Chapter 86: Invulnerable to swords and guns, fearing fire attack

The sun sets, and another tragic battle is coming.

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong..." The crisp sound of the gong sounded, and Cao Zhen once again called out the gold and stopped his troops.

Cao's soldiers pushed them down again, and during the retreat, they would be taken away by the attacking arrows. Under the city, there were densely covered with Cao's soldiers' bodies, and the broken military flag seemed particularly desolate under the wind.

The cheers of excitement sounded from the top of the city, but for many Wudang Feijun soldiers, everyone was used to this kind of victory. The Cao soldiers who attacked the city tower could not cause any damage to the Wudang Feijun who were covered with vine armor. It was impossible for soldiers to carry heavy siege weapons such as giant hammers to climb the city tower. For soldiers who climbed the city wall, the Park Knife may be the best choice, and the Park Knife could not cause damage to the rattan armor.

It is normal for one side, while the other side is invulnerable to swords and guns. In this way, the war is going on in a downward direction. Cao's army is just consuming its troops in vain, and without being a flying army, at most a few of them twisted their feet.

Finally, Cao Zhen noticed something strange.

When a large army set out to fight, they usually kill livestock and sacrifice, but when they really get to the front of the two armies, they are very taboo about witchcraft. The witchcraft has always been regarded as an ominous sign.

Almost all generals who led troops to kill enemies on the battlefield did not believe in any theory of ghosts and gods. Most generals killed countless people, so generals like this who were covered in blood would not believe in any theory of ghosts and gods revenge. When the Han army was circulating in the army, Cao Zhen would of course punish those who spread rumors.

However, in the past two days, the siege has been a bit too difficult.

The Cao army was not in a good way to attack the city, and the soldiers were killed and injured. On the other hand, the Han army on the opposite side had high morale, and the sharpness seemed to be the same as when they fought on the first day.

The so-called "one-stop spirit will decline again, and three-in-one will be exhausted. At the beginning of the war, the morale of the army was the most prosperous. Then as the war progressed, soldiers were killed and injured, and their morale would slowly begin to decline. These are normal. Just like in recent festivals, Cao's soldiers lost a lot of people to attack the city, which also caused the morale of Cao's army to decline. In contrast, the Wudang Feijun opposite was still full of sharpness as always, as if it was the first day of battle.

Cao Zhen’s years of experience in leading troops told Cao Zhen that the only possibility of this situation is to keep winning battles so that he can maintain his vigor and morale.

When the two sides fought, there were naturally casualties and injuries. Although the Han army was the defending city, the losses would be smaller, but the same Han army would have fewer people. According to the loss ratio, the Cao army should not be at a disadvantage. However, the Han army maintained its sharpness as always, which made Cao Zhen feel very strange.

Another thing that made Cao Zhen feel very strange. After each battle, the body of Cao's army that the Han army threw down the city was stripped away. This also made the Cao army general scold Zhang Ren for being stingy and even the dead had to peel off a layer of skin!

"Is the Han army's recent losses very small?" Cao Zhen frowned, stood up, and walked out of the tent.

"General!" Zhang Hu hurriedly came up.

"Let's go and take a walk with me."

...

Inside a small tent.

"Oh, Brother Liu, be gentle!"

"Haha, I'm so old, I'm afraid of this little injury. You have to tighten your wounds. Hold on!"

"Oh, it hurts so much!"

"Hey, Xiaosan'er, you are lucky today, but you were a little injured. Old Wu's luck is much worse, and his whole hand was cut off, hey..."

"Brother Liu, it's good that I'll listen to you, otherwise I really can't save my life. Those Han soldiers really know magic and are invulnerable! Thanks to me being careful, hey, so many brothers, I was doing well yesterday, today..."

"Brother, let's be quiet. Fortunately, there are only two of us here. If someone else hears it, they will inevitably get beaten to General Zhang Hu's place."

"Oh, it's true. The Han army is really invulnerable, but the general doesn't let us say it!"

Outside the tent, Cao Zhen listened to the two of them with a serious face, his face getting ugly.

The so-called three people become tigers, and at this time, Cao Zhen also became suspicious of his judgment.

It is definitely impossible for the Han army to know magic. Cao Zhen did not believe such words. However, the so-called insemination of swords and guns is something that needs to be discussed carefully.

"Zhang Hu, go and call all the soldiers who have retreated from the city in the past few days. I want to interrogate them in detail."

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In the central army's tent, more than a dozen Cao soldiers knelt on the ground, frightened and sweating profusely. Some people even shivered involuntarily.

"Armor with rattan armor? It wraps the whole body! Even a mask?" Cao Zhen frowned and snorted coldly: "It's indeed a group of guys pretending to be a ghost."

During the Three Kingdoms, Jin Dynasties and even the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the generals mainly wore bright light armor, which was the kind of heart-protecting mirror on their chests. At most, the soldiers were just wearing leather armor, and few people had iron armor.

The weather in the south is hot, and the waterways are crisscrossing. It is easy to get heatstroke when wearing breathable leather armor, so many southern troops wear rattan or straw armor. In the past, Wu and Chu soldiers were equipped with straw armor and rattan shields. At that time, the rattan armor was not a rare thing.

