Chapter 31 The defeat of the enemy's murderer Yuan Shu

Yuan Shu is not calm in his heart, not because it is difficult to attack the city, but because he has too many good thoughts in his heart. In Yuan Shu's view, the siege of the city is just a process, and the final victory must belong to him: because yesterday after Cao Cao's attack, the enemy's equipment for defending the city was destroyed, and the Xiliang soldiers suffered more than 10,000 casualties.

In this case, in Yuan Shu's view, Xiliang's morale must be low. Morale is the most powerful dependence to determine the outcome of a battle. The morale of Xiliang's generals is low, and the morale of Yuan Shu's side must be high, especially in the excellent performance of the ally Cao's siege yesterday, which stimulated Yuan Shu's competitive heart. Yuan Shu is happy to see this situation.

Today's siege, in Yuan Shu's view: in addition to the advantage of morale, there is also the advantage of the battlefield situation. At this time, the battlefield in Yuan Shu's sight: from the moat to the towering wall, the two trenches have been covered with thick boards by Cao's army, the trenches are also covered with sacks, and the sharp bamboo thorns in the trenches have also lost their function. The dozens of miles of horse belt was washed out of more than ten gaps, and the root of the city wall on the second side of the gate was full of ten-meter-high stones.

In this case, as long as Yuan Shu commands the army to rush to the root of the city wall, there are ten-meter-high piles of stones, which saves the strength of the soldiers even stacking ladders.

Climbing along the stone pile to attack the city is much safer than climbing the ladder to attack the city... In the expectation of Yuan Shu and his confidant staff: taking advantage of the low morale of the Xiliang general defending the city, it was achieved overnight when attacking the city. This is also the reason why Yuan Shuzhi asked his side to attack the city alone. He was afraid of Cao Cao's greed and regardless of the fatigue of Cao's army. He fought continuously and occupied the city.

After the army was assembled, Yuan Shu wanted to immediately command the army to attack the city, but he advised himself to calm down: at the critical moment, at the moment of public attention, he wanted to show a little more wisdom and martial arts.

At this time, Cao Cao's continuous stone throwers gathered together and were covered with oilcloth. Yuan Shu felt uncomfortable when he saw Cao Cao's secret weapon: last night, Yuan Shu communicated with Cao Cao and proposed to Cao Cao to send his equipment craftsman to observe the continuous stone-throwing machine at close range, but Cao Cao directly refused.

As soon as Yuan Shu thought of this, he secretly scolded Cao Cao for being stingy. He has been so stingy since he was a child! How about no continuous stone thrower? I can still break through Chang'an City today. The record that has not been broken in Chang'an City for hundreds of years will end in my hands, and I will definitely leave my name in history!

Yuan Shu felt that his calm siege atmosphere created by his wise Shenwu was almost complete, and then he raised the red triangle flag with his right hand to indicate the attack.

As Yuan Shu's command flag was raised high, the drummers on both sides of the gate of the coalition camp beat the war drums. The drums changed from slow to rapid, and the drums also changed from dull to high excitement.

The sound of two hundred war drums resounded throughout the battlefield and echoed in the ears of every general. The sound of drums seemed to come from ancient times, stimulating the primitive courage in each general's body. They stepped on the drums and shouted "kill" and "kill" in unison, and followed the pace of the general to the ancient city wall a kilometer away.

Wen Chou, Gao Lan, and Ji Ling led 12,000 soldiers to attack the city in three ways: the shield array was in the front, the bow and arrow camp was in the middle, and the camp of carrying the ladder and pushing the cloud cart was behind. In the faster and faster running of tens of thousands of soldiers, the lonely and desolate earth began to tremble warmly; tens of thousands of soldiers shouted in unison to break through the thick drums and break through the clouds...

shou cheng fang. Guo Yan, the senior leader of the Xiliang Legion, led his confidant staff and bodyguards, and stood in the gate building early. Behind the arrow piles along the second side of the gate tower, the soldiers of Xiliang showed fierce light, and the weapons were in hand and ready.

On the aisle of the city wall, although there are not as many stone throwers and bed crossbows as yesterday, there are still dozens of stone throwers and bed crossbows placed in the direction of each ten-meter-high stone pile under the wall. These stone throwers and bed crossbows are replenished in time from the equipment warehouse.

At this time, thousands of volunteers also began to make a fire in the pot and boil the fat in the iron pot. Every 4 meters on the aisle of the city wall, there is a swallow-tailed torch, iron horns, fork rods and hook rods, halberd, halberd, axes, vertebrae, and some stones and thistles, and rolling stone.

In the sight of the soldiers guarding the west of the city, the enemy's three offensive camps roared like a wave of parallel. Under the effective attack distance and under the dangerous pressure, the Xiliang soldiers actually broke out with extraordinary combat effectiveness: they nervously and orderly activated the stone-throwing machine and bed crossbow, and moved skillfully and quickly.

Hundreds of pieces thrown by the stone thrower crossed the beautiful arc in the air, and the "hoo" accurately hit the middle of the enemy's camp. Rows of carved arrows fired by the bed crossbow shot at the running enemy.

Most of the hundreds of stones were calmly avoided by the Yizhou soldiers, and only the stones hit the unlucky soldiers. Twenty stones, plus the impact, have a hundred and ten catties of lethality. Even if the soldiers are protected by helmets and armor, they are still a headache and bones are broken.

The rows of carved arrows were blocked by the Yizhou shield array, but about 400 meters away from the city, the shoulder-high shield was ruthlessly shot through by rows of carved arrows. The carved arrows shot through the shield and armor, seriously injuring the soldiers who were shot.

