Cao Cao looked at the figure appearing on the horizon, and his heart suddenly rose to his throat.
This battle!
Sure enough, there were tens of thousands of people!
Moreover, although these soldiers were scattered everywhere, they walked in an orderly manner.
Definitely well-trained.
This is definitely a bloody battle!
Guo Jia looked at the horizon, and his coughing suddenly worsened.
There was a look of panic in his eyes.
Look at this momentum.
I'm afraid we won't be able to defend the city today.
Could it be that the king's luck is about to take a turn for the worse?
All the soldiers on the entire city wall stopped making noise.
There was a heavy look on everyone's face.
Only the sound of thunder continued, like a mockery.
The army on the horizon is getting closer and closer.
All over the mountains and plains!
On the left and right sides, there were all neat and orderly cavalry.
In the middle, the mighty archers were like a surging tide.
Behind, when the silver snake suddenly appeared, its cold armor reflected the cold light.
Finally, the army stopped a hundred steps away from the moat.
The commanders of the left cavalry and the right cavalry moved forward together.
Zhang He, Gao Lan, Lu Bu and Ma Chao marched side by side to the edge of the moat.
Lu Bu looked up at the city wall, took out a telescope from the cloth bag hanging on his waist, and glanced at the city wall.
Seeing the pale faces of the defenders on the city wall, Lu Bu couldn't help but grin upward.
That's the look!
He just likes the look on his enemy!
fear!
Extreme fear!
Lu Bu's eyes finally fell on Cao Cao's face.
Seeing Cao Cao's serious face, Lu Bu laughed loudly and said, "Thief Cao, do you still remember the Battle of Puyang? Today, I, Lu Bu, am here to give it back to you!"
Cao Cao looked at Lu Bu.
His mouth trembled slightly.
What kind of lineup is this?
Zhang He and Gao Lan were the Four Court Pillars of Hebei Province. He had seen them before during the Battle of Guandu.
And Lu Bu and Ma Chao!
Although these two men were both defeated, they both killed him until he lost his armor.
Now, Lu Yi'er actually brought them all under his banner!
Cao Cao punched the city wall in front of him.
impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
Lu Yi, how could he gather so many powerful generals in just a few years?
I wouldn’t even dare to dream!
Ma Chao also took out a telescope from the bag on his waist.
Aiming at Cao Cao on the city wall, Ma Chao roared: "Cao thief, traitor, evil thief! Let me see where you have been running these days!"
"Today, only the city is destroyed!"
"If I catch you, I will eat your flesh and sleep on your skin!"
Guo Jia heard Lu Bu and Ma Chao yelling and cursing outside the city, walked up to Cao Cao, and reminded loudly: "Your Majesty, there is no need to show off your rhetoric with them. The enemy is making such a move, they should be attacking the city soon."
"My lord, please go down to the city wall first, just in case."
"There are so many enemy troops that it is difficult to control the situation today."
Cao Cao heard the implication of Guo Jia's words.
Looking back at Guo Jia, Cao Cao opened his mouth but did not reply.
When Guo Jia saw this, he didn't speak again.
At this moment, the Jingzhou Legion outside the city suddenly and slowly split apart.
A series of tall Thunderbolt vehicles slowly came over as soldiers pushed them.
Cao Cao squinted his eyes and stopped breathing.
Thunderbolt car!
He has seen it too!
When Jiangdong sent Huang Gai and Pang Tong to assist Guandu, Yuan Shao used catapults and arrow towers to drive him back.
At that time, Pang Tong told him about the Thunderbolt Car and showed him the drawings.
Over the years, he has tried to do it.
However, because he has been fighting, he has no fixed residence.
In addition, there are very few craftsmen in Liangzhou, so they have never been able to successfully build it.
Unexpectedly, this time I have to face this thunderous car.
Cao Cao felt a little chilled when he thought about how Yuan Shao had defeated him with his catapult.
