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Guan Yu really didn't expect Mao Jie to be so decisive and never surrendered and fight to the end. This made Guan Yu feel a little respect for Mao Jie. He knew that Mao Jie knew very well about the situation of Wei. He was originally isolated and helpless. He either died in the siege or was defeated in fierce battles. However, Mao Jie still refused to surrender, which only showed that he wanted dignity and integrity.

Although Guan Yu admired Mao Jie's integrity in his heart, Cao's army refused to surrender and made him feel deeply embarrassed. Guan Yu was slightly angry. At this time, Guan Ping stepped forward and bowed: "I am willing to lead the army to attack the front and conquer the original city!"

Guan Yu pondered for a moment and finally nodded, "My son can lead 15,000 troops to attack the North City!"

Wu Ban next to him also clasped his fists and said, "The heavy armored infantry is willing to help Xiaoguan attack the city!"

Guan Yu did not want heavy armored infantry to attack the city. Heavy armored infantry was not easy to train. It was generally used to deal with cavalry. Even if it sieges the city, it was used for very difficult and dangerous passes. Although the original city was tall and strong, it was not enough to have enough defenders, so it was still relatively easy to take it down. Using heavy armored infantry was a waste of killing chickens and slaughtering knives.

But Wu Banzhi was very determined. He knew that there were not many opportunities to make meritorious contributions. They had to seize every opportunity to make meritorious contributions. His Highness the King of Han sent them to Bingzhou, hoping that they would make a difference in the Bingzhou battle.

Seeing Guan Yu's hesitation, Wu Ban bowed again and said, "The heavy armored infantry is willing to go out to fight and capture Yuan. I beg General Guan to promise!"

Guan Yu was finally moved by Wu Ban's persistence. He smiled and said, "Since General Wu insisted, the heavy armored infantry will go to fight during the second round of siege!"

Wu Ban was overjoyed, "Thank you General Guan!"

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The war finally broke out, and all the Cao troops on the top of the city were fighting. Two thousand Cao troops shot twenty heavy catapults. The huge catapult was about a meter high. The long arm rod was hung with a stone pocket behind it. It was pulled by a man and could throw a huge rock of nearly kilogram out of the way.

The Cao army soldiers watched nervously as the black enemy rushed up. Ladders stood full of Han soldiers preparing to attack the city. The enemy had already entered the intravenous area. At this time, the drums sounded loudly on the top of the city. The general ordered, "Start!"

Twenty catapults at the front of the original city were activated at the same time, swinging their long arms, throwing out the ten-pound huge rock in the air. Twenty huge rocks rotated in the air, roaring towards the dense crowd.

‘Boom!’ The huge rocks fell into the snow, rolling in the crowd, and the red-colored snow foam rose into the air. More than a dozen people were smashed to pieces, which was terrible. One after another, the huge rocks fell into the crowd, and screams came one after another.

‘Crack!’ A cloud ladder was hit, and the cloud ladder broke into several pieces. Dozens of people climbing on the cloud ladder fell one after another, and the whistling huge rocks hit the cloud ladder. The Han army cloud ladder was well-made and had exquisite hinges and wedges, but the cloud ladder still could not stop the impact of the huge rocks.

In just a short step, ten cloud ladders were smashed by huge rocks, but more than fifty cloud ladders gradually approached the city wall.

In the sky, huge rocks were rolling and roaring towards the ground. In just a quarter of an hour, the catapult launched four rounds, and eighty huge rocks hit the enemy group, causing nearly seven casualties. However, the Han army did not stop. They fought bravely and rushed into the range of the bow and arrow.

On the city, the Cao army's arrows were like rain, and four thousand soldiers and arrows were shot densely at the enemy. The soldiers and arrows were used to defend the city, longer and heavier than the cavalry arrows. When shooting from a high place, they would shoot at the enemy with their own weight, which was more lethal.

The Han army raised their shields to greet each other. The Han army had two types of shields. One was a round shield covered with double cowhide. It was strong and sturdy, light and easy to carry. It was used by the main force of the Han army. Almost every soldier had such a shield.

The other type is heavy shield. The shield plate is thick and the shield surface is huge. It can cover the whole body and resist the shooting of military crossbows ten steps away. The heavy shield is generally carried by the heavy shield crossbow army.

