Chapter 564: The Battle of Destroying Cao (26)
Roar, roar, roar...
The siege battle officially began.
All the soldiers are advancing.
Five small thunderbolts and two large stone throws, stopped a few hundred paces from the tower, and attacked: "Whoosh whoosh... "Countless canisters of fire oil and boulders were thrown at the towers.
When the soldiers arrived at the bottom of the tower, they set up the siege of the city, set up the flying bridge and the ladder, and ran quickly towards the top of the tower.
Puff puff...
The defenders of the city are also desperately attacking.
Countless stones, arrows, and broken trees fell like rain.
At a distance of fifty paces from the castle tower, Gao Ran sent 500 crossbows (received from the Ministry of Works) to fire arrows at the castle tower to suppress the enemy's firepower.
Whoosh...
The appearance of the repeater was absolutely unexpected by the enemy.
This weapon is the first time it has been used, and even Zhuge Liang has just made it and has not yet been put into battle.
Each shot can fire three arrows with a range of more than 100 meters. And it's self-loading. The soldiers just had to pull the trigger. It can be used almost as a machine gun. It's just that he's weaker.
The crossbow continued to unleash arrows at the tower.
Time.
The entire tower was covered with arrows, and the enemy suffered heavy casualties.
"General, general... The enemy went up to town. "In the cave of the hidden soldiers, Sanji is still discussing with the generals how to hold the pot pass safely. Unexpectedly, a soldier came to report at this time.
"What? The battle has just begun, and the enemy has attacked the city? Sanchi was a little shocked.
According to his predictions, it would take at least half a day for the enemy to get to the city.
"I have been holding on to the pot for a month, and it has only been half an hour. You give me the order that all the reserves should go up to the city and drive the enemy back. Sanchi said.
"No."
In order to be in order, he prepared five hundred of the most elite reserves.
They are the best at melee combat, and when combined, they can quickly destroy the enemies in the upper city.
"Kill..." The siege troops relied on the siege towers and flying bridges and ran up the towers. But it didn't stand still. After being attacked by five hundred reservists sent by Sanchi, all of them were killed.
Gao Ran shouted a pity: "My lord, the last general is willing to personally lead the troops to attack the city, and within half an hour, he will definitely make a contribution!" ”
"You are the commander. How can the Lord besiege the city? Yuan Xi said: "Sanji has elite, don't we have it?" Go, gather a hundred elites, go up from the siege tower, and defeat his reserves. ”
"Yes."
Gao Ran transferred a hundred people from behind him.
On the elite Gao Ran is not worried, but it is a little difficult to send a hundred people to the city tower. Because the exit of the siege tower has been blocked by the enemy, even if you rush up, you will be shot.
"Lord, you can't attack it..." Gao Ran saw that the hundred people had just reached the tower, and more than fifty people were shot and killed.
In this case, when I go upstairs, I am afraid that there is not much left.
"It's a bit tricky. It's me who underestimated Cao Jun. Yuan Xi said: "The siege tower is blocked by the enemy, and no matter how many people go up, they will die under the random arrows." ”
"yes."
Gao Ran said: "The enemy's archers, standing far away, our repeaters can't shoot at all. Unless you break through the ladder and finish those archers. Lord, let the last general go. ”
"I have already said, you are the chief general of the three armies, how can there be a main general to attack the city?" Yuan Xi scolded: "Your duty is to dispatch troops, not to charge on the battlefield." What's more... You don't have much martial arts. ”
Gao Ran's heart ached when he said this.
Indeed, he doesn't have much superb martial arts, and he can't even beat Ma Yunlu.
But it was really uncomfortable to see his soldiers fighting in front and falling one by one, but he was in a hurry behind.
........
The battle continued until noon.
It's still going on intensely.
The besieging forces have already suffered more than 2,000 casualties.
However, the high walls of Huguan City were thick, all attacks were blocked, and the soldiers could not break through, so it could only be in vain.
In this case, Yuan Xi was also a little worried.
Huguan is worthy of being a dangerous pass, and it cannot be easily overcome.
"Withdraw!"
Yuan Xi said suddenly.
"Is the lord going to give up attacking Huguan?" Gao Shun asked.
"Huguan is dangerous, and it is not advisable to attack strongly, so I will find a way later. Withdraw to the camp first and recuperate. Yuan Xi turned around and withdrew.
"Yes."
Gao Shun gave the order to withdraw the troops.
This vigorous siege battle ended hastily.
Night.
Yuan Xi summoned the Wind God Pterodactyl.
The Aeolian Pterodactyl was already an adult behemoth, thirteen meters long, with nineteen meters of wings spread. Covered in armor, it has a strong defense. Its pointed beak is two meters four and sharp, and it can easily break wall tiles.
"Master, what are you looking for me?"
The Wind God Pterodactyl stopped in front of Yuan Xi.
"Tomorrow to attack Huguan, you go together. Don't you always boast that you're better than a Tyrannosaurus rex? Although the Tyrannosaurus rex died, he was never afraid to fight when he was there. Yuan Xi said.
"Master, I won't be afraid of war." The Aeolian Pterodactyl is exactly what it wants.
"Okay, tomorrow will depend on your performance."
"Yes."
The arrival of the Fengshen Pterodactyl is a huge threat to Huguan. Because he can fly, even the oil may not be able to control him. The rest of the bows and arrows were even more difficult to injure in the slightest.
For the ancients, this was something that was difficult to defeat.
In the early hours of the next morning. The sky had not yet dawned, and the defenders in the Huguan were still asleep. Yuan Xi took the Fengshen Wing Dragon and the three thousand elites selected by Gao Ran to Huguan again.
This time it was the Aeolian Pterodactyl that took the lead.
Siege towers, flying bridges, stone throws, and thunderbolts are not used. Only the ladder was carried.
"Siege!"
Yuan Xi drew his sword and shouted.
Rattle...
The wind god pterosaur flew to the tower of Huguan City, and its wings were stirred at will, and the soldiers defending the city were sent flying.
"Ahh Countless enemy soldiers died at its onslaught.
At the same time, Gao Shun sent 2,000 people to run towards the city tower.
Hop on a ladder and climb quickly.
In just half an hour, hundreds of people were coming up to the city.
"Hahaha... Good! Gao Ran said excitedly: "Lord, this pot pass will definitely be overcome." The enemy can't deal with the Aeolian Pterodactyl at all. ”
"I'm worried that they use oil..."
Yuan Xidao.
In fact, an ordinary fire oil attack does not do much damage to the Aeolus Pterodactyl. He can fly into the sky. Or take a quick trip to the river to put out a fire. But even if the enemy uses a thunderbolt to attack, the damage to the Aeolus pterosaur is huge.
"Is there a thunderbolt in Huguan City?"
"This..." Gao Yan said: "The enemy is coming from afar, and it is impossible to transport equipment. However, I don't know if the Military and Political Department sent Huguan to assist in the defense after the thunderbolt car was built. ”
"yes."
Yuan Xi is also worried about this.
If the Military Administration Department had sent a thunderbolt car earlier, then Jia Xu would have captured Huguan and would definitely have gotten it.
"Kill..." There was a shout of killing from the castle tower.
Yuan Xi and Gao Ran looked at it at the same time.
I saw countless enemy soldiers, armed with weapons in hand, attacking towards the wind god pterodactyl. There were also many with bottles and jars and torches in their hands.
Yuan Xi took a look at it and felt a little bad.