Han Zhan looked at the defenders at the head of the city, and from time to time came out of the battlements, threw wooden stones at the bottom of the city, and smashed down the soldiers who climbed up the bamboo ladder; Or open a bow and arrows, and shoot at the crossbowmen under the city. For a time, the two sides fought inextricably.

Seeing that the Youzhou army was fighting so tenaciously, Guo Jia beside Han Zhan couldn't help but say with emotion: "I really didn't expect that Gongsun Zhan's Youzhou soldiers would be so tenacious when they started fighting, and they were really elite divisions." ”

Chen Zhi, who was serving as a guard, heard Han Zhan say this, and retorted unconvinced: "The military advisor's words are wrong, if the Youzhou army is an elite division, then what should our army count as attacking the city and plundering the land all the way?" ”

"Uncle Zhi, what the military advisor said makes sense." When Han Zhan heard this, he said, "When our army captured other cities in Qingzhou, it faced most of the group of county soldiers who had no combat power, so it was so easy to win. And now the troops defending the city are Gongsun Zhan's Youzhou elite soldiers, and it may not be easy for us to seize the city. ”

After saying this, Han Zhan turned his head to look at the city again, and muttered: "As long as Ziman can be saved smoothly, even if the casualties of the soldiers and horses are larger, Ben Hou can accept it." ”

"Don't worry, my lord." Guo Jia knew that Han Zhan was worried about Dian Wei's safety, so he hurriedly comforted him and said, "As long as General Zilong personally goes out, he will definitely be able to save Ziman safely." ”

Han Zhan saw that Zhao Yun was leading people to the city, probably preparing to adjust the direction of the attack so that he could rescue Dian Wei as soon as possible, so he nodded and said, "I hope so." ”

Zhao Yun led people to the city and saw the crossbowmen scattered in the front of the two hundred paces wide, although under their suppression, the defenders at the head of the city did not dare to throw rolling wood and stones at the city without impunity, but it seemed that it was not easy for the soldiers under the city to climb up the bamboo ladder.

Whenever their soldiers were about to climb to the top of the city, the crossbowmen under the city would temporarily stop firing arrows at that position, so as not to injure their own people. The defenders at the head of the city took the opportunity to use their spears to stab the Jizhou troops who were trying to climb into the battlements one after another. When the crossbowmen under the city fired arrows at them again, they retreated behind the battlements to avoid the arrows.

Zhao Yun looked towards the place where Dian Wei was fighting, and saw several soldiers who occasionally climbed the city wall, they tried to relieve the pressure on Dian Wei, but they did not do much to fall under the spears and arrows of the defenders.

Seeing this, Zhao Yun couldn't help frowning, he knew that Dian Wei had been fighting in the city for a long time, and at this moment, seven or eight times out of ten had reached the end of the crossbow, if he didn't go to support as soon as possible, he was afraid that he would have to worry about his life. Thinking of this, he called a crossbowman Qu Junhou and instructed him: "You immediately concentrate on the section of the city wall where General Ziman is located to release arrows to cover our siege." ”

"Subordinates obey!" The marquis agreed, and with his group of crossbowmen, he ran directly to the bottom of the city wall where Dian Wei was fighting, preparing to use strong crossbows to suppress the defenders at the head of the city and cover his own soldiers to enter the city.

The hundreds of new crossbowmen shot arrows at the wall, completely suppressing the defenders who were besieging Dianwei. The arrows that flew through the cracks in the battlements knocked down many of the defenders, and the rest hurriedly retreated, fearing that they would also be shot by the arrows. As soon as the besieging soldiers retreated, Dian Wei suddenly felt a lot less stressed, and he hurriedly took a few steps back, gasping for breath with his back against a battlement, taking the opportunity to recover the physical strength consumed in the battle.

When the soldiers under the city saw that this section of the city wall where Dian Wei was fighting hard, suddenly there were no rolling stones and arrows to shoot down, so they leaned over here one after another, set up a bamboo ladder and climbed up. After climbing the wall, they did not immediately rush into the crowd of defenders, but quickly gathered around Dian Wei.