Why has Lu Yi'er always had such good luck these years?
Why was such a powerful siege weapon developed?
Why are so many people willing to follow him?
The Thunderbolt Car came directly to the edge of the moat.
Thousands of soldiers used horse-drawn carriages to pull piles of boulders to the side of the Thunderbolt Cart, and then unloaded the boulders.
The other soldiers watched this scene the whole time.
Beside Cao Cao, Xiahou Dun saw this and said to Cao Cao: "Your Majesty, when Jiangdong was assisting us in Guandu, Pang Tong told us about this thunder chariot. I remember that he said that the weight and distance of the stones thrown by this thunder chariot are far away." Super Catapult. Even from the other side of the moat, the Thunderbolt Catapult can hit the city wall."
"The situation was critical at that time, and we expected that Pang Tong would not deceive us."
"Now, if the Jingzhou Army is allowed to prepare the Thunderbolt Chariot, we will only be beaten passively!"
"We must take the initiative!"
Xun You said solemnly: "The enemy is surrounded by cavalry on both sides, and the commanders are Hebei Sitingzhu, Lu Bu and Ma Chao."
"The cavalry on the right clearly shows the Xiliang cavalry."
"Once we take the initiative, I'm afraid we will be defeated immediately."
"This move is not feasible."
Cao Ren said: "The chariot formation can be used."
Cao Cao looked at Cao Ren doubtfully.
Cao Ren pointed to the left and right sides below and said: "The enemy is making such movements, and there is no urgent information from the east and west of the city, which means that the enemy should not be ready to attack from the east and west of the city."
"We are sending two teams of three thousand men each to take the carriage out of the city."
"The lancers were hiding behind the carriage."
"When we get close to the enemy, the enemy's cavalry will definitely move out on both sides."
"At that time, we will push the carriage over and the spearmen will hide behind the carriage. If the enemy cavalry dares to attack, we will use the spearmen to kill them."
"When the enemy cavalry is attracted away, we open the city gate again and use our cavalry to attack the Thunderbolt Chariot."
"The soldiers operating the Thunderbolt vehicles were unarmed."
"It is possible for a sudden impact to destroy the Thunderbolt car."
"We have a lot of cavalry."
"It is completely feasible to destroy the Thunderbolt car in a short period of time."
Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia and Xun You and said, "What do you think?"
Xun You frowned, looked down at the Jingzhou Army outside the city, and said, "I don't agree with this method of attack."
"This time the enemy comes in force, and it is impossible that there will be no countermeasures."
"If the enemy's cavalry on both sides could be attracted away so easily, it would not be the state of Wu."
"Under the current situation, defending the city is indeed not the best way."
"I suggest opening the city gate and using shield soldiers and archers to attract the enemy's attention from the front."
"The cavalry rushed out from the east and west sides of the city, detouring around the enemy's rear and outflanking the enemy."
"In this way, there may be hope."
"If the enemy is still on guard like this, then we can only retreat."
Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia.
Guo Jia coughed violently several times, his face turned red, and he nodded.
Cao Cao took a long breath and said to Cao Ren: "Zixiao, you immediately lead 30,000 shield soldiers and archers, open the city gate and attack the enemy's main camp!"
Cao Ren crossed his fists and ran down the city wall.
Cao Cao looked behind him again and said, "Where are Xu Huang and Cao Chun?"
Two tall and strong men came out, clasped their fists together and said, "Xu Huang (Cao Chun) is here!"
Cao Cao said: "You each lead ten thousand cavalry, rush out from the east and west of the city, go around to the rear of the enemy's army, and surround the enemy with the main force!"
Xu Huang and Cao Chun responded in unison and ran down the city wall quickly.
Cao Cao looked at the others and said, "Others, defend the city with Gu!"
All the soldiers responded in unison.
Not long after Cao Cao gave the order, the city gate opened and the suspension bridge was lowered.
Then, countless soldiers rushed out of the city like a tide.
