People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 58 Is there anyone who is not afraid of death? (Please read on!!!)
Attacking the city is not easy, but Xu Chen knows that Yuyang is the county seat. As long as he takes it, the head of the entire county will be destroyed. In future military operations, he will only have to face confrontations at the county level.

Unfortunately, the governor of Yuyang did not mobilize the troops of the entire county in advance. Xu Chen thought that it might be because he did not take the Yellow Turbans of several thousand people seriously. Otherwise, under the condition of maximum military expansion, it would not be a problem for a county with a large population to mobilize an army of 20,000 or 30,000.

Xu Chen was of course happy to see this. After taking over Yuyang, the remaining counties would be easy to deal with.

Tian Shitou led 300 personal guards to guard Xu Chen, and then held up high the flag of the Natural Taoism emblem composed of a ruler and a hoe. The Yellow Turbans looked at it sideways and felt their blood boiling in their chests.

Wang Dang rode his horse to the front of the formation and simply skipped the step of shouting to boost morale in front of the formation. Because of the series of battles until today, the morale of the Yellow Turbans had reached its peak, and any words would be superfluous at this time.

He just waved forward calmly and said two words.

"attack!"

As soon as the words fell, countless Yellow Turbans charged forward like wild horses. The originally peaceful world was instantly filled with countless shouts of killing. The Yellow Turbans were like a ferocious wave, smashing heavily on the walls of Yuyang in a violent manner.

Of course, the city walls built of rammed earth were strong enough and would not be shaken by such an impact, but the soldiers on them were facing this terrible pressure.

The Yellow Turbans' offensive was swift and fierce. They had fought in the brutal siege of Gu'an and completed the feat of conquering Fan Yang in one hour. They were already accustomed to this kind of city walls, and after fighting many times, they had figured out the tricks.

They had already mastered the skills of how to charge, set up ladders, climb the city walls, and engage in a seesaw battle. Coupled with their excellent equipment and outstanding combat effectiveness, they stunned the entire Yuyang city wall as soon as they launched the offensive.

Fortunately, Yuyang prefect Wang Ze kept running around on the city walls to boost morale, which suddenly suppressed the crisis.

It must be said that although the Yellow Turbans' offensive was fierce, Yuyang had organized thousands of troops to defend the city. The two sides soon engaged in a fierce tug-of-war in the area around the city wall.

In this battle, the Yellow Turbans did not hold back at all. They tried to conquer the city with their strongest attitude.

Dense arrows fell from the sky, hot water and boulders fell from the top of the city walls, and everywhere on the top of the city walls one could see the Yellow Turbans clinging to the government soldiers engaged in a bloody confrontation. One side was trying to climb up the city wall, while the other side was trying to keep the enemy out.

Blood and death are happening every moment, but the Yellow Turban soldiers who have undergone continuous ideological transformation will not stop because of these. Whenever someone falls on the way to charge, there will be someone immediately behind to take his place.

An hour later, the officers and soldiers repelled several dangerous attacks, and the city defense was still relatively solid.

Two hours later, the defenders were exhausted from the intense fighting, but the Yellow Turbans still maintained terrible offensive pressure.

After three hours, all the officers and soldiers were frightened by the Yellow Turbans before them. They had never seen such a difficult group of Yellow Turbans. No matter how hard they fought, they could not be defeated, and no matter what kind of injuries they suffered, they could not stop their charge.

If these Yellow Turbans had not also been injured and killed in battle, the officers and soldiers would really have suspected that these guys might have been cast into monsters by some kind of sorcery.

Fighting is an extremely physically demanding activity. If the fighting continues without any rest, the soldiers will be out of breath in less than a quarter of an hour, let alone several hours.

After several hours of this, the soldiers had already mechanically obeyed orders and carried out various battles. In this state, it was a battle of wills on both sides. After three hours, the battle of wills on both sides had already produced a result.

Under the constant attacks of the Yellow Turbans, the defenders of Yuyang finally couldn't hold out. The entire defense line was torn apart. The ferocious Yellow Turbans completely gained the upper hand on the battlefield and began to enter the counterattack stage.

Without the protection of the city walls, the Yellow Turbans became even more powerful. The prefect Wang Ze led his officers and soldiers to fight hard, but they were eventually defeated.

At the end of the battle, the officers and soldiers, exhausted and weakened in spirit, dropped their weapons and surrendered.

This battle was not easy, but it was not as brutal as the Battle of Gu'an. It was not that the officers and soldiers of Yuyang were not as good as those of Gu'an, but that the Yellow Turbans were now more powerful than they were back then.

When attacking Gu'an, the Yellow Turbans were just a group of young and strong refugees who were relatively capable of fighting. They relied entirely on their bravery and fighting will empowered by Xu Chen's spirit to defeat Gu'an.

But now the Yellow Turbans, after winning battles one after another and recruiting a large number of Han officers and soldiers who are good at fighting, have become a truly strong army as a whole, and are only a step away from becoming a truly elite division.

When he walked to the foot of the city, looking at the four-meter-high earthen wall, Xu Chen was glad that most cities in this era were not built high, otherwise he would have a headache.

Soon, Wang Dang escorted a man to Xu Chen, who was Wang Ze, the prefect of Yuyang.

"Are you willing to surrender?" Xu Chen asked expressionlessly.

Wang Ze did not answer at all, but just raised his head and snorted coldly. Although his hair was disheveled and his body was covered in dust at this time, his miserable condition instead showed his unyielding character.

However, Xu Chen had no interest in this so-called integrity. He just waved his hand casually and let Wang Dang take him away.

He had long been accustomed to this situation, and asking about the surrender just now was just a habitual behavior.

He didn't care at all that these Han officials refused to surrender. Now that he had captured Yuyang, the next step was to take root and develop here. He had plenty of means to make them surrender.

The people are in my hands, how can I still let their little arms twist my thighs?

Wang Dang sighed, "I do know the usefulness of these Han officials and soldiers, otherwise I wouldn't have brought them with me in the first place. But they are unwilling to submit to us, which is not a solution. Could it be that these guys would rather die than work for us?"

Xu Chen shook his head disapprovingly: "If you say that some of them are not afraid of death, I believe it, but to say that they are not afraid of death at all, that is absolutely impossible. Moreover, for these noble gentlemen, some things may be more terrifying than death."

When Wang Dang heard this, he knew that Xu Chen had an idea. He became curious and asked, "What is the magic trick, Master? Let me hear it."

Xu Chen glanced at him and smiled faintly: "This time, when we are to punish the wealthy and powerful people in the city, in addition to the common people, these Han captives will also be brought to watch the punishment!"

(End of this chapter)