Cao Cao's army fell into chaos, not only because they underestimated the power of Yuan Shu's dying counterattack, but also because of the appearance of the golden fire cannon, and the generals of Cao Cao's army, who were familiar with this weapon, fell into an inexplicable tremor.

Without him, it's just because the Golden Fire Cannon, in the hands of Li Shushi, has really made too many great achievements, and it can be said that it has become Li Shushi's biggest signboard together with corpse qi.

Even because only Li Shushi and his family use this golden fire pot cannon between heaven and earth, for almost everyone, the golden fire pot cannon has no other branch, and it belongs to Li Shushi's exclusive items, and its appearance must be related to Li Shushi.

So instead, he cheapened Yuan Shujun, who made his own golden fire cannon appear for the first time.

Perhaps this is exactly what Yuan Shujun's strategists wanted.

Don't look at the golden fire pot cannon completely in Yuan Shu's hands, but it wasn't until Yuan Shu got this "divine object" that he was stunned to find that this thing was really a chicken rib for him.

What does this mean?

Yuan Shu was indeed a ranger who walked the rivers and lakes at the beginning, and he was very unhappy, but this does not mean that his level of command of the army is high, and it does not mean that he is willing to lead the troops to fight after becoming a prince.

The most important point is that he will not change to the light artillery vehicle profession in order to be able to control this golden canister like Li Shushi, and he feels that it is not enough to hand over this golden canister to others, even his cronies, so he naturally shelves it.

It can be said that if it weren't for the time when the mountains and rivers were exhausted, Yuan Highway would still put this treasure in his treasure room, even if it was full of dust.

Anyway, this treasure came into his hands, not his brother who was born out of the concubine but was lucky enough to inherit Yuan Cheng's house.

In fact, even if Yuan Shu really changed his job to become a light artillery car profession, it would be impossible to play the Golden Fire Pot Cannon to Li Shushi's Cheng dù, because don't look at Li Shushi's Golden Fire Pot Cannon is a replica treasure summoned by the Guò Treasure Illustrated Book. Even if the power is the same as the original, it always makes people feel like an impostor, but from a certain Cheng dù, this result makes the golden fire cannons summoned by Li Shushi have a wider range of use than the original, and can even become Li Shushi's golden signboard.

This is not because Li Shu is really boasting that he has a female ticket who is good at research, but because the Golden Fire Pot Cannon is a treasure after all, completely different from those ordinary wooden and iron trebuchets. It is impossible to be split into standardized module components, that is, if you want to transport the Golden Canister to the front line for combat, then you can only transport it to the front line little by little by pulling a car.

That's why if there is no windmill to match, then just a golden fire cannon, it is an incomplete treasure.

And Li Shushi doesn't have these troubles and concerns, when he doesn't need to use it, he will put the golden canister into his "Treasure Illustrated Book", and then summon it when he needs it, it can be said that it can be fired anytime and anywhere as long as there is a cannonball, 360 ° around the clock without dead ends.

When Li Shushi developed the super function of using the bean bag as a mustard seed in Meru. Even the problem of shells was solved.

Therefore, for all these reasons, the golden fire pot cannon was in Yuan Shu's hands, and only now that the main city is threatened, can there be such a pitiful opportunity to appear.

Of course, if he can be the leader of Cao Cao's army because of this, then it will not be considered that the treasure will be completely dusted.

It's just that Yuan Shujun can really do this?

Although it seems that Yuan Shujun's careful preparation did give Cao Cao's army a big "surprise" now, he probably also knew the predicament of several other guns at this time, so the golden fire cannons were probably pulled to the north gate or the east gate to support.

This gave Cao Caojun a chance.

On the one hand, there is no hot liquid metal from the golden cannons, but with the help of the rockets from the castle towers that use animal fat or pine resin, although they can also cause damage to the bridge deck, they are not as violent as before. And without the Golden Fire Cannon, this is almost equivalent to Li Shushi's signboard, and the treasure is hanging overhead. The original anxiety and uneasiness in the hearts of Cao Cao's generals can be calmed down somewhat.

At least the thinking circuit can be restored to normal levels.

"Extinguish the fire, hurry up and extinguish the fire! Lift the bumper log up. As soon as the fire subsided, someone was dispatched to knock away the debris blocking the doorway. Captain Zhang, with five hundred people, suppress those guys on the city tower for me, and let them stop causing trouble for us! ”

Li Dian, who reacted, immediately began to command, although everyone was still a little flustered by the previous influence, but seeing Li Dian's calm appearance. Cao Caojun, who had the backbone, gradually calmed down the original panic and began to be orderly.

By this time, Li Dian had already reacted.

