Sima Yi narrowed his eyes and looked at the clouds in the sky.

It should be around Shenshi, but it is still cold around.

The smoke that people breathe condenses into frost on the veins.

Fighting in this kind of weather will consume several times the physical strength of normal days. For most soldiers, physical strength will not be like unlimited resources, which can be consumed and replenished at any time.

Especially those wounded soldiers, if they cannot be effectively treated in this weather, bleeding will soon lead to the internal organs losing temperature, exhaustion, and then they will die. At the same time, if they only focus on stopping bleeding without disinfection, then bacteria and fungi will attach to the wound, destroying the rotten body, causing them to die within the next three to five days.

Sima Yi understood Cao Hong's purpose.

When fighting for consumption, of course, the one with a large number and relatively poor combat power will have the advantage.

But the problem is that if Cao's army wants to consume, they must use more lives to fill it, and people are not machines after all...

Well, even machines have times of rebellion.

"Prepare to throw a grenade."

Sima Yi looked at the situation in front of the formation and calmly gave the order.

In rainy and snowy days, moisture prevention is indeed a big problem, but as long as it is a problem, some solutions will definitely be found.

Oil paper and wax seals were the first technologies used to prevent moisture from gunpowder.

Although the effect of the grenade is still not as good as when the weather is dry, it can also provide a certain amount of firepower support. When you see the correct direction of the heater and take steps, it will be difficult for the God of War to stop exploring forward.

The deafening explosion of gunpowder rang in front of the formation.

Snowflakes and blood flowers splatter at the same time.

The thick smoke rose.

Cao Jun suddenly fell.

A small part of them were killed and injured by the explosion, while most of them were weak when they heard the sound.

The fragments produced by the explosion do not have much penetration power, but they also have a great ability to destroy the body. Even if you touch a piece of iron, huge wounds will form, and they are torn-shaped wounds, and they cannot stop bleeding by ordinary means.

In addition to the direct injuries caused by the explosion, some people will be injured by shock, and such people are even more painful than those who are directly injured.

Sima Yi saw an elite Cao army in heavy armor. After a grenade exploded, although there was no injury on the surface, he stumbled like he had lost his balance. His eyes were full of confusion, and then he fell to the ground and was dragged back by other Cao army soldiers.

Although Sima Yi does not have much gunpowder to use and does not achieve good killing effects every time, it has a considerable effect on stagnating and delaying Cao Hong's military attack. When the Cao army's attack reaches a certain level, the grenade will give Cao army a little "shock".

Cao Hong shouted angrily, trying to boost the morale of the Cao army soldiers and inspire the bloody courage of the Cao army soldiers.

However, in the face of this new weapon, using the old way to yell, indicating that it is useless to increase the bounty.

Fear is an emotion necessary for human evolution.

Without awe, human beings will have no moral bottom line and will not have a cooperative foundation for social division of labor.

In front of the firearm, Cao Jun was frightened.

Why can it be used under the wind and snow?

The soldiers of Cao's army could not tell whether Sima Yi succeeded every time during the use of grenades, or how many squibs accounted for. They just heard deafening sounds, saw snow and limbs flying, and the pungent smell...

The Cao army soldiers and the others became suspicious and shaken because of their fear.

This kind of doubt and wavering can only be relieved after being defeated or grasped by the object of fear.

But the question is, how to solve it?

Cao Hong had no clue.

On the other hand, although Sima Yi's side was also injured and consumed, the morale of the people was relatively stable.

"It's really amazing to join the army, and the corpses of Cao's army were everywhere."

The guards around Sima Yi are in the mood to flatter.

Sima Yi laughed, "It's the lord who is amazing..."

"Yes, yes, joining the army is right..."

...

...

The battle in Hedong was not just in Zhangyangchi.

Compared to Cao Hong's powerlessness, Cao Xiu's advancement seemed to be "good". Not only did he seize the Zhuguan Road, but he also followed the previous route of Xiahou Yuan's advance and rushed to Dongyuan.

On the one hand, Cao Hong faced the key defense area of ​​the Cavalry Army, and Cao Xiu was located in the area that was basically empty at the beginning. On the other hand, because Cao Xiu abandoned a large amount of baggage, Cao's soldiers were also forced to the dead end. If they wanted to survive, they had to fight to the death.

Dongyuan County once again faces attack from Cao's army.

The sparse archers on the city were unable to cause much harm to the Cao army soldiers, but instead allowed Cao Xiu to find out the reality of Dongyuan City.

Dongyuan County was captured by Xiahou Yuan once before. After Xiahou Yuan died, the place was naturally recovered, but the city was recovered and it could not automatically recover blood like in the game. The broken fortifications and damaged consumption could not be replenished immediately.

