The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 556 Rocket Power
Just when Cao Zhen was puzzled, arrows rained down on the city again, but this time it was not ordinary arrows, but rockets. The scarlet rockets flew down from the city. Cao Zhen quickly covered himself with a shield and looked around at the same time. The soldiers were all using shields to cover, but this time the effect was completely different. Although the wooden shield blocked the arrows, they were also burned by the fire on the arrows.

The flame spread very fast, and within a short while the entire wooden shield was on fire. The soldiers threw away the shields one after another because they couldn't stand the high temperature, but as long as they threw away the shields, there was nothing to cover them, and they were immediately shot into flames by countless rockets the next moment. Hedgehogs, even the corpses burned together.

Some soldiers were burned before they were completely dead. They thumped and howled in pain on the ground. The scene was very miserable. Although the soldiers next to them wanted to save them, they couldn't even take care of themselves and could only give up the rescue.

The flames are not the most desperation, what is even more desperation is the thick smoke, the smoke will make people unable to breathe, fortunately this is outside and not indoor, otherwise they would have suffocated to death.As the saying goes, fire and water are ruthless, even the bravest soldiers can't resist the raging fire, they can only keep retreating and temporarily withdraw their troops, even Cao Zhen is the same.

Cao Cao originally thought that relying on Cao Zhen's bravery and countless shields, he could quickly capture the city, but his idea was still too naive. Li Yuan successfully blocked his raging offensive with a single rocket move, and lost two crash cars and even more ladders Up to six or seven fights made him feel heartbroken.

"My lord, the last general is useless. He was scared off by the small flames and failed to break through Li Yuanjun's defense." Cao Zhen immediately knelt in front of Cao Cao after returning. His hands were red because he was burned by the high temperature. Holding the fiery wooden shield while retreating, if he put down the wooden shield, he would be shot into a hedgehog immediately, so he had no choice but to retreat holding the burning wooden shield.

Cao Cao glanced at Cao Zhen, who was covered in blood and sweating profusely, patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "It's not your fault, it's just that the enemy is too well prepared. You should let the doctor in the army treat the injury first."

"Yes!" Cao Zhen wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hand, the injury on his hand made him tremble a little.At this moment, a scout ran up and said, "My lord, General Zhang Liao has retreated to the camp."

"Zhang Liao has retreated. Why did he come back so quickly? Could it be that he was defeated by Zhao Yun?" Cao Cao thought to himself that the siege here would be unfavorable, and if Zhang Liao lost to Zhao Yun again, it would be a great blow to morale.

"General Zhang Liao was not defeated by Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun didn't dare to fight him head-on. He was chased by his cavalry and fled everywhere. But he was worried that Zhao Yun would ambush him somewhere, so he didn't continue chasing him." The scout generals Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun The situation of the battle was completely told to Cao Cao.Cao Cao nodded slightly, and said, "So that's the case, no wonder he came back so soon, Feng Xiao, what do you think?"

"Returning to my lord, there is nothing wrong with General Zhang doing this, because Li Yuan is indeed likely to let Zhao Yun feign defeat and lure Zhang Liao to ambush somewhere, but I think Zhao Yun dare not fight because he is afraid of being entangled by Zhang Liao's cavalry. Then my lord will send people to besiege him, so Zhao Yun can't leave even if he wants to, but General Zhang's conservative approach is not wrong." Guo Jia expressed his opinion.

"In this case, Zhao Yun will be dealt with by Zhang Liao, and let him decide how to deal with Zhao Yun's harassment." Cao Cao decided to hand over the right to use the cavalry to Zhang Liao. Now that he wants to attack the city, he can no longer be distracted from dealing with Zhao Yun, so This matter can only be handed over to Zhang Liao.

"My lord, the fire on the battlefield has gradually subsided. It's time for us to send people to clean up the battlefield and prepare to attack the city again tomorrow." Guo Jia reminded.Cao Cao nodded, and sent soldiers to retrieve the dead soldiers' bodies.

There was an unwritten rule in ancient wars, that is, when the forces of both sides send people to take back the dead soldiers, they cannot attack, because the soldiers know that as long as they step on the battlefield, they are likely to die in battle. It may be myself, everyone hopes to be buried after death instead of being eaten by insects and ants in the wilderness, so they will not attack when enemy soldiers come to take back the corpse.

Today Cao Cao was defeated by Li Yuan's rocket, and his morale suffered a great blow, so he decided not to attack first, led his troops back to the camp, and then went to check Cao Zhen's injuries.

"Zidan, how is your injury?" Cao Cao came to Cao Zhen's camp, and saw that Cao Zhen's hands had been bandaged, and there was a scent of medicine on them.When Cao Zhen saw that it was Cao Cao, he quickly saluted and said, "Thank you, my lord, the injury is no longer serious."

"It's just you and me now, so don't be too polite," Cao Cao helped Cao Zhen, and said earnestly, "Zidan, you should rest well, maybe I will attack the city after a while, and you have to recover from your injuries during this time."

"Yes, my lord!" Cao Zhen was very grateful for Cao Cao's concern.

Although Cao Cao adopted Cao Zhen as his adopted son, he usually cared little about Cao Zhen. At this time, he felt a little guilty and said, "Zi Dan, since I hit you and me, I have been busy going out to fight, and I didn't treat you well. I hope you don't blame me. "

Cao Cao was very satisfied to be able to say these words. After all, Cao Cao was very busy and had many sons, so it was normal to lack concern for him. I am so grateful, how dare I complain at all.”

"Zidan, maybe you don't realize it yourself, but you actually have a very good ability to command an army. I hope that in the future, you will not only know how to charge and fight the enemy bravely, but also learn how to run an army and deploy troops. Only in this way can he become a general who can stand alone." Cao Cao has great expectations for Cao Zhen.

"It's my lord. I will definitely learn more in the future." Cao Zhen was a little excited when he received Cao Cao's praise. Getting Cao Cao's affirmation is much more important than rewarding official positions, gold and silver.

"After this battle is over, you can stay with Zixiao to learn more. Zixiao is the pillar of our army. He has fought many battles and has many advantages worth learning from. Would you like to?" Cao Cao decided to keep Cao Zhen by Cao Ren's side. Let Cao Ren teach him.

"The final general is willing, and everything will be obeyed by the lord." Cao Zhen clasped his fists and said, Cao Ren is the number one general of the Cao clan, and also the object of Cao Zhen's admiration. It's too late to be happy to be able to learn from Cao Ren's side, so how could he not be willing.

Li Yuan repelled Cao Cao's attack at the north gate, but the Cao army at the west gate did not retreat. Cao Hong's method of attacking the city was not the same as Cao Cao's. He did not immediately send troops to attack the city, but personally led three thousand soldiers to challenge the city. .

(End of this chapter)