Ju County, the county seat is not big.
This city is a city after leaving the old Chencang Road, with a river passing through it in the south. Ju County is surrounded by an open area, and further away there are steep mountains.
This city is the only place to pass on the old road to Chencang, and it is also the turning point to Hanzhong.
Cao Ren arrived at Ju County with 4,000 people and took over the county seat. He organized the 1,000 soldiers in the city and sent 5,000 people down. He prepared huge rocks, hammers, kerosene and other defensive materials, and then brought in bows and arrows. Implement martial law.
What Cao Ren has to do is to defend Ju County.
Based on Cao Ren's understanding of Lu Xuan, Lu Xuan would not attack Yangping Pass and abandon Ju County, but would attack Ju County first.
When Cao Ren was ready in all aspects, the sentinel sent out discovered Lu Xuan's army coming to kill, and quickly came back to report. Cao Ren secretly thought that Lu Xuan came very quickly, but he was already well prepared.
Cao Ren waited on the city tower. In the afternoon, the sun set in the west, and the setting sun was like blood. The afterglow of the setting sun enveloped the county town, making the county town sprinkled with blood, which made people feel heavy.
Boom! Boom! !
The sound of the horn came from far and near.
After Cao Ren heard this, he immediately cheered up. When he knew Lu Xuan was coming, he put his hands on the city wall and looked out of the city.
On the official road in the distance, a dark army appeared. Large numbers of troops came overwhelmingly toward the county seat. Cao Ren's eyes were bright and he felt stressed in his heart, but his face didn't show any signs of it.
Cao Ren's strategy when facing Lu Xuan was to delay and just hold on to Ju County.
Cao Cao decided on the strategy of dividing his troops to guard Ju County, and said that the situation in Ju County was very dangerous.
Cao Ren still came without hesitation.
Cao Ren knew how powerful Lu Xuan was, but he allowed Lu Xuan to attack Yangping Pass without any scruples. Once Yangping Pass was breached and Cao Cao's troops failed to capture Nanzheng, Cao Ren's army would be attacked from both front and rear, making it difficult to gain a foothold in Hanzhong.
Once Cao Cao captures Nanzheng and controls Yangping Pass, he can use Hanzhong to deal with Lu Xuan. Therefore, there was a risk, so Cao Ren came anyway. He wanted to drag Lu Xuan away and block him in Ju County.
Cao Ren waited for a moment, and Lu Xuan's army stopped in formation outside the city.
Lu Xuance immediately stepped forward, looked up towards the city tower, saw large flags with the word Cao, and thought about it in his mind. Cao Cao must have gone to Nanzheng to personally preside over the attack on Nanzheng.
The general named Cao currently in charge of Ju County, and the one who is good at defense, is most likely Cao Ren.
The first generation of generals named Cao under Cao Cao were Cao Ren, Cao Hong and Cao Chun, and the second generation were Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu. But now Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu have not grown up yet, they are still relatively young and not experienced enough.
Cao Hong has been killed, leaving only Cao Ren and Cao Chun. Most of Cao Chun is by Cao Cao's side and is good at attacking.
Only Cao Ren was good at guarding.
Lu Xuan understood in his heart and said loudly: "Cao Ren, when I went to Yanzhou to help Cao Cao defeat Lu Bu and calm down the turmoil in Yanzhou, Cao Cao asked you to treat me as a teacher. Now that your teacher is here, he is hiding in If you don’t come to see me from above, how can you behave like this?”
Cao Ren's cheeks twitched.
Lu Xuan's mouth was as cunning as ever.
Cao Ren had seen Lu Xuan's methods and power, and he said loudly: "King Wu, if you lead the troops to retreat now, I will forgive you. If you insist on attacking Ju County, I will not be polite."
Lu Xuan said coldly: "Why are you so rude? Is it possible that you are going to go out of the city to fight me. Or do you want to go out of the city and challenge me?"
Cao Ren was suddenly speechless.
Out of town?
That is impossible.
If Cao Chun leads the army, with Cao Chun's courage and martial arts, he might go out of the city to fight.
