Chapter 576: Riding alone to defend the city bridge
What Cao Cao didn't expect the most was that perhaps the one at the front was Liu Bei, the big-eared thief.
Of course, Cao Cao had no mercy for Liu Bei. He was eager to shoot Liu Bei to the ground with a single crossbow arrow.
But it is a pity that after Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei and others realized that they had fallen into the trap, they stepped forward very quickly to protect Liu Bei.
It's just that...Liu Bei quickly retreated while screaming, but the other soldiers of the Sun-Liu coalition were not so lucky.
Thousands of crossbowmen who had been waiting on the tower for a long time were all using processed and processed Moon-Chasing Repeating Crossbows. There were obviously only a few thousand crossbowmen, but at this moment, under the darkness of the night, they fired a dense network of firepower.
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With the moat as the boundary, the entire battlefield south of Xiangyang was filled with soldiers of Sun and Liu Lianjun who had been shot down by arrows.
Screams rang out again and again, and arrows rained down like a natural disaster. Chen Wu and Dong Xi, who had always been unwilling to believe that Cao Jun had such strength, were dumbfounded.
The two of them were already famous for their staunchness, but when they saw the soldiers around them falling down one after another, their eyes turned red, and they eagerly planned to call on the soldiers behind them to follow them and break through the city gate under fire.
"Don't retreat! No one is allowed to retreat! Follow me and charge forward. As long as we break through the city gate, we will capture the Cao thief alive in no time!"
"Behead those who run away from the battle, hold up your shield and follow me to kill them!"
Dong Xi and Chen Wu, who were almost blinded by the killing, each held a large shield and rushed towards the Chengmen Bridge with roars. Not to mention, the two of them were really about to break through the blockade of Cao Jun's firepower. Although they
Nearly 60,000 soldiers and horses suffered heavy casualties, but when they really rushed into the city, they would definitely not be able to stop the opponent's offensive with only 5,000 soldiers and horses in the city.
At this critical moment, Cao Cao stood on the city and slashed down with his sword. The green sword made a clear and crisp sound, which was like sounding the clarion call for a counterattack for Cao's army who was defending the city.
Under the night, the heavy and cold Xiangyang City Gate made a dull sound, the wind blew in the city, and a war horse neighed from nowhere. Then, Chen Wu and Dong Xi, who were about to rush to the moat, heard a sound that was no less than
Zhang Fei roared loudly before:
"Good men of tiger and leopard riding! For our dead brothers, for the prime minister behind us, and for the people in the city! The whole army charges!"
Xu Chu took the lead. The tall and powerful war horse, as strong as a bison, jumped up and carried Xu Chu's body of several hundred kilograms directly across the extremely spacious moat.
The heavy sound of horse hooves was as shocking as the sound of drums, which was nine feet long. Xu Chu, who was fully armed, had his eyes wide open with anger. He stood not far away in front of hundreds of Sun and Liu Lianjun who were charging forward eagerly.
And those leading the group of coalition soldiers were naturally Chen Wu and Dong Xi, the mighty generals of Soochow.
"Don't overestimate your capabilities! Soldiers, follow me and rush over!"
"I, Chen Wu, will come and meet him here!"
Chen Wu shouted, picked up the giant ax weighing eighty kilograms beside him, and rushed towards Xu Chu in front of him without hesitation.
In the dark night, Xu Chu, dressed in blue-gray iron armor, looked like a god of war from hell. He slashed his sword, and his eyes were full of fighting spirit.
"drive!"
With a loud shout, Xu Chu rode up and stood up. He was so huge, but when he attacked, he was as fast as a strong wind.
"The thief will die!"
Chen Wu's face was ferocious. He slashed Huashan with a blow in front of his face. The parts of his body that were not covered by the armor. If you were close, you could even see the muscles on his arms that seemed to explode, along with the huge muscles.
The ax has a terrifying weight. If an ordinary person blocks this blow, it will inevitably end up being shattered to pieces.
But his opponent happened to be Xu Chu.
"Drink!"
Boom!
