Gou writes entries in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 158

Three thousand soldiers wearing gliding wings were launched from five hundred ballistas, and it only took six rounds to complete the launch.

The crossbow cart made by Ma Jun according to the drawings is extremely easy to operate.
After one round is fired, the next round can be fired within a few breaths.

It only took a quarter of an hour for all 3000 people to launch.

It wasn't until the fourth round of firing that the defenders on the city confirmed that something was indeed flying in by asking each other.

When the guard general reported this incredible thing to Cao Cao and Liu Bei,
All three thousand Tiger Battalion soldiers have been ejected into the city.

Liu Xuan was one of the last people to enter the city, and he was hooked on experiencing the wonderful feeling of flying in person.

I just feel like my body is flying up into the sky like a cannonball, drawing a huge parabola on the city wall.
After his body crossed the city wall, Liu Xuan pressed the switch, and the wings on his back flew open, leading Liu Xuan to slowly glide in the air.

Later, Liu Xuan landed on a wide street,
In the darkness, Liu Xuan saw that hundreds of people had successfully landed on the street and had assembled.

Liu Xuan couldn't help but marvel at the exquisite drawings produced by this roulette wheel.

I also admire Ma Jun's hands-on ability very much.

With three thousand sets of gliding wings, the launch success rate is 300%, and the ejection landing point is no more than [-] meters away from the preset destination.

At this moment, three thousand Tiger Battalion soldiers have successfully landed within the range of about 300 meters.

With the faint moonlight, everyone completed their gathering.

Liu Xuan called out the clockwork clock in the space and looked at it. At this moment, the ion time was not far away.
With a wave of his hand, he led everyone to run towards the east gate of Xuchang City.

At this time, the guard on the city finally reported the matter to Cao Cao.

After a tiring day, Cao Cao was sleeping soundly when he heard from the guard general that an unknown shadow flew into the city from the sky. He was so startled that he lost all sleep.

During this extremely sensitive period, any unusual movement deserves attention.

What's more, Cao Cao was very familiar with Liu Xuan. His endless new gadgets forced Cao Cao to pay close attention to him.

But Cao Cao also understood that the two armies were confronting each other inside and outside the city wall. No matter what unexpected methods Liu Xuan used to attack the city, the ultimate goal was to open the city gate and allow the army to enter the city.

"Pass an order, the four gates of Xuchang will immediately send additional manpower, especially the east gate."

Cao Cao was in a hurry and immediately made the safest arrangement.
After a pause, he shouted to the left and right again,

"Come here, the Guards will follow me at all times from now on, and we must not slack off."

Near the east gate of Xuchang City, three thousand Tiger Battalion soldiers were finally in position.

Ahead is the East City Gate, but Cao Cao's defense of Xuchang was really done to the extreme.
Even in this late night, there were one or two thousand defenders at the gate of Xuchang City, and there were even horseback guards in the alleyways of the city gate.

The one or two thousand defenders could not fit at the city gate, so these soldiers stationed along the city gate opening, occupying almost half of the road.

The Tiger Battalion wanted to rush to the gate to open the city gate, but they could only fight from the outside and defeat all the more than 1000 defenders.

Without further ado, Liu Xuan winked at Cheng Hu,
Cheng Hu understood and made a gesture to the Tiger Camp soldiers behind him.
I saw everyone raising their arms together, triggering the mechanism on the arm crossbow, and a shower of crossbow arrows shot over.

Cao Cao's defenders in the front row were caught off guard and were shot down in large numbers, causing the scene to fall into brief chaos.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

The ghastly screams of the defenders echoed through the night sky.

The Tiger Battalion soldiers did not hesitate at all. As soon as the crossbow arrows were fired, the people rushed out.
3000 people all rushed out of the darkness, swords in hand, and a large area of ​​the defenders fell immediately.

However, after a brief period of chaos, the defenders under the city immediately organized their troops.

They were the most loyal troops under Cao Cao and were placed on defense at the city gate to prevent this situation from happening.

Under the organization of the defender, the remaining more than 1000 people immediately formed an iron barrel formation to strictly defend the city gate.

Liu Xuan and Cheng Hu, one on the left and one on the right, each led a team to attack the defenders.

The length of Ruyi's dragon spear was changing, pulling the defenders apart one by one, allowing the soldiers of the Tiger Battalion behind him to carry out follow-up attacks.

Cheng Hu's sword was also powerful, and with one sweep, several soldiers were able to vomit blood and fly backwards.

However, there were nearly 2000 defenders after all. Although there were constant casualties, they managed to hold the city gate.

The battlefield is narrow. Liu Xuan's [-] Tiger Battalion can only reach a few hundred people on the front line.

Everyone used all their strength to kill, because they all knew,

This is a battle inside the city, and the opponent will receive a steady stream of reinforcements.
And they will only fight less and less.

The gate must be broken open before reinforcements arrive.

