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Volume 1: A man is born in troubled times, and he should rule the roost in troubled times. Chapter 944: A fierce battle of life and death.

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    Being immersed in worries and thoughts about the future, time flies very fast.  By the time the discussion was over, the sky was completely bright.

    Cao Cao rubbed his face that was stiffened by the night wind and said with a smile: "People say: Friendship with a gentleman is like a spring breeze. You are so happy that you don't know the time has passed, but it is true. Before you know it, the sky has already dawned  Xiao, you are weak, please go back to your tent and rest."

    "My lord is responsible for the future of the entire army, so he should take care of himself." Guo Jia was not pretentious. He nodded in agreement, gave a salute, and turned around.

    Since it¡¯s daylight, it¡¯s natural to launch an attack next.  Although there is an internal response in the city, in this race against time, even the smallest delay or mistake may lead to the loss of the whole game. You must not be careless.  Of course it¡¯s best if you can solve the problem internally. If you can¡¯t, you can only rely on your own efforts.

    A fierce offensive and defensive battle began.

    The first to show off their power were the small siege crossbows newly built in the army.  In the competition with the Qingzhou industrial system, Ma Jun and the disciples of the Mo and Gong sects failed to turn the tide, but it would be a big mistake to underestimate him because of this.

    In just over a month, he led Cao Jun¡¯s craftsmen to complete the analysis and imitation of the Qingzhou bed crossbow.  This is what Cao Cao used to attack the city.

    Compared with cumbersome catapults, these murderous weapons made of wood and tendon weigh only more than 200 kilograms and can be carried by only a pack horse. They are extremely light and can be easily carried with the army even when marching quickly.  .

    After the soldiers removed the parts of the siege crossbow from their horses, they reassembled it completely in the blink of an eye.  Following Cao Cao's order, hundreds of eight-foot-long crossbow arrows immediately threw up a plume of yellow smoke at the top of Xiaoxiuwu City.

    "Ahah!" A shrill scream rang out, and the Puyang army defending the city was carried by the crossbow pole like a kite and flew up from behind the crenel, sprinkling little drops of blood under the dawn sky.  It had rained recently, so the sky was washed blue.  The red blood beads were reflected more clearly by the blue sky, and they were almost visible.

    The wilderness is very quiet in the morning. The early morning breeze carries the screams to an unknown distance, and there are still vague sighs in the middle.

    Immediately afterwards, a shrill and long horn blew in the wilderness, the sound was like a song, and the sound was urging people to die!

    The archers of the brigade quickly stepped forward under the protection of the shield bearers, and took advantage of the opportunity when the defenders were overwhelmed by the powerful crossbows to enter the attack position.  The next moment, the sound of the trumpet suddenly stopped, and the sound of the wind became the main theme on the battlefield.  The sky suddenly darkened and then brightened again. Tens of thousands of arrows slid through tens of thousands of bright arcs and roared up to the top of the city.

    The yellow smoke was mixed with blood. Xiaoxiuwu, a small county town, had not experienced war for a long time. Tucheng could only tremble under the attack that was like destroying the world.

    The defenders fought back hard, dodging the eagle feathers falling from the sky while looking for opportunities to fire arrows from behind the crenellations.

    But their resistance seemed so insignificant in front of the attackers.  Very few of Cao's troops were hit by stray arrows. Occasionally, one or two feather arrows succeeded in sneak attacks, but they were also blocked by thick armor.

    This is a strong force trained by Cao Cao to fight against the powerful enemy in his destiny. It may seem a little embarrassed in front of the Qingzhou Army, which is always ahead, but when it faces opponents other than the Qingzhou Army, the strength of this elite is fully revealed.

    Throughout the ages, strong armor and powerful soldiers have been the only way to win, and Cao Cao understood its essence.

    Of course, the Puyang army is not weak, and their resistance is very tenacious.

    Taking advantage of the gaps between Cao's army's attacks, they continued to rush up to the city along the horse paths in the city, pushing away the corpses and filling the gaps left by the war dead.  The gap was quickly opened again by crossbows and feather arrows, and more soldiers rushed in again regardless of their own safety, and the cycle continued endlessly.

