Chapter 232 Red Cliff (Sixth)

At the end of January 5, Cao Hong's siege finally began.

Amid the rough shouts and sobbing horns, countless brown figures rushed towards the city walls like surging waves. The swords and guns in the hands of the Cao army soldiers were cold. The Qingzhou soldiers were once accused of being timid in the enemy when Cao Cao was expeditioning to Wancheng. However, under the training of Cao Hong, the combat effectiveness of this army was no longer different from the past.

The brown wave is getting closer and closer to the city wall.

Suddenly, a bright red flame flew into sight, and fires were everywhere under the city. The blue color of the word "Taishi" on Jiangling City erected the flag in the smoke of gunpowder, and it appeared and disappeared from time to time.

Fire arrows shot volleys, and the leaping flame lights violently uncovered the murderous aura hidden under the darkness.

Cao Hong's forward was in chaos. It turned out that the guards in the city began to pour down the boiling juice and threw down the raging torches. The fire spread instantly. They poured oil. This was a very clever move, which not only killed the enemy's soldiers and created a new wave of defensive fronts.

The flames flew across the blood-filled ground, and many soldiers struggled. Even the generals and officers who were supervising the battle behind were frightened by the frightened horses. The entire moat was shining brightly by the red light, and the charred corpses were floating in it for half a while, heart-wrenching cry mixed with a strong smell of blood soared into the sky.

"Taishi Ci!" Cao Hong cursed fiercely from his teeth.

The costly battle in Huyang still vividly remembered him. The enemy was narrow in the road. This time in Jiangling, Cao Hong once again had to face Taishi Ci's iron wall defense.

Taishi Ci is already familiar with the battle to defend the city. No matter how Cao's provocation is, the soldiers guarding the city will not respond. Once they are within a hundred steps of the city, everything will be completely different.

The charges that returned unsuccessfully made Cao Hong anxious. With the sound of war drums, he personally led his troops to rush forward, but the city was concentrated on shooting a dense rain of arrows. There were constant personal soldiers next to Cao Hong who died in a arrow to cover him. The soldiers who were a little further began to retreat in panic. Even if Cao Hong shouted loudly, it would not have any great effect.

Before he could see his son, brown flags waving in the darkness and fell in the flames. The soldiers' shouts and killings surged up, turning from high to low. The flames on the city and under the city were swollen and spit out, and when they splashed to some places, they were filled with brightness.

After three hours of fierce attack, Cao Hong got nothing. His brown front always hovered near the moat. A few soldiers climbing the ladder ropes on the city were smashed by arrow stones, and none of them were spared. Although the intense drum beats were still spread throughout the battlefield, the array of charges was obviously weaker every time, and the layers of corpses were like a sad grave, fearing and desperation.

When the first ray of dawn shone on Jiangling City, Cao Hong suddenly found that it was still standing there indestructible, with the opponent's defenses not messy, and the green flags dancing in the row; only the moat was red, and hundreds of Cao soldiers who died almost dyed it into a blood pool hell, and a large number of broken weapons and flags were thrown everywhere.

Suddenly, on the towering city tower a hundred steps away, a tall body stood upright, wearing golden armor, crescent halberds, holding a powerful crossbow in his hand, and a pair of eyes on the square face were bright and energetic.

"Taishi Ci, come out of the city and fight Cao one-on-one!" Cao Hong was furious. Of course, such a clumsy aggressive method would not have any effect.

In the city, the green flags were still flying high, as if silently mocking Cao Hong's incompetence.

Cao Hong's shout exposed his position. Taishi Ci smiled coldly. This smile had a deterrent of falling from the sky. Even the loud drum sound could not be dispelled. Just this one wrong side, the master who was ordered to guard Jiangling looked like a torch, like a sharp lightning sweeping across the enemy formation.

Suddenly, he put a bow and arrow in his hand and aimed at the place where Cao Hong was. It was almost 200 steps away. Under the protection of Cao Hong's personal guard, Taishi Ci's arrow was impossible to hit, but the arrow flew out quickly on the string.

In an instant, a gust of wind blew across the bloody air, and with a "pop" sound, the main flag behind Cao Hong suddenly broke.

"Retreat—!" Almost subconsciously, Cao Hong issued an order to retreat.

After a fierce battle overnight, the soldiers were exhausted and the main flag was broken, which was an unknown sign. Even if Cao Hong was willing to fight again, his soldiers would not move forward bravely.

