Chapter 990: Difficult Defending the City

Cao Jun's array had advanced to a point where it was only sixty or seventy steps away from the Shouchun City Wall.

Looking at the Cao army who was getting closer and closer, the Qin army on the city wall raised one arm high.

Estimating that Cao Jun had reached a position where the arrows could cause them a lot of damage, the general of Qin Jun pressed his arm down sharply and shouted, "Release the arrow!" ”

With the order of the Qin army's partial general, the Qin army's strong crossbowmen, who had already put the arrow on the bowstring, cut off the reeds of the strong crossbow one after another.

More than 200 strong crossbow machine springs rang out in unison, and with the sound of machine springs, more than 200 arrows flew towards Cao Jun, who was approaching the city wall.

The arrows shot by the Qin army flew towards the Cao army's large array, but they were so thin and weak.

More than 200 arrows flew into Cao Jun's shield array, almost all of them hit Cao Jun's big shield, after a "crackling" sound, many arrows broke into two and fell to the ground, and some arrows broke off the arrows and fell at Cao Jun's feet.

The Qin army's arrows did not cause any decent trouble to the Cao army, and the Cao army still pushed forward despite this small piece of arrows.

The strong crossbowmen of the Qin army at the head of the city, after shooting the first arrow, quickly mounted the second feather arrow.

The machine spring sounded again, and countless feathered arrows flew towards the Cao army under the city.

The strength of the strong crossbow is far greater than that of the longbow, and the crossbow arrows hit the shields of the Cao army that were already very close, and many Cao soldiers could not hold it, and the shields were deflected.

If the Qin army had enough numbers, the strong crossbow could be fired in echelons as before, and just this puff of arrows would be enough to inflict considerable casualties on the Cao army.

But there were too few Qin troops on the city wall, and their arrows were shot, and there were no new arrows at all in the follow-up.

Although many of the shields in Cao Jun's hands were deflected, there were no arrows to follow, and the Cao soldiers quickly adjusted the angle of the shields.

Cao Jun, who was carrying the ladder, marched to a place only more than twenty steps away from the city wall, and the speed under his feet suddenly accelerated, and he ran quickly towards the city wall.

The Qin army on the city wall, seeing the Cao army carrying the ladder running, hurriedly aimed all the feather arrows at the Cao army who were running.

The speed of the feet increased, and the hands of the Cao soldiers holding the shields were not as stable as before, and the arrows shot by the Qin army on the city wall finally found the gaps that could be drilled through and pierced into the bodies of the Cao soldiers one by one.

Cao Jun, who was shot by an arrow, fell to the ground with his head turned over and fell to the ground in a rapid run.

Cao Jun, who fell under the arrow, had just let go of his hand holding the ladder, and other Cao Jun immediately followed.

A number of ladders were erected on the city wall, and when the ladders were erected on the city wall, the general of the Qin army at the head of the city carried a long sword and shouted to the Qin army on the city wall: "Roll oil!" Stones! ”

Before the Qin army gave the order, the Cao army under the city had already begun to climb along the cloud ladder towards the city wall, and some Qin army soldiers had already picked up the oil pot or picked up the big stones piled up on the city.

As soon as the general's shout fell, the Qin army, who was holding the boiling oil, had already dumped the boiling oil towards the Cao army who was climbing the ladder, and those who were holding the big stone also threw the stones to the Cao army who was climbing along the ladder.

The boiling oil was poured on Cao Jun, who was climbing on the ladder, and with a burst of heart-rending howls, Cao Jun, who was doused with boiling oil, was suddenly burned and fell off the ladder.

Even Cao Jun, who was waiting to climb the ladder under the city wall, was splashed by the scattered boiling oil, and there was an instant roll on the ground with his face covered.

The stones prepared at the head of the city each have dozens of catties.

The Qin army who threw the stone towards the city did not throw a piece, but they were all aimed at the Cao army who was climbing the ladder.

Hit by a stone, although Cao Jun on the ladder held a shield in his hand, the hard shield could block the arrows, but it could not block the heavy stones.

The stones smashed on the shield, and one by one Cao Jun was smashed by the stones and fell off the ladder.

As Cao Jun fell to the stone under the city, before hitting the ground, he would even hit a Cao Jun who was waiting to climb below.

The heavy stones burst Cao Jun's brains one by one, and he died tragically on the spot.

A Cao soldier, holding his shield above his head, climbed up the ladder, and directly above him, a Qin soldier held a huge stone in both hands and slammed it down on him.

The stone, along with its own weight, threw it out of force with the soldiers of the Qin army, and flew down towards the Cao army who was holding a shield.

Holding the shield, the Cao Jun shield blocked the top of his head, and when the stone smashed on the shield, the shield made a "pop" cracking sound, and then the Cao Jun felt that the top of his head was slammed by a hard object, his head was stunned, and his consciousness was instantly stripped from his body.

The head was smashed out of a hole by the stone, and when the corpse of the Cao soldier fell from the ladder, the top of his head went down, and from the hole that was smashed open, there were still dripping brains and blood from the smashed out.

