In the north of the city, the Tao Army camp.

Two days have passed, and Cao Cao saw no sign of letting the city go.

On the contrary, along the line of Xudu City, Cao's soldiers were still strengthening the city defense fortifications day and night, as if they were planning to defend themselves.

The Central Army’s tent.

The fighting spirit of the rushing fire burned like fire, and all the generals could no longer hold back and wanted to attack the city immediately.

The pottery drinks a little wine without any distractions.

"Husband, it's been two days since we were gone. Seeing the enemy's movements, Cao Cao had no intention of abandoning the city and leaving. We should prepare to attack the city." Mulan was already a little impatient

Tao Shang sneered, "May all matter how important it is, how important the emperor is, Cao Cao would not know. Madam thought, would I be innocent and stupid to wait for Cao Cao to abandon the emperor and escape?"

Hua Mulan Huarong showed her murderous intent and said happily: "My husband had expected that Cao Cao would not abandon the city. So what else can we hesitate about? The army will attack the city tomorrow and razed Xu Du to the ground in one fell swoop."

Tao Shang was not as impulsive as her and glanced at the counselors, "It seems that the price of not paying some blood is that he can't take Xu Du. Even if he wants to attack, he must minimize the casualties of the soldiers. What are your good plans?"

The Tao Shang's army besieged by the city was only 30,000, while Cao Cao's defenders had 7,000. Although they had huge advantages, they were not overwhelming advantages.

In addition to a strong attack, some tricks are needed.

The pottery's eyes were the first to glance at Chen Ping.

Chen Ping swallowed the wine and thoughtful, saying, "It is obviously inappropriate to siege on all sides. Our army has only 30,000 troops, and we cannot achieve simultaneous attacks on all sides. Only by concentrating our troops and attacking the city gates can we give full play to our advantage of many soldiers."

Before the words were finished, before the Tao Shang could speak, Fan Kuai said at the top of his voice: "Drunk, do you think Cao Cao is a fool? If you attack a city gate, Cao Cao can immediately send troops from the other three gates to reinforce. You can concentrate your troops to attack, and others can also concentrate their troops to defend. Then it will not be a white tower."

Fan Kuai's words were rough and not rough, but what he said was very reasonable. The pottery nodded slightly.

"Since that's the case, then we will try every means to make Cao Cao unable to discover the direction of our army's main attack." But Mulan suddenly flashed inspiration.

Tao Shang's eyes moved, and he was obviously awakened by Mulan's words, and suddenly he thought of something.

"Miss Mother is smart. After being reminded by the mistress, I thought of a trick..." Chen Ping smiled and a strange look appeared on his half-drunk face.

...

The next day.

The world is gloomy, and the entire Xudu City is shrouded in a thick solemn way.

Today is the deadline for Cao Cao by the pottery merchant.

During the day, the Tao Army camp was not moving at all, as calm as usual.

As night fell, the Tao army still did not attack, and the soldiers and civilians in the city breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the threat from the Tao merchant the day before yesterday was just to scare them.

In the early morning of the next day, except for the soldiers on duty, everyone in Xu Ducheng fell asleep in a relaxed state.

Cao Cao was no exception. He was nervous for several days, and today he finally breathed a sigh of relief and could have a stable sleep.

Just as Cao Cao fell asleep, an urgent report from the East Gate woke him up:

Tens of thousands of Tao troops were gathering towards the east gate line and were clearly going to launch an attack.

Cao Cao's nerves immediately became tense again. Under the protection of Dian Wei Xuchu, he rushed to the east gate.

After climbing to the city, Le Jin led two thousand defenders to the city and was on close guard.

"What's going on now?" Cao Cao rushed to the top of the city and asked panting.

Le Jin looked solemn and bowed: "Report to Sikong, the enemy suddenly gathered on a large scale and may launch a fierce attack on our east gate."

Le Jin looked outside the city, and Cao Cao also rushed to the city wall, looking outside the city under the dim white light from the east, and frowned deeply.

In my sight, I saw that in the continuous wilderness, tens of thousands of Tao soldiers were already scattered, rows of scattered swords and halberds were shining with ferocious and strange cold light, and the endless sea of ​​flags rolled like raging waves, facing the morning breeze.

Looking further away, there are more Tao troops, constantly coming out of camp, like rivers, merging into the vast ocean in front of the city.

The Tao army's attack on the city was no longer obvious.

In addition to countless soldiers, Tao Jun was pushing the thunder cannons one by one, and there were at least 300 thunder cannons aiming at the city wall, and the number was still increasing.

"Lord, the Taoist thief obviously needs to concentrate all his troops and attack our east gate. Should we transfer troops from the other three gates to reinforce as soon as possible?" Le Jin said worriedly.

Cao Cao took a deep breath, calmed down, stared at him for a while, but said, "The Tao thief is deceitful, don't rush to mobilize troops first. I am afraid that this is the Tao thief's plan to attack the east and west. Let's see the situation first."

Le Jin could only force his anxiety and continued to sit and watch the enemy gathering troops, while cheering the soldiers and preparing to fight.

Half an hour later, the Tao army had already gathered.

The army formations were large and small, as strong as barriers, with at least 20,000 troops. The number of heavenly thunder cannons gathered in front of the army was as large as 400.

Not to mention the Tao army's strength, the four hundred thunder cannons alone were enough to make Cao Cao's back furious.

The bombing of more than ten days has made Cao Cao deeply afraid of the power of this catapult. Now the pottery merchant has concentrated nearly 400 thunder cannons on the east gate line. If they were fired together, the terrifying power would be beyond Cao Cao's imagination.

There was a faint chill on Cao Cao's back.

A few hundred steps away, the pottery merchant stood up and looked out at the city wall with a sneer.

He seemed to be able to see clearly what a fearful expression was on the garrison on the city.

"Cao Dasikong, please give you a meteor shower..."

Tao Shang raised a sneer on the corner of his mouth, pointed at the sword, and shouted: "Sky Thunder Cannon, fire me a volley!"

The order was passed, and the sound of pulling the wooden tips came one after another. Stone bullets the size of cow heads were in place, and four hundred huge catapults were aimed at Xudu East Gate with all eyes.

The sound of war drums suddenly erupted, and the shooting signal was immediately issued.

Huhuhu--

Four hundred thunder cannons were fired at the same time. With the loud bang of the wind, more than four hundred stone bombs rose into the air, like meteor showers falling from the sky, pouring towards the head of Xudu City.

The thousands of defenders on the top of the city were instantly scared, and instinctively shrank down, hid under the female wall with their heads in their arms.

Boom boom boom boom!

The next moment, the sky collapsed and the earth broke.

The stone bombs in the sky ruthlessly hit Xu Du's scarred city wall. The gravel collapsed and dust flew. The roar and screams poured into the eardrums like a tide, like a sharp blade, cutting Cao Jun's tense nerves.

The nightmare has just begun.

After the first round of volleys, four hundred thunder cannons shot at the enemy city endlessly, and the entire east gate line was covered by stone rain falling from the sky.

The dense stone bombs were far better than any other bombardment. Even Cao Cao was frightened by the loud thunder of the mountains and seas, and by the stone rain flying overhead.

What else can Tao Jun do if he wants to attack the East Gate in such a formation!

After the stone bombs were bombarded, the Tao army launched a large-scale attack. At that time, tens of thousands of Tao troops rushed over, and only two thousand were killed or injured. How could the Cao army resist the terrifying and insane?
Chapter completed!