The Rise of the Song People of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 822 Cao Cao’s Current Situation
It took three years for Song to recuperate and restore productivity, but at the same time, he was constantly strengthening his combat readiness. In terms of armaments, Huangfuduan successfully bred Chinese horses with Youzhou war horses and Japanese horses.

This kind of horse is completely comparable to the Mongolian horse in Lu Heng's impression. It has inherited the advantages of Japanese horses, such as easy feeding, good endurance, fast breeding, and docileness. Although the speed burst is not as good as the tall Bingzhou and Youzhou war horses, the basic speed is not slow at all. , coupled with the hybridization of Youzhou war horses, the short stature is also 'higher' a lot, and it has the characteristics of cold resistance.

In just three years, it should not be said that Huangfuduan bred 20 Huaxia horses in Youzhou in just two years. With the constant recovery and crossbreeding and purification of war horses in Shangbingzhou and Youzhou, there are still many years of accumulation. It is no longer a problem to pay [-] cavalry.

After three years of thorough research and continuous optimization by Shen Kuo, Huang Yueying, Zhuge Liang, Yan Su, Liu Ye, Su Song and other inventors, the God Arm Bow can finally be mass-produced. Complexity still cannot replace the composite strong bow, but the coverage rate of the god arm bow of each army has reached one-third.

The other third is that Zhuge Liang invented the Zhuge Liannu, or even an upgraded version of the Zhuge Liannu. A quiver with [-] rounds can shoot up to five arrows at a time. You read it right, there are at most exquisite mechanisms that can be switched from one to the other. When five arrows are received, the arrow box can be replaced within five seconds, which is simply an ancient version of a submachine gun.

It can be said that Zhuge Liang reproduced the advantages of the eight-ox crossbow with the arrow box on the hand crossbow. It is conceivable that the power is conceivable. Now the Zhuge Liannu, the god arm bow and the composite strong crossbow of the Song Dynasty bow camp stand one third each.

Of course, while upgrading the technology tree, the three-year tired Cao plan was also perfectly implemented. In the past three years, the friction between the Song Dynasty and Cao Cao's forces has hardly stopped. The relatively big event was the second year of the recovery of Bingzhou. Du Gao's army Going south to lay down all the territory from Hanoi County to the north of the Yellow River.

Zhao Yan, the prefect of Hanoi appointed by Cao Cao, held on for a year in Huai County, the prefecture of Hanoi, before being defeated by Zhang Yi. Zhao Yan committed suicide at the moment the city was broken. The trebuchet was smashing the city, and only when the city was finally broken, Sun An, Wang Mo, Bian Xiang and others beheaded Zhang Xin, Gong Duan, Gong Zheng and other generals respectively.

Boss Cao’s life was very difficult in the two years after Zhang Wei opened up the Yellow River. Li Bao’s navy was on the Yellow River from time to time, and the cavalry was transported to the opposite bank to sweep the waves. Xiahou Dun had to lead the troops to deal with him. As soon as Du Gao left, he sent Zhang Liao to attack the Hulao, using a trebuchet to smash the prison.

Such things not only happened in Luoyang, but also in Shangyong, Sanguan, Deyang and other places. In the hands of Wang Qing's fierce generals), he went to the narrowest place between Wudang Mountain and Zhushui in later generations to build a checkpoint.

However, being constantly attacked and harassed by Tai Shici's Fengqi battalion, not only did Lu Cheng be killed by Wang Gui for [-] rounds, but the pass was not completed.

If the worst thing about Boss Cao is not the loss of Hanoi County and Fang County, the latest news from Jinyiwei that Guo Jia and Xun Yu, Cao Cao’s masterminds, both died of illness last winter, this should be the biggest blow to Boss Cao... …

"Wang Zuo Zhicai" Xun Yu has not appeared on stage for a long time. When Han Mindi Liu Xie died, Xun Yu was seriously ill. Cao Cao asked the doctor to save Xun Yu's life. Chen Qun came to replace him, so although Cao Cao was sad, he accepted it calmly.

However, the death of Guo Jia, the 'Ghost Talent', made Cao Cao shout: "If you die in filial piety, it is God who bereaves me!"

Guo Jia's death was not only due to taking Wushi powder, drinking alcohol, and being unrestrained all the year round, but also because he was exhausted physically and mentally. With such a huge gap, Guo Jia wanted to keep Cao Cao's power, which was tantamount to going against the sky.

Within three years, Cao Cao not only had to face constant attacks on the territory bordering the Song Dynasty, constant assaults by cavalry, and some large-scale army attacks, but he also had to prevent the Jin Yiwei from infiltrating the unification sentiment internally. For example, last year, the whole army of Yizhou locals Xiong, Zhang Yu, and Shi Pu rebelled against Cao Cao under the instigation of Peng Yi, a local celebrity.

Although the rebellion was put down by Cao Cao himself, and Quan Shixiong, Zhang Yu, Shipu, and Peng Yi were killed by Cao Cao, it also showed the desire of the local people to unify, and Cao Cao had to confirm Guo Jia's final plan.

That's right, Guo Jia's final plan was actually mentioned in the previous article, so I have to talk about the drastic changes in the international situation in the past three years. The previous article said that Guo Jia's plan was to let Cao Cao develop towards the Qiang, Di, and Tubo forces. The boss also sent General Xia Houyuan to fight to open up the land leading to the Qiang people.

But before that, I would like to introduce the international situation in the Northwest. Within three years, Yelu Abaoji's Liao defeated Dawan and Congling, and then fought against Wusun, a powerful country in the Western Regions. It took two years to unify the Western Regions.

However, at the same time, Li Jiqian was not to be outdone when he saw the rise of his neighbors. Li Jiqian once again set his sights on the south. Waiting to go south on a large scale.

When Ma Teng and Zhang Xiu worked together to resist the invasion of Xixia, they sent envoys to the Song Dynasty, but the envoys heard the news that Zhuge Liang, Marshal of Xuanwu in the north, led an army to suddenly attack Hetao before reaching the boundary of the Song Dynasty.

This is naturally Zhuge Liang's strategy of "encircling Wei and saving Zhao". Zhuge Liang personally led Fang Xuedu, Yue Sheng, Yun Tianbiao, Yang Si, Guo Jin, Shan Shiqi, etc. to enter the grassland and arrive at Wuda area (later Wuhai City), Surrounded by three mountains and one river, this place is definitely a good place to build a fortress.

When Li Jiqian heard the news, he immediately dispatched his younger brother Li Jichong to take Xingxing Luo Hai, Yin Qi, Li Liangfu, Shan Yuweiliang, Shan Yuweixu and others to fight, but Zhuge Liang planned to use Li Jichong's impatience to encircle and ambush him. defeat.

Li Jichong fled back to Xixia under the desperate protection of Xingxing Luohai. The two brothers Shan Yuweiliang and Shan Yuweixu were beheaded by Yue Sheng and Fang Xuedu. was killed in the army.

However, Xingxing Luo Hai is worthy of being a unparalleled fierce general. A pair of maces were extremely ferocious and hammered Ma Lin, the "Iron Flute Immortal" one after another.

Such a big defeat by Li Jichong forced Li Jiqian to recall Li Yuanhao and join forces to take back the dangerous place of Uda area.

But when Li Jiqian went to war with the soldiers of the whole country, Zhuge Liang had already led his troops to retreat and rushed to nothing, and then there was news that Da Song had built a fortress on the bank of the Dustu River, which is the later Otok Banner.

(End of this chapter)