Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Siege
In a group of yellow turban soldiers who did not wear armor on their bodies, but only wore a yellow cloth scarf on their heads, they were wearing the general's armor and helmet, and the yellow cloth scarf tied on the helmet indicated the identity of the Yellow Turban Army, and Bai Rao, who was holding a bow and arrow, was very conspicuous.
I saw that after Bai Rao shot the soldiers sent by Cao Cao to persuade him to surrender in one fell swoop, he looked at Cao Cao who was in the center of the army, and said loudly: "Cao Cao, if you want me to surrender to you, the butcher, that is delusional, I want to avenge the hundreds of thousands of people who died tragically at your hands in my sect!" ”
Bai Rao's words can be described as extremely loud, whether it is the Cao army under Puyang City or the Yellow Turban soldiers on the Puyang city wall, they all hear it clearly, after hearing that Cao Cao is a butcher who slaughtered hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers, the Yellow Turban soldiers on the Puyang city wall, looking at Cao Cao's eyes became extremely hateful.
It's just that among these Yellow Turban soldiers, there are a small number of people, their eyes flickering, and occasionally looking at Bai Rao with ill intentions, resentment and wavering in their eyes.
& Bai Rao, to be able to grasp the opportunity so much, given time, may not become a new famous general, there is indeed a talent of a general, it's a pity. Cao Cao squinted his eyes and looked at Bai Rao on the Puyang city wall, and a trace of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.
Since there was no way to surrender, Cao Cao didn't talk much nonsense, turned to Cao Ren on the side, and said softly: "Zixiao, start attacking the city." ”
Cao Ren, who had received the order, glanced at Cao Cao, who was sitting in the chariot again, pointed obliquely at the sky with a big sword, and shouted loudly: "The whole army obeys the order and attacks the city!" ”
& Drink >
& Kill >
Under the interference of Cao Cao, the traverser, the soldiers of the Tiance Cao Army at this time already vaguely had some comrades-in-arms and collective concepts, and when they saw their comrades-in-arms who were training with themselves and chatting with them not long ago, they died under Bai Rao's bow like this, and the soldiers of the Tiance Cao Army had long been filled with anger and killing intent in their hearts.
At this time, after hearing Cao Ren's siege order, the three killing sounds of Tiance Cao's army could be said to be full of terrifying murderous aura, and the Yellow Turban soldiers on the Puyang city wall were taken aback, and looked at Tiance Cao's army below with some horror.
And those Yellow Turban soldiers who were originally a little wrong with their eyes, the ill-will and resentment in their eyes became even stronger.
&Boom! Knock knock ・・・・・・"
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The loud drums like thunder sounded endlessly, accompanied by the last shout of Tiance Cao's soldiers who shook the sky, and the military formation of Tiance Cao's army, like a black flood that destroyed the dam, rushed towards Puyang City.
Looking at the Tiance Cao soldiers pushing the cart and carrying the ladder rushing towards the Puyang city wall, Bai Rao, who was on the city wall, pulled out the long sword at his waist, pointed down, and shouted hoarsely: "Archer, release the arrow!" ”
The Yellow Turban Soldier Archer on the city wall trotted forward, came to the female wall of the city wall, leaned out slightly, and shot sharp arrows at the Tiance Cao army below.
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The roar that sounded from time to time on the battlefield was often accompanied by the blood flowers rising into the sky and the screams of Tiance Cao's soldiers, and only halfway through the road to the Puyang city wall, Tiance Cao's army had already suffered almost hundreds of casualties.
Cao Ren, who commanded the siege, also shouted hoarsely after seeing this scene: "Archers come forward and suppress the archers on the enemy's city walls!" ”
Whoa!
In the sound of arrows colliding with each other, the archers of the Tiance Cao Army, dressed in black light armor, quickly trotted out of the military formation, and stopped when they came to a distance of fifty steps from the city wall, the archers in the front row knelt down, and the archers in the back row stood upright, and the bows and arrows in their hands were aimed at the sky at forty-five degrees.
Bang!
With a sound like a bowstring breaking, a black and oppressive "dark cloud" suddenly descended on the Puyang city wall, and the yellow turban soldiers who were caught off guard could be said to have suffered heavy casualties, wailing, screaming, and cursing for the first time on the Puyang city wall.
Bai Rao, who carefully avoided this wave of arrow rain, didn't have time to say anything, only to see the adjutant general on the side suddenly yell: "General be careful!" ”
Bai Rao, who was suddenly overwhelmed by the lieutenant, couldn't see what was happening at all, all he could hear was a thud like a boulder crashing, and the panic and screams that suddenly became louder.
>> Jun, are you alright? ”
Bai Rao, who was re-supported by the adjutant general, looked at the miserable death, either smashed into a lump of flesh by a stone that he didn't know where it came from, or the Yellow Turban soldier who was stopped and split, his eyes were a little dull, and he said as if talking to himself: "This, what the hell is going on, what happened, what happened?!" ”
Bai Rao's adjutant general's face was also ugly, and he said with iron blue: "General, it's a catapult, Cao Cao used a catapult!" ”
&Say what? Catapult?! Bai Rao looked at the adjutant general in disbelief.
Catapult, many people in later generations thought that the first appearance of the catapult was in the battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shaoguandu, but that was actually a mistake, the catapult can be said to have existed in ancient times, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the catapult has already appeared.
The first large-scale use of catapults was Li Xin's attack on Chu, and the Chu army secretly prepared a large number of catapults, and when the Qin army crossed the river, it was suddenly launched at the same time, and countless sharp stones smashed into the Qin army like dark clouds, and the 200,000 Qin army was completely defeated, and Li Xin himself committed suicide in defeat.
Since then, the catapult has become one of the weapons that will inevitably appear on the battlefield, but from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the present, the catapult has always been used by the defenders of the city, and I have not heard of anyone who used the projectile vehicle for siege of the city, which is why Bai Rao will be so unbelievable after hearing the words of his lieutenant.
Originally, according to the development of history, the catapult eventually became a weapon for attacking and defending the city, and it was not until the Sui and Tang dynasties, but unfortunately who called Cao Cao of this time and space a traverser, since the Tiance army and the Xuanjia heavy cavalry that would only appear in the Tang Dynasty appeared, then the catapult appeared early on the attacking battlefield, and it is not an incomprehensible thing.
The scene where Bai Rao was stunned because of the appearance of the catapult can be described as a godsend, and the Yellow Turban soldiers without the command of the white-collar workers suddenly became panicked, and at the same time, the rushing car and the ladder of the Tiance Cao army had already reached the Puyang city gate and city wall.
Puyang City, which has a majestic city wall, seems to be not far from breaking the city at this time.