Chapter 42: The Battle of Yanzhou
Lu Bu called for a long time outside the city, and no one in the city paid attention to him, so he immediately ordered a strong attack.
20,000 horses rushed towards the city walls at the same time, and at the same time set up a ladder and began to attack the city.
Cao Ang in the city ordered the arrows to be released, and for a while the arrows rained down.
Lu Bu thought that the newly collected 20,000 horses were just a bunch of ordinary miscellaneous servants, and their combat power should not be very strong, but he didn't expect to find an unexpected joy.
The feather arrows flew over, and many people were able to use their swords to pull them away, and several waves of feather arrows passed, but they did not hit many people.
In a few moments, many people were about to climb the walls, and if the defenders had not lowered the logs, they would have attacked.
In fact, most of the villagers raised by these wealthy families are agile rangers, if they are not good and can protect the safety of the wealthy families, what are they going to do?
An army composed of such a group of people, although there is no rule in the siege, but the siege is not a positional war, and there is no need for any rules, as long as the agility can dodge the feather arrows shot from the city.
Lu Bu was overjoyed, in this way, it was effortless to take Yanzhou, and it was only an overnight moment to break the city.
At this time, Cao Ang, who was commanding at the head of the city, was complaining.
Who knew that most of the people brought by Lu Bu were like monkeys, and the feather arrows were not very lethal to them.
If one slips through, it will take at least a dozen soldiers to kill them quickly.
They already have few manpower, and they are even more stretched by the other party with one enemy and ten.
The battle lasted for a day, and it was not until dark that Lu Bu withdrew his troops.
Lu Bu has been in battle for a long time, although he knows that at this time, the defenders of Yanzhou have also become the end of a strong crossbow, as long as they continue to attack the city, they can be in one go, and they can take the city that night.
But after all, his gang of people are stragglers, although they are all good, in terms of willpower, they are far inferior to the regular army, gritting their teeth and insisting is not their forte, and the casualties in the overnight siege are bound to be heavy.
Now that I've been fighting for a day, I need to rest.
But don't worry, if it goes on like this, you can easily break through the city tomorrow, and maybe you can go to Yanzhou Assassin's Mansion for dinner at noon.
At the end of the day, more than 2,000 people were killed and wounded on both sides, which was a great defeat for Cao Ang.
It is said that the side defending the city is condescending, and it should have a great advantage, but now that the two sides are calculated, the number of dead and wounded is about the same, and if they continue to fight like this, they will be the first to hold on, after all, their soldiers and horses are only half of Lu Bu's.
The situation is so critical, I don't know if I will be able to hold it tomorrow.
From this point of view, even if he sent a letter to his father and asked his father to return to the army quickly, it would take at least seven or eight days to go back and forth, and looking at the current situation, he would definitely not be able to hold on for seven or eight days.
For a while, Cao Ang fell into despair, and involuntarily thought of Liu Ping's kid in his mind, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but tilt slightly, this kid was really wise and could know to escape in advance.
But being able to escape a life is a life, even if he doesn't leave, he should be trapped with himself at this time, and he can't escape.
It's nothing if you die in battle, coexisting and dying with Yanzhou is your duty as the eldest prince, and there is nothing to regret.
It's just that he regrets that he didn't let Liu Ping run away with his mother, sister and father, that is the person he cares about the most, and he never wants to see these people die here with him.
Cao Ang walked back to the Thorn Mansion with tired steps, only to see that the front of the door was deserted, and there was not even a gatekeeper.
No matter how urgent the war is outside, what is there to do in the city?
Cao Ang was shocked, pulled out the sword at his waist, and stepped into the house.
I saw that the people in the mansion were carrying firewood back and forth and piling it around the main hall of the Assassin's Mansion, which was already full of firewood at this time.
What is this for?
Cao Ang hurriedly ran over with his sword and kicked away the firewood at the door, only to see that in the main hall, his mother was sitting on the main seat, on the side were Mrs. Bian and several concubines of his father, and below were the Cao Jie sisters and a group of young brothers and sisters.
"Ang'er, are you back?" Mrs. Ding's face was calm, and her voice was erratic.
"Mother, what are you doing here?" Cao Ang kept kicking the firewood away from the corner of the main hall, but the firewood had accumulated too much, how could he finish it by himself?
