Following Yuan Shang's order, after the trumpet sounded, the war drums began to sound.
Countless soldiers holding large shields walked in the front, followed by archers with bows and arrows behind them, and finally there were infantry with swords carrying ladders on their shoulders, preparing to climb the city to fight.
Yuan Shang led the reserve team and the supervising team to press forward on horseback. The cold wind blew the ends of his hair, but his heart was as hot as fire at this moment!
"If we get rid of Yuan Tan today, no one in Hebei will compete with me anymore... When I regain my strength, I will compete with Cao Cao. This world will eventually belong to us young people!"
At the same time, the three armies of generals Su You, Ma Yan, and Zhang Wei under Yuan Shang attacked the city from the other three sides.
Attacking from all sides, Yuan Shang vowed to kill Yuan Tan with one blow!
"Dong dong dong!"
"kill!"
"kill!"
"kill!"
The war drums sound and murderous intent arose!
The siege force of Yuan Shang's army was like the earth shaking and the mountains shaking. It was very majestic and shocking!
The soldiers in Qinghe City were overwhelmed by the momentum of Yuan Shang's army, and their expressions changed all over, so that fear arose in their hearts that they were unable to resist.
But compared to the fear of the soldiers,
Yuan Tan, Xin Ping, and Xin Pi on the city wall were still able to live calmly, all because they had a trump card that Yuan Shang didn't know!
"The momentum is not bad." Looking at Yuan Shang's army getting closer and closer, Yuan Tan calmed himself down and commented.
Xin Pi looked into the distance and said: "Lord, we have to be more stable... Yuan Shang's reserve team has not yet fully pressed on. We have to wait until he is completely released before Cao Jun can attack from behind and kill them all.
Big defeat!"
Xin Ping and Yuan Tan nodded in agreement. So far, they have not noticed that Xin Pi has betrayed him. It must be said that Xin Pi's methods and acting skills are very online.
As Yuan Shang's siege army continued to advance, the distance between the two sides gradually narrowed, two hundred steps, one hundred and eighty steps, one hundred and fifty steps...
When Yuan Shang's army arrived a hundred and twenty steps outside the city wall, Yuan Tan finally waved his right hand and ordered, "Fire the arrow."
"Fire the arrow!"
Yuan Shang's order was passed on,
Suddenly, countless archers loosened their bowstrings,
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
The sound of rain of arrows piercing the air was heard, and the sky seemed to darken for a moment, and then countless arrows fell from the sky.
"Puch, plop."
"Ah, ah, ah."
Arrows rained down from the sky, and the front row, protected by large shields, was fine, but the archers and siege soldiers behind Yuan Jun were hit by arrows one after another, and were either killed on the spot, or fell to the ground screaming in agony.
The archers on the city wall can shoot farther than on the ground. If Yuan Shang's archers want to fight back, they have to move forward twenty steps.
In just these twenty steps, Yuan Shangjun paid a heavy price.
Finally breaking within a hundred steps, the general in charge of the siege immediately shouted: "Archers shoot arrows to cover the siege!"
"Whoosh!"
Uniform arrows flew out from Yuan Shang's army formation, and the soldiers on the city wall began to find places to take shelter.
The personal guards carried large shields as tall as one person, covering Yuan Tan, Xin Pi, and Xin Ping tightly.
Listening to the sound of the arrow being bounced off the iron shield, Yuan Tan suppressed his voice that was about to tremble and asked: "Mr. George, can't we send out the cavalry yet?"
"Lord, wait a moment!"
"Okay!" Yuan Tan gritted his teeth and said.
Yuan Shang's armies on all sides have all reached about eighty paces. The two sides have now started shooting at each other, but generally speaking, the archers on the city wall have a certain advantage.
While the two sides were shooting at each other, Yuan Shang's siege team finally slowly approached the city wall under the cover of his own archers.
Since Qinghe City did not have a moat to protect it, the infantry carrying the ladders could easily reach the city wall.
"Siege the city!"
