Chapter 447: Dingqing Prefecture (Middle)

In Han Zhan's mind at this time, all he was thinking about was how Dian Wei in history died, and it seemed that he was killed by random arrows. No matter how high the martial arts are, they are afraid of dark arrows. When Zhao Yun rescued Adou in Changbanpo, if it weren't for Cao Mengde's order not to release cold arrows, it is estimated that he would have been shot into a hedgehog by Cao Bing. Now Dian Wei has several feather arrows inserted in his body, if he doesn't rescue in time, he may be shot alive by random arrows in front of him.

Thinking like this, Han Zhan couldn't stay any longer, and hurriedly instructed Chen Dao: "Uncle Zhi, let's go to the city to supervise the battle, hoping that Zilong and they can take the city as soon as possible." ”

Hearing Han Zhan say this, Chen Zhi was taken aback, and hurriedly persuaded him: "The lord can't, the city is too dangerous, I'm afraid of being injured by stray arrows, let's continue to stay here." ”

Guo Jia guessed that Han Zhan was worried about Dian Wei's safety, and hurriedly comforted him and said, "Lord, Uncle Zhi is right, the city is too dangerous, let's stay and watch the battle this time." Zimanji people have their own natural appearance, and they will definitely be fine, so don't worry about the lord. ”

Han Zhan was certainly worried about Dian Wei's safety, but he also valued his own life, seeing that Guo Jia and Chen Zhi tried their best to persuade him not to take risks in person, after hesitating for a moment, he did not stubbornly hold his own opinion, but continued to stay in place to watch the battle, to see how the newly rushed soldiers and horses broke the city.

Whether it is Dian Wei, Guan Yu, or Zhang Fei's siege soldiers and horses, almost all of them are composed of members of the Yellow Turban Army. The reason why Han Zhan arranged it this way was to let these cannon fodder consume the enemy's vital forces; The second is to eliminate the chaff and select elite troops suitable for their own use. However, in this way, the quality of the soldiers will be relatively poor, and the casualties in the siege battle will be relatively large.

As Zhao Yun commanded the elite of the Jizhou army to press up, the situation changed. Bands of crossbowmen came to the city and shot arrows at the head of the city to suppress the defenders. The defenders of the city, when they saw the crossbowmen who drove over, had not yet taken it to heart, thinking that it was enough to deal with them easily, and continued to throw rolling wood and stones at the Jizhou army that climbed the city.

But when the crossbowmen began to release arrows, the defenders of the city knew that they were wrong, and they were very wrong, as soon as they appeared, they were shot by arrows flying up from the city, some fell on their backs after being hit by the arrows, and some fell directly into the city, and the rest saw that the situation was not good, and quickly retracted their bodies behind the battlements to prevent being shot by the arrows.

Zhang Ji, who was commanding the soldiers to besiege Dian Wei, couldn't help but be annoyed when he saw that his soldiers no longer threw stones at the city, but retracted their bodies behind the battlements. He swung his sword and cut down two soldiers who were too frightened to come forward, and shouted at the other soldiers: "Continue to throw wooden stones, if the Jizhou army rushes up, you and I will die without a place to be buried." Those soldiers had been suppressed by the bows and arrows under the city, but when they heard Zhang Ji's shout, they had to stand up tremblingly, lift stones and throw them at the city.

Dian Wei's speed of wielding the halberd was getting slower and slower, and he was gradually approaching the end of the oil, and suddenly felt the pressure around him lighten, and then he found that the enemy general who commanded the soldiers to besiege him actually ran to the city wall, brandishing his sword to drive the soldiers defending the city to throw stones at the city. And the soldiers who surrounded him, so without the supervision of the generals, launched an offensive that was not as fierce as Fang Cai. Seeing this situation, Dian Wei knew in his heart that the attack under the city must have been more fierce and attracted the attention of the defenders, otherwise he would be in danger at this moment.

Seeing that the offensive under the city suddenly became fierce, Zhang Ji felt that the situation was a little bad, so he hurriedly sent his subordinates to Gongsun Fan for help. He was deeply afraid that Gongsun Fan would not be saved when he saw death, and specially instructed his subordinates: "When I see General Gongsun, tell him that Chen Jiang and Yu did not send a single soldier to support us, and now that the enemy is attacking fiercely, we are almost unable to support it, please send reinforcements to support it quickly." ”

Gongsun Fan, who was staying in the Taishou Mansion, couldn't help but ask in surprise after listening to the report of the soldiers sent by Zhang Ji: "What, Chen Jiang and Yu Ze didn't send troops to reinforce you?" ”

"In reply to the general," replied the soldier, "no." ”

Gongsun Fan stood up and shouted outside, "Someone! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a Duan walked in from outside the hall, arched his hand at him, and then asked, "What does the general command?!" ”

"The messengers we sent to Chen Jiang and Yu Ze, have you come back?"

When Du Bo heard Gongsun Fan ask, he hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I haven't come back." ”

Seeing that after Du Bo finished answering the question, he stood still in place, Gongsun Fan was so angry that he stepped forward and slapped him, and then said angrily: "Since they haven't come back yet, you are still standing here and doing something, why don't you send someone to find it." If the Jizhou army really breaks the city, they will definitely kill you all. ”

Du Bo, who was beaten, didn't dare to reply, so he could only cover his face and run out, and rearrange people to Chen Jiang and Yu Ze outside, so that they could transfer troops to reinforce the east of the city.

Chen Jiang and Yu had already reached an agreement, no matter how critical the situation in the east of the city was, they could not take the initiative to send reinforcements, they did this to let Gongsun Fan understand in his heart whose troops were the backbone of the city. The two originally wanted to attack the city with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's soldiers and horses, but they were unable to support the east of the city to prevaricate Gongsun Fan. But later, as soon as the two discussed, they simply came ruthlessly and killed the messenger directly, if Gongsun Fan sent someone to inquire, he insisted that he didn't see any messenger who transferred troops at all.

After the two got rid of the messenger sent by Gongsun Fan, they held the mentality of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, and let Zhang Ji's soldiers and horses and the Jizhou army besieging the city fight to the death. They felt that as long as Sun Yan and Zhang Ji's soldiers and horses were exhausted, Gongsun Fan would have to rely on the two of them, so that their lives in the city could be effectively guaranteed.

But what they didn't expect was that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's soldiers and horses were just beating drums and shouting under the city at first, and they didn't look like they were going to attack at all. Just when the two of them were holding a banquet in the city tower and began to drink and have fun, the Jizhou army under the city actually launched an attack on the city, which scared the two of them into disengagement.

The defenders at the head of the city, seeing that the city did not look like they were going to attack at all, took it lightly, and stood and chatted in groups in the east and west, and saw that the Jizhou army suddenly attacked the city, and they were really panicked for a while. Fortunately, Chen Jiang and Yu Ze shouted in the city and restrained their soldiers and horses, so they did not fall into chaos.

The offensive of the Jizhou army seemed ferocious, but for the defenders in the city, it was not a cause for concern. There are rolling logs and stones on the city, and when the Jizhou army rushes to the city and begins to set up ladders to climb the city, as long as they throw these rolling logs and stones desperately down, they can prevent them from climbing the city wall.

When the messenger sent by Gongsun Fan Xin rushed to the west and south of the city, he saw the scene of this battle. Without waiting for them to explain their intentions, Chen Jiang hurriedly said: "You go back and tell General Gongsun that we have also been attacked by the Jizhou army here, and we are unable to send troops and horses to reinforce the east of the city, let them figure out their own way." ”