Chapter 581: Storming White Horse City
However, Wen Chou is obviously not as impulsive as Yan Liang, although he is also a puppet, but he is obviously more intelligent than Yan Liang. After today's battle, Wen Chou knew that White Horse City was not so easy to conquer. Without adequate preparation, his 30,000 people are still under the city, and it is difficult to shake White Horse City.
Next, if you want to conquer White Horse City and avenge your brother, you can only think long-term. This is not only for Yan Liang, but also for himself, after all, if he can't take the white horse, Yuan Shao will not let himself go easily.
In order to conquer White Horse City, Wen Chou stayed in the camp for a few days and did not go out. First, he ordered someone to send Yan Liang's body to Yuan Shao, and he was actively preparing for the battle, preparing to conquer White Horse City.
When Yuan Shao saw Yan Liang's corpse, he suddenly couldn't believe it. Not long ago, he bypassed Yan Liang's life, but now, he appeared in front of him in the form of a corpse.
"Is he really a rare death?" Looking at Yan Liang's corpse, Yuan Shao muttered to himself. Obviously, he had some difficulty accepting Yan Liang's death. Although as a general who leads troops to fight, it is very normal for a horse leather shroud, but Yan Liang has followed him for a long time after all, and this trace of emotion obviously exists.
"Order someone to bury Yan Liang!" Yuan Shao turned his head and commanded the soldiers behind him, then he turned around and said in a deep voice: "Ordered Wen Chou to attack White Horse City with all his might, I want all the Cao troops in White Horse City to pay for Yan Liang's life." ”
Yuan Shao's tone was full of murderous intent, it was obvious that on the day of the destruction of White Horse City, he would definitely slaughter all the Cao troops in White Horse City. And when everyone heard the news, they couldn't help frowning. If Yuan Shao really did this, everyone could imagine how difficult it would be to conquer Cao's army.
But now who dares to step forward to dissuade Yuan Shao, his confidant will be killed by the generals in Cao's army, and he is naturally extremely angry. Yan Liang still has a lot of status in Yuan Shao's heart, otherwise even if there is a plea of Wen Chou, Yuan Shao will not spare him so easily, after all, he let Yuan Shao's 30,000 army be wiped out.
When Wen Chou received Yuan Shao's order, he showed a slightly hideous smile. In fact, even without Yuan Shao's order, he was ready to start storming White Horse City. These days, he has made full preparations, in the face of such a majestic title, he is fully prepared, and he is fully prepared with all kinds of siege equipment.
He let all the soldiers rest for a good night, and the next morning, the horn of Yuan's army to assemble troops blew loudly. And Yuan Jun's actions were told to Xi Zhicai for the first time.
After Xi Zhicai heard the news, he knew that Yuan Jun had finally started to move seriously, and he couldn't be idle, he wanted to watch the exciting moment for himself. After all, he built White Horse Castle for such a moment.
He ordered someone to call Xu Yuan, and ordered Xu Yuan to help him to the city wall of White Horse City.
Hearing this news, Xu Yuan refused. However, he couldn't resist Xi Zhicai's persistence, and finally took him to the city wall of White Horse City.
On the city wall, Guan Yu was directing the soldiers to actively prepare for the battle, and he saw Xi Zhicai, who was trembling and climbing the city wall with Xu Yuan's support, Guan Yu showed a somewhat surprised expression.
The news of Xi Zhicai's terminal illness is known to everyone in the entire White Horse City, but even so, he still dragged such a weak body to inspect the war, what a conscientious strategist he was.
Coming to the city wall, Xi Zhicai looked ahead, only to see that the Yuan army was gathering, looking at the sand and dust raised by the Yuan army, Xi Zhicai knew that the number of Yuan troops was definitely quite a lot. Although he didn't come out of the nest, he was obviously much more than his own defenders.
Moreover, although it is not very clear, Xi Zhicai can obviously see the faint siege equipment. In addition to the ladder, there were towering well gates, and even he saw the rushing cars. Looking at the large number of siege equipment, Xi Zhicai kept sighing, Yuan Jun really came prepared, and he was well prepared.
But the more this happens, the sharper it proves that White Horse City is. This is also a proof of his own efforts, and in this regard, Xi Zhicai smiled with satisfaction. But then he began to cough violently, and Xu Yuan hurriedly helped Xi Zhi to go down to rest.
After Xi Zhicai left, Yuan's army was assembled and stood by. Then, Wen Chou's sword pointed and pointed at White Horse City, and then shouted: "The whole army charges!" ”
After receiving Wen Chou's order, Yuan Jun slowly walked towards White Horse City. This solemn momentum made Cao Jun, who was on the wall of White Horse City, feel depressed. Yuan Jun's steps seemed to be stepping on their hearts, and they were shocked step by step.
Guan Yu obviously noticed that the fear in the hearts of the Cao soldiers was spreading, which was obviously not what Guan Yu wanted to see. If this kind of sentiment continues to spread, then there will be no need to fight, and the number of people will be better.
