Cao Cao led the Qingzhou army to cross the Yellow River west and set up camp more than ten miles east of Puyang.

At this time, I, who was busy in the workshop, checked the tube explosives in my hand and said, "This time Cao Cao came just in time, let him try the power of this new weapon." ”

Bong first looked at the thing in my hand and asked very strangely, "Is this a firework?" ”

I laughed and said, "This is called explosives, not fireworks; However, it is made on a similar principle as fireworks, and all that is required is something called gunpowder. ”

"Oh." Feng Xian nodded as if he didn't understand, and then asked again: "Why haven't you seen Brother Xian before?" ”

I replied, "I didn't have to do it before, because the power of this thing was so amazing, and I didn't want the manufacturing process to fall into someone else's hands so easily; lest those with bad intentions use it to create a large-scale production, in which case the common people will suffer. ”

Feng Xian nodded with relief and said, "I see; I wonder how many of these weapons called "explosives" have been made by Brother Xian this time? ”

I replied, "Not much, twenty of them, but that's more than enough." ”

Bong first looked at me, feeling a little puzzled and expectant.

Subsequently, Cao Cao led the Qingzhou soldiers to challenge, and Feng Xian and I led the crowd out of the city to meet each other.

But he heard Cao Cao scolding: "Lu Bu, Shaoran, you two ungrateful traitors!" You waited for the time to vote, and I, Cao, kindly took it in, but now the two of you have colluded with Zhang Miao and Chen Gong's disciples to seize my city; I was so blind at the beginning, how could I take in you and other ungrateful people! ”

At this time, Feng Xian couldn't help but say: "Cao Cao, I waited for my brothers to come to vote in times of difficulty, and you were kind enough to take them in, and everyone was really grateful; But you should never be angry with innocent people because of personal vendettas, this is not the right way. As the saying goes, the Tao is not the same; Now you say that the two of us colluded with Zhang Miao and Chen Gong to seize your city, which is really a fallacy; How can the city of the Han family be owned by you privately? Besides, isn't it too selfish for you to want to take it for yourself, and the land under heaven is supposed to be owned by the people of the world? ”

Cao Cao suddenly said angrily: "Lu Bu, you don't want to take advantage of your tongue, today Cao Cao will teach you to wait for the destruction here!" Pass on my military order, and those who can kill the murderers and rebels against Lu Bu and Shaoran will be rewarded with 1,000 taels of gold! ”

"This ......" When the Qingzhou army heard this, they couldn't help but hesitate immediately.

Seeing this, Cao Cao reprimanded again: "What are you doing in a daze? Your great sages and good teachers have long since died, so what is there to be afraid of a dead person? You are now a soldier under my Cao Cao, I order you to attack immediately, do not hesitate, and those who violate the order will be beheaded! ”

When the Qingzhou army heard this, they no longer hesitated, and immediately rushed towards us with a shout.

I smiled slightly and nodded to Qin Yi and Zhang Xiao on the side. Then the two of them led the brothers to the front and shouted, "The great sage and good teacher have arrived!" ”

When Qingzhou Jun heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked, and his heart suddenly hesitated.

Immediately, I ordered the brothers on the side to hand me the explosives, lit them, and threw them into the camp of the Qingzhou Army a hundred paces away. Since the explosives were originally a little lightweight, I added stones to the inside of the tube, and with the weight of the stones, I could throw them at least 200 meters away.

Subsequently, the explosives exploded in the camp of the Qingzhou army, and only a loud bang was heard, and five or six Qingzhou soldiers were immediately blown up. At this moment, everyone was stunned, and the Qingzhou army suddenly stopped and stopped rushing forward.

At this time, the brother next to me also looked at the scene in front of me in a daze. I looked at him and couldn't help but say, "Hey, what's the dazed on the battlefield, hand me another one." ”

"Uh-oh." He immediately came to his senses and nodded, and hurriedly handed me another explosive. I couldn't help but chuckle when I saw his frightened look.

Speaking of which, this brother's name is Jiang Yu, and his name is Yunqi. It was Gao Feng who violated military regulations when he was the lieutenant of Yuyuan Pass, and I asked him to take over the position of lieutenant. When Chang'an fell, he broke through with Fengxian and left, and has stayed in our team ever since. In the previous battle of Changshan, he was one of the dozens of brothers who fought Zhang Yan.

At this time, Bongxian was very surprised by this weapon, which was called "explosives". He didn't expect a small thing to produce such power, especially with a terrifying noise, like the sound of thunder when it rained.

