Chapter 129: Taking the Plains and Taking Power [Subscription Request]

"Zhong often goes into battle first, is the bravest among the three armies, and always leads the army in advancing."

In the early morning, Cao Cao got up and remembered a comment about Huang Zhong.

His fighting style was to fight in the front, use his own bravery as the vanguard, and lead his troops to defeat the enemy.

After Cao Cao stood up, the entry also pushed out a message.

[Your Cao Camp is just beginning to rise, power level: Geng (already showing its edge);

Caoying's troops' combat power: primary troops (just out of the recruit sequence, it is difficult to reach the combat power of veterans, please keep up the good work), the next level, fierce soldiers]

[Your troops have Huang Zhong as their general, and their combat power has increased, approaching the level of a brave soldier.]

Cao Cao realized that a general with a rating of 90 or above could improve the combat effectiveness of the troops to a certain extent.

This is the role of a general. The stronger the general, the more he and his soldiers can complement and help each other.

Pingyuan County.

In the darkness of night, Huang Zhong used his own military training as a foundation to mobilize the power of a commander. With thousands of troops connected together, a military aura flowed through his body, and the troops gathered behind him were like swords pointing to the sky.

When a general reaches the peak of his magical powers like Huang Zhong, he can lead different numbers of soldiers and horses, and even the level of eliteness of his troops, and they can all help each other.

A strong commander can make his subordinates braver and more courageous, and unleash greater combat power.

For example, the troops gathered by Zhang Liao are suitable for charging into battle formations and defeating large numbers of enemies.

Huang Zhong's courage and perseverance is a kind of majestic military force that is invincible!
Conversely, strong soldiers can also gather their forces and help the generals to be invincible.

At this moment, Huang Zhong came with tens of thousands of troops, and the momentum of the generals and soldiers merged together, rolling towards Pingyuan County like a tide.

boom!
The dazzling blade light, like a long river, chopped down the city wall of Pingyuan County.

Huang Zhong was covered in armor, with a burly figure riding on a strong warhorse, holding a long-handled broadsword in his hand.

With one blow of the sword, the city wall was shaken from a distance.

Behind him, the sound of thousands of troops charging suddenly broke out.

On Huang Zhong's left and right were Zhao Rong, the former captain of the Xiyuan Army, Yu Jin and other generals, as well as the Jibei troops brought by Bao Xin.

Jibei is very close to here.

Bao Xin was responsible for providing logistics for Huang Zhong's troops.

"The governor's intention is to defeat Pingyuan County, then occupy the county seat and station troops here."

Pingyuan is the place where three states meet. If you occupy it, you can send troops to Qingzhou at any time, and even reach Youzhou, and go west into Jizhou.

"General, the governor wants us to try out new weapons."

Huang Zhong took in the battle situation and heard the quartermaster behind him remind him. He waved his hand and said, "Try!"

Cao Cao had experience from later generations. After recruiting Mohist craftsmen, he made some military equipment to assist in warfare.

Due to the limited time, we were unable to produce large-scale weapons, but we made a few small gadgets based on our ideas, which were suitable for the current productivity.

Someone immediately took out an object and rushed forward.

The city of Pingyuan County is not big, and the wall is no more than four meters high.

Cao's army launched a siege at night and set up siege ladders. There were shouts of killing on the city walls and outside the city.

Under the cover of soldiers and horses, Cao's engineers quickly rushed to the city gate.

Some of Cao's troops were using siege wood to ram the door.

The city gate was built on huge wood with iron mortise and tenon joints and covered with pig iron to make it stronger.

In high-level cities, the city gates would be engraved with Mohist patterns.

At this time, the new tool brought by the engineers was a wedge-like iron tool.

After the city gates are closed, there will be certain gaps left between the two gates and at the mortise and tenon positions of the four walls.

The engineers approached the city gate and hammered wedge-like iron tools into the gaps in the door and the walls.

The defending party would usually use huge logs to support the door to block the impact of siege wood from the outside.

But the method used by Cao's army was unprecedented. They started from the outside and chiseled four or five iron wedges into the cracks in the door.

Because we have never seen it, we have no corresponding defense measures.

The iron wedges were driven into the gaps between the door and the huge mortise and tenon fasteners on the side wall, leaving the soldiers inside helpless.

The process is simple and can be completed in more than ten breaths.

