The battle in Ye Jing is in full swing, and Duyang City is about to usher in a decisive battle between Jing and Wei.
Originally, the decisive battle between the two sides would not come so soon. Cao Wei's food and grass were in danger, but the Central Plains was fertile after all. Although it could not provide food and grass for a long time, half a year was still enough.
Cao Zhang became the catalyst for the decisive battle between the two sides.
Zhang Xiu was a little worried that Liu Chu was too unusual, so he decided to fight quickly and not give Liu Chu any chance to send troops.
When Cao Cao learned that his second son Cao Zhang was hanged in Duyang City, he was so angry that he had a headache, but he could no longer care about his headache. The anger in his chest was burning with pain and he wished he could tear Zhang Xiu to pieces right now. The body was in pieces.
"Zhang Xiuzhen is the most evil thief in the world!" Cao Cao scolded sternly, "Killing can only be done with a nod to the ground! A scholar can be killed but cannot be humiliated. How dare he hang my son, the prince of the Wei Dynasty, on the top of the city... "Before he finished his sentence, he coughed violently and turned red.
Guo Jia knew that Zhang Xiu was irritating Cao Cao. Regardless of Cao Cao's arrogance, Guo Jia persuaded him: "Please calm down, Your Majesty! Zhang Xiu's move is to stimulate our army to attack quickly, and he hopes that the Emperor will be aware of it. Now Liu Chu's army is ready to move and attack Zhang Xiu is looking at the tiger with eager eyes. If he makes a move in this battle, his whole body will be affected by one move. Our army is not yet properly prepared..."
"I! I swear to kill Zhang Xiu!" Before Guo Jia could finish his words, Cao Cao stared at the ground fiercely and said word by word, "Anyone who dares to stop him will be killed!"
Guo Jia's eyes widened in surprise.
Cao Cao still stared at the ground furiously, not looking at him.
For the sake of the Wei plan, Guo Jia wanted to speak out, but was stopped by Xun You beside him, who shook his head slightly.
Guo Jia half-opened his mouth and then closed it.
Subsequently, Cao Cao ordered the army to launch, and the entire army went into battle. They captured Duyang City in the shortest time, rescued Cao Zhang, and captured Zhang Xiu alive.
When the army was dispatched, Cao Cao declared: Anyone who breaks the city will immediately be crowned king and the earth will be broken.
No wonder Cao Cao was so angry. His eldest son Cao Ang died in the hands of Jingjun, and now another one is hanging on Duyang City. This is simply a slap in Cao Cao's face. How can he bear it?
The Wei army rushed towards Duyang City with great momentum. Cao Cao was wearing golden armor and holding a sword. His eyes were filled with red light of fierce hatred, his face was tense and filled with murderous intent.
Zhang Xiu had been waiting for the arrival of Wei Jun for a long time.
Duyang City was repaired again after the First World War. Except for the gatehouse, which was not rebuilt, the damaged city walls were repaired. Standing at the entrance of the battlements, Zhang Xiu looked at the mighty Wei army and the murderous Cao Cao, with a cold smile on his lips.
At this time, Cao Zhang was already kneeling at the entrance of the battlements with his hands tied.
The swordsmen stood on both sides.
Cao Cao was so angry that he almost vomited blood when he saw the swordsman at the entrance of the battlement and Cao Zhang who was tied up with five flowers. His cold eyes almost turned into a sharp blade and killed Zhang Xiu.
"Zhang Boyuan!"
Cao Cao pointed angrily at Zhang Xiu with his whip, "You can kill people with no more than a nod of your head. You don't know your dignity and identity. You humiliate me, the prince of Wei. You are truly the most narrow-minded and vicious person in the world!"
Zhang Xiu sneered: "You have a sinister plan to kill my beloved general. Only then can you vent your hatred by killing your son!"
"In a battle between the two sides, casualties are inevitable. How dare you be so shameless!"
