The gate of Chen Liu's city has not yet been closed, but the Jingxiang soldiers are all confused, not only the Cao Jun above the city head widened his eyes, but also the Jingxiang soldiers were also stunned when they looked at this unbelievable scene under the city.

Ma Chao was shocked, remembering that Pang Shanmin had spoken out to stop him before, and secretly said that he was lucky. If the right person is temperamental, he stepped forward to fight, and now he is afraid that the end is no different from that Cao Hong, Ma Chao's eyes even deliberately looked for Cao Hong's figure, but the pile of stumps and broken arms made it difficult for Ma Chao to judge, which arm and leg belonged to Cao Hong......

After a while, Cao Cao in the city came back to his senses and shouted miserably: "Zilian! ”

Cao Cao's voice made all the ministers in the city withdraw their eyes from the city, Guo Jia saw Cao Cao's gaffe, and hurriedly shouted to Cao Cao: "Prime Minister, when the city gate is closed quickly, the matter of Zilian is a foregone conclusion." ”

Cao Cao ordered the city gate to be closed in a daze, and looked at the Jingxiang army array waiting under the city with dull eyes, and his heart was full of sorrow.

Chen stayed for more than a day, and the tiger and leopard riders lost more than half, and even Cao Hongdu fell on the battlefield so inexplicably, and Cao Cao really didn't know how to deal with the endless new gadgets in Jingxiang, and Cao Cao didn't know if there was such a powerful weapon to break the enemy in Jingxiang's army.

The fire flashed, the sound was like a huge thunder, and then there was a wave of shaking like the sky and the earth cracking, and the strange thing in the barrel made Cao Cao inexplicably frightened.

After a long time, Cao Cao sighed and said to Liu Ye: "Ziyang, do you know what Jing Xiang used to harm Zilian's life?" ”

Liu Ye heard this and thought for a while. Shaking his head, he said to Cao Cao: "Shuchen is incompetent, and he doesn't know what this Jingxiang weapon is, but he just looks at it with a clear view, if this thing wants to burst, it must be led by fire, and Jing Xiangshi just released the rocket indiscriminately, which is the cause of its burst." ”

When Cao Cao heard this, his heart was a little relieved.

There is a limit to any weapon. You can slowly think about how to solve it. The people of Pang Shanmin only set up an ambush with this strange thing, but did not use it to attack the city, and it is obvious that the use of such strange objects requires many restrictions. Come to mind. Cao Cao barely bred up. Said to the left and right: "If Jing Xiang lures my army out of the city again, you must be more cautious. ”

When the generals heard this, they all said yes.

There is a lesson from Cao Hong. How dare the generals of Cao Ying go out of the city? Originally, Ma Chao, Zhang Fei and others were enough to frighten General Cao, but now these unpredictable methods have been added to the Jingxiang army, and General Cao is terrified in his heart.

Looking at his colleagues in the army with earth-colored faces, Guo Jia secretly said that it would be very inappropriate for the morale of the army defending the city to remain so low.

After thinking for a moment, Guo Jia said to Cao Cao: "Prime Minister, since Zi Yang said that this thing must be led by fire before it can burst, presumably when the two armies fight, the usefulness of this thing can be ignored, otherwise, Pang Shanmin would not have put this good thing in the past." According to Guo, Zilian's death, the prime minister and I are both heartbroken, but this is not the time to blindly mourn, if Chen Liu's loss, Zilian will lose his life in vain, and it is difficult to see it under Jiuquan. ”

Guo Jia said, Cao Ying's generals gradually recovered, Cao Cao nodded when he heard this, and looked at the military formation outside the city to see if Jing Xiang would take advantage of the situation to attack the city.

Very different from the lifeless Chen Liuchengtou, Jingxiang's army was all excited after a short period of stunned.

With such a sharp weapon, why worry about Chen not breaking it? When the barrels exploded, the momentum was like the sky shattering, and even if it was used to shatter the sturdy wall of Chenliu, it must be very likely to do so.

