The sound of killing under Shouchun City shook the sky, and 100,000 Cao troops besieged the city and stormed it.

Cao Cao had already given the order to break the city at all costs within three days. Therefore, Cao's army attacked day and night, and various weapons such as ladders, city carts, thunderbolts, and well railings took turns to go into battle, and after more than a dozen hours of fierce attack, at least nearly 10,000 soldiers were killed under the city wall.

And the defenders in the city were not much better, under the leadership of the main general Ma Dai, everyone was bloody, and they fought desperately, using crossbow arrows, rolling stones, and hammering wood to repel wave after wave of Cao army's onslaught. But in the face of the indiscriminate bombardment of nearly 100 thunderbolts, and in the face of the suppression of the three-zhang high well fence, the defenders also paid a huge price in casualties, and the city was full of bloodstained stumps, and there were soldiers killed in battle everywhere.

More importantly, Cao's army has many generals, can launch round after round of attacks, and can alternately rest and maintain strong energy. The defenders at the head of the city were less than 20,000, and after killing more than 3,000 people in the battle, the rest did not even have time to rest, but they hardly even had time to eat, and they could only gnaw dry food while putting arrows on the city wall, and they didn't even have time to drink water; Just then, one of the soldiers choked on dry food and couldn't breathe, and fell off the city wall on the spot and lost his life.

The sky was cloudy, the north wind was severe, and there were scattered snowflakes falling.

Cao Cao stood in front of the door of the tent in full armor, stretched out his palm to let the snowflakes fall on the palms of his hands, and muttered to himself: "The snowflakes have fallen?" This winter has come so early! ”

The words suddenly turned and became murderous: "Chuan I order, continue to storm Shouchun, the first to climb the city wall to seal the marquis of ten thousand households, reward a thousand taels of gold, and a hundred hectares of fertile land!" ”

"Kill, break the city!"

There will be brave men under the heavy reward, Dian Wei, Sima Cuo, Shi Jin and other Cao generals bravely took the lead, braving the rain of arrows and stones and hail to launch a fierce offensive against the city of Shouchun.

Cao Cao was fighting with Temujin for the Central Plains. He had already ordered all parts of the Central Plains to secretly manufacture thunderbolts, and this attack on Huainan mobilized a total of more than 100 powerful thunderbolts. At this moment, they lined up across the moat, throwing rocks towards the head of Shouchun, and for a while the boulders over Shouchun flew and roared. It's chilling.

In addition to the thunderbolt, Cao Jun's other big killer weapon is the well rail, which is a mobile arrow tower in layman's terms. The height is generally between three and four zhang, almost parallel to the walls of large cities, and there are protective devices, each of which can accommodate seven or eight archers to shoot, which is a great threat to the defenders on the city wall.

In the midst of thousands of troops, Sima mistakenly held a bow and arrows in his hand and stood on the top of a well railing. Commanding dozens of well railings to shoot at the Han army on the city wall, "Shoot me hard, suppress the Han army's crossbowmen, and protect General Dian Wei to the city!" ”

Under the command of Sima Cuo, four or five hundred Cao army archers and crossbowmen fired arrows in unison and exchanged arrows with the Han army on the city wall. They were at the same height as each other, and there were casualties among each other, but they were suppressed by the well fence. The defenders greatly reduced the threat to Cao's army charging under the city wall, and Dian Wei took the opportunity to carry a double halberd. led five or six thousand warriors to cross the moat with a ladder and launched a fierce attack on the city wall.

More than 100 thunderbolts burst into flames at the same time, and the momentum was terrifying. Pieces of rocks fell on the head of the city, stone chips flew one after another, and from time to time the Han army was hit by the roaring stones, and they fell to the ground before they even had time to snort.

A piece of bluestone flew straight above Ma Dai's head with the sound of the howling wind. And Ma Dai, who was directing the battle, was unaware of this, and was brandishing his sword, shouting hysterically: "Resist me, resist!" ”

"General, get out of the way!"

A Xiliang soldier who had followed Ma Dai for many years shouted. Desperately pounced, using his body to knock Ma Dai away. The rocks that fell from the sky smashed him to the ground on the spot, and his flesh became blurry and his brain burst out.

"Second baby? Second baby, are you awake? ”

Ma Dai turned his head to look at it, only to find that it was Chen Ergou, a personal soldier who had followed him for many years, who sacrificed himself to save himself. Usually he takes care of him, but he didn't expect to save his life at a critical moment, and immediately bent down to check the injury, but it was already difficult to save the gods.

Death was like a shadow on the battlefield, Ma Dai had no time but was sad, so he could only curse fiercely, bend down and pick up a rolling stone, and smash it under the city wall: "Lao Tzu stoned you son of a bitch rebel!" ”

The round big stone smashed on the ladder, and the irregular movement of jumping and jumping hit two Cao soldiers in a row, and they all fell from the ladder with a wail, and their bones were broken, and they were killed on the spot.

Ma Dai let out a bad breath in his heart, and bent down to look for the rolling stones again, only to find that the city was empty, only a few pieces of gravel the size of pebbles remained.

A soot-covered Tun Chang next to him smiled: "Hehe...... Report to the general, the rolling stones are gone, the logs are gone, and there are not many crossbow arrows left! ”

A captain with a beard held a shield to shield Ma Dai from the feather arrows shot from the well railing opposite, and said breathlessly: "General, the Cao army is attacking too fiercely, our rolling stones and hammers have all been smashed, and the crossbow arrows are also beginning to be urgent, Shouchun is afraid that he will not be able to hold it, so he will abandon the city and retreat to Hefei, right?" ”

There was another loud bang of "Peng", and Cao Jun's thunderbolt threw over a piece of bluestone, hitting the wall in front of Ma Dai, and the rubble flew and the dust was filled.

