Cao Cao's remaining suspicions have been shattered by the unprecedented bombardment.
After the bombardment, what he had to face would be the siege of nearly 30,000 troops of the pottery merchants, and with his 2,000 soldiers and horses, he could not resist the attack of ten times the Tao army.
He had no choice but to concentrate all the defenders of the capital city to deal with the potter's all-out attack.
Several horsemen marched from the east gate and galloped towards the other three gates, summoning reinforcements.
Li Dian, Zhu Ling and other generals of each gate received an order, and all the main troops and horses under their command were sent to the front line of the east gate to reinforce Cao Cao.
In a short time, the Cao army on the front line of the east gate increased to 5,000 people.
The bombardment is still the same.
Nearly 3,000 reinforcements, although they rushed to the front line of the city gate, did not dare to climb the city head, and could only shrink inside the city wall to avoid the stone bullets shot from the sky.
The sun has risen and the sky is bright.
Tens of thousands of stone bullets have been piled up along the line of the city at this moment, stacked with a thick layer, more than 100 steps long city wall, and have been bombarded to crack everywhere, and there are potholes everywhere.
The wild dust and gray mist that flew up in the air filled the city, and the soldiers of Cao, who were shrinking under the city, were even more choked and couldn't open their eyes.
Cao Cao was discouraged and held back the fire in his belly.
At this moment, he was already looking forward to the potter's immediate attack on the city, and he didn't want to be crushed into a shrunken turtle and suffer from this depression.
The potter, however, was not in a hurry at all, and was full of interest to appreciate the grand occasion of the bombardment of the city.
The soldiers of the Tao army were not in a hurry, their expressions were relaxed, and they smiled and admired the scene of the enemy being ravaged, and laughed a few words mockingly from time to time, so they were not idle.
The potter glanced at the soldiers in front of him, and when he saw what they were holding in their hands, a mysterious sneer crossed his young face.
The things in the hands of the soldiers were nothing but sloppy dummies.
The number of this legion arrayed outside the city was not 30,000 at all, and at most there were more than 10,000 people. 10,000 Tao soldiers, each holding two straw men, leaning on both sides like this, as if creating the illusion of three times the strength.
This is also the reason why the potters do not line up during the day.
During the day, the enemy troops in the city could easily see through his tricks, but the dim light in the early morning made Cao Cao unable to distinguish between true and false, so he would fall for him, thinking that the pottery merchants had gathered their main army here and were ready to attack his east gate with all their might.
At this moment, although the sky was bright, the heavenly thunder cannon suppressed the enemy army and couldn't raise their heads, so that they still couldn't see the truth about the Tao army outside the city.
This is Chen Ping's strategy to attack the west.
Seeing that in the direction of the city, there were constantly reinforcements from the Cao army, and the cat climbed up to the head of the city, and the Tao army knew that Cao Cao had been tricked.
The time has come.
The potter did not hesitate, and immediately waved his hand, "Cao thief has been tricked, light the fire for me." ” The order was handed down, and after a while, three thick black wolf smoke rose into the sky, and they were clearly visible within a radius of dozens of miles.
Xudu, the first line of the West Gate.
The earthen wall as high as several zhang cut off the connection between Xudu City and the outside world, and also blocked the view of the sentinels at the head of the city.
At this moment, located on the front line of the city, it was Shi Jian and less than a thousand defenders, who were listening to the earth-shattering cannon sound on the front line of the east gate in horror, and did not notice at all that under the earthen wall outside the city, there were almost 15,000 Tao troops gathered.
That is the real siege force of the potters.
More than 15,000 people have been crouching silently under the earthen wall, and they have been squatting for more than an hour.
Fan Hao was bare-chested, gnawing on the leg of mutton with one hand, wiping his pig-killing knife with the other, stuffing his mouth full of meat, and complaining vaguely.
