The Conquest of the Three Kingdoms

The next day is dawn.

When the first rays of the rising sun dyed Pengcheng a layer of golden clothes, five thousand Chu troops had already lined up in the east of the city.

Guan Yu stood at the top of the city, looking out from a distance, but saw the enemy army outside the city was dense and tidy, and the big "yellow" flag fluttered in the morning wind.

Half of the five thousand Chu troops were cavalry.

"General, the formation of the Chu army seems a bit strange, could it be that there is some deceit in it?" Mi Fang next to him asked suspiciously.

"What's so strange?"

Mi Fang pointed to the Chu army and said: "This time the Chu army has [-] people, most of them are infantry, but nearly half of the Chu army that is about to attack the city is cavalry. suspicious."

Guan Yu sneered, and said disapprovingly: "There is nothing suspicious. The current Chu army is dominated by cavalry. They attach great importance to the development of cavalry. When attacking the city, cavalry is also the main force..."

When Guan Yu saw the "yellow" banner, he guessed that today must be a bloody battle.

Although Huang Zhong is unparalleled in bravery, he is best at cavalry field battles, and most of his moves are cavalry, but siege is his shortcoming.

When Guan Yu was ironic, Mi Fang was still at a loss.

At this time, the battle drums outside the city sounded, and the five thousand Chu troops moved with a bang, and began to slowly advance towards Pengcheng.

Mi Fang was also at a loss, and her blood surged suddenly, and she said proudly: "General, I failed to take down that Huang Zhong last time, so let me defend the city this time, and I will definitely kill that Huang Zhong's majesty." .”

Guan Yu waved his hand and said, "Leave the head of the city to me. You have more important tasks. You should go to the city earlier to prepare."

Although Mi Fang was annoyed that Xu could not defeat Huang Zhong in the battle, but after listening to Guan Yu's order, she immediately restrained her fighting spirit and retreated to the city as ordered.

Guan Yu stood on the ground with a big sword, facing the overwhelming enemy army like an iron tower, his knife-sharpened face was as cold as a mountain, as calm as a mountain.

The subordinates on the left and right seemed to be infected by Guan Yu's composure, and faced the menacing enemy army without a trace of fear.

The three thousand soldiers of the Chu army, holding their knives, guns, bows and crossbows tightly, looked fearlessly at the enemy approaching with determination in their expressions.

At two hundred paces, the besieging Chu army suddenly accelerated their charge, shouting to kill and rushing forward.

Guan Yu raised his hand and said sharply, "Fire the arrow!"

The flag was waved, the order was passed down, and hundreds of strong bows and crossbows were fired at once.

Countless sharp arrows, accompanied by the howling of thousands of birds' wings, pierced through the air, and fell towards the Chu army like raindrops.

The Chu army under the city had already made preparations. The first big shieldman held up the iron shield to block the incoming arrows for the siege team carrying the ladder.

Countless arrows were hammered down like raindrops, but many arrows still passed through the gaps in the large shield and hit the soldiers of the Chu army who were hiding underneath.

There were screams one after another.

However, the Chu army did not slow down their progress because of this, and they still rushed towards Pengcheng fearlessly.

Looking down at the Chu army advancing in an orderly manner, Guan Yu murmured in admiration: "As expected of Huang Zhong, the soldiers under his command are indeed elite."

In a short time, thousands of Chu troops had crossed the moat, the first wave of siege troops approached the city wall, and more than ten ladders were slowly erected.

Hand-to-hand combat in the city is just around the corner.

Guan Yu raised his sword-like eyebrows, shot with murderous aura all over his body, and slashed his long knife, and shouted sharply: "Guan Jiajun's athletes, fight side by side with this general, and kill the enemy!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

On the front line of the city, the athletes of the Guan family army roared with enthusiasm and in unison.

The rumbling howling sound spread all over the wilderness, directly changing the expressions of the besieging enemy troops.

A few hundred steps away, Huang Zhong, who was holding a saber in his hand, couldn't help changing his face slightly, and said in his heart: "I heard that Guan Yu was so arrogant and never sympathetic to soldiers. He fought to the death, what exactly has he experienced in the past few months, and there has been such a big change?"

Huang Zhong was astonished in his heart, and the fighting spirit in his body seemed to be gradually dissipating.

Seeing all this, Huang Zhong jumped off his horse, rushed to the drum array with a few steps, and snatched a drummer's wooden hammer.

He rolled up his sleeves, and with a pair of iron arms as round as the mouth of a bowl, he swung them up and beat the drum vigorously to cheer for the soldiers under him.

Thousands of people under his command, seeing Huang Zhong personally beating drums for them, were inspired by this, their morale was greatly boosted, and the shouts of killing shook the sky, gradually suppressing the shouts of Guan Yu's army at the top of the city.

On the top of the city, the battle to join the city has begun.

In the north corner, a Chu army hook ladder took the lead to set up the battlement. This kind of long ladder with a sickle on the top can tightly hook the city wall.

As soon as Fang took over the city, the Chu army's trapped team with swords and shields bravely climbed up.

Guan Yu's army guarding the city had already been prepared, and Luo Shi, the size of a human head, roared down, knocking down those Chu troops who couldn't dodge in time from the hook ladder.

Amid the miserable howls, an enemy with a bloody head fell from the city several feet high, and fell into a pile of bloody and mutilated corpses.

On the front line of the city trench, five hundred crossbowmen of the Chu army, under the cover of large shields, shot upwards at the defenders at the top of the city to suppress the defenders' counterattack.

