Cao Jun roared loudly and climbed up the wall along the ladder, as if shouting loudly could gain strength BUFF. But as soon as these Cao Jun soldiers poked their heads out, sharp weapons came towards them, and the soldiers who could not dodge were hit.
He was stabbed and fell down screaming, but those who escaped immediately used their weapons to fight back. Then two of Jiangdong's soldiers fell down, and Jiangdong's soldiers behind them screamed and rushed forward. The two sides were on the ladder.
Death is exchanged endlessly.
The first and second waves of Cao's soldiers had already retreated to repair.
The first two waves of Cao's soldiers suffered heavy casualties, especially the first wave of Cao's soldiers. Even with the powerful attack power of the catapults, it did not directly defeat the morale of Jiangdong's soldiers, and Jiangdong's soldiers occupied a favorable location, which made Cao's soldiers also
It paid a big price.
Xia Houjie moved forward and reached the formation of Cao's army closest to the city. He did not carry his own flag. After all, in this day and age, moving with a battle flag is almost equivalent to telling the opponent his position. Xia Houjie listened to the words on and off the city wall.
He yelled to kill and watched with a calm expression as the new troops entered the killing battlefield.
There are not many Jiangdong soldiers on the city wall.
This is pretty much what was expected.
Although the Jiangdong Army occupies a favorable geographical location, Ling County itself is not large. After withstanding the catapult attack, it also caused certain damage to the city walls and defense equipment. All of this caused Jiangdong Army defensive troubles, especially
It was Cao Jun himself who was more proficient in land warfare. In the process of fighting for the city wall, Jiangdong soldiers were constantly injured and killed.
The most critical thing is that Ling County lacks medium and large defense equipment and is unable to counterattack Cao Jun's siege equipment...
Originally, there was kerosene on the city wall of Jiangdong Army, which was intended to be used to burn vehicles and other equipment. However, the kerosene also became part of the previous fire and joyfully participated in a crazy dance, so there was not a drop left.
When the corpses were slowly piled up and down on the city wall, the first Cao Jun soldier finally gained a firm foothold on the city wall. Although he was quickly killed by the Jiangdong soldiers who followed, but as the follow-up soldiers
Cao Jun's soldiers rushed up to the city wall, and Jiangdong's soldiers couldn't bear it anymore.
A Cao Army soldier huddled behind the shield and withstood the thrusts of several spears from Jiangdong soldiers. Then a Cao Army spearman stood next to him. This spearman cooperated with the sword and shield hand to kill a Jiangdong soldier, and immediately opened the door.
Through a small gap, more soldiers of Cao's army appeared on the city wall and formed a small formation to attack. Jiangdong's soldiers could not resist. After several people were killed, they shouted, turned around and fled back.
Xiahoujie also took the opportunity to board the city wall, and led Cao's soldiers to advance a section, occupying a section of the wall, and then left some soldiers to control the bifurcation of the Wengcheng wall, while Xiahoujie led the subsequent Cao army to
Turn north and run directly down the corridor to the city. They must capture the city gate and let the army enter the city through the gate. This is the fastest way to invest troops, and it is also their most important combat goal at the moment.
At this time, there are still many burning fires in the city near the city wall, which should have been ignited by Cao Cao's kerosene bombs before. There are charred remains of houses near the city gate, and there is still some heat wave left in the air.
, there is diffuse black smoke everywhere, thick or light, constantly dancing around, like monsters floating in the air, either baring their teeth or claws, or showing a sneer.
A group of Jiangdong soldiers happened to run up from under the corridor and bumped into Xia Houjie and others.
Xia Houjie shouted loudly, shook out his spear, and assassinated the first Jiangdong soldier on the spot. Then Xia Houjie's guards also moved forward, using their swords and guns at the same time, and struck down. The first few Jiangdong soldiers were immediately knocked down.
The ground, screaming and rolling down the slope.
Jiangdong behind the corridor dodged the wounded soldiers on the ground, and the formation became chaotic. Xia Houjie took the opportunity to lead his soldiers to rush forward, and quickly defeated the chaotic Jiangdong soldiers. At the cost of a slight casualty of two people, he cleared them.
Jiangdong soldiers were replenished on the corridor.
