Chapter 456: Capturing the City (2)
Soon, all the Cao troops who sneaked in at the city gate,
And they all received their weapons, and assembled themselves at the gates.
There is no longer a soldier of Liu Bei in this city gate.
Cao Ang commanded in a loud voice:
"Xiahou Chong, hurry up and release a signal outside the city, the plan has changed, order them to speed up into the city!"
Without waiting for Xiahou Chong to open his mouth to respond,
Cao Ang then turned his head and yelled at Cao Anmin beside him:
"An Min, the defense here will be handed over to you, before the army enters the city gate, there must be no mistakes here!"
"Order!"
After Cao Anmin received the order,
Immediately begin to work on arranging the guards.
Cao Ang himself climbed to the top of the city,
Observe the situation inside and outside the city.
The wind blows his clothes,
The afterglow of the setting sun was reflected behind him,
inlaid him with a layer of golden light,
The walls of Xiapi City are very high,
Standing on the city walls,
You can vaguely see most of the situation in the city,
Now I can't see Liu Beijun's movements for the time being,
I think it's news here,
It has not yet reached the city,
But maybe it won't be long,
Liu Beijun will gather and come over here,
Xiapi City is a big city,
There will be about 20,000 defenders in the city,
Don't look at the same number on both sides,
But after all, the other party is a local garrison,
Very familiar with the terrain in the city of Xiapi,
And it's mainly an infantry army,
Cao Ang, most of the cavalry they brought,
It is very difficult to suffer in this kind of urban street fighting.
Cao Ang frowned and looked back at the outside of the city,
Twenty thousand cavalry has not yet appeared,
But smoke and dust can already be faintly seen in the distance,
I think I have received the signal from Xiahou Chong,
It's rushing towards this side.
Seeing this scene, Cao Ang finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After half a pillar of incense,
Outside the city has finally changed,
Under the light of the setting sun,
A black line quickly moved towards the side of Xiapi City,
It can already be faintly felt on the top of the city,
The slight tremor of the earth as the Iron Rider advanced.
"Eldest prince, Liu Beijun is gathering here!"
One of the soldiers beside him shouted with some eagerness.
Cao Ang hurriedly turned his head,
I saw that there were already a lot of Liu Beijun in the city,
Swiftly rushed in the direction of this side of the city gate.
Cao Ang looked outside the city,
It will take some time for the cavalry to arrive,
Obviously, the battle in the city will start first.
There are less than five hundred men on his side,
Secretly gritted his teeth and shouted:
"Xiahou Chong, stay here and observe the situation! The others come with me! ”
Cao Ang waved his hand and walked downstairs with his own soldiers.
Liu Beijun's leading general was Zhang Ying,
was originally a general in Yangzhou,
After Sun Jian occupied Yangzhou,
went north to Liu Bei,
Quite courteous in Xuzhou,
Liu Bei saw that he was quite a leader,
So he appointed him to garrison the city of Xiapi,
Today I was resting in the house,
Suddenly, I heard a report from my subordinates that the north city gate had changed hands,
The first time he was to quickly lead the troops to escape,
When I heard that the enemy army was only a few hundred,
His eyes rolled slightly, and he immediately reacted,
This force in the city should only be the vanguard of the enemy,
He hurriedly ordered his troops and horses and rushed towards the north city gate.
When you are less than two hundred miles from the gates,
I can already see the scene at the city gate clearly,
Although there are not many enemy troops over there,
But it's ready for battle,
His men also reported that
A large number of cavalry appeared outside the city,
I'm coming to the north gate.
"Hurry, hurry! Take the north gate for me, and once the enemy enters the city, we will all die!" Rush me up! Whoever can take the north gate for me, a bounty of one hundred taels! ”
Zhang Ying roared desperately.
Under the reward there will be a brave man,
As Zhang Ying's words fell,
The soldiers behind him rushed frantically,
They are really in a hurry,
Let's not talk about the 100 taels of gold promised by Zhang Ying,
Once those cavalry are allowed to enter the city,
Liu Beijun's fate can be imagined,
As Zhang Ying said,
I'm afraid no one will survive.
As soon as the battle began, it entered a white-hot state,
One side is desperately rushing forward,
The other side gritted its teeth to resist.
Cao Ang stood at the city gate,
In front of us is the front line of fierce battles,
Behind them is the north gate that they have to defend no matter what,
He drew his sword from his waist and roared loudly:
"Brothers, I'm holding on! Our reinforcements are coming! ”
"Roar! Roar! Roar! ”
After hearing Cao Ang's words,
Cao Jun's morale was boosted,
actually rushed two steps in the direction of Liu Beijun.