    The blood of the war dead quickly filled the city wall and slowly flowed down the cracks in the adobe.

    From a distance, the entire city wall seemed to be bleeding.  The blood was absorbed by the dry adobe halfway, and the color slowly darkened and turned black.  Before the old blood has completely dried up, the new plasma flows down quickly, adding a bright red color to the thick black, making it ferocious and dazzling.

    "Bang! Bang! Bang!" The shooting sound of the ballista was short and powerful, like a tune with a distinct rhythm.

    "Zheng! Zheng! Zheng!" The trembling sound of the bow strings was clear and thin, like silk and bamboo mixed in the rhythm of the tune.

    Amid the music, the sun slowly rose, crossing the distant horizon, the rolling green mountains, and straight into the sky, shining its dazzling light on everyone's head.  The same hair color and yellow skin, no matter which side they belong to at this moment, no matter whether they are dead or alive at this moment, it cannot change the fact that they are fighting against each other.

    &nbsp"Blast the drum!" Cao Cao ordered loudly after squinting his eyes to observe the results of the battle.

    Siege warfare generally focuses on encircling three towers and one tower in order to undermine the morale of the defenders and prevent the trapped beasts from fighting and increasing casualties.  But this battle was different. Cao Cao spent a lot of effort to set up such a trap. He concealed the truth, secretly tricked Chen Cang, and cooperated internally and externally. Only then did he trap Lu Bu, a fierce tiger, without leaving any way.  Let the other party go?

    What¡¯s more, Lu Bu¡¯s army was most famous for its marching speed, and Cao Cao was not interested in competing with his opponents in this aspect, so he decided on a tactic of besieging on all sides, containing on three sides, and attacking on the other.

    His main force was placed on the east side, and the other three sides were led by Xiahou Dun, Zhu Ling, and Pang De, an old general from Xiliang who had recently come to join him.

    The main force is in the east of the city to prepare for possible reinforcements from Qingzhou.  If reinforcements appear, the main force can quickly turn around to fight without giving the enemy a chance to break out of the encirclement.  If reinforcements do not come, the east side will become the first breakthrough point. Even if the city cannot be breached, a fierce offensive can be used to attract the main force of the defenders, creating opportunities for the other three directions to breach the city.

    For the siege, selective attacks can concentrate all the strength in one place.  For the city defenders, not only could they passively resist, but they also had to avoid the strong light that shined directly into their eyes.

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The sound of the drum rolled back and forth in the wilderness like muffled thunder, making Xiao Xiuwu's thin city wall tremble, and dirt kept falling down.

    Accompanied by the overwhelming sound of war drums, more than a dozen siege vehicles equipped with wooden wheels slowly rolled out from Cao Jun's main formation.  Under the protection of the shield bearers, more than two thousand ragged civilians shouted slogans and slowly moved the siege vehicles closer to the city wall.

    This kind of siege vehicle looks like a combination of a oar car and a ladder. There is a thick shield as high as a person in front of the vehicle, and the siege ladder is fixed at the rear of the vehicle.  When traveling, the ladder is folded on the car. When it reaches the bottom of the city wall, it can be unfolded and erected to the top of the city.

    The biggest advantage of this thing is safety.  When advancing, they are protected by shields. The auxiliary soldiers only need to speculate, and the soldiers only need to follow behind with their weapons.  When attacking a city, since the ladder is fixed on the vehicle, it is very stable and it is difficult for the defenders to push it down.

    As soon as this thing came out, the defender's attention was immediately attracted.

    There is a huge disparity in the numbers between the enemy and ourselves. If these behemoths are allowed to approach the city wall, the consequences will be disastrous.  Without any order from the guard, they immediately pointed their bows and arrows at the cart pusher.  Although protected by shields, the archery skills of these veterans of the Bingzhou Frontier Army were so strong that they were able to use curved shots to achieve accurate results!

