Although Gao Shun tried his best to hide his whereabouts, he was still found by spies sent by Zao Zhi ten miles away from Dong'a.
At this time, when the sky was close to the sea, Zao Zhi, who had already rested, heard the news and suddenly lost all sleepiness. He hurriedly put on his clothes and came to the city wall.
Zao Zhi looked in the direction pointed by the spy, his brows furrowed and his heart still hanging.
Not long after Cheng Yu left with his troops, Lu Bu's army rushed over. It seemed that he was well prepared. This battle was not easy to fight!
However, when he saw the large piles of defense materials on the city wall, he felt a little relieved.
According to the news from the spies, Lu Bu's army does not have many soldiers and horses, and it is not easy to attack the city head-on.
Zao Zhi had read the Art of War and knew that if he wanted to attack a city, the number of people on the attacking side must not be small. He had to attack by force and suffer huge losses in order to successfully break the city.
However, Lu Bu's army does not have many soldiers and horses. Is there something fishy about this?
It is impossible to attack the city from the front. So, is there an internal agent in the city?
Thinking of this, Zao Zhi felt a little worried, so he sent more people at the city gate. In addition, he summoned the county officials and asked them to patrol around to prevent anyone from being an insider.
While Zao Zhi waited uneasily, countless black shadows finally appeared in the distance, rushing towards the city.
Seeing the enemy coming, Zao Zhi felt a little relieved.
According to the news coming from the Yamen Gate, there was no unusual movement in the city.
Since Lu Bu's army has no internal support, it is simply impossible to break through the city.
Lu Bu's army formed a square formation outside the city. The breeze blew and the big flags sounded in the night sky.
Although there are 2,000 soldiers and horses, they are silent. In the darkness, they are like a black dragon. Although they are not moving, they are full of murderous intent.
Gao Shun rode his horse to the front of the formation and shouted towards the city wall, "Who is on the wall?"
Zao Zhi shouted loudly, "I am Zao Zhi, the magistrate of Dong'e County. What do you mean when you come to attack my city today?"
Gao Shun was not good at talking, so he shouted loudly, "Magistrate Zaoxian, now Gao gives you a chance to dedicate the city. Marquis Wen will definitely not treat you badly, otherwise, today next year will be your death anniversary."
Zao Zhi snorted coldly, "Since you are so rude, I want to see what you are capable of?"
Gao Shun's face turned cold, and he raised his right hand in the air, "Then let's give them some color."
As the words fell, Lu Bu's army's formation suddenly separated from the middle, and then, a black behemoth pushed out from the middle of the team.
Zao Zhi was far away and couldn't see clearly, but his heart suddenly lifted up, he squinted his eyes, and kept looking at it.
Gao Shun swung his right hand downwards and roared, "Launch."
Bang!
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a loud bang, and even Zao Zhi, who was standing on the city wall, heard it clearly.
Before he could react, a huge stone flew into the air in the darkness, carrying the sound of howling wind, and flew towards the city wall.
Zao Zhi suddenly reacted and was surprised, "Catapult?"
Although there are indeed catapults recorded in various books, Zaozhi has never seen one.
But I never thought that I would see it under such circumstances.
The huge stone arrived in an instant and hit a soldier on the city wall. The soldier didn't even scream and turned into a pile of mud.
The huge stone hit the city wall and rolled forward quickly, knocking down three or four Cao Jun soldiers in a row before stopping.
Although one stone only caused four casualties, the impact was indeed huge.
In the past, when attacking a city, the longest-range weapon was the bow and arrow. The attack range on the city wall was relatively far, which gave the soldiers defending the city an advantage.
However, the opponent has a catapult, so the advantage of the defending side is gone, and it becomes a situation where they can only be beaten and cannot fight back.
The soldiers guarding the city suddenly panicked, running around almost subconsciously, trying to find a safe place to hide.
When Zao Zhi heard the screams coming from beside him, his first thought was to run away, but then he thought about it, if he ran away, who would guard the city wall!
Thinking of this, Zao Zhi was heartbroken, gritted his teeth and shouted, "Don't be afraid, they only have one catapult, just be careful and everything will be fine."
As soon as he finished speaking, the second stone from the catapult whizzed over.
However, the target of this attack was not the soldiers on the wall, but the city gate.
The angle of the catapult was a little high, and the huge stone hit the city gate tower, creating a big crater. Debris flew all over the sky and landed under the city wall.
The soldiers who were originally hiding in the city gate building felt the whole house shaking, and immediately ran out of the building and hid further away.