Cao Anmin charged on the front line of the battle,
The war knife in his hand slashed frantically left and right,
In the midst of this fierce contact war,
Long-handled weapons such as spears and broadswords will become a drag,
Far less convenient than the sword of war,
After countless bloody battles in the past two years,
His martial arts are also growing by leaps and bounds.
Again a slash forced back three soldiers,
Cao Anmin didn't have time to wipe the blood stains on his face,
The sword suddenly poked out and stabbed into the stomach of another soldier,
When you want to pull back your sword,
suddenly found that he couldn't pull it out,
When he raised his eyes, he saw the man who had been stabbed clutching the sword tightly in both hands.
A pair of eyes stared straight at Cao Ang,
The corners of his mouth grinned silently,
As if to satirize Cao Anmin, he will soon go to hell with him.
"Whoosh!"
A sharp wind suddenly appeared,
rushed to Cao Anmin's throat like thunder,
Though he wants to dodge,
But that guy's strength is really great,
I could only take the man to one side,
Even if this is a big taboo in the chaotic army, I don't care about it,
However, even so,
He's still half a minute sluggish,
Seeing that the sharp mang was about to cut his throat.
Just at the last moment,
A ray of light suddenly appeared before Nalimand,
"Bell!" A crunch,
Cao Anmin's crisis was immediately resolved,
For the rest of his life, he let out a long breath,
A familiar voice came:
"Hold on a little longer, and reinforcements will enter the city immediately!"
Cao Anmin raised his eyebrows,
He finally pulled out his hands,
subconsciously glanced at the dead guy,
It's too late to sentimentalize him,
Pick up a war knife in your hand,
hurriedly rushed forward with Cao Ang.
"Damn, how can these guys be so tenacious!"
Zhang Ying looked at the stalemate in front of him,
Gritted his teeth and cursed.
From the direction in which he is,
I was already able to see outside the wide open gates,
The sand and dust that rises to the sky,
"Kill! Kill me! Kill these bastards for me! Fast! Fast! Fast! ”
Zhang Ying waved a sword in his hand,
Ranting wildly.
The soldiers around him also saw the scene outside the city gates,
They all cheered up,
He slashed the weapon in his hand at the enemy on the opposite side,
None of them are fools,
The enemy's cavalry is about to enter the city,
And the speed of the other party has been raised,
This kind of cavalry that reaches the state of charge is the most terrifying,
At the moment everyone is crowded in the streets,
All sides were blocked by huge carriages,
There are countless colleagues with unknown circumstances behind him who are desperately squeezing forward,
Already some people tremble with fear,
In this environment,
Such a reaction is undoubtedly looking for death,
He was soon slain by the enemy in front of him.
"Withdraw! Retreat to the walls and hold the walls! ”
There was already the sound of horses' hooves behind him,
Cao Ang hurriedly ordered the soldiers to evacuate towards the city wall,
At the top of the staircase, continue to block Liu Beijun's soldiers,
Make room for reinforcements to charge.
The original team of nearly 500 people,
After this round of fierce fighting,
Now there are only more than 200 people left,
Nearly 300 people were killed in battle.
It shows how fierce the battle for the city gate is.
"Wow, yes! Who dares to stop me! ”
A thunderous roar came,
This was followed by the rumbling sound of horses' hooves,
Countless heavily armed cavalry, led by the general,
rushed over like a tiger into a flock,
Immediately dispersed Liu Beijun in the city,
Liu Beijun's soldiers were completely crowded in the middle of the street,
Immediately it was knocked to pieces,
Countless stumps and severed arms are scattered everywhere,
There were screams of terrible pain in between.
The leader of the war is unusually burly and majestic,
Sitting on the war horse, it will make people worry that the war horse is overwhelmed,
The long knife was as light as a straw stick in his hand,
but his skin is white and pure,
With his fat and fat burly figure,
It gives people an inexplicable sense of joy.
But at this moment, he is fighting bravely to kill the enemy,
But like a mad tiger,
From time to time, he will open his big mouth and roar a few times,
Make your voice more amazing,
This person is the tiger idiot Xu Chu,
Because his appearance is too prominent,
So this time it was up to him to lead the cavalry and wait outside the city,
Originally, they were resting in the distance,
Wait until night before acting,
But they never thought that the eldest prince received a signal not long after they entered the city.
Xu Chu hurriedly led the troops to rush over as fast as they could.
