The Power of the Three Kingdoms at the End of the Han Dynasty and the Imperial Power of the Han Dyna

Chen Cang.

Because Huang Zhong used a trick to capture Chen Cang, the city was not seriously damaged and was repaired in a few days.

The enemy he had to face in this battle was Li Jue, who also belonged to the Xiliang Army. Huang Zhong did not dare to use the unselected Xiliang Army, fearing that the Xiliang Army would stab him in the back.

Therefore, Zhang Ji left Chencang with 35,000 people and went to Zuo Fengyi. Huang Zhong led the remaining 20,000 people to guard Chencang. However, what he faced was a man with a burning cauldron and a life-or-death attitude. Thirty thousand Xiliang troops.

Li Jue looked at Chencang and encouraged his morale: "My sons! As long as we break out of Chencang, we can return to the vast Xiliang! Only then can we have a way to survive! Otherwise we will all die here! We can only fight with all our strength and capture Chencang!"

After running out of Chang'an and gathering defeated troops along the way, Li Jue arrived at Chencang with some confidence, "Time is running out."

Li Jue was certain that the King of Hejian's reinforcements were already on the way at this time. The fastest would be two days and the slowest would be three days, so he had to take advantage of this gap to capture Chencang.

Although they escaped in a hurry, there were still 30,000 people, so it was still possible to use materials nearby to make simple siege equipment.

Li Jue: "Zhang Bao, I order you to lead five thousand people to test it first."

"Here."

On the city tower, Huang Zhong looked at the densely packed enemy troops with a serious face: "It seems that Li Jue has no intention of fighting me, but wants to capture Chencang as soon as possible. This will be troublesome."

Huang Zhong thought about challenging Li Jue to a duel, but Li Jue did not fall for the trick and instead attacked the city with his army.

"Order the army to be divided into four groups and take turns to defend the city."

"Here."

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In order to survive, the remaining Xiliang army carried out a day-long saturation attack on Chencang regardless of physical exhaustion. The Chencang defenders were under great pressure, but with Huang Zhong here, the city was still in Liu Han's hands.

Li Jue knew that he had no time, so he could only bite the bullet and continue the attack at night.

Unlike today, there was a lack of controllable light sources in ancient times. Unless the visibility of the bright moon in the sky is slightly better, the stars in the sky will inevitably be invisible. Even holding a torch will not be effective if the distance is slightly farther.

Under these conditions, the ancient army did not have night vision equipment, had backward command methods, lacked professional quality, and did not support large-scale night battles at all. During daytime marches and battles, people often get separated, and night battles are even more difficult to predict. Basically, generals cannot effectively control their troops after leaving the camp. In a melee with the enemy, the probability of one's own people killing each other is no lower than that of the enemy. In addition, there are chances of trampling on each other and falling into ravines. The ratio of casualties to battle losses is not cost-effective.

Although there were many enemies attacking at night, the pressure was by no means as great as during the day, but Huang Zhong did not dare to relax, "Where are the reinforcements?"

"General, the latest information in the evening is that reinforcements will arrive the day after tomorrow."

Huang Zhong nodded, "Let the soldiers who fought during the day have a good rest tonight. As long as they persist through tomorrow, it will be the end of Li Jue."

"Here."

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After a day and night of continuous attacks, they failed to capture Chencang. Li Jue's troops fell into a bottleneck period. After days of running for their lives and high-intensity siege, the soldiers' physical strength had reached the limit. The siege could not attack the city at all, and would only lose manpower in vain.

Li Jue accepted his fate: "Let the men rest for a long time. Send the scouts out and far away. I have a hunch that their reinforcements are coming soon."

"Yes, General."

Huang Zhong in the city was relieved when he saw that Li Jue's attack had subsided after a day and night. If he really wanted to use his life to save lives, Chen Cangzhen might not be able to stop him. Now that Li Jue's men were resting, he was on his own. Also take time to rest. "Reinforcements are coming soon, please hold on."

The Han people are different from the foreigners. The pressure from the aliens' siege is far less than that of the Han people. Fortunately, the one-time effort here failed, and they can only weaken again and exhaust themselves.

