In the chaos, countless powerful crossbows were hastily mobilized, aiming at the tall figure at the end of the bridge under the city gate.
The sound of piercing the sky fell, and Guan Yu, who was standing under the city gate, was suddenly hit by several arrows. Although he was wearing iron armor, several armor-piercing iron arrows still pierced his armor!
"This guy is really brave, shield bearer, come up..." Guan Yu's feat immediately won the admiration of many Yan Liang's men. Yuan Jun's commanders shouted loudly and summoned shield bearers to cover for Guan Yu.
The Yuan Army soldiers behind Guan Yu rushed forward at the shouts of the kind generals, holding up their shields to block him. At this time, half of Guan Yu's body was covered in blood. Under the cover of his companions, he took a deep breath, and then
With a loud roar, he threw away half of the Yanyue Sword in his hand, bent down and picked up a huge wooden stake that had been dropped by the dead and wounded soldiers on the ground.
The top of the wooden stake that hit the door was covered with iron sheets, and it was as thick as Guan Yu's waist. General Guan Yu inserted his five fingers into the wooden stake, picked it up high and roared:
"break!……"
With this roar, Guan Yu's whole body was filled with strong winds again. He saw that his tall body looked so small against the background of the bumper, but he still lifted the huge bumper and blasted at the city gate.
Go up.
"Boom!" The loud noise caused by the impact was almost deafening and unbearable. Many people covered their eardrums and squatted down.
The huge wood hit the towering city gate, which was more powerful than the Yanyue Sword just now. But at the moment of impact, Guan Yu suddenly opened his mouth, and a ball of blood spurted out from his mouth and nose. But
At the same time, the crashing wood hit the city gate, and the city gate wrapped in thick iron sheets was completely dented by the bombardment.
At this time, the wooden bumper in Guan Yu's hand almost broke and shattered under this blast. Wood chips were flying and sparks were flying. A certain area of the iron city gate had been deformed, and the bombardment was deeply damaged.
It was sunk in and completely distorted!
The frantic Guan Yu still refused to stop, standing there in a daze, with blood all over his mouth and nose, and even blood flowing out of his ears. He had no intention of stopping, and the soldiers guarding him around him were shouting that he should
When he was withdrawing, he roared wildly, snatched the hammer from a soldier's hand, and flew towards him again.
I saw him striding forward, and when the arrows fell, he was in the rain of arrows. The hammer in his hand once again contained silver light and struck the deformed part of the city gate.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
During the third roar, a bang was heard, and the sound of cracking iron material rang in the ears of several Yuan Jun soldiers near Guan Yu. Then they saw the silver light under the city gate suddenly dimmed, and a tall man
The figure also fell down decadently.
Among the Yuan troops behind them, there was no pity for the god who charged into battle for them and bombarded the city gate independently. At this time, they just blindly shouted out loud shouts that shook the sky!
"The city gate is broken! The city gate is broken..."
########## Three days later, the urgent letter sent from Baima to Guandu was placed on Cao Zhi’s desk. There were three letters in a row. The sergeant who delivered the last letter was covered in blood.
Enter Cao Zhi's military tent. He finally broke out of the siege and arrived here. According to the sergeant, the situation in Baima was already very critical. More than half of the 10,000 defenders in the city had been killed, and most of the remaining half were injured.
But the city was still in their hands, and Yuan Jun did not substantively break through their city defenses.
Among them was the rumor that a red-faced enemy general smashed the city gate, which once aroused Yuan Jun's excitement and shouted that the city was broken. But it was a city gate after all, and it could not be broken open by oneself.
.The shocking feeling, coupled with the fact that the iron sheet covering the city gate was indeed dented and cracked by Guan Yu, made the Yuan Jun soldiers behind him extremely excited and mistakenly thought that the city gate had been smashed open by Guan Yu's brute force.
This actually only appears in legends and is absolutely impossible in reality. Yuan Jun who rushed up later confirmed this.
But at this moment, Liu Yan, the highly valued guard of Cao's army in the city, made a decisive attack. He sent troops to rush out of the north and south gates. With the cooperation of the archers and giant crossbows on the city, the cavalry in the city rushed straight to the west gate.
Yuan's soldiers swarmed in thinking the city was broken.
In this way, Liu Yan's attack made a lot of money, and he fought a beautiful roundabout attack. He killed Yuan Jun who was crowded under the west gate and fled in all directions. Liu Yan led his troops to pursue them all the way.
Looking at Yuan Jun's corpses all over the field, he also knew that Yan Liang would soon send his cavalry to fight him. With his small force, it was okay to take advantage of him, but he really had to compete with Yan Liang's large group of cavalry behind him.
, it’s definitely not something you can ask for.
Therefore, Liu Yan, who knew he would give up when he saw the opportunity, chased him for a short distance, ordered the withdrawal of his troops, and fled back to the city.
Although Liu Yan's counterattack was successful, it also caused considerable losses. The first was the West City Gate, which made a crackling sound amid the fire. Yuan Jun, who was approaching, saw that the gate had not been smashed by Guan Yu.
It was on the verge of collapse, but it just cracked in. When the Yuan Jun rushed in, they did not give up. Dozens of elite warriors among the Yuan Jun immediately used hammers to hit the cracks in the city gate, intensifying their smashing efforts, trying to defeat Guan Yu's results.
