It's just that although he was prepared in his heart, when he saw Cao Cao's momentum so great, Ji Ling still felt great pressure, so he asked Gao Shun, the general of the trapped camp on the side, to see what this person's attitude was.

And Gao Shun's answer was exactly what Ji Ling thought in his heart, yes, in the face of such a big enemy, it would be false to say that they were not afraid, but they really couldn't retreat, and they didn't have the qualifications to retreat in less than three days.

The two generals were all thinking the same thing, and they couldn't help but smile at each other, they knew that a bloody battle was inevitable, but they were not afraid.

Early in the morning of the second day when the Wei army arrived in Liang County, Cao Zhang took 200,000 troops after breakfast, and then took the deputy general Che Xuan and Niu Jin out of the camp with 200,000 troops.

Under the city of Liangxian, Xiahou Yuan took an army of 200,000 to set up a formation, and the cars, ladders, and trebuchets were ready to hit the city gates.

On top of the castle tower, a large number of archers were also ambushed between the various wall buttresses, and at the same time, sleepers, boulders, fire oil, etc. should be prepared.

The two sides are in clear position, and the next big battle is inevitable. The sound of the horn sounded, shaking through the sky, and Cao Jun Xiahou Yuan gave an order, "The siege begins." Suddenly, I saw a dense crowd of soldiers wearing earth-gray military uniforms, shouting in unison and rushing towards the tower of Liangxian County.

"Don't be in a hurry, wait for the other party to be three hundred and twenty steps away from us." On the top of the city tower, the deputy commander of Ji Ling came in person, holding a three-pointed two-edged knife in his hand and said unhurriedly. Beside him were two soldiers holding shields to prevent stray arrows.

"Boom, boom." Huge boulders were smashed towards the city wall of Liangxian County under the power of the catapult.

So many boulders came together, most of the stones fell on the city wall, causing the sound of stones falling to the ground, and occasionally one or two boulders fell right on the city wall, attracting the wails of several soldiers.

"Lift it down, fill in the position." Ji Ling looked at those who were not lucky and were injured and killed just after the battle, and there was not a trace of nervousness in his eyes. As a general, bloodstained things are often visible, and if you have to be sad every time you see someone die, then there is no need to fight this battle.

"Bang bang." The sound of footsteps on the ground came one after another, and the Wei siege infantry was getting closer and closer to the city, and at the front of the team, there were already rows of shield soldiers walking, and behind them, there was a group of soldiers with siege ladders, and they were just waiting to rush to the bottom of the city to borrow the long ladder to rush up the city wall.

In the sky, huge rocks were still flying, bringing some damage to the soldiers of the Celestial Empire. It's just that the accuracy of this thing is so bad that it looks like thunder and rain.

"Draw the bow." Seeing that the Wei army was only three hundred and forty steps away from the city, Deputy Commander Ji Ling slowly raised his right hand with a loud shout, "Let's go!" "At three hundred and twenty paces, within the effective firing range of the bow and arrow, the order to attack was given.

"Woooo

As Ji Ling issued a military order, on the city wall of Liang County, the sound of arrows as dense as a rain waterfall breaking through the air rang out everywhere, surging towards the approaching Cao Jun.

The sound of "clanging" was heard incessantly, it was the sound of a bow and arrow hitting a pitch-black shield.

It's just that although Cao's army has been prepared for a long time, under the dense rain of bows and arrows, there are still soldiers who are often shot by bows and arrows, and then fall to the ground.

"Storm the walls." Seeing that the losses brought by the bow and arrow to their own side were increasing, and the shield soldiers at the front began to suffer casualties, General Niu Jin, who was directing the soldiers to charge the city, issued an order to attack the city.

As soon as the order was given, countless Wei soldiers holding ladders scattered and rushed forward, although the sound of arrows breaking through the air kept ringing, but no one cared, all they had to do was to rush to the city gate in the fastest time and set up the ladder.

The bows and arrows of the soldiers of the Celestial Empire were far from being much stronger than those of catapults, and it also caused chaos in the camp of the soldiers of the Wei army rushing to the city. Only this time there were too many Wei soldiers, and the chaos was quickly calmed down, and one by one the ladders had been erected under the corners of the city wall with the help of the sea of people.

The soldiers of the Wei army rushed under the city wall, and the role of bows and arrows became much smaller at this time, and General Ji Ling quickly changed his tactics and removed the archers, while a large number of infantry armed with spears appeared on the stairs leading to the city wall.

When the infantry appeared on the tower, they came to the stomping of the city, stretched out their spears, and pushed forward the ladders that had been set up on the walls. This action caused countless shouts to resound in the city.