The iron wedge was nailed in and embedded firmly. There was a ring at the other end for threading a rope, which extended out to a distance of seven or eight feet and hung on the horse's neck.

Give an order.

Dozens of war horses exerted force at the same time, and the rope was stretched straight.

boom--

The iron wedge was pulled by the horse's force, and with a cracking sound, the place where the iron wedge had been driven into the city gate was suddenly pried open.

The door had lost its mortise and tenon joints, and the warhorse continued to exert force, causing the shaking to rapidly intensify.

Finally, a corner of the city gate was pried open and broken by a wedge.

Combined with the impact of siege wood, a gap appeared.

This is actually a siege tactic studied by the Mongols in later generations.

They were good at cavalry warfare but not good at siege. After entering the Central Plains, they thought of a way to do the opposite. Inspired by the process of lassoing horses, they developed a mortise and tenon, which was nailed into the side of the gate and used horsepower to pull the door.

Tried and tried.

Cao Cao ordered the ink worker to make some improvements to make it more suitable for the current situation, using the structure of the iron wedge to assist in breaking down the door.

It's just a preliminary test right now, and the results are not very good.

For a city of this level in the plains, it still takes several attacks, and the city gates are not completely destroyed.

We will continue to improve it in the future.

Part of the city gate was dragged down, leaving a gap.

This is a method related to military skills, and Huang Zhong was a little surprised.

He was confident that he could capture Pingyuan County.

But with tools, it saves manpower and is faster.

Huang Zhong immediately gave the order, and Cao's army rushed towards the gap in the city gate like a tide.

Inside the city, Liu Bei quickly received the news:
"Report, the city gate has been breached, Cao's army has entered the city..."

Liu Bei was shocked. So fast?!

"Brother, don't hesitate any longer. Gongsun Zan boasts of his strength, but he was defeated by Yuan Benchu. Without support, Pingyuan County cannot be defended." Guan Yu said.

Although the city gate was broken, Guan Yu remained calm.

With him and Zhang Fei around, they would be able to protect Liu Bei and escape from the midst of thousands of troops.

However, he was also surprised by the speed at which Cao's army took the city.

Liu Bei sighed. He actually cared a lot about the position of Pingyuan Ling, after all, it was the head of a county, a place he could manage.

I didn't expect that I would have to run away again just after I had settled down.

The three brothers hurried out of the house and rode away at full speed.

Early that morning, Liu Bei and his two brothers abandoned Pingyuan County and ran away.

……

After Cao Cao got up from the maternity bed, he put on his outer robe, swayed his arms, walked out of the bedroom and went to the right.

It was still dark and the moonlight was bright.

Xu Chu yawned and followed behind.

He and Dian Wei took turns on night duty and had just woken up.

Cao Cao said: "Zhongkang, you have joined my army. Although you have not had many opportunities to act recently, you must be brave and courageous every time there is an emergency. You must keep up the good work."

The governor said that I was brave and courageous... Xu Chu was no longer sleepy and picked out a few words that he liked to hear the most.

[Xu Chu was praised by you and became more energetic. He did not feel sleepy all day. He quietly improved his loyalty in his heart: +0.1+0.1]

During this period, Cao Cao used entry prompts to praise Xu Chu many times in a targeted manner.

This idiot's loyalty has been secretly increasing.

Cao Cao came to a courtyard on the side of the main bedroom in the mansion, and Xu Chu stopped outside the door waiting.

Cao Cao walked out of the closed door.

Inside the door, Yin heard him coming, stood up from the door, cleverly raised his big paw, and pushed the door open, welcoming Cao Cao in.

"Good tiger..."

Cao Cao reached out and touched its big head.

Yin wanted to continue showing off, so he pointed his claws at the couch, meaning that the target was there.

The tiger was not raised in vain. Cao Cao took off his outer robe and hung it on the wooden plank.

There were also a lot of women's clothes hanging on the wooden crossbeam, inner linings and outer clothes, hanging on both sides, neat and clean.

Cao Cao lifted the gauze covering the couch and saw Diao Chan sleeping on her side with her black hair hanging down on a pillow embroidered with a water cloud pattern.

She had a thin quilt draped around her waist, her face was beautiful even in her sleep, and the couch was filled with a light body fragrance.

Cao Cao stepped onto the couch and put his hand around the girl's slender waist.