The loss of the Wengcheng caused the Jiangdong soldiers to lose an important defensive support point. Cao Jun's archers also climbed up the city wall and shot at the Jiangdong soldiers in sight, which made the Jiangdong soldiers even more panicked and made the Jiangdong soldiers have to gather up.
Jiangdong's soldiers suffered more losses, and the Jiangdong soldiers who charged up alone were no match for Cao's army who had already formed a formation.
Under such circumstances, Jiangdong soldiers fled one after another.
Xia Houjie began to attack the Jiangdong soldiers who were on duty at the city gate. The archers of Cao's army who arrived later stood on the city wall to suppress the rushing Jiangdong soldiers. Even iron armor could not withstand the attack at such a close range.
With the armor-piercing heavy arrows, Jiangdong soldiers left a few corpses and retreated into the city. As more and more Cao troops followed, Xia Houjie did not take long to slaughter all the Jiangdong soldiers in the city gate cave.
, and then opened the city gate.
The soldiers of Cao's army who had been near the city gate cave swarmed in early. Cao's army in red and black uniforms rushed into Lingxian along Chengmen Street. The Jiangdong Army in this area had been shattered, and the scattered small groups did not dare to fight.
Cao Jun fought head-on and hid in the alleys beside the road.
Yin Li, who entered the city through the city gate, said hello to Xia Houjie and led a large group of soldiers to quickly advance towards the cross street intersection without any delay.
Unlike Xia Houjie, Yin Li was followed by a bodyguard, holding a small general's flag with the word "Yin" written on it, waving his teeth and claws on the flag.
Yin Li was in a good mood. He originally thought that he would become a death squad, the first wave of people to attack the city, and then be forced to fight to the death on the Lingxian city wall, but he did not expect that Xia Houjie would be the first to attack the city, and he only had to wait
After Xia Houjie broke through the city wall, he continued to advance into the city.
Yin Li even felt a little relieved about this arrangement.
Yin Li also knew what was going on with the Taishan Army. But even though he was clear, he could not think of any good solution. This time Chang Xi was killed, which can be regarded as a major problem exposed among the Taishan Army. Yin Li was afraid that he
Therefore, he was implicated, but now it seems that he is not.
Does the general still understand the truth and distinguish right from wrong...
"careful!"
Yin Li was a little distracted, but he ran into a group of Jiangdong soldiers head-on, and was almost stabbed in the chest by one of the Jiangdong soldiers. Fortunately, at the last moment, Yin Li turned his body sideways, and the gun head scratched the iron armor on his chest. A flash of fire!
Yin Li's heart tightened, and he focused all his attention on the battlefield. He swung his sword and chopped down the Jiangdong spearman to the ground. Then he opened another spear and chopped off the Jiangdong soldier's arm with one knife. , bright red blood and yellow-white bones splashed in the air.
"kill!"
Yin Li roared and charged forward with his men. Several Jiangdong soldiers were quickly hacked to death, but there were still Jiangdong soldiers coming up from behind, howling, and some were pinched from the alley, and there were even worse ones. When Yin Li's men approached the doors and windows of some houses along the street, they suddenly jumped out from inside, or stabbed out their swords and guns directly, causing Yin Li's men to also suffer casualties.
Yin Li was a little angry. These more than 40 Jiangdong soldiers caused nearly 20 casualties among his men, and these Jiangdong soldiers looked a little strange...
Normally, after the city is broken, the defenders will usually break up and escape, but these Jiangdong soldiers did not flee. This is one of the strange things. Another strange thing is that the combat effectiveness of these Jiangdong soldiers is actually Not high, just like second-class auxiliary soldiers stationed there.
A quarter of an hour later, Yin Li broke through the obstruction and rushed to the Ling County government office.
The door of the Ling County government office was closed tightly. There seemed to be someone inside, and there was some movement, but no head appeared on the wall of the government office.
Seeing the situation in front of him, Yin Li hesitated.
"what to do?"
"Can't get up?"
Yin Li looked back. He didn't know why, but he suddenly felt a little panicked. But he was already standing here. Is it possible to go back?
Yin Li gritted his teeth and said, "Come on!"
Three or four of Yin Li's men approached the gate of the government office warily, and then pushed it tentatively, and the door suddenly opened!
