The defenders of the city hid at the base of the wall under the leadership of Wu Changshichang, and in the face of the powerful stone-throwing cart, the shield could not play any role at all, but fortunately, there were not many soldiers defending the city, and there was no crowding when they were scattered, but the stones that hit the city wall still gave the defenders a heavy blow.

The flying gravel hit the soldiers mercilessly, and they convulsed in pain, but they didn't dare to move at all, and the stones in the sky made them feel endless fear, and fools knew that as long as they left the protection of the city wall, they would be smashed to pieces in an instant.

The towers howled under the relentless blows of the stones, like a flat boat in the sea, full of dangers, while the strong walls stood proudly above the earth, swallowing mountains and rivers.

Le Jin watched the battle flag on the city wall being smashed, and was very happy to see the city tower being smashed, and was driven down by Sun Shao and Zhou Tai, and finally had a chance to take revenge in less than half an hour.

Looking at the immobile defenders who were suppressed by the catapult, Le Jin's face showed a faint smile, and he looked back at the soldiers of the former army who had been prepared for a long time. ”

Le Jin rushed out of the battle formation first, he tightened the reins with both hands, the war horse was in pain, and stood up, accompanied by the long wailing sound of the war horse, Le Jin shouted loudly, "For my big man, kill!" "Killing" was first a tun, and then a song, and then the entire Chinese army cheered and cheered, and between heaven and earth, there was a sound of killing.

"Big Han? Hum! I don't know who the thief is! Hearing Cao Jun's shout, Sun Shao said disdainfully.

And Cao Jun was protected by a large shield in front of the battle array, and at the rear of the battle array, spearmen, archers, and sword and axe hands were densely packed, and this thousand-person phalanx was extremely majestic, bringing up layers of murderous aura. There are cavalry on each flank of the battle formation, which is responsible for covering the flanks of the army, and once the city gate is breached, the iron cavalry will directly kill the city to solve the battle.

The catapults were still throwing stones at the city, and the defenders of the city were unable to move.

The slowly advancing Cao army battle formation brought a sound of metal collision every time it pushed further, shaking the heavens and the earth, and the Wu soldiers and soldiers were clinging to the female wall, looking down from the arrow holes, and the layers of Cao troops gradually approached the moat.

Seeing such a scene, Sun Shao couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, it seemed that Xiahou was going to move seriously, Sun Shao hurriedly shouted to the herald behind him, "Prepare for battle!" ”

The herald suddenly straightened up and waved his command flag at the flagstand.

At this time, the dense arrows under the city roared like rain, and the sharp arrows penetrated the body of the standard-bearer, through the leather armor of the standard-bearer's body, and the blood instantly soaked his whole body, and the strength of the young standard-bearer's whole body flowed out in an instant like the blood, and the body full of sharp arrows fell to the ground suddenly.

The drums beat loudly at the head of the city.

"Shoot back!"

Even if they were overwhelmed by Cao Jun's catapults, the soldiers of the Wu army still fought back with bows and arrows tenaciously, but fortunately, Qiao Ren improved the bow, and the arrows were also Mitsubishi arrows, which could cause great damage to Cao Jun even if they were fired from the back.

However, the number of Wu's army was less than 3,000 after all, and the city wall on this side plus Zhou Tai's personal guards was only 3,000 people, which could not stop the trend of Cao's army at all. It took only a quarter of an hour for the army of Qingzhou soldiers to advance to the edge of the first moat, and with the wave of the flag, the army stopped advancing, and the soldiers at the forefront of the battle formation stood shields on the ground to support the defensive position. Prevent the arrows from the head of the castle and cover the robe behind you.

The drums beat one after another, and the large array continued to change the formation, under the control of the command flag and the sound of drums, the soldiers took the 100-man team as the basis for action, and adjusted the formation under the leadership of the commander. The battle formation began to change, and in just an instant, the originally tight and seamless battle formation suddenly split, and a row of passages began to empty between the battle formations.

A group of soldiers pushed the cart to the moat, the 2 sides of the cart have wheels, the side has a guard, and a thick layer of mud is also laid on it to prevent the defenders in the city from firing rockets, and the assault soldiers behind carry a large number of wooden planks ready to be laid on the moat bridge to facilitate the passage of the follow-up troops.

"Rush and shoot back!" Under Le Jin's order, the guard plate on the top of the rushing car was violently opened, and the crossbowmen of Cao Jun, who had been preparing for a long time, began to shoot at the Wu army on Liyang City.

However, this is good news for Wu Jun, because once the rushing car starts to fight back, it means that the role of the catapult is over. Sun Shao, who didn't need to be compressed under the women's wall, held the shield in his left hand and roared: "Gold water prepares, fire oil, rolling wood prepare, archers shoot on their backs, and crossbowmen shoot!" ”

The two moats in front of the moat were quickly bulldozed, and the Cao army's battle array approached the moat step by step.

