Soldiers come to the world

Xiahou Dun's attack on the Han army's Dazhai has reached an almost crazy state. At this time, Xiahou Dun has already received the news that Yedu City has been broken. Like a beast that is about to be trapped to death, he launched a desperate attack on the Han army.

At noon, the Cao army located in the east of the army stronghold launched another crazy siege. Cao army leader Xiahou Dun personally led an army of [-] to attack. There was not only a ramp in the east of the army stronghold, but also a slightly lower hill, which was built with earthen siege. The city ladder can be climbed up, and the terrain on the east side is flat and open, which can be used to form a large offensive formation.

Following the army's attack were hundreds of siege ladders made simply from big trees. Xiahou Dun had put all his eggs in one basket and sent the most elite soldiers.

The [-] troops are arranged in five phalanxes, and each phalanx is separated by a hundred steps, just like five huge black carpets, undulating and advancing on the ground. There was a sea of ​​troops, with drums beating like thunder, horns soaring, banners covering the sky, spears like forests, and shields like mountains, all black with death under the sunlight.

Xiahou Dun rode on the horse, pointed at the city with his saber, and shouted: "Go forward!"

"Woo~~"

The sound of the low-pitched horn resounded throughout the world, and a dozen rough wooden doumen were erected in the middle of Cao Jun's team, which were used to resist the flying stones of the Han army. Accompanied by the sound of huge wheels under the wooden doumen, and hundreds of Siege ladder, the team began to slowly kill towards the hill.

There was also loud drumming in the Han army's camp. General Jiang Qin's eyes were red and he roared again and again. Although Cao's army mainly attacked the east, Han Wang Liu Jing did not increase his defenders. He still only had 3000 men , which put a lot of pressure on him.

Thirty giant trebuchets creaked and pulled away. The black trebuchets stood on the hill, just like thirty monsters. A huge boulder weighing a hundred catties was put into the bullet pocket, and more than a hundred people pulled twenty of them. Arm-thick belt, waiting for the command to launch.

Among the catapults were seven thousand crossbowmen, half kneeling on the ground, lined up in three rows, raising their crossbows to aim at the approaching Cao army.

Behind the crossbowmen are three thousand archers. They hold long bows and arrows. The four-foot-long thick arrows have been put on the bowstring. The trough, the icy point of the arrow pointing to the sky.

The enemy army has gradually entered the range of the trebuchet. Jiang Qin gave the order to shoot, and he shouted hoarsely: "Shoot!"

The red flag was waved down, and all the troops fought hard, only to see the long arms of thirty monsters waved out, and the 30 yuan boulder flew in the air, roaring and smashing down the hill.

Cao Jun soldiers shouted and hid under Doumeng one after another, but there were still a large number of soldiers who had nowhere to hide. They shouted and dodged around, and the boulder fell down, 'Boom! ' There was a loud noise, and the dust flew up. Several soldiers were unable to dodge, and were smashed into meat paste by the boulder.

A boulder hit Dou Meng, with a loud 'click', Dou Meng was smashed down, hundreds of soldiers crawled out from below, but the stone was bounced back by Dou Meng, and jumped forward more than [-] steps, rushing forward. After entering the crowd, there was a scream.

Although the catapults of the Han army caused nearly a thousand casualties to the Cao army, they could not stop the attack of more than [-] troops at all. As the drums of the Cao army's rear array accelerated, the soldiers began to run. Thousands of Cao Jun soldiers rushed towards the hill like an ant colony.

The drums sounded again, and the arrows of the Han army were fired together. The dense arrows shot at the soldiers of the Cao army running like a storm. One by one, the soldiers were shot by the arrows and fell to the ground screaming. ． ． ． ． ．

Liu Jing stood on the sentry tower and watched Cao Jun's attack coldly. He didn't pay attention to the attack of Cao Jun's soldiers. Even if Cao Jun attacked the hill, so what, could he defeat himself and restore Cao Wei's country?

This is nothing more than Xiahou Dun's trapped beasts still fighting. In the nearly seven days of fierce fighting, the Cao army suffered more than 2 casualties, while the Han army suffered less than 3000 casualties. The balance of troops has been out of balance.

More importantly, Liu Jing saw that the morale of Cao's army was gradually fading. The [-] troops attacking now were the most elite troops of Cao's army. What did this mean?Xiahou Dun is putting all his eggs in one basket.

Liu Jing gave Zhao Yun the order to attack Yedu in three days. He believed in Zhao Yun's ability. Based on the time, Yedu should have been attacked two days ago.

Then Xiahoudun's attack this time was the last struggle of the dead. Thinking of this, Liu Jing turned around and said: "Order Xu Sheng to lead [-] spearmen to support the defense!"

"Follow the order!" The soldier quickly ran down the sentry post.

The dead bodies piled up quickly under the Dongshan Hill, and blood flowed into the city and river, oozing from the pile of corpses, staining the ground red. As Xu Sheng led [-] Han army spear throwers to support them, the Han army's counterattack became more and more sharp.

There were bombardments from trebuchets at a long distance, intensive shooting by [-] crossbowmen within a hundred steps, and within [-] steps, [-] spear throwers exerted powerful lethality, shooting short spears densely like raindrops. Down, within thirty steps in front of the hill, there are hardly any living soldiers of Cao Jun.

