The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 699 The Snipe and the Clam Fight (5k Chapter)

The originally prosperous city of Chengdu has become dilapidated due to long-term disputes.

Those streets that used to be full of traffic and bustling are no longer pedestrians walking through the streets, nor are they no longer hawkers carrying goods and selling goods along the street.

The streets of Chengdu City have become a new battlefield.

Yizhou army invaded the city, and Dongzhou soldiers competed for every house and every street on the streets of Chengdu City. Both sides tried their best.

Although courage is a precious quality of will, courage alone cannot make up for the lack of other aspects.

The Dongzhou soldiers who had lost their command and dispatch basically persisted tenaciously with blood and courage, but they lost their command, and the Yizhou Army did not lose their command.

Now the commander of the Yizhou Army in the city is no longer Gan Ning, but Ren Xian.

The continuous defeat made the Dongzhou soldiers retreat steadily. In order to delay the time as much as possible and kill the enemy, the Dongzhou soldiers were completely red-eyed and lost their minds.

They began to burn residential houses on a large scale and create fires, trying to block the way of the Yizhou army.

They did indeed succeed. The Dongzhou soldiers' formation was easy to break through, but the barrier built by the raging fire was simply insurmountable.

The skyrocketing fire ignited from the city of Chengdu, the city was full of fireworks, and the city was full of smoke.

One after another, the exquisitely carved buildings were burned to the ground by the raging fire, and collapsed amidst the crackling of burning wood and mournful cries.

In some of the houses that were set on fire, there were even many women and children taking refuge in them. The sound of swords and soldiers outside made them afraid to go out, but the ignited fire forced them to leave.

But they can leave, but it is difficult for some elderly people with disabilities to leave. They are already exhausted or have limited mobility...

The fire devoured one building after another, and also devoured countless innocent people.

The soldiers who were fighting on both sides paid no attention to these refugees who had lost asylum. They put all their attention on each other.

The Dongzhou soldiers didn't care about those refugees because they didn't have the energy to manage them. They had reached a desperate situation, and they needed to reserve all their energy to block the attack of the Yizhou army.

The Yizhou army ignored those refugees because of Ren Xian's military order.

Ren Xian knew that what he relied on was the hatred of Yizhou people for Dongzhou soldiers.

Therefore, Ren Xian ordered that the soldiers under his command should not injure a single person, nor should they rob any property.

Although the sudden appearance of a large number of soldiers from the Yellow Turban Army outside the city shocked the soldiers of the Yizhou Army, Chengdu City is a big city after all, and the surrounding mountains and forests have been cut down.

The Yellow Turban Army came from the mountains and hills on both sides of the south city, and the distance was actually quite far, which also left Ren Xian time to react, and the Yellow Turban Army outside the city did not seem to have many cavalry.

That's why Ren Xiancai gave the order to enter the city. He left more than [-] cavalry as the palace army, and then commanded the direct troops under his command to stabilize the morale of the other parts of the army, and ordered the army to enter the city according to the original set order. Enter Yizhou City.

After Ren Xian entered the city, he immediately climbed to the tower of the south city, and took over the command of the front army from Gan Ning.

The Yizhou Yellow Turban Army has tens of thousands of people. Although I don’t know how those Yizhou Yellow Turban Army flew from Guanghan and Anhan to Chengdu, the most urgent task now is to control the whole city.

As soon as Ren Xian entered the city of Chengdu, he immediately received messengers galloping from the east and west cities.

Zhang Ren and Ren Xie sent a letter describing what happened to them. Sure enough, a large number of Yellow Turbans appeared in the east and west of Chengdu. They took advantage of the fierce battle to attack the camp of the Yizhou Army outside the city.

Gan Ning invaded Nancheng and broke Liu Yan's psychological defense. The Dongzhou soldiers in Chengdu also lost their command.

Therefore, the East City and West City also fell quickly under the onslaught of the Yizhou Army, and the Yizhou Army captured the city wall and controlled the city gate.

Zhang Ren and Ren Xie didn't have many troops under their command, so after the fall of Dongcheng and Xicheng, they commanded their trilogy and entered the city.

