As Cao Cao guessed, when Liu Chuang saw that Cao Cao could not go out of the battle, he just shouted and scolded for a while, and then withdrew his troops back to the city.

He did not choose to attack strongly because he also knew that attacking Cao's army would be of no benefit.

Cao Cao obviously had taken precautions. In this case, a strong attack would not only be of no benefit, but would easily lead to losses.

Yesterday's head-on fight was to increase morale and stabilize the morale of the army.

If you go head-on today, it will be very unwise.

After returning to Guanjin, Zhuge Liang came forward.

"Lord, did Cao Cao go to war?"

Liu Chuang nodded and suddenly asked, "Kong Ming, what do you think?"

Zhuge Liang smiled slightly and said softly: "With Cao Cao's current momentum, he will never easily avoid war.

He didn't get a good deal yesterday and would definitely try to get back his face. But today he couldn't avoid the battle, which means he was afraid... If something hadn't happened, he wouldn't have made such a decision? So Liang thought that Cao Cao was afraid, so he was unwilling to fight with the Lord."

"Why did Kong Ming think he was afraid?"

Zhuge Liang's eyes flashed and he said softly: "Is it because the Hedong side has already seen the conclusion?"

This must be true!

Zhuge Liang's speculation coincided with Liu Chuang's idea.

Now, the Hedong war report has not yet been reported. But according to Cao Cao's performance, it is believed that Hedong has already been known.

If so...

Liu Chuang thought about it in his heart.

At this time, Tai Shixiang suddenly hurried forward and handed a letter to Liu Chuang.

Liu Chuang did not avoid everyone, but opened the letter in public. After glanced at it, he couldn't help laughing...

“What Kong Ming said is indeed not bad.

It seems that the outcome between me and Cao Cao will also be decided today."

After saying that, he glanced at everyone and said in a low voice: "The great victory in Hedong, Military Advisor Xun has attacked Hedong, and Zhong Yuanchang is trapped in Baibo Valley."

There was a silence in the lobby.

After a moment, a series of cheers suddenly burst out.

Liu Chuang smiled and said nothing.

He and Zhuge Liang's eyes touched each other, nodding at the same time, and they already understood it in their hearts.

Although everyone was puzzled about why Xun Chen was defeated by Zhong Yao so quickly, Liu Chuang would not say that. They would not ask.

Everyone only needs to know one thing: Liu Chuang won!

The lord won!

As for how Liu Chuang seized Hedong, it doesn't seem important.

When it is time to solve the mystery, it will naturally be revealed... and now, all they have to do is cheer loudly!

No wonder, it took almost a month to stop Liu Chuang from stationing troops in Guanjin in the blink of an eye. During this period, everyone was under tremendous pressure.

Especially during the period when Liu Chuang retreated to Wuyi, Pang De and Xu Chu and others were all trembling.

It’s not that they don’t believe in Zhuge Liang, but that Cao Cao’s offensive was too fierce during that period... Now, all the pressure has disappeared, and the most difficult period has passed. Next, let’s just look at how Liu Chuang will fight back to win.

Zhuge Liang stood up and coughed gently.

"My Lords, the decisive battle is today. Please be sure to cheer up."

The decisive battle is today?

Everyone was stunned and hurriedly looked at Zhuge Liang.

But Zhuge Liang was smiling and a mysterious look appeared on his face...

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It was night, the moon was dark and the wind was high.

After Cao Cao arranged the generals of the camp, he returned to the tent to rest.

All day long, he was thinking about the things in Hedong. The more he thought about it, the more scared he felt... because he vaguely realized that Liu Chuang would exert force soon. But he didn't know what Liu Chuang's last move was? He would be in peace all day without figuring out the destruction of Hedong.

It was already late at night. There was wind outside.

The wind blowing from the Zhangshui River was wet, but there was no sign of coolness.

Cao Cao couldn't sleep, so he sat in the tent to read a book.

