The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 336
The Weapons Department is located in the northeast corner of Yecheng, and it is a place in charge of smelting weapons. The person in charge is called the Secretary, whose surname is Wang, and he is a famous blacksmith in Jizhou.

After Yuan Shao took charge of Jizhou, he expanded his armaments and recruited a group of skilled craftsmen, and Wang Tiejiang was one of them.

The reason why Wang Tiejiang was able to take up the position of head of the Weapons Department was all because he had a good daughter. Yuan Shao took a fancy to his daughter and took her as a concubine. With this relationship, Wang Tiejiang was also promoted, allowing him to Served as the head of the Weapons Division.

However, Blacksmith Wang worked conscientiously and devoted himself to the work of the weapons department. He supervised the manufacture of more than half of the weapons and battle armor in the Hebei army.

The Weapons Department is only a place for research and development of weapons, armor, and equipment, and does not engage in smelting. The place where weapons are actually smelted is in Wu'an County.

Wu'an County produces iron, and its iron ore resources are extremely rich, so Yuan Shao used local materials and built a large smelting workshop next to the iron ore in Wu'an County, which was specially responsible for the production of weapons.

The Weapons Department is just a functional place to manage weapons, armor, and equipment.

Cao Hong hurried to the Weapons Department quickly, and as soon as he reached the gate, he shouted at the people in the Weapons Department: "Let the Lord Wang come to see me quickly!"

When Sizhu Wang heard of Cao Hong's arrival, he hurried out. Before he could salute, Cao Hong threw him a black round iron ball.

Sizhu Wang hastily stretched out his hand to catch the thing, his hand was so heavy that he almost dropped it on the ground.

Cao Hong didn't talk nonsense, and said straight to the point: "This is a new weapon of the enemy army. Don't worry about it. My lord knows that you are good at researching armour, so I specially asked me to bring it to you for research. If you can imitate this thing, don't worry about it. I will definitely invite my lord, I will give you a lot of rewards, and I will also give you an official title!"

Director Wang carefully looked at the black iron ball, then clasped his fists and said to Cao Hong, "General, please pass on to my lord, I will definitely research it as soon as possible. Once the imitation is successful, I will immediately send someone to report to my lord."

Cao Hong asked, "How long will it take?"

Sizhu Wang said with a look of embarrassment: "The subordinates will do their best!"

Cao Hongdao: "Okay, as soon as there is news, send someone to notify me and Mr. Biejia immediately. Oh, by the way, remember that this thing can't be contaminated with a little bit of fire, otherwise, you will be blown to pieces by this thing, even a piece of scum It may not be possible to find it.”

When Sizhu Wang heard this, he asked suspiciously: "So powerful?"

Cao Hong nodded heavily, then turned his horse's head and drove towards the Vermilion Bird Gate.

Seeing that Cao Hong was gone, Chief Wang immediately carried the Thunderbolt back to the Weapons Division, and then played with it carefully, and found that there was only one small gap in the whole Thunderbolt, which was the hole in the lead wire.

So, Sizhu Wang pulled out the lead wire, revealing a small black hole. Sizhu Wang shook it vigorously, and found that there was a rustling sound inside, so he turned the small hole head down, and it flowed out from the iron ball. There was a black powder, and it also had a pungent smell.

"This is..." Secretary Wang was very surprised, poured out all the black powder in the iron ball, and placed it on the table in front of him, forming a small pile. It looked like there were about one or two.

Among them, among these black powders, some white and yellow powders can also be found. The yellow powder should be ground from sulfur, but he doesn't know what the white powder is.

So, Director Wang called a few old colleagues from the Weapons Department and asked them to come and have a look to see what this white powder is...

At the Vermilion Bird Gate in Yecheng, Zhang Yan had already launched a fierce attack. Under the command of Gao Shun, the trebuchet outside the city jumped over the city wall one by one, and smashed hard at the city wall and towers of Wengcheng. .

The walls of the Wengcheng were full of archers, and when a huge stone fell over, it could directly split the brains of one of them and splatter blood.

The boulder also hit the city tower, smashing a big hole in the house on the tower, and the city wall was seriously injured, and stone chips were flying everywhere.

For a while, the archers on the wall of Wengcheng suffered a severe blow and tried to dodge one after another.

At the same time, seeing Zhang Yan who had achieved certain results, he immediately divided the two teams of archers into two wings, boarded the city wall of Suzaku Gate, and then shot with bows and arrows, while Xu Chu led a dozen strong men with strong skills, Reckless, he rushed to the gate of the Wengcheng, and Xu Chu even carried a sack on his back, walking like flying. After a while, Xu Chu came under the gate of the Wengcheng, opened the sack, poured out all the Thunderbolt bullets in the sack, Gathered at the gate of the city.

At this time, Xu Chu told the soldiers to retreat, while he took the fire bag, lit several thunderbolts one after another, and then ran away quickly, fearing that they would be blown up by the thunderbolts.

However, at this moment, the gate of Wengcheng suddenly opened a gap, and a soldier poked his head out from the gap, staring intently at Zhang Yan who was riding a black cloud riding snow horse inside the Zhuque Gate. Suddenly, the soldier's There was a weird smile on his face.

