The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 117 Chapter 117

"boom!"

A loud noise sounded at Zang Ba's feet, and the boulder hit the ground, stirring up countless stone chips. Zang Ba hurriedly used his shield to protect his body, blocking the stone chips.

At this time, Zang Ba felt a little terrified. If he hadn't dodged in time just now, he would have been crushed to death by the boulder.

The ladder had already been set up. Zang Ba bit the blade of the long knife with his teeth, held the shield in one hand, and supported the ladder with the other, and quickly climbed up.

As soon as he climbed halfway, Han Meng pushed the ladder away from the city wall on the tower.

Zang Ba's body fell backwards along with the ladder, and at the moment when the ladder was about to hit the ground, he jumped off the ladder first, and rolled on the ground as soon as his feet hit the ground.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

Several arrows pierced fiercely on the ground where Zang Ba rolled. If he was a little slower, he might be shot by the arrows.

There were many dangers, but Zang Ba was not afraid. He took down the long knife with his right hand, blocked the incoming arrows with his shield, and rushed down the city wall again while waving the long knife.

Han Meng on the tower saw Zang Ba's strength, so he shouted to the archers behind him: "All aim at Zang Ba, shoot him to death!"

Following Han Meng's order, Zang Ba immediately became the target of public criticism, and the archers unleashed their bows and arrows one after another, shooting at Zang Ba.

Zang Ba held the shield, curled up tightly under the shield, and never dared to show his head in the face of the arrows that came like a rainstorm.

Zang Ba is like a flat boat in the huge sea, which is under the attack of huge waves. A small shield can't bear his huge body at all. He tried his best to protect his body while retreating quickly.

"Combine!"

Suddenly, a loud shout sounded in Zang Ba's ear, and a figure also holding a shield appeared beside Zang Ba in an instant. It was Wu Dun, the commander of his army.

Wu Dun held up his shield, and leaned tightly in front of Zang Ba. With his loud cry, more and more shield soldiers gathered towards Zang Ba. The shields were closely connected, and soon formed a side. The impenetrable defensive wall blocked all the arrows outside.

At the same time, Sun Guan led the archers and rushed over, shooting arrows at the defenders on the city wall, while Chang Xi led another wave of soldiers, rushed to the side of the city wall recklessly, set up a ladder, and began to climb up .

Zang Ba's efforts earned the indignation of the entire army, Wu Dun, Sun Guan, and Chang Xi all led their troops to rush over, launching the last fierce attack on Gaotang County!
"Okay! Now that everyone is here, let's go together. Today, no matter what, we must capture Gaotang County!" Zang Ba was relieved to see such a scene, and said loudly.

"Here!" Everyone replied in unison.

The morale of Xuzhou's soldiers improved a lot immediately, and all the people rushed over together, leaving only hundreds of cavalry watching from a distance, but the horses under their seats were also restless and eager to try.

Under the cover of the shield wall, Zang Ba, Wu Dun and others began to move forward step by step. Sun Guan took the bow and arrow and led the archers to shoot arrows towards the city wall, while Chang Xi led people to the city gate. The soldier held a huge log with a sharpened head and slammed it violently towards the city gate.

The ladders were erected one after another and erected on the city wall. Xuzhou soldiers climbed up desperately.

All of a sudden, the Xuzhou soldiers' offensive became more violent, and Han Meng, who commanded on the tower, was also the first to take care of him. He ordered the archers to shoot arrows and pushed the ladder away, In the blink of an eye, Han Meng was exhausted and extremely busy.

The boulders were thrown down one by one, but the Xuzhou soldiers persevered without fear. One was killed, and the other was added, and continued to hit the gate of Gaotang County violently.

Under the city wall, one ladder was pushed down, and another ladder was put up again. Xuzhou soldiers moved forward bravely, climbing the ladder quickly, or were shot to death by arrows, or pushed down together with the ladder. Fall to the ground and hurt.

Zang Ba and Wu Dun soon came to the bottom of the city wall. Under the cover of the shield wall, Zang Ba suddenly handed over the shield in his hand to Wu Dun, while he himself held a long knife, and ran to the left side of the city wall in a short time. side, and then drilled into the crowd.

Zang Ba gathered a group of soldiers and whispered something to them. The soldiers nodded and immediately put a ladder on the city wall.

He boarded the ladder without hesitation, holding a knife in one hand and holding the ladder in the other, climbing up as fast as he could.

Yuan Bing, who was guarding the city, hurried over and pushed away the ladder. At the same time, another ladder was set up beside Zang Ba. He jumped directly on the ladder with his strength and continued to climb up.

Seeing this, Yuan Jun's archers rushed to shoot arrows, but Zang Ba blocked them with his sword.

Seeing that Zang Ba was about to climb the city wall, Yuan Bing panicked and hurried over to push away the ladder.Unexpectedly, as soon as Yuan Bing's hands touched the ladder, Zang Ba jumped again with his strength, and jumped directly on the ladder erected beside him. Stepping on the ladder, he continued to climb upwards, getting closer and closer to the city wall up.

Yuan Bing was taken aback. It was the first time they had seen this way of climbing the city. In a panic, a few people rushed over, trying to push away the ladder that Zang Ba was stepping on.

But it was too late at this time, Zang Ba had already boarded the top of the city, jumped, swung the long knife in his hand, hacked a Yuan soldier to death, and fell directly on the city wall, becoming the first person to climb the city.

As soon as Zang Ba climbed up the city wall, he swung his sword and beheaded Yuan Bing immediately. Yuan soldiers couldn't resist, so Zang Ba killed a piece of ground.

One by one Xuzhou soldiers followed Zang Ba, climbed up the city wall from the ladder, fought side by side with Zang Ba, and beheaded Yuan Bing together.

Han Mengshang was commanding the soldiers to defend above the gate of the city, when he suddenly heard a series of screams from the right, he turned his head and looked over, and was shocked to see Zang Ba and Xuzhou soldiers fighting hard, which surprised him.

"boom!"

A loud noise came from the gate of the city, and the Xuzhou soldiers led by Chang Xi finally smashed open the gate of Gaotang County after persistent and violent impact.

As soon as the city gate opened here, Wu Dun and others under the city wall rushed towards the gate of the city immediately, and rushed into the city along the gate.

For a moment, the top of the city was lost and the city gate was knocked open. Yuan Jun's morale suddenly plummeted, and Han Meng was even more annoyed. Xuzhou soldiers engaged in street fighting.

"Whoosh!"

An arrow pierced the sky and flew straight towards Han Meng. He was taken aback and hurriedly dodged. Although he avoided the vital point, he was still hit by the arrow on the left shoulder socket, and immediately blood flowed down the armor. drip.

Han Meng was injured, so he looked in the direction of the arrow, but he saw that the person who shot him was Sun Guan, and Sun Guan saw that Han Meng was not killed by one arrow, so he made another arrow, and the second arrow was flying quickly. Fly to Han Meng.

Han Meng picked up a long knife in his hand, blocked the arrow directly, looked left and right, saw that the general situation was gone, and he was injured again, turned around and went down the tower, and retreated into the city under the personal guard.

Thousands of soldiers from Xuzhou poured into Gaotang County. Zang Ba led his men and quickly captured the city tower.

Seeing the flag fluttering, the Xuzhou soldiers marched forward bravely, and under the leadership of Wu Dun and Chang Xi, they rushed to the city.

Outside the city, hundreds of cavalry also rushed into the city. Zang Ba ran down from the tower, turned over and mounted a horse, put a long knife into the scabbard, picked up a long spear, and led the cavalry towards the city. kill.

For a while, Gaotang County was in chaos, and the sound of fighting was endless. Yuan Jun, who had been guarding for two days, continued to fight against Xuzhou soldiers in the streets and alleys under the leadership of Han Meng, but there were so many soldiers in Xuzhou. They were so brave and unstoppable that Han Meng retreated steadily.

Soon, Zang Ba rushed to the front line with his cavalry, and ordered Wu Dun and Chang Xi to go round to the two wings to outflank, while he rushed forward with his cavalry, threatening to capture Han Meng.

