Tiger Pass, the camp of the Xiliang Army.

"Lord, 30,000 cavalry can go on the expedition!"

Jia Xu hurriedly entered the inner hall and said to Luo Zheng.

"Good!"

Luo Zheng suddenly perked up, slapped the table, and stood up and said, "Quickly summon the generals to come to discuss the matter!" ”

"Yes!"

Jia Xu agreed, and immediately ran out again.

Xuchang, South Gate.

In the sound of earth-shattering war drums, the dense Xiliang soldiers held shields, pushed the siege ladder, and charged at Xuchang City. The siege ladder is mounted on the base, and the lower part is also equipped with wheels, which can be pushed away, which is not only labor-saving, but also very stable, as long as the car is pushed under the city wall and the cable is pulled, the upper part of the ladder will be pressed against the city.

Then buckle the card to the card, and the soldier presses it on it, and it is difficult to overturn the ladder from the top of the city.

Combined with the weight of the bottom seat, it was difficult for seven soldiers to shake the ladder again.

The Xiliang army was completely ahead of the other princes in terms of ordnance and equipment, and the inspired craftsmen worked hard to develop many kinds of ordnance, especially in siege equipment, which were greatly improved.

This new type of siege ladder is the latest achievement of the Ordnance Division.

At the same time, wooden buildings with wheels were pushed to the front

These wooden buildings are more than three zhang high, much higher than the Xuchang city wall, the front is equipped with many baffles, the top is a large platform, each wooden tower can stand fifty soldiers.

On the wooden building above, all of them were full of archers, condescendingly pouring arrow rain on the head of Xuchang City.

The sound of shouting and screaming filled the sky.

The Cao army at the head of Xuchang City withstood a rain of arrows. Desperately prevent the Xiliang army from climbing to the top of the city.

"Damn it!"

Colonel Cao Jun couldn't help but scold angrily: "These Xiliang dog cubs have so many siege equipment tricks, and they can even make such a tall and moving wooden building." When will the besieging army be able to suppress the defending army with bows and arrows? ”

Yu Ban's eyes were cold, and his mood was extremely heavy.

I have always heard that the equipment of the Xiliang Army is very well-equipped. But I've only heard about it, and I've never seen it with my own eyes.

It wasn't until this moment that I saw it with my own eyes.

The equipment of these Sichuan troops is very ordinary, and it is similar to the army under the command of the lord.

But these siege equipment of the Xiliang army is an eye-opener, especially those wooden buildings that can move, which are even higher than the city walls of Xuchang, and the archers can condescendingly suppress the soldiers and horses under their command with bows and arrows when they stand on them.

Rumble!

That's when it happened. There was a loud bang in the city gate, and the walls seemed to tremble a few times.

"Kerose!"

Yu Ban glanced down and immediately shouted.

I saw a hideous rushing car completely wrapped in iron sheets rushing out of the city gate hole, and rushed over the suspension bridge for more than 50 steps before stopping. The car was loaded with four wheels, and he couldn't see people, as if he was moving.

Of course, it is impossible to rush the car by itself, and there is no steam engine and fuel engine in this generation.

The soldiers who pushed and rushed through the city gate hid under the rushing car, and it was naturally impossible to see it when standing on it.

Of course, nowhere to be seen. I can think of it.

When it was time to rush over the drawbridge again, the soldiers of the Cao army at the head of the city immediately lifted a pot of boiling oil together, ready to splash down the city, but at this moment. Another dense rain of arrows poured down like flying locusts.

"Ahhh......h

In the terrible howl, the soldiers who jointly lifted the oil pan were shot at least three-quarters over.

Most of the soldiers were shot over, and the boiling oil in the oil pot had not yet fallen. It was directly overturned on the city, and the hot oil immediately burned the nearby Cao army soldiers and howled. Rolled over a large piece.

Rumble!

There was another loud bang, and the rushing car slammed into the Xuchang City Gate again.

"Die!"

Yu Ban swung his knife hard. Kill a Xiliang Colonel who jumped onto the city, raise his knife and shout, "Kill, fight to the death and don't retreat!" ”

"Fight to the death!"

The roar of the Cao soldiers at the head of the city sounded sparsely, but it was not very intense.

This is because many of the soldiers were recruited from the counties on a temporary basis, and they could not be compared with the regular army.

If it weren't for the fact that there was no way to retreat, these county soldiers would definitely collapse at the touch of a button.

Even if there is the benefit of a strong city, the situation is not optimistic, because the east gate and the south gate have also sounded shouting and killing, the Xiliang army has nearly 100,000, and there are only 20,000 soldiers and horses in Xuchang City, and nearly half of them are county soldiers.

With such a huge gap in troops, everyone is not optimistic.

Yu Ban and Chen Gong have already made up their minds to die and die.

Guandu, Yuan Shao's camp.

The sky had just dawned, the sun had not yet come out, and the barracks were already lively.

Yuan Shao's brows were twisted together, and he paced back and forth irritably in the tent, like a crab.

The fire in Wuchao has been burning for three days and has not been extinguished, and there is no news from the armies of Han Meng and Jiang Qi who were sent to intercept the retreat of the Cao army.

Recently, nothing can make people happy, and Yuan Shao is really irritable.

"Someone!"

Yuan Shao paced for a while, and suddenly shouted outside the tent.

"What does the lord command?"

The officer on duty entered the account and stood respectfully under the account.

Yuan Shao asked, "How is the battle ahead?" ”

The commander said: "The two generals, Zhang He and Gao Lan, are still storming the Cao army camp. ”

Yuan Shao said angrily: "Cao A's soldiers are outnumbered, and the 50,000 army can't go down for more than ten days, what use do you want them?" ”

The officer on duty was silent, did not dare to answer, and desperately wiped the cold sweat on his forehead.

"Probe!"

Yuan Shao was furious, waved his hand vigorously, and the officer on duty quickly retreated, not wanting to stay in the tent for longer.

Guo Tu just walked outside the military tent, and when he heard Yuan Shao ask about the battle ahead, his heart was sudden, and he hesitated for a long time.

Yuan Shao saw Guo Tu come in, and immediately caught the object of venting, "Guo Tu, it's all a good thing you did, oppose me sending troops to rescue Wuchao, and now the army has been storming Cao Ying for more than ten days, what else do you have to say?" ”

Guo Tu was a grievance in his heart, secretly thinking that it was your intention not to send troops to rescue Wuchao, and we as courtiers just agreed with your decision, how could we put all the responsibility on my head.

Of course, it is impossible to say this.

Guo Tu turned his mind, and immediately thought of a way to shirk responsibility, and hurriedly said: "Lord, I am only a general who participates in the military, and is not a general who leads the army to kill the enemy, and puts forward a strategic goal, but it cannot be achieved, and it has nothing to do with it. (To be continued......) R1292