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Chapter 123 Mr. Yu breaks out

The pouring rain, like the Milky Way in the sky, covered the whole world in the water curtain.

The rainwater hit the cowhide tent, making a crackling sound.It added a bit of creepy atmosphere to the silent night.

Click, a bolt of lightning appeared.

The pale light shone on Zhang Mancheng's face, causing a ghostly aura to evaporate from that somewhat thin body.

He stood behind the door of the large tent of the Chinese army, watching the rain outside getting heavier and heavier, with his hands behind his back but he didn't say a word.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, there were more than a dozen pine oil torches, and the flames sprang up, illuminating the big tent very transparently.

Seventeen or eighteen Qu Shuai with yellow scarves on their heads sat quietly, and more than 30 eyes were fixed on Zhang Mancheng.

"Sun Xia."

After waiting for a long time, Zhang Mancheng spoke.

A Qu Shuai stood up, cupped his hands and said, "The end is here."

"Today is the first day since we attacked Wan County?"

Sun Xia thought for a while, "After tonight, it has been 29 days."

"What about our losses?"

"Marshal, in 29 days, we have killed or injured a total of more than 1 people. However, nearly [-] believers gathered from all over the world. Compared with when we first arrived in Wan County, the number has increased by more than [-]. And After this period of combat honing, he has initially met the commander's requirements, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers has increased ten times compared to the original."

"Twenty-three thousand people..."

Zhang Mancheng took a deep breath.There was still a smell of blood in the air, but it was much diluted by the rain.

He seemed to be talking to himself, "More than 3000 church members just disappeared? If we don't avenge this revenge, what should we do?"

In the big tent, the silence continued.

After a while, another Marshal Qu stood up, "Marshal, it's time to implement the plan."

"Zhao Hong, sit down first."

Zhang Mancheng waved his hands with a smile, then returned to the coach's seat and sat down, "I have always been optimistic about your talent. Among the twelve Daqu commanders in the south, you will have the highest future achievements. But just like other people from a poor family, you You can't calm down. You need to know that the more critical the time, the more you need to be calm as a general. In this regard, you are not as good as Feiyan."

"Master..."

Zhao Hong lowered his head a little ashamedly, with a look of Shi Shiran.

The handsome men in the big tent all laughed.This Zhao Hong is not like them, most of them come from mud-legged backgrounds, and they are serious settlers.Earlier, there was some Susukida in the family, who had studied martial arts and read books, and was one of the few generals who could read and write.

Zhang Mancheng also laughed for a while, and asked Zhao Hong to sit down.

The smile on his face gradually faded, and he said with a solemn expression: "After a series of hard battles, the officers and soldiers in Wan County must be almost done. To be honest, I really admire the general of Wan County. Faced with such a crazy attack, They can still persist. But their good luck should come to an end... Tonight, I will attack all four cities and take Wan County."

"I would like to be dispatched by the commander in chief."

"Zhao Hong..."

"The end is here!"

"I order you to lead your troops to attack the west gate. Remember, regardless of the loss, you must take down the west city and join me in the city. Sun Xia, I will give you two troops to attack the east gate; Han Zhong will lead two troops to attack the south city The rest of the generals will attack the northern city with the commander. The three cities in the east, west and south must maintain enough pressure on Wan County and launch an attack from Zishi."

"Here!"

The generals got up and stepped in to respond.

Watching the generals walk out of the big tent, Zhang Mancheng once again stood at the door of the Chinese military tent with his hands behind his back, muttering to himself, "It's time to end!"

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At midnight, the rain became heavier and heavier, making it impossible to even open your eyes.

The pine oil torch was extinguished and then lit, lit and then extinguished, the flames came and went, which looked extremely strange.In the three cities of Wan County, the sound of shouting and killing shook the sky.The Yellow Turban Army launched a general attack, like a tide of offensive, wave after wave.

The jars containing pine oil were thrown up and down the city, and the rain mixed with blood flowed down the city wall.

The offensive and defensive battle in Wan County has reached a fever pitch.At this moment, life no longer has any meaning.

Zhang Mancheng held the reins of the horse and put on his armor.

Holding the cold blade of the big knife tightly, looking at the silent Beicheng in the distance, he suddenly shouted: "Attack!"

These two words seemed to be squeezed out of the lungs, with a blunt bloody smell.