Some figures were shaking in the government office, as if they had fled to the backyard.
Sometimes it's like this. If there weren't these figures, Yin Li's soldiers would be suspicious. After all, not knowing who the opponent is and what will happen is a kind of terror in itself. When he sees someone escaping, he immediately has the instinct to chase his prey. He was inspired, and he immediately shouted and rushed inside!
Yin Li could not help but be led by the soldiers and rushed into the government office...
But after taking a few steps, Yin Li noticed something was wrong.
The messy items around seemed at first glance to have been overturned and scattered on the ground by people who had escaped in a hurry, but now it seems that these messy items are mainly composed of slips, lacquer boxes, wooden frames, and rags, and these Things have the same property...
Combustible!
Yin Li's eyes flashed, then his nose twitched slightly, and then he smelled something that frightened him, "No! Get out! Get out!"
As if Yin Li's voice was an order, flames immediately appeared inside the government office. At the same time, rockets shot out from nowhere began to fall inside the government office. Suddenly, several fire heads were ignited, and in the blink of an eye, they were fired again.
The fire oil under these debris was ignited, and flames burst into the sky!
Everywhere you look is bright red!
……(;￢＿￢)……
Xia Houjie looked at the place in the distance ahead where flames suddenly shot up into the sky, sneered, and waved his arms, "Get out of Ling County! Send an order, everyone gets out of Ling County!"
If we drink some wine together, we become brothers?
Idiots are so easy to fool...
The fire in the city expanded very quickly, and then began to spread along the streets, and soon spread to various city gates. As for Xia Houjie, it may be because Cao Cao's kerosene bombs had ignited the burning objects before, and now
Instead, no flames came.
Xia Houjie remembered that Cao Cao had sent soldiers to explain matters...
When will the Cao family and the Xiahou family go out of their way to take care of outsiders?
Naturally, it comes when it comes in handy.
It's like the present moment.
Xia Houjie took a look at the streets littered with corpses. He didn't even care about whether Yin Li could escape from the fire. He just led his soldiers back, walked out of the city gate, and then went directly to report back to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao looked at Xia Houjie coldly, his expression obviously not very good, "There is a fire in the city?!"
"Yes." Xia Houjie didn't know when a bloody bandage appeared on his arm, and the blood was dripping down.
"You abandoned General Yin and retreated?" Cao Cao was furious.
Xia Houjie prostrated on the ground, "I have advised General Yin not to advance rashly and to proceed with caution, but General Yin did not listen..."
Did Xia Houjie tell Yin Li to be careful?
I must have said that.
But that was before entering the city.
Therefore, what Xia Houjie said now was not false.
"So..." Cao Cao's expression relaxed slightly, and then he snorted coldly, "Even if General Yin is greedy for power and rushes in, you should be responsible for taking care of him! Go to Ling County quickly to check and take care of him.
General Yin! If I cause you to lose your general, I will be severely punished!"
Xia Houjie kowtowed, then with blood dripping from his "injury", he stepped back to "receive" Yin Li.
Zang Ba looked on with cold eyes.
Cao Cao was calm and composed.
Life is like a drama. As long as you don't feel embarrassed, others will be embarrassed.
"Come here, the light cavalry on the left and right wings are dispatched! Chase the defeated troops for ten miles!"
"The front troops retreat! Send people to clean up the battlefield!"
"Chinese army on alert! Scouts spread out thirty miles upstream and downstream!"
"The rear army is preparing to receive the wounded, prepare more hot soup! Avoid drinking raw water!"
Cao Cao passed on the orders one after another in an orderly manner. After all the orders were given, he turned slightly and met Man Chong's eyes...
As early as when Man Chong reported on the detection situation in Ling County, Man Chong was in the Chinese military tent. On the surface, he was talking about ordinary situations, but in fact, Man Chong secretly visited Cao Cao again.
There are some unusual situations among the soldiers guarding Jiangdong City in Ling County.
First, of course, there is no defensive equipment from Zhongda.
Normally, it is not a very difficult task to build these equipment for defending the city. Take the racket stick for the building boat as an example. There is also such a racket pole on the Jiangdong building boat. It’s just that the racket stick on the building boat
It is a weapon aimed at other ships, while the racket on the tower is only used against carriages. Basically there is no difference in its structure, so why hasn't it been done?
