Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 2087 Help!

  The battle inside and outside Wan City has become more and more cruel since Xia Houyuan led the soldiers and horses to join the battle. Although Xia Houyuan's personality is not very good, his years of combat experience have suppressed Pang Shanmin.

Although Pang Shanmin used paint to resist Xiahouyuan's surprise attack, and then repelled subsequent attacks several times, the quantity of both paint and kerosene is limited. If you use less, there is not much killing effect, but if you use too much, The consumption will be high, and the flame will not burn for too long, at most half an hour for a stick of incense, and then Xia Houyuan will send a small team to attack after a while, so to burn or not to burn?

  Xia Houyuan’s cavalry were lightly armored in order to hurry, but after the follow-up troops gradually caught up, they naturally brought supplies and armor, and then some of Cao’s soldiers were replaced with heavy armor.

When the heavy armor hits the city gate, it is like a movable iron tower. Under the double armor, although some movements are slow, but firstly, it is covered by a large shield, and secondly, it is covered by armor. It is basically immune to arrows. Yes, on the one hand, it is nothing more than a blunt attack similar to a wood rolling stone, which can directly kill without breaking the armor. On the other hand, it is afraid of water and fire, ignoring the physical defense of the armor and large shield to launch a magic attack directly...

But the problem is that whether it is wood rolling stones or kerosene boiling water, they are all consumables, and they are not unlimited. Even if you use boiling water and golden juice, you have to cook them, which requires fuel and time. Whenever you have it, you can have it.

If left alone, these heavy armored soldiers will slowly attack the city gate hole, and then directly hack the city gate with a big axe. Although the efficiency is not as good as that of a car, after all, the city gate is still generally made of wood, wrapped in iron bars It's just that, under chopping, it will eventually be destroyed.

  At the same time, Xia Houyuan also launched a traditional siege on the other side, first blocking the moat and then building a ladder, taking advantage of the large number of people in the surrounding area, grabbing a large number, and piled them on Wancheng as if he didn’t want money...

  Pang Shanmin and Zhang Lie were on the front line almost from the beginning. Xia Houyuan outside the city could still dismount and rest, drink water, eat and sleep, but Pang Shanmin and Zhang Lie hardly closed their eyes, let alone took a good rest.

As a military commander, Zhang Lie worked even harder. He no longer knew how many weapons he had changed, and he couldn't count how many light and heavy blows he had suffered on his body. Although he was protected by armor, it was impossible to cover them all in place. In addition, the serious injury before was actually not completely healed. Anyway, every movement caused pain either on the skin surface or inside, but he still stood at the forefront, boosting morale, leading the soldiers, fighting again and again.

  From noon to sunset, from dusk to late at night, Xia Houyuan ordered a temporary truce, posing as if to fight again the next day, but finally launched a sneak attack at dawn!

  The defender has a favorable location, but the attacker can choose the right time. Xia Houyuan's sneak attack before dawn was obviously caught off guard, which caught the Wancheng defenders by surprise. Although Zhang Lie also told the guards of Wancheng to be careful and not to relax, the problem is that not everyone understands this truth, or even if they understand it, there are still many people who still don't do it, just like driving a car in later generations. Everyone knows the truth of not drinking and not driving after drinking, but there are drunk driving every year...

  When Xiahouyuan's soldiers secretly set up the ladder and touched the top of the city, the soldiers in Wancheng suddenly noticed it, and then counterattacked and suppressed it under the leadership of Zhang Lie, but it was obviously too late.

  A soldier of the Cao army roared and slashed with a tomahawk, hacking the shield formation of the Wancheng defenders and opening a gap, and the subsequent Cao army continued to expand along the gap.

  Seeing that the array of Wancheng defenders was about to collapse, Zhang Lie let out a roar, held his sword and raised his shield, and went up hard! The sword flashed, and the sword in Zhang Lie's hand slashed at the necks of Cao Jun's soldiers who rushed forward, and immediately cut a huge **** mouth at Cao Jun's throat. The blood mixed with air bubbles sprayed out. He couldn't even scream, and fell down among the crowd clutching his neck.

