He Xian cried bitterly, snatched a long knife, slashed one knife at a time, and frantically chopped the battlements.

"Yuan Shu, Sun Ce, I swear to you that I will not stand apart, even if I become a ghost, I will not let you go."

Cao Cao came back to his senses after a while, shook his head, and motioned for his guards to take He Xian down from the city. He knew that both sides were bogey, but he didn't expect Sun Ce to kill dozens of people from the He family without saying a word. This is more ruthless, if he dares to kill the family members of Yuan Shu's generals, Sun Ce will continue to kill. Yuan Shu attacked dozens of manors, and captured not one thousand but eight hundred prisoners, more than the hostages in his hands. However, there was no Sun family among these hostages, and Sun Ce killed unscrupulously. In this way, if he competes with Sun Ce, Nanyang's Haoqiang will have to fight with him.

It's a pity that Yuan Yao was sent to Yecheng, otherwise he could have some deterrence against Sun Ce. Yuan Shu's daughter and son-in-law are in his hands, but a daughter is a daughter after all, Yuan Shu may not care, and Sun Ce may not care.

Cao Cao turned around and waved his hand, signaling to escort Yang Hong and the others back. Sun Ce dared to kill He Xian's family, but he didn't dare to kill Yang Hong. Hongnong Yang's family is not easy to mess with, even Yuan Shao has to weigh it, let alone Cao Cao. Xi Zhicai looked at Cao Cao in confusion. Cao Cao rubbed his hands and said with a wry smile: "Forget it, don't worry about this madman." Sun Ce was impulsive when he was a young man, and he killed Kuaiyue's entire family in Xiangyang, and later killed the Xi family, I can't compete with him. ”

Xi Zhicai didn't say anything, and he knew why Cao Cao thought so. In contrast, Cao Cao was afraid of the Nanyang Haoqiang around him, but Sun Ce didn't have to worry about Yuan Shu's generals being unfavorable to him, and the situation between the two was different. If you really want to kill a river of blood, Nanyang Haoqiang will definitely turn his face.

As soon as the order was given, there was a cry in the city, not fear, but tears of joy for the rest of their lives after the catastrophe.

Cao Cao was very aggrieved, and before the fight started, he suffered a loss, like being punched in the heart by Sun Ce, how to think about it.

At this time, war drums sounded in the north of the city. Cao Cao turned around and called Xiahoudun. "Yuan Rang, you are guarding here, I'll take a look."

Xiahoudun took over the flag. He was not worried, even if Sun Ce attacked the city, he would not directly attack the small city, but would only attack the west gate of the big city. The small city is stronger than the big city, the city walls are also high, and there is no city gate leading directly to the outside of the city, it cannot be Sun Ce's goal, he just needs to watch here.

Cao Cao hurried away with Xi Zhicai and more than a dozen horsemen and rushed to the north gate. The north gate has been handed over, thirty stone stone throwing machine is swinging towards the city gate, the long pole rises and falls, one hundred and ten pounds of stones roar up, jump over the moat, and smash into the city tower. Some of the stones crossed the city walls and smashed into the city, so that the ground trembled and smoke and dust rose everywhere, and the soldiers in the formation squatted on the ground, holding their heads, and did not dare to move.

"Fight back, fight back for me!" On the tower of the city, Cao Hongzheng roared loudly, ordering the stone throwers placed on the city to counterattack. After Sun Ce broke through the He family's manor, Cao Cao learned the power of the stone thrower and began to imitate it, but the scouts he sent could only see the shape of the stone thrower, but could not see the specific size, and the power of the imitation stone thrower was far from enough. Despite this, Cao Cao still built a lot and put them on the city wall.

Under the command of Cao Hong, the stone throwers under the city walls began to counterattack. The range of these stone throwers is uneven, and the stones used are not all stones, but the materials collected by demolishing the pillars, bases and sills collected from the houses, and the scale is different, some shoot very far, but more just cross the moat and land.

