Chapter 858: Rare siege of the city


    Chapter 856: A tragic siege


    In Hulao Pass, Li Shimin did not personally direct the guard of the pass due to injury, but he handed over the important task of guarding the pass to his good brother Yang Guang.


    Yang Guang also knew that Li Shimin asked himself to defend the city, which was actually paving the way for him.


    The previous defeat and lost 50,000 cavalry, and Li Shimin could not not take responsibility for such a big mistake. Whether he can continue to serve as the chief general in the future is a question.


    In addition to Li Shimin, there are only three candidates who are qualified to be the chief general of the Liang army.


    Li Shimin now arranged for Yang Guang to defend the city, which shows that he hoped Yang Guang would take over his rank. Of course, this is also because he understood that Li Yuan was not a match for Qin Hao.


    Yang Guang knew that Li Shimin had a kind heart, but he and his father Yang Jian were actually unwilling to get into this muddy water. After all, his opponent was Qin Hao, who had never lost before.


    Yang Guang believes that he still has a gap compared to Li Shimin, but Li Shimin lost to Qin Hao, so how could he be Qin Hao''s opponent?


    Regardless of whether Yang Guang is willing or not, these are not something he can decide. Yang Guang can only silently look forward to it in his heart, hoping that Dong Zhuo will not be stupid and withdraw Li Shimin, otherwise no one will be able to curb Qin Hao.


    Yang Guang was nervous and led some uninjured generals to the city to guard the pass. When he looked at the neat line of Cao''s army under the city, a serious blow flashed in Yang Guang''s eyes.


    All are elites, does it take Cao Cao to fight like this?


    Yang Guang said in his heart, but he was not worried too much because he had absolute confidence in the defense of Hulao Pass.


    When Cao''s army blew the charge, Yang Guang pulled out the sword from his waist and shouted, "Prepare to cast the stone cart... let it go."


    There is a catapult cart every ten meters in the middle of Hulao Pass, a total of hundreds.


    With Yang Guang''s order, thousands of stones flew together and smashed hard into the Cao army''s army.


    Cao Cao had long been guarding against the catapult cart at Hulao Pass, so he asked the army to charge in a loose formation, which also prevented him from being hit by flying stones to the greatest extent.


    Hulao Shutou throws thousands of flying stones every round, so even if Cao''s formation is loose, there will definitely be unlucky guys who will be hit by the flying stones, and once they are hit, it means that it must be undoubtedly.


    Boom...boom...boom...boom...boom...


    The flying stones in the sky were like bombers, constantly raging the Cao army''s queue, instantly bombing the Cao army.


    The miserable shouts continued to sound, but the Cao army soldiers still held up their shields and gritted their teeth and charged at the risk of being hit by a flying stone.


    Soon, Cao''s army rushed over the attack range of the catapult car, but what they had to face was a rain of arrows.


    "Rise the shield."


    Someone roared loudly, and then Cao''s very loose formation quickly closed within dozens of seconds, defending itself while protecting the archers behind.


    At the same time, more than 20 well railings of the coalition forces were pushed up by soldiers, but several were smashed in the middle.


    Although the well railing built by the coalition forces is not as high as the city wall, it can still shoot arrows into the pass after being close to the city tower. With this, it can also suppress the archers inside the pass and cover the cloud ladders outside the pass to attack the city.


    While the coalition army''s well railing and the Liang army archers were shooting at each other, the Liang army''s catapult car also aimed at the well railing that was inconvenient to move. Over time, the well railing would definitely be smashed. However, because the well railing attracted the firepower of the Liang army''s catapult car, Cao''s archers quickly lined up outside the city wall under the cover of the shield and shot arrows from bottom to top.


    The archers on the well railing and the archers behind the shield were suppressed by the Liang army''s archers. The soldiers carrying sandbags behind rushed over and threw the sandbags into the moat, and then quickly retreated back to the shield formation.


    The Yunti and Chongcheng cars rushed up together at this time. After the Yunti team set up the Yunti team, the soldiers from behind immediately climbed quickly, while the Chongcheng cars hit the city gate wildly, but the city gate had been blocked by Yang Guang in advance and could not be opened no matter what.


    Yang Guang on the city tower saw that the Cao army was so skillful in siege, without any confusion, and could not help feeling some pressure in his heart.


    "Before the moat is filled, I sent a ladder to attack the city. Cao Mengde, are you going to fight like this?"


    Yang Guang was too lazy to care about what Cao Cao thought. The only thing he considered now was to guard Hulao Pass at the minimum cost.


    "The catapult cart immediately stopped dropping the flying stones and used turbulent oil tanks to deal with the coalition''s well railings."


    A trace of coldness flashed in Yang Guang''s eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "I''ll see if I''m smashing it. I must not let an enemy climb up," he said.


    Cao''s soldiers were obviously trained to climb ladders and were very quick to climb, and some people could flexibly avoid rocks. Of course, the larger rolling wood is difficult to hide.


    After the soldiers in front were hit, they screamed and fell down and turned into meat pie. The soldiers behind continued to go up, but they were also smashed down soon, and they kept repeating themselves.


    Suddenly, dozens of fireballs flew out of the city tower and smashed them like the way the well rail was located. Of course, most of them were not hit, and those one or two hits were enough to destroy the well rail.


    The soldiers affected by tinder oil let out shrill screams and ran around the battlefield, but were caught up by the soldiers beside them with sand and destroyed the flames on their bodies.


    There are also soldiers using sand to destroy the fire on the well railing, but after it is extinguished, the turbulent oil comes again. After repeated several times, the well railing will still be damaged, but the new well railing behind has also been pushed up.


    The current method of siege in Cao''s army is the most typical dead attack. This method of siege does not have as much casualties at all, so the losses in the siege are also the greatest.


    Seeing this, Cao Ren looked heartbroken, and then ran around Cao Cao and said, "Lord, the casualties caused by such an attack are too great. This time, 300 elite soldiers have been lost in one hour. If we continue to attack like this, even if we only attack for one day, our army will pay a huge price."


    Cao Cao didn''t blink his eyelids and said lightly: "Continue to attack, those who retreat will be killed."


    "this…"


    "In addition, if the order is sent down, the first person to climb the Hulao Pass will be rewarded with a hundred kilograms and upgraded to three levels."


    Seeing Cao Cao''s unquestionable appearance, Cao Ren sighed and clasped his fists and said, "Oh."


    After Cao Ren left, Cao Cao also took a deep breath, then turned his head and looked deep in the direction where the princes were.


    "The troubled times are coming, and if you want to be yourself, you must have enough strength."


    A strange look flashed in Cao Cao''s eyes, and he whispered to himself: "This demonstration should be enough. I hope those guys can know themselves. Otherwise, when I unify Yanzhou in the future, I won''t kill me."


    (This chapter ends)