Whoever wins the crouching dragon wins the world

Although Liu Xi put on a confident attitude, and there are rumors about King Pingan's "God's son descending to earth, he will perform miracles to save the people from fire and water", but the disparity in military strength still makes the bottom soldiers have doubts.The people of Jingxiang were baptized by the flames of war only a month ago, and the blood flowed into rivers is vivid in their minds. Now they have become frightened birds. Hundreds of refugees leave the city every day, and many of them are rich and powerful families who have lived in Xiangyang.

It is reported that Liu Ye, Cao Cao's counselor, was full of confidence and said to Cao Cao: "Liu Xi is arrogant and domineering. Once he gets Xiangyang, he doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth. It is ridiculous to try to resist our [-] army with the power of ants. Why doesn't the prime minister send someone to lobby? , if the child is willing to surrender, he can take Xiangyang and Dingjingzhou without a single soldier, and spread his prestige far away.

Cao Cao sneered: "In the past, brother and sister Liu Xi tried their best to escape from me. Now that they have occupied Xiangyang, it is absolutely impossible for them to surrender."

Liu Ye persuaded: "When the two armies are fighting, the common people will be hurt. When the prime minister first arrives here, he should buy people's hearts first. If the children are not aware of current affairs, it can be seen that the prime minister is sympathetic to the hearts of the people."

Cao Cao nodded: "I will follow your words." So he sent Kong Ming's friend Xu Shu to go.

Liu Xi, who sent scouts to inquire about Cao Ying's news earlier, scolded the country in front of all the counselors: "Cao Cao said I was a counterfeit, and at the same time tried to persuade me to 'abandon the dark and turn to the bright', as if I really believed that he would let the past go. Yes. Is he contemptuous of my IQ? I want to set up an archway even after being a wife. I will let him xxx..."

If it weren't for me being his own sister, the ruffian really couldn't believe that he was a woman at heart.

Xu Shu said bluntly: "I was used by the envoy Liu. Cao Cao set up treacherous schemes to lure my mother into Xudu, forged the mother's handwritten letter to call me to submit, and tired my mother to hang herself. Now that the envoy Liu has passed away, I regret it all my life. Although I was in Cao Ying , but made a solemn vow that he would never offer a plan for Cao Cao. Cao Cao’s city is very deep, and he firmly believes that the prince will not surrender, so sending me to lobby is just to buy people’s hearts, and I ask the prince to be careful in everything.”

Liu Xi bowed and thanked: "The old lady is high righteous, and the husband is extremely filial. He is a model for the world." The two talked about Liu Bei again. I escaped from the hands of Cao Cao that day. I also wanted to find the emperor's uncle to protect me, so I came straight to Jingzhou. I didn't want to die at the hands of Cao's thief before meeting the emperor's uncle. I ran into Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei on the way The two generals gathered together the former troops of the emperor's uncle and swore their blood into an alliance to avenge the emperor's uncle, so there will be today's battle."

Xu Shu cupped his hands and said: "The prince loves benevolence, and now he has the assistance of Wolong and Fengchu, and the great cause is just around the corner."

Because Xu Shu was trapped in Cao Ying all his life in history, Liu Xi knew he couldn't keep him, so he let him go away after gaining enough favorability.After that, news came one after another that Cao Jun had buried pots and cooked meals a few miles away, but Liu Xi remained unmoved.

"There is a thing that is black in color and smells bad. It is called gunpowder, and its power is infinite..."

A few days after Xu Shu left, Liu Xi couldn't bear my soft-heartedness, and finally took me to a heavily guarded arsenal, and mysteriously unveiled the secret weapon.

"Is this a landmine?" I was shocked, no wonder he was so confident, "Do you know how to configure it?" He didn't say anything before, which made me worry in vain.

Liu Xi gave me two supercilious eyes, complacent: "Do you think my time-traveling novels for so many years are for nothing? Making gunpowder is the basic skill of the time-traveling hero. It came out." As soon as he left the palace, he found a craftsman to develop it, but unfortunately it took several years and still failed, and it was not until a month ago that the semi-finished product was produced.

I suddenly felt that the future was bright.

In the era of cold weapons, even if it is only a semi-finished product of gunpowder, it is enough to make people overjoyed.In my opinion, there is no need to fight this battle. Everyone on Earth knows which side the goddess of victory will stand on.

Kong Ming, Pang Tong and others were skeptical, so they made a special trip to ask me about the power of gunpowder. I described the tragedy of modern warfare truthfully. After hearing this, Kong Ming said with emotion: "There is such a thing in the world. Those who get gunpowder can win the world!"

There was no trace of bitterness or jealousy in his tone, but I thought of the phrase "Fulong and Fengchu, the two of them will be safe together."Heroes come out of troubled times, but with gunpowder and Liu Xi, a doctor of history who knows everything about the world, is there still a place for Kong Ming and other indigenous advisers to show their ambitions in the land of the Three Kingdoms?

