The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 899 Entering the city!

The strong wind is blowing, and the flags are flying.

Tai Shici and Zhao Yun rode their horses in front with their guns, followed by a group of soldiers and cavalry. The huge cavalry formation passed by the side of the North Village of Pengcheng.

In the northern village of Pengcheng, fireworks filled the sky, and the camp was filled with the sound of howling ghosts and wolves.

In the camp of the Han army, ocher-yellow banners were erected high, the voices of people were full of people, and the sound of shouting and killing was so loud that it almost pierced through the clouds and cracked rocks.

Zhao Yun just glanced at it, then turned his head away, Tai Shici had already dispatched two thousand men to ride into the camp, and left two thousand men wandering around, ready to help at any time.

Xu An had already informed everyone of the deployment of the Han army during the previous military meeting.

There are more than [-] Han troops deployed in Beizhai, and almost [-] of them are internal responders. They use the beacon fire as their name, and once the beacon fire ignites, they will immediately raise troops to respond.

After Xu Huang broke through Jiuli Mountain, when he divided his troops to Pengcheng, the signal beacon had already been lit.

A group of internal forces in Beizhai rose up and launched an attack on the generals of the Han army who were in the camp and had not yet reacted and had no defense at all.

Yang Xuan, the Zhonglang general in charge of Beizhai, was commanding the generals to guard the Quartet at that time, and was besieged and killed by a group of rebels.

Yang Xuan's death made Beizhai even more chaotic. Tai Shici didn't even need to send troops into Beizhai, the Han army Beizhai would collapse on its own.

However, Tai Shici didn't understand what was happening in the northern stronghold of the Han army in Pengcheng. He not only sent people into the camp, but also left behind a cavalry unit to help and defend.

Tai Shici did not fully trust these people who said in the letter that they would abandon the dark and turn to the light, and surrender anyway.

From the very beginning, Xu An never fully believed in those aristocratic families and powerful people.

Although it has been screened by the Eagle Wolf Guard, it cannot be ruled out that this may be the bait deliberately released by the Embroidered Cloth Messenger and Han Ting, just to attract the Ming army to take the bait.

Xu An made a plan from the very beginning, although he brought in those families who said they wanted to go anyway, but in fact there were still various alternatives, and he left enough vigilance.

After Han Zheng helped Xu Huang break down the Jiuli Mountain camp, Xu Huang took control of Han Zheng, and the Jiuli Mountain camp was also taken over by the Ming army. The generals under Han Zheng's command were also disarmed. Taking a break for a while is actually under house arrest.

This time, there were more than a thousand cavalry left outside the Beizhai. Their mission was to at least ensure the safety of the back road.

The more than a thousand soldiers who entered the camp immediately took control of the gate of the camp, and then slowly advanced along the camp wall, giving priority to destroying the siege equipment.

The more than [-] so-called village braves in Beizhai are actually no threat at all. They absolutely dare not run out of the tortoise shells to fight in the field. The only thing that can threaten the Ming army are those bed crossbows and Dump the car.

The horse's hooves churned, as loud as countless heavy hammers hitting the drum.

Being in the cavalry, besides the sound of rumbling horseshoes, there is also the sound of hunting banners, and almost no other sounds can be heard

Galloping in front of the cavalry formation, the light suddenly opened up in front of him, which also allowed Zhao Yun to hear some human voices, and he and Tai Shici could still hear each other clearly when communicating.

Zhao Yun rode his horse forward, pulling the reins to control the direction in which the horse galloped.

Just less than two miles ahead is the majestic Pengcheng.

In the past, Xiang Yu led his troops to massacre Xianyang, killed Qin Prince Ying, and burned the Qin Palace. After conquering Qin, his momentum reached its peak.

Although the city walls of Pengcheng were continuously reduced during the Han Dynasty, the city walls in the inland cities had strict specifications, so the grand occasion was not as good as it was in the old Chu period.

However, due to the increase in population, the city is larger than before, and after being strengthened, today's Pengcheng is even more majestic than when the Western Chu Overlord was still there.

