Chapter 342 Kill the Shouchun City

Longzhong, Kongming thatched hut.

"Kongming, Xichuan Gu is bound to win!" Cao Cao said in a deep voice, "You think Yong'an is easy to go down, Xichuan is difficult to get, but Gu thinks Yong'an is difficult to get, Xichuan is easy to get. As long as Kongming, you can help Gu take Yong'an, Gu will be 100% sure to get into Xichuan! Once Xichuan is obtained, Gu can defend the danger, advance and attack, retreat and defend, and stand in an invincible place."

Zhuge Liang frowned and said, "But..."

Cao Cao waved his hand and stopped Zhuge Liang and said, "If the horse butcher defeated Sun Quan in the Battle of Huainan, then Gu would never have the chance to enter Sichuan again! Kong Ming thought that after defeating Sun Quan, the horse butcher would have all the troops to sweep Jingxiang. However, this is just a possibility after all. What if the horse butcher adopts the strategy of cutting flesh with a blunt knife and slowly erodes Jingzhou with strong manpower and material resources, what should Gu do to deal with it?"

Zhuge Liang said: "Lord, this is impossible."

"Kong Ming." Cao Cao raised his hand again and said, "The intention of Gu is determined. Xichuan Gu has decided to take over. Now please tell Gu how to take Yong'an?"

"Oh." Zhuge Liang sighed in disappointment and said, "Okay, I want to ask the Prime Minister first, if you want to conquer Yong'an, what is the biggest difficulty?"

Cao Cao replied without hesitation: "The Jiangzuo Post Road is too steep and difficult to pass through."

Zhuge Liang said: "Have you ever thought about taking a detour?"

"Detour?" Cao Cao shook his head and said, "This is impossible. There is only such a post road from Jiangling to Yong'an. How to detour?"

Zhuge Liang said: "Since the post road is not open, why don't the lord lead the army to walk on the mountain road?"

"Going the mountain road?" Cao Cao frowned, "Not to mention whether there are mountain roads that can reach the river. Even if there are, soldiers may still be able to pass through. How should the supplies and food be transported? Without food and supplies, wouldn't the army destroy itself if it enters Xichuan?"

"Hehe." Zhuge Liang smiled, "The answer is here for Liang to take Yong'anyi."

Cao Cao wondered, "What does this mean?"

Zhuge Liang said: "Liang has a strategy called wooden ox and flowing horses, which can help the lord transport food, grass and supplies from the mountain road."

"The wooden ox and the flowing horse?" Cao Cao said in confusion, "I have never heard of it, but I don't know what it is?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Lord, please come with Liang."

After saying that, Zhuge Liang took Cao Cao to the backyard. There was a strange thing in the backyard, saying it was a cow, it clearly had only three legs, one foot or a wheel, saying it was a car, but it only had one wheel. Cao Cao was very disappointed when he saw it, pointed at the thing and said to Zhuge Liang, "Is this what Kong Ming mentioned about the wooden ox and flowing horse? But I don't know what it is for?"

[Note: The wooden ox and flowing horse are indeed true, but they are not as magical as boast in the Romance. They are just unicycles. However, on the difficult mountain road, unicycles can indeed play unexpected roles.]

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "My lord, don't underestimate it. As long as the soldiers can pass through it, it can pass through it. The weight that can be transported is much larger than the soldiers' shoulders. With it, the lord can easily transport food, grass and supplies into Xichuan through the mountain road. In this way, the natural danger of Jiangzuo Post Road will be destroyed without any attack."

"Is that true?" Cao Cao said unbelievable, "Is this thing really so magical?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said nothing. He stepped forward and lifted the shaft of the cart two steps, so that the two supporting feet under the shaft were suspended in the air. Then he pushed the unicycle out of the backyard. He first easily passed a single-plank bridge, and then walked along the rugged and difficult mountain path as if flying. Finally, Kong Ming asked Zhang Liao to put a big stone weighing more than 200 kilograms on the unicycle. Unexpectedly, Kong Ming, a scholar who was powerless, still walked like flying while pushing the unicycle.

Cao Cao then believed it and shouted loudly. Zhang Liao and Tibetan Ba ​​were also amazed around the wheelbarrow.

"That's great!" Cao Cao said excitedly, "With this wooden ox and horse, Xichuan can get it at your fingertips."

Zhuge Liang disagreed and said, "My lord thought the problem too simply."

