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Chapter 393: Changxin City is broken, the wind is strong and the

Seeing the catapults that suddenly appeared outside the city, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan, who had received the news of Gu Rubing's support and wanted to delay Shi Xie, became obedient and began to retreat immediately. The reason they were able to be fearless before was because large siege equipment such as catapults could not be transported to the front of the city.

Although Changxin County is the seat of Cangwu County, it is ultimately just a small county. The height and thickness of its city walls are far from those of other county towns. It can be said that facing the catapults, Changxin County is just a living target fixed in place, and a fragile one at that.

"How did they get this in? If not, when Liu Huangshu came, shouldn't he run away in disgrace? Why is he fighting again?"

Wei Yan looked at the catapults in the distance and asked helplessly. Just this afternoon, when they learned that Gu Rubing was about to arrive, they were extremely excited. After all, they didn't know when Shi Xie would go crazy again, and even if he attacked with all his might, they would not be able to withstand it.

But he didn't expect that Shi Xie, who had been quiet for two or three days, launched an attack when Gu Rubing arrived. How could he not be confused?

"Shi Xie is desperate. If he doesn't attack, I'm afraid he will be surrounded by us. This shows that he is afraid. As long as we can hold on, it's only a matter of time before Shi Xie is defeated."

Huang Zhong comforted him while tightly gripping his Eight Treasures Kirin Bow in his right hand. Although he was comforting Wei Yan, he was unsure in his heart. After all, a small county like Changxin was far inferior to the city walls of Nanchang. Nanchang had several walls destroyed under the attack of catapults, let alone Changxin City.

"If I can survive this time, I will go and complain to Uncle Liu."

Wei Yan complained, then put away his smiling face and looked seriously at the enemy troops approaching below. He moved his right hand, then clenched the White Tiger Sun-Devouring Sword in his hand. Wei Yan, a little-known general from Jingzhou, finally showed his edge to the world for the first time.

"Let the soldiers retreat from the city walls. The catapults are coming. I'm afraid Changxin City can't be defended."

Huang Zhong also had a solemn expression on his face. He had a bloody knife slung around his waist. After many years, he once again took out this evil knife, the evil knife that could swallow a person's life.

On the top of Changxin City, countless soldiers are evacuating in an orderly manner. If the city wall is broken, they can still engage in street fighting, but if the army is gone, even if they have the city wall, it will be of no use. In modern warfare, the most important thing is military strength. As long as the army is still there, they will always have hope of turning defeat into victory.

Before all the soldiers withdrew from the top of the city wall, five catapults began to attack together. In the Central Plains, there are often many catapults, but relatively few boulders that can be used to make weapons. Here, there are an inexhaustible supply of boulders that can be used to make weapons, but the complex and rugged mountain roads make it difficult for catapults to reach some places, such as Changxin City.

This was something that Shi Xie and his men had to endure. Many soldiers were smashed into pieces by the heavy catapults and boulders due to exhaustion or slipping hands and feet. However, as Shi Xie said, as long as they could capture Changxin City and make sure Gu Rubing had no internal support in Cangwu County, they could just use the dangerous terrain of Jiaozhou to defend themselves. Even if Gu Rubing had a strong force, it would be difficult for him to break in.

The huge rock fell on the weak wall of Changxin City, creating a big hole immediately. The whole wall was shaken. Huang Zhong jumped up in three or two steps and landed on the battlement. He drew his bow and arrow, raised the arrow, as if he was going to shoot the sun.

"Meteor Arrow!"

Huang Zhong let out a low shout, and the arrow that was charging on the line suddenly began to gather power, and then a blue light flew out. Huang Zhong found a good angle, so that the arrow penetrated three boulders. In the end, only two boulders fell on the city wall, but these two boulders had already made the wall of Changxin City shaky, and a part of it had already collapsed and no longer existed.

But Huang Zhong had just shot three arrows when the second attack came. Huang Zhong's popular arrows could not be used multiple times, otherwise he would lose famous general points. Huang Zhong took a deep breath and was about to consume famous general points to continue using popular arrows when a figure appeared in his sight.

Wei Yan shook his head, tore off the cloak on his back and threw it high up. He swung the White Tiger Sun-Devouring Sword and a huge white tiger phantom seemed to solidify. It then pounced out, swallowed the three huge rocks in the middle and crushed them in its stomach, then exploded with a bang. After chopping with the sword, Wei Yan pulled Huang Zhong and started running.

