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- Chapter 178 "The Laughing Cao Cao"
Faced with the general advance of the Shu troops - the vanguards led by Zhao Yun and Wei Yan arrived at the west gate of the city, while the other troops were stationed in Xu Huang's abandoned camp under the leadership of Liu Jia - Cao Cao was indeed indecisive for a moment. It turns out that the idea of ??fighting Liu Jia was somewhat shaken: not only did he lose nearly 60,000 elite soldiers in this battle, but he also lost several generals. At first glance, the Chinese military tent was full of majestic and armored generals, but now there are only a few pitiful ones left, and there is a trace of uneasiness on the faces of these poor generals, which can even be said to be With a layer of timidity, the confidence in his eyes is gradually disappearing, and he dodges from time to time when looking at himself.
After settling down the tired and weak Xu Huang and his party, Cao Cao took Xun Yu, Jia Xu, Cheng Yu, Sima Yi, Yang Xiu, Cao Zhang, Wang Shuang and other civil and military officials to inspect the city wall, and comforted those who stood in the cold with kind words. Officers and soldiers on duty in the wind and heavy snow. While at the west city wall, Cao Cao took these people to look at the Shu soldiers who were busy setting up camp under the city, and chatted and laughed with a few of his men for a while, and then returned to the mansion calmly.
"What do you think?" Cao Cao asked the officials surrounding him while reaching out to warm himself by the fire, with a confident smile on his face when he asked.
The few people didn¡¯t speak at first, nor did they look at each other, they all pretended to be looking for a seat.
Cao Cao did not rush them. He rubbed his hands and roasted them on the charcoal fire before slowly walking to the tiger skin chair brought by the guards. He bent down and brushed the dust-free tiger skin before sitting down firmly.
"What? Are you scared?" Cao Cao smiled and glanced at everyone. He said, "Haha, the situation is not out of control now, right? I think back when I killed Dong Zhuo alone, the situation was much worse than it is now. Isn't it also unscathed? Okay, okay, Are you young people worse than me?"
After hearing what Cao Cao said. The faces of these people finally improved a little: Yes, there is no one here who has not experienced a dangerous situation of near death. Come here anyway. The current situation may not be so uncontrollable. At least there are still cities to rely on, cold weather to rely on, no less than an army of Shu soldiers to rely on, and vast land and countless people behind their own team. use.
Seeing that everyone's expressions had softened, Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Looking at the red charcoal fire in front of him, he seemed to be talking to himself: "The most important thing now is to find out how powerful the Shu soldiers' gunpowder is? Can it?" We cannot blow down our city walls with the little gunpowder they have now. Although we have done a lot of analysis and understanding of this situation before General Xu Huang came back, so far we still have no idea. Now General Xu Huang I have come back and brought a gunpowder box that did not explode. Think about it, can we truly understand the power of this gunpowder? If it is powerful enough, it can blow down the walls of our city. Then we have to consider the issue of retreat. If the bombing fails, we will survive here with them. I really don¡¯t believe that we northerners can¡¯t survive their southerners. Just talk about it casually, and talk about whatever is on your mind. ,No need to worry about anything,Okay, whoever comes first."
Xun Yu first said: "What King Wei said is absolutely true. Although our current situation is dangerous, it is by no means to the point of collapse. According to what I think, we cannot retreat now. If there is weather now that we can rely on, we will not be able to win. In short, our withdrawal will not be able to save our future disadvantages. Liu Jia's wings will only become stronger and stronger, and his greed will only increase as his strength increases. In this way, we will never have peace. Only now can we take advantage of the rare bad weather to fight to the death with them, severely damaging their vitality and preventing them from recovering within ten years. Then it is possible for us to take advantage of Jiangdong and use the power of the whole country to strangle them. So in the long run . We can only fight but not retreat."
Sima Yi nodded and said: "Wen Ruo's words make sense. If we withdraw now, the situation will only get worse. If Liu Jia's spirit is not fundamentally eliminated here, we will only have two options: escape or surrender. . In fact, even if we want to withdraw our troops now, it will be difficult for us to return to Xuchang smoothly. Ma Chao's army in front is desperately attacking our retreat, and Liu Jia will be chasing us behind. Our soldiers are camping and running in this ice and snow. How many of them can return safely? Hard to say."
