Under Cao Cao's onslaught at any cost, on the tenth day, Gao Shun completely lost the opportunity to go out of the city to counterattack, the moat outside the city has been leveled, the drawbridge has also been completely out of control, Cao Cao's siege troops can directly attack the city gate, but in the next month, it is difficult for the Cao army to continue to expand the results, the ground is full of thistle terrestris, the engineering troops are simply unable to attack the city with all their might, and what makes the siege of the Cao army grit their teeth is that if the other party arranges the thistle terrestris in advance, they can still prevent it, But Gao Shun's thistles are thrown directly from the head, which is impossible to guard against at all. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

And from time to time, throw down two canisters of fire oil plus a torch, not to mention the shield car that leaks on all sides, that is, the wood beast has a certain fireproof performance, but when there is fire on all sides, it can also roast people to death, and whether it is thistle terrestris or fire oil, Gao Shun is the focus of greeting the city gate.

The entire Tiger Prison Pass, as if soaked in blood water, up and down the city wall, after cleaning up the corpses, at a glance, all dried blood, the earth was dyed brown, the city wall has lost its original eyesight, the reinforced city wall is full of potholes, which is caused by Cao Jun's bed crossbow and thunderbolt.

Fortunately, over the years, Lu Bu and Gao Shun have made great efforts to strengthen the checkpoints around Luoyang, if it is an ordinary pass, under such a fierce attack and defense, the city wall may have collapsed long ago.

"Woo~"

Under the sunset, with the sound of Cao Jun's gold, the Cao army receded like a tide, and the Guanzhong army at the head of the city took this opportunity to pour arrow rain on the Cao army again, but the Cao army, which had already figured out the offensive and defensive routines of the Guanzhong army, had already prepared, and the arrow rain attack had little effect, and soon, the Cao army sent a man to collect the corpses, for these corpse collection teams, Gao Shun was not embarrassed, the corpses were left here, and it was easy to cause the plague.

"General, Cao Cao is crazy!" Xu Sheng sat beside Gao Shun with some strength, looking at the corpse collection team under the city, his eyes flashed with a hideous killing machine, in the past ten days, even if he had the suppression of a strong bow and crossbow, he could not cover Cao Cao's onslaught at any cost, not to mention Cao Cao's onslaught, not to mention Cao's army, even if it was a well-equipped and well-trained Guanzhong army, the damage in the past ten days had gradually begun to increase, and if it continued like this, the Tiger Prison Pass might not be able to support it for too long.

"General, will you ask the lord for help?" Seeing that Gao Shun was silent, Xu Sheng couldn't help but say.

"Not yet." Gao Shun shook his head, looked at Cao Cao's camp from afar, and shook his head.

"What?" Xu Sheng turned his head and looked at Gao Shun puzzled.

"It's not time to call for help yet." Gao Shun patted the female wall and said indifferently.

"Starting tomorrow, stop using the Broken Army Crossbow." After a long time, Gao Shun turned his head to look at Xu Shengdao.

"Why?" Xu Sheng looked at Gao Shun puzzled, the Broken Army Crossbow was powerful, and on the battlefield, it was definitely a big killer, he didn't understand why Gao Shun stopped using the Broken Army Crossbow?

"There are too many Cao troops, and the crossbow is too exhausting." Gao Shun shook his head and said, as the battle continues to intensify, the defenders of the Tiger Prison Pass have begun to be insufficient, and although the broken army crossbow is strong, but each soldier can only pull it seven times in a row at most, if you want to continuously let the broken army crossbow suppress the Cao army, Gao Shun must have 10,000 *** crossbows, and the damage caused is not too big compared to the Cao army's ocean-like formation, Gao Shun has no extra combat power to run out to pull the crossbow, he decided to move part of the broken army crossbow to the city wall to delay Cao Jun's shield car and wooden beasts, The surplus forces were used to consolidate the city's defenses.

The war has reached this point, and now it is to fight for attrition, according to today's casualty ratio, Gao Shun can barely do one to five, but with the continuous destruction of many city defense equipment and crossbows, the twelve God of War crossbows on the city wall have now been completely scrapped, and although the arrows in the city have enough reserves, but the bows and crossbows in the hands of the soldiers are not enough to replace, and after more than a month of high-intensity combat, many soldiers' crossbows have been damaged, and the number is constantly improving, From the beginning, the enemy could be suppressed with bows and arrows from beginning to end, and by now, many crossbowmen have had to pick up shields or spears and join the ranks of hand-to-hand combat.

And with more and more damaged bows and crossbows, the proportion of casualties on both sides is shrinking, Gao Shun's most elite trapped camp has not yet been dispatched, Cao Cao is exchanging human lives for victory, Gao Shun does not believe that Cao Cao's 300,000 army can really fight to the last soldier without a single soldier, and the trapped camp cannot be consumed in this meaningless attrition, although it is difficult at the moment, it is not yet time to trap the camp to shoot.

Gao Shun is not having a good time now, Cao Cao is also holding on, now it depends on whether Cao Cao himself can't bear the retreat first, or Gao Shun can't hold the city pass first.

In the dead of night, in Cao's camp, the entire military camp was filled with a strong atmosphere of sadness, Cao Cao, accompanied by Gao Lan, Xiahou Yuan and others, inspected the barracks, and everywhere could hear the soldiers' low cries and wails, which made people listen, and couldn't help but feel a little indescribable pain in their hearts.

