"Two drums!"

The shouts of battle resounded in the clouds, but it was still difficult to hide the sound of drums in the distance. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

For the first time, Mu Shan participated in a real war, and the Yellow Turban Army on the periphery of the city wall was densely packed, and the torches were as prosperous as the stars, illuminating the city as bright as day.

By the light of each other's fires, Mu Shan could clearly see the corpses lying under the city wall, dark red blood, all over the face, and even some of them formed blood scabs, their stiff mouths were still open, but the last roar was resting in their throats. The empty eyes looked at the city wall quietly, as if there was some unfinished wish, or an unwilling curse.

"Three drums!"

The soldiers on the city wall, shouting more and more, leaning on the height of the city wall, stubbornly blocked the Yellow Turban Army under the city wall, so that they could not cross the thunder pool.

The battle situation is stalemate and tragic!

What is it that has turned a group of farmers who usually only know how to work into what they are today?

Is it really just because of the appearance of the fierce beast Zhu Yan? Or is it the resentment and anger that have accumulated in their hearts over the years of adulthood have changed them without a trace, so that now once they are guided, they are out of control?

Mu Shan couldn't think through it, and his worries were like a haze, shrouded in the depths of his heart.

As far as the eye can see, a large number of men and horses galloped up to the rescue, replacing the Yellow Turban Army who died in battle, and continued to launch a fierce attack on the city wall.

Arrows rained down one after another, and the Yellow Turban Army, dressed in coarse rags and resembling refugees, had already lost most of its men and horses before they could get close to the city.

"Four drums!"

There was another shout that went straight into the sky, and Mu Shan could clearly see the Yellow Turban Army in the distance, and the already imprecise formation began to stir, pushing and shoving, shouting like a headless fly.

Although there are also Yellow Turban soldiers hiding behind shields and shooting arrows under the city wall, one is that the other party has no training at all and has no accuracy at all; Second, the opponent shot upwards, and there were battlements on the city wall to cover it, except for a few unlucky soldiers who were shot by stray arrows, they could not cause much casualties.

"It seems that if you want to survive tonight, it will not be a problem." Mu Shan slowly paced on the city wall, looking at the corpses piled higher and higher below, and his eyebrows couldn't help but move closer to his forehead: "If it is ......, no, if it goes down like this, the other party's corpse will be built into an inclined ladder, and the cover of the city wall will be lost at that time......"

"Could it be that the other party didn't want to drive the Yellow Turban Army to attack the city, and this is the idea? Fill out a ladder path to the city with corpses! ”

Thinking of letting more than 100,000 Yellow Turban troops under the city rush up the city wall, Mu Shan suddenly felt like a man on his back, and his whole body was soaked with cold sweat.

"Don't worry, such a clumsy method is simply an axe. So I will let him know what it means to lift a stone and shoot himself in the foot. ”

Mu Shan turned his head to look, only to see Cao Cao with dozens of soldiers, carrying more than a dozen oil pots, under the cover of shield soldiers, slowly approaching the battlements, and then slowly pouring boiling oil down.

"Boom ......" boiling oil was poured on the soldiers who climbed the city wall, and immediately their hot ghosts cried wolf howls and fell into the pile of corpses under them.

Other oil pots were poured directly on the corpses under the city walls, and a faint light smoke rose from the air, and a disgusting smell of human flesh began to fill the air.

"Ignition!" With Cao Cao's order, the soldiers on the city wall threw torches down and smashed them on the corpses below.

The flames, rising out of thin air, were fueled by the countless corpses under the city walls, forming a natural barrier to keep the Yellow Turbans out in the distance.

“…… This fire will not be extinguished for a while. Mu Shan looked at the yellow turban thief who was scolding his mother in the distance through the raging fire outside the city wall, and said with a happy eyebrow: "There should be no problem to hold on to the fifth watch now." Apo, judging from the situation tonight, although the Yellow Turban Army has a large number of people, it is not so easy to capture the city. ”

"Knock ......"

The drums of the fifth watch, in the midst of each other's fire, sounded loudly, and the Yellow Turban Army outside the city wall shouted more and more unbearable, but the soldiers on the city wall were so excited that they raised their heads to the sky and roared, and their morale was high.

"Bell ......"

Mu Shan listened to the sound of gold coming from the camp of the Yellow Turban Army under the city wall, and shouted happily as if he had won a battle: "Retreat, retreat!" ”

The night of fighting finally came to an end.

Once the tense heartstrings were relaxed, Mu Shan suddenly felt tired, and swept over: "Ah Pu, isn't it the fifth watch, why is it still so dark?" ”

Cao Cao looked up at the sky and said as a matter of course: "On the third watch, it is not easy to have such moonlight. ”

"What!" Mu Shan was suddenly startled by Cao Cao, looked around, and found that no one was paying attention to them, so he asked in a low voice: "Didn't the drum of the fifth watch just now?" How is it only two watches? Is it ......?"

Cao Cao secretly pinched a cold sweat and said, "Yes, if it weren't for that, we would have run away tonight." ”

Mu Shan said in disbelief: "No, judging from the situation tonight, let alone stick to it overnight, even if it is ten and a half days and a half, it will not be a problem." ”

"The march and the war are fighting with heavy grain and grass, there is not much food left in the city, the ordnance and materials to defend the city have long been exhausted, and the dozen pots of boiling oil just now are my last resort. If the Yellow Turban Thieves continue to attack, we will have no choice but to abandon the city and flee. ”

Cao Cao sighed leisurely and said, "This is also the reason why I let that yellow turban spy leave." I must let him pass the word for me, and tell them that reinforcements from the imperial court will arrive on the fifth watch, so that they will not dare to attack unscrupulously until dawn. ”

"You're such a madman!" Mu Shan stared at Cao Cao's swarthy face, and only after a moment did he ask suspiciously: "There is no one left and right now, you tell me honestly, are there any reinforcements?" ”

"Guess!"

“…… I may not be able to guess your mind even if it takes me another eight lifetimes, so let's just say it. Mu Shan looked at Cao Cao's shining eyes, and felt that they seemed to contain all things, the sun, moon and stars, mountains, rivers and plants, which were impossible to see.

"Follow me."

Mu Shan followed behind Cao Cao and walked towards the north city gate.

"This is ......" In the distance, Mu Shan saw a large group of people, dragging their families and mouths, and under the guard of the soldiers, they surrounded the city gate: "Won't it be a rebellion again?" ”

"No, tonight is the last chance to retreat." Cao Cao looked at the people and soldiers in front of him with blazing eyes, and said confidently: "I want to take them out of here, and at the same time, I will also send the hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban troops to the point of no return!" ”

......In the distance, the shouts of killing can be faintly heard in the distance, through the thick city wall, into everyone's ears.

The soldiers and civilians under the walls began to stir, and the noise and noise were mixed and the emotions of fear were all contagious among each other.

Cao Cao pulled out his sword, crossed the steps of the city wall, and roared condescendingly: "The reinforcements have arrived, the opportunity to break the enemy, at this moment, beat the drums and cheer, all the soldiers, follow me out of the city to kill the enemy!" ”