The golden fire cannons on the city tower should have nothing to do with Li Shushi.

It's not that Li Dian thinks that Li Shushi won't join forces with Yuan Shu or anything, with Li Dian's hatred for Li Shushi, he never minds thinking about Li Shushi's behavior with the worst thoughts. Even if the two sides fight side by side, it will not dispel such malicious speculation.

But no matter how you explain it this time, you can't come to the conclusion that Li Shushi is in Shouchun City.

Unless Li Shushi has the ability to teleport, or if he is really idle and runs into this Shouchun City alone, it is impossible to explain why Cao Cao's scouts are working hard to investigate, and Cao Cao's meticulous work is trying to find all kinds of news in the city but still can't find any clues about Li Shushi, after all, how can a person who doesn't have zài at all find his traces.

Although I don't know why Yuan Shu also has the Golden Fire Cannon, it can only prove that Yuan Shu has the same level of things in his hands.

Anyway, Li Dian didn't believe that Li Shushi could give the Golden Fire Pot Cannon to Yuan Shu while he was not in Shouchun City - not to mention borrowing, lending this kind of treasure is only the result of meat buns beating dogs for the two military groups.

So for the first reaction after discovering the trace of the golden fire cannon, Li Dian himself felt a little embarrassed.

Shaking his head slightly, leaving those nonsense thoughts behind, Li Dian was most concerned about the situation in the city now.

What is Cao Cao's current state, whether he was injured, or whether he was killed......

One possibility after another can pass through your mind, and the path behind each possible option is completely different.

And this fact also made Li Mancheng, who was originally quite calm, a little shaken.

"General Mancheng. Send someone to inform the battalion and let them prepare for the attack. ”

"What?" Although he was a little stunned, Li Dian quickly reflected and looked at the solemn face beside him.

"The lord is now trapped in Shouchun City, and there is no point in thinking about holding the camp again, if the lord is safe, then we can make a comeback. If something goes wrong with the lord, then the loss of the camp will not mean anything to us. ”

"That's right, the most important thing now is the safety of the lord!"

Although it is very likely that he will turn into the situation that Li Dian least wants to see in the future, before Cao Cao's life and death are confirmed, he Li Mancheng is still a courtier of the Cao family, and he still has to be loyal to the Cao family, even if this is the last shift, he must stand up!

It's just that, as Murphy's Law predicts, there is never a single disaster.

"Report to the general. There is an enemy movement in the southwest direction, which is suspected to be the main force of Yuan's army! ”

The scout's cousin is conscientious, but Li Dian would rather these guys not be so dedicated, at least let his brain think less about some problems, with the processing power of his brain's CPU, it is now almost to the limit, even if he can overclock it occasionally, but after a long time, there is absolutely only the only possibility for the motherboard to burn.

What to do!

Of course. In fact, the most critical problem is that although Li Dian said that he had shown extraordinary abilities since the Yellow Turban Rebellion. has repeatedly excelled, even if he is not at the helm of the Juye Li family, he is still favored by Cao Cao.

It's just that because of this background, Li Dian has always appeared as a fighting general before, and the central dispatch of these tasks is in charge of Li Dian's uncle Li Gan and Li Gan's son Li Quan, who focuses on training. It wasn't until the father and son both died at the hands of Sun Ce that Li Dian completely mastered the power of the Li family. and gradually became a general under Cao Cao who could be appointed to lead the army independently.

But after all, there is still too little experience.

Cao Cao once thought that the current Li Dian Li Mancheng "can pass a thousand but not ten thousand, a thousand will be invincible, and ten thousand will be just mediocre", that is to say, if the situation is smooth, it will naturally be able to complete the task well. But if he encounters such a big scene as today, Li Dian's ability is a little insufficient.

In fact, this is probably a common problem of Cao Cao's current lineage.

It can be said that in addition to Cao Cao, the boss, there are only two people who can independently lead the army to fight, Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Yuan is actually capable enough, but the situation of this natural wandering mind is not much worse than Li Shushi, Li Shushi still has fierce generals and advisers around him, and it is no problem for him to be a mascot occasionally, but Xiahou Tang does not have this good environment.

Now Cao Cao not only has to bear the threat of the children of the Yuan family in the north and south, but Xuzhou in the east also needs to send strong generals to prevent Yuan Shao's infiltration of Xuzhou. The internal affairs are good, Tuntian is a good hand, and he can also organize Xuzhou to resume production.

As a result, even if Meng Xiahou repeatedly asked for battle, it was a pity that he still did not have his share in this southern expedition.

