Coming out of the tomb of Liu Wu, the king of Chu, Cao Ang had always been full of anger, and only after entering the camp did he sit on the side, and then sighed deeply, and his appearance became worried again. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yuan Yun casually picked up a military kettle, then shook it a few times, and found that there was still half a pot of water in it, so he handed it to Cao Ang, and then comforted: "It's just a tomb, as for being so atmospheric?" ”

Cao Ang replied without thinking: "Uncle Cao Ren must not know about this matter!" ”

Yuan Yun was stunned and wondered, "Why is this?" ”

Cao Ang shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Uncle Cao Ren has a son named Cao Kai, who has done tomb robbery before, and then even excavated a curtain of the Han royal family. ”

When Yuan Yun heard this, he finally understood why Cao Ren kept looking at Cao Ang upset, his son was killed, and he must have revenge.

"Since Cao Kai has already subdued the law in this matter, why did he say that he was going to inform General Cao Ren of the tomb just now?" Yuan Yun was a little puzzled again.

Cao Ang then smiled bitterly and said, "Because Uncle Cao Ren was angry and directly took over the army that specialized in tomb robbing, this matter is not a secret. ”

Yuan Yun also smiled bitterly, he had only heard that the son inherited his father's business, and Cao Ren was good, so he did the opposite.

"Your father doesn't care about this unconscionable crime?"

Cao Ang shook his head and replied: "Every time Uncle Cao Ren succeeds, he will inevitably take out eighty percent to supply military expenses, and my father will not see this matter at all, and tell me not to care about it anymore." ”

Ha, I finally understand how the so-called Captain Touching Gold came about, but Cao Cao deserved to be scolded for a thousand years, who asked him to ignore his subordinates for military expenses, although he was implicated, but this crime really cannot be escaped.

Just as the two of them were talking about Cao Ren's tomb robbing army, suddenly a soldier walked in, and then knelt down and said: "Tell the general, the scout has come to report, Chen Gong saw that we were camped here, so he withdrew all the ambushes in the valley, and at this moment he has gone to Xiapi." ”

Cao Ang nodded, ordered to investigate again, and then turned to Yuan Yun and said, "Since Chen Gong has retreated, we will continue to chase, and we must keep defeating him, so that he will not be able to create obstacles between Xiapi." ”

Yuan Yun felt that something was wrong at the moment, Chen Gong in history was not such a stupid person, as soon as he saw the enemy camping, he immediately withdrew the ambush soldiers, is this too child's play? It feels like I'm making a show.

That's Chen Gong, he didn't set up any obstacles at all this way, and even a few bridges were not demolished, so it stands to reason that he should have enough time to demolish the bridges, but he didn't do it.

While Yuan Yun was pondering, Cao Ang had already ordered the army to regroup and prepare to begin the rapid march.

In a few moments, all the soldiers packed their bags and came to the bottom of the mountain, and the carts carrying gunpowder were neatly placed at the end of the line.

Seeing such a scene, Yuan Yun's heart moved, and he felt that this matter might not be simple, so he hurriedly went to Cao Ang to discuss, and by the way, he also dragged Jia Xu away.

An hour later, the army began to gradually enter the valley, and on both sides of the valley were scouts sent by Cao Ang, so they were not worried that there would be ambushes here, and the group still stretched the line long, and it seemed to be a little scattered.

After a short time, the team finally came out of the valley, the mouth of the valley was a clearing, surrounded by dense forests on both sides, and then the young general who led the team seemed to be aware of it, and immediately ordered the team in front to stop, and the soldiers in the rear kept coming, and soon a group of people were crowded together.

The young general who led the team hesitated for a moment, and was about to order the scouts to disperse to reconnoiter the dense forests on both sides, but at this time, a strange sound protruded, and countless arrow feathers flew in, and the young general was instantly hit by an arrow in the chest, turned over and fell off his horse.

As soon as the rain of arrows passed, a large number of cavalry rushed out of the dense forests on both sides, and everyone galloped with spears in their hands, and the shouts of killing instantly flooded the open space at the mouth of the valley.

Seeing that the enemy was five times larger than themselves, the gunpowder army threw away their armor and fled, and hundreds of people continued to withdraw towards the valley, without any thought of resisting at all.

The enemy's cavalry arrived in an instant, and when they saw Cao Ang's soldiers fleeing into the valley, they did not stop at all, and immediately covered the past, and the number of them was five thousand, and they were all lightly armed cavalry, so the speed was extremely fast, and a few gunpowder soldiers who had not yet reacted became corpses under their horses in the blink of an eye.

The valley was lively in an instant, and the rear army of the Gunpowder Army seemed to know what was happening at the mouth of the valley, so they immediately discarded all their baggage and began to retreat outside the valley under the leadership of Cao Ang and others.

