Behind the Luoyang Army camp, groups of Luoyang Army soldiers used carts to push a cart of boulders larger than a grinding plate.

But after more than an hour, behind the catapult, there were huge rocks like a hill.

The boulder was raised high, and when the last cart came to the back of the catapult, the officer with two small flags raised them again.

As the small flag in the officer's hand fell, the sturdy officers and soldiers, who were shirtless, pushed stones the size of a millstone into the catapult, and soon the raindrops of boulders poured down on the city wall again. There was a roar, once again breaking the silence of Zhuo County.

Over the course of a day, the Luoyang army launched a total of three long-range attacks with catapults. By the time the sun set in the west, the southern city wall, which had been bombarded by catapults, was already unrecognizable and dilapidated!

The remnant sun shone obliquely, and the afterglow spread on the city wall, which was plated with a thick layer of blood.

Although the Jizhou army hid behind the battlements during the boulder bombardment, the huge stones still brought them a lot of casualties.

Most of the Jizhou troops who hid a little further were not fully protected by the battlements, and many of the unlucky Jizhou troops were hit by boulders and became puddles of meat and mud sprinkled on the city wall.

After a day of boulder bombardment by the Luoyang army, the city wall was already blurred with flesh and blood, and broken flesh and blood stains could be seen everywhere. Even the air that lingered near the city walls was filled with a thick smell of blood.

Standing at the edge of a battlement that had been half collapsed, Gongsun Chan pressed the long sword in one hand, and frowned at the Luoyang army outside the city.

"Father, the king of Luoyang still has no plans to attack the city!" Standing behind Gongsun Chan and looking at the Luoyang army outside the city, Gongsun Xu whispered to Gongsun Zhan: "If they are allowed to go down like this, within three days, the city wall will collapse, and our army can only ...... at that time."

"In less than three days!" Without waiting for Gongsun to finish speaking, Gongsun Chan raised his hand to stop his words and said to him: "Our army will not wait here for them to break the city, and our army will leave the city and evacuate later!" ”

"There is a large array of Luoyang troops in the south and west of the city!" Hearing that he was going to evacuate, Gongsun Xu hurriedly said to Gongsun Zhan: "Zhao Yun led thousands of cavalry, which is already guarding the north of the city, and now our army can only break through from the east of the city!" ”

"There is no Luoyang army in the east of the city?" Before Gongsun Xu's words fell, Gongsun Chan tightly furrowed his brows and asked him a question.

"Yes!" Lowering his head and bowing slightly, Gongsun Xu said to Gongsun Zhan: "There are Luoyang troops on three sides, but in the east of the city, even half of the Luoyang army soldiers have not been seen!" If our army breaks through from the east of the city, even if it is discovered by the king of Luoyang, our army can calmly respond to the battle while retreating to Yuyang! ”

"Yuyang!" Gongsun Zhan sighed lightly, shook his head, and said to Gongsun Xu: "Earlier, you and I have already received the battle report, Gongsun Du has raised troops from Liaodong, and he has already surrounded Yuyang like an iron bucket. Now that the Yuan brothers are leading the Jizhou army eastward, they want to go to Yuyang, you and I will return to Yuyang, don't say that it is difficult to enter the city, even if you succeed in entering the city, it is just to be besieged again......"

"What is my father going to do?" Gongsun Zhan's words made Gongsun Zhan's heart cold, and he hurriedly asked Gongsun Zhan.

"Out of the city through the north gate!" Twisting his brows and thinking for a long time, Gongsun Zhan said to Gongsun Xu: "If the banner on the head of the city is not removed, our army will be killed from the north of the city." With Zhao Yun's men, it is difficult to stop our army. Once you break through, get out of the game immediately! Wait until the future to reorganize the soldiers and horses, and then return to the Central Plains to avenge the blood and the sea of revenge! ”

"No!" After thinking about it carefully, Gongsun Xu also felt that only by retreating north according to Gongsun Zhan's decision could the Jizhou army in the city have a glimmer of life, so he hurriedly responded with his fists and said to Gongsun Zhan: "The child will go to order all the departments to start immediately!" ”

"Hmm!" Looking at the Luoyang army outside the city, Gongsun Zhan nodded heavily, didn't say anything more, and his brows were still tightly wrinkled.

