Just as the heroes in Liangzhou were discussing the general strategy, Liu Bei stepped up his attack on Linzi. In the fifth month of summer, Cao Cao's siege of Fenggao gradually came to an end.
Fenggao is the seat of Taishan County, and it is also the most important fortified city in the county. Even though all the other cities in the county have fallen, the fact that it was trapped in a lonely city without surrender for two months is enough to prove its danger. However, if we want to carefully study the reasons for its persistence, we still have to boil it down.
Due to its unique terrain.
The Taishan Mountains are dozens of miles to the southeast and the Nishan Mountains are dozens of miles to the northwest. It is originally a gentle and vast valley. But looking from the south of the valley, you can see that two mountains suddenly rise up on the east and west sides, crisscrossing each other, and the terrain is steep. They seem to be flying overhead.
A cliff like an eaves was built to cover the sky and the sun. When pedestrians pass by, they will feel that the sky and the earth are wrong in the south, so this place is called Jiaoyu. Fenggao built a city here, which isolated most of the enemies in the south.
A mountain trail can lead in and out. In addition, it is adjacent to Wenshui River in the north, forming a situation of "climbing south and crossing north".
Under such a situation, Cao Jun encountered great difficulties in the initial siege of the city. The Fenggao defenders built many mountain camps between the Jiao Valley and stationed nearly a thousand scattered soldiers. Whenever Cao Jun tried to build camps in the south of the city and besieged the city,
Often, people would rush out from the cliffs and join forces with the city's defenders to attack Cao Cao's army. Cao Cao could not bear the disturbance, and it took him nearly twenty years to finally completely encircle Fenggao, and he has fought hard to this day.
On April 27th, the weather was sunny and the sunshine was clear. Looking around, only one or two traces of clouds could be seen. In such brightness, Cao Cao woke up from his tent very early. He opened the tent curtain and felt the breeze blowing.
He suddenly felt refreshed and his consciousness was sharp. It can be seen that the situation has improved a lot in recent days, and along with it is the ever-expanding ambition in his heart.
After washing his noodles with water, Cao Cao quickly had his breakfast. Today, Cao Cao's daily breakfast is very simple, which is just a biscuit and a bowl of broth. When he finished eating, it was just past midnight and the sun had not yet risen above Mount Tai.
Ding, there was still a while before the military meeting, so he called on Dian Wei and other guards to patrol the camp together to encourage the soldiers.
Gradually, the time came to Chen hour, and all the officials and senior generals from Yanzhou Prefecture arrived. After the epidemic the year before last, many key figures in the Prefecture got infected and died. Cao Cao was deeply saddened, but he did not get depressed because of this, and
He continued to promote new people from the army and localities, such as Guo Jia, a military advisor, Han Hao, a military commander, Yuan Huan, a southern captain, and Zheng Hun, a literary professional. They all took this opportunity to join the state government. Cao Cao had a unique vision and was willing to recruit talents. For a time,
, the strength of the Yanzhou capital is actually better than before the epidemic.
After they all arrived, Cao Cao came back from his inspection tour. While taking off his armor, he apologized to everyone: "The three armies will have to sacrifice their lives in these two days. I really couldn't worry about it, so I walked two more times to give you a long wait."
Waiting."
Everyone said they didn't dare, but Guo Jia took the opportunity to come forward and said with a smile: "Ming Gong has loved the people and his soldiers for the past two years. He has lived a simple life. He can only eat a piece of cake and soup every day. He is no different from an ordinary officer. He also does everything himself.
.The army has seen it, and the court has seen it too. Let me tell you, we are lucky to be able to work together under the command of Ming Gong, so what can we complain about?"
Cao Cao couldn't help laughing when he heard this and said: "Ha, filial piety is too much! Eat the emperor's salary and share the emperor's worries. Working for the court is our duty as a minister, so what is there to praise?" p>
Guo Jia refused to give up and continued: "What Ming Gong said is certainly true, but the most difficult thing in the world is to be consistent in words and deeds. If the government and the public are as consistent as Ming Gong, how can the world be so uncertain? What Guo Jia said is nothing more than a reiterated statement.
