Chapter 124 The founders of the Three Kingdoms are alive
Siege battles in ancient times were always very brutal.
Especially when facing a fortified city like Shouchun with a high city, a deep pond, and well-defended defenses, it would not be a problem even if the city was besieged for a year or two.
However, the coalition forces were not deterred at all and took the initiative to attack as soon as they came up.
The morale of the coalition forces was high, and it took only half a day in the morning to fill in several passages on the moat. The next thing to overcome was the biggest difficulty, the city wall.
Facing the three-sided siege of the city by the coalition forces, the first thing Yuan Jun had to do was to destroy the enemy's ladders and reduce the number of enemies climbing up the city wall.
However, the coalition forces acting as the first to attack the city were very powerful, and the Yuan family soldiers were unable to resist, so they were allowed to take the lead in attacking the city.
However, it is not a big problem for one or two strong generals to come up. As long as the generals on the city wall are blocked and they are not allowed to expand the gap, they will be driven off sooner or later.
Anyway, he couldn't let them gain a foothold, otherwise the siege soldiers behind him would continuously come up to the city wall.
Zhang Fei and Sun Ce were fine, and Han Xian and Qiao Rui were able to command and deal with them freely.
But the fierce generals of Cao's army that Ji Ling faced were a bit frightening to Ji Ling.
Thinking about the Lu Yan he met before, his subordinates Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan and others did not show up. Dian Wei, Xu Chu and Le Jin sent by Cao Cao alone were so frightened that Ji Ling broke out in a cold sweat, "Cao Cao
There are so many powerful generals under my command!"
If he hadn't foreseen how powerful Cao's army would be and had already prepared two thousand heavy crossbowmen, maybe the three of them would have stopped him this time.
Look at the extremely bloody fighting scene around the three people. Could it be that three bloodthirsty madmen were sent here?
But no matter how fierce the general is, he is still a mortal body after all.
Facing the volleys of two thousand crossbowmen, even the innate Lu Yan and Lu Bu did not dare to challenge them, let alone Dian Wei and Xu Chu, who were only first-rate and first-rate warriors.
"Crossbowman ready!!"
Ji Ling gave an order, and the two thousand heavy crossbowmen were divided into three parts, and they all aimed their crossbow arrows at the three Cao generals.
Fortunately, Dian Wei and the three of them reacted quickly. Before the enemy's crossbowmen fired their arrows, they all cleverly jumped out of the city wall and slid down the ladder to the foot of the city.
But the heavy crossbowmen were not going to let them go just like that. They chased them to the wall stacks, raised their crossbows and fired at random.
Dian Wei, Xu Chu, and Le Jin desperately escaped.
But there were several crossbow arrows stuck in their backs, arms, and thighs, but judging from their appearance, they didn't seem to care much.
Not only Cao Jun's side, but also Sun Ce and Zhang Fei were quickly knocked off the city wall by Sergeant Yuan's soldiers with large shields.
With no spoilers on the city wall, Yuan's soldiers could calmly deal with those Cao soldiers who tried to climb the ladder.
More and more coalition soldiers gathered under the city wall, and ladders were continuously put up on the city wall.
General Yuan Jun saw the opportunity and finally ordered boiling oil to be poured down from the top of the city.
Boiling oil can not only scald the skin and flesh of coalition soldiers, but most importantly, it can ignite fire!
After the foot of the city wall was almost covered with boiling oil, one torch after another was thrown down from the city wall by Sergeant Yuan.
When the torch came into contact with the boiling oil at the foot of the city wall, there was a loud "boom!" and the fire swallowed up everything at the foot of the wall in an instant!
The fire swallowed up all the places under the city where people could stand in almost the blink of an eye. Not only were all the coalition's ladders and other siege equipment burned, but a large number of coalition soldiers who had no time to retreat were also devoured by the fire.
"Ding ding ding!"
Amidst the painful wails of the soldiers, the golden sound of withdrawing troops finally came.
