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Volume 2 Jiangxia Chapter 1130 Besieged on all sides

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    Xiahou Dun's attack on the Han army's stronghold had reached an almost frenzied state. At this time, Xiahou Dun had received news that the city of Yedu had been destroyed. Like a beast about to be trapped to death, he launched a desperate attack on the Han army.  At noon, Cao's army located east of the military stronghold launched another crazy siege. Cao's general Xiahou Dun personally led an army of 30,000 to attack. There was not only a slope to the east of the military stronghold, but the height of the hill was slightly lower.  The city ladder can be climbed up, and the terrain to the east is flat and open, allowing for a large offensive formation.  Following the attack of the army, there were hundreds of siege ladders simply made of big trees. Xiahou Dun made a desperate move and sent out his most elite soldiers.  Thirty thousand troops were arranged into five square formations. Each square formation was separated by a hundred steps, just like five huge black carpets, undulating and advancing on the ground. The army was murderous. They gradually moved closer to the hills from two miles away and gathered into a formation.  There was a sea of ??troops, with drums beating like thunder, trumpets flying to the sky, flags covering the sky and sun, spears like forests, and shields like mountains, glowing with the black color of death under the sunlight.  Xiahou Dun rode on his horse, pointed at the city with his sword, and shouted: "Forward!" "Woo~~" The low horn sound resounded throughout the world, and more than a dozen rough wooden domes were erected in the middle of Cao's army.  It was used to resist the flying rocks of the Han army. Accompanied by the huge sound of rolling wheels under the wooden bucket and hundreds of siege ladders, the team began to slowly move toward the hills.  Drums were also beating loudly in the Han army's stronghold. General Jiang Qin's eyes were red and he was roaring. Although Cao's army mainly attacked the east, Han King Liu Jing did not give him more defenders. He still only had 13,000 troops.  Man, this put tremendous pressure on him.  Thirty giant trebuchets creaked open. The dark trebuchets stood on the hill, just like thirty monsters. A hundred-jin boulder was put into the magazine, and more than a hundred people pulled twenty trebuchets.  Arm-thick leather straps, waiting for the order to fire.  In the middle of the trebuchet were seven thousand crossbowmen. They were half kneeling on the ground, arranged in three rows, and raised their crossbows to aim at the approaching Cao army.  Behind the crossbowmen were three thousand archers. They held longbows and large arrows. Four-foot-long thick arrows had been attached to the bowstrings. The arrow shafts were finger-thick, and the sharp arrow tips were streamlined. There were bleeding marks on all sides.  Groove, the cold arrow tip points to the sky.  The enemy army had gradually entered the trebuchet range, and Jiang Qin gave the order to shoot. He shouted in a hoarse voice: "Shoot!" The red flag was waved, and the troops fought hard, and saw the long arms of thirty monsters waving out.  , thirty huge rocks flew into the air, roaring and smashing towards the foot of the hill.  The soldiers of Cao's army shouted and hid under Doumeng, but there were still a large number of soldiers who had nowhere to hide. They yelled and fled in all directions, and the boulders fell down, 'Bang!  ' There was a loud noise and dust flew up. Several soldiers were unable to dodge and were smashed into pieces by the boulder. The boulder continued to roll forward, knocking over dozens of people before stopping.  A huge boulder hit Doumeng, with a loud "click", and Doumeng was crushed. Hundreds of soldiers rolled and crawled out from underneath, but the stone bounced off Doumeng, and jumped forward more than twenty steps, rushing forward.  Entering the crowd, screams rang out.  Although the Han army's trebuchets caused nearly a thousand casualties to Cao's army, they could not stop the attack of more than 30,000 troops. As the drums in Cao's rear array accelerated, the soldiers began to run, and tens of thousands of soldiers began to run.  Thousands of soldiers of Cao's army rushed towards the hill like a swarm of ants.  The drums sounded again, and the Han army's arrows were fired together. The dense arrows were shot at the running Cao soldiers like a storm. The soldiers were hit by the arrows and fell to the ground screaming.  £®  £®  £®  £®  £®  Liu Jing stood on the sentry tower and watched Cao Jun's attack coldly. He did not pay attention to the attack of Cao Jun's soldiers. Even if Cao Jun attacked the hill, so what? Can he defeat himself and restore Cao Wei's country?  This was just Xiahou Dun's trapped beast still fighting. In the past seven days of fierce fighting, Cao's army suffered more than 20,000 casualties, while the Han army suffered less than 3,000 casualties. The balance of forces was already out of balance.  More importantly, Liu Jing saw that the morale of Cao's army was gradually declining. The 30,000 troops attacking now are Cao's most elite troops. What does this mean?  Xiahou Dun was making a desperate move.  Liu Jing gave Zhao Yun an order to conquer Yedu in three days. He believed in Zhao Yun's ability. Judging from the time, Yedu should have been conquered two days ago.  "So Xiahou Dun's attack was the final struggle to defeat the enemy. Thinking of this, Liu Jing turned around and ordered: "Order Xu Sheng to lead eight thousand spear throwers to support the defense!" "Obey the order!" The soldier quickly ran down the sentry post.  The dead bodies piled up quickly at the foot of Dongshan Hill, and blood flowed through the city river, seeping out from the piles of corpses and staining the earth red. As Xu Sheng led eight thousand Han army spear throwers to come to support, the Han army's counterattack became more sharp.  