The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 177 Carrying the cottage to the end

Shameless!Bullying the few because of the number of people, isn't it the same as an adult shamelessly beating a child!Fortunately, there are quite a few soldiers who escaped back. 3 horses ran back and nearly [-] came back. It is estimated that some escaped and will come back soon, but now Zixiao is captured by Zhang Wu again. What should I do!
"Both Wen Ze and Zi Xiao were captured by Zhang Wu, what should we do?" Cao Cao asked in a daze. Lu Bu hadn't caught him before, but this time he lost two at once.

"Don't worry, my lord, Zi Xiao and Wen will not be in danger of their lives. I see that Zhang Wu has captured the opponent's generals many times since he started his army, but he has never killed a single person. It's just..." Xun You hesitated to speak, some Words are hard to say.

"It's just what? Gongda but it doesn't matter." Cao Cao said.

"It's just that every time Zhang Wu captures the opponent's general, he will let the opponent redeem it. Although the ransom is not much, he wants some rare things every time!"

Cao Cao heard this and then thought, yes, that Zhang Wuzhen had such a quirk. Every time he captured an enemy general, he neither forced him to surrender nor killed him to vent his anger. Sometimes he even entertained him with delicious food and drinks. , but in the end they are all redeemed by others. This situation is like kidnapping!Moreover, the ransom that Zhang Wu asked for was not much, and he didn't want a city site, but some strange things.

For example, he captured Jiangdong general Han Dang twice, the first time he took Sun Quan's fast sailing horse, and the second time he took Sun Quan's ancient ingot knife.After he captured Cao Ren last time, in addition to asking the court to recognize Liu Qi's Jingzhou Mu and Zhang Wu as the general of Zhennan, he even asked for the Fangtian painting halberd that Lu Bu used back then.

What a wonder!But as long as it can be redeemed, no treasure is as important as the two generals Cao Ren and Yu Jin!Even though he thought so, Cao Cao was still a little uneasy. He didn't know what request Zhang Wu would make this time. There were a few things in his hand that he really couldn't give up, and there were a few things that he loved so much that he couldn't give up.

Cao Cao suddenly thought of another way, and said, "Gongda, can we arrest some Jingzhou generals and exchange them for Zixiao and Wen Ze?"

Xun You sighed and said: "Prime Minister, now that the navy has been defeated, we are temporarily unable to cross the river to attack Xiangyang, and it is no longer safe to transport food and grass by water, and it consumes too much by land. There are already many soldiers in the army. I'm afraid we won't be able to last long here. If Zhang Wu only defends but doesn't attack, how can we catch his generals!"

"If the Jiangdong Navy can defeat the Jiangxia Navy, the outcome of this battle is still uncertain. The Jiangdong Navy will definitely divide its forces to take Jiangling, and the Xiangyang Navy will also go to support Jiangling. We still have a chance." Cheng Yu said. Said.

At this moment, a scout rushed over to report the military situation. The Jiangdong navy and the Jiangxia navy fought fiercely on the river for two days, but they were still unable to break through the Jiangxia navy's obstruction, and now they have retreated.

"Ah! This!" Cao Cao and the others were speechless. Why is the Jiangdong army so good? Isn't it said that the navy is the strongest?Why is it that the army of [-] can't even defeat [-] others? What should they do if the Jiangdong army withdraws like this?
"How is it possible!" Cao Cao didn't believe it. His [-] navy could not beat the opposing [-] navy and he admitted it, but Sun Quan's [-] navy could not beat Jiang Xia's [-] navy. Sun Quan, are you letting go?

When the scouts reported the news in detail, Cao Cao couldn't help asking: "Iron chain boat? What is that? It's so powerful?" Since this thing is so powerful, it can make Jiangxia's navy resist Jiangdong water with [-] We have an army of [-]. Can our army be used?
"Returning to the Prime Minister, iron locks are used to connect many warships with iron locks. They are covered with wooden planks, which are wide enough to race horses, and can even set up heavy crossbows and trebuchets. The Jiangxia navy used iron locks to block the river channel, and the Jiangdong water The army was unable to pass, and although they fought hard, they were still helpless against the chain of iron chains. After the Jiangling navy and Xiangyang navy arrived, the Jiangdong army had no choice but to retreat."

Cao Cao heard that the chained ship has such a magical effect, the key is that there is no technical content, isn't it just connecting several large ships together, I can also imitate it!Not only can I imitate it, but I can also make it bigger and create a mobile fortress on water. Will I still be afraid of your water army?

This is simply tailor-made for me!At that time, I will also make this iron chain ship, not only can I send sailors on board, but also infantry and cavalry can go up, because the bigger the ship, the less afraid of the bumps, let alone the Jingzhou navy's close combat.This is equivalent to fighting on the water. Since it is fighting on foot, who am I, Cao Cao, afraid of?

Zhang Wu is really a good guy. Last time he invented a new type of catapult, which greatly increased our army's siege capabilities. Now he has invented this iron chain boat, which solved the problem of his poor water combat ability. Who are you? of?Cao Cao copied Zhang Wu's new-style catapult last time, and this time he plans to copy the iron chain boat again.

So Cao Cao happily said: "Zhongde, this iron chain and ship is so powerful that the [-] Jiangxia navy can stop the [-] Jiangdong navy. Send someone to find out quickly. We can also imitate it! Then we will No longer afraid of the Jingzhou Navy!"

The rest of the generals were also very excited when they heard this. The reason why they were unable to station their troops and wasted food and grass was because the river blocked them, and their navy could not beat Jingzhou's navy?If it was as the spies said, then the water battle would be much simpler, and the Han River would no longer be able to stop them.

Cheng Yu was not so excited, but said: "Prime Minister, although the iron chain ship is powerful, it has a fatal flaw!"

"What shortcoming?" Cao Cao asked.

"Since many large ships are connected by iron cables, they must be very huge, and they are very inconvenient on the water. If the enemy attacks with fire, wouldn't we all be buried in the sea of ​​flames?"

Huh?This is the case, even the ship is made of wood no matter how big it is, and it is afraid of fire. If the enemy sets fire to the ship, they will either be burned to death or jump into the water and drown.

"In this case, why didn't Sun Quan set fire to the iron chains and ships of Jiangxia Navy?" someone asked.

"The Jiangdong navy is in the lower reaches of the river, how to set it on fire?"

"Then we and Xiangyang are on the north and south banks of the Han River, and the water flows eastward. How can the Jingzhou navy set fire?"

"It's summer now, and the east and south winds blow here. The Jingzhou navy can take advantage of the wind to set fire!"

When Cao Cao heard this, he suddenly said happily: "As Zhong De said, although the wind is east and south at this time, won't the wind blow from west and north in winter? Not only can the Jingzhou army not set fire to us, We can also set fire to their warships, won’t it be easy to take Xiangyang then?”

"High opinion, Prime Minister!" Someone praised.

"What the Prime Minister said makes sense!" Some people also clapped their hands in joy.

At this time, Xun You said: "Prime Minister, we can discuss the matter of chaining the boats later, but now I am worried that Sun Quan will not be able to take Jiangxia, and take advantage of the retreat to attack Hefei!"

(End of this chapter)