Cao's army was temporarily repulsed, and the soldiers defending the city began to collect the corpses on the tower, carrying the corpses of the soldiers who had died in battle down the tower, and carrying up new rolling stones and logs from the city.

Zhang Yan stood on the city tower, watching Cao Jun retreat, and breathed a sigh of relief. He handed the bow he was holding in his hand back to Chen Deng and said, "My lord, this bow will be returned to you." ”

Chen Deng didn't stretch out his hand to pick it up, but there was a trace of respect in his eyes when he looked at Zhang Yan, and said with a happy face: "County Lieutenant Zhang, I really didn't expect that you would have the skill of piercing Yang in a hundred steps." This bow is also a waste of mine here, so it's better for you to keep it and use this bow to kill a few more Cao soldiers. ”

Zhang Yan saw that this bow was finely worked, different from ordinary bows and arrows, and the strength of the bowstring was twice that of ordinary bows, which was really a good bow. And this bow is also inlaid with a gem, which shows that this bow is Chen Deng's favorite thing. As the so-called gentleman does not take away the beauty of others, he said: "How can I ...... without merit?"

"County Lieutenant Zhang, do you know who the general of the Cao Army you killed with an arrow just now?"

Zhang Yan shook his head.

Chen Deng grinned, smiled from ear to ear, and said happily: "The general of the Cao Army you shot just now is called Cao Chun, the younger brother of Cao Ren, the general of the Cao Army, and Cao Cao's right-hand man, can you still say that there is no merit?" ”

Zhang Yan turned his face and glanced out of the city, and saw that Cao Chun's body was carried back to the Cao army's formation, and a general of the Cao army was lying on Cao Chun's body wailing, that person should be Cao Ren.

"Alas, it seems that this Liang Zi and Cao Cao are settled!" Zhang Yan sighed secretly in his heart.

Chen Deng continued: "County Lieutenant Zhang, you have made a great contribution by shooting Cao Chun, if the Governor knows about it, he will definitely reward you heavily." This bow can only exert its real power in your hands, I will give it to you today, I hope you haode use this bow to kill a few more generals of the Cao army! ”

"That'...... I'd better be respectful! Zhang Yan also had good intentions when he saw Chen Deng, but if he refused again, it would inevitably seem too hypocritical. Besides, this bow has a strong tension and a long range, which is indeed very suitable for him.

Chen Deng was also happy when he saw that Zhang Yanken had accepted the bow he had gifted. He gathered all the soldiers together, praised Zhang Yan in front of everyone, and asked them all to learn from Zhang Yan, and in front of everyone, let Zhang Yan temporarily be the military commander, responsible for the defense on the west side of the city wall.

Subsequently, the defenders began to actively arrange defenses, and some soldiers continued to carry arrows from their arsenals onto the city walls, apparently preparing to fight to the death with Cao's army.

The Cao army outside the city also changed, and after the failure of the first charge attempt, the Cao army also became conservative.

Zhang Yan noticed that Cao Jun had pushed dozens of stone throwers from the rear army and stood in the center of the military formation, and it seemed that Cao Jun was preparing to use siege weapons.

Chen Deng also noticed this change, at this time he stood on the city wall, looking at Cao Jun outside the city from a distance, his brows were furrowed, his face was gloomy, and he was in a worried mood.

Soon, the siege weapons of the Cao army were ready, but seeing the order flag waving in the Cao army's array, the rumbling war drums came out of the Cao army's military formation, resounding through the heavens and the earth, and rushed straight to Xiaohan.

Chen Deng immediately shouted loudly: "Everyone, pay attention, the Cao army is ready to start attacking the city again, this time the Cao army used a stone thrower, everyone must pay attention to dodging, no matter what, we must insist until the reinforcements led by Lord Zhou Mu arrive!" ”

"Whoa!" All the soldiers defending the city replied in unison.

Chen Deng turned around and ordered a few words to the soldiers behind him, and those soldiers quickly got down the city tower, and soon shouted loudly in the city, and began to guide the refugees and soldiers in the city to defend.

After the war drums sounded for about two minutes, they suddenly stopped, and immediately after, dozens of huge black shadows flew out of Cao Jun's military formation, flying in the direction of Pengcheng.

There was a dull sound in the sky that seemed to contain a chilling smell.

"Stay out of the way!" Chen Deng hid behind the battlements and shouted loudly.

Dozens of huge stones crossed the high walls and fell directly into the city.

The boulder fell on the roof, breaking the beams so hard that the houses near the walls collapsed in an instant, turning them into ruins.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! Boom ......"

There was a loud rumbling sound in the city, and the whole ground shook, and large swaths of houses collapsed, mixed with the screams of many people.

The first wave of Cao's attack with the catapult came to an end, and then Zhang Yan noticed that the catapult moved its position in Cao's military formation and made some adjustments backwards.

After a while, many boulders flew out of the sky, and the flying boulders were like a huge grinding disc, falling from the sky and smashing mercilessly towards Pengcheng.

This time, the boulder was aiming at the city wall, and many boulders fell from the sky and fell directly on the city wall, killing one defender after another.