Zhang He, Gao Lan, Lu Bu and Ma Chao turned their horses and retreated.
The soldiers operated the thunderbolt cart. Some of the soldiers still carried the boulders, and some of the soldiers placed the boulders in wooden frames.
On the city wall, Cao Cao, Guo Jia, Xun You, Xiahou Dun, Xia Houyuan and other soldiers looked at this scene with puzzled faces.
Aren’t these unarmed soldiers who operate Thunderbolt vehicles afraid of death?
Just as the shield soldiers and infantry archers of the city defenders rushed to the suspension bridge of the moat, they saw the flags suddenly waving at the center of the Jingzhou Army.
Thousands of unarmed soldiers operating the Thunderbolt Chariot fell to the ground one after another under the blank eyes of Cao Cao and others on the city wall.
Nearly a hundred strange weapons that looked like tigers and leopards appeared in everyone's sight.
On top of each strange weapon are three huge curved bows.
Behind the three huge curved bows, dozens of soldiers attached something as thick as an arm and more than two meters long that looked like a spear or sharp arrow to the weapon.
Seeing that the shield soldiers of the city's defenders had rushed across the suspension bridge and reached the soldiers of the Thunderbolt Chariot.
A uniform roar accompanied the waving of the flag and shouted: "Let go!"
Hundreds of things that looked like spears and sharp arrows were shot out like a hail of arrows.
The defenders with shields who had just rushed to the Perak Chariot were pierced through with their shields one after another, and flew backwards, knocking away large swaths of soldiers!
Many shield soldiers were even nailed to the ground, unable to move!
After the first batch of strange-shaped weapons attacked, they retreated.
The second batch of strange weapons came forward.
Along with the waving of the flag, the uniform roar sounded again: "Let go!"
The defenders' archers who had just rushed onto the drawbridge were no longer protected by shield soldiers!
One by one, they watched in horror as the "spear" as thick as an arm suddenly struck in front of them, piercing through their bodies and those of the soldiers behind them, and flying backwards several meters away!
The second batch of strange-shaped weapons moved back, and the previous batch of strange-shaped weapons came forward.
The defenders' archers and infantry all panicked and retreated hurriedly.
Some who had no time to retreat were pushed to the ground and then trampled to the ground by the rebels.
Behind these soldiers, Cao Ren kept waving his sword and killing several people, but he still could not control the retreat of the archers.
Cao Cao, Guo Jia, Xun You and others on the city wall looked at this scene with despair on their faces.
What kind of weapon is this?
Why is it possible to shoot a spear like an arrow?
How to resist such a powerful attack?
The third batch of strange weapons did not attack.
The soldiers operating the Pili Car got up one after another, and together, dozens of them slowly pulled up the lever of the Pili Car that had been filled with boulders in the wooden frame.
Dozens of roars accompanied the waving of flags: "Attack!"
A clanging sound sounded.
In the sky above Zitong, as the silver snake danced, dozens of boulders traced their tracks in the sky and landed near six places on the city wall.
Screams instantly sounded inside and outside the city wall.
The boulders hit the city wall, smashing the soldiers on the wall into bloody mud.
Or cross the city wall and fall among the people in the city helping to defend the city.
Thousands of people fell.
Screams.
Wails.
It sounded instantly in the city.
Countless people rushed towards the city.
The supervising soldier was knocked down before he could even raise his butcher knife.
A huge boulder flew directly towards Xia Houyuan, who was not far away from Cao Cao.
Xia Houyuan looked up at the boulder and opened his mouth wide. He was about to scream. The next moment, he was directly hit by the boulder and turned into flesh. He was knocked directly from the city wall and flew into the city.
Cao Cao, Xun You, Guo Jia, Xia Houdun and others stared blankly at the direction in which Xia Houyuan flew out with the boulder.
After a while, Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun both screamed: "Wonderful talent!!!"
(End of chapter)
