The winter in the north is even colder, and the stone bullets are cold, but the hearts of the soldiers pushing the stone bullets are hot.
Soon, such a big stone ball will be placed on the enemy's city wall!
"Hey, push harder and release!"
"The stone bullets are installed!"
"Ready! Release!"
There was a bang, the mechanical sound of a hundred catapults! Then...
"Bang bang bang..."
"ah…"
"General, be careful!" On top of the city, Cao Ren was dumbfounded. This could actually be projected!
A general knocked him down, and the stone bullets flew past Cao Ren's body and went straight into the tower behind!
"boom…"
The city tower collapsed suddenly, and the stone bullets rolled directly along the city wall and fell into the city!
Cao Ren stared at the stone bullets flying in. He pushed away the general who was holding him, stood up and looked at the soldiers around him, "Get out of the way!"
Hide? Where to hide? In this small area at the top of the city, Liu Jun can dodge a hundred stone bullets at a time.
Some soldiers were directly hit by stone bullets. The stone bullets had a huge impact and pushed the soldiers flying into the city with their inertia!
"Bang bang bang..."
"Bang bang bang..."
Liu Jun continued to throw stone bombs, and the city where Cao Ren was located had almost no intact space, and even the female wall had been blown down!
"General, we can't hold it any longer, retreat!"
"Get out of here! They are surrounding the city and they don't want to let us leave!" Cao Ren didn't kill anyone anymore. No wonder his generals and soldiers were afraid.
If our own soldiers were able to stand at the top of the city in the face of such an attack, they were already the elite of Cao's army.
"boom……"
The city wall was finally overwhelmed and collapsed!
"General, the city has collapsed, and the enemy will definitely attack! Shall we retreat? The generals will fight to the death to help you break through!"
Cao Ren smiled miserably, but he didn't expect that the city would be lost in just one day.
"You surrender, we are finished. Pang Tong is so smart, I underestimated him! We can't withdraw. If you surrender, neither the Prime Minister nor I will blame you."
"General, what about you?"
"How can I be a prisoner again if I lose my city? How can I survive in this world if I fail to live up to the prime minister's high hopes?" As he said this, Cao Ren actually pulled out his sword and placed it across his neck.
"Tell Pang Tong for me to send my body back to the north!" After saying this, Cao Ren directly slashed his sword across his neck.
Blood spurted out from his throat instantly! Cao Ren's eyes gradually brightened, and he fell to the ground, still muttering, "Prime Minister, Cao Ren took a step first..."
"General! General!"
The surrounding generals suddenly burst into tears. Pang Tong outside the city had no idea what was going on in the city.
"Come here, give me the order to stop throwing stones!"
"Wei Yan, Wei Yan!"
"The end is here!"
"See, the city wall has collapsed, the city wall has collapsed!" Pang Tong jumped out of the carriage excitedly, grabbed Wei Yan's shoulders and shouted.
"You lead the Hu Ben army and charge forward for me. I will lead the army behind to hold down the formation for you! Cao's army has become frightened. If we work together, we will surely capture the city!"
"I will obey your orders!"
The Huben army was all tall men in armor, they could be described as elites. Let them charge first. Pang Tong was very confident in taking the city.
"Commander? Go quickly and send the order, let them all attack the city for me!"
"promise!"
Since the two hours had not yet arrived, Pang Tong could only ask the messenger to deliver the order again.
"Blow the drums, blow the trumpets, and attack the city!" Pang Tongyong gave the order, and Liu Jun, who had been waiting in formation outside the city, frantically charged into the city.
"kill!"
"Fight in!"
Wei Yan had already led his troops to the bottom of the city. The collapsed city wall was not completely collapsed. It was still more than two meters away from the ground. There was still a section of the wall that was still standing.
"Step on people and climb up!" Wei Yan ordered directly.
The Huben soldiers cooperated tacitly. Some of them squatted down, while the others stepped on their backs and climbed up the city wall!
