The rolling stones on the city tower rushed down, and instantly smashed the soldiers' heads on the ladder, and their brains burst and flew everywhere.

The person behind was hit by his comrade's corpse, and his eyes turned black and fell down instantly, bringing a bunch of them.

Gao Shun and Ma Zhong were also fighting with shields at this time, but the enemy counterattack was too fierce, and the two Tang generals could only helplessly hang on the ladder, quietly waiting for the enemy's momentary gap.

The Tang and Jin armies in the distance were already stuck together like ants. Ying Bu, who was commanding the archers instead of Cao Cao, waved his hand and asked the troops to stop shooting to avoid accidentally injuring his friendly troops.

Even though the Jin army briefly fell into chaos due to the sudden departure of the chief general, they soon reorganized their formation under the leadership of their respective generals, and the counterattack quickly became orderly.

Rolling stones, wood, and hot oil hit the Tang army one after another, which made the 13,000 powerful soldiers who were sieging the city unable to advance or retreat for a while.

Cao Cao could see clearly in the rear and called Ying Bu to whisper: "Press up forward, don't be afraid of entering the enemy's range, and must suppress the enemy on the city tower for our siege."

Ying Bu turned to the nobility and ordered the flags to fly in his hand. Ten thousand archers put away their bows and arrows, lowered their bodies and slowly advanced forward. One soldier after another fell down in the arrow formation that the Jin army suddenly gathered, but the surviving soldiers did not even have time to take a look at the fallen comrades, and could only continue to move forward amid the shouts of the soldiers.

When the city wall was only about one hundred meters away, Ying Bu finally gave the order to stop, allowing his crossbowmen to scatter and prepare to shoot freely.

Gao Shun saw the movement behind the ladder, and hurriedly ordered the warriors who had not yet climbed the ladder under the city wall to raise their huge shields and retreat to the front of the crossbow formation, and to protect the archers who were only wearing light armor as much as possible.

At a distance of 100 meters, both sides could almost see the ferocious appearance of the opposite side. In order to cover the infantry, the Tang army archers used their skills to cover the bottom of the box, and shot when they saw the Jin army who dared to show their heads.

The Jin army seemed even more crazy. They ignored the pouring rain of arrows from the Tang army, straightened their chests and set their bows and shot arrows, and vowed to give these Tang army that did not take them seriously.

The battle situation became fierce in an instant, and casualties between the two sides further increased.

Zhang Liao led 7,000 light cavalry to wander on both wings while always paying attention to the battle situation under the city. At this time, seeing that the troops were unable to move forward for a long time, he ordered his subordinates to take out the horse bow and cooperate with the crossbowmen who were standing on the front to put pressure on the Jin army.

Although the range of the horse bow is limited, it is better than the flexible maneuverability of the horse knight. He often runs to the city and shoots an arrow. Before the enemy can react, the archer who shoots the archery has disappeared outside the range of the bow and arrow.

At the same time, thousands of soldiers in the other three gates who remained unmoved also started a feint attack under the command of their respective generals. Although it was a feint attack, it was no worse than the frontal army. It successfully nailed the three gate defenders to the spot and could not help the frontal battlefield.

The first time in seven days has encountered such a tenacious Tang army, the Jin army on the city tower is quite uncomfortable.

Why were we chasing these people the day before and slapped them in the back of the butts, and today we were so pressed by them that we couldn’t raise our heads?

The sky slowly became dark, and the shouts of killing on the city tower continued. Cao Cao's brows became tighter and tighter. If it was completely dark, they had not yet taken Qingyuan, so they had to retreat temporarily and wait for dawn to continue.

In ancient times, night vision goggles had not yet been invented, night blindness was everywhere, even the elite army was the same. Unless in special circumstances, no martial arts would risk their siege at night.

Cao Cao thought for a while and called a messenger behind him: "Go and tell Gao Shun, and then I told the Governor Ben to ask him if the food in the camp is insufficient? Should I double the Governor Ben to him?"

"promise!"

The messenger held his fists and took the order, turned over and dismounted from the horse and lowered his body, dodged left and right in the overwhelming rain of arrows, and soon arrived at the base of the city wall without any injuries.

The shouts of killing on both sides were too noisy. The messengers carefully searched under the city wall for a long time before finding Gao Shun, who was hanging halfway up the ladder. They immediately opened their voices and shouted out Cao Cao's messenger.

Is the food insufficient?

Gao Shun's face turned green and she felt hot all over.

Governor Cao's words were clearly saying that the camp took the best supplies in the army and enjoyed the best treatment, but at critical moments, it was as if it was not full as if it was not full.

How could Gao Shun's iron-blooded general bear such insult? He immediately made a fuss and threw away the giant shield that was pressing on his head. He waved his waist and split a few arrows shot from his head. He raised his throat and shouted loudly: "Sink the camp, withdraw the shield, go up the cloud ladder, and charge with me!"

The three thousand warriors in the camp were originally carefully selected by Gao Shun, who practiced day and night, regarded honor as life and death as nothing. At this time, he saw the master generals leading by example, and threw away their shields like chicken blood. Some did not even block arrows, bit their waists in their teeth, and climbed like the wind with their hands.

The soldiers of the camp who were originally guarding the crossbowman could not take care of so much at this time. They grabbed a comrade behind him and handed over a shield, pulled out a knife and screamed, and rushed to the ladder.

The camp suddenly rose, and the morale of the Tang army was greatly boosted. Even ordinary soldiers began to follow suit, holding the weapon in their mouths, and climbed hard with both hands and feet.

Seeing this, the crossbowmen were anxious and could no longer care about how thin the armor was on their bodies. They were determined to shoot down the Jin army who was protruding their heads on the city tower to protect the safety of their comrades who climbed the city tower despite their lives.

Cao Cao said softly, the Tang army was completely different in an instant, and it burst out with several times more combat power than before. The Jin army on the city tower was stunned, which really made Gao Shun climb up the city tower.

There were one and two. After Gao Shun, Ma Zhong also climbed up. The two generals killed each other on the city tower, and forced a bloody road for the soldiers behind. One Tang army soldiers after another climbed up. They didn't even look at each other and slashed them. The two sides quickly turned red and started a fierce battle on the city tower.

The soldiers of the two armies were mixed together, and the crossbowman was completely useless at this moment, so he could only retreat to the central army and cheer for his comrades downstairs.

Ying Bu had long been unhappy that Gao Shun and others could fight against the enemy, but he could only command the crossbowman from afar. At this time, he saw that the crossbowman could finally retreat to the second line, so he hurriedly asked Cao Cao to join the siege army.

Cao Cao knew Ying Bu's thoughts well and generously asked him to go there. He also asked Ying Bu to tell Zhang Liao that although the battle was coming to an end, his cavalry should not be careless to prevent the Jin army from coming to aid suddenly.

The most difficult step in a siege battle is to attack the city tower. As long as the attacking party climbs up and gains a firm foothold, the siege battle will be more than half of the victory.

Blood was faintly visible from the distant city tower. Cao Cao looked down at his rough palms, and he was a little envious of Gao Shunyingbu who could rush forward.
Chapter completed!