Xi County.

On Li Jue's side, Chen Cang had not been captured for a day, and many soldiers fell asleep. The wailing of the wounded soldiers in the camp suddenly became very clear, making people shudder.

Li Jue wanted to live, and his lieutenant generals Zhang Bao, Zhang Long, Liang Xing, and Zhang Heng also wanted to live.

Zhang Heng: "If we can't attack the city, what can we do?"

Zhang Bao: "Nearly ten thousand soldiers have been lost, and their morale is about to be exhausted. The crossbow is at the end of its life!" Liang Xing: "For the current plan, the only thing..."

Zhang Long: "Only what?"

Liang Xing: "Everyone, King Hejian has already announced that he will take General Li's life. General Chencang is Huang Zhong, the general under King Hejian. Without his nod, Huang Zhong would not be able to let us pass."

Everyone knew clearly that if Li Jue didn't leave his life here, they would have to be buried with him.

Zhang Heng: "Everyone, there is even worse news. There are two groups of people coming towards Chencang. One is Chang'an's pursuit troops, and the other is Chencang's reinforcements."

Zhang Long: "General Zhang Heng, may I ask these two people who is the leading general?"

Zhang Heng: "The general leading the troops pursuing Chang'an is Guan Yunchang, the enemy of ten thousand people."

Guan Yu cannot be defeated.

When Guan Yu's troops arrived, they lost their numerical advantage. Moreover, Guan Yu and Huang Zhong were attacking in tandem. How was the battle going to be fought?

Zhang Heng: "As for reinforcements, I heard they are..."

Zhang Bao: "Brother Zhang Heng, please stop trying to tantalize people. Who is he?"

Zhang Heng said a person's name bitterly: "Duan Jiong, Duan Jiming."

"what?"

Everyone was shocked. If it was really Duan Jiong, how would this battle be fought?

They were all from Liangzhou, and their fathers and sons in the army were almost all favored by Duan Juan. He wanted them to fight against Duan Juan's swordsmen... They were afraid that they would not directly fight back and kill him.

Zhang Long: "This... you guys, how do you fight here?"

Liang Xing: "Everyone, I have something to say...General Duan is also from Liangzhou. Why don't we...behead Li Jue, dedicate his head to General Duan, and serve the King of Hejian?"

Zhang Bao (Zhang Long): "This..."

Zhang Heng and Liang Xing were called Zhang Bao and Zhang Long for this purpose.

Seeing that the two did not refuse, Liang Xing knew that there was something wrong with this matter: "You two, if you want to live, this is the only way, and we don't have much time. If Huang Zhong's reinforcements arrive, we will not be sincere if we kill Li Jue again." ”

Zhang Bao and Zhang Long were torn between the favor of promotion and the chance of survival. They didn't know how to choose.

Zhang Heng: "You two, this opportunity cannot be missed!"

Zhang Bao and Zhang Long didn't want to die, so they grew evil and bold, "Do it!"

That night, Li Jue was resting in his tent. Zhang Heng, Zhang Bao, Zhang Long, and Liang Xing led their personal guards, killed Li Jue's personal guards, and then reached Li Jue's tent.

Li Jue was awakened by the movement outside, and immediately got up. Suddenly he saw four people appearing in his tent, and shouted angrily: "What do you want to do when you come to my tent late at night?"

Zhang Heng: "General, we don't want to do anything. We just want a way to survive."

As he said that, he looked at the other people: "Quick! Come together!"

Li Jue didn't know what Zhang Heng meant, so he immediately drew his sword to fight one against four.

Suddenly, there was a burst of swords and swords inside the camp.

As the saying goes, it is difficult for two people to defeat four people. What's more, Li Jue is not very powerful. How can he defeat four people?

In the end, Li Jue tried his best to replace Zhang Bao and Zhang Long, but Zhang Heng took the opportunity to stab him through the heart and Liang Xing beheaded him.

Zhang Bao and Zhang Long died with their eyes open. (End of chapter)