Chapter 179: Defending the City
Zhang Fei was very enjoyable to kill, and he actually experienced the pleasure brought by a cavalry charge, at this time he had a feeling that if there were 3,000 cavalry under his command, he would definitely be able to penetrate the Cao army, which was the confidence brought by the strength of the cavalry.
Xu Chu stared at Zhang Fei who was like a god on the battlefield with a blue face, shouted, held a long knife, and rushed towards Zhang Fei on horseback.
Zhang Fei also discovered Xu Chu for the first time, it was not the first time that the two had fought each other, and when the enemy met, he was very red-eyed, and he patted his horse to meet him.
The same is a good martial person, once they fight, they basically ignore the combat situation of the soldiers, of course, Xu Chu has absolute confidence in the tiger and leopard riding, as for Zhang Fei, he takes the heads-up more seriously.
You come and go, in the blink of an eye, it is more than thirty he, Zhang Fei, who was immersed in the battle, suddenly remembered that he was in the Cao army at this time, and he didn't know what happened to the cavalry under his command, he glanced around, and was shocked, the original nearly five hundred cavalry, at this time I am afraid that there are only more than two hundred, many cavalry in the face of the tiger and leopard cavalry, turned around and ran, completely ignoring the image.
Zhang Fei is cool, the cavalry that followed is miserable, tiger and leopard riding, for them, that is a ruthless role, is synonymous with superb riding skills and high martial arts, they are just temporary cavalry, fighting a good fight, bullying and bullying the infantry is okay, and the cavalry with real swords and guns is afraid.
"Wait for the next day, and see Grandpa come to take your dog's life again." Zhang Fei let out a loud shout and rode his horse to retreat into the city.
Xu Chu led people to kill for a while, and when he saw the rain of arrows in the city, Guan Yu led his troops out to respond, so he had to lead the cavalry to retreat.
Although half of the cavalry was lost, the defenders went out of the city to engage the Cao army, but it greatly boosted the morale of the defenders, and for several days, they were passive defenders, watching the moat being filled, they needed a victory too much.
Regardless of the morale of the defenders in the city, the Cao army began to attack the city, encircling three and missing one, focusing on attacking the city wall in the east, although the other two places were feints, the number of troops invested reached 10,000 people, only the west of the city was no trace of Cao's army.
The lack of one of the three encirclements can greatly weaken the morale of the defenders, after all, under the temptation of survival, the soldiers may not be able to defend the city wholeheartedly, because there is still a way to retreat.
30,000 soldiers and horses seemed to be quite a lot, but after being scattered to the various city walls, it still seemed a little empty.
This was the first time that Lu Bu had seen the siege battle up close in the true sense of the word.
At the forefront of Cao's army were shield soldiers, who held shields and cautiously approached the direction of the city wall, and behind them were neat archers, holding strong bows and swords hanging from their waists, closely following the shield soldiers.
In the rear of the archers, is a rack of hideous wells, each well is densely packed with dozens of archers, the height of the well, basically the same as the city wall, so that once the archers on the well are mighty, the advantage of the defenders will be greatly weakened, the well is a siege weapon of this era, although the action is slow, once close to the city wall, for the siege, there is a great help.
The soldiers who carried the ladder on their shoulders did not carry any weapons on their bodies, and their main task was to hang the ladder on the city wall for the army behind to charge the city wall.
In the center of the army, there were also things wrapped in cowhides, I don't know what they were.
Lu Bu observed very carefully, these things, in his eyes, are very simple, but ancient wars are like this, unless there is explosives, directly blow down the city gate, otherwise it can only be such an attack, maybe until the defenders have no food, grass and ordnance, or lucky, occupy the city wall, and attack a city for several years.
Glancing around, Lu Bu found that the defenders in the city were very nervous, and the hands holding the weapons even trembled slightly, for many soldiers, this was their first battle, although standing on a high place, it was a psychological advantage, but after all, it was a life-and-death fight, and if you were not careful, your life would be lost.
Fifty flying knights were closely protected by Lu Bu's side, and twenty of them had their weapons replaced with big shields, and their duty was to protect Lu Bu's safety.
Chen Deng looked at the flying horse who was like a great enemy, and a disdainful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, what a world-famous general, but just a coward, before he also thought that Lu Bu was a simple-minded martial artist, as long as he was a little stimulated, maybe he would join the camp against Cao Jun, who knew that he was not fooled at all, as for the high martial arts, no one had seen it with his own eyes, it was just word of mouth.
The rumbling war drums sounded, the Cao army outside the city moved, under the protection of the shield soldiers, the archers quickly approached the city, and the defenders of the city, the bows and arrows were wound, just waiting for the Cao army to approach.
"Put!" Liu Bei gave an order, the arrows on the city rained down, pouring towards the city, even with the protection of the shield soldiers, in the face of the dense rain of arrows, there were still many archers who fell, in such a battlefield, after being wounded, they were greeted only by death.
The advantages brought by the high place are reflected at this moment, and the bow and arrow can exert greater power in the condescending position.
The archers of the Cao army under the city also began to counterattack, but they shot arrows to a high place, and the accuracy was much worse, if they did not grasp the distance well, after the bow and arrows flew up the city wall, they were also soft and powerless.
The soldiers carrying the ladder began to speed up, and they launched a death charge towards the city wall.
The sound of war drums became more urgent, and the Cao army began to attack, followed by the cloud ladder soldiers, the main force of the siege.
The speed of the well is very slow, and at this time it is already close to the city wall, and the archers on the well are beginning to be reckless, constantly shooting arrows with bows, and heading towards the defenders of the city, only need to take a rough aim.
The defenders began to suffer casualties, especially after the appearance of the well, such a sharp weapon is a nightmare for the defenders, you need to be always vigilant against the arrows that suddenly shoot from the well, and you must be careful of the arrows under the city, and you must be careful of the soldiers who climb up the ladder, in the face of three threats, many soldiers who have experienced the battlefield for the first time are a little at a loss.
Liu Bei can be said to be a veteran of the battlefield, and he has been fighting everywhere for so many years, and he has a lot of experience.
As soon as the ladder was put on the city wall, there were three or five soldiers working together to push the ladder down, and the soldiers who climbed quickly on it were thrown into a mess, but this outcrop provided a target for the archers on the well, and the ladder was pushed down, and it was necessary to pay the price of blood, of course, the fall of the ladder brought a lot of trouble to the soldiers of the Cao army.
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