At the same time, outside the city, in the military formation of Cao Wei's army, Cao Ren looked at the strange iron boxes on the top of the city with a gloomy look. Just these strange iron boxes caused his army to lose hundreds of people for no reason.
!Cao Ren turned to the Cao Wei general Li Dian beside him and asked: "Mancheng! Do you know what that is?"
Li Dian was also confused. After hearing Cao Ren's inquiry, Li Dian shook his head helplessly and said, "I don't know either! I've never seen that thing before! However, I heard that there was a Mo sect under Luo Yang.
Specializing in the development of mechanical thaumaturgy, they provided a lot of war equipment for the Western Qin Dynasty. I think these iron boxes should also be their masterpieces!"
Cao Ren also knew what Li Dian said, which made Cao Ren's face become more and more gloomy. The first battle was unfavorable, which greatly affected morale! But if we continue to attack the city, God knows what dangerous things that iron box will do. Since
After Xia Houyuan suffered a defeat in Youzhou and lost the 100,000 troops, Cao Wei's troops are now a little tight! The 20,000 troops were sent to the maximum extent. If they are lost here, Cao Wei will be in trouble in the future.
It’s dangerous!
From this point of view, Cao Ren is indeed much calmer than Xia Houyuan! This is why Cao Cao decided to send Cao Ren as the commander of the army. It was Xia Houyuan's defeat that made Cao Cao a little uneasy, so he sent Cao Ren more safely.
Cao Ren went to battle. Not only that, Cao Cao also sent counselor Xun You to follow Cao Ren in the battle. However, Xun You was a scholar after all. During the battle between the two armies, Xun You was safer in the rear.
However, in this situation, Cao Ren could not make up his mind for a while, so he had no choice but to ask Xun You for advice. Immediately, Cao Ren sent his own soldiers to the back of the military formation to ask Xun You for details.
Soon, Xun You arrived in front of the formation. As for what happened in front of the formation, Xun You also got the answer from the soldiers. So as soon as he arrived in front of the formation, Xun You looked directly at the city head and looked at the city head.
Xun You's brows furrowed as he climbed onto the twenty iron boxes. Seeing Xun You's appearance, Cao Ren quickly asked, "Master Xun! Do you know what this is?"
Xun You shook his head and said: "I don't recognize this thing either! But after hearing the soldiers talk about the attack method of this thing, I guessed a little bit. Thinking about it, this must be a mechanical arrow developed by Momen.
Arrow’s tool!”
Cao Ren nodded. Xun You's statement was similar to Cao Ren's previous guess. Cao Ren immediately asked: "Master Xun, is there a way to break this thing? If this thing continues to attack like this, then our army wants to break through Nan
Duncheng, that would be even more difficult!”
Xun You remained silent, but he got off his horse and walked quickly to the corpses that had been dragged back. When Cao Ren saw it, he immediately ordered his soldiers to come forward to protect him. Xun You was an important member of Cao Cao's account.
Counselor, be sure nothing unexpected happens. Xun You didn't pay that much attention. Instead, he squatted down next to a corpse and inspected the corpse. After looking at the corpse for a long time, Xun You's eyes lit up, and he used force to remove the corpse.
He pulled out the short arrow stuck in the corpse, looked at the short arrow carefully, stood up, walked towards Cao Ren, and said, "General Cao! I think I have found the weakness of this thing!"
"Oh?" Hearing what Xun You said, Cao Ren and Li Dian next to him also became excited. Cao Ren immediately said: "Master Xun is really powerful, please let me know!"
Xun You didn't show off, raised the bloody short arrow in his hand, and said: "General Cao, please see, the arrows used in this object are only half the length of ordinary arrows! If I am not wrong, the reason why Momen is like this
The design must be considered from the perspective of saving material consumption! In short, this kind of short arrow must be specially equipped for this kind of iron box. In this way, the West Qin army in the city will definitely not have too many such short arrows.
Arrows! In addition, the short arrows fired by this object are too dense and consume a lot of money, so I think this object must not be used too many times! Therefore, it will not affect our army's siege!"
After hearing Xun You's explanation, Cao Ren and Li Dian nodded repeatedly, and both of them breathed a sigh of relief. To be fair, the rain of arrows that had just been shot from the top of the city really made them rush.
It was frightening, such a dense attack, even if these generals stepped forward, there was no way to block it! If this thing can really be used for a long time, then Cao Ren really doesn't need to fight anymore.
Go home immediately and forget it!
However, since Xun You said so, Cao Ren naturally believed in Xun You's judgment and said to Li Dian beside him: "Mancheng! What Master Xun said makes sense! Then we will split up and spread out the army.
, while attacking the city wall, at the same time consuming the enemy's short arrows! What do you think?" Although Cao Ren was the commander of the army, he did not have the habit of acting alone, but was very good at listening to the opinions of others.
This time Cao Ren made a very wise decision, and Li Dian nodded in agreement. Just when Cao Ren was about to take action, a cold voice came from behind Cao Ren: "General Cao! Please let the last general go into battle.
!”
