Three Kingdoms: Jiuyuan Tiger

Chapter 422 Bloody Battle in Changyi City
The next day, just after dawn, the soldiers of Cao Jun who had had breakfast launched an attack on Changyi City.

"Woooo..."

The horn sounded in all directions in Changyi City, as desolate as the earth weeping.

"kill!"

The generals and soldiers of the Cao army shouted in unison, and then, with their shields and ladders on their shoulders, they rushed towards Changyi city brazenly.

Seeing that Cao Jun was about to attack again, Liu Dai hastily ordered: "Everyone should perform their duties, and Cao Jun must not be asked to climb the tower!"

After hearing this, the generals of the Yanzhou army hurriedly arranged for their soldiers to prepare for defense to resist Cao's attack.

The drums in Changyi City were beating rapidly, and the soldiers of Wuyang came up to the tower with shields and bows on their backs, and soon the whole tower was crowded.

The archers of the Yanzhou Army drew their strong bows to the full moon, waiting for Cao Jun to come within range.

The slingers on the side were also staring at the enemy army under the city.

Beside the boiling golden juice, more than a dozen soldiers of the Yanzhou Army with wooden barrels were waiting.

The siege battle is about to start!
In front of Cao Jun's formation, Jing Si, Luo Song, Li Wenzhong, Yang Dayan, and Yan Yingyuan lined up five generals, looking at Changyi City not far away.

"Brother Jing, do we have to attack by force today?" Yang Dayan asked.

"What can we do if we don't attack by force? Right now, we can only use the lives of our brothers!" Jing Si sighed and said slowly.

"After boarding the camp and swimming across the moat first, Jiang will go meet them!" Jiang loosened the five-hook god flying silver spear in his hand.

"Yongnian can't be careless! It's not the time for you to make a move, so don't be impatient." Jing Si shook his head.

"I don't understand something, I hope brother Yongnian can clarify." Yan Yingyuan scratched his head and said.

"Do you want to ask me whether my surname is Jiang or Luo? My original surname is Luo, but my father was hunted down to death by the enemy, and my mother took me back to my grandmother's house. In order to prevent the enemy from coming to the door, I changed it to my mother's." Surnames, sometimes even I get confused." Luo Song shook his head and smiled wryly.

"So it is!" Yan Yingyuan suddenly realized.

At the same time, Cao Jun's vanguard has arrived in front of the moat of Changyi City.

"Release the arrow!" With a burst of shouting, the archers of the Yanzhou Army loosened their bowstrings one after another, and shot out the arrows they had prepared for a long time.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

The rain of arrows fell, the sound of arrows piercing the armor and the screams of Cao Jun's soldiers were endless.

A ladder was erected at both ends of the moat, and Cao Jun's soldiers did not slow down their marching speed, but instead accelerated their speed to rush across the moat in one go.

But the number of ladders is limited after all, so many Cao soldiers crossing the river at the same time, these ladders simply cannot accommodate them.

In addition, the archers and slingers at the head of the city of Changyi shifted their main attack targets to the ladders on the moat. Therefore, many Cao soldiers who knew water skills swam across the river one after another.

"Let the arrows! Let the arrows! Let me shoot the arrows!" the general of the Yanzhou army ordered hoarsely.

He could also see the red and swollen hands of the archers, but this was not the time to cherish the soldiers, so he could only keep urging them to release arrows in order to resist the ferocious offensive of Cao Jun's soldiers.

The rain of arrows fell like a cloud of locusts.

The sound of arrows piercing the air sounded one after another, and countless soldiers of the Cao army fell on the way of charging, but none of the soldiers of the Cao army stopped.

The bottom of the moat was gradually filled with the corpses of Cao Jun's soldiers, and many of the rolling logs and stones scattered on the towers of Changyi also fell into the moat, and the water in the moat soon overflowed.

Over time, the moat has been filled with rolling logs, stones and the corpses of soldiers who died in battle.