In the original plan of the Han court, if the war is impossible, they will abandon Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Qingzhou and other places and retreat to the Jianghuai area.

The reason why Pengcheng was reinforced was because in its plan, the Han court wanted to rely on the Huai River to deploy defenses, and use Pengcheng and other strong cities that could reach the Huaihe River Basin as forward positions, so as to block the attack of the Ming army.

With the help of the Huaihe River and its tributaries, the navy of Hanting can reach as far as Yanzhou, Yuzhou and Xuzhou are all under its radiation.

The navy of the Ming Dynasty is now a well-deserved overlord. No one can match it in terms of tonnage or combat power. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the best in the world.

After all, at this time, the Roman Empire, which was able to wrestle a little bit with the Han Empire, had only five-remere warships as its main naval force.

Whether it is in terms of quality or quantity, the navy of the Ming Dynasty has to leave Rome by more than a fraction.

It's just that the gap between the navy and the inland navy is too great. The Ming navy can dominate the sea, but it is difficult to enter the Huai River and the Yangtze River to check and balance the Hanting's inland navy.

After all, due to the needs of the ocean, most of the warships of the Ming army were pointed-bottomed warships rather than flat-bottomed warships, and a small number of flat-bottomed warships were built lower than inland river warships because they were built to adapt to the wind and waves at sea. Many, in the confrontation with the tall ships of the Inland River Navy, they must be at a disadvantage.

One is suitable for naval battles, and the other is suitable for inland water battles. Naturally, the side with a favorable geographical position will have an advantage.

Pengcheng is a fortified city. If it really attacked, it would take at least ten days of indiscriminate bombardment by catapults to loosen the walls of Pengcheng.

In Pengcheng, there is also the Wengcheng, as well as a large number of defensive facilities, some of which were originally there, and some of them were newly built by the Han army during this period.

Even with a counterweight catapult, it is actually not a wise move to storm a fortified city, and it will definitely make the attacking side pay a huge price.

Zhao Yun stared at the closed door in front of him. The distance of two miles was not such a long distance for a war horse that was advancing at a fast pace.

What Zhao Yun is concerned about is that the gate of Pengcheng North City should be opened now, but it has not been opened for a long time.

……

Above the northern city, the air was filled with a strong smell of blood.

Han Qing was covered in blood, clutching his abdomen, standing in front of the winch at the city gate.

The corpses of more than a dozen Han soldiers were lying around in disorder.

Outside the house, there are more corpses of Han soldiers.

Although he took the task of guarding the north gate, in fact, they were only used as an external barrier as the township brave, and the central part was still controlled by the main army of the Han army.

"These Zhang Wu's battalion soldiers are a bunch of fucking lunatics..."

Han Qing's complexion was pale, and the people in charge of the north gate were the soldiers of Zhang Wuying, with only a hundred or so soldiers.

He had more than [-] people under his command, and he mobilized more than [-] people to besiege the city gate. They were all selected elites, and they suddenly broke out. At the beginning, they did kill the soldiers of Zhang Wuying who were guarding the city gate. More than twenty people.

But I didn't expect that not only did the soldiers of the Zhangwu Battalion not collapse, but they still used the terrain of the Chengguan to resist stubbornly, and actually drove them back a few waves.

After the fight, the morale of the generals under his command was getting lower and lower, and they were scattered for several rounds instead.

Seeing that the reinforcements coming from Dongcheng were getting closer and closer, Han Qing finally went into battle with his sword in hand, led his followers and family generals, and finally killed all the battalions of Zhang Wuying. It is the city gate that controls the city gate switch.

"Hurry up and open the city gate!"

Han Qing leaned against the wall, raised the ring head knife in his hand and pointed forward.

During the previous fierce battle, a long spear pierced through the armor he was wearing and stabbed him in the abdomen. Fortunately, because of the protection of the armor, the long spear did not penetrate too deep, at least it should not be fatal.

With the support of his personal guards, Han Qing looked into the city of Pengcheng.