"Alright, now I can go down in history with my name."

Wei Yan said excitedly. Huang Zhong pulled his hand back from Wei Yan's hand and jumped off the city wall with Wei Yan. Under the city wall, Li Feisha was already waiting for Huang Zhong. The two mounted their horses and ran away. Just like Shi Xie's strategy, not to mention Changxin City, any city that came over would be smashed to pieces. The last thing Jiaozhou lacked was all kinds of boulders.

"Where should we deploy our defenses? After the enemy's 80,000 infantrymen break into the city, I'm afraid there will be more reinforcements. We can't stop so many of them."

Huang Zhong asked, after all, Wei Yan had been in Changxin much longer than him, and he was not very familiar with the terrain here.

"Deploy defense? What kind of defense is that? Of course we should retreat! I know there is a road that was dug at great expense when Wu Ju was in office. We can get out of this mountain range directly from there. Let's go straight to find Uncle Liu! Then come back and kill that bastard Shi Xie!"

Wei Yan was riding his horse in front and talking as he ran, and now it was Huang Zhong's turn to be confused.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier that there was such a way?"

"You didn't even ask."

Wei Yan's light words shut Huang Zhong up. The two stopped arguing and began to gather troops and prepare to evacuate. After all, the walls of Changxin City could not hold out for too long.

Under the leadership of Wei Yan, they came to a dilapidated city wall. The wood of the city gate was covered with weeds. Huang Zhong couldn't help but doubt whether there was a road here. After all, it looked like it had been abandoned for many years.

As if seeing Huang Zhong's doubts, Wei Yan chopped with his sword, and the originally rotten and dilapidated gate fell to the ground, and a long corridor with a width of five meters appeared in front of everyone.

"This is the escape passage that Wu Ju prepared for himself. It was never used and ended up like this. He died in Jingzhou, so naturally it has never been used."

"Then how did you know?"

"Needless to say, Wu Ju and I are good brothers."

Wei Yan said with a smile, and Huang Zhong did not ask any more questions. The army began to move into the corridor, with Huang Zhong and Wei Yan being responsible for covering their retreat.

Not long after, a sound was heard throughout the entire Changxin City. Huang Zhong and Wei Yan looked at each other. They knew that the city wall had been broken, but they had not seen the defenders, so they did not dare to act rashly until the entire city wall was broken.

The two looked at each other with smiles in their eyes. There were about 70,000 troops advancing at a rapid pace. They believed that within half a quarter of an hour, they would all be able to enter the tunnel. By then, it would be too late for the soldiers to chase them. By the time they found this place, Huang Zhong and the others had already left the canyon.

"I'm about to meet Uncle Liu. I'm so excited."

Wei Yan rubbed his hands excitedly. He was not in Xiangyang during the last Jingzhou Incident. He did not know about the Jingzhou Incident until Liu Qi issued a petition. Then he took up his post and came to Cangwu County as the prefect. So after he knew that the reason why Liu Qi had such an iron-blooded hand was because of Gu Rubing, he admired Gu Rubing in his heart.

After the city wall collapsed, Shi and Shi Wu did not see any defenders. The only ones they saw were Huang Zhong and Wei Yan. This made them suspect that there was an ambush in the city and they dared not move forward. Finally, for fear that the two men in the city would do something uncontrollable, they began to command the soldiers to enter Changxin City.

After entering the city, there were no ambushes, attacks, traps, or people as expected. There were only a few civilians hiding in their houses, locking their doors tightly and not daring to show up. The scholar suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Let's go to the governor's mansion!"

They no longer moved forward cautiously, but galloped on their horses. Because Changxin City was surrounded by mountains on three sides, its structure was different from other towns. Other towns had the prefectural government offices and county governments in the city center, but the prefectural government office in Changxin City was in the deepest part of Changxin City.

They ran all the way to the prefectural governor's mansion. Just as Shi had expected, the entire mansion was empty. Not to mention people, even poultry was not left for them. It could be said that there was not a single hair left.

"Search for me! Search the whole city!"

Shi shouted angrily, "Huang Zhong and Wei Yan, with nearly 70,000 people in total, can they just disappear like this?" Shi's right eye twitched, making him uneasy. After about half a quarter of an hour, a soldier hurried back.

"Report, report to the governor! To the south of Changxin City, there is a ruined city wall and a collapsed city gate. Behind the city gate is a corridor. I wonder where it leads to?!"