Those coalition soldiers who were lucky enough not to rush to the city wall immediately began to retreat hastily, leaving only piles of violently burning corpses at the foot of the city wall.
The battle was really fierce. In less than two hours, the coalition forces once again lost more than 10,000 people.
At this rate of attrition, if we continue fighting like this, it is estimated that the coalition forces themselves will collapse in a few days.
Looking at the raging and long-lasting fire under Shouchun City, the faces of all the coalition soldiers who had not yet left the battle turned pale.
Have they ever encountered such a bloody and tragic battle before?
Many of Liu Bei's soldiers were so frightened that their hands and feet were weak. One of the soldiers even ran up to Liu Bei and cried with snot and tears.
He bluntly said that if this battle continued, the last 10,000 of them would all die!
Even Liu Bei, who was extremely resolute at the beginning, couldn't help but start to waver now.
The casualties between Yuan's army and his own side were about one to three. If the battle continued like this, Liu Bei might really become the polished commander again.
Not only Liu Bei, but also Sun Ce had a lot of doubts.
In view of the doubts about the direct siege strategy, the two of them went to Cao Ying in unison and tried to discuss a better method with Cao Cao.
The fire may not stop for a while. Not only will the coalition forces be unable to get up, but the Yuan army will also be unable to get out.
But this also just gives both parties time to rest and adjust.
Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, Liu Bei, and Guan Yu hurriedly arrived hand in hand. Cao Cao did not neglect them. He came to the camp in person and welcomed them into his Chinese army's tent.
Lu Yan stood first on Cao Cao's right hand. His official position was Hussars General and he was not given the responsibility of military advisor, so he stood in the ranks of generals.
As soon as Guan Yu entered the tent, he felt a mountain-like pressure coming towards him.
Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, and Tai Shi Ci have already made Guan Yu's scalp numb, not to mention that at the top of the team, there is still a person who looks weak on the outside, but is actually one of the strongest in the world.
Lu Yan.
Sun Ce was proud of his bravery, but when he saw the fierce generals under Cao Cao's command, he was extremely shocked. "Is it because I have stayed in Jiangdong for too long, and the world has changed? When did these first-class and super-first-class masters
Has it started to become so widespread?”
This was the first time Zhou Yu saw Sun Ce's tense body and pale face, and he felt deeply fearful of the strength of General Cao's army.
"It's too strong. Cao Cao's strength is simply unfathomable!" Guan Yu half-squinted his eyes and followed Liu Bei step by step.
"It's easy to get a thousand armies but it's hard to find a general, but Cao Ying actually has so many strong generals under his command?" Sun Ce looked solemn. He really didn't expect Cao Cao to be so powerful.
Compared with Guan Yu and Sun Ce's nervousness, Liu Bei and Zhou Yu seemed much more relaxed.
They all knew in their hearts that even if Cao Cao had bad intentions against them, he would not choose to take action at this moment.
If Cao Cao really did this, I am afraid that he will never find allies in the future, and may even become a lonely man, and may even be attacked by all the princes.
"Liu Bei, I have met the Taiwei!"
"The last general, Sun Ce, has met the Taiwei!"
Liu Bei and Sun Ce first clasped fists in greeting.
Guan Yu and Zhou Yu lined up behind Liu Bei and Sun Ce. They just clasped their fists in greeting and did not say their names.
Although he didn't hear the name, Lu Yan was already sure that the handsome and heroic guy behind Sun Ce should be Zhou Yu.
"Mizuro! Tsk tsk... He really deserves his reputation. In terms of appearance and temperament alone, I'm afraid he's only a little bit worse than me, Mr. Lu..." Lu Yan secretly thought shamelessly.
Lu Yan's eyes only paused for a moment on Zhou Yu, and then he looked at Sun Ce and Liu Bei again, and a strange thought suddenly came to his mind: "The founders of the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu, and Wu are actually gathered together at this moment... What if now
If we put them all in one pot, wouldn't there be no Three Kingdoms that lasted for sixty years?"