The fire in the city rose, which was the action of other Ming troops in the city.

Anyway, it is naturally impossible for everyone to know about the plan, so only a small number of people know about it, and many people are notified before the incident happens.

In fact, Han Qing only knew which of the four Yingchuan clans were ready to rebel.

Yinglangwei and them are only in one-way contact, except that they have communicated with each other from the Yingchuan Fourth Clan, which one of the other aristocratic families wants anyway, and which one has already established contact with Yinglangwei.

The Eagle Wolf Guard didn't tell them, but said that when the time comes, as long as the person with the ocher flag is a friend, tell them to do what kind of things, and then just stay where they are, everything will be done according to the plan, and there is no need to do anything else things.

"It's really useless..."

Han Qing leaned against the crenel of the city wall, the pain from his abdomen made the cold sweat on his forehead flow down uncontrollably.

And at this moment, he heard a chaotic sound coming from the east.

"What happened to the east?"

Han Qing frowned and asked.

Everyone looked at each other without knowing it, because they were all beside Han Qing.

Han Qing cursed with the veins on his forehead exposed.

"Go and investigate if you don't know, what are you doing here?!"

"Shall I see it myself?"

Han Qing's heart was burning with anger, he was really a group of pig-like teammates who didn't even know such a basic thing.

When everyone saw Han Qing getting angry, someone went to the east to investigate.

And when Han Qing got the news that the investigation came back, it was even more difficult to suppress the anger in his heart.

"Are the people guarding the east a bunch of pigs?!"

"The formation of more than [-] people being rushed by more than [-] people is chaotic. What is this battle, it is the public!"

In anger, Han Qing didn't even care about the pain in his abdomen. He grabbed the neck of the soldier who came to report and cursed angrily.

He had also seen a team from Dongcheng rushing to help Beicheng before, and he knew that someone might have discovered their situation, so he personally went into battle with a knife in a hurry.

At that time, he arranged for a family general to lead more than a thousand people to deploy defenses, relying on the city wall to resist the reinforcements.

But tell him now that the more than [-] people failed to block the reinforcements of the more than [-] people, and were broken through the line of defense.

"Where are they rushing now!"

"It's about half a mile away from my city gate, not far ahead."

Han Qing followed the finger of the reporting soldier, and happened to see the fiery red banner representing Cheng Yu.

Han Qing's expression suddenly changed. He just glanced at it far away and didn't look carefully, but now he realized that it was Cheng Yu's banner.

"Why did this evil star come..."

Han Qing cursed and cursed, and the generals who could follow Cheng Yu were without exception the elite of the army. It was normal for these brave men under his command to be unable to resist.

"Captain, what should we do now..."

"Do you... want to run?"

"Run your head!"

Han Qing slapped the head of the village chief who said he was going to run.

"Whoever his mother ran away to Naigong, don't blame a certain one for turning his face and not showing affection!"

"Where do you think you can run away? You can run away, have your parents, wives and children run away?"

"This is a decapitation business. If the Ming army cannot enter the city, we will all die!"

Han Qing's eyes were full of evil spirits, and he also became ruthless at this time.

The head of the village who said he was going to run also panicked all of a sudden.

Han Qing turned his head and glanced outside the city, and he saw that the cavalry of the Ming army were approaching more than one mile away from the city gate.

"The Ming army has already arrived outside the city. Now that the city gate is opened, the Ming army cavalry can enter the city. We will win by then, so don't work hard here."

"But if we can't stop the Han army from the east city, we have to explain here!"

"It's a man, follow me!"

"If he hides behind, I will settle accounts with him after the war is over."

The group of Xiangyong who followed Han Qing were all shocked. They were all civilians attached to the Han family. Han Qing wanted to move them as effortlessly as crushing an ant.

A group of disciples remained silent, each standing beside Han Qing with their weapons in hand.

They have been favored by the Han family for many years, and now is the time to repay them.

Although the atmosphere at this time has deteriorated a bit, the disciples and rangers who can be invited by the Han family still have some ancient heroes.

