Chapter 879 Attacking Jiangling

Cao Jun cut down trees outside the city and built siege equipment. Most of the defenders in the city were soldiers from Jingxiang, while there were only a few elite soldiers from Xiliang. Therefore, when they suddenly saw so many Cao Jun troops outside the city, they were a little scared.

"Don't be afraid, these enemy troops are nothing. As long as you obey my command, I guarantee that Jiangling will be impregnable!" Wei Yan said loudly.

Afterwards, Wei Yan issued orders in an orderly manner. The military orders were issued one after another. Groups of soldiers rushed to the top of the city, holding shields and bows and arrows, preparing to defend the enemy. At the same time, a large number of defensive materials were also moved to the top of the city. .

In the city, thousands of civilians were temporarily recruited. Once the soldiers suffered too many casualties, these simply trained civilians would appear on the top of the city to resist the enemy together.

Seeing the actions above the city from a distance, Cao Ren snorted coldly: "The enemy generals in this city do know how to defend the city, but they are no match for my 20,000-strong army."

After a period of preparation, Cao Jun outside the city has built a lot of ladder vehicles and siege vehicles, and surrounded all the three gates in the east, west and south of Jiangling City. Cao Jun's blue armor is arranged outside the three gates. , like the sea, there are densely packed soldiers of Cao Cao everywhere.

Cao Ren drew his sword out of its scabbard and shouted loudly: "The whole army attacks. The first to reach the top of the city will be rewarded with ten gold coins, and the first to climb to the top of the city will be rewarded with a hundred gold coins!"

Cao's army was already superior in numbers, but now under the encouragement of Cao Ren and the heavy reward, there must be brave men. Countless Cao's soldiers were gearing up, their eyes shining with greed.

"kill!"

Countless Cao troops covered the ladder vehicles and siege vehicles and approached the city gate. When the ladder vehicles and siege vehicles arrived at the city, it was time for them to launch a total attack.

"shooting!"

When Wei Yan saw that the enemy had launched an attack, he immediately gave an order, and the archers on the top of the city began shooting at Cao's army.

Whoosh whoosh! Countless arrows were as dense as rain, as if a big net was covered from the top of the city, covering Cao's soldiers who were attacking the city. These Cao soldiers were also experienced and saw arrows shot by the archers on the top of the city. , they all raised their shields to resist the arrows flying from the top of the city. Occasionally, arrows shot through the gaps between the shields and hit the flesh, and several screams were heard.

"Archers in formation, fight back!"

Seeing arrows raining down from the top of the city, the archers of Cao's army outside the city were naturally unwilling to be left alone. They raised their bows and arrows and started to fight back at the defenders at the top of the city. Arrows came between the two armies like rain, and the arrows rained continuously. Absolutely, from time to time, archers from both armies were hit by arrows, and a flower of blood burst out from the wound, with hideous faces.

These chariots were made of hardwood and covered with a layer of cooked cowhide. Naturally, it could not be penetrated by just a few arrows. In addition, Cao's archers fought back, so the chariots continued to advance steadily. Finally slowly arrived at the foot of Jiangling City.

"Siege the city!"

clatter! The ladder truck was pushed under the city head, slowly stretched out section by section, and finally reached the same height as the city wall.

The first soldiers streamlined their equipment, held steel knives in their mouths, tied shields to their arms, used their hands and feet together, and climbed up with ferocious faces.

"Smash the rolling wood and rocks at me!"

Boom, boom, boom!

The defenders struggled to lift large pieces of rolling wood or rocks, pointed them downwards, and threw them down. Cao Bing, who was climbing on the ladder, suddenly felt a black shadow appear above his head. He looked up and was surprised.

"ah!"

A huge stone fell from the sky, aimed at his face and smashed down on him. The Cao soldier screamed and fell from the ladder after being hit by the stone. The two Cao soldiers below him The soldier was also implicated and fell from the ladder with him, falling to the ground motionless.

Cao soldiers were constantly hit by rolling logs and rocks on the ladder, and then fell down from the ladder. Those who were closer to the city were better, but those who had climbed up suddenly fell from the sky, and their bones were broken by the fall. Crush.

"Throw fire bricks and burn!"

What is prepared on the city head is not only rolling wood and stones, but also fire bricks, kerosene and other items. Rolling wood and stones are used to deal with the early soldiers, while fire bricks, kerosene, etc. are used to deal with Crash car and ladder truck for siege.

I saw pieces of fire bricks and kerosene falling from the top of the city. The defenders threw torches downwards. As soon as the sparks on the torch came into contact with the fire bricks, it was like sparks hitting the earth, and the flames of a prairie fire instantly shot up into the sky. The whole chariot suddenly burst into flames, and the surrounding soldiers were also stained with sparks, and they screamed in horror.

"fire Fire!"

"Damn it, why can't it be put out?"

When the fire oil touched the body and burned, it could not be extinguished casually. These Cao soldiers howled loudly and threw themselves on the ground one by one, beating the flames on their bodies.

Fire oil was sprinkled on the ladder, and the flames burned the oil. The flames followed the oil and burned up, gradually wrapping the entire ladder in it. Cao Bing on the ladder suddenly screamed. He did not want to be burned to death, so he had to He jumped from the ladder and hit the ground, completely shattered beyond recognition.

"Humph, Cao Jun is nothing more than that."

Wei Yan stood proudly on top of the city with his hand on the hilt of his sword.

"What a beautiful Jiangling city. It's really not that simple."

Cao Ren outside the city saw from a distance that Cao Jun's attack on the city was thwarted, and he couldn't help but frowned, but he still waved his hand to indicate that Cao Jun would continue to press forward.

You must know that Cao's army has a full strength of 20,000, and the number of ladder trucks and siege vehicles he built is also not a small number. Although it has suffered a slight setback, the second wave of offensive was quickly organized, and once again thousands of Cao's troops were A considerable number of ladder trucks and siege vehicles came forward and launched an attack on Jiangling City.

Although there were a lot of rolling wood and stones in the city, the number of fire bricks and kerosene was not large. Therefore, Wei Yan did not order people to throw down the kerosene this time, but only used rolling wood and stones to resist.

As time went on, the first batch of Cao Jun's soldiers finally ascended to the top of the city, like a beast showing its fangs.

"kill!"

The first batch of Cao's soldiers screamed and charged forward. Wei Yan immediately ordered: "Archers retreat, spearmen, swordsmen and shields forward."

The archers had thin armor and were not suitable for fighting in battle, so they immediately took a step back, while the archers and spearmen stepped forward in combination.

The sword and shield men took cover in front, while the spearmen stepped forward to launch a thrust.

"kill!"

Puff puff puff! A whole row of spears thrust forward, and there was the sound of swords piercing flesh. The soldier Cao who got there first was immediately penetrated by the sharp spears, and screamed in agony.