Shinye Castle.

The small county town located by the water under the sun shines on the sun is particularly red. Because it is located between Nanyang County and Xiangyang County, it occupies a key point from south to north. In addition, it is facing the mountains on the back and the special strategic position of water on the other side, so this small city has become a place that military strategists must fight for.

At the top of the city, a middle-aged general in his forties stood on the low-high rammed earth city wall, looking coldly at the dark and oppressing enemy troops outside the city. He was Gao Shun, the general of the defeated army. The wind and frost of time were engraved on his iron-green forehead, and wrinkles of varying depths were piled up. However, his body was still standing straight up.

After not seeing each other for a few years, Gao Shun's appearance has become much older. It can be seen that Lu Bu's death has dealt a great blow to him.

"General, the enemy is coming!" a young soldier said in a trembling voice. He pressed his body tightly against the battlements, and his thin body was slightly trembling.

Gao Shun walked over, stroked the head of the young soldier gently, and said in harmony: "It's the first time I'm on the battle formation. Don't be afraid, it'll be fine after this time."

"Don't worry, General. I will not lose face in the camp." The young soldier looked up and cast a respectful and grateful look at Gao Shun.

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong-!" The war drum sounded, and Cao's army's big flags slowly approached. The chaotic and chaotic footsteps showed that this siege army did not have strong tactical qualities. Cai Mao's army, who volunteered to take the vanguard, squeezed and rushed towards the city walls of Shinye like a group of hungry mobs. In their eyes, Shinye was just a dilapidated small city. Even if one of the 30,000 troops could flatten it out with one foot.

Gao Shun looked coldly at the Cao army gradually approaching. The dark army crowded the wilderness outside the city. Compared with the 700 guards in the city, there were very few enemy soldiers. Fortunately, Gao Shun also had his advantages. In addition to the possibility of unfolding in the north, there were rolling mountains on the west and south sides of Xinye City, and the east side was water on the water. For Cao's army, whose soldiers were landslides, choosing there was undoubtedly a short attack. Therefore, as long as the defenders concentrated their troops to defend the north, even if there were many Cao troops, they could only attack one by one. In this way, the advantage of numbers would be difficult to exert.

"Don't panic, wait until the enemy arrives at the city before attacking!" Gao Shun's voice was full of confidence. At this moment, Gao Shun, who was not afraid of difficulties on the battlefield and was calm and composed, seemed to be back.

Cai Mao's army was just the first group to come to die. Behind them, the main force of Cao's army would sweep over. Gao Shun knew that this fierce battle had just begun.

"Take a stone--." Gao Shun's order was firm and powerful. The enemy had already rushed to the city and was about to set up a ladder to attack the city. If it were commanded by others, it would have been absolutely impossible for the enemy to break through so easily, but Gao Shun did the opposite. From the chaotic formation of the enemy when the enemy charged, it can be seen that Cai Mao's army was at best just a group of sheep in tiger skins. Although it was very powerful, its actual combat power was not good.

The effect of close-range assault broke out in an instant. The defenseless Cai Mao soldiers were hit by fierce stones on the city. The falling gravity accelerated the speed of the stones. They often hit the attacking soldiers and still continued to do so. They knocked down the soldiers behind them. Seeing their companions falling one after another, the soldiers in front turned around and fled in horror, and collided with the soldiers behind them, which immediately blocked the narrow and long area under the city.

"Go back to me! Don't blame me for running away." Zhang Yun, who was commanding in the front army, shouted in anger. Unfortunately, even if he yelled, he could not change his direction by those soldiers with severe confidence.

On a high hill three miles away from the city, the main force of Xiahou Dun's central army had already arrived here. The bloody red flags were flying in the wind and waved with thousands of soldiers under his command. Xiahou Dun rode on a blue-gray high-headed war horse, grabbing an iron spear as thick as a child's arm. The eye that was shot by Cao Xing was blocked by a black leather bag, leaving only the other one eye flashing with a sharp cold light.

"General Xiahou, the war ahead is in a tight situation. Cai Mao, a waste, can't even take over a small city. Why are you still acting as a pioneer? This is simply a shame for us!" Shi Huan said with some gloating regret.

Xiahou Dun smiled coldly and said, "Prince Shi, Cai Mao's tentative attack is about to end. It depends on you below. Remember, your opponent is a famous camp."

