A black shadow quickly grew in size and galloped in, booming.

Cao Cao had the illusion for an instant that instead of a stone flying overhead, it was the chariot of the God of Thunder, descending from the sky with terrifying power and anger to raze all the ugliness and sin of the world.

A cold sweat broke out of his body, Cao Cao was cold, and an ominous premonition grabbed him, making him unable to breathe.

Cao Cao instinctively twisted his neck, turned his body, and followed the black shadow.

The millstone-sized stone swept past the city wall and disappeared from Cao Cao's view. A moment later, a loud bang came from the opposite side, and the boulder hit the ground, and the earth trembled. Cao Cao instantly had a suspicion that there was an earthquake, and Wancheng was about to collapse.

Wancheng did not collapse, but the shock caused by the landing of the boulder did not disappear for a long time. This attack failed to hit the target, and it was still dozens of steps away from the east gate wall of the small city, and fell into the open space cleared by the big city, and rolled forward dozens of paces, smashing down several walls one after another, almost piercing a mansion before staying. Standing on the city wall, the house seemed to have suddenly disappeared with smoke and dust.

Cao Cao's body was stiff and motionless, and it took a long time to hear a soft "click" on his neck, and the whole person slowly came to life.

Xi Zhicai and Xiahoudun also turned their heads slowly, acting mechanically, like a few puppeteers. Fear rises from the depths of their hearts, wells up in their eyes, and cannot be suppressed.

This stone thrower can directly attack the eastern wall of the inner city from outside the city? The inner city is one mile wide from east to west, and the trebuchet is more than two hundred steps outside the city, with a total range of nearly two miles? More than double the range of the current trebuchet.

Cao Cao instantly understood Sun Ce's intentions. After doing it for a long time, it turned out that the previous attacks were all to cover the baggage battalion and adjust this giant trebuchet. No wonder it wasn't enough for him to have so many trebuchets, but to build a bigger one, which was powerful...... It's just incomparable, if you really want to hit the city wall, I'm afraid the city wall won't be able to hold a few hits.

Cao Cao propped his hands on the ground and slowly sat down, he had a deep sense of powerlessness. Originally, he thought that the inner city walls were solid enough to block Sun Ce's trebuchet attacks, but now that Sun Ce had a more powerful trebuchet, even the city walls might not be able to stop him.

The tide is over!

There were a few faint shouts outside the city, Cao Cao raised his head, followed his body, and saw someone waving a small red flag on a high platform on the easternmost side of the city. Cao Cao didn't know what he meant, and when he heard someone respond to the stone thrower position outside the West Gate, he turned his head to see that there was also a person waving a small flag on the high platform of the Chinese army, which seemed to be transmitting a signal.

Cao Cao's heart moved, looked at those high platforms, and then looked at the east wall of the inner city, and suddenly realized. The high platforms in the south of the city are located beyond the large city walls of Wancheng and opposite the eastern city walls, and are located there to monitor the attack effects of the stone throwers, and adjust the range of the stone throwers according to these effects. Cao Cao got up and grabbed Xiahou Dun and shouted: "Yuan Rang, quickly, tell Zixiao to be careful, Sun Ce is going to attack the east gate of the inner city." ”

Xiahoudun was startled, and ran towards the drum car with a rolling belt. He snatched the drum and beat the war drum vigorously. The sound of war drums woke the whole city from its panic and let out a panicked scream, and after a while, Cao Ren, who was in charge of the east gate of the inner city, reacted, beat the war drums, and ordered everyone to disperse, especially away from the city gate.

After a few glasses of wine, the stone-throwing machine outside the city once again wielded its might, and the boulder fell from the sky, swept over the western wall, shattered the remaining wall, and fell into the inner city. There was a loud bang, and the ground shook even more strongly than the one just now, and several soldiers did not stand firmly, and sat on the ground.

Cao Cao subconsciously looked south of the city. Sure enough, one more person on the ten high platforms raised a small red flag, but this time it was the second one on the west side. This shows that although the shooting was closer, it was closer to the East City Gate. If you guess correctly, the high platform in the middle should be facing the east gate of the inner city, and once the people on this high platform raise a small flag, it means that the east gate has been hit.

It's a wonderful arrangement. Cao Cao secretly admired and couldn't help but shake his head. Although both sides have stone throwers, the gap between the two sides is too big to be at the same level at all. It's hard for him to say how long this city will hold out.

If the inner city is breached......

Cao Cao shuddered suddenly, and every hair on his body stood up. His planned plan was to defend the inner city, the outer city was too big, and the troops were insufficient, so the task of Cao Hong and the others was to delay the time and test the strength of the other party before retreating to the inner city. The premise of this plan is that the inner city cannot be breached, but now this premise no longer exists, if you let this newly built giant stone throwing machine wield, at most one day, the eastern wall of the inner city may be broken, in that way, there is no city to defend, the soldiers on both sides are close to each other, it depends on who has more troops.

There are only 5,000 people in the city that he brought from Dongjun, and Yuan Shu outside the city has 30,000 or 40,000 people, how can he fight?

The perfect plan was shattered by a giant catapult that suddenly appeared.

The more Cao Cao thought about it, the more uneasy he became, and called Xi Zhicai and Xiahoudun over to discuss, after listening to Cao Cao's analysis, Xizhicai did not react except that his face was a little pale, but Xiahoudun was shocked and discolored, his cheeks twitched, and his thick lips opened and closed a few times, but he didn't say a word.

"General......" Cao Ren rushed along the city wall, slipped and slipped to Cao Cao's side. He was running out of breath and sweating profusely. "General, what's going on, how did it get to me?"

"See for yourself." Cao Cao didn't look back, pointing outside the city. Cao Ren looked at it and immediately gasped. "What a big stone thrower, taller than the city walls."

"Zhicai, what do you have a good idea?"

Xi Zhicai was silent for a moment. "Breakout!"

"Breakout?" Xiahoudun and Cao Ren said in unison, the two glanced at each other, and Xiahoudun said again: "Don't guard Wancheng?" ”

"Can you hold it?" Xi Zhicai asked rhetorically.

Xiahou bit his lip in annoyance and said nothing. Even a fool can see that the difference between the equipment of the two sides is too great, and judging by the power of this giant stone throwing machine, there is a good chance that the city wall will not be able to hold it. Without the city wall, there is a huge disparity in the strength of the two sides, and once trapped in a small city, it will be difficult to escape. Rather than this, it is better to break through while there is no encirclement yet.

"Wancheng will definitely not be able to hold it." Xi Zhicai lowered his voice. "The world is in turmoil, the swarms are rising, and only with soldiers can they compete for the world, are you willing to die here? Nanyang is a battleground for soldiers, even if Yuan Shu captures Wancheng, he offends Nanyang Haoqiang, and he will not be able to gain a foothold. The task of the alliance leader to explain to the general has actually been completed, and it is not worth burying more than 5,000 people here in order to keep it for a few more days. ”

This truth, Xi Zhicai has already talked to Cao Cao, but if he abandons the city and leaves, Cao Cao can't help but say, Xi Zhicai took the initiative to take this responsibility. Xiahoudun and Cao Ren thought of Xiahouyuan, who died not long ago, glanced at each other, and nodded in unison.