  『Kill it! Zhang Lie shouted, "Shoot Cao Bing down!" 』

  Wancheng soldiers at the back saw Zhang Lie approaching, so they mustered up their courage and pressed forward again, blocking Cao Jun's soldiers in front, with their spears and short blades interlaced. From time to time, in the line of soldiers on both sides, there were screams accompanied by blood splatters, and then a few fingers, half of a stumped arm, or a head flew out.

  The key to the victory or defeat of a war is sometimes wonderful.

   It may be the strength of the soldiers on both sides, or the difference in terrain, or a chariot wheel that is stuck in the quagmire, or it may be a stream arrow flying through the air...

  After repeated battles, Zhang Lie led his men to suppress Cao Jun's ascent queue, and was trying to squeeze Cao Jun's space on the city wall, trying to push Cao Jun back to the city.

   As a result, at this moment, a sudden accident changed the situation.

  A soldier Cao Junjia was defeated and wanted to win. He took a desperate step forward and went straight to Zhang Lie.

  Zhang Lie took a step forward and was about to turn around to avoid it, but halfway through the movement, his expression changed!

Zhang Lie suffered a serious injury in the waist and abdomen before. Although his appearance has grown back now, the original muscles have been damaged after all. Usually, he doesn't think there is anything wrong with it, but now under the high-intensity and overloaded operation, it is something is wrong. Zhang Lie obviously wanted to twist his waist to dodge, but in the middle of the journey, he felt a dull pain in his waist and abdomen, and his movements lost his balance. He was slashed on the pocket by this Cao soldier with a "dang" sound, and his head was buzzing. He slammed, staggered a few steps, and fell backwards!

  Reality is different from games after all. No matter how badly injured you are in the game, with holes in your arms, legs, or even your stomach, you can continue to fight without reducing your lethality until the last moment when the blood bar disappears.

Normally speaking, even if there is no injury, the combat power will continue to decline with the passage of time and the exhaustion of physical strength. It is absolutely impossible for a warship to be complete with only the hairy barrel lid left, but it is still In the case of 100% firepower output, there may even be additional effects, such as bottom power or something...

Cao Jun's soldiers didn't expect it, neither did the guards of Wancheng, Zhang Lie didn't expect it, Xia Houyuan didn't expect it, everyone didn't expect that in a situation where Zhang Lie should have the upper hand, suddenly, in the face of When Cao Jun was a small soldier, Zhang Lie was injured again and fell down!

  The guards of Zhang Lie on the side hurried forward and stopped Cao Jun's soldiers. While pressing forward with their shields, they shouted anxiously: "Lieutenant! Protect Captain Zhang! 』

  A few generals with mixed hands came over and dragged Zhang Lie to the back line. Zhang Lie's pocket was tilted, as if he had entered a decoration company in his head, drilling and knocking, clanging vigorously!

In a daze, Zhang Lie shook his head, and then saw that more and more soldiers of Cao Jun gathered at the city and began to climb up one after another. At the gate of the city, Pang Shanmin was in disheveled clothes, holding a sword and was also supervising the battle. Seems to be shouting something...

  Blood dripped down, covering Zhang Lie's eyes. Zhang Lie struggled to stand up, but he straightened up a little under dizziness, but he couldn't find his center of gravity when he was upside down, and fell to the ground again with a groan, almost falling off the city wall!

   Zhang Lie's guards had no choice but to drag Zhang Lie back to the city...

Undoubtedly, Zhang Lie was suddenly knocked down, which had a great impact on the morale of the Wancheng defenders, so that even Pang Shanmin tried his best to command and dispatch, but he was still somewhat defeated by Cao Jun's left and right attacks. Cao Jun on the ground was repelled, but because he didn't know how to reasonably allocate the soldiers' physical strength and arrange rounds of repairs, Xia Houyuan finally seized the opportunity. When the sun rose in the morning, he destroyed the scarred city gate. A gap has been breached!

  Cao Jun cheered and swarmed towards the gate of Wancheng!

Xia Houyuan looked up to the sky and yelled a few times. He didn't know whether it was because of excitement or venting. He was about to mount his horse triumphantly, when suddenly a scout soldier from outside came to report, saying that he had detected the movement of the hussars and horses, and they were coming towards Wancheng !

