Chapter 883 City of Blood

"Son, how dare you kill my soldiers?"

Just when Cao Tai was excited about the killing, a sharp shout suddenly came, followed by a fierce murderous aura, which made Cao Tai feel a chill down his spine.

Master!

Cao Tai had only experienced this kind of murderous aura from his uncles Xiahou Dun, Xia Houyuan, and his father. Masters of this level were not something he could handle!

Cao Tai didn't dare to respond, so he stretched out his long knife and struck hard. Then he rolled around on the ground, stood up in embarrassment, and looked at the incoming man.

The person who arrived was eight feet tall, with a face as heavy as a jujube, and a long knife in his hand. He looked majestic. It was Wei Yan.

"Who are you?" Wei Yan asked.

"A certain Cao Tai, are you Wei Yan?" Cao Tai said loudly as a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers.

"Cao Tai. Isn't he the son of Cao Ren?" A gleam flashed in Wei Yan's eyes.

"Exactly, don't mention my father's life again, otherwise I will kill him without mercy!" Cao Tai shouted.

"Hmph, it seems that Cao Ren wants to send the white-haired man to the black-haired man today." Wei Yan sneered.

Cao Tai was furious: "Stop talking nonsense and watch the knife!"

After saying that, Cao Tai jumped forward and slashed out a series of swords in his hand. The wind of swords filled the air and forced him towards Wei Yan.

"Good boy, you do have some skills!"

After all, Cao Tai is a disciple of a famous family. Although he is not innovative, he can perform the sword skills passed down from Cao Ren smoothly and is on par with Wei Yan.

However, Cao Tai's battle experience was far from being comparable to his majesty. A flash of light flashed in his eyes, and he aimed his long knife at a flaw in Cao Tai's body and slashed at it. He was about to disembowel Cao Tai.

Cao Tai opened his eyes wide, wondering if he was going to die?

"Master, be careful!"

At this moment, a Cao soldier next to him suddenly jumped out and blocked Cao Tai's body with his whole body, protecting Cao Tai's vitals.

"ah!"

Although Cao Tai was fine, he himself was slashed by Wei Yan and was covered in blood. This person is from Cao Ren's tribe. They have followed Cao Ren in battles for many years and are loyal to Cao Ren, just like private soldiers or domestic slaves. Cao Ren asked them to protect Cao Tai, and they will naturally remember it in their hearts.

Now that they saw Cao Tai in trouble, they naturally stepped forward and started fighting for Cao Tai and Wei Yan.

"Humph, get out of here!"

Wei Yan focused on killing Cao Tai and giving Cao Ren some color, so he slashed left and right, killing five or six Cao soldiers in an instant. However, these Cao Ren troops were experienced in fighting and formed a formation one by one, but they could barely resist. Withdrew Wei Yan's attack.

"Master, leave quickly, be careful of Wei Yan!"

Cao Ren's subordinates were naturally loyal to Cao Tai, the young master. They fought to the death with Wei Yan and protected Cao Tai from escaping. However, Cao Tai was frightened by Wei Yan and lost half of his soul. Naturally, he turned around without saying a word. He left and rushed down the city in despair.

"Hmph, you are lucky!"

Seeing Cao Tai running away in despair, Wei Yan, as the Jiangling garrison, naturally could not follow him and rush down the city to pursue him, so he continued to direct the fighting on the city top.

This battle lasted from night to dawn. After a whole night of fighting and shouting, the remaining Jingzhou soldiers were all so weak that their voices were almost hoarse. They felt as if their eyelids were fighting and they were very sleepy.

Outside the city, Man Chong said to Cao Ren: "General Zixiao, the soldiers have worked hard at night. It's time to send out the second wave of troops."

Cao Ren nodded, waved his hand and said: "Order the second army to press forward, don't give the enemy a chance to breathe!"

This was a strategy that Cao Ren and Man Chong had discussed in advance. Cao Ren's 20,000 troops were dispatched to besiege Jiangling City on three sides, and the siege was carried out day and night, so that the defenders in the city were constantly exhausted, even if they were not killed. , will also be exhausted to death!

Different from Cao's army, Cao's army has strength after all, so the army and horses can be divided into several units and replaced with each other. When the first unit attacks the city, the second unit can return to the camp to rest. There are only five thousand soldiers and horses in Jiangling City. Under the enemy's repeated attacks, it will naturally be difficult to replace them and they will collapse sooner or later.

"General Zixiao, you have been watching all night, how about you go back to the camp and take a rest?" Man Chong suggested: "Then General Mo will supervise the siege."

Cao Ren shook his head: "Bo Ning also stayed up all night last night. How could I just go to sleep? What's more, our army fought with the enemy on the city wall all night, and I just stood and watched. , how can it be compared with the hard work of the soldiers?"

"General."

Man Chong wanted to persuade, but Cao Ren reached out to stop him: "If Boning wants to rest, he can just go back to the camp on his own. I will be here to watch Jiangling City be captured by our army!"

Seeing Cao Ren like this, Man Chong didn't have anything to say. He just stood outside the city and stayed with Cao Ren.

On the top of the city, there was a strong smell of blood, and the blood seeped into the bricks and stones on the city head. Even if it was cleaned carefully, it would not dissipate within half a month.

The top and bottom of the city were filled with piles of corpses, including Jingzhou soldiers and Cao soldiers. The two armies fought to death before death, but after death they were like biological brothers, hugging each other. It was really funny.

Seeing the overwhelming Cao army pouring out of the camp, the Jingzhou soldiers who had experienced a whole night of fighting at the top of the city suddenly turned pale.

"The enemy doesn't intend to let us rest."

"What should I do? Do we still have to continue fighting? I..."

These Jingzhou soldiers had experienced a whole night of night fighting, and their mental endurance had already reached its peak. At this moment, they suddenly saw that the enemy army was using wheel fighting. Wave after wave of Cao's troops came forward, and their expressions changed drastically.

Wei Yan's expression did not change, but his eyes became darker: It seems that this time, Jiangling City is really in danger.

"Order the reserve team to go to the top of the city. You will retreat and rest for now. After resting, you can continue to fight. Do you understand?"

Fortunately, Wei Yan had already arranged a reserve team in the city. It had not gone into battle before, but it came in handy now.

Hearing these words, the Jingzhou soldiers who had been fighting all night on the city breathed a sigh of relief and rushed down the city one after another, while the Jingzhou soldiers who were recharging their strength swarmed to the top of the city.

Although there were reserve troops, Wei Yan's brows furrowed even more tightly.

Fortunately today, there are still reserves that can defend against Cao's army's continuous attacks, but next time, the defenders in the city will surely suffer heavy losses. How will they be able to defend themselves against the enemy's continuous attacks?

"I hope General Zhang's defenders will arrive as soon as possible, otherwise Jiangling City may not be able to be defended."

Wei Yan took a deep breath, raised his sword and shouted: "Soldiers, follow me, don't let the enemy troops rush to the top of the city, kill them!"