Cao Cao refused to use the ladder car and well coffin given by Gongsun Bai at first, because he wanted to try it, and he didn't believe that Gongsun Bai was so kind that he could send him thirty or forty ladders at once. However, the results of the trial were beyond Cao Cao's expectations, and the firmness of those siege ladders was almost impeccable, and there was no phenomenon of being pitted.

Not only Cao Cao, but all the princes who received Gongsun Bai's great gift were skeptical at first, but it turned out that Gongsun Bai was the big rooster who gave the weasel a New Year's greeting.

So in the next few days, the west, south, and north gates of Shouchun City were boiling, and the shouts of killing were endless.

At this time, it was the dry season, and the river in the moat was not deep, and the siege army on three sides of Shouchun Castle almost filled the moat except for the east side, and the trench became a thoroughfare.

Woo woo woo~

In the desolate and distant sound of the horn, countless soldiers of the Cao army pushed the ladders and wells towards the city wall.

With the passionate and confident cries, Cao Jun rushed desperately towards the city wall like a bloodthirsty beast.

Cao Jun's crossbow arrows continued, and the Chen army at the head of the city still couldn't raise his head, so he could only let Cao Jun's siege ladder rumble towards the Shouchun city wall.

"Hey, hey, hey, hey!"

"Hey, hey, hey, hey!"

"Hey, hey, hey, hey!"

In the wave after wave of trumpets of Cao Jun under the city wall, the upper half of the movable ladder that was originally folded and pressed on the fixed ladder slowly rose with the top bracket as the axis, and then the entire live ladder was completely erected and slowly tilted towards the head of Shouchun City.

In the end, there was a heavy bang on the top of the city, and Chen Jun in front of the arrow battlement hurriedly retreated.

The rain of arrows from the crossbows had stopped, and dozens of ladders were connected at the head of the city to form dozens of inclined passages connecting the upper and lower parts of the city.

In the next moment, thousands of Cao Jun's sharp soldiers poured up the ladder like ants, screaming and heading straight for the city.

Zhang Xun, the general of the Chen army, took the lead in standing up, and with a raise of the long knife in his hand, Chen Jun, who was originally prostrate under the city tower, stood up and drew his sword one after another. Rushed to the front of the battlements.

Cao Cao looked at this siege ladder and couldn't help but secretly marvel, this is a siege artifact, with this kind of ladder. Towering walls are no longer an insurmountable obstacle.

The fierce siege battle has finally officially begun.

Boom Boom!

Huge rocks and logs rolled down, smashing Cao Jun on the ladder to the point of bleeding, crying for his father and mother, and constantly rolling down from the top of the ladder.

However, all this could not stop the momentum of Cao's army rushing to the city, this fierce army that swept through the Central Plains had long been accustomed to life and death. Still rushing to the city tower one after another.

Before the war, Cao Cao had already issued a heavy reward: the first soldier to climb the head of Shouchun City, the military rank was promoted to two levels, and the reward was 10,000 yuan; Capturing or killing Yuan Shu, sealing a hundred households, and rewarding 100,000 yuan are an irresistible and fatal temptation for those civilian soldiers, and it has also become their motivation to fight against death.

And those Chen Jun are not as brave as Cao Jun, but those who retreat are killed. I had to fight to the death head-on, after all, defending the city still has a huge advantage over the siege.

For a while, the sound of shouting and killing, screaming, and the sound of rolling stones smashing the ground were mixed together and resounded in the sky.

This is a battlefield, a slaughterhouse, and a ghost realm in the world.

The same tragic scene is also being staged at the same time in the other two gates, Jiujiang and Lujiang counties, the area is vast, the land is fertile, who does not covet the princes from all walks of life? Therefore, Liu Biao, Lu Bu, Sun Ce and others also promised heavy rewards. Inspired the trilogy to fight desperately.

After four or five days, tens of thousands of casualties were lost on both sides, and although the casualties of the besieging army were higher than those of the defending army, the ratio was only two to one. The Combine continued to be on the offensive, while the defenders were demoralized.

……

Shouchun City, Deyang Palace.

Yuan Shu's imperial palace was built completely in accordance with the old Han palace in Luoyang, and even the name of the palace is the same.

Deyang Hall is naturally the residence of Emperor Yuan Shu of Da Chen.

A middle-aged man wearing a crown robe and a black jade crown on his head. Sitting upright on a couch embroidered with a golden dragon is Yuan Shu.

