I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 217 Bloody Battle at Pingqiu

Under the cover of the shield, the crossbowmen of the Bingzhou Army suffered very little casualties, and soon reached the predetermined shooting position, and immediately began to counterattack frantically under the cover of the shieldmen.

Seeing this, Guan Yu waved the command flag, and immediately five thousand light-clothed dead men shouted and carried the ladders to the city head. The purpose of sending troops to attack the city on a large scale is to avoid heavy casualties. After all, no one knows the true strength of the enemy defending the city.

Under the cover of shield soldiers, several simple crash vehicles rushed towards the city gate. In the first wave, Guan Yu wanted to test out all of Xu Huang's methods and understand his strength.

Five thousand light-clothed dead men braved the enemy's dense arrow rain, carried the ladder and rushed to the foot of Pingqiu city without fear of death.

"Kang, clang, clang..." Hundreds of ladders were set up on the top of the city, and then the lightly-clothed dead soldier, holding up the shield with his right hand and holding the ladder with his left hand, rushed towards the top of the city braving the rolling wood and thunder.

Cao Jun was also unambiguous, and with a false order, all kinds of rolling logs and thunderstones poured down from the top of the city, densely like a torrential rain, and hit the Bingzhou army who was attacking the city heavily.

"Ah..." A scream suddenly exploded, echoing in the city, many soldiers of the Bingzhou Army were smashed down to the ground, blood flowed into a river, and corpses were scattered all over the place.

Some seriously injured soldiers wailed and dragged their crippled bodies trying to crawl back, but what awaited them was the merciless rain of arrows from the enemy's city.

Death did not frighten the dead soldiers of the Bingzhou Army, and they continued to climb to the top of the city without fear of death. They were still greeted by rolling logs and stones.

The crossbowmen of the Bingzhou Army under the city were not idle, and seized the opportunity to shoot and kill the defenders at the top of the city. Many Cao Jun were shot down from the top of the city as soon as they showed their heads, and the Bingzhou Army also caused great casualties to Cao Jun.

Guan Yu watched the situation on the battlefield coldly. Seeing that the first wave of attack was blocked and his [-] dead soldiers were firmly blocked under the city, Guan Yu decided to send another [-] soldiers to increase the intensity of the siege and test the limits of Xu Huang's defenders. .

"Woooooo..." The short and powerful horn sounded rapidly, and with the shout of Guan Yu Lingqi, Guan Yu's army moved again:

"The general has an order, the vanguard battalion will attack."

"The general has an order, the vanguard battalion will attack."

"The general has an order, the vanguard battalion will attack."

"Hohohoho..." Ten thousand soldiers of the Pioneer Battalion carried a ladder and divided it into two torrents, heading towards the west gate and the east gate respectively. Guan Yu was going to bloom on three sides, constantly exerting pressure on the defenders , so that it has no skills at all, thus exposing its flaws.

The heavy pressure from the three armies did make Xu Huang lose sight of the other, but after all, Xu Huang was fully prepared. Even though the Bingzhou army was brave and brave, they could not climb the top of the city anyway, and were firmly suppressed by Cao Jun. Rolling wooden thunder The head was filled with stone and gold juice, causing heavy casualties.

Gradually the sun was about to set, Guan Yu frowned, looked at the offensive that had been unable to break through the situation, and the extremely tired soldiers had no choice but to withdraw their troops and fight again tomorrow.

"Ding ding ding..." The clear and sweet sound of the golden bell on the battlefield suddenly sounded, and the Bingzhou army breathed a sigh of relief after hearing it, and then retreated like a tide.

After the Bingzhou army withdrew to the big camp, Guan Yu personally inspected a big camp, arranged light and dark sentries, and left [-] mobile troops in ambush on the only way for the enemy's sneak attack. Obviously, he was fully prepared.

At this time, Li Ji, the commander of the army, hurried over to report today's battle damage to the commander.

I saw Li Sima said solemnly: "General Guan, our army has killed more than [-] people in this battle, seriously injured more than [-] people, and slightly injured more than [-] people. The loss is not small."

Guan Yu was also very shocked when he heard the words. He did not expect that nearly 5000 people were lost in the first battle, which was unprecedented casualties since he became an army.

Although it is said that compassion does not command soldiers, Guan Yu still blames himself and regrets very much. After all, most of them are soldiers who have followed him from Jizhou to today.

Seeing that Guan Yu was in a low mood, Sima added, "However, the enemy suffered a lot of casualties, at least three thousand. This ratio of offense and defense shows that our soldiers are extremely brave and good at fighting."

What Sima said was true. Generally, the defending side relies on the advantage of location, while the attacking side can almost only use their lives to fill it. The offensive and defensive death ratio is generally 3:1, and even 5:1.

Besides, with Xu Huang's [-] troops, how many days can he last with such a battle loss?
Guan Yu just nodded after hearing this, and suddenly said with great importance: "Li Sima, you must ensure that every injured soldier receives timely treatment, and anyone who delays will be killed without mercy!"

"No! The general will obey."

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Cao Cao of Luoyang really adopted Huangfusong's opinion, dug ditches and diverted the Luohe River, and the moat of Luoyang soon bottomed out. Without the protection of the moat, the power of Luoyang's city defense dropped by [-]%.

Li Shimin and the others were also at a loss. He naturally understood Cao Jun's purpose, but he had no choice but to watch the water in the moat dry up. Fill in the moat.

Although there are crossbowmen and crossbowmen at the top of the city that can attack the river-filling army below the city at any time, it is ineffective under the cover of the enemy's shield soldiers.

In desperation, Li Shimin could only ask his subordinates to strengthen their guard, and at the same time continue to prepare equipment for defending the city, organize the strong men in the city into an army, and join the team defending the city.

After three days in a row, at the cost of nearly 5000 casualties, Cao Cao finally filled in more than a dozen flat roads to prepare for the army's attack.

Just when Cao Cao was full of confidence and was about to start a strong attack, Xu Huang's scout army rushed to Luoyang at last.

"Report...report..., general Xu Huang urgently report..." the scout shouted wheezingly.

Cao Cao suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, and he said silently, "Could it be that Guan Yu's army has already gone south?"

"My lord, General Xu Huang came to report that Guan Yu led an army of [-] troops and captured Dongjun. General Yue Jin died under Guan Yu's sword. He had already reached Chenliu County three days ago. General Xu Huang is currently stationed in Pingqiu to prevent Guan Yu from going south. On the road ahead, my lord, please make a decision as soon as possible!"

"What? Guan Yu's army has already killed Chen Liu?" Everyone was also very surprised. They thought that even if Guan Yu's army were to go south, it would be half a month later.

At this time, Guo Jia stood up and said: "My lord, Guan Yu's army is powerful, and Chen Liu's troops are empty. Xu Huang's [-] troops may not last long, and Chen Liu only has [-] soldiers in Yu Jin, and he will not be able to hold on for long. Today, once the enemy captures Chenliu Commandery and cuts off our army's retreat, I'm afraid something bad will happen."

Cao Cao nodded solemnly, he naturally understood this.

"Report...Report..., General Cao Zhang of Qingzhou urgently reports." Another scout army also sent news.

(End of this chapter)