With a sound of "Peng", the soldiers of Cao Jun who fell from the ladder fell headfirst and fell to the ground fiercely.

The hard skull is still much weaker than the ground.

The weight of the body and the acceleration when it falls, the force is not enough for the skull to bear.

After a muffled sound, Cao Jun's skull, which had been smashed open, instantly cracked, and brains and blood splattered everywhere.

The head of Cao Jun fell into a slimy piece, and he smashed the stone of the ladder, but rolled and smashed it into the face of another Cao Jun.

Seeing the stones smashing into his face, perhaps Cao Jun was frightened, but he didn't avoid it in time, and was slammed by the stone on the door.

His head was smashed and he leaned back, and Cao Jun, who had been hit by a heavy stone, suddenly spurted blood from the door and fell straight down.

The Qin army on the city wall is still pouring boiling oil and throwing stones at the Cao army besieging the city, and the Cao army besieging the city, under the attack of the Qin army, the casualties are getting heavier and heavier.

The Qin army guarding the head of the city was as stable as golden soup, while the Cao army under the city was attacking more and more fiercely.

When Cao's army was attacking the city, the quadrangle array behind the cloud ladder array used shields to protect the longbowmen in the array.

In fact, there was no need for the Cao army to do this, and the Qin army at the head of the city, in order to prevent the Cao army from climbing the city wall, had already given up firing arrows at the city.

Under the cover of the shield array, the longbowmen of the Cao army, stretched their longbows full, and shot a puff of arrows towards the city.

Most of Cao Jun's arrows were shot on the hard city wall, and as the arrows hit the city wall, there was a "crackling" sound on the side of the city wall, and the broken arrows fell at the foot of the city wall one after another.

Although most of the arrows were blocked by the city walls, a small number of arrows flew over the walls, flew over the city, and landed in the city.

There were only a few arrows, and the trajectory of the flight was exactly aimed at the Qin army at the head of the city.

Due to the large number of Cao army's longbowmen, the arrows fired were as dense as dark clouds, and although only a few arrows caused trouble to the Qin army on the city, they still caused some casualties to the Qin army.

Braving the feather arrows shot from the city, the soldiers of the Qin army were still holding oil pots and stones, struggling to prevent the Cao army from climbing the city wall.

The Cao army's attack on the city wall progressed extremely hard, but when the two sides were glued around the city wall, hundreds of Cao troops held shields and surrounded the heavy battering rams, advancing towards the city gate.

The general of the Qin army at the head of the city, along with the soldiers to resist the Cao army's ascent of the city, just after he threw a big stone at a Cao army who was climbing the ladder, a Qin army officer shouted at him: "General! Cao's army has attacked the city gate! ”

Turning his head and following the direction of the officer's finger, the general of the Qin army really saw that in the direction of the city gate, a battering ram was slowly approaching the city gate under the support of Cao Jun.

Although there are a small number of Qin troops in the city gate, those people are all placed to block the city gate when the Cao army breaks through the city gate, and there is no superfluous person on the entire city wall who can be sent to the city gate.

Seeing that Cao Jun's battering ram was getting closer and closer, the general's brows were tightly twisted, and when Cao Jun's battering ram was closer to the city gate, he shouted to the officer who greeted him: "Follow me!" ”

At the same time as shouting this voice, the general of the Qin army had already rushed to the head of the city above the city gate, and the officer also hurriedly followed him and ran up to the head of the city.

Standing at the head of the city, the general thrust his long sword into his waist, turned and ran to an oil pan with flames burning underneath, and beckoned to the officer who was following him: "Lift the oil pot!" ”

The hot oil in the oil pan was tumbling, and puffs of pale cyan green smoke were emitting, and just by grasping the handle of the oil pan with both hands, you could feel a burning sensation.

Carrying the oil pot, the general and the officer went to the battlement and looked towards the siege ram of the Cao army under the city.

The battering ram was already very close to the city gate, and the two stood at the head of the city, and saw a group of Cao soldiers holding shields, blocking the siege ram around the siege ram, so as not to shoot arrows from the Qin army on the head of the city.

"Pour!" Finally the battering ram reached the city gate, and Cao Jun also began to push the wooden hammer body, hitting the city gate, accompanied by the "boom" loud sound of the battering ram hitting the city gate, the Qin army general at the head of the city shouted.

The general and the officer carried the oil pot, and the two poured the pot full of boiling oil towards the Cao army under the city.

With the pouring of boiling oil, there was a heart-rending howl from the city.

"Cao Jun has gone to the city!" Carrying the pot that had finished pouring boiling oil, the general was about to throw the pot away, and went to carry another pot with the officer, when a shout of a soldier of the Qin army came from a city wall not far from the side.

At the place where the soldier shouted, several Cao soldiers had already climbed the city wall along the ladder.

"Get rid of them!" Seeing that Cao Jun had climbed the city wall, he drew out his long sword, shouted, and rushed towards the place where Cao Jun had climbed the city wall.