Looking at the brown wave that was retreating like a tide, Taishici let out a long sigh. His body was shaking. Just now, this arrow almost exhausted all his strength. With less than 5,000 guards, he held the city for a night, forcing 20,000 Cao soldiers to step beyond the line. Except for Taishici, no one among the generals in Jiangdong could do this. What's more, among these five thousand soldiers, less than 2,000 people who could truly have combat experience, and the remaining 3,000 people were just young and strong men recruited from the city temporarily.

West of Jiangling City, General's Platform.

Unlike the wilderness of the North City, there are too many places to hide here.

The cave formed by water droplets worn by stones for millions of years can accommodate thousands of troops, and this is where Zhou Yu set up an ambush.

Although Zhou Yu, who originally intended to divide his troops to stop the enemy, guessed the intention of Cao's army from Jiang Gan's words and deeds, he did not expect that Cao Cao would make a desperate attempt and invest the most elite troops to attack Jiangling. When Zhou Yu discovered that the enemy was attacking was huge, Taishi Ci was already in danger.

A wise man will make a mistake in a thousand thoughts.

Zhou Yu used normal ideas to guess Cao Cao's actions, but he could not expect that even Cao Cao, who was frustrated, would break through the rules and make unusual military adventures.

In fact, in essence, Cao Cao and Gao Chong are the same type of people. They believe in the creed that the strong are kings, and they have the tenacious belief that they are on the verge of despair but still refuse to give up.

Cao's army had 40,000, and Zhou Yu's total strength was less than 20,000. This gap in military strength forced Zhou Yu's plan to attack, because unless a miracle happened, there was no chance of winning.

"Governor, what should I do?" Xu Sheng stamped his feet repeatedly, his face flushed with anxiety.

This night was extremely difficult not only for Xu Sheng, but also for all the ambushed soldiers. The tiger and leopard cavalry kept parading along the edge of the wasteland. With a slight sound, the scout team released by Cao Chun would arrive soon. Under such strict arrangements, Zhou Yu's carefully prepared plan to annihilate the enemy could only be cancelled helplessly.

"Governor, if we don't support us, Ziyi will be wiped out? Did we give up like that?" Huang Zhong couldn't help but shouted.

"Oh, I'm telling General Gan Ning to support the city in one part, and the other ships quickly approached here and carried the army back to the city." Zhou Yu ordered hatefully.

The initiative on the battlefield has been mastered by the enemy. What Zhou Yu can do next is to try his best to defend Jiangling City and drag Cao Cao to the city. After all, Cao Cao abandoned Wulin Camp and took risks forever. Zhou Yu believes that Gao Chong's counterattack on the Eastern Front battlefield is about to begin.

After receiving the news that Cao Hong was unfavorable to attack the city, Cao Cao pushed the central army to a place only two or three miles away from the city. He looked up and saw that the rising sun in winter fell from all angles. Cao Cao could clearly see the flags, guards, and even a sharp arrowhead on the city. He even saw dozens of people surrounding a general walking past the city tower. It was Taishi Ci, whose main flag was flying high in the wind, and he was moving with him.

"Hmph, are you demonstrating to me?" Cao Cao was angry.

He raised the command flag, and suddenly the cowhide drums roared like a tsunami. In an instant, the flags danced wildly, the blade light flew away, and thousands of troops rushed forward, and the sound of killing was trembling.

The urging drums were tighter and tighter, and Cao Hong reorganized his troops and attacked the city again.

When the brown color surging again, the soldiers on Jiangling City were as calm as usual. Finally, within a hundred steps of attack, the black feathered arrows shot down like a storm and rain. Even the sky seemed to be severely destroyed, and the quiet morning mist disappeared without a trace.

When Cao's soldiers rushed to the periphery of the moat, they fell to the ground, but the powerful troops continued to rise, and the cloud ladders set up the moat, and the card knife hands advanced hard with a strong shield. Then the city began to push the rolling wood and rocks, and the siege battle entered a stalemate. Such scenes are very common. The soldiers on both sides are suffering from the torture of willpower. The attacking side is not afraid of the threat of death, and the defending side is not afraid of the torture of time. The bright reds gather together into pieces, and the dust on the ground is trampled and raised again and again.