"Ang'er, don't bother, when the city is broken, I and these women must not fall into the hands of Lu Bu and be humiliated, this is the best arrangement."
It turned out that although Mrs. Ding was in the mansion, she was always concerned about the battle situation, and when she knew that she was about to be unable to hold it, she resolutely gathered all the women who had a relationship with Cao Cao and prepared to commit suicide and martyrdom when the city was broken.
Cao Ang looked at this situation, his heart couldn't help but be cut like a knife, he knelt at the door of the main hall with tears streaming down his face, and cried loudly: "Mother, my son is useless, he can't defend this Yanzhou City, but mother can rest assured, even if the enemy army enters the city, he will step on the bones of his son first."
On the Huangquan Road, the son continued to serve his mother. β
"Confused!" Mrs. Ding scolded loudly: "We don't want to be humiliated and commit suicide and martyrdom, because we are all women and can't run away, you are a dignified man, unless you meet Lu Bu, who can stop you?"
When the city is broken, why don't you go out of the city and seek your father to lead the army back to the west to avenge us? β
Cao Ang hesitated for a while when he heard this, he didn't know whether to listen to his mother, kill and lead the troops back to avenge his family, or live and die with the city.
Although his Dawan horse had been lent to Liu Ping, with his force, even if he rode an ordinary war horse, there was great hope of escaping from the chaos.
But his father handed over the entire Yanzhou to him, and it was all lost in just a few days, and his mother and sister were all killed, what face did he have to see his father?
Even if you survive, won't you have to live in self-blame for the rest of your life?
It's better to die and be happy.
When Mrs. Ding said this, it was only because she herself had the intention of dying, but Cao Cao's young concubines did not have such thoughts, and lowered their heads and wept.
They're still young and don't want to die.
"What are you howling about?" At this time, there was an old voice in the inner hall, Cao Song came out on crutches, and all the crying people stopped their voices.
When Mrs. Ding saw her father-in-law, she hurriedly got up and gave up the main seat, and when Cao Song sat down, Mrs. Ding stood next to her and said, "Father-in-law, what are you doing here?" Even if Lu Bu enters the city, he may not necessarily kill you. β
"Nonsense, I'm the highest-ranking person in the Cao family, am I not as good as you and a group of women?" Cao Song's words were categorical, and he looked at it as if he was: "If I fall into the hands of Lu Bu, Lu Bu will use me to blackmail Cao'er, how can Cao'er let go of his hands and feet to avenge us?"
Rather than fall into injustice, it is better for me to die with you when the city is broken. β
After he finished speaking, everyone fell silent.
Only Cao Jie in front of him sat on the ground, his fair little face was full of tears, his eyes were blank, and he muttered to himself: "Brother Liu Ping really expected the danger and left us to escape?" He won't. β
Although Cao Jie believed in his heart that Liu Ping was not such a person, the situation in front of him could not be justified.
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Liu Ping led the army to hide in the mountains, and his heart was like a dog.
At this time, he had already heard the report from the scout, and Lu Bu led an army of 20,000 to kill and go to Yanzhou.
His mood at this time can only be described in one sentence, the history books only say that Zhang Miao welcomed Lu Bu into Chenliu, and the counties of Yanzhou looked down on the wind.
That's why he secretly stationed troops in Jiyin County, waiting for Zhang Miao to rebel, and let Tai Shici lead a thousand troops and horses to kill him.
Tai Shici was dressed in the clothes of ordinary lancers, mixed in with ordinary lancers, and under the sudden attack, there was a great chance of killing Lu Bu and Zhang Liao, not to mention that there were a thousand soldiers by his side.
But what I never expected was that there was no record in the history books that there were still 20,000 horses around Temo Lu Bu.
Dogmatism is really deadly.
In this way, Liu Ping will lead people out again to find death.
But then another scout came to report, and a military general seemed to protect a female family to Puyang.
When Liu Ping heard this, he immediately judged that this should be Lu Bu's family, because the history books say that Lu Bu entered Yanzhou with Puyang as his base camp.
He suddenly had an idea, first take Lu Bu's nest, and then rob his wife, concubine and daughter.
It is said that although Lu Bu is brave, he has the kindness of a woman, but he doesn't care about his wife, concubine and daughter.
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