Chapter 502: The Battle of Xiquyang
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After the Wei military captain said this, he immediately clenched his fists and asked Cao Pi for instructions: "General, do you want the last general to lead people over the wall to reconnoiter first?" ”
Cao Pi looked at Xiquyang, and then looked at the sky at this time, then frowned, shook his head and said, "No!" There is no time! You immediately lead a group of soldiers to reach the walls with ropes, and then open the gates! ”
"Yes!" The lieutenant clenched his fists and promised.
A moment later, a group of about 300 soldiers with no armor and only single clothes quietly came to the city wall by the south gate of Xiquyang with ropes and long knives on their backs.
After a patrol on the city wall passed, several particularly strong soldiers threw hooks at the city wall, and then the soldiers quickly climbed up the rope with long knives on their backs, but perhaps because of the long journey, these elite soldiers of the Wei army seemed to have some difficulty in climbing.
The Wei army climbed the city wall one after another, and a sentry of the Wu army not far away noticed that there seemed to be something strange here, and pushed his companion next to him and said, "There seems to be some movement over there, let's go over and take a look!" ”
The two Wu army sentries walked up a few steps, and after seeing the Wei soldiers who were climbing the city wall one after another, their faces changed dramatically, and one of the sentries said urgently: "It's not good, you go and ring the alarm bell!" When the other sentry heard this, he immediately ran down.
At this moment, the Wei soldiers who climbed to the top of the city also found these two Wu army sentries, and the expressions of more than a dozen Wei soldiers changed, and they immediately waved their blades and rushed over, and after a short exchange, the Wu army sentry who stayed behind was killed, but before that, he also pulled a cushion. Of course, it wasn't that he killed a Wei soldier. Rather, it brought a flesh wound to a Wei soldier.
The Wei soldiers on the city wall couldn't help but feel anxious when they saw another Wu army sentry running in the direction of the alarm bell. A Wei soldier immediately untied his bow and arrow and fired an arrow at the sentry, which whizzed through the air, and then the Wu sentry fell to the ground.
However, at this time, the patrol team of the Wu army on the city wall has discovered the movement here, and is hurrying towards this side, after entering the city wall, the patrol soldiers of the Wu army suddenly saw a large group of uninvited guests gathered at the head of the city, and hundreds of Wu army patrols couldn't help but be shocked, and then rushed forward without thinking.
The soldiers of both sides immediately exchanged hands. Although the vanguard of the Wei army was far inferior in number to the patrol troops of the Wu army, it was able to compete with the other side.
However, the vanguard of the Wei army did not fight with the patrol troops of the Wu army after entering the city wall, and the Wei military captain who saw this scene couldn't help but feel a little anxious, and hurriedly ordered some soldiers to go down the city wall and open the city gate.
After the order was given, more than 100 Wei soldiers left the battlefield and hurriedly rushed down the city wall to fight with a dozen Wu soldiers at the city gate.
At the cost of several wounded and one dead, they completely annihilated the dozen or so Wu soldiers at the city gate. Immediately afterward, the Wei soldiers hurriedly opened the city gate, but at this moment, the loud sound of golden drums sounded. But it turned out to be a soldier of Wu who took advantage of the inattention of Sergeant Wei and sounded the alarm!
At this time, nearly 10,000 Wei troops were already surging in from the south gate under the leadership of Cao Pi, and at the same time. Thousands of Wu troops had also left the barracks and were hurrying towards the south gate.
The two sides met unexpectedly on the street near the south gate. The battle then began, although the Wei soldiers were suddenly changed. did not succeed in the sneak attack as previously planned, but after all, it was a long-standing elite of a hundred battles, and he still seemed very calm, while Wu Jun held his breath, wanting to vent on Wei Jun's body and win some credit by the way.
The soldiers on both sides crowded in the street and fought, due to the restrictions of the terrain, the Wei army did not reflect the numerical advantage, however, in such an environment, the Wei army actually felt more and more fighting, roaring forward, pikemen, sword and shield hands cooperated with each other like an advanced killing machine, in such an environment, the Wu army fighting at home was beaten back and forth.
The soldiers of both sides fought a big battle on the street near the south gate, fighting at home, and the Wu army, which had been recuperating for a long time, retreated under the fierce counterattack of the Wei army.
Cao Pi's eyes in the rear stared, and he stepped forward, took off the longbow and released arrows in a chain according to the Wu army, one arrow after another loomed in the halo of the torch, and the Wu army officers fell to the ground with arrows one after another, Cao Pi's archery skills may not be on the stage compared to those famous generals of this era, but it does not mean that he will not, not to mention that it is still so close.
As for the hidden arrow hurting people, I'm sorry, Cao Pi also doesn't have the slightest sour temperance concerns like a military general, in his opinion, how to achieve the goal with the fastest degree and the least damage is the most important, so those Wu army officers who rode on the war horse can be said to be unlucky.
The successive deaths of officers had a great impact on the coordination between the Wu soldiers, and the Wei army was demoralized and began to fight back frantically.
Although the Wu army was fighting at home, and its mental and physical strength were stronger than the Wei army, the Wu army, which lacked the command and coordination of officers, fell into the sea of soldiers of the Wei army, and the soldiers of the Wu army were constantly killed in battle, and the entire battle line of the Wu army continued to retreat under the pressure of the Wei army.
After about a quarter of an hour of fighting, the Wei soldiers had made great progress, and the battle line had been advanced by them to the middle of the street.
The grain and grass of the Wu army were basically hoarded in the center of Xiquyang, divided into seven places, and the streets behind the Wei army were strewn with corpses, most of which were of course Wu soldiers.
The thrilling shouts of killing echoed in the air, and the bright moon in the sky seemed to be dyed red at the moment.
The people of Xiquyang were hiding in their homes, although it was still early in the morning, but no one was still asleep, everyone was sleepy, and their faces were full of horror staring at the window paper reflecting the firelight.
When the rising sun showed a trace of face in the sky, a blood-colored scout flew into the Wu army camp, and soon after, Sun Quan personally led five thousand light horsemen and hurriedly left the Wu army camp.
Half an hour later, the five thousand light horsemen of the Wu army came to the outside of the city of Xiquyang, only to see the smoke billowing in the city, and the banner of the Wu army at the south gate was gone.
Suddenly, a sound of fighting came into his ears, Sun Quan's eyes lit up, and he said loudly: "Quick!" Enter the city with Ben!! Before the words fell, he urged the war horse to run towards the city gate, and Sun Quan's personal soldiers hurriedly came to both sides of Sun Quan to protect Sun Quan.
Five thousand Wu army light cavalry swarmed in from the south city gate, as soon as they entered the city gate, they ran into hundreds of Wei soldiers and soldiers who were rushing to meet each other, the so-called enemies were particularly red when they met, not to mention that the Wei army was attacking the Wu army's grain storage at this time, Sun Quan roared angrily, waved his long sword, and led the five thousand Wu army light horses behind him to kill the horses. (To be continued......)