Others are smart people and naturally know that as long as the Shu soldiers' gunpowder cannot destroy the reinforced city wall, then staying here to confront the Shu soldiers is the best choice.
Of course, some people such as Cheng Yu proposed to negotiate peace with Liu Jia, and the two parties established their own countries with Chang'an as the boundary. But this is just a talk. No one can really bring it up to the other party, not even Cao Cao himself. After all, he is still a prince under the emperor. In name, he has no power to let a local force separate from the central government and stand on its own. Once such remarks are exposed outside,"After knowing this, Cao Cao's image has been completely ruined. Who else can he command in the future?"
These people discussed and discussed, and finally decided to talk to General Xu Huang, who had personally experienced the power of gunpowder, to listen to his suggestions and see if they could do something with the seized gunpowder boxes.
When Cao Cao and others were helpless in the city, Liu Jia and others outside the city were much more relaxed and determined. After sending soldiers to escort the prisoners and sick and wounded soldiers to the south, they added new troops from the south to the troops with high morale. Then he drove an army of more than 200,000 people straight to the foot of Xi Mi City.
Liu Jia is also warming up over the fire with Pang Tong, Xu Shu, Huang Zhong, Li Hui, Zhang Song, Wu Tu Gu, E Huan and others, listening to Xu Shu's report on logistics and Li Hui and Zhang Song's report on Cao Jun's dynamics. Discuss the next military action.
Seeing that everyone's reports were basically completed, Wutu Gu, who had never had a chance to interrupt, looked at Pang Tong and said, "Does the Prime Minister think Cao Cao will escape immediately? Now that Xu Huang has returned to the city, he has a good understanding of our gunpowder. If it were me, I would definitely have to withdraw the troops."
After hearing what Wu Tu Gu said, E Huan hurriedly said: "What should we do? E has not had enough killing yet."
Pang Tong did not answer Wu Tu Gu's words, but asked Li Huidao: "How long can General Ma Chao hold on?"
Li Hui replied awkwardly: "It's hard to say. They have long been short of food, and now they are killing war horses to satisfy their hunger. What affects morale most is the lack of medical treatment. Many soldiers freeze to death and suffer from frostbite every day. They no longer have the ability. In the decisive battle with the Cao army led by Xu Chu, the military camp has been moved to the Zhihe River according to the Prime Minister's advice, and an ice city has been built using the water and ice in the river as well as the silt there. In addition, General Ma Dai sneaked over, and now the morale is slightly There has been a slight increase. It may not be a problem to let them persist for another ten and a half days, and they can barely hold on for a month. But if it lasts longer, the situation will be difficult to estimate"
General Ma Dai also made a big circle. Not to mention it took more than ten days to sneak through the steep and difficult mountains. Only five of the more than ten people in the group finally reached Ma Chao's camp safely. The rest either froze to death in the mountains or fell to death while climbing. . It is even more unthinkable to bring clothes, food and supplies.
After hearing this, Pang Tong said: "Then I have more reason to believe that Cao Cao will stay. King Shu, let's act according to the original plan, but this time we will make the scene bigger, and maybe we can catch Cao Cao."
The bone of Wu Tu was heard. He immediately laughed and said: "Great, let's do it quickly!"
Liu Jia glanced at the dancing father-in-law, turned around and said to Xu Shu with a smile: "To succeed in this matter, we mainly need Yuan Zhi's help."
Xu Shu naturally knew what Liu Jia was talking about and said with a smile: "No problem. From the day we captured Xu Huang's camp, I ordered the soldiers to mainly transport gunpowder and stone lacquer. This time, as long as we can trap Cao Cao again After about fifteen days in Wei Mi City, he will not be able to escape from the palm of King Shu. Haha"
The next morning. Zhao Yun led 5,000 soldiers and horses to challenge the enemy at the foot of the city. Seeing the Shu soldiers showing off their power below the city, and listening to the Shu soldiers yelling and cursing outside the city, the newly defeated Cao army could not hold back their composure. Only the archers on the city wall stretched their bows and nocked arrows, and fired an arrow from time to time, causing the Shu soldiers to panic. Don't dare to get too close to the city wall. There was no fighting between the two sides. The Shu soldiers who were tired of scolding saw that Cao Jun had closed the city gate tightly and could not leave, so they had no choice but to withdraw their troops and go back to the camp to have lunch.