The vine armor is breathable and light, and is especially suitable for water battles. However, these vine armors are not like the Southern Barbarian vine armor. After decades of oil brocade robes, they can only make a pair. This kind of vine armor that has not been specially treated can resist arrows to a certain extent, but in close combat, it is difficult to withstand the direct attacks of swords, guns, swords and halberds.

"Vine armor is the most fragile vine rack. Is it the problem with this vine rack?" Cao Zhen realized that the Han army had leather armor but had to wear fragile vine racks. There must be some weirdness in it. When it comes to the corpses that were thrown down the city, Cao Zhen was probably sure that it must be strange.

"Vine armor...Vine armor..." Cao Zhen walked back and forth in the tent. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration in Cao Zhen's mind seemed to have remembered something.

Cao Zhen came to the table and searched in the thick documents for a long time. Then he found a box from behind and then started to churn again. Chen Tai and Zhang Hu were speechless next to him. They knew that this box was Cao Zhen’s treasure. All the information Cao Zhen had sorted out on weekdays was in this box.

After a long time, Cao Zhen took out a booklet from the box, and then Cao Zhen opened the booklet and swept it over at a glance.

"I found it, finally found it!" A trace of excitement flowed out in Cao Zhen's eyes, and then the excitement turned into solemnity.

"The elephant formation breaks the vine armored soldiers? This should be the one!" Cao Zhen said, turning over a few more pages, and then reading.

"It also appeared when the Hu army flooded. The vine armor made by the small southern barbarians was invulnerable to swords and guns! Well, how can I fight? There is no group of elephants here to hit these vine armor soldiers, and it is useless for me to have elephants if I don't come out in the city. This vine armor is invulnerable to swords and guns, which is beneficial to invincible. In this way, if there are more vine armor soldiers, wouldn't it be able to easily sweep the world? Then Liu's family had already obtained this vine armor a few years ago. Why did he hold it until now? No, this vine armor must have fatal shortcomings, so he put it until now."

Cao Zhen sighed in surprise, then looked carefully.

"Hey, soaked in oil, it can be made into armor for decades, can avoid swords, guns, arrows, and can float..." Cao Zhen lowered his head and read the information about the vine armor over and over again.

"By the way, things that have been soaked in oil may be afraid of fire!" Cao Zhen's eyes flashed, and then he said, "Zhang Hu, you will send someone to make a thousand rockets and use them when siege tomorrow.

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"Swoosh..." A fire-lit bow and arrow flew towards the city tower.

"Be careful!" The Wudang Feijun soldiers dodged immediately, but then more ignited bows and arrows attacked again.

"No, take off the vine armor quickly!" Shamoko shouted loudly, then squatted in the corner and began to untie the vine armor on his body. The other soldiers also quickly retreated the vine armor according to Shamoko.

At the same time, Cao's army once again attacked the city tower.

This time, the Cao army faced the Wudang Flying Army without the vine armor, and immediately gained an advantage. In a blink of an eye, a large area of ​​Wudang Flying Army had fallen.

"Hmph, it's Cao Zhen, I'll discover the weakness of the vine armor so quickly." Zhang Ren's face was a little solemn. He still had to defend the nine heavens, but Cao Zhen had already discovered the shortcomings of the vine armor. The next nine heavens will be very difficult. It is undoubtedly a very disadvantageous thing to use naked soldiers to fight against the elite troops of the Cao army to attack the city.

Fortunately, Cao Zhen only prepared a thousand rockets, and after a few rounds, there were no rockets to use.

Without the fire-burning arrows, the Wudang Flying Army in the city once again wore vine armor, and the war once again became a one-sided situation.

"General, without rockets, the Han army is not afraid of us at all. It seems that we still have to prepare rockets to attack the city!"

"General, let the last general take the torch and try it?" Zhang Hu said.

"No need, it's inconvenient to climb the city, so it's even more difficult to hold the torch with one hand. Now I already know that the vine armor is afraid of fire, which is enough. It's meaningless to continue to fight today. Let's moan the gold and withdraw the troops first!" Cao Zhen said.

"I will obey the order!"

"Also, after you withdraw your troops, you will immediately send someone to build rockets day and night. In addition, you should naturally prepare more torches. When you attack the city again, first use the rocket to open a place on the city wall, and then lead the soldiers to raise the torches. Then you will not be afraid of those vine armor at that time."

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Cao's army retreated.

However, Zhang Ren was not happy at all. The fatal flaw of the vine armor being afraid of fire had been discovered by Cao Zhen. Next, Cao Zhen would definitely take advantage of this flaw to launch an attack on the Wudang Flying Army. This also forced the Wudang Flying Army to give up the vine armor.

Wudang Flying Army came through mountains and rivers, and it was impossible to carry a set of leather armor with a load. In recent days, in order to deal with this situation, Zhang Ren has also deliberately tightened the armor of Cao's army. In the past few days, he has collected 1,000 armors that can be used in the past few days. In addition, he has collected from Xingyang, and there are more than 3,000 pairs of ordinary armor in total.
Chapter completed!