When Xu Zhu saw the old man with the white beard leaving, he cursed a few words and then rode back without any interest.
Cao Zhi's four thousand soldiers and horses under the city were divided into four groups: the front army, the left army, the right army, and the center army. With their armor clanking, they advanced towards the city at a stone's throw. There were also small groups of cavalry scattered on both wings.
On the city tower, the sound of drums and horns was heard continuously, and groups of enemy troops surrounded them, forming formations from all directions. The captain glanced at the generals going out, but saw that the city was full of enemy troops, and he had the illusion that he could not see the end.
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Cao Zhi stood astride his horse behind the formation. Seeing that the formation was formed, he waited for a long time but saw no movement from the other side. With a slight wave of his hand, Xu Chu rode out again.
Xu Chu rushed to the city wall again, laughed and cursed: "My father-in-law, will you surrender or not? You are a man. Come on, surrender when you surrender, fight when you fight, and don't be silent like a fucking bitch."
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Cao Zhi sent Xu Zhu out to persuade him to surrender. Now when he heard what Xu Zhu said, he became more and more outrageous and kept forcing him to jump over the wall. Just when Cao Zhi shook his head in anger, Prime Minister Mi Heng on the side whispered to Cao An, the former historian.
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After hearing this, Cao An rode out and went to the city. He replaced Xu Zhu and continued to shout: "Sir Danyang, listen, we are all subjects of the same state. We are like brothers. Now when a war breaks out, we will fight against each other. You
What can these few troops and horses do? It is only a matter of time before the city is defeated. Let's think carefully and surrender as soon as possible. We don't want to hurt the lives of our brothers in the same state. My lord has strictly ordered the three armies to never kill those who surrender.
Prisoners and their families, please think more about your wives, children, and children." Then with a stern voice, he shouted to where the general was standing on the city tower: "The general on the city has heard this, these people under your command are all Yangzhou warriors, so why bother?
Do you want them to risk their lives in vain? If you know that your strength is exhausted, it is better to open the city and surrender quickly to avoid hurting the soldiers too much..."
Listening to these inciting words, the captain in the city gritted his teeth and kept thinking, with a sad face and a knife in his hand. Hearing the officers and soldiers in the city persuade Danyang to surrender, they started talking quietly, saying that their parents and wives were both inside and outside the city.
, as long as they keep their word, not only will their own lives be saved, but their families will also be safe. In ancient wars, there are many precedents for massacres of cities, not to mention the massacre of the defenders and their families because they could not capture the city for a long time.
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After Cao An persuaded him to surrender, he rode back. Cao Zhi praised him a few words, but also took a deep look at Mi Heng who was sitting in the carriage. It seems that he really brought the right counselor this time, didn't he?
You always need to have some brains.
The attack on the city tower just now worked to persuade them to surrender. Some people suddenly burst into tears thinking about their families. The cries were touching the hearts of the people. The other officers and soldiers on the city were in the same situation and started to cry one after another. Although the commanding general tried his best to stop him,
.Beheaded a few of the slaves who cried particularly loudly, but could not stop them.
Mr. Xu, who had retreated to the meeting hall of the city tower, heard the sporadic crying outside, and knew that this was a sign of the army's lack of morale, which made him even more troubled.
At this time, only a few chirping sounds were heard, and a group of sparrows were disturbed and flew across the sky. Mr. Xu raised his head and stared for a long time, and said with a bitter smile: "Unless you transform into a bird, it will be difficult to fly with wings." As soon as he said this.
A group of Danyang officials around him looked at each other and changed their expressions, knowing that the old eunuch had decided to retreat. Seeing the appearance of the enemy's troops, they became timid.
Cao Zhi waited for a while. The foggy weather would definitely bring out the sun. It was already a scorching sun in the sky, and it was not long after noon.
Cao Zhi looked up at the sky and said: "We can't wait any longer, start attacking the city!" The order was suddenly shouted out by Sima Xu Zhu who had been waiting impatiently beside him, and the order to "attack the city" was immediately ordered to mutiny.
It became ten sentences, ten sentences became a hundred sentences, and a hundred sentences became a thousand sentences. The sound became louder and louder, but it was neat and orderly without any confusion.
