Chapter 198 Offense and Defense
Not long after, the sound of drums outside the city rumbling, and Sun Jianjun shouted, and thousands of Sun Jianjun soldiers formed a shield with shield curtains and hugged a large number of siege equipment gradually approaching the city. In an instant, dense rain of arrows fell on the top of the city, hitting the shield curtain, making a sound like a tinkling rain hitting banana leaves! Sun Jianjun let out a shout, as if a whole army formation was constantly approaching the city. After a while, the baffle in front of the arrow tower was lowered, and the crossbowmen hiding in the arrow tower were about to suppress the Lu Bu army at the top of the city! The crossbowmen Lu Bu army on the top of the city had been waiting for them for a long time. When they saw the baffle down, they immediately shot arrows. Countless arrows and locusts flew up the arrow tower like locusts. In an instant, people fell down the arrow tower like rain!
Sun Jian's crossbowman immediately fought back and shot many opponents' crossbowman. At the same time, the attacking troops under the arrow tower removed the shield, pushed the city cloud ladder to the wall, and put the cloud ladder on the wall to start attacking! Countless fierce Sun Jian's officers and soldiers bit the steel knife and raised their shields to protect their heads to climb up the ladder quickly! At this time, a loud noise came from the city, but a pot of hot water boiled from the pot was poured down from the city! The Sun Jian's officers and soldiers who rushed in the front were immediately the first to be hit. Most of the boiling water rushed to the shield they were holding onto their heads and splashed everywhere and did not cause any damage. However, a small part of the boiling water was still poured on the heads and faces of some officers and soldiers. The officers and soldiers were immediately scalded and fell from the ladder with screams!
Sun Jian's officers and soldiers kept approaching the city with shields. The defenders on the city brought the rolling stone wood and threw it down. In an instant, a loud rumbling sound became a sound, like a mountain torrent. The rolling stone wood rushed in. At this time, the shield could not protect the Sun Jian's officers and soldiers, and they were smashed one by one, screaming and loud rumbling continuous; a huge wooden fell from the city and hit the middle of a cloud ladder. The ladder could not resist the huge impact force, and immediately broke into two pieces. Sun Jian's officers and soldiers climbing on the cloud ladder fell down and knocked down many other officers and soldiers waiting to climb under the cloud ladder. The scene was in chaos.
Sun Jian's officers and soldiers continued to attack the city. Finally, two Sun Jian's officers and soldiers on a ladder rushed to the city and jumped off the female wall to fight with the guards of Lu Bu's officers and soldiers. Lu Bu's officers and soldiers stabbed spears from all directions, and the two Sun Jian's officers and soldiers could not resist and were instantly pierced by countless spears. Then the Lu Bu's officers and soldiers shouted, lifted the two enemies high and then pushed out the city wall. The two Sun Jian's officers and soldiers screamed and fell straight from the city wall!
More and more Sun Jian's officers and soldiers rushed to the city, and Lu Bu's officers and soldiers gradually became overwhelmed. A large section of the city was in a fierce bloody battle. Sun Jian's officers and soldiers fought hard to attack and kill and tried to occupy the city, while Lu Bu's officers and soldiers fought to the death to fight and wipe out these enemies. The roars like beasts and shrill screams were heard. The cold light flashed when swords and guns collided. Under the flesh and blood, the officers and soldiers on both sides fell into the pile of blood piles of corpses! A fierce Sun Jian's officer rushed into Lu Bu's army and slashed his sword and slashed his sword.
The officers and soldiers of Lu Bu in front of him fell down! A soldier of Lu Bu mustered up and shouted and rushed forward, thrusting the spear in his hand and stabbed the officer's chest! Unexpectedly, the officer was very skilled, so he narrowly avoided him sideways! Without waiting for the soldier of Lu Bu to react, he grabbed the spear with his left hand, and at the same time took a step forward with his right foot, stabbed him with his right hand. With a sniff, the long sword in the hands of Sun Jian's officer instantly pierced the belly of the soldier of Lu Bu!
The soldier of Lu Bu was squirting blood in his mouth, and his eyes showed a desperate mad look. He shouted and hugged the Sun Jian army officer. The soldier of Sun Jian army struggled hard, but was shocked to find that the other party's arms were like iron hoops, and he couldn't struggle at all! The soldier of Lu Bu was squirting blood and roared loudly: "Kill him!" At this time, another soldier of Lu Bu rushed forward with a roar, swinging his sword and slashed at the neck of Sun Jian army officer! With a click, the officer's head flew into the sky! The soldier of Lu Bu was stolen and fell to the ground with the headless body of the officer.
The attacking side gave their all, while the defending side sacrificed their lives, and the officers and soldiers on both sides tried their best.
At this moment, a Sun Jian army suddenly appeared at the east gate. More than a hundred officers and soldiers guarding the east gate were shocked and called out, and at the same time, the alarm bell rang. At this moment, the Sun Jian army's sharpshooter under the city shot a fierce arrow at the top of the city, and the officers and soldiers on the city wall were immediately shot down. Immediately afterwards, these Sun Jian army quickly shot hooks on the top of the city and hooked the female wall. Then they bit the steel knife and pulled the rope across the moat and climbed up the city. After a while, seven or eight Sun Jian officers and soldiers climbed onto the top of the city. The Lu Bu officers and soldiers on the top of the city immediately attacked them, and fierce battles broke out between the two sides. As more and more Sun Jian officers and soldiers climbed to the top of the city, the Lu Bu officers and soldiers were already limited in number, and the casualties were getting bigger and bigger, and they soon felt unable to support them.