If Cao Cao hadn't planned to entrust all the affairs of the south to Cao Ren in the future, it is estimated that Cao Zixiao's knife would not be needed to kill Yuan Shu's chicken - but unfortunately, the chicken's dying struggle really pecked Cao Cao hard.

In addition, Cao Hong and Cao Zilian are also young people worth looking forward to in Cao Cao's army - in addition to being a little impatient, Cao Hong has quite good potential in terms of army command ability and resourcefulness - but like Li Dian, it still takes time to accumulate.

"General Mancheng, let's let General Zixiao of the North Gate give up the siege and move closer to our side."

After thinking about it, Man Pet still proposed his own proposal.

The relationship between Li Dian and Cao Ren was not very harmonious, which was no secret in Cao Cao's army.

There is no inextricable deep hatred between the two of them, and at most on weekdays, there is no private education and official affairs, Li Dian is naturally because compared to Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan, who are not deeply involved in the state, Cao Renna is really from the state army, even if he did not participate in Li Shushi's attack on the Yanzhou family, but the imprint of the state army on his body is extremely profound.

Cao Ren's attitude towards Li Dian was entirely derived from Li Dian, with Cao Ren's position in Cao Cao's army. If Li Dian didn't dump him, how could he take the initiative to use his face to stick to other people's cold butts.

But in this situation, Li Dian still nodded and agreed to the favored Tiyì, even if the result of this was that Cao Ren, who came from the north gate, would definitely seize Li Dian's command and make Li Dian an ordinary general under his command.

Because as I said before, the two have no personal relationship, but it does not affect official affairs.

Although Li Dian didn't like Cao Ren, who was born in the state army. But he was very satisfied with Cao Ren's ability, and knew that in this case, it would be more suitable for Cao Ren, a general who was much higher than him in terms of ability and status, to preside over the overall situation, so even if he had a stinky face, Li Dian still agreed to the favored Jian Yì and quickly sent someone to contact Cao Hong in the camp and Cao Ren in the north gate.

"Berning temporarily commanded the troops on my behalf, and I led people to open up the road to find the lord."

It's a pity that Li Dian still can't pull his face after all, and not long after the herald left, he found Manzhong and asked for a shift change.

For Li Dian's request, Man Chong could only agree with a wry smile.

If you think about it carefully, Li Dian is indeed more suitable than him to open the way - if Cao Cao is under siege. Li Dian's force allowed him to repel Cao Cao's attacks faster and more effectively. After that, Li Dian's force could also ensure a better escort for Cao Cao's escape.

So what is the current situation of Cao Cao who is in the city?

It should be said that it is very bad, very bad.

Not long after Cao Cao rushed into the city, he already knew that he had been tricked, a little earlier than the golden fire cannon.

Because a human head was thrown into the open space in front of him.

It's midnight, so naturally I can't see who the head belongs to, but the person opposite seems to be "a good teacher":

"This is the head of the rebel Hui Qu, although Cao Gong probably doesn't know this traitor, but at least he should have heard his name."

"Who is Your Excellency?"

"No, the general under the command of the general, Xu Xi. Here's greetings to General Cao. ”

The words of the self-proclaimed "Xu Xi" sounded very calm, but anyone could hear the hatred hidden in his voice.

If it's not a duplicate name or someone is impersonating. Then this person should be the original general under Cao Cao who escaped from Puyang in the Yanzhou Rebellion, a powerful family from Yanzhou, whose interests in Cao Cao's reform were severely damaged, and the whole family was uprooted after the rebellion, so he should be the man who hated Cao Cao to the core.

"I didn't expect you to defect to Yuan Shu, I originally expected that you would choose Liu Jingsheng."

The two men chose Liu Biao's dog to guard the city. Although Yuan Highway is just a lost dog, it gave me the best opportunity today, a good opportunity to take revenge! Cao Cao, come on! ”

With a wave of his hand, a large number of archers poured out behind Xu Xi. Even the houses on both sides of the road poured out a lot of archers, condescending, and the arrows shot by the archers behind Xu Xi formed a net, completely enveloping the Cao Cao soldiers who rushed into the city, and of course, Cao Cao himself who rushed to the front!

"Hahahaha!! See, see! Cao Cao, today is your death!! ”

It seems that Xu Xi seems to have fallen into a bit of madness - with a distorted face, a trembling body, and that crazy roar, this man who has lost his family and all his glory finally released all the feelings in his heart at this moment, and the object of release is the object that he hates day and night and wants to take revenge.

For such a character who can be regarded as a madman, even Cao Cao can't help but have a headache.

After all, those who wear shoes are afraid of being barefoot, and they are even more afraid of a barefoot madman.

Especially the loud noises coming from behind him, it is impossible for Cao Cao not to hear them, and these situations are all reminding Cao Cao: You are in big trouble!

