In Cao Cao's opinion, Xiliang Tie rode to death, but the tiger and leopard rider under his command could not afford to die.

The tiger and leopard cavalry can have the prestige of today, all of them rely on their soldiers to be a hundred soldiers, just a tiger and leopard knight, in the rest of the departments under his command, it is more than enough to serve as a school captain only by martial arts, and because of this, it is not easy to train tiger and leopard cavalry, before Cao Cao every time he used the tiger and leopard to ride out on the expedition, a few dead and injured will be heartbroken, and now with the Xiliang iron cavalry, only a few moments of effort, the tiger and leopard elite actually lost half.

The tiger and leopard cavalry resisted the offensive of the Xiliang iron cavalry, Cao Hong also quickly led the army to intercept the rushing team, a killing, after all the rushing cars were demolished, Cao Hong did not stop, and quickly returned to the city, the sound of Cao Jun's city head sounded, and the tiger and leopard cavalry did not dare to fight, and hurriedly retreated.

Ma Chao killed the bloody battle armor, and also added two gunshot wounds to his body, and led the army back, Ma Chao laughed loudly: "Kill happily!" In the past, when Cao Cao's army horses, killing them was always like chopping melons and vegetables, if there were more such strong troops in Cao's army, so that in the future, Ma could also have fun in this battle array! ”

When Pang Shanmin heard Ma Chao's words, they couldn't cry or laugh.

This guy actually fought to the fullest, and he actually hoped that the enemy army would be stronger, this idea was really simple. Pang Shanmin glanced at Ma Chao and said to Ma Chao: "Meng Qi, return to the camp quickly and call the military doctor for diagnosis and treatment." ”

When Ma Chao left, the generals found that Pang Shanmin was not angry because of the failure to attack the city, and they were all strange in their hearts.

Seeing several glances in front of the battle, Pang Shanmin only smiled indifferently and said to the generals: "If you can break the Chen Liu, are you too underestimate Cao Cao's skills?" Pang Mou never thought that the attack on Chen Liu would be smooth, and it was reasonable for our army to be slightly hindered. ”

After saying that, Pang Shanmin waved his hand, and several teams of soldiers pushed the catapult and slowly walked in the direction of Chen Liu.

Liu Ye was shocked when he saw this Jingxiang sharp weapon in the city.

The catapult was originally created by Liu Ye in the battle of Guandu to break the Yuan army, and now this Jingxiang throws stones. The structure is more sophisticated than Cao Jun's catapult in the past. Presumably more powerful and farther, the catapult team in Jingxiang's army had just moved, and Liu Ye hurriedly said to Cao Cao: "Prime Minister." The city is no longer safe. Duck now! ”

Cao Cao frowned slightly when he heard this. But seeing Jing Xiang throwing a stone stopped a few feet outside the city, Cao Cao saw this, pointed to the opposite catapult array and said: "Such a distance." How can I throw a boulder into the city? ”

Cao Cao said, all the generals laughed, Liu Ye was also slightly stunned, the distance of the Jingxiang catapult is obviously too far from the city wall, if the boulder is thrown, the range is insufficient.

Just when the generals of the Cao army at the head of the city were discussing, there were changes in the catapult array under the city, and the Jing Xiang soldiers who were responsible for moving the stones put the leather bags into the catapults, such changes still made the Cao army in the city puzzled for a long time, the skin is lighter than the stone, but this huge skin, even if it can be thrown far, it cannot damage the city wall......

