The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 149 Siege
The fierce battle outside Kui City had indeed seriously reduced the number of sergeants under Xu An's command.

The Yellow Turban Army under Xu An first fought with the Han army led by Zhu Jun in the wilderness of Kuicheng, and then after a brief rest, they launched an offensive to clear the Han army camp outside Kuicheng.

According to Yan Zhong's statistics, the most casualties in the Yellow Turban Army are the pawns and sharp soldiers of the Xincheng Army.

To this day, there are only [-] soldiers from the Yellow Turban Army's Martial Soldiers Battalion, and [-] soldiers from the Ruishi Battalion.

Of the more than [-] sharp soldiers sent by the Chinese army to support the right army of the Yellow Turban Army, there were only more than [-] soldiers left. The company Sima Huang San died in battle.

The right army of the Yellow Turban Army led by Yu Du was broken through by the sharp soldiers of the Han Army led by Huang Gai in the field battle.

Today, there are only [-] soldiers who can fight.

Under the command of Zhang Yan, the left army of the Yellow Turban Army was no match for the right army of the Han army. In addition, Zhang Yan's dispatch was orderly, and the casualties were not large.

But when the Han army attacked Xizhai outside Kuicheng later, the left army led by Zhang Yan assumed the main attack responsibility, so there were nearly [-] casualties.

That is to say, the Yellow Turban Army under Xu An used to have more than 31000 people, but now there are still more than 24000 people who can still fight.

Over the past two days, the Yellow Turban Army has suffered a total of more than [-] casualties. In this era, the death rate from sword injuries is already extremely high.

Even some high-ranking generals may die due to injuries, let alone these ordinary sergeants.

Although there is no shortage of herbs in the Taihang Mountains, there is an extreme shortage of doctors. Xu An also found some people to serve as military doctors.

But most of these doctors are only familiar with pharmacology, and it is simply impossible for them to deal with complicated trauma.

Therefore, most of the wounded sergeants of the Yellow Turban Army may die.

When Xu An was in the wounded camp of the Yellow Turban Army in Guangzong City, many people in the wounded camp were carried out of the camp every day.

They either died from infection, or from bursting wounds, and maybe even died from pain.

The Fu Zhu of the Yellow Turban Army under Zhang Jiao's command who took care of the wounded soldiers was much more skilled than the military doctors recruited by Xu An who were proficient in pharmacology, but they still couldn't save everyone.

Even in later generations, the level of medical care rose sharply, but the mortality rate of wounded soldiers remained high. It was not until the discovery of penicillin that the mortality rate of wounded soldiers decreased.

The loss of troops was too great, which is why Yan Zhong suggested that Xu An return to the Shangdang after capturing Zhu Jun's head and achieving his goal, and gave up continuing to destroy the Han army in the city.

Although the Han army in Kuicheng should only have six or seven thousand people left, although the city defense is weak and morale is low.

But the Yellow Turban Army's attack this time will lose at least two or three thousand people.

Moreover, even if the Han army in Kuicheng was completely wiped out, Hanoi County would not be able to defend it and become Xu An's foundation. Hanoi's geographical location determined that Xu An could not defend at all.

If Xu An has the strength to occupy Hanoi County, then he can now take down Luoyang, the capital of the Han Empire.

It is a pity that neither Taihang Yellow Turban logistics nor military strength can support Xu An to occupy Hanoi County.

Although Xu An still has more than [-] people, if he dares to invade Luoyang, not to mention that Luoyang still has guards, high walls and moats.

Just relying on Qin Wang's army coming to aid from all walks of life is enough to swallow all Xu An's troops.

Taihang Yellow Turban's family background is really too thin. Self-sufficiency in Taihang Mountain is very good, and it cannot support the army at all.

Today's residents of Taihang Mountain even sometimes need the help of the Yellow Turban Army to survive.

This is also one of the reasons why Yan Zhong never forgets about Shangdang.

Shangdang County is almost surrounded by mountains, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The center is the Changzhi Basin and Jincheng Basin which are suitable for farming.

Its land is a battleground for military strategists, and it is known as "If you win the party, you can hope to win the Central Plains".

Xu An lightly pulled the reins, stopped the bay red horse's restless steps, looked back at the crowd and said in a deep voice: "Whether the 'Zhu Jun' in the city is real or not, I will take Sunflower City!"

"I don't know if you still remember what I said at Tianjing Pass before."

Xu An looked around at the crowd and raised his left hand high.

"I said, I want to build a Han army's 'Beijing Temple' in Kuicheng! Just like what Huangfu Song did in Guangzong and Xiaquyang!"

Xu An made a fist with his left hand and swung it down suddenly.

Under the big khaki-colored banner, the clear and crisp wooden whistle sounded suddenly, and the four ordered the flag to wave.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The high-spirited war drums were played by the yellow scarf soldiers who were naked from the upper body.

The next moment, the formation of the Yellow Turban Army outside Kuicheng slowly moved forward, and the sound of chants sounded like mountains and seas in front of the formation.

The sergeant of the Yellow Turban Army pushed the huge crash car, and the ladder suddenly started to accelerate.