"The lord is too partial, the good work of commanding the army, always let Ying Bulian do it, and now there is another Huo Quai, the dirty work of attacking the city and pulling out the village, but always let me Lao Fan do it, I have to talk to the master mother well, let her blow the pillow wind with the lord, and let Lao Tzu do some easy errands next time" The loud noise in the sky is still there, the sky has gradually brightened, and the emotions of the soldiers have become excited, but Fan Hao is still gnawing on the leg of mutton, wiping the pig-killing knife, and complaining endlessly.
"General Fan, wolf smoke horn fire, lord lit wolf smoke horn fire" The observation sentry suddenly shouted excitedly.
Fan Xu's body was shocked, and he jumped up, his eyes were as big as cow's eggs, and he aimed in the direction of Dongcheng.
At the end of the sky, I saw three black wolf smokes, rushing into the sky.
More than 10,000 soldiers of the Cao Army saw the fire and suppressed their fighting spirit, which immediately boiled.
"Damn, let Lao Tzu squat in the pit for most of the night, and he can finally wipe his ass" Fan Xu's cow egg eyes, instantly bloodshot, extremely hideous, he threw half of the leg of mutton in his hand, picked up the pig-killing knife, held his voice, and roared: "Little people, the pit is enough to squat, don't hurry up for Lao Tzu, it's time to open and do business." ” The order was passed down, and the whole army was boiling.
The soldiers who had been waiting for a long time suddenly shook their spirits, consciously held the blades in array, and their eyes were surging with fanatical fighting intent.
The wooden doors of the earthen wall burst open, and 15,000 soldiers poured in, forming a large array a hundred paces in front of the city.
Sen Sen's sword halberd almost wanted to chill the sky, and one banner after another rolled like angry waves, and the murderous aura enveloped the entire sky in an instant.
The sky was bright, the Tao army's abnormal movements, and Shi Jian and his defenders at the head of the city immediately discovered the abnormality.
In front of the city, which was originally empty, in the blink of an eye, it was filled with the vast flow of soldiers, and when they saw this scene, more than a thousand soldiers and soldiers of Cao immediately looked stupid.
"How could so many Tao troops suddenly appear, isn't the enemy's main force all on the front line of the east gate?"
Shi Lian's face changed greatly, and he suddenly realized that his Cao Sikong had fallen into the potter's strategy, the bombardment of the east gate, and the assembly of the army were just a disguise for the potter's voice to attack the west, and the potter's real attack direction was actually the west gate he guarded.
The Tao army in front of the city numbered nearly 15,000 people, and his troops had been transferred to the east gate, and only 1,000 soldiers and horses were left, what could they use to resist the attack of fifteen times the number of troops "Hurry up and report to Sikong, we have fallen into the plan of the pottery thief, go quickly" Shi Lian, who came to his senses, shouted in horror.
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It's late.
Just when Shi Lian's order had just been handed down and the heralds had not had time to go down the city, the Tao army had already begun to act.
Woooooooo The loud and solemn sound of the horn pierced the silence of dawn.
A hundred steps in front of the city, the Tao army's army array was like a wave, and the behemoths with a height of several zhang were slowly pushed into the front of the formation.
Shi Lian's face turned pale, and he felt a chill rise from the soles of his feet, which instantly hit his whole body.
Tao Jun used the opposite building.
This kind of siege weapon after Luban's improvement, height and volume, are much larger than the existing version, the height can almost be level with the city wall of Xudu, the lowest level of soldiers is responsible for pushing the cart forward, the middle layer is equipped with crossbowmen, with the cover of the building wall, you can fire bows and crossbows at close range to the head of the city, suppress the firepower of the city head, the top layer, can be loaded with nearly fifty soldiers, is the main force of the attack on the city.
As long as the opposite building is close to the city wall, the dead soldiers on the top floor can put down the pedal and easily step on the city wall directly from the top of the opposite building.
Dispatching to the building, the high city wall of Xu Du is equivalent to losing its meaning.
