Chapter 60: The Fierce Siege War Begins

  Hum! Hum! The continuous sound of the bowstring rose, Lü Bu and Qiū Shuǐ's archery was unstoppable, each hitting their targets.

  Ah...! The cries of agony continued to echo! Autumn Water's arrow pierced through three soldiers who were attacking, hissing! A collective gasp rose from the top of the city wall, shocked by the force of Autumn Water's arrow.

  Lü Bu frowned and his eyes gleamed with a fierce light. He knew he was no match for this man in terms of physical strength, so after firing just a few arrows with immense force, he began to control the power of his large bow, seeking only to kill with one shot. The battle had just begun, and it wasn't time to waste his current physical strength; the bitter fight was yet to come!

  The order was given! Xu Rong and Gao Shun's voices rose, the soldiers on the city wall began to pull open the bows and arrows in their hands, and launched a fierce counterattack against the enemy army below.

  Taking advantage of the strong pass, the archers do not need to deliberately grasp accuracy, they only need to shoot out the sharp arrows in their hands, and they must take away the lives of the enemy soldiers under the city.

  The allied forces saw that every time Lü Bu drew his bow and shot an arrow, he would take the life of one of their own soldiers. Especially this fierce tiger from Xiliang, every time he shot an arrow, he could take three lives from their side, it was really chilling! However, after seeing the rear guard troops, they knew that they could only charge forward, otherwise they would be killed by their own people. All the soldiers gritted their teeth and charged towards Tiger Trap Pass with a stiff upper lip.

  This is war, no quarter asked nor given!

  After the enemy paid the price of eight or nine hundred people, the coalition soldiers finally rushed to the edge of the moat. The coalition's shield bearers and archers also arrived at a distance of about 150 steps from the city wall, starting to bend their bows and shoot towards the city head.

  The arrow flew up and shot the defending soldiers on the city head, the unprepared defenders were shot, wailed and fell under the city, making a dull sound.

  "Shields up, defend against the enemy's arrows! Archers retreat five steps and continue firing! The rest of you, come with me to hold off the enemy and don't let them take the pass!" Gao Shun drew out his treasured sword from his waist and shouted coldly.

  The shield bearers raised their large wooden shields and formed a thick wall in front, protecting the archers behind them. The outer surface of the shields was inlaid with thick cowhide, which was not afraid of the enemy's fire arrows. The rest of the soldiers hid behind the big shields, waiting for the enemy to touch the city wall before starting to counterattack.

  On the city walls, from time to time, there were soldiers who had been shot through by arrows, letting out heart-wrenching and blood-curdling screams. Those mournful and miserable cries made one's hair stand on end and one's heart tremble with fear!

  Both armies were elite troops, and the soldiers who had experienced the baptism of war had long since become numb to it. Only by killing each other could they gain the right to survive and be free, this was an eternal and unchanging law of survival.

  Suddenly, the drumbeat shook behind the enemy's formation, and then dozens of huge guys appeared from the enemy's military array. These huge guys moved slowly like tanks, and their entire shape looked like a "#" character. This is a giant siege engine specially made for attacking cities in ancient times.

  The siege tower is several zhang high, its height almost equal to the city wall. Underneath the siege tower is a huge wooden board with wheels on top, allowing the massive siege tower to move. At the highest point of each siege tower are hidden more than ten archers. Underneath the siege tower are special soldiers pushing it forward, moving it close to the city wall.

  When the siege ladder was about one hundred and fifty paces from the city wall, the bowmen hidden inside began to bend their bows and shoot arrows at the defenders on the gate.

  For a time, the two armies clashed, and the tragic cries rang out one after another!

  At this time, the soldiers under the gate took advantage of the reduced offensive and carried wooden boards, braving the arrow rain to set up their hands on the moat. The allied army saw it and was excited and angry, surging like a giant wave, trampling on the long wooden board, carrying the cloud ladder towards the city wall.

  Over a hundred cloud ladders were erected and placed on the city wall, with enemy soldiers biting their steel knives, one hand holding shields, and the other climbing.

  After seeing the enemy's surging offensive, Xu Rong's face didn't have a single hint of panic. With his long sword in hand, he pointed and shouted loudly: "Rolling logs and boulders, smash down fiercely for me!"

  At the sound of the order, rolling logs and rocks fell from the sky like hail, and the enemy army hiding under the city wall was crushed to a pulp, with brains splattered everywhere. The scene was even more shocking, and some were crushed to death with broken arms and legs, wailing voices rose everywhere! It's truly better to be dead than alive.

  But this was just one corner of the battlefield, instantly drowned out by the chaotic sounds of slaughter.

  At this time, Xu Rong shouted loudly again: "Long spear in hand, push down the cloud ladder for me!"

  Another row of long spear holders came forward, holding the seven-foot-long spears in their hands and pushing the cloud ladder away from the city wall with force.

  Ah...! Some cloud ladders were pushed away from the city wall, and the soldiers who had not yet climbed to the top of the city wall fell down one after another, like dumplings, and were smashed into meat paste. The city wall below echoed with waves of miserable cries!

  At this time, Cao Cao looked at Yuan Shao with a serious expression and said: "Alliance leader, my army has already reached the bottom of the city wall. The timing is right, let's attack the city!"

  Yuan Shao nodded slightly in response. The other lords, seeing Yuan Shao nodding, gave heavy expressions and ordered their subordinates accordingly.

  It turned out that this batch of soldiers was just a probe, just to build a good moat for the soldiers attacking the city behind, so as not to cause unnecessary casualties.

  Knock knock knock!

  At this time, a heavy drumbeat sounded in the Allied Forces, and 50,000 soldiers rushed out of the camp, carrying cloud ladders towards the Tiger Pass, roaring and charging forward.

  At this time, Autumn Water shot and killed an unlucky soldier with one arrow, then looked up to see the archers on the high watchtower outside the city causing great interference to his own soldiers, and couldn't help but feel a surge of anger.

  He casually picked up two quivers of arrows, slung them over his back, and once again drew his bow to shoot at the enemy archers on the city walls. Every arrow hit its mark, piercing through the bodies of his enemies, and if there were people behind them, they too would fall to the ground like their comrades before them.

  At this time, Qiu Shun and Qiu Wu saw Qiushui and shouted loudly: "Quickly, protect the general!"

  In an instant, more than a dozen guardsmen held up their shields and surrounded Autumn Water.

  At this time, Xu Rong and Gao Shun also noticed the threat of the well wall, calmly ordering the archers to specifically shoot and kill the enemy soldiers on the well wall.

  The battlefield was filled with the sound of slaughter, and the second wave of allied soldiers also rushed to the city gate, setting up cloud ladders on the city wall and starting to attack.

  Xu Rong and Gao Shun saw the enemy soldiers increasing in number, and after throwing themselves into the battlefield, they calmly shouted to their soldiers: "Pour down the boiling oil!"

  Dozens of large pots were set up on the city wall, with flames burning fiercely under them, and hot oil was boiling and rolling in the pots, with waves of heat coming over.

  In an instant, upon hearing Xu Rong's order, dozens of soldiers under the protection of shield bearers picked up large ladles and filled them with boiling oil from the cauldrons. They then poured the boiling oil down onto the cloud ladders from top to bottom.

  Hissing sounds erupted! Ah!

  In an instant, the soldiers climbing up the cloud ladder were drenched in boiling oil from the city tower. The next moment, the scalded soldiers let out a painful scream, their skin turning bright red and starting to peel off. They fell from the cloud ladder one after another, wailing in agony.

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