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Chapter 357: Mouth Cannon Thaumaturgy
Li Xin led the rebel army to occupy the geographical advantage, and Cao Bianjiao led his family members into battle. The victory lies in the elite soldiers.At the beginning, the night was dark, and Cao Bianjiao was at a disadvantage in the battle, so he retreated a little.

When it was dawn, Cao Bianjiao became impatient, and once again led his servants into battle in an attempt to defeat the defense of the rebel army in one fell swoop.

Cao Bianjiao and the others wore double armor again and came aggressively.This time, they have cut down some trees in the valley and made some simple wooden ladders as siege tools.

Cao Bianjiao gave an order, and the soldiers under his command acted as coolies and rushed over carrying more than ten wooden ladders.

And Cao Bianjiao himself led thirty or forty elite servants, followed closely behind.When these soldiers got on the wooden ladder, they took the opportunity to climb up.

The rebels in the city quickly used wooden forks made of tree branches to fork the wooden ladder and pushed it outside.Cao Bianjiao had expected this for a long time, and saw those servants and warriors throwing iron hooks with ropes and hooking them on the checkpoint.

Then pull it hard, on the one hand to speed up the speed of climbing the city, on the other hand to prevent the rebels from overturning the wooden ladder and falling into the city by themselves.

The simple city wall built by Li Xin's soldiers was not vertical and smooth and could not be climbed.Shuangkai officers and soldiers can step on the prominent parts of the city wall to climb with the help of ropes.

At this time, seeing that the time had come, Li Xin quickly ordered the soldiers to shoot.It was dark last night, and the shooting effect of the firearms was not good. Now the sight is clear, and it is time for the firearms to perform their meritorious deeds.

There was only a sound of gunfire, and the officers and soldiers were shot one after another.A few unfortunate people were directly transferred to the Guanzhai, even if they were not beaten to death on the spot, they lost half of their lives.

Cao Bianjiao was stunned for a moment, only to realize that the building of this pass village is quite skillful.I saw a city wall lying in front of my eyes, and where the left and right sides met the mountain, there were two towering towers.

It turned out that when Li Xin was in Zhang Shun's tent, Zhang Shun had studied the usage of firearms, and concluded: "The only way to use firearms is to pinch left and right, and cross-shooting is the most powerful!"

Li Xinshen took it for granted, this time the defense of the Guanzhai deliberately imitated the horse-faced approach of the city, and built two taller blunderbuss platforms next to the mountain.

In this way, when officers and soldiers attack the left, the right blunderbuss will hit their backs; when officers and soldiers attack the right, the left blunderbuss will strike their backs;

Although Cao Bianjiao didn't understand the concept of crossfire, he also knew how powerful the two sides of the horse were when he attacked the city for a long time.

But this time Cao Wenzhao dispatched all his troops and led six or seven thousand troops to help Deng Qi and other officers and soldiers. How could he be blocked in the valley by such an unknown person.

Zhao She, a famous general in the Warring States Period, once said: "The road is far and narrow, just like two mice fighting in a hole, and the brave will win."

Cao Bianjiao asked himself that if he could not be called brave, no one in the world could call him brave.He cheered up and led the team to attack the rebels' Guanzhai again.

This reckless behavior did not achieve the expected results at all. Cao Bianjiao's servants were killed by the rebels again five or six times before they climbed the city wall.

This time, Cao Bianjiao climbed onto the city wall himself, wearing double kai and holding a long knife.

Seeing this, Li Xin picked up his long spear to fight in person, and at the same time ordered the gunners on the gun platform to shoot directly at the city wall.

The musketeers were afraid of accidental injury, so they could only shoot from a distance at the officers and soldiers who were far away from both sides.If the two sides are in a mess, they can only fight with blood and courage.

Cao Bianjiao was wearing heavy armor, so he couldn't move easily. He fought with Li Xin just a few times before he was stabbed by Li Xin.Fortunately, his armor was so thick that Li Xin couldn't penetrate it.

However, Cao Bianjiao was also taken aback. As the saying goes, "An expert will know if there is a shot", Li Xin looks relatively thin, but his marksmanship is very powerful.

Those who are good at using long spears are not only sharp in their marksmanship, but also exquisite in their strikes.The technique of exerting force starts from the heel, spreads to the tip of the hand, spreads to the root of the spear, and reaches to the tip of the spear, all in one go.

Therefore, the power of this long spear is the power of the whole body. The strength of the arm of the person who makes the spear does not necessarily need to be infinitely powerful, but it can still pierce through gold and stone with one shot.

If he hadn't been wearing double Kai, this single shot would have killed Cao Bianjiao.Cao Bianjiao was afraid that his next shot would hit his vitals, so he hurriedly called out to his left and right servants to protect him.

Fortunately, before Li Xin came to Mengmen Pass, Zhang Shun specially assigned him fifty personal guards as guards.Most of these people came from Huaiqing Mansion martial arts masters, and all of them have practiced martial arts since childhood. Although they are not as carefully selected as Cao Bianjiao's servants, after experiencing the flames of war, they are all well-known masters.

Some of them were already familiar with Li Xin, and even used bows and arrows from afar, and swords and guns in close quarters, fighting with Cao Bianjiao and his servants.

Cao Bianjiao originally led few elites, and even fewer people ascended the city.He was dragged down by Li Xin, and the other places were naturally at a disadvantage. They were either killed by the rebels or retreated from the city wall.

Seeing something bad, Cao Bianjiao was afraid that he would not be able to escape, so he had to fight and retreat, approaching the edge of the city wall.

At this time, several guards shouted: "Little General Cao, don't forget that I am waiting for my family. Hurry up, I will die myself!"

After saying that, he didn't care about it, rushed forward, and fought for his life with the rebel army.The rebel army couldn't resist for a while, so they had to take a few steps back.

When Li Xin caught up and killed all the servants, Cao Bianjiao took this opportunity to drop down the city wall and escape.

Li Xin had no choice but to shout from the city: "'Little General Cao' has such a great reputation, but he is just a covetous person who fears death!"

Cao Bianjiao replied loudly, "Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. Gain and loss for a while, what's the point? How can you hide in this city for a while? Next time you attack, I will take it." This city will take the heads of your ranks to worship today's brothers!"

"Erqi also has times when he only shows the advantage of his tongue, it is really better to meet each other than to be famous!" Li Xin also took the opportunity to sarcastically say.

However, this move was learned from Zhang Shun, using the advantage of words to dampen the opponent's morale.Li Xin and Zhang Shun got along with each other for a long time, and they also learned three-point skills.

Although Cao Bianjiao was brave and good at fighting, he was not an eloquent person after all, and a few words were rendered speechless by Li Xin.Sure enough, the rest of the soldiers knew that they had suffered a big loss, and they couldn't help being very depressed and their morale plummeted.

Cao Bianjiao saw that there was nothing he could do, so he had to leave more than a dozen people to monitor the movement of Guanzhai, and led the rest of the soldiers to retreat in despair.

Seeing this, Li Xin couldn't help being overjoyed, and thought to himself: Sure enough, what the lord said is very true, a penetrating tongue can also be a million-strong soldier.Now I don't need to spend a single soldier, and I can say that I will retreat from Cao and become Jiao, and I can defend for a while longer.

In other words, Cao Bianjiao was defeated and retreated. When he saw his uncle Cao Wenzhao, he couldn't help being ashamed. He pleaded guilty: "General, the enemy has already built a pass in the pass. The front pass and the back pass, day and night, I have personally led troops to attack many times but can't break it. , please punish the general!"

(End of this chapter)