But Cao Cao's defenders had the same idea at the moment. As long as they defended the city gate until reinforcements arrived, these sneak attack people would eventually be surrounded and wiped out.

As they expected, the battle below quickly alerted the defenders on the city wall.

Seeing the melee below the city, the soldiers on the city wall quickly gathered and ran towards the city.

Liu Xuan saw clearly that a large number of soldiers were running on the city wall and down the steps of the city wall.

From the city wall to the stairs, and then from the stairs to the city gate, it only takes 10 minutes at the fastest.

We must get in as soon as possible!

The soldiers in the Tiger Camp also knew this, and they all showed their special skills. For a while, they were full of momentum.

The soldiers ignored defense and attacked with all their strength. Cao Cao's defenders fell one after another and were about to be killed.

However, at this time, Liu Xuan looked up and accidentally saw a familiar figure.

Liu Bei, and the foreign-looking man following behind him.

Obviously, after hearing that the city gate was attacked, Liu Bei also rushed over with his people.

However, Liu Bei did not lead his men to the city gate, but came to the city tower.

The bearded Moss behind him looked at the battle situation below the city and said to Liu Bei,
"It's too late. It seems our backup plan can be used."

After saying that, Moss said to the soldiers behind him: "Do it."

Liu Bei quickly stopped and said: "Wait a minute, there are many friendly troops under the city, so there is no need for this thing."

Moss smiled coldly: "Uncle Liu Huang, now is not the time to be kind to women. The troops downstairs are just friendly troops, not ours. Besides, if you don't take action now, you won't have the chance to take action later."

"When Liu Xuan's army enters the city, they will also die in battle."

Moss said, seeing that Liu Bei was a little moved, he raised his head directly towards the soldiers behind him.
"Pour the kerosene."

Liu Bei didn't stop him this time, he just closed his eyes and let Moss command.

The soldiers quickly carried several large barrels of kerosene across the city wall, and then poured them down towards the city.

Liu Xuan had been watching Liu Bei's movements when he saw several wooden barrels suddenly appeared on the city.

A feeling of danger quickly spread throughout his body, and Liu Xuan subconsciously yelled: "Back off, dodge!"

Fortunately, the soldiers of the Tiger Camp never hesitated to carry out Liu Xuan's orders.

Most of the soldiers immediately retreated in large strides, but there were still a small number of soldiers who rushed too far forward.

Moreover, the rebel army could not fully hear Liu Xuan's words, so they did not have time to withdraw.At this time, the kerosene on the tower had been poured down.

The kerosene drenched the soldiers under the city, and both Cao Cao's soldiers and Liu Xuan's Tiger Camp were all stained by the kerosene.

And this kerosene didn't need rockets to ignite at all. Moss' people added some small balls to it.
These small balls exploded automatically when they hit the ground, and the sparks instantly ignited the fire oil on the ground.

The flames on the ground spread quickly, igniting the kerosene on the soldiers' bodies.
This extremely flammable fire oil spreads very quickly, and once it is contaminated, it cannot be extinguished even by rolling on the spot.

In an instant, hundreds of soldiers at the city gate were swallowed up by flames, including hundreds of Tiger Battalion soldiers.

"What a cruel method."

Liu Xuan frowned. There was kerosene everywhere at the city gate, and the flames rose more than one meter high. The soldiers below the city tower were still rolling on the ground, wailing miserably.

But all this was in vain. The fire oil on his body could not be extinguished at all. More importantly, the fire burned the city gate and filled it with smoke.

These soldiers who were on fire were choked by the fireworks and soon became silent.

Although the method was vicious, Liu Bei used this move to really seal the road leading to the city gate.

Not far away, a large number of Cao Cao's soldiers had descended from the city wall and swarmed towards this side.

There was also the faint sound of horse hooves behind them, which was Cao Cao's reinforcements.

How to do?
Risk your way through, or sit back and wait for death?

Liu Xuan frowned and couldn't think of a good countermeasure for the moment.
Several Tiger Battalion soldiers gritted their teeth and said to Liu Xuande,

"Lord, I'm going to open a way, and I'll fill it with my body."

Filling the sea of ​​fire with your body is what the fierce men from the Tiger Camp can imagine.
Liu Xuan shook his head decisively and said, "No, doing this is tantamount to death."

However, the soldier's words made Liu Xuan's eyes light up.
Although there was a sea of ​​fire at the city gate, the flames mainly came from the fire oil on the ground.

If time permits, wait until the kerosene burns and there will be no threat.

If you can get something in the sand to cover the kerosene, you can also extinguish the fire.

This is also the reason why the Tiger Camp soldiers proposed to fill it with their bodies.

Have it.

Liu Xuan quickly made up his mind and said to Cheng Hu,

"Cheng Hu, use the arm crossbow to cover the city tower. Don't let them pour kerosene again. Wait until I fill the path in the fire field, and then come over and help me open the city gate."