It’s just a courtesy.”
"Fengxiao is well said!" Cao Cao couldn't help but admired it, and said to everyone: "Fengxiao's words deeply touched my heart. If Mr. He (He Jin) had listened to my words in the past, why would there have been disasters in Luoyang? If it was Sour Dates
How can we allow Dong Zhuo to be rampant if we are united as one? Although you are under my command today, you must not forget your public heart and loyalty. Otherwise, if the divine weapon is turned upside down and the villain is turned upside down, you will not know how many disasters will happen."
These words were blameless, but everyone could hear some ambiguities. Now that the imperial court is becoming more and more stable, why is the artifact inverted? Who is the inverted villain? Everyone bowed their heads and looked at each other.
Everything is left unsaid.
The military discussion then got down to business. Cao Cao asked Cao Ren: "Zixiao, I have just seen two stone carts. They look really good. But can they hit the city and go up to the watchtower? Have you tried them?" p>
The so-called catapult is a catapult. A few days ago, Cao Jun's army attacked the city. Although there were many warriors who could attack the city wall, they were immediately attacked by the rain of arrows from the watchtowers. Several attacks from above were ineffective.
Cao Cao simply asked someone to design a stone cart. One end was slender, with a rope tied to the leather sheath that contained the stone bullets, and the other end was wide, with multiple ropes attached. With fifty people pulling the wooden tip at the same time, a hundred kilograms of stone could be fired.
Blocks are thrown a hundred paces away.
Cao Ren was the supervisor in charge of the stone chariot. He had led the soldiers to practice the stone chariot day and night, and he had gained a lot. He immediately agreed: "Please don't worry, Duke Ming. If you don't make meritorious deeds, I will die to repay your kindness." p>
Cao Cao nodded slightly, and then asked about the situation of other ministries. All the generals reported one by one, and then Cao Cao ordered each ministries to carry out their offensive tasks. With nearly 40,000 general offensive troops, Cao Cao did not look at the map, but arranged them in an orderly and detailed manner.
After thinking about it, there were not many omissions, which had to be admired by everyone. There was only one thing that was quite strange in preparation. When it was his turn to talk to Cheng Yu, Cao Cao didn't wait for him to speak first and asked first: "I will tell you something."
Is it done?"
Cheng Yu immediately showed an understanding expression and whispered: "It's all done. Those rebels must not have anticipated Duke Ming's plan!"
Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "It's not really a strategy, it's just a heart attack."
After the arrangement was completed, Cao Cao waved everyone away to prepare for the general attack tomorrow. He himself had a day of free time with nothing to do, so he simply started reading poetry and books. As he got older, his interest in reading gradually changed. At this time
Now that he is confident, he no longer relies on reading history to increase his experience. Instead, he loves reading poetry more. In the past, when he read poetry, he often thought the poetry was bland, but now that he reads poetry, Cao Cao can appreciate the true meaning. p>
He chanted silently: "The grass beside the river is green, and I think about the long journey."
The next day, when the weather became a little gloomy, all the soldiers in Cao's army left the camp and rushed to a place one mile in front of the city. The Qi defenders on the city saw this and immediately beat drums to warn. The only remaining soldiers in the city rushed to the city.
During the shouting and shouting, the momentum was like a cloud, which was quite lively. However, Cao Jun under the city wall was unmoved and looked at them coldly. Under the influence of the commander, their eyes were full of murderous intent.
With a "dong" sound, one of Cao Jun's big drums sounded, followed by dozens of drums. Although it was not as urgent as the drums on the city, each sound was extremely heavy, as if rocks fell from the sky, knocking out the enemy's drums.
The sounds and human voices were suppressed.
Then the sound of the Qi people stopped. This was not because the drums were falling to the leeward. It was because with the sound of the drums, they saw changes in the Cao army formation in the south. The soldiers were in a commotion and took the initiative to move to the left and right.
