Under the full mobilization, Cao Jun continued to attack from all sides. Under the cover of this massive attack, one section of the wide moat was quickly filled with sand by tens of thousands of Cao Jun's soldiers to prepare for the follow-up.
A larger number of troops rushed directly to the city, carrying out intensive operations.
Fires broke out both inside and outside Ye City. The leading troops of Cao's army and Yuan's army defending the city had started a hand-to-hand fight at a certain city wall. More than a hundred simple ladders were set up on the tall city wall. It was Zhao Yun who was the first to rush into the south city.
At this time, the soldiers of Cao's army were marching in an ant-like line. There were people constantly being hit by arrows or falling down miserably on ladders and ropes. However, there were still people who continued to rush up. Yuan, the defender of the city, was forced to fight.
The soldiers soon entered the stage of close combat with Cao's army attacking the city.
The shocking sound of war drums rumbled, washing away all other sounds on the battlefield and becoming a foil.
"Grandma, come with me. Within three pillars of incense, you must cooperate with General Zhao to take down that section of the city defense!"
Xu Chu roared and raised his sword forward, followed closely by nearly a thousand sword and shield wielders behind him. They stepped forward step by step, and with every step they took, they struck the iron shield hard with the spine of their swords, making a "peng" sound.
There was a muffled sound. Thousands of people beat the iron shield at the same time, and the muffled sound turned into a roar that was more terrifying than the sound of war drums.
Cao Jun's two thousand siege infantry are already very powerful, and whether it is the quality of individual soldiers or the coordination of firepower, Yuan Jun is at an absolute disadvantage compared to Cao Jun, especially Cao Jun's catapults, which left the entire city head covered with stone debris.
It splashed everywhere, causing great damage to the Yuan army defending the city.
However, ancient catapults are no better than modern artillery. The catapults at that time were too bulky and difficult to move. They could easily miss the target or affect their own people under the attack. So once someone like Zhao Yun and others attacked the city, they originally aimed at this place.
The catapult must quickly stop shooting and then move to attack other areas. However, the lethality of the heavy weapons relied on by Cao's army will be sharply reduced, and the siege troops will also temporarily lose the cooperation of fire suppression.
Shenpei had also been waiting for Cao Jun to relax his heavy weapons bombardment on a certain section of the city defense. When he thought, no matter how accurate Cao Jun was in throwing stones, there would be a period when he would automatically silence his fire in order to avoid accidentally injuring his own people. At that time, his city defenders were under pressure
It will immediately lighten up, and that's when they will fight back.
But before the good news of Shen Pei's idea had faded, Cao Jun's catapult fired another two-wheeled volley, and the two giant crossbows on the city head on the left side of the south city were immediately hit. With the wood chips flying, the arrows on the side,
Sagi and the rolling stone attacks have also been temporarily suspended.
The enemy's heavy weapons at the top of the city were taken away one after another. In turn, the pressure on the enemy attacking the city below was suddenly relieved a lot, instead of reducing their defensive strength as Shen Pei expected.
But even so, the sergeants of the Yuan Army on the city still independently separated out a small team to replenish the gap without fear of death. Their purpose was very clear, which was to seize back these abandoned troops before the large number of Cao Army troops who followed the city arrived.
Cao Jun threw stones at the gap and defended it. In this way, even if more of Cao Jun's troops could quickly get ashore through the moat, they would not be able to quickly form a formation and launch a large-scale attack to defeat them one by one.
Everyone in Yuan's army understood that if the main force of Cao's army was allowed to successfully launch an attack formation under the south city and break through their city defenses in a large area, then those people above them would be absolutely doomed!
However, the forward speed of Cao Jun's subsequent ferry fleet was still suddenly accelerating. In less than a moment, they rushed to the embankment, so that the front was supplemented by troops.
Shen Pei, who was standing on the far wall, could not help but frown when he saw this. He knew that Cao Jun's throwing and stone throwing were accurate. He had also heard about Cao Jun's prowess in this area on other battlefields, even in Guandu.
He had personally experienced that Cao's army's stone throws within a hundred meters were almost nine out of ten, but at such a long distance and with his own soldiers mixed in, he could actually shoot so accurately and kill them in one volley.
It destroyed most of the city defenses on the right side of Nancheng. It’s so damn evil.
"Damn, the enemy's slings are really good!" Lieutenant General Feng Li, who was beside Shen Pei, gasped and said in silence when he saw that scene.
"The enemy is getting more and more accurate in throwing stones. Sir, can we use that thing too?" Feng Li was amazed and did not forget to suggest to Shen Pei.
"No! But we can't let their vanguard troops gain a foothold under the city over there!" The judge's counterpart, Feng Li, waved his hand and said coldly: "That thing must not be moved unless it is absolutely necessary, and it must not be moved unless it is urgent!
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"Hey!" Seeing that his subordinates suffered heavy casualties under the double blow of Cao Jun's long-range and close range, Shen Pei was so indifferent and refused to use his trump card. So, the angry Feng Li punched him hard.