The former army who fled back was also ordinary, ignoring the carts loaded with gunpowder shells, and only thinking about a crazy escape.

Chen Gong's cavalry pursued all the way into the valley, and strange to say, they stopped the pursuit when they reached the carts that were transporting gunpowder shells, and everyone seemed to be very happy, as if their goal was not to kill people, but to snatch the gunpowder bullets.

If these gunpowder shells were used for the defense of Xiapi, then Cao Cao's attacking army would inevitably suffer a big loss, but at this moment Cao Ang only cared about escaping, and had no choice but to leave this batch of baggage.

While the cavalry of Chen Gong cheered, some generals had already begun to gather around the transport cart, they had been frightened by this kind of gunpowder shell before, and now they saw that all this sharp weapon had been captured, and they immediately smiled with a smile on their faces.

When a general lifted the curtain on the frame, he suddenly smelled a puff of smoke and fire, and the smell was still very good, and when he was wondering what was going on, he suddenly saw two lines of fire gradually running into the frame.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

There were constant loud noises in the valley, and the thick black smoke also filled the entire valley, and the frames of the few trucks that Cao Ang left behind to transport gunpowder shells had turned into angry flames at this moment, and even continued to expand.

The cliffs on both sides of the valley were also violently shaken, shaking and collapsing, and half of the cavalry in the valley were directly killed or shocked to death by the explosion, and the other half were mostly crushed to death by the collapsed rocks.

There were less than a thousand cavalrymen who could escape from the valley, and these people had been completely frightened, ignoring the blood stains and scars on their faces and bodies, and the outlaws began to collapse.

And the wounded soldiers who were left in the valley to continue struggling, after wailing for a while, finally quieted down, because the billowing smoke was as deadly.

After a long time, the gale finally quieted the world, and the small valley was filled with the smell of all kinds of burning gunpowder, and the sweet smell of roasted meat and blood.

Broken corpses are everywhere, which makes Cao Ang, who counts the results of the battle, very headache, and he can still piece together broken arms and legs, but what's the matter with all the flesh?

Yuan Yun stood high on the mountain wall on one side, looking at the mess in the valley, he only felt a chill down his spine, although he knew that the power of black powder was terrifying, but watching several carts full of gunpowder bombs explode at the same time like this, he was still shocked and couldn't help himself.

Jia Xu on the side also frowned all the time, thinking of the battle in which Zhang Xiu died before, his heart was even more shocked, no one knew better than him, the terrifying magic of these black powders, thinking back to the torn corpses around him that day, still made his body tremble.

Thinking of this, he unconsciously glanced at Yuan Yun who was standing in front, what did this immortal disciple bring to the world, and why did the immortal family have such a cruel killing weapon?

In an instant, fear, curiosity, and even some anger filled Jia Xu's heart.

"Lord, the extra people in Chen Palace were brought over by Zhang Liao, it seems that they were just to deal with us, but I didn't expect to be served by us, but even if we were well prepared before, we still lost more than a dozen people." It was Xiao Liu who spoke, at this moment he was wearing a shiny black armor, but the armor was full of arrow feathers, and he was the young general who led the team just now.

When Yuan Yun heard Zhang Liao's name, he was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Can Zhang Liao and Chen Gong catch it?" ”

Xiaoliu shook his head and sighed: "The two of them didn't enter the valley, they just guarded at the mouth of the valley, and the last time they saw that something was wrong, they ran away with their own soldiers, I was hiding in the grass and pretending to be dead, and I really couldn't follow it, so I could only come back and report to the lord first." ”

Yuan Yun nodded with some regret, if he could arrest Zhang Liao and Chen Gong, he might be able to win these two together, but Chen Gong was afraid that it would take some time, after all, he hated Cao Cao to the bone, but as long as he was dragged to the new city and let Zheng Xuan and everyone come forward, it might really be feasible.

Jia Xu looked at the changes on Yuan Yun's face and asked curiously, "Are these two people Yuan Xiaoge interested in recruiting them?" ”

Yuan Yun nodded without hesitation and said: "Naturally, I want to recruit, now that the new city has just been established, there is a lack of talents in many things, if a wise man like Chen Gong can join us, many things will be much easier in the future." ”

Jia Xu laughed and said: "This is very true, but Cao Sikong may not let this person enter the new city, how should Brother Yuan treat it?" ”

Yuan Yun smiled and said, "Even if they come, they are just like Mr. Wen He, they are just Cao Ang's staff, and they have nothing to do with Cao Sikong." ”

Jia Xu nodded and said: "That's good, there are a lot of inexplicable relationships between Cao Sikong and Chen Gong, if he is allowed to go to Xincheng like this, he will definitely not be at ease, and Cao Sikong himself should also understand that Chen Gong chose to betray before, then he will definitely not turn back, so this person will definitely be killed, but if Cao Ang Shizi comes forward, there will be a lot of differences in between, maybe this can make Chen Gong surrender again." ”

Yuan Yun also nodded and continued: "The prince of Cao Ang has always been peaceful and benevolent, and these are not comparable to Cao Sikong, so I think I am eighty percent sure that Chen Gong will surrender to the prince of Cao Ang." ”

"Something happened to me again, I always feel that Brother Yun is ready to take advantage of me again, haha." With a loud laugh, Cao Ang had already come to this high ground, and then arched his hands with Yuan Yun and Jia Xu respectively.

