The role of the catapult is not actually its lethality, but the blow to the enemy's morale. Especially now that the Xiliang army encountered this situation for the first time, it was even more panicked. Cao Cao knew this, so he took the opportunity to order

Siege the city.

Cao Cao spoke, and Liu Bei, who had made a promise, naturally could not stand aside and watch. This was the best opportunity to capture Tongguan, and Liu Bei also ordered his soldiers to lead an army to attack the city.

"kill!"

Without any reservation, the Xiahou brothers and Guan and Zhang each led their troops towards the city wall of Tongguan. Various siege equipment, rams, and ladders were pushed to the foot of Tongguan City by Cao Liu's soldiers. A dense army surrounded Tongguan.

"catapult!"

Everything was exactly as Xu Rong thought. As soon as the siege army came up, the catapults in the distance stopped attacking. When he found that the thunderous sound disappeared, Xu Rong immediately organized the defenders hiding in the boulders to return to their original position.

garrison position.

Under the general's shouts, the soldiers guarding Tongguan hurriedly raised the boulders prepared in advance and threw them at the enemy soldiers who were climbing up the ladder below.

"Bang! Ah!"

In a siege battle, the defending side occupies a large advantage. Under the condescending situation, the damage of the defending soldiers is much lower than that of the attacking side.

One by one, Cao Liu's soldiers were killed or fell to death by huge rocks thrown from the city. As they approached the city wall, their losses continued to increase.

"Oops! Not only did the opponent lose their attack, they are determined to win Tongguan in one battle." Xu Rong thought to himself.

Although no enemy soldiers have climbed up the city wall yet, looking at the dark enemy soldiers below, Xu Rong already knew what Cao Cao and Liu Bei were planning.

With such a large number of enemy troops, the soldiers defending the city did not need to take aim at all. They could just pick up a huge stone and throw it casually to kill an enemy. However, the large number of deaths of Cao Liu's soldiers shocked Xu Rong.

The city walls are all densely covered with ladders, and the countless soldiers look like crazy climbers rushing up one after another, like zombies attacking the city, which looks very scary.

He kept killing enemy troops, but the enemy troops below were crawling faster and faster, getting closer and closer to him, and their numbers were getting larger and larger. The soldiers guarding the city couldn't help but feel a sense of fear, and those who threw boulders

The speed was a little faster again.

Inside the city wall, although the archers guarding the city were suppressed by a large number of archers from Cao Liu's army below, they still tried their best to shoot arrows towards the city.

"kill!"

Finally, after a brutal fight, the first soldier of Cao Liu's army climbed onto the city wall and killed two surrounding defenders. Before he could stand here for a moment longer, the surrounding defenders quickly surrounded him and confused him.

He was hacked to death and the gap was blocked.

The Thousand Miles Embankment was destroyed in an ant nest. This first success brought great hope to Cao Liu's soldiers. Like a chain reaction, soon the second and third Cao Liu soldiers climbed onto the city wall. There were more and more loopholes in the city wall.

, the number of enemy troops coming up was also increasing. Soon, the entire city wall became a battlefield for armies from both sides to fight.

"Kill!" A Xiliang soldier slashed two enemy soldiers three times in a row like crazy, and then stabbed the soldier who had just climbed up with one knife. Just when he was exhausted and wanted to rest for a while

, another figure climbed up the city wall and chopped directly at him.

"Pfft!"

The knife pierced the chest, and the Xiliang soldiers were unable to block the opponent's attack.

"Die with me!"

The Xiliang soldier spat out a mouthful of blood, unleashed the last bit of strength in his body, hugged the enemy soldier tightly, and crashed into the enemy soldier who had just climbed up in front of him. The three of them fell off the city wall together and fell into a pulp.

"It's worth it!" This was his last thought.

On the other side, a soldier from Cao Cao was just about to climb up the city wall. His hands had already reached the top of the city wall, and a steel knife passed over him.

"Poof!"

"ah!"

One palm was cut off directly, and he almost fainted from the pain. He bit the tip of his tongue fiercely, and with a force of his other intact hand, he climbed up the city wall and saw the man who looked at one of his hands.

"Go to hell!"

The other party shouted angrily and slashed at his neck.

He smiled crazily and rushed towards him without dodging, as if he was seeking his own death.

"boom!"

A headless corpse fell to the ground, with a smiling head in the distance.

"ah!"

With a cry of pain, his enemy half-knelt on the ground with a ferocious expression, with an old spear on his chest. A shot penetrated the heart, and the victor also fell to the ground and could not get up again.

This kind of scene is not uncommon on the battlefield. Countless soldiers are killing each other crazily, their eyes are red, and they are all bloody.

The Xiliang soldiers relied on their strong physiques, experience and bloodshed from years of fighting, and were able to face enemies several times their size without any loss. The entire city wall turned into a meat grinding ground, and countless soldiers fell here.

"That's enough, withdraw your troops!" Seeing the sun gradually setting in the west and the sky slowly getting dark, Cao Cao finally ordered.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" A golden sound sounded.

The sharp and harsh sound was so pleasant to the ears of the soldiers on the battlefield. Cao Liu's soldiers quickly broke away from the city wall and retreated in formation. Only a group of exhausted defenders were left on the entire city wall, as well as everywhere.

They were all bloody corpses.

Standing in the center of the city wall, Xu Rong's armor was covered in blood, like a knight walking out of hell. After taking a few heavy breaths, Xu Rong took off his helmet and sat down on the ground.

"Clean the battlefield."

"promise!"

After cleaning up and repairing all the marks on the entire city wall, Xu Rong also regained his strength. Xu Rong, who was the best in the world in terms of guarding ability, was always only a second-rate general in terms of force. After a big battle, he was somewhat exhausted.

"Have the losses of both sides been calculated this time?" Xu Rong asked.

The lieutenant general frowned and said: "In this battle, our troops were killed, more than 3,000 were seriously injured, and tens of thousands were slightly injured. The losses are very serious. If this happens a few more times, Tongguan may not be able to hold on."

"Where's Cao Liu?"

"This time our army killed nearly ten thousand enemies, and the casualties among Cao and Liu's troops were countless. I am afraid that Cao Mengde would not be able to bear such a huge loss! He should not invade us so rashly in the next few days," the deputy general gloated.

Xu Rong shook his head slightly: "You are wrong! Cao Mengde is a very human being! He has a very stoic mind and acts decisively and cruelly. Maybe he will come to attack in the next few days. You must be more careful.

, don’t be careless.”

"No!" Although the deputy general didn't quite understand, he still replied respectfully.

"Um!"

Xu Rong looked at the place where the catapult once stood in the distance, frowning.
Chapter completed!