The appearance of the Yellow Turban Army was already when they were about to enter the city, so when they saw that the camp outside the city was broken and a large number of Yellow Turban Army appeared behind them, Zhang Ren and Ren Xie gave up the city without hesitation. The trilogy who stayed in the camp outside sent their cavalry to meet the follow-up troops and entered Chengdu City.

Both of them are not mediocre people, they quickly temporarily stabilized the mood of the soldiers under their command, and immediately reported the news to Ren Xian.

"Order Zhang Ren and Ren Kui, don't be in a hurry to wipe out the Dongzhou soldiers in the east and west cities after entering the city, and send troops to take the north city of Chengdu for me first!"

Ren Xian's face was solemn, the Yizhou Yellow Turban Army had tens of thousands, and the soldiers under his command had been severely worn out during the siege battle for more than a month, and they had already become exhausted.

Although he also received support from the Southern Commandery, but now there are only more than [-] soldiers left under his command. There are thousands of people, but there is not much combat power.

More than [-] soldiers of the Yizhou Army who died under the city of Chengdu in the past month have reached more than [-], and the number of wounded is even more difficult to count.

Casualties have already exceeded [-].

If it is ten, it will be surrounded, if it is five, it will be attacked, and if it is doubled, it will be divided.

Siege warfare has always been extremely tragic. The enemy can cause a lot of damage to the siege side by relying on the fortified city, blocking several times more enemy troops.

The Yizhou army suffered heavy casualties, and the Dongzhou army also suffered heavy casualties.

After the defeat in the field battle, more than [-] people in Chengdu returned to defend the city, and then Pang Xi brought [-] Dongzhou soldiers, Pang Yi brought [-] Zitong defenders, and nearly [-] young and strong soldiers. Help defend the city.

But there are more than [-] people with combat power. It is difficult for the young and strong in the defense to survive such a cruel war. They are used as consumables, and they don't even have a weapon. They are just civilians. In fact, their job is to throw logs and stones, carry equipment, and defend the city.

Dongzhou soldiers didn't dare to give them weapons at all, because they were afraid that the weapons they had would cause chaos in the city.

These young and strong were pushed onto the battlefield by Dongzhou soldiers in this way, and died quickly without meaning.

As the defender of the city, the Dongzhou soldiers suffered fewer casualties than the Yizhou army, but more than [-] people died in battle.

A total of more than [-] people were killed in the field battles outside the city and the battle to defend the city.

The fall of the city wall was entirely due to the fact that the mound was built. Gan Ning led his elite soldiers to the city wall, and killed Deng Xian and Leng Bao, two famous generals in the army who were famous for their bravery. The soldiers on the ground lost their command and their morale fell to the bottom, and then they were attacked into the city in one fell swoop.

Dongzhou soldiers actually suffered few casualties, which is why Wu Yi and other generals tried their best to dissuade Liu Yan from withdrawing to the north. After withdrawing to Mianzhu, he asked Hanzhong for support and fought a decisive battle with Yizhou army.

Ren Xian looked solemn, clutching the railing in front of him, looking at the devastated city of Chengdu.

The city of Chengdu, which was so prosperous in the past, is about to turn into a sea of ​​flames.

Ren Xian's hand holding the railing became more and more forceful, and the knuckles of his fingers even turned white due to the force.

He originally wanted to send cavalry northward to directly attack Beicheng and control the city wall of Beicheng, but the fire set off by the Dongzhou soldiers in the city blocked their way.

Now he can only place his hopes on Zhang Ren and Ren Xie, as long as either of them can send troops to the North City to control the gate of the North City, then they will be the final winners.

Relying on the city of Chengdu, although there are tens of thousands of Yizhou Yellow Turban Army outside the city, they are still able to resist.

It only needs to resist for a few days, and when the soldiers under his command are relieved and regain their physical strength and fighting spirit, then the more than [-] Yellow Turban troops outside the city will not be a problem at all.

In the past, his elder brother defeated the more than [-] Yellow Turban Army led by Ma Xiang with less than [-] soldiers. Now, although Zhao Zhi's Yellow Turban Army is much stronger according to the rumors, Jing Hongyi, who was outside the city before, watched It looks like a strong army.

