Chapter 145: Iron Net Array, Xun Luo Offers
In ancient mythology, the rope pond has another name, Raize, as the name suggests, it is a place where thunderstorms are concentrated. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoAccording to modern people, the topography and climate cause the positive and negative ions in the vicinity to converge, so when it rains, a unique discharge phenomenon is formed.
At this time, it is the time of spring flowers, the rain is intensive, and with it comes the thunder and the sound of thunder. At that time, the ancients who built the rope pond were also a little remarkable, in the four corners of the city and the center of the building hung high towers, laying down the five elements of the great array of mines and fires in this town. However, from a modern point of view, it is an ancient version of a lightning rod. With the help of this array, there was no thunder accident in the rope pool. However, there was still lightning and thunder outside the city, and Liu Xuewu, who was unexpectedly informed at this time, immediately thought of a bold idea. Iron nets were installed on the edge of the moat outside the city, and anyone who wanted to get close to the city walls had to climb these iron nets. Iron is electrically conductive, and once in the process of climbing the iron net, once the lightning strikes any point of the iron net or moat, then those who touch or approach it will be split into coke. And in order to better connect the thunder and lightning, Liu Xuewu also specially asked people to build dozens of conductive antennas. As for whether it will be successful or not, then it will be up to the fate of heaven.
Cao Pi outside the city is now desperate, and the 200,000-strong army is desperately attacking. Cloud ladder chariots, strong bows and giant crossbows, wave after wave of decisive charges. The dozens of soldiers pushed the siege ladder and rushed to the city wall shouting, but they were stuck in the iron fence of the moat. When they crossed the iron fence, the bows and arrows on the castle tower flew down in waves.
"The lord is really wise, with this layer of iron net, I believe that Cao Jun will die by this moat." A centurion on the castle tower, who was commanding the archers, laughed and praised.
"Yes, the lord's idea can be described as wild, but it is quite unexpected. This time the iron net array is really extraordinary, as long as the supplies are enough, I have the confidence to defend him for two or three years to consume them alive. The thousand people on the side chimed in.
And their center, Liu Xuewu listened to his subordinates boasting like this, but he was holding his breath in his heart. Nima's, what an iron net array, Lao Tzu This is a heavenly thunder array. It's a pity that God doesn't do anything, so that the weather is sunny these days, without wind and rain. Where did the thunder and lightning come from, so that it would not reflect the power of this heavenly thunder array. Fortunately, the hastily arranged iron fence played an unexpected role in hindering the moat, slowing down Cao's siege. With this buffer time and space, the archers above the castle tower can have better room to play.
But the soldiers on Cao Pi's side were tragic, under the dense arrows, the wounded were wounded, and the dead died.
"My lord, you should think of a way, you can't go on like this." A general pleaded in front of Cao Pi.
"Yes, my lord. Look outside, it's only been three days of siege, and the soldiers under your command have suffered heavy losses, no less than a thousand dead and incapacitated, not to mention those who are wounded. Cao Pi's henchmen also complained.
Cao Pi didn't know this, but there were thousands of casualties, and for Cao Pi, who is now 200,000 horses, these casualties are negligible. It's a pity that the gate of this rope pond is so big, and the army can't play a numerical advantage at all. Therefore, Cao Pi convened everyone to discuss how to deal with these obstructive iron nets, and if they were forcibly dismantled, it was estimated that they would pay a lot of price. Because Liu Xuewu overlapped the iron nets several layers, not only on the side of the moat against the city wall, to remove these iron nets, it was necessary to cross the moat. However, the distance of the moat was exposed to the range of the bow and arrow on the tower, and it was not necessarily effective to spend such a huge price.
"What's so hard about that?" A young man dressed as a young scribe, holding a white paper fan, a jade crown brocade robe, and a gold silk belt, knew at a glance that he was born rich and noble. Cao Pi heard about the prestige, but found that this person was a stranger, and thought about it in his brain for a while, but he didn't have the slightest impression of this person. I couldn't help asking, "Who are you, and what are your plans?" If it is reasonable, there is a great reward. ”
The young man took a step forward, bowed to Cao Pi, and said with a smile: "It's Xun Luo, the son of Xun You, who came to help his son on his father's orders. ”
"Childe." As soon as these two words came out, the civil and military generals around Cao Pi shouted and scolded in unison: "Bold." ”
Cao Pi waved his hand and said with a wry smile: "It's okay, I can't imagine that after so many years, Mr. Gongda still cares about me." That's it! Since Mr. Gongda is willing to take action for me this time, he must also be a nostalgic person. Please also ask the little boy to teach me. ”
The reason why Xun Luo said this just now was that Xun Yu specially ordered it again and again before leaving. The deep meaning of this title, Cao Pi himself will also understand it in his heart, and he has the Danshu iron coupon left by Cao Cao, but he is not afraid of Cao Pi's anger. What's more, if you want to move him Xun's family, even Cao Pi has to weigh one or two. It's just that this Xun Luo is a little inferior to his father, maybe he is too young and has not been exercised, and when he said this, he felt that he was out of his mind. The palms and backs of his hands were rippling with cold sweat, but fortunately Cao Pi was not angry because of this, otherwise he didn't know if he could get out of this tent safely.
Seeing Cao Pi's inquiry, Xun Luo didn't dare to slack off at all. opened his mouth and said: "The iron net is a fence, why not tie it with iron cables and pull it by external forces." The moat, the army passed, by the way, fill it. ”
This word woke up the person in the dream, as the so-called soldiers will block the water and cover the earth. It's really a fan of the authorities, and now without further ado, under the command of Cao Pi, the army filled in the moat outside the rope pond in less than half a day. However, the unexpected happened again, and the place was called Rope Pond because of the geographical topography of this place. Before the city was built, this place was called Razor, and as its name suggests, it was a barren swamp. Later, the terrain changed, and somehow the ancients built a city here. However, it also collected the water from the surrounding swamps outside the castle to form a natural pond, and later the castle garrison changed this pond into a moat that ran through the underground river in order to facilitate access and defense. In other words, the moat is actually an internal turbulent undercurrent, and the calm surface of the river on the surface hides unfathomable murderous opportunities. The soil that had been filled in was washed away by the internal flow in less than two hours as time passed.
This made Cao Pi's original plan fall through, and according to Cao Pi's idea, he first filled in the moat, and dealt with the iron fence on the opposite side, so as to move forward steadily. directly ignored Xun Luo's suggestion, and removed the order of the iron fence in filling the river by the way. (To be continued.) )