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It was already dawning, and the sun had not yet risen.

However, the air was already filled with the cold air of dawn, the grass had been covered with gray dew, and the early larks were singing in the half-light and half-dark clouds, hovering over Puyang City, staring at Puyang City standing on the earth with lonely eyes.

Today's Puyang City has already been tense, Zhang Yan personally led more than 24,000 people, arrived at Puyang City at dawn, and began to arrange troops according to yesterday's Jihua.

In Puyang City, Cao Jun also climbed the city wall, swords and guns are lined up, bows and crossbows are ready, and a big banner of Cao on the city tower is swaying in the cold wind, whistling by the wind, but it is still standing, showing a trace of confidence of Zuihou.

At this moment, there was silence inside and outside Puyang City, and there was a solemn force in the air.

When the thin morning mist gradually dissipated, the two armies could clearly see each other's strength, facing the more than 20,000 neat troops under the city, the soldiers of the Cao army on Puyang City were secretly speculating whether this time the ruined city could withstand the enemy's attack.

More than 20,000 troops, all lined up outside the south gate of Puyang City, the army formed a phalanx with every 2,000 people, the ranks were densely covered with flags, and there were many large siege weapons, such as wells, rushing cars, ballistas, stone throwers, ladders, etc., everything.

Zhang Yan rode a dark cloud on a snow horse, located in the Chinese army, surrounded by the three generals Tai Shici, Xu Chu, and Zhang Liao, and the only nine hundred cavalry were also neatly arranged behind him.

Gao Shun led Wei Xu, Cao Xing and other 2,000 people at the forefront of the army. Served as the main attack mission of this siege battle.

Yu Ban, Niu Jin, Xu Sheng, and Chen Ying each led a military formation behind Gao Shun. And ready to support the attack at any time.

Zhang Yan arranged 10,000 elite soldiers who were good at fighting in the forward position. Its purpose is very obvious, that is, it wants to use these 10,000 elite soldiers to break through the gate of Puyang City.

"Beat the drums!" Zhang Yan immediately ordered.

With Zhang Yan's order, the order was quickly transmitted, and the drummer in the rear army immediately waved the drumstick in his hand and began to beat the war drum vigorously.

"Knock, knock, knock, knock......"

The rumbling sound of war drums instantly broke the silence of the early morning, and the dull drums suddenly slammed into the hearts of the soldiers. Stir up the excitement in the hearts of the people in order to raise the morale of the army.

At the same time that the war drums were beaten, it also heralded the beginning of the attack, Gao Shun, Wei Xu, Cao Xing and others who served as the main attack were all gearing up, and in those deep eyes, they looked directly at Cao Cao on the city tower, and their eyes were full of anger.

For Gao Shun, Wei Xu, Cao Xing and others, this moment has finally come, and whether they can avenge the dead Lu Bu lies in today's attack.

Originally. Zhang Yan put Xu Sheng in the position of the main attacker, but at Gao Shun's strong request. Only then did it agree to let Gao Shun and others serve as the main attackers.

Today, Gao Shun wants to use the little force he has in his hands to knock on the gate of Puyang City no matter what.

Gao Shun held a shield in one hand and a steel knife from Zhang Yan in the other, and shouted loudly to his subordinates: "The big war is coming, you should move forward bravely, let the Xuzhou soldiers see our courage, and let Cao Cao Haohao taste our strength, break through the city gate, break through the urn city, kill into the city, and avenge Fengxian!" ”

"Revenge! Avenge! Avenge! ”

The entire military array invariably resounded with an inspiring shout, and Gao Shun, Wei Xu, Cao Xing and others were all filled with righteous indignation, and their morale suddenly reached its peak.

Yu Ban, Niu Jin, Xu Sheng, Chen Ying and others were also infected, and the soldiers were eager to try.

On the tower of Puyang City, Cao Cao heard an exciting shout from the city, and when he saw that it was Gao Shun who was the main attacker, his brows furrowed.

Cao Cao fought many times in Lü Bu, and he also knew a lot about Gao Shun, and knew that the soldiers brought by Gao Shun were all elite soldiers, and every time they were caught in battle, they could complete the task excellently, and they were known as trapped in the camp.

This time, Gao Shun served as the main attacker, and the leaders were all Lu Bu's old troops, and they all wanted to avenge Lu Bu, and regarded themselves as enemies, and under the drive of hatred, they often exerted amazing combat effectiveness.

"Wonderful!" Cao Cao immediately shouted to Xiahou Yuan, who was standing beside him.

"The last general!" Xiahou Yuan immediately hugged his fists.

Cao Cao pointed to Gao Shun under the city and said to Xiahou Yuan: "It is Gao Shun who is the main attacker this time, this person is brave and good at fighting, and the trapping camp he brings is also elite soldiers. Your archery skills are outstanding, and you have the skill of piercing Yang in 100 steps, once the battle begins, you must shoot Gao Shun to death with an arrow! As soon as Gao Shun dies, the dragons in the camp will be leaderless, and the combat effectiveness will be sharply reduced, which can greatly relieve the pressure on our army. ”

"The last general understands!" Xiahou Yuan hugged his fists.

Cao Cao also made Cao Hong and Li Dian ready for battle, and he himself personally commanded the battle. However, Cao Cao has always had a question in his heart, with Zhang Yan's current strength, it is enough to surround Puyang City and attack it from the four gates together, so that Cao's army is difficult to take care of, and it will definitely be of great benefit to Zhang Yan on the besieging side.