Thinking of this, Pang Tong was overjoyed and said to Pang Shanmin: "Brother, what is in that barrel?" ”

"Gunpowder." Pang Shanmin smiled indifferently when he heard this: "Pang Mou didn't think that Mr. Cheng Yan could fiddle with this kind of thing, originally Pang Mou only said to him that if he wanted to make this thing, he could learn from the alchemy of the pre-Qin Fangshi, but it was only a few years, and Mr. Cheng Yan had actually achieved a small success." ”

"Is this still a small success?" Pang Tong couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this.

Pang Tong had never seen such a powerful weapon before, but now listening to his brother's meaning, this strange thing called "gunpowder" has obviously not reached its limit of power, Pang Tong was secretly speechless, and said with a happy face in a moment: "If this thing is stacked at the gate of Chenliu, and then the rocket is fired, the city gate can be broken!" ”

Pang Tong said, and Zhou Yu also said: "What Shi Yuan said is good, mountain people, it seems that you have not used such a sharp weapon to the extreme. ”

Pang Shanmin smiled when he heard this: "This thing Pang Mou brought from the academy, I just want to test its power, and Pang Tong didn't think about using gunpowder to break this Chen Liucheng ......"

Hearing Pang Shanmin's words, Pang Tong was slightly stunned, and when he came back to his senses, he hurriedly said to Pang Shanmin: "Brother, how much gunpowder is there in our army?" ”

"No ......" Pang Shanmin said, Pang Tong and Zhou Yu looked at each other, only a moment of effort, the two accused Pang Shanmin of being too loser, such a sharp weapon actually only ambushed the lives of thousands of soldiers of the Cao army, obviously overkill, if the gunpowder is used to blow up the gate of Chenliu, now the Jingxiang army is afraid that it has entered the city, and the Cao army has started a street battle.

Hearing that there was no gunpowder in the army, Ma Chao, Zhang Fei swept away the gloomy color before, Zhang Fei grinned and said: "It's not good, if the siege of the city only relies on such things, what's the use of me Lao Zhang?" ”

When Pang Tong heard this, he glanced at Zhang Fei angrily, and said to Zhang Fei: "Then Yide went to break the gate of Chenliu City?" ”

When Zhang Fei heard this, he looked at the closed gate of Chenliu in the distance, and said in his heart that if there were no siege equipment, how could such a strong city gate be broken by manpower? I didn't know how to reply to Pang Tong at the moment.

Pang Shanmin naturally saw that Zhang Fei was in a dilemma, and said to Pang Tong: "If there is no gunpowder in our army, Shi Yuan will not be able to break this Chen Liucheng?" Since this is the case, Pang sent a letter to Mr. Chengyan, asking him to remake gunpowder and transport it to Chen Liu. ”

Pang Tong shook his head again and again when he heard this.

Although the gunpowder is good, it does not show its ability, and now that Cao Jun has seen the power of gunpowder, how can he not deal with it? Now in the battle situation, Jingxiang's morale is booming, and the Cao army in the city is demoralized, in Pang Tong's view, even with the tens of thousands of troops outside the city, there is also a great strength to fight with the Cao army.

After thinking for a moment, Pang Tong said: "Although the gunpowder has been used up, a lot of siege equipment has been made in the past few days, and the Cao army in the city has been shocked by the gunpowder. Storm the gate of Chenliu! ”

When Pang Shanmin heard this, he looked at Zhou Yu, and saw that Zhou Yu also seconded Pang Tong's proposal, so he immediately ordered the car to rush to the city gate again, and in order to prevent Cao Jun from covering up, Pang Shanmin ordered Ma Chao and Zhang Fei to take their subordinates to ride out of the city again.

The drums sounded again, and Cao Cao above the city saw that Jingxiang's military horses were moving again, and his heart was flustered.

Look at the city again, the huge rushing car in front of the Jingxiang array that made Cao Jun jealous. Several more came out. Slowly coming in the direction of the city gate, what is different from yesterday is that the Xiliang Iron Rider has already been prepared, cruising in the back of the rushing car.

Such responses. Apparently for the tiger and leopard riding.