"No." Cao Cao shook his hand and said, "The reason why Xichuan is easy to defend and difficult to attack is entirely because of the rugged and difficult road to travel. Now there are wooden oxes and horses. The easy to defend and difficult to attack is not a blessing for the defenders, but a disaster! Kongming, think that when Zhang Xiu and Zhang Ren gathered heavy troops to defend the Yufupu area, he walked into the Sichuan and suddenly appeared behind Yufupu. The Liang army was unprepared and was attacked from both sides. How could he not be defeated?"

Zhuge Liang said: "This is exactly what Liang said about taking Yong'an Yi."

"That's it." Cao Cao said, "As long as you break through the Yufupu, you will be able to move forward, and the plains of the river will be flat. At the moment, the horse butcher is fighting fiercely with Sun Quan in Huainan. How can you return to the army in a hurry? Just because Zhang Song, Zhang Xiu, Zhang Ren and others want to block the orphan army, that's a delusion! In this way, it's not easy to take down Xichuan?"

Zhuge Liang said: "It is certainly difficult for the butcher Ma to return in a hurry. Zhang Xiu, Zhang Ren, Zhang Song and others are certainly difficult to match their lords, but lords should not forget that there is an extremely powerful figure in the Xiliang army that may arrive in Xichuan at any time! If this person arrives in an urgent situation, the battle in Xichuan will probably be in danger!"

Cao Cao's eyes showed awe-inspiring look and said in a voice: "Was Kong Ming saying...Ma Chao?"

"Ma Chao?"

"Ma Chao!"

The expressions of the Tibetan domineering behind Cao Cao and Zhang Liao also became solemn.

"Yes, it's Ma Chao!" Zhuge Liang said in a deep voice, "Although Liang doesn't leave his home, there are many students in Yangzhou and Jingzhou as officials. Therefore, he still knows a little about the current trend and some well-known figures. Xiliang Jin Ma Chao is not easy to deal with. This person is not only super martial arts, but also insidious, and is quite poisonous to Jia Xu."

Zang Badao: "Ma Chao is certainly powerful, but didn't this kid go to the Western Regions? The Western Regions are thousands of miles away from the Central Plains, so how can it be so easy to return?"

Zhang Liao said: "That's hard to say. It's been more than a year since Ma Chao went to the Western Regions. Maybe it's unknown if he has pacified the Western Regions! Ma Chao can kill Sun Ce in front of the two armies, and then seriously injured Zhou Yu, the commander of the Eastern Wu, and taking the general's head among the ten thousand troops is like taking objects. This is indeed a dangerous person. The lord must be careful."

"Ma Chao?Ma Chao!"

Cao Cao's eyes flashed and he began to pace with his hands behind his back.

"I'm afraid of him!" Zang Domineering, "No matter how powerful Ma Chao is, can he kill all our 30,000 troops? Can he turn the world around by himself? The generals really don't believe this evil!"

Zhuge Liang said again: "The Liang army in Xichuan is indeed not very strong now, and we have to divide our troops to garrison in various dangerous cities. It is easy to be defeated by our army. But lord must not forget the deep-rooted influence of the Ma family in the Western Qiang! Especially now, Ma Yue and the Ma Chao brothers' reputation in the hearts of the Qiang people is even more powerful, and the western front of Xichuan is the eight thousand miles of Qiangyuan!"

Cao Cao suddenly stopped and turned around and shouted to the Tibetan Ba: "Xuan Gao!"

Zangba rushed forward and clasped his fists and said, "What are the instructions for the lord?"

Cao Cao said: "Return to Jiangling immediately and call on all the craftsmen to hurry up and make wooden ox and flowing horses. I will ask you to make five thousand wooden ox and flowing horses within one month, and there must be no mistakes!"

Zang Badao: "The last general takes the order."

Cao Cao said to Zhuge Liang again: "Kong Ming."

Zhuge Liang bowed and said, "What are the lord's instructions?"

Cao Cao said: "From now on, you will be Gu's military advisor. Gu is determined to attack Sichuan, and I hope Kong Ming will help you."

Seeing Cao Cao insisting on attacking Sichuan, Zhuge Liang said helplessly: "Liang should serve you."

Shouchun.

Amid the endless sound of trumpets, teams of Xiliang cavalry rushed forward from the wilderness. When they were still a thousand steps away from Shouchun City, they stopped and then slowly spread to their wings. The Wu soldiers at the top of Shouchun City saw them all black Xiliang cavalry, countless moving horse heads and dazzling sabers gathered into a magnificent picture, making people feel trembling from the depths of their souls.

"hold head high……"

"hold head high……"

"hold head high……"

"Dong!"