There are trebuchets from a distance, and 10,000 crossbowmen within a hundred steps.Within thirty steps, the eight thousand spear throwers exerted a powerful lethality. Short spears were shot down like raindrops. Within thirty steps in front of the hill, it was difficult to find any Cao Jun soldiers alive.  The casualties of Cao Jun's soldiers increased rapidly. In just half an hour, Cao Jun's casualties exceeded 5,000. Apart from using slopes to attack, Cao Jun's siege ladder did not play any role. Cao Jun's morale suffered a heavy setback and gradually became sluggish.  .  Xiahou Dun's heart gradually became desperate. He knew that it was impossible for Cao Jun to capture the Han army's stronghold and would only cause more casualties to Cao Jun.  At this time, Guo Huai galloped over on horseback and shouted: "General, it is not possible to continue fighting like this. The casualties are too heavy." Xiahou Dun's face twitched and he reluctantly gave the order, "Retreat!" 'Dang!  when!  when!  ¡¯ The retreat bell rang, and the demoralized Cao army fled backwards like a tide. The team was in chaos and haste, and had long lost the momentum it had when it first started attacking.  The cheers of the Han soldiers on the hill suddenly echoed through the sky.  £®  £®  £®  £®  £®  £®  £®  £®  £®  That night, there was a sad sound in Cao Jun's camp. Continuous offensive failures made morale even lower. At the same time, a shocking news spread quickly in the camp. Ye had been defeated by the Han army, Cao Zhi surrendered, and Cao Wei had perished.  This news shocked all the soldiers. Although it was unacceptable, not many people doubted its authenticity. Everyone knew that the Han army had hundreds of thousands of troops along the Yellow River. Now the main force of Cao's army has been brought to the north.  , there are only tens of thousands of new soldiers guarding Yedu. Can they hold the city?  Even though the soldiers had no information and didn't know the details, the generals knew it all. Cao's generals began to panic. After all, most of their families were in the city of Yedu. If Yedu was attacked, what should they do?  Soon, hundreds of generals above the military level gathered in front of the Chinese army's tent. They were anxious and asked Xiahou Dun to come out to clarify the facts. Inside the tent, Xiahou Dun, Guo Huai, Zhang Liao and Cao Zhang were also urgently discussing countermeasures.  .  At this time, Zhang Liao suggested in a low voice: "Why don't we make it clear to the generals that Ye has not been lost, this is just our trick to lure troops, and then we pretend to retreat south and lure the main force of the Han army to pursue us.  We can fight back and win in defeat." Guo Huai shook his head, "Now the morale of the army is shaken. As long as we retreat south, I am afraid that the soldiers will flee immediately. We cannot retreat easily now. We must first stabilize the morale of the army."  Silent, his 20,000 Youzhou troops were devoured step by step by Xiahou Dun. The 10,000 cavalrymen were borrowed to build the ramp and were not returned. They were controlled by Zhang Liao. He had long hated Xiahou Dun in his heart and secretly regretted that he had not  It was time to come to Yedu, but now that Yedu has been conquered, where should Cao Zhang go?  Xiahou Dun glanced at him and asked, "Where is Mr. Zhang's opinion?" Cao Zhang didn't want Xiahou Dun to see what he was thinking, so he quickly put his thoughts back and said respectfully: "Reporting to the general, I humbly agree with General Guo's opinion. Now we  It is true that we cannot act rashly, and our food can last for half a month. The top priority should be to reward the army, boost morale, and clarify the rumors. When the morale of the army stabilizes, it is not too late to consider the strategy of luring troops." Xiahou Dun was in a dilemma at this time, although Zhang Liao's.  The strategy is feasible, but Guo Huai also makes sense. If the morale of the army is not stabilized first, a large number of soldiers will inevitably flee as soon as the army retreats.  Everyone also knew that Xiahou Dun was actually helpless, and they all sighed inwardly and left. Under the persuasion of Zhang Liao, Guo Huai and others, the hundreds of generals guarding the camp also left one after another. Throughout the night, Cao Jun was  The camp was filled with uneasiness and pessimism.  At the third watch, Xiahou Dun was suddenly woken up by his own soldiers, "General, wake up quickly! Something happened."  Ten thousand troops rushed out of the camp and headed east. "Ah!"  Instead, they adopted the method of gradually annexing his army. Unexpectedly, this bastard ran away at the critical moment.  At this moment, there was a sudden noise outside the tent. Xiahou Dun was startled and quickly walked out of the camp without caring about Cao Zhang. He saw several scouts shouting: "There is an urgent military situation. We need to see the general immediately."  "What happened?" Xiahou Dun shouted.  Several scouts hurriedly said: "Report to the general, countless Han troops, about 100,000 people, were found ten miles south of the military camp, and they are heading towards our military camp."?¡± Xiahou Dun took two steps back, his vision went dark, and he almost fainted to the ground. Liu Hu¡¯s 30,000 troops defended Yedu, while Zhao Yun and Wenpin led 180,000 troops to rush northward, and finally arrived at Gaoyi County, but  Zhao Yun was still a step late, and Cao Zhang led an army of 10,000 to break out. With the arrival of Zhao Yun's army, Liu Jing also changed his strategy and no longer defended the military stronghold. He issued an order to counterattack, and an army of 100,000 rushed down Hanlonggang.  £®
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