Cao Cao saw this. Hurriedly asked Guo Jia: "Fengxiao." Do you want to make the tiger and leopard ride out of the city to fight again? ”

Guo Jia naturally knew that Cao Cao was reluctant to give up his life in vain, but the Xiliang Iron Cavalry galloped across the range of the city's powerful arrows, Guo Jia thought for a moment. He said to Cao Cao: "Even if the prime minister is reluctant to ride the tiger and leopard to go on the expedition, he must block the car to the front of the city gate, the Jingxiang car is huge, and the stone and wood are difficult to kill, if it destroys the city gate, Chen will be in danger!" ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he ordered the Xiahou brothers, each of whom carried their own troops and horses out of the city, regardless of the battle damage, and destroyed the rushing car, after Cao Cao gave the order, Guo Jia hurriedly said to Liu Ye: "Ziyang, in your opinion, if our army builds a stone to stand at the head of the city and throws a boulder out, can we break the Jingxiang equipment to attack the city?" ”

When Liu Ye heard this, his eyes lit up.

Although the power of Cao Jun's equipment is far inferior to Jingxiang, but Chen Liucheng is high, throwing stones at the head of the city, and the projected boulders are smashed from a high place, which is more powerful, seeing the eagerness in Guo Jia's eyes, Liu Ye hurriedly said: "What Mr. Fengxiao said is extremely true, if there are several stones thrown at the head of the city, it can deter its rushing car from not daring to approach!" ”

Liu Ye said, Cao Cao, Guo Jia and everyone have joy on their faces, for today's Chen Liu's soldiers and horses, they do not seek to break the enemy, but only to be able to drag the war to the cold winter, and the stone can deter the enemy, which can obviously make Chen Liu last longer.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao ordered Liu Ye to summon craftsmen to build throwing stones, and then set his eyes on the city, wanting to see how the Xiahou brothers and the Xiliang army and horses were fighting.

The gate of Chen Liucheng opened again, and Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan glanced at each other, and each took the cavalry of their headquarters to intercept and kill the chariot.

Ma Chao and Zhang Fei were all happy when they saw that Cao Jun really went out of the city to fight.

Ma Chao took the lead, leading the Xiliang Iron Cavalry straight to Xiahou Yuan, and in an instant, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry swept over and fought with Cao's army.

Where the silver spear passed, Cao Jun rode off his horse several times, but Ma Chao wondered in his heart, why is the enemy army so much worse today than yesterday? Could it be that Cao Jun was all shocked by the power of the "gunpowder", and even lost the courage to fight?

Ma Chao one after another, picking out a few people, Xiahou Yuan saw that his eyes were about to split, and he immediately rode his horse to Ma Chao's approach, raised his gun and stabbed.

Xiahou Yuan was menacing, Ma Chao was not slack, after swinging away Xiahou Yuan's iron spear, he glanced at Xiahou Yuan in surprise, and said to Xiahou Yuan: "You are not my opponent, you should call your brother and fight together!" You're the only one, I'm afraid there will be no return! ”

Xiahou Yuan heard Ma Chao's wild words, although he was angry in his heart, he knew that what Ma Chao said was true.

In the past, Yu Luoyang and his brother fought Ma Chao together, and they could only maintain an invincible and undefeated situation, but now they meet on a narrow road, and the gap in martial arts is not something that can be made up with courage alone.

Xiahou Yuan was only slightly stunned, then he heard the sound of breaking the air in his ears, Ma Chao stabbed with a shot, Xiahou Yuan hurriedly lowered his head to avoid it, and secretly scolded Ma Chao for being despicable in his heart, but he was silent and attacked him.

Ma Chao grabbed the first move, and the spear in his hand was as fast as a spiritual snake, and the moves did not leave Xiahou Yuan's vital point, Xiahou Yuan only held a few moves, and the iron helmet on his head was shot down by Ma Chao, and he was frightened in his heart, urging the horse to flee.

Ma Chao saw that Xiahou Yuan was already frightened, how could he let it go?