Zhang Xiu didn't speak, but slowly raised his right hand. The swordsman immediately prepared to raise the sword, staring at Zhang Xiu's hand from the corner of his eye.
"Zhang Xiu——!" Cao Cao stared at Zhang Xiu with red eyes.
When everyone in the Wei army saw this, their anger levels soared instantly. They stared angrily at the top of the city, wishing they could rush forward and cut Zhang Xiu into pieces.
On top of the city.
Qin Zhen, who had newly become the emperor's personal guard, ran up quickly, bowed his waist and whispered: "Your Majesty, everything is ready below."
Zhang Xiu waved his hand: "Behead!"
The knife and axe hand narrowed his eyes, and swung the raised knife down violently, causing Cao Zhang's head to roll all over the ground.
Seeing his son being killed, Cao Cao was so angry that he spurted out a mouthful of blood. The guards on the left and right were so frightened that they hurriedly supported Cao Cao who was about to fall. Cao Cao's eyes widened with anger, he pointed at Duyang City with trembling fingers and shouted sharply: "Attack the city -!"
These words were clearly spoken with gnashing of teeth.
Immediately, the Wei army was like crazy beasts and they were killing each other towards Duyang City. The shouts of killing filled the sky. Countless flying stone arrows were fired regardless of cost or quantity, almost covering the entire Duyang City. Same.
Zhang Xiu hurriedly left the city under the protection of his personal guards.
At the same time, all the soldiers on the city head were withdrawn, leaving the city head empty without leaving any one behind.
Countless giant arrows and flying stones smashed the city wall blocking Yangcheng into holes. The Wei sergeants carried the ladder and galloped towards Duyang City quickly. To their great surprise, they fought all the way to the city without being sniped by Jing's army.
But with Cao Cao's words, "Whoever breaks the city will immediately be crowned the king and split the earth", everyone's doubts were dispelled and they climbed up the city as fast as possible. As long as the first one climbed to the top of the city, they could crack the earth and seal the king.
In order to be the first to board the city, the Wei armies actually attacked each other and competed.
Cao Guojia, who was watching the battle from behind, saw that there was no resistance to the attack on the city. He suddenly felt that something was wrong. He hurriedly came to Cao Cao and said: "Your Majesty! The situation is not right. Jing's army has not resisted. Our army has already boarded the city."
The furious Cao Cao shouted: "Order the army to rush in and capture Zhang Xiu alive at all costs!"
"emperor!"
"Go and execute the order quickly!" Cao Cao almost yelled.
Accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. Cao Cao's current anger level has been fully increased by Zhang Xiu.
Guo Jia did not dare to say anything more and bowed and retreated.
The vanguard of the siege this time was Dian Wei. Dian Wei came up angrily with a pair of halberds, bound to kill Jing's army. Unexpectedly, he boarded the city without encountering a single Jing army, but when he came to While watching it in the city, I suddenly felt a tingling sensation in my scalp.
The inner city of Duyang City.
Jingjun actually built an earthen wall about 20 feet high in the inner city fifty steps away, and dug half a foot under the wall (one foot in the Han Dynasty was equal to three meters in later generations), resulting in the entire city wall being four feet high. The gate of Duyang City was completely blocked, and the Wei army's large siege equipment could not enter at all. The only thing that could attack the earthen city wall was a simple ladder.
And this short fifty steps was completely within the archer's range.
The city head of Duyang City is higher than the earth city wall. The Wei army could stand on the city head of Duyang City and shoot at the earth city wall. However, the Jing army had an ingenious design: they made an inward facing wall on the front wall of the earth city wall. The arc completely hid the Jing army within the solitary wall. Without large siege equipment like a trebuchet, it would have been impossible to destroy it.
How dare you fight? ?
Just when Dian Wei was hesitating, Cao Cao's order came from behind: attack at all costs.
Dian Wei could only bite the bullet and order the attack.