But not long ago, Zhao Zhidu was chased by Dongzhou soldiers with nowhere to go, nowhere to go, until he ran into the deep mountains and old forests before he was able to settle down for a while.

For this period of time, even if the four sages of military strategists trained their troops in person, it would be impossible for these mobs to defeat the elite under his command.

"Hopefully it's still too late..."

Ren Xian held the railing in front of him tightly, closed his eyes, lowered his head slightly, and prayed.

He has done everything he can, and he has done everything he can.

……

Although the North City of Chengdu is chaotic, there is still some order remaining, unlike the East City, West City, and South City that have completely fallen into disorder.

At the gate of the northern city, there are also a large number of Dongzhou army cavalry, all of them are Wu Yi's personal guard cavalry.

Liu Yan set himself on fire and died, but Wu Yi and the others didn't want to die, they wanted to live.

"Have you found Lei Tong and Wu Ban?"

Wu Yi grabbed the messenger with the command flag on his back.

"Reporting to General, I didn't see Captain Lei's banner, but I saw Captain Wu's banner, but..."

"but what!"

Wu Yi's heart tightened, and he asked hastily.

"There are quite a few rebel banners around Lieutenant Wu, I'm afraid..."

The messenger who was caught by Wu Yi turned pale with fright and spoke incoherently.

Wu Yi's face turns green and turns white. Wu Ban is his younger brother. He followed him all the way from Guanzhong to Yizhou after going through all kinds of hardships...

"withdraw!"

Wu Yi clenched his teeth, and he finally made a decision.

Just after Wu Yi gave the order to retreat, [-] Dongzhou soldiers who still retained their organizational system filed out from the north city of Chengdu.

Wu Yi knew very well that they had lost all their hole cards and all their bargaining chips.

Liu Gui and Pang Yi were the only ones who escaped from Chengdu with Wu Yi.

Leng Bao and Deng Xian were beheaded by Gan Ning, and Lei Tong, Wu Lan, Wu Ban, and Pang Xi were all lost in the city.

……

"Damn it!"

Ren Xie slammed his fist hard on the city wall.

"Do these Dongzhou dogs really know how to live and die!?"

On the front city wall, there appeared another Dongzhou soldier phalanx lined up with military formations.

Hearing the dialect that he didn't know what was being said in his ear, Ren Xie couldn't help but feel angry.

He wanted to capture Beicheng, but on the city wall, he kept encountering those Dongzhou soldiers who were stubbornly resisting. The defenders who passed through the city were also blocked by the fire wall, and there was no way to go to Beicheng.

……

Just like Ren Xie's difficulties, the trilogy sent by Zhang Ren to Beicheng also encountered tenacious resistance from Dongzhou soldiers.

Those Dongzhou soldiers on the city wall relied on the city wall and arrow towers to resist the attack of Yizhou army tenaciously.

Seeing that the offensive of the attacking troops was intercepted again, Zhang Ren knew that he could not continue like this. Once the Yellow Turban Army took control of Beicheng, the dust that had already settled would be raised again.

"Get my knife!"

Zhang Ren stretched out his hand to the side, and the personal guard quickly handed Zhang Ren's saber into his hand.

After getting the weapon, Zhang Ren handed over the command to the lieutenant general, and withdrew the attacking soldiers. He wanted to lead the army to break the formation himself!
"The defeat of this battle will be in Beicheng. If Beicheng is destroyed, our army will win! If Beicheng falls, our army will die!"

"In this battle, there will be death but no life, and there will be advances and no retreats!"

Zhang Ren held the ring sword in his hand, looked around at the soldiers beside him, and shouted sharply.

"kill!!!"

Zhang Ren let out a furious roar, and left at the head of the soldiers. Hundreds of soldiers behind him all followed the scene, shouting mighty!
With Zhang Ren as the vanguard, the army formation of Dongzhou soldiers was penetrated in an instant, and then fell apart.

Zhang Ren broke through the formation of Dongzhou soldiers blocking the front, and did not stop at all, but continued to move forward with the soldiers under his command. He knew very well that it was a race against time, and there was no room for a moment's rest.