In the face of the attacks of these behemoths, the defenders of the city were simply vulnerable, and there was no way to avoid them, and in this era, the catapult was as terrifying as a cannon.

All the defenders clung to the walls, praying secretly not to be hit by the boulders. But the vicinity of the city gate is the key place where Cao Jun's stone thrower focuses on attacking, dodging the attack of this wave of boulders, but he can't predict the attack trajectory of the next wave of boulders.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! Boom ......"

The boulder is still falling, and there is a rumbling sound nearby, far and near, and no one can tell where the next boulder will fall. The accuracy of the stone thrower was very poor, and Zhang Yan could not predict its trajectory, so he could only watch the soldiers around him being stoned to death.

Under the ravages of the boulders, the area near the city gate was already in ruins, and the corpses were strewn and scattered, and the streets were littered with broken stones and blood sprinkled all over the ground.

In the face of Cao's soldiers who attacked with a catapult, the defenders suffered a great loss, but due to the disparity in strength between the two sides, the defenders could only hold the city. Once the city gate was opened and Cao Bing swarmed in, they couldn't resist much time at all.

I don't know how much time passed, the city wall was full of stone chips, and the dead and wounded defenders were as many as one or two hundred, just when everyone was in a state of apprehension, Cao's attack suddenly stopped.

But before everyone could catch their breath, countless dense arrows flew from the sky, like locusts flying all over the sky, very dense.

"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! Whoosh......"

Thousands of arrows pierced through the sky......

The defenders clinging to the walls were lucky enough to escape the attack of the boulders, but in the face of this locust-like arrow, it was a great sin, a series of arrows fell on the wall, and the hordes of defenders were shot by the flying arrows, and either fell in a pool of blood or lay on the ground wailing.

Zhang Yan curled up and clinged to the side of the city wall, the sound of "whooshing" was endless, and he was powerless in the face of such a violent rain of arrows.

Suddenly, a sharp arrow fell from the sky, cutting directly through his left arm, and blood came out in an instant.

After a few seconds, the first wave of arrows had completely fallen, and the defenders on the tower had been reduced by a third of the repeated boulders and arrows, and the casualties were heavy.

Subsequently, the Cao army fired three waves of arrows in a row, and the defenders were suppressed by the Cao army's arrows and could not raise their heads, and could not counterattack. In this short period of time, more than 600 defenders on the city wall were killed, and most of the remaining 400 were wounded.

At this moment, a deafening shout suddenly came from outside the city, and the Cao army began to attack the city!

Zhang Yan braved the rain of arrows and glanced up at the outside of the city, but saw a large number of people outside the city, the soldiers of the Cao army had no formation at all, and the foot soldiers carried the ladders and pushed the siege carts, surging towards Pengcheng in a disorderly manner, like a huge torrent, dense, like ants.

This time, tens of thousands of Cao troops outside the city all launched an attack on Pengcheng, and the huge shout was deafening, shouting out the courage of Cao Jun, but making everyone in Pengcheng tremble.

"Cao's army is attacking the city, defend quickly!" Chen Deng was in a hurry, and when he saw Cao Jun as if he was crazy, he all rushed towards Pengcheng and shouted hysterically.

Although Zhang Yan's left arm was injured, it was only some skin trauma, which could not prevent him from counterattacking with a bow and arrow. Seeing the many Cao Jun, Zhang Yan also went completely crazy, pulled out three arrows from the quiver at a time, all of them were placed on the bowstring, and then shot out three arrows at once, and the three arrows were shot towards three different Cao soldiers, each arrow could accurately hit a Cao soldier, showing his amazing ability as a modern mercenary.

He has been trained inhumanly since he was a child, and his physical fitness is very good, although the body he occupies now is not his, but fortunately, the quality of this body is also comparable to his.

As a mercenary killer, his killing skills are very superb, in addition to using a variety of different guns, even if it is a cold weapon, he is not ambiguous at all, and the bow and crossbow were also his usual weapons, and his excellent archery skills are just for Cao Bing to taste his power.

Zhang Yan shot three arrows in one shot, and shot three people at a time, and all Cao soldiers who were shot by him would be killed immediately, and in just a few moments, he shot nearly twenty Cao soldiers in a row, which was really a veritable killing machine.

At this time, reinforcements from the city continued to arrive, and immediately made up for the defense of the tower, and the defenders used their bows and arrows to launch fierce fire on Cao's army, which was constantly approaching the city.

In the face of the defenders' tough counterattack, Cao soldiers suffered many casualties, but no one retreated, but the death of their companions angered them and made these Cao soldiers move forward more fearlessly.

Cao's army soon approached the city wall, and the archers began to counterattack the wall, and the arrows flew around the two armies, both the defenders and the Cao army, killing and wounding each other.

Zhang Yan continued to exert strength, and after opening the bow seven times in a row, his strength decreased significantly. Archery is also a physical job, and the further he goes, the more his physical strength is obviously insufficient, and his rate of fire slows down significantly.

"There are too many Cao soldiers, if you continue like this, even if you don't get killed, you will be exhausted to death......"

Looking at the dense Cao army outside the city, Zhang Yan smiled bitterly in his heart, and then remembered that the body he occupied was the one who died of exhaustion in the fierce battle with Cao Bing!