Chapter 859: No comparison, no harm

 Chapter 859 There is no harm without comparison

Chapter 857: No comparison, no harm

I have to say that Cao Cao was really far-sighted. He had even predicted that even if he succeeded in challenging Dong, the world would still be at war.

The reason why Cao Cao attacked the city so hard this time was not only to gain a good reputation, but also to intimidate the princes of Yanzhou by showing off his military power.

 Cao Cao has already planned to unify Yanzhou. If he can indirectly let his future enemies understand that the strength gap between the two sides cannot be bridged, he can also achieve the purpose of subduing the enemy without fighting.

 Cao Cao's goal has been achieved.

 When other princes saw how powerful Cao Cao's army was, they were shocked and envious. After all, it didn't matter how powerful Cao Cao was against them, but the princes of Yanzhou were different.

At this time, the faces of all the princes in Yanzhou were very ugly. After all, with such a powerful neighbor by their side, it was not necessary to think about it and knew that their future life would not be easy.

When Qin Hao saw Cao Cao working so hard, he didn't think much except being surprised. After all, Cao Cao behaved quite submissively in front of him. But when Liu Bowen whispered something in Qin Hao's ear, Qin Hao's eyes suddenly changed. Became fierce.

"My lord, you must not underestimate Cao Cao. This man is very scheming and will cause great trouble in the future."

Liu Bowen had a gentle smile on his face, but his words were like a biting cold wind.

When he first joined Qin Hao's command, Liu Bowen was also very high-spirited and regarded the world's heroes as nothing, but now he dare not underestimate them because there are really too many heroes in this era.

“The military advisor reminds me that I have never underestimated Cao Cao.”

Qin Hao's eyes were full of deep colors and he said calmly: "The reason why I am close to Cao Cao is because in the short term, there will be no conflict of interest between the two families, and Cao Cao can help our army bear some of the pressure from the princes of the Central Plains."

Seeing that his lord was not as he appeared, and was confused by Cao Cao's appearance of a loyal minister, Liu Bowen nodded and said nothing more.

On the other side, after Cao Cao issued the order to reward the first person who climbed the pass, the morale of Cao's troops who were attacking the city greatly increased, and they all roared and charged desperately.

Two hours later, someone from Cao’s army who was attacking the city finally climbed onto the tower, but it was not an ordinary soldier, but Cao’s general Yin Shou.

Yin Shou's eyes flashed with bloodthirsty light, and he shouted angrily: "All you **** of Liangjun, go to hell."

“Ding dong, Yin Shou (King Zhou)’s skill ‘Sword God’ activates force +4, basic force is 105, White Tiger Fierce Sky Blade +1, current force is increased to 110.”

Qin Hao was stunned when he received the prompt. He thought that Yin Shou had super magical skills, but now it seems that he is only at the level of a **** of war, and a **** of war with super magical skills is not the same concept as a **** of war.

 Yin Shou climbed up the tower and quickly cleared an area for the soldiers behind him to stay.

Gradually, Cao Jun occupied a small position on the city tower. After gaining a foothold, he began to counterattack in all directions.

Yang Guang's heart suddenly thumped when he saw Cao Jun ascending the tower so quickly, and he quickly ordered Wu Yunzhao and other generals to go and kill him.

The number of Cao's troops who climbed onto the city tower was limited after all. Even if the number was still increasing, they were no match for the surging Liang army. What's more, Yin Shou was held back by Wu Yun, the general of the Liang army.

Yin Shou and Wu Yunzhao were fighting vigorously, but after making a mistake, they discovered that all the soldiers who had climbed up the building had been killed, and the gap that had finally been opened had been closed again.

Without the support of soldiers, Yin Shou did not dare to stay on the tower for too long. After all, this was the home ground of the Liang army. Yin Shou did not dare to quarrel with Wu Yunzhao anymore. Instead, he fought to the city wall with a ladder. Before several enemy generals could catch up with him, he jumped down the ladder and grabbed hold just before he landed. The steps stopped the fall,

When Wu Yunzhao rushed over and took a look, Yin Shou had already landed smoothly and gave Wu Yunzhao a provocative look, which immediately made Wu Yunzhao so angry that his teeth itched.

 Come whenever you want, leave whenever you want. What do you think of Hulao Pass? Toilet?

Although he was extremely angry, Wu Yunzhao still had nothing to do about it. After all, no matter how strong the pass was, it was only meant to block ordinary soldiers, but it could not stop the God of War generals.

Yin Shou climbed up several times after that, while Erai and Feilian also climbed up once each, but without exception, they were bombarded by the Liang army before they could even gain a foothold.

 Gradually, the sky became dark.

As the sun was about to set, Cao Cao ordered Ming Jin to stop the attack. At the same time, he sent people to clean the battlefield and collect all the stone bullets dropped by the Liang army.

According to later statistics, Cao's army suffered more than 1,500 casualties on the first day of the siege, and naturally more people were injured. At least 500 people were killed by the Liang army.

When Qin Wen defended the Yellow Turbans' attack, the maximum casualty ratio was one to ten. Now Hulao Pass's defense is even stronger than before, but Cao Jun can still achieve a casualty ratio of one to three. This is already a pretty good record. .

Yang Guang's face became extremely ugly after counting the casualties.

Yang Guang also knew that his own army had just suffered a major defeat and the morale of the entire army was sluggish, while the morale of the coalition forces was as high as a rainbow.

 Under the circumstances of one thing and another, the comprehensive combat strength of Liang's army is not as good as that of Cao's army, which is normal.

  But the casualties of one to three were indeed a bit different from what Yang Guang had expected.

You must know that there are only 50,000 troops at Hulao Pass. As a result, one percent of the troops were lost on the first day defending the city. If the coalition forces continue to attack with this intensity, wouldn't it mean that Hulao Pass will be defended for a hundred days? Can’t live?

Although Yang Guang also knew that it was impossible for the coalition forces to attack the city with the same intensity every time, he still couldn't help but feel great pressure.

 Such a brutal attack by Cao Jun not only put great pressure on Yang Guang, but also made Liu Bei and Song Jiang unable to dismount.

 “Cao Mengde, you’re just trying to deceive others, and you always do stupid things that harm others but don’t benefit yourself.”

 Liu Bei and Song Jiang could not help but curse Cao Cao in their hearts.

Cao Cao suddenly raised the level of siege warfare to the highest level. This simply forced Liu Bei and Song Jiang behind to fight hard!

Both of them were extremely depressed, but they had to follow Cao Cao's standards. Who knew that they had already boarded the pirate ship? This time they were tricked by Cao Cao.

In the next two days, Liu Bei and Song Jiang also fought hard. Not only did they personally beat drums to encourage them, but they also sent out all their generals. However, the results achieved by attacking the city were far less than that of Cao's army.

Liu Jun attacked the city in one day and killed more than 1,800 people, while the Liang Army only lost 500 troops.

The Liangshan Army was even worse, with nearly 2,000 people killed in one day, but the Liang Army suffered only more than 400 casualties, achieving a maximum casualty ratio of one to five.

 There is no harm if there is no comparison.

 (End of this chapter)