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- Chapter 180 "Ineffective Explosion"
General Cao Zhang even waved his big hand and said with a smile: "It's just that garbage blocking our hundreds of thousands of troops? Even a three-year-old wouldn't believe it!"
Sima Yi said: "However, if the Shu soldiers leave a small group of dead soldiers and use water or fire attacks, our two city gates can be almost completely sealed, and it will be really difficult to open them in a few hours. Piao Tian Literature Twenty or thirty people are enough, and there is no need to have too many. But as Wenda said just now, in addition to these two gates, we have other gates to go through. After leaving the city, we will send a small group of soldiers to deal with these dead soldiers. If we break down the gates and clear the roads at the same time outside the city, we won't waste much time."
Cheng Yu asked: "Zhongda said fire attack, but Yu actually believed it. Throwing dry firewood, sprinkling tung oil, saltpeter inside and outside the city gate, plus the height of the garbage dump, can indeed stop our army for an hour or two. How? Maybe water attack? Not to mention the winter when a drop of water turns into ice, even in summer there is little rain here, and the water is only enough for humans and animals to drink. Where is the water source for water attack? "
After finishing speaking, Cheng Yu glanced at his colleagues around him with some pride. Sima Yi felt a little unhappy when he saw that Cheng Yu was showing off his knowledge. Although he didn't show it on his face, he dealt with it with silence. He did not return to Cheng Yu's question, but walked towards the city wall, watching the attacking Shu soldiers getting closer and closer to the city. The guard responsible for their safety nervously raised his shield in front of him.
Xun Yu saw that Sima Yi didn't say anything and Cheng Yu looked a little embarrassed, so he said: "Zhongda means to use this day when a drop of water turns into ice. Just pour a few hundred loads of well water to freeze the city gates, suspension bridges and so on. Why do you need so much water? Just freeze the city gates and suspension bridges. Or use the garbage to freeze an ice wall of several feet high outside our city gate, which can also prevent us from leaving the city smoothly."
"Oh" Several people nodded in unison.
"Look! Tinder box!" Suddenly Sima Yi pointed to the distance and said.
Everyone was startled and moved their gazes to the bottom of the city, following the direction Sima Yi pointed.
I saw that the city was also completely white. The dark Shu soldiers braved the biting cold wind and ran towards the city wall, shouting and shouting. Countless battle flags were fluttering in the wind, and the crackling sound was still clearly audible in the midst of the huge shouts. The steel well fence that attracted everyone's attention also slowly approached the city wall under the push and pull of the cattle.
Because the attacking soldiers below the city were still outside the range of their bows and arrows. So Cao Jun who was guarding the city just stared at each other nervously, and the archers drew their bows like a full moon. The soldiers holding the rope tightly held their breath, and the soldiers pouring boiling oil dipped their gourds in the rolling oil pot, ready to lift the gourds at any time Only the small catapults on the city wall were quickly dropping the gourds into the distance. Stone.
Cao Cao and others finally saw five or six very special-looking carriages appearing behind the attacking Shu soldiers. The carriages looked like the gunpowder boxes captured by General Xu Huang, but with two more wheels. They all knew it was a powder truck!
"Liu Jia'er made every last move." An official said in a low voice.
"No wonder the soldiers of Shu still have such high morale after their defeat." Jia Xu whispered to Cao Cao with some worry.
I saw the Shu soldiers bringing the gunpowder box. Several generals saw Cao Cao and others still staring at the Shu soldiers in the distance and became anxious, and quickly asked Cao Cao and others to leave. Originally, Cao Cao wanted to stand here for a while to boost the morale of the soldiers around him. Helplessly, the generals urged them to leave quickly, because only when their large group of officials left could the generals better direct the next battle.
Cao Cao, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, naturally knew this reason, so he did not insist anymore. With an uneasy mood, he left the front where the Shu soldiers were attacking and walked to the side.
Xun Yu said as he walked: "King Wei, there is no need to worry. Since we have tested the gunpowder boxes, these few gunpowder carts cannot do anything to our city. Yu thinks that as long as the intelligence we prepare is accurate, the Shu soldiers will not have any With more gunpowder, if they do this, we can feel more at ease and no longer fearful."
