The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 499 498 Jingzhou Storm (10)

"attack!"

Following Zhang Xiu's order, the troops located at the south gate and east gate immediately launched a fierce attack on Yangdi City. The army swarmed up like densely packed ants, and the soldiers seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood. , Excited, fearless and brave.

Especially at the east gate, Hu Che'er led elite soldiers and launched the most violent attack on the east gate.

As for the south gate, Yang Xiu personally commanded the army. The troops were hiding in the urn, watching the swarming soldiers. He was always ready, waiting for the enemy to approach, and set fire to the enemy again.

This time, Zhang Xiu also became extremely cautious. Although the army swarmed in, they stopped outside the city wall, and the soldiers were secretly observing every move in the urn city.

A moment later, a team of 500 people officially stepped into the south city gate. There was still a burnt smell at the gate, as if it had been burned into black charcoal.

However, these 500 people were lower than Yang Xiu's expectations. In his opinion, the enemy should all rush in, but what he saw was indeed only 500 people, and they were all holding shields, cautiously Marching soldiers.

If it was set on fire, 500 people would not be a challenge at all, and they would scare the snake, so Yang Xiu could only order the archers on the wall of the Wengcheng to shoot.

Urn City, as its name suggests, is like an urn, firmly blocking the front of the main gate of Yangzhai City. It is the only way to enter and exit the city, and it is used to strengthen the defense.

Yang Xiu led the army back into the Wengcheng, but there were still many archers standing on the walls of the Wengcheng. They borrowed the cover of the city wall to avoid the arrows shot from below the city.

Following Yang Xiu's order, the archers shot arrows from the walls of the Wengcheng, shooting and killing the enemy troops inside the Wengcheng.

But the five hundred soldiers seemed to know that someone would shoot. With a loud roar, the soldiers raised their shields in unison, and then lined up side by side to form an extremely tight shield wall.

500 people, curled up in a ball, with shields on the front, back, left, and right sides for defense, and even the top of them was covered by the shield, blocking all the arrows that were shot outside, and these 500 people were using turtles Quickly approach the city gate.

Yang Xiu saw the tortoise formation composed of shields slowly moving towards the gate of the city, blocking all the arrows outside, the defense was airtight, and immediately stopped the archers' attacks, no matter how many arrows were wasted , It may not be able to shoot through those shield walls, it is better to wait and see what happens, wait until the turtle formation moves to the gate of the city, and then smash it down with a huge boulder, I believe it will be more lethal than arrows.

The tortoise formation moved forward slowly, and the person at the front opened a gap, glanced at the distance from the city gate, and also at the movement of the defenders on the tower, seeing that the defenders stopped shooting, they boldly moves forward.

When they were about to reach the city gate, the tortoise array stopped suddenly, and the shield wall was withdrawn by a corner. Twenty soldiers ran out from the tortoise array. Each of them carried two wine jars in their hands. Something, ran forward at the fastest speed, and then threw the thing in his hand towards the gate of the city.

"Clap clap clap..."

There was a series of shattering sounds, and forty clay pots hit the city gate, shattered in an instant, and then a stream of liquid flowed out of it, covering the city gate everywhere.

After the soldiers finished throwing, they returned to the tortoise formation as quickly as possible, and then the arrows that were shot were still a step slower, and all fell on the ground, and all the soldiers entered the tortoise formation intact.

At the same time, countless arrows carrying sparks shot towards the city outside the city wall, covering the sky and covering the sky like sparks all over the sky.

Seeing this scene, Yang Xiu frowned and shouted loudly: "No, something is wrong!"

Yang Xiu's words were still spinning in the air, and sparks all over the sky flew towards this side, and many arrows landed on the gate of the city. Once the fire light came into contact with the liquid, they burned quickly, forming a cloud of fire immediately. The sea of ​​fire, the fire even climbed up the city gate, burning mercilessly.

It turned out that this was Zhang Xiu's strategy. He had learned the truth about it just now, but he also saw a glimmer of hope. He thought of using fire to attack and burn down the city gate. The city gate drove straight in, charging with cavalry, who is his opponent in the city?

The flames rushed up, and the billowing smoke from the burning city gate also rose into the sky, giving way to Yang Xiu and others who were directly above the city gate, coughing and coughing.

"Cough, cough, cough...too bad..." After Yang Xiu realized the enemy's intentions, it was too late. The fire sealed the entire city gate, and the heat wave hit his face. He never expected that Zhang Xiu would Will give him this trick, this is an eye for an eye.

At the same time, a soldier covered in blood ran over from the east gate. When he saw Yang Xiu, he immediately said, "Master Taishou, the enemy's attack at the east gate is too fierce. We can hardly hold back..."

"If you can't stop it, you have to stop it. Don't let the enemy invade the city, otherwise, everyone in the city will die!" Yang Xiu said.

Yang Xiu made a decisive decision, and immediately sent people to transfer the soldiers guarding the west gate to increase the defense of the east gate, and asked the people in the city to rush to the east gate and south gate to defend, preparing to fight the enemy at the gate of the city. The battle of life and death.

On the other hand, Yang Xiu was very anxious. If the reinforcements did not come, then Yangdi City would be really dangerous.

Zhang Xiu, who was outside the city, was full of joy when he saw the city gate was on fire, and he dispatched two thousand cavalry from behind, and rushed in after the city gate was burned down by the fire.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and Yangdi City was extremely critical. Under Yang Xiu's order, the soldiers guarding the west gate rushed to the east gate for support.But no one thought that just after Ximen's soldiers withdrew, a large number of enemy troops appeared outside the west gate, and they launched a strong attack on Ximen like a swarm.

