Chapter 408: This New Year's Day Doesn't Stop (5)
The two thousand Cao soldiers, after Manpang's order, let out an overwhelming roar and rushed towards the only more than 1,000 Xuzhou soldiers in the urn city.
In the urn city, Pang De, who was lined up in front of the array, was dressed in a well-fitting iron armor, showing a swaying light in the jumping firelight, holding the seventy-eight pounds of elephant trunk ancient moon knives high in both hands, and walking steadily under his feet.
Seeing that Cao Bing was less than a hundred steps away from them, a palpitating cold glint flashed in Pang De's eyes, and a sneer hung on the corner of his mouth, and he shouted: "Archer, release the arrow!" ”
With a "buzz", the archers on the walls of the city of Urn City shot a rain of arrows. Hundreds of feather arrows could not be seen at all in the night, and in just an instant, they stabbed into the Cao Bing array.
Cao Bing lost more than 100 people, and those who were shot in the head and neck by feather arrows directly convulsed a few times and died, and some of them were shot in the chest and abdomen, but they could only lie on the ground and wail.
Captain Cao Bing yelled, "Forward! Eighty steps away, and their feathered arrows will be powerless! Hasten! ”
The rest of the Cao soldiers roared angrily and quickly pressed up.
When Pound saw it, he snorted coldly and shouted again: "Release the arrow!" ”
It was another round of arrow rain, and this time the effect was much better, and Cao Jun was killed and wounded by 200 people.
After three rounds of sword rain, the two armies were only ten steps apart!
Captain Cao was dumbfounded and shouted, "Kill the enemy!" With a slash of the long knife, his feet accelerated, and he rushed towards Pound!
Pound roared: "Kill me!" The Elephant Trunk Ancient Moon Knife was raised violently, and Pound rushed forward with his legs in two big steps, and then jumped hard! The whole person was like a god descending from heaven, flying seven or eight feet high, more than three feet away, and the big knife slashed down according to the Cao military captain!
Captain Cao was not afraid, in his opinion, this Xuzhou Army General was a fool, and he would use a big knife with a length of more than one zhang to fight under the horse? Isn't this a brain kicked by a donkey?
He raised the long knife, squatted down, and then flicked it again, and burst into his mouth: "Open!" ”
Pang De's knife happened to be slashed at this time, and the two knives intersected, only to hear the sound of the intersection of gold and iron in Qingyue, and the captain Cao only felt a numb arm, and a force that made him unbearable attacked.
Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough, and as soon as he felt that he couldn't do it, he immediately jumped out diagonally, and he could avoid it before Pound's big knife was solid.
Pang De didn't care about him anymore, the big knife was withdrawn, the head of the knife was placed horizontally, and then a sweep, and the two Cao soldiers were stopped and cut off!
Captain Cao escaped, and his arm was numb from the power of Pound's sword, and the knife in his hand was almost unable to hold it. He was secretly frightened, he didn't expect that a general with an unknown origin in the Xuzhou Army would have such ability. At the same time, he was also secretly glad that he escaped fast enough, otherwise the whole person would have to be split in half!
But his luck doesn't stop there!
Facing a Xuzhou military Du Boyuan's eyes, he roared sharply, and the steel knife slashed towards his neck!
When Captain Cao saw it, he once again put the long knife sideways and wanted to resist hard. However, his hands and feet were sore, his strength was insufficient, and the knife of the Xuzhou Army Dubo was finally slashed diagonally on his right neck. He felt only a slight pain, and at the same time a hot water arrow flew out of his right neck. Is there so much water in my body? That was his last thought.
At this time, Pang De had already killed more than twenty steps in front of him. Passing all the way, he killed more than 20 Cao soldiers in a row. But today's Cao soldiers are crazy, they are not afraid of death!
Seeing that Pang De was strong in martial arts and had no enemies under him, several officers such as Du Bo and Du Wei hurriedly put down their command and surrounded them.
Pang De was not afraid, he held the middle position of the long knife shaft, used the head of the knife as a short knife, used the end of the handle as a gun, covered the front and back, stabbed in front and back, and under his vigorous movement, the tail of the knife without sharp corners also became extremely sharp. If the armor is slightly weaker, it will pierce into the flesh, and if the armor is slightly stronger, the whole person will be pushed away, and at the same time, the breastplate will be concave and the sternum will be shattered.