The Thousand-Heavy Shield Crossbow Army used heavy shields to block the city, and lifted the weight crossbow to shoot at the top of the city. Although the Cao army soldiers on the top of the city also had shield defense, their shields could not resist the powerful crossbow arrows of the heavy crossbow. Many shields were shot through by arrows. Cao army behind the shield was shot to death by heavy arrows, and the soldiers screamed and fell down to the top of the city.

The ladder gradually approached the city wall, and several soldiers suddenly pulled the rope backwards. A ladder six or seven feet tall was pulled up, and dozens of Han soldiers were climbing up on the ladder.

With a loud bang, broken ice splattered everywhere. The first cloud ladder was mounted on the top of the city. Then more than ten cloud ladders were mounted on the top of the city one after another. Thousands of Han soldiers rushed up like ants, chopped with knives, stabbed with spears, shot with arrows, and rushed to the top of the city desperately. The arrows on the city were like dense rain, and the rolling wood and stones were smashed like hail, and the knife slashed the spear, and the flesh and blood flew everywhere.

Cao's soldiers used a long fork to cross the ladder and pushed outward. A long ladder was pushed out and turned backwards down. The ladder was screaming with shrill sound.

As the Han army's heavy crossbow and shield soldiers under the city began to counterattack, arrows shot towards the top of the city like dense rain. Cao army soldiers were constantly shot and fell from the top of the city screaming, and casualties gradually increased.

The frontal battle has entered the most cruel stage. Arrows on the city are like rain, and people are constantly being shot and falling down. Ladders are erected on the city wall. Han soldiers become bloody and crazy, climbing up regardless of their lives.

They held a shield in one hand and fought fiercely with Cao's army with spears and swords in the other hand. Huge rocks were smashed down on their heads. Several soldiers screamed and fell down the ladder, but immediately someone rushed up.

Cao's soldiers shot arrows from both sides, and the arrows were sharp and straight through leather armor. A series of Han soldiers on the ladder were shot and fell off the ladder. But soon, Han soldiers no longer cared about the top of their heads and protected the shields on both sides. The number of Han soldiers who were shot in the ladder gradually decreased.

On the top of the city, dozens of Cao soldiers were fighting fiercely with the Han army. On a cloud ladder west of the city, Guan Ping held a shield and a big knife in his hand. He was already red in his eyes. He led dozens of Han soldiers to fight fiercely with the Cao army surging on the top of the city. They faced the elite soldiers of the Xiahou family. They were tall and as strong as cows, holding shields in his hand, waving long swords and sharp spears.

The spear sprinted, the sword slashed, and the fighting was bloody. A Han soldier on the ladder was chopped on his forehead, and blood surged. He turned over to the head of the city with his back. Another Han soldier waved his spear from behind and rushed forward. The spear pierced Cao Jun's chest and picked him down the city...

Guan Ping used a shield to push Cao's army away and was the first to jump onto the city. In an instant, dozens of Cao's spears stabbed from all sides. Guan Ping shouted loudly, waved his sword, and killed more than a dozen Cao's soldiers in a row.

Guan Ping rushed to the city, causing a gap in the defense of Cao's army's ladders. He was suppressed on the ladders and the Han soldiers seized the opportunity. In an instant, more than a dozen Han soldiers followed Guan Ping to the city.

At this moment, a cold arrow shot from the side, and Guan Ping was caught off guard and was shot into his left arm with an arrow.

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Guan Ping was injured and rescued by the soldiers to the city. The Han army's offensive was also blocked. But at this moment, the dull drum sounded in the Han army camp again, and the five thousand heavy armored infantry finally entered the battle. The towering nest cart appeared, and the overwhelming red flags flew.

On the top of the city, Mao Jie felt great pressure. He didn't care about the defense of Nancheng and shouted with a loud voice: "Transfer two thousand from Nancheng to support Beicheng!"

Mao Jie issued an order to concentrate troops, and the Qiancao army, which was originally defending in the south city, was transferred back to two thousand troops and joined the fierce battle for the north city.

More than twenty nest chariots were pulled by bullocks and drove step by step towards the front of the original city. Five thousand heavily armored infantry followed behind the nest chariots. They held sabers in their hands and walked slowly and heavy.

