Chapter 709 Weak Cao Jun

Cao Cao looked up at the battle flags of the Jiangdong Army flying left and right above the city. He moved his eyes downwards and saw the commander of the Jiangdong Army, Zhou Yu, at a glance. He was like a bright star in the Jiangdong Army, always so dazzling.

"Zhou Yu, it would be great if you served under Gu's command." Cao Cao sighed.

Cheng Yu on the side said calmly: "Prime Minister, Zhou Yu is Sun Ce's sworn brother. Their friendship is no worse than that of Liu Bei's three brothers. It is impossible to convince Zhou Yu."

Cao Cao understood the meaning of Cheng Yu's words and just nodded and said it was a pity.

"Send the order!"

Cao Cao suddenly became excited, stretched out his hand to hold the hilt of the sword, and pulled out the sword from his waist with a loud sound. The light almost blinded others. It was Cao Cao's sword, Yitian.

"Attack the city!"

"Siege the city!"

Cao Cao personally supervised the battle at the north gate, while generals Le Jin and Cao Chun were at the east gate and west gate respectively.

Boom, boom, boom!

Woohoo!

The sound of drums and horns sounded at the same time in Cao's army. Although the sounds of war drums and horns were rough, they were powerful and aroused the blood of every soldier in Cao's army. An indescribable feeling suddenly swept over their hearts. , makes people’s blood rush.

"kill!"

Outside the east gate, Cao Jun's archers quickly moved forward and stopped when they were about fifty steps away from the city. The Jiangdong Army archers on the top of the city did not wait for the Cao Army archers to stand up, and immediately opened their bows and set arrows. The arrows whizzed down like rain, and immediately knocked down a group of Cao Army archers.

Siege battles always favor the defender. Not to mention anything else, just say that the archers of the defenders are condescending, and the power of their arrows is naturally doubled with the help of gravity; while the archers of the siege shoot straight down and upward, which requires more energy and the power of the arrows is also small. What is weakened must be pushed forward.

"Sword and shield hands quickly step forward to protect the archers!"

Cao Jun walked dozens of steps quickly with his sword and shield in hand, rushed in front of the archer, then raised the big shield in his hand and lowered it heavily, forming a shield wall to hide the archer behind him.

With the cover of the sword and shield men, the casualties of Cao's archers were much reduced, and they could only raise their heads and shoot arrows. Arrows came like rain up and down the city, shooting at each other. Cao's army was covered by a large shield, while Jiangdong's army had a city wall to rely on, so they were able to come and go for a while.

"Ladder truck forward!"

Several gaps suddenly opened in the Cao army's formation, and six ladder trucks were slowly pushed out. Each ladder truck was surrounded by four soldiers of Cao's army. Several short sticks stretched out from the ladder truck. Cao Jun held these in one hand. Holding the shield, the other hand holds the short stick and pushes forward hard.

"Concentrate your firepower and shoot the enemy ladder truck!"

Upon hearing the order, the archers of the Jiangdong Army immediately focused their firepower on the ladder truck.

Tuk-tuk-tuk!

A dense rain of arrows flew from the sky, and dozens of arrows hit the large shields of Cao's soldiers pushing carts. All of these Cao soldiers who were specially used to push carts were strong, but they had big shields in their hands. Being hit by so many arrows, he couldn't help but stagger and his arms trembled wildly, which showed the strength of Jiangdong Army's archers.

There were still many arrows shot at the ladder truck. However, Cao Jun's ladder trucks were all well-made and covered with one or even two layers of cooked cowhide. Therefore, most of the arrows were hung on the cowhide, even if they were It can shoot through cowhide, but it cannot penetrate deep into it.

Although the ladder truck suffered a crazy attack from the archers of Jiangdong Army, with the efforts of Cao Jun's pushers, it finally reached the foot of Shu County.

"Vertical ladder!"

clatter! clatter! clatter!

Section after section of the ladder stretched out, slowly reaching the city wall, and the iron hook hooked the city head.

"Rolling logs and rocks, throw them!"

Taishi Ci's eyes turned cold and he ordered the sergeants around him.

Two Jiangdong soldiers shouted low, stretched out their hands to hug a huge stone, pointed it at a ladder truck and threw it down.

Whoosh!

"Quick, protect the ladder truck!"

Seeing this, several Cao Jun sword shield bearers hurriedly raised their large shields. The four large shields fit together to form a larger shield. The stone slammed into the shield, making a dull sound. sound.

The four Cao soldiers also groaned and trembled, but the stone bounced off the shield. Fortunately, the ladder truck was fine.

Taishi Ci sneered: "Can you bear the stone? I want to see if you dare to resist this golden juice."

"Pour the golden juice!"

The big bucket was taken down from the wooden stand, and two Jiangdong soldiers carried the golden juice to the top of the city, pointed it at the ladder truck, and poured it down again.

"Jiang Dongbing poured gold juice, be careful!"

"Get out of the way?"

“What about the ladder truck?”

"Damn it, if the ladder truck is gone, we can rebuild it. If our lives are gone, can we go back to our mother's womb and rebuild it?"

The boiling golden juice poured down on him, and even the most capable soldiers among Cao's army did not dare to approach and hurriedly moved away. A large bucket of golden juice was placed under the hood, and it was immediately poured on the ladder truck.

Tsk!

The boiling golden juice was boiled at an extremely high temperature and poured on the ladder truck. It immediately burned the cooked cowhide covering it. Some of the wooden structures in the ladder truck were also burned, and a layer of liquid emitted from it. There was a layer of stench, and the hot golden juice spread out and fell on the ground. Cao Bing did not dare to step forward. If he stepped on it, his foot would be rotten.

Some ladder trucks were smashed by Jiangdong soldiers' rolling wood, rocks, and gold juice, and Cao Jun immediately pushed forward new ladder trucks. It seems that Cao Jun cut down trees yesterday, not only to build military strongholds, but also to build Lots of ladder trucks.

Ladder trucks rushed forward one after another and were smashed one by one by the well-prepared Jiangdong Army. However, as time passed, some brave Cao soldiers finally jumped onto the city.

A Cao soldier suddenly jumped up to the top of the city, stretched out his hand to hold the ring-shou knife in his mouth, and shouted angrily.

"kill!"

The Jiangdong soldiers at the top of the city were startled. They were thrown to the ground by the Cao soldiers unprepared and hurriedly resisted. However, this Cao soldiers had experienced hundreds of battles and without saying a word, he held the Huanshou sword and stabbed him suddenly.

Puff puff puff!

After being stabbed seven or eight times in succession, Jiang Dongbing's stomach was stabbed to pieces and his intestines were poked out. How could he still survive?

But before Cao Bing had time to be happy, his expression suddenly solidified.

Poof!

A spear pierced the body of Cao Bing, and the bright red spear point came out from his back. He endured the pain and looked up, only to see a mighty and high-spirited face.

Taishi Ci shouted loudly, lifted Cao Bing up with one arm and threw him out with all his strength. The half-dead Cao Bing felt the rush of wind in his ears, a sudden heavy slap on his back, and a scream. Then his vision went dark and he couldn't feel anything anymore.