……

"roll!"

Zhang Ren roared angrily, and slashed fiercely, directly cutting a huge gap in the neck of a Dongzhou soldier in front of him.

Blood spurted out, splashing all over Zhang Ren's body. Zhang Ren's crimson shirt had already turned dark red.

Zhang Ren's face was cold, he raised his foot and stepped on the head of the Dongzhou Bingjunhou who had just died, and slowly pulled out the ring head knife in his hand.

Fifty steps ahead is the tower of the North City, which is the control point of the second gate of the North City of Chengdu. This is also the last gate of the North City of Chengdu. After controlling this gate, all four walls of the City of Chengdu will be covered by them. It's in my hands.

And there are no Dongzhou soldiers in front of them blocking their way forward.

At this time, a large number of khaki banners have appeared on the field of Beicheng. They are rushing towards this gate, but their distance is not close. Now Zhang Ren has time to close the city before they arrive. Door.

Looking at the fiery red banner on the city wall, Zhang Ren breathed a sigh of relief, but even though the enemy was still far away, Zhang Ren still did not relax. He led the soldiers behind him, raised his spirit again, and strode away towards the city tower.

"Enter the city tower, close the city gate, and guard the horse road. There are still many Dongzhou soldiers in the city, don't let them retake the city wall!"

Looking at the empty city wall, Zhang Ren's heart was finally relieved for a moment. He commanded the soldiers under his command and quickly issued military orders.

Now there are only more than a hundred soldiers following Zhang Ren, and the rest are left behind, and there are still many Dongzhou soldiers in the city of Chengdu. Although they occupy the North City, Zhang Ren dare not take it lightly.

Those Dongzhou soldiers who want to escape from Chengdu don't care whether there are Yellow Turbans outside the city, they just want to open the city gate at any cost, so as to escape from the endless purgatory in Chengdu City, which has made them suffer so much.

"puff----"

Standing on the city wall, Zhang Ren could hear the sound of the sword piercing the flesh. The sound came from behind him, and behind him was the tower that controlled the city gate!
Zhang Ren's eyelids twitched wildly, alarm bells were ringing in his heart, and he hurried back.

A tall figure caught his eyes, almost covering all his vision.

The door was opened, and a burly warrior wearing a brocade robe of flowers and a yellow scarf stood inside the door, blocking all view.

The two soldiers leaned to the side of the gate, and dripping blood gushed out from the gap in their necks like a spring.

A soldier was being grabbed by the neck by the burly general. The soldier was wearing heavy armor and was not light, but in the hands of the burly general, it was as easy as lifting a child.

"alert!"

Zhang Ren was startled, and suddenly pulled out the ring-headed saber at his waist. On the city wall, all the soldiers of the Yizhou Army drew their sabers out of their sheaths one after another, facing the burly general wearing a yellow scarf.

One hundred to one, they clearly had the absolute upper hand, but an inexplicable fear still rose from Zhang Ren's heart. It was a fear buried deep in his heart. A ferocious tiger is staring at it.

The burly warrior seemed to have spotted Zhang Ren who was guarded by a group of soldiers.He threw the Yizhou army soldier who had been strangled to death by him on the ground like trash.

The general walked out of the gate, with the sound of footsteps, and right behind him, a group of yellow scarf soldiers wrapped in yellow scarves, black armor, and burqa belts came out from the tower.

A halberd with a strange shape and a heavy weight was lifted out of the tower by two soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army, and handed to the general.

The general took the halberd handed over from the side, and then shook it lightly. The heavy halberd seemed to be nothing in his hand, lifting the weight as if it were light.

The halberd was slowly lifted up, and the general held the halberd flat. The tip of the halberd was facing Zhang Ren, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, and a palpitating killing intent suddenly rose above the city wall.
The fear in Zhang Ren's heart also reached its maximum at this time. Even though he had experienced hundreds of battles and killed more than a hundred enemies, he was still terrified after only one glance, just being glanced at.

It felt like being targeted by a demon god!
The new wind blows, the banners flutter, and above the city wall, everyone's ears are filled with the sound of hunting.

"Everyone has worked hard all the way, why not rest here."

(End of this chapter)