Shi Huan slammed the reins and shouted: "General Xiahou, don't worry, even if Xinye City is a stone, I will smash it to pieces."

After nearly an hour of fierce attack, after Cai Mao's army left over more than a thousand corpses, their confidence was broken and they could not bear the huge casualties and began to retreat. The elite infantryman of Cao's army was replaced by the elite infantry of the Cao army, Shi Huan's army.

"The invincible tiger is the only one in Xiahou!" The neat shouts of mountains and tsunami echoed among the wilderness city. Compared with the elite cavalry who advanced thousands of miles, Xiahou Dun's heavy armored infantry was not inferior at all. They raised their shields one by one, covered their vitals tightly, and moved alternately towards the foot of the city under the cover of the archers in the queue.

On the city wall, Gao Shun's eyes fixedly stared at the approaching enemy soldiers. His eyes turned from cold to hot. He was not unfamiliar with the army in front of him. The unforgettable fierce battle under Xiaoguan City also left scars in Gao Shun's heart that would never be erased. The lives of six hundred brothers and Cao Xing's passion have tortured and reminded him all the time in recent years.

"Did all the old brothers in the camp see clearly? Xiahou Dun is here." Gao Shun said gritting his teeth.

With the sound of war drums, the battle began.

"Kill!" The shouts of soldiers on both sides finally formed into one word.

"One hundred and fifty steps--, one hundred steps, shooting!"

The crossbow arrows that had been reluctant to use before finally began to work. With the precise range of the defenders on the city, soldiers who were caught in the attacking team continued to fall, but this did not affect the progress of Cao's army at all. The injured soldiers were quickly dragged away from the battlefield, and their positions were immediately filled by the people behind.

In the rain of arrows, after the Cao army in the siege, after paying more than 300 losses, the shield-holding infantry finally began to set up ladders near the city wall. The guards of the camp on the city wall naturally did not allow such a thing to happen. So they either threw the pre-prepared giant rocks down the city wall, shot down with bows and arrows, or overturned the ladders that were leaning up. For a moment, shouts and wails filled the entire battlefield.

Dongdongdongdongdongdong, a rapid sound of war drums came from the large flag of Cao's army not far away. This was the command of the commander Xiahou Dun to urge the battle.

Shi Huan looked at the city with his head raised, a sarcastic look appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said intimately: "It is too naive to think that Gao Shun can block our army's siege by relying on the rammed earth wall."

Under Shi Huan's loud shout, the general Cao army risked his life to climb up the city wall. What greeted them were the arrows shot down desperately by the guards and the stones thrown down. At this time, there was no tactic, and everyone had only one thought in their hearts "kill--."

From time to time, Cao soldiers who climbed first climbed up to the city, and the attack and defense entered a state of close contact, and the battle also entered a white-hot stage. In waves of strong attacks, Cao soldiers finally rushed to the city, but were wiped out by the tenacious guards, and then rushed up and was wiped out. The two sides started a tug-of-war on the city wall.

As the shouts of killing, the seriously injured guards hugged Cao soldiers who were climbing the city and rolled down. Faced with such a brave guards, even the extremely brave Xiahou Jian soldiers showed a look of horror on their faces. Despite this, the Cao soldiers who climbed the city were still stacking up and it became increasingly difficult to defend the city. Anyone could see that the disadvantage in the number of guards could no longer last for them.

"General, our team suffered heavy casualties and was unable to fight anymore. Can we use the reserve team to reinforce?" A team leader stumbled to Gao Shun with a bloody face and broke his arm, saying in a hoarse voice. After several rounds of fighting, there were less than twenty of his 100-man team left.

There were seven hundred soldiers in the camp divided into seven teams with a total of seven teams. In order to resist the tide of Cao's army, Gao Shun used six hundred soldiers as the main force to defend the city wall on the north side. At the same time, a hundred team was reserved as the reserve team for emergency purposes.

Gao Shun stared at the war on the city wall with his eyes fixed on it, and said coldly: "Your subordinates still have twenty people. After all of them die in battle, I will send a reserve team to reinforce."

"Yes!" The team leader was blushing on his pale face. Understanding Gao Shun's meaning, he did not make a sound, but instead turned around to fight with a sword.

Looking at his staggering subordinates, Gao Shun's resolute face also showed a look of pain, and he murmured: "Reserve Team--, if I have another reserve team, I will definitely send it."

