Zitong was defeated.
The Jingzhou Army quickly took control of all four gates of the city.
All the defenders in the city were controlled.
Xu Shu ordered the army to attack the people in the city without committing any crimes.
After that, he led the generals to Zitong Mansion Office.
He didn't stay long at the gate of the government office before a soldier came over carrying a wooden board.
Everyone looked at the board.
The soldier placed the plank on the ground, saluted Xu Shu and said, "Report, the enemy's mastermind Guo Jia has been captured!"
Guo Jia lay motionless on the wooden board.
Seeing this, Xu Shu waved his hand.
The soldiers retreated.
Seeing that Guo Jia still didn't move, Xu Shu stood up, walked over, and stopped at the edge of the wooden board.
Guo Jia was lying on it, his face a little gray and gloomy.
His lips were also purple and blue.
When Xu Shu stopped beside him, Guo Jia still closed his eyes tightly and showed no reaction.
Xu Shu waved to Sima Hui and said, "Sima Gong, please see how he is doing now."
Sima Hui responded and walked over quickly.
Although his medical skills are far insufficient compared to other abilities.
However, it is still enough to judge a person's life or death.
Seeing this, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Lu Xun, Lu Bu, Ma Chao, Zhang Liao, Huang Zhong and others also gathered around.
Sima Hui held Guo Jia's pulse wrist, closed his eyes, and was silent for a moment, then shook his head, raised his head, looked at Xu Shu and said: "The breath is weak, like a candle in the wind, there is no cure."
Xu Shu: "."
Just when he didn't know what to do with Guo Jia, Guo Jia, who had been silent, slowly opened his eyes.
Lu Xun said hurriedly: "He's awake!"
Everyone looked at Guo Jia.
Guo Jia slowly turned his head and said intermittently: "Who is the coach?"
Xu Shu said: "It's me, Xu Shu."
Guo Jia forced out a pale smile and said, "Thank you for not killing me."
Xu Shu breathed out.
He wanted to say, although I won't kill you, you won't be able to survive.
Guo Jia seemed to have guessed what Xu Shu was thinking and said, "I'm going to die soon."
Everyone was silent in response.
Guo Jiadao: "Finally, can you satisfy a few of my small requests?"
Xu Shu nodded and said in a hoarse voice: "You said."
Guo Jiadao: "I want to know, what is the name of that weapon that looks like a spear and an arrow? What is that square box?"
Xu Shu said honestly: "The former one is called the Three-Gong Crossbow. The latter one is called the Zhuge Liannu."
"Both of these were proposed by King Wu and asked General Ma Jun to lead ordinary craftsmen to build them."
"They are all attack weapons like bows and arrows."
"This is also our first time using it."
Guo Jia murmured: "Three-bow bed crossbow? Zhuge Liannu? They are all crossbow arrows, which is quite appropriate."
"It's King Wu again."
"King Wu, it seems, is a genius in every aspect."
"I played against him three times."
"The first two times, he personally led the army, and we were defeated miserably."
"I didn't expect that this time, he would still be able to completely defeat us if he didn't show up."
Zhuge Liang said: "Actually, he is also an ordinary person, not as mysterious as you said."
Guo Jia turned his head, looked at Zhuge Liang and said, "This is -"
Xu Shu said: "His name is Zhuge Liang. He is the second brother-in-law of the King of Wu. He is the Wolong among the Wolong and Phoenix chicks."
Guo Jia nodded, looked up at the top of his head, and said with a wry smile: "I'm a little envious. I can follow King Wu and see with my own eyes that he lives like an ordinary person."
"It's a pity that I don't have time anymore."
"Speak."
"Your Majesty, I wonder if I have escaped your pursuit?"
"The king has been wandering all his life. I wonder if he can escape this time and make a comeback?"
"Maybe, not?"
"Facing such a powerful enemy as King Wu, no one can muster the strength to fight back."
"It would be great if the king had a son like King Wu."
"The outcome of your Majesty's life is truly unfair. It is not worthy of the hardship he has suffered in this life."
"if."
"If I had a chance to do it again, maybe I would go south."
"That's all."
"Your Majesty treats me with great kindness. Even if I have the chance to do it again, I will never be able to let him down."
"After all, I can't work with King Wu."
"Pity."
"I can't see with my own eyes the situation when King Wu scolded Fang Qiu and pointed out the situation."
"It's a pity that the king will encounter a powerful enemy like King Wu in his last years."
"It's a pity that I have exhausted all my life's efforts and cannot assist the king——"
Guo Jia's eyes widened.
His voice gradually became darker.
Gradually it becomes inaudible.
Tears slowly flowed from the corners of his eyes and dripped on the wooden board.
Sima Hui sighed, leaned down again, took Guo Jia's wrist, and said quietly: "Let's go."
The entire government hall was deathly quiet.
After a while, Xu Shu said: "Come here, bury Guo Jiahou in the north of the city, so that he can always look to the north and look at the direction of the Liang King Cao Cao's campaign."
Several soldiers came in, carried Guo Jia on the wooden board and left.
Xu Shu then looked at Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun and said, "Kong Ming, brother Xun, you are responsible for other matters. I will reply to King Wu and inform him of the results of the battle."
Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun responded in unison.
