Chapter 313: The Battle of Luoyang

Cao Ren rode his horse to Cao Cao, saw Cao Cao's face gloomy, couldn't help but feel a little weak, hugged his fists and said: "Prime Minister, all the armies have been disrupted, do you want to stop attacking?" ”

Cao Cao glanced at the city wall in the distance, and said with some admiration: "Huang Yueying, I originally thought it was just a woman in Lu Bu's room, but now it seems that I really underestimate him!" She's very nice! There are few men in the world who can compare with her! He turned his head and said to the generals: "Remember for me, after attacking Luoyang, you must not hurt her!" How could such a nice woman not stay by my side? The generals knew their lord's habits, and they made a promise.

Cao Ren asked, "Prime Minister, are you still attacking the city today?" ”

Cao Cao sneered: "She thought that after this round of impact, I would stop attacking. She's wrong, and I'm going to surprise her. Turning his head to Cao Ren and said: "Pass my general order, all armies immediately target, prepare for a new round of attack, tiger and leopard iron cavalry forward, once the enemy cavalry out of the city again, immediately attack, be sure to defeat me in one fell swoop!" ”

Cao Ren took the order and ran down.

The Cao army outside the city gates on three sides began to gather again, the new siege equipment was retreated into the middle of the siege troops, and the heavy catapults in the rear bent down and put the boulder fire pot on the throwing arm. Iron-clad tiger and leopard cavalry were scattered on both flanks of the attacking force, ready to respond to the surprise attack of Lu Bu's cavalry.

Knock knock knock...... Once again, the drums of war rang out. Outside the city gates on three sides, nearly 100,000 Cao soldiers shouted in unison, and the sound shook the sky!

Bang Bang Bang ...... With the loud sound of the catapult's throwing arms, countless boulders flew into the sky and roared towards the city walls, and the sky darkened, as if the end of the world was coming!

The 100,000 Cao army assault troops let out a fierce cry and surged towards the city wall.

"Shoot the arrows!" On the city wall, Gao Shun shouted loudly.

The crossbowmen on the city wall, who had long been ready to shoot, fired arrows together, and the dense rain of arrows roared away, and the waves of the Cao army that hit suddenly rippled, and many Cao soldiers were shot to the ground. However, that didn't stop them, and they charged faster! At the same time, the crossbowmen in Cao's army also fired arrows one after another, and the rain of arrows flew up, and many of the crossbowmen on the city wall took arrows, snorted, and fell to the ground.

Cao's army rushed to the city wall, set up a ladder, and began to attack the city; At the same time, the storming carts began to storm the city gates, making a loud clattering sound that echoed over the battlefield.

A number of arrow tower carts higher than the city wall, under the impetus of manpower, slowly approached the city wall, the crossbowmen at the top of the arrow tower fired arrows at the city wall, and one by one the soldiers of the Lu Bu army were shot down. However, the crossbowmen of the Lu Bujun army had a very bad effect of fighting back, so someone brought the crossbow cart, adjusted the angle, and violently sent out a huge spear and arrow with a half-moon blade at the recently out arrow tower car, only to see that the huge gun and arrow turned into a black shadow, and then hit the pillar under the funnel of the arrow tower, Kerala made a loud noise, and the entire wooden pillar was instantly broken. The top funnel tilted sharply and tumbled down, and I saw one by one of the archers fall!

Cao's offensive was very fierce, and it didn't take long for several city walls to fall into vicious battles, and the two sides roared and fought bloody battles on the city walls, seeing the soldiers on both sides fall in pools of blood one by one, or roll down the city walls.

On the part of the defenders, they constantly threw reserves into the city walls, and by the afternoon, there were no reserves left in their hands! However, Cao's offensive not only showed no signs of abating, but became more and more fierce!

With a loud bang, the East City Gate was finally breached!

Cao Jun outside the city gate immediately let out a shout and rushed in.

At this moment, countless thunderbolts were thrown down and fell into the crowd, sending out waves of violent explosions, the flames soared into the sky, and the shock wave knocked the surrounding people to the ground, and the scene was full of wails.

"Follow me!" Huang Zhong roared and led 20,000 hussars to swarm out of the East City Gate, trampling on Cao's infantry army, spears flying in his hands, and blood in the sky; The Cao army's foot soldiers, who were caught off guard, were beaten and staggered and fled in all directions.

More than 10,000 tigers and leopards waiting outside the city beat the war drums, the battle flag pointed to the city gate, and the iron hooves raised smoke and dust in the sky to kill. At this moment, the hussars could only meet the battle. The cavalry of the two sides collided under the city gates, and a fierce battle began, and the roar shook the ground today, and the chaotic hooves of the horses were like drumsticks beating the earth, and the sky resounded with a rumbling thunder.

Cao Jun's tiger and leopard cavalry is by no means different from ordinary cavalry, they are Cao Cao imitated Lu Bu's armored iron cavalry formation and training, all men and horses are wearing iron armor, equipment is extremely strong, and the soldiers are all strong men in the army, after careful training, extremely strong. Huang Zhong's hussars were determined to be archers who won by speed. The environment of melee under the city is just suitable for tiger and leopard cavalry, but it is not a suitable battlefield for hussars.

As soon as the cavalry of the two sides engaged, the hussars, the lightly armed archers, immediately fell to the downside, and the halberd broadswords of the tiger and leopard cavalry killed the hussars on their backs, but the light knives of the hussars were difficult to damage the tiger and leopard cavalry. However, the hussars are already completely crazy at this moment, and they are desperate to attack the enemy army wave after wave, one after another, and batches of blood-stained battlefields! That momentum is eye-catching! The tiger and leopard iron cavalry killed people and horses in blood, and the more they fought, the more courageous they became.

The two sides fought fiercely for more than an hour, and nearly 20,000 hussars only killed less than 2,000 people, and the Cao army's tiger and leopard cavalry also suffered a lot of losses, and there were also two or three thousand killed.

Kill! There was a tsunami-like shout from the city gate, and another 20,000 hussars roared and rushed out, joining the battlefield to attack the elite tiger and leopard cavalry of the Cao army. Although the tiger and leopard cavalry of the Cao army is elite and strong, it has an unavoidable shortcoming, they belong to the same heavy cavalry as the armored iron cavalry under Zhang Lang, although the heavy cavalry is amazingly powerful, but it has the defect of insufficient staying power. At this time, Cao Jun's tiger and leopard riders had been fighting fiercely for more than an hour, and the men and horses were already tired, and they had completely lost their previous momentum! Now facing the 20,000 fresh troops who have been killed, I can't help but feel that my strength is not enough.

20,000 hussars rushed wildly, with spears and light knives in their hands lifeless to greet the tiger and leopard riders, seeing one by one the elite tiger and leopard riders fall down, of course, in the process, the hussars paid a greater price.

Seeing this, Cao Cao frowned, and hurriedly ordered the 20,000 light cavalry of the Chinese army to enter the battlefield. The 20,000 hussars shouted and used them out, withstanding the onslaught of the hussars. The tiger and leopard rode back at this time to rest.

After a fierce battle between the light cavalry of the two sides, the light cavalry of the Cao army showed defeat. Huang Zhong reined in his horse and shot one arrow after another at the generals in the tide of enemy soldiers, seeing the enemy generals fall down one by one.

Cao Cao saw that his cavalry was unfavorable, and immediately ordered another 20,000 lightly armed cavalry to enter the battle.