Diao Chan’s body tensed slightly and she moaned softly.

She had lived in Wang Yun's house for several years. Although he was her adoptive father, it was not her own home after all, so she never slept soundly.

As soon as Yin opened the door, she vaguely heard some noise.

The only one who could make Yin open the door was Cao Cao.

Diao Chan's little thoughts moved, but she pretended not to know.

When Cao Cao climbed onto the bed, she felt her face burning, her breathing became rapid, her flushed face became even more beautiful, her chest heaving, her spring beauty endless.

She mustered up her courage, turned sideways, and opened her eyes a little.

Seeing that Cao Cao was looking at her, she covered Cao Cao's eyes with her hands to prevent him from looking.

Two arms as white and tender as lotus roots came out from under the thin blanket, and placed themselves in front of him, and said in a delicate voice, "Prefect."

"Qing'er is pregnant, so she got up early and had nowhere to go, so she came to your place to take a nap."

Cao Cao pushed away the hand that was covering his eyes and said, "I brought something with me. It's inside my outer robe. You can take a look at it later."

Diao Chan said "oh", stood up, put her white feet into her shoes, walked forward a few steps in slippers, came to Cao Cao's outer robe hanging on the wooden plank, and took out a booklet.

Then he turned around, lit the lamp, returned to the couch and flipped through the booklet, and soon a look of surprise appeared on his face.

That booklet was a preliminary list of the huge wealth brought back from Chang'an.

Cao Cao gave him the book so that she could manage the expenditure and collection of the money.

In a family, the eldest wife is the one who manages the income and expenditure accounts.

If she is not the eldest wife, the person who is in charge of financial expenditures, her net worth will increase a hundred times in an instant.

For all servants, both inside and outside the house, receive their wages from the one who keeps the money.

The women around Cao Cao all have their own support and background. It goes without saying that Yu Qing is from the Yu family. Bian Mei is in charge of the Qingbi Li, and her potential power is huge.

Only Diao Chan had nothing, and came to Yanzhou with him alone.

Cao Cao always treated her differently, fearing that she would be helpless and bullied in the inner house in the future.

She was in charge of the income and expenditure of the mansion's finances, which was equivalent to a tax officer under Cao Cao. She had considerable power, which was enough to support herself. Even if she had other concubines in the inner house in the future, she would not be bullied.

As soon as Diao Chan read the booklet, she understood Cao Cao's intention.

With such a large sum of money, Diao Chan leaned on Cao Cao's chest and said softly, "Why is the general so good to Diao Chan?"

She suddenly used the title of Shangjun, which was the official title she held when she first met Cao Cao.

"You look good."

Cao Cao laughed and said, "You must manage the money well. You can embezzle some for your own use, but you must keep clear records of large sums of money, so that no one can find fault with you. This is our own money."

Diao Chan sneered and said, "I know. I don't need it myself. I'll help the general to take care of it."

Cao Cao put his hand under the quilt and moved it back and forth: "Qing'er is pregnant, it's not convenient, you have to take on one more task."

Diao Chan was so ashamed that she said, "Diao Chan doesn't know anything. Please teach me, General."

You can train yourself to be a craftsman first and take it slow.

……

Early in the morning, Diao Chan got up first and got off the couch. Her hair was a little messy. She took off her hairpin and put it up again. Her small face was delicate and tender, like a peeled egg, except that her lips seemed a little swollen. She looked in the mirror, feeling both shy and happy.

He turned around to help Cao Cao fix his hair, put on his shoes, and wash his face with warm water.

He also asked someone to get new clothes and helped Cao Cao put them on. Then they went out to the front hall and began to handle affairs.

On this day, battle reports came from the front line that Huang Zhong had captured the city last night.

Pingyuan County was captured in the morning.

He was adjusting his troops and preparing to march south to take Xuzhou.

Yuan Shu of Nanyang sent an envoy to Bingzhou, north of Yanzhou, and entered the camp of Zhang Yan, the leader of the Black Mountain bandits.

At the same time, Tao Qian of Xuzhou also received a secret letter from Yuan Shu.

In the afternoon, Cao Cao prepared to meet Hua Tuo, a famous doctor throughout history, and the entry also changed:

[An incident is happening...If you want to take Xuzhou, be careful of changes in the rear]

Outside the door, Hua Tuo walked in.

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