Three Kingdoms: I will act as a substitute for the Hunjun

Chapter 191 The bloody battle in Xiangyang, Wei Yan returns home
Xu Chu fought more and more smoothly, and laughed loudly and said: "Baby, if you dismount and become my master, I can beg Your Majesty to spare your life."

Xu Zu really likes Sun Ce, he is handsome and has high martial arts skills, but he also knows that it is unlikely that Sun Ce will become his disciple, and it is just a joke.

Sun Ce struggled to hold up Xu Chu's knife, feeling the power flowing like the Yangtze River. He couldn't help but blush, and said angrily: "I just want your life!"

"Sure enough, the tiger father has no dog son, and he likes to talk out loud like that naughty Sun Wentai." Xu Chu laughed and continued to intensify the attack with one knife after another.

Sun Ce struggled to hold on for more than ten rounds. He was sweating, panting, and felt his reactions were sluggish.

He has never traveled around the world, nor has he officially fought in front of the two armies. Today is his maiden battle.

He had practiced with some of his father's generals before, but he always won by himself. He thought he was invincible with his perfect marksmanship, but he didn't expect that in the first battle, he would end up in a disastrous defeat.

It is inevitable that I will not give up, but there is no other way. If I am not first in literature and second in martial arts, if my skills are inferior to others and I still refuse to admit defeat, there is only one way to die.

Sun Ce thought of this and was about to retreat. At this time, the drums on the top of the city stopped, and suddenly there was a rapid sound of gold ringing.

Sun Jian stood on top of the city and had a clear view of the battle below. At first, he thought his son's performance was amazing, but as time went by, he found that Sun Ce was gradually falling into a disadvantage. There was no hope of a comeback, so he immediately ordered his troops to retreat.

Sun Ce was overjoyed and moved his horse out of the ring. He took a long breath, pointed his gun at Xu Chu, and said loudly: "I am a common man, but I am not afraid of you. If it were not for the military orders, I would fight you for another eight hundred rounds." I’ll put the dog’s head on your neck someday.”

After saying that, he hit his horse and ran towards the city gate.

"Pfft!" Xu Ju laughed angrily. This Sun Ce is a brat and wants to save face.

At this moment, General Gao Shun waved his command flag, and suddenly the officers and soldiers rushed over like a tide with drums and trumpets.

The ladders and other siege equipment have been transported. It is a great opportunity to take advantage of the strong momentum to attack the fortified city in one go. Gao Shun naturally wants to seize this opportunity.

Xu Chu also clapped his horse and chased him forward.

Unexpectedly, the 500 people Sun Ce brought out were veterans who had fought with Sun Jian for a long time, and they had strong loyalty and fighting spirit.

A gap opened in the phalanx, allowing Sun Ce to pass. The formation quickly closed up, with knives, spears, and shields raised to block the pursuing Xu Chu.

Xu Chu swung his sword and cut off a row of spear shafts. With another wave of his sword, several people's heads flew up, and pillars of blood rose into the sky.

Although these ordinary soldiers were not afraid of death, how could they withstand Xu Chu's charge? Soon the formation fell into disarray.

At this time, a large group of officers and soldiers rushed up again, and the few hundred people left in the Jingzhou Army suddenly dispersed.

But when they retreated to the moat, they discovered that Sun Ce had already fled into the city. Then the city gate was closed and the suspension bridge was high. The soldiers behind them had no way to advance or retreat.

Immediately afterwards, they were drowned in the tide of attacking officers and soldiers.

Sun Ce climbed up to the top of the city panting, and happened to see this scene. His face suddenly became angry, and he shouted loudly: "Why don't you let them in? They fell behind to protect me!"

Sun Jian looked at his son and said calmly: "This is war. Compared with the gains and losses of the city, personal life and death are nothing. Today we all have to live and die with the city, and so do they."

"But...but..." Sun Ce was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say.

"Fire the arrow!" Sun Jian had no time to dwell on such a trivial matter and shouted loudly.

Suddenly, arrows rained down from the top of the city, and arrows from below the city also continued to be thrown up. The sound of sharp weapons piercing the human body was heard densely.

It makes people's scalp numb.

More than a thousand of the soldiers and horses in front of Xiangyang City are veterans, and the rest are strong men who were forcibly recruited from major aristocratic families not long ago. They can only give these veterans a hand, hand them bows and arrows, and move logs. , rocks and other ordnance.

Even so, each of these recruits turned pale with fright, their movements were stiff, and some even had their legs trembling, and fear continued to spread in their hearts.

For the officers and soldiers, this was also the most difficult siege battle since the Southern Expedition.

After numerous attacks on the city, they were defeated again, rushing up like a tide, and then retreating like an ebbing tide. The moat under Xiangyang City has long been filled, with corpses all over the ground and blood staining the walls.

The siege lasted for about two hours.

Things were not going well in Xiangyang City either.

"General, we are running out of arrows!"