The periphery of Liyang City leads the river water into a river, which is more than ten meters wide. Looking at the wide moat, Cao's army stopped the attack.

Cao soldiers were mostly born in the north, good at bow and horse riding warfare, the northern city is mostly set up moats, horses, Feng Yuan, urn cities, except for a few large cities, the rest are not protected by moats, but this southern expedition, Cao Jun encountered huge trouble, the southern waterways are developed, the rivers are dense, almost every city has a wide moat to guard, which greatly increases the difficulty of attacking the city.

And the city in front of him is still built by Liu Fu, the pastor of Yangzhou, Liu Fu is a master of building a city, and the cities he built are all extremely strong, but the moat in front of him has become a moat for Cao Jun at this moment.

However, in the past, Cao Yingnan's expedition to Jingzhou did not encounter this kind of situation, Xiahoudun watched the battle on the high slope in the distance under the escort of his own guards, and yesterday said that Lejin's army was blocked by the moat in order to confuse the Wu army, and at this moment his foreshadowing was finally put in use.

"Look at the water in the general's moat!" Sun Shao's personal guard suddenly shouted.

When Sun Shao heard this, the moat that was supposed to circulate was like a stagnant water at the moment, "It's happened!" Sun Shao also understood why Lejin attacked the city last night, he was simply attacking the west. Last night, Xiahoudun quietly sent his soldiers to block the mouth of the east moat, although the river water stopped at this moment, but within a quarter of an hour, these rivers will flow back to the Yangtze River, and the moat in front of him will become a trench!

Sure enough, as Sun Shao expected, a quarter of an hour later, the water of the moat really began to flow back to the Yangtze River, and Xiahoudun on the slope laughed and shouted: "Fill the river!" ”

The shutter under the rushing car suddenly opened, revealing countless sandbags, and the Cao soldiers threw these sandbags into the trench with their shields, and without the washing of the river, a ten-meter trench really did not take much time to fill.

However, when Cao Jun filled the river, it gave Wu Jun a chance to breathe. Last night, there was a fierce battle, and as soon as the sky was bright, Cao Jun killed him like a tide, not to mention Sun Shao this time, even Zhou Tai was hungry with his chest against his back. The soldiers of the guard took advantage of the gap in the war to bring food, dry cakes made of bran and wheat, two pieces per soldier, to satisfy the hunger.

If this kind of food was in peacetime, the rich Huainan Wu soldiers would disdain it, but now in wartime, this thing is the fastest to make and easy to satisfy hunger, and the hungry Wu soldiers are not so picky.

Sun Shao also got the food, two rice balls and a meat patty, the burst of fragrance emitted by the meat patty couldn't help but make Sun Shao feel hungry, looking at the gradually brightening sky, Sun Shao remembered that he hadn't eaten for twelve hours. Looking at the hot rice balls and smelling the aroma of meat, Sun Shao's stomach couldn't help but growl. He was indeed hungry.

Sun Shao picked up the meatloaf and sent it to his mouth, but the meatloaf that was delivered to his mouth suddenly stopped. Sun Shao turned his head, the instinct of alertness in his body made him feel the gaze of the eyes around him.

The soldiers in the distance were nibbling on the bran dry cakes, eating them with relish, and the soldiers nearby turned around and began to eat, Sun Shao looked at the dry cakes in their hands, and then looked at the rice balls and meat cakes in their hands, the fragrance of the meat rice continued to tempt his appetite, and the hunger in Sun Shao's stomach was even worse.

If it weren't for the fact that he worshiped Sun Ce as his father-in-law by chance, he would be just a military Sima at this moment, and if he mixed well, he would just be a school captain.

"Come on, from now on, what my soldiers eat, what my Sun Shao eats! Go and fetch me two dry cakes, and divide the lumps and patties among the other brothers. Sun Shao said to his personal guard.

In less than a moment, the chief of the guard brought two pieces of dry cakes.

Sun Shao hurriedly grabbed the dry cake in Tun Chang's hand and turned around and walked towards the back of the female wall, leaning back against the female wall, and began to taste his "delicious meal", he didn't sleep or eat all night, he was really hungry.

The soldiers around looked at the eldest prince eating and living together like them, and immediately cheered loudly, cheering for the eldest prince's style. If it was in peace, these Wu soldiers and soldiers all ate rice balls and steamed buns, and they didn't feel it at the time, but they felt the kindness of their main general while eating dry cakes at this time.

However, at this moment, the horn of Cao's attack sounded again, and the moat had been filled!

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