What kind of heavy muffled sound was this? The terrifying power was transmitted from the giant ax to Xu Chu's body. Cao Cao on the city watched Chen Wu's ax fall. With Xu Chu as the center, the land within a radius of three feet unexpectedly
As a result, it trembled and cracked, and spider web-like cracks extended in all directions.
But before Cao Cao could shout, the smoke and dust dissipated, leaving only a figure that made both Cao Cao and Chen Wu stunned.
"Boy, you are very capable, but it's a pity..."
Chen Wu only heard a deep beast-like sound, and then felt the solid touch from his hand.
He could swear that this was the first time he had felt so-called fear in nearly twenty years of military service.
"The strength is still not enough!"
A shadow of a knife flashed invisible, dragging terrifying sparks several feet long from the ground, illuminating everything within a radius of several feet.
And the sudden flash of a sword that appeared on the dim battlefield really stunned the soldiers of the Sun-Liu coalition who were charging fearlessly, and also stunned Dong Xi, who was just about to lead the soldiers to kill them from the side.
Chen Wu felt a chill all over his body. He didn't even see the opponent's action of drawing the sword clearly. The long knife, which was even more exaggerated than his own battle ax, seemed to disappear in the opponent's hand. He suddenly realized,
It turns out that the person who overestimates his own abilities is himself... Unfortunately... it's too late...
"Zi Lie!!"
Dong Xi's wail spread throughout the battlefield, as if it sounded the death knell for Sun and Liu Lianjun who did not believe in evil at this moment.
Under everyone's gaze, Chen Wu, the "God of War" in their eyes, who was eight feet long and weighed more than two hundred kilograms. In the past, he could always lead the soldiers of Soochow in invincible battles, and he flew backwards in mid-air powerlessly.
A crimson blood line shot out from his chest, and Chen Wu flew dozens of feet away like a kite with a broken string, until it hit the horse's hooves under Dong Xi's crotch before slowly stopping.
There was only fear in Dong Xi's eyes. Chen Wu, who was lying on his back, had a bloodstain from his eyebrows to his lower abdomen that showed deep into his internal organs. Xu Chu killed a warrior from Soochow with just one blow, shocking everyone in an instant.
All the soldiers of the Sun-Liu coalition who were preparing to charge forward.
"Zi Lie!! I...I have nothing to do with you!"
"Ahhhhh!"
How can Dong Xi still have the ability to think normally? Not far away, Xu Chu, who was swiping away the blood from the knife edge with a knife, had no expression on his face, just like a demonic war god who came from the underworld of Yama.
When Dong Xi raised his sword, he felt his whole body shaking, but he couldn't control himself. His best friend was dead. If he didn't do anything, how would he face his subordinates and his best friend's parents in the future?
Xu Chu snorted coldly, as if he didn't take the incoming person into consideration at all. He waved his long sword, as if he was ready to take the life of another general.
Finally at this moment...because Zhang Fei stopped roaring, the soldiers of the Sun-Liu coalition also suffered heavy casualties. They finally heard the wailing sound of gold ringing behind them.
Zhao Yun flew over to Dong Xi's side, picked up Chen Wu's miserable body, and hit Dong Xi's horse on the butt with a gun.
The war horse under his crotch was frightened, turned around and ran towards Xian Mountain like crazy.
Zhao Yun glanced at Xu Chu, who was as steady as a mountain, with complicated eyes - alone and riding alone, but Zhao Yun knew that if they wanted to break through the Chengmen Bridge guarded by Xu Chu, they would have to pay at least thousands of casualties...
The unwilling Zhao Yun was finally defeated by reason. He pointed his spear straight into the sky and shouted at all the soldiers of the Sun and Liu coalition who were charging in the terrifying rain of arrows:
"The Grand Governor has an order! The whole army retreats!"
"The whole army retreats!"
"The whole army retreats!!"
The sound of retreat spread across the entire battlefield as quickly as a spark igniting a prairie fire. The soldiers of the Sun-Liu coalition who fled in a hurry did not even bother to collect the corpses of their companions. The soldiers abandoned their helmets and armor and were defeated like a mountain.
