madnovel Chapter [335] Attacking Xu County
Chapter [335] Attacking Xu County
Xu County.
Cao Cao and Liu Bei stand side by side on the top of the city, and outside the city is the boundless Qin army.
The camp built by the Qin army directly surrounded Xu County, and the black military flags of the Qin army were everywhere, rattling by the north wind.
It's nothing to be surrounded by three queues, Qin Jun's gesture is to be surrounded to death, and even a fly can't even think about flying out.
"Xuande, do you feel any difference in the Qin army outside the city today?" Cao Cao asked suddenly.
"Indeed." Liu Bei nodded and said: "A few days ago, the Qin army seemed a little loose, patrolling in a leisurely manner."
"But today's Qin army is completely different. They walk like flying, and their spirits are different."
Cao Cao felt the same way, "If my guess is right, it should be Lu Bu who has come."
Liu Bei was startled when he heard the words, and then realized, "It makes sense, only the arrival of the commander-in-chief of the first army can bring such a huge change to the army."
"Xuande, have you thought about surrendering?" Cao Cao suddenly asked.
"No." Liu Bei said without hesitation, "As a member of the Han clan, you cannot surrender to Lu Bu even if you die.
"To tell you the truth, I thought about surrendering." Cao Cao laughed at himself, "The last time Yuan Shao raised an army of 500,000 to attack me, I thought about surrendering.
"This time is no exception. The Qin army invaded aggressively, and I'm thinking about surrendering again."
Liu Bei couldn't help laughing and asked, "Then why didn't Mengde surrender? Before surrendering, he tied me up and gave it to Lu Bu. Maybe Lu Bu can reward you with an official position."
740 "Hahaha." Cao Cao laughed loudly when he heard the words, "I just thought about it, if you really want me to surrender, I will definitely lose face."
"Yuan Shao is an old friend of mine. I feel ashamed to surrender, let alone Lu Bu?"
"Boom boom boom!!!"
While Cao Liu was chatting, rhythmic drums sounded outside the city.
The faces of the two of them froze. After being surrounded by Qin Jun for so long, they were finally about to get serious.
Without the order of Cao and Liu, the city of Xu County was mobilized immediately, and all 60,000 troops climbed to the top of the city.
In the summer, just after the Poyang Lake water battle, Cao and Liu lost a total of 40,000 troops. Now that winter has just begun, time has not passed at all. Cao and Liu have no time to recruit troops at all, and they have no strength to expand their army.
outside the city.
Sitting on the back of the red rabbit, Lu Bu is dressed in a kirin armor and a new cloak made by Yan's family. He looks majestic and majestic without being angry.
"Let's get started." Lu Bu ordered, breathing out continuously as he spoke, showing that the temperature was already relatively cold.
As Lu Bu's order was issued, the rhythm of the war drums in the army began to change significantly.
"Wind! Wind! Windy!"
Qin Jun shouted slogans and began to come out of the barracks.
There is no such thing as carrying a ladder, and there is no equipment such as a well fence, only two things: a catapult and a bed crossbow.
"How many catapults and bed crossbows (aech) have you built?" Lu Bu couldn't help asking, looking at the scene in front of him.
Ma Jun on the side heard the words and replied: "I want to report to your majesty, eight thousand trebuchets, two thousand per wall, and four thousand bed crossbows, one thousand per wall."
"Tsk!" Lu Bu couldn't help being speechless, "This is to raze Xu County to the ground."
The catapult and the bed crossbow continued to advance, pushing towards the city wall of Xu County, and finally stopped at a suitable shooting position.
Seeing such a huge ordnance team, the defenders at the head of Xu County couldn't help their scalps getting numb.
Once so many trebuchets are launched at the same time, it will be like raining flying stones. Will Xu County be able to withstand it?
Just after the formation of the Qin army, it caused a serious damage to the morale of the defenders in Xu County.
"Boom!" A dull drumbeat resounded across the battlefield.
When the front-line commanders heard the drumbeat, they all shouted at the top of their voices.
Eight thousand trebuchets ready to launch threw the flying stones at the same time.
"Wooooow!!!"
The stone flew high into the air, and there was a continuous sound of breaking through the air, just like the sound of an airplane dropping a bomb.