Almost at the moment when he issued the attack order, the war drums roared, and countless Yellow Turban soldiers rushed towards Beicheng.

The archers frantically shot towards the top of the city, and the ladder was built on the city wall.

The soldiers on the top of the city also frantically launched a counterattack. In an instant, the silent North City was drowned out by the sound of killing.

Dozens of soldiers, carrying thick rams, rushed to the city gate under the cover of archers.Their heads were covered with a huge piece of cowhide, and they were protected by shield bearers to prevent the stones from falling from the top of the city.Bang, bang, bang... The banger hit the city gate, and the city wall seemed to be trembling.

"There are people in the city, smash them to death!"

Numerous stones rained down, filled with pine oil, and were smashed down by the burning jar.

The shield blocked the attack of the stone, and the cowhide, which had been wet by rain, blocked the pine oil.

After hundreds of impacts, only a loud noise was heard, and the solid city gate was knocked open.The yellow turban soldiers were in high spirits, and launched an attack.Zhang Mancheng straddled the BMW and swung a sword in his hand, "Yellow Turban Warrior, follow me to attack!"

Behind them, there are two thousand cavalry troops, all of them are brightly armored.

This is also the most elite team in Zhang Mancheng's hands, a bit more elite than Li Damu's yellow scarf wrestlers.

Two thousand war horses charged in the rainy night, and the horseshoes splashed a puff of muddy water, which stuck to the yellow scarf soldiers next to them.

But everyone didn't care, and there was only one thought in their minds: to break through Wan County.

The impact of the cavalry was terrifying. Before Wanxian North Gate could react, Zhang Mancheng had already rushed into the city gate with his men.

But as soon as he entered the city gate, he found a strange circular urn.

Zhang Mancheng groaned inwardly, and was about to withdraw from Wan County, when he heard a loud bang, and a pile of earth, stone, bricks and tiles tilted down from the city gate tower, blocking half of the city gate in an instant.The Yellow Turban Army, who couldn't dodge in time, was smashed to death by hundreds of people.

Immediately afterwards, there was a sound of clappers on both sides of the Wengcheng.

Immediately after that, a group of archers appeared on the top of the city, and arrows rained down without saying a word.

There were more than 1000 people who followed Zhang Mancheng into the Urn City, shouting desperately, waving their weapons to dial Diao Ling.But migratory locusts are like raindrops, how can they completely block them?In addition, after entering the city, they found out that they had been tricked, and the Yellow Turban warriors also panicked.

Wengcheng is not just locusts, the simple city wall presents a trapezoidal slope.

There are logs on it, and if you look closely, you will find that most of them are beams in some houses.

A log that was hugged by two people, or a log that should be made of a house-building pillar, rolled down from the city wall that was several feet high.The strength of the rolling log itself, plus the distance and impact force generated by the slope of the city wall, when it fell down, it was extremely powerful.One by one, the yellow turban wrestlers were knocked off their horses by the rolling wood, and before they could stand up, the hoofs of the panicked horses around them had already trampled down.

Dong Bi, Sha Moke, and Qin Jie stood on the wall of the Wengcheng, looking expressionlessly at the struggling rebels in the Wengcheng.

"This is called catching a turtle in a urn!"

Dong Bi said coldly, then waved Shamoke to come up, pointed at Zhang Mancheng who was struggling for death, and said, "Third brother, that guy seems to be a leader, take him down, I want to live!"

"It's easy!"

Without saying a word, Shamoke picked up the barbed wire and ran down the city wall.

Since there are many logs on the city wall, Samoko, who grew up in the mountains, has a place to rely on.

He slid down the city wall three times and two times, and suddenly flew into the air when he was still three or four meters away.

"Rebel, hit it!"

The barbed wire thorns smashed towards Zhang Mancheng with the whistling sound of the wind.

Zhang Mancheng was already a little dazed, and he couldn't figure out why the other party came down from the urn city several feet high, and instinctively raised his knife to meet him.

clang!
The barbed wire terrier bone hit the knife shaft.Sha Moke's strength is not necessarily much weaker than Dong Pi's, and in addition, he is volleying down again, and his strength is even stronger.The blade of the knife was bent, Zhang Mancheng's arms were numb, and the tiger's mouth was dripping with blood.The huge impact made his chest feel tighter, and a mouthful of blood spewed out.The horse under his crotch screamed violently, and fell to his knees with a thump of all four hooves, throwing Zhang Mancheng off the horse.