"Get the body down quickly!"

"Block the gap over there!"

……

Although this city is still in Sun Jian's hands, it is already in danger and may fall at any time. Sun Jian's brows condensed into the character "Chuan"!

He has participated in countless battles as an officer and soldier, but he has never seen such a brave officer and soldier.

Usually the fighting will of the officers and soldiers is very weak, and they may retreat if there is any slight disobedience. It is rare to see such a selfless battle. How did the Dog Emperor train his men and horses to be so strong?

If there were no reinforcements in Xiangyang, it would be difficult to defend it.

Yuan Shu's side had been beaten to the point of losing their courage, not to mention that water far away could not quench their thirst nearby, but there was still no movement on the Jiangxia side. The newly captured young men in the city could only do logistical support and drag them directly to the top of the city. Fighting is tantamount to seeking death.

At this time, General Zhang Hu came over with his face covered in blood and whispered: "General, can Xiangyang be defended? Do you want to prepare a retreat?"

Although the sound was not loud, the surrounding soldiers could hear it clearly, and everyone immediately focused their attention on Sun Jian.

"Fight to the death and never retreat! But anyone who dares to retreat will be killed!" Sun Jian shouted loudly.

He knew that when the two sides were fighting in a stalemate, what was competing was the will to fight. Once either side wanted to give up, it would be the first to fail.

War is about strength and psychology.

Zhang Hu chatted and retreated.

……

At this moment, in a small room where the grain was stored in the city, two people were sitting opposite each other.

One of them is very capable and has bright eyes. He is Sun Jian's newly appointed scout Du Bo Zhou Shan.

Opposite him, there was a man sitting, with a maroon face, a solemn expression, and two sword-shaped eyebrows, which made him look heroic and possessing an unyielding will.

"What do you think, Brother Wen?" Zhou Shan said. The red-faced man opposite him was a dubo responsible for taking care of food and grass, similar to a centurion. His name was Wei Yan, with the courtesy name Wen Chang. Wei Yan was a native of Yiyang Township, Pingshi County, Nanyang County. After Sun Jian killed the former Jingzhou governor, he recruited troops in the name of going north to defeat the traitor Dong Zhuo. Wei Yan led hundreds of young men from the township to join the army.

He was of ordinary origin, unlike generals like Huang Zhong who came from a wealthy family, who could be entrusted with important tasks after surrendering. After he surrendered to the army, he was given the military position of Du Bo just because he brought more than a hundred people with him. He stayed in Xiangyang and had no chance to show his prominence.

In this battle to defend Xiangyang, he was sent to participate in protecting the grain and grass in the city.

At the moment of the war, he did not expect that the newly promoted scout Du Bo Zhou Shan, who was promoted by Grand Sima Sun Jian, came to find him and handed him a letter, which was a letter of surrender written to him by His Majesty.

Wei Yan had long been resentful that his martial arts skills were not reused. Now when he saw that the emperor actually recruited him personally, he immediately felt that although the emperor had a bad reputation, he at least had a reputation for knowing people, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

But after thinking about it, I still felt that there were a lot of doubts in it, so I put the letter down and said, "Brother Zhou has just been promoted by Grand Sima. He doesn't want to serve, but surrenders to the enemy. Aren't you afraid that Wei will kill you to receive the merit?"

"It doesn't matter whether I live or die." Zhou Shan said with a smile, "It's just a pity that Brother Wen has buried his martial arts skills. Your Majesty admires Brother Wen's talent very much and specially ordered me to give you an opportunity to make meritorious deeds. With this wealth, Wen Chang Brother, are you willing to just watch and miss it?”

"Who are you?" Wei Yan said in a deep voice. He was not familiar with Zhou Shan before, but Zhou Shan was not killed by Sun Jian a few days ago, but was promoted to an official position. This matter spread throughout the city, and he only then knew that there was a person like Zhou Shan.

Today, Zhou Shan suddenly came to him and sent a letter of surrender from the emperor. Although Wei Yan was very excited, he was also very cautious. After all, the other party was a scout, and his job was to inquire about news and spy on intelligence everywhere, so he had to be on guard.

"My younger brother is the Imperial Guard of the Ming and Han Dynasties, commanded by His Majesty himself." Zhou Shan said, taking out a waist badge and waving it in front of Wei Yan, then put it away very solemnly.

"Ming and Han Dynasty Imperial Guards?" Wei Yan frowned and said, "I've never heard of it. Your Majesty personally leads it?"

"Exactly." Zhou Shan said with great certainty, "In the whole world, the Imperial Guards of the Ming and Han Dynasties only serve His Majesty and only obey His Majesty's orders. It was His Majesty who personally ordered his younger brother to look for Brother Wen at the critical moment of Xiangyang's attack and defense. Get up."

"Your Majesty also knows about me, Wei Wenchang?" Wei Yan finally asked the biggest doubt in his heart.