Although the attack power of this pair of buildings is powerful, but because it is too huge, it is not easy to manufacture, and it is not easy to transport, and it can only be made from local materials before the battle, and it is useless after attacking a city.
The potters besieged and did not attack these days, ordered Luban to supervise the production, mobilized the craftsmen of the nearby counties, and rushed to build more than 40 vehicles day and night, which were used for today's battle.
As soon as the opposite building came out, Shi Jian was instantly shocked, he knew that in order to resist the opposite building, he must have enough troops, as well as rockets, a long-range firearm, to rush to the opposite building before the city was connected and burned down.
It's just that he only has more than 1,000 soldiers and horses, and his troops are far from enough, and he has not prepared rockets and other weapons in advance, so he can stop it.
"Little ones, what are you waiting for, let's kill Lao Tzu into the city, and kill all the pigs of Cao Jun" Fan Xu, who was in front of the horse formation, was already killing pigs with a big sword, and roared and gave orders.
The sound of drums shook the sky, and the 4,000 trench fillers in the front line were dispatched, holding high large shields and advancing rapidly, covering the toad carts used to fill the moats behind.
Further back, there were the archers of the 3,000 Divine Arrow Battalion commanded by Li Guang, and it was the potters who specially equipped Fan Hao to suppress the arrow attacks of the enemy army at the head of the city.
Shi Jian didn't have time to be frightened, so he could only order the crossbowmen to release arrows to block the Tao army's approach.
The scattered arrows, attacking from the city, were easily blocked by the Tao army's big shield, almost no casualties, and less than three hundred crossbowmen were like nothing, and they could not pose any threat at all.
Soon, three thousand sharp arrows rose into the air, and the archers of the Divine Arrow Battalion immediately responded with ten times the rain of arrows, accompanied by a miserable scream, and the enemy troops at the head of the city were immediately suppressed to the point that they could not even lift their heads.
After paying less than 100 casualties, the trench filling team smoothly advanced to the front of the moat, pushed the toad carts into the moat, and dozens of dirt roads were quickly filled in in front of the two-zhang wide moat.
The road to the city walls was opened.
Fan Hao raised the knife to kill the pig and shouted: "Siege team, kill Lao Tzu" Tom tom The more violent war drums suddenly sounded, and in the earth-shattering sound of killing, more than 40 vehicles on the opposite floor, driven by thousands of soldiers, approached the city like a giant beast.
At the same time as launching against the building, more than 10,000 sword and shield hands, carrying hundreds of ladders, also rushed to the front line of the city wall.
The Cao army at the head of the city had completely fallen into panic, and in the face of an overwhelming numerical superiority, they were unable to effectively stop the Tao army from approaching.
The infantry siege team rushed to the bottom of the city, and the long ladders were erected one after another, and tens of thousands of Tao troops began to climb the ladder to climb the city desperately.
Under Shi Lian's reprimand, Cao Jun's soldiers barely mustered up their courage, withstood the rain of arrows of the Tao army, tried to use a fork rod to support the Tao army's ladder, and used Luo Shi and Samuki to kill the enemy soldiers who climbed the city, and tried their best to resist the enemy's strong attack.
It's a pity that Shi Lian's soldiers and horses are too few, and he can take care of this one, but he can't take care of that one.
While the enemy was concentrating on the cloud echelon, more than 40 huge opposing towers pushed through the moat and rushed to the head of the city.
The moment he approached the city, the entire city wall seemed to tremble slightly, and Cao Jun, who was in the vicinity, was shaken by the shock, unable to stand firmly, and many people were shocked to the ground.
Boom Boom One after another, the huge pedals fell, and several enemy soldiers who had no time to hide from their relatives on the side of the city wall were directly crushed into meat patties, and even more dusty air was set off.
In the flying fog, dozens of Tao army warriors, like ghost soldiers from hell, rushed down from the opposite floor, knocked out the dust and mist, and slammed into the terrified enemy soldiers at the head of the city with a big kill.
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