Follow General Cao to mix the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 661
Cao Cao's success today is due to his clear rewards and punishments, and his meritocracy has nothing to do with it. For example, Wang Hou, a food official who almost lost his head, is now sitting on the grasslands of Liaodong, with millions of armor under his command... Uh, The number one warlord of the big man with a military salary of one million dollars, the remaining Guo Jia who is greedy for money and lust, and Jia Xu who was born as a poisoner can all be reused by him.

But now, this good style is gone. On Tongguan, one man with two crossbows, and the heroic general who shot and killed Guanzhong thieves and rode thousands of horses will not be rewarded. Cao Cao is addicted to some dead objects, such as now, forcibly crossing the Yellow River. While the army was marching, the old guy stared at Wang Hou's Wang's Liannu with the same eyes he used to look at Du's in Xiapi City.

Riding on a horse and following him, unable to bear the fetish-like eyes of his, Wang Hou finally cupped his fists beside him sadly and helplessly.

"If the prime minister likes it..."

"Okay! Tuqiu has a heart! These few armored crossbows are accepted by the truth, where is the storehouse of Xiangfu? Register these four crossbows as the exclusive property of the truth, and no one is allowed to move!"

"Forehead……"

Seeing Mr. Cao's waving of Zhang Lou's words clearly, stunned, Wang Hou shook his head sadly.

"Prime Minister, you don't need to pay too much attention to these repeated crossbows. They weigh several thousand catties, and they were transported into the carriage with great difficulty. They also move slowly and are extremely difficult to carry. They need to be repaired at any time, and water and coal should be replenished. Tongguan, originally my son-in-law wanted to use it to attack fortifications, but as you can see, you can’t even use the upward shot, it’s useless at all!”

"This is because Ma Chao was dizzy, and that's why he showed his face once. If you are fighting on the plains, facing bandit cavalry, this thing has a range of only [-] meters. Before you can kill many cavalrymen, the bandit has already run away!"

"Oh? This thing still needs to be repaired and maintained. Tuqiu will send the craftsman to my mansion!"

Wishing to slap himself, Wang Hou shook his face in pain, and clasped his fists in great sorrow: "Father Xiang, in Liaodong, there are no craftsmen slaves! The craftsmen who can make weapons of this level are all craftsmen, at least rank Compared with two hundred stone officials!"

"Tuqiu treats all craftsmen as scholars, no wonder these craftsmen can repay Tuqiu with the kindness of scholars!"

It was really a sentence of emotion, but the next sentence of the old shameless said that Wang Hou almost vomited blood.

"If that's the case, let's count it as a secondment! The salary is still open to Ru Liaodong, and these craftsmen can't be wronged!"

"As you..., as you wish!"

Good guy, I didn't get any benefits after breaking it myself, even the weapons and craftsmen were paid out!
But on the other side, Wang Hou recruited a senior fan, his eyes were shining, he had never been so respectful before, holding his fist behind Wang Houma's back, Cao Zhang, a swinger, had eyes shining, and asked for advice inconceivably .

"Brother-in-law! Last time I heard that you held double crossbows and shot and killed thousands of thieves! What is going on with this thing? Could it be that you are really protected by the eternal flame, and can drive ghosts and draw bows for it? "

On the other side, Mr. Cao's ears were obviously sorted out. In fact, the old scumbag also wanted to ask this question, but he was afraid that the generals would think he was uneducated, so he held back. Now the old guy is wearing a helmet and his head is nothing. He turned to the other side, but his ears were caught in the frame.

Shaking his head helplessly again, Wang Hou sadly started the children's popular science class, speaking loudly on purpose.

"It is indeed the favor of the eternal fire, but it is not the favor of exorcising ghosts!"

"Have you ever boiled the kettle! When the water boils, do you remember that the lid of the pot will bounce up and down and make a noise. One day, I will be so happy that I want to see how strong it is when it boils, so I will make it A closed iron pot was boiled with water, and the iron pot was connected, and a big stone was covered on it, and the water was boiled for half an hour, and the stone burst open!"

