Chapter 9 Breaking the City with Ease
Suddenly, there was a dull sound of bull's horns in the distance, and the sound entered the clouds, shaking the heavens and the earth. The soldiers on the city wall looked forward one after another, only to see dozens of warships appearing on the river in the distance, these warships were docking, and groups of elite soldiers and horses were surging out of the warships like a tide.
In less than a moment, the black-pressed soldiers and horses lined up on the riverbank, each soldier wearing relatively thick leather armor, holding a long knife and spear in his hand, and his face showed a murderous aura. The flag covers the sky and the sun, such as the Xu of the forest, like the speed of the wind. At first glance, it is a rare elite.
"Yangzhou Army! Yangzhou Army is coming!"
"It's over, there are so many soldiers and horses in Yangzhou, our small county can't stop it at all!"
Not only the soldiers on the city wall, but even the county lieutenant of Huaiyin City and the other county soldiers Du Bo and Tun Chang also looked like they were about to be unlucky. They can hold official positions, and naturally they also have a family background, and they are not ordinary people who have been mediocre all their lives. I may not know much about the general trend of the world, but I have heard of the major events that have happened in the world in the past few years.
Gao Cheng went north to the alliance and unified Yangzhou spread throughout Xuzhou, these people have heard Gao Cheng's name, especially Gao Cheng from the rise of Huai'an to the present, the army has never been defeated, and the prestige is great, they ordinary people think of being enemies with such heroes and heroes, and they have a weak heart.
"Cheer up! Gao Cheng thief dares to invade my city, this time I will definitely teach him to look good! Everyone only needs to hold out for three days, Tao Gong's reinforcements will arrive, and when the time comes, we will be able to break the enemy by attacking from inside and outside!" A young man dressed in brocade and wearing a pair of ill-fitting armor led people to the city wall and shouted loudly.
The young man kept shouting loudly on the city wall, intending to boost the will of his soldiers and horses to fight.
The county lieutenant and the other Dubotun chiefs exchanged a look with each other, and they could see the helplessness and fear in each other's eyes, this young man was the Huaiyin County Commander. He is a son of the Cao family in Xuzhou.
"What should I do? Do you want to follow what the county order says, guard the city at any cost, and wait for reinforcements?" When the county order went farther, one of the county lieutenant's henchmen quietly stepped forward and asked in a low voice in the county lieutenant's ear.
The county lieutenant narrowed his eyes, a sneer appeared on his face, and replied: "The Yangzhou army is so elite, if we desperately defend the city, we will all die on the city! As long as the other party attacks the city with all its might, let alone three days, we can't stop it even for a day!
"The right general is also our Xuzhou people, it is said that it was a conflict with the Cao family, so he was forced to go away to Yangzhou, and now the right general has invaded Xuzhou, and the Cao family will definitely try his best to resist...... But what does this have to do with us? We are all from Xuzhou, and I think it's not bad to let General You be the pastor of Xuzhou!"
The general beside him thought so, nodded and said, "Yes, if it is the Yuzhou army or the Yanzhou army that attacks Xuzhou, we will definitely try our best to fight." But General Right and we are both from Xuzhou, so why bother to fight our own families!"
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The 200,000 troops did not all disembark, but left 100,000 on the ships to guard against the other side of the Huaishui. The north of the water is yang, and the south of the water is yin. Huaiyin is located on the south bank of the Huai River, near Hongze, and is an important town that controls the Huai River and Hongze.
It's a pity that this important town is not valued when the world is stable, and only the chaos in the world can show its value. Tao Qian didn't pay enough attention to Huaiyin, and it wasn't until Gao Cheng's navy went down the river and went directly into Guangling to attack Huaiyin that he suddenly understood and hurriedly mobilized a large army to support.
"Listen to the people on the city wall, now that my 300,000 soldiers in Yangzhou are coming to the city, if you know each other, you will open the city and surrender as soon as possible, if you are obsessed with stubborn resistance, you will not blame our army for being ruthless!"