After all, Feiqian's main defense centers are Pingyang and Anyi, Dahe and Tongguan, rather than Dongyuan County, which is remote, alone and lacks mutual protection.

Under the instinct of self-survival in life, Cao's soldiers attacked Dongyuan County like locusts.

They quickly collapsed the outer periphery of Dongyuan County, and the wooden fortifications that had just been built, and howled and climbed up the lower Dongyuan City Wall.

Because the walls of Dongyuan County were just basic adobe and blue bricks, and were built in the early Han Dynasty, and the lowest place was even a height of two or three people, some of the Cao army did not even use cloud ladders, but directly built human ladders to climb up.

The originally weak surrendered factions in Dongyuan were basically cleaned up during the recovery process. Therefore, the defenders in Dongyuan still had no intention of surrendering even in such an unfavorable situation. Instead, they were resisting with all their might. Even if they did not have the right defense of large military equipment, only swords, guns, shields, they were still standing with Cao's soldiers with swords, guns and guns.

Compared to Sima Yi's side, there are gunpowder support and embellishments, the battles here in Dongyuan are basically hand-to-hand combat.

In hand-to-hand combat, what is competed is the basic qualities and combat skills of the human body itself.

As the war progressed, Cao Xiu felt more and more uneasy.

He raised all his elite troops and came, abandoning his baggage, and for the sake of joining Cao Cao this morning, but after he entered the Hedong territory, he suddenly felt that this place was very different from that in Shandong. I won’t talk about the death battle on the mountain road, even such a small county town, with neither high nor solid walls, was actually fighting desperately, without the temptation of cowardly surrendering.

The villages on the way were not known whether they were looted by Xiahou Yuan before or later, but now they were empty, and there was no room for some basic supplies.

This made Cao Xiu very angry and uneasy.

Such a county town is not even worth Cao Xiu's extra look in the past. It is small, remote, poor, and has no oil or water at all.

Judging from the situation of the battle, Cao Xiu was basically clear about the defensive forces in Dongyuan City. In such a remote county town, only two miles away, the soldiers defending in the middle were at most two or three hundred, and most of them were not elite combat soldiers. Perhaps there were not even many people in Dongyuan City. Even with the civilians in Dongyuan City, the combat power could not be increased much.

Although Cao Xiu himself was not in charge of many troops, he could definitely conquer this county by sending hundreds of Cao troops to take turns to fight. Even if these tenacious defenders did not die, they would be massacred at that time to alleviate the tense nerves of Cao's soldiers...

But, why?

Why do they resist so stubbornly?

Why not surrender?

Why?

Isn't it good to survive?

...

...

The wind and snow are sad.

"Zi Lian hasn't captured Zhang Yangchi yet?"

Cao Cao asked in a deep voice.

Cao Cao carried a helmet carved with beast patterns, and his ear protection was like the wings produced by beasts, which were exquisite and powerful. He wore a fur-like armor, which took into account both defense and warmth. The thick cloak could cover the wind and snow.

Guo Jia was on the side, shook his head slowly, "Report to the lord, it's not conquered for the time being."

"Didn't say anything?" Cao Cao asked.

Guo Jia responded, "It is said that Sima used the Five Elements Thunder..."

"Five Elements Thunder?" Cao Cao looked up at the sky.

Guo Jia was silent on the side.

Cao Cao was also silent for a moment, and then he heard a sound, "Where is the place where Wen Lie?"

『Just just conquered Dongyuan…』 Guo Jia replied, 『But the soldiers were so tired that they were unable to continue…』

"Dongyuan also used firearms?" Cao Cao asked again.

Guo Jia shook his head, "That's not, it's just that our army is really tired from traveling a long distance..."

If he failed to capture Dongyuan, the Cao army soldiers could still grit their teeth and thrust them. However, after attacking Dongyuan, Cao Xiu was fine, but the ordinary Cao army soldiers under Cao Xiu did not have any steel-like willpower and screamed to fix them.

Faced with such a situation, Cao Xiu couldn't suppress it at all.

On the one hand, Cao Xiu had promised to repair the county town in order to cheer up, and on the other hand, the road of the jail was dug up in a mess, and the baggage truck had to be transported by manpower for a while, so Cao Xiu was indeed short of supplies and the soldiers were exhausted.

This made even if Cao Xiu had this intention, his soldiers did not have the energy.

And the key is that humans are just like this. It is really useful to have such a breath. It is not so easy to raise it again after relaxing. Cao Xiu took a break in Dongyuan City and wanted to move forward. Even if he forced himself to march, he would no longer have the previous aura...

On the one hand, Cao Hong was incompetent and furious when facing Sima Yi, while on the other hand, Cao Xiu was incompetent in facing the physiological limits and was unable to continue.

Cao Cao said, "So, we can't even open our hands when we entered Hedong?"
To be continued...