Chapter 59: The Siege
Cao Jun came so quickly, our plan was to march towards Chen Liuguo after rectifying the city, and strive to take Chen Liuguo in one fell swoop.
When Cao Cao came to take charge of the city, all we left him with was an empty city. We've been here for a long time.
We thought Cao Cao would take at least a month to assemble, but we didn't expect it to come so quickly.
We are inferior in weapons, especially archers.
Look at each other again, the various classes cooperate, the shield bearer is in front, and the archer is behind. Knife and axe hands, spearmen, and chariots cooperate tacitly. The battle formation can change at any time. Even the siege heavy weapons ladders and giant trees were ready, and they had already set up a lookout in only half a day.
And we. It is no exaggeration to say that in addition to a weapon in each person's hand, even military uniforms are lacking.
Our advantage is the defender, and the city wall is our only barrier.
Worse still, the walls are not very high, and we can't stop the attack of superior enemy forces.
The sound of the war drums of "Knock ......" was deafening, and the sound came from the other side. The earthquake trembled, and our soldiers all changed color when they heard it.
Cao's army stopped attacking, and it turned out that this was a signal for them to withdraw their troops.
I have to admire Cao Jun. The appearance of the army is neat and uniform, like an arm making a finger.
Look at us again, we can't even form a decent formation, let alone cooperate with all branches of the military.
Besides, we don't seem to have many classes to work with, except for a few archers.
The shield hand in front of Cao Jun receded like a tide, and the tide parted. One man rode slowly on a tall horse in the midst of the hosts.
The sound of hooves sounded, and the person who looked like a general was Zhang Liao.
Zhang Liao, we have met in Cao Ying. This man is a good fighter. He has a very thorough study of tactics and is a fierce general under Cao Cao.
Zhang Liao stood under the city, and he raised his head: "Mr. Ye, you betrayed the prime minister and are now surrounded by our army." Ben advises you to open the gates and surrender quickly! ”
The old fox stood on the city wall, and he hugged his fist at Zhang Liao: "General Zhang is polite." Who doesn't know that Prime Minister Cao Cheng has an order, and whoever is besieged and surrendered will not be forgiven. If I open the city gate and surrender, I will also be punished by the prime minister of your family, why don't I fight to the death, maybe there is still a way to live. ”
Zhang Liao turned the horse's head and turned in a circle, and the horse neighed.
Zhang Liao waved his whip and pointed at the old fox: "Mr. Ye, the prime minister loves talent." If you surrendered, you would have been able to speak to the prime minister, and as long as you were loyal to the prime minister, it would naturally be reused to you. ”
The old fox looked up to the sky and snorted, and this thing came to his Peking Opera accent again: "Wow, Cao thief listener, I am only loyal to my Han Emperor." Cao thief rebelled against the Son of Heaven, and now he raises the banner of righteousness to crusade against Cao thief, and helps me in the Han Dynasty! If the traitor is difficult to control, he swears to die on the side of the king. ”
Zhang Liao sneered: "Mr. Ye has no intention of surrendering, so it would be rude." Prepare for battle! ”
"Knock knock knock ......" Cao Jun's war drums sounded again.
"Ho! Ho! Ho! Tens of thousands of people screamed, and the heavens and the earth shook.
I looked at the formation: "Old fellow, our end has come. Have you decided to fight to the death? ”
The old fox was a little weak: "Cao Cao doesn't trust us anymore." If we surrender, we will surely die. It's better to give it a go. ”
I don't want to talk nonsense: "You just say it, how to do it, we listen to you."
The old fox was a little surprised: "Little damage, this is not like you." You don't lose two sentences? ”
I glared at him: "Your uncle, what's wrong with you being cheap." Your life is almost gone, and you're still playing tricks. ”
The old fox immediately stopped talking nonsense to me: "Hold on! When the city is broken, you all have to die, hold on! ”
So the soldiers began to pile up stones, which were used against the enemy troops who were attacking the city with ladders.
We fended off the flying arrows on the walls with our pitiful shields.
"Ho"! Ho! Ho! "Every time Zhang Liao's army takes a step forward, it shouts. Like the old fox, they know how to use their voices to break each other's will to fight. The difference is that we let out a howl like a devil crying wolf.
For the first time, I saw the shocking spectacle of a major war, with more than 3,000 of our under-equipped defenders against ten times my elite Cao army.
The first wave of attacks was launched quickly, thanks to this era. Fortunately, they did not have firearms yet, and Cao Jun's shield bearers covered the archers in front.
Step by step, they were encroaching on the city. The whole team was orderly, and Cao Jun's morale was high.
On the other hand, we are a mess. The cold-faced beast is blocking the city gates.
The old fox and I desperately lowered our bodies to dodge the arrows that flew in. We commanded these chaotic soldiers on the city walls.
"Rush!" Cao's army poured in like a tidal wave, and they shouted that the siege had begun.
We also beat the war drums, but it was much smaller than Cao Jun's.
But our morale is high because they have the god in their hearts ~ the white dragon god.
At this moment, the white dragon god was curled up on the city wall to dodge the arrows.
I covered my ears and looked at the old fox: "I can't beat it."
"What can't you beat?"
"We can't beat anything, we're dead."
The old fox slapped me on the head: "If you shake the heart of the army again, I will cut you."
The Cao army has already set up a ladder on the city wall, and we have too few archers to cope with so many people.
Moreover, the archers of the Cao army below kept shooting, and we suffered a lot of casualties.
Our men are also fighting back, and we use stones to repel Cao Jun who are climbing ladders again and again.
Even so, Cao Jun still had someone climb the city wall with a ladder. So our mobile troops rushed to the gap, and then the two sides fought hand-to-hand.
They slammed the gate with the giant log, and the old fox ordered the archers to shoot at the gate.
The Cao army was experienced in siege, and their shieldmen immediately built an impregnable wall to block the arrows.
The soldiers under the shields continued to pound the gates with the giant logs.
The gates shook violently, and could be smashed open at any time under the attack of this great force.
The archers can't shoot it, and there's nothing we can do about it, so we can only rely on the cold-faced beasts inside to kill them.
"Throw the stones at the gates of the city!" The old fox shouted.
The old fox lined up a row of people to throw boulders at the gates of the city.
Cao Jun's shield at the gate of the city could not stop the huge stones falling from the sky.
About a platoon of soldiers used stones to push back the Cao army attacking the city gate, at the cost of a third of us being killed by the opponent's crossbow arrows.
Screams, roars. The sound of shouting in the crowd, the sound of arrows tearing through the air. The sound of stones hitting people, the sound of swords clashing, the sound of weapons entering flesh, the sound of bones shattering, the crackling of arrows hitting shields against walls, the sound of war drums.
Together, they form a sound, a sound from hell.
Our men fell one after another, and the casualties like Cao's army were not small. We're still fighting, fighting.
My nose has become numb, and the age of cold weapons is less of the smoke of war and more of the blood of death.
We defend this city to the death, showing our backbone to the world with our blood and deeds.
They were the bravest soldiers, I saw a soldier and Cao Bing who climbed to the city wall jumping off the city wall together, I saw a soldier who was hit by an arrow in the chest and still resisted stubbornly, I saw a soldier with his intestines flowing out of his arms hugging Cao Bing's thigh and biting down fiercely.
Living death.