  Hussar reinforcements?

  『How much is it? How far is it from here? ’ Xia Houyuan asked.

  『Five hundred cavalrymen! Cao Jun's scout replied, "I'm coming at full speed, I'm afraid I will reach the city in three or four hours!" 』

  『Five hundred cavalry? Xia Houyuan frowned, then turned to look at the breached Wancheng, "Who is the general?" 』

  『Huang’s…』

  『Huang? ’Xia Houyuan froze for a moment, and there seemed to be some brilliance flashing in his eyes, ‘The Huang family who defeated Cao Zilian? 』

  The one who led the hussar reinforcements was naturally Xia Houyuan's former enemy and current enemy, Huang Zhong. Naturally, the long-distance smoke and dust cannot be concealed. Even at dawn, the sky is not yet bright, and under a clear sky, you can still see far away. In addition, the surrounding area of ​​Wancheng is mostly flat land, which is not good. Covering and hiding, so it is impossible to avoid Cao Jun's scouts, Huang Zhong simply has no intention of hiding.

At the same time, in order to maintain his combat effectiveness, Huang Zhong changed his horse once when he was approaching the boundary of Wancheng, leaving a small number of soldiers behind and walking slowly behind, and also left all the luggage behind, and then every cavalry Just brought basic dry food, weapons and armor, and rushed to Wancheng as fast as possible to meet Pang Shanmin, Zhang Lie and others who were fighting hard in Wancheng!

  Huang Zhong took the lead, but insisted on holding a long-handled sword. Where the sword was swallowed, the red tassels spread out, and he tilted his body slightly, with a serious expression, and the corners of his mouth were tightly pursed. Behind Huang Zhong, the hussars also tensed their faces. Everyone was in the same mind as Huang Zhong, silent, just striving forward!

  Every hussar soldier, on top of the first piece of armor they receive, among the characters they know, must first recognize two characters, "fei" and "huang".

  On the sword, on the armor, even on the arrow...

  Dahan Huqi Feijian, made by Huang's workshop, numbered.

  If the Hushi Fei family is the main one, then the Huang family is the mother, and now, in Wancheng, the Huang family is facing threats, and the life and death of the mistress's family is at stake.

   Wancheng is in trouble!

   Direct emergency assistance!

At this moment in Wancheng, Zhang Lie was injured and the city gate was damaged, which led to the collapse of the morale of the defenders. If Pang Shanmin had martial arts skills, or knew how to motivate the mourners to fight to the death at critical points, he might be able to hold on for a while longer. It's a pity Pang Shanmin himself was also exhausted, and he had never commanded such a tragic battle before. When he was frustrated, he did not immediately boost his morale. As a result, when he discovered something was wrong later, it was already too late, and he had to abandon the outer city wall in the end. , retreated to the inner city government office in the city for the final resistance.

  The inner mansion of Wancheng was originally the Nanyang government, an important place for counties and counties. After renovation, it is like an inner city and has certain defensive capabilities.

Those who followed Pang Shanmin to the inner city government office were basically Huang's or Pang's private soldiers, and most of their family members retreated to the city to escape when the war came, and they are basically in the government office now. within. It is precisely because of this that these private soldiers of the Pang family and the Huang family and the Cao army who rushed into the city launched a final chaotic battle!

  Most of the other Wancheng soldiers fled at the last moment. These people fought for a day and night, but they escaped in the last few hours. Should they be considered warriors or cowards?

  War, at the end of the war, there are often only human lives left in exchange for each other.

Cao Jun's soldiers with high morale formed a small team in threes, threes, fives, with swords and shields on both sides for protection, and those in the middle were often spearmen, plus one or two halberds, or they were rushing into the heavy mansion. door, or building a ladder to climb the government wall...

  Facing the increasingly ferocious soldiers of the Cao army, these private soldiers of the Huang family and the Pang family also aroused their last strength, and fought one after another, desperately blocking the attack of the Cao army. The fierce fighting between the two sides was ten times worse than before. At this moment, the flesh and blood were spilled out in the most contemptuous way. Cao Jun occasionally climbed up the fence of the government office, but he was soon wounded by Huang's Pangzi's private soldiers on the fence. Even if he was hit by a knife or a gun, he would tightly entangle the legs and feet of Cao Jun's soldiers. Break off their waists and legs and roll down the wall together!