However, in half a year, Yuan Shu was already a lot haggard, and he didn't have the radiant appearance he had half a year ago, and the hair on his head was already half gray, as if he was ten years old.

Beside him, stood Zhang Xun, Le Zhuo, Yan Xiang, Yang Hong and others, all with gloomy faces.

"What about the casualties outside?" Yuan Shu's voice was slightly hoarse, and he asked in a deep voice.

"The enemy has been attacking the city for three days, and our army has suffered 18,000 casualties, and the enemy has suffered a total of about 40,000 casualties." Zhang Xun replied.

Yuan Shu's face became even more gloomy: "The thief army is menacing, and the casualties are actually one to two......"

In fact, for the era of cold weapons, the advantage of defending the city is huge, think about the Liangshan heroes in the case of taking the initiative to attack Fang La, who has a high wall and a thick wall, and almost two thirds of the heroes were killed by the eight heavenly kings of Fang La, you will know how passive the siege is. Generally speaking, the ratio of siege to defense is five to one or even higher, and this is still when the besieging side is well-armed. Think about it, when you set up a ladder on a three- or four-story high city wall, and desperately climb up, the enemy army keeps throwing stones, rolling logs, and even pouring boiling water and oil on your head, what is the chance of killing you?

Yan Xiang sighed: "The enemy troops on three sides are desperately attacking regardless of the cost of casualties, and our army is demoralized, so although we have the advantage of defending the city, we can only kill two and lose one after all. According to the secret detectives, the thieves have reached an agreement that those who break through Shouchun first will get His Majesty's land, and they will all be rewarded with high-ranking officials, so the thieves have stepped forward bravely......"

Yuan Shu moved his mouth, he wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything after all.

He can also promise his soldiers, but in this embattled situation, it may not have any effect.

Yang Hong said indifferently: "Now that the enemy army has lost more than 40,000 people, especially Cao Cao and Liu Biao's army, which have lost 10,000 people, Weichen feels that if he holds on for a few more days, the enemy's attack will be slowed down." It must be known that Cao Cao is surrounded by enemies on all sides after all, if he continues like this, even if he captures Shouchun, he will be greatly injured, so I am afraid that in the future competition with Lu Bu, Gongsun Bai and others, I am afraid it will be difficult to please, I think Cao Cao will not do such a stupid thing with his cleverness. ”

Yuan Shu's eyes lit up, and he asked, "In the opinion of Sikong (Yuan Shu takes Yang Hong as Sikong), what should I do?" ”

Yang Hong smiled faintly and said, "Shouchun City is on all sides. Cao Cao's offensive in the north was the strongest, and there was almost no movement in the east, so he only needed to transfer the defenders of the east gate to strengthen the garrison of the north gate, and hold out for another two or three days. Then Cao Cao's attack is bound to be slow. As soon as Cao Cao's offensive slowed down, the rest were naturally unwilling to fight, so Shouchun City was safe, and the combined army retreated by itself. Your Majesty's siege can be solved. ”

Yuan Shu's expression moved, and he asked: "The enemy of the East Gate is Gongsun Bai, I heard that he is as cunning as a fox and full of wisdom, but now he is not moving, is there any fraud?" ”

Yang Hong said with a smile: "According to the investigation of the horses, Gongsun Bai only led his troops to fish on the shore of the river every day for fun, and he had no enterprising spirit at all, and he did not even prepare siege equipment. According to Weichen's analysis, Gongsun Bai's trilogy is the invincible white horse righteous servant of the mighty north. The field is unparalleled, all of them are one in a hundred battles, how can he be willing to use it to attack the city? Even if Bai Ma is brave and can kill two and lose one in the casualties of the siege, he will never do this loss-making business. What's more, Cao Cao, Liu Biao, Lu Bu, Sun Ce, Liu Xuan and others, if they capture Shouchun City, they may be able to gain His Majesty's land and increase their strength, while Gongsun Bai's territory is blocked by thousands of mountains and rivers in Shouchun, even if they desperately capture Shouchun City. What is the use of getting His Majesty's land of two counties? Didn't you make a wedding dress for Cao Cao for nothing? Therefore, Weichen secretly thought that Gongsun Bai would not fight to the death and attack the city, and only needed to send three or four thousand people to defend the north gate. ”

Yuan Shu "Dragon" Yan Dayue: "According to Sikong's plan, transfer the defenders of the North Gate." Fortify the North Gate. ”

The east gate of Shouchun City, on the bank of the Weishui River.

