The Rebellious Officials and Traitors of the Late Han Dynasty

Chapter 470: Brutal Siege

Moling, also known as Stone City, had long been impregnable after the painstaking efforts of Sun Quan and Cao Cao. But at this moment, the tall city walls did not bring any sense of security to the soldiers in the city.

The order of King Qin Shou of Tang has been spread to the city. Any noble family who assists Cao Cao in defending the city will be executed on the day the city is broken, and the women in the family will be given as wives to the meritorious soldiers.

This was the case for the noble families in the city, but was it also the case for the soldiers defending the city? No one knew the answer. However, tens of thousands of soldiers were all worried and didn't know what to do.

Lu Xun stood on the city wall, the cold wind blowing on his face, causing pain on his skin. He squinted his eyes and looked at the densely packed cavalry camp in the distance, where flags were flying, smoke was curling, and there was a solemn and murderous atmosphere.

"Bo Yan, the enemy troops are gathering." Cao Ang walked over quickly, and his armor made a crisp clashing sound.

His young face was solemn and filled with murderous intent. It would be a lie for Cao Ang to say he wasn't nervous. It was a life-or-death situation. Swords had no eyes. If he wasn't careful, he would die on the city wall today.

"Although Zhang Wenyuan did not attack the city, he never gave up the preparation for the siege during this period." Lu Xun saw hundreds of thunder chariots in the opposite camp, densely packed. He was afraid that Zhang Liao had cut down all the trees around Moling.

These thunder chariots are used to attack cities. As for stones, is there a shortage of stones in the Stone City?

The people around Moling were recruited by the Cavalry Army, and they paid money and carried stones, which had already piled up into small hills in the distance. Although Zhang Liao did not take the initiative to launch an attack, the preparations before the siege had been completed.

As long as Qin Shou gave the order, the rocks outside would hit Moling City. Lu Xun and others seemed to have seen the next scene, with huge rocks flying across the sky, causing Moling City to tremble and wail.

"boom!"

There was a loud bang, which was the sound of war drums. Then a team of cavalrymen, guarding the war drums, walked out of the military camp. They were densely packed, and their black armor was full of murderous aura.

This is the Hu Ben Battalion of the Cavalry Army, Qin Shou's personal soldiers, who are very brave and good at fighting. Following Qin Shou, they fought in many battles, and were invincible. It is unknown how many enemies they killed.

Now, under the leadership of Qin Shou, they finally got water from the Yangtze River.

"They're watching us really closely. We don't have any chance at all." Cao Ang sighed.

When Zhang Liao was building the Thunderbolt Chariots, they were already prepared to force their way out of the city and destroy the Thunderbolt Chariots. After all, it takes a long time to build a Thunderbolt Chariot.

In addition, Zhang Liao had very few cavalrymen, so he might have been able to achieve success in one fell swoop. However, with the arrival of Qin Shou and the appearance of a large number of cavalrymen at the foot of the city, this plan instantly came to nothing.

The Huben Camp is composed entirely of cavalry. It may not be possible for tens of thousands of cavalry to attack a city, but it is still easy to defend these Thunderbolt chariots on the battlefield.

How could Qin Shou, who was experienced on the battlefield, give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of? He sent out cavalry without hesitation to guard these thunder chariots to prevent them from being burned by Cao Ang and others.

Soon, hundreds of Thunderbolt chariots were lined up under the city wall, making a terrifying noise. A large number of people began to carry stones, and the murderous atmosphere on the battlefield became increasingly intense.

The soldiers on the city wall were all trembling. What they would face next were not sharp arrows, after all, they had shields to block the arrows. Now they were facing stones. If they were unlucky, even if they hid behind the battlements of the city wall, they might be hit by the boulders and die.

"Archers, get ready!" Lu Xun shouted sternly.

Although I don't know whether I can hit the opponent's Thunderbolt Chariot, it can increase my confidence and cause interference to the enemy.

The soldiers on the city wall suppressed their fear and lined up quickly. The creaking sounds of bowstrings were heard one after another. Cao Ang could feel the soldiers around him breathing faster and their hands holding the bows trembling slightly. The trebuchets of the Cavalry Army took the lead and huge stones whizzed towards the city wall. With a loud bang, Cao Ang felt the city wall under his feet tremble. The gravel flew and an unlucky soldier was hit and fell from the city wall with a scream.

As if receiving a signal, waves of teeth-grinding sounds were heard, one after another Thunderbolt chariots began to show their power, huge stones flew into the air, covering the sky and the sun, and smashed towards the city wall, as if it was doomsday.

Rubble flew everywhere on the city wall, screams were heard, and finally a large number of casualties occurred.

But Cao Ang and Lu Xun were no longer concerned about this. After a round of attack, the enemy also found the attack range of the Thunderbolt Chariot and moved towards the city wall.

“Shoot!”

With a command, a rain of arrows poured down. Some cavalry infantrymen continued to advance with shields raised to block the sharp arrows that might threaten the Thunderbolt Chariot.

Cao Ang looked at the rolling logs and rocks around him with a hint of hesitation on his face. These rolling logs and rocks were like a small hill. These were the results of Cao Ang, Lu Xun and others' efforts during this period of time. They collected more defensive tools and prepared to deal with the attack of the Cavalry Army.

But now it seems that these things are no longer useful.

Under the city wall, countless young and strong civilians were running back and forth, carrying huge stones, while the enemy's thunder chariots seemed to have never stopped, still throwing up huge stones and smashing them hard.

The cavalry just held on to the Thunderbolt Chariots tightly, refusing to move a single step, as if they were going to attack the city in this way all the time, which made Cao Ang very upset. However, he had no way to deal with this rogue style of play.

What made him depressed was that a stone hit the rolling logs and stones on the city wall. The huge force caused the rolling logs and stones to fly in all directions, and the soldiers defending the city screamed in pain.

The rolling logs and stones that he had prepared with great effort did not kill a single enemy, but instead injured his own soldiers. It was simply a huge joke.

From time to time, screams were heard in my ears, and soldiers were killed from time to time. Cao Ang was hiding behind the battlements of the city wall, and Lu Xun was hiding not far away.

Manpower is sometimes exhausted.

Faced with the boulders flying all over the sky, no one knew how to resist. All they could feel was the city wall beneath their feet rumbling and shaking constantly, but the boulders outside the city seemed endless and had not decreased at all.

"I, I want to go home. I don't want to fight anymore. I don't want to fight anymore."

Finally, one soldier couldn't bear it anymore, stood up, and cried loudly, asking to go home.

"Liu Wu, what are you doing? Come back here."

When his village chief saw this, he became furious, drew his sword, and killed the man.

If the soldiers under his command deserted from the battlefield, the captain himself would be in trouble.

However, although he killed the soldier who was about to escape, he himself was not much better off. He was hit on the head by a flying rock, and his brain burst and he died. It was a horrible sight.

(End of this chapter)