Chapter 404: Tragic (Page 1/1)

The role of catapults is not really their lethality, but the blow to the morale of the enemy. Especially now that the Xiliang Army encountered this situation for the first time, it was even more panicked. Cao Cao knew this well, so he directly took the opportunity to order the siege of the city.

Cao Cao spoke, and Liu Bei, who had made a promise, naturally couldn't watch from the sidelines. This was the best chance to take Tongguan, and Liu Bei also ordered his soldiers to lead the army to attack the city.

"Kill!"

Without reservation, the Xiahou brothers and Guan Zhang each led their troops to rush to the city wall of Tongguan. All kinds of siege equipment, rushing cars, and ladders were pushed to the bottom of Tongguan City by Cao Liu's soldiers. A dense army surrounded Tongguan.

"Stone-throwing!"

Everything was as Xu Rong thought, as soon as the siege army came up, the catapults in the distance stopped attacking. When he found that the thunderous sound had disappeared, Xu Rong immediately organized the defenders hiding in the boulder to return to their original garrison position.

Under the shouts of the generals, the defenders of Tongguan hurriedly lifted the boulders prepared in advance around them and threw them at the enemy soldiers who were climbing up the ladder below.

"Bang! Yes! ”

In siege warfare, the defending side has a large advantage, and in a condescending situation, the damage of the defenders is much lower than that of the attacking side.

One by one, Cao Liu's soldiers were crushed to death or fell to death by boulders thrown down from the city, and as they approached the city walls, the losses continued to grow.

"Oops! The opponent not only lost the attack, but it was iron-hearted to take Tongguan in a battle. Xu Rong said secretly in his heart.

Although not a single enemy soldier had climbed the city wall yet, Xu Rong, who looked at the black enemy army below, already knew Cao Cao and Liu Bei's plans.

With such a large number of enemy troops, the soldiers defending the city did not need to aim at all, and they could pick up a boulder and throw it casually to kill an enemy. However, the large number of deaths of Cao Liu Shishu made Xu Rong feel shocked.

The city walls are densely packed with ladders, and countless soldiers look like crazy climbers who are going forward one after another, like zombies attacking the city, and they look very terrifying.

He kept killing the enemy army, but the enemy army below climbed faster and faster, getting closer and closer to him, and even the number of them increased, and the soldiers defending the city couldn't help but feel a little frightened, and the speed of throwing the boulder was a little faster again.

Inside the city walls, the archers defending the city tried their best to shoot arrows at the city, although they were suppressed by the large number of archers of Cao Liu's army below.

"Kill!"

Finally, after a brutal fight, the first soldier of Cao Liu's army climbed the city wall and slashed down the two surrounding defenders, and before he could stand here for a moment, the surrounding defenders quickly surrounded him, hacked him to death, and blocked the gap.

The embankment of thousands of miles was destroyed in the anthill, and the success of one brought great hope to Cao Liu's soldiers, as if a chain reaction, and soon the second and third Cao Liu soldiers climbed the city wall. There are more and more holes in the walls, and the number of enemy troops pouring in is also increasing. Soon, the entire city wall became a battlefield for the armies of both sides.

"Kill!" A Xiliang soldier slashed two enemy soldiers in a row with three swords in a frenzied manner, and then stabbed to death the soldier who had just climbed up. Just when he was exhausted and wanted to rest for a while, another figure climbed the wall and slashed directly at him.

"Poof!"

With a knife through the chest, Xiliang soldiers failed to block the opponent's attack under their strength.

"Let's die with Lao Tzu!"

Xiliang soldiers spat out a mouthful of blood, burst out the last bit of strength in their bodies, hugged the enemy army tightly, and crashed into the enemy army who had just climbed up in front of them, and the three of them fell down the city wall together and fell into flesh.

"It's worth it!" It was his last thought.

On the other side, a soldier of Cao was just about to climb the city wall, his hands had already reached the top of the city wall, and a steel knife slashed above him.

"Poof!"

"Ahh

The palm of one hand was directly cut off, and he almost fainted in pain. Biting the tip of his tongue hard, his other intact hand was forced, and the whole person climbed up the city wall and saw the person who looked at one of his hands.

"Die!"

The other party shouted angrily and slashed at his neck.

He smiled madly and did not dodge it, as if he had killed himself.

"Bang!"

A headless corpse fell to the ground, and in the distance was a smiling head.

"Ahh

With a cry of pain, his enemy fell to his knees with a hideous face, a worn-out spear in his chest. A shot pierced the heart, and the victorious man also fell to the ground and could not get up again.

This kind of scene is not uncommon on the battlefield, countless soldiers are frantically slaughtering together, their eyes are red, and they are all beaten bloody.

With their strong physique, perennial fighting experience and bloodiness, the Xiliang soldiers did not fall behind in the face of enemies several times their size. The entire city wall was transformed into a meat grinder, and countless soldiers fell here.

"That's enough, let's collect the troops!" Seeing that the sun was gradually setting in the west and the sky was slowly darkening, Cao Cao finally ordered.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! The sound of gold rang out.

The originally sharp and piercing voice was indeed so pleasant to the ears of the soldiers on the battlefield, and the soldiers of Cao Liu quickly broke away from the city wall and retreated back in formation. All that remained of the entire wall was a group of exhausted defenders, and bloodied corpses everywhere.

Xu Rong, who was standing in the middle of the city wall, was covered with blood at this time, like a knight who had come out of hell. After taking a few heavy breaths, Xu Rong took off his helmet and sat down on the ground.

"Clean up the battlefield."

"No!"

After cleaning and repairing all the traces on the entire city wall, Xu Rong also regained his strength. Xu Rong, who is the top in the world in terms of guarding the pass, has always been only a second-rate general in terms of force, and he is a little exhausted after a big battle.

"Have you counted the battle losses of the two sides this time?" Xu Rong asked.

The adjutant general frowned and said: "In this battle, our army was killed and seriously wounded more than 3,000 people, and tens of thousands of people were slightly wounded, and the losses were very serious. If you come like this a few more times, I'm afraid Tongguan won't be able to hold it. ”

"What about Cao Liu?"

"This time, our army killed nearly 10,000 enemies, and the light and serious wounded in Cao Liu's army were innumerable. With such a big loss, I'm afraid Cao Mengde will be difficult to bear! He probably won't be so rash in the next few days," the lieutenant gloated.

Xu Rong shook his head slightly: "You are wrong!" Cao Mengde is a very human! This man is very stoic, decisive and ruthless, and he may come back in the next few days. You must be very careful and not careless. ”

"No!" Although the lieutenant general did not understand very well, he still replied respectfully.

"Hmm!"

Xu Rong looked at the location of the catapult in the distance, his brows furrowed.

If this thing is not removed, Tongguan is difficult to guard! But what can I do now?

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