Cao Cao heard this. The worried look on his face immediately disappeared, replaced by an excited expression, and he said happily: "What Wen Ruo said is exactly what I meant. What is coming will eventually come, if we can block the power of their gunpowder today , then we can be sure of victory in the future, and Liu Jia will no longer have any means that can threaten us."
At this point, Cao Cao turned around and said to General Xu Huang who was sending them away: "General Xu, this battle can be said to be extremely close. If we win, we can just sit back and watch Liu Jia's army collapse on its own. If we lose, it will Even if our city is blown up by their gunpowder, we may lose all our advantages. Being in the ice and snow with them, we can only see which side can persevere in the end. Of course. We don't want to see that step, I Today¡¯s request is that if the city is broken, the general willWe must turn the tide and knock down the high morale of the Shu soldiers due to the city's destruction. Defend this city. "
Xu Huang said: "Please don't worry, King Wei. We already know the power of these gunpowder boxes. They can't break our city wall. If the real city wall collapses due to the explosion of gunpowder, I will still have preparations. I have already prepared the city wall." Send people down to mobilize troops, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses will be gathered behind our city wall, which will prevent the Shu soldiers from rushing in."
Cao Cao nodded and said, "What I'm talking about is just in case. If the city is broken, the general must withstand it."
Xu Huang gave a solemn salute and said: "I promise to King Wei that even if the wall falls down, I will use people to squeeze out the Shu soldiers."
Cao Cao said: "Okay! I am watching the general nearby."
Hearing the shouts behind him, Xu Huang knew that the Shu soldiers had begun to attack the city, and he quickly turned around and ran over to direct the battle with his ax in hand.
Cao Cao and the others still walked forward leisurely. At this time, Cheng Yu said to Cao Cao a little unconfidently: "King Wei, will the city wall collapse inward? In that case, our soldiers gathered in the city may be buried by the collapsed city wall."
Cao Cao said resolutely: "Today can be said to be a fateful battle. If the city wall really collapsed and crushed the soldiers to death, then we can only do this. Liu Jia used all his breast-feeding skills. As long as he survives this A pass. The defeat of the Shu soldiers is inevitable. So my opinion is to keep the soldiers as close as possible to the front. I would rather lose some soldiers than to keep the Shu soldiers out of the city. The city wall is not better than the fence, it is much stronger, and the explosion is louder. The barrier of the city wall cannot scare the soldiers in the city. As long as they don't fall, they can't hurt the people standing against the wall, so you don't need to worry too much."
Speaking of which. Cao Cao stopped and turned around to look at the attacking Shu soldiers in the distance outside the city. At this time, the battle has entered a fever pitch, the shouts are getting deeper, and the most obvious thing is that the screams have begun to fall one after another. He gritted his teeth and said: "I must also be prepared with both hands. If the city collapses and our army cannot suppress the opponent's morale, there is no need for us to fight hard and withdraw first. At the same time, burn the city. Transfer with General Xu Chu and Cong Chang'an The troops who came here will turn around and come back together to surround Liu Jia'er in this ruins, and they can also be eliminated."
Just when Cao Cao was well prepared, the battle in the north had entered its most intense stage. One ladder after another had been set up, and a group of soldiers attacked one after another. Although most of the soldiers did not climb to the top, The top was knocked down by Cao soldiers, but after some crossbow soldiers went up, many Cao soldiers were killed with crossbow arrows such as locusts. With the steel well barrier in place, Cao Jun's casualties naturally began to increase sharply. But Cao Bing did not relax at all. Under the stern urging of the commander-in-chief, General Xu Huang, reserve soldiers were continuously sent up to replace those who died or were injured. Because all Cao soldiers knew that Shu soldiers were going to use gunpowder.
Although Cao Bing tried his best to stop him. But the six gunpowder carts from Shu soldiers still reached the bottom of the city wall. The Shu soldiers pulled their horses away and prepared to use manpower to advance the last distance. I saw a dozen soldiers clearing the way in front of a gunpowder cart, quickly moving the corpses, weapons, and stones in front of the cart. Then ten soldiers used wide shields to protect the cart and the soldiers pushing the cart, desperately Rush towards the base of the city wall.
At this time, Cao's soldiers were like crazy, shooting arrows, throwing logs, throwing stones, and pouring boiling oil in the direction of the carriage below, in order to delay the advancement of the gunpowder cart. They went completely crazy and no longer cared about the enemy's bows, arrows and stones. When the stones could not be transported for a while, they even lifted the corpses around them and threw them downwards. The only thought in their minds was to prevent the gunpowder carts from approaching the city wall.