The third stone flew again and hit the city wall below the city gate.
The fourth stone finally hit the city gate.
Zao Zhi finally understood that the other party wanted to use a catapult to break the city gate, and couldn't help but sneered.
The city gate is made of strong giant wood. Even if the catapult is powerful, it is still a bit natural to smash the city gate with stones.
As soon as this thought came up, the fifth stone whizzed over and hit the city gate.
Click!
Phew!
Zao Zhi stood on the city wall and could not see the location of the city gate. He only heard a loud noise, but it was not the sound of the city gates, but the sound of an explosion.
The fire flickered and the thick smoke gradually rose. It seemed that the city gate had been set alight.
Zao Zhi's face changed with fright, and he roared angrily, "Hurry up and release the water. Don't let the city gate be set on fire."
Dong'a has always been a battleground for military strategists, and the construction of city gates and walls are very strong.
Especially the city gate, not only is the gate strong, but there is also a drainage outlet above the city gate to prevent enemies from burning the city gate.
As soon as Zao Zhi finished speaking, the sixth stone whizzed over and hit the city gate, making another loud rumbling noise.
Zao Zhi's heart suddenly lifted up, sweat poured down his forehead, and he shouted desperately
"Let the water go, let the water go quickly."
The seventh stone came whistling and hit the city gate accurately.
As I remembered the sound of the explosion, suddenly, a thunderous roar came from the camp in front.
"The city gate is broken, brothers, rush!"
At the same time, the catapult adjusted its direction, and huge stones began to fly towards the city wall.
The target this time is Zao Zhi who is standing on the city wall and commanding.
Although the power of the catapult is great, its accuracy is not very good.
Just like attacking the city gate just now, it takes at least five times to get the correct direction.
Although the target this time was Zao Zhi, it was missed by five steps.
But despite this, this one was a flaming stone. It fell on the city wall and made an earth-shattering explosion sound.
Zao Zhi heard a loud noise in his ears, and a bright light flashed in front of his eyes. Then, an extremely powerful force came from the opposite side. In just a moment, Zao Zhi felt as if he had been hit by a giant hammer, and his eyes turned black.
He took seven or eight steps back before falling to the ground.
Zao Zhi wanted to get up, but there was a buzz in his mind and his vision went dark. He almost didn't know where he was. He could only hear the chaos around him and countless footsteps ringing at the same time
"Run quickly, the city gate is broken!"
"The enemy is too powerful. If you don't run away, it will be too late!"
The number of soldiers guarding the city was originally small, and coupled with the huge power of the flame stone, everyone suddenly had no idea of resistance anymore and jumped off the city wall to escape.
At the same time, Gao Shun had already led his troops into the city to hunt down the remaining Cao soldiers.
"Kill!"
"Ahhh!"
Zao Zhi had been blown up and was lying on the ground unable to move. The guards beside him rushed forward and kept calling loudly.
"Magistrate Zao County, wake up quickly, the enemy is coming."
After a long time, the buzzing sound in Zao Zhi's mind gradually subsided, and the black fog in front of his eyes also dissipated. He turned his head and looked at the guards around him, feeling horrified.
He could tell that he was shouting loudly, but he could only hear a faint sound.
Thinking of the powerful explosion just now and its unparalleled power, Zao Zhi fiercely covered his ears. Am I deaf?
When a guard saw Zao Zhi sitting there in a daze, he couldn't care anymore and hurriedly stepped forward to hold his arm and said loudly.
"Magistrate Zao County, let's leave quickly, the enemy is about to rush over."
Zao Zhi vaguely heard the sound and then reacted. He jumped up and shouted loudly, "Let everyone prepare, we must beat them out."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zao Zhi looked at the empty city wall and stayed there.
Originally there were countless soldiers on the city wall, but at this moment, except for piles of defensive materials, there was no one left!
Now that everyone has run away, how can we resist?
Just when Zao Zhi felt sad, groups of soldiers from Lu Bu's army rushed up the stairs to the city wall. Seeing the scene here, they immediately rushed over and surrounded him.
There were only a dozen guards around Zao Zhi. It was impossible to escape, so he could only retreat step by step to the edge of the city wall.
Suddenly, Lu Bu's soldiers separated from the middle, and Gao Shun strode over.
"Magistrate Zao County, now that the city is in ruins, what do you have to say?"
Zao Qi vaguely listened to what Gao Shun said, feeling sad and angry in his heart, and suddenly roared, "What do I have to say? Since I have lost, I will kill you or hack you to pieces."