The Battle of Zitong quickly spread around.
After Xu Shu led the army to capture Zitong, he did not immediately send his army northward.
He stayed in Zitong for seven days.
He asked the Jingzhou Army to collect the remains of all the soldiers inside and outside the city and bury them. Xu Shu hosted a ceremony outside Zitong City to pay homage to the fallen soldiers on both sides.
Wu County.
Lu Yi is at Wujun University.
Under Zuo Ci's leadership, several ratios of gunpowder have been developed.
Each ratio has different effects.
Now, Lu Yi has recruited Huang Yueying, Cao Jie, Bu Lianshi, Liu Ye, Ma Jun, and many craftsmen to gather with Zuo Ci and other alchemists.
Lu Yi came up with the idea of grenades and cannons.
Although he didn't know how these were made, he often watched war dramas before traveling through time, but he had seen these being used.
Everyone was shocked by Lu Yi's description.
They didn't expect that gunpowder could be so powerful!
According to Lu Yi's description, the so-called grenades and cannons were simply deadly weapons.
Moreover, they are still in groups.
The so-called bows and arrows, no, even the three-bow bed crossbow, the Zhuge serial crossbow and the thunderbolt chariot are just childish in the eyes of grenades and cannons!
In addition to grenades and cannons, Lu Yi also proposed the concepts of steam engines, roads, rails, and assembly lines.
According to Lu Yi's idea, to quell the melee in the Han territory, he would have to go on an expedition or even go to sea.
Only by continuously expanding outward in this way can the contradictions and conflicts between domestic production relations and productivity be alleviated.
And if you want to go on an expedition, logistics supply and troop projection are big problems.
If roads and railway tracks can appear, this problem can be greatly solved.
As for going to sea.
Today's warships are far from meeting the requirements.
First, the warship is too small.
Second, the warship is not strong.
The third is lack of motivation.
Especially in a place as vast as the sea, dispatching warships today is no different from sending one to death.
If the steam engine could be developed in advance, or go to sea, it would not be a luxury.
And if you want to create all of these, traditional craftsmanship is far from being able to keep up.
Therefore, production must also be accelerated.
Assembly line operations allow some people to specialize in some content, practice makes perfect, and production speed can be rapidly improved.
Moreover, assembly line production does not require craftsmen to be proficient in each process, which can greatly reduce the difficulty of production.
Huang Yueying, Cao Jie, Bu Lianshi, Liu Ye, Ma Jun and others who had always liked to study were all confused.
Lu Yi was not in a hurry and asked Zhou Buyi and Ma Liang to record everything they said so that they could study it later.
Just as Lu Yi was explaining how to use an assembly line to refine iron ore, Lu Ji jogged in from outside and said to Lu Yi breathlessly: "Brother, there is an urgent letter from the Jingzhou Army from Zitong."
Lu Yi took the bamboo tube, opened it, and took out the paper inside.
Inside is a letter written by Xu Shu to him.
The letter roughly stated the situation of the capture of Zitong, as well as the annihilation of Cao Cao's generals Cao Ren, Xu Huang, Cao Chun, Guo Jia, and one of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.
Also, Xu Shu proposed an idea: let Lu Yi come forward in person to persuade Cao Cao to surrender.
The Zitong attack showed Xu Shu the invincible strength of Wu's soldiers.
If he continues to fight Cao Cao like this, he thinks that Cao Cao's army is just being massacred unilaterally, which is meaningless.
After all, Cao Cao's soldiers were also Han people.
Moreover, Xu Shu thought that Cao Cao had also made great contributions to the Han Dynasty, pacifying the Yellow Turbans and defeating the Huns.
If you can save the lives of the soldiers under Cao Cao's banner, it will be considered a meritorious deed.
Lu Yi was not very happy after reading the letter.
All this was within his expectations.
He was only thankful that he had obtained five years of rest and recuperation, which gave him the opportunity to build three-bow bed crossbows, Zhuge Liannu, Zhanma Dao and other sharp weapons.
As for personally persuading Cao Cao to surrender, this was not something he could decide alone.
He must summon other civil and military officials to discuss.
Now as the King of Wu, his every move can no longer be decided by him alone.
Lu Yi handed Xu Shu's letter to Liu Ye and said to Cao Jie: "Jie'er, your father was defeated at Zitong, but his life is not in danger for the time being. He has escaped. However, his generals Cao Ren, Xu Huang, Cao Chun and Guo Jiadu has died in the battle."
Cao Jie was stunned for a moment.
After a moment, she hesitated and said: "Husband, yes, can you personally come forward and recruit my father to surrender?"
Lu Yi: "This matter cannot be decided by one person alone."
Cao Jie looked pleading: "I can feel it. Our Wu country has become stronger, and it is far beyond my father's ability to resist. Husband, you, if you come forward in person, you may be able to make my father realize that he is vulnerable."
"Father also wanted to bring peace to the world and benefit the people."
"With this situation now, there is no point in continuing to fight."
"Husband, didn't you say you wanted to go on an expedition and go to sea?"
"There are many soldiers under my father's command who can also go on expeditions and go to sea!"
"Instead of killing each other, why not work together to benefit the people of Wu?"
Everyone else also looked at Lu Yi.
(End of chapter)