"General Wen Chang is famous all over Jingzhou, who doesn't know it?" Zhou Shan said with a smile, "After the imperial troops captured Nanyang, His Majesty also sent people to express condolences to Brother Wen Chang at his home in Yiyang. Brother Wen Chang must have known about it. "

Wei Yan indeed heard this matter mentioned by a villager who had escaped from the disaster.

At that time, I was still very puzzled as to why the officers and soldiers went to my home to express condolences. I didn't expect that it was the emperor's order, and the reason why the emperor did this was because he had admired Wei Wenchang for a long time.

Thinking of this, Wei Yan was happy.

"What should I do now, little brother?" Wei Yan asked in a low voice.

"This is the critical moment of the war. As long as there is chaos in the city, Sun Jian's rebels will be defeated." Zhou Shan said, "Your Majesty ordered this to be done..."

The two of them discussed it and Zhou Shan said goodbye and left.

Wei Yan was full of enthusiasm and immediately went to discuss with several village leaders. After unifying their ideas, he gathered all the villagers together, who were now his subordinates, and said: "Sun Jian is a traitor who kills innocent people indiscriminately. We will wait for him." As a Han citizen, how can you help Zhou to do evil and join in the rebellion? "

After speaking, he looked at everyone and saw that everyone looked dull. Wei Yan continued: "Now His Majesty has issued a secret decree. As long as we cooperate inside and outside and cooperate with the imperial troops to capture Xiangyang, Your Majesty will not hold us accountable for following Sun Jian in rebellion. Instead, they gave us all promotions and titles!”

When everyone heard this, they all became excited. We all go out to hang out, so we don’t have any lofty ideals. It’s best if we can have enough food and clothing. If we still have a chance to become an official, it will be like smoke rising from the ancestral graves.

A chief took this opportunity to encourage: "Everyone must have heard that after His Majesty captured Nanyang, he took great care of our Yiyang Township. This is all a favor to us. We cannot repay kindness with enmity!"

"Whatever you say, Chief Wen, all of us will listen to you!" Another chief said.

Some leaders took the lead, and those fellow villagers who didn't know what to do at first quickly unified their thinking - to follow Wei Yance and respond to the imperial court to attack Xiangyang.

Wei Yan was overjoyed and immediately led everyone to prepare weapons and fire starters, entered the grain storage area, immediately lit the grain and grass, and shouted loudly:
"The army has entered the city!"

"The food and grass are on fire!"

"Run away!"

"The army has entered the city!"

……

It wasn't just the hundred of them who were responsible for guarding the food and grass, there were other people and horses. When they saw the fire and the shouting, they immediately ran over to check.

"Kill!" Wei Yan yelled and started fighting with the Jingzhou soldiers who came over. These Jingzhou soldiers had no idea that their troops would rebel. They were caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties.

The city suddenly became chaotic. Some people who had done bad things in normal times ran out and wanted to take advantage of the chaos to escape from the city for fear of being liquidated by the army. The soldiers who were patrolling in the city were also dubious. Rumors spread everywhere that Xiangyang had been captured. Yes, the army has entered the city.

Everyone was panicking.

……

Outside the city, Gao Shun also had a new understanding of the difficulty of this attack. This was the first such brutal attack since he came out of the mountain, and his eyes turned red.

"The trapped camp is in front, the death squads are following, and the army is pressing in!" Gao Shun raised his flag in the air and gave the order for a general attack.

"Xu will attack the city with the trapped camp!" Xu Chu jumped off his horse, pulled out the sword from his waist and said.

"Zhou Cang is willing to be the first to ascend!" Zhou Cang held a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right hand, and rushed forward with the soldiers trapped in the camp.

On the top of the city, Sun Jian was covered in blood, whether it was his own or the enemy's. He could no longer remember the several attacks that killed the army, and he felt that he was a little numb from killing people.

He didn't know how long he could hold on, but he believed that the army, as the attacker, would not be able to hold on for long.

dong dong dong...

The war drums outside the city sounded again, that was the order to attack!
Sun Jian looked outside and saw that the attack of the army seemed to be more fierce this time. Under the bloody setting sun, the army rushed in like a tide, adding a touch of tension to the tragic battlefield.

The momentum of the officers and soldiers was obviously stronger than the previous times. After fighting for so long, they showed no signs of fatigue and no intention of retreating.

This gave him a bad feeling.

"Cheer up and continue fighting!" Sun Jian raised the ancient ingot knife covered in blood and shouted loudly.

Suddenly, there were sounds of commotion, shouting and even fighting in Xiangyang City.

Sun Jian looked back and saw a blazing fire where the grain and grass were stored, which was particularly clear under the setting sun.

Sun Jian was startled and asked: "What happened?"

At this time, his newly promoted scout Du Bo Zhou Shan hurried up to the city and said: "General Qi, something bad has happened. The army has entered the city and set fire to the grain and grass!"

Sun Jian: "..."

(End of this chapter)