Not only the Cao army in the city, but even in the Jingxiang army array, Pang Tong and Zhou Yu also looked at each other, Pang Tong stared at the skin bag on the catapult for a long time, took the lead to come back to his senses, and said to Pang Shanmin: "This thing is from the academy?" ”

Pang Shanmin nodded when he heard this, and said to Pang Tong: "And look patiently, when I left Jingxiang, Pang went to the academy on a special trip and collected a lot of good things." ”

As soon as Pang Shanmin's voice fell, the stone had thrown out the skin, and several huge "skins" flew out for several feet, some smashed on the city wall, and some fell on the city, the skin bag was broken, and the "stuffing" inside also leaked out, Liu Ye smelled the smell of the liquid leaking from the skin, was stunned for a moment, and suddenly said to Cao Cao: "It's fire oil!" ”

"Kerose?" Cao Cao was slightly stunned, and before he came back to his senses, he heard Guo Jia hurriedly say: "The enemy wants to set fire!" ”

In the Jingxiang army array, as if hearing Guo Jia's call, there were hundreds of soldiers, and the anti-giant crossbow stepped forward one after another, Liu Ye only glanced at it, and then hurriedly said to Cao Cao: "Prime Minister, you should quickly go down to the city and retreat, if Ye is not mistaken, the thing carried by Jingxiang's soldiers is 'stepping on the crossbow'!" The range of this object is several times farther than that of ordinary bows and arrows, and if the enemy uses rockets, we are in danger! ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he suddenly woke up, and hurriedly ordered the generals and colonels of the city to retreat, and the Cao army in the city was in a mess, and the soldiers who stepped on the crossbow under the city were all lying flat on the ground, supporting the crossbow machine with their feet, pulling the crossbow string with both hands, and after the arrow was ignited, hundreds of sharp arrows flew to the head of Chen Liucheng like flying locusts.

After the sound of buzzing arrows, Chen Liucheng's head suddenly burst into flames, and even the place on the city wall stained with fire oil also ignited a monstrous flame, and the Cao soldiers who did not have time to retreat fell into the raging sea of fire at the moment, and the screams on Chen Liucheng were endless.

Chen Liucheng is like a hell on earth, even the Jingxiang soldiers in the army array under the city were all stunned by such a tragic scene, after a long time, Zhou Yu slowly came back to his senses, and muttered: "If such strange things are used in water warfare, the Jiangdong Navy is afraid that it will not be spared, if it is deployed on both sides of the river and waterway, and the crossbow is stepped on, then there is no ship in Jiangdong that dares to cross the river......"

Pang Shanmin nodded when he heard this.

The effect of burning the city bricks is not significant, and Pang Shanmin originally did not expect to use this area to throw stones and break Chen Liucheng with a crossbow. However, Pang Shanmin is quite satisfied with the results of this show of martial arts, and the products produced by the academy must be high-quality. Presumably, Cao Jun was also frightened by these emerging things in the Jing Xiang army.

The water and fire are ruthless, the flames on the city burned for a long time before they gradually extinguished, and those Cao soldiers who failed to escape are now afraid that they will not be spared, but this kind of fire attack is not perfect, and while the fire burns the city, Jing Xiang has no way to take advantage of the situation to attack the city.

After a long time, Cao Jun, who was guarding the head of the city, gradually ascended the city, vigilantly watching the movement of the Jingxiang army and horses under the city, and after making sure that there was no obstacle, Cao Cao took his ministers and came to the city again.

Although the fire only damaged dozens of Cao Cao's pawns, the shock it produced had a huge impact on Cao Cao.

Today's Jingxiang is not only strong and strong, but even such unheard of weapons and tactics are emerging in an endless stream, and then looking at the rigorous military formation under the city, Cao Cao felt bitter in his heart.

"Fengxiao, Jing Xiang is so strong, how can Chen Liu stay for a long time?" Cao Cao said, but Guo Jia waved his hand slightly, and said to Cao Cao: "The tactics used by Jing Xiang are only to deter the enemy, and if you want to damage the soldiers and horses in my city, you can't do it." Prime Minister can recall that Jing Xiang has been busy for a long time, and how many casualties have our army? ”

Cao Cao was slightly stunned, and the frightened expression on his face gradually improved, and said to Guo Jia: "Feng Xiao is right, Jing Xiang is so hot, flashy!" Cao almost fell for his trick. ”

Guo Jia sighed lightly when he heard this.