But I lit another explosive and threw it out, and then there was a loud bang, and five or six more Qingzhou soldiers were blown away. Immediately, the Qingzhou army began to panic, and the team exploded all of a sudden, and they all wondered if this would be the divine power descended by the great sage and good teacher.

At this time, Cao Cao and the others in the rear couldn't help but be stunned for a while, and they didn't seem to be able to figure out what the situation was now.

When I saw that the desired effect had been achieved, I immediately ordered: "All the soldiers obey the order, follow me to charge into battle, and kill the enemy for meritorious service!" ”

When all the brothers heard this, they immediately came to their senses: "Order!" "Then he followed Feng Xian and me and rushed to the Qingzhou army. Seeing this, a group of Qingzhou troops immediately fled in fright, and for a time the formation of Cao's army was in chaos, and Cao Cao had to retreat on horseback.

Subsequently, Cao Cao led the remnants of the defeated army to retreat to the camp, and then closed the camp gate, intending to fortify the camp for defense. Unexpectedly, Zhang Liao and Song Xian, who had taken the opportunity to make a detour to ambush before, led the men and horses of their headquarters to immediately shoot rockets at the camp. I saw thousands of fire arrows pouring down continuously, and for a while, the tents in the camp began to burn.

At this moment, chaos began in the camp, and some of the soldiers were in flames. Subsequently, Cao Cao got on his horse and planned to break out of the camp gate and escape, but Zhang Liao and Song Xian suddenly led the crowd to attack him. After fighting a few times, Zhang Liao looked around, suddenly found Cao Cao's traces, and shouted: "Where is Cao Cao fleeing!" And he rode forward.

Immediately, Zhang Liao quickly rushed to the front and slashed over, but saw Cao Cao block it with a sword in time. Unexpectedly, Zhang Liao's strength was too heavy, and Cao Cao did not step steadily, so he was shot down and dismounted. At that time, there was a small fire next to him, and when Cao Cao fell, he accidentally pressed his left hand into the fire, and immediately burned his palm.

At this time, Xiahou Yuan suddenly arrived: "Don't be afraid, the lord will not be afraid in the future!" ”

Immediately, Xiahou Yuan rushed forward to fight Zhang Liao. Lou Yi, who came with him on the side, hurriedly came to him and helped Cao Cao to get on the horse: "Lord, go quickly!" The two of them then burst out of the fire and retreated in the direction of Juancheng.

After Cao Cao left safely, Xiahou Yuan quickly abandoned Zhang Liao and retreated. Zhang Liao did not pursue, but led his soldiers to clean up the battlefield.

In this battle, more than 1,000 cavalry of our army fought against more than 20,000 Cao troops, and our army won a complete victory.

After returning to Puyang, everyone held a celebration banquet to celebrate the victory of our army.

During the banquet, Feng Xian couldn't help but praise: "This explosive made by the virtuous brother is really amazingly powerful, even I was shocked. ”

I smiled slightly, but said, "It's nothing, even if it's more powerful, I will build it, but the current conditions are insufficient; Otherwise, with our brothers, it would be enough to sweep the entire Kanto. ”

"What the virtuous brother said is extremely true." Feng Xian nodded thoughtfully, and said: "Cao Cao was defeated this time, although he suffered heavy losses, he still has surplus assets in his hands to recruit troops and horses; It won't be long before he comes back; I think that instead of fighting like this, let's try to persuade him to reconcile, so that we can calm down the conflict as soon as possible and welcome the return of the Son of Heaven. ”

I said: "Cao Cao himself was a person who held a lot of grudges, which can be seen from his treatment of the people when he crusaded against Xuzhou; So I don't think he'll be willing to reconcile with us; However, it is okay to try to write a reconciliation letter, whether he is willing to let go of personal grievances or not, we must always show our hearts, which will be more beneficial to us in the future. ”

Feng Xian nodded and said, "Well, what Brother Xian said is reasonable. ”

Speaking of which, in our army, it has always been the two of us who discussed and agreed on the plan, and the others never interjected easily. For the brothers knew in their hearts that even if they wanted to, they could not give better advice. So, they have developed the habit of quietly waiting for orders to be given.

Perhaps, some feel that this situation may lead to the absence of future talent to take over. In fact, this is completely a personal concern and is unnecessary. It's just that the people below will gradually and imperceptibly learn my knowledge and experience in the process of acting. Only those who can be self-taught are true geniuses and those who can be responsible for great responsibilities in the future. As a leader, the only thing to do is to teach them how to be self-taught, and to give them the freedom to play without harm. In this way, it is effortless and can continue to cultivate various types of elite talents.

Lao Tzu once said to go with the flow, in fact, this is the truth. (To be continued.) )