The ministers of the Qin State on the left and right were woken up by Cao Cao's roar, and then they reluctantly mustered up their courage and rushed to their respective posts.
Bell, bell, bell At the head of the city, when the gong sounded to warn, it suddenly resounded throughout the city.
Although most of Ma Chao's cavalry was wiped out, he managed to escape back to 3,000 alive, plus the infantry remaining in the city, there were barely 32,000 people.
Despite the panic, the 32,000 soldiers hurriedly climbed the city wall under the reprimand of the generals.
On the tower of the South Gate, Cao Cao held a sword in his hand, and he was furious, and he wanted to personally command his soldiers to resist the attack of the Wei army.
When the east turned white, the Wei army was assembled.
At the head of the city, including Cao Cao, the Qin army looked up and down at the overwhelming Wei army outside the city, and they all secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Under the morning light, nearly 60,000 Wei infantry formed hundreds of military formations, large and small, and spread in front of the south gate like a copper wall.
The battle flag rolled like a wave, and the cold light reflected by the iron armor and weapons almost passed the light of the rising sun in the east.
Between heaven and earth, the fierce killing atmosphere is breeding in madness, which makes people shudder more than the cold wind blowing in early spring.
The Qin army's array slowly cracked, and hundreds of heavenly thunder cannons were slowly pushed to the front of the formation, aiming at the head of the city.
At daylight, 600 heavenly thunder cannons were arrayed.
The potter had planned to gather 800 Heavenly Thunder Cannons before attacking the enemy city, but a big victory last night made him change his mind and immediately attack the enemy army while they were panicking.
As soon as the Heavenly Thunder Cannon appeared, along the front line of the city, the Qin soldiers suddenly let out bursts of shock.
These soldiers were all soldiers who survived the battle of Chang'an in the horn camp, and they witnessed the picture of the Wei army's thousands of heavenly thunder cannons firing in unison, breaking through the Chang'an city wall in one fell swoop.
The terrifying scene at the beginning is still vivid in their minds, and now that so many heavenly thunder cannons have reappeared, how can they not be frightened.
Even Cao Cao's anger gradually subsided, a layer of hot sweat soaked in the palms of his hands, and the anger in that cavity was gradually suppressed.
Outside the city, the Wei army array.
Under the imperial banner of the Chinese army, the potter was sneering.
He seemed to be able to feel the trembling panic of the Qin army at the head of the city, which was the purpose of his immediate attack on the city.
Today, he just wants to add a handful of salt to the wounds of the Qin army, so that they can add terror to the terror, and completely crush their remaining fighting spirit.
The Heavenly Thunder Cannon was already in place, and the potter did not hesitate at all, pointed the war knife in his hand towards the enemy city, and shouted: "Heavenly Thunder Cannon, boom, let the Qin thief tremble."
Tom tom The drums of war rose to the sky, and the huge Weizi imperial flag shook wildly.
Thousands of gunners immediately loaded the stone shells, and when the drums of war reached their highest pitch, 600 heavenly thunder cannons burst into unison.
Six hundred stone bullets rose into the air, roaring through the air, like falling stars, shooting wildly towards the south gate of Jincheng.
On the enemy city, the Qin soldiers were already frightened, and without waiting for Shangfeng's order, they crouched and crouched one after another, raising shields to avoid the bombardment of stone bullets.
Cao Cao is still standing majestically, maintaining the style of the emperor, but Dian Wei and Xu Chu are in a hurry, and they are anxious to pull Cao Cao into the city tower, and order the royal forest soldiers to raise the big shield to protect Cao Cao.
In the next second, stone bullets rained down all over the world.
Bang bang bang A loud noise rose into the sky, the earth shook, the sky seemed to collapse, and on the hundred-pace-long city wall, dust and mist rose into the sky, and in an instant it was drowned in the wild dust.
The power of the stone bullets was so strong that those enemy soldiers who couldn't dodge were smashed into flesh in an instant, and blood splattered wildly, staining the dust and mist with blood.
Even if it is an enemy pawn who squats down to dodge, but because the city wall of Jincheng is not as strong as Chang'an, one after another the female wall is shattered, and the enemy pawns who will avoid it will be bombarded into flesh.
