The defenders on the city walls were all very excited. They had already repelled the enemy's first attack and killed so many people. For these soldiers, they were very happy. Looking at the piles of corpses under the city walls, even if there were ten times more enemies outside the city walls, it would be over after a few more attacks! Now, Hao Shao's Army was in a state of excitement, which made their courage double. They were all thinking about how their lord, Liu Mang, would reward them after repelling the enemy.
Promotion, wealth, and bestowing their wives and children were exactly what they wanted when they left their hometown and joined Liu Mang's Army. Originally, when they followed Hao Shao to this small city, they had a lot of complaints. Moreover, because of the enemies that were ten times more than them, they were afraid of the future. Now, it was different, everything had changed. They did not expect that this small city could also bring them the glory of bestowing their wives and children, and the possibility of promotion and wealth.
Compared to these soldiers' happiness, their excitement, and their confidence in repelling the enemy, Hao Shao's heart was much calmer. If the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry in the Pengzhou Army who were familiar with Hao Shao saw Hao Shao's expression, they would know that Hao Shao was in a state of uneasiness. Yes, uneasiness. So many corpses of Liu Bei's Army could be left at the foot of the city walls because Liu Bei's Army did not react at all. This was also the first time that they had seen such a defensive layout. They had caught the enemy off guard, so they could have such a harvest. However, when the enemy was prepared, there would be a second and third harvest!
Liu Bei's Army was not so easy to deal with. If Liu Bei's Army was easy to deal with, then the Lvbu's Army would not have been driven out of Xuzhou by Liu Bei and Cao Cao. Hao Shao did not want to experience the humiliation of being driven out of Xuzhou again. Liu Bei had driven the Lvbu's Army out of Xuzhou, and now he had set his sights on Yangzhou.
Moreover, defeating the enemy this time would only make the enemy more humiliated and angry. One must know that although there were more than a thousand corpses in front of the city, it was only a small part of the 20,000 troops that were attacking the city. Because of this, Hao Shao didn't dare to be careless. However, he didn't want to tell his subordinates to remain excited. When a person is excited, their courage and strength would become stronger.
"Come on, come on! Let me, Hao Shao, see if you have made any progress! " Hao Shao took a deep breath. He knew that Guangzhou alone couldn't stop Liu Bei's march. However, Hao Shao also wanted to stop Liu Bei. He wanted to buy time for Shouchun and Lujiang's Lord.
"Woo woo woo woo!" The war drums sounded again. Liu Bei's army began to move again.
"All troops, prepare to meet the enemy!" Hao Shao roared. Without Hao Shao's command, the soldiers stood up and took out their bows and aimed at the city.
However, when they aimed at the city, they were dumbfounded. Should they shoot or not? This was because there was no longer a swarm of soldiers under the city walls. Instead, there were siege chariots coming one after another.
Liu Pi had twenty thousand men under his command. Even if he lost one wave, he still had fifteen thousand men. Everyone was gathering firewood and adding on Pang Tong's vigilance, the chariots were quickly built.
"Using siege vehicles?" Hao Shao clenched his fist. He looked at the huge siege vehicles. At this time, siege vehicles could be used as siege weapons. This was because the impact of the siege vehicles was enough to break open the city gates. The city gates were built with wood as the foundation. Unless it was sturdy, the gates would not be able to withstand the siege vehicles. Even the gates of Wancheng City were broken open by the siege vehicles.
If the moat was completed and there was a drawbridge above it, it might not be so uncomfortable. This was because the drawbridge could not be lowered unless the city was already difficult to defend. But now, outside the city gate was a piece of flat land, so there was plenty of room for the siege vehicles to charge back and forth.
"Boom!" Chariots after chariots were charging towards Guangzhou City, and beside him were burly soldiers pushing the chariots forward with all their might.
"Shoot, shoot, shoot! Aim at the soldiers pushing the siege vehicles and shoot! " Hao Shao ordered. Arrows were useless against siege vehicles. Even if they used fire arrows, they would not be able to ignite the siege vehicles in a short time. Even if they ignited the siege vehicles, the city gates would be set on fire. The gains would not make up for the losses. Therefore, they could only deal with the soldiers pushing the siege vehicles. If they were shot dead, the siege vehicles would lose their momentum.
Under Hao Shao's command, countless arrows were shot towards the strong soldiers pushing the chariots. Previously, the arrows of a thousand soldiers were still fine against a group of people. After all, even if their archery skills were poor, they would still be able to hit people. However, now that the target had become smaller, the soldiers' archery skills were exposed. One after another, the arrows fell to the side, unable to even touch the side of the people. Fortunately, with a thousand soldiers shooting arrows, there would always be someone who would be hit.
"Ahhhhhhh!" Under the rain of arrows, Liu Pi's soldiers were shot down one by one. The siege vehicles' speed also slowed down.