The tall Jinglan marched at the forefront of the Yellow Turban Army's formation, although the craftsmanship of the Yellow Turban Army was not as good as that of the craftsmen of the Han Army.

However, the city wall of Kuicheng is only more than four meters high, and the Yellow Turban Army can still make the well fence five or six meters high.

After all, there are indeed many craftsmen in Taihang Mountain, and when Xu An withdrew from Jinyang City before, he also kidnapped a group of craftsmen in Jinyang City.

On the tall well rails, there are more than forty crossbowmen of the Yellow Turban Army standing on the top of each well rail.

The pressure brought by these wells to the Han army in Kuicheng is undoubtedly huge. When the wells enter, the enemy can shoot them condescendingly.

However, the Han army did not have any effective bunkers to cover them in the city. The enemy's Jinglan was undoubtedly effective in terms of killing and psychological suppression.

Although the rocket posed a huge threat to Jing Lan, Wang En never expected that the Yellow Turban Army would have such a siege tool as Jing Lan.

These wells should have been smuggled into the camp yesterday night by the Yellow Turban Army.

Apart from the rockets, the only thing that could pose a threat to Jing Lan in Kuicheng City is the bed crossbow, and there are only eight crossbows in the whole Kuicheng City.

Three more bed crossbows were arranged by Wang En on the east side of Kuicheng to guard against the Yellow Turban Army in the east.

Now there are only nine Jinglan vehicles in the east of Kuicheng, and the Yellow Turban Army has nine vehicles, and there are thirteen Jinglan vehicles mainly attacking the Yellow Turban Army in the southern city of Kuicheng.

Not to mention the ladders and crashes in the Yellow Turban Army. Some parts of the low city wall of Kuicheng are only more than three meters long, and even short ladders can be erected.

Holding a Han bow, Bai Rao stood on top of the well, and the low city wall of Kuicheng was getting closer and closer.

The Han army running on the wall of Kuicheng was completely surrounded by Bai.

"put!"

The team leader of the Han army gave an order, and the bed crossbow was suddenly activated by the strong men of the Han army, and five spears as thick as forearms shot out.

Two spears pierced the low sky, causing a gust of wind, and then penetrated into the well.

However, the other two spears missed the target, deviated from the position of the well rail, and fell to the ground.

The last spear shot across the tall well fence, and plunged into the dense Yellow Turban Army formation behind the well fence. Two soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army in the formation were actually nailed to the ground by this spear spear on the spot.

Bai Rao turned a blind eye to everything that happened. He took a deep breath, took out a heavy arrow from the quiver at his waist, and lightly buckled it on the bowstring.

"call out----"

The sharp whistle sounded, and Bai Rao only felt a shock under his feet, the well rail suddenly accelerated, and the side ladder also moved forward together.

The Han army in front of him became clearer and clearer, and Bai Rao could see clearly the armor of the Han army commanded by the crossbow beside the bed.

Bai Rao's hands suddenly exerted strength, and the Han bow in his hand was pulled into a full moon shape.

But listening to the sound of the bowstring, the feather arrow in Bai Rao's hand had already pierced through the air.

On the city wall of Kuicheng, the Han army who was reloading the spear spear by the sergeant He Ling staggered and fell to the ground.

A feathered arrow shot into his face and pierced out from the back of his head.

This feathered arrow was exactly the one that Bai Rao had just shot.

The sergeant of the Han army who was still loading the spear next to the bed crossbow suddenly didn't hear the call of the superior officer, looked up at their team leader, and was immediately frightened out of his wits by this scene.

The feathered arrows shot by Bai Rao were like the horns of attack, and the crossbowmen of the Yellow Turban Army on the other wells all drew their bows and fired arrows at the city wall of Kuicheng.

The dense rain of arrows poured down from the tall well fence towards the Han army on the wall of Kuicheng.

Although the generals of the Han army were prepared for this, even with the protection of shields, there were still arrows from the Han army falling down in a pool of blood.

Bai Rao was staring at those Han army officers in iron armor. Every time the bowstring in his hand rang, a small Han army officer would almost fall down in a pool of blood.

Shooting at each other condescendingly, the Han army was really at a disadvantage. Some archers of the Han army wanted to fight back, but most of the arrows did not hit the well.

It wasn't until the Jinglan of the Yellow Turban Army got closer, and the crossbowmen of the Han Army on the top of the city desperately fought back at the Yellow Turban Army on the Jinglan, which relieved the pressure on the Han Army on the city wall a lot.

"call out----"

The wooden whistle was blown by the generals of the Yellow Turban Army under the city of Kuicheng.

The yellow tide under Kuicheng suddenly became choppy, and countless soldiers moved forward with shouts.

When the reinforcements of the Han army in the city climbed up the city wall through the stairs, more than a dozen ladders had already been twisted high, and with the shouts of the yellow scarf soldiers, they suddenly fell forward.

The barb at the end of the ladder hooked fiercely into the city wall of Kuicheng.

Even a sergeant of the Han army couldn't dodge in time and was hit by the barb of the ladder. The leather strap on his head didn't bring him the slightest defense at all.

Under the huge impact, his head was split open by the barb like a watermelon.