Go up and smash a huge hole in the city gate. Although this is a bit reckless, it is also a helpless method against the Yuan Army soldiers who mistakenly thought that the city gate had been breached and rushed forward.
But after all, manpower is just the act of chopping down a big tree with a small knife. How can it be possible to break through a city gate that is half a meter thick and weighs several tons? Most of them died in front of that heavy city gate, but Liu Yan himself also paid a lot of attention.
To pay the price, he was attacked from behind by Yan Liang leading 10,000 cavalry. Seeing that Liu Yan was about to flee back to the city, Yan Liang angrily ordered to fire arrows. A rain of arrows caught up from behind and Cao's troops who were covering the rear were immediately attacked.
The arrow fell to the ground, and Liu Yan was also in the queue. He was hit by an arrow in the shoulder and his cheek was scratched, but he was still able to command the battle despite his injuries.
When Liu Yan was returning to the west city, when he finally galloped into the city gate, he unexpectedly discovered that the red-faced enemy general who fell in front of the city gate was not dead yet, and was trying to stand up staggeringly. Liu Yan came back from behind
A knife hilt hit the back of Guan Yu's head as he stood up, knocking him directly into the city gate, where he finally fainted.
The capture of Guan Yu was probably the biggest gain in Liu Yan's letter to Cao Zhi. The rest were all about how if Cao Gong didn't rescue him in time, Baima would be in danger...
Almost as soon as Baima's letter asking for help arrived in Guandu, Cao Zhi also received a letter from Yu Jin sent from Yanjin. Yu Jin did not come for rescue, but asked for reinforcements.
Yu Jin learned of the danger of White Horse earlier than Cao Zhi, so Yu Jin suggested to Cao Zhi that he send troops to reinforce White Horse first, so that White Horse would be safe and Cao Zhi could lead his troops calmly.
Yanjin and Baima are the closest, so Yu Jin's suggestion is undoubtedly reasonable. But Cao Zhi had to consider that if Yu Jin divided his troops, he might have caught Yuan Shao, who was eyeing him on the other side of the river, or he might have a whole set of strategies waiting for him.
I made a mistake. Isn't another member of Yuan Shao, Jiang Wenchou, encircling Yanjin? He may be waiting for Yu Jin to detach his troops from Yanjin, and then launch a more violent attack on Yanjin. By then, Yanjin will be within easy reach.
After comprehensive consideration, Cao Zhi immediately rejected Yu Jin's proposal and decided to lead his own troops to reinforce Baima.
"What's going on over there in Guanzhong?" Cao Zhi suddenly asked Xun You and Guo Jia beside him.
At this time, Xun You just happened to read the White Horse's urgent report and Yu Jin's proposal to divide troops and reinforce them. After handing the letter to Guo Jia, he took half a step forward and bowed to Cao Zhi to reply: "Master Zhong replied to the letter. Ma Teng has responded to the Lord's order.
We have assembled troops and horses, and are leaving the Pass, advancing towards Bingzhou and Hanoi, which should be able to play a certain role in that line of defense."
"Well, Fengxiao will tidy up and follow me to reinforce Baima. Gongda will stay behind to guard the base camp!"
After saying that, Cao Zhi was about to turn around and leave, but Xun You grabbed him and shouted urgently: "Hey, where do you want to go, my lord?"
"White horse?" Cao Zhi stopped in confusion, turned around and looked at Xun You and asked. At this time, Guo Jia, who was on the other side of Cao Zhi and wanted to keep up with Cao Zhi, was also stunned and turned to look at Xun You in confusion.
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"It is urgent to rescue Baima, and it is right to mobilize reinforcements from Guandu, but... Lord, have you ever thought about it, our army is now inferior to Yuan's army, and if Yuan Shao takes the opportunity to order a full-scale attack, we will be unable to cope!" Xun You said quietly.
Cao Zhi and Guo Jia were both younger than Xun You, but they were both first-class smart men. They immediately heard the follow-up sound from Xun You's words that was still unfinished.
"Then what should we do according to Gongda's wishes?" Cao Zhi turned his whole body and asked Xun You.
"Yuan Shao still has his main force stationed in Hebei at this time and has not crossed the river. He also has the strength and convenience to fully reinforce Baima. We should let him divide his troops first!" Xun You said wisely.
"Let Yuan Shao divide his troops?" Guo Jia asked in surprise.
"Yes, I suggest that your lord increase his troops in Yanjin and only send a few generals to reinforce Baima!" Xun You said calmly.
"What did you say?" Cao Zhi could hardly believe his ears. The white horse was in danger, but Xun Yu wanted Cao Zhi to reinforce Yanjin?
"The Battle of Yanjin..." Cao Zhi asked his question halfway, then paused as if he had realized something, and then looked at Xun You again.
This was a feint by Xun You to guide Cao Zhi. Because Yanjin is north of the river, Xun You's intention was nothing more than to use his troops to cross the river from Yanjin, pretending to copy Yuan Shao's retreat and lure Yuan Shao to take precautions. But this move was actually
It was just a feint shot, the purpose was to attract Yuan Shao's attention. Let Yuan Shao divide his troops to rescue Yanjin Wenchou's front line, and then highlight his surprise troops, taking the opportunity to surprise Baima, and attack Yan Liang without missing a single one.
"Okay, what a good move to attack the east and the west!"
Cao Zhi and Guo Jia applauded almost at the same time.