Cao Jun who was besieging the city had no choice but to endure the pain in his heart, stepping on the corpse of his companion under his feet and continuing to attack the city.

Many of the companions who ate and lived together in the past died in front of the soldiers of Cao Jun, which made the soldiers of Cao Jun rush to Changyi City with red eyes and howling.

"Roll wood and throw rocks, smash it for me! Smash it hard! Don't worry about the number of equipment, even if all the houses in Changyi City are demolished, Cao Jun must not be allowed to climb to the top of the city!" The Yanzhou Army guard ordered.

Liu Dai on the tower was tightly protected by a large shield, for fear that someone would hurt him.

Liu Dai is not good at commanding troops, so all he can do at the moment is pray, pray that Changyi City will be safe, and pray that Zang Ba can send troops to rescue.

When a bird is about to die, its song also mourns;

When a person is about to die, his words are also good.

At this juncture of life and death, Liu Dai really hoped that Zang Ba could come to the rescue, not to mention a Taishan County, as long as Cao Cao could be repelled, even if the position of governor of Yanzhou was handed over to Zang Ba, so what?

No matter how much fame and fortune there is, it is no match for a handful of loess.

"General Zhou, my lord told you to come over and talk." Liu Dai's personal soldiers said to the general of the Yanzhou Army who was commanding the battle.

This general is named Zhou Ze, and he is a man in his thirties, at the golden age of a man's life.

Zhou Ze was taken aback when he heard this, and after handing over the work at hand to other generals, Zhou Ze quickly came to where Liu Dai was.

"My lord, General Zhou has arrived." Liu Dai's soldiers cupped their hands.

"My lord!" Zhou Ze cupped his hands.

"Zifang, tell me the truth, how long can this Changyi city last?" Liu Dai asked slowly.

"Since the lord is asking the question, then the general will tell the truth! If Cao Jun can maintain this level of attack, Changyi City can last at most seven days." Zhou Ze cupped his hands.

"I know, let's defend the city!" Liu Dai said expressionlessly.

"No! I will resign at the end!" Zhou Ze cupped his hands and left.

"Zi Fang, why did my lord call you?" a general of the Yanzhou Army asked.

The person who spoke was named Wu Tong, who was also a general under Liu Dai's command.

In addition to Zhou Ze and Wu Tong, Liu Dai also had four generals under his command, called Zhang Wen, Zhang Wu, Zhao Liang, and Huang Fu.

At this time, the two brothers Zhang Wen and Zhang Wu were not guarding the city at the head of Changyi, because they were leading troops to demolish houses in the city.

There are not too many rolling logs and stones left. Although the two of them have been leading people to demolish houses non-stop, they still can't keep up with the consumption speed of the city.

"It's nothing, my lord asked me how many days I can last, and I told my lord that it's up to seven days." Zhou Ze replied.

"Seven days? If Cao Jun can maintain such an offensive intensity, we won't even be able to last five days!" Wu Tong curled his lips and said in a low voice.

"Hey, right now we can only take one step at a time!" Zhou Ze said helplessly.

Tens of thousands of arrows are fired from the top of the city, and the attack from below the city wall is like a tide. This is the true portrayal of this tough battle.

The archers on the city tower kept bending their bows and shooting arrows, and the stone throwers did not dare to be careless, and threw heavy boulders down the city one after another.

A cloud ladder was erected on the top of the city of Changyi, and Zhou Ze led his soldiers to overturn them one by one with a fork.

It wasn't until after noon that the sound of golden bells came from the direction of Cao Jun's rear army, and Cao Jun's soldiers formed a formation and slowly retreated.

Under Zhou Ze's command, the exhausted Yanzhou army officers and soldiers bent their bows and set arrows, and exchanged arrows for the lives of Cao army soldiers as much as possible.

After a day of fierce fighting, thousands of Cao soldiers' lives were filled at the foot of the Changyi city wall.

On the top of the city, there are also many Yanzhou Army soldiers who closed their eyes forever and left this war-torn world.

　The second watch arrives!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)