The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 60 Xu Huang defends the city
"I am Cao Baoye, a general under Taozhou Mu's Department in Xuzhou. Liu Bei used his troops privately, hoarding troops and horses, with sinister intentions. My lord, Taozhou Mu, obeyed the emperor's edict to crusade against the rebel Liu Bei. The army has arrived. You should leave the city and surrender! "

Before the Xuzhou army came to Pingyuan City, a general came out on horseback. It was Cao Bao, the general of Xuzhou Tao Qian's department, and the chief general of the Xuzhou army.

"Hahaha! You are so ridiculous. My lord's general Liu Bei was appointed by the emperor himself, and he is worshiped as the emperor's uncle, and has the right to build a mansion. According to the emperor's order to quell the chaos in Qingzhou, why use military affairs privately? "

"Today, for the Son of Heaven, we will put down the rebellious thieves in Qingzhou, and keep the people in Yizhou safe. How many people praise our lord as a benevolent lord, and a rebellious thieves ear?"

"How dare you falsely pass on the edict of the Son of Heaven, you should be punished!"

Xu Huang immediately counterattacked. You must know that if what Cao Bao said is true, then the morale of Xu Huang's soldiers will be hit hard. The emperor is kept in captivity by Dong Zhuo. dear.

Therefore, whether it is the chaos of the feudal lords at the end of the Han Dynasty or the period of the Three Kingdoms, as long as there is a war, both sides must find a plausible excuse to calm the people and soldiers.

"General Cao, it's meaningless to talk too much. According to the spies, there are only 5000 defenders in the city. If we attack the city from all sides, we will be defeated in one battle!"

Seeing that Cao Bao was speechless by Xu Huang's words, Tao Qian's general Lu Fan rode to Cao Bao's side and spoke softly.

"Hmph! You are courting death!"

Cao Bao uttered a harsh word and returned to the team on horseback. The army began to mobilize and set up a siege formation.

"General Cao, I see that if the soldiers on the tower are well-prepared, it may be difficult to attack on one side. Attacking from all sides together will achieve miraculous results."

Seeing that Cao Bao didn't divide his forces, but only attacked one side, and it was the side with the strongest defense, Lu Fan immediately reminded him.

"Huh, how can a mere 1 horses stop our [-]-strong army from attacking? However, we are besieging on all sides, and the soldiers in the city will definitely resist desperately. We have suffered heavy casualties. We should let go of other directions and let them escape."

Cao Bao remembered that before the army set off, Tao Qian explained that he must try his best to preserve his strength. The [-] army is already the vast majority of Xuzhou's soldiers and horses. If the losses are heavy, then Xuzhou will be in danger.

That's why he adopted Chen Deng's strategy to have people pretend to be the Mi Zhu Chamber of Commerce and trick them into opening the gates of the city. That's why he won the three cities unknowingly.

In Cao Bao's view, Xu Huang is just an unknown person, but he is the number one general in Xuzhou, and he will see Xu Huang in his eyes. Besides, [-] is against [-]. A fool knows the result. If he is Xu Huang, Either open the city and surrender, or run away from the other gates immediately.

"You don't want to talk too much, I have my own decision!"

Lu Fan still wanted to dismiss Cao Bao, but it was a pity that Cao Bao didn't want to hear what this self-confident subordinate said.

In his opinion, he is the number one general in Xuzhou, and you are just a young general, but Tao Qian sent me to help me, so there is so much nonsense.

It's a pity that Cao Bao and Lu Fan didn't know that there are more than 5000 troops in Pingyuan City, and there are [-] troops who have just arrived in a few days, and the news has not yet spread.

"attack!"

Cao Bao pointed the sword at Pingyuan City and ordered to attack the city. Xuhuang will accept the first severe test in his life.

The [-] army rushed to Pingyuan City under the leadership of a school lieutenant. Cao Bao's army's morale was high because it went smoothly and won three cities in a row.

"shoot!"

Xuzhou's army approached the city tower, Xu Huang yelled and ordered, and arrows rained down on the army below the city. Soldiers were shot continuously, some were lucky and died, and more were wounded, lying on the ground and wailing .

The reason why they were unlucky was that there were no medical soldiers in this era, and the battle was not over, so no one would come to rescue them. Even if they lived to the truce, typhoid fever alone would kill them.

"shoot!"

Feathered arrows kept falling, and Xuzhou siege soldiers and horses kept lying down, but there were too many siege soldiers and horses, so they rushed to the bottom of the city wall and began to set up ladders, one by one soldiers began to climb up the tower .

"Chang Ge, push down the ladder!"

Although Liu Bei's army began to use spears as weapons, long spears were still somewhat useful, so they did not replace them all, and left some for other purposes, such as defending the city now.

"what!"

Xuzhou soldiers and horses followed the ladders one by one to climb to the city tower. The ones in front fell down and the ones in the back climbed to the top. The siege of this era is like this, and they can only fill it with their lives.

"Rush me!"

"kill!"

The siege soldiers and horses kept shouting, but it was of no use. As a county seat, Pingyuan City had a majestic wall, but it was not so easy to climb up.

"Leading stone ready, still!"

Seeing that Xuzhou's soldiers and horses were about to climb the city wall, Xu Huang ordered to use stones, and a big stone fell. If he was lucky, he could knock down a ladder of soldiers at a time.

"Shoot, shoot me!"

Xuzhou siege soldiers shot arrows at the defenders on the city wall under the city wall, suppressing the defenders on the city wall so that the soldiers could climb up the city wall.

"Chirp!"

Feather arrows are flying, and at some point, a feather arrow will fly over and kill him, but there is no way, it can only depend on fate.

"Archer, shoot!"

The archers on the tower didn't stop. Many of their hands were sore and trembling, and they couldn't draw their bows, and their defensive strength suddenly weakened.

"The Log, still!"

Xu Huang once again ordered to use a stronger defensive weapon, the rolling log!

"General, do you want to send some more soldiers to come right away!"

Seeing that Xuzhou soldiers and horses had climbed to the edge of the battlements, and the defenders were exhausted, the captain beside Xu Huang hurriedly asked Xu Huang.

"No, my soldiers can hold on. Those soldiers and horses are of great use to me, so don't use them!"

Xu Huang had deployed [-] troops to defend the city wall from the very beginning, and the others were transferred to the rear without using them. Otherwise, Cao Bao would not have sent such a small number of soldiers to attack when he saw so many soldiers defending the city wall.

"You immediately lead your own soldiers to repel them!"

Xu Huang saw that Xuzhou siege soldiers had stepped up a certain city wall, and immediately ordered the captain of the personal guard beside him.

"like!"

"Follow me!"

The captain led the soldiers to leave.

"Hmph, just [-] soldiers want to break through my defended city!"

Xu Huang glanced at the place where Cao Bao's army was. Such a stupid person can command so many troops. If it were me, I would attack the city from all sides at the same time. Since then, no one can defend the city. The strength is very different. too big.

"General, the enemy army is already exhausted, so send troops to attack them again!"

Seeing that the [-] siege soldiers and horses were insufficient, Lu Fan immediately asked Cao Bao to send more troops and horses to support him.

"Today, it's getting late. The soldiers have come from a long distance, and they are very tired. They should set up camp and break the city tomorrow!"

"Ming Jin withdraws troops!"

Cao Bao ignored Lu Fan who was speaking aside, and directly ordered the siege soldiers to withdraw.

"Hey!"

Seeing Cao Bao who had already left, Lu Fan looked at the city wall of Pingyuan again, and sighed helplessly, who told him that he was just a lieutenant general and had no power over soldiers and horses.

(End of this chapter)