At Hulao Pass, Li Shimin was injured, so he did not personally direct the guards, but he handed over the responsibility of guarding the gate to his good brother Yang Guang.
Yang Guang also knew that Li Shimin was actually paving the way for himself by letting him defend the city.
He lost 50,000 cavalry in the previous defeat. It is impossible for Li Shimin not to bear responsibility for such a huge mistake. Whether he can continue to serve as the commander in the future is a question.
Apart from Li Shimin, the only candidates who are qualified to become the commander-in-chief of the Liang Army are Yang Jian, Li Yuan and Yang Guan.
And Li Shimin now arranges for Yang Guang to defend the city, which shows that he hopes that Yang Guang will take over his team. Of course, this is also the reason why he understands that Li Yuan is no match for Qin Hao.
Yang Guang knew that Li Shimin had good intentions, but he and his father Yang Jian were actually unwilling to wade into this muddy water. After all, his opponent was Qin Hao, who had never lost before.
Yang Guang believed that there was still a gap between him and Li Shimin, but Li Shimin lost to Qin Hao, how could he be Qin Hao's opponent?
Regardless of whether Yang Guang wants it or not, these are not things he can decide. Yang Guang can only wait silently in his heart, hoping that Dong Zhuo will not be stupid and withdraw Li Shimin, otherwise no one will really be able to contain Qin Hao.
With an uneasy mood, Yang Guang led some of the uninjured generals to the city to guard the pass. When he looked at the neat formation of Cao's army below the city, a solemn look flashed in Yang Guang's eyes.
They are all elites. Is it necessary for Cao Cao to fight so hard?
Yang Guang thought to himself, but he didn't worry too much because he had absolute confidence in the defense of Hulao Pass.
When he saw Cao Jun blowing the charge horn, Yang Guang pulled out the sword from his waist and shouted: "Prepare the catapult... to release."
In the middle part of Hulao Gate, there is a catapult every ten meters, a total of one hundred.
Following Yang Guang's order, thousands of rocks flew instantly and hit Cao Jun's formation hard.
Cao Cao had long been on guard against the catapults locked in Hulao, so he ordered the army to charge in a loose formation, thus avoiding being hit by flying rocks to the greatest extent.
Hulao Gate throws thousands of flying stones every round, so no matter how loose the formation of Cao's army is, there will still be unlucky people who will be hit by flying stones, and once they are hit, it means there is no doubt.
Boom...boom...boom...
The flying rocks in the sky were like bombers, constantly wreaking havoc on Cao Jun's formation, and bombarded Cao Jun in an instant.
Miserable shouts rang out one after another, but Cao Jun's soldiers still held their shields high and charged with gritted teeth, risking being hit by flying rocks.
Soon, Cao Jun rushed through the attack range of the catapult, but what they had to face next was a rain of arrows from the sky.
"Raise your shield."
I don't know who yelled, and then Cao Jun's very loose formation quickly closed up within tens of seconds, defending itself while also protecting the archers behind.
At the same time, more than 20 wells of the coalition forces were also pushed up by the soldiers, but a few were damaged in the process.
Although the wells built by the coalition forces are not as high as the city walls, they can still shoot arrows into the pass after approaching the city tower. This can also suppress the archers inside the pass and cover the cloud echelons outside the pass to attack the city.
While the coalition's Jing Lan and the Liang army's archers were shooting at each other, the Liang army's catapults were also aimed at the immobile Jing Lan. Over time, the Jing Lan would definitely be smashed.
However, because the well gate attracted the firepower of the Liang army's catapults, Cao's army's archers, also covered by the shield men, quickly formed an array outside the city wall and shot arrows from bottom to top.
The archers on the well fence and the archers behind the shield simultaneously suppressed the Liang army's archers, while the soldiers carrying sandbags behind took advantage of this and rushed over to throw the sandbags into the moat, and then quickly retreated into the shield formation.
The escalator team and the city assault vehicle also rushed up at this time. After the aerial ladder team set up the ladder, the soldiers at the rear immediately climbed up quickly, while the city assault vehicle wildly hit the city gate, but the city gate had been blocked by Yang Guang
If it is sealed in advance, it cannot be broken open no matter what.
Yang Guang, who was on the city tower, could not help but feel some pressure in his heart when he saw how skillfully Cao's troops cooperated with each other in attacking the city without any randomness.
"The moat has not even been filled yet, so we sent ladders to attack the city. Cao Mengde, are you willing to fight so hard?"
Yang Guang was too lazy to care about what Cao Cao was thinking. The only thing he considered now was to defend Hulao Pass at the minimum cost.
"The catapults immediately stopped throwing flying stones and used fire oil cans to deal with the coalition's wells."
A hint of coldness flashed in Yang Guang's eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "Prepare rocks and rolling logs. I'll hit them accurately. I must not let an enemy soldier climb up."
The soldiers of Cao's army had obviously received training in climbing. They were very agile when climbing ladders, and some of them could flexibly avoid rocks. Of course, larger rolling logs were difficult to avoid.
After being hit, the soldier in front screamed and fell down and became a meat pie, while the soldier in the back followed up, but was also smashed down after a short time, and this was repeated.
Suddenly, dozens of fireballs flew out of the city tower and hit them in the same direction as the well. Of course, most of them missed, but one or two hits were enough to destroy the well.
The soldiers who were affected by the kerosene screamed and ran around on the battlefield. However, they were caught up by soldiers on the side before they could take more than two steps, and they used sand to extinguish the flames on their bodies.
Some soldiers used sand and earth to extinguish the fire on the well railing, but after it was extinguished, the kerosene came back. After repeated attempts, the well railing would still be damaged, but at this time the new well railing at the rear had also been pushed up.
Cao's army's current siege method is the most typical death attack. This method of siege does not result in casualties at all, so the losses in the siege are also the largest.
Seeing this, Cao Ren looked distressed, and immediately ran to Cao Cao's side and said: "My lord, the casualties of such an attack are too great. This time, three hundred elite soldiers have been lost in just one hour. If we continue to attack like this, even if
If we only attack for one day, our army will pay a huge price."
However, Cao Cao didn't blink an eyelid and said calmly: "Continue to attack, and those who retreat will be killed."
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"In addition, another order is passed down. The first person to climb the Guan Hulao Pass will be rewarded with a hundred catties and promoted to the third level."
Seeing Cao Cao's unquestionable look, Cao Ren sighed, cupped his fists and said, "No."
After Cao Ren left, Cao Cao also took a deep breath, then turned his head and looked deeply in the direction of the princes.
"Troubled times are coming. If you want to protect yourself, you must have enough strength."
A strange look flashed in Cao Cao's eyes, and he whispered to himself: "This demonstration should be enough. I hope those guys can be self-aware, otherwise when they unify Yanzhou in the future, they won't want me to go on a killing spree."