The setting sun gradually fell on the horizon, and the afterglow shone on the earth, and Gongsun Zhan's body was also reflected in the remnant sun, adding a little bleakness to his already lonely figure.

Gongsun Xu ran quickly to the officers and soldiers of the Jizhou army, he did not shout loudly, but every time he passed by a general of the Jizhou army, he would whisper to the general that he wanted to rectify the officers and soldiers of the headquarters and prepare to withdraw from Zhuo County.

The partial generals, who had endured the bombardment of catapults all day, learned that they were going to withdraw from Zhuo County, and they were filled with joy in their hearts, and without the slightest delay, they called the troops and horses of the headquarters to reorganize their formations and prepare to evacuate.

As the sun sets, the light is much dimmer than during the day. By the dim light, the withdrawal of the Jizhou army was almost silent.

The Luoyang army outside the city was still in a neat formation, looking at Zhuojun City, which had endured a whole day of boulder bombardment in the distance.

After the boulder bombardment, many Jizhou army battle flags on the city wall have been broken, as the Luoyang army stopped throwing stones at the last time, the Jizhou army on the city wall put up the battle flag again.

The royal blue battle flags fluttered with the wind, as if they were roaring at the Luoyang army outside the city about their indomitability.

Seeing that the Jizhou army on the city wall had erected the battle flag again, Liu Wei turned his head and glanced at Pang Tong standing beside him, and smiled heartily at each other.

"Prepare the whole army!" Pressing the hilt of the sword with his hand and looking at the Zhuojun city wall in the distance, Liu Wei shouted: "Stay until dark, and the army will enter the city!" ”

"Mighty!" Before Liu Wei's shout fell, tens of thousands of Luoyang soldiers raised their blades high and shouted in unison.

This shout was thick and high-pitched, and the shout drifted into the city wall of Zhuo County, making Gongsun Zhan, who had just turned around and was about to walk down the city wall, slightly stunned.

"What's wrong, father?" Following behind Gongsun Zhan, he noticed that his body trembled slightly, and Gongsun Xu asked him in a low voice, "But what's wrong?" ”

"Out of town!" Standing on the stairs, bowing his head and muttering for a while, Gongsun Chan did not answer Gongsun Xu's question, but waved his hand and gave the order to go out of the city.

Outside the north gate of Zhuo County, Zhao Yun led 3,000 Luoyang army cavalry, and they had already lined up their formations, and they would kill Gongsun Zan head-on when they left the city.

Three thousand cavalrymen of the Luoyang Army, one by one holding strong crossbows, raised the strong crossbows flat, and aimed at the north gate of Zhuo County.

The north gate of Zhuojun was quiet, and there was no sign that anyone would leave the city. Standing behind the cavalry formation, Zhao Yun held a spear in one hand, looking at the city gate in the distance, his brows were slightly twisted, and his expression was a little impatient.

Ever since he arrived in the morning, he and the three thousand cavalrymen who had come with him had been listening to the loud sound of boulders crashing against the walls of the southern wall.

The fight on the south side of the city wall was lively, but Zhao Yun and the others were anxious to listen to it, wishing that Gongsun Zhan would withdraw his troops earlier, and when the Jizhou army poured out from the north gate, they would be happy.

Zhao Yun was anxious to wait with the three thousand Luoyang Army cavalry, and an officer of the Luoyang Army beside him suddenly raised his hand and pointed to the city gate, and shouted to Zhao Yun: "General, look! ”

Zhao Yun, who had been looking at the north gate of Zhuo County, did not wait for the officer to shout, but found that the city gate was slowly opened.