Cao Cao has always been resolute, but now he was only scared like this by a fire in Jingxiang. Looking at the military formation under the city from afar. Guo Jia felt bitter in his heart, recalling the never-before-seen scene of Shicai, Guo Jia felt more and more that he was sticking to Chen Liu, and his heart was bottomless.

If you talk about Jing Xiang's tactics before. Guo Jiashang can be predicted. But today I have seen Pang Shanmin's bizarre methods. Guo Jia also didn't know whether Jing Xiang would use "thaumaturgy" to attack Chen Liu, although Guo Jia said it easily. Inform the lieutenant colonel that Jing Xiang's move was just to intimidate people, but if Jing Xiang came to a few more unheard-of methods, Guo Jia didn't know how to strengthen the heart of the soldiers in the city.

Fortunately, the sky gradually darkened, and the Jingxiang military horses on the opposite side also collected their troops and returned, Guo Jia saw the Jingxiang military horses slowly leaving in the city, and gradually relieved his heart.

After only defending the city for one day, he was so tired, Guo Jia secretly complained in his heart, and then looked at his colleagues around him, and everyone had a palpitating look on their faces.

When people face new things, they will always have a sense of awe, even the experienced Cao Jun generals are not exempt from vulgarity, especially the generals in the camp, such as Xu Chu, Xiahoudun and others, these generals are brave, but they are also mortals, and everyone secretly says in their hearts If they are stained with the oil, no matter how powerful the martial arts are, I am afraid that they will not escape death.

Cao Cao looked around at the generals, and his heart was also heavy.

And what worries Cao Cao the most is not this Jingxiang stone throwing and crossbow weapon, but what kind of equipment Pang Shanmin will use to attack Chen Liu.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh secretly, in the past, Jingxiang Academy was inferior to Yingchuan Academy, but after only a few years, Jingxiang Academy could provide such a sharp weapon for Pang Shanmin, and today Jingxiang military horses, set fire to the city but the wind was light, slowly retreating, such a move made Cao Cao almost certain, that Pang Shanmin is likely to have a lot of strange things, aimed at Chen Liu.

If Chen stayed in an ordinary city, Cao Cao would not have been entangled by Pang Shanmin, he had already suffered such a big loss, and he would have retreated.

However, Chen Liu, the place where Cao Cao raised his troops, not to mention Cao Cao's deep feelings for this place, was the tens of thousands of Jingxiang troops outside the city, which also made Cao Cao feel that he could not advance or retreat.

led the army out of the city to rush and kill, no one was the opponent of the five tigers of Jingxiang, even the tiger idiot Xu Chu faced Ma Chao, Huang Zhong, Zhang Fei, any of them, the chance of winning is not good.

If you don't want to be annihilated by Jingxiang's army, the only thing you can rely on now is the high pool of Chenliucheng, but Jingxiang's siege weapons seem to be able to ignore the solidity of Chenliucheng's defense to a large extent.

Inadvertently, Cao Cao set his eyes on Jia Xu, Jia Xu and Cao Cao glanced at each other, and sighed: "If you can use Jia Xu's life to change the safety of the soldiers in the city, I am willing to sacrifice my head to the prime minister to calm the anger of Tang Hou......."

When Cao Cao heard this, he shook his head again and again and said: "Wenhe, don't think too much, Cao Zao and Jing Xiang swear not to be separated." ”

Cao Cao said, and then looked at the generals, but found that not all the expressions on the faces of the soldiers were seconded to him, and many soldiers looked at Jia Xu's gaze as if they were looking at a disaster star.