If they hadn't charged forward, they probably wouldn't have been able to take this city pass.

Han Qing gritted his teeth, pushed away the guards who were supporting him, and strode forward with the ring-shou knife in hand.

Seeing Han Qing walking towards the east, all the townspeople didn't dare to say anything else, they mustered up their courage, and they all followed Han Qing forward.

At this time, the city wall in the eastern section of Beicheng was devastated, and the city wall had already become a sea of ​​blood.

Cheng Yu was wearing a black light armor, holding a ring head knife, and his battle robe had gone to nowhere, and his long beard was covered with a lot of blood.

Although he, as the chief general, should not have personally taken risks, but it was already such a juncture, and no one cared about these minor details.

"Han Qing, it really is you. You Han family members have rebellious brains. I should have expected it!"

Cheng Yu saw Han Qing in the crowd at a glance.

Han Qing was startled, he actually had some fear of Cheng Yu.

Cheng Yu was eight feet three inches tall, with extraordinary power, and his official adoration was General Zhenwei. The title of this general was not a military position that could only be obtained by relying on flattery, but actual military achievements.

Although the title of general began to flood after Liu Xie ascended the throne, and the title of general today is not as valuable as it was when Emperor Ling was in power, but not everyone can get it.

Cheng Yu's eyes flickered, and he looked at the city gate not far away and said decisively.

He didn't have extra spare time to say extra words to Han Qing, nor did he have the heart to continue scolding Han Qing.

Now that the Ming army has not yet entered the city, everything is still too late.

"Kill these traitors and close the city gate!"

Cheng Yu raised the ring sword in his hand and shouted angrily.

"kill!"

All the soldiers of the Han army behind them swarmed forward one after another.

They also knew that as long as the Ming army entered the city, they would really be finished.

Especially those generals who came from powerful families are desperate and have already prepared to do their best.

"kill!"

Han Qing didn't care to say anything, raised the ring head knife in his hand, and shouted urgently.

At this time, you must not retreat. Once you retreat, it will really fall short.

On the city wall, the armies of both sides were furious at this time, and they no longer stayed behind in the slightest.

The sound of killing was loud, the shouts were ear-piercing, the sound of swords piercing into flesh, the crisp sound of armor and weapons touching, all kinds of sounds were intertwined, and there was a bloody storm on the city wall in an instant.

Below the northern city of Pengcheng, Zhao Yun watched the heavy gate slowly open to both sides, but there was not much joy in his eyes.

The gate of the northern city was only opened at this time, and he also heard the sound of fighting above the northern city, something must have happened in the city.

Zhao Yun thought for a moment, then turned his head and shouted to Tai Shici who was driving alongside him.

"Ziyi, I will lead the relatives first, and you will lead the army to wait until it is safe, and then you will lead the troops into the city."

Tai Shici's expression changed slightly, and he said.

"The situation in the city is unknown. I have my own scouts to investigate. If you lead your troops into the city, if you get trapped in the city..."

Zhao Yun shook his head with firm eyes.

"Mostly, something happened in the city. If the scouts enter the city, I'm afraid it won't be of much use."

Zhao Yun turned his head and looked at Pengcheng who was a hundred steps away.

He had a natural feeling about the situation on the battlefield. He felt that this would not be a conspiracy by the Han court, just to eat up a small group of cavalry who entered the city first, so that they could abandon the camp of Jiuli Mountain.

The Yingchuan Han clan is definitely loyal to them. The reason why the city gate has not been opened for a long time is definitely because of an unexpected situation.

In desperation, Zhao Yun naturally couldn't explain to Tai Shici in detail, he turned his head to look at Tai Shici again, his eyes were extremely firm.

"Believe me."

Tai Shici looked up at the wall of Pengcheng in front of him, and then at Zhao Yun.

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant, and he didn't think about it for too long, but in the next second, Tai Shici nodded his head.

He chose to believe in Zhao Yun.

(End of this chapter)