  In the turret of the government office, the son of Huang Hansheng squinted his eyes, struggling to shoot arrows one after another out of the shooting holes in the turret!

Because he was seriously ill when he was young, although he was treated and finally saved his life by luck, his body was weaker and he couldn't fight like Huang Zhong. He just barely learned some archery skills. At this moment, he showed his best, gritted his teeth and shot arrows, helping his own private soldiers on the wall to control the situation. In order to ensure the fastest bow opening speed, someone kept handing feather arrows from the side, so that he could shoot without hesitation. Seven or eight out of ten arrows could hit the cao army soldiers rushing forward. It can even hit weak positions such as Cao Jun's face!

   But near the government office, Xia Houyuan was not seen...

   Horseshoes are flying.

  The surrounding scenery flashed back one after another.

  Huang Zhong's complexion was like water. From the mouth of the refugees who escaped earlier, the news of Cao Jun's surprise attack on Wancheng is no longer a secret, and the only question now is how long Wancheng can last.

   Keep it up!

   Hold on for one more moment!

The tri-color flag fluttered high, and even while moving at high speed, the overall formation of cavalry remained unchanged. Even the horses under the cavalry seemed to gallop forward and backward at the same pace, beating the ground rumblingly, emitting There was a bitter smell of iron and blood, and the trees and bushes around the road hurriedly dodged left and right, and every cavalry only had Wancheng in their eyes!

  At this moment in Wancheng, except for the Huang's Pangzi private soldiers who resisted at the Wancheng government office, most of the other areas have lost the will to resist. In the market place, although the merchants traveling from south to north also have guards, but before such a **** battle, few dared to show their faces. They either locked the door and guarded the courtyard door desperately, or took advantage of Cao's army. Before reaching the whole city, pack up your belongings and flee for your life!

   Some merchants even played the banner of being close to Cao Jun, saying that they are good citizens, and welcomed Cao Jun's arrival with a wave of their heads...

As a businessman, it is almost instinctive to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages in the market, and to care about everything is almost instinctive. When faced with the current chaos, it is not surprising to do all kinds of behaviors, and even basically most of them are negative behaviors. normal. On the contrary, if the country is in turmoil, it is wishful thinking to place hope on the conscience of businessmen and hope that all businessmen will stand up to fight bravely and sacrifice for the country and the nation.

  Especially those merchants who rushed to get close to Huang's Ponzi before, and flattered them that they were loyal to Huqi and headed to Xijing, now they are the fastest to turn their faces.

As for ordinary people, they are also in chaos. Some are reluctant to part with their homes, and stay at home shivering and huddled up at home, and many rush out with the flow, wishing to turn into pikas and find a hole to drill. Go out of Wancheng, escape as far as you can!

Except for the gate that Cao Jun rushed in, the other three or four gates are crowded with cattle, mules, vehicles, fleeing crowd, everyone wants to run out eagerly, the unlucky guy accidentally When he fell to the ground, he didn't even have time to scream and was trampled into a pulp! He really couldn't squeeze through the city gate, and even climbed up the city wall to find a place in desperation, and jumped down with his eyes closed!

   Crying and cursing, cries for help, and screams all mixed together, making the whole Wancheng look like boiling gruel, with **** foam gushing out...

   Just when the whole city was collapsing, from the southwest of Wancheng, facing the sun, a three-color battle flag was raised high!

  Huang Zhong didn't put his own battle flag at the forefront, because he knew that it was not his own battle flag that everyone in Wancheng wanted to see the most, but this tricolor battle flag that fought north and south!

  『Hussars are coming! 』

  『Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! Hussars are coming! 』

  The people of Wancheng, who were fleeing desperately, stood there blankly, staring blankly at the tricolor battle flag, and after a while, they let out earth-shattering shouts!

  『Hussars are coming! coming! 』

Those people who jumped from the city wall in a panic and sprained their injuries were running away with a limp, but they stopped running now. They sat on the ground and yelled, and then shed tears as they yelled. "Hussar... why... did you come here..."

  (end of this chapter)