It stands to reason that Cao Jun has experienced a hundred battles and will definitely not be so easily timid. However, if Yuan Jun flocked here, maybe the soldiers of Cao Jun would not be like this, but Yuan Jun pressed up so slowly, this was obviously a psychological warfare, and Cao Jun would naturally be a little unbearable.
"You know, you are battle-hardened soldiers, do you feel fear because of the defeat of this group of men?" Guan Yu shouted loudly.
"Do you know that not long ago, Yuan's 30,000-strong army was defeated by the 2,000 cavalry of Lord Taiwei, is such an enemy worth your fear? Tell me out loud! Guan Yu asked with a loud shout.
Hearing this, the morale of Cao's soldiers suddenly increased greatly. Not bad at all, Captain Zhao defeated nearly 20,000 Yuan troops with 2,000 cavalry. not only defeated it, but also left an indelible impression on the Cao army.
"It's not worth it!" All the Cao soldiers shouted as hard as they could. "We are the strongest!" The soldiers of the Cao army waved the weapons in their hands, which made the morale of the soldiers of the Cao army reach its peak.
Guan Yu nodded in this regard, Cao Jun is the strongest soldier he has ever seen, they are not only elite combat power, but even ordinary soldiers can compare to the elite soldiers of other forces, for this, Guan Yu can't admire it.
Cao Jun had enough morale, which made Guan Yu more confident that he would be able to hold Baoma City. At the same time, Yuan's army finally approached the city.
The siege equipment of the Yuan army was quite sharp, especially the towering well gate, which was like a pagoda. The walls of White Horse City were tall enough, but Yuan Jun's well gate was obviously taller than the wall of White Horse City, which made the archers on the well gate take the lead in suppressing the Cao army on the wall of White Horse City.
It was too easy to base from a high level, which made Guan Yu frown secretly. It seems that Yuan Jun's coming this time is really menacing, and this time, White Horse City is really in danger.
However, Cao Jun naturally couldn't be beaten passively like this, and they drew bows and arrows one after another to launch a counterattack against Yuan's army. However, the soldiers of the Yuan army were all in the well gate, and their suppression effect on the Cao army was obviously more advantageous.
And Cao Jun's footsteps finally approached the White Horse City, which made Cao Jun on the city wall shift his attention to the city again. They launched an offensive against the Yuan army under the city wall, after all, it was obvious that they suffered a bit from shooting at the Cao army on the well gate.
On the well gate, the Yuan army may have an advantage, but under the city wall, the Yuan army obviously lost its advantage, and every round of arrow rain, the soldiers of the Yuan army will lie down a large number of soldiers.
However, even so, the Yuan army had already braved the rain of arrows from the Cao army to the city wall of White Horse City, and then, a series of cloud ladders were erected by the Yuan army, and then the Yuan army soldiers began to climb towards the city wall. The battle, from the very beginning, entered a white-hot state.
Cao Jun and Yuan Jun were stuck in this way for nearly two hours, and the walls of White Horse City changed hands repeatedly. Due to the suppression of the Yuan army by the well gate, this made Cao Jun suffer a lot. But Cao Jun's elite level is obviously better than Yuan Jun, which is also something that Wen Chou has nothing to do.
After two hours of fighting, regardless of the Cao army or the Yuan army, their physical strength reached a critical point. Therefore, Wen Chou had no choice but to withdraw his troops. It would be useless to fight any longer, and Cao Jun's tenacity was obviously beyond his expectations.
However, now Wen Chou has obviously seen the hope of victory, after all, his own troops are much stronger than Cao's army, and with so many siege equipment, Yuan's victory is obviously obvious.
And the Yuan army finally withdrew, which made the soldiers of the Cao army finally breathe a sigh of relief. The two-hour battle, even if the soldiers are all made by iron men, will be very tired. Now that the Yuan army has finally retreated, the Cao army can finally take advantage of this gap to rest for a while, and the high-intensity battle is really unbearable for ordinary people.
However, the soldiers of the Cao army knew that today was just the beginning, and in the following days, the offensive of the Yuan army would only be more fierce than now, so everyone needed to be prepared for the more brutal battle to come.
After a night's rest, Yuan's offensive returned, their attack was clearly more ferocious than yesterday's, and the battle lasted longer than yesterday's. Today, Yuan's army attacked for three hours before withdrawing.
The battle lasted from noon to dusk, and all the soldiers of the Cao army sat on the city wall in the moment when Yuan's army withdrew. Today can be regarded as holding the offensive of the Yuan army, but what will happen tomorrow, the soldiers of the Cao army do not have a trace of confidence in their hearts.
The battle became more and more difficult for Cao's army, and in just two days, Cao's army had already suffered 70 percent casualties. According to this calculation, tomorrow must be the time when the city will be broken.
Although the Yuan army suffered more casualties than himself, the 30,000 soldiers of the Yuan army were not fake, and they had enough troops to fight with them. Tomorrow will be the decisive moment.
Night slowly fell, and Xi Zhicai came to the city wall of White Horse City again with the support of Xu Yuan. Standing on the walls of White Horse City, he took another look at the majestic White Horse City, and he knew that today was probably his last chance to see White Horse City.