In the dense rain of arrows, soldiers of the Guan army were shot in the forehead continuously. Some fell to the top of the city, and some fell to the bottom of the city, mingling with the enemy's corpses.

Guan Yu sat in the center of the city tower with his sword in hand, without moving a step, commanding the battle calmly.

To the north, under the powerful arrows of the Chu army, seven or eight Guan Yu soldiers were shot down one after another, and the follow-up manpower was insufficient to make up for it, and the defensive position here was immediately weakened.

The Chu army attacking the city took advantage of the situation to rush up, and three or five strong archers, swordsmen and shields of the Chu army rushed to the top of the city in a whizzing manner.

Seeing this, Guan Yu yelled sharply: "Where is Mi Fang, hurry up and kill the enemy who ascended the city from the north!"

Mi Fang, who was in the midst of a bloody battle, got the order, and simply took off her half body armor, bare shoulders, and ran to the north side with a big knife in her hand.

Amidst the roar, the big knife swept out like a wheel.

How could those small soldiers of the Chu army be Mi Fang's opponents? Amidst the sound of shattering shields, several soldiers of the Chu army who had climbed to the top of the wall were chopped off and flew out.

Mi Fang, who was furious and mighty, forced back the enemy who ascended the city by herself.

Afterwards, he plunged the broadsword into the ground, picked up the fork on the ground, and pushed the hooked ladder towards the hooked ladder with the muscles in his arms soaring.

Amidst the roar of shouts, Mi Fang raised her might, and unexpectedly forked out the hook ladder that was more than a few feet high and had seven or eight people lying on it.

Accompanied by a burst of screams, the hook ladder wobbled and fell down, with a weight of several hundred kilograms crashing down, hitting most of the Chu army who were unable to dodge on the ground.

Most of those who were hit were killed on the spot, and even a few were cut in half, and the broken parts were all bloody, which was extremely tragic.

The first round of mad attack was blocked by Guan Yu.

During the half-hour battle, hundreds of Chu soldiers were killed or injured. The blood stained the earth-colored city wall red, and the corpses at the base of the city wall were piled up high.

Huang Zhong, who was in the army formation, saw that Pengcheng was fortified and Guan Yu's defenders were quite tenacious, and he knew that with his current strength, it was impossible to conquer.

The Chu army, who was frustrated in the initial attack, could only gather their morale and continue to attack Pengcheng every second round by stepping on the corpses of their companions.

Guan Yu on the top of the city is still standing still like a towering iron tower, the blade in his hand is shining coldly, the red cloak is fluttering in the wind, and the big flag with the word "Guan" flying proudly above his head.

Facing the second round of strong attack by the Chu army, Guan Yu continued to command the battle calmly without any fear.

A ladder was overturned, countless enemy soldiers fell down the city, wood and rocks, and the red-hot molten iron were thrown at the enemy non-stop.

In the blink of an eye, it was another half hour of bloody battle. This time, not even one enemy could reach the top of the wall.

At the cost of hundreds of casualties, Guan Yu managed to block the surging enemies under the city wall.

Suddenly, an arrow pierced through the air and came straight towards Guan Yu.

Guan Yu didn't move at all, but when the arrow was within a short distance, he slightly tilted his head, and the tiger's palm protruded out like lightning.

That extremely powerful arrow was actually caught by his volley.

The Chu army under the city wall were all shocked when they saw Guan Yu catch the arrow with his bare hands. "Bring the bow!"

Guan Yu shouted angrily, and snatched a hard bow from one of his subordinates.

The bow is like a crescent moon, and the arrow is like a shooting star.

That sharp arrow, like the smile of death, pierced through the air.

"puff!"

The enemy soldier who was shooting the arrow with an arrow hit the forehead impartially.

Guan Yu's one-hundred-step magic shot, the Guan family athletes on the top of the city were deeply encouraged, and everyone cheered loudly.

The morale of the Chu army under the city was frustrated, and they all showed fear.

Morale went up and down one after another, and the Chu army's second round of attack soon sank again.

Seeing this, Huang Zhong outside the city knew that it would be useless to fight again, and regardless of Guo Tu's suspicion, he ordered the entire army to withdraw in the name of the general.

Seeing the enemy's retreat, Mi Fang, covered in blood, exclaimed excitedly: "General, the enemy has already retreated, why don't you take this opportunity to go out of the city, and kill him without leaving any behind."

According to the current situation, Guan Yu could have taken advantage of the victory to pursue.

However, Guan Yu valued this general who was unbeaten in fifty rounds against him very much, and had no intention of fighting to the death with him, so he wanted to give Huang Zhong some leeway.

What's more, although Huang Zhong withdrew his troops, his team was in order, obviously guarding against Guan Yu's army taking advantage of the situation to cover up the kill.

Thinking of this, Guan Yu waved his hands and said, "There is no need to chase, save some strength, and wait until tonight for a showdown."

So Guan Yu ordered the whole army not to pursue, and only used arrows to send off the defeated enemies.

In the afternoon, after leaving more than 700 corpses, the Chu army withdrew them all.

On the top of the city, the soldiers of the Chu army, who were victorious in blood, waved their blood-stained weapons, cheered and let out their pride.

Fighting in the daytime, it was already dark in a blink of an eye.

But at night, the army led by Liu He rushed to the bottom of Pengcheng. They were armed with advanced weapons such as Molotov cocktails and thunderbolt cars again. After a night of bloody battle, they finally broke through Pengcheng.