Cheng Hu knew that now was not the time to ask any more questions, so he immediately nodded and said, "Okay, my lord, be careful."

Liu Xuan quickly retreated to the rear, avoiding the sight of the defenders on the city.
With a flash of consciousness, he summoned the invisible potion from the hidden corner and immediately took a drop.
Liu Xuan's figure slowly disappeared into the darkness.

The invisibility effect lasts for 10 minutes, or it will appear immediately if you initiate an attack.

The current situation is that there is a sea of ​​fire under the city, and Cao Cao's defenders have also left the fire scene and formed formations on both sides of the city gate to defend against the enemy.

Liu Xuan's Tiger Battalion kept attacking the place where the kerosene was poured on the tower with crossbows, preventing Liu Bei's men from showing their heads.

At this time, Liu Xuan had already reached the vicinity of the fire scene. As long as he passed through the fire scene, he could enter the city gate.

There are no more Cao Cao soldiers guarding the doorway.As long as you can rush over, you can open the city gate.

With a flash of consciousness, Liu Xuan opened a hidden corner.

This portable dimensional space is a full [-] square meters, and the items can be put in with just a thought when touching them.

Removing items requires only mental control.

Liu Xuan glanced at the hidden corner and found that the most stored item in the [-]-square-meter space was five baht coins.

Nearly one hundred square meters of five baht were stored, covering half of the space.

This was what he brought with him when he went to Pinghu in Hedong last time. At that time, Liu Xuan was encircling the Qiang and Hu in Hedong and offered a reward of [-] yuan per head.
Because he didn't know how much it would cost, Liu Xuan simply stored most of the five baht in the warehouse into the space.

After the army marches, the expenses, military pay and other money can be withdrawn directly from the space, which is very convenient.

Liu Xuan looked at the fire scene in front of him, a complicated look flashed in his eyes,

This is really using money to open the way.

Then with a thought, he no longer hesitated and summoned the money in the space continuously.

One side, two sides, ten sides.
In everyone's surprised eyes, piles of five-baht coins suddenly appeared on the fire field at the city gate.

The densely packed five bahts covered the flames and quickly suppressed the flames. The rising flames were extinguished instantly, leaving only wisps of green smoke rising from the bottom.

Cheng Hu's eyes widened, "Can it still be like this?"

Then, remembering Liu Xuan's instructions, he shouted decisively,
"Shoot the city wall with all your strength and cover the passage below. You guys, follow me."

After saying that, he rushed out with a team of people.

Stepping on half a foot of five-baht coins, he rushed into the city gate and met Liu Xuan inside.

Everyone worked together to open the heavy city gate.

Zhao Yun, who had been waiting outside the city, pointed his spear.
"Iron Buddha, charge into the formation and clear the way!"

Taking the lead, they rushed towards the doorway with a thousand iron pagodas.

At this time, Cao Cao's soldiers coming down from the city wall and the cavalry rushing to support them had just arrived at the city gate.

Then he saw a torrent of silver steel rushing in from outside the city with the sound of thunderous horse hooves in the dark night.

The war horse passed through the city gate, and what flew under its hooves was not dust, but five baht coins.

Inside the city, the Tiger Battalion soldiers had already given way to the main road and ran to form formations on both sides of the city gate to defend against the enemy.

Tiefutu marched straight in and charged towards the east-west main street of Xuchang City.

How could the cavalry of Cao's army who rushed in hastily be the opponent of Tiefu Tu? They were scattered in an instant.

From the city gate to the main street, the iron pagoda has opened up an open passage.

Outside the city gate, Liu Xuan's troops appeared one after another.

The trapped camp, Danyang camp, Chinese army troops, and various legions filed in and entered the city of Xuchang.

Without the danger of the city wall, Cao Cao and Liu Bei's soldiers were completely unable to compete with Liu Xuan's troops.

When the sky dimmed, Liu Xuan had completely controlled the east gate of Xuchang, and Liu Bei led his troops to flee into the city in a hurry.

After Liu Xuan's troops briefly gathered and reorganized in the east of the city, they divided into three groups and attacked various military camps in the city.

When Cao Cao heard that the east gate of Xuchang was lost, he sat down on the couch with dull eyes.
“It’s over, Xuchang cannot be protected, and Yuzhou cannot be protected.”

Cao Cao knew very well the combat power of Liu Xuan's army. In this more than a month of offensive and defensive battles, Cao Cao's troops relied on the advantage of the city wall to be able to compete with Liu Xuan.
Even when the defensive supplies at the back are insufficient, the defender's battle loss ratio is higher than that of the siege.

Now, he has no danger to defend, and the opponent's army is wearing full body armor, giving him an absolute advantage in street fighting.

Cao Cao made a decisive decision, "Come, follow me to the palace, take the emperor with you, and prepare to retreat."

(End of this chapter)