Standing on an arrow stack in front of him, he immediately stared worriedly at the offensive and defensive battle of the southern city in the distance, observing the battle situation in the south. Feng Li was a veteran general of the Yuan family. During the heyday of the Yuan family, he sat on
Although he was not in the same political camp as Shenpei before, Feng Li used to be in the Jushu camp. But now that there is a shortage of major generals in Ye City, he was still promoted by Shenpei.
, became his lieutenant general.
At this time, Cao Jun's 2,000 forward troops and the 1,000 additional sergeants behind them had already launched an attack formation under the Nancheng section. Since the final trench under the Yecheng wall was unprotected, Cao Jun's archers were looking for
They couldn't find shelter to avoid the dense arrows on the city. At this time, they actually managed to lift the small ferry to the shore, and then pushed it forward using the hull of the boat as a cover, while shooting at the defenders on the city.
Even though Cao Jun had suffered heavy casualties at this time, with less than 2,000 men left in the battle, if these men really broke into the city defense and defeated less than 1,000 Yuan soldiers in the city in a head-on confrontation, they would still be just a piece of cake.
One dish!
Feng Li saw this clearly and suggested that Shen Pei launch a desperate counterattack and drive Cao Jun's vanguard back into the water at any cost. In this way, Cao Jun's large troops would be unable to continue from here after they arrived.
As a landing port, unless they retreat, Cao Jun's follow-up troops can only launch attack formations on both sides.
Once Cao Jun is forced to deploy on the moat on both sides, the battle will be easy for them. Although there are countless densely packed soldiers of Cao Jun who are filling the moat with sand and stones. But even if some places are filled, then
The mud above will become the biggest enemy of Cao's infantry and siege troops. Cao's soldiers trapped in the mud will become the best shooting targets for the archers on the city!
When Feng Li was looking anxiously, Shen Pei's roar suddenly sounded in his ears: "The rest of the Guards Battalion, assemble!" Shen Pei said, throwing away the command flag he was holding in his hand, and then reaching out to insert it into his belt.
He drew out his sword, roared loudly, and prepared to lead his reserve team to rush out of the city in person and attack Cao's army who was concentrating their forces to attack the defense section of the southern city in order to relieve the pressure on the soldiers guarding that section of the city.
"Sir, let me go!" Feng Li rushed to the judge, raised his arms and roared, "Brothers from the Guards Battalion, follow me!"
Before he finished speaking, and without waiting for the approval of the judge, Feng Li had already rushed out of the command post as quickly as an ape. The soldiers of the guard camp who had been waiting outside had been waiting for a long time. Under Feng Li's order, they suddenly blew like the wind.
Heading towards Nancheng, a hundred meters away.
Yuan Shang, who came to supervise the battle, saw this and said anxiously: "Commander, let's let the hidden reserved troops come in? I'm afraid the strength of the guard battalion is not enough."
What makes Yuan Shang heartbroken is not that Feng Li risked his life, but that half of the guards battalion sergeants, who were all his direct descendants. Basically, they would die in battle, so he went to a safe place.
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A few hundred meters away, at Cao Jun's headquarters, there was also a person who was heartbroken and confused, and that was Cao Zhi, the commander of Cao Jun. What made Cao Zhi strange was that Yuan Jun should have been demoralized a long time ago, so why have their soldiers exhausted all their strength since the war started today?
Resist as much as possible and refuse to retreat until death.
His mood became anxious, and his murderous intent suddenly arose. Countless Yuan soldiers had died under his orders, so how could he have any compassion. But Xu Chu, whose uniform was stained with blood, once again
When he ran back to ask for more troops, Cao Zhi had already decided to use the last of his inventory to take out the explosives and use them in the siege.
"Peng! Peng! Peng!"
But at this moment, there was a loud noise in the team in front of Cao Zhijun, and countless busy sergeants fell down in response. When Cao Zhijing looked back, he saw only a dozen stone bullets and fire bombs falling on Cao Zhijun's formation. That was
Yuan Jun's stone counterattack, "They finally moved!" Cao Zhi looked at the chaos in his army with an indifferent expression and said calmly.
It is true that Cao Jun's troops were numerous and too concentrated, and they were on flat ground and close to the city within the effective range of Yuan Jun's catapults. Therefore, although Yuan Jun had just begun to use slings to counterattack, the casualties caused to Cao Jun were considerable.
With a sound of "Bang Dong!", Yuan Jun knew how to cross fire, and the second round of stone throwing caused several places of Cao Jun's siege weapons to catch fire and destroy.
A few seconds later, several huge red lights exploded on the hillside on the right side of Nancheng outside Yecheng, and mud was sprayed in all directions. Immediately, the men and horses rushing down the hillside were suddenly stunned, and heavy weapons were thrown at them.
There was also a moment of silence in this area.
Cao Zhi then looked up and saw that the two catapults set up on the slope of the mountain had been accidentally overturned by Yuan Jun's stone counterattack. Several soldiers responsible for the stone throwing had been knocked to the ground by the exploding gravel.
Cao Zhi estimated that the two catapults were only overturned by the gas turbulence generated by Yuan Jun's hurling stones, and they could continue to fire as long as they were lifted up. But the problem was that the catapult operators in the position had all been knocked down by the fragments of the stone bombs.
When the time comes, it will be torn off and no one will be available to repair it.