Looking down from the gap between the arrows, even a fool can see the Ding Ling people's next battle intention. Cao Hong almost immediately shouted, the archers are ready! Shoot the people filling the river!
The trumpet sounded loudly, and the Ding Ling people's slaves carried the mud bags back and forth crazily, braving arrows. Many people were shot by bows and arrows while running, and then the people behind them trampled on his corpse and ran away.
past.
Ding Ling's troops also began to form a formation, and the cavalry archers began to dismount and advance forward. Every ten of the assault soldiers held a ladder and were waiting behind. Beside each ladder, there was an assault team of twenty people.
, basically holding a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, quite similar to the posture of Han infantry climbing the city to fight.
All these arrangements were made with Gongsun Du's help.
The sound of drums above Jixian County became more violent every time.
As bags after bags of soil were thrown into the moat, washed by the water in the north where there was no abundant running water, these bags of mud quickly piled up, and then formed a passage leading to the city...
Leader Ding Ling waved his arms vigorously, and the slave soldiers who were originally cannon fodder moved out of the way on both sides. The soldiers of the assault formation roared, carried the ladder, and were guarded by the shield soldiers on both sides, rushing forward!
Cao Hong shouted, Shoot! Free fire!
At the same time, Cao Hong also raised his bow and arrow and aimed at the soldier Ding Ling in front of a ladder. He shot him to the ground with one arrow, and then shot two more people. The ladder tilted and fell to the ground.
The shield soldier wanted to take over the position, but he attracted more arrows. He screamed and rolled back, leaving behind a ladder and a dozen corpses.
The long arrows splashed down, and countless Ding Ling soldiers fell down immediately. However, the Ding Ling archers also approached the city wall. When Cao Jun's target shifted to the ladder assault force, they wildly tilted their arrows towards the city wall.
And because the bow and arrow skills of the Ding Ling people were better than those of the general Cao army, Cao army's archers also suffered a large number of casualties in the blink of an eye.
The archers of Cao's army were forced to detach a part to suppress the bow and arrow shooting of the Ding Ling soldiers, but this also meant that the assault troops were relaxed, allowing these assaulting Ding Ling soldiers to find some gaps and advance to the bottom of the city.
The leader of the Ding Ling people once again sent out the third wave of soldiers. Countless Ding Ling people howled and surged over like a tide. These people roared crazily, with swords in one hand and shields in the other, and they rushed towards the city wall at high speed.
Cao Hong took the time to look in the other direction of the city wall. Le Jin was howling loudly there, commanding the soldiers to resist, but the higher mound seemed quiet...
Cao Hong withdrew his gaze, looked at the Ding Ling people rushing towards the city, and once again encouraged his soldiers, shoot! Shoot! Don't be afraid! We can hold it!
Some of the running Ding Ling soldiers were hit by arrows and fell down. Screams and shouts of death filled the entire battlefield. Some Ding Ling soldiers began to climb up the ladders, and then were quickly killed and fell down, rolling in pain on the base of the city wall.
, and then die.
The arrows of both sides intersected in the air, and the lives of the soldiers on both sides also intertwined. The war drums in the city sounded like mountains, and the horns outside the city also resounded throughout the battlefield.
Attrition, war is attrition, it depends on who consumes more in the end and who cannot bear it.
As the archers on both sides became tired after the fierce shooting, the melee combat became more and more intense.
The Ding Ling people advanced to the city and successfully set up more than a dozen ladders. Then four soldiers pressed the bottom of the ladder firmly to make it firm. The other assaulting soldiers held their shields high and guarded both sides of the ladder.
Protect these four Ding Ling soldiers. With the crazy howling, another thousand Ding Ling soldiers were divided into fifty teams, forming three waves. They followed the road paved with flesh and blood, stepped on the ladders and headed towards
Climbing the city!
The resistance on the Jixian city wall seemed to have weakened inexplicably. Many soldiers were about to climb up the city wall, and some with faster hands and feet had already climbed up, but the next moment several earthen jars were thrown from the city wall.
When they came down, some of them hit the Ding Ling soldiers, and some of them hit the ladder or the ground beside the ladder.
The thick black liquid inside the jar splashed out, and then contaminated everything around it...
Fire...fire oil!
Ding Ling's assault soldiers were horrified and immediately evacuated without hesitation. However, torches were thrown down along with the earthen jars on the city wall, and the kerosene was instantly ignited. The blue-white flames jumped up high.
He immediately embraced everything around him, smiled ferociously, and licked, as if the prey in his hands screamed more pitifully, making the flames more excited...
The Ding Ling people were petrified and involuntarily retreated in full retreat, leaving behind those who were screaming in the flames. Even the horn horns did not know when they stopped.
Cao Hong looked at the rising flames under the city wall, then stood on the steps of the city gate tower, raised his sword high, and roared without any words, but everyone could understand the meaning: ┗｀o′┛嗷
!
All the soldiers of Cao's army in Jixian County suddenly raised their swords and guns, their morale was like a rainbow, and they shouted loudly!
The leader of the Ding Ling people had a gloomy face, then glanced at the Gongsun soldiers hidden behind the hill, moved his eyebrows, grinded his teeth, and finally gave the order: withdraw the troops!