After the three-way particularly loud horn sound, a drum sound that was so fierce that it made people's blood collapse suddenly sounded between the world.

Suddenly, an extremely huge marching drum was slowly set up on a huge carriage led by sixteen strong horses. On the high frame, the horse leaped into a big red official robe, lifted up his sleeves, holding two drumsticks that were as thick as a child's thigh, and was struggling to hit the drum faces of the two of them. In an instant, another "dong" sound of drums resounded through the sky.

"Roar!" Dian Wei raised his big iron halberd and shouted loudly at the top of his lungs, "The Prime Minister is mighty!"

"The Prime Minister is mighty!"

"The Prime Minister is mighty!"

"The Prime Minister is mighty!"

First, Ma Yue's personal soldiers, but the central army, and finally the entire Xiliang army began to shout frantically. The voices of 200,000 people gathered into uniform shouts, one wave higher than another, and the violent sounds were like stormy waves, echoing violently between the world, raging, cruelly rinsing the resistance of the soldiers of the Eastern Wu.

"Uh."

A shrill scream suddenly sounded from the top of Shouchun City. The Wu soldiers, who were so nervous that they were about to collapse, looked back and saw a Wu soldier foaming at the mouth and fell back from the top of the city. He fell straight into the moat like a piece of wood. After the soldier fell into the moat, he did not float up again. Only the nearby water surface was moistened red.

In fact, the surface of the moat is covered with sharp antlers!

There is no doubt that the poor soldier had been nailed to the bottom of the river by his antlers, but perhaps he had already died of his courage before he fell to the city.

Zhou Yu took a deep breath of air conditioning and looked around. Except for Huang Gai and Taishi Ci and a few battle-torn generals on the battlefield, almost all the soldiers of the Eastern Wu were already looking like earth, and they were a little timid and even their bodies began to tremble slightly. If this fear continued to spread, then I was afraid that the Wu army would collapse before the Liang army began to attack the city.

This unfavorable situation must be changed and a way to boost the morale of the Wu army soldiers.

Suddenly, Zhou Yu's eyes fell on Taishi Ci and shouted, "Taishi Ci obeyed the order."

Taishici quickly stepped forward and clasped his fists and replied, "The last one is here."

Zhou Yu said: "Go out of the city to fight and defeat the enemy's attack Yu Zhengrui!"

"Abide by the order!"

Taishici responded with a loud promise and turned around and rushed down the city tower.

When the suspension bridge landed, at the opening of the city gate, Taishi Ci led three hundred personal cavalry out of the city like a whirlwind, and yelled: "Donglai Taishi Ci is here, who dares to fight?"

A general flew out from the Liang army formation, raised his sword and shouted: "I'll meet you!"

Taishici shouted: "Here you are a general general, but you won't pick on the nameless person."

The general shouted: "I am a Hejian Cenbi (a surrendered general in Hebei), Taishici, you are dead."

"Hmph, you really know how to brag." Taishici groaned, pulled his bow and arrow and shouted, "Look, I'll shoot you down with an arrow!"

Cen Bi was urging the horse to move forward quickly, but when the cold light flashed in front of him was too late to dodge. He had been shot through the throat by Taishi Ci, and he fell over and died. The Wu army soldiers on the top of Shouchun City couldn't help but cheer when they saw Taishi Ci shot a general of the Liang army with one arrow, and their morale, which was about to collapse, began to rise again. Zhou Yu's left hand, holding the sword handle, quietly let go.

Since Cen Bi died, another general came out of the Liang army formation and drew his gun and shouted: "Don't be rampant, Yang Ang, Hanzhong, came to meet you."

"snort!"

Taishi Cichuo returned to his bow and urged the horse to greet him. The two horses intersected and then stabbed Yang Ang under the horse.

Taishici pulled his horse and shouted loudly: "Who else will die?"

The Liang army annoyed the surrendered generals of Xichuan, Yang Huai and Gao Pei, both of whom went out to fight against Taishi Ci. After not fighting for ten rounds, they were defeated by Taishi Ci.

Taishi Cilian picked up four generals of the Liang army. The Wu army soldiers at the top of Shouchun City were sensible and began to roar in roar, and their morale was greatly boosted.

In the Liang army formation, Jia Xu sighed: "If the major general is here, how dare Taishi Ci be so arrogant?"

Li Yan also said: "It is enough to kill Taishi Ci, just Xu Chu and Gan Ning, one of the two generals here."

"Lord." Dian Wei suddenly rode his horse forward and said to the horse on the marching bulging stand, "Let the general go to fight."
To be continued...