Immersed in worries and thoughts about the future, time becomes very fast. By the time the talks were over, the sky was completely bright.

Cao ** rubbed his face stiffened by the night wind, and said with a smile: "Renyun: Intersecting with a gentleman, like a spring breeze, happy but I don't know when it passes, but it is true, unconsciously, the sky is already bright...... Fengxiao, you are weak, go back to your tent and rest. ”

"The lord is responsible for the future of the whole army, and he should also take care of his body." Guo Jia was not hypocritical, nodded in response, gave a salute, and turned around.

Now that the sky is already light, it is natural to attack next. Although there is an internal response in the city, in this moment of racing against time, even the slightest delay and mistake can lead to a complete loss, and there is no need to be careless. Of course, it is best to be able to solve the problem, but if you can't do it, you can only rely on your own efforts.

A tragic offensive and defensive battle began.

The first to strike were the small siege crossbows that had been newly created in the army. In the contest with the Qingzhou industrial system, Ma Jun, Mo and Gong's two first-class people failed to play a role in reversing the situation, but if you underestimate him because of this, it must be a big mistake.

In just over a month, he led Cao Jun's craftsmen to complete the analysis and imitation of the Qingzhou bed crossbow. Cao ** used to attack the city, this is what it is.

Compared with the bulky catapults, these murderous weapons made of wood and ox tendon weigh only more than 200 pounds, and can be carried by only one pack horse, which can be described as extremely light, even if it is a fast march, it can be easily carried with the army.

The soldiers removed the parts of the siege crossbow from their horses and reassembled them in the blink of an eye. With Cao **'s order, hundreds of crossbow arrows more than eight feet long immediately smashed a string of yellow smoke at the head of Xiao Xiuwu City.

"Ah...... Yes! A terrible scream sounded, and the Puyang army defending the city was carried from behind the battlements like kites, flying from behind the battlements like kites, spilling a little blood under the dawn sky. Since it had just rained recently, the sky was washed blue. And those red blood beads were reflected more clearly by the blue sky, almost dropping into the visibility.

The wilderness of the morning was quiet, and the morning breeze sent the screams into the unknowable distance, with a faint sigh in between.

Immediately afterward, the long and mournful trumpet exploded in the wilderness, and the sound was like a song, and the sound was urgent!

The archers of the brigade stepped forward quickly, protected by the shieldmen, and took advantage of the fact that the defenders were being overwhelmed by the crossbows and raised their heads to enter the attacking position. In the next moment, the sound of the horn stopped abruptly, and the sound of the wind became the main theme on the battlefield. The sky darkened, then brightened again, and tens of thousands of arrows slid across tens of thousands of brilliant arcs, whistling up the city.

The yellow smoke was mixed with blood, Xiao Xiuwu, a small county town, had not experienced a war for too long, and Tucheng was only trembling in the midst of an attack that destroyed the world.

The defenders fought back, dodging the eagles falling from the sky in embarrassment, looking for an opportunity to release cold arrows from behind the battlements.

But their resistance seemed so insignificant to the attackers. Very few Cao troops were shot by stray arrows, and occasionally one or two feathered arrows were successfully attacked, but they were also blocked by the thick armor.

This is a strong soldier trained by Cao ** in order to fight against the strong enemy in his fate, and he may seem a little embarrassed in front of the Qingzhou army that takes the lead everywhere, but when he faces opponents other than the Qingzhou army, this elite strong army will be **.

Throughout the ages, Jiajian and military advantages are the only way to win, and Cao ** has won its essence.

Of course, the Puyang army was not weak, and their resistance was very tenacious.

Taking advantage of the gap between Cao's attacks, they constantly rushed up to the city along the horse roads in the city, pushing away the corpses and filling the gaps left by the war dead. The gap was soon opened again by crossbows and feather arrows, and more soldiers rushed to pounce again, endlessly, and the cycle repeated.

The blood of the war dead soon filled the walls and slowly trickled down the cracks in the adobe.

From a distance, the entire wall looked like it was bleeding. The blood was absorbed halfway through the dried adobe, and the color slowly darkened and turned black. Before the old blood could completely condense, the new plasma quickly flowed down again, adding another stroke of crimson to the thick black, hideous and dazzling.

"Collapse! Collapse! Collapse! "The ballista's firing was short and powerful, like a rhythmic tune.

"Zheng! Zheng! Zheng! The tremor of the bowstring was crisp and weak, like silk bamboo mixed with the rhythm of the tune.

In the music, the sun slowly rose, crossed the distant horizon, crossed the rolling green hills, and went straight into the middle of the sky, shining a dazzling light on everyone's heads. With the same hair color and yellow skin, no matter which side they belong to at this moment, no matter whether they are dead or alive at this moment, they can't change the fact that flesh and blood are killing each other.

"Beat the drums!" Squinting his eyes and observing the results of the battle, Cao ** ordered loudly.

Siege warfare generally focuses on encircling three and one, in order to break the morale of the defenders, so as not to trap the beasts and increase casualties. But this battle is different, Cao ** took a lot of effort to set such a trap, and it was a secret Chen Cang, and it was a combination of inside and outside, so that Lu Bu, the tiger, was trapped, how could he leave a way for the other party to go?

What's more, Lu Bujun is most famous for his marching speed, and Cao ** is not interested in competing with his opponent in this regard, so he set a tactic of besieging on all sides, containing on three sides, and attacking on one side.

His main force was placed in the east, and the other three sides were led by Xiahoudun, Zhu Ling, and the newly voted old Western Liang general Pang De.

The main force was in the east of the city to guard against possible Qingzhou reinforcements. If reinforcements appear, the main force can quickly turn around and meet the battle, not giving the enemy a chance to break through to the chaos. If reinforcements don't come, the east side will become the first breach, and even if you can't break through the city, you can use a fierce offensive to attract the main force of the defenders, creating opportunities for the other three directions to break the city.

