Chapter 436: Attacking Chen County (3)
The first wave of siege climbed to the top of the city, Cao's army temporarily withdrew, and Cao Xing once again rode forward and came to the city:
"Brother Wentai! How's it going? Do you want to go north and establish your kingdom of Sunhou! Become the feudal lord of the Great Han! ”
Sun Jian, who was counting the casualties, leaned out:
"Cao Xiaojun, it's not that I don't want to, it's really that the north and the south are not adaptable!"
"The weather in the north is dry, and there is no miasma, what can be a big impact if you are not adapted to the water and soil, I think you don't hit the south wall and don't look back! Death, then! ”
Cao Xinggang turned the horse's head, suddenly remembered something, and turned around and added:
"His Royal Highness King Chen, I just went to Sun Wentai, please don't protect him anymore! Leave! ”
Cao Xing left, in exchange for tens of thousands of cavalry, charging against the city wall, and the scene of thousands of horses galloping frightened the guards into dull eyes, and they couldn't produce any resistance psychology.
"Get out of the way! Grab cover and dodge! ”
Sun Jian roared loudly, his words did not fall, the sound of breaking the air had already sounded under the city, and the feather arrows shot at the city head one after another.
Even if the cavalry is tens of thousands, it can't break through the city wall two or three zhang high and one zhang thick, as Sun Jian analyzed, the cavalry did not rush into the city wall, but used cavalry archery to shoot feather arrows at the city.
The cavalry lined up in a long line and rushed towards the city wall, and when they were still a hundred paces away from the wall, the cavalry in front suddenly turned while shooting feathered arrows.
Under the inertia of the galloping horses, the feathered arrows shot at the head of the city with greater strength, and they could not stop from the first wave of arrow rain.
The cavalry of the Cao army, after the front troops shot the feather arrows, turned to the left and right, and the cavalry behind did the same, archery, turning, and the feather arrows continued to shoot to the head of the city, and the cavalry made two circles under the city, and the three walls were six circles.
All the cavalry had just finished their turns, and the cavalry in front had gone around to the firing position, and had finished drawing their bows.
Apparently, the feathered arrow was fired.
"Snatch and Snatch~"
The city was filled with the sound of feathered arrows hitting hard objects, and from time to time unfortunate people wailed when they were hit by arrows.
On the top of the city, at first, he counterattacked, but then found that it was difficult to shoot at the moving target, but instead killed and injured many crossbowmen, so he gave up the counterattack and hid behind the wall one by one, not daring to raise his head.
Soon the head of the city was covered with a dense layer of feathered arrows, like stalks of wheat sown in a wheat field, and the trembling feathers and tails were like ears of wheat, but the head of wheat was indeed fatal.
On the high platform above the city wall, Cao Xuan watched the archer ring formation achieve the desired effect, pulled out Juque, and pointed at Chen County: "Attack the city in an all-round way!" ”
The heralds stood on a high ground and passed the order for an all-out assault in flags.
In the siege army, the Iron Camel Zhengbai Banner led Yan Xing, and took the lead in leading the army to set off, and the remaining small and medium-sized tribe Hun soldiers, the Iron Camel and the Eight Banners Infantry of the Heavenly Wolf, followed closely behind the Zhengbai Banner.
The dust raised by tens of thousands of cavalry covered the whereabouts of 40,000 foot soldiers, and the continuous feather arrows made the defenders unable to investigate properly, and their naked eyesight was also limited.
I don't know when, the feather arrow stopped, Sun Jian hurriedly probed to check the military situation, but the sky was full of dust, covering the sky and the sun, and it was good to see ten meters away.
The obstruction of his vision made Sun Jian very uneasy, his eyes kept searching, and he listened from time to time.
"Did you find anything?"
King Chen didn't know when he came to his side, Sun Jian shook his head:
"No, but under the other two city walls, I'm afraid it's the same, I always feel that Cao Xuan stirred up this dust in the sky, and it is by no means ......"
"See what's that?"
King Chen suddenly interrupted Sun Jian's words, and his voice was so panicked that Sun Jian's right eyelid suddenly jumped.
Sun Jian hurriedly lay on the city wall and looked down, only to see that among the dust, something like a giant centipede was crawling quickly over here.
"Enemy attack! Stand up and defend yourself against the enemy! ”
Sun Jian roared in the loudest voice, but except for the elite strong crossbowmen who reacted instantly, and Zhang crossbow was ready to shoot, the rest of the rabble was even more frightened by him.
The Cao army under the city doesn't care if you're ready or not, you won't sneak attack if you wait for this, the giant centipede revealed the prototype, it turned out to be Cao Jun carrying a ladder.
But it was already a little late, Cao Jun had already reached a distance of twenty paces, and quickly entered a distance of ten paces, and it only took one charge to set up a cloud ladder on the city wall.
But at this time, Cao Jun suddenly did not move, and the shield in each hand was raised above his head.
The rich experience on the battlefield made Sun Jian think clearly about the reason in an instant:
"Hide! Hide! ”
The guards were puzzled, standing up and hiding for a while, completely unaware of what Sun Jian was doing.
Soon Cao Jun gave them the answer.
"Huhu~"
Like a rain of feathered arrows shot out of the thick fog and dust, making a sound that broke through the air, and this time it was denser than any other, for it reached forty thousand feathered arrows.
And 40,000 arrows are only the first wave.
"Puff~Ah~"
The defenders at the head of the city who did not have time to dodge were suddenly shot into hedgehogs, most of them were strong crossbowmen who had just gotten up and were ready to shoot.
Sun Jian reacted quickly enough, hid in advance, looked back at the feather arrows that had been grazed to the point that he couldn't get a foothold, gritted his teeth and said:
"Three shots, three shots."
"Bang~"
The sound of the cloud ladder slapping against the city wall reminded Sun Jian of the giant centipede that had just hid in the dust.
"Stand up and defend yourself against the enemy!"
Sun Jian gave the order again, but this time there were not many people who listened to him, or rather, the people who listened to him had already been killed by arrows.
Cao Jun successfully climbed to the top of the city, and Sun Jian soon saw an acquaintance, that is, Yan Xing.
But a bad premonition came, and I saw that Yan Xing at this time was not the last time he was on the throne, but respectfully standing behind a red-armored man with his head and tail.
As if discovering Sun Jian's sight, the red-armored man turned his head to look at him, and pointed at the halberd in his hand: "Sun Jian, little thief, dare to fight with me!" ”
can use Fang Tian to draw halberds, and the entire Cao army can't find a second person, this person is Cao Xing's father-in-law, Lu Bu.
After Lu Bu challenged Sun Jian, the people had already rushed over, and Fang Tian's halberd swept away, and the defenders in front of him slashed down the city as if they had been swatted by mosquitoes.
Yan Xing, together with more than a dozen generals, followed closely behind Lu Bu, concentrating his combat strength, and following Lu Bu alone, which was Cao Xing's core tactic for this siege, and its role was no less than that of a ring array and dust blocking the line of sight.
Soon this tactic was confirmed to be correct.
The city wall was narrow, but it was only one zhang, so Lu Bu only had to face three or two enemies in front of him when he was guarding the backs of generals such as Yan Xing, Ma Play, and Cao Wolf.