Almost at the same time as the officer shouted, Zhao Yun raised his arm and shouted to the three thousand Luoyang troops who had already prepared for battle: "Soldiers, wind up the crossbow!" ”

In fact, the strong crossbow in the hands of the cavalry of the Luoyang Army had already been wound, and Zhao Yun's shout was just a reminder that the crossbow arrows were about to be fired.

When the three thousand cavalry heard Zhao Yun's shout, they leveled the crossbows in their hands one by one and aimed at the north gate of Zhuo County.

Under the gaze of Zhao Yun and all the cavalry of the Luoyang Army, the city gate was finally opened, and a group of Jizhou troops, led by a Jizhou general, slowly opened out of the city gate.

"Shoot the arrows!" When the Jizhou army with shields in front of them was halfway out of the city gate, Zhao Yun suddenly pressed his raised arm and gave the order to release the arrows.

Before going out of the city, the Jizhou army in the city already knew that there was a Luoyang army waiting for them outside the city, and when the city gate was opened, the Jizhou officers and soldiers who went out of the city all raised their shields in front of them, forming a shield wall at the city gate.

With Zhao Yun's order, the three thousand cavalry of the Luoyang Army almost pulled off the reed of the strong crossbow at the same moment.

With the sound of a spring ejection, three thousand arrows roared towards the Jizhou army out of the city.

The crossbow arrows shot by the cavalry of the Luoyang Army are very different from the crossbow arrows fired by the Luoyang Army crossbow array. The crossbows used by the cavalry have always been fired while running, and arrows are rarely shot in array, so they will not have the same echelon nature as the crossbow array with the crossbow as the main weapon.

The dense arrows flew towards the Jizhou army out of the city, and most of the arrows hit the shield held by the Jizhou army, making a crisp sound of "popping" and breaking on the ground.

There were also a small number of arrows that passed through the gaps in the shield, pierced into the body of the Jizhou army behind the shield, and shot the Jizhou army to the ground one by one.

The first wave of arrows was fired, and the cavalry of the Luoyang Army quickly loaded the second feather arrow on the crossbow arrow, and then pulled the machine spring.

Due to the different speed of each person's crossbow arrows, the arrows fired by the cavalry later were no longer neat, and flew unevenly towards the Jizhou army, and the casualties brought to the Jizhou army were also dotted, not as effective as the first wave of arrows.

More and more Jizhou troops poured out of the city, and many Jizhou army archers hid in the shield array, firing feather arrows as they advanced.

The range of the bow and arrow is not as far as the strong crossbow, and the archers of the Jizhou army, while advancing under the cover of the shield array, pulled out the bow and arrow, and fired back at the cavalry of the Luoyang army.

The arrows fired by both sides flew in mid-air, many of which collided head-on, flipped in mid-air, canceled each other's strength, and fell to the ground, but more arrows avoided the oncoming feathered arrows and flew towards the enemy on the opposite side.

The strong crossbow of the Luoyang army is strong, the range is much farther than the bow and arrow, shooting on the shield of the Jizhou army, "popping" sound, with the raindrops of crossbow arrows into the array, many Jizhou officers and soldiers fell to the ground in response, but more Jizhou troops are still advancing in the shield array.

The return fire of the archers of the Jizhou Army was nothing more than a symbolic struggle for the cavalry of the Luoyang Army. Because the archers were hiding in the shield array, the longbow could not be fully opened to shoot the arrows, and many arrows fell far away from the Luoyang cavalry array, and only a few arrows could fly more than ten steps away from the Luoyang cavalry.

"Kill!" The Jizhou army advanced step by step, and when they advanced a little further, and the most powerful arrow was almost able to shoot to the forefront of the Luoyang army's cavalry, Zhao Yun raised the spear in his hand high, shouted, and rushed towards the Jizhou army that was slowly advancing.