Although these shooters trained by Huang Zhong have not been trained for a long time, they can learn faster by participating in battles and practicing at the same time.

Archery is also progressing at a rapid pace.

When the Yellow Turban army outside the city began to rush towards the city gate, Liu Zheng also immediately commanded these archers and began to use the bows and arrows in his hands to counterkill the soldiers and horses who rushed towards the city gate.

Although the number of these archers was no more than 1,000, the arrows that could be fired could do only a limited amount of damage to the enemy forces outside the city.

And one or two arrows can't kill the enemy directly. However, the shooting of these archers can still somewhat slow down some enemy charges and make them more difficult to siege.

At the same time, the soldiers and horses who had gone out of the city before were arranged by Liu Zheng on the city wall, and used some city defense measures to start counterattacking these soldiers and horses under He Yi's command.

This is not the first time Liu Zheng has played a defensive battle.

A long time ago, when he had just begun to fight on his own, he united with Xu Huang to resist Cao Cao's invasion on the tower of Quyang County.

Later, when Runan City was dealing with the attack of Huangfu Song's army on Runan, although Liu Zheng did not participate in the battle on the city tower, he was very clear about the whole process of defensive battle.

With so much experience in attack and defense, Liu Zheng naturally did not have the slightest fear in the face of these men and horses under He Yi's command, although the number of people attacking the city this time was several times more than the number of people they defended.

But relying on the solidity of the city wall, even if it is several times the enemy army, it is not so easy to defeat Shangcai County, a small county town.

Without a few hours of attack, and repeated attacks, it is impossible to take down a city without other conditions occurring on both sides.

There is a lack of archers on He Yi's side, especially excellent archers, there are not many arrows shot from the city to the city, plus he is in a hurry, and there are no siege weapons, which makes it easier for Liu Zheng to defend here.

There is no need to worry, the attack from below will hit the tower.

Before, Liu Zheng had long known that Dong Zhuo would come to attack the city, so he reserved a lot of city defense facilities on the city tower.

These city defense appliances hit He Yi's frantically attacking soldiers and horses, making it more difficult for them to attack the city again.

After a siege battle, corpses were everywhere outside the city.

He Yi ignored the deaths and injuries of the soldiers and horses under his command, and forced these flesh and blood corpses to pile up a bloody road, so that the people and horses under the city could be killed and go to the city tower of Cai County.

Although the city wall of Shangcai County is only more than three zhang high, the city wall of more than three zhang high is enough for the soldiers and horses under He Yi's command to stack a very high wall of flesh with corpses.

After nearly 10,000 casualties, finally the soldiers and horses on He Yi's side began to kill Liu Zhengjun on the city wall.

After working for a long time, Liu Zheng also realized that it was time to start changing the way he fought his war.

When He Yi and their men gradually killed the city tower, Liu Zheng did not plan to fight them on the city tower.

Instead, he immediately ordered all the horses to retreat at full speed and evacuate Shangcai County from the other city walls.

Shangcai County is just the first line of defense between him and Dong Zhuojun, even if it falls, it doesn't matter, anyway, this is not the important place that Liu Zheng intends to hold.

Thousands of soldiers and horses here, although it is his elite. But the difference in strength between the two sides is too great. If you decide to go head-to-head, it won't do Liu Zheng any good.

On the contrary, it is to hold on here, and after consuming some of the opponent's strength, they will retreat at full speed, which can bring the greatest benefit to Liu Zheng and them, and destroy the enemy's most manpower at the smallest cost.

After deciding to evacuate, Liu Zheng began to retreat in the direction of the West City Gate with his core men.

According to his estimates, his men and horses from Runan City should be almost at the boundary of Shangcai County at this time, and he only needs to pretend to retreat, and then join his reinforcements from Runan.

will be able to increase the strength of the army for a while, and when the time comes, it will not be so difficult to fight against the combined forces of Dong Zhuo and He Yi.

"My lord, the city is broken!"

He Yi saw that the soldiers and horses under his command had rushed up to the city tower and gradually occupied the dominant position, and he was also happy in his heart, and hurriedly came to Dong Zhuo's side, wanting to ask for credit in front of Dong Zhuo.

After all, most of the people who hit the city tower were people under He Yi's command.

He Yi also wanted to perform in front of Dong Zhuo, so that Dong Zhuo knew his value.

"Liu Zheng on the city tower seems to be getting fewer and fewer, I think this Liu Zheng should not plan to stick to Shangcai County, but want to abandon the city and leave."

He Yi ran over, and the words were not finished. Li Ru, who was beside Dong Zhuo, began to speculate.

Li Ru observed the whole process of the battle, the number of Liu Zhengjun on the city tower was gradually decreasing, and the arrows shot began to become scarce, and there were basically no arrows shot out so far.

He was already able to conclude that Liu Zheng did not intend to continue the defense, but decided to abandon the city and flee.

Dong Zhuo was unmoved when he heard Li Ru's speculation.

"I have long expected that Liu Zheng will not defend this guy in this city, after all, his men and horses are the biggest difference with our soldiers and horses, if he guards to death, there is only one dead end, and we are waiting for this time when he abandons the city and escapes."

"Come on, let Hua Xiong lead my three thousand iron horsemen immediately. Hurry up and go to hunt down Liu Zheng, and you will definitely kill the thief leader Liu Zheng! ”

Dong Zhuo did not send his elite soldiers and horses to attack the city, and the elites under his command had been waiting, waiting for Liu Zheng to abandon the city and flee.

Now that he had finally waited for this time, Hua Xiong, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, received Dong Zhuo's order, and immediately turned his head and went to dispatch the three thousand Xiliang Iron Cavalry under Dong Zhuo's command.

Then they began to gallop around the entire Shangcai County, because they could not be sure which gate Liu Zheng would break through, so they had to send troops and horses to disperse around the entire Shangcai County to prevent Liu Zheng from escaping.

When Liu Zheng's men and horses quickly came out of the west gate of Shangcai County, they were discovered by the cavalry sent by Hua Xiong, and dozens of Xiliang iron cavalry rushed towards the west city gate.

Liu Zheng's seven hundred cavalry, under the leadership of Xu Huang, immediately rushed towards these Xiliang iron cavalry and killed them. With these cavalry opening the way in front and quickly breaking through, more than 10,000 people in Liu Zhengcheng also followed closely from the West City Gate to follow the cavalry out of the city and rush out of the encirclement of the West City Gate.

On the side of the West City Gate, Dong Zhuo and He Yi's army did not have many men planted here, and the main force was placed at the other city gate, so it was very easy for Liu Zheng and others to break through, and the encirclement of Dong Zhuo and He Yi was broken in an instant.

The group quickly began to escape, evacuating in the direction of Runan City.