At the same time, Wen Chou had already led his soldiers and horses and began to rush towards the gate of Xiapi City.

The tens of thousands of troops under Yuan Shao's command, of which 20,000 were the vanguard army led by Yan Liang, and the other 20,000 were the main force commanded by Wen Chou. The remaining 20,000 are judges, Ji Feng and others, and even Yuan Shao's own personal commanders, who are also part of the most elite.

They did not lead an army of 40,000 at this time, and rushed down to Picheng to charge at the first time.

Instead, let Wen Chou's 20,000 troops attack the city first, although Wen Chou's 20,000 soldiers and horses, although the number is not much, but it is precisely because after seeing the tragic situation outside Xiapi City, these soldiers from Jizhou have some blood, and they all want to avenge Yan Liang.

Therefore, under the leadership of Wen Chou, the army quickly rushed towards the outside of Xiapi City.

Guan Yu and Sun Shao on the city tower did not dare to ignore Wen Chou's attack, and as Wen Chou led the men and horses to charge, Sun Shao immediately began to command these people on the city tower to defend the city wall.

Sun Shao was blocking the charge of the Yuan army under the city, while Guan Yu was directing the battle on the tower on the one hand, and mobilizing the people of Xiapicheng in the city on the other hand, wanting to rely on the people in the city to increase the possibility of defending Xiapicheng.

After all, no matter what, Guan Yu always has a lot less men and horses in his hands, and he is worried that he will not be able to defend Xiapi City.

Only by mobilizing the people in the city and increasing the number of people to defend the city tower together can we have a greater grasp of defending this city wall.

The men and horses led by Wen Chou quickly approached the city walls, and then several of them began to construct the catapults used in the siege.

Some of the men and horses were ready to charge with ladders and other objects, and when the catapults were built and the enemy troops on the towers were suppressed with the catapults, they would start to charge.

A vigorous siege battle broke out at this time.

"Shoot the arrows! Immediately fire the arrows and do not let the enemy rush at you. ”

"What about the oil you prepared, throw a fire down on me and burn these enemies to death."

"It's not good, the catapult on the other side is finished and ready to start projecting at us, everyone be careful."

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Sun Shao and Guan Yu constantly commanded these defenders on the city tower to deal with the attack of the Yuan army under the city.

The battle was very tragic, and the battle lasted for more than an hour.

Eventually, the shouts and screams gradually decreased.

A powerful siege battle, accompanied by a large number of casualties, slowly died down and entered the end.

The soldiers and horses led by several generals under Wen Chou finally rushed to the city tower of Xiapi City.

Under the leadership of generals who are not afraid of death. The reinforcements already have a group of first dead soldiers who are not afraid of death, and with them charging ahead, no matter what castle tower is, they can rush up first.

Only this time they encountered a hard bone in Xiapi City.

Although the first deceased rushed to the tower, he failed to occupy the tower of Xiapi City, and took advantage of the situation to defeat the entire Xiapi City.

Guan Yu had already prepared some swords and axes on this city tower and waited on the city tower, these first dead soldiers.

The moment these first-timers rushed up to the tower, a fierce battle broke out on the tower.

After another lot of effort, the soldiers and horses led by Guan Yu completely slaughtered these first dead soldiers.

The first dead soldiers and some Yuan soldiers who finally rushed to the city tower returned in vain, with huge casualties.

It took a lot of effort to defeat this Xiapi city.

More than an hour later. Wen Chou led the remaining part of the men and horses back into the big tent.

At this time, Yuan Shao's face in the big tent was gloomy, looking at several generals who had returned in vain.

Although he was angry, he could understand. This one in Picheng is not so easy to defeat.

"Wen Chou, what's the matter, didn't you say that you could take down this Xiapi City?"

Although Yuan Shao knew that this Xiapi City was not so easy to fight. But in this bloody battle, more than half of the 20,000 troops under Wen Chou's command were killed and wounded. Almost all of them were wiped out, and there were only two or three thousand men left.

After spending so many manpower, he was unable to take down this Xiapi City, and there were not many tens of thousands of horses left with Yuan Jun. If he can't take this city directly, then Yuan Shao, relying on the current manpower, it will not be so easy to capture Xuzhou.

According to the more than 20,000 people he has left, let alone seize the entire Xuzhou. It's not easy to control these cities.

Once Liu Bei makes a move and sends enough soldiers and horses, these cities that have just been defeated will have to be recovered by Liu Bei's men.

So at this time, Yuan Shao's anger could only be transferred to the generals under him.

Wen Chou, who was scolded by Yuan Shao, was also aggrieved at the moment.

"Lord, it's not that Wen Chou doesn't try his best, but that the defenders of this Xiapi city are too strong, the defense is too tight, our army is trying to rush and kill, and I have tried to kill the city tower again and again in vain, and my first dead soldiers are dead and wounded, and they are no longer able to attack this city."

Wen Chou really can't be blamed for this matter, Wen Chou himself took the lead in leading the army to attack the city, and he himself did his best, commanding soldiers and horses in this battle and even personally rushing to the battlefield to kill.

It's a pity that Guan Yu on the city tower is too fierce, and all the people who rushed up to the city tower were killed by Guan Yu and the men and horses commanded by Guan Yu.

In such a battle, it is naturally not easy to defeat the city guarded by Guan Yu.

Unless you have several times more soldiers and horses than Guan Yu's side, and you can storm a few city gates at any cost.

Just like now with a mere 20,000 horses forcibly attacking the city, the difference in numbers is not very obvious, plus they only attack one city gate. There is not much difference between the strength of Yuan Shao's side and Guan Yu, who is guarding the city, so it is even more difficult to take down Picheng.

Yuan Shao heard Wen Chou's explanation but didn't take it to heart, and still angrily scolded a few dejected generals in the big tent.

"Rubbish! It's all waste. A bunch of useless waste. Can't even beat a Xiapi city, only the loss of troops and generals, now like this, how can we beat down Xuzhou? ”

However, although he suffered a defeat, Wen Chou was not discouraged at all.

Seeing Yuan Shao say this, he immediately defended again.

"My lord, although we have not been able to take down this city, this strong attack has also let the defenders and people in these cities know how powerful we are. We only need to besiege the city, or the people in the city will be in turmoil in a few days, and then this Xiapi city will not pose a threat. ”

The assault is no longer possible, and Wen Chou can only propose a siege strategy.

Thinking that as long as there is no water and food, within a while, the defenders in Xiapi City will always be trapped to death.