The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 494 493 Jingzhou Storm (5)

Zhang Xiu quickly withdrew the army, but did not go far. Instead, he led his cavalry, galloped on the frozen moat, and drove around the city wall towards the south gate. The cavalry he led also rode their horses. Running wildly, he shot arrows towards the city wall, shooting and killing the defenders standing on the city wall.

After a while, the cavalry came to the south gate like a roar. Zhang Xiu asked the cavalry to shoot arrows at the city wall continuously to suppress the defenders on the south gate. The ram hit the city gate violently.

Due to the freezing weather, the moat was covered with a thick layer of ice, and Zhang Xiu's cavalry unit had no obstacles, and all the cavalry came to the gate of the city, densely packed, lined up in several rows, and kept going up the tower. archery.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

A muffled sound kept ringing in the ears of Yangdi's defenders, like boulders hitting his heart directly. Although they were anxious, they were powerless, because there were constantly sharp arrows above their heads. As they whizzed past, the defenders stuck tightly to the city wall, not daring to show their heads.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

The arrows shot endlessly, completely suppressing the defenders on the city tower. After seeing Zhang Xiu at the bottom of the city, he felt an inexplicable excitement in his heart. One point more than expected.

Inside the city gate, the defenders came to support one after another, blocking the city gate with huge wooden bolts, and people pushed the city gate hard to prevent the enemy from breaking through the city gate.

The defenders were all evolved from the militia. Although they often trained, they had never been on the battlefield. This battle was the first time they fought the enemy desperately.In the first battle, they faced fierce attacks from the enemy, so many people were a little afraid and did not dare to fight back.

"Raise soldiers for a thousand days and use them for a while. Now is the time of life and death. If we continue to be so timid, Yangdi City will definitely be breached by the enemy. On the day of breaking the city, we may not be able to survive. Since we are all one Death, everyone might as well muster up your courage and fight the enemy army, maybe there is still a glimmer of life." Suddenly, a man in the clothes of an ordinary soldier said with a livid face.

As soon as the words fell, the man lifted a huge stone at his feet, risking being shot by arrows at any time, and smashed the stone fiercely into the enemy camp below the city. With a scream, a cavalryman was hit in the head directly and fell off the horse.

After the man smashed the boulder, he hid quickly, and countless arrows flew above his head, which was really dangerous.At this time, this person's heart was beating very violently, beating wildly, and even he was surprised by his actions just now.

The people around him have seen this man's bravery, they all know this man, this man has always been the least courageous soldier in the army, and is often ridiculed and teased by the big guys, but at critical moments, they don't know where his courage comes from, He actually made such a move.

The rest of the people felt very ashamed and encouraged, so one after another soldiers began to risk their lives and began to fight back against the enemy troops below the city.

One pass to ten, ten to one hundred, and soon, the soldiers guarding the city united as one, risking being shot to death by arrows, and began to fight back desperately.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

The arrows came and went, flying around the city wall. Many defenders on the city wall were shot to death, but they didn't know where the courage came from. Fight back.Moreover, these actions quickly infected everyone in the city. When a person falls on the city wall, another person will soon fill it up. Moreover, there are special people who are responsible for carrying away the dead and the injured. Go to the city for medical treatment.

Not long after, Yang Xiu rushed over with the army. He personally boarded the tower, shot the arrow, and commanded the battle.Yang Xiu saw that the enemy army at the gate of the city was violently hitting the gate, and it was about to break through, so Yang Xiu ordered all the soldiers to concentrate on attacking the gate of the city.

Zhang Xiu's subordinates suffered a fierce attack. The siege troops at the gate of the city suffered heavy losses, and the tenacious counterattack of the defenders also caused a lot of casualties for his cavalry. Boulders and arrows fell from the tower, and corpses near the city wall Heaps of blood flowed into rivers, and the blood dyed the snow-covered area into a blood-colored swamp. Arrows and stones were everywhere.

Zhang Xiu frowned tightly, looking at the rising casualties and the tenacious resistance of the defenders, in desperation, he had to order to change the direction of the attack again.

Once the order was issued, thousands of cavalry, led by Zhang Xiu, turned to the west gate, intending to break through from the west gate.

However, as soon as Zhang Xiu arrived at the west gate, Yang Xiu brought people to the west gate to defend. He still resisted to the death, and people could still be seen on the tower.

It wasn't until this time that Zhang Xiu finally understood that the city he was attacking, the army and the people were united and resisting with all their strength. No matter how he attacked, the defenders in the city would always fill in the gaps.In contrast, Zhang Xiu had only a few thousand soldiers and horses, and it would be very difficult to capture the city.The most important thing is that all Zhang Xiu brought were cavalry, without any siege equipment, they could not carry out a fatal blow to the soldiers and civilians in the city.

