This should be the first particularly bloody and difficult battle after Cao Cao entered Xuzhou.

The white snow was filled with shocking blood-red patches. The lodged soldiers were frozen as hard as stones in the cold weather. Arrows were inserted into the ground, and the smell of blood even attracted wild wolves and dogs near Xia Pi City, staring hungryly with scarlet eyes, and roaring at people.

The name of Lu Bu is really not covered! The Wolf Cavalry of Bingzhou is really not covered! With the three thousand iron cavalry as the vanguard, Lu Bu actually broke through a bloody road among the heavy cavalry of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, and then drilled through three layers of Cao's infantry defense line, which was then suppressed by the Cao's army's superior number of infantry formations.

Fearing that something happened to Lu Bu, Gao Shun's camp and the Danyang soldiers led by Zhang Liao also followed him out and fought fiercely with the surrounding Le Jin and Xiahou Yuan's troops at the city gate. The two soldiers resisted the siege of several times the Cao army like two gate pillars. They responded directly to Lu Bu leading the wolf cavalry back and then retreated to Xiapi City. Even the heavy crossbow of Gao Shun's camp made the Cao army charge and shoot at the attack and suffered heavy losses.

Even Cao Cao, who was deliberately deploying defense lines, did not gain any advantage in this battle. After returning to the city in the afternoon, Lu's army cleaned up the battlefield. The camp and the Bingzhou cavalry left a total of 820 corpses. However, Cao's army killed 1,02 cavalry and soldiers, injured 2,300, and had not yet trapped Lu Bu in the wild.

This battle should be considered as the defeat of Cao's army!

However, in the fierce battle, more than a dozen "Danyang soldiers" followed Zhang Liao's infantry and retreated back to Xiapi City!

Even if he was defeated in this battle, Wang Hou would be considered the first contribution, but he was not happy either.

After cleaning the battlefield, more than a dozen corpses wrapped in white cloth but with red marks were transported back to his military camp. The cold wind blew, making a corner of the white cloth blew.

Before the battle, Wang Hou had already made a clever trick and ordered that as long as he retreated into the Lejin infantry, Zhao Yun led the Tunwei, and Wang Congge and his personal guards retreated from both sides, throwing the task of fighting with Lu Bu's army to the rest of the Cao army. But he really underestimated Lu Bu's courage, and he hit his own phalanx alone. He killed three of his men with his own hands, and the rest were killed while fighting with the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry.

In addition to more than a dozen people who died in battle, more than fifty were slightly injured, wrapped in the same red gauze, and followed Wang Hou to greet his comrades.

This is the second test after Wang Hou came to this era, after killing, and witnessing the departure of the people around him!

Wang Hou didn't feel much touched when he killed Yuan Shu's envoy Han Yin, because if he didn't kill him, he would have to die. He still couldn't tolerate any feelings or kindness. But when he witnessed these young men who were still messing with him when he was alive, he was instructed to lie in front of him so coldly. Wang Hou was still very upset. He stood in front of the cold night wind and refused to leave for a long time.

In the end, Zhao Yun walked out helplessly and patted his shoulder heavily.

"This is the way of the world! They have also fulfilled their destiny and protected the lord's family. It's worth the death! Lord, what you think is not sad, but fulfilling your lord's responsibilities! Continue to lead us!"

Finally came to his senses, looked back at Zhao Yun, and then Wang Hou nodded with a heavy nasal voice.

"I heard that the Western sacred clouds are burning their bodies, and their souls can fly forever. Come and prepare firewood and send your brothers back to heaven!"

In this era, it is difficult to bring bones back. Most soldiers were buried in the wilderness after they died in battle, and were even gnawed by wild wolves and dogs. Although this cremation did not meet the hope of burying the whole body in this era, at least he could return home and witness the crackling of fire. Wang Hou suddenly turned around and said heavily to his subordinates who were still wrapped in gauze behind him.

"Next time, no matter what the situation is, I will fight side by side with you!"

"From Ge, you go and summon the strong men and pile up a piece of big wood transported from Pengcheng again. I'm of great use!"

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This battle was also a blow to the Cao army, who was originally full of optimism for defeating Lu Bu. The entire army's mood became a little more serious. In order to attack the city, Cao Cao even ordered hot water to pour it on the frozen land to melt the frozen soil, and then dig out the trench with a hoe. On the other end, Chen Deng, who completed his first phase of the mission, also hurriedly returned to Guangling, and took away some of the strong men recruited by the Cao army and transported coal to Xiapi City with the power of Guangling County.

However, the soldiers are really fast. The spies came to report that Yuan Shu had already gathered his subordinates to go north, intending to support Lu Bu. Hanoi Prefect Zhang Yang also launched a military operation and marched towards the Liang Kingdom, trying to surround Wei and rescue Zhao. The north was also causing even more military pressure. Although he did not directly attack Xudu, Xun Yu came to report that Yan Liang, the general under Yuan Shao, had already led the Hebei army to officially cross the river and stationed in the white horse near the Yellow River Ferry!

The situation has also become more serious.

On this day, Cao Cao stood on the snow-capped mountain to inspect the progress of the fortifications, and then returned to the military camp worriedly. In the camp, the civil and military officials accompanied him were all silent with heavy expressions. After a long time of depressing, Yang Xiu, the crow's mouth appeared again and clasped his fists solemnly.

