Everyone wants to know how all this happened? It turns out that Cao An, who was reborn after the disaster, was overly excited because he was lucky to be alive and felt energetic all over. After Cao An got up from the ground, he wiped the snow on his face bitterly
Or sweating, he cursed "His grandma!" At this time, everyone else was involved in the defensive battle, and no one noticed him. He bent down and picked up a rolling stone weighing more than 20 kilograms, and staggered quickly.
He ran to the battlement directly in front, screamed and threw it down the city without looking at it. The barbarians under the city were too crowded, and Cao An heard a few screams after throwing down the rolling stone.
After throwing a few rolling stones and logs, Cao An suddenly found that there was nothing left to throw around him. It happened that the three wooden boxes storing explosives and mines were placed at the root of the wall behind Cao An. Cao An was already struck by the
An arrow aroused his ferocity. When he saw the explosives, he forgot Cao Zhi's order and ran over in a panic. He grabbed two of them and ran back to the battlements. He lit them with the torches on the battlements and threw them away first.
One of them got out. The moment the explosive slipped out of Cao An's hand, he suddenly remembered Cao Zhi's prohibition and was stunned. It was really a critical moment. Fortunately, Cao Zhi yelled, so it didn't lead to a big mistake.
The explosion of these two bombs indeed had a great effect. Although the Jiangxia barbarian cavalry and infantry who used cold weapons were not afraid of death, they were unable to fight against the explosives. With the explosions from the two places, there were countless casualties under the city.
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Jiang Xiaman in the East City had never seen explosives before, and they were stunned by such a huge power. The religious ignorance of ancient people became the only way to explain this powerful weapon, and they shouted in panic "Thunder God, Thunder God!"
Amidst the sound, the siege temporarily stopped, and the barbarian army quickly retreated in panic to a high hill two or three miles away from the east gate, regrouped, and waited for the next round of attack.
As the enemy retreated, the defenders on the city got a rare chance to breathe. Everyone was exhausted in the middle of the night. There were more than a hundred and dozens of Lujiang soldiers killed and injured, plus Minzhuang, who didn't know how to protect himself.
There were about hundreds of people in total, and the army and civilian doctors recruited temporarily were busy treating the wounded everywhere.
Cao Zhi assigned personnel to go to the county government to report the battle situation, and at the same time requested reinforcements of troops and horses, as well as additional equipment such as wood and rolling stones for defending the city, and arranged for the wounded to rest in the barracks under the city. Wang Ping was also helped off the city wall by Cao Zhi's orders.
, even though he repeatedly claimed that he was fine, how could Cao Zhi bear to let an injured civilian continue to stand in the cold snow.
After finishing his busy work, Cao Zhi stood alone at an arrow stack and was lost in thought for a while. Seeing that there were so many enemy troops outside the city, even if it was just a matter of sheer exhaustion, could the remaining defenders hold the next attack?
It was still unclear whether the bombs, the most powerful weapon for defending the city, would continue to be used or not. Cao Zhi still had not made up his mind. Faced with the important task of defending the city, he felt a little worried.
Soon, the king of the county, Cheng Cheng, and the old man from the village, who were rewarded for their victory, led their people to the city to deliver food. The owner of a restaurant in the city specially killed a big fat pig to reward the soldiers. Cao An went over and took two bowls of rice and one bowl of fat.
Pork stew, ran behind Cao Zhi and called: "Second Young Master, let's eat."
Cao Zhi woke up from his daze, quickly took the meal from Cao An, placed it on the snow-covered city wall, and stood beside the city wall to eat like all the soldiers.
Cao Zhi was really hungry. He pulled in more than half of the bowl of rice and found that Cao An was eating the food in small bites. He peeked at himself from time to time and asked strangely: "What are you doing?"
Cao An pursed his lips and smiled, and said shyly: "Hey! I see that the second young master is eating well, and I feel happy."
Cao Zhi actually knew what he wanted to say. Facing Cao Zhi's direct gaze, Cao An, who felt guilty, rushed to eat the vegetables in the bowl, leaving the meat in the bowl. It was cold and the fat was almost solid.
Cao Zhi hurriedly took two pieces of meat and put them in his bowl and ordered: "Eat all the meat quickly. Master doesn't like eating fatty pork, do you know?"
Cao An agreed with "Oh", cut off the meat with chopsticks, and put the thin piece of meat into Cao Zhi's bowl. He was picking up the rice, and his eyes were exposed from the edge of the bowl. His eyes were a little wet, and he looked at him with a fluttering look.
Cao Zhi smiled helplessly, pulled the meat steak into his mouth and chewed it. Cao An saw that he ate so deliciously that his big child-like eyes turned into crescent moons.
During the meal, Cao Zhi didn't blame Cao An for anything, and he didn't even say much. Although Cao An was young and almost 20 years old, Cao Zhi always treated him as an adult and treated him as a brother. He was guilty.
Although the military order was issued, the barbarian army was also driven back. The unexpected failure was considered to have achieved a miraculous effect, and the merits and demerits were offset by the merits.
After finishing the meal, Cao An obediently grabbed the bowl and was about to send it back. Cao Zhi suddenly turned around and grabbed Cao An. At this time, the smoke had already dispersed, but the sky was still dark. Cao Zhi pulled Cao An close to a torch.
Next, I looked at Cao An's injuries. There were several scratches on his face. The blood had coagulated. He had a face that was blackened by smoke. This face was actually a baby face. It should still be in the modern era.
University, but Cao An has been fighting with him for many years. Cao Zhi looked at Cao An and couldn't help but feel a lot. At this time, Cao An was looking at Cao Zhi with a pair of red eyes in surprise.
Cao Zhi said in a hoarse voice: "Xiao Anzi, you don't blame me, do you?"
After hearing Cao Zhi's words, Cao An put down his job and was about to kneel down. Cao Zhi stopped him, but still said in a trembling voice: "What the Second Young Master said is too small."
Cao Zhi wanted to say something else, but he didn't know what to say. Cao An had been taught since he was sensible that his life was no longer his own, but the Cao family's and Cao Zhi's. This kind of thinking has long been gone.
It's deeply ingrained in his heart.
Cao Zhi just told him to attract the archer's attention, which was dangerous, but even if he knew he would die, he could only accept his fate and carry it out. He struggled, but he would never rebel against any of Cao Zhi's will. This is an ancient book boy
The fate of a child.
Cao Zhi couldn't help but laugh when he saw a grain of rice stuck to the corner of Cao An's mouth. He didn't mind that his face was dirty, so he stretched out his finger and scratched his cheek. Cao Zhi was startled, and couldn't help but feel a little agitated when he saw a grain of rice stuck to Cao An's finger.
Sorry, they both laughed at the same time. Cao Zhi grabbed a handful of white snow and threw it on Cao An's face and head, and said in a scolding tone: "You must know how to take good care of yourself in the future."
"Yes!" Cao An picked up three empty bowls, stood carefully, turned to face Cao Zhi and shouted. Cao An, who received Cao Zhi's forgiveness, ran away happily. Maybe he didn't understand Cao Zhi's last words, but
He felt the deep brotherly love between the two young masters.
Cao Zhi watched Cao An's running and jumping figure disappear. He turned around again and stared into the distance, lost in thought.
After a whole day of fierce fighting, all the gates of Wancheng were closed. Cao Zhi walked down the tower in the dark, came to the east gate, and asked the guards to open the small door and go out to take a look.