The power of the pikemen's promotion suspended the pressure of the siege, so that many ladders were pushed out before they could play a role. When this move was seen by Niu Jin, the general of the Wei army under the city, he shouted loudly, "Archers, release arrows, and cooperate with the siege soldiers." ”

The Wei army began to fire arrows into the city, and the arrows were shot from the ground, but some of the soldiers of the Celestial Empire who defended the city were killed by arrows. Then a new batch of ladders began to be built on the city wall, and the second siege began.

"Throw sleepers, boulders, and oil on fire." Seeing that the bow and arrow were in front and the cloud ladder was behind, Deputy Commander Ji Ling also quickly adjusted his strategy and began to rearrange the defense.

All of a sudden, the siege battle has reached a white-hot level, and at every moment, there are soldiers who die in the city at any time.

This is the step of a normal siege battle, but usually in this way, unless the besieging side can attack the tower in one go, otherwise the losses will be very huge. But this time, Wei Jun still chose this way, obviously they didn't care about any losses. With four times as many troops under the city, they seemed determined to win.

Sure enough, the phrase "strength in numbers" is very effective in many times, just like now, Niu Jin personally supervises the formation, but all soldiers who find that there are cowardly retreats are killed. Under such an attack, more Wei soldiers began to rush to the city wall without fear of death, and began to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the soldiers of the Celestial Empire.

Seeing that at least 2,000 soldiers borrowed the ladder to climb the city wall first, Niu Jin was overjoyed, and in order to stabilize the results of the battle, he began to urge more soldiers to climb the ladder, he wanted to win the battle.

General Ji Ling had already fought deeply on the city wall, and there were no less than 30 Wei soldiers who died in his hands in less than half an hour, but this still seemed to be unable to reverse the overall situation, and more and more Wei soldiers still climbed the city wall.

"Withdraw, withdraw, please General Gao come up." Ji Ling knew that this was not the time to be reckless, if he still led his soldiers to guard the city wall, he would eventually be attacked by the enemy who was several times stronger than his own side, if that was the case, the county seat of Liangxian would not be safe.

Ji Ling finally began to give the order to retreat, and the soldiers of the Celestial Empire began to retreat in an orderly manner. While the soldiers of the Fifth Legion continued to retreat from the city ladder, some soldiers armed with giant scythes and broadswords rushed against the tower.

Walking in front of these giant scythes and broadswords was a general Gao Shun wearing a yellow cloak.

At this moment, Gao Shun, including the trapped soldiers brought behind him, were all armed to the teeth with their black armor. In addition to the eyes exposed, the mouth and nose were completely protected, and the long armor completely protected their arms and ankles.

It is no exaggeration to say that with this set of equipment, even if there is a bow and arrow on the body, I am afraid that it is not much different from tickling.

Gao Shun took the trap camp to the city tower, and when Ji Ling was wrong with him, he said: "General Gao, everything is please." ”

"General Ji, please go down and rest first, and then go up to the city tower to change the guard after half an hour." At this moment, Gao Shun had a determined look in his eyes, which was a kind of extreme confidence in his own strength, which could only be expressed.

Ji Ling hadn't seen the trapping camp make a move, but he knew that this was a person sent by the emperor, and his strength must be good, so he nodded and agreed, and led his pikemen to retreat to the city tower.

The pikemen of the Celestial Empire retreated, replaced by the heavily armored warriors of the trapped camp. As soon as they came up, they rushed towards the wall of the Wei army that was constantly pouring in and stomped forward, and then waved the giant scythe in their hands and slashed forward.

All this is said slowly, but in fact, there is no delay at all, as if it has been rehearsed countless times. And with the action of these trapped camp warriors, for a while, at least more than two hundred Wei soldiers were killed, and even more were cut in two with a sharp giant scythe.

Suddenly, these trapped camp warriors rushed up, they shot fiercely, even when they saw the corpses of the Wei soldiers who were beheaded, their eyes did not show the slightest change, as if all this was as it should be, as if all this was expected.

Such elite trapped soldiers rushed out, coupled with the wielding of the giant scythe and broadsword, they quickly stabilized the situation above the city tower, so that those Wei soldiers who had originally rushed up to the city tower were cut down to the ground one after another.

"Quick, withdraw, withdraw." Seeing their comrades being cut down to the ground one by one, without the slightest strength to fight back, some people finally felt frightened and began to look for the ladders for them to climb up to return to the city wall.

It's just that if you come, where can you walk away lightly? Gao Shun, the leader of the army, will not let the enemy leave at will. "Don't keep your hands on it, kill!"