The road is muddy, and the autumn rain is endless, just like Cao Cao's mood at the moment, he is worried about three thousand feet, and he keeps chopping it.

After the Jingzhou soldiers were almost dead, Cao Cao stationed troops here, it has been two days, but the heavy rain still does not stop, which is completely different from Cao Cao's purpose of a quick battle, and it is strange that he Cao Mengde will be in a good mood.

So in the past few days, there have been fewer people around Cao Cao, who is willing to stay in front of an angry tiger at this time? In case Boss Cao's head is hot for a while and he slashes himself, there is nowhere to reason.

Tick~

The rain did not stop, and a bowl of fish soup in front of Cao Cao had a layer of fish jelly on the surface, Cao Cao was in no mood to drink fish soup at this time, but he was constantly rummaging through a box of bamboo slips in front of him, to see if anyone had encountered this situation before, and how to solve it.

Just when Cao Cao was rummaging, Xun You came in.

"Xun Yu greets the lord!"

Cao Cao looked up, hurriedly pulled Xun You over, and said eagerly: "Gongda, you came just in time, hurry up and help me find out if there is a key to solving this dilemma." ”

Xun You smiled, saluted Cao Cao, and said, "Lord, Xun You is not here to do coolies, there is something!" ”

Something?

Cao Cao put down the bamboo slip in his hand and said, "Who in the camp made a mistake?" ”

Cao Cao is idle and has nowhere to spill, if someone bumps into him, he will be punished severely!

Unexpectedly, Xun You shook his head and handed the bamboo slip wrapped in white cloth in his hand to Cao Cao.

"Lord, the Seventh Prince, please fight!"

Cangshu asks for war?

Cao Cao frowned, his face was a little surprised, but after the surprise, he was a little disapproving.

"The generals still have no solution to the military affairs, can he have a way to break the enemy?"

Xun You said with a smile: "Can there be a way to crack it, the lord might as well read the bamboo slips." ”

Cao Cao thought about it, and hurriedly unfolded the bamboo slip in his hand, and at first glance, the style of this bamboo slip made Cao Cao's eyes light up a lot.

"The words are sharp, I'm afraid it's the letter of war that Zhou Bu undoubtedly wrote!"

Xun You smiled and said nothing, just looked at Cao Cao, sure enough, the more Cao Cao looked at the bamboo slips, the more and more smiles on his face became, but after his face changed, he still didn't believe it.

"Is this so-called mortar so miraculous as it is said in the letter?"

Xun You didn't smile at this time, to be honest, Xun You also had some doubts in his heart.

In his letter of request, Zhou Budo said that the power of the mortar was "more than ten times that of gunpowder", and the firing range was "within a thousand steps, there was no missing bullet." ”

It must be known that the maximum range of arrows is only more than 200 meters, and the lethal distance is estimated to be only a little more than 100 meters, and your mortar has a range of 1,000 meters, who believes it?

But before Xun You saw the gunpowder, he didn't know the power of gunpowder, so now that he heard that this "mortar" was so powerful, Xun You didn't dare to say it too much, and now the situation is stalemate, Cao Chong and his party have nothing to do, it is better to let the Seventh Prince come up, maybe it can get the effect.

Even if it doesn't work, for Cao Jun and for himself, there is no harm at all.

There is no harm in failing, there is benefit to success, and in this matter, Xun Yu naturally wants to match Cao Chong.

"Lord, when the gunpowder is unknown, how can we know that there is such a sharp weapon in the world, and we haven't seen this mortar with our own eyes, how can we say that the Seventh Prince is boasting about it?"

Cao Cao pondered for a moment, as if he was moved, Xun You made persistent efforts, and said: "Besides, even if the seventh prince does not succeed, it is not harmful to our army, if it is done, Wuling City is broken, and the lord should take a gamble." ”

Bet?

How can the battlefield be described in a gambling word?

But Cao Cao didn't say this, but nodded, he really couldn't afford not to take risks, the details in Jiangdong have already been handed over, Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang seem to have concluded an alliance in Jiangdong, Sun Liu has already been allied, if Liu Bei is not captured when the coalition army is combined, then when it comes to the Sun and Liu alliance, the situation will be a little more dangerous.

Cao Cao was not afraid of the Sun-Liu coalition army, in contrast, Cao Cao was more concerned about the situation in the north.

It doesn't matter if Jiangdong Jingzhou can't be captured, if the foundation of the north is lost, won't he be like Yuan Shao?

This is an ending that Cao Cao never accepts.

"I followed Cangshu, if it is really as he said, I will be rewarded!"

"No!"

Xun You nodded, and immediately went back to write a reply, but at this time, Jia Xu was lingering at the door, and finally hurried back before everyone noticed.

When the autumn rain continued, two horsemen came out of the gate of Cao's military camp in turn, and their direction was very consistent, and the destination was Jiangling.

That night, Cao Chong received a reply from Xun You, and naturally smiled, and Cao Xiu also received a letter from Jia Xu!

"Please? Mortar? ”

Cao Xiu's eyes flickered, especially a little unbelieving. The autumn rain march is not in accordance with the art of war, and this mortar is really so powerful?

Seeing Cao Xiu's face change, Zhao Tong took a step forward and asked, "What did Doctor Taizhong say?" ”

Cao Xiu looked at Zhao Tongyi's eyes, and directly threw the bamboo slips over, Zhao Tongyi caught the bamboo slips, spread them out, and his face changed rapidly.

"This, this...."

"Don't talk to Ben about this, what do you think of this?"

Zhao Tong put down the bamboo slip, and his eyes were a little different.

"What does the general think?"

Cao Xiu thought for a moment and said: "Asking for war is a taboo for soldiers, I can't sit idly by, I naturally have to stop it, as for that mortar, if it is so powerful, it is a heavy weapon of the country, I will definitely not destroy it." ”

Zhao Tong showed a deeply appreciative expression, and even slapped a horse in front of Cao Xiu.

"The general is wise!"

Cao Xiu's mood changed after hearing this, but it was not to the point of being dizzy, Zhao Tong had always been his brainchild, and now that this matter, Cao Xiu naturally wanted to ask Zhao Tong's opinion.

"What does Captain Qu think?"

How to see?

Zhao Tong pondered for a moment and said, "The last general thinks that he should fight!" ”

Fight?

"But the autumn rain continues, the road is difficult to walk, and the taboo of soldiers!"

Zhao Tong shook his head and said: "The road is impassable, the march is difficult, and the soldiers are taboo, how can Cao Chong not know, but he rose to the challenge, and the general did not find anything abnormal?" ”

When Zhao Tong said this, Cao Xiu felt a little strange in his heart.

Yes, the battle ahead is stalemate, and now that there is continuous autumn rain, you will go to the battlefield if you have nothing to do?

The battlefield stump and broken arm, Cao Xiu didn't think there was anything to play.

Zhao Tong saw Cao Xiu's expression and continued to guide.

"In this way, what Cao Chong relied on was the sharp weapon of the mortar."

Cao Xiu gasped and said, "Qu Wei thinks this sharp weapon really has this power? ”

Zhao Tong smiled bitterly and said, "I can't help but believe it." ”

After Cao Xiu heard this, his eyes flickered, and his expression when he looked at Zhao Tong also changed a lot.

"In such a situation, what does Qu Wei think I should do?"

Zhao Tongyi smiled, his eyes were a little cold.

"Since Cao Qigongzi wants to make a contribution through this, why can't the general also use this to make a contribution?"

Cao Xiu's eyes lit up and said, "What does Captain Qu mean?" ”

Zhao Tong's face was resolute, and he said categorically: "Change the commander!" ”