The guards of Xu Du hurriedly blocked the city gate.

They quickly mobilized and moved all kinds of city-defending equipment to the city tower, as well as trebuchets, all of which were ready, and all the workshops outside the city to make weapons were transferred to the city, ready to fight a protracted battle with Li Tong and the others.

However, there has not been a fight yet, and in Cao's army, the army's heart is not very stable.

Although the news of Cao Cao's defeat of Yang Zhao at Guandu had been transmitted back to Xu Du, they still had a fear of Yang Zhao.

"Shizi."

Yu Ban said: "Please also ask you to appease the morale of the army and the people, in terms of defense, it is enough to have me." ”

Cao Ang knew that his ability to lead the troops to fight was far inferior to Yu Ban, so he did not refuse, and hurriedly walked to the army, if they couldn't even stabilize the army's heart, let alone defend the city, it was better to abandon the city and run away as soon as possible.

"General Yu, I'll help you defend the city."

At this time, Cao Zhang walked to the city tower.

Cao Pi also came with him, picked up a long sword, and slashed at the enemy outside the city with murderous vigour.

"When Yang Zhao comes to attack the city, you must be careful."

Yu Ban did not refuse.

Cao Zhang has a certain ability, which he knows.

Cao Pi likes swordsmanship, what is his strength, let's not mention it for the time being, but as Cao Cao's son, it is definitely no problem to lead the troops to defend the city, and it can also inspire the morale of the army.

The two brothers stayed.

Outside the city.

Zhao Fan saw that the guards of Cao Jun were walking around busily on the upper floor of Xu Ducheng, and said with a smile: "We haven't started attacking yet, and they are so panicked." ”

Li Tong laughed and said: "Maybe the prestige of the lord is too strong, even if the lord is not there, but Cao Jun is scared when he sees us, why don't you give Xu Du a shot first?" ”

"Artillery preparation, hit the city gate."

Zhao Fan agreed.

After a while, a cannon was pushed forward.

Yu Ban, who was on the tower of the city, saw it and said nervously: "The trebuchet is ready, fight!" ”

However, their trebuchets, although they had been improved by Huang Yueying, still had a far inferior strike range to the artillery, and the explosives they threw only exploded in front of the artillery.

The next moment.

The artillery shelled out, and the shells fell on the city gates.

The city gate that had not yet been blocked was blasted open on the spot, and the stones behind the gate were shattered by the explosion and scattered all over the ground.

The remaining soldiers did not dare to move forward.

Yu Ban felt the city wall shake, and hurriedly looked outside, only to see that the city gate was blasted open like this, and hurriedly said: "All go down the city tower, prepare for defense, the second son, the third son, lead two thousand people, and transfer our families in the city as soon as possible!" ”

Seeing the city gate being blasted open, Yu Ban understood that Xu Du would definitely not be able to defend it.

The worst plan is to abandon the city and flee.

Cao Pi and the others also understood the current situation, and their faces suddenly changed, and they hurriedly took 2,000 people back to transfer their families, but 2,000 people were not enough.

Cao Ang said: "In the imperial city, there are still 5,000 guards, which were handed over to Liu Xie by my father in the early years, but those guards are all our people, and the second brother should go and gather them together and protect our family first." ”

"Let's go."

Cao Pi and Cao Zhang immediately started.

Not long after they left, another cannon rang out, and a second shell slammed into the city gate, completely destroying the inside.

"I'll lead the troops into the city first, and General Li will follow, how about it?" Zhao Fan asked.

Li Tong thought for a while and analyzed: "If I am a person in the city, I will definitely lead my family members to leave when the city is broken, you go into the city, and those family members will be handed over to me, and see how I can arrest Cao Cao's son." ”

After they finished discussing, Zhao Fan felt that what Li Tong said made sense, so they divided labor and cooperated.

After the city gate was blasted open, the soldiers behind the gate defended under the order of Yu Ban, but they did not dare to approach the city gate, so they could only quickly assemble behind the city gate and retreat beyond the range of artillery.

The archers in the front row, all drawn their bows, were ready to shoot.

Yu Ban is doing the last defense, creating an opportunity for Cao Pi and them to lead their families to leave as soon as possible.

Li Tong led the troops first, went around the back to the other gates of Xudu, and waited for those family members to leave the city.

After Zhao Fan and Li Tong separated, they took 50,000 people and prepared to storm into the city, shouting: "Five thousand people are the forward, the shield bearer is in the front, the machine gunner is behind the shield player, and the others follow behind the striker to press the formation and fight into the city." ”

"Kill!"

The sound of shouting and killing echoed outside the city.

The shield-bearer is the first to pass through the doorway of the city gate.

Yu Ban in the city, seeing that Zhao Fan led the infantry in, instead of continuing to bombard with artillery, immediately said: "Archer, go forward, shoot!" ”

The archers listened to the order, drew their bows, and fired at the incoming enemy.

But the arrow shot out and was directly blocked by the shield.

Just when Cao Jun was changing arrows, Zhao Fan shouted: "Machine gunner, shoot!" ”

On their side, there was only one machine gun.

The machine gunner stepped forward with a machine gun that was not light, and the shield man immediately separated, and Cao Jun's archer had just changed the arrows, and before he could draw the bow, the machine gunner pulled the trigger, and the bullets sprayed out wildly.

Da Da Da ......

Only a terrible sound was heard, and the archers standing in the front row were shot down in an instant.

Some were shot on the spot, while others were not immediately shot and fell to the ground wailing.

When the remaining archers saw this, they panicked directly, and they turned around and were about to retreat, but as soon as they were in such a mess, Zhao Fan found an opportunity and ordered the soldiers to continue to advance, and the shield bearers rushed out of the city gate first, and the rest of the forwards immediately followed, towards the forbidden killing.

As for the machine gunner, after firing the bullets, the recoil shook his hands numbly.

This heavy machine gun was not placed on the ground, the recoil could not be counteracted, and not many people could hold it on his hand alone, and he was quickly taken back to the rear to rest.

"Kill!"

Zhao Fan and the others once again shouted to kill.

The soldiers pounced directly on Cao Jun's side.

Cao's archers still had to shoot, but the distance had been shortened, and the ranged weapons were useless.

Zhao Fan picked up his spear, rushed out first, and killed one of the Cao soldiers with one shot, and the rest of the soldiers, seeing that their generals were so fierce, rushed towards the Cao army.

"Defend!"

Yu Ban shouted.

The city gate, the line of defense, was directly broken by Zhao Fan.

I don't know, Cao Ang and them, whether they have transferred their families, Yu Ban can only reluctantly resist for a while.

However, their defense, in front of Zhao Fan, was not worth mentioning at all, and they were quickly crushed, and the army followed suit.

Zhao Fan and they are many and well-equipped, and they are killing indiscriminately in front of Cao Jun.

Yu Ban couldn't resist it, so he could only retreat while fighting, retreating into the alleys in the city, preparing to fight with Zhao Fan in the streets.

There are 50,000 soldiers around Zhao Fan, and the number is far above the ban, even if it is a street fight, Yu Ban can't get any benefits, and he is chased and killed.

Meanwhile.

South Gate of Xudu.

The Cao Ang brothers led all the civil and military generals in the city, of course, including the family members of their Cao family, to leave in embarrassment through the city gate.