In just a dozen rounds, several Cao Jun officers were killed and injured by him, and the rest scattered in a hurry, and they no longer dared to fight against this guy who didn't look like a human being!
The first wave of the Cao army's attack, under the brave leadership of Pang De, was defeated by the weak Xuzhou army. However, in this battle, the Xuzhou army lost more than 300 troops, and the rest of the soldiers were also extremely tired, but they were afraid that it would be difficult to withstand the next wave of attacks.
At the same time as the battle under the urn city, Manpang also sent people to attack the Xuzhou army on the city wall. On the city wall, the Xuzhou Army did not have a brave general like Pang De, and it was not long and had been suppressed very badly.
Tian Fan lived on the city tower and had been observing the situation on the battlefield, and when he saw that his side was under control on the city wall, he hurriedly sent more than 200 people around him, leaving only more than ten soldiers. These soldiers followed Pang De into Pingyu a few days ago, and after two days of rest and recuperation, their physical strength was just right, and as soon as they went up, they successfully stabilized the situation.
A quarter of an hour later, another round of Cao Jun's charge began!
Pound had just sorted out the queue, and in his heart, he couldn't help but worry! If Gao Shun and the others ten miles away can't come in time, then the city gate will inevitably be lost!
Man Pang has gone crazy! After gathering some of his men to defend the city, he sent all the troops he could muster, including his own family members! If you don't take back the city gates, everything will be lost!
On the battlefield, one person's bravery can drive the bravery of a group of people, but when this piece of people is weak in succession, no matter how brave the person is, he can't change the situation.
Pound roared and slashed, his broadsword swung like madness, he couldn't remember how many people he had killed, and the blood of his enemies burst out of him, making him like a gourd of blood. The blood mixed with his sweat left behind, making him viscous and unusually uncomfortable. But this is not the time to care about these, he can only keep swinging the knife, and swing the knife again!
When he slashed a Cao soldier in front of him again, he felt that there was an empty body in front of him, and he had already come out of the formation.
With a few gasps, he turned and killed again.
On the city tower, the battle has also reached a fever pitch, the corpses piled up at the city gate tower, the blood has flowed all over the city tower, under the cold sky, the cold city wall, just a few breaths, the steaming blood has condensed, making the city tower extremely smooth, everyone must be careful. If it weren't for the smooth ground, I'm afraid that the tower would have been lost.
Tian Fan was so anxious that he broke out in a cold sweat, he had already started scolding his mother! Gao Shun, Gao Shun, do you want to see me die?
Finally, the sound of gold sounded!
Tian Fan looked at the situation and looked outside the city, but saw that there was no light in the distance, and Gao Shun couldn't come for the time being!
He gritted his teeth and said decisively to the soldiers beside him: "Order, go down to the city, let's go out of the city!" You destroy the drawbridge now! ”
As he spoke, he led a few people down the city. On both sides of the city tower, there are stairs leading directly to the urn city under the city, Tian Fan went down the stairs, found Pang De, who was sweating and heavily clothed, and said bluntly: "Ling Ming, let's withdraw!" ”
Pang De hurriedly said: "Dudu, you can't withdraw!" It's all over as soon as you withdraw! It's really not good, let's find Cao Xing and others to support! ”
Tian Fan shook his head and said, "No! Cao sex, they can't move! Once they move, the blockade of the rest of the positions will be reduced, and if Man Pang sends someone to inform Li Tong, then all our calculations will be over! ”
After a slight pause, Tian Fan took a breath and said, "Bring all the corpses nearby, open the city gate, and pile up all the corpses at the city gate, so that Cao Jun can get the city gate, and don't even think about closing the city gate!" The suspension bridge cables have been destroyed, and we are temporarily retreating, but it is not difficult to get into the city! Okay, stop talking nonsense, go ahead and do it! ”
Pound listened to it, nodded again and again, and said, "This method is good!" With that, he immediately gathered his soldiers and did as Tian Fan had ordered.
A quarter of an hour later, when the soldiers of the Manpang faction came again, they saw that the urn city and the tower were empty. They couldn't help but cheer! It is not their willingness to fight against such a fierce Xuzhou army, especially the guy who kills the gods, wears iron armor and holds a long-handled broadsword.
