The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3 003 Start a fierce battle

Cao Jun was temporarily repelled, and the soldiers guarding the city began to clean up the corpses on the tower, carrying the corpses of the soldiers who died in battle down the tower one by one, and brought up new rolling stones and lumber from the city.

Zhang Yan stood on the tower and watched Cao Jun retreat, heaving a sigh of relief.He handed the bow in his hand to Chen Deng again, and said, "My lord, return this bow to you."

Chen Deng didn't reach out to pick it up, instead, he looked at Zhang Yan with a trace of respect, and said with joy: "Lieutenant Zhang, I really didn't expect you to have the skill of piercing Yang with a hundred steps. This bow is also a waste for me. Why don't you keep it and use this bow to kill a few more Cao soldiers."

Zhang Yan saw that this bow was finely crafted, different from ordinary bows and arrows, and the strength of the bowstring was twice that of ordinary bows. It was really a good bow.And this bow is also inlaid with a gemstone, which shows that this bow is Chen Deng's favorite thing.As the saying goes, a gentleman does not take away the beauty of others, he said: "If you don't get paid for nothing, how can I..."

"Lieutenant Zhang County, do you know who the General Cao Jun you shot dead just now?"

Zhang Yan shook his head.

Chen Deng grinned, grinning from ear to ear, and said happily: "The general of the Cao army you shot and killed just now is called Cao Chun. He is the younger brother of Cao Ren, the general of the Cao army, and he is also Cao Cao's right-hand man. How can you say no Is it not rewarding for the merits?"

Zhang Yan turned his face and glanced outside the city. He saw Cao Chun's body being carried back to Cao Jun's formation. A Cao Jun general was lying on top of Cao Chun's body and howling. That person should be Cao Ren.

"Hey, it seems that Liang Zi and Cao Cao are married!" Zhang Yan sighed inwardly.

Chen Deng continued: "Lieutenant Zhang County, you shot and killed Cao Chun, and you made a great contribution. If the state shepherd finds out, he will definitely reward you heavily. This bow can only exert its true power in your hands. , I will present it to you today, I hope you will make good use of this bow and kill a few more generals of Cao Jun!"

"Then... I'd rather be respectful than obedient!" Zhang Yan saw that Chen Deng had good intentions, and if he refused again, it would be too hypocritical.Besides, this bow has strong tension and a long range, so it is really suitable for him.

Seeing that Zhang Yan was willing to accept the bow he presented, Chen Deng was also very happy.He gathered all the soldiers together, praised Zhang Yan in front of everyone, and asked them all to learn from Zhang Yan, and in front of everyone, let Zhang Yan temporarily serve as the army commander, responsible for Defense on the west side of the city wall.

Afterwards, the defenders began to actively deploy defenses, and some soldiers continued to carry the arrows in the arsenal to the city wall. It seemed that they were ready to fight Cao Jun to the end.

Cao's army outside the city also changed. After the first attempt to charge failed, Cao's army also became conservative.

Zhang Yan noticed that Cao Jun pushed dozens of trebuchets from the rear and stood in the center of the army formation. It seemed that Cao Jun was preparing to use siege weapons.

Chen Deng also noticed this change. At this time, he was standing on the city wall, looking at Cao Jun outside the city from a distance, frowning, looking gloomy, and feeling uneasy.

Soon, Cao Jun's siege weapons were ready, but seeing Cao Jun's command flag waving in the formation, the rumble of war drums came from Cao Jun's formation, resounding through the heaven and earth, straight to Xiaohan.

Chen Deng immediately shouted loudly: "Attention everyone, Cao Jun is about to start attacking the city again. This time Cao Jun used the catapult, everyone must pay attention to avoiding it. No matter what, you must persist until the reinforcements led by Master Zhou come! "

"Here!" All the soldiers guarding the city replied in unison.

Chen Deng turned around and gave some instructions to the soldiers behind him. Those soldiers quickly went down the tower, and soon shouted loudly in the city, and began to guide the refugees and soldiers in the city to defend.

After the sound of the war drums sounded for about 2 minutes, it suddenly stopped. Then, dozens of huge black shadows flew out from Cao Jun's formation, flying towards Pengcheng.

There was a dull cracking sound in the sky, which seemed to contain a trembling taste.

"Be careful and dodge!" Chen Deng yelled loudly while hiding behind the battlements.

Dozens of huge stones jumped over the high city wall and fell directly into the city.

The boulder fell on the roof, smashing the beams heavily, and the houses near the city wall collapsed instantly and turned into ruins.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom..."

Loud rumbling noises continued to be heard in the city, and the entire ground shook. Large areas of houses collapsed, mixed with the screams of many people.

The first wave of Cao Jun's attack with the catapult came to an end. Then Zhang Yan noticed that the catapult moved a bit in Cao Jun's formation and made some adjustments backwards.

Not long after, many boulders flew out of the sky. The flying boulders were like a huge millstone, falling from the sky and smashing towards Pengcheng mercilessly.

This time, the boulder was aimed at the city wall. Many boulders fell from the sky and fell directly on the city wall, killing the defenders one after another.

Faced with the attacks of these behemoths, the defenders in the city were simply vulnerable, and there was no way to avoid them. In this era, trebuchets were like terrifying weapons like cannons.