"what!"

The soldier roared in anger, drew his sword and chopped down everything nearby. He was ordered to attack Changxin City at all costs. Now Changxin City has indeed been breached, but they only saw two people from beginning to end. How could he not be angry?

"Chase him! I want to see where he's going!"

Shi Xie was unwilling to go back without any results. If he went back in disgrace, the result was predictable. He would definitely be punished by Shi Xie. Even though they were brothers, the military law was there. He knew his brother's temper well, and he was afraid that he would also be punished if he went back this time.

"Your Excellency, no, the passage is narrow, and we don't know if there are any ambushes inside. It is too dangerous to pursue them rashly. Please think twice!"

An infantry commander at the side spoke hastily. Anyone who knew a little about military tactics would know that the long and narrow corridor described by the man was an ideal place for an ambush and should not be taken.

"Shut up! Anyone who talks nonsense and affects the morale of the army will be punished according to military law!"

The soldier had gone completely insane at this moment, and all he had in his mind was finding Huang Zhong and the others so that he could redeem himself with merit.

"Brother!"

At this moment, Shi Wu, who was standing by, grabbed Shi.

"My lord just wants to buy time and capture Changxin City. To my lord, Huang Zhong and his men are not important. What is important is that they are not in Jiaozhou!"

After listening to Shi Wu's words, Shi finally calmed down a little. Seeing that it was effective, Shi Wu immediately spoke again.

"Brother, you can rest assured. I will plead for you with the Lord after we return. We also have a part in this matter. We can shoulder it together. It's just a small matter now, but if you chase them, if they really have an ambush, then it will be really troublesome."

The soldier's hand that was tightly gripping the sword slowly loosened.

"Go back to camp."

After a long time, a faint voice came out, Shi Wu gave a look, and the soldiers next to him immediately yelled.

"Go back to camp!"

Compared to the depressed soldiers, Wei Yan was in high spirits at the moment. Someone just reported that the vanguard troops had walked out of the corridor. As long as they went around the mountains, they would be able to meet Gu Rubing soon. At the latest, he would be able to see his idol tomorrow morning.

Gu Rubing knew nothing about the news inside Changxin City because Shi Xie had blocked the only passage with heavily armored soldiers. The spies in the city had no way of sending out any intelligence. In addition, the distance was too far and they could not hear any sound. Shi Xie became alert and it was not easy for him to go deep into the vicinity of Changxin City to inquire about the news.

At night, bonfires were lit inside and outside the camp. From afar, the fiery yellow scene was pleasing to the eyes, but Shi Xie was not in the mood to watch this, because Shi Shi and Shi Wu had returned with the news that Changxin City had been captured. Shi Xie was about to praise them, but he found that their faces were not right. After careful questioning, he learned that Changxin City had indeed been taken, but the people inside were gone. Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, and 70,000 troops all escaped through a corridor, and the end of the corridor was unknown.

Shi Xie looked at his fellow clansmen in front of him with a look of disappointment. The anger in his heart was growing step by step. It took a long time for Shi Xie to recover.

"Is there anyone guarding the entrance to that passage?"

"Someone has been sent to guard it."

Shi Wu answered first. When Shi was sad alone, Shi Wu made a series of arrangements to guard the hole that appeared inexplicably.

"It's okay. We didn't lose any troops and we captured Changxin City. As for whether Huang Zhong and his men were killed or not, that's not important. What's important is that we just need to hold Liu Bei back. When Shi Xin comes back, we can turn the tables."

Shi Xie suppressed the anger in his heart. Fortunately, there was no loss of troops, which allowed him to curb his anger at the last moment.

"We must stay alert to the passage in the city. We must not let Liu Bei in through there. Otherwise, we will be attacked from both sides and we will probably be attacked too. That guy has no eyes."

Shi Xie gave these instructions earnestly, with a hint of a smile on his face.

On the second day, when the sky in the east began to turn pale, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan saw Gu Rubing's military camp, and the scouts discovered them at the first opportunity. These scouts had seen Huang Zhong in Nanchang City, so they did not stop the two and let them pass.

After learning the news, Gu Rubing hurriedly stood up to greet Huang Zhong.

At the entrance of the camp, Gu Rubing saw Huang Zhong himself, but he was still far away and couldn't see clearly who was walking next to him.

(End of this chapter)