However, Cao Cao has encountered all kinds of situations since the beginning of the conquest of the Yellow Turban, some are smooth, some are naturally unsmooth, and there are even quite a lot of cases that are not smooth, so after a little surprise, he has calmed down.

"Li Xue, let me see if what you said to me before is true or made up."

Although it was such a critical time, Cao Cao was still in a bit of a joking mood, as if he regarded the rain of arrows in front of him as nothing.

"The whole army obeys the order, follow me forward, don't have any hesitation, everyone just strive to move forward. Only by fighting with the heart of death can you have the possibility of surviving, and if you fight with the heart of cowardice and living, you will inevitably die without a place to be buried! ”

After all, the soldiers around Cao Cao were carefully selected veterans who had followed Cao Cao in the southern and northern wars for many years, even if there was a little panic because of the scheme, they still quickly recovered in Cao Cao's shouting, and formed a battle group according to the instinct that had already been written into his body. Protect Cao Cao and his companions and fight back.

And among them, the most eye-catching should be Xiahou Jie beside Cao Cao.

Originally, Xiahou Jie was not favored by others, although he was an outstanding young man of the Xiahou clan, but compared with the excellent second generation like Cao Wenlie, it can be said that he was backward in all aspects, even if the martial arts won slightly, but as long as the personal martial arts did not reach a certain level, then the impact on the battlefield trend would always be limited, especially in such thousands of battles.

But things have taken a turn for the better. And this turnaround came from Li Shushi's evaluation.

It's not that good, but a force potential that has a chance to surpass Cao Ren's existence is worthy of everyone's attention no matter what.

And such an emphasis not only allowed Xiahoujie to enter Cao Cao's personal cavalry troops, but also received the "cordial guidance" of Xiahoudun and Cao Ren, although that period of time could really be called a dire situation for Xiahoujie, but it also allowed him to quickly develop the potential he originally had in his body, and became another shining star around Cao Cao.

At this moment. It was also with Xiahou Jie's brave assault that he led the cavalry behind him to break through the barriers set by Yuan Shujun in an instant. Although the feathered arrows from all directions inflicted severe damage on this force, it did not hinder their progress in the slightest. Even Xu Xi, who was originally crazy, became a little timid at this time, and then became even more crazy.

Xu Xi, who was probably really driven crazy, completely forgot about the command he should have, just like he used to do, without saying hello to the guards around him, he rushed up with a nervous roar.

And then......

In the face of such a live target. Xia Houjie naturally would not be polite, first dodged away from the other party's straight stabbing gun, and then the horse lance in his hand snaked up Xu Xi's spear like a dragon, and the whirling power attached to the horse lance continued to impact Xu Xi's hands holding the gun, when his old power was just exhausted and the new power was not born. He could no longer hold the weapon in his hand.

Seeing that the time was ripe, I only heard Xia Houjie shout:

"Open!"

The spear in Xu Xi's hand flew into the sky, and what also flew into the sky was Xu Xi's good head.

If Xu Xi was not so far away from his personal guards, maybe Xiahou Jie would not be able to kill in one hit, but now Xu Xi's position makes it impossible for him to be completely protected by his personal guards, and Xiahou Jie can perfectly use the tiger talisman on his body to gather the soldiers of his team to launch a joint attack, and as a result, Xu Xi, who was carried away by hatred, died here.

Without the command of the commander-in-chief, although many grassroots officers in Yuan Shu's army were still commanding their own squads to continue to attack Cao Cao's army, they could not control all the soldiers after all, so that the original net-like attack has now become sparse, making Cao Cao's army, which was already highly moraled, more courageous.

"Rush to the south gate!"

Seeing that he had been freed from the first shackles set by the enemy, Cao Cao immediately made a decision.

What can be sure is that Yuan Shu's strategy this time is not to turn defeat into victory, but to use this battle to consume his own strength, that is to say, what will become outside the city will not be mentioned for the time being, but he will definitely not let go of the enemy army trapped in the city.

Of course, it is estimated that neither Yuan Shu nor the strategists around him would have guessed that Cao Cao would be in danger lightly, so he did not arrange a chain of plans, and this also gave Cao Cao a little respite.

Of course, such an opportunity was only for a short time, because Yuan Shu's troops must be converging here.

If the information obtained before is not wrong, the South Gate, the place where Yuan Shu led the army to evacuate, must be the weakest garrison!

It's just that Cao Cao had just given the order according to such an idea, and a piece of crimson came into his slightly dull eyes.

As a roaring "Flying Fire Meteor" fell, a large area in the west of Shouchun City was lit up with a fierce fire! (To be continued......)