As dusk is approaching, clouds float on the sky to the west.

The sound of the gong finally rang out. Not only the soldiers guarding the city, but also the Cao army who attacked the city, breathed a sigh of relief. For them, at least their lives were saved today.

After a day of fierce battle, the Cao army suffered a great loss. In addition to the casualties of Cai Mao's army, Shi Huan's troops abandoned as many as 2,000 corpses under the city. As the defender of the city, Gao Shun's army suffered relatively less losses, but judging from the overall battlefield situation, the defenders, who were at a serious disadvantage in terms of numbers, were in a state of unsupportability. Their combat effectiveness was almost at its limit.

More than half of the six hundred soldiers guarding the city were injured and killed. All the soldiers of the second team trapped in the battlement were heroically killed. The fourth team behind them also lost their ability to assault. Fortunately, at this time, the offensive of Cao's army began to weaken. After all, they were flesh and blood and could not maintain a long-term attack.

"Tomorrow, Xiahou Dun's offensive will be even more crazier tomorrow." Gao Shun held the sword at his waist tightly and stared at a corner of the broken city wall.

Just as Gao Shun expected, the battle situation on the second day was more intense than the first day. After yesterday's battle, Xiahou Dun keenly realized that the counterattack of the defenders was weakening little by little, so he decided to invest more troops.

In the early morning, the sky changed from yesterday's brightness. The thick dark clouds blocked the city and wilderness. A sudden heavy rain in summer came soon. For the siege, although this rain increased the difficulty of climbing the city, it also made the broken rammed earth wall unable to withstand heavy pressure. This time, the Cao army changed its strategy of siege. They concentrated their elite troops to attack from the gap in the collapsed city wall. With repeated charges, the gap was torn apart by rain and swords and guns.

Shi Huan saw it clearly, and he shouted: "Run for me." After that, he supported the leather shield covered with double layers of solid cowhide with one hand, and waved the long knife with the other hand to rush towards the gap first.

"Reserve team, follow me!" Gao Shun roared and drew his sword. Gao Shun, the last hundred new forces, originally wanted to reserve for the third day, but now the rain forced him to use the trump card in advance.

Facing towards him, Shi Huan slashed away with a long sword, slashing a guard who was blocking the road into his shoulder. The sound of the blade embedded in the bone made him feel inexplicably excited. The blood of the corpse squirting into Shi Huan's mouth, salty and a little bitter.

He kicked down the dead body with one foot, but looked up and saw a pair of eyes full of revenge, staring at him. The sharp aura made Shi Huan feel a little breathless.

"Gao Shun?" Shi Huan pursed his lips and asked sternly.

"Those who kill my brother will die!" Gao Shun shouted loudly.

After drinking, Gao Shun jumped up and took Shi Huan's chest with a sword. Shi Huan didn't expect Gao Shun to move so quickly. In horror, he hurriedly wanted to dodge, but he didn't expect Gao Shun to turn his wrist and the blade seemed to have eyes and slid straight towards Shi Huan's left rib.

"Peng--!" There was a sound of gold and iron clashing. In the face of helplessness, Shi Huan had to reluctantly seal the knife. Gao Shun's swordsmanship was steady and skillful. If he fought head-on, Shi Huan would not be able to get it, but now he had to grit his teeth and persevere.

Gao Shun gained power with one blow, and continued to attack Shi Huan who was staggering back without hesitation. After more than ten rounds, Shi Huan's mind was distracted and Gao Shun took advantage of the opportunity to slash his right arm, which suddenly aroused a bunch of blood. The long sword in his hand could no longer hold it, and fell to the top of the city with a "clang".

"It's over!" Shi Huan closed his eyes, and his heart was depressed. The dream of making achievements would turn into afterimages.

"Clang--!" Another loud noise rang out from Shi Huan's ears. When he tried to see, it was Han Hao's spear that helped him block the fatal slashed by Gao Shun in time.

"Yuan Si, why are you here?" Shi Huan said ecstatically.

Han Hao took Gao Shun's sword move and replied, "You and my brothers have always been standing side by side against the enemy, and you can't get me." Han Hao's reinforcements gave Shi Huan the extremely tired chance to breathe. Gao Shunjun, who had just recovered the gap and disadvantage, had to choose to retreat helplessly.

On July 27, the sixth year of Jian'an, Xinye North City fell.

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