At this time, the moat outside the original city had frozen and was covered with wooden boards by the Han army. Cao's army threw buckets of turmeric oil from the top of the city. The rocket ignited the turmeric oil. Flames were everywhere and thick smoke covered the original city wall.

At this time, 80% of the defenders in the Yuancheng were concentrated in the North City, and the rest of the city walls were empty. The Han army could attack from the other city walls, but Guan Yu was also determined to break through the Yuancheng from the North City, so that the Han army could seize the Yuancheng with its powerful combat power.

The Han army had invested 25,000 people in the siege. Under the city wall, 15,000 Han army crossbowmen were fired like rain. The overwhelming arrows made the Cao army soldiers unable to raise their heads. Even the Cao army's catapult was forced to stop. The Cao army soldiers lie down one after another to avoid the Han army's powerful arrow formation.

At this time, ordinary soldiers of the Han army had basically stopped attacking. They pushed the nest chariots, formed a shield wall, and covered the advance of the nest chariots and heavy armored infantry. All the Han army became the assists of the heavy armored infantry, and they placed all their hopes on this Han army's most powerful army.

Mao Jie's voice was already hoarse and he couldn't shout, but he also knew that the most fierce attack of the Han army was about to come. He lowered his voice and pointed at the giant nest car in the distance and said in a low voice: "Watch the nest car, the Han army will never be allowed to climb the city!"

At this time, the arrows under the city gradually disappeared, and the Cao army soldiers stood up one after another. They quickly assembled, holding spears and swords in their hands, preparing to face the attack of the Han army soldiers in the nest car. More than 20 huge nest carts finally arrived at the top of the city. Five thousand heavy armored infantry were the second wave of attacks. In the nest cart, there were already a thousand Han soldiers standing on the siege platform of each nest cart, waiting for the moment of attack.

More than twenty nesting cars finally leaned onto the city wall. The huge wooden board in front of the top platform of the nesting car fell down and hit the city top to form an air bridge. Fifty Han soldiers on the siege platform waved their swords and rushed towards the city top. Behind them, heavy armored infantry climbing up from the stairs were emerging continuously.

After a morning of fierce battle, there were many dead bodies on the top of the city, and both sides suffered heavy casualties. The Han army's 50,000 troops had already suppressed tens of thousands of people, and their troops had an absolute advantage. They gradually began to gain the upper hand.

Nearly 2,000 heavy armored infantry rushed to the top of the city and fought fiercely with Cao's army on the top of the city. The heavy armored infantry had amazing combat effectiveness. They lined up in a row and advanced in line. Under the long sabre, Cao's soldiers were buried in corpses and flesh and blood, killing Cao's army retreated step by step.

As more and more Han soldiers rushed to the city, Cao's army was gradually defeated.

"The military advisor is leaving quickly, the city can no longer be defended!" A Cao army soldier rushed to report.

Mao Jie suddenly pulled out his sword and walked towards the most dense part of the Han army.

There were the last soldiers of Qian Cao Army on the top of the city. Although they were all elite veterans, facing the bloody battle of heavy armored infantry in the Han army and the piles of broken companions, they were finally scared away by the god of death, and began to panic, and turned around and fled to the city.

"Military advisor, go quickly!" several soldiers shouted to Mao Jie.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Mao Jie shouted hoarsely: "All soldiers evacuate from the city!"

Mao Jie issued an order to retreat, and thousands of Cao's soldiers finally collapsed. They threw their armor and ran into the city. The corridor was filled with Cao's soldiers scrambling to run. More than a dozen soldiers were squeezed down the city wall while running and screamed and fell off the city.

At this time, the horn of victory of the Han army blew, the city gate was opened, and tens of thousands of Han troops rushed into the original city like a tide. Mao Jie sighed a long time, closed his eyes, and he wiped his sword across his neck.

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The fall of the Yuan Dynasty means that the Cao army conquered the last fortress in Bingzhou, and also means that the Han army captured the entire Bingzhou and opened a strategic road to Hebei. Ten days later, Liu Jing personally led a 100,000 army to the Yuan Dynasty.
Chapter completed!