Seeing this, Cao Cao was furious in his heart, and said to the generals: "The matter of Wenhe is for the sake of my Central Plains foundation, and the slaughter of Xu Du is also a last resort. ”

When Jia Xu heard this, he was moved in his heart, and knelt down on the ground and said: "Prime Minister's great kindness, how can Jia repay it?" ”

Cao Cao sighed lightly, picked up Jia Xu, and said to Jia Xu: "Wen He has seen Jing Xiang outside the city today, and now in his heart, can he have a countermeasure?" ”

Jia Xu thought for a moment and said to Cao Cao: "When the fire at the head of the city was extinguished today, Jing Xiang actually did not take advantage of the situation to attack the city, presumably the people of Pang Shanmin did not have a good grasp of it, and they broke through Chen Liu, and watched Jing Xiang at the head of the city, whether it was rushing the car, throwing stones, or stepping on the crossbow by the soldiers, it would take a lot of time to prepare......

When Cao Cao and the generals heard Jia Xu's words, they all nodded, and Guo Jia understood Jia Xu's thoughts early.

If Jing Xiang uses the equipment to attack the city again the next day, the Cao army only needs to see Jing Xiang and bring something unseen to the battlefield, so that the city can be avoided.

And not only that, when Jingxiang equipment is arranged, the lieutenant soldiers of Chen Liucheng can even open the city gate. After going out of the city to cover up and kill, he met Jing Xiang's big attack, and then retreated to the city, so that Jing Xiang's weapons could not be successful, and the advantage of the army under Pang Shanmin was gone.

Guo Jia told the generals what he wanted, and all the generals of Cao Ying were dazzled.

Now that there is a strategy for the enemy, the generals have settled down, Cao Cao's worries are gone, and he orders the generals to return to the camp to rest.

Night.

In the Jingxiang army. Brightly lit.

There is a battle in front of the city today. Jingxiang's army was majestic, but Pang Tong complained about what Pang Shanmin had done, and in Pang Tong's view, the weapons carried by his brother should be used as a killer weapon against Cao Cao. It is used to show off its might. It's obviously overkill.

Moreover, Pang Tong also saw the flaws in the equipment. The long preparation time was enough for the Cao army in the city to deal with it in advance. It was originally a powerful thing to kill and injure the enemy, but in the end it did not get the results it deserved, which is the pearl secret investment.

After Pang Tong informed Pang Shanmin of his thoughts, Pang Shanmin only smiled and did not answer, but Zhou Yu stood on the side with Pang Tong, and also denounced Pang Shanmin for being too big, if the next day Cao Jun, taking advantage of the Jingxiang equipment array, went out of the city to cover up and kill, no matter how powerful the equipment is, it will be difficult to exert the slightest combat power.

"Mountain people, don't you realize that the equipment in our army is not omnipotent!" Zhou Yu said solemnly: "With Guo Jia and Jia Xu's wisdom, if the mountain people use equipment to attack the city again, I am afraid that they will return in vain!" ”

Seeing that the two of them were angry, Pang Shanmin couldn't help but laugh and said: "What if Pang Mou told the two of you that Pang Mou and others would go out of the city and destroy the equipment in our army the next day?" ”

Pang Shanmin said, Pang Tong and Zhou Yu were stunned, and after a while, Pang Tong's eyes lit up and said: "Calculate the chain?" Is my brother trying to set up an ambush in advance? ”

"Cao's army is high in the city, how can our army hide in ambush?" Pang Shanmin shook his head again and again when he heard this, and said to Pang Tong: "Wenhe can only be patient, and the next day before Chen stays in the city, he will see the difference!" ”

Pang Shanmin said, both of them were confused, and even Zhang Fei, Ma Chao and other generals were curious about what other means Pang Shanmin had to break Cao's army.

For the frequent questions of the generals, Pang Shanmin only smiled and did not answer, and told the other party that the people who came to see how Cao Jun made a fool of himself, and the fire burned the city, which would not hurt Cao Jun at all, and the next day Pang Shanmin had a plan to pit Cao Cao again.

It was getting late, Pang Shanmin ordered the generals to rest early, but Huang Zhong was left behind, and after Huang Zhong's ear was instructed, Huang Zhong did not know what Pang Shanmin was planning, but he also took the order to go.

