Cao Thief

Chapter 730 The Battle of Yiyang ([-])

Seriously ill for several days, no state at all.

The train of thought is a bit confused and is being adjusted.

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Under the city of Yiyang, Cao Jun was ready to attack.

With the sound of the rumbling drums, the armored arrow array composed of 3000 people fired all arrows.Hum... The bowstrings of three thousand powerful crossbows trembled, and three thousand sharp arrows soared into the sky, straight to the sky.Overwhelming migratory locusts roared in, covering the sky and the sun, which was shocking.

Liu Pan hissed, "Hold on, hold on!"

The soldiers on the top of the city held up their shields, desperately blocking the incoming arrows.

But even so, the dense arrow rain still caused a large number of casualties.Cao Jun's arrow array made people feel suffocated. In just one noon, at least [-] carved feather arrows flew into the city, causing huge psychological pressure on the defenders in the city.The most frightening thing is that Cao Jun's arrows seem to be endless.In the past five or six days, hundreds of thousands of scissors were shot into the city.In the face of such a fierce arrow attack, although Liu Pan was able to hold on with the Yiyang City Wall, the number of casualties that occurred every day made him feel terrified.

I hate Thief Cao, where did you get so many arrows?

Could it be that they moved all the arsenals from Jiangling here?
Liu Biao has been in Jingzhou for more than ten years. Except for the first few years, he rarely used troops.But he did not relax his armaments, and kept an astonishing number of arrows.It's just that most of the arrows at that time were used in the battle between Jiangxia and Jiangdong.After Huang Zu's death, the anti-dumping situation gradually calmed down, and naturally a lot of consumption was reduced.Cao Jun's frenzied attack with arrow formations made Liu Pan even think that Cao Jun moved all the arrows in the entire Jiangling arsenal to Yiyang.

However, Liu Pan felt strange again.

Except for attacking the city with arrow arrays, Cao Jun did not invest in a strong attack with manpower.

Logically speaking, after the arrow formation, there must be a strong attack.But once Cao Jun changed this mode, Liu Pan suffered from repeated arrow attacks.

"General, look!"

A pro soldier suddenly shouted loudly.

Liu Pan looked in the direction of his fingers, and saw nearly a hundred strange-shaped crossbows were launched from Cao Jun's camp.

The crossbow is somewhat similar to the crossbow, but larger in size.The crossbows used were all standard spears with one shot and three swords, and they were quickly laid out in front of the formation.The arrow array stopped suddenly, but the pressure in Liu Pan's heart did not decrease at all...

Pang De urged his horse to circle in front of the formation, and shouted sharply: "Liu Pan, I'll ask you again, will you surrender or not?"

Liu Pan's face was livid, and he glared at Pang De, wishing he could rush out and fight the opponent to the death.However, he didn't dare... On the first day when Pang De besieged the city, he beheaded Liu Pan's general Gao Pei and eight others in one day.Liu Pan led his troops to attack, but was almost killed by Pang De.At that time, if he hadn't accompanied him to protect him desperately, he might have even died outside the city.This guy is a titan with unstoppable courage.Among Liu Bei's generals, it is estimated that only Guan Zhang can win, and the rest are not his opponents.

I don't know where Cao Peng recruited so many masters!

If Huang Hansheng is here, why am I afraid of him?
Liu Pan thought of Huang Zhong at this time, and felt regretful in his heart.

At the beginning, when Huang Zhong returned to Cao Peng, Liu Pan was very angry with Huang Zhong.But after inquiring about the situation later, I realized that it was Liu Hu who had been suppressing Huang Zhong and almost killed Huang Zhong.As a last resort, Huang Zhong surrendered to Cao Peng.If I knew this earlier, I shouldn't have listened to Li Gui and Li Wende's words and sent Han Sheng to Liu Juyan.This guy is clearly a bastard who can't make it, and he made me lose a general in vain.

"The dog thief dares to be arrogant, but we know that in Jingzhou, there are only generals who cut their heads, and there are no generals who surrender."

Liu Pan was also an arrogant person, yelling and swearing.

Pang De sneered, "In this case, when the city is destroyed, Yiyang must be spared!"

After finishing speaking, he held up the Tiger Roaring Saber and slashed forward fiercely, "Shoot the arrow!"

Eighty crossbows came, and eighty spears roared out.The spear carried a huge force, and it made a roaring sound, and shot fiercely at the city wall made of rammed earth in Yiyang.Standing at the top of the city, Liu Pan could even clearly feel the trembling of the city wall under his feet.Each spear pierced fiercely into the city wall, revealing only half of its body.In the blink of an eye, the city wall of Yiyang was shot like a hedgehog, trembling slightly.

The soldiers on the city panicked, and Liu Pan's face became even paler.

"Hold on, don't panic, don't panic... Archers, archers fight back!"

In the east of Yiyang City, on a mound not far away, Tai Shici watched the battle with his face sinking like water.

Due to the defeat of the Dongting Lake water battle, Tai Shici was at a disadvantage.He led his troops to aid Yiyang, but he stopped at a distance of [-] miles to the east of Yiyang City.Use his explanation to Liu Bei: I will put pressure on Cao Jun, but I can't really send troops.As for whether Cao Jun can be contained, I can't guarantee it.This is all I can do, please forgive me.

There is no way, without the protection of the navy, Cao Jun may attack across the lake at any time, approaching Luo County.

On the one hand, Tai Shici had to assist Liu Bei, and on the other hand, he had to take care of himself.At the same time, he couldn't irritate Cao Cao too much, especially before Sun Quan expressed his attitude, he had too many concerns.If he could do this, he still led his troops to Yiyang when his family was still in danger.Regardless of whether you participate in the war or not, this attitude is enough!Tai Shici and Liu Bei had a relationship, so they helped as much as they could.

