After Zhang Xiu glanced at Cao Cao coldly, he ordered people to carry Zhang Qian and Hu Jun's stretchers towards Duyang City.
Gao Shun's trapped camp took over the city defense. Everyone in the trapped camp had been holding their breath for a long time. Today they finally got the opportunity, and there was a very generous reward for killing the enemy. Everyone was in high spirits and looked at the Wei army outside the city. They were all very hot, and their gazes didn't look like they were looking at people, but more like they were seeing moving bounties.
When Cao Cao saw Zhang Xiu leaving, he waved with a cold face: "Continue to attack the city!"
The messenger on the side of the supervising platform waved the flag, and the Wei army roared and began a new round of siege. Motivated by the high price and heavy reward, the soldiers of the two soldiers fought very crazily. They both fought for their lives and regarded the enemy as a stepping stone to their own advancement and wealth.
Gao Shun led the trapped camp to block the battlements.
The cooperation of the trapped camp was very tacit. There were three soldiers stationed at each battlement: one was a crossbowman, one was a shield bearer, and one was responsible for throwing stones and killing enemies. Such tight cooperation made the Wei army miserable and had to climb the ladder. The Wei army first welcomed the rain of arrows from the Jing army. After the rain of arrows, there was a barrage of rocks and rolling trees. They were killed long before they could reach the top of the city.
Gao Shun was supervising the battle at the top of the city, but his eyes were fixed on the Wei generals below the city.
Especially Xu Chu.
If Xu Chu hadn't secretly moved the trebuchet a hundred steps forward, would Zhang Qian and Hu Jun have died and blocked Yangcheng? Gao Shun's eyes were secretly fixed on Xu Chu, and he vowed to kill him if he had the chance.
Due to the forward movement of the trebuchet, their position is within the range of the flower-edged armor-piercing crossbow. However, the accuracy of shooting at this distance is not very high. If a hit misses, Xu Chu will definitely be on guard. In order to prevent To arouse the enemy, Gao Shun endured and did not take action.
First, he ordered his soldiers to secretly mobilize three armor-piercing crossbows, aim at Xu Chu, and wait for the opportunity.
The battle at the top of the city fell into a stalemate.
The close cooperation of the trapped camp and the desperate momentum simply overwhelmed the Wei army and made it impossible for them to charge forward. The arrow towers and heavy crossbows cooperated with each other, but Jingjun also had armor-piercing crossbows to assist. The two sides fought very hard. The trebuchet was too close to be effective, so Xu Chu ordered his men to move the trebuchet backward, while he led five hundred personal guards to prepare for battle.
Wei Jun Medical Camp.
After Li Dian was scalded by gold juice, he was rescued by his personal guards and hurriedly carried to the medical camp for treatment. However, the poison of gold juice was too strong, especially the severe burns, which made his whole body covered with blisters and oozing fluid, and his skin became red and numb. , the fascia, muscles and bone marrow have been involved, especially on the top of the head. The hair falls off at a touch, and scabs of different colors appear.
What's more, it was toxic, and Li Dian was already frothing at the mouth when he was sent to the medical camp.
Before Cao Cao left the medical camp, he first smelled a pungent stench, which subconsciously made him frown, and his heart sank as he walked towards Li Dian's bed.
Li Dian had been with him for many years and was considered a close friend. He didn't expect that he would meet such a tragic fate today.
"No matter what happens, General Li Dian must be cured by me!" Seeing that Li Dian had fallen into a coma due to shock, Cao Cao felt a pang in his heart and ordered the doctors next to him, "If anything happens to General Li Dian, you will be buried with him!"
The doctor was frightened and hurriedly begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, have mercy! Jingjun mixed the gold juice with poison, and General Li Dian was seriously injured. I'm afraid...I'm afraid..."
Cao Cao stared at the doctor with his eyes like a knife, his clenched hands trembling.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty!"
Suddenly, Li Dian, who had fallen into a coma, miraculously opened his eyes. His eyes were weak and dying, and he looked at Cao Cao with his withered lips.
