The ladders used to attack the city were all prepared in advance. Cao Liang gave the order, and Yang Hu and Du Yu led the Wei infantry to launch a fierce attack on Jinwei.

In fact, Cao Liang hated this ant attack method. After all, this method of siege was at the cost of the lives of soldiers, using flesh and blood to achieve victory. Even if the enemy's city could be captured, one's own would not be able to capture it.

There will definitely be a heavy price to pay.

But in this era of cold weapons, the most valuable thing is often human life. In order to win the battle, no one cares about how many lives are sacrificed.

Cao Liang took the initiative to ask for orders to attack Jinwei. He was also under great pressure. The road to the north was already hopeless. The only way out for the Wei army was to break through Jinwei to the east. If Cao Liang could not win this battle,

, then the Wei army would really have no choice but to be trapped in its momentum.

Moreover, due to the depletion of military rations, there was not much time left for Cao Liang. Cao Liang did not have time to slow down his plans. He had to use the most violent and toughest methods to capture the golden siege as quickly as possible and break through.

The passage to the east.

Otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous.

Under the command of Yang Hu and Du Yu, the Wei army began to swarm up and launched a fierce attack on Huangjinwei.

Braving the rain of arrows on the city, ladders were erected one after another. The Wei soldiers held their shields and struggled to climb up the ladders.

In order to cover the attacking troops, Yang Hu and Du Yu specially mobilized a phalanx of archers and kept firing arrows at the top of the city to suppress the defending Shu army.

Although it was their first time to command a siege battle, Yang Hu and Du Yu were still unusually calm. They commanded and dispatched in a orderly and organized manner. They were not in a hurry or at a loss because it was their first time participating in the battle.

Liu Yin has been fighting for many years and has rich experience in defending the city. Although there are only 2,000 Shu soldiers guarding the golden siege, under Liu Yin's dispatch, the entire defense line is in good order. Facing the Wei army's offensive like locusts and ants, Liu Yin also

Take your time and command calmly.

As the most important border fortress of the Shu Kingdom, Huangjinwei has quite sufficient reserves of strategic materials and all kinds of defensive equipment.

The most important thing is the special geographical location of Huangjinwei. Since the south of Huangjinwei is the turbulent Han River and the north is a cliff, the only direction that the Wei army can attack is the west of Huangjinwei. It is impossible to siege the city from all sides.

attack.

Since the Wei army could only attack from one direction, this virtually relieved a lot of pressure on the defenders. Besides, the city wall to the west of Jinwei was only a few dozen feet away. No matter how many soldiers and horses the Wei army had,

, they also have to line up, and large troops cannot start fighting at all.

The special geographical location completely offset the numerical advantage of the Wei army. Although the Wei army now has five or six times the number of the Shu army, this advantage cannot be reflected. The two sides are almost equal in strength in the confrontation.

In the offensive and defensive battle of the city, it is more difficult for the attacking side, but much easier for the defending side. Therefore, although Yang Hu and Du Yu commanded and dispatched well, the results were not ideal, and they launched multiple attacks in succession.

The fierce attack was still unable to break through the Shu army's defense line.

The battle was extremely fierce. The Wei army had so many soldiers and horses that it almost filled up the entire road in front of the pass. Looking down from the top of the Golden City, it was densely packed with people.

But the Shu army's defense was extremely tenacious. Bows, crossbows, arrows, rolling logs and rocks, boiling water and hot oil, anything that could be used as defensive weapons, could be thrown out.

The ladders were burned, and countless Wei soldiers were shot to death, smashed to death, and burned to death. The whole city was covered with corpses, but this did not seem to be able to stop the Wei army's advance. They came one after another and launched a round of attacks on the Golden City.

Another fierce offensive.

Yang Hudu foresaw the predicament that the Wei army was in. The battle they commanded would determine the life and death of one hundred thousand Wei troops. This would be a battle with no retreat, and they had to win.

Therefore, Yang Hu and Du Yu did not dare to relax at all. They continued to direct the infantry to attack the city, and increased the intensity of cover. They dispatched more archers to the city and kept firing towards the top of the city.

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The battle was very fierce, with both sides trying their best and fighting to the death.

But from the morning to the afternoon, the Wei army paid a lot of casualties, but still failed to break through the defense line at the top of the city and invade the golden city.

Cao Liang was watching the siege from a distance, his brows furrowed and his expression extremely serious. The defensive capabilities of Golden Siege seemed to exceed Cao Liang's expectations. A city with only two thousand people guarding it could still be watertight.

, making the Wei army invulnerable.

According to the defensive situation of the defenders, if the Wei army continues to use this offensive method, it will obviously be difficult to break through the Golden Siege in a short period of time. Cao Liang estimates that even if he launches an attack without sleep, it will take at least ten days.

There may be a chance to break the city, but it is basically hopeless in a short time.

However, the predicament faced by the Wei army was that they could not persist for more than ten days. The cutoff of food routes put the Wei army in a desperate situation. The only way to solve the predicament was to find a way out in a short time.

Guo Huai believed that fighting the golden siege was no less difficult than fighting the watershed. The Wei army had now invested 50,000 or 60,000 troops in attacking the watershed.

He led more than 10,000 people to break through such a dangerous pass, no wonder Guo Huai would ridicule him.

What Cao Liang is thinking about now is not the ridicule of Guo Huai and others at all. If he cannot win the golden siege, everyone in the Wei army will die, including those who mocked, and of course, Cao Liang himself.

Of course, if you surrender to the Shu army, you may be able to survive. You must know that Cao Liang has another level of identity, that is, he is the nephew of Liu Chan, the leader of Shu. After surrendering, relying on this relationship, at least Cao Liang can guarantee

If Liang is not dead, if Liu Channian considers his uncle-nephew relationship, he might be able to be given an official position.

But all this is not what Cao Liang wants. In Wei State, with his foundation and power, he is also preparing to compete with the Sima family for the world. If he really has to surrender to Shu, I am afraid he will have no choice but to surrender.

I'll just be a piece of trash waiting to die.

Since a strong attack is not possible, Cao Liang must make other plans. Such a strong attack will have no use except increasing casualties, and there will be no benefit in continuing the attack.
Chapter completed!