Then Cao Zhi issued an order to Xu Zhu: "Gather up a formation and set up a stronghold!"
Xu Zhu responded: "Yes!" He rode out and gave the order. Immediately, he saw a group of sergeants from the Chinese army hammering the pillars of a large tent into several pushable eight-wheeled carts and opening them.
There were ox horns planted around the account, and in a moment, a huge simple wooden shed was formed on the eight-wheeled cart. It looked like a watchtower and a wooden donkey siege tool. Cao Zhi combined the first two.
A variety of siege equipment was modified.
The front army, the left army, and the right army all made way for a passage, and the simple vehicle formation slowly moved forward. There were cavalry stationed on the front, rear, and left. Hundreds of archers disappeared behind the vehicle formation and tightened their bowstrings.
Ready to fire arrow.
At the same time, Sima Xu Zhu, who was in the middle army, shouted loudly: "Drumming!" Dozens of leather drums also sounded behind the military formation.
When the guards on the city tower heard the beating of drums, they had to be on full alert. Suddenly, the drums on the opposite side of the city stopped, and hundreds of feather arrows were shot at the same time. Soldiers on the city wall who had not had time to hide in the arrow stacks were immediately struck by arrows and fell to the ground.
.But the enemy's arrows still came one after another, swarming in.
The enemy adopted a turn-by-turn tactic. A group of 100 archers would shoot the arrows in their hands and then retreat. Another group of archers behind them would fill in and shoot again. In this way, they would take turns shooting arrows, leaving no chance for the towers to breathe.
Thousands of cavalry shook the world with their shouts. They rushed straight to the city gate with spears and swords, pretending to attack the city gate. The cavalry surrounded the city gate to confuse the enemy. The infantry used shields to protect themselves, rushed forward, waited under the city wall, and set up a
A tool for climbing the city. It is made by connecting two ladders more than two feet long with a rotating shaft and fixed on the frame. It is called a ladder.
When the siege soldiers approached the city wall, the defenders on the city also fired arrows to fight back. The siege soldiers carried wooden shields the size of washbasins on their heads to resist the damage of the enemy's bows and arrows. Once the ladder was ready, the siege soldiers swarmed up.
Climb away.
The soldiers on the city tower saw that the enemy had climbed up the ladder, and arrows were flying, but they still could not stop the enemy's advance. The captain on the city was unwilling to do this, and used rolling stones and wood one after another. The battle became fierce, and both sides suffered damage.
Seeing that he failed to charge three times, Cao Zhi gave the order to retreat. Under the cover of the boxcar formation, two cavalrymen each held a round stone object and rushed to the two city gates. After squatting down and doing something, they immediately retreated to
After the car formation, the car formation also slowly retreated.
Just as the soldiers defending the city took a breath, suddenly, there was a bang under the two city gates in the southeast, and there were two loud noises, accompanied by a flash of fire and two puffs of black smoke.
The city guards turned their heads to look at the same time, with panic on their faces. The captain quickly sent someone to check and reported back: "I don't know why two big holes were opened in the two city gates, and the south gate was also on fire.
"Although the Danyang soldiers guarding the city didn't know what could make such a loud noise, they were really frightened. There was also a loud noise at the south gate, and a fire broke out. The soldiers guarding the city quickly organized people to extinguish the fire and used sand and earth.
The city gate was blocked by quilts and exploded.
Because the city gate was made of thick solid wood, although a big hole was blown, it was not blown open, and the hole was not high enough for a person. After the loud noise, Xu Zhu organized the forward cavalry to rush forward.
After taking a closer look, I found that in order to achieve the desired effect, the explosives had to be withdrawn under the pressure of the opponent's archers.
Cao Zhi looked far into the distance and sighed softly when he saw that Xu Zhu had failed. The two landmines just now were two of the four mines used in the last ambush at Jilong Mountain. Although Chen Wen had sent people to purchase them.
The raw materials needed for Cao Zhi to make explosives, but the person who purchased them has not yet returned. The materials Mi Heng brought back last time have been used up. Therefore, Cao Zhi's military camp has not been preparing explosives in recent times, so they can only use them first.
The four earth-made landmines that were not used during Xu Zhudalu's ambush last time.