Chapter 81: Fire Suppression
With a loud "boom," the battlements at the head of Xiangyang City were blown out of a gap, the defenders and the handsome banners above the city wall were scattered around, some people were injured by shrapnel and groaned in pain, and some people were shocked by the sudden loud noise and their ears were buzzing, and their minds were dizzy, and they did not know what was really happening.
"Is this thunder? There is not a single cloud in the sky, how can there be thunder? ”
The noise above the city was heard clearly by the defenders and civilians of the city, and for a moment everyone stopped and shifted their eyes to the direction where the loud noise had come from.
Cao Ren in the garrison naturally heard it, and he walked to the door with a blue face, but he heard another "boom", this time the explosion came from the west of Xiangyang City.
"It's not good, this sound, could it be that Zhao Yi and Zhao Hongfei have killed again?"
At this time, Chen Jiao, a strategist who had followed Cao Ren to defend Xiangyang, spoke: "General, Liu Bei has no extra troops to attack Xiangyang, presumably it was Zhao Yi who deliberately made a noise with a few people to disturb the hearts of our army." ”
Cao Ren nodded, he also thought so, at this moment, Xiangyang has sufficient food and strong city walls, Liu Bei took the four counties of Jingnan, and relied on rogue means to steal Jiangling, and there are few people to defend it with all his might, where will the troops come from to attack Xiangyang?
But as soon as Cao Ren's side communicated, another loud noise came, this time from the south of the city, closer to his garrison than the previous two times, and it was already obvious that there were screams and panic, causing a lot of panic in the city.
"Did he only bring a few people to destroy the draft, or did he scatter beans into troops to besiege Xiangyang?!"
Cao Ren couldn't help but think of Zhao Yi's identity, "immortal disciple", all kinds of magical means emerged in endlessly, such as the previous Chibi borrowed Yin soldiers, borrowed arrows, borrowed the east wind, killed people thousands of miles away, and thundered on the ground, these are all Zhao Yi's handwriting, if this time he scattered beans into soldiers or borrowed Yin soldiers to attack the city, how could he defend it?
"General!"
Just when Cao Ren was thinking wildly, the previous Xiangyang Taishou and the guard Zhang He, wearing armor and swords, led the men and horses to rush over.
Cao Ren settled down and said: "Let's go, go up to the city with me, whether he scatters beans into a soldier or recruits Yin soldiers to attack the city, you and I will be blocked, and the water will cover the earth, and no one will be allowed to step into my Xiangyang City!" ”
"Yes!"
Cao Ren was a famous general under Cao Cao, and the doubts in his heart flashed, and he quickly adjusted his state, leading Yu Ban, Zhang He, Chen Jiao, and thousands of soldiers to climb the city wall, and first observe who it was.
Outside Xiangyang City, Zhao Yi changed his position again, and used mortars to cause harassing bombardment in the city, and when he saw the defenders of the city head stirring, he put away the mortar and said: "Ma Liu, it's time for you to appear, Shamoke and they should be about to arrive, it's time to take the city head and open the way for the army." ”
"Okay boss~!"
Ma Liu and 10 others appeared outside Xiangyang City carrying fire arrows, while they were covered by a circle of soldiers armed with explosion-proof shields.
When Cao Ren climbed up to the top of the city and saw this scene, he fixed his mind and said, "Only these few people? Zhao Yi...... You're really bold, even if you have a fairy weapon? If I send a team of cavalry to outflank you left and right, you will only have a dead end! ”
Cao Renqi's teeth clenched and ordered the arrows to be released.
The arrows on the top of the city whizzed down, but they were all blocked by transparent blast shields.
After adjusting the bazooka, the blast-proof shield suddenly opened a gap on both sides, and 10 meteors dragging tail flames suddenly rushed out and went straight to the Xiangyang City Gate.
"This ...... What is it? ”
Cao Ren instinctively felt that something was wrong, and with years of experience in battlefield fighting, he squatted on the ground with his head in his hands at the first moment.
In the next moment, ten fiery arrows hit the city gate at the same time, making a loud sound several times louder than before.
The explosion caused the entire city to feel the shaking of the ground, the city gate collapsed and shattered in an instant, the surrounding city walls also peeled off in pieces, and several spider web-like cracks appeared at the head of the city, and quickly spread to all sides.
Cao Ren only felt that his head was buzzing, he couldn't think normally, and tried to get up several times, but he felt that the sky was spinning around him, and the smoke and dust were everywhere, choking into the trachea and making him unable to breathe.
Faintly, he heard shouts of killing from outside the city, and then there was a dense sound of "da-da-da" and "bang-bang", getting closer and closer, closer and closer.
"General! Quick, protect the general, retreat! Withdraw to the garrison and send men to block the city gates so that the enemy does not rush in! ”
Yu Ban, who was the first to recover, commanded the soldiers around him to erect their shields, surrounded Cao Ren in the center, and slowly retreated back to the crumbling city.
As soon as they retreated from the city wall, they heard a bang, and the side wall of the Xiangyang City Gate shattered and collapsed, revealing an obvious gap.
Zhao Yi ...... What kind of demon tricks did he use? Isn't there anyone in the world who can take him away?! ”
Yu Ban's heart was shocked, and he didn't care that there were still thousands of people in his city, so he only protected Cao Ren and retreated.
In the face of such an earth-shattering explosion, it is simply not something that manpower can resist, so what is the use of more ordinary soldiers? A single city gate has been blown down, how can this battle be fought?
Seeing that the gate of Xiangyang was completely shattered, and even the city wall had collapsed into a gap, Zhao Yi let go of his hands covering his ears and pointed forward: "Brothers~~~ rush!" Defend the gates and don't give the enemy a chance to mend it! ”
Seeing this scene, Lu Lingqi led the remaining dozens of soldiers, maintained their formation, and began to harvest human lives with MP5 assault guns with a relatively fast rate of fire.
In the face of such an explosion, the defenders at the head of the city were dazed one by one, and as soon as they regained a little consciousness, they were instantly beaten into a sieve when they confronted the enemy with charging guns.
The news of the loss of the Xiangyang City Gate soon spread in the city, and the local wealthy merchants were frightened by the news, including the Jingzhou wealthy clan, the Cai family, the Heng family, and the Kuai family, who secretly funded the killing house.
"What do you say? The gates are broken? The general was wounded and retreated? The enemy has already rushed in? How is this possible! This is Xiangyang, there are nearly 5,000 defenders, how can the city gate be broken before it arrives in one day! ”
When the head of the Kuai family learned the news, he instantly broke his defense, angrily reprimanded the housekeeper who came the news, and kicked him over.
But when he listened to the movement from the street, he also knew in his heart that all this was true, didn't the inexplicable thunder just now match the palm thunder summoned by Zhao Yi in the legend?
Zhao Yi and Zhao Hongfei...... Quick, quickly clean up the house, take as much as you can, and leave Xiangyang City immediately! To the north, to the north to Xuchang! ”
The head of the Kuai family knew in his heart that once Zhao Yi was allowed to take Xiangyang, then the good days of the three of them would come to an end, and if they were lucky, their property would be confiscated, the men would be confiscated, and the women would be slaves, and their luck would be bad...... It is possible to be slaughtered all over the house.
It's just that as a wealthy family in Jingzhou, there are hundreds of thousands of guests in these big families alone, although there is chaos in the city at this time, it has not impacted their mansion, everyone has moved under the order of the head of the family, they must prepare in advance, even if Xiangyang City can defend them today, they can no longer stay here.