Xiaogu Pass, Yuan Yun has never heard the name of this pass in the historical records, but this bunker-like building between the canyons in front of him is indeed blocked in front of him, although the area is not large, but because of the steepness of the canyons on both sides, this place immediately became a Xiongguan. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The walls of the pass are not high, and most of them are made of mountain stones, which is not strong, but because of the high walls of the canyon on both sides, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Cao Ang looked up at the pass at the mouth of the canyon, not only frowned slightly, although Zhang Xiu guarded Xiaogu Pass with more than 500 soldiers, but if he wanted to take it, he would still lose a lot of people, and only 5,000 men and horses had to stay behind to attack Wancheng, so he really couldn't lose too much here.

"What is Brother Cao Ang worried about? We have brought so many trebuchets with us, as long as we set up a position on the opposite side of the pass, and then slam them in the face. ”

Yuan Yun was snorting green beans in his mouth, and at this moment he had already walked over from the grain and grass cart behind him, and only glanced at Xiaoguguan, and found that Cao Ang was frowning, this guy has not adapted to the new war mode until now, it is estimated that he must be thinking at this moment, how to shoot the defenders at the head of the opponent's wall with crossbowmen first, and then use traditional tactics such as infantry assault to climb the city wall.

After Cao Ang listened to Yuan Yun's words, he smiled, shook his head and said: "It was my negligence, as soon as I saw Chengguan, I thought about how we fought in the past, and now that we have black powder, many ways of fighting will change accordingly, this is a new science." ”

After speaking, Cao Ang took a few steps, then looked at the catapult being assembled next to him, and said hello to several pitchers, and then said to Yuan Yun who was following him: "Father already knew that we were sending troops to Wancheng, and sent eight hundred miles to bring a letter urgently, on which only two words were written 'nonsense', hehe, I can't understand the meaning of this." ”

Yuan Yun was kicking down a soldier who was assembling a catapult indiscriminately at the moment, and then taught the other party how to fix the concave and convex screws, after hearing Cao Ang's words, he just smiled slightly, patted the plaster on his hands, and then said: "Cao Sikong only said nonsense, he didn't say that he wanted us to withdraw the army, and he didn't mean to punish him, so your father acquiesced in our actions, it seems that if we don't succeed this time, we will have to suffer a board, and then you have to help me with two more strokes, otherwise my small body will not be beaten to death." ”

Cao Ang smiled again, did not rush to reply, but summoned several lieutenants to his side, and began to point to Xiaoguguan in the distance and gave an order, after those lieutenants successfully guarded Xu Du, they all became Cao Ang is a famous general at this moment, so any order is obeyed, and the implementation is also very effective, and immediately rushed out after accepting the order.

In a moment, the army began to move slowly, and the five hundred steel crossbow teams pressed to both sides of the front formation, making a defensive formation, and then the assembled catapults were pushed out, and the soldiers who operated these catapults were already familiar with the operation at the head of the Xudu wall, and they even bet with each other, wanting to compare whose accuracy was better.

Cao Ang didn't pay any attention to the situation in front of him, but followed Yuan Yun towards the position of the Chinese army, where the terrain was relatively high, and he could clearly see the battle that was about to begin.

After taking a few steps, Cao Ang suddenly stopped, and then pointed to the more than 100 people in front of him and said: "Brother Yun, it is really a little inappropriate for you to get this more than 100 rich people to come to the army to mix military merits, military merits represent the glory and achievements of an army, you are good, but you have made it a naked transaction, although I have no objection to this matter, but I will not cover it up for you, in case Guo Jiajun knows about it, a board is indispensable." ”

Yuan Yun followed the direction of Cao Ang's finger, looked at the more than 100 people piled up there in front of him, and suddenly became angry, Xu Yi, a fool, couldn't do the secret point, like driving cattle to drive those rich people to the front of the battle, this is really too eye-catching, he ran to Cao Ang to talk nonsense, just to take him away from the front, so that the more than 100 rich people can go to the front to watch the horror of the battle formation unconsciously, and everything will be exposed.