However, when they saw the mountain of corpses piled up at the city gate, their excitement quickly cooled down like a red-hot soldering iron poured on a scoop of cold water!
More than two hundred steps outside the city, Tian Fan and Pang De led the rest of the soldiers and were monitoring the Cao army in the city.
Although the gate of the southern city was lost, Tian Fan ordered the soldiers to look at the city gate from a distance, and he would never let anyone out of the city!
When Man Pang arrived, when he saw the situation at the city gate, he immediately shouted: "Quickly clean up the corpses and close the city gate!" ”
Watching the soldiers scrambling to clean up the corpses, watching the city gate closed inch by inch, his face became more and more beautiful! However, when he climbed up the city tower and looked at Tian Fan in the distance, his face changed!
An army is coming this way with torches! Under the light of the torches, he saw that all the soldiers of that army were iron-armoured, and some of the soldiers in front of him, holding huge shields in their hands, could run, still with ease, as if they did not have any effort at all!
The location of Gao Shun and others is ten miles away from Pingyu City, but it is in the north of the city. It is a gentle slope facing the sun and leeward, so there is no snow because it is sunny, so it is a good place for camping when there are no tents or other things. Although the soldiers did not have tents, each of them wore cotton clothes and a cotton hat, and then took off their cold iron armor, and several people curled up together, covered with a quilt, barely able to keep out the cold. At least, there were no people in the entire army who froze to death, only a few dozen frostbitten hands and feet.
When Lu Bu, Gao Shun and Lu Yi got the news of Tian Fan, they immediately keenly judged that the siege battle was advanced, and even the battle with Li Tong was advanced!
So, Gao Shun first gathered the soldiers of the trapped camp, first ascended the camp and Tian Fan, and the three ironclad soldiers put on the iron armor and took a lot of effort, and by the time they stopped dressing and were ready for battle, it was already a quarter of an hour later!
Lu Bu was more anxious than Gao Shun, but the cavalry all took off their saddles and let the war horses rest well, and they couldn't participate in the battle quickly at all. As for the rest of the infantry, they can quickly put on leather armor to support, but more than ten miles away, as long as they run out of five miles, they will not even be able to see the shadow of the guards who first boarded the camp, trapped the camp and Tian Fan, and even if they go, it will be in vain!
After assembling, Gao Shun immediately led the ironclad soldiers to Pingyu.
Finally, when Man Pang was about to clean up the corpses at the city gate and the city gate was about to be completely closed, he arrived in time!
Tian Fan shouted: "Directly join the war!" ”
Gao Shun hugged his fists and said: "No! ”
Then, three elite ironclad soldiers rushed towards the city gate!
Two hundred steps away, Gao Shun shouted: "Tang Xian, Tang Feng, Wu Peng, Peng Hai, crossbow arrows are waiting!" ”
The four of them shouted, "No! ”
Immediately afterwards, the army of 1,800 men divided into 600 men, led by four, and lined up at a distance of 180 paces from the city wall. The Cao army on the city tower was immediately suppressed by a powerful force!
A hundred steps away, Gao Shun shouted: "Wang Dabi, Tang Yi Tang Er, He Yi He Man, open the city gate for me, if it doesn't work, come and see you!" ”
The five shouted, "No! ”
Then, Wang Dabao shouted: "Climb the tree first, and rush with me!" ”
Tang Yi roared: "Guard the battalion, follow me!" ”
Four hundred and fifty people immediately accelerated and rushed towards the city gate!
There were five people in front, Wang Da Cake was in the center, holding a big shield, Tang Yi and Tang Er and He Yi and He Man were separated from each other, each with a mace, and rushed to the city gate with a roar.
Gao Shun shouted again: "Trap the camp, prepare to meet the enemy!" ”
The seven hundred soldiers of the camp roared wildly, and the stainless steel broadsword with blades on both sides and serrated teeth on the back in his hands slammed on the enlarged iron-clad shield three times in a row, making three loud noises!
At the head of the city, Man Pang saw the incomparable momentum of this army, and his face suddenly turned like ashes! He knew that it was impossible to hold the city!