But it seems that the eldest prince and others are still fine,
After no worries,
Xu Chu charged forward with his subordinates even more distraction,
But after all, it's a charge in the streets,
And with their advance,
Liu Beijun is getting more and more numerous,
It's getting more and more crowded,
Even the cavalry with incredible impact,
It is also difficult to move forward.
Fortunately, in the charge just now,
has knocked Liu Beijun's morale to the bottom,
Their main general, Zhang Ying, disappeared in the chaos,
The remaining Liu Bei soldiers immediately turned into a pile of loose sand.
The wind, with a little coolness, blew into the pavilion,
The pavilion is located in a small artificial lake,
Lu Bu and Xu Shu sat side by side,
Lu Bu habitually stretched out his hand and gently tapped the bookcase in front of him,
A carp in the lake jumped out of the lake with great speed,
Then it quickly fell back into the lake.
"What do you think of the war over there in Xuzhou?"
Lu Bu didn't turn his head to look at Xu Shu,
Xu Shu didn't look back,
Keep staring at the place where the carp fell,
It seems to be waiting for its next jump.
"Cao Ang, this is a master for guidance!"
"Well, the strategist beside him is named Chen Gong Chen Gongtai, if you talk about wisdom and scheming, you can be called one of the few in the world."
Xu Shu's eyes shrank slightly when he heard this,
Turning his head to look at Lu Bu,
With a playful smile on his face, he said:
"Wen Hou said this, didn't he want to arouse the competitive spirit below, so that he could compare with that Chen Palace?"
Lu Bu's fingers gently rubbed the beard on his chin,
A smile appeared on his face and he responded:
"Then you Xu Yuan can't take the bait?"
"Humph!"
Xu Shu turned his face and ignored him,
Softly asked Lu Bu rhetorically:
"Why do you think Chen Gong let Cao Ang do this?"
This question was asked by Lu Bu,
When I received this news this morning,
He was also very puzzled,
I thought about it for a long time and didn't understand the specific meaning,
can only be attributed to the fact that this is a plan to save Zhao from Wei Wei,
Don't hide it at the moment,
Answered bluntly:
"I didn't understand what medicine they sold in the gourd, I could only think that it was Wei Wei to save Zhao, but I always felt that I seemed to have missed something, so I came here to ask you."
Xu Shu turned his head with a smug smile on his face,
As if to say, it's finally time for you to beg me.
Lu Bu pursed his lips and did not speak,
Xu Shu opened his mouth and said:
"Chen Gong, or Cao Ang, this is a show of loyalty to you."
"Loyalty?"
After hearing this, Lu Bu became even more puzzled,
He scratched his head in confusion,
"He has defected to me, and after such a long time, I have not doubted him at all, and I have never done anything to protect him, what kind of loyalty does he have?"
Xu Shu glanced at him helplessly,
Sometimes, this guy is as good as a ghost,
How sometimes,
But instead he became so sluggish,
"I've checked some information in the past few days, although Cao Jun has taken refuge in Wen Hou under the leadership of Cao Ang, but the army has always regarded Cao Jun as its own and always regarded Cao Ang as their supreme leader, you won't know this, right?"
Lu Bu nodded as a matter of course and said:
"I know, what's wrong with that?"
Xu Shu couldn't help but give him a big white eye,
But he reluctantly found that
Lu Bu doesn't seem to have discovered the problem yet,
He lowered his head and sighed softly, and said with a wry smile:
"Maybe I understand, maybe it's because of your active or passive confusion in this regard that Cao Ang is such a blessed guy and is willing to serve you. Let's break it down now. ”
Xu Shu dipped his fingers in some water from the water cup on the side,
The general terrain was simply drawn on the bookcase,
Pointing and pointing to explain to Lu Bu,
"Chenliu County is Cao Ang's last territory now, and it is also the foundation of Cao Cao at the beginning, this Chen Liu, for all Cao Army, has a special significance, now Liu Bei and Yuan Shao suddenly sent troops, and Liu Bei is even more sent troops to make trouble in Chenliu County, this is the tactics of their two sides to encircle and send reinforcements, intended to attract the attention of our army, once our army sends a large army to help, I am afraid that Yuan Shao, Liu Bei, and even Liu Biao, maybe plus a Sun Jian, will launch an attack on our army, at that time, That's what they're really about. ”
Lu Bu nodded when he heard this,
He himself analyzed these things,
Therefore, I thought that Chen Gong's plan was exquisite.
Xu Shu glanced at Lu Bu,
Then he continued,
"Chen Gongtai's subtlety lies in this, and his loyalty also lies in this!"