"A pot of water is so powerful, what if it's a tank of water! So your brother-in-law and I kept making models and tested them. After tens of thousands of patient tests, we finally got this steam engine!"

"Not only the steam engine Liannu, but also the locomotive that travels to and from Guihua Liucheng is driven by steam!"

With a triumphant thumb compared to his chest, Wang Hou seemed to take all the credit for the steam engine on himself, and he didn't even want to say that there was knowledge under Watt's spring, and he dropped the blueprints and ran away, experimenting with eternal fire for him over and over again. If the old Taoist knew about it, he would have to beat him up, it's too shameless!
but!Wicked people have their own way. Before he finished showing off, Cao Cao on the other end turned his head and asked excitedly, who was particularly interested.

"What other trains are there? Also send one to Yecheng!"

"Father Xiang! The train is twenty feet long and six feet high! And it's too heavy, so it can only be run on the railway! It really can't be transported!"

"That's easy! Didn't you build Guihua City in Chilechuan of the Xianbei people? Just build a railway from Guihua City to Yecheng! It's also convenient for those barbarians to visit the Central Celestial Dynasty!"

Good guy, my own railway has not been completed, and I have to take out another project!Sure enough, the old man is not a real relative!All the fun things are going to your own home!I really don't want to hear that Cao Cao is there, I'm just a girl, Red Festival!So married to a certain white-eyed wolf Yunyun, Wang Hou hurriedly cupped his fists sadly.

"My son-in-law..., obey!"

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In addition to pretending to be too much and leaving himself by the river, the war continued smoothly. On the night when Xu Huang's 4000 men and horses crossed the river, they were attacked by [-] cavalry from the Yang Xing Department of the Guanzhong Allied Army who suddenly realized. Xu Huang fought fiercely in the middle of the night and repelled Yang Xing. Immediately, he didn't know what happened when Ma Chao was shot by Wang Hou's magic arrow in Huangpu Banban. He lost his confidence in fighting for the pass and did not send troops over The competition allowed Xu Huang to successfully establish the first bridgehead in Guanzhong.

At the beginning of August, he led a large and mighty force to come, 13 Cao Jun and more than [-] civilians, and successfully crossed the natural danger of the Yellow River in Jiuqu and set foot in Guanzhong.

In terms of strategic situation, Ma Chao also typically planned to exchange space for strategic advantages. He gave up Tongguan and joined the ten divisions in Guanzhong. He retreated to Weinan and guarded the Weihe ferry. Cao Cao's army went deep into Guanzhong, waiting for his food to run out and retreat!
However, Ma Chao made another naive strategic mistake, always using his own military reserves or the situation to set others on others. Cao Cao also bypassed Tongguan without hesitation, and marched into Weinan, on the great plain on the north bank of the Weihe River , Across the river, he confronted the [-] Guan Zhongjun.

Moreover, this time, there were [-] more Xianbei people in Cao's army!In the battle of Weinan in history, relying on the exceptional mobility of Liangzhou iron cavalry, which is known as iron cavalry but actually light cavalry, Ma Chao has intercepted Cao Jun's army rations from east to Pujin many times, but this time, with the ancestors of these robbing roads, Around the Guanzhong Liang Road, the two armies fought a lot, but in fact, the number of successes was only a handful.

The war in the era of cold weapons was really long and boring. The war started in March, and it was the retreat of Tongguan that made some real fire. It is now September, and there is still no decisive battle between the two armies, and Mr. Cao seems to have a little bit of peace. There is no trace of Ma Chao's decisive battle!

After September, both Liaodong and Jizhou in the Central Plains started the autumn harvest work, but Wang Hou jumped on his horse and waited and watched. The huge Guanzhong was full of withered, yellow and dilapidated colors. On the most fertile land on both sides of the Wei River, not even a single grain of wheat grew!
(End of this chapter)