In the three waves of carved arrow attacks, the Yizhou army formation that attacked the city was temporarily blocked: the speed of the front team's charge slowed down, and the back camp continued to maintain the original speed of charge. Between slow and fast, the three offensive formations of the Yizhou army were extremely ornamental in an instant.

After the enemy's three waves of eagles and arrows were attacked, the Yizhou army carried the wounded companions and dead bodies into the trenches and continued to charge.

Although the charging team was hindered by some obstacles, and a few companions died or were injured, the fighting spirit of the Yizhou Army was still very high, and the roaring sound was still strong.

Waiting for Wen Chou and Gao Lan, Ji Ling's three super fierce generals rushed to a place more than 200 meters away from the city wall, and then suddenly rushed to the pace of charge. His soldiers under his command surged past them like a tide. The three of them stood at a safe distance, aiming at the enemy soldiers who controlled the crossbow with bows and arrows. The arrow shot away from the string and inserted into the enemy's body in the blink of an eye, either on the forehead or in the throat.

The archery of the three is that Ji Ling is outstanding. Wen Chou and Gao Lan can only shoot one arrow at a time, while Ji Ling can shoot five arrows at a time.

Under the accurate arrow attack of the three people, the enemy soldiers who controlled the crossbow were killed and injured. The crossbow was unmanttended, and the process of the Yizhou army's siege was smoother.

The shield soldiers quickly rushed to the root of the city wall. With the help of the shield soldiers' cover, the archers shot arrows at the enemies on the wall. The soldiers responsible for the siege equipment sacrifice their lives to build a ladder on the mountain of the city wall. Of course, there is no need to build a ladder on a 10-meter-high stone pile. The general responsible for attacking the city either climbed the stone pile or climbed the ladder and went straight to the top of the city wall.

Finally, hundreds of cloud carts were also pushed to a hundred meters away from the root of the city wall by Yizhou soldiers, and then hundreds of archers climbed to the 15-meter-high cloud cart like apes. After standing firmly, they condescendingly attacked the enemy soldiers in the aisle of the city wall with rapid arrows.

In the face of the attack of the Yizhou army, no matter how fierce the Xiliang soldiers are, they will not face the ruthless arrows with their flesh and blood bodies. They either hide behind the arrows or protect their bodies with shields. The archers respond to the enemy with the help of the cover of their companions.

Some Xiliang soldiers were injured and fell on the cold aisle, and some Yizhou soldiers fell to the ground from high cloud cars. Casualties continue to occur in the camps of both sides.

When some brave Yizhou soldiers climbed to the top of the stone piles and ladders and wanted to continue to rush up the head of the city wall, the figures of Xiliang soldiers gushed out from the head of the city. The two of them carried rolling wood and stone and threw them under the city wall. The swallow-tailed torch, iron horns and iron tumulus scattered freely under the city, on the ten-meter-high stone pile, under the wall. , howling, howling abruptly.

The fork rod and hook rod are also aimed at the equipment of the ladder. The two ends of the fork rod are stuck at the two ends of the ladder and rush down, cruelly cutting off the wrist of the climbing enemy; the hook rod is used to hook the body of the enemy soldier in the middle of the ladder.

Yizhou soldiers who fell from the ladder fell to the ground like dumplings in a pot. At this time, if the sharp stakes arranged under the wall are not destroyed, the bodies of the fallen soldiers will be pierced by the sharp wood.

However, the wrist was cut off by a sharp fork rod. If there is no timely rescue, the final result will be excessive blood loss and death. However, under the chaotic walls, who pays attention to the howling soldiers?

Although those Xiliang soldiers who exposed their bodies to the head of the city successfully blocked the enemy's attack, the next moment, they died under the enemy's arrows.

Fighting, howling, bleeding, death... It continues up and down the wall and becomes the protagonist and main theme of the battle. Even if the battle is fierce and fierce, fear no longer exists on both sides of the red-eyed killing.

The number of Yizhou soldiers gathered under the wall is increasing, and the soldiers who are afraid to climb the ladder and stone piles are emerging one after another. The Xiliang soldiers on the top of the city were severely suppressed by the archers on the cloud cart. More and more Yizhou soldiers rushed to the towering city. This situation is becoming more and more critical for Xiliang soldiers.

At the critical moment, the volunteers who helped the battle, the two of them carried a pot of hot oil and fell on the ladder and the stone pile. After the green smoke, it was the "sneer" sound of the hot oil burning the human body. The Yizhou soldiers who were burned by the hot oil could only fall from the cloud ladder and the stone pile, howling endlessly.

At this time, some Xiliang soldiers who killed the red-eyed suddenly rushed out from behind the arrow stack and braved the enemy's attack of dense arrows. They stood on the wall in the middle of the arrow stack, pushed the ladder with both hands, and suddenly overthrew the ladder. Of course, the next moment, the bodies of these fierce soldiers were shot through by the enemy's arrows.

The ladder was overthrown, and the Yizhou army under the root of the city wall suddenly became a mess. Before they could react, the wax oil cans fell from the sky. With the rupture of the cans, the wax oil flowed everywhere, and the flames raged in the chaotic crowd.

The enemy's rolling stone, fork rod, hook rod and other equipment, the enemy's iron thistle, swallowtail torch, iron horn, fierce arrows, the Yizhou army was not afraid, but in the face of the raging fire, the Yizhou army had no choice but to retreat for the first time.