Sha Moke also landed on his feet at this time, holding the barbed wire in one hand and Zhang Mancheng's belt in the other, and rushed towards the top of the city.

This may seem slow to say, but at the time it was just a blink of an eye.

The yellow turban wrestlers who were making the final counterattack didn't know what happened, so the coach was taken away.

Even more flustered, and the migratory locusts in Wengcheng became more dense.The wails of the yellow turban wrestlers and the screams of the war horses were mixed together.Dozens of yellow-turban soldiers crawling over the hill-like slope at the gate of the city happened to see the yellow-turban warriors who were shot by locusts like hedgehogs lying in a pool of blood, and saw their most respected commander being taken away. Time is a little confused.

Qin Jie was so excited that he ordered people to tie up Zhang Mancheng, who was captured by Sha Moke, and put him on the top of the wall.

"Taipingdao traitor, wait and see, who is this!"

Qin Jie yelled loudly at the Yellow Turban soldiers under Wan County.A few handsome men looked up and cried out in surprise: "It's the handsome man, he was caught by them!"

The Yellow Turban soldiers who were attacking frantically at first slowed down their attack.

"If you don't back down, don't blame the eunuch for being cruel and merciless, and kill your commander immediately!"

"Retreat, retreat!"

Several Qu Shuai yelled loudly, and immediately sent someone to notify the chief generals of the other city gates.

The shouting and killing gradually died down.Zhang Mancheng finally woke up and found that he was tied up with a rag in his mouth.

Under the city, Zhao Hong and others hurried over.

"Let go of my boss!"

Zhao Hong's eyes were red, and he roared sharply.Zhang Mancheng was like his biological father on behalf of him, and it can be said that he took great care of him.There are two famous father and son in Taipingdao, one is Zhang Niujiao and Chu Yan, and the other is Zhang Mancheng and Zhao Hong.Since joining Taiping Dao, Zhang Mancheng has attached great importance to Zhao Hong, and promoted him from an ordinary poor family to Qushuai.

Qin Jie was ecstatic when he found out who was being captured.

"Immediately retreat thirty miles, or I will kill your commander immediately."

what to do?You look at me, I look at you, all the handsome people lose their minds.Zhang Mancheng yelled, meaning to say, "Leave me alone and keep attacking..."

But with a piece of cloth stuffed in his mouth, no one else knew what he was talking about.

Watching Zhao Hong lead the people back slowly, Zhang Mancheng became anxious and passed out.

Seeing the Yellow Turbans retreat, Qin Jie and the others let out a sigh of relief.The design of the urn in the city can be said to be a pioneering work.In fact, it also proves that the effect of the urn city inside the city is more obvious than that of the urn city built outside the city.

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Zhang Mancheng was captured and the Yellow Turban soldiers were forced to retreat [-] li.

More than 20 days of crazy attacks fell short.The only gain is that the Yellow Turban Army is no longer a mob.

Zhao Hong ordered people to negotiate with Qin Jie, while Zhang Mancheng was imprisoned.

At this time, negotiation is just a means of delaying time.Wan County cannot be lost, and Zhang Mancheng cannot be let go. This is the common view of everyone.

But I also know in my heart that sooner or later the two sides will have another desperate contest.

The Yellow Turban Thieves won't delay for too long. If they keep holding on to Zhang Mancheng, they will sooner or later be unable to bear it.But if Zhang Mancheng is killed, it will only provoke the Yellow Turban Army to attack frantically.Now, time is running out, how to deal with it?

At dawn, Qin Jie summoned everyone in He Mansion.

In addition to Dong Pi, Qin Jie, Huang Zhong, Li Yan, Pang Degong, Kuai Liang, and Xu Huang, Dian Wei, Sha Moke, Huang Shao, and Ma Zhen were also invited to Nuo University's conference hall.As the chief planner of this strategy of catching the turtle in the urn, Huang Shao was recognized by Qin Jie and others.And Ma Zhen has really played a very crucial role during this period of time.

Many soldiers who suffered minor injuries returned to fighting soon after being treated by Ma Zhen and others.

In the past, these small injuries could have caused more harm and killed soldiers.Out of respect, Ma Zhen was naturally included in the banquet.

In this way, the people around Dong Bi have been recognized by almost everyone.