"Lord, Xu Chu asks for a fight." Seeing that the attacks were setbacks again and again, Xu Chu spoke up and asked for an order.

Cao Cao waved his hand: "Zhongkang, you don't have to go now, I don't believe how long Jiangling City can last." After that, he continued to focus on the battle under the city with his eyes intently. The light of different shades flowed in his eyes, and finally a smile appeared on his face.

"I'm telling Cao Hong, I don't want his casualties, I just want Jiangling City!" Cao Cao's voice was full of confidence.

Taishici's lack of military strength appeared under continuous offensives. As the war progressed, casualties of old soldiers who were responsible for the front-line defense intensified, which forced Taishici to push the temporarily recruited strong men to the front line. However, in this way, the weakness of the defense line suddenly became apparent.

"Soldiers, follow me!" Cao Hong shouted with a knife and rushed forward with his bare shirt.

Under his instigation, Cao's army shouted again, and another wave of attacks rushed towards the base of the city wall.

The ladder finally leaned against the city wall. Cao Hong pulled open the arrows falling from the city and was the first to step onto the city tower...

On the sixth day of the Yuan Dynasty, at the right time of Mao, the dark mist on the river south of Wulin had not yet dissipated. Under the panic gaze of Cao's soldiers, more than a thousand warships in Jiangdong suddenly appeared from the fog.

The fleet lined up shows the domineering aura of looking down on everything. Since the defeat of Cai Mao's army at Sanjiangkou, Jiangdong warships have been rampant in the Yangtze River and have no opponents again.

Nearly a hundred huge tower ships were surrounded by Mengchong, the fighting ships, and headed north against the wind. The bright swords and guns shone brightly under the rising sun. Each warship was full of soldiers, and their faces were flashing with the joy of victory.

Flying against the wind——, once again set foot on the land of Jiangbei, making these loyal and brave children from Jiangdong excited.

The flag was waving. After confirming that Cao Cao left, Gao Chong led 25,000 soldiers from the eastern front across the river to attack Wulin. Those who went to war with him were Wenpin, Zhu Huan, Ling Tong, Jiang Qin, Huang Gai, Fu Tong and other important generals. This was the first time for Gao Chong to fight with such a large-scale army.

The blue flags were rising across the sky, and the fleet formed an endless queue, and the shocking drums rang through the sky.

Although there are brave and good generals such as Xu Huang, Yu Jin, Li Dian, Zhang Xiu, and Lu Qian in Wulin Cao Camp, all the elite troops in the camp were gone, and although there were many 50,000 soldiers, the momentum was still much weaker than Gao Chong's fierce arrival.

After receiving the news that Gao Chong's troops were killed, Xu Huang hurriedly led his soldiers out of the camp to defend the enemy. He originally wanted to launch a surprise attack while Gao Chong's fleet was docking, and attacked the ancient military tactics in half a ferry. Xu Huang remembered clearly the ancient sayings on military tactics.

However, Gao Chong did not give him a chance. Before the main formation landed, Jiang Qin and Huang Gai on both sides led 3,000 soldiers to the shore first. The card knife hand suddenly stepped forward, and one side was divided into long rows of lines across the river bank. Then the neatly arranged infantry and crossbow troops then landed on the shore. Spears and flag guns emerged from the soldiers' heads, like a dark forest with cold light, and the entire blue front showed an arc-shaped fan.

If Xu Huang dares to attack Gao Chong when he lands, what will be waiting for him will be Jiang Qin and Huang Gai's encirclement, which will be an unpredictable melee.

Xu Huang, who was ordered to guard the camp, certainly refused to take such a risk. He chose to retreat to the camp and line up for the enemy.

Unfortunately, his opponent this time was Gao Chong, an enemy who also acted unreasonably.

Faced with an opponent with a disadvantage in momentum, Gao Chong certainly would not be ruthless. After the main force landed one after another, Gao Chong gave an order, Jiang Qin, Huang Gai, Zhu Huan and others would lead their elite troops to Cao's camp as planned in advance.

For a moment, green flags covered half of the sky and rushed northward with the wind blowing the remaining clouds. When Xu Huang and others realized something was wrong, the navy blue cone-shaped charge line had approached quickly.

Xu Huang was shocked. Although he kept shouting loudly, he was obviously unable to command the army freely with the authority of the general for one day. In just this moment, several Jiangdong soldiers had already entered the enemy formation.
Chapter completed!