After the army was arrayed, Dong Xi turned over and came to the front of the army, opening his mouth and shouting. The voice spread throughout the city with the blessing of Gang Qi, and he deliberately falsely reported the number of soldiers and horses upwards to 100,000. In order to surrender the army without a fight.
The soldiers on the city walls trembled and cold sweat broke out on their foreheads. They were ordinary people yesterday, forced to climb the city wall, and they didn't turn their minds.
With anger on his face, the Huaiyin County Commander strode to the battlements, snatched the bow and arrow from the guards beside him, and with a bang, the long arrow broke through the air and turned into a streamer and shot at Dong Xian below.
"If you have the guts, come and attack the city!"
This Xuzhou Cao Clan's disciple is not a useless waste, he has cultivated to the seventh level of training. At the same time, there is also the cultivation of the fourth layer of soul nourishment. With the help of the five senses, this long arrow appears to be very accurate.
Dong Xi laughed, and the spear in his hand stepped forward, shattering the flying arrow into pieces.
Not far away, Gao Cheng, Xi Zhicai, and Lu Su stood on the command platform, looking towards the city wall, Xi Zhicai's eyes swept away, and he immediately smiled: "There are no soul refining monks on the city wall, don't worry about large-scale spells, you can attack the city!"
After years of cultivation, he had already broken through the realm of soul refining, and now his spiritual power was directly chasing Lu Su, and he could envelop the entire city.
Gao Cheng nodded, his strength far surpassed that of Xi Zhicai, he had already discovered this, and he was also keenly aware of the existence of soul refining masters in the city, but he did not climb the city wall, he should be Lu Su's step.
"Lord!" Dong Feng galloped over and asked for instructions.
Gao Cheng's expression remained unchanged, he took the Kunwu sword from Zhou Cang's hand beside him, pointed at the city in front of him with the sword, and said lightly: "Siege the city!"
Bang!
With Gao Cheng's order, the deafening war drums sounded, Dong Xi turned over and dismounted, shouted loudly, and personally led five thousand elites towards the city wall. First it was covered by a rain of arrows, and then the ladders and siege engines were erected at the head of the city. Dong Xi took the lead, put his feet on the ladder a little, and climbed the city wall.
Gang Qi swept away, and in an instant, twenty or thirty Huaiyin soldiers fell to the ground screaming......
For the battle on the city wall, Gao Cheng didn't care at all, Huaiyin except for the hidden Buqi, there was no second second-order master, Dong Xi was a refining general, and there were 5,000 elite soldiers under his command, if he couldn't capture Huaiyin City, then Gao Cheng really had to doubt his ability, so that he could fulfill his promise to come to see him.
Kill!
There was Dong Xi who acted as a sharp edge to open the way in front, and the other soldiers did not spend too much effort, so they came to the city wall one by one, and then formed their own formations, and the ghosts and wolves killed by the Huaiyin soldiers were defeated and retreated.
"The general spares my life!
The county lieutenant and his subordinates, who had not planned to do their best to defend the city, saw this scene, their faces turned green, and they hurriedly screamed, causing the soldiers under his command to fall to their knees.
"Dog thief, dare to surrender to the thief, I'll kill you!" The county commander in brocade clothes was fighting hard with his guards, and when he heard this, he was like being struck by lightning, and then his eyes turned red suddenly, and he drew a spear and killed in the direction of the county lieutenant.
Poof!
A long arrow with a strong qi turned into an illusory tiger in the void, like a tiger descending from a mountain, and pounced on the chest of the county order with a pop, and with a bang, a bloody hole instantly exploded in the chest of the county order. The body flew upside down and knocked down a few soldiers.
Dong Xi put the bow and arrow he had just snatched in his hand still on the ground, and lifted the spear again. Hehe sneered: "You shot me an arrow just now, and now I return you an arrow, it's flat!"
"The prefectural order is dead!"
"Run, run!"
When the county commander was shot and killed by Dong Xian, the Huaiyin county soldiers no longer had the slightest strength to resist, and thousands of people threw down their weapons, threw the clothes and ornaments representing the county soldiers on the ground, and scattered in a hurry.
A moment later. The gate of Huaiyin City suddenly opened.