After a long time, Cao Ren commanded the city wall defenders and successfully repelled the first wave of testing attacks outside the city.
Thousands of barrels of cold well water have been transported to the city by a group of young and strong laborers.
Seeing thousands of buckets of well water in front of him, Cao Ren breathed a sigh of relief and immediately ordered the soldiers to lift the buckets.
"The whole army obeyed the order and brought me buckets to water the city wall."
Seeing this scene from a distance, Ye Baikui frowned and was slightly confused.
"General Lu, you are good at snow fighting. Do you know why Cao Jun poured water on the city wall?"
Lu Shengxiang stretched out his hand and stroked his long beard, curled his lips, and sighed a little awkwardly: "This Cao Ren is indeed a general who defends the city."
"I can actually think of a way to strengthen the city wall by pouring water and condensing ice. In this way, it will be difficult for our soldiers to climb up the city wall along the ladder."
"For the current plan, there are only two ways. The first way is to station troops outside the city and wait for the sky to clear up and the ice and snow to melt before attacking the city."
"Another way is to use the human sea tactic to force these surrendered prisoners to continuously storm the city tower. Use their corpses to pile up a staircase under the city that can reach the city wall."
Ye Baikui slightly cupped his fists towards Lu Shengxiang and praised expressionlessly:
"General Lu, you are really a ruthless man! Okay! According to what the general said, I will let the Euphorbias take the captives who surrendered to attack the city."
Just when Ye Baikui was about to give the order.
On the endless skyline behind them, an army suddenly appeared, breaking through the wind and snow.
Ye Baikui and Lu Shengxiang raised their eyes and looked at it with great concentration in their hearts.
It turned out that Gao Yi had already arrived with his rear army.
Now the two armies are joining together.
There are nearly 30,000 foot riders.
If you attack a city gate with all your strength.
The odds of winning increase even more.
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"Tap tap tap!"
As the sound of hooves treading the snow gradually approached.
Gao Yi had already driven his horse in front of Ye Baikui and the others.
At this time, he had already changed into a Confucian robe.
Wearing a full set of black gold battle armor, an animal skin cotton jacket, and a white robe to hunt in the wind, the tightly fitted helmet only exposed a pair of eyes, mouth and nose.
The Tuxue Wuzui on his hip is also covered in full horse armor. Although it looks heavy, it is still flexible and maneuverable due to the ingenious joint design.
When Gao Yi learned about the current battle situation.
A trace of hesitation flashed across his starry eyes.
If we use human lives to build stairs, we can reach the top of Xuchang City directly.
But how many human lives are needed to serve as bricks to build this long ladder?
Five thousand corpses?
Obviously it's not enough.
At least a full 10,000 corpses are needed.
Even more corpses.
It's not that Gao Yi is soft-hearted and unwilling to use the corpses of surrendered prisoners.
But after this battle, if Cao Cao led his army to kill, how could he still have enough soldiers to resist Cao's army's massive attack?
Maybe, those oppressed prisoners of surrender suddenly defected before the battle, which would not be worth the loss.
"If you want to capture Xuchang City, there are not only these two methods, but also a third method."
"It's just that I have never tried this method before. Let's try it in Xuchang City today!"
"Send my military order and order all the cavalry to follow me to attack the city gate. Today I want to show the world what it means to be truly invincible."
Hearing this, Lu Shengxiang hesitated a little, looked at each other with Ye Baikui, bowed, and advised: "My lord, you can't do that!"
"Now that the top and bottom of the city wall are covered with ice water, it is not conducive for cavalry to attack the city at all!"
If it is normal times.
Lu Shengxiang would use the super-high mobility of the cavalry to run around the city and launch a rain of arrows against the enemy troops on the city wall.
By the way, one hundred and eighty cavalrymen will be selected to act as a death squad. They will charge forward wildly, using the charging power of the horses to crash into the city gate with all their might.
This goes around and over again until the city gate is broken open.
But now after Cao Ren poured a large amount of ice water on the city wall, the ice water flowed to the surrounding land.
As a result, there was an icy road within a hundred feet around the city wall, which could not withstand the continuous running of a large number of war horses.
Therefore, Lu Shengxiang did not propose such a method.
Now that Gao Yi suddenly proposed to use cavalry to attack the city, Lu Shengxiang felt a little unreliable.
Only then did he change his usual humble attitude and bravely speak out to dissuade him.
Gao Yi waved his hand and said with an arrogant smile: "How can a small city gate block the path of our army?"
"You just go with me, and you will be able to capture the enemy city."
After saying this, Gao Yi was too lazy to continue explaining. He lightly knocked on the horse's belly and stepped on the snow under his crotch to understand his master's thoughts.
In an instant.
He neighed and raised his hooves.
Running as fast as the wind, he rushed to the city gate.
The jade-colored mane flutters in the wind, forming a sharp contrast with the white robe and cloak Gao Yi wears. Black and white complement each other.
Seeing that Gao Yi had already galloped out with his halberd drawn.
Lu Shengxiang and Ye Baikui had no time to say anything, so they both hurriedly got on their horses and shouted towards the rear military formation:
"All cavalry listen to the order and quickly cover the lord's attack on the city!"
"Whoever enters the city first will be given a hundred daughters, a reward of a thousand taels, and ten thousand acres of fertile land."
After hearing this, the Xiliang cavalry, who were still a little sluggish at first, became more motivated, as if they had been given a shot of blood.
Soon, 7,000 brave cavalry, composed of 3,000 Liyang light cavalry and 4,000 Xiliang iron cavalry, came out with swords and spears drawn.
In an instant.
Seven thousand brave cavalry formed a cone-shaped cavalry formation and charged all the way to the city gate.
At this moment, Gao Yi was already approaching Xuchang City Gate with his halberd and horse.
When Cao Ren on the city tower heard that this person was Shouchun Hou Gaoyi, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and said with great joy:
"Hahaha! You really defended it so well that the clouds cleared and the moon came out! It was actually a high-ranking thief who attacked the city himself. Brother Xiahou, I, Cao Ren, will avenge this bloody revenge for you today."
"Archers, listen and let me shoot!"
"Hurry up and shoot the arrow! Whoever kills the high-ranking thief will be rewarded with ten thousand gold."
As soon as the military order came out.
Countless archers on the city wall immediately drew their bows and pointed their arrows at Gao Yi.
The next moment, arrows rained down.
Gao Yi now has the fighting power of the Overlord, and he has also inherited the riding skills of the Overlord. The combination with the black horse under his crotch is simply perfect.
Facing thousands of sharp arrows flying into the sky.
Gao Yi just pulled the horse's reins to the right, and the black horse jumped up.
He easily avoided this wave of arrow attacks.
"Set me an arrow!"
"Keep shooting!"
"Those who shoot high-ranking thieves will be promoted to three levels in a row."
Cao Ren's eyes were blazing, and he commanded the archers with a hoarse voice, all shooting arrows towards the place where Gao Yi was.