Gongsun Bai was lying on a special bamboo recliner, bathed in the warm sunshine of late autumn, squinting his eyes, shaking his legs comfortably, and behind him were two white horse Yicong with an oil-paper umbrella to cover the sun on his face. It is completely like a landlord's evil family.

At his feet, a long bamboo fishing rod stretched out to the surface of the river, and a buoy tied to a silk rope floated gently on the water.

This thing shook his legs and hummed in his mouth: "Jihou fishing, those who wish to take the bait, those who Mu Benhou's demeanor, can ......"

Suddenly, he suddenly rose up, his long arms burst out, and he stretched out his hand to shake, only to hear the loud sound of the water, a big carp broke out of the water, and was still struggling in the air, and then fell into a water tank not far from Gongsun Bai's side.

Gongsun Bai threw the fishing rod to the guard beside him to deal with it, and said with a smile: "Fish, fish, although Benhou is peerless, but you are willing to cut all your body, you would rather make Chinese food on a plate, but also have a glimpse of Benhou's style, isn't it too nymphoac?" ”

Guo Jia, who had been fishing for a long time but didn't catch a single fish, finally couldn't help it, and said with disdain: "In the past, when Taigong fished, he fished with a straight hook without bait, and then he asked the wisher to take the bait." The lord lures him with fragrant bait, and then harms him with a bent hook, what kind of person is willing to take the bait? ”

Gongsun Bai's face changed: "You don't want to eat Benhou's fish soup tonight, isn't it the most you have eaten in the past few days?" ”

As he was talking, he suddenly galloped over, and the leader was Yan Ba, who immediately turned over and dismounted when he ran to Gongsun Bai's approach, and saluted forward.

"Qiqi Jihou, most of the defenders at the east gate have been withdrawn, and now there are less than three or four thousand people, and the general expects that there will be fewer people on duty at night."

Gongsun Bai nodded and asked, "What happened to the divine scissors that Benhou instructed you to make?" ”

Yan Ba hurriedly said: "The steel material supplied by Jihou is too tough and not easy to build, so he finally summoned all the blacksmiths from nearby villages and towns, and barely made more than fifty divine scissors after three days. ”

After speaking, he waved behind him, and a guard hurriedly handed over a large pair of scissors, yes, they were large scissors made of steel, three feet long, and the blade alone was half a foot long.

Gongsun Bai took the big scissors, and the guard handed over an iron rod with the thickness of his thumb, and the texture was obviously the inferior iron commonly used in this era.

Gongsun Bai opened the edge of the big steel pliers, and cut hard at the iron rod, only to hear a loud sound, the iron rod broke in response, and the big steel tong has been slightly rolled up a little blade, and there is a small chip, but it is no problem to cut it a few times in another position.

The soldiers around him applauded, and even Guo Jia couldn't help but admire: "The steel forged by Jihou with immortal art is really tough!" ”

Gongsun Bai nodded slightly and said: "Although it is a little bit of a fly in the ointment, it is enough to deal with the iron grates of the drainage pipes." ”

All big cities must have drainage outlets, (www.uansh) the drainage outlet of Shouchun City is naturally at the east gate, leading to the water. However, in a big city like Shouchun, the drainage outlet is naturally very strong, and Yuan Shu set up ten large iron fences to block it in order to prevent the enemy from sneaking into the drainage outlet, and the drainage outlet was naturally guarded by soldiers.

Although Gongsun Bai has a sky-breaking sword to sharpen iron like mud, but sharpening iron like mud is just an adjective, there is really no sword in the world that can cut iron like mud, but it can barely split iron. Moreover, the blade of the Sky Breaker itself is relatively thin, and if it is used to slash through it all the way like this, I really dare not be sure that the chrome steel sword will collapse or break due to too much force when slashing through those thick iron fences.

But these big steel tongs are different, although they can't be compared with chrome steel swords, but they are relatively low in cost, and they can be used as disposable products, so you don't have to feel distressed.

Gongsun Bai changed his leisurely and pretending appearance just now, stood up, and shouted in a deep voice: "Where is the ugliness? ”

"The last general!"

"I ordered you to lead two hundred elite soldiers, and at the third watch, break through the drainage channel of Shouchun City and seize the city gate!"

"Yes!" (To be continued.) )