Cao Pi convened his ministers again and urgently discussed countermeasures. Vertex updates are the fastest

Seeing Cao Xiu's look of wanting to die, he couldn't bear to let him come to the court to tell everyone about the battle, and he was humiliated again, so he should be allowed to recuperate in peace for a while.

Of course, he would not have cured him of the sin of defeat.

First, because of good feelings, I can't bear to be guilty.

Second, it can't be held accountable, if you want to talk about it, Cao Zhen is also guilty, and after that punishment, the Cao family will not lead any more troops.

For his own brothers, he is afraid that they will seize power, he does not dare to use it, he does not want to use it, if he makes his clansmen lose his military power, who will protect the world for him?

Moreover, if you want to talk about the crime, do you want to blame your father, who invented that damn thunderbolt car, but only used one battle and discarded it, but was learned by others, carried forward, and beat his own army, do you want to punish him?

He singled out one of the generals who fled back from Jicheng and asked him to go to the court to accept the inquiries of the ministers.

The general was so frightened that he described the power of the enemy's catapults: "Their thunderbolts, throwing huge stones and smashing them into the city walls, were large pits one by one; It can be used to throw dirt, build a mountain of earth in half a day, and seal a city gate in half an hour; The projected firearm, I don't know what it is, as soon as it smashed and shattered on the ground, the smell of wine overflowed, and the oil splashed, and then, as long as it took a little spark, it was burned to a large piece and couldn't hide from it......"

Moreover, he did not forget to mention one more sentence: "The enemy is attacking outside the city, and there are still their internal responses in the city, and the one named Jiang Wei has already defected to the enemy." The enemy should be inside and outside, and we really can't guard against it. ”

The ministers didn't have much interest in Jiang Wei, and their attention was all on the catapult.

"Thunderbolt? Isn't this something invented by Emperor Taizu Wu when he was crossing the war? Why are we useless ourselves, but used by the enemy? ”

"Really? Is that thing that powerful? ”

"It's amazing, at that time, Yuan Shao asked people to erect a high wooden frame, build a high earth mountain, and shoot arrows desperately in our military camp, so that our sergeants didn't dare to move, and when they really couldn't do it, they could only hold a big shield to protect their whole body, and move slowly step by step, which made everyone miserable. Then we had catapults, and the thing threw stones out and threw them all the way away. Smash the enemy's wooden building to pieces, and smash the enemy on the dirt mountain to blood. They never dared to do that again. ”

"Is it really that powerful? Then why didn't you use it later? ”

"You know what, it's too big and bulky, it's inconvenient to carry, and it can't be navigated on many roads. Besides, it takes more than 200 sergeants to launch that thing, and at the same time they pull the rope and run backwards, and they must move neatly, which requires special training. Moreover, that thing was so bulky that it needed to take up a large area, and if the enemy rushed closer, it would be useless at all. ”

Immediately, someone asked the general: "Yes, that thing is so bulky, it takes so many people to pull and run together to throw stones, so many cars, how much space does it have to occupy, it's not easy to protect, right?" Why didn't you organize the stormtroopers and rush in and destroy them? ”

You say it so lightly! Isn't this the same tone as that Jiang Wei? He immediately retorted: "The enemy's catapult, which does not need so many people to pull at all, is to hang a basket in front of it with heavy things, and a small basket behind it with stones and firearms. As soon as the sergeant holding the firing rod behind him let go, the long pole immediately cocked and threw the firearm out. When the launch is finished, they only need to be in the heavy basket in front, and a few sergeants lift the heavy objects in the basket a little, and the long rod will fall down again, and the people behind will first buckle it, and then load things into the front heavy basket and the back launch basket, and they will soon be able to launch again. They don't have to run at all! ”

Oh, so that's the case, it's different from what we used to be, and the ministers hurriedly compared with each other, imagining, and felt that this was indeed much more convenient and practical.

Everyone was silent for a while, no wonder Jicheng was lost so quickly, the enemy had already made so many elaborate improvements to a very powerful weapon, and most of the defenders in the city had never seen such a thing, and they didn't know how to deal with it, plus there were internal thieves, and it was understandable that they were defeated by chance.

Besides, this powerful weapon was also invented by us first, and when I think about it, everyone still has a faint trace of pride in their hearts.

But how to deal with this kind of thing? You really haven't figured out a good way to do it for a while.

In the end, Liu Ye stood up and said that this kind of thing, in general, is still too bulky and not suitable for field warfare, and in siege warfare, as long as you dodge and protect well, you can still hold on to the city, no matter what, that thing can't directly smash the city wall, right? If the enemy wants to attack the city, it will eventually depend on people to get to the city.

Sima Yi added: "Although we don't have more good ways to defend against catapults for a while, we can also use the other way to return the favor." The enemy will only use it during the siege of the city, and we can prepare more of these things in the city in the future, launch them condescendingly, and fight farther, won't the enemy even be able to withstand the edge of the city? ”

Everyone nodded in unison, and even claimed yes, that is, it was obviously something we invented, so can't we use it anymore? We're going to use it better than they do!

Sima Yi said: "You can seize the time now, let the craftsmen rush to make some, and then train the sergeants for the purpose of defending the city and attacking the city in the future." ”

Cao Pi was a little relieved, and instructed the officials to hurry up the drawings according to the description of the generals who fled back from Jicheng, try to improve, and hurry up the production, and at the same time asked: "In this case, the use of catapults is limited, then, how should we deal with the enemy who has come to attack my Longyou now?" ”

Everyone discussed it again, and finally thought that it was completely possible to attack in three ways, enter all the way from Chencang Road, counterattack the enemy's Wudu County, cut off the grain route of the enemy army in Longyou, and cut off their rear road.

The second way is to go up the Weishui River, enter Linwei, and engage the enemy head-on.

The third way, from the direction of Lüyang, the route where those who fled back, entered Lüyang, and finally joined the second road to drive the enemy back from Longyou.

At the same time, several suspicious soldiers were also dispatched, threatening to attack Hanzhong from the Meridian Valley, Fu Luo Road and Bao Slope Road.

Cao Pi was very satisfied, and asked, "Who wants to lead the army to the battle?" ”

No one recommended themselves, but a few people pointed at Sima Yi and said, "He! ”

Cao Pi thinks that it is okay, today Sima Yi has analyzed the head of the way, and when he wants to meet the enemy, he can adapt to the situation, and he should be able to complete this mission well. (To be continued.) )