"Damn it!" Liu Pi looked at the scene below Guangzhou and gnashed his teeth. He had prepared shields for the soldiers. However, the shields could only block one side. It was difficult to protect the other places. He was about to wave his hand to let the second wave of soldiers go up and take the siege vehicles when he was stopped by a messenger.
"Reporting to the general! The Military Advisor has sent people to deliver the armor! "The messenger cupped his fist and reported to Liu Pi.
"What armor? Put it aside. Can't you see that I am busy attacking the city?" Liu Pi was impatient.
"Reporting to the general. The Military Advisor said that you can use these armor to attack the city!" The soldier added.
"I can use them?" Liu Pi was surprised. His plan to attack the city was given to him by Military Advisor Pang Tong. Therefore, Liu Pi still listened to Pang Tong's words. He was just a bit annoyed. Now that he had calmed down, he could not help but think of armor that he could use to attack the city.
"Bring me there!" The two of them quickly arrived outside the camp.
"General, look!" The messenger pointed at the armors that were placed on the carriages and said, "These are the armors that the military advisor had sent over.
"These!" Seeing the armor in front of him, Liu Pi's eyes lit up. This was because in front of him was heavy armor. Liu Pi was very familiar with these heavy armor. These were the armor worn by Liu Bei's elite White Eared Soldiers. The White Eared Soldiers were one of the few heavy armored infantry in the world. Only the Great Halberd Soldiers of Ji Province, Xian Deng Camp, and the Formation Breaker of the Pengzhou Army. Even Liu Mang's City Guard was not necessarily a match for the White Eared Soldiers. If the Black Flag Army did not have the Battle of Wan Cheng, they would be able to contend against the White Eared Soldiers. There were too many recruits!
The reason why Liu Bei was able to run from Ji Province to Qing Province, then to Xu Province, then to Yan Province and then to Yu Province was all because of the White Eared Cavalry's contributions. The White Eared Cavalry were basically dead soldiers. In other words, they were brainwashed. They worshipped Liu Bei without any reason, just like how Zhang Jiao worshipped Liu Bei during the Yellow Turban Uprising. The White Eared Cavalry's greatest achievement was fighting against the Ferocious Cavalry. The Ferocious Cavalry was a heavy cavalry. Although they lost to the Bing Province Heavy Cavalry, they had no choice but to do so. After all, one was a king and the other was Lu Bu, a god of war. Therefore, one should not underestimate the combat strength of the Ferocious Cavalry. Normally, when heavy infantry encountered heavy cavalry, they would form a hedgehog formation and a tortoise-like defense to resist the heavy cavalry.
However, the White Eared Soldiers were the first heavy armored infantry that dared to charge against the heavy cavalry.
Now, Pang Tong had sent over the uniform of the White Eared soldiers, the White Eared Heavy Armor. These heavy armors were one of the reasons why the White Eared soldiers became famous throughout the world. The White Eared Heavy Armor was similar to the Black Flag Army's other heavy armor. The most important thing was that the White Eared Heavy Armor didn't only have an outer armor, it also had an inner armor, which was a layer of chain mail. This chain mail was usually worn by generals and officers. Even generals and officers might not necessarily have it. Liu Pao spent a lot of money to strengthen his main force.
The chain mail was not only able to resist the sharp qi, but the most important thing was that it was able to block arrows. The chain mail was densely packed like a small mesh. Basically, arrows could not penetrate it. Even if an arrow was shot, it would only bite a piece of flesh like a mosquito. It would not cause fatal damage to the body.
"Hahahaha. Guangzhou is good!" Liu Pi was really big. There were a total of four hundred White Eared Heavy Armor. This was because Liu Pi was afraid that he would not have enough armor to attack Yangzhou. There were a total of one thousand White Eared Heavy Armor. Pang Tong took out four hundred for Liu Pi to use.
With these White Eared Heavy Armor, Liu Pi did not need to be afraid of the arrows from Guangzhou. As long as there were no arrows, he could only rely on his three siege chariots to break through Guangzhou. After that, his Lord Liu Bei would not be angry. Liu Pi no longer thought about merit because he had already made his Lord Liu Bei lose face. Five thousand people attacking a city of two thousand people did not even touch the enemy's hair. More than half of them were injured and killed. Even if Liu Pi's face was thick, he would not dare to think about merit. Now, he only wanted to be meritorious. Thinking about this, the fire in Liu Pi's eyes increased.
Now, he was thinking about how to take Guangzhou. After the disaster, he would slaughter everyone in Guangzhou. Even if he were to capture that small general and pull out his tendons and skin him alive, it would not be enough to relieve his hatred.
"Pass down my orders. Have four hundred able-bodied soldiers wear these White Eared Heavy Armor. Have three siege chariots drive into Guangzhou's ass!" Liu Pi did not care if it was vulgar or not. Seeing that he was about to win, how could he not be happy?
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