Chapter 117: Critical
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Cao Xuan didn't know how long he had been fighting, nor how many people he had killed, or how many steps he had moved, but he only knew that he was shuttling back and forth throughout the city tower, and at this time his consciousness had become a chaos, and even his vision in front of him began to blur.
Ko Yi's arrow made his already tired and weak body worse, superhuman willpower is his biggest weapon at the moment, but people's physical strength has a limit, it is impossible to overdraft endlessly, this is also the weakest point of personal strength, otherwise Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, would have unified the world long ago.
The body of the deputy general and Chen Xi is also almost to the limit, this is not all in this battle, there is also a complete outbreak of exhaustion accumulated in the past few days, and not only them, almost all the defenders are plagued by this, under such hardship, the "Great Wall" built by the soldiers of Lu Bu in the city did not last long, and it completely collapsed, and then Cao Xing had to lead his troops to retreat into the inner city.
Yangguan City is divided into inner and outer cities, the inner city is the center of a city, of course, it is also the last line of defense, once it collapses, it is really powerless, but Yangguan City is not a big city like Yecheng after all, a strong city, even a very important inner city can not withstand the invasion of the enemy, and it is like a dead leaf under the attack of the strong Yuan army. Swaying with the wind, it seems to be crumbling at any moment.
The defenders are completely out of line, they are actually just waiting for the slow arrival of death, because they have even used up the strength of the last resistance on the way back, Cao Xing leaned against the high wall and gasped for breath, the deputy general and Chen Xi were both paralyzed, their eyes were unable to open, and they were leaning against the inner layer of the wall.
It was not Lu Bujun's corpse that was lying on the upper floor of the inner city, but they couldn't stand one by one, and they were so tired that they lay directly on the ground.
Cao Xuan couldn't help it when he looked at this, let alone them at this time, even he himself felt that he couldn't use his strength. The decision now seems to be a joke.
"It seems that God won't help us this time!" Cao Xing's body slowly slid down. leaned over to Chen Xi and the others and laughed at himself.
The deputy general, Chen Xi and all the soldiers who heard this were all silent, many things are easy to say, but difficult to do. But even they didn't hold on. I did my best. And at that time, it will also be time for them to fulfill their oath and fight to the death.
Cao Xuan and the others here were shrouded in gloom, but there was a smile on Ko Yi's face for the first time.
In fact, the time for this siege was not long, and it was only an hour since the attack was launched as soon as it was dark. The inner city of this Yang Pavilion is much less difficult for the Yuan army than the outer city, because the strength of the defenders has been exhausted as early as the outside, and the Lu Bu army, which has basically lost its strength, why did it resist and replace the Yuan army that came to attack the city with a group of fresh troops?
For Ko Yi, it was only a matter of time before he succeeded in breaking through the Yang Pavilion, but he didn't want to let the time drag on any longer, so he gave the order to strengthen the offensive, and suddenly the two stone throwing carts were pushed out again, and the deterrence it brought was also unprecedented.
Before this, the two catapults had caused them unforgettable pain, and they had caused the huge gap in the outer city that had allowed the enemy to rush forward and rush to the top of the city, and now it was almost necessary to think twice to know that the fragile walls of the inner city could not withstand the onslaught.
Swish!
The destructive power of the catapult is huge, but the flaw is also obvious, that is, both loading and positioning are extremely energy-consuming and time-consuming, and it is not that the defenders of the city head have no way to resist, let alone interfere with them, and Koji Yi does not dare to release this big killing weapon in such a narrow area between the inner and outer cities.
Therefore, after seeing the appearance of the catapult for a while, I heard that the boulder was thrown and jumped into the air, and then brought out a wonderful arc to bring a strong death threat to Lu Bujun.
Boom!
With a loud roar, there was a long silence, and I don't know how many Lu Bujun soldiers on the city wall couldn't dodge, and they didn't even let out a scream, and they were annihilated in the dust that swept the sky.
In fact, the inner city was not a fortification for defense, but only a form of separating some areas in the construction of the city, such as the inner city of this Yang Pavilion, which separated the nobles and commoners from the inside and outside.
Lu Yi was happy to see this scene, but Cao Xing was stunned, so how many of his former subordinates were there?
It's just that none of them know that just when the battle of Yangguan entered the final stage, at the moment when the Yuan army was about to reap the fruits of victory, just behind them, there was also a road of people and horses, accompanied by the sound of high-spirited horses' hooves that seemed to step out of the big holes in the earth, their figures from far and near, and their faces gradually became clear, and the conspicuous "Lu" character flag at the head showed their identity, it was Lu Bu and his party who returned to Yanmen from Hebei around Shangdang County.
"What sound?" Koji Yi is a person who practices martial arts, and the power of his ears and eyes is far beyond ordinary people, and when everyone around him has not noticed anything unusual, he has already heard an abnormal movement, and such a huge sound of horses' hooves makes people feel undoubted.
And when he asked like this, he didn't seem to expect anyone to answer, so he first turned his head and looked to the side, and then his eyes couldn't help but widen.
At the place where the sky and the earth were almost connected, a black line appeared from far and near, and then swept towards Yuan Jun's side like a rising tide......
There are more than 3,000 people in Lu Bu's entourage, and there are only more than 3,000 people, but they are all cavalry, and they are all the most elite cavalry forces carefully selected by Lu Bu's account, otherwise it is impossible for Lu Bu to take them straight to Huanglong and rush to Yecheng, because the execution and military quality of these 3,000 cavalry are the best under his command.
The biggest advantage of cavalry is actually that if it is used properly, even if it is thousands, it can completely cause the effect of tens of thousands or even tens of thousands, especially when it has a natural advantage in the face of ordinary infantry.
Just like at this time, galloping at a high speed on the land of a horse and a flat river outside Yangguan City, the momentum set off is already monstrous, and it has a suddenness because it appeared on the side of the Yuan army that is absolutely unexpected, in this case, even the elite legion in Yuan Shao's army, and the first soldier who is generally known as the first to restrain the cavalry, at this time, in the left rear of the Liyi offensive echelon, was also rushed by Lu Bu's cavalry when he did not react, let alone others.
"General, general, ......" is completely different from the wail after Yuan Jun was defeated, it was an excited and inexplicable shout from the upper floor of Yangguan City, it was the voice of Deputy General Cao Xing, and there seemed to be a little surprise, hesitation, and surprise in this voice, but after shouting, I still felt more relaxed.
Because at this moment, in the dim light, a ride speeding on the road in the distance was a figure that he swore he would never forget...... (To be continued......)