Cao Cao led his troops to the city and met Wang Mou's eyes.
"You've done so much, but in the end, it doesn't seem to change anything!”
"No, at least I saved the people from your butcher knife. Also, I'm afraid you're very short on food at the moment, right? This is my advantage!"
Cao Cao's face darkened." Now that my army is surrounding us, what do you have to say?”
"There's nothing to say. Just fight!"
"You... I can give you one last chance. Open the door, surrender, and work for me. I can spare Peng Cheng…"
Wang Mou did not give Cao Cao a chance to finish his sentence." Shut up, don't bewitch others. You've done such inhumane things in Guang Qi. Do you think anyone will believe you?”
"Hmph, you don't know what's good for you! Wang Zilue, just you wait to be destroyed along with Peng City!”
Cao Cao left with his troops to discuss the siege with his generals.
"The terrain of Peng City is really a headache. The east and west gates are surrounded by tributaries. There is not enough space for the army to stand on, so we can only attack the north and south gates.”
"Zixiao, lead an army to attack the south gate.”
"Yes!"
"Search for ships nearby. Even if we don't attack the east and west gates, we have to block them. We can't let anyone escape.”
"I've already ordered people to search for it, but Wang Mou should have thought of this long ago, so I'm afraid the harvest won't be great.”
"It's fine. If it doesn't work, send hundreds of people to block the shore. There aren't many defenders in the city.”
After Cao Ren was in position, Cao Cao ordered the two gates to attack together.
Wang Mou let Lu You guard the south gate, Xu Sheng assisted, he guarded the north gate to resist Cao Cao.
Cao Cao personally supervised the battle, with Yue Jin as the vanguard.
Under Le Jin's command, the shield soldiers were in front, followed by a group of soldiers carrying long wooden planks.
Pengcheng's moat was built by drawing water from a tributary. It was deep and wide, so it was difficult to fill it up. The Cao army could only use wooden planks to allow the army to pass through.
If the problem of the moat was not solved, there would not be enough space to attack the city. This was also the reason why the attacking side had to fill the moat first in ancient siege battles.
"Archers, get ready!"
Wang Mou calmly looked down. When Cao Cao's army entered the shooting range, he immediately waved his hand.
"Release!"
Arrows rained down from the city walls, causing the Cao army to suffer.
Although there were shield soldiers in front of them to protect them, they could only reduce some casualties. A small shield could not protect them from the rain of arrows falling from the sky.
After suffering hundreds of casualties, the Cao army finally managed to board the moat.
Le Jin immediately ordered the soldiers to carry the ladder forward. Wang Mou, who was above, had already made a response.
" Fire the rockets! Ignite the wooden planks!"
The fire arrow was nailed to the wooden board and soon burned it, burning the wooden board. Le Qi was so angry that he gritted his teeth.
Helplessly, he could only regroup. The shield soldiers were still in front, and the soldiers behind him were carrying wooden planks wrapped in cowhide.
After losing another few hundred soldiers, the wooden planks were put up again.
Le Jin couldn't help but feel smug. The rocket was useless now.
Wang Mou smiled contemptuously." Small tricks!”
He had someone tie the stone plate with a rope and smash it down. After the wooden board was broken, the stone plate could be recycled so that it would not waste resources.
Le Jin had a headache. If he couldn't even pass the first level of the moat, wouldn't he be looked down upon by the lord?
There were only two ways left. If the wooden planks didn't work, they could use copper or iron plates, but where could they find them in time? Melt the weapons and armor? The lord would probably melt him first!
Then, there was only the last method left, which was to fill it.
Looking at the wide and big river, Le Jin felt bitter in his heart, but he had no choice!
Thus, Cao Cao's army moved out, moving stones and sandbags. Under the cover of the shield soldiers, they launched a third attack on the moat.
Faced with this strategy, Wang Mou's only option was to take the opportunity to reap the lives of others.
As a result, the Cao army was busy moving things and throwing rubbish into the river. The defending army kept drawing their bows and nocking arrows, taking the opportunity to start a massacre.
This battle, which was not intense but tragic, lasted until nightfall.
In the end, the Cao army sacrificed nearly two thousand soldiers to fill the moat.
The defending army had only used up close to ten thousand arrows and achieved great results. Their morale was greatly boosted!
Le Jin came to Cao Cao and asked for forgiveness." I am incompetent. Please punish me!"”
"Your mistake is that you shouldn't have thought that you could get lucky. Do you think that a few wooden planks can fix the moat? If this method was possible, then would they still need the lives of soldiers to fill the gap?”
"This subordinate was wrong. I shouldn't have been so eager for quick success!”
"Forget it, at least I've filled up the moat. I won't punish you!”
"Then my lord…Attack the city?"
"Morale is not good, night is not convenient. Tomorrow!”
"Yes!"
The Cao army retreated, and Peng Cheng cheered.
Wang Mou was worried about the south gate, so he hurried over and found that a fierce battle had already taken place there. It proved that Cao Ren was faster than Le Jin. He filled the moat first and the Cao army climbed over the city wall, but they were pushed back!
"How's the situation?"
"It's alright for now. The Cao army hasn't been able to attack the city.”
Although Lu You wasn't a good general, he had rich battle experience. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been entrusted with the important task of covering the rear by Tao Qian.
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