"Proceed with the order, the whole army retreats!" The fierce battle was going on, but Zhang Xiu maintained a calm mind, made a decision in an instant, and let the herald around him pass on the order.

The attack came to an abrupt end, and Zhang Xiu led his cavalry to retreat one after another. Instead of attacking Yangdi City, he retreated to Juntai in the south of Yangdi City, and sent people to urge the army behind him to speed up the march.

This battle was won by the heroic fighting of the defenders. However, the casualties in the city were also very heavy. The enemy only suffered more than a thousand casualties, but there were already as many as 2000 people in the city, and they were still on the defensive.

But no matter what, Yang Xiu and others defended the first wave of the enemy's attack. Those soldiers who had never participated in the battle also had a battle experience. The next time they fight, they will definitely behave more actively.

The enemy army retreated, but Yang Xiu was not happy, because he knew that the enemy army was only retreating temporarily. Once the enemy army arrived in Yangdi, Yangdi City would face the most violent attack. At that time, can it be defended? Living in the city is still unknown.

Moreover, the cold weather also brought convenience to the enemy army. The water in the moat was frozen, and the enemy army could freely pass through the glacier and reach the city of Yangdi.

For this reason, Yang Xiu had an idea and sent people out of the city to cut open the ice layer above the moat, then use a bucket to pick out all the water in the moat and pour it on the edge of the city wall.In addition, people were specially ordered to block the source of the Yingshui River pouring into the moat. After the source was cut off, the rest would be all by manpower.

There are many people in Yangdi City. Tens of thousands of people spontaneously joined in the activities of carrying water. They scooped buckets of water out of the moat and poured them near the city wall. The water on the road quickly froze.

In addition, Yang Xiu also had people pour water on the city wall, turning the entire city wall into a frozen wall.

Everyone gathers firewood, the fire is high, and there are many people with great strength. After everyone's unremitting efforts, the water in the moat was completely empty after only half a day. If the suspension bridge is not put down, the enemy cannot jump over this trench at all.

After all this work, Yang Xiu was able to sit back and relax. After entering the city, he personally visited the families of those who died in the battle, distributed pensions, and visited the injured soldiers and civilians.

A series of behaviors of Yang Xiu were seen and remembered by the soldiers and civilians, and they were all very moved, and expressed their willingness to go through fire and water for Yang Xiu, a good prefect, even if they sacrificed their lives.

Next, Yang Xiu once again sent people to rush to repair the ice wall at the north pier, and quickly plugged the gap. Everything was ready, just waiting for the enemy's attack.

Zhang Xiu's army marched a bit slowly because of the heavy snow. Zhang Xiu's favorite general Hu Che'er was in charge of leading this army.

Hu Che'er is tall and burly, with a very strong physique. Not only can he be used to fighting, but he is also an out-and-out strongman.It is said that Hu Che'er carried five hundred catties and traveled seven hundred miles a day.Of course, such a statement is a bit too exaggerated, but it is enough to prove Hu Che'er's ability.

However, although Hu Che'er is brave and good at fighting and has great strength, but because his face is very similar to that of Hu people, in the eyes of the Central Plains people, he is a different kind.

Hu Che'er's mother is a Han, and he doesn't know who his father is. His mother died after giving birth to him. He has been raised by his grandfather. Later, Liangzhou was in turmoil, and Hu Che'er followed On the way of fleeing, grandpa was killed by a barbarian. When the barbarian raised his butcher knife to kill Hu Che'er, he was saved by Zhang Xiu's father.From then on, Hu Che'er grew up with Zhang Xiu in Zhang's mansion, and Zhang Xiu's father named Hu Che'er. When teaching Zhang Xiu's martial arts, he did not shy away from Hu Che'er, but let Hu Che'er Che'er also followed suit.

Later, Zhang Xiu's father was seriously injured in a battle and was about to die. Before he died, he called Hu Che'er to his side and told Hu Che'er to protect Zhang Xiu from now on in return for saving Hu Che'er. Che'er's kindness.

Hu Che'er is a person who values ​​love and righteousness, and was raised by Zhang Xiu's father. He is very grateful to Zhang, and since then he regards Zhang Xiu as his own master and protects Zhang Xiu all the time.

Hu Che'er was on the march when he suddenly saw a scout coming in front of him and conveyed Zhang Xiu's order to him, telling him to speed up the march, and he must arrive at Yangdi City before dark tomorrow.

After Hu Che'er received the order, he immediately ordered the army to speed up the march and go to Yangdi City.

(End of this chapter)