In the chaos of the army, Xiahou Yuan has panicked and hurriedly retreated, many Cao Jun saw that the main general was in danger, and hurriedly came to the rescue, Ma Chao ignored the people who came, urging the horse to follow Xiahou Yuan galloping, Xiahou Yuan saw such a scene, and hurriedly shouted: "Miaocai, return to the city quickly!" Its rushing car has been completely destroyed by our army! ”

Xiahoudun's voice did not fall, but he heard a tiger roar behind him: "Should you worry about yourself?" ”

Xiahoudun heard the sound, hurriedly looked back, only to see Zhang Fei urging the Wuqi war horse, rushing to the place, Cao Ying's soldiers were all swept off the horse, Xiahoudun knew that he was invincible, did not want to entangle with Zhang Fei, urged the horse to flee......

The main general in the army has not yet had the heart to fight, how can the rest of the Cao army dare to fight for a long time? At that moment, the Cao army retreated one after another, and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry led by Ma Chao and Zhang Fei followed closely and almost rushed into the gate of Chenliu City.

Seeing that it was not far from the city gate, Ma Chao and Zhang Fei were all happy. If you break through the city gate, the army outside the city can enter the city to fight, Chen Liujian City has no hindrance to the Jingxiang army horses, only a few zhang away from the city gate, Ma Chao is speeding up at the moment, but he heard a cannon in front of the city, and there are nearly a thousand foot soldiers, from the city to kill, the leader of the general, is Xu Chu.

Xu Chu met Ma Chao. The eyes are red. He opened his mouth and shouted: "Today, it is convenient for this Chen to stay in front of the city and avenge the two shots!" ”

"Ma gives you a chance!" Ma Chao laughed loudly, gave up Xiahou Yuan at the moment, and went straight to Xu Chu. Xiahou Yuan rode into the city. I was a little settled. looked outside the city again, but saw that Xiahoudun was chased by Zhang Fei and fled in a panic, almost wanting to fall off his horse.

"Yuan Rang. I'm here to help you! Seeing that his brother was in danger, Xiahou Yuan didn't care about his fatigue, and immediately urged the horse to go out of the city to fight again, and Xiahou Yuan heard Xiahou Yuan's voice, as if he had a heart in his heart, and turned the horse's head, as if he had the courage to fight again in an instant.

Seeing this, Zhang Fei was not angry but happy, and laughed and said: "Could it be that you think that more people can beat me Lao Zhang?" It's just naïve! ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Fei lifted the reins of the horse, jumped forward a few steps, approached Xiahoudun, and stabbed with a spear!

Seeing that it was menacing, Xiahoudun didn't dare to take it hard, and hurriedly turned sideways, wanting to avoid its killing blow, but Zhang Fei seemed to have expected Xiahoudun to react like this, and the Zhangba snake spear turned in the air, and the momentum of the straight stab suddenly changed and swept.

The snake spear swept in front of him, Xiahoudun knew that he couldn't dodge, and hurriedly resisted with an iron spear in a panic, only to hear a muffled sound, Xiahoudun blocked the snake spear, but was swept off the horse by Zhang Fei's huge force.

Seeing Xiahou Yuan fall off his horse, Xiahou Yuan hurriedly came to the rescue, stabbing with an iron spear, trying to force Zhang Fei back, but Zhang Fei did not retreat but advanced, and took the snake spear and the iron gun in Xiahou Yuan's hand to fight hard.

The two were in the middle of the battle, at the city gate, there were several teams of Cao Jun to kill, and they wanted to surround Ma Chao and Zhang Fei, seeing that the Xiliang Iron Cavalry at the city gate was getting less and less, Pang Shanmin was busy Mingjin to collect troops, Zhang Fei and Ma Chao were reluctant to leave, but the military order was difficult to disobey, and they gave up Xiahou Yuan and Xu Chu at the moment and led the army back.

After a fight, Cao Jun suffered a lot of damage, although the Xiliang Iron Cavalry took advantage, but the gate of Chenliu City was still unbreakable.

In this way, the two families are also fighting.

When the second general returned to the camp, Pang Shanmin was also satisfied with such a result, and after comforting the second general, he ordered the army to retreat several miles and return to the camp.

