The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 273 Chapter 272
The dark sky was covered with a thick layer of dark clouds, large and large black clouds, which pressed the sky very low, like a broken wall that was about to collapse.

Anyi City stands alone in the middle of the snowfield, the broken "Han" flag on the city wall trembles in the howling wind, and the same broken city wall has already been stained red with blood.

At the foot of the city wall, there was a mountain of corpses. The blood soaked almost every inch of the ground outside the city wall, forming a large, disgusting dark red swamp. Countless mutilated limbs, shattered heads, and broken weapons were scattered all over the place. Around the dark red swamp.

Outside the city wall, Yuan Shao's army had already surrounded the place, and thousands of soldiers were preparing for a new round of charge.

Outside the east gate of Anyi City, Gao Gan, the governor of Bingzhou, was riding a tall horse, wearing a helmet and armor, standing quietly on a high slope, waving the whip in his hand, and was actively commanding.

But I saw thousands of Yuan Jun soldiers gathered from all directions, and finally all gathered in an open area outside the east gate, all of them gearing up, and when Gao Gan gave an order, these people would swarm up and face An Yicheng launched a fierce charge.

On the wall of Anyi City, the prefect Jia Kui had suffered several arrow wounds on his body. He just wrapped it with a bandage casually, but he had no intention of leaving. Standing beside him was a group of strong men in various clothes. The wounds were all bloody, and the face looked extremely tired.

There were fewer troops in Hedong, and they were completely wiped out by Yuan Jun at the beginning of the war. These strong men standing on the city wall and responsible for guarding the city were all spontaneously organized militias and local people.

Jia Kui has served as the governor of Hedong for five years. He has managed Hedong in an orderly manner and the law and order are very stable. The people live and work in peace and contentment, and Jia Kui himself is deeply loved by the local people.

It is precisely because of the tenacity of these people that Anyi City was not captured by Yuan Jun, and it has persisted until today.

There is sufficient food and fodder in Anyi City, the only thing lacking is the source of soldiers. Young and middle-aged people spontaneously go to the top of the city to defend against foreign enemies. Women, old people, and children are responsible for arranging the wounded, cooking, and burying corpses in the city. In short, the entire Anyi City Tens of thousands of people gathered together at this moment, united as one, vowed to follow Jia Kui to defend their home and country, and vowed to live and die with Anyi City.

Jia Kui stood on the city wall and looked out of the city. Seeing that Gao Gan had gathered a group of people and was about to launch another attack, he immediately ordered all the strong men in charge of defense to prepare for defense.

The high officials outside the city have been standing in the cold wind, and their bodies have been blown through by the cold wind. He brought a total of [-] troops this time. Starting from Shangdang's crossing of Huotai Mountain, he led the army all the way south, conquering Yang County, Counties such as Xiangling, Linfen, Jiangyi, and Wenxi played triumphant songs along the way, and most of the places they passed were surrendered upon hearing the wind, without much effort at all.

Gao Gan thought that things would go on so smoothly forever, but he didn't know that when the army arrived in Anyi, the county town of Hedong County, they encountered stubborn resistance.For three days in a row, Gao Gan has not even climbed up the tower of Anyi City, and he has killed thousands of people, not to mention how uncomfortable he is.

Gao Gan saw that the soldiers in front had already formed a phalanx, so he waved the horsewhip in his hand, slapped the whip in the air, pointed at Anyi City and shouted: "Attack!"

Following Gao Gan's order, three thousand soldiers rushed forward and rushed towards Anyi City desperately. Looking from a distance, it was densely packed.

"Archers get ready!" Seeing Yuan Jun launching another round of attack, Jia Kui raised his hand and shouted loudly.

On the city wall, there are only hundreds of strong men holding bows and arrows. Most of them are hunters, or have practiced bows and arrows. After all, these are militiamen and ordinary people who came to defend the city spontaneously. There is only so much.After they heard Jia Kui's voice, they drew their bows and arrows one after another, put the arrows on the bowstring, and waited for Jia Kui's order with all their attention.

"Don't worry, hold it steady for me! Wait until they get closer before shooting!" Jia Kui took full charge of commanding the battle. In the past two days, he has already gained a lot of experience.

After a while, when Jia Kui saw that Yuan Jun's soldiers were about to rush to the frozen moat, he immediately ordered: "Shoot the arrows!"

Following Jia Kui's order, hundreds of archers loosened their bowstrings one after another, and the arrows resting on the bowstring, with the help of the explosive force of the bowstring, quickly flew towards the Yuan Jun soldiers who were running over.

As soon as the arrow on this side was shot, the archer on the other side began to draw out the second arrow, skillfully drew the bow and opened the arrow, and shot the arrows in the quiver one by one at the enemies rushing outside the city .

Although these archers shoot fast, their accuracy is not very high, and the number of them is small, so they cannot suppress firepower at all. However, the soldiers of the Yuan army who rushed over were all battle-tested, holding a shield, and kept firing. Blocking the incoming arrows, after the two clusters of arrows were shot, only two hundred soldiers of Yuan Jun were hit by the arrows, and the army was rapidly approaching the city wall.

Soon, Yuan Jun soldiers braved the rain of arrows and rushed to the bottom of the city wall. They carried the ladder and directly erected the ladder. reward.In addition, more than 100 people pushed the siege vehicles to the gate of the city, and began to hit the gate with rams continuously, making dull bangs.