"It's strange, why are there no enemy troops to stop it?" Wei Yan looked towards the city head a little strangely, because of the catapults throwing stones.
Cao Jun hid, but was it true that no one noticed such a big movement? The catapults also stopped firing. Why didn't Cao Jun resist?
"General! The enemy has surrendered!" Soon, Wei Yan knew the answer. The soldiers who climbed up turned back and shouted to Wei Yan from above.
"What? Surrendered? Where is the enemy general?" Wei Yan was a little surprised. Cao Ren was not someone who would surrender.
"Killed himself!"
"Go and report to the Commander-in-Chief immediately, and the others will follow me up to take control of the city!" Wei Yan made arrangements to a soldier beside him, and then climbed up the city himself.
Wei Yan climbed up to the top of the city and looked around. All the generals of Cao's army were crying around a corpse, "Is this Cao Ren?"
"That's my general."
"Do the other three walls know about your surrender?"
"We have sent someone over to deliver the order. General, please wait a moment."
As soon as Liu Jun rushed to the bottom of the city, the soldiers who had just arrived reported to Pang Tong, "Grand Commander, Cao Ren committed suicide. The remaining enemy troops in the city have surrendered. General Wei Yan has taken control of the city!"
"What?" Cao Ren couldn't bear the blow? What Pang Tong didn't know was that Cao Ren, as a clan member of the Cao family, would never let his prisoners go.
"Quickly, go and send the order to withdraw the troops! Quickly ring the gold!"
He knew that Cao Jun had surrendered, but the ordinary soldiers didn't know that. If he went up to kill someone, wouldn't he force them to fight to the death?
It would be a joke if the surrendered Cao army was forced to resist. Pang Tong smiled bitterly, not expecting such a thing to happen.
"Squeak."
Pang Tong didn't have to wait long before the gate of Wancheng opened!
After Wei Yan took control of the city, Pang Tong led his troops directly inside, "Where is Cao Ren's body?"
"Still at the top of the city!"
"Bring it down and take good care of it. Don't neglect it. We will send someone to Xuchang later."
"promise."
"How is the situation in the city?"
"There are still 18,000 surrendered soldiers, and the catapults have killed almost 6,000 people!"
Pang Tong smiled when he heard this. It was the first time he used this thing and saw its power for the first time. "In the future, it won't be so difficult to attack a city."
"Repair the city wall and prepare for Cao Cao's revenge!"
In the 14th year of Jian'an, on October 18th, Pang Shiyuan of Jingchu led the army to Kewan City! The city was destroyed in one day! Cao Ren, the leader of Wan City, committed suicide!
On the evening of the 18th, Cao Cao in Xuchang received news that Wancheng was besieged.
"A hundred thousand troops? Where did Liu Cong get so many soldiers and horses? Doesn't he need to guard against Jiangdong?" Cao Cao, who saw the battle report, asked the same question as Cao Ren.
Cheng Yu advised Cao Cao, "My lord, a hundred thousand troops are not a handful. We must support General Cao Ren as soon as possible."
Cao Cao put down the battle report in his hand, stared at Xun Yu and asked, "How many troops can Xu Du currently mobilize?"
Upon hearing Cao Cao's inquiry, Xun Yu immediately replied, "Xu Du still has 80,000 troops, including 30,000 cavalry, but the food and grass are not enough."
"Then mobilize them from other places. This Liu Xiye led the troops south last year, but this year they came to take revenge."
"Hahaha, immediately mobilize supplies and weapons. Three days later, I will personally lead the troops south to test how much Pang Tong has!"
"promise!"
Having soldiers and horses and marching are two different things. The preparation of food, grass and baggage for an expedition requires too much time and energy.
Cao Cao was not worried at all that Wancheng would be lost. Cao Ren still had 30,000 people. If he couldn't hold it for three to five days, then he would have spent so many years in vain.