Chapter seven hundred and ninety fifth breaking Xuchang
After hearing what the potter said, Xu Rong and Pei Qian suddenly became very excited.
Xu Rong hurriedly said to Tao Shang: "Prime Minister, can you show me the letter?"
The pottery merchant handed the letter to Xu Rong.
Xu Rong looked at it carefully for a while, with confusion in his eyes.
"Prime Minister, I don't understand the content of the letter. Why do the nobles in Xuchang want you to put up five blue tooth flags in the front line when they attack the city in the future if you get the news?"
The pottery merchant thought seriously for a while and said: "This matter is easy to explain... They want to be thieves themselves, but they can't estimate the risks and pros and cons at the moment. Being able to get my definite information will improve the success of this matter."
After all, there is a possibility that this letter will not be received by me, so the Xuchang Family asked us to put up five blue tooth flags as a code to let them know that we have received their message, okay
Support them at any time, so that they will have peace of mind and step up their rebellion."
Xu Rong nodded suddenly and said: "Prime Minister, in your opinion, how likely is it that these nobles will succeed in their rebellion?"
The potter smiled and said: "It is very possible. The city defense of Xuchang City was so tight during this period. Cao Hong must have mobilized the nobles and people in Xuchang City to assist in the defense. But judging from this letter, it is obvious that Cao Hong's method of mobilizing the defense
Everyone is not very satisfied, and since he can shoot this letter, it means that the people under the Xuchang gentry have spread all over the city, so if they want to find an opportunity to open the city gate and welcome us in, their chances of winning will be even greater.
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Xu Rong nodded in agreement, but suddenly shook his head.
He nodded sometimes and shook his head again, and he was still wearing an iron mask, which looked a bit scary. Sometimes when the potter looked at him, he felt like he was watching a ghost movie.
"Prime Minister, what if those people fail?"
"fail?"
Tao Shang touched the bridge of his nose and said: "That can only be considered unlucky for them. However, Cao Hong is obviously unpopular in Xuchang City right now. However, if one noble family failed, there are still thousands of noble families who will stand up. Sooner or later we will still be able to
I can catch the opportunity."
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The next day, the Jinling Army launched another attack.
And this time, the pottery merchant erected five blue tooth flags in the formation in accordance with the agreement with the messenger in the city.
However, unlike the agreement, the nobles in Xuchang only asked the pottery merchants to put up tooth flags in front of the formation.
But the potter obviously added some extraneous details.
The five tooth flags are each embroidered with words, fluttering in the wind, and are particularly eye-catching.
The words on the flag read:
"Hard work!"
"work hard!"
"Work hard!"
"Must succeed!"
"You guys are the best!"
These words were clearly reflected in the eyes of the people on the city wall.
It's so annoying!
Those nobles who secretly shot arrows for the pottery merchants naturally understood what was going on.
Although they had never seen the words on the pottery merchant's flag before, they could roughly figure out what the other party meant by tasting it carefully.
But, isn’t this a bit too much?
After the noble leaders learned the news, their faces turned red with shame.
This Prime Minister Tao... is indeed as capable of making trouble as the legend says.
Become a monster!
But Cao Hong didn't know there was something fishy about it. His first reaction was that the pottery merchant was ridiculing him!
Cao Hong was angry at that time.
"Hmph!" Cao Hong knocked hard on the city wall and said through gritted teeth: "You little thief pottery merchant, you bullied me too much! You scolded me to the point of raising a flag, I swear to destroy him!"
Behind Cao Hong, the deputy general said in confusion: "General, even the last general can't understand what the words on Tao Shang's flag mean. How do you know that he is humiliating you?"
Cao Hong snorted heavily and said: "What can't you see? This little thief is best at playing this trick. I think back then, he even dared to play with his teacher Huangfu Song. I heard that he gave his teacher a flag on the flag.
I embroidered the title of 'Monkey King, Monkey King', but if old man Huangfu hadn't tried his best to stop me and refused, I'm afraid that this title would have been placed on the grave of old man Huangfu Song!"
The lieutenant general looked at the five tooth flags in the enemy's formation without knowing why, and had no idea what the connection between the two things was.
Could it be that the potter was also giving General Cao Hong a nickname?
But I really can’t tell what kind of nickname this is?
Trying to be strong all over the world? Or the Great Sage of Success?
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After another whole night of hard fighting, the potter's troops finally retreated.
The entire Cao army at the top of the city was almost exhausted. Their physical fatigue and mental exhaustion made it impossible for them to continue to persist. Let alone fighting, even standing, they could no longer stand firm.
Cao Hong also went back in embarrassment and fell asleep, almost defenseless.
The entire city of Xuchang fell into such a gap period, a period of relaxation.
Cao Hong was lying on the bed, sleeping soundly. Suddenly, his door was pushed open.
"General, something bad has happened! The Jinling Army has entered the city!"
Cao Hong did not take off his armor, but he was deeply asleep. He was startled by the sound, turned over, and fell off the bed.
He stood up in a panic, grabbed the sword on the bedside, and pulled it out hard: "Who? Who! Who dares to kill me? Grandpa will chop you to death!"
After seeing clearly that it was his lieutenant, he said: "Why is it you? I almost attacked you just now."
The lieutenant sneered at him in his heart, thinking secretly that if I wanted to assassinate you, you couldn't even get up from the bed just now, so why did you attack me?
But now is not the time to talk about such trivial matters. The deputy general hurriedly said to Cao Hong: "General, something serious has happened! The Jinling Army has entered the city!"
Cao Hong's eyes widened: "How is that possible? How could the Jinling Army enter the city?"
"It's the servants of the noble clans who assisted in the defense. They sent people to open the east gate of Xuchang City!"
Cao Hong was stunned for a while, and suddenly he roared: "I will kill them all, no one will be left alive!"
After saying that, he saw Cao Hong taking the lead and running out.
The east side of the city has now been captured by the Jinling Army. Like a crowd, various units of the Jinling Army surged towards the interior of the city to attack. They first took control of the east gate of Xuchang City, and then occupied the various arteries of the east city, with the east gate as the
The strongholds swept towards the city like a carpet.
The people in the city had long been dissatisfied with Cao Hong. At this moment, they closed their doors one after another and became a coward, not going out or leaving their homes.
As for those Xuchang nobles who had long planned to betray the Cao family, they sent their subordinates to take the initiative to serve as guides for the Jinling soldiers, guiding them to occupy important places in the city.
Cao Hong came out of the mansion, jumped on his horse, and heard the sound of horse hoofbeats.
Turning around, he saw two generals, Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun, galloping toward him.
Cao Hong's eyes showed a hint of anger.
He naturally knew in his heart that if two Jinling generals, Huang and Zhao, could find him so quickly, someone must have led the way.
As for the people who led the way, they were naturally those who let them into the city.
Huang Zhong stood his horse still and looked at him with a smile: "General Cao, the city has been destroyed. The general situation has passed. The reason why you can securely defend Xuchang is just the three-foot-high wall. Now the city wall is gone. Our Jinling army is like dragons and tigers, if you know better, you should dismount and surrender as soon as possible."
"Bah!" Cao Hong spat fiercely, looked at Huang Zhong sideways, and said, "I am a younger brother of the Sikong clan. How can I surrender to an old man like you? I will most likely die. What's so scary!"
After saying that, Cao Hong waved his sword and said to the soldiers behind him: "Soldiers, follow me! Kill old Huang Zhong!"
Huang Zhong smiled and threw the knife behind him, turned to look at Zhao Yun and said: "Zilong, how about we compete today? How about it?"
Zhao Yun held the gun in front of his chest and said: "Good."