All of a sudden, 8,000 large stones flew towards Xu County.
"Hidden!!!" Cao Ren shouted at the top of his voice.
Dian Wei even held Cao Cao under the female wall, and then blocked Cao Cao with his body.
Guan Yu was also the first time, pulling Liu Bei and shrunk under the female wall to hide, while Zhuge Liang was protected by Zhao Yun.
"Boom boom boom!!!"
The flying stone hit was successful, and the roaring sounded one after another, and it took an unknown amount of time before it finally quieted down.
Some flying stones hit the city wall, some hit the top of the city, and a very few flew over the top of the city and directly hit the inside of the city.
When the roar ended, countless screams were heard in the ears of everyone.
Eight thousand flying stones attack the four city walls at the same time, there will always be unlucky people who will be hit, and there are not a few such unlucky people.
Whenever it is rubbed by a flying stone, the person will shatter immediately, turn into a bloody cover and disappear into the world.
Luohong is not a ruthless thing, but a corpse turned into blood mud, and the flying stone is a ruthless life-threatening thing.
"Boom!"
The drumbeat outside the city changed.
I saw the soldiers in front of the bed crossbow starting to light the crossbow gun.
"Great wind!!!"
Four thousand bed crossbows were fired at once, and one bed crossbow could fire fifty crossbow guns, and two hundred thousand crossbow guns poured out in one breath.
The Cao-Liu Allied Forces, who were hiding under the parapet wall, raised their heads subconsciously when they heard the sound of breaking through the sky above their heads, and then saw the very beautiful spectacle of daytime fireworks.
Two hundred thousand burning crossbows flew into the sky, passed over their heads, and then all fell in the city.
The strike missions of the bed crossbow and the trebuchet are different. The trebuchet with a short range mainly relies on the huge power of the flying stones to bombard the city wall and the city head, destroy the city wall of Xu County, and smash it open over time.
The task of the bed crossbow is to launch rockets, set fire to the houses in Xu County, and burn the interior of Xu County.
The current buildings, whether they are imperial palaces or residential buildings, are all made of wood, which is very flammable.
Before the Qin army surrounded Xu County, in order not to drag down the residents of the city, Cao Cao had ordered all the people in Xu County to be driven away.
After all, there is no burden from the residents. Whether it is three years or five years, at least it is relatively easy for the army to be united.
But once there are people, let alone three years, problems will occur after half a year.
Hundreds of thousands of people are locked in the city, not allowed to go anywhere for half a year, and stay at home every day. Will the people be happy?
What's more, with hundreds of thousands of people defending the city together, not to mention anything else, the food alone is not enough, so they all drove out before the war.
There were no people in the city, and Lu Bu didn't have any scruples when he learned about it, so he set fire to the city.
200,000 burning crossbows were shot into the city, which is equivalent to 200,000 fire points, and there are only 60,000 soldiers in the city. What are they going to do to put out the fire? What's more, if they are all going to put out the fire, can they still defend the city?
"Quick! Go put out the fire! Save the food!!!" Cao Cao shouted hysterically.
The appearance of long-distance ordnance such as the bed crossbow directly changed the pattern of warfare. Its role is not limited to defense, and it can also exert miraculous effects in siege.
It was definitely too late to fight the fire. The Cao-Liu Allied Forces could only mobilize part of their troops to go to the granary in the city to rescue the food first.
After receiving the order, countless soldiers began to run quickly at the top of the city, trying to return to the city to rescue food.
However, at this time, the catapult had finished reloading, and another wave of flying stones rained down. The soldiers who were running around the city were hit by flying stones one after another, and their bodies were smashed to pieces.
Even if it wasn't directly hit by a stone, after the stone fell to the ground, it would collapse into broken stones due to the huge force.
These broken stones splashed around the city, just like arrows, and it was also uncomfortable to hit people. If they were unlucky, they were shot into the eye socket or throat, and they died on the spot.
The city was on fire, and the city suffered heavy casualties. It was completely chaotic for a while.
Cao Cao and Liu Bei still wanted to defend Xu County to the death for three to five years. However, just after the war started, they fell into absolute passivity, making one wonder whether they could survive three days. .