Ma Dai gritted his teeth and bent over, used all his strength to lift a huge stone and smashed it down from the city wall, smashed a Cao soldier who had just rushed to the bottom of the ladder to the ground, pressed it firmly under the boulder, and roared in a low voice: "General Xue has an order, the people in the city are dying in the city, and no one is allowed to retreat!" If there is no rolling stone, he will use the one thrown by Cao Jun to smash it back, and if there is no crossbow arrow, he will pick up Cao Jun's and shoot it back! ”

Suddenly, the south of Shouchun suddenly made a loud killing, a cavalry of about 5,000 or so galloped over, starting from behind the Cao army, the Cao army was in chaos, and the banner of the word "Xue" hunted in the cold wind, becoming clearer and clearer.

"General Xue?" An ecstatic smile appeared on the bearded captain's face, and he couldn't help but clench his fists and roar, "Haha...... General Xue is here, the rescuers are coming, and we have to be saved......"

There was another loud bang, and a wolf's tooth-shaped rock roared and smashed on the captain's helmet, and with a muffled snort, he fell downside down under the four-zhang high city wall, and when he landed, he couldn't move again, and nine times out of ten he couldn't live.

"Son of a bitch's thunderbolt!"

Ma Dai's eyes were almost breathing fire, and he bent down to lift the hideous rock, poked his head out of the battlement, and smashed it into the center of the ladder.

Listening only to the sound of "click", the cloud ladder nearly four zhang high could not withstand the huge impact, and the waist was broken, and the four or five Cao soldiers who climbed up the cloud ladder fell to the ground one after another, and each rolled on the ground and wailed, in pain.

"Charge!"

In the midst of the chaotic army, Xue Rengui took the lead in opening the way, and the thunder and green dragon halberd in his hand rolled up pieces of cold light, and rushed towards the gate of Shouchun City. A team of five thousand cavalry four people charged forward in a neat formation, aiming at the north gate of Shouchun.

"Blow the trumpet to inform Ma Dai in the city and abandon the city!" Xue Rengui charged as he ordered the horn to be sounded.

With Xue Rengui's order, a subdued horn sounded on the battlefield, three long and two short, which was a code to abandon the position.

"Abandon the city!"

After receiving the order to retreat, Ma Dai immediately turned over and charged with a horse and a knife. If you can live, few people are willing to die, it is just a last resort.

The remaining 12,000 men and horses in the city abandoned their positions one after another, assembled at the south city gate, and when the city gate was opened, they followed Ma Dai's steps and charged forward, fighting with Cao's army outside the city. For a while, the sound of killing shook the sky, and flesh and blood flew sideways.

Cao Cao watched the battle from a high place, and when he saw the invincible banner of Xue Zi, the corners of his mouth moved slightly: "Xue Rengui is brave, except for Jia Fu and Jing Bu, no one can compete, this time he slashed Yan Xing in Ruyin alone, and it showed the strength of taking the head of the general in the army. Tell me not to fight him head-on, shoot him with a bow and arrow! ”

At the same time, he sent scouts to report to Cao Wenzhao and Han Baohu, informing them of the news that Xue Rengui had killed him from the south, and ordered Cao Wenzhao to lead the tiger and leopard cavalry to come and surround him.

After Cao Cao's order was passed down, General Cao did not dare to directly attack Xue Rengui's edge, and when he saw the banner of the word "Xue" everywhere, he retreated one after another. However, the cavalry of the Han army easily killed under Shouchun City and joined forces with Ma Dai's team.

Without waiting for Ma Dai to give a salute, Xue Rengui roared: "Ma Bozhan led his troops to go first, and the general will be behind!" ”

Ma Dai agreed, waved his knife and fought to the death first, and after Xue Rengui broke the halberd, he led the team to break through bravely.

After walking for two or three miles, Xue Rengui suddenly found that he couldn't walk in front of him, so he could only check forward on his horse, but found that Cao General Shi Jin was holding an iron and eyebrow stick to block the way.

"Eat me with an arrow!"

Xue Rengui took the reins of his horse two hundred zhang away, bent his bow and arrows, and shot a carving feather at Shi Jin, which was as fast as lightning.

"What kind of hero is a hidden arrow hurting someone?"

At the critical moment, a large iron halberd flew by with a roar, and shot it down just as the feather arrow was about to hit Shi Jin, so that Shi Jin was saved from death.

Cao Jun didn't dare to fight Xue Rengui head-on, and bent their bows and arrows one after another, and the arrows were like flying locusts. Xue Rengui rode his horse to cover the killing, led the cavalry to assault, rushed through a bloody road, and covered Ma Dai to lead his troops to retreat in the direction of Hefei.

Dian Wei and Shi Jin waved their troops and then covered the killing, and Xue Rengui opened his bow and arrows from afar, and shot dozens of arrows like beads, killing dozens of Cao Jun. The rest of the crowd panicked and did not dare to move forward, so they drew their bows and shot back, but the distance was too far to pose a threat at all.

When Cao Wenzhao led 10,000 tigers and leopards to return, the Han army had already gone far, and Cao Wenzhao chased 30 miles to the south, the sky was getting dark, and the mountain road was gradually difficult to walk, so he could only retreat for fear of being ambushed. Cao Cao took the important town of Shouchun, which was still one hundred and fifty miles away from Hefei, and ordered a short rest, and a few days later swept Hefei, vowing to drink the Yangtze River and point to Jinling. (To be continued.) )