The road was cleared, and twenty five-foot-tall carts slowly advanced through it. The crowd seemed extremely dwarfed in front of them. Even the high city wall could only stand side by side with it. There were nearly a hundred people in front and behind this wooden giant.
When pulling the rope, even though the road ahead has been smoothed, the wheels still make a "squeaking" noise.
The people of Qi saw at a glance that this was a stone-throwing cart, and they were greatly frightened. When the cart reached two hundred steps away from the city, rounds of rockets were thrown from the wall, but these stone-throwing carts
The front end has been wrapped in cowhide, and Song Ming cannot ignite it, leaving only black carbon dots one after another.
The wooden cart finally stopped a hundred steps in front of the city. The moment they stopped, not only Cao Jun, but also the people of Qi breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that if the cart moved forward a hundred steps, even the city wall would be hit by it.
Collapse.
But how to counterattack? There are not enough horses in the city to even carry people up to the city. The Qi people have long lost the ability to leave the city to fight back. Even if they are only a hundred steps apart, they can only watch in vain as Cao's troops load stones in front of the city.
, let thousands of people pull the brake rope.
With a trumpet sound, twenty stone-shooting carts were launched together, and the boulders drew a short arc in the air and smashed straight into the city wall. It was like ripples after hitting the lake, and vast smoke and dust were splashed on the city wall.
, but before the smoke and dust dissipated, there were already people exclaiming, watching the watchtower on the wall sway for a moment, and then plummet into the city.
The first round of stone throwing destroyed 30% of the watchtowers on the wall. Even if the remaining stones missed, they all hit the city wall. The Qi people who were hit were killed on the spot, while the soldiers who were still around were completely at a loss. Cao Jun saw this.
Calling "Wan Sheng", the momentum is like boiling or evaporating, the stone cart will throw three more stones from this, and the watchtower on the city will be destroyed from this, nine out of ten.
Seeing this great situation, Cao Jun's drum beat became more urgent, and with the sound of three trumpets, Cao Jun launched a general attack from Tushan like a swarm of ants. The leader was Shi Huan, the lieutenant of the Central Military Academy. When the Qi army was at a loss, he relied on the cover of Tushan.
He groped until he was fifty steps away from the city. After making an appointment for the fourth round of stone shooting, he suddenly charged upward, hooked the female wall with his long spear, and using his strength, he jumped onto the city wall. At this time, everyone saw him
There was only one person, so seven or eight people besieged him, but Shi Huan held a double halberd and waved it left and right like the wind. The people of Qi were helpless for a while. Cao Jun under the wall was about to climb up along Shi Huan's path. At this time, there was suddenly another horn sound, which was the sound of the engine of the stone-moving car. But strangely, there was no sound of huge rocks streaking through the sky. People looked up to the sky, and there were masses of rocks flying through the sky.
Black objects fell from the sky and smashed into the wall of the city. They were as big as wine pots and did not have much lethality. But when you look closely, you can't help but feel terrified. These objects are actually pickled human heads. It is Cao Cao who is killing them.
After the mountain camp, Cheng Yu was specially ordered to make it. At this time, nearly a thousand heads were thrown into the city, like unwilling ghosts shrouding the surroundings. It was far more terrifying than the capital.
The morale of the Qi people was suddenly low, but Shi Huan took this opportunity to fight hard, cleared a road, and successfully welcomed Yu Jin, Xia Houyuan and other troops to the city. Under this pressure, the Qi people gradually lost their advantage in military strength, and their resistance was lost.
Without order, no matter how determined they are, they can only face failure in this situation.
All these changes took only an hour. Cao Cao witnessed the whole process from the city. He knew that the city had fallen into his hands and that he no longer had the need to supervise the battle. He laughed twice at this, as if he had drank a cup of old wine. He turned to summon Xiahou Dun and told him to leave no one alive in the city, then returned to his tent to continue studying.