"Prime Minister, Xia Pi is so cold that it can't be captured for a long time, so it's useless to continue to entangle. Moreover, Yuan Shao's troops stationed in white horses, and his cavalry under his command were no less than tens of thousands. Once he raided Xudu, he would arrive overnight. The emperor and the court were in great affairs. According to what he saw, it would be better to withdraw the troops!"

"No! Military orders are like mountains, and the power is here, how can we change our orders every day? Now the army is besieging the city, and soon the Si River is rushing to attack Xia Pi, using water as a soldier, Lu Bu can be defeated every night. And once he retreats now, he will really expose his morale. Lu Bu's wolf cavalry follows our army, and Yuan Shao goes south to attack again, and his foundation will be truly destroyed!"

Cheng Yu immediately stood up furiously and spoke to stop him, but Yang Xiu did not retreat at all. Instead, he narrowed his eyes and stared at him and Cao Cao dangerously.

"How long will it take to dig Si Shui? Once Xu Du fell into the hands of Yuan Shao, will Shangshu Ling be responsible?"

"I……"

Just when Cheng Yu was speechless, a dull and thick sound suddenly sounded at the entrance of the tent, but the captain of the guard Xu Chu knelt heavily and clasped his fists.

"Prime Minister, the envoy of Wang Zhuanyun invites you to gather in the back camp!"

While feeling upset, Cao Cao shook his sleeves anxiously: "If you have anything to let him report to the Central Army, I have no time!"

"Prime Minister!"

Before Cao Cao could finish his words, Guo Jia stood up from his cushion again and asked for help.

"I am a flatterer with Wang Tu. I am a flatterer! I have been intimate with you, and I have never asked the Prime Minister to move around. Anyway, I am helpless now. I think I should go to this journey!"

Cao Cao was really shocked when he heard this. After a moment, he stood up and ordered Xu Chu again.

"Set up a guard of etiquette and go to the rear camp!"

"I will obey the order!"

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No wonder Wang Hou didn't go to the central army. He was so busy with this kung fu. In three days, there was a huge wooden guy more than four meters high and six meters long in his grain camp.

This thing is estimated to weigh at least two or three tons. The wooden wheels below have two thick ruts in the snow. On the tower with wood piles above are swinging arms long and short. The short one is connected to a cast iron pot, and the other one is a large box with unknown kilograms. The bent metal hoops and metal sticks tightly fix the big guy with wood connections and places.

By then, Wang Hou was directing more than a dozen strong men to drag the rope, and his long swinging arms fell down. Then the two strong men carried them together and moved them from Pengcheng. The fragments of the house weighing nearly 100 kilograms were placed in a cast iron pot.

"Prime Minister..."

With his voice raised, Xu Chu was about to introduce himself to Cao Cao and let Wang Hou come to greet him. But looking at this scene, Cao Cao raised his slap and stopped him. Even Yang Xiu, Cheng Yu, and Guo Jia didn't blink, and he bet on Wang Hou with all his attention.

Just when he compared the direction below, Wang Hou personally pulled a thick rope under the catapult. With a loud bang, the heavy weight of his short arm suddenly fell off. The big iron pot flew upwards, and followed the hundreds of kilograms of big stones as if they had wings.

Almost four hundred meters away, the shadows flew over, and the next moment, the sky was shaking and the earth was shaking. The cold and frozen land was smashed into a big pit. The snow foam splashed, and the snow was blown away, revealing the yellow Xuzhou land below.

"Pull the gun! Wang Tu asks you to actually make a shot!"

He could no longer calm down. Cao Cao couldn't help but walk down in excitement and ecstasy. Following him, Cheng Yu even forgot his nobleness and ran to Cao Cao, and pounced on the heavy guy Wang Houy just now like seeing a peerless beauty. His veteran kept molesting and stroking the big guy.

No wonder Cao Cao was surprised. This simple big guy really didn’t have this era!

It was said that the trencher was designed by Lu Ban and dedicated to Chu State to attack Song State, but was immediately destroyed by Mo Zi. Immediately when Qin destroyed the six kingdoms, the Chu State used a large-scale trencher war, and smashed Qin general Li Xin on the riverside, defeating Li Xin for as many as 200,000 Qin troops. Then this thing seemed to be lost, and there was no record of application in history. Only Cao Cao was well-informed and knowledgeable. After a glance at the ancient books, he realized that there was such a thing!

However, this time, when facing Cao Cao who was extremely excited, Wang Hou was surprisingly not flattering, but instead looked sour and lazy.

"Hui Hui Cannon! Prime Minister, this thing is called Hui Hui Cannon!"

"The subordinates originally transported wood from Pengcheng to build this thing, but they were burned by the Prime Minister!"

After a moment, Cao Cao's smile was choked there, and the handsome face of the positive character couldn't help but show embarrassment, but then, he laughed excitedly again.

"Tuqiu offers a great achievement in Huiyao. After returning to Xudu, he was seriously injured!"

"The person who came here passed the original order to transfer the tiger and leopard cavalry back to Pengcheng to pull wood, all the craftsmen in the army and a bowl of strong men are here to help you build this Hui Hui cannon!!!" 166 Reading Network
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