    The sharp arrows drew perfect arcs, accurately bypassed the shield, and landed on the auxiliary soldier pushing the cart.  The auxiliary soldiers pushing the siege ladder fell one after another, tearing their clothes, tearing their muscles, and piercing their internal organs along the gaps between their bones. The speed of the vehicle suddenly slowed down.

    Cao Cao remained unmoved, and with a wave of his hand, more auxiliary soldiers rushed behind the siege ladder, taking over the positions of the deceased, and used their shoulders and arms to push the wheels forward slowly.

    Fighting soldiers require long-term training and support, but auxiliary soldiers are much simpler. They only need to capture people on the spot.  Give them a mouthful of pig food, or even show the blade of a knife, and you can drive these worthless lives to death.

    Will you achieve all the bones and the names, isn't the famous general, just stepped on these white bones to achieve the reputation?

    Seeing that the bow and arrow interception was ineffective, the defenders on the city also resorted to new killing moves.  They braved the rain of arrows above their heads, and a group of more than a dozen people dragged the straw ropes and pulled the crossbows used to defend the city apart with their shoulders.

    The huge crossbow bolt, which was about ten feet long, whizzed down from the top of the city, smashed away the shield hand escorting the siege vehicle, smashed the shield plate, smashed into the crowd, and penetrated the coolies who could not avoid it like a candied haws on a stick, nailing them firmly.  on the ground.

    Wang Yu is a very generous man and is open to supplying the Allies.  If Lu Bu didn't think it was too much trouble, the Puyang army could have turned it into a hedgehog-style fortress after entering Xiaoxiuwu.

    But now, there are only a dozen bed crossbows brought out privately by Gao Shun and Wei Yan in the city, and the crossbow arrows are also quite limited, so they are not willing to use them easily unless in critical moments.

    "Beat the drums to urge the battle!" Cao Cao gave orders with a sneer, ignoring the life and death of the coolies.

    The soldiers supervising the battle showed their sharp blades, like the fangs of beasts.  These killing machines trained by Cao Cao only obeyed Cao Cao's orders and did not even care about the emperor's majesty. In this era when national concepts have not yet been formed, how can we expect them to have compassion for ordinary people?

    "Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!" The monotonous sound of drums sounded again, like the waves crashing on the shore.

    Under the pressure of the steel knife, the cry was loud, and the coolies who were lucky enough not to be shot by the crossbow gathered helplessly in front of and behind the siege ladder, whileWeeping, holding hands and shoulder to shoulder, we continued to move towards the death zone, weeping every step of the way and crying blood!

    The small siege crossbows under the city wall quickly adjusted their direction and concentrated their efforts to fire at the location where the crossbows flew from.

    In terms of the quality of the crossbows, the genuine ones made in Qingzhou have an advantage, but some advantages are easily wiped out by the huge quantity difference.  Lu Bu could only watch as the crossbows that exposed their targets were shot into hedgehogs one after another, and the area around the crossbows turned into a death zone.

    "Although I'm very reluctant, I'm afraid I can only go so far." He closed his eyes in pain.

    From the moment he picked up the sword and went into battle, he had already put aside life and death.  It's just that he is unwilling to let so many loyal and brave brothers accompany him to death!  You can only blame yourself. If you hadn't made that stupid decision, how would you have gotten to where you are today?

    "Fengxian, my brother is sorry for you!" Zhang Yang burst into tears and couldn't stop crying: "If I hadn't been stupid and confused, didn't realize that I was betrayed, and refused to listen to the hussar general's good advice and withdraw early, how could I have  Today? Oh my god, open your eyes, it¡¯s me, it¡¯s me!¡±

    Lu Bu was originally in a low mood, but after hearing Zhang Yang's self-pity, he felt a surge of anger in his chest: "Brother Zhi, why did you say that? When a man goes into battle with a sword, the head on his neck is not his own anymore.  Thief Cao has the ability to trap you and me with intrigues, but let¡¯s see if he has the ability to take my life!¡±

    "Get out of the battlements and let them over!" Lu Bu raised his halberd and shouted loudly, as if he had seen through life and death in an instant.  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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