In the afternoon, the Shu soldiers did not move out again. They seemed to know that such abuse was of little significance, so they simply stopped going. But during the afternoon, a loud noise was surprisingly heard in Gongmi City, and a plume of smoke shot straight into the sky, making people wonder what was happening in the city.
Hearing the loud noise in the city, Zhao Yun and Wei Yan in the vanguard camp looked at each other, and quickly ordered 30,000 horses to march towards Yumi City, while reporting the situation to Liu Jia behind.
After hearing the signal soldier¡¯s report, Pang Tong. He smiled confidently. Said: "This is Cao Cao's army testing the power of our gunpowder, haha. Unexpectedly, a bad thing turned into a good thing. Now Cao Cao has more reasons to stay in the city."
Liu Jia was stunned at first, and then laughed: "Haha, Cao Cao must know how to talk about gunpowder, it's nothing more than that."
What made Liu Jia slightly defeated was that Cao Cao did not say these words after the gunpowder exploded. The words with the same meaning were said by his general Wang Shuang: "I used to think that the gunpowder of the Shu soldiers was really miraculous, but it turned out that it was nothing special." So. Haha, what can this little trick do to stop us?"
Before lighting the fire, Cao Cao and his officials discussed for a long time how to get the real situation from the only gunpowder explosion that was captured. Finally, he listened to Xu Huang's opinion and put the gunpowder box under the wall of Weng City for testing. Around the gunpowder were placed many straw men, cows, and?. One is to test the destructive power of gunpowder on the city wall; the other is to test the destructive power of gunpowder.
Because Cao Jun already knew that this was a test, and saw Cao Cao, Xun Yu and others watching not far away, General Xu Huang even stood only six or seven feet away from the wooden box, so the soldiers participating in the test did not I am not very afraid of this tinder box that has already spread to such a great level, but I am more curious about it. All the people looked at the captured Shu soldiers playing with the wooden box, and were worried about whether the gunpowder could be ignited again.
When the prisoners lit the fuse and ran some distance away to lie down, all the surrounding soldiers lay down on the ice in accordance with the prior orders. Only Cao Cao and others were surrounded by soldiers with shields according to prior arrangements. Because Xu Huang said that when the Shu soldiers attacked his camp, the Shu soldiers only squatted a dozen feet away before lighting the gunpowder, so the danger in Cao Cao's location was very small.
When gunpowder explodes. Everyone just swayed, and no one was injured. Only a flying piece of wood hit the spear in the hand of a soldier standing guard, knocking the spear to the ground, causing two or three people around The soldiers' panic, but otherwise, was to be expected.
Before the smoke had completely dissipated, Xu Huang, who had stood up again, rushed forward. He looked at the city wall stones that were blackened by gunpowder smoke, then turned around and drove away the soldiers who came up to watch the fun. At the same time, he waved to Cao Cao and others to come over.
Several other people looked relieved after seeing it. Jia Xu looked at the explosion site carefully and then said to Cao Cao, who was still touching the hot stone: "King Wei, the power of this thing is indeed limited. We didn't know it before. So we suffered from it, especially the sound that made people feel frightened, but now it¡¯s better and we can rest assured.¡±
Cheng Yu also said: "The destructive power of this gunpowder on the fence of our camp should not be underestimated. It is estimated that there will be no problem in blowing up the fence one or two feet, but it will have no effect on the city wall." As he said, Cheng Yu pointed to those The Scarecrow said to the animals that were dead or injured and could not run away, "It is lethal within three to four feet, but the effect is limited at the farthest. Its greatest effect is sound, which can greatly damage our morale. Except for this . We don¡¯t have to be afraid of it at all.¡±
Cao Cao was deep in thought and did not answer. Instead, he turned his attention to Xu Huang. Xu Huang felt a little unhappy when he heard that everyone had a "no more than that" attitude, as if he was too bold to abandon the camp this time. As if he was a kid, he saw Cao Cao looking at him. Xu Huang said: "It is true as everyone said, if these gunpowders are prepared in advance, there is nothing terrible. A gunpowder box can cause dozens of casualties at most. But if there is no preparation, the impact will be very big. Many soldiers' ears They were all deafened by it, and even had blood coming out of their ears. When several of them exploded at the same time, the sound, thick smoke, and fire ignited made people think they were in hell. Those who were close to them were killed. , those who are a little further away will be knocked unconscious, and those who are further away will easily become confused and lose resistance. If the enemy rushes over at this time, it will be difficult for us to stop it. Soso"
Cao Cao said understandingly: "General Xu is overly concerned, we know it. Not to mention several explosions at the same time. Just one exploded under the circumstances we know. I still feel that my heart is panicked and my ears are still ringing. We are now The main point is to consider whether the city can be defended. According to the general's thinking, if another seven, eight, or even a dozen of these tinder boxes explode under our city, can we stop it?"