Seeing how stubborn Zao Zhi was, Gao Shun frowned and then said loudly, "Magistrate Zao Zhi, ask your people to put down their weapons and listen to Marquis Wen's decision."
……
Gao Shun asked people to be optimistic about Zao Zhi, and sent some people to search for the remaining soldiers of Cao's army. He also sent some people to repair the damaged city gate.
Although Dong'a has been occupied now, the crisis has not been resolved.
Once Cheng Yu hears about it, he will definitely find a way to come back and deal with Dong'a.
Although he did not lead many soldiers and horses, Cao Hong followed him with 15,000 soldiers and horses.
If the city gate is not repaired as soon as possible, and if they come, Gao Shun's 2,000 soldiers and horses will not be able to defend it anyway.
……
Cheng Yu led his troops to escort the grain and marched eastward.
Although everyone kept walking along the official road, there were many vehicles in the team. Although they tried their best to speed up, the speed was still not very fast.
The team walked until Haishi, when Cheng Yu finally gave the order to rest.
The road was too difficult to walk at night. It was just this section of the road, but several vehicles fell to the side from the official road. It took a long time to push them up.
In addition, the soldiers are also tired and need to rest.
Cheng Yu inspected the camp and was just about to rest when a spy who had been looking for information all night hurried back.
Cheng Yu was surprised when he saw the spy's face turn pale, and asked hurriedly, "What's wrong?"
The spy said in a trembling voice, "Oh no, there are cavalry ahead."
"What?" Upon hearing the news, Cheng Yu's hair stood up in shock, "Who is he?"
"I don't know. When my subordinates discovered them, they were coming here."
Cheng Yu's face changed drastically, and just as he was about to ask again, a soldier ran in from outside the tent, "Oh no, there is the sound of horse hooves coming from directly in front, and it seems that they are coming this way."
Cheng Yu knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly shouted, "Send the order, let everyone prepare to fight."
After saying this, Cheng Yu hurriedly walked out of the tent and heard the sound of horse hooves that the soldiers said.
Ta-ta-ta!
Because it's quiet at night, you can hear farther.
Hearing the sound of horse hooves, Cheng Yu's face became increasingly uglier, because he could tell that the sound of horses' hooves coming was very chaotic, which meant that the number of people coming was definitely not small.
Thinking of this, four words suddenly appeared in Cheng Yu's mind.
Bingzhou Cavalry!
Thinking of this name, cold sweat suddenly flowed from my forehead.
The deputy general on the side said hurriedly, "If it is the Bingzhou cavalry, our army cannot resist it. Mr. Cheng, why don't you leave first?"
Cheng Yu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, turned his head and looked into the distance.
Under the moonlight, we can already see clearly the cavalry getting closer and closer in the distance.
Cheng Yu is a calm man and knows the pros and cons of things. When he saw so many cavalry, he knew without too much careful analysis that the people he brought with him would definitely not be able to stop this group of cavalry.
In this case, what's the point of staying any longer? There is no meaning except that one more person will die in battle.
Thinking of this, Cheng Yu immediately whispered to the guards beside him, "Hurry up and prepare the horses. Let's leave here as soon as possible."
The cavalry rushing towards them from a distance were none other than Lu Bu's Bingzhou cavalry.
During an expedition, the main task of the Bingzhou Cavalry is to provide food!
They secretly attacked Cao Hong's baggage troops, found out about the rescue team sent by Dong'a, and immediately rushed over to attack.
On the plains, the Bingzhou Cavalry is almost a symbol of invincibility. Even 5,000 soldiers and horses may not be able to stop the charge of the Bingzhou Cavalry.
What's more, Cheng Yu only has 1,500 people!
The Bingzhou cavalry rushed into the camp with unparalleled momentum and immediately started a crazy killing spree.
"Kill!"
"Ahhh!"
In just over half an hour, no one in the entire camp, except for the surrendered Cao soldiers, dared to resist.
Zhang Liao and Cheng Lian were already very experienced. After resting for a while in the camp, they immediately directed the surrendered Cao soldiers to push the carts carrying grain and left Daying, heading in the direction of Dong'a.
Cheng Lian rushed to catch up with Zhang Liao and said, "Old Zhang, we are going to Dong'a like this. If Lao Gao fails to capture Dong'a, wouldn't it mean that we have given food to the enemy again?"
Hearing this, Zhang Liao frowned. He was also worried, but since Lu Bu had given the order, they could only escort the grain to Dong'a.