1257 Three Great Mountains
A few days later, Cao Pi once again led more than 300,000 troops, soldiers under the city of Yiling, this time Cao Pi did not send a general out to call the battle, relying on the number of generals, as soon as he arrived in the city, he launched a large-scale attack.
Under the city of Yiling, the shouting of killing was deafening, and countless Wei soldiers held shields and carried ladders, and rushed towards the city wall while throwing arrows at the city.
Of course, Wang Baoyu will not be polite, on the city wall, guns and crossbows are fired in unison, and the dense arrows form a huge rain of arrows, shrouding towards the Wei soldiers.
On the battlefield, the screams were endless, and as the rows of Wei soldiers fell, the Wei soldiers behind continued to swarm, as if they could not be killed.
The Wei soldiers reluctantly came to the moat, and finally set up a pontoon bridge on the river, but they were cut off by sharp knives that churned out of the water, and the blood of the soldiers stained the river red again.
Seeing this, Wei Bing could only launch a stone-throwing cart and threw a large number of stones into the moat, and was busy for half a day before he finally barely got on a dozen pontoon bridges.
Tens of thousands of Wei soldiers finally came to the foot of the city wall, and began to set up a cloud ladder to attack the city, countless stones poured down from the air, and the Wei soldiers were crying and crying for their mother.
The defense of Yiling is strong and worthy of its reputation, the casualties of the Wei soldiers are very strict, Cao Pi looked at the pain in pain, his eyes were red, and he couldn't wait to catch Wang Baoyu immediately and unscrew his head to relieve his hatred!
"Don't stop for a moment, you must take down the Yi Tomb!" Cao Pi endured heartache and kept giving orders, and the Wei soldiers could only rely on the advantage of numbers to keep climbing to the city wall.
The sharp knives hidden in the cracks of the wall cut the ladders that had been set up again and again, and the iron ladders were then set up again, and those soldiers who were lucky enough to climb the city wall were hit by the iron balls swinging on the wall again, and they broke their bones and tendons, and they wailed endlessly.
Fighting until dark, the Wei soldiers still failed to send a single soldier to the city wall, but the corpses piled up under the city were already several meters high, and blood was everywhere, which was unbearable.
Cao Pi was so anxious that he did not withdraw his troops, and continued to attack overnight, but the effect was still the same, and he could not climb the wall of Yiling at all.
The Wei soldiers attacked in turn, and this siege operation lasted for three days and three nights, and finally ended in Cao Pi's defeat, no matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't break through Yiling City.
Nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses were lost, Yiling City did not move at all, and the Wei soldiers were even more miserable, and the speed of the attack slowed down significantly.
Later, the Wei soldiers complained, how is the difference between the command and the tyrant if he fights so hard? Morale was low, and Cao Pi finally had to temporarily retreat the army five miles away to rest, annoyed gums swollen and painful.
Liu Ye has a different attitude towards this, he thinks that the city should be attacked without interruption, as for those complaints, there is no need to pay attention to them, if the trouble is terrible, you can directly behead the soldiers who took the lead in complaining to show the public, which can play a role in killing chickens and setting an example for monkeys.
Cao Pi didn't listen to him, and you weren't the emperor, if you didn't care about everyone's feelings, they would suddenly turn back, and I could only be trampled on and turned into spring mud to protect flowers.
Cao Pi can be regarded as having appreciated the solidity of Yiling, the first city in the world, the general is defeated by the other party, there is no hope of strong attack, and there are only two ways left for Cao Pi, either outwitting Yiling, or retreating to the north.
Lost 100,000 soldiers and horses, no achievements, finally caught Wang Baochuan, but let this kid run away inexplicably, Cao Pi felt that his face was gloomy, and he didn't want to retreat, so he let the ministers discuss, and after discussing with Liu Ye, he decided to use the strategy of piling up a mountain of dirt.
"Chihiro, Cao Pi has been defeated again, can you launch a counter-encirclement?" Wang Baoyu came to Mo Qianxun to discuss.
"Not for the time being, although the Wei soldiers have losses, the total number of troops is still above ours, and they still need to continue to consume their strength." Mo Qianxun said.
"If Cao Pi doesn't fight or retreat, he will be consumed outside Yiling City, which is annoying enough." Wang Baoyu's worries are not unreasonable, as long as there is a war, Yiling's trade road will be completely cut off, and now the economy has just recovered, if the capital chain is broken, this vacancy is not easy to fill.
"That sneak attack on a rainy night has caused Cao Pi to suffer huge losses, presumably at this time Wei Ying must be short of food and grass, he will never be in a stalemate with us, and he will definitely make some moves in the near future." Mo Qianhiro trusts her own judgment.
While the two were talking, the guards came to report, and a large number of Wei soldiers came again, but they did not attack the city immediately, but continued to carry soil and stones under the city and pile them in one place.
Wang Baoyu reacted immediately, and couldn't help frowning: "Cao Pi wants to use Jia Xu's siege method back then and attack the city by piling up soil. ”
"Haha, Cao Pi's skills are poor!" Mo Qianxun laughed and ordered: "Just do it, let it be done." ”
"Chihiro, this move is very powerful, I almost broke through the city last time." Wang Baoyu said worriedly.
"At that time, this time I will let Cao Pi know that I am waiting."
Then Mo Qianxun said to Wang Baoyu like this, Wang Baoyu was straight and happy, praising him for his good brain. Subsequently, according to Mo Qianxun's plan, Yiling City began to get busy, building the fire bead cannon designed by Huang Yueying day and night, and for a while, the clanging metal forging sound in the city kept going day and night.
At the same time, Mo Qianxun secretly sent a batch of oil from Fancheng, and he wanted Cao Pi to taste the defeat of the fire again!
Cao Pi's army outside the city kept piling up earth day and night, although this method was a bit clumsy, but compared to Cao Pi, there was no other way to break through Yiling City.
Cao Pi did not copy the same as it was, but improved Jia Xu's siege method, and did not plan to extend the earth mountain to the city wall of Yiling, but only wanted to throw stones and arrows from a high place, suppress the mechanism on the city and not start, and then let his soldiers set up ladders to climb the city wall.
Cao Pi has always been wary of measures to block the accumulation of earth mountains in Yiling City, but to his surprise, Wang Baoyu is extremely calm, is he at a loss, or has other plans?
No matter what Wang Baoyu plans to do, there must not be a trace of slackness in the work of building the mountain, Cao Pi sent people to investigate several times a day, and the progress was very gratifying.
Finally, after more than ten days of busy day and night, the Wei soldiers, relying on a large number of laborers, have completed three huge earth mountains outside the west gate of Yiling City with high efficiency and high quality, which are higher than the city wall of Yiling from a distance. Of course, Cao Pi hoped that these three mountains would press on top of Wang Baoyu's head.
At this time, more than a dozen fireball cannons had been built in Yiling City, which were quietly transported to the city wall and carefully covered with cloth.
Looking at several towering earth mountains, Cao Pi's heart was filled with pride, and at dusk that day, he took Liu Ye, Cao Hong and Cao Zhen and others to climb the earth mountain.