Immediately afterwards, the soldier's hands were exposed, and he was actually holding a large wooden barrel in his hands. He turned the big wooden barrel upside down, and the water filled with it immediately flowed out, pouring it directly on Xu Chu's lit water. on the pile of Thunderbolts.

The fuse of the thunderbolt bomb that was originally burning was immediately extinguished after being poured with cold water, and all the fuses were soaked in water and had become relatively damp.

After the fuse of the thunderbolt was extinguished, several soldiers came out of the urn, kicked all the thunderbolts into the city gate with lightning speed, and then the city gate was closed tightly again.

With a bang, the city gate was completely closed, and Zhang Yan's plan fell through again.

At this time, on the gate of Wengcheng, Xun Yu showed his face from behind the parapet, looked down at Zhang Yan who was hiding in the hole of Zhuque Gate, and showed a faint smile on his face, as if he was laughing at Zhang Yan.

Seeing Xun Yu's face mocking him, Zhang Yan was so angry that his teeth were itching with hatred, he was so angry that he had an idea and immediately launched an attack.

The catapults were constantly throwing stones, and the archers were shooting arrows on the wall of Suzaku Gate. Under the cover of the catapults and archers, Zhang Yan led the cavalry directly to the gate of the Urn City, and then let people throw thunderbolts directly. Passed by, piled up at the gate of the city.

At this time, the gate of the city was opened, and Cao Hong led the cavalry to fight out from the gate. Cao Hong himself, seeing Zhang Yan was close at hand, lifted the reins of the horse, and his horse jumped up, and killed Zhang Yan. past.

Although Gan Ning was wounded, he was brave and healthy. Seeing Cao Hong coming to kill Zhang Yan, he rode his horse and rushed over, brandishing the steel knife in his hand, and stopped Cao Hong, and fought fiercely with Cao Hong.

The rest of the soldiers were not as lucky as Cao Hong. As soon as they went out, they turned their backs on their backs, especially the horses under their seats, screaming and falling to the ground.

Many cavalry had their arms and legs pinned down by the horses lying on the ground, and they couldn't pull them out no matter what. Looking at the thunderbolt again, they felt deceived. What kind of thunderbolt was it? It was obviously barbed wire.

"Kill!" Zhang Yan had already expected that the enemy would try to prevent him from blowing up the city gate, so he deliberately resorted to tricks. What he had people throw on the ground just now was not a thunderbolt at all, but barbed wire, which was specially sprinkled on the ground. It is a defensive weapon used to stab people's feet on the ground.

Zhang Yan took the lead, brandishing his saber, and rushed over. He bypassed Cao Hong and Gan Ning, and jumped directly over the fallen cavalry at the gate of the city. His hooves landed directly on the flat ground. Kill the soldiers who stab at him.

However, the cavalry behind Zhang Yan rampaged and trampled savagely on the road to the gate of the Wengcheng. The people and horses who had just died were all bloody and bloody trampled by iron hooves.

Zhang Yan successfully led the army into the Wengcheng, excited, he kept waving his saber, and harvested the heads of those who came to resist at will, while the cavalry under him were as fierce as tigers, and they captured the Wengcheng in just a moment. city ​​gate.

Cao Hong fought Gan Ning for several rounds, and suddenly he turned around and saw that the gate of Wengcheng had been breached. Cao Hong was very worried about Xun Yu's safety, so he simply stabbed a few times indiscriminately, and after forcing Gan Ning away, he turned his horse's head around , ran away, and stabbed the rest of the cavalry to death with a spear.

Wherever Gan Ning was willing to give up, he rode his horse in pursuit. Cao Hong was in front and Gan Ning was in the rear. The two chased after each other, and quickly blended into the crowd.

The Wengcheng was breached, and Xun Yu, who was on the upper floor of the Wengcheng, could no longer calm down. He hurriedly ordered to retreat, and continued to retreat to the city, preparing to start a fierce street battle with Zhang Yan.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom..."

A series of explosions sounded from three different directions, and Xun Yu frowned suddenly, thinking to himself: "Could it be that the enemy army launched a full-scale attack? The four city gates attacked together?"

Xun Yu didn't think about it in a hurry, so he had to withdraw the army first, and then make plans.

Cao Hong rode his horse in the siege of the Han army. Wherever the spear went, he probed his throat to kill him. He killed a whole world in a daze. With his own force, he blazed a bloody road. Flee north.

Suzakumen and Wengcheng fell one after another, and the whole process took less than an hour, which made Xun Yu and Cao Hong very upset. How did they cope with the arrival of Cao Cao's reinforcements?

In the process of escaping, Xun Yu and Cao Hong cleverly bumped into each other again. Cao Hong asked in surprise, "Don't drive me, my lord, what should I do now?"

"The enemy's offensive is fierce. We are no match for us. Now we should try our best to preserve our strength. When the reinforcements arrive with the lord, we can take a counterattack." Xun Yu said to Cao Hong as he retreated into the city.

Cao Hong felt that what Xun Yu said was very reasonable, so he ordered all his subordinates to retreat to the city and prepare for street fighting!

(End of this chapter)