Chapter 359: The Battle for the Capture of the City
At this time, Cao Ren was fighting with Zhang Liao, and the two stood side by side, and the battle was inseparable!
Although Cao Ren's face did not change, he was a little anxious in his heart, he knew that Chen Yan's catapult was simply the nemesis of the city wall, if he couldn't solve the catapult quickly, then the gate of Puyang City would be blasted open by Chen Yan sooner or later!
However, Zhang Liao in front of him was obviously stronger than he imagined, although Cao Ren's sword skills were calm and unchaotic, it was obviously not easy to get out easily in front of Zhang Liao.
On the other hand, Xiahoudun, who originally came to support Cao Ren, was in a more dangerous situation, most of Zhang Liao's cavalry were still recruits who had just entered the battle, but the cavalry under Huang Zhong's command was indeed a hundred elites, and Xiahoudun had fought with Huang Zhong's cavalry once, if it weren't for Dian Wei's bravery and absolute suppression of his own troops, I am afraid that Xiahoudun would have lost last time.
This time Xiahoudun was simply powerless to resist, Huang Zhong took the lead, extremely brave, and the three thousand iron cavalry under his command were well-equipped and well-trained, and it didn't take long for Xiahoudun's army to be scattered by Huang Zhongchong!
If you want to win more with less, without a decisive plan, I'm afraid it's still impossible!
The four cavalry teams fought for a long time, and gradually revealed a clear situation, Huang Zhong's three thousand iron cavalry won steadily, and Xiahoudun was defeated and retreated, but Zhang Liao was not yet skilled in recruits, and he was a general under Lu Bu, so his prestige in Chen Yan's army was not high, so he couldn't resist Cao Ren.
In the meantime, Chen Yan's cavalry fought to a draw with Cao's cavalry, although Huang Zhong completely suppressed Xiahoudun, but Zhang Liao was somewhat unable to control Cao Ren.
At this moment, suddenly Cao Ren saw a flaw, and then the Heaven Swallowing Treasure Knife swung violently, and the sword light was shining, forcing Zhang Liao to retreat a few steps, and then drove straight and shouted loudly: "Brothers, come with me!" ”
When the cavalry team heard this, they immediately turned their horses' heads and followed Cao Ren towards Chen Yan's catapult array, Zhang Liao caught a glimpse of Cao Ren's cavalry team with many things with hay and fire oil on the horses, and suddenly exclaimed: "Cao Ren is going to burn the catapult!" ”
Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, Chen Yan's team panicked, this plan was very vicious, if the catapult was burned, then Chen Yan's siege battle would become more difficult.
Zhang Liao just wanted to chase after him with a knife, but he saw a figure flashing in front of him, and Xiahoudun didn't know where to kill, and blocked the way with dozens of cavalry.
Zhang Liao had heard that Cao Cao's one-eyed general Xiahoudun was a brave and fierce general, and when he saw it today, he was really a tiger with a bear's waist, a resolute face, and a spear with a murderous aura.
But Zhang Liao's character is strong when he is strong, and when he saw Xiahou Dun, he sneered and mocked: "General Huang Zhong hasn't cut off your dog's head yet?" ”
Xiahou was so arrogant, how could he be so humiliated by Zhang Liao, he roared, raised his spear suddenly, and rushed towards Zhang Liao.
Zhang Liao sneered: "Good spirit! "Let's ride the horse and cross the sword, and lead a group of soldiers to surround Xiahoudun tightly in it! Xiahou was still fighting in the trapped beast, although he was covered in blood, but a gun was still used to fly the dragon and the phoenix, and the water did not leak.
Unfortunately, his numbers were too small, and he gradually suffered all casualties, but only a dozen cavalrymen were still resisting.
At this time, Cao Ren had already led the crowd to gallop under the catapult, Cao Ren did not dare to delay, and immediately ordered in a loud voice: "Prepare to burn!" ”
Before he finished speaking, suddenly a faint roar came from the shadows behind the catapult, which was deafening and made Cao Ren feel a little chilled.
Suddenly, I saw a figure flickering, and hundreds of swords and axes suddenly appeared behind the catapult, these swordsmen and axes were hideous and tall, and at first glance they were brave men, and the leader was more than nine feet tall, it was the fierce general named Xu Chu!
Xu Chu held a long knife in his hand and roared wildly: "If you want to destroy the catapult, you must first pass my level!" "After that, he was not afraid of Cao Ren's strong strength at all, and galloped towards Cao Ren on foot!
Although Cao Ren was not afraid of Xu Chu, he knew that now was a critical juncture and he could not be brave as a horseman, so he immediately said loudly: "Wait for the arson quickly, I will play with these horsemen!" ”
After saying this, Cao Ren brandished the Heaven Devouring Treasure Knife and rushed towards Xu Chu.
The two of them rode a horse and one on foot, and they were so entangled together, with a bang, the weapons rang out, and Cao Ren's shoulders shook slightly, obviously because of Xu Chu's strong brute force, his muscles were injured.
But Xu Chu was obviously not comfortable, Cao Ren's strength was not small, coupled with riding a horse, under this blow, Xu Chu's tiger mouth began to be red and swollen.
But Xu Chu didn't feel any pain at all, he turned his head sharply and continued to attack Cao Ren, Cao Ren saw it in his eyes, and sneered in his heart: "What a reckless horseman, see me defeated, turn the tiger away from the mountain!" ”
Thinking of this, Cao Ren rode forward and fought with Xu Chu again, but this time Cao Ren deliberately lost his voice and shouted, and then pretended to be invincible and ran away.
However, although Cao Ren rode a horse, he didn't run very fast, and with Xu Chu's speed, he could clearly catch up.
Not long after Xu Chu joined the army, it was the time of great joy, he saw that he had repelled Cao Ren, if he was in one go, it was very likely to kill the enemy general, thinking of this, Xu Chu sneered, and actually chased Cao Ren violently, so that the catapult was exposed to Cao Jun's hands.
The cavalry behind Cao Ren did not disappoint him in the slightest, and the hay and oil began to burn fiercely in the catapult formation in an instant, taking advantage of the night wind.
There was no moon in the night, but the sky-high fire pointed out the direction to the fighting soldiers.
The fire spread rapidly, and it didn't take long for two catapults to be set on fire. Catapult furniture is made of wood, and if it burns, the consequences are devastating.
At this time, Xiahoudun was left alone, surrounded by Zhang Liao's cavalry, he knew that there was no hope of breaking through, and with a long sigh, he wanted to repay Cao Cao with death.
At this moment, a shout suddenly came from mid-air: "Where is Yuan Rang?!" ”
Xiahoudun listened to it, it was Cao Ren's voice, and he hurriedly shouted: "I'm here!" ”
After saying this, I saw the northeast corner lineup stir, and then a rough man with a tiger's back and a bear's waist slammed into the enemy formation, in addition to dozens of cavalry behind him, there was also a tall and terrifying enemy general, needless to say, this enemy general was Xu Chu.
Cao Ren fought his way out of the bloody path and shouted loudly: "Yuan let go quickly, I have burned a lot of catapults, the task has been completed, and the rest will be handed over to Yu Ban!" ”