Yang Zhao them, the action of filling the moat is very fast.

More than 10,000 soldiers started at the same time, and there were artillery to suppress the Cao army on the other bank, and there was no pressure to fill the moat, and the progress was very smooth, and it took a few days to fill the moat almost completely.

The gunners of the Cao army, seeing that Yang Zhao was about to be buried, continued to fire artillery to counterattack, trying to suppress them.

However, Yang Zhao ordered shelling again, suppressing the Cao army so that it did not dare to rise again, and the Cao army's artillery on the bank of the moat was scrapped again.

The operation to fill the moat continues.

A large amount of earth was covered in the moat, and after about two days of filling, a wide passage was filled in for this section of the moat.

Yang Zhao ordered the whole army to cross the river and kill it.

Seeing that Yang Zhao was coming, the Cao soldiers took out their rifles and opened fire to resist for a while.

"Raise your shield!"

Yang Zhao said loudly.

Those iron shields, Yang Zhao also borrowed.

The soldiers in the front row carried iron shields forward, and the infantry in the back row, armed with assault rifles, used shields as cover to kill the enemy.

Cao Jun's bullets were blocked by the shield one after another, but the bullets of Yang Zhao's soldiers fell on Cao Jun one after another, and under the rampant bullets, the soldiers in the front row of Cao Jun's fell in pieces.

The soldiers of the Cao Army in the back row saw that Yang Zhao was leading the troops closer and closer, the momentum was like a rainbow, and they were menacing, and they no longer dared to resist and resist, so they turned around and ran away, and fled back to Xiangyang City.

When Cao Jun entered the city, he closed the city gate directly.

At the same time, the artillery standing on the wall of Xiangyang bombarded the Yang Zhao soldiers who were chasing below.

The shells were shot down, and the soldiers who rushed to the front were knocked down quite a bit.

Yang Zhao had no choice but to ask the soldiers to stop the attack, and all of them retreated, withdrawing from the range of the artillery.

When the soldiers behind pushed the artillery and others up, they began to bombard the Xiangyang City Tower from a distance.

Cao Cao and the others heard that Yang Zhao had crossed the moat, and immediately climbed the city tower to take a look, but as soon as they appeared on the city tower, they heard a huge cannon fire and the city wall was shaking.

Yang Zhao fired a cannon bombardment mercilessly, the cannonball hit out, crashed on the city gate, and the Xiangyang city gate, which had just been closed, was smashed before it could be blocked with stones, and the soldiers behind the gate fell into the artillery.

The gate was opened, and the soldiers, who were about to block the gate, were crying all over the ground when they saw this, and they turned and ran.

"All down, defend the gates!"

When Cao Cao saw this, he said loudly: "Don't let Yang Zhao enter the city. ”

The soldiers of the Cao army moved quickly, and before Yang Zhao and them could get close to the city gate, some soldiers pushed the artillery of the Cao army to the edge of the city gate, and bombarded it from the inside out.

Yang Zhao was about to give the order to enter the city, but when he saw this, he had to temporarily retreat to avoid the shell.

"Towards the city gates, keep firing!"

After dodging the shells, Yang Zhao shouted again: "Mortars, raise them and hit them into Xiangyang City." ”

The soldiers began to dig and came out on a raised platform.

All mortars are placed on a high platform, the angle is adjusted, the gunner judges the distance, and then puts the shells into the barrel.

Rumble!

More than a dozen shells, with a roar, entered the city.

And it exploded in the city.

The soldiers of the Cao Army gathered behind the city wall were beaten squarely, and no one could have imagined that Yang Zhao's cannonballs could also cross the city wall and fall among themselves, causing chaos in an instant.

The cannonballs that bombarded the city gates also went in.

In the face of ultra-long range, Cao Cao's shells, which were not worth mentioning, were quickly scrapped.

"Advance!"

Yang Zhao shouted again, not giving Cao Jun a chance to replenish artillery.

The gunners controlled the artillery advance, and soon before reaching the city gate, the artillery and mortars continued to bombard each other, covering the entrance into the city, and the Cao soldiers behind the city gate were at a loss.

When the battle was almost over, the enemies by the city gate fell one after another.

Yang Zhao ordered the infantry to attack, still with the shield first, as a cover, and the gunners followed behind the shield.

The Cao soldiers saw the enemy coming in and opened fire, but the shield still blocked the bullets, and then Yang Zhao personally led the troops into the city, and the Cao army couldn't stop such firepower at all.

The people in Xiangyang City were a little flustered at this time.

With Cheng Yu's propaganda, the people of Xiangyang were more afraid of Yang Zhao and felt that Yang Zhao might slaughter the city, and all kinds of panic were breeding and spreading in the city.

Cao Cao had already retreated from the city tower, and when he saw Yang Zhao coming in from the north of the city strongly, he immediately arranged for the army to go to the north of the city to block it, delaying Yang Zhao's pace, but at this time, Xiangyang was destined to be unable to hold on.

Now the firearms in Yang Zhao's army are constantly being improved and become more and more powerful.

Even with the firearms technical support provided by Sima Fu, it is far inferior to Yang Zhao's, and Cao Cao is now very powerless.

"Lord, Xiangyang can't be guarded."

Cheng Yu reminded: "Let's follow the original plan, let's escape first!" ”

Cao Cao had to grit his teeth and said, "Arrange 20,000 people to continue to block Yang Zhao in the north of the city, and the rest, lead all the people to go out from the south gate with me, escape to the south, go!" ”

"Yes!"

This is what they have no choice but to do.

Xiangyang can no longer be defended, they must escape, save their strength, and only then will they have a chance in the future to come back and regain everything they have lost now.

The soldiers and civilians in the city had already prepared the things they needed to bring to escape, Cao Cao drove them up, and then got Cao Cao's order, and hurriedly packed up their things and ran out of the city with the large army.

And all the people of the city poured out into the streets.

As soon as Yang Zhao and his team entered from the north of the city, they encountered 20,000 Cao soldiers after the break, but after solving the broken Cao army, they could see a large number of people pouring out, interrupting their pace of chasing and killing Cao Cao.

With so many people intercepting it, Yang Zhao couldn't do it, and slaughtered the city very cruelly.

It's okay to kill one or two, but there are so many of them, and the consequences of killing them are serious.

Moreover, even if you kill some people to establish your authority, but there is chaos in the city, and this prestige is not easy to establish.

Seeing the chaotic crowd blocking in front of the army, Zhuge Liang first asked, "Lord, what should we do?" ”

"Cao Cao's trick is used wonderfully!"

Jia Xu said suddenly: "He is leading the people of the whole city to block in front of us, and Cao Cao himself, taking advantage of the resistance of the people, and the fact that the lord does not dare to kill the people casually, must have escaped from the city and ran to the south." ”

Yang Zhao: "......"

How this scene is, a little familiar.

Isn't this what Liu Bei did when he ran away from Xinye?

Liu Bei took away the people of Xinye, and Cao Cao, who was pursuing, had no way at all.

To kill the people is unkindness.

If you don't kill it, you can only watch Liu Bei escape.

Unexpectedly, after the history of the Three Kingdoms was changed, the person who fled south with the people became Cao Cao.

The change is a bit dramatic.

"You don't need to kill the people, first control the city tower, and then go out through the north gate to see if you can chase after the people."

Yang Zhao shouted: "If you can chase, you will catch up, if not, I will make arrangements!" ”