"Whoever kills Yuan Tan will be rewarded with five thousand gold and be granted the title of a thousand households (the big one is tens of thousands of households, the small one is five hundred households)!"
As Yuan Shang increased his power, the siege momentum of Yuan Shang's soldiers improved a little again.
"Tsk tsk... My head price has increased again!" Yuan Tan said with a bitter smile.
"Don't worry, my lord, the official siege battle has just begun, and our advantage has not been reflected yet." Xin Pi has been comforting Yuan Tan, because only when the two sides enter hand-to-hand combat, each other's consumption will be maximized.
When the ladder reached the city wall, countless siege infantry climbed up the ladder using their hands and feet.
At the same time, rolling logs and rocks on the city wall began to be thrown down; then scalding boiling water and even boiling oil were also poured on the siege army under the city wall.
The soldiers who were hit by rolling logs and rocks screamed and fell from the siege ladder to the ground.
The shorter ones are okay, and can even jump away and escape on their own, but the ones who climb too fast and too high can only fall to the ground and die with their eyes open.
When boiling water and oil were poured on the soldiers, it was even more miserable. They were burned to pieces on the spot, rolling on the ground and screaming in agony.
Although the lethality of rolling wood, rocks, boiling oil, etc. is not as good as that of bows and arrows, the consequences caused by these things are extremely bloody, and those who are scalded by boiling oil and boiling water are even more miserable.
This has a huge impact on the morale of the siege side, and it can also make the soldiers on the siege side fearful, thus reducing the pressure on the defenders.
Yuan Shang saw that the morale of his soldiers was frustrated, and that the first aggressive attack did not even reach the city wall and was about to be repulsed. How could he swallow this breath?
"Reserve team, supervise team, come over to me!"
"Continue to attack the city!"
"Anyone who dares to retreat without permission will be killed without mercy!"
Yuan Shang's supervising team and reserve team finally came forward, and after killing more than a dozen escaping soldiers, the attacking soldiers stabilized themselves again.
Anyway, both sides are dead, why not climb the city wall and fight the enemy, maybe with luck, you can still survive, or even make your wife a wife?
"kill!"
The morale of Yuan Shang's army was revived. Whether the soldiers were truly fearless or stubborn, they began to climb the siege ladder again and swarmed up the city wall.
Yuan Tan had already seen Yuan Shang's soldiers climbing up the parapet through the gap in the shield. He looked at Xin Pi beside him and said: "Mr. George... Yuan Shang's reserve team has all arrived!"
Naturally, Xinpi did not dare to delay too obviously. He nodded and said: "My lord is wise, now is a good time to launch a surprise attack!"
"Hahaha!" Yuan Tan burst out laughing, "General, I have been waiting for this moment for a long time!"
Yuan Tan separated the guards in front of him, drew his sword and shouted loudly: "Send to my general and blow the horn of attack!"
"Woooooooo!!!"
The desolate sound of the horn seemed abrupt and distant amidst the tragic sounds of fighting.
After Yuan Shang and Guo Tu suddenly heard the horn sound coming from the city, an ominous premonition suddenly appeared in their hearts, "No! Yuan Tan has a back-up plan!!!"
"kill!!!"
Just when Yuan Shang and Guo Tu looked at each other, a muffled thunder suddenly came from the distance!
"It's the cavalry!!"
"This guy Yuan Tan actually hid a large number of cavalry!"
"No! Lord, order the army to retreat quickly!"
"Retreat! Retreat quickly!" Yuan Shang shouted to retreat. He didn't care whether the soldiers attacking the city would retreat in a while or not. Anyway, he led his personal guards and supervisory team to retreat first.
Zhang Liao and Wei Yan each led four thousand cavalry. Regardless of Yuan Shang, who could run faster than a rabbit, they first dispersed Yuan Shang's siege army at the west gate, then attacked the north and south gates in two directions, and finally finished at the east gate.
Reunion.
Yuan Shang's siege army was attacked from behind by cavalry and was unable to stop it.
The cavalry of Cao's army was overwhelming. Wherever it went, Yuan Shang's army fled desperately, and the siege force collapsed instantly.