Seeing that the general situation was over, Han Meng fled to the stables under the guard of more than a hundred personal followers, got on his horse and fled from the north gate.

Twilight was falling, and the setting sun had completely sunk into the horizon. In Gaotang County, Xuzhou soldiers were clearing up. After Han Meng led his entourage to escape, the remaining hundreds of Yuan soldiers could not resist for long. Before night fell, It has been completely wiped out by Xuzhou soldiers.

Zang Ba took his cavalry and searched all over the city, but he never saw Han Meng's shadow. It wasn't until the scouts came from outside the city that he realized that Han Meng fled eastward with the remaining hundred or so cavalry.

Since it was no longer possible to pursue, Zang Ba had no choice but to order to rest in the city, while counting the number of dead and burying the corpses.

When night fell, Yuan Tan and Guo Tu led more than a thousand remnants into the boundary of Gaotang County. They learned from the scouts that Gaotang County had also been captured by Xuzhou soldiers. The army went to Ande County, hoping to cross the Yellow River north from Ande County and enter Hebei.

Ande County is located on the north bank of the Yellow River, but there is also some land on the south bank, and there is a Yellow River ferry, which echoes the ferry in Gaotang County.

Since Gaotang County had been occupied by Zang Ba, Yuan Tan, Guo Tu and others did not dare to rush in easily, so they chose to go east to Ande County, planning to cross the Yellow River north from that ferry and enter Hebei.

As long as they entered Hebei, Yuan Tan, Guo Tu and others were truly safe.

A group of people headed to Ande County in the starry night, and met Han Meng, Chun Yuqiong, Jiang Qi and others by chance along the way.

When we arrived at the ferry in Ande County, it was already the ugly time of the second day. Fortunately, there were still some ferry boats here. However, due to the darkness and the difficulty of distinguishing the night, all the people were exhausted, so they decided to rest here. The next day Cross the river again.

At dawn the next day, Yuan Tan, Guo Tu, Han Meng, Chunyu Qiong, Jiang Qi and more than [-] people crossed the river in batches. After a lot of tossing, the group finally crossed the Yellow River and arrived in Hebei.

Suddenly, a wave of soldiers and horses rolled in from a distance, and the dust was flying. Yuan Tan and others were terrified and secretly guessed, could it be that Xuzhou soldiers had already crossed the Yellow River and were waiting here?
Yuan Tan immediately ordered the whole army to prepare for battle and stand ready for battle.

When the soldiers and horses gradually approached, Yuan Tan finally saw that the soldiers and horses that came were flying Yuan Jun's military flag, and the leader was Xu You.

It turned out that when Xu You returned to Hebei, he expected Yuan Tan to be defeated, so he went to Ganling and persuaded Yuan Shao's general Jiang Yiqu, who was stationed there, to borrow three thousand troops to come to help.

Unexpectedly, when Xu Yougang led his army into Pingyuan City, he heard that Gaotang County had been captured by Zang Ba, and Yuan Tan and others were nowhere to be found.So he guessed that Yuan Tan would definitely cross north from Ande County, so he led the army to meet him.

After Yuan Tan learned of all this, he was very regretful. If he had followed Xu You's advice and retreated to advance, perhaps he would not have suffered such a big defeat.

Seeing this, Xu You hurriedly said: "The matter has come to this point, and it is too late for the eldest son to regret. The eldest son led an army of [-] to fight for Qingzhou, but now he returned in a complete defeat, leaving only two thousand remnants. The lord will definitely blame him." Eldest son. Eldest son, let's think about how to deal with the punishment of the lord! In addition, the eldest son should quickly block the ferry along the river to prevent Xuzhou soldiers from crossing north. Otherwise, once the Xuzhou soldiers enter Hebei, the lord will definitely not let go It belongs to the eldest son!"

After hearing this, Yuan Tan immediately followed what Xu You said and sent troops to block the ferry.After that, he entered Pingyuan City together with Xu You, and according to Xu You's suggestion, he took the initiative to write a letter of guilt, and sent someone to hand it to Yuan Shao in Yecheng, and he waited for Yuan Shao's punishment in Pingyuan City...

(End of this chapter)