Cao Zhi rushed out of the city with the city guard sergeants and walked again. Of course, he could not catch up with Xia Houyuan and Zheng Bao. The east gate defenders, who were full of enthusiasm and prepared to go out of the city to fight to the death, naturally only surrounded and killed some of the people on both sides of the city.
The poor guy who stayed behind then ran for a long time like Cao Zhi.
Cao Zhi, who was still hot-blooded just now, killed several enemies and followed Xia Houyuan's cavalry for a while. Now he was out of breath and cursed: "Why does this kid Xia Houyuan run so fast?"
He didn't even think about whether these human legs could compare with horse legs. When they ran to the place where the enemy's trebuchets were originally placed, Cao Zhi and a group of soldiers could no longer run. At this time, Xia Houyuan's horn sounded to order the cavalry to recover.
, Cao Zhi also stopped, holding on to the wooden pulley of a trebuchet, gasping for air, and looked up to see that Xiahou Yuan's cavalry were slowly gathering together to prepare to return to the city.
Cao Zhi also turned around and raised his sword and said: "Stop, there is no need to chase, the enemy has been defeated by us."
Although the soldiers behind him were running out of breath, they were all in high spirits and cheered in unison.
Cao Zhi, Wang Ping, Xu Zhu, Cao An and others looked at each other's big faces and laughed non-stop. After they had fun with each other, Xu Zhu suddenly walked to the trebuchet and kicked the trebuchet which was still intact.
He cursed and said: "Bah, this piece of shit is going to hurt us." As he spoke, he slashed the trebuchet to pieces with his machete.
Cao Zhi hurriedly stopped him and said: "Stop, go and call a few strong men to come over and bring two more horses to pull this thing back."
"Ah! Brother, what is this bastard doing here?"
"You know what the heck, this is a powerful siege weapon. The bruise on your head was caused by this trick. In the future, we will use this trick to smash other people's heads full of bruises. If you are asked to do it, you do it. Don't talk nonsense.
Go quickly."
Xu Zhuxing was able to go and talk. At this time, Xia Houyuan also rushed back to meet Cao Zhi, and everyone was laughing and joking.
Cao Zhidao: "Brother, if you hadn't arrived in time this time, we would have been doomed. This bastard Zheng Bao has so many tricks up his sleeve. To conquer the east gate, he used almost all his siege equipment.
"
Xia Houyuan smiled and replied: "That was Lu Kang's timely adjustment. He has been hiding these three thousand cavalry and refused to use them, just to have this miraculous effect at the critical moment. He originally wanted to use them at the South Gate, but he didn't expect Zheng Bao to move here.
When you sent Cao An to the south gate to attack the remote east gate, Lu Kang happened to be there. He immediately sent someone to summon me and led these three thousand elite cavalry to rush to your east gate. Fortunately, he arrived in time."
Cao Zhi said "hmm" and continued to ask: "What about the situation at the south gate and west gate?"
Xia Houyuan said: "I don't know whether Wancheng is lucky or you are lucky. Jiang Xiaman seems to have agreed to sell Zheng Bao. You are fighting in full swing, but they just stand still. This allows Lu Kang to calmly mobilize his troops."
Cao Zhi smiled sinisterly and said: "It seems that the enemy army is very powerful, but in fact it is a piece of loose sand. Chairman Mao said it well, unity is strength. We can defeat the enemy five or six times with one force, but we still persist until now. Jiangxia Man also
Nothing more than that.”
Regarding Cao Zhi's optimism, Xia Houyuan didn't say anything. When he and Cao Zhi returned to the city, they waited for Lu Kang's cavalry to move away one after another, then he took Cao Zhi and reminded him: "I always feel that Lu Kang's team's deployment for this battle is not so good."
Simple, he should have some plans, you have to be careful not to be betrayed by him."
Cao Zhi is no longer the young boy he was a few years ago. He can think calmly now. He nodded to Xia Houyuan and whispered: "I'm aware of it too. I'll ask if I have the chance. Don't worry, sell me. No."
So easy."
Back in the city, Cao Zhi and Xia Houyuan immediately called over fifty soldiers who were digging and digging to rescue people from the rubble. After a while, they dragged out five or six people from the broken bricks and tiles, except for one
They were beaten to death, but luckily the others were not seriously injured.
However, the Jun Cheng named Wang, who was originally staying in the city tower, was pulled out of his head and pulled by his shoulders, but his body did not move at all. When Cao Zhi and others cleaned up the broken bricks and tiles on his body, everyone couldn't help but
Everyone gasped, a side beam hit Wang Juncheng's belly, his lower body was a bloody mess, and he was already dead.
Cao Zhi and Xia Houyuan looked at each other, and both sighed and looked sad. In any case, this was once a living life. Cao Zhi could see that the minister surnamed Wang was a good old man, the kind of person Lu Kang pointed out.
, he will hit the person there.
"What a pity..."
"What's the pity?"
While Cao Zhi was lamenting, I don’t know when Lu Kang walked up to the wall of the East City. He came to condolences the defender of the East City. He already knew that the battle in the East City was very difficult. Zheng Bao used many rare weapons to attack the city.
Without Cao Zhi and others, Dongcheng must have been lost.
Lu Kang walked into Cao Zhi with a smile on his face, ready to praise Cao Zhi and the Dongcheng guards. When he looked into the rubble, his face changed, becoming very serious and calm. He took a breath and looked up.
Looking at the city tower full of holes, one can imagine the fierce battle.
He patted Cao Zhi on the shoulder, lowered his head and ordered his men: "Carry out the body of Wang Junchen and give it a generous burial!"
Lu Kang originally had many things to say to Cao Zhi and the Dongcheng soldiers, but now he was in no mood. Later, Cao Zhi found out that this Wangjun minister had been with Lu Kang for more than ten years. Even though he was an old minister, Lu Kang also had feelings for him.
I couldn't help but feel sad at the time.
Lu Kang left behind a lot of supplies for the labor force, mainly food, and left a thousand cavalrymen to replace Cao Zhi and others who had been fighting to defend the city for many days. He took the remaining two thousand cavalrymen back to the county government. Before leaving,
Lu Kang invited Cao Zhi to come to the county government tomorrow. He had something important to discuss.
After Cao Zhi sent Lu Kang off, he did not immediately return to the Beicheng camp. Instead, he helped take care of the wounded and directed the soldiers to continue cleaning the towers and looking for survivors. After being busy for a while, he ate with the soldiers at the top of the city before planning to take a rest.
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When Cao Zhi, Xia Houyuan, Xu Zhu, and Cao An walked down the city tower, it was already getting dark. They happened to see Wang Ping walking out of the east city barracks with his hand wrapped in white cloth. Cao Zhi shouted from a distance: "Wang Ping, you
Where is this going?”
When Wang Ping saw Cao Zhi and others, he immediately wanted to turn around, but Cao Zhi shouted quickly, so he had to bite the bullet and come forward. As a civilian husband, he bowed to Cao Zhi and said: "Return to the captain, common people."
Go up to the tower and see the brothers."
Cao Zhi and the rest of the group, except for Xia Houyuan, were greatly surprised by Wang Ping's sudden attitude. Xu Zhu immediately let out a dissatisfied snort and said, "Why, if we work harder, our brother Wang Daying will
Don’t recognize us anymore.”
Wang Ping was always the enemy of Xu Zhu. Hearing this, he immediately retorted: "You old man, what do you know? I'm talking to Captain Cao. What's the matter with you?"