Hiding behind a battlement, he scolded and shouted, "What the hell is Cao Yuanchang doing? What kind of killing weapon did he get here? ”

He did not give the order for the soldiers to attack the city, but just let the artillery keep firing shells at the city wall, first to crush the morale of the people in the city.

The artillery fired cannonballs, and the people in the city shrank their heads one by one when they were beaten by the black, and they did not dare to poke their heads out.

Shi Xiyi, who was originally watching from the city, was also hit by cannonballs and couldn't raise his head.

Hiding behind a battlement, he scolded and shouted, "What the hell is Cao Yuanchang doing? What kind of killing weapon did he get here? ”