Facing him, Xun You walked over with a bitter face, looked at Cao Cao and said, "Lord, the medicine in the army can no longer keep up, and many wounded soldiers have no way to treat them." ”

"Find a way!" Cao Cao shook his head, he has nothing to think about now, but the injured soldiers must be saved, as the various benefits of the soldiers in Guanzhong began to spread throughout the world, the wonderful days when you could ignore the life and death of the soldiers are gone, and the good thing is that the soldiers are more attentive and have a strong cohesion, and the disadvantages are equally significant - spending money!

It was not until this moment that Cao Cao really understood why Lu Bu implemented the elite soldier policy, the benefits were too good, and the money spent was naturally more, not to mention the equipment, just the settling-in fee, if Cao Cao compensated according to Lu Bu's method, Cao Cao could be evacuated at once, and I am afraid that it was because of this that the soldiers under Lu Bu dared to use their lives.

Retirement?

Cao Cao's mind flashed this thought, the battle has been fought until now, even if the tiger prison is broken, according to the current situation, don't think about going further, the one who enters Luoyang first is the king, and now it seems that it is like a big joke.

However, as soon as this thought appeared, it was dispersed by Cao Cao, and it was impossible not to fight, the mighty alliance of princes, if you count the soldiers and horses dispatched by Shuzhong this time, nearly 500,000 troops, but in the end, they returned with a feather, not only slapped themselves in the face, but also if they retreated now, just wait for Lu Bu to sweep the world next, and at that time, who else can stop Lu Bu's footsteps?

"Why don't you ......" Xiahou Yuan looked at Cao Cao and hesitated: "Mobilize some more soldiers and horses from the rear?" ”

Cao Cao levied a total of 300,000 troops this time, but the 300,000 troops were not really stupid in Xingyang, and in the rear of Cao's army, there were still many troops that were not put into the battlefield.

"No!" Without waiting for Cao Cao to speak, Xun You had already shook his head and said: "Gan Ning's sailors and Zhao Yun and Ma Chao's subordinates, who have been unwilling to withdraw to Luoyang, are probably waiting for the emptiness of our army's rear, once they withdraw from the rear defense, then the White Horse and the second battalion of the day will probably immediately drive straight into Xuchang and approach Xuchang!" ”

Cao Cao nodded, Lu Bu did not withdraw these two troops and horses to Luoyang for a long time, I am afraid that when Cao Cao could not hold on to transfer troops from the rear, he would take advantage of the weakness to take Xuchang, if Lu Bu really succeeded, let alone break through the Tiger Prison Pass, even if Cao Cao broke through Luoyang, it would be useless.

"If you don't transfer troops, how can you fight?" Xiahou Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, look at this big camp, how many are intact?" ”

"How is the battle situation on Liu Xuande's side?" Cao Cao avoided the topic, and he really didn't want to face it right now.

"Hey, the big-eared thief is smart, he doesn't want to spend troops, every day he uses the wooden beast to connect together, and rushes to the city with a siege ladder, safety is safe, but it's been almost two months, and no one even attacked the city and was driven down by others!" Xiahou Yuan pursed his lips disdainfully, for Liu Bei, he was really tired, according to the news from the detailed work, the equipment of Yique Pass is not as perverted as Tiger Prison Pass, if Liu Bei plays according to Cao Cao's playing style, maybe now that Yique Pass has changed hands, they don't need to attack so hard.

"Bastard!" Cao Cao couldn't help clenching his fists, what Liu Bei was thinking, he could probably guess, after all, Liu Bei had just arrived in Jingzhou, and he didn't want to lose too many soldiers and horses, but at this time, Cao Cao couldn't help but be angry, if Liu Bei was willing to be with him, maybe it would be a different scene now.

Alliances, sometimes really unreliable!

Liu Bei refused to use his life, and the soldiers and horses in Jiangdong did not even have a shadow until now, only he Cao Cao attacked all the way, what kind of thing is this? If he Cao Cao can clean up Lu Bu, then this alliance has a fart, as for the war in Shuzhong, Cao Cao has not worried, no matter how bad it is, it will not be beaten into it, after all, Shu Dao is difficult, although Liu Zhang is weak, but there are a few capable people under his hands, as long as the Shuzhong family does not recognize Lu Bu, then Lu Bu wants to enter Shu is a word - difficult!

"Lord, now that the army is tired, if it continues to be forced, the ministers are afraid that the army's heart will change." Xun Yu bowed to Cao Cao.

"But if we can't break through the tiger prison in one go, won't our army have lost all its previous achievements?" Cao Cao frowned.

"But with the current situation, it is too difficult to break through the tiger prison in one go!" Xun You shook his head, everyone knows the truth, but looking at the current state of the camp, the soldiers are already war-weary, which is also the biggest difference between Cao Jun and Guanzhong Army, their attitude towards war.

Lu Bu implements military merit, fighting a war for the soldiers, not only to protect the family and defend the country, but also to get a lot of rewards, according to the military merit rewards, not only glory, but more affordable, so that Lu Bu's soldiers are like hungry wolves have an incomparable desire for war, but Cao Cao's command does not have this treatment, it is okay to work hard, but if it takes a long time, especially in the case of a huge casualty rate, Cao Jun's soldiers can naturally give birth to war-weariness, once this emotion spreads, then Cao Cao will not even have a chance to return to his roots.

"Has Gongda found that the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong have used a lot less arrows recently, I'm afraid that there are not many bows and crossbows hoarded in the Tiger Prison Pass, three days, three more days, if you can't break through the pass, I will temporarily withdraw the troops!" Cao Cao said in a deep voice.

Xun You couldn't help but be silent when he heard this, according to the current casualty ratio, even if Gao Shun's arrows were exhausted, with the combat strength of the officers and soldiers of Guanzhong and the current situation of Cao's army, I am afraid that it would be difficult to break through within three days. (To be continued.) )