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This is the first bloody siege of the Han army in the true sense. Although everyone knows that siege will pay a tragic price, this is war, and cruelty and ruthlessness is the essence of war.

The flag was waving, and the sound of the attacking drums rang, and the sound of the drums resounded throughout the field.

The Thousand-Blade Shield Army, located outside the South City, launched the first round of offensive. The Thousand-Blade Shield Army rushed over like a tide. They carried countless long wooden boards, held high shields, and shouted and ran towards the city wall. They needed to use wooden boards to fill the trench in front of the city wall and create conditions for the siege troops behind them.

The iron arrows were as rainy as the sword and shield army were still a few steps away, and the defenders at the top of the city began to shoot. The iron arrows, which were one foot and five inches long, were shot out from the bed crossbow at the same time, roaring towards the sword and shield army. The heavy shields of the solid shields could not stop the iron crossbow arrows that could penetrate the gold-splitting stones. The iron crossbow arrows shot through the heavy shields of the sword and shield army, and Han soldiers screamed and fell to the ground.

At the same time, on the top of the city, more than ten catapults of Cao's army began to squeak and squeak, and because they attacked from top to bottom, the power of the catapult became even stronger.

The stones as big as millstones were put into the throwing bag. At the order of the deputy general Hao Zhao, ten trenchers were fired at the same time. Ten huge rocks were thrown high, rolling in the air, drawing arcs, and smashing them into the dense crowd.

There was a loud "boom" sound, and screams were everywhere. Several soldiers of the Tui Han army were unable to avoid it and were smashed into meat pie by huge rocks. The huge inertia caused the stones to roll in the crowd along the slope, extremely rapid and rolled out more than forty steps in a row. The Han army soldiers desperately dodged to both sides, but fifty or sixty people died under the collision of more than a dozen huge rocks. Some of the superiors were injured, their bones were broken, and their tendons were broken, and the wailing sounded.

Immediately after the second round, the fourth round of the catapult was shot. With the launch of the crossbows of the 10,000 Cao's army on the top of the city, arrows on the top of the city were like rain, and there were heavy casualties under the city. Every huge rock was hit, which would bring dozens of casualties. It was simply a machine to massacre people, causing heavy casualties to the Han army.

The role of the catapult in defending the city was unparalleled. In the Battle of Guandu ten years ago, the Cao army, with a slightly weak force, used several giant catapults to kill tens of thousands of Yuan troops, laying a solid foundation for the brilliant victory of the battle of Guandu.

Although Liu Jing created craftsmen and introduced a large number of skilled craftsmen such as Ma Jun to conduct military inventions and creations, and also achieved brilliant achievements, the Cao army in the north was as powerful as military weapons, and their experience in attacking and defending cities was far superior to the southern army.

In Xicheng, Cao's army used the most powerful catapult in the northern army, causing huge losses to the attacking Han army. The battlefield was full of corpses, with smashed bodies everywhere, smashed heads, and blood flowed into a river, dyeing the smashed big stones red. With just one attack, the Han army had lost thousands of people.

Despite the heavy casualties, the sword and shield army still laid wooden boards on a gully, creating conditions for the attacking army behind. The 8,000 Han army's crossbow army had rushed to the left and right, leaving the attack area of ​​the catapult.

Eight thousand crossbowmen shot at the top of the city at the same time, nearly 10,000 arrows were fired at the top of the city, and dense arrows shot towards the top of the city like a storm. The Cao army on the top of the city were shot one after another. The archers quickly retreated and did not dare to look up again. The Cao army's archers were quickly suppressed.

As the Han army's attack drum sounded again, the 20,000 spear army burst into shouts and shouted, carrying the siege ladder with huge rocks rolling over their heads.

Twenty thousand troops were arranged into four square formations, each of which was separated by steps, like four huge black carpets, rising and falling on the earth, the army was full of morale and murderous aura. They moved closer to the city wall from two miles away, drums were like thunder, horns were connected to the sky, flags covered the sky, spears were like forests, shields were like mountains, and death black appeared under the sunlight.

The main attacking general Zhao Yun rode on the war horse, pointed his sword at the city, and "advanced"

“Woo~~”

The low trumpet sounded throughout the world, and more than a dozen wooden trumps were erected in the middle of each team. This was used to resist the flying stones on the city. With the sound of huge wheels under the wooden trumps, the team began to slowly fight towards the city wall.

There was also a loud drum sound on the top of the city, and Xiahou Yuan's eyes were red and he roared repeatedly. Although he knew that this was just a tentative attack by the Han army, the opponent's investment of more than 10,000 people still put a huge pressure on him.

Xiahou Yuan continued to mobilize his troops, invested 10,000 people to defend the southern city, and personally directed the battle.

At this time, Xiahou Yuan found that the arrows of the crossbowmen under the city were too fierce, and suppressed the archers on the city. He was very passive. Xiahou Yuan shouted anxiously: "Change the longbow and transport the soldiers and arrows..."

"Bitch first moves the stones and prepares the trencher"

The ten heavy trenchers on the top of the south city once again creaked away. This was the most powerful trencher of Cao's army. They were tall and six feet long. They could reach four steps away from the casting stones. They could only move them.

The dark cross-catalogers stood on a specially built platform, like ten monsters. The huge stone weighing more than pounds was put into the bullet pocket. The two of them pulled twenty belts as thick as arms, waiting for the order to fire.

Below the battlements, the four thousand Cao army archers had changed their long bows, so they could squat on the ground and shoot arrows outwards, avoiding the densely shot crossbow arrows. Two-foot-long thick arrows had already been placed on the bowstrings and shot outwards in a densely.