……(#￢＿￢)……
Father...
After a life and death battle, Gongsun Kang was obviously more serious than before. He whispered to Gongsun Du, over there... the commander-in-chief... seems to have noticed us...
Gongsun Du snorted and held his ground.
After a while, Gongsun Du also sneered and said in a low voice, so what if we find out? Okay, let's withdraw our troops!
When Gongsun Du arrived at the Ding Ling people's tent, he found that the atmosphere in the tent was unusually dull. The face of the Ding Ling people's commander was so gloomy that it looked like water could drip from his face.
Respected Chan Yu... all kinds of eyes were cast on Gongsun Du, including ridicule, ridicule, disdain, indifference, anger, hatred, everything seemed to be there except goodwill. Gongsun Du seemed to be nothing.
He bowed and saluted the leader.
The big leader suddenly smiled, Lord Gudu is here? Sit down!
Gongsun Du sat down.
The big leader was silent for a while and then said: Marquis Gudu, what do you think of today's attack...?
Gongsun Du knelt on the ground: Dear Shanyu... I was not able to discover in advance that the Han people in Jixian County had such methods... If I could have predicted what the Han people in Jixian County would do a few days in advance, no, as long as I could predict what the Han people in Jixian County would do two days in advance.
If something like this happens, I will definitely come up with a solution...
Anticipate in advance? The big leader frowned, then looked left and right, and was silent for a while. You should get up first... The big leader looked carefully at Gongsun Du's face, looked at the wrinkles on Gongsun Du's face, and observed these wrinkles.
The hidden meanings within them are used to determine whether these meanings are authentic.
Gongsun Du had sincerity and regret on his face. When he was licking Gongsun Qi's queen in Liaodong, it wasn't always smooth sailing. There were always some unexpected troubles. Gongsun Du always used this time-tested sincerity and regret to hide it.
In the past, he showed an image of admitting his mistakes and being willing to take responsibility.
Sure enough, the commander nodded slightly, pointed to the empty seat next to him, and sat down. This matter cannot be regarded as your responsibility...
It is not Gongsun Du's responsibility, and of course it is not the responsibility of the commander-in-chief. On this point, Gongsun Du's heart is like a mirror. After thanking the commander-in-chief, he sat down and said: Commander-in-chief... let me think about it.
, there is a plan...
Let's talk about it... The commander stared at Gongsun Du and said slowly.
The one who is worried about Jixian County must be me... I am the only one who knows how to attack the Han people's city most effectively. Gongsun Du said unhurriedly that today's attack on the city is unfavorable. In fact, from another aspect, it is also
An opportunity... We can use this matter to set up a strategy to lure the Han people out of the city... Then we can seize the opportunity and eliminate them in one fell swoop...
The commander-in-chief pondered for a while and talked about it.
Yes, respected Shanyu... Gongsun Du said slowly, tomorrow I will lead some people to attack the city... I also ask the commander-in-chief to allocate some slave soldiers to me, because these people are going to die... so tomorrow's attack
The city will inevitably fail... Then the commander-in-chief can punish me in front of the battle... and show it to the people in Ji County. Then I will send someone to secretly drop a letter into the city tomorrow night, saying that I want to rebel against the commander-in-chief and want to make peace with him.
The Han people in Jixian County cooperated and prepared to rebel the night after tomorrow, and asked them to come out of the city to cooperate...
The commander-in-chief seems to be smiling but not smiling, oh?
Gongsun Du didn't even raise his head and continued to speak slowly: As long as the Han people in Ji County think that I am dead, they will know that they don't have to be afraid... because no one except me will know how to seize the weakness of a city and attack it.
, even if the Han people's Jixian County fell, there would still be other cities...then these Han people could still hide in the cities, and we couldn't do anything...so what they wanted most was for me to die, so they
Will definitely cooperate, or pretend to cooperate...
The commander was silent for a long time, then nodded and continued.
If the Han people in Jixian County cooperate, then naturally there will be nothing to say... Gongsun Du still lowered his head, as if he didn't see the intriguing look cast by the big leader just now. After all, our warriors can definitely be outside the city.
To defeat these Han people... So what we have to consider is the possibility that the Han people in Jixian County pretend to cooperate... And I think this may be bigger...
Continue. The commander nodded and said.
So when the time comes, we only need to find two substitutes, one for me... and one for the commander... Then the Han people will believe that we no longer have a leader, and then when we withdraw our troops pretending to be panic... these Han people will
They will definitely come out and try to hunt us down...
How do you know they will definitely come after you?
Because most people are greedy, some want money, some want long life, some want power and wealth... They lost a lot of land in Youbei before, that was theirs
The shame is also their fault. In order to make up for their fault and gain more merits, they will chase them out... If they don't chase them, then they will mark themselves as a group of weaklings who were defeated by us. They can only chase them or pretend to be pretentious.
Only by pursuing them can they prove that they are brave and can still fight, so that they will not be cast aside by the Han people themselves...
The commander held his head with a fist in one hand, thought for a long time, and then looked around. Where are the others? Do the others have any ideas?
...Everyone looked around, silent.
To be continued...