Of course, the Shu soldiers under the city climbed the ladders and fired upwards regardless of casualties. The steel wells and catapults also tried their best to attack the defenders here. In order to distract Cao Bing's attention. Reduce the resistance of the gunpowder train.
Both sides are gritting their teeth and persisting, and the shouts are getting louder and louder.
More than half of the soldiers pushing the gunpowder cart were killed by the defenders before they had rushed far. Every step forward had to throw away a corpse. Fortunately, the moat in the north was originally shallow, and the water in the river had turned into ice. The most important thing was that the Shu soldiers continuously sent reserve troops from behind to replace the dead soldiers. The powder car was covered with an iron plate, so the gunpowder car was not damaged and was still moving forward tenaciously.
Finally, the gunpowder cart, which had lost dozens of soldiers and was covered in blood, was pushed to the base of the wall. The soldiers raised their shoulders to resist the last one or two feet because at this time, the wheels were hit by stones thrown from the city. It was smashed, and there was a layer of corpses, wood, and stones scattered underneath. When the cart was placed against the city wall, only three soldiers were left pushing the cart. You must know that these three people were only left after three changes. The soldiers who initially pushed the cart and protected it had been dead for a long time.
????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????" Similarly, all three of them were covered in dirty blood or gray brains.
? ?They smiled at each other and let out a long breath. The soldier with the arrow on his face was still holding a shield with one corner missing in both hands, protecting the uninjured soldier sitting on the "ground", and said with a smile: "Hurry up, fire up, blow up these bastards!"
The shield made a ping-pong sound, and I don¡¯t know whether it was an arrow hitting it or boiling oil spilling on it.
"The soldier whose right leg was broken by a stone pressed against the gunpowder cart with his back to prevent it from sliding. In just a moment, there were only a few snatching sounds, and two arrows were inserted into his shoulder and the other uninjured leg. His body shook a few times, and the car swayed with his shaking body.
The only uninjured soldier exhaled loudly, and the white steam blew out far away. He suppressed his excitement, took out a small bamboo tube from his arms, opened the cloth strip at one end and pulled out an incense stick with green smoke from the bamboo tube. After doing this, his heart finally calmed down a little. He blew gently on the incense, and the ashes on the tip of the incense were blown away, revealing a little spark. When he stopped blowing, the smoke from the incense grew even louder.
He calmly pulled out a cork from the right handle of the gunpowder cart, and finally inserted the incense into the place where the cork had been removed. Immediately, a hissing sound came from the hole, and a thick smoke mixed with a pungent smell came out. Rush out from inside.
Smelling the temperature and seeing the thick smoke, the three of them smiled happily. The soldier holding the shield obviously talked the most. Although his strength has been exhausted, the hands holding the shield are weakly placed above his head. Let his head support the weight of the shield, and as the shield is struck, his head "beats" up and down. He said: "Ha ha finally it's going to explode. You you hurry up hurry up let's go."
The uninjured soldier looked at the thick smoke with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Let's go? You can still walk" As soon as he finished speaking, a stone fell from above, hitting the shield. There was just a bang, the shield smashed the head of the person holding the shield and then plunged into the abdomen of the person who had broken his leg. Another stone that had just fallen just missed the injured person's head.
The only sound left in the vicinity of the gunpowder cart was hissing and growing smoke.
Seeing the smoke rising from the gunpowder cart, the few soldiers who thought there were no survivors and were about to rush over to light the fire retreated instead of advancing. After running a few steps, they immediately lay down on the snow.
The soldiers who were attacking the city nearby also retreated like a tide, ran a few steps and then lay on the ground. Cao's soldiers on the city wall seemed to have received the order, and they all lay down on the city wall. A few soldiers who were directly on top of the gunpowder cart were so frightened that they turned around and ran away, but after only running a few steps, they were so frightened that they also fell down.
It¡¯s like there¡¯s magic here. In less than three seconds, except for the blowing north wind and falling snowflakes, everything stopped!
Cao Cao and others, who had been paying attention to the movements here, also stared at this place.
"Boom¡ª¡ª"
With this loud noise, countless limbs, sand and stones were thrown into the air.