The book he read today is a "Kaogong Ji" compiled by Nanshan Academy. This "Kaogong Ji" is a document that records the various types of handicrafts and manufacturing processes during the Warring States Period. The book takes Qi's handicrafts as the foundation, and at the same time retains a large number of production technologies of pre-Qin handicrafts. However, there are also some Mohist documents in the "Kaogong Ji" compiled by Nanshan Academy.

The Mohist school was an indispensable idea in the pre-Qin period when hundreds of schools of thought contend.

Mo Di himself attaches great importance to science and technology culture, leaving behind many records in this regard.

However, with the rise of the Qin Dynasty and the Chu-Han competition for hegemony, the Mohist culture gradually became lost, and only a few people still retained the classics of the Mohist thought.

This Nanshan Academy version of "Kaogong Ji" is attached with some records about Mohist culture.

Cao Cao was quite interested in this book.

Because from this "Kaogong Ji", he seemed to feel a different way of thinking...

The Han Dynasty focused on agriculture and paid relatively weak attention to handicrafts and other aspects. Like the grand occasion of Linzi, Qi State, where millions of craftsmen gathered were almost gone since the Han Dynasty. Although the imperial court established workshops of various types and such, there was actually nothing special.

But Cao Cao discovered that the existence of handicrafts seemed to be more important than he thought.

Nanshan Academy, sea boats, crossbows...

He put down the book and showed a thoughtful look.

Starting from Donglai, Beihai, Liu Chuang's emphasis on handicraftsmen was extraordinary.

He built a dock in Xiayi, Duchang, but it did not attract people's attention. Cao Cao, including him, only believed that Liu Chuang built a dock in order to retreat to western Liaoning. At most, he would praise Liu Chuang's vision, but he did not pay too much attention to it.

It was not until this time that Liu Chuang crossed the sea to attack, showing unusual attack methods, which made Cao Cao order Man Chong to reopen the shipyard.

But, that's all.

Is Liu Chuang really just writing this "Kaogong Ji" for shipbuilding?

I heard that he promoted a water irrigation tool called Liu Gongche in Hetao, which could drain water from the river and water the fields located on high places; I heard that he invented something called "cement", which not only accelerates the construction of roads and strengthens the defense capabilities of the city. It is said that Liu Chuang built many military towns in the north of Seita, and used this cement as a material, which shortened the construction time a lot.

I heard...

Cao Cao realized that in the past few years, he had neglected a lot of things.

He devoted too much energy to Yuan Shao. After he eliminated Yuan Shao, he found that a wild beast that was more ferocious than Yuan Shao had already occupied the northern border. In the past period of time, Liu Chuang recruited craftsmen on a large scale and strengthened handicraft manufacturing. This also allowed Liu Chuang to develop rapidly, and the two states in the northern border seemed extremely prosperous and developed under his control...

Handicrafts, handicrafts!

Cao Cao discovered that he really underestimated Liu Chuang.

At this moment, there were loud bangs, rumblings, rumblings...a series of loud bangs came from outside.

Is it thundered?

Cao Cao was stunned and hurried out of the big tent.

But I saw a mess in Cao's camp, filled with smoke.

There was a pungent smell in the air. From the direction of the gate, thick smoke rose.

Cao's soldiers fled in a hurry, crying and shouting.

"What's going on?"

"Lord, big things are not good... Then Liu Chuang attracts thunder and thunder strikes the gate."

"What?"

As soon as Cao Cao finished speaking, he heard another series of loud noises.

This time, he saw it clearly.

A ball of fire rose from the gate, and the huge sound came with the fire. In the fire, Cao Cao saw with his own eyes that a Cao army general and his horse were blown up with holes. The visual impact made Cao Cao feel inexplicably fear.

Boom!

A loud bang came.

A row of crossbow guns shot into the outside of Cao's camp, and one of them landed about a hundred meters away from Cao Cao.

Cao Cao saw that the crossbow gun was made of wood, and there was a wire at the tail of the crossbow gun that was burning rapidly. Immediately afterwards, the crossbow gun made a loud noise, and a ball of flame rose.

Within five meters around, Cao's soldiers were blown to the ground.

What's this?

Cao Cao's head buzzed and suddenly blank.

He seemed to understand why Zhong Yao was defeated in just three days.
To be continued...