However, Zhang Yan arranged the army in front of a city gate, which made him puzzled, why did Zhang Yan arrange his troops like this?

Since he can't figure it out, he doesn't want to think about it for the time being, and Cao Cao can only fight with all his might.

After the first battle drum was beaten, Cao Cao thought that Gao Shun and the others would attack directly, but to Cao Cao's expectations, Gao Shun and the others were still standing there without moving.

On the contrary, Zhang Yan's rear army was surging, and thousands of soldiers pushed the huge wells and slowly moved towards the vicinity of the city wall.

At the same time, thirty stone throwers were also pushed by the soldiers and began to move towards Puyang City.

Cao Cao took a closer look and found a clue, Zhang Yanjun's well and stone thrower seemed to be a little different from what he had seen before, at the bottom of this war machine, there were wheels, which allowed soldiers to move freely and place them as they wished.

In addition to this, a hundred huge. Ballista with wheels at the bottom. Also pushed to the front. They all aimed at Cao Jun on the city tower.

Zhang Yan: What is this going to do?

Cao Cao looked curiously at the Xuzhou soldiers surging under the city, and when all the siege weapons were in place, he clearly realized that Zhang Yan wanted to use these siege weapons to attack first.

Zhang Yan watched everything in the army, everything was going according to his jihua, and when the siege weapons were ready, Zhang Yan ordered the war drums to be beaten again.

This time, though, is different from the last one. The last time the drum beat was slow, this time it was very fast, and the beat was getting denser and denser.

That's the signal to attack!

With the rapid sound of drums, Zhang Yan's army began to attack, and the stone throwers began to throw huge stones at the city walls; The ballistas also began to attack the towers; The archers standing on the shaft, in groups of three, operate a huge bow, one holding a large bow in front of him, and two placing huge arrows on the bowstring, and then pulling the bowstring together. Shoot your arrows at the towers of Puyang City.

For a while, boulders, crossbow arrows, and arrows were all shot towards the tower of Puyang City. The boulder hit the city wall, and immediately became shattered, debris flew around, and a white powdery thing immediately scattered in all directions, making the city tower dusty for a while, and the eyes of many Cao soldiers were fascinated by these powdery things, and they couldn't open their eyes at all.

The crossbow arrows and arrows were shot at the city tower at this time, and with the help of the spread of powder, many Cao soldiers were killed by the arrows before they had time to dodge.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

Cao Cao on the city tower also coughed violently, and even his eyes couldn't be opened, but fortunately, Xiahou Yuan and Cao Xiu stood by his side and immediately protected him and hid behind the female wall, otherwise, he would have already been shot through his body by arrows.

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

The sound of the boulder breaking continued to spread in the city tower, which was also mixed with the whistling sound of "whoosh", and countless dense arrows fell from the sky, shooting down a large part of the Cao army on the city tower.

Outside Puyang City, Zhang Yan saw the smoke on the upper floor of Puyang City, and heard the screams coming from there, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, which was exactly what he wanted.

Those boulders are actually specially made vessels by Zhang Yan, which contain a lot of lime powder, and as long as the vessel is broken, the lime powder inside will splash out and be used to fascinate people's eyes.

On the tower of the city, there was the sound of Cao Jun's soldiers scolding, but when Zhang Yan and others heard it, they were very happy.

"Attack!" Zhang Yan saw that the Cao army on the tower of the city had lost the ability to defend, so he immediately gave the order to attack.

Gao Shun, Wei Xu, Cao Xing and others were impatient to wait, and as soon as they heard Zhang Yan's order, they rushed up and quickly rushed to the city gate.

At this time, Dan saw that Gao Shun and the others took out a bag of things, threw them directly on the city gate, and then withdrew to both sides. The fire was thrown at the gate of the city from afar, and the things that were about to pile up into a hill immediately burst into flames when they saw the fire, and the fire soon spread throughout the city gate, and began to burn the city gate.

The raging fire burned the city gate, and Gao Shun and the others waited quietly on both sides of the city gate.

After a while, the city gate was burned and weakened, and Gao Shun's subordinates picked up a huge log that had been sharpened earlier and began to pound the gate.

With a "boom", the city gate was rushed open, and Wei Xu and Cao Xing, who were scattered on both sides of the city gate, didn't care at all that the fire was still burning at the city gate, and they actually passed through the flames and rushed directly to the city.

Gao Shun and the others followed, and as soon as they entered the city gate and raised the steel knife in their hands, it was a burst of slashing.

The city gate was breached, and Yu Ban, Niu Jin, Xu Sheng, Chen Ying and others immediately led their troops to rush towards the city gate.

On the city tower, Cao Cao and others complained bitterly, and when they learned that the city gate was breached in an instant, they immediately retreated to the urn city.

Xiahou Yuan was the first to open the way, Cao Xiu and Dian Wei protected Cao Cao, while Cao Hong and Li Dian were scattered on both wings, abandoning the city tower and rushing towards the urn city.

Zhang Yan saw that the city gate was easily breached, not to mention how happy he was. He immediately ordered the stone thrower to be pushed forward again, ready to be used against the Cao army on the urn city.

Although the use of lime powder is a bit indiscriminate, in order to be able to defeat the enemy, any means can be used.

Seeing that the situation was very good, Zhang Yan immediately ordered: "The whole army will launch a general attack!" (To be continued......)