The west gate's defenders were weak, with only one hundred and two people left, facing the onslaught of thousands of enemy troops, they could not resist at all. The person in charge of guarding the gate immediately sent someone to inform Yang Xiu, asking for support.

When Yang Xiu knew that Ximen was also being attacked by the enemy, he suddenly felt that Zhang Xiu was too insidious, and he didn't expect that he would be attacked.

But now the east gate is being attacked by the enemy, and the south gate is about to be attacked violently. There is no soldier to send. The anxious Yang Xiu is also sweating, looking up at the sky, and shouting loudly: "Is the sky going to kill me?" Is it Yang Zhai?"

"Boom!"

At this moment, there was a loud noise from Ximen. Yang Xiu knew that Ximen had been breached by the enemy. Just imagine how long two hundred soldiers could hold on.

The gate of the west city fell, and the enemy army poured into the city like a tide, but they were attacked by the people gathered near the west gate. The people all held weapons in their hands, and fought desperately with the enemy army, refusing to give up an inch of ground.

However, how could these common people be the opponents of this group of well-trained troops? In front of this group of soldiers of the enemy army, they were simply in a state of disunity and vulnerable to a single blow.

Sure enough, within half a stick of incense, the enemy army broke through the defense of these people, beheaded them all, rushed in mightily towards the city, and began to burn, kill and loot.

All of a sudden, the smoke and dust billowed from the west side of Yangdi City, and the screams were endless, and the unarmed people rushed towards the east of the city. Even the people hiding at home would be kicked open by the enemy. He was beheaded with a bloody butcher knife, and all valuables in the room were looted.

At the same time, the east gate also fell because it could not withstand Hu Che'er's fierce attack. Hu Che'er led his elite soldiers and rushed to the front of the team. Thousands of soldiers rushed into the city excitedly.

At this moment, at the south gate, Zhang Xiu is also ready to attack. Although the fire at the city gate has not been extinguished, the city gate has been completely burned down. He has been waiting for this moment for a long time.

Zhang Xiu held an iron spear in his hand, rode a tall horse, wore an iron helmet, and wore an iron armor. He had a vigorous posture. Just as he was about to order an attack, there was a commotion behind the army. It is endless.

Zhang Xiu hurriedly looked back, but saw an army of thousands of people appeared behind him at some point, and a big banner of "King Chen" appeared in front of him. Under the big banner was a man wearing a silver helmet. , a handsome middle-aged man in silver armor and holding a spear, is leading more than 500 cavalrymen under him to launch a fierce attack on Zhang Xiu's rear army, followed by thousands of infantrymen.

Zhang Xiu didn't know who the "King Chen" was at all, because the big man had entrusted many kings, so how could he figure out who the "King Chen" was.But one thing Zhang Xiu knows better than anyone else is that the army under the banner of "King Chen" is attacking his army, which means that "King Chen" is hostile to him.

"Chen Wang" is Liu Chong, one of the rare kings in the Eastern Han Dynasty.As soon as Liu Chong received Yang Xiu's call for help, he immediately mobilized his troops and rushed over, day and night, without sleep.I was supposed to arrive yesterday, but the sudden blizzard delayed the trip, so that it was delayed until this time.

Liu Chong is a family member of the Han family who is serious about the Eight Classics, and one of the princes attached to Zhang Yan. At first, Liu Chong thought about revitalizing the Han family. Weakness made him completely lose confidence in the Han family.Moreover, Liu Chong is a person who believes in fate. He once asked someone to tell his fortune. He asked the fortune teller about the future of the Han Dynasty. , keep pace with the times.

That's why Liu Chong attached himself to Zhang Yan, who became more powerful later on, and was loyal to him, and he was also very fond of Zhang Yan. He would invite Liu Chong to a party in Pengcheng every year. Because of the similar age, the two also became friends. , and there are endless topics to talk about.

For Liu Chong, Zhang Yan is the most thoughtful person he has ever met. In this reform, Liu Chong is one of the very few princes and nobles of the Han family who support Zhang Yan.

Liu Chong's reinforcements arrived, just in time for the fall of Yangzhai City, and launched an attack from behind Zhang Xiu's army. They were caught off guard, causing Zhang Xiu's army to fall into chaos.

At the same time, outside the west gate of Yangdi City, an army also came. This army came from Henan and was sent by Zhang Hong to support Yang Xiu. The person who led this army was Wei Xu. One of the eight athletes under him, and also Lu Bu's brother-in-law.After Lu Bu's death, Wei Xu, along with Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, and Cao Xing, surrendered to Zhang Yan and became one of Zhang Yan's generals.

However, Wei Xu did not have the ability of Gao Shun and Zhang Liao, nor the archery skills of Cao Xing. All he wanted to do was to protect Lu Bu's family, so after returning to Zhang Yan, he did not go to war much, and did not establish anything. Credit, and did not make any mistakes, everything is so ordinary, and the ordinary is almost forgotten by others, and has been stationed in Hulao Pass.

Wei Xu was the only decent general under Zhang Hong. Because of the particularity of Henan, there were not many soldiers in Henan. When Zhang Hong learned that Yang Xiu had been attacked, he dispatched all the remaining troops to Wei Xu, so that Wei Xu led the army to Yangdi City to support.

And Wei Xu came not too early or too late, just right, although the enemy had already entered the city, but Wei Xu appeared behind the enemy and killed him from behind...

(End of this chapter)