The longbower arrows they used at this time were slightly different from those used for fighting in peace. They did not need to shoot far, but they had to be heavy so that the arrow could penetrate the enemy's armor by relying on their own gravity. Therefore, they usually used large arrows, with arrow shafts as thick as fingers, sharp arrow tips were streamlined, and bloodletting grooves were on all sides.

The range of soldiers and arrows was only fifty steps, and they could not hurt the Han crossbowmen outside the field, but they were deadly killers of the siege soldiers, causing huge losses to the Han army that subsequently siege the city.

At this time, the main force of the Han army had gradually entered the range of the catapult. Xiahou Yuan's face was covered in ferociousness, and the muscles on his face were distorted. He shouted in a hoarse voice: "Capulting"

When the red flag was waved, Cao Jun tried hard to pull the catapult, and saw the long arms of ten monsters swing out, and ten huge rocks flew into the air, roaring towards the city.

Looking up from the city, I saw ten small black dots appearing in the sky, as if a flock of geese passing through the sky, but the small black dots became larger and larger, instantly turning into huge rocks rolling in the sky, smashing down on the head of the Han army.

The Han soldiers in the attack shouted, and the soldiers hid in Dou Meng, but there were still a large number of soldiers who had nowhere to hide. They shouted and dodged everywhere. The huge rocks hit, and there was a loud bang, and the dust flew. Several soldiers could not dodge and were smashed into meat sauce by the huge rocks. The remaining strength of the huge rocks continued to roll forward, knocking dozens of people in a row before stopping.

A huge rock hit the cowhide Doumeng with a loud crack, and the Doumeng was smashed. The soldiers rolled and crawled out from below, but the stone was bounced back by Doumeng, and then bounced forward for more than twenty steps, rushed into the crowd, and screams rang out.

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Although Cao's heavy catapult brought nearly 2,000 casualties to the Han army, it could not stop the attack of more than 10,000 troops. As the sound of drums urging war in the Han army camp accelerated, four square soldiers ran and rushed towards the city overwhelmingly.

There was no city protection in Xicheng, but a drought ditch of two meters wide was dug. The drought drought was paved with the sword and shield army and lost its hindrance function.

Four-meter-high siege siege ladders crossed the city ditch and slammed the ground on the city wall. Tens of thousands of Han soldiers climbed up the ladder like ants, climbing the ladder with one hand and shield with the other, biting a ring knife in their mouths, and climbing up hard.

Arrows on the top of the city were raining, stones rolling wood hit like hail, and soldiers were hit and shot, screaming and falling down to the city...

The Xicheng City Wall also has a horse-face structure, which is a protruding city wall. It is named after its appearance resembles a horse-faced face. It is usually protruding two feet outward. Its function is to enable soldiers guarding the city to shoot arrows at the enemy from behind.

In this way, the soldiers who siege the city ignored their heads and their backs were exposed and became targets. Arrows on the head of the city were shot out in large numbers, bringing serious danger to the Han army on the ladder, causing heavy casualties and injuries. Most of the soldiers who were shot to death were shot and fell down were shot and arrows on the back.

The dead bodies under the city wall quickly piled up, blood flowing out of the city river, seeping out of the corpse pile, dyeing the city wall red. The soldiers on the city struggled to push out with steel forks, and the barbs at the top of the siege ladder squeaked away from the city head and flipped outward. A string of soldiers on the ladder screamed long and many people jumped off the ladder.

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At this time, the first siege ram of the Han army was gradually approaching the city gate. The rest of the people carried the siege rams on both sides, and the famous sword and shield soldiers raised their shields to guard them. They resisted the shooting of the arrows on the head of the city, shouted and rushed towards the city gate. The situation of defending the city suddenly became serious.

At this time, Hao Zhao rushed to Xiahou Yuan and shouted loudly: "General, use tinea oil to repel the attacking rams."

As soon as the words finished, a dull sound of thunder, shocking the earth. The city gate was hit by a siege rifle. The city gate made a harsh creaking sound, and the city wall also shaking violently. The soldiers stood unsteadily and fell one after another. Xiahou Yuan also fell to the ground. He shouted anxiously: "Use tincture oil."

The Cao army soldiers carried the barrel of turbulent oil and threw it down hard. The barrel of turbulent oil shattered and the pungent turbulent oil flowed all over the ground. Just as the Han army soldiers rushed to the siege ram with their captains and were about to hit the second gate, the Cao army soldiers shot dozens of rockets, igniting the turbulent oil all over the ground. The raging fire burned rapidly, and a sea of ​​fire suddenly formed in front of the city gate.

Dozens of Han soldiers were ignited by tinder oil and became firemen. They opened their arms and ran around wailing. Without taking a few steps, they fell to the ground. The fire burned them to the point of curling up.

Cao's army's sulphur bombs caused a fatal blow to the siege ram. As the fire spread, the huge siege ram was also ignited. The soldiers carrying the siege ram had to abandon the siege ram and fled. The siege ram landed on the ground and was soon engulfed by the ram.

Nearly five thousand casualties were killed or injured, and more than half of the two sieges carried by the Han army had been destroyed. The situation began to be unfavorable to the Han army. Liu Jing stared at the burning fire at the city gate in a daze. Although the turmeric oil was used for the first time, he did not expect it to be sharp. Liu Jing couldn't help but sigh, "Ming Jin to withdraw the troops."
Chapter completed!