The same loud noise shocked both inside and outside the city. The soldiers who were already lying on the ground lowered themselves even lower, regardless of whether they were corpses or dirty blood. The soldiers who were still fighting in the distance also stopped in surprise: the man climbing the ladder froze, the man lifting the stone forgot to throw it down, the archery bow did not draw anymore
This is a large-scale freeze-frame.
but. The peace was too short-lived. The scene just lasted for less than two seconds, and a general below the city was heard shouting: "Kill the thief Cao!"
In the end, it was the Shu soldiers who had heard the explosion many times and were mentally prepared to wake up first. The Shu soldiers shouted again, but the farther away from the explosion site, the louder the shouts, and the closer to the explosion point, the quieter the shouts were. Especially the soldiers attacking the city near the explosion point were almost completely absent. Screaming, many soldiers stared in disbelief at the explosion site that was still smoking thickly - the city wall was still almost the same.
"how so?"
¡°So many people died in vain?¡±¡
The determination to attack the city has weakened. The siege action also slowed down. At this moment. A huge shout came from the city wall, and the huge roar was full of huge surprise and excitement:
"It's not broken. It's not broken at all!"
"Very good!"
"The city wall is fine! Haha"
¡°It¡¯s nothing at all!¡±¡
Then, after some loud Cao soldiers wiped the cold sweat from their faces, they began to laugh at the ashamed-looking Shu soldiers below the city:
"Haha, come on, come on and explode!"
¡°So many people died, so you just gave us a greeting, haha¡±
The battle to siege and defend the city began again. It's just that the morale of Cao's soldiers is stronger. The hearts of Cao Cao and others that were about to jump out of their voices returned to their chests, although they were still beating fiercely now.
The Shu soldiers did not stop their actions.Using the action of a gunpowder cart, not long after the first cart exploded, the second cart was pushed to the base of the city wall again, at the cost of another twenty people, but the reward was still a loud noise. This time, the soldiers on both sides were calmer. Some brave soldiers did not even lie down. Of course, the battle still stopped for a moment, just for a moment.
After being baptized by two loud noises, Cao Bing became even bolder. When the Shu soldiers pushed the gunpowder cart for the third time, Cao Bing was no longer as crazy as at the beginning and no longer tried to stop them regardless of casualties - bombing was useless anyway. ¡ª¡ªIntentionally or unintentionally, the blockage was relaxed. Some soldiers openly laughed at the stupid Shu soldiers:
¡°Southern barbarians, come on, come on.¡±
"How many more do you have? Push them all over here, right? This voice is too quiet."
¡°If the weather is clear, maybe we can scare away a few birds or something.¡±
¡°That¡¯s all you have?¡±
"If Liu Jia doesn't run away, he will be caught by our King Wei soon. Haha"
The Shu soldiers might be angry, they might not believe in evil, or it might be getting late. They didn't want to drag the gunpowder carts back, so they pushed the remaining three gunpowder carts to the base of the city wall. More than thirty soldiers were sacrificed, and three powder carts with their wheels removed were placed together. The reason why only more than 30 soldiers were lost in the three vehicles was mainly due to the kindness of Cao Bing and the efforts of the archers on the well. In order to reduce the losses of soldiers, the Gangjing Lan took the risk of being blown down and moved it not far from the gunpowder cart. Near the maximum strength, the soldiers on the ground covered the push of the cart. Of course, to be on the safe side, the soldiers on the ground also found a lot of stones to lay on the base of the steel well railing.
When the fuses of the three gunpowder carts were lit at the same time, the soldiers on both sides, who had no confidence in their hearts, tacitly stopped fighting and lay down just like at the beginning, waiting in horror for that moment to come. Cao Cao in the distance was not afraid of losing face. He lay on the ground with other officials, but they had a lot of clothes under them. His heart once again reached his throat: "As long as everything goes well this time, I will win. Liu Jia'er , let¡¯s see if you are ready to escape or waiting to be caught!¡±
The entire battlefield became unusually quiet.
¡°Boom, boom¡ª, boom¡ª¡± the loud noise resounded through the sky on time.
After an unknown amount of time, cheers came from the city again.
Liu Jia, who had been commanding from behind, heard the cheers of Cao Bing, shook his head with a wry smile, and turned to look at Pang Tong who was smiling.
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