After leaving Cao Cao's main account, Cao Chong returned to the resettlement camp and slept in a dark place. When he woke up again, the sky was already a little drowsy.

Cao Chong stretched his waist, took a short rest, and then put his armor on his body and walked out of the tent.

Outside the camp, the drizzle of rain still did not stop. Cao Chong looked at the rainfall that fell on the ground and scattered the warm and soft red mud, and knew that it was time for him to go to battle.

Before Cao Chong fell asleep, he went to Chen Ming to ask about the situation of military disease. According to the introduction of the successor of Hua Tuo, Cao Chong found that the number of people infected with military disease had already increased.

Simply put, there are already five or six hundred people suffering from military diseases in the army. Five or six hundred people are a small number for the 200,000 army, but it is a huge number for Cao Chong.

It should be noted that these five or six hundred people are just the beginning. Later, the disease will sweep across like a hurricane. More than half of the people will get sick. What is the concept of half?

Hundreds of thousands of people!

The removal of 100,000 troops and the retardation of Cao Cao's hindrance, was not without reason for Cao Cao's retreat in later generations.

With the right time, place and people, it is obvious that Cao Cao had no advantage in terms of time, place and place except for the right people (orthodox Han Dynasty). Cao Chong knew that he had to fight quickly now!

A quick battle!

Cao Chong's eyes were firm and he ate a little jerky and quickly walked towards Cao Cao's tent.

There was no one in Cao Cao's tent. Cao Cao was still reading books in the tent as always, while others were busy with their own efforts. They marched in the rain, whether they were the commander or the soldiers, they were generally unwilling to do so. This was just like the boss of a later generation asked you to go to work early when the cold winter was tens of degrees below zero, which was unpopular.

The soldiers did not know what Cao Cao was in, so they hoped to fight again after the rain or not.

In war, too many people have died in front of us. Even Cao Cao's army of war has aroused a sense of war-weariness. This emotion is not a good phenomenon for marching and fighting.

After Cao Chong informed the troops, he soon met Cao Cao. Compared with Cao Cao yesterday, Cao Cao looked more haggard today. Perhaps because he was reading books overnight, his body had not received rest.

Cao Chong bowed to Cao Cao, and then said, "Father still needs to pay attention to his health."

Cao Cao glanced at Cao Chong with a squinted look and said, "I know my body. But you, the son, don't stay in your own tent. What's the matter with your father?"

Cao Chong smiled and said, "The child had written a letter of request for battle before. I wonder if his father has read it?"

Please write a letter of war...

Cao Cao put down the bamboo slips in his hand, stretched his waist, stared at Cao Chong, and said, "I have read it."

Cao Chong nodded and then asked, "Since my father has seen it, why don't he do it?"

Doing movements?

Cao Cao shook his head and said, "The autumn rain is continuous, the cold wind is biting, and the soldiers are unintentional in the battlefield. What should I do for it?"

Cao Chong knew that Cao Cao did not tell the truth. You are the commander, and asking others to fight is not a matter of one sentence. If you have no fighting spirit, you will draw a big cake and give a reward. The soldiers still flew up one after another. So Cao Chong thought about Cao Cao's words for a moment and felt that he was taking the exam again.

"How can soldiers not be willing to fight? Go to war early, get together with their aunts at home one day, go to war early, and win a wife and son one day, how can they not be willing to fight?"

Cao Cao looked at Cao Chong with burning eyes and said, "But the autumn wind is bleak, Wuling Liu Bei has severely damaged our army. The soldiers are afraid, what can I do about it?"

Cao Chong shook his head and said firmly: "Liu Bei is just a pseudo-hero. His father's hero is here, why are you afraid of?"

A pseudo-hero?

"Hahaha!" Cao Cao laughed and said, "Liu Xuande dominated Jingnan, and his subordinates Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are all powerful generals. Do you actually say he is a pseudo-hero?"

"Liu Bei is a little heroic, but compared with his father, he is like a worm that compares to the bright moon, and a drip of water that compares to the vast ocean, and cannot be compared to the same as the day!"

Cao Cao was very helpful to Cao Chong's words, but he still asked.

"Since Liu Bei is a fake hero and I am a hero, why can't the hero do anything to the fake hero now?"

"Although Liu Bei was a pseudo-hero, he had the right time and place, so the hero could not defeat him quickly. However, if the right time and place are reversed today, my father can calm him down in one battle!"

A battle to settle?

Cao Cao had a lot of interest in his heart.

"Why do you say that the right time and place are reversed?"

Cao Chong smiled and said, "Because my father has the advantage of mortar firearms!"

firearm?

Although Cao Cao was moved by Cao Chong, he still had some doubts and disbelief on his face. No one dared to easily have confidence in an unknown thing. It should be noted that this is not a house, it covers the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and it can even be said to be a change in the world pattern!

This does not allow Cao Cao to be careless.

But today Cao Chong's words came forward also made Cao Cao recognize it in his heart. Cao Cao's eyes were sharp and he had already made his own plans in an instant.

"Well, the mortar is so powerful, can you see it with your own eyes?"

Cao Chong nodded. This thing was determined by his own thinking, so Cao Chong naturally knew his approximate power.

"Can you let Father see his power?"

Cao Cao was still a little confused, which was related to the entire army, so he had to let Cao Cao be careless.

Cao Chong hesitated for a moment and nodded.

"Yes, but the mortar fire is strong. Where should my father test it?"

Cao Cao had a sharp look and said firmly: "If he really had such power, shoot at Wuling City to strengthen my royal army's reputation!"

Cao Chong understood what Cao Cao meant. On the one hand, he wanted to dispel his suspicion, and on the other hand, he wanted to inspire the fighting spirit of the soldiers and let them see that Liu Bei was a "pseudo-hero" and a paper tiger, so he was not afraid of it!

Gululu~

A mortar was placed at the entrance of the camp and pulled forward. It stopped a thousand meters away from Wuling City. The sergeant first set up a simple tent on the mortar. After confirming that the rain would not fall, he tore off the mortar's oil cloth and carried out the iron mortar shells. A mortar shell weighed more than ten kilograms. Of course, the heaviest part inside was not gunpowder, but those iron sheets, which was the real reflection of the lethality of the shells.

During the debugging distance, Cao Chong carefully compared the situation, while Cao Cao took a group of civil servants and military generals to observe carefully in the tent behind. Although Cao Cao looked calm, his arms raised still showed Cao Cao's nervousness.

If this mortar was not as Cang Shu said, Cao Cao would have already wanted to retreat.

Specifically, he let Liu Bei go first and swallowed Sun Quan first, but Cao Cao himself knew that if he really did this, he would be very likely to be attacked by the two armies, and the situation would not be optimistic in an instant. This was not what Cao Cao wanted to see.

Therefore, Cao Cao put his hope on Cao Chong.
Chapter completed!