Jia Xu saw Cao Ang coming to his side, so he arched his hand and said, "I'm afraid that the lord has misunderstood, Brother Yuan is going to introduce talents to you." ”

Cao Ang was stunned, and looked at Yuan Yun suspiciously: "I don't know any of your fox friends and dogs, are you going to introduce Xu Yi's three bastards to me?" ”

Yuan Yun immediately rolled his eyes and said unhappily: "The people around me are all fox friends and dog friends?" So you and Mr. Jia Xu are okay? ”

After the displeasure, Yuan Yuncai unfolded his folding fan and continued: "I told you about Zhang Liao before, but now it's just a Chen Palace, I hope that Brother Cao Ang can subdue these two people." ”

Cao Ang was suddenly embarrassed, Chen Gong was his father's former staff, and now if he followed him, he always felt that something seemed wrong, and his father did not necessarily agree.

Frowning slightly, Cao Ang was embarrassed: "I'm afraid this matter is not easy, Chen Gong rebelled against his father back then, how can he vote under my door now?" I'm much worse than my father. ”

As soon as Cao Ang finished speaking, he saw Yuan Yun and Jia Xu say in unison: "It is because the prince is not like Cao Sikong that Chen Gong may vote for you." ”

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The 500 enemy army, in less than half an hour, wiped out all the elite 5,000 cavalry on their side, and those who escaped by luck probably did not have the courage to face this enemy army again.

And Chen Gong and Zhang Liao were even more disgraced, and both of them had a gloom in their hearts.

Xiao Pass was broken, and now there is no obstacle all the way, Cao Cao's army can naturally drive through it unscrupulously, although Xiapi is also a strong city, but when I think of the gunpowder army in Cao Ang's hands, it seems that no matter how high the city wall is, it becomes as fragile as soft mud.

"Strategist, I'm afraid I'll be blamed by the lord when I go back like this." Zhang Liao rode on the horse and cautiously said to Chen Gong on the side.

Chen Gong's face changed several times when he heard this, it was not that his plan was not good enough, but that the other party could use the power of the immortals, who could blame him?

Zhang Liao led three thousand elite horsemen to help him, which was originally an overwhelming advantage, but who knew who would figure out in the end who was the overwhelmed side.

With a deep sigh, Chen Gong said: "I will confess my guilt when I go back, and I can't blame General Zhang for this matter." ”

Zhang Liao frowned slightly, and arched his hand: "This battle is not the fault of the military division, if the lord is guilty, Zhang Liao is willing to bear it with the military division." ”

Chen Gong smiled bitterly, he still understands Lu Bu's temperament, and he still has some respect for himself, and can even be said to be afraid, but for Zhang Liao, I am afraid that there is not so much forbearance, and it is possible to kill people on the spot.

Now that Xuzhou has been lost, defending Xiapi is the key, Cao Cao's food and grass will not be too sufficient, as long as it can drag on for some time, the other party will definitely retreat, and if you want to drag the enemy, then a peerless general like Zhang Liao is indispensable, so he must be protected, this matter must not be risked.

After thinking about it, Chen Gong replied: "General Zhang must not be like this, I will be reprimanded by the lord at most for this matter, if you also stand up, I am afraid that the lord will be angry and kill, now that the war is imminent, we must retain our strength, especially a heroic man like the general, let alone in the hands of our own people." ”

Zhang Liao still wanted to insist, but saw Chen Gong shake his hand, and continued: "General Zhang is so righteous, the palace is ashamed, now it's better to tell the truth, the battle of Xiapi is bound to be extremely difficult, and our failure is even greater, if the general leaves at this moment, the palace will report to the lord, only saying that you have died in battle." ”

Zhang Liao replied without hesitation: "If the eldest husband dies, he will die, how can he escape like such a villain, and the military advisor doesn't need to say it anymore." ”

Chen Gong was very satisfied with Zhang Liao's answer, but still interjected: "If we are defeated, General Zhang must not give up the vitality to live because of arrogance. ”

Zhang Liao was silent for a moment when he heard this, and finally nodded, which can be regarded as accepting Chen Gong's suggestion.

Chen Gong stopped talking, but urged the horses to sit down and gallop out, and now they must hurry back to Xiapi, because many of the settings on the city defense have to be reconsidered, the other party is no longer an ordinary army, and those gunpowder shells have completely changed everything.