Hearing Li Dian's weak voice, Cao Cao turned around suddenly, his eyes lit up with surprise, and walked to Li Dian's side in two steps. He was deeply concerned, but he knew deeply in his heart that Li Dian was before his death at this moment. Looking back at the light, I suddenly couldn't speak the words in my mouth. I grabbed his hand and called his name heavily for a while: "Mancheng (Li Dian's name)!"
"Your Majesty!" Li Dian said with difficulty, "If I can win the emperor's favor and win the favor of the emperor, my wish in this life is enough. Even if I die for the emperor, even if I die! My wish is enough!"
Cao Cao's eyes blurred and he nodded.
Li Dian: "Please take care of the dragon body, Your Majesty. There is no need to be sad about my death. I... I am below..."
Before he finished speaking, all the vitality in Li Dian's eyes disappeared, his life was visibly drained away, his body gradually became cold, and he lay softly and quietly on the bed, with a tear falling from the corner of his eye.
Cao Cao suddenly felt like he had been stabbed in the heart. The pain made him tremble all over, and he held Li Dian's hand tightly and refused to let go.
The other generals who followed saw this and burst into tears.
The news of Li Dian's death soon reached Xu Chu's ears before the battle. Li Dian and Xu Chu were both powerful generals. They usually had a very good relationship and often drank wine together. Today, Li Dian died in battle. Xu Chu was immediately furious and stared at Jing Jun on Duyang City with hatred.
At this moment, Duyang City has piled up corpses, and the ladder is firmly fixed by the corpses. Countless Wei troops quickly climbed up with the coordination of heavy crossbowmen. The Jing army cooperated with the tacit defense, and the Wei army could not climb to the top of the city for a long time to open the door. This is a difficult situation.
Xu Chu's eyes flashed with fire, and he led five hundred personal guards towards the ladder on the far left. Although Xu Chu was tall and powerful, he was not reckless. The ladder on the far left is the weak point of Gao Shun's defense. Relatively few troops are invested, so it is the best choice to break up the battle.
In order to ensure that the battle reached the top of the city, Xu Chu secretly mobilized five heavy crossbowmen to follow him to the bottom of the city, preparing to use the overwhelming advantage of the heavy crossbowmen to climb to the top of the city.
Little did he know that his actions had long been watched by Gao Shun.
When he saw Xu Chu taking advantage of the chaos of the battle to move to the left with five hundred troops, Gao Shun raised a sneer on his lips. How could they fall at the same place twice? It was a bit naive for Xu Chu to repeat his old tricks. He immediately ordered the armor-piercing crossbowmen to go to the left and stare Xu Chu to death.
After arriving at the far left, Xu Chu was not in a hurry to attack the city.
First, he observed the cooperation of Jingjun above the city. He came to break the city for revenge, not to die. He was not very sure. Who dared to risk his own life?
Finally, he discovered that when the shield soldiers put away their shields to make way for the crossbowmen, there was a fatal gap. This gap would not be fatal if they were placed on the ground against the enemy, but they were defending the city and standing on a high place. This gap is enlarged.
Xu Chu immediately ordered the heavy crossbowmen to prepare. After telling them about the opening of Jing's army, he asked them to target three people respectively, while he led his personal guards to kill towards the bottom of the city.
"Swish swish!"
The heavy crossbowmen aimed at the opportunity and shot towards the top of the city. The giant arrow accurately seized the gap and directly shot through Jing Jun on the top of the city. Without a shield, the other two people were also exposed to the arrow and were shot. kill.
Suddenly, the battlement opening directly above the ladder opened briefly.
Xu Chu was overjoyed and seized this golden opportunity. He bit the back of the knife in his mouth and climbed up quickly with his hands and feet. The guards below assisted him with bows and arrows.
And Gao Shun has been waiting for this opportunity for a long time.
Seeing that Xu Chu couldn't wait to rush up, Gao Shun immediately ordered the flower-edged armor-piercing crossbow that had been prepared to aim at Xu Chu who was halfway up the city. The cold arrow was ready to go!
