Chapter 962: Defeat Xuzhou

Cao Jun, who carried the ladder, rushed to the city wall like a tide.

On the city wall, the Xuzhou army continued to pour oil, stones and arrows under the city, and the Cao army's landing on the city was also extremely difficult.

The Cao army who climbed the ladder, under the attack of the Xuzhou army, fell from the ladder one after another, and when the Cao army in front fell, the one behind would make up for it.

The ladders were erected one after another on the top of the city, and the large array that followed behind the besieging Cao army stopped within the range of the archers.

The heavy infantry standing at the front of the queue raised their shields to shield the archers behind from the arrows of the Xuzhou army falling from the city.

The archers, on the other hand, hid behind their shields, and whenever they set up an arrow on the bowstring, they would stand up and shoot a shower of arrows at the wall.

The rain of arrows shot at the Xuzhou army at the head of the city, and most of the arrows fell on the hard city wall, and after making a "crackling" sound, they fell to the foot of the city wall.

Only a small number of arrows flew up the city wall, and most of them flew over the heads of the Xuzhou army, crossed the city wall, and fell into the city.

Occasionally, a few arrows with just the right angle were shot at the Xuzhou army on the city wall, but they failed to cause much trouble to the Xuzhou army, but a few Xuzhou soldiers were shot by the arrows and fell on the city.

At the foot of the city wall, the sound of shouting and killing shook the sky, and the soldiers on both sides launched a tragic battle in the city and under the city.

Standing in the Chinese army, looking at Xuzhou City from afar, Xiahoudun's heart was faintly uneasy.

Xiao Pei has been broken by the Qin army, and if the Qin army marches to Xuzhou at this time, he will definitely face the situation of being attacked by the enemy.

But in the letter Guo Jia wrote to him, he asked him to ignore the Qin army that occupied Xiaopei, just attack the city, and break the city of Xuzhou in a short time.

I don't understand why Guo Jia made such a decision, but Xiahoudun carried out the order without the slightest disobedience.

Cao's army attacked the city for several days, and suffered a lot of injuries, countless soldiers were killed in the battle, and many were injured.

The wails of wounded soldiers can be heard in the barracks every day, but Xiahoudun can feel that as long as he adds strength, Xuzhou City will be broken.

On the city wall, the soldiers of the Xuzhou army poured a pot of boiling oil towards the Cao army who ascended the city, and many Xuzhou troops picked up the big stones that had been prepared from the city, ran to the side of the Cao army to climb the city, and smashed the stones to the Cao army without a head and face.

The boiling oil was poured on the soldiers of the Cao army who ascended the city, and one by one the Cao soldiers howled miserably, and the skin and flesh of their bodies were burned and scorched, and they fell down from the ladder.

The big stone fell on the Cao army under the city, and some of the Cao army soldiers who couldn't dodge were hit by the stone, and their brains suddenly collapsed and fell on the thick pile of dead bodies that had accumulated.

The arrows on both sides flew in a staggered manner, and every time the arrows flew by, some of the soldiers on both sides who were shot would turn over and fall.

"Kill!" A Cao army officer with a shield in his hand, shouting for kill, climbed the ladder to the city wall.

Directly above him, several Xuzhou soldiers on the city wall picked up a pot of boiling oil and poured it on his head.

The hot oil was poured on the shield, splashing a splash of oil, and fell towards Cao Jun under the ladder.

As the oil splashed down, Cao Jun below suddenly let out a miserable howl.

The officer of the Cao Army, who held the shield above his head, used the shield to block the boiling oil that was mostly poured on him.

But even so, there was a splash on his back.

The hot oil splattered on his back, and the flesh on his back was instantly scalded.

The pain in his heart invaded his cerebellar cortex, and he almost couldn't bear the pain anymore and fell off the ladder.

He knew very well that once he fell, it would be impossible to climb the city wall again.

Holding the shield and using the shield to cover it, the officer of the Cao Army endured the sharp pain from behind him, accelerated the speed of his feet, and quickly rushed to the top of the ladder.

When he rushed to the top of the ladder, the Xuzhou army on a city wall held a short spear, let out a roar, and stabbed a spear at him.

The short spear pierced, and the officer of the Cao army turned the shield in his hand to the side, blocking the short spear that was stabbing at him, and then pierced the short spear in his hand towards the other party.

Through the battlements, the short spear of the officer of the Cao army pierced through the throat of the Xuzhou army impartially, through the neck, and through the back of the head.

When the officer of the Cao army pulled out the short spear violently, the neck of the Xuzhou army was splashed with blood like a fountain, and he fell down.

Just by taking advantage of this gap, the officer of the Cao army had already jumped on the battlements and jumped onto the city wall.

At the same time as he rushed to the city wall, Cao Jun also climbed the top of the city in several other cloud ladders.

As the Cao army went to the city, the heavy infantry of the Xuzhou army, who had been waiting on the city wall for hand-to-hand combat, let out a shout in unison and rushed towards the Cao army who had gone up the city wall.

The Xuzhou army flocked to the Cao army, which had already reached the top of the city, but more Cao troops took advantage of this opportunity to go up the city wall along the ladder.

A soldier of the Cao army had just stood on the battlements, and before he had time to jump down, a soldier of the Xuzhou army rushed up to him.