In an instant, the line of the south gate of Jincheng became a hell on earth as if the end had come.
Six hundred stone bullets fell, and the screams were already rising one after another, and hundreds of Qin soldiers were killed and injured.
The real fear has just begun.
For more than an hour, the Wei army did not stop for a moment, and launched a wild bombardment of the enemy city in turn, blasting out nearly 10,000 stone bullets in one go.
Under this powerful bombardment, the upper part of the entire city wall was almost razed to the ground, the female wall did not exist, the arrow tower fell down, thousands of enemy soldiers were either killed or seriously injured by the bombardment, and the city wall was cracked everywhere, and there was a tendency to collapse.
In the early afternoon, the stones collected for several days were finally shot out, and the sound of artillery gradually fell silent.
When the city was settled, the potter couldn't help but smile as he admired the tragic scene of the enemy city.
The officers and men of the three armies also rejoiced and exclaimed when they saw the tragic situation of the enemy city.
The city wall of Jincheng is already crumbling, although it barely survived this round of bombardment, it will inevitably collapse after only a few more days.
"It seems that although this Jincheng is not stronger than Chang'an City, it is also the Jincheng County Governor's Office, it is still so strong, pass the order, continue to collect stones, and bombard him for a few more days, I don't believe that the bombardment will not break the enemy city" The potter waved his knife and sneered and shouted.
Although the enemy city in front of him was bombarded beyond recognition, but the main city wall has not fallen, if the pottery merchant launches a strong attack, with Cao Cao's forces at hand, he may not be able to forcibly take it, and in the end it is just a futile loss of soldiers.
The potters still had to keep the soldiers and go to the north to fight Liu Bei, of course, they would not let their lives be wasted in this siege battle.
Seeing the reality of the enemy city, and knowing that it could not withstand several rounds of bombardment, and that the city would inevitably be destroyed, the potter was not in a hurry, so he ordered to collect his troops and bombard the city again tomorrow.
At the sound of an order, 60,000 soldiers slowly retreated.
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At the head of the city, the Qin army up and down, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and they were all secretly glad that they had escaped.
And at this time, the broken gate of the city tower was pushed open with a squeak, and Cao Cao, who was covered in ashes, walked out tremblingly under the protection of Dian Wei and other royal forest guards.
Raising his eyes, Cao Cao's heart was cold for a while.
As far as the eye could see, there were ruined walls, broken banners everywhere, and countless soldiers of our own soldiers lying in a terrible manner in the rubble, and those who were wounded, either with broken arms or legs, collapsed in the ruins, howling in pain.
Seeing such a scene, Cao Cao's face was gloomy as iron, his eyebrows flashed with jealousy, and the previous anger of fighting to the death had quietly collapsed.
"Your Majesty" In the midst of a miserable scream, Cao Cao heard a familiar wail, he raised his eyes to look for the sound and swept it, and suddenly his expression changed in shock.
On the ruins of half of the collapsed city tower, Tian Feng was lying in the rubble, and a beam weighing hundreds of catties was fiercely pressed on his back.
Tian Feng, who was pressed, was already spurting blood from his mouth at this moment, and he was obviously seriously injured.
"Yuan Hao" Cao Cao exclaimed, stumbled up, and shouted: "What are you all doing in a daze, save Yuan Hao, save Yuan Hao."
Xu Chu and other generals reacted, and hurriedly summoned the soldiers to step forward, trying to carry the beams on the ground and rescue Tian Feng from below.
Tian Feng shook his head, panting with a dying breath: "Don't bother, I'm hopeless." ” "Tian Yuanhao, you have to hold on to me, I don't allow you to die, I order you to hold on" Cao Cao stepped forward to hold Tian Feng's hand and shouted in a deep voice.
"The minister's limit has come, this is the minister's life" Tian Feng sighed bitterly, and said abruptly: "When the Yuan clan was destroyed, the minister should have died, if it wasn't for His Majesty taking me in, the minister wouldn't have survived for so many years, speaking of which, I still earned it, cough cough" Tian Feng couldn't breathe, and suddenly coughed up, spitting out blood.
Cao Cao's heart ached.
