"Everyone, come up to the city tower immediately!"

Suddenly, a man walked down from the city tower and shouted into the entrance of the city gate.

Hearing this shout, both soldiers and officers went up the stairs to the city tower, like a tide.

Zhang Yan was surrounded by soldiers and climbed up to the city tower because he was wearing Xuzhou soldiers. Looking up at him, he suddenly saw the densely packed Cao army outside the city moving towards the city.

The cavalry of Cao's army was trampling on the refugees who had not been able to enter the city with their ruthless iron hooves. The refugees cried and cried, and died one by one under the butcher knife of Cao's army.

This scene filled the eyes of all the soldiers guarding the city. They were full of anger on their faces, and their eyes were filled with anger at Cao's army.

At this time, a man in a long robe walked up from under the city tower. The man was handsome and looked similar to Zhang Yan's age, and should be around twenty-seven years old.

The man frowned tightly, his face turned ashen, quickly swept over the dense Cao army outside the city, and then placed his eyes on the soldiers guarding the city, and he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in his eyes.

"See the lieutenant!" The others were respectful to this man when they saw this young man appear.

The man waved his hand and signaled that everyone would not have to be polite, but his eyes couldn't help but look around. When his eyes fell on Zhang Yan, his eyes lit up.

Zhang Yan is eight feet tall and strong. Standing among the hundreds of soldiers, he looks like a crane standing out in the crowd. In addition, his handsome face is as cold as iron, and under his thick eyebrows are a pair of sharp eyes like an eagle and falcon, his whole person has a powerful aura that looks down on the world.

"Are you Zhang Yan, the county magistrate of Liuxian?" The magistrate walked up to Zhang Yan and asked with some uncertainty.

Zhang Yan was stunned for a moment. He didn't remember who the person standing in front of him was, but the rest were very respectful to this man. He also called him the lieutenant. He was just a county lieutenant, and his official position was definitely not as good as the lieutenant.

He saw that the man had black shoulder-length hair, about 1.7 meters tall, with a white skin, a straight nose bridge, a tall figure, and a bright eyes like stars. His every move made people feel like a spring breeze. He also looked a bit elegant with a dark robe.

He followed the ancients' appearance and asked with his fists, "Sir, know me?"

The man nodded and said with a smile: "I met you when I passed by Liu County last winter. Why? I forgot who I am so soon?"

Zhang Yan searched carefully in his mind, but found nothing. This was a very naive face. He really didn't recognize it, and he had no impression of it.

A soldier beside him immediately muttered in a low voice: "You are still a county lieutenant, but you don't even know Captain Chen? This is Lord Chen Deng, the Diannong lieutenant. He is a famous scholar in Xuzhou and the right-hand man of the governor of the state!"

After hearing Chen Deng's name, Zhang Yan couldn't help but look at Chen Deng for a few more times. In his impression, Chen Deng should be a scholar, but now he is standing on the city tower to command the battle, which is indeed a little surprised.

"Dong!Dong!Dong!Dong..."

The rumbling drums suddenly came from outside the city and resounded throughout the wilderness.

When Zhang Yan heard the sound of war drums, he immediately looked out of the city, but saw that Cao's army had cleared the road, and the neat Cao's army formation was heading towards the city gate with vigorous steps.

At this time, Chen Deng didn't care about chatting with Zhang Yan, and hurriedly shouted: "Cao army is going to attack the city, everyone is ready to fight!"

Outside Pengcheng, tens of thousands of Cao troops stood in black on the snowy field, with neat looks, magnificent momentum, ready to go. Cao troops flirted with flags, voices were like tides, spears were formed in forests, swords were like seas, and tens of thousands of troops were slowly advancing.

In the middle of the military formation, there are all cavalrymen, each wearing heavy armor. They are all tall and strong, Kong Wu is powerful, and their arrogant faces are full of arrogant spirit.

Surrounded by the crowd, a man riding a white horse seemed particularly eye-catching. This person was the commander of this army, Cao Cao, the governor of Yanzhou.

