The Rebellious Officials and Traitors of the Late Han Dynasty

Chapter 471 Fear
The soldiers on the city wall were all terrified when they saw this, and looks of panic appeared on their faces.

If he was hit by a sharp arrow, there would still be a chance for rescue unless it hit a vital point. But now he was hit by a huge millstone stone, which meant he was almost certain to die, and it would be an ugly death.

A trace of despair appeared on Lu Xun's face. Although it disappeared quickly, Cao Ang, who was nearby, still saw the gloomy expression, and his heart sank to the bottom.

Lu Xun, who he relied on, was also unable to solve the problem at hand.

Although the Thunderbolt Chariot stopped for a short while every now and then, it bombed for two hours in total. The city wall was in ruins, with holes of all sizes and bloodstains on them, which showed the madness of the attack just now.

Lu Xun looked at the corpses on the ground, lying in a mess among the stones. These soldiers who died in the battle could not even be found in their entirety. There were countless stones piled on the city wall, so densely packed that it was difficult to even find a place to stand.

Lu Xun's face turned pale, and he smiled bitterly: "That's good. We have enough stones. Once the enemy attacks, we won't have to worry about rolling logs and stones."

It sounds reasonable, but Cao Ang and others did not smile at all.

Under this kind of attack, would the soldiers on the city still have a chance to fight back? They seemed to have seen the enemy firing thousands of arrows at them.

The enemies under the city had gone crazy. Before the attack, they didn't even say words of persuasion to surrender, but directly led the Thunderbolt chariots to attack, acting crazy throughout the whole process.

The sound was like thunder and kept ringing in my ears for two hours. It was true that the walls of Moling City were built with huge stones, but they could not withstand such attacks for a long time. They would be destroyed by the opponent's huge stones in ten days or half a month.

There were bursts of rumbling sounds coming from below, and a large number of Thunderbolt chariots slowly left again. Many of them seemed to be damaged. After being dismantled, they were transported back to the camp, repaired, and continued the attack.

The cavalry on the city wall let out a strange laugh, then rushed to the wall and launched a rain of arrows.

"Raise your shield, raise your shield."

Seeing this, Lu Xun shouted loudly. He threw Cao Ang to the ground, and heard bursts of sharp whistles and screams.

The Cao army, which had not yet awakened from the Thunderbolt Chariot attack, had no idea that the enemy would suddenly launch a charge. They had no time to defend themselves at all, and many of them were shot like hedgehogs in an instant, dying in a very miserable way.

"Lu Xun, do you want the entire Lu family to disappear from now on?" Qin Shou shouted under the city wall: "If the Lu family is destroyed, the fault will be yours!" After saying that, he led the cavalry and rushed past without caring how Lu Xun answered.

On the city wall, Lu Xun stood up, ignoring the pain in his body, and looked at Qin Shou's departing back with a miserable look on his face.

Qin Shou's words just now seemed to be an attempt to persuade the enemy to surrender, but in fact, he had already made the decision. The Lu family would suffer heavy losses. The best outcome would be that the direct line would be killed, while the collateral line would have a chance to survive.

And all the blame for this was brought upon himself. From the Battle of Chibi to the current attack and defense of Moling, Qin Shou has lost his patience in seeking surrender.

It's not just himself, but also many famous Jiangdong figures like Zhou Yu, Yu Fan, etc. These people brought catastrophic disasters to themselves and their families for the sake of family interests or a little loyalty.

"Boyan, we have no way out." Cao Ang's faint voice came from behind.

"Humph, it's not an easy task for him to take over Moling." Lu Xun said coldly.

Lu Xun no longer expected Qin Shou to show mercy. He was going to die anyway, so he might as well fight the enemy.

Cao Ang sighed. He and Lu Xun had different ideas. He wanted to resist, but the soldiers under him were different. After a great battle, the flying rocks in the air had already made these soldiers lose their minds and they might not follow them in a bloody battle.

That afternoon, there were still 3,000 cavalrymen, escorting more than a hundred Thunderbolt chariots, slowly charging towards Moling City. They still performed the same operation as in the morning, using civilians to carry stones and then smashing them against the city walls.

Although the soldiers on the city wall were still worried, they still leaned close to the battlements and watched the stones flying towards them. As for whether they would be hit, they could only leave it to fate.

He was lucky enough to see his comrades being crushed to death. He was quite lucky to let his comrades see him being crushed to death. He only had two choices: die today or die tomorrow. Under the crazy attack of the Cavalry Army, sooner or later he would die under these flying stones.

Looking at the anxious soldiers on the city wall, Lu Xun, Cao Ang and others were helpless. In this situation, no one dared to mention counterattack. The bloodstains on the city wall that had not yet dried showed the danger of this battle. At this time, it was a rare thing to be able to save one's life.

Cao Ang even thought that if he continued to force them, these soldiers would rise up in resistance, kill him and Lu Xun, open the city gates, and let the cavalry enter the city!

Fortunately, the enemy did not launch an attack, but only used thunder chariots to attack the city walls. It would take a long time before they could actually break the city.

Sure enough, in the afternoon, the Thunderbolt Chariots attacked for another hour, leaving behind devastation and corpses on the city wall. There was nothing else left, and not even archers were sent out.

This made Cao Ang and the other man feel relieved, but they were more helpless. The initiative of the war was in the hands of the enemy, and there were tens of thousands of cavalrymen at their side. Although there was only a west gate, no one in the city dared to leave.

Cao Ang and his men did not dare to send people to transport food and grass, because as soon as the troops left the city, a large number of cavalry chased them. As for food and grass, it was even more impossible to transport it in.

Although Qin Shou did not achieve a siege, in fact, it was more cruel than a siege, because no one knew where the enemy would come out from, after all, there were too many enemy cavalry.

The news of Moling soon reached Cao Cao's ears. Cao Cao was originally very happy about Qin Shou's desperate fight under the city of Moling, because he needed Moling to buy time for him. However, when he thought that Moling could be breached at any time and his eldest son might be killed by Qin Shou, Cao Cao could not be happy at all.

Soon, he received another bad news. A large number of ships appeared on the river, clearly heading for Wujun. He knew that after the Battle of Wulin, the Jingzhou Navy of the Cavalry Army was completely liberated. Under the leadership of Cai Mao and others, they went down the river and did not participate in the offensive and defensive battles of Jiangxia and Moling. Their target was Wujun, which was intended to delay him.

The enemy's food and fodder turnover is very convenient. They can cross the river from Guangling and transport it directly to the camp, which is more convenient than ours.

Now things are not going well.

(End of this chapter)