The casualties of Cao Jun's soldiers increased rapidly. In just half an hour, Cao Jun's casualties exceeded 5000. Except for using the slope to attack, Cao Jun's siege ladder did not play any role. Cao Jun's morale suffered a severe setback and gradually became depressed.

Xiahou Dun's heart gradually became desperate. He knew that it was impossible for Cao Jun to capture the Han Army Dazhai, and it would only cause more casualties to Cao Jun.

At this moment, Guo Huai galloped towards him on horseback and shouted, "General, it's not an option to fight like this, the casualties are too heavy."

Xiahou Dun's face twitched, and he gave the order helplessly, "Retreat!"

'when!when!when! The bell for retreat rang, and Cao Jun, whose morale was low, fled backward like a tide. The team was chaotic and hurried, and they had long lost the momentum they had when they first started attacking.

The cheers of the Han soldiers on the hill suddenly resounded through the sky.

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That night, the mourning in the camp of Cao Jun was desolate, and the morale was further depressed by the continuous attack failure. At the same time, a shocking news spread quickly in the camp.

This news shocked all the soldiers. Although it was unacceptable, not many people doubted its authenticity. Everyone knows that the Han army has hundreds of thousands of troops along the Yellow River, and now the main force of the Cao army has been taken to the north. , Yedu is only guarded by tens of thousands of recruits, can they hold the city?

Even if the soldiers were not informed and did not know the details, the generals knew everything. The generals of Cao Jun began to panic. After all, most of their family members were in the city of Yedu. What would they do if Yedu was breached?

Soon, hundreds of generals above the military marquis gathered in front of the big tent of the Chinese army. They were anxious and asked Xiahou Dun to come out to clarify the facts. In the big tent, Xiahou Dun, Guo Huai, Zhang Liao and Cao Zhang were also urgently discussing countermeasures. .

At this time, Zhang Liao suggested in a low voice: "It's better to make it clear to the generals that Yedu has not fallen. This is just our trick to lure the troops. Then we pretend to retreat south and lure the main force of the Han army to come to pursue them. Then you can fight back and seek victory in defeat."

Guo Huai shook his head, "The morale of the army is shaken now. As long as we retreat south, the soldiers may flee immediately. We cannot retreat easily now. We must stabilize the morale of the army first."

Cao Zhang next to him remained silent. His [-] Youzhou troops were devoured step by step by Xiahou Dun, and the [-] cavalry were borrowed to build ramps and never returned. Regretting that he shouldn't have come to Yedu, now that Yedu has been breached, what should Cao Zhang do?

Xiahou Dun glanced at him and asked, "What about Mr. Zhang's opinion?"

Cao Zhang didn't want Xia Houdun to see his thoughts, so he quickly withdrew his thoughts and said respectfully, "Reporting to the general, I agree with General Guo's opinion. Now we really can't act rashly, and our food can last for half a month. The top priority should be Reward the army, boost morale, clarify the rumors, and wait until the morale of the army stabilizes before considering a strategy to lure the troops."

Xiahou Dun was in a dilemma at this time. Although Zhang Liao's strategy was feasible, Guo Huai also made sense. If the army's morale was not stabilized first, as soon as the army retreated, a large number of soldiers would inevitably flee. Xiahou Dun could only sigh: "Everyone go back to stabilize the army's morale After the morale of the army stabilizes, we will consider the next step.”

Everyone also knew that Xiahou Dun was helpless, and they all sighed in their hearts and left. Under the persuasion of Zhang Liao, Guo Huai and others, hundreds of generals guarding outside the camp also left one after another. Throughout the night, Cao Jun's camp was full of people. anxiety and pessimism.

At the middle of the night, Xiahou Dun was suddenly woken up by his own soldiers, "General, wake up quickly! Something happened."

Xiahou Dun sat up instinctively, and asked anxiously, "What happened?"

"Just now Dongying came to report that Mr. Zhang led an army of [-] to rush out of the camp and head east."

"what!"

Xiahou Dun was stunned, speechless for a long while. He had already suspected that Cao Zhang had different intentions. He just needed the stability of the army, so he didn't fight against Cao Zhang for a long time. Instead, he adopted the method of gradually annexing his army. He ran away.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion outside the tent. Xiahou Dun was taken aback, ignoring Cao Zhang's affairs, and walked out of the camp quickly, only to see a few scouts shouting: "There is an urgent military situation, we need to see the general immediately." !"

"What happened?" Xiahou Dun shouted loudly.

Several scouts said anxiously: "Report to the general, ten miles to the south of the barracks, countless Han troops have been found, there are more than [-] people, and they are attacking our barracks."

Xiahou Dun took two steps back, his eyes darkened, and he almost fainted to the ground.

Liu Hu's 18 troops guarded Yedu, while Zhao Yun and Wenpin led 30 troops to the north quickly, and finally rushed to Gaoyi County, but Zhao Yun was still one step too late. Cao Zhang led [-] troops to break through. Arriving, Liu Jing also changed his strategy, no longer sticking to the army stronghold, he issued an order to counterattack, one hundred thousand troops rushed down Hanlonggang, and quickly surrounded Cao Jun's camp from the north, and nearly [-] Han troops surrounded Cao Jun's camp At this time, the strength of Cao's army was less than [-], the morale was low, the morale of the army was shaken, and the army was about to perish.

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