However, Cao Cao in the city knew that although the Jingxiang army and horses did not enter the city, but in the past two days, they only stopped the enemy, and the army and horses in the city had been killed and wounded more than 10,000 people.

Fortunately, the defenders in the city have already taken countermeasures, and they want to make a new catapult to stop the enemy, otherwise Cao Cao will never make the army again, and Yu Chen will stay to defend it.

At night, the Jingxiang camp a few miles outside the city of Chen Liucheng was brightly lit, and the successive dominant situation made the Jingxiang soldiers all excited, and there were soldiers in the camp who sang wolf howls from time to time, and Chen Liucheng, up to Cao Cao, down to the ordinary soldiers, were all gloomy.

To such a situation, Cao Cao had to pin his hope entirely on the catapult built by Liu Ye, the craftsmen in the city built equipment overnight, transported to the city, looking at the catapults standing at the head of the city, Cao Cao's heart was a little at ease, and the secret road The next day, if Jing Xiang sent the car again, he should be given a head-on attack.

Thinking that he could reverse the decline, Cao Cao was not as lost as before, but he saw Guo Jia frowning for a long time.

Seeing this, Cao Cao was about to ask, but he heard Guo Jia mutter: "It seems that something has been forgotten by Guo......

Cao Cao was slightly stunned when he heard this, and said to Guo Jia: "Why did Feng Xiao say this? ”

When Guo Jia heard Cao Cao's words, he came back to his senses, thought for a moment, and suddenly realized: "This catapult can't be placed at the head of the city!" ”

"Why is that?" Cao Cao was puzzled when he heard this, and the rest of the generals also had a puzzled look on their faces.

Seeing this, Guo Jia sighed lightly and said: "Throwing stones can indeed balance Jing Xiang's rushing car, but have you forgotten that Jing Xiang invested fire oil in my city before?" If it happens like this again, my city will be burned! ”

Guo Jia said that, Cao Cao suddenly realized, and then he was shocked, and hurriedly said to Guo Jia: "Can Feng Xiao deal with it?" ”

When Guo Jia heard this, he looked at Liu Ye, Liu Ye frowned, but when he heard Jia Xu, he suddenly said: "Jingxiang throwing stones are loaded with wheels, which can be moved around, and we can also transform the throwing stones, if Jingxiang sets up a formation and throws fire oil, we will make the throwing stones retreat is ......."

After Jia Xu said, Liu Ye said happily: "What Mr. Wenhe said is very true. ”

Guo Jia also came back to his senses and praised him, but he heard Jia Xu and said with emotion: "Now that I think about it, except for Mr. Ziyang, no one in our army paid attention to the manufacture of equipment, and now I see the prestige of Jingxiang equipment, but we can't catch up, Jia never thought that there would be today, and our army actually has to rely on equipment to determine the trend of the battle." ”

When the generals heard this, they also sighed.

Before the generals of Cao Ying never paid attention to the equipment in the army, even the Jingxiang military horse broke through the gate of Luoyang with a huge rushing car, and the Cao generals also thought that it was just Jingxiang's luck, and now they are trapped in Chen Liu, and they are controlled by Jingxiang equipment one after another, and the generals are sad and inexplicable in their hearts.

Guo Jia thought for a long time when he heard this, and sighed and said: "As the so-called 'if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools', before we only paid attention to the sharpness of weapons, but neglected the development of equipment, Mr. Guandu's Zhanzi Yang created a stone to make countless meritorious contributions, but we did not improve it, and even now Jingxiang's stone throwing is much sharper than the stone throwing in our army, now thinking back on this past, Guo is very bitter in his heart......"

When Cao Cao heard this, he was also quite emotional.

After pondering for a long time, Cao Cao looked solemn and said to Liu Ye: "If our army can stick to Chen Liu, when Jingxiang retreats and our army returns to Hebei, Cao also asks Ziyang to find more skilled craftsmen to create all kinds of equipment, and then confront Jingxiang in the future, Cao does not want to see Jingxiang's equipment in front of others!" (To be continued......)