Today's Dong Bi is no longer just a warrior who was despised by everyone when he first came to Wan County.

In addition, there is a special character also joined in, that is the master of He Mansion, He Jin's father.

He Zhen is over [-] years old, has a broad body and a fat body, and is in good spirits.

He closed his eyes and sat in the top seat without saying a word.Originally, he didn't want to sit, but because of his status, he had to do it here.Above him are Duke Pang De and Qin Jie.

"Although Zhang Mancheng was caught, our situation is not very good."

Qin Jie said straight to the point: "The current plan, on the one hand, we must speed up the repair of the city wall, and on the other hand, we must try to delay the time and wait for the reinforcements to arrive."

Huang Shao frowned and said, "But the key question is, where are the reinforcements?"

In a word, everyone in the hall was silent.

Mrs. He suddenly opened his eyes, "Ten counties in Nanyang are lost, it is impossible for the court to not respond, and everyone has to hold their breath."

Dong Bi said: "Grandpa, it's not that we don't hold our breath, but that if the reinforcements don't show up, we really can't support for too long...Old Huang, tell the old man the latest battle report. To be honest, our losses are very large. big."

Huang Shao nodded, "Grandpa, if you add the battle on the 27th of the first lunar month, Wan County has been trapped for a full 30 days. In the 30 days, more than 8000 people have died, and more than 3000 soldiers have been seriously injured. Their lives are dying." Save it. Mr. Kuai and I did some calculations just now, and our arrows are depleted, and more than half of our troops have been lost."

Kuai Liang said: "If we hadn't temporarily summoned the people of Wan County to help defend the city, our losses would have been even greater."

Mrs. He's face was a little gloomy.

Dong Pi and Huang Shao's attitudes are not bad, but what Kuai Liang said...

I also know that my identity as a son of the Tu family is not accepted by Kuai Liang and other scholars.If it wasn't for his son or daughter, he might not even be eligible to attend.However, Wanxian's loss was beyond expectations. He Zhen opened his mouth, but didn't speak again.

Qin Jie said, "Everyone tell me, what should I do?"

Mr. Pang De thought for a while, "The imperial court has not seen reinforcements so far. There is only one possibility. It's not that there are no reinforcements, but that they are being held back by the rebels. It seems that we have all underestimated the power of the rebels. Among the rebels, there is a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger. .”

Being held back by the rebels?

In fact, everyone knows that Mr. Pang De said this in a pleasant way.

To put it bluntly, the reinforcements might have been repulsed.Although everyone has such an idea, they dare not say it.

Mr. Pang De's words are equivalent to piercing the little hope in everyone's hearts.

How to do?How to do?
Qin Jie took a deep breath, stood up suddenly and said loudly: "Even if the reinforcements are held back by the rebels as Duke Pang said, we still have to try to let the court and the world know that Nanyang is not lost, and Nanyang is still in my hands. .Wan County will not be lost, and Nanyang will not perish. I, Qin Jie, will live and die with Wan County.”

Dong Bi was laughing wildly in his heart, but he wanted to show a very excited look on his face.

These scholar-bureaucrats are really cute sometimes.At this time, you still want to shout slogans?Is it really useful?
However, what Qin Jie said was not unreasonable.

The sooner the imperial court knew that Wan County had not been lost, the sooner the reinforcements would arrive.

But the question is, how to let the court know about this?Also, how can we hold Wan County and persist until the reinforcements arrive?
Pang Degong said: "The best way to plan now is to find a brave general, break out of the siege, and go to Luoyang to seek reinforcements. This person must be extremely skilled in martial arts, and he must be very clever. The most important thing is that he has someone in the court. relation."

If you want to talk about bravery, there are quite a few of you here.

Huang Zhong, Dian Wei, Sha Moke, and Xu Huang all have unstoppable courage.

But if we talk about cleverness, Dian Wei and Samoko will be eliminated first.If there are connections in the court, Huang Zhong and Xu Huang are out of the picture.

These four people are gone, who else?

Li Yan, Wenpin?It seems to be a little worse.

Pairs of eyes fell on Dong Bi's body involuntarily.

Dong Bi was taken aback, and said to the crowd with a wry smile, "You don't mean to ask me to deliver the letter, do you?"

Mr. Pang De, Qin Jie, and Mrs. He looked at each other and smiled, stood up at the same time and said: "Except Mr. Pi, there is no other suitable person."

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