Lazy?
Too late?
No craftsmen?
Or some other reasons?
Second, there are no generals guarding the city, or in other words, no generals with some reputation in Jiangdong.
Is Ling County important? It is very important. After all, it is the gateway to the north of Guangling. If Ling County is breached, then we can go straight down to Guangling along the Si River. But the question is, will the Jiangdong Army be afraid of going straight down to Guangling along the Si River?
?If it were replaced by other troops, it would obviously be difficult to deal with it, but now they are facing the Jiangdong soldiers. The Jiangdong people are eager for Cao Cao to advance by land and water!
Because as long as Cao Cao's navy is defeated, Cao Cao's army will inevitably be involved. In addition, Cao Cao transports grain and grass from Xiapi all the way to Guangling and Huaiyin. If the long water line loses control, even if it is by land, it will be destroyed at any time.
May be attacked by Jiangdong Army!
Therefore, from this perspective, the Jiangdong Army is not necessarily afraid of losing Ling County. It may be that they hope that Cao Cao will get Ling County and then attack Huaiyin to extend the supply line. After all, these days, these counties and villages on the battle line will either
He was moved to Jiangdong, and was either massacred, died of the plague, or fled elsewhere. To a certain extent, it was almost impossible to clear the country...
Third, Manchong saw that when the soldiers from Jiangdong were marching, there were many people relying on the battlements and gate posts.
In many cases, the spirit of the soldiers is a relatively imaginary thing. It is not possible to mark some numerical values on the soldiers' heads to distinguish them, but it can be observed and speculated through the actions of the soldiers.
The state of Jiangdong soldiers made Man Chong puzzled.
After all, the peak period of the plague has passed now. After burning and burying a large number of corpses, coupled with the rise in temperature and drying of the air, the survival time of the virus in the wild has been further shortened, and the phenomenon of soldiers getting sick has been controlled.
Under such circumstances, Jiangdong soldiers still showed some weakness and even had to rely on an object to recover their strength. This shows that either the plague among Jiangdong soldiers is still very serious, or they are deliberately in Lingxian.
Taking in the sick Jiang Dongbing...
This is not the first time that Jiangdong has done this kind of thing, and it is not surprising that he is repeating his old tricks now.
All kinds of situations came together, and Man Chong felt that Ling County was Jiangdong's plan.
Now it seems that this is indeed the case.
Then Cao Cao cooperated very well and stepped into the pit as if he was unprepared.
It's just that the foot that stepped in was not Cao Cao's own, nor Cao Cao's own, but Yin Li's.
Greedy for success and rash advancement.
This is very reasonable. And this is exactly what Yin Li did.
Xia Houjie reminded me, didn't he?
If Yin Li alerted himself, noticed something went wrong, and avoided it, then it means that Yin Li is still a talent and can consider subsequent use according to the situation. If Yin Li has no way of detecting the abnormality, then he is just being brave and foolhardy.
As a person, life is good, and death is no problem. Just like Cao Cao's surrender to Lu Bu in history, even though he knew Lu Bu's bravery, he was still merciless.
"Report!"
Several cavalry scouts galloped all the way from the south of Ling County, then rushed to the high platform of the Chinese army, jumped off their horses, rushed to the audience, and reported loudly: "Your Majesty! Ships coming from the south of Surabaya! Flag of Jiangdong!"
"Aha!" Cao Cao laughed heartily, "It's just as expected!"
If it is an ordinary general, after the city is captured, most of them will rush into the city, control key points in the city, and tidy up the facilities in the city, such as counting warehouses and warehouses. Otherwise, it will be too late, and the gold and silver in the city may be gone.
, and if you don’t want to massacre the city, you also need to restrain your soldiers and so on.
So when the general stepped into the Ling County government office, the preset soldiers immediately set fire, and also sent a signal to the Jiangdong ships located behind!
And if the generals of Cao's army who attacked Ling County at this time were caught in the fire on one side and attacked by the Jiangdong navy on the other, and were overwhelmed and temporarily lost the ability to command, it would be a big defeat!
