Jagged hegemony of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 279 The Dust Settles
The next day, Liu Wei and Yuan Shao marched out again, and Liu Wei called Yuan Shao out to answer.

"Brother Benchu, you and I have been fighting for many days, and the people of Montenegro have all arrived in Liaozhou. I advise you not to fight with me again, unless Brother Benchu ​​is ready to lose both. "

Liu Wei said.

"Hmph, you won a big game yesterday, and you want me to stop fighting today, aren't you a little whimsical! Although I was defeated yesterday, I didn't lose much. You think you can defeat it with your more than 60 people. My [-] troops? And your men shot my arm, do you think I'll let it go!"

Yuan Shao accidentally moved the left arm that was shot by Yue Xi, grinning his teeth in pain, tears were about to fall out, after all the spiked arrow had a barb, even if it was taken out, it would still bring a piece of flesh.

"Brother Benchu, if I gather an elite army of 20 in the counties of Liaoxi County to resist your attack, how many troops and horses do you need to lose to take my Liaozhou? At least 40, and it will cost Countless food, grass, money and food, even if you can take Liaozhou, your four states will exhaust their manpower and material resources because of the war, and thus run to exhaustion."

Seeing Yuan Shao's frown, Liu Wei continued: "At that time, do you think Cao Cao will just sit back and ignore the situation in the north? Let me tell you, no, if we fight, Cao Mengde will win."

"Ha ha!"

Yuan Shao suddenly stretched his brows, and then said with a smile: "As expected of being the number one talented man in a big man, he is really eloquent, I was almost fascinated by you, but luckily I reacted in time, I have 60 troops, If you attack the city day and night, can you resist it for a few days, huh? Hahahaha, Liu Wei, tell me!"

"Brother Benchu, if it was in the past, it would definitely not be able to hold on for many days, but adding him!"

Liu Wei pointed to the artillery on the hillside.Then he said: "Brother Benchu, I have not only these few cannons in my hand, but also dozens of them. If you want to try his power again, then I will accompany you to the end!"

"you!"

Yuan Shao looked at the big black guy on the hillside, couldn't help swallowing, and then said, "You said you still have this guy? I, I, I don't believe it!"

"Hehe, if you don't believe me, Brother Benchu, you can try to attack Liaozhou. I can show you the scene of a hundred cannons being fired at once!"

Liu Wei said with a smile.

"A hundred guns are fired! My mother!"

Yuan Shao was so frightened that he almost fell off his horse. Did he destroy all the siege equipment without a round of artillery fire?Then the siege still depends on a fart, take a ladder?
In fact, Liu Wei is talking big. With the current strength of Liaozhou, it is not bad to produce [-] cannons a year. It must be that the Xiangping Smelter does not produce other steel products and is fully committed to making cannons. It was not that easy to make, so Liu Wei's words were entirely intended to scare Yuan Shao back.

"That's not okay. You killed many of my soldiers for the sake of the untouchables, and even took my Ji County. If you don't compensate me, then I will be at a loss!"

Yuan Shao had already started to retreat at this time, but he fell in love with Liu Wei's cannon again, and wanted to blackmail Liu Wei's cannon.

"Then what would you like to order, Brother Benchu?"

Liu Wei also narrowed his eyes, guessing that Yuan Shao wanted his own artillery.

"Cannons, your cannons, I want five of your cannons, and if you promise to give them to me, I will withdraw my troops!"

Yuan Shao said.

"Impossible, not even one!"

Liu Wei refused.

"Three doors!"

Yuan Shao asked again.

"no!"

"Two doors!"

"no!"

"One door, no less!"

Yuan Shao opened his eyes and said.

"Well, well, I wouldn't have given it to you if it wasn't for the fact that Brother Benchu ​​and I are old acquaintances!"

Liu Wei made a look of reluctance on the surface, but he was very happy in his heart, because he guessed that Yuan Shao would ask him for a cannon yesterday, so he sent someone to build a useless cannon out of scrap copper and iron overnight, and was going to give it to Yuan Shao .

"Okay, I knew Ziyan that you are not such a stingy person, don't worry, I will withdraw my troops immediately!"

Yuan Shao saw that his treacherous plan had succeeded, and thought to himself: "When I go back and build hundreds or even thousands of cannons, I will attack your Liaozhou. I will see how you resist!"

"Okay, okay, as long as Brother Benchu ​​retreats today, the artillery will be sent to your camp tonight."

Liu Wei said.

"sure!"

After Yuan Shao finished speaking, as if he was afraid of Liu Wei's repentance, he hurriedly rode back to the battle.

That night, Yuan Shao led the army back to Jizhou, and Liu Wei also sent the broken cannon to Yuan Shao.

"Liu Wei, you finally gave in to me for a while! Damn, pull up the cannon and fire two cannons for me to hear!"

After Yuan Shao finished speaking, some soldiers pulled up the cannon and asked Yuan Shao, "My lord, we don't know how to use it either!"

"use this!"

One of the generals brought a big iron ball, which he picked up on the battlefield and hit by the Liao army.

"Come on, stuff the oil-soaked strips into the back of the cannon, and then stuff this thing in for me."

Yuan Shao pointed at the big iron ball.

"Yes!"

Soldiers can start to test the gun.

"ignition!"

After Yuan Shao finished speaking, a soldier immediately lit the cloth.

Yuan Shao dodged far away.Then he covered his ears and stared at the cannon tightly.

But after waiting for a long time, the cannon did not make any sound.

"Give me a few of you to see what's going on!"

Yuan Shao kicked the soldiers around him and ordered.

"Yes!"

The guards timidly came to the side of the cannon, first looked at the tail of the cannon, then at the body of the cannon, they were all right, and then at the barrel of the cannon, there was nothing wrong.

Then he replied to Yuan Shao: "My lord is fine, but I don't know why, the shells can't come out."

"My lord, could it be that Liu Wei deceived me again? This guy didn't give me the real cannon at all!"

The judge on the side guessed.

"No, this gun is exactly the same length as the others, and the cannonball can fit in. There must be a reason why he can't fire the cannonball, which we don't know!"

Yuan Shao circled the cannon twice, patted the barrel, and said, "Come on, send me to Liaozhou immediately to find out what method Liu Wei used to shoot the shells out of the barrel."

"Yes!"

In fact, Yuan Shao didn't know that even if he knew that gunpowder was used to fire the cannonball, he still couldn't shoot the cannonball, because the cannon Liu Wei gave them had a larger caliber than the one he used. not far.

(End of this chapter)