A few days ago, when passing by the camp, the unnamed soldier’s broken words echoed in his ears: "That Zhuge Kongming is eight feet long and has a handsome appearance. Although he is a military adviser in name, he was promoted through women in the final analysis. A song "Phoenix Seeking the Phoenix" was played at the gate of the mansion. Although the princess didn't chase him away, she didn't show him any good looks, and he still enjoyed it so much. It's not because Israel is a sexist..."

All respect has to be won by oneself, whether it is me, the Princess Shengyang who willfully sticks in the meeting hall to listen to politics, or the military strategist Kong Ming who relies on soft food to get to the top.

On the eve of the battle, Kong Ming suggested to Liu Xi that Zhao Yun and Qian Chao would take two thousand soldiers to Quewei Slope [-] miles outside Xiangyang City as suspicious soldiers, half holding red flags and half holding green flags. After the [-] Pathfinder Army, the Red Army is on the left and the Qing Army is on the right.

According to the description of the captives who surrendered later, when Xu Chu saw the Red and Green Banner Army, he guessed that there was an ambush ahead.Unexpectedly, Cao Cao looked up and laughed without waiting for Jia Xu's words, with a contemptuous look on his face: "I laugh at Liu Xi's lack of strategy, and Zhuge Liang's lack of wisdom! This is a childish trick, there must be no ambushes, you should ride your horse quickly, and don't delay the opportunity to fight!"

Jia Xu didn't comment.

Xu Chu then ordered to move forward, but the red and blue armies had disappeared.Going forward, a landmine suddenly exploded from the soil, and those who stepped on it lost their hands and legs, and their flesh and blood were mutilated.Because the landmines were buried underground, it was difficult to distinguish them with the naked eye. Cao Jun soldiers couldn't guess the reason for a while, but only knew that whoever walked forward would immediately go west. It was so weird that no one dared to step over the mine.

Jia Xu was very vigilant, and immediately suggested that the soldiers retreat, but the deputy general Cao Ren thought that Kong Ming was playing tricks, so he found two wounded soldiers to act as mice, and walked more than ten meters along the road where the soldiers were bombed, but nothing happened.

Jia Xu cautiously said: "If something goes wrong, the best thing to do is to retreat."

Cao Cao was hesitant, but Cao Ren insisted on walking a hundred meters forward, but he didn't encounter a landmine again. Cao Cao made up his mind, and immediately looked up and laughed again: "I laugh at Liu Xi for being stupid, to put the pill furnace Buried in the ground, vainly trying to fry the furnace to block my way, it's a trivial skill!"

The generals slapped a few words of flattery in a timely manner, but suddenly there was a loud shout, and the giant wood and heavy stone were knocked down from the top of the mountain together, hitting the foreheads of Cao Jun soldiers, and blood spattered.Cao Ren yelled "Retreat!", but at some point on the way, Liu Xi ordered someone to plant a landmine. Cao Jun was unable to advance or retreat. The turtle in the urn.At this moment, Zhao Yun and Qian Chao ordered the soldiers to ignite the heads of the arrows and turn them into rockets and shoot them at Cao Jun. Sulfur and other fire igniters had been sprinkled in the valley, and there were vegetation as fuel. , Cao Jun suffered countless casualties, and the screams were endless.

Cao Cao couldn't find a way out, and his brows were frowning. Jia Xu suggested: "Look at Liu Jun's firearms. After being blown up, they are no longer powerful. You can let the pawns take the lead, and the prime minister will follow their footsteps. I think you can escape." As planned, he actually forced the soldiers under his command to break through the minefield, paving a way of escape with their flesh and blood.

When Liu Xi found out, he gritted his teeth with hatred: "This Jia Xu is indeed my confidant's serious trouble!" Because the cost of landmines is extremely high, and the production process must be strictly controlled to prevent leaks, they have not been used in large quantities.Kong Ming only asked people to bury 120 at both ends of the valley. The effect of deterrence was greater than the actual killing. As more and more soldiers in Cao Cao's army tried their battles, they were eventually exhausted.

Even so, by the time Cao Cao broke through the siege, more than half of the [-] Cao troops had been killed or injured.

Yi Ji comforted Liu Xi and said, "It is extremely difficult for Your Highness to achieve such a record with one enemy against many."

Liu Xi said regretfully: "If Jia Xu hadn't been in the way, it would not be impossible to capture Cao Cao alive this time." He then arranged for Zhang Fei, Chen Yue and others to intercept Cao's army who had escaped from the landmines, but it was a pity that Jia Xu was scheming. , fought with Kong Mingming for several rounds, each with its own outcome, and finally Cao Cao, Xu Zhu, Cao Ren and others gathered in one place, and the three of them fled out.

After this battle, Liu Xi's title of "King of Fire and Thunder" spread like wildfire. Yi Ji made a special trip to write a poem to publicize it: "The murderous spirit is born in front of the magpie tail slope, and the eyes of Lord Huo Lei are wide open. Withdraw one hundred thousand soldiers from the Cao bandits."