This Tai Shici is from Donglai!

In the early years, when Kong Rong was studying art in Taishici, he took good care of Taishici's mother.

Later, when Guan Hai invaded Beihai, Kong Rong asked Tai Shici to find reinforcements, and Tai Shici found Liu Bei.Later, they drove away Guan Hai and lifted the crisis in Beihai.But Liu Bei didn't know why he didn't recruit Tai Shici, so that Tai Shici later went to Yangzhou to serve Liu Yao.In any case, the two had fought side by side, and they had some friendship.It was for this reason that Taishi Ci was able to send troops to Yiyang this time.At the same time, Tai Shici also hoped to take this opportunity to spy on Cao Jun's actual situation.

"That, is it the eight-ox crossbow?"

"It's also called Yueying Liannu...but in the Cao army, more people call it Gongzi Liannu. It is said that it was jointly built by Cao Peng and his wife Huang Yueying."

Yu Fan quickly explained.

Tai Shici asked again: "Wen Xiang, that day when you fought with Cao's army in Dongting, was this the kind of crossbow they used?"

Xu Sheng quickly replied: "Some are similar, but they seem to be a little different... The chaos happened that night, and the incident happened suddenly. I really can't see clearly."

"Try to get a repeating crossbow as soon as possible, send it back and ask someone to develop it.

Damn, the lethality of this thing is amazing.The rammed earth can penetrate... Thanks to the strong and thick Yiyang City Wall, otherwise they would have to blow it down.If this is used on a ship, it must be extremely powerful.If they drive with Cao Jun at that time, they only need to equip each ship with ten crossbows, and they can cause great damage to us... Zhongxiang, please inform Gongjin of this situation as soon as possible. "

"Here!"

Tai Shici nodded and said nothing more.

Yu Fan and Xu Sheng also showed bitter smiles.

The battle in Dongting put them at a disadvantage.The most hateful thing is that after Cao Peng captured Zhou Tai, he refused to let him go...Yu Fan went to Hanshou to intercede, but he didn't even see Cao Peng's face.Compared with the courtesy received last time, it is completely a heaven and an underground.

It's no wonder that they were the first to start the battle in Dongting.

But the one who won in the end was Cao Peng...

This made Yu Fan lose his confidence, and he couldn't blame Cao Peng for being rude.

Fortunately, Zhang Song, the envoy Cao Peng sent to meet Yu Fan, said: "There is no letter in Jiangdong today, which really makes my son uneasy.

Most of the governors conquered on holidays, and the governors of Jingnan were fighting for rebellion against the sky.Jingnan is originally under the rule of the imperial court, and it is reasonable for us to attack Yiyang. What does it have to do with you Jiangdong?But you want to start a war. Now that the army is defeated and captured, you want us to release them?It's hard to justify.

However, the governor has the virtue of being good at life, and he also admires General Zhou Youping very much.

So please don't worry about General Youping's life, and stay in Hanshou for a while.When the matter subsides, it will be sent back naturally..."

linger?

To put it bluntly, it is to let Zhou Tai be a hostage.

Yu Fan was kicked out of Hanshou without even seeing Zhou Tai.

This also made Tai Shici feel a little more worried.

Fortunately, after the victory of Cao Cao's navy in Dongting Lake, they did not gain an inch, and then attacked Bo Luoyuan.But the danger is still there, making Tai Shici be afraid of it.

"wrong!"

Tai Shici suddenly said to himself.

"Ziyi, what's wrong?"

"Zhongxiang, Wen Xiang... don't you think it's a bit weird?"

"What's weird."

Tai Shici pointed to the Yiyang battlefield, "Since the Cao army besieged the city, they have been attacking with arrow arrays. Now, they are attacking with the son's crossbow, but they have not seen the attack. These days, they have shot arrows at Yiyang, and there are hundreds of thousands of them. support, but did not invest any troops...

Why do I feel that Cao Peng's actions don't seem to be to really attack Yiyang, but have ulterior motives. "

"What's your intention?"

"I don't know...By the way, Cao Jun is still adding troops?"

"Yes, every morning, you can see Cao troops stationed in Cao Ying. Moreover, the area of ​​Cao Ying is constantly expanding...I estimate that there are at least 1 soldiers and horses gathered in Yiyang City."

"But those people attack the city every day!"

Tai Shici frowned, and shook his head again and again, "No, there must be articles in it... Cao Peng is not planning to attack Yiyang, I am afraid that the number of troops in Cao's camp is not as large as we thought. Cao Cao has some troops in Jingnan The soldiers and horses of the eight schools, except for the two schools of Yidao and Yiling, logically speaking, the other six schools should take turns to fight. Why is it Pang De Pang Lingming who appears in the city every day?"

Yu Fan's heart skipped a beat.

"Ziyi means..."

"Cao Peng, I'm afraid there are ulterior motives!"

In front of Yu Fan's eyes, there suddenly appeared that kind of face that always had a gentle smile.

He didn't have much direct contact with Cao Peng, and there was only one real contact...that was, that time, which always made him feel that Cao Peng was a somewhat innocent guy.But now, Yu Fan felt that under that simple and gentle smile, there was a deep thought hidden.

"I think, Ziyi, you'd better remind Uncle Liu Huang."

"kindness?"

"If my guess is correct, what Cao Peng did this time was not Yiyang, but... against the enemy, diverted the tiger away from the mountain, and attacked the west! What a 36 trick, what a Cao Youxue. He is going to cut off the arm of Uncle Liu in Jingnan. The Wuxi barbarians are in danger!"

"Wuxi Man?"

Tai Shi Ci was startled when he heard this, and then his face changed drastically.

"What Zhongxiang said, could it be that what Cao Peng really wants to deal with is the Wuxi Man?"

(End of this chapter)