The Han army sergeant beside him was terrified by this horrible scene.

"kill!!!"

Under the ladder, the sergeants of the Yellow Turban Army held up their shields to resist the rain of arrows on the city wall, and a commander of the Yellow Turban Army had already stepped onto the ladder first.

Dozens of sharp soldiers from the Yellow Turban Army followed him up the ladder and swarmed towards the wall of Kuicheng.

The archers of the Han army leaned on the oblique angles of the battlements and threw their arrows downwards. They leaned close to the green bricks, trying to avoid the rain of arrows from the crossbowmen of the Yellow Turban Army on Jinglan as much as possible.

"Hey, hey, hey..."

Wave after wave of shouts came from the throats of the Yellow Turban warriors, and the huge crash was almost approaching the gate of Kuicheng.

"Rocket!!"

Dozens of Han soldiers fired arrows in response, and dozens of rockets were shot out and landed on the huge crash car.

But how could there be no defense above the crash, it was already protected by the Yellow Turban military animal skins.

It was difficult to ignite the fire on the arrow, and with the protection of the animal skin, the Han army who could not leave the city was unable to stop the Yellow Turban army from attacking the city at all.

"Oh!"

The heavy bumper was pulled backward by dozens of warriors from the Yellow Turban Army, and then it swung forward fiercely.

The bumping wood hit the gate of Kuicheng, and there was a sudden loud bang.

Sunflower City is not a strong city at all, and now the gate is on the impact of the wood, and the gate can't help but make a strange creaking sound.

A large amount of shattered dust and stones fell from the arch hole of the city gate.

Standing on the top of the city tower, Wang En's face was livid, and he loudly issued orders to the orderling: "The sergeants must gather at the gate of the city!"

"All the rockets in the city will concentrate on attacking Jing Lan, and stop worrying about ladders and car crashes."

The messenger left quickly with Wang En's military order, and the Han army in the city slowly adjusted its defense according to the offensive of the Yellow Turban Army.

In the final analysis, Wang En was just the military commander of Hanoi County. He was born in a family, and the position of military commander was the shadow of his ancestors. In fact, he didn't have much battle experience at all.

Before Zhang Yan went out to plunder, as the military commander of Hanoi County, he had more than [-] Han troops under his command, and he didn't dare to stop Zhang Yan.

If it weren't for the Yellow Turban who had followed Zhu Jun in the crusade against Wancheng before, he might have been defeated by Zhang Yan during the fierce battle in the wilderness of Kuicheng.

It is barely feasible for Wang En to lead two or three thousand people, and there will be no mistakes, but such a defensive battle is an attack from both sides.

Moreover, the Yellow Turbans attacked fiercely as soon as they came up, which made Wang En flustered.

The reserve team of the Han army was mobilized by Wang En to come and go, exhausted, almost led by the nose by the Yellow Turban Army.

Although the offensive of the Yellow Turban Army was temporarily blocked by the Han army in Kuicheng, the Han army in the city became suspicious of "Zhu Jun" on the tower.

Panic gradually spread among the Han army in Kuicheng.

……

"Come down!"

On Jinglan, a leader of the Yellow Turban Army shouted loudly.

The rockets of the Han army had already ignited the well fence under his feet, and the fire was getting bigger and bigger, so they had to withdraw as soon as possible.

"stretch!"

The crossbow on the head bed of the Han army rang again, and the flaming spears were fired by the warriors of the Han army, and shot again at the railing of a well.

The Jinglan shook suddenly, and a yellow scarf archer on the Jinglan was bending his bow and nodding his arrow, but he couldn't stand still, and fell down amidst the exclamation of the sergeants on the side.

The yellow turban archer fell heavily from the five-meter-high well fence, and the huge impact directly shattered his internal organs, and the blood behind his head slowly oozed out, forming a pool of blood.

The flames on the spear gun burned violently, and then more rockets shot towards the well.

On the south wall, six of the thirteen Yellow Turban Jinglans had been destroyed by the Han army.

Bai Rao looked coldly at the burning wells around him, and took out the feathered arrows from the quiver at his waist again.

This time, the icy arrow clusters were aimed at a Han army commander wearing iron armor and holding a long knife. He led his personal guards and blocked in front of a ladder of the Yellow Turban Army.

At his feet lay the corpses of seven or eight soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army, and even a leader of the Yellow Turban Army was beheaded by him.

The bowstring sounded, and Bai Rao had already let go of the fingers holding the bowstring.

Feathered arrows shot down like meteors chasing the moon, and the head of the Han army seemed to feel the danger.

He wanted to dodge it eagerly, but it was too late, and the sharp arrow cluster hit his cheek.

The severe pain caused the head of the Han army to let out a painful cry, and even the scene in front of him was a little blurred.

"call out----"

The whistle of the Yellow Turban Army sounded again, a new round of offensive was launched again, and the Yellow Turban Army marched forward again.

There was a sound of chaotic footsteps, and a leader of the Yellow Turban Army with a ring sword in his hand had already strode up the ladder, followed by dozens of soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army in iron armor.

Yellow Turban Soldiers Battalion, come out!
(End of this chapter)