For the besiegers, there is a selective attack that can concentrate all forces in one place. For the defenders, they can only passively resist, but also have to avoid the glare that shines directly into their eyes.

"Long! Prosperous! Prosperous! The sound of the drums rolled back and forth in the wilderness like muffled thunder, shaking Xiao Xiuwu's thin city walls and throwing earth slag down.

Accompanied by the overwhelming sound of war drums, more than a dozen siege vehicles equipped with wooden wheels slowly rolled out from Cao Jun's main formation. Under the protection of the shieldmen, more than 2,000 ragged people shouted trumpets and slowly moved the siege vehicles closer to the city walls.

This siege vehicle looks like a combination of a rook and a ladder, with a heavy shield more than one person high erected in front of the car, and the siege ladder is fixed to the back of the car. As you travel, the ladder is folded over the cart, and when you reach the city wall, you can unfold it and take it to the top of the city.

The biggest advantage of this thing is that it is safe. When advancing, there is a shield to protect it, the auxiliaries only need to speculate, and the soldiers only need to carry their weapons and follow behind. During the siege, since the ladder was fixed to the car, it was also very good to stabilize the surname, and it was difficult for the defenders to knock it down.

As soon as this thing came out, the defenders' attention was immediately attracted.

There was a huge disparity between friend and foe, and if these behemoths were allowed to get close to the city walls, the consequences would be unimaginable. Without the general's order, they immediately pointed their bows and arrows at the cart pusher. Although they are protected by shields, the archery skills of these veterans of the border army of Bingzhou are too strong, and they can even use curved shots to get accurate!

The sharp arrows drew a perfect arc, accurately bypassing the shield and landing on the auxiliary soldiers of the cart. Tearing through the clothes, tearing the muscles, and piercing the internal organs through the gaps in the bones, the auxiliaries who pushed the siege ladder fell one by one, and the speed of the car slowed down suddenly.

Cao ** was unmoved, and with a wave of his hand, more auxiliaries rushed to the back of the siege ladder, took the place of the battle dead, and pushed the wheels slowly forward with his shoulders and arms.

Soldiers need long-term training and support, but auxiliaries are much simpler, as long as they are captured on the spot. Giving a bite of food like pig food, or even just showing the blade is enough, can drive these worthless surnames to death.

Once the success of ten thousand bones is withered, the famous general, isn't it just to step on these white bones to achieve fame?

Seeing that the bow and arrow interception would not work, the defenders at the head of the city also sacrificed a new killing move. Braving the rain of arrows overhead, they dragged the straw ropes in groups of a dozen people, pulling the bed crossbow used to defend the city with their shoulders.

Huge crossbow arrows roared down from the city, smashing the shield-bearers escorting the siege engines, smashing through the shields and smashing into the crowd, piercing the elixirs like sugar gourds that could not be evaded, and pinning them firmly to the ground.

Wang Yu was a very generous man, and he was open to the supply of the allies. If it weren't for Lu Bu's excessive trouble, the Puyang Army could have turned this place into a hedgehog-style fortress after entering Xiaoxiuwu.

However, now, there are only a dozen bed crossbows brought out by Gao Shun and Wei Yan in private in the city, and the crossbow arrows are also quite limited, and they are not willing to use them easily unless they are in a critical moment.

"Beat the drums and urge the war!" Cao ** ignored the life and death of the coolies, and gave orders with a sneer.

The armor of the overseer showed a blade that was as bright as the fangs of a beast. These killing machines trained by Cao **, only Cao **'s orders are obeyed, and they don't even care about the prestige of the Son of Heaven, in this era when the national concept has not yet taken shape, how can they expect them to have compassion for ordinary people?

"Long! Prosperous! Prosperous! The monotonous beat of the drums sounded again, like a storm crashing on the shore.

Under the persecution of the steel knife, the crying and shouting were loud, and the coolies who were lucky not to be shot by the bed crossbow gathered in front of and behind the siege ladder helplessly, crying while carrying their hands on their shoulders, and continued to move towards the death zone, with tears and blood every step!

The small siege crossbow under the city wall quickly adjusted its direction and concentrated its strength on the position where the city wall ** crossbow flew from and shot at once.

In terms of the quality of the crossbow machine, the genuine version made in Qingzhou is more dominant, but some advantages are easily wiped out by the huge quantity difference. Lu Bu could only watch as the bed crossbows that exposed the target were shot into hedgehogs one after another, and the area around the crossbow machine became a death zone.

"Although I am very unwilling, I'm afraid I can only go here." He closed his eyes in agony.

From the moment he took the knife into battle, he had already put life and death aside. It's just that he is not reconciled, and he is not willing to let so many loyal brothers accompany him to death! I can only blame myself, if I hadn't made that stupid decision, where would I have gotten to where I am today?

"Fengxian, it's my brother I'm sorry for you!" Zhang Yang burst into tears, and he couldn't cry anymore: "If it weren't for the fact that I was stupid and confused, I didn't know that I was betrayed, and I refused to listen to the good words of the hussar general and withdraw early, why would I be here today?" God, open your eyes, damn it's me, it's me! ”

Lu Bu was also depressed, but after listening to Zhang Yang's self-pity, a wave of anger surged in his chest: "Where did Uncle Zhi say this? The eldest husband went into battle with a knife, and the head on the neck was not his own. Cao thief has the ability to trap you and me with intrigues, but it depends on whether he has the ability to take my surname! ”

"Get out of the battlements, let them come!" Lu Bu lifted the halberd and shouted loudly, as if he had seen through life and death in an instant. (To be continued.) )