Seeing that there was a trebuchet in the city, Chen Yu, who was in charge of the main attack, immediately ordered. "Tell the craftsmen of the baggage camp to focus on removing the trebuchets from the city." The herald was just about to leave, but he raised his hand and motioned for him to wait. After thinking for a while, he said: "In addition to the reward that should be given to General Sun, I will give each of them another 10,000 yuan, and ask them to break through the city gate before sunset." ”

Siege is a technical work, and it is by no means as simple as a war drum sounding and rushing up with a ladder.

Just as later generations would be covered with artillery fire before a battle, cold weapon combat would have a similar process, except that it would not be replaced with a weapon such as a bow or a trebuchant. In particular, the proportion of bows and crossbows is extremely high, and the two sides shoot at each other before the battle, block reinforcements during the battle, and be responsible for cover when retreating, and they are inseparable from it at any time. During the siege of the city, the soldiers covering the baggage battalion stepped forward to fill the moat and clear the obstacles under the city, all of which required the cooperation of crossbowmen.

Now that there is a stone thrower, a siege weapon, of course, you can't let it go, first set it up and bombard him for a while.

The firing frequency of the stone throwing machine can not be compared with the cannons of later generations, and even can not be compared with the crossbow, each shot has to be separated for a long time, but the power is not comparable to the bow and crossbow, the heavy stones whizz overhead, fly up the city wall, hit the city wall, the city wall trembles, hit the soldiers on the city, almost certain death, even if it hits the materials used to defend the city, the sound is very amazing.

Both sides have stone throwers, so naturally they will be on the bar first, and they will be removed quickly.

Cao Cao climbed the city wall, dodged, rushed to the battlements and squatted down, then slowly raised his head, looked outside the city, and saw that there were no stones flying in the array, so he quickened his pace and rushed to Cao Hong's side.

"Zilian, how's the situation?"

Cao Hong took off his helmet, wiped the sweat on his face, and said with a wry smile: "No, these county soldiers are too weak." You see, as soon as the battle began, they panicked. As soon as the drums sounded on the other side, they ran faster than anyone else. No, I've killed more deserters than stoned. ”

Cao Cao turned his head to look at the Jingzhou soldiers with panicked faces, and he was also helpless. These people are really not very good, no wonder Sun Jian doesn't want them to fight Xiangyang, Yuan Shu doesn't take them when he goes out of the city to support, it's okay to fill the façade, it's a soft-footed crab when they really go into battle, and they don't use it at all, if it weren't for the strong pressure of the law enforcement team, they would have deserted long ago.

"How long can you hold on, how long can you hold on, and when it's almost over, you will return to the small city, and these people will be left to Yuan Highway."

"Well, general, be careful, the other side is about to start firing." Cao Hong squatted down as he greeted, poking his head out between the two battlements and peeking out. There was just a burst of attacks, and a corner of the city gate tower had collapsed, and no one knew how long it would last, so it was better to be safe on the city wall.

Cao Cao didn't dare to slack off, and also squatted down. As soon as he squatted down, a piercing whistling sounded in his ears, and the whistle became closer and closer, followed by a loud noise, and the city wall trembled, and the whole person trembled. Cao Cao was secretly frightened, with this power alone, the stone thrower outside the city was much stronger than the stone thrower they imitated. No wonder Sun Ce was able to break through the He family's manor with one meal, and the generals under Yuan Shu's command fought each manor as if they were playing, attacking everything, and most of the time was spent on the road.

Thanks to the fact that Wancheng is the seat of the county, the city walls are thick, if it is an ordinary county seat, it is really hard to say whether it can withstand a few such heavy blows.

Cao Cao was frightened, and Cao Hong suddenly pressed his shoulder and forced him to bow his head. Cao Cao was caught off guard, and suddenly fell to the ground and ate a mouthful of soil. Before he could figure it out, a dark shadow flew past the battlements, hitting the stone thrower on the other side of the wall behind them.