After cursing Xu Yi, Yuan Yun smiled, and then handed a list to Cao Ang, and then explained: "This list is the soldier who is going to sell his military merits this time, Brother Cao Ang can remember it clearly." ”

Cao Ang looked at the list in his hand, there were already more than two hundred people, and he immediately frowned, and said unhappily: "Brother Yun, isn't it too obvious that you are doing this, the impact of more than two hundred people is very bad." ”

Yuan Yun didn't explain too much, and replied directly: "I'm sure that these two hundred people will definitely be extremely heroic in the next battle, Brother Cao Ang, you just have to wait and see." ”

Cao Ang smiled bitterly and shook his head, he didn't say anything, as long as his soldiers were brave, he didn't have too many requirements, so he was looking forward to it at the moment, because Yuan Yun was obviously planning something, if this method could really work, it could make his soldiers more heroic, and he Cao Ang wouldn't mind handing it over to Yuan Yun to reform in the future.

"Put!" With the shouts of the lieutenants, thirty catapults threw out the gunpowder packets at the same time, and the neat rows of black smoke pulled out a graceful arc and stretched all the way to the wall of the enemy pass.

The rumbling sound shook the relatively closed canyon to the earth, and Yuan Yun at the mouth of the valley only felt that his ears were roaring fiercely, which was very uncomfortable, and it was conceivable that the enemy in the pass was even more unbearable. After the first batch of gunpowder packs exploded, the stone wall immediately collapsed, and billowing smoke continued to rise from behind the wall, and some of the stunned enemies jumped from the wall, and then were instantly pierced into hedgehogs by the crossbow arrows of the steel crossbow team.

When the flames at the head of the wall gradually extinguished, more than 2,000 sword and axe men held shields and entered the pass, from Yuan Yun's position, it was no longer possible to see the battle situation inside, but they kept hearing heart-rending screams, which proved that the two thousand soldiers who rushed in were not soft at all.

After more than two hours passed, the small valley pass between the canyons was completely calm, when Yuan Yun walked in, all he saw was scorched earth, and most of the shelters that provided soldiers to rest before were wooden, so once it burned in dry weather, it could not be stopped until it burned out. The corpses of those enemy soldiers have been collected in one place, densely stacked together, most of these people's skin is burned black, and a few of them have been hacked to death by swords, with the torches thrown by the adjutant general, the pile of corpses poured with fire oil soon burned, and the strong smell of barbecue meat instantly rippled in the air, making people want to vomit.

Taking advantage of the gap when Cao Ang went to receive the battle report, Xu Yi looked at Yuan Yun's side, and then said with a grin: "Just now we dragged all the hundred rich people into the city, and after seeing this tragic situation, we proposed to add five more to each head, but no one objected, and looked at their eyes and felt that it was earned." ”

Yuan Yun looked at the scene in front of him, and also felt that he was angry, so he added five times, he knew that he should have doubled it, and I believe that those rich people will never object, but this kind of thing is still to be trustworthy, once the situation opens up this time, it will not be once or twice in the future, and now it will all be sheep raising, and it is the king to kill after fattening.

"Shi Shen, how many heads did you receive over there?" After Yuan Yun asked, he looked at the pile of corpses that were still burning in the distance, those corpses all had a common feature, that is, there were no heads, and he believed that Shi Shen would definitely reap a good harvest.

Sure enough, I saw Shi Shen laughing and said: "Some were burned to ashes, and they couldn't harvest the heads, and some escaped, but even so, they also harvested sixty heads, and the eggs of those unlucky recruits can't cut off people's heads, and some of them are cut from the middle of the brain, how can you identify this?" And the bastard also chopped his brains everywhere, and the heads of the people handed over were sparse......"

Yuan Yun didn't wait for Shi Shen to finish speaking, and hurriedly waved his hand to stop it, this bastard wanted to see himself make a fool of himself, and gave him such a description, only to feel that his stomach began to churn again.

"Sixty heads are not enough, sell them first, let them take the heads and quickly go to the main register of the army to register, and after capturing Wancheng, we will settle the accounts in detail." After explaining this sentence, Yuan Yun just wanted to return to the carriage carrying grain and grass earlier, and then drink a pot of iced tea.