Zhao Yun turned over and dismounted, and walked towards the heel of the city wall with the spear in his hand. The tooth general, who saw his intentions, hurriedly grabbed him and said nervously: "General, you are the commander of the army, you can't easily go into danger." ”

Zhao Yun pointed to it with his hand and said, "Didn't you see more and more soldiers and horses entering the city, but they gathered around General Ziman, don't you dare to take risks easily?" I'm going to go up and help General Ziman. Gather your troops and horses at the city gate as soon as possible, and as soon as the city gate opens, you will immediately rush in. ”

After saying this, Zhao Yun rushed to the city with a spear in his hand. The soldiers who were waiting to ascend the city saw Zhao Yun coming over and hurriedly gave up a bamboo ladder so that he could get to the city first. Zhao Yun held the spear in one hand and the rungs of the ladder in the other, and climbed up with agility, and the soldiers below hurriedly held on to the ladder to prevent the ladder from falling.

When Zhao Yun came to the city, he saw that there were fifty or sixty soldiers gathered around Dian Wei, but everyone was confronting the defenders on the opposite side, and no one dared to rush forward easily. Zhao Yun raised his hand and patted Dian Wei's shoulder, and asked with concern: "Ziman, how is it, can you still withstand it?" ”

Although Dian Wei had rested for a while, his physical strength had not recovered for a long time because he had just lost some of his strength, otherwise he would have led people to kill him. He was hesitating whether to hold his breath and kill him, when he suddenly felt someone tap him on the shoulder, and then heard Zhao Yun's familiar voice. He turned his head and grinned at Zhao Yun and said, "Zilong, why did you come up?" ”

Zhao Yun knew that now was not the time to greet him, so he asked Dian Wei again: "Ziman, can you continue to fight?" ”

Dian Wei was not willing to show weakness at this moment, and immediately nodded and said, "Naturally, you can fight." ”

"Since we can fight, then you and I will lead these soldiers to kill the defenders at the head of the city, and open the city gate to welcome the army outside the city into the city." After Zhao Yun finished speaking, he pushed aside the soldiers in front of him and came to the front of the crowd, he raised the spear in his hand high, and then swung it forward, shouting: "Kill me!" ”

Don't look at the strength of Dian Wei and Zhao Yun, but because he uses double blades, the size is not as long as Zhao Yun's bright silver spear, so when facing the spear formation of the defenders, he suffers a little. Now Zhao Yun did not suffer at all in terms of the length of his weapon compared to the spear on the opposite side, and he wielded the two-zhang long bright silver spear halberd like a dragon entering the water, and he was invincible everywhere he went. Seeing Zhao Yun taking the lead, the soldiers who climbed the city wall were all demoralized, and they also joined the battle group with weapons in hand, killing the defenders and retreating, and the area under their control was gradually expanding.

When the defenders of the city besieged Dian Wei alone, they could not achieve victory, and now in the face of a group of fresh troops led by Zhao Yun, where are they still opponents, they are scattered. And Zhang Ji saw the Jizhou army attacking, and he was still standing at the city gate, brandishing his sword, and shouted loudly: "Don't retreat, don't retreat, those who retreat without permission will be killed!" ”

However, everyone was busy running for their lives, and who paid attention to him. He raised his sword and slashed down five or six of the soldiers who had escaped by his side, but he could not stop the rout. At this moment, Dian Wei rushed in front of him, the enemy was very red when he saw each other, thinking that he had just been besieged by the other party, and almost gave away his life, Dian Wei was extremely angry, he raised his halberd and smashed it towards Zhang Ji.

Zhang Ji raised his sword to block, but was beaten into two pieces by the iron halberd, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he quickly turned his head and fled. How could Dian Wei let him escape easily, he hurriedly chased after him, and wiped his back erection neck with an iron halberd, and suddenly a head rose to the sky, and the body that lost his head rushed forward a few steps under the action of huge inertia, before he fell to the ground with a bang, and at this moment blood spurted out of the cavity, staining the ground red.

Seeing that the city wall had been controlled, Zhao Yun hurriedly ordered people to lower the drawbridge, and at the same time sent capable men to open the city gate and let the army waiting outside the city enter the city. Seeing the drawbridge falling suddenly, the Jizhou army outside the city suddenly cheered like thunder, and as soon as the city gate opened, they immediately rushed to the city.

Guo Jia, who was in the distance, saw that the army rushed into the city from the city gate, and at the same time, many soldiers climbed into the city through the bamboo ladders erected on the city wall in order to enter the city faster. Seeing this, Guo Jia couldn't help but smile and said to Han Zhan: "Congratulations, my lord, this city has now become the bag of our army, and there will be no more war in Qingzhou from now on." ”