Cao Ren didn't need to look back, and he knew who the person who said this was! In the entire Cao Wei army, there was only one person who dared to speak to his commander in such a tone, and now Cao Wei's number one master, Ma Chao!
Since the death of Xiahou Dun, Ma Chao has been valued more and more by Cao Cao. In addition, his skills are unrivaled in Cao Wei's army. Even Wen Chou, a top master, Zhang Jia has to admit that he is no match for Ma Chao!
However, Ma Chao's character was unruly and too impulsive. Cao Cao did not dare to let him lead the army alone. This time he sent troops to attack Nanton. Considering that it was a head-on confrontation with the Western Qin Army, there was a possibility of fighting against the Western Qin Army at any time.
Some top players fought against each other, so Ma Chao was sent to Cao Ren's account.
Cao Ren also knew about Ma Chao's character before, so he specifically asked Ma Chao to stay in the central army and did not dare to let him come to the battle line, just because he was afraid that he would act impulsively. However, he did not expect that Ma Chao actually ran up on his own and directly proposed
Li Dian responded quickly and said to Ma Chao: "General Ma! It's a siege now. Although General Ma is very brave, he can't display it."
The general’s bravery! Why not ask the general to stay behind in the center to supervise the battle? If the enemy comes out of the city to attack, the general will naturally be asked to come forward and defeat the enemy!"
Ma Chao frowned, obviously very dissatisfied with Li Dian's words. However, Li Dian saved his life in the battle of Lingbi ten years ago. It was not easy for him to get angry with Li Dian, so he just said to Cao Ren in a muffled voice.
Said: "General Cao! I am willing to go out to fight and capture this city!"
Ma Chao already hated Western Qin with an unforgettable hatred. During the Battle of Nanton, he heard that in addition to the emperor and princess, there was also Luo Yang's youngest son in the city. Even the city guard of Nanton City was also Luo Yang's son-in-law.
!Ma Chao is determined this time, and must kill Luo Yang’s son and son-in-law! Even if he can’t kill Luo Yang for revenge, he can at least let Luo Yang taste the feeling of his relatives being killed! So Ma Chao can’t wait any longer
If you want to conquer the city of Nanton, you must kill the enemy's son with your own hands!
However, Cao Ren could not let Ma Chao act so impulsively. Seeing Ma Chao being so stubborn, Cao Ren pulled out a long sword from his waist! The sword was radiating with dazzling brilliance, and he knew it was a sword at a glance.
A rare sword in the world! As Cao Cao's important ministers, everyone recognized it at a glance. This sword was Cao Cao's Qinghong Sword! Cao Ren held up the Qinghong Sword and shouted to Ma Chao: "My lord, give me this sword."
The Qinghong Sword gives me the power to kill first and then show off! Ma Chao, if you disobey the general's order! I don't care whether you are the lord's favorite general or not, I will deal with it according to military law and will never give you mercy!"
As soon as Cao Ren said these words, Ma Chao's eyes immediately shot out two rays of cold light, and a murderous aura also emerged from Ma Chao's face. You can see that Ma Chao's hand holding the Zhan Jin Gun was bursting with streaks.
Blue veins! Ever since Ma Chao defected to Cao Cao's tent, no one has dared to be so rude to Ma Chao. How could Ma Chao not be angry? But Cao Ren was determined. He must suppress Ma Chao this time and must not retreat. Otherwise,
If a general cannot become a general and a commander is not a commander, how can he win a war?
At this time, Li Dian also saw that the two of them were fighting each other, and secretly complained in his heart. The generals had begun to be at odds before the war officially started. What should we do? Li Dian immediately stepped in between the two of them,
He advised: "Two generals, calm down! Calm down! Don't ruin the lord's important affairs! General Ma! General Cao is the commander-in-chief of the army. This was appointed by the lord himself! We generals should obey his orders.
That’s right! General Cao and General Ma just contradicted each other. It was because they wanted to contribute to the lord’s plan and it was entirely out of good intentions. Don’t be offended by General Cao!”
Not only Li Dian, but Xun You on the side also stepped forward to stop Cao Ren. He was not very familiar with Ma Chao. If he rashly stepped forward to stop Ma Chao, it might have the opposite effect. The job of persuading Ma Chao was left to Li Dian.
, and he whispered to Cao Ren not to be on the same level as Ma Chao.
After some exchanges between Li Dian and Xun You, Cao Ren and Ma Chao finally reached a temporary truce. Ma Chao snorted coldly, glared at Cao Ren fiercely, and said: "This time I will show off to Man Cheng and not be on the same level as you."
! I will report the situation of this battle to my lord! Obviously we can win easily, but you are timid and miss the opportunity! Even if you are my lord's clan brother, my lord may not be able to protect you!" After speaking, Ma Chao said
He pulled the reins hard and rode his mount towards the Chinese army.
"You!" Seeing that Ma Chao was still so arrogant, Cao Ren's eyes widened, and the anger that had just calmed down suddenly rose up! Fortunately, Li Dian and Xun You around him saw the opportunity quickly and stopped Cao Ren, otherwise