After this day, the 5,000 army burned a total of three passes along the way, the momentum was like a bamboo, although the last pass was increased to 2,000 people by the defenders in the direction of Wancheng, still could not stop the power of black powder, when the pass gate was blown open, the defenders in the city only survived less than 400 people, and were all wiped out by Cao Ang with a charge, after the army crossed this pass, Wancheng was close in sight.

The guards of Wancheng obviously received the news, so the walls were clear, and there were hardly any villages to be seen along the way, not even the things that were moving. Fortunately, Cao Ang was very well prepared, and grain and grass would continue to be transported from Xudu, as well as more gunpowder shells and gunpowder packs.

"Report! The gates of Wancheng have been closed, the walls have been reinforced, and the defenders have prepared a large amount of sand to extinguish the fire. ”

After listening to the scout's report, Cao Ang turned his head and smiled at Yuan Yun beside him, and then said: "It seems that the enemy hasn't seen through our black powder yet, and it's all our ability to set fire, but it's best to let them pile up all the sand and dirt on the city wall, and when the time comes, we will definitely kick up more dust and make them even more unable to see the situation, haha." ”

Yuan Yun also laughed dryly, but quickly moved his attention to a special ox cart beside him, this special frame is Ma Jun's masterpiece, covered with thick steel plates, even the sides are protected, its internal space is enough to fit the four cows pulling the cart, and the rest of the space is according to Ma Jun's stuttering: "But, but, can, on, in, inside, again, again, thirty stones of gunpowder, guarantee, guarantee that there is no problem." ”

This Ma Jun is estimated to be unlucky on this stuttering problem, such a person with great ability, he is not reused by Kong Rong's bastard as a master, it is simply a tyrannical thing, listening to Pu Yuan, it is also because of this stuttering problem, so Ma Jun is very angry in the official family's general camp, everyone bullied him for this problem, and ignored his powerful skills.

That special ox cart, Yuan Yun even saw a crude balance girder, this kind of thing that can make the body more stable, was actually created by Ma Jun, a genius, so early. "No wonder you're ridiculed, but those who laugh at you are just jealous." When Ma Jun heard this, this bastard actually hugged his thighs and cried for a long time, making his robe full of tears and snot, damn.

"With this ox cart here, the gate of Wancheng is not afraid at all, and it will be very exciting when the time comes." Cao Ang followed Yuan Yun's eyes and looked at the strange ox cart, and instantly expressed his feelings, in his heart, he was now truly sure that the situation of the war had changed a lot, and he Cao Ang was the first person to come into contact with, this advantage can not be explained in a word.

"When we arrive in Wancheng, we will blow up the gate directly, and then blow it all the way into the city, Zhang Xiu's treasure house must be found as soon as possible, so as not to set fire to people, then it will be worth the loss." After Yuan Yun finished speaking, he slammed his fist into the palm of his left hand, completely looking like a robber.

Cao Ang smiled bitterly, saying that it was for the Cao family to get rid of a big trouble, but now it can be seen that Yuan Yun actually has the mentality of killing people and robbing goods, so he suggested that he launched this expedition.

Sighing secretly, Cao Ang continued the topic of the ox cart and said: "If you can't come up, you can use the ox cart to blow up the city gate, we must first blow up the city gate to a broken state, so that the rear can relax the offensive on the city wall, and then it is a good time to use this ox cart." Seeing Yuan Yun's puzzled face, he could only explain patiently: "Once the city gate is damaged and the pressure on the city wall is not great, the enemy army will concentrate a large number of people behind the city gate, ready to resist at any time, this will become the focus of defending the city, so the Wancheng defenders will definitely concentrate the main force at the city gate, at this time we will send ox carts, and then ......"

Cao Ang didn't finish speaking, but Yuan Yun had already fully understood, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this bastard Cao Ang is really wise and foolish, and he can also think of such a vicious strategy, where is it still the honest and honest Riba man he was familiar with before?

"Report! It has entered Wancheng for ten miles, and there are no enemy troops along the way. ”

After the scout who reported the news immediately turned around and got on his horse, and then ran to continue to check, Cao Ang also straightened up from his horse at this time, and in the distance of the horizon, he could already see the tall tower of Wancheng shallowly.