At this time, outside the city, Sun Ce had led the main force outside the south city gate to the east city gate, and waited for the surprise attacking troops to open the city gate and then entered in one fell swoop. The officers and soldiers of Lu Bu who were guarding the south city gate realized Sun Jian's intentions and immediately wanted to divide the troops, but the battle conditions on the south city gate were fierce, but they could not divide the troops at all. The officers and soldiers guarding the east city gate had suffered heavy casualties, and the remaining officers and soldiers were also trapped in the fierce siege of the other party. The situation can be said to be at a critical moment!
Suddenly, two Lu Bu soldiers with more than a thousand people appeared on the city walls on both sides of the East City Gate and quickly moved towards the East City Gate. Seeing this situation, Sun Ce couldn't help but frown and smiled and murmured: "What a Ju Yi, you can still keep a move in this situation!" At this time, there was a loud rumbling sound, and the suspension bridge of the East City Gate was put down. Sun Ce immediately led his army to the city gate hole, but the city gate was not opened yet. Sun Ce shouted loudly, "Don't get involved with the enemy, hurry up and open the city gate!"
Sun Jian's army at the city gate quickly split up a part of the city wall and was about to open the city gate. Suddenly, only the roar of iron hooves were heard, and hundreds of cavalry rushed along the avenue under the city wall and suddenly crashed into Sun Jian's army running under the city gate. The huge sound of impact immediately turned into a circle, and many Sun Jian's officers and soldiers were knocked out by this powerful impact! However, these Sun Jian's officers and soldiers were extremely fierce, and they all rushed to pounce on the horses and slashed the horses' hooves. The cavalry swung their opponents and slashed their horses' hooves one by one. The cavalry saw that their opponents were fierce and were aroused by fierceness. They waved their swords and spears to attack and kill them wildly. The spears drove the Sun Jian's officers and soldiers who rushed forward, and the swords and killed them. The heads of Sun Jian's officers and soldiers who rushed forward! A battle between the two sides, flesh and blood flew everywhere!
At the same time, two reinforcements on the city wall had already rushed to the city gate tower near the city gate tower and fiercely counterattacked the enemy. On the city head, there were figures flashing with swords. From time to time, officers and soldiers on both sides fell from the city head, screaming and beastly roaring. At this time, Sun Jian's officers and soldiers outside the city were still constantly swinging across the moat through ropes and climbing up the wall to join the battle. However, the speed of the wall was really not fast, and the speed of Sun Jian's officers and soldiers was far from being consumed on the city head. After half an hour of fighting between the two sides, Sun Jian's army finally lost control of the city gate tower. Seeing that they were almost able to break the city, Sun Ce still failed in the end, and he couldn't help but cursed! Seeing that the opportunity had been lost, and the spirit of the soldiers had been consumed, he immediately ordered the singjin to withdraw the troops! Sun Jian's army slowly retreated back to the camp.
When the soldiers at the East City Gate saw Sun Jianjun retreating, they all breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, the corpses of officers and soldiers on both sides were piled up and down the East City Gate. The scene was shocking. Although Lu Bu's army repelled the other party's surprise attack, the losses were no less than those on the other party!
Cai Mao, who was attacking fiercely at the west gate, learned that Sun Jian's army had withdrawn his troops and did not want to attack the city alone, so he stopped his troops.
In Liu Bei's tent, Zhang Fei couldn't help but praise: "That boy Sun Ce is really amazing! He almost broke through the city today! Unexpectedly, he attacked the south and secretly sent an elite force to raid the East City Gate!"
Guan Yu narrowed his eyes and stroked his long beard and said, "Sun Ce is indeed not simple! And Ju Yi is worthy of being a famous general in the world. He even left a move when the battle was so fierce and stalemate, which eventually made Sun Ce's plan fail!"
Liu Bei said: "Second brother and third brother, we must remember these two people. They may be our strong rivals in the future!" Guan Yu and Zhang Fei nodded. Zhang Fei did not belittle the other party indifferently as usual.
Zhang Fei said angrily: "The war is like this, I don't think there is much hope to defeat Lu Bu!"
Guan Yu said: "This is not necessarily the case. Sun Ce has already arranged an ambush on the east bank of Shaobi. Although the coalition forces have not yet captured Shouchun, it puts great pressure on Shouchun. Moreover, the losses of the Shouchun defenders are definitely not small. I think they must have sent people to ask for help from Hefei. If Shouchun loses, the consequences will be unimaginable. Lu Bu cannot sit idly by and part of his troops will inevitably be distributed to Shouchun. At this time, the reinforcements will fall into the ambush circle. If the reinforcements are destroyed, the Shouchun defenders will definitely be greatly shocked. If they attack with the momentum, they will definitely fight down! Judging from the current situation, the coalition forces are still facing a big face!" Zhang Fei looked amazed and smashed his mouth for a long time and couldn't speak.
Not long after, Sun Ce received an urgent report from outside Hefei City. Lu Bu sent 25,000 reinforcements out of the city at night to come to Shouchun. Sun Ce was overjoyed and urgently ordered Zhou Tai, who was ambushing the east bank of Shaobei, to prepare for battle. At the same time, Sun Ce continued to dispatch a large army to build a strong attack on Shouchun, and continued to put pressure on Shouchun to avoid being seen through by his opponents.
Chapter completed!