After the soldiers of the Xuzhou army rushed up, they did not delay at all, raised the short spear in their hands, and pierced it towards the lower abdomen of the Cao army.

Standing on the battlements, the soldiers of the Cao Army, who had no way to dodge, were pierced by the soldiers of the Xuzhou Army with a spear, and with the action of the Xuzhou Army pulling out the short spear, they fell down to the city on their backs.

As soon as he pulled out the short spear from the lower abdomen of the soldier of the Cao army, the soldier of the Xuzhou army was about to turn around, when a sound of wind came from his side.

Just as he was about to turn his face to look to the side, a hard shield had smashed its head against his front door.

Although the shield was wooden, the surface was wrapped with iron sheets, and this time, the Xuzhou soldiers were suddenly smashed with blood on their faces, and they fell on their backs.

Knocked down by the shield, he did not die, but writhed his body and struggled to get up.

But before he could get up, the Cao soldier who smashed him over with a shield strode to his side, raised his short spear, and stabbed him fiercely into the heart.

The short spear pierced into the heart of the Xuzhou army with a "poof", and the body of the Xuzhou soldier rose upward, and then kicked his legs, cutting off his breath.

More and more Cao troops poured into the city, and the resistance of the Xuzhou army became more and more thin.

Zhang Fei held the Zhangba snake spear tightly with both hands, brandished the snake spear, and flew out of the Cao Jun who pounced on him one by one.

In the battle, a person's bravery, often did not have much effect on the battle situation, although Zhang Fei said that he had killed countless Cao troops, but the soldiers of the Xuzhou Army who followed him to fight were retreating step by step, and the city was about to be lost!

Standing in the Chinese army, watching the soldiers of the Cao army climb to the top of the city like a tide from a distance, Xiahoudun knew that if he seized the fighter at this time, he would definitely be able to break through Xuzhou in one fell swoop, so he hurriedly shouted behind him: "Pass the order, the whole army will attack!" ”

Xiahoudun gave an order, and bursts of drumming suddenly came from the Cao Jun array.

The drums of the war were beating rapidly, and in the sound of the war drums that shook the sky, first a battering ram came out of the column and quickly advanced towards the city wall, and then the infantry of the entire Cao army array attacked on all fronts, running towards the Xuzhou city wall.

The tide-like Cao army launched a general attack, and the soldiers of the Cao army who had already climbed the city wall heard the drumbeat of the war drums, and their morale suddenly reached its peak.

Bursts of shouts and killings came from the city wall, and the Cao army, who had gone up to the city wall, launched a round of swoops towards the Xuzhou army with the sound of war drums outside the city.

Since the Cao army had already attacked the city wall, the Xuzhou army at the head of the city could no longer fire arrows at the Cao army that was pouring outside the city.

Countless Cao troops ran to the city wall, followed the ladder, and climbed towards the city.

Cao Jun, who was pushing the battering ram, fell behind the crowd because the things he was carrying were too heavy.

When they rushed to the city gate, a group of Cao troops raised their battering rams and launched a fierce ram towards the city gate.

The battering ram slammed against the gates, making a dull loud noise.

The soldiers of the Xuzhou Army inside the city gate, when Cao Jun hit the city gate with a battering ram, stepped forward one after another and resisted the city gate with their flesh and blood.

Countless soldiers of the Xuzhou army poured to the inside of the city gate and resisted the city gate to the death, but even so, the impact of the battering ram still made the city gate shake violently.

"Hard!" Outside the city gate, a Cao army officer with a long sword stood on the side of the battering ram, wielding a long sword while giving orders to the Cao army who were slamming the city gate.

Under the constant urging of the officers, the soldiers of the Cao army, who were carrying the battering ram, slammed the city gate violently with the battering ram.

The ramming made the gates looser and looser, and finally, when the battering ram slammed into the gates again, the gates let out a groan of pain and flashed to the sides.

The Xuzhou army, who blocked the gate with their bodies, at the moment when the city gate was knocked open, the powerful impact made them fall down.

The city gate had just opened, and Cao Jun, who was waiting outside the city to climb the ladder, suddenly rushed towards the open city gate.

Both the Xuzhou army guarding the city gates and the Cao army besieging the city flocked to their enemies like a tidal wave.

The two sides collided at the narrow city gate, the shields flew and the short spears flew, and streams of blood shot out, and the soldiers of both sides fell in the shadow of swords and swords.

"Cavalry, charge!" The battle finally entered the final stage, and Xiahoudun raised the halberd in his hand, pointed towards the Xuzhou city gate, and gave the final order.

When the infantry charged, the cavalry of the Cao army, who had been waiting in the rear, immediately rushed up to the two armies that were fighting at the city gate with their legs between their horses' bellias after receiving the order.

On the city wall of Xuzhou, Zhang Fei held the Zhangba snake spear tightly and protected Liu Bei, who was already about to be frightened, behind him.

"Mi Zhu and Mi Fang, two generals, escort the eldest brother to go first, and go to save my sister-in-law!" A spear pierced through a general of the Cao army who pounced on him, and Zhang Fei shouted at Mi Zhu and Mi Fang, who were following him.

"I don't care about that much!" Before Mi Zhu and Mi Fang could respond, Liu Bei was already shouting in a panic: "The third brother is going to leave with your brother, your sister-in-law, let them ask for more blessings!" ”