Cao Cao was surrounded by more than ten generals, each of whom was energetic and had an extraordinary appearance. But they all looked arrogant, as if Pengcheng was already in their pocket.

The rumbling drums of war changed from slow to fast, and finally became very rapid, as if countless raindrops had fallen on them, but not long after, the drums suddenly stopped abruptly.

A few seconds later, Cao Cao, who was riding a white horse in the center of the military formation, suddenly pulled out a long sword from his waist, waved it hard towards Pengcheng, and then let out a hysterical cry: "Siege!"

With Cao Cao's order, a group of infantrymen at the forefront of the military formation tied their hair and legs, held bows and arrows, held spears and spears in their hands, surrounded them, carried ladders and ladders, rushed towards Pengcheng like a tide.

Seeing such a scene, Chen Deng immediately shouted: "Prepare for war!"

On the city tower of Pengcheng, archers pulled the bows and arrows, while the rest of the soldiers carried the rolling stones and pounding trees to the top of the city, making a defensive posture.

Zhang Yan carried a huge stone and placed it near the battlements. When Cao's army approached, he smashed the stone down.

A thousand Cao army infantry holding shields were the first to be hit. Under the leadership of an officer Cao Chun, they ran very fast and soon approached the city.

"Shoot the arrow!"

With a command, the soldiers guarding the city immediately shot the bow and arrow ruthlessly at the Cao army soldiers who were rushing in front.

But all the soldiers of Cao's army were well-trained and covered the bows and arrows with shields in their hands. Only a few people died because they could not block them in time.

Soon, this wave of Cao's soldiers braved the arrows of the defenders and rushed to the city wall first, and quickly erected the ladder he brought to the city wall.

Zhang Yan saw the opportunity, lifted the stone and smashed it down the city. The huge stone directly hit a Cao soldier in the head, causing the Cao soldier to break his brain and fell directly to the ground, killing him.

He continued to lift the stone and smash it under the city wall. Although the Cao soldiers had shields to protect themselves, they either had their arms broken or were directly killed when facing the sudden heavy blow. The ladders on the city wall were quickly pushed down by the defenders.

The defenders used bows and arrows and huge rocks to attack the Cao soldiers under the city wall. The first wave of Cao soldiers who rushed to the city were severely hit, with heavy casualties and very little left soon.

But the infantry of the Cao army continued to rush towards the city wall. Under Cao Chun's command, they shouted and howled, expressing their fearlessness in their hearts with extremely excited voices.

"Swoosh, swosh, swosh..."

Cao's archers rushed to the near the city wall and began to shoot at the city wall with bows and arrows. Many defenders were shot through the body by Cao's arrows and fell to the ground.

Seeing this scene, Chen Deng, who was in charge of commanding the battle, immediately ordered the archers to shoot against the Cao army archers outside the city, and the arrows were coming and going, and the two armies suffered casualties.

"kill!"

Suddenly, an officer of the Cao army climbed up the ladder to the city wall, swung the sharp blade in his hand and slashed it randomly. The soldier responsible for the defense was no match and was cut over by the Cao army officer.

The officer of the Cao army hurriedly jumped to the city tower and used his personal courage to break out a foothold on the city tower. The soldiers who went to fight were either cut to death by the officer of the Cao army or injured.

And behind the Cao army officer, another Cao soldier climbed up the city tower and fought side by side with the Cao army officer, and soon gained a place.

"Hurry! Kill them!" Seeing this, Chen Deng was immediately anxious. If he didn't take back that small piece of land, he would be afraid that the city tower would soon be lost.

At this moment, an iron spear suddenly came out, and suddenly shot out, piercing the body of the Cao army officer directly, and the spear head passed through, and the Cao army behind the Cao army officer was also stabbed together.

The Cao army officer looked at the iron spear that pierced his body with a surprised look, but saw that the person holding the handle of the spear was Zhang Yan. He screamed unwillingly, waved the weapon in his hand with the last strength, and slashed towards Zhang Yan's neck.

A faint smile appeared on Zhang Yan's mouth. He raised his legs and kicked the officer off the city wall. He quickly pulled out the iron spear inserted into the officer's body, and quickly stabbed Cao Bing, who had just climbed up the city wall.

Cao Bing let out a scream and fell directly from the ladder to the city wall, falling to death.

Zhang Yan stood on the almost lost city tower holding a spear, constantly dancing the iron spear in his hand, destroying the ladders on the city wall one after another, and killing more than a dozen Cao soldiers in succession. Wherever the iron spear goes, they all cut their throats with one shot.

He alone, with a gun, guarded the positions on the city.

Chen Deng saw Zhang Yan's every move, and couldn't help but be impressed by Zhang Yan's bravery, thinking in his heart: "I didn't expect this little county lieutenant to be so powerful..."

Cao Chun, who was commanding the battle of Cao's army at the city, also noticed the slight changes on the city tower and immediately directed the archers to shoot arrows at Zhang Yan.

Hundreds of arrows shot towards Zhang Yan from different directions, and Zhang Yan was not panicked. He danced the iron spear in his hand and drove the arrows outside, without any injuries.

Zhang Yan noticed that the Cao army did not launch a full-scale attack, and the Cao army that was attacking the city was only a part of it, with only about two or three thousand people.

The Cao army responsible for siege were all commanded by a Cao army officer wearing iron armor and iron helmets. The Cao army officer hid far behind the Cao army archers. The person who commanded the archers to shoot him just now was the Cao army officer, about a hundred steps away from his position.

As the saying goes, shoot a man and shoot a horse first, capture the thief first.

He immediately placed the iron spear in his hand at his feet, picked up the bow and arrow from a dead archer beside him, pulled the arrow hard, put an arrow on the bowstring, and shot an arrow at the archer beside the officer of the Cao army first.

But when he heard a string sound, an arrow flew towards the archer quickly. Unfortunately, the strength of this bow was limited. Even if he pulled the bow string, he could only shoot about eighty steps away. The officer hid a hundred steps away, so he could not shoot no matter what.

Seeing the arrow ending without success and landing on the road, Zhang Yan's face suddenly felt depressed. In this way, his idea of ​​sniping at the Cao army officer was like being ruined.

"Prince Zhang, use this bow!" At this time, a voice sounded beside Zhang Yan. Chen Deng came to him at some point and handed a bow to him with a look of expectation.

Without saying a word, Zhang Yan took the bow and arrow and tried to pull the bow string of the bow. The strength was indeed very different from that of an ordinary bow.

He tried to exert force, and used his extraordinary strength to pull the bow full, and a smile appeared on his face.

He immediately took out an arrow and placed it directly on the bowstring, pulling it full of the bowstring, aiming at the Cao army officer who was a hundred steps away.

With a loud shout of "其", the arrows on the bowstrings emerged and shot quickly at the officer of the Cao army.

The Cao army officer suddenly saw an arrow flying, and was shocked. Before he could dodge, he was shot in the throat. He didn't even scream in a hurry, and fell to the ground and struggled to die.

"Good arrow technique!" Seeing Zhang Yan hit the Cao army officer a hundred steps away, Chen Deng exclaimed and praised loudly.

The officer of the Cao army was shot to death by Zhang Yan. The Cao army, who was sieging the city, lost command, and more than 2,000 people fell into a state of headlessness.

Cao Cao, who was riding a white horse in the military formation, was also shocked when he saw the vanguard Cao Chun being shot by Zhang Yan with an arrow. He was worried that Cao Chun's death would directly affect the morale of the siege troops, so he decisively ordered: "Ming Jin to withdraw the troops!"

Once the order to withdraw the troops was issued, the Cao army that had sieged the city began to retreat one after another.

The defenders did not cheer for it because they knew very well that this was just the prelude to the war, and the real war had just begun...
Chapter completed!