At dawn the next day, outside the city, the rumbling drums began again.

The Jingxiang army set up the formation early, standing in front of Chen Liucheng, and after a while, there were Jingxiang soldiers pushing carts and carts of wooden barrels, coming in front of Chen Liucheng.

Cao Cao saw Jingxiang's military horses in the city, although he didn't know why, but with the experience of yesterday's previous car, Cao Cao didn't dare to underestimate why these carts were used.

Urgently summoned Liu Ye to come, Liu Ye also looked at the busy Jingxiang soldiers in the city in confusion, and after a while, Liu Ye shook his head again and again, and said to Cao Cao: "That car is just an ordinary cart, just a wooden barrel on the car, I'm afraid that there is a hidden Jingxiang killer......"

"No matter what, we can't let it put up a good position again, if we can't deal with it like yesterday, we will definitely suffer!" Cao Cao said, looked at Guo Jia, Guo Jia and Jia Xu glanced at each other, and both nodded.

In a short time, nearly 100 carts have been in formation below Chen Liucheng, and the carts are not far from each other.

When Jing Xiang's soldiers were about to move the wooden barrels in the car to the ground, the gate of Chen Liucheng slowly opened, and countless Cao soldiers and soldiers were surging to kill!

Seeing this, the soldiers on the side of the car did not stop, and retreated quickly, but the thousands of Cao troops went straight to the cart phalanx, Ma Chao saw that the general who was the leader in the formation, it was still Cao Hong, and said with a smile: "The lord should order Ma to capture that guy!" ”

Ma Chao said that, he wanted to lead the army out, but when Pang Shanmin saw this, he hurriedly stopped him and said to Ma Chao: "Cao Jun is just thinking, why should Meng Qi follow and mix?" Pang had already prepared, just to let him Cao Cao take a look, my Jingxiang equipment was not as good as he imagined, and it could be easily broken! ”

When Cao Jun had begun to damage the cart, Pang Shanmin waved his hand, and after Huang Zhong got his order, he ordered the archers of the formation to release rockets together, and the old general took out the bow from his back, lit the arrows, and shot arrows.

Cao Hong saw that Jingxiang's military horses and rockets were raining, and he wondered in his heart, this battle array kills the enemy, sharp arrows are enough, and rockets are redundant, could it be that he has other plans?

Vaguely, Cao Hong felt that something was wrong in his heart, and he was about to order his soldiers to be vigilant, but he saw a rocket, which hit the cart in front of him, Cao Hong only felt a flash of light in front of him, and his ears were like a huge thunderstorm, and then he didn't know anything......

One rocket after another hit the barrel of the cart, the rumbling sound was endless, and the ground under his feet was still trembling, and in the middle of the Jingxiang army, the war horses neighed, and the soldiers hurriedly tightened the reins of the horses to stop the frightened war horses from scurrying.

Even Pang Tong and Zhou Yu didn't expect that such a miracle could be seen in their lifetime, could it be that it was really because Jia Xu slaughtered the city and caused Cao Jun to be punished by the sky?

In just a moment, there were huge pits in front of Chen Liucheng, and on both sides of the potholes, there were stumps and broken arms, and the thousands of Cao soldiers who came out of the city were not alive, and it was difficult to find even a corpse.

Pang Shanmin originally just wanted to test the effect of the newly researched gunpowder of Jingxiang Academy, and when he saw such a tragic scene, Pang Shanmin was still frightened.

Looking at the tragic scene in front of him, Pang Shanmin didn't know whether to rejoice in the extraordinary results, or to be afraid of the appearance of gunpowder, as if releasing a fierce beast that should not exist in this era.

Pang Shanmin, who had been prepared in his heart, was the first to come back to his senses, and muttered in his mouth: "I knew that the gunpowder was so sharp, why did I throw the oil into the city yesterday ......" (to be continued......