Xu Huang shook his head and said uncertainly: "I really can't say for sure. Firstly, I don't know how many of these tinderboxes they have. Secondly, I don't know why they made the tinderboxes so big. If they contained more What about the effects of gunpowder?¡±
Cao Cao asked stubbornly: "What if there are only ten gunpowder boxes of this size?"
Xu Huang then replied firmly: "If there are only ten gunpowder boxes of this size, they can't blow down our city wall."
Cao Cao then showed a relieved smile on his face and said: "That's good, that's good. I hope God can help me this time." After saying that, Cao Cao turned his attention to Jia Xu.
Jia Xu quickly said: "King Wei, don't worry, the news they got from the Shu camp is correct. They only have the gunpowder. Even if some are shipped in recently, they can't transport much. Now they are transporting food and clothing." It¡¯s too late, there¡¯s not much manpower left to transport the very troublesome gunpowder.¡±
Wang Shuang also continued: "Actually, what's the use of transporting ten, dozens, or even a hundred more tinder boxes? They can't throw tinder boxes into our city and blow them up outside the city. The most we can do is blow up a layer of ice on the city wall. Once the gunpowder is used up, we will pour water again. Let them worry, haha"
At this moment, a signal soldier hurried over, knelt down on one leg in front of Cao Cao, and said loudly: "Report! Thirty thousandThe soldiers, led by Zhao Yun and Wei Yan, really came towards our city. "
Cao Cao waved his hand and said, "Let's go up to the city and see what Zhao Zilong is capable of."
Driving alongside Wei Yan, Zhao Yun looked at King Wei's royal flag and the densely packed civil and military officials on the city wall, and said doubtfully: "It seems that everything is normal with them. What on earth was going on with that loud noise just now?"
Wei Yan also stared at the city wall and said: "I am also puzzled. Anyway, we are already here, and it is difficult for the Cao thieves to come out. Let's let the soldiers have their fun."
Zhao Yun laughed and said: "That's fine!"
After setting up the formation, Zhao Yun clapped his horse forward, pointed his countless silver spears at the crowd on the city wall, and shouted loudly: "Thief Cao, do you dare to come down and fight with Zhao?".
As soon as Zhao Yun finished speaking, the soldiers behind him started shouting: "Cao Cao is a coward!"
"Cao Jun has no men!"
"Thief Cao is a coward and a bastard!"
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The generals on the city wall were so angry that their faces were livid, and Wang Shuang, Cao Zhang and others asked for battle one after another. Cao Cao smiled magnanimously: "Haha, can't you calm down? They are scolding me. I can bear it. Why can't you bear it? Ignore them. Just let me talk to you."
With that said, Cao Cao waited until the noise from the people in the city became quieter and then shouted loudly: "General Zhao, Duke Xuande said that the general is full of courage. Did he only have a sharp mouth after leaving Duke Xuande and joining Liu Jia'er? ".
Zhao Yun's heart sank when he heard this, and he shouted loudly: "Thief Cao, stop using your words. If you have the ability, come over. Zhao will not give up until you have your head chopped off."
Cao Cao laughed and said: "Haha, since you are here to attack the city, then attack it. I am waiting here! Why do you always act like a shrew down below?"
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