All the defenders were tightly attached to the city wall, praying secretly, hoping that they would not be hit by the boulder.However, the vicinity of the city gate was the key place where Cao Jun's catapults focused on attacking. They escaped the attack of this wave of boulders, but they could not predict the trajectory of the next wave of boulders.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom..."

Boulders are still falling continuously, and there are continuous rumbling sounds nearby, sometimes far and near, and no one can tell where the next boulder will fall.The accuracy of the trebuchet was poor, and Zhang Yan couldn't predict its trajectory, so he could only watch helplessly as the soldiers around him were crushed to death.

Under the ravages of boulders, the place near the city gate has already become ruins, and the corpses are scattered all over the place. The streets are full of broken stones, and blood is sprinkled all over the ground.

Facing the Cao soldiers attacking with trebuchets, the defenders suffered a lot, but due to the disparity in strength between the two sides, the defenders could only stick to the city.Once the city gate was opened and Cao Bing swarmed in, they couldn't resist much time.

I don't know how long it took, the city walls were covered with stone chips, and there were as many as 200 defenders killed or injured. Just when everyone was terrified, Cao Jun's attack suddenly stopped.

But before everyone could catch their breath, countless dense arrows flew from the sky, like locusts flying all over the sky, very dense.

"Swoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh..."

Thousands of sharp arrows pierced the sky...

The defenders clinging to the city wall were lucky enough to escape the attack of the boulder, but faced with the locust-like arrows, it was a great crime. A series of arrowheads fell on the city wall, and groups of defenders were blown away. When the incoming arrow hit him, he either fell into a pool of blood, or lay on the ground crying.

Zhang Yan curled up and pressed tightly against the city wall, the sound of "swish, swish" could be heard endlessly, facing such a violent rain of arrows, he was powerless.

Suddenly, a sharp arrow fell from the sky and directly cut through his left arm, and blood burst out immediately.

A few seconds later, the first wave of arrows had completely fallen, and the defenders on the tower had been reduced by one-third by repeated boulders and arrow attacks, causing heavy casualties.

Afterwards, Cao Jun shot three waves of arrows in a row, and the defenders were suppressed by Cao Jun's arrows and couldn't lift their heads up, nor could they fight back.In this short period of time, more than a thousand defenders on the city wall actually killed more than 600 people, and the remaining more than 400 people were mostly injured.

At this moment, a deafening shout suddenly came from outside the city, Cao Jun began to attack the city!

Braving the arrow rain, Zhang Yan raised his head and glanced outside the city, but he saw a large crowd of people outside the city. Cao Jun's soldiers had no formation at all. They rushed towards Pengcheng, like a huge torrent, densely packed, like ants.

This time, tens of thousands of Cao Jun outside the city all launched an attack on Pengcheng. The huge shouts were deafening, calling out the courage of Cao Jun, but it made everyone in Pengcheng terrified.

"Cao Jun is attacking the city, defend it!" Chen Deng was in a hurry, seeing Cao Jun rushing towards Pengcheng as if he had gone crazy, he shouted hysterically.

Although Zhang Yan's left arm was injured, it was only a skin trauma, which did not prevent him from counterattacking with a bow and arrow at all.Seeing Cao Jun in abundance, Zhang Yan also went mad. He took out three arrows from his quiver at a time, put them all on the bowstring, and then shot three arrows at once. Three different Cao soldiers were shot, and each arrow could accurately hit a Cao soldier, showing his amazing ability as a modern mercenary.

He has received inhuman training since he was a child, and his physical fitness is very good. Although the body he occupies now is not his, but fortunately, the physical quality of this body is also comparable to his.

As a mercenary killer, his killing skills are very superb. In addition to using various guns, he is not ambiguous at all even with cold weapons. Bows and crossbows were also his usual weapons. He is outstanding, just let Cao Bing come to taste his power.

Zhang Yan shot three arrows and killed three people at a time. All Cao soldiers shot by him would die immediately. After a while, he shot and killed nearly twenty Cao soldiers in succession. He was really a killing machine worthy of the name. .

At this time, the reinforcements from the city continued to come and immediately made up for the defense of the tower. The defenders used their bows and arrows to shoot fiercely at Cao Jun who was approaching the city.

Facing the strong counterattack of the defenders, many Cao soldiers were killed and injured, but no one retreated. On the contrary, the death of their companions angered them and made these Cao soldiers move forward even more fearlessly.

Cao's army soon approached the city wall, and the archers also began to counterattack on the city wall. Arrows flew back and forth between the two armies. Both the defenders and Cao's army suffered casualties.

Zhang Yan continued to exert strength, and after opening the bow seven times in a row, his physical strength obviously declined.Archery is also a physical activity. The further you go, the more obvious your lack of physical strength is, and his shooting speed has obviously slowed down a lot.

"There are too many Cao soldiers. If this continues, even if they are not killed, they will be exhausted to death..."

Looking at the densely packed Cao army outside the city, Zhang Yan smiled wryly in his heart, and then he remembered that the body he occupied was the one who died of exhaustion in the fierce battle with Cao soldiers!
(End of this chapter)