Cao Ren didn't want to say more and ordered: "Archers, shoot arrows immediately to silence Lu Xuan."
The archers stepped forward and fired arrows quickly.
The bow and arrow shot out with a loud sound. Although they were not accurate, Lu Xuan was protected by soldiers and could not cause any harm to Lu Xuan. However, it was not convenient for Lu Xuan to shout any more, so he simply rode back to the military formation.
Lu Xuan looked at Zhang Ren and asked: "Zhang Ren, how long will it take to complete the assembly of the siege equipment?"
When an army wants to attack a city, it needs siege ladder trucks, rams, catapults, and simple ladders.
A ladder truck is composed of wheels, a ladder body and a hook. The ladder needs to be carried by soldiers to the city. The wheels below are specially designed for movement. The hook on the ladder is used to hook to the city wall.
The ram was used to hit the city gate, while the catapult was used to drop stones to suppress the force on the city tower. As for ordinary ladders, most soldiers use them. They directly carry the ladder and set it up on the tower, and then climb the ladder up to the tower.
Zhang Ren replied: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the siege equipment will be assembled within half an hour."
Lu Xuan nodded.
The soldiers were resting on the spot, but the soldiers responsible for assembling the siege equipment were moving quickly.
Lu Xuan did not attack, and the army was still outside the city. As time passed, when night fell, Lu Xuan's army raised torches one after another.
The burning fire dispelled the darkness.
Especially on summer nights, the bright moon is bright and the sky is filled with bright stars, making the night even thinner. Under the light of the fire inside and outside the city, the surrounding area was as bright as day.
Cao Ren stared at Lu Xuan's army, but his brows were furrowed. Lu Xuan's army came, but it did not retreat and station, let alone attack, and just stayed outside. It was really puzzling.
Cao Ren couldn't figure out what Lu Xuan was thinking, so he could only cope with the changes by remaining unchanged. Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye. Zhang Ren looked urgent and came to Lu Xuan. He cupped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, everything is ready."
Lu Xuan said decisively: "Attack."
Zhang Ren got the order and ordered the attack.
Catapults were assembled outside the city, and the stones were put on them. The soldiers used the levers of the catapults to throw the stones and bombard the soldiers on the tower.
The catapult is not big, and the stones weigh only about twenty kilograms. After all, stones that are too big are difficult to prepare, and the catapult is also difficult to assemble. The current catapult is sufficient. The first wave of dense stones fell, enough to interfere with the soldiers on the tower.
When the catapults attacked, archers also raised arrows outside the city. Aiming at the tower and shooting arrows.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!!"
A large number of bows and arrows flew into the air and shot toward the city tower, suppressing Cao's soldiers in all directions.
At the same time, the first batch of 5,000 Wu soldiers rushed forward quickly pushing the carts. There were also a large number of soldiers rushing towards the tower carrying simple ladders and pushing special ladder trucks.
The offensive started instantly.
Cao Ren stood on the tower, his eyes solemn as never before.
Lu Xuan was well prepared and had complete siege equipment, as well as bows, arrows and stones for suppression.
Although these stones and bows and arrows cannot last forever, when Lu Xuan's army reaches the bottom of the city tower, the bows and arrows and the stones projected will slow down or even disappear. But such an arrangement suppressed Cao's army, and the Wu soldiers were able to rush forward at the shortest speed.
Able to rush to the bottom of the city tower in the shortest time and with the least loss.
Cao Ren did not dare to delay, and decisively arranged for his soldiers to use their shields to resist the falling arrows, and also arranged for his soldiers to fire arrows in return.
Countless bows and arrows fell on the crowd of the Wu army, and many soldiers were injured or shot dead in an instant. However, the soldiers still rushed forward and reached the bottom of the tower in a short time.
Ladder trucks were set up on the city wall one after another, and ladders were set up one after another. Wu soldiers climbed up along the ladders.
At the same time, the ram was also hitting the city gate.
The offensive of Wu's army suddenly became fierce, making Cao Ren feel tremendous pressure.
