The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

For him, the undefended Shangdang City was powerless to pose any threat to him. How could a mere [-] soldiers be his opponent of a hundred thousand elite.

"attack!!!"

With an order, the army began to go to Shangdang City, with shield soldiers in the front row, followed by archers, followed by a group of Cao troops carrying ladders, and then a group of Cao troops holding halberds.

"General, the army has come from a long way and has not yet been repaired, so how can we attack the city?" Mao Jie, the military adviser beside Cao Hong, looked at Cao Jun who had started to attack, and persuaded Cao Hong with a frown.

"The Prime Minister has sent me three orders to take down Shangdang within three days. How can we be disrespectful? It has already been found out that there are only [-] soldiers and horses guarding the city of Shangdang, and the generals guarding the city are no more than unknown people. Flat land, this is a place that is easy to attack and difficult to defend, why waste time, this city can be taken in half a day." Cao Hong did not underestimate the enemy, but the enemy he faced was too weak to be crushed, so there was no need to waste time.

After listening to Cao Hong's words, Mao Jie was speechless. The situation of Shangdang City was just like Cao Hong said. In addition to making suggestions for the commanding general, it is also necessary to check for omissions and make up for vacancies. Besides, the army has traveled long distances and is exhausted. It is very unwise to start attacking the city without any repairs.

"The spies are here to report." Cao Hong stared at Cao Jun who was slowly marching into Shangdang City, and said, "Jingyang City has closed its gates tightly, and I dare not send troops to reinforce Shangdang, and if they dare to come, I will tell them to come." No return."

"Zhang Liao's soldiers and horses in Taiyuan have not moved. I think I haven't heard the news of our army coming to attack, but we must guard against it. If Zhang Liao sends cavalry to help, it will only take one day to reach this place. Taking Shangdang as soon as possible is the best policy. "

As Cao Cao's top-ranking general, Cao Hong is courageous and resourceful, and he has fought against Zhang Liao many times, so he knows how powerful Zhang Liao is. Although Cao Cao gave him three days, in his opinion, three days is enough for Zhang Liao's reinforcements to arrive, so Decided to start attacking the city as soon as they arrived, leaving no chance for Zhang Liao.

"Order the rear team to assemble the catapult quickly."

Although Cao Hong believed that Shangdang City was easy to attack, he had to have a backup. Once the attack was frustrated, he would smash open the city gate with a catapult.

"Archers step forward!"

Standing on the tower of Shangdang City, Su You looked at the densely packed Cao army outside the city, his heart tightened, but his expression remained unchanged, and he began to direct the soldiers and horses to defend.

Shangdang cannot be lost, and Su You, who is familiar with the art of war, would not know the importance of Shangdang, so even if he knows that he will never be able to defend against the attack of [-] Cao troops, he cannot abandon the city.

"Catapult, attack!"

Inside the city tower, more than a dozen catapults listened to the military order and threw burning fireballs one by one. The fireballs roared and flew towards Cao Jun's army formation outside the city.

Cao Hong looked at the fireball coming from Zhongfei in the city, his eyes twitched, and his heart ached. He knew that Cao Jun must have lost a lot in this attack.

"boom!"

"boom!!"

The fireballs exploded in Cao Jun's formation one by one, and the flames radiated in all directions. There was a commotion around the fireballs, and countless Cao Jun soldiers were covered with flames.

"what!"

"Help!"

The wailing spread across the battlefield, but it subsided quickly. The slight confusion did not slow down Cao Jun's attack.

"Military discipline is strict, really elite."

When Su You saw Cao Jun's performance on the tower, his heart sank. He knew that this time he was in serious trouble. This was definitely Cao Jun's elite soldiers.

"continue!"

Following Su You's order, fireballs flew towards Cao Jun's formation again.

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4 Chapter Twenty

"Their catapults are so powerful, the throwing distance is so far, and their fireballs are also extraordinary..."

As the commander-in-chief, he could tell at a glance that the strength of the catapult in Shangdang City was far from comparable to the catapult in his hand.

Mao Jie also said: "I heard that Liu Bei's soldiers are excellent, and it is difficult for the world to be left behind. It is not a name..."

"Huh!" Cao Hong snorted coldly. Liu Bei and Cao Cao are mortal enemies. The stronger Liu Bei is, the more unfavorable it is to Cao Cao. "If there are a hundred catapults defending the city, they should be able to stop our army. A mere dozen or so are useless. .”

Indeed, there are too few catapults in Shangdang City, and there is no way around that. Catapults are not Chinese cabbage, especially this kind of special advanced catapults. Liu Bei is in urgent need of all kinds of soldiers and horses, because the position of Shangdang is more important. , Only a dozen or so were placed, otherwise it would be impossible to line up in Shangdang City.

"accelerate!"

Casualties began to increase, Cao Hong's eyes sharpened, and he ordered the attacking Cao army to speed up and reduce casualties.

"Archer, throw!"

Seeing that Cao Jun entered the range of the bow and arrow, Su You immediately came down to shoot the arrow.

"Raise your shield!"

Seeing the feathered arrows flying over the city wall, a military order came out from among Cao's troops. The shield soldiers in the front row raised their shields and continued to advance rapidly. They didn't dare to stop at all, otherwise they would have to wait for death.

"clang!"

"what!"

"cough!"

"Chirp!"

Although most of the arrows landed in the open space, many Cao Jun won the lottery and fell to the ground one after another, and the casualties of Cao Jun rose sharply.

"Archer, shoot!"

Braving the feathered arrows from the tower, Cao Jun's archers finally came to the tower of Shangdang City, and began to shoot arrows at the tower, suppressing the archers on the tower, and providing cover for the ascending troops.

"Ok?"

Cao Hong frowned, and his face began to look bad, because the casualties of the siege troops far exceeded his calculations.

"Liu Bei's soldiers and horses are equipped with excellent bows and arrows, with long range and high precision. Our archers are far from their enemies." Mao Jie also saw the problem. But the quantity can completely make up for this gap.

But now it seems that they were too naive. The [-] archers sent by Cao Hong failed to suppress the [-] archers on the tower, and instead suffered heavy casualties.

"The ascent to the city has begun!"

Cao Hong is looking forward to the performance of the soldiers and horses climbing the city. As long as they climb the tower, the long-range weapons will lose their advantage. The absolute number of people can easily take down Shangdang City.

"Bed crossbow step forward!"

Su You smiled coldly. Even if the archers suffered heavy casualties, he did not order the bed crossbow hidden behind to attack, in order to surprise and severely injure the densely packed Cao army that was piled up under the tower.

"not good!"

"hateful!"

When Mao Jie and Cao Hong saw the bed crossbow suddenly appearing on the top of the city tower, their faces changed drastically. They knew very well how abnormal this thing is. The bed crossbow is not comparable to archers. The most effective is Cao Jun's team ascending the city.

"shoot!!!"

With a finger of the long sword in Su You's hand, a row of crossbows on the tower began to emit harsh ejection sounds, and giant arrows with a length of one meter galloped towards Cao's army below the tower.