On the city wall, Jia Kui knew that these archers were of no use at all, so he had people prepare the defenses early on, lifted up the stones piled up on the city tower, and began to smash down.At the same time, some strong men were also responsible for overturning the raised ladders, and the two armies launched a new round of bloody battles on both sides of the city wall.

Outside the city, Gao Gan was watching the battle anxiously. Although the three thousand elite soldiers rushed under the city wall, it was still difficult to break into the city.

But Gao Gan doesn't care about this, he has already issued a death order, and today he will attack the city no matter what, for this reason, he spared no expense, and offered a heavy reward, the first person to climb the city will be rewarded with a hundred gold, who can cut down Jia Kui's Head, reward thousands of gold.

As the saying goes, there must be a brave man under a heavy reward. This sentence is not false at all. After the three thousand Yuan Jun soldiers suffered heavy losses in the previous two days, this time they regained their courage. To chew it off.

Yuan Jun's attack was thwarted, but he was still not discouraged. The commander in charge of the battle was Guo Yuan, a general under Gao Gan's tent. , From the ground to the city wall, shoot upwards.

After all, the generals of Yuan Jun were all trained regular soldiers, and the archers were also professional. After five hundred arrows hit the city wall, they killed more than 300 people at once, and dozens of them were injured. , Immediately reduced the defensive force on the city wall.

After Guo Yuan tasted the sweetness, he continued to use this method to shoot arrows on the city wall. Yuan Jun's archer, who shot fast and accurate, shot three times in a row, and was able to successfully suppress the defensive force on the city wall. The defenders dared not show their faces again.

As a result, Guo Yuan was overjoyed and immediately asked the archers to continue shooting, while he quickly ran to the top of the city wall and directed the soldiers to erect the ladder again.

Guo Yuan was agile and climbed quickly. Holding the ladder with one hand and the saber with the other, he climbed up the city wall in a short while.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Guo Yuan showed his face, the defenders who had been hiding behind the female wall suddenly stabbed more than a dozen long spears. He was shocked, and hurriedly lowered his head, avoiding a catastrophe.

However, the other soldiers who climbed up the city wall with him were not so lucky. Because they couldn't dodge in time, many blood holes were stabbed out of their bodies immediately. With a scream, they fell backwards and fell directly from the sky. The one fell to the ground, fell directly to pieces, and died.

Guo Yuan gritted his teeth, waved the saber in his hand, and directly held the long spear that had not been retracted. Then he let out a loud shout and jumped. With the help of the elastic force of the ladder, he crossed the female wall and jumped directly onto the tower. When he landed, he swung his knife and slashed, knocking down two defenders one after another, and only then did he kill a piece of land on the top of the city.

"call!"

More than a dozen long spears stabbed towards Guo Yuan from all directions. Guo Yuan ducked his head as soon as he lowered his head. past.

"puff!"

As soon as the knife went down, blood flowed from the abdomen of the three defenders, and they let go of the spears in their hands in pain, clutching their stomachs and screaming.And Guo Yuan broke through the encirclement in an instant, turned around, swung his long knife, and chopped off the head of another spearman, blood spurted out, and then he killed more and more courageously. In just a moment, he killed one after another. Several garrison soldiers.

Suddenly, Guo Yuan suddenly saw Jia Kui standing not far in front of him. His eyes lit up, he slashed wildly, beheaded several people, forced the rest away, jumped forward, and arrived at Jia Kui. In front of him, without saying a word, he swung his knife and slashed, with great excitement on his face, thinking that if he killed Jia Kui, he would not only get a thousand gold rewards, but also might make the defenders fall into a leaderless state. , In this way, the city can be breached.

Seeing Guo Yuan approaching fiercely, Jia Kui was taken aback. It was too late to escape, and he backed up again and again, but he didn't want his back to hit the pillar of the tower, thinking: "My life is over!"

Just at this critical moment, a black shadow suddenly stabbed out obliquely, and a long sword abruptly stopped Guo Yuan's long knife, and the sword collided with a buzzing sound.

Immediately afterwards, a tingling feeling came from the long knife. Guo Yuan's hand holding the handle suddenly felt like a needle was inserted, and the pain was severe. out, flew into the sky.

Guo Yuan hadn't realized what happened, but when he saw the gleaming long sword stabbing towards him, he was taken aback, and hurriedly backed away, but it was too late, the icy sword tip directly pierced him Blood flowed from the socket of his shoulder immediately.

With a loud "bang", Guo Yuan received a firm kick in the chest, and was kicked by the black shadow, leaping over the parapet and flying out of the city.

"what--"

Guo Yuan screamed, and his body kept falling. A moment later, his back hit a soft mass with a bang, and then his body was bounced, and he rolled to the ground involuntarily.What's more, the blood in his chest and abdomen surged, and he felt a sweetness in his throat, and spit out a mouthful of blood.

He turned his face to the side, and only then did he see clearly that he had fallen into the pile of corpses. If the pile of corpses hadn't blocked him for a while, he might have fallen to his death.

But even so, he was also seriously injured, one of his arms was broken, and there were bursts of pain in his chest and shoulder sockets.

At this time, on the wall of Anyi City, a black shadow was seen swimming around, with a long sword in hand, stabbing to death the soldiers of Yuan Jun who were trying to climb up the wall one after another, and managed to hold a piece of the city by himself.

After seeing the rest of the defenders, they were all encouraged, their morale was greatly boosted, and they started to fight back frantically. It only took a while to repel the Yuan army who came to attack the city.

Yuan Jun's siege ended in failure again, Guo Yuan was also injured, and fled with the soldiers in a hurry...

(End of this chapter)