He suddenly remembered the picture when Tian Feng swore allegiance to him when the Jin Kingdom collapsed and Yuan Shang was killed by the pottery merchants.
After so many years, this Wang Zuo strategist from Hebei has made great contributions to himself, won Yongliang for himself, and sat on the throne of the emperor.
Cao Cao also dreamed of fulfilling his promise to Tian Feng and one day to return to the Central Plains, destroy the pottery merchants, and avenge the Yuan family.
Cao Cao never expected that the dreams of the past were like a mirror, and they were broken, but now not only was he forced by the potters to the point where the country was about to be ruined, but even Tian Feng was hit hard by this, and he was about to go one step ahead of him.
The pride of the past, the promises of the past, at this time, seem to be like a joke.
Thinking of this, Cao Cao couldn't help but shake his head and sigh bitterly, held Tian Feng's hand tightly, and asked, "Yuan Hao, do you have anything else to say?"
Tian Feng finally stopped coughing and vomiting blood, and sighed bitterly: "The minister just regrets it, he didn't see that the pottery merchant was a catastrophe back then, if he had known, the minister would have tried his best to persuade Yuan Shao to kill him first, otherwise it would not have caused today's bitter fruit, cough cough" Tian Feng coughed for a while, and then gasped and continued: "The past is irreparable, the minister only hopes that His Majesty can focus on the common people in the world, don't be rash, quickly abandon the city and leave, only Your Majesty and Liu Bei can compete with the pottery thief, if Your Majesty has three long and two short, then the world's famous family has one less hope, for our family, for the common people in the world, the minister begs Your Majesty to go."
Tian Feng said that he was excited, and suddenly coughed up, and streams of blood spurted out wildly, and he couldn't stop it.
Suddenly, Tian Feng spurted a mouthful of blood, his body straightened, and he stiffened and did not move.
Cao Cao didn't say a word, just with a solemn and sad face, holding Tian Feng's hand tightly, looking at this old minister, this famous man of the world, just swallowed his breath in front of him.
Ma Chao, Fa Zheng and other military generals on the left and right, looking at Tian Feng's death, all shook their heads and sighed, although they agreed with Tian Feng's last words and wanted to persuade Cao Cao to abandon the city and leave, but no one dared to squeak.
Cao Cao clenched Tian Feng's stiffened hand, and after a while, he staggered to his feet, waved his hand weakly, and sighed: "The general trend has gone, according to Yuan Hao's will, the whole army will abandon the city tonight and retreat north to Liangzhou." ” It's nightfall.
On the front line of the west gate of Jincheng, the remaining tens of thousands of Qin soldiers and soldiers, all of whom were already uneasy, gathered in front of the west gate city, looking at the tightly closed city gate.
Outside the lobby of the military mansion, Cao Cao was standing outside the door, holding a sharp sword in his hand, staring at the dark sky, and was silent for a long time.
Behind him, Ma Chao, Yan Liang, Xu Chu, Dian Wei, Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu and other generals of the Qin State all stood solemnly behind, silently looking at their emperor.
The atmosphere was very heavy and lonely, and the word gloom was written on everyone's face.
After pondering for a long time, Cao Cao lowered his head, looked in the direction of the outside of the city, sighed softly, and said helplessly: "Do you still have to flee to Liangzhou in the end?"
Behind him, Fa Zheng took a step forward and said with relief: "Your Majesty, Liangzhou is far away, such as Dunhuang County, thousands of miles away from Guanzhong, if we retreat to Liangzhou, the pottery thief may not catch up, only in this way can we win a chance to breathe." ” Cao Cao heard this persuasion, and the helpless expression on his face eased slightly, and he nodded slightly.
At this time, Xu Huang hurriedly came to the city and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the minister is ready, Your Majesty can go out of the city." ” Cao Cao turned around, looked at Xu Huang, and said solemnly: "Gongming, this time let you cover my main force to break through, your risk is very high, I can't force you, I ask again, you are willing." ” Xu Huang arched his hand and said generously: "Your Majesty has the grace of knowing the minister, for the sake of Daqin, for the sake of Your Majesty, the minister is willing to die for Your Majesty" isjgy: