Chapter 458: Reinforcements Arrive
In fact, even if the team didn't go to report it, Tai Shici, who was sitting in the city gate building with Yu Qianling, heard the sound of war drums coming from the city. He was about to send someone out to ask what was going on outside, when the team leader rushed in.
Although Tai Shici had guessed in his heart that it might be Lu Bu's soldiers and horses attacking the city, he still asked casually: "What happened outside?" β
"Back to the general's words," the team leader hurriedly replied: "Lu Bu's soldiers and horses have begun to attack the city, please go out and preside over the overall situation." β
"Yu Qianling," Tai Shici nodded after hearing this, and then said to Yu Qianling, who was walking opposite: "Lu Bu's soldiers and horses have begun to attack the city, our army may not last long, if Mr. is unwilling to stay, this general can send someone to escort you from other city gates." β
When Yu Qianling learned that Lu Bu's soldiers and horses were attacking the city, he couldn't help but panic for a while, and he couldn't wait to immediately put on his wings, fly out of the city, and flee to a safe place. But now Tai Shici asked this sentence in person, but he didn't know how to answer. He hesitated for a long time before he muttered, "The general and all the soldiers are left in the city, how can I escape alone?" I would like to stay and live and die with the general. β
"Since Yu Qianling is willing to stay, then please go back to the county office first and bring people to maintain law and order in the city." Seeing that Yu Qianling was willing to stay, Tai Shi Ci got up and arched his hand at him and said, "Wait for General Ben to repel Lu Bu's soldiers and horses, and then have a drink with Mr." β
After sending Yu Qianling away, Tai Shi Ci and the team led the two out of the city tower. The soldiers on the city wall, seeing Tai Shi Ci's appearance, suddenly had confidence in their hearts, and they knew very well in their hearts that even if the city fell, Tai Shi Ci would always be with him.
As soon as LΓΌ Bu's soldiers and horses arrived at the city, a team of archers stepped forward to release their arrows. If it were somewhere else, the archers at the head of the city would have fired back with their arrows and started a battle with them. However, Tai Shici's men were all newly recruited, and occasionally a few soldiers who could use bows and arrows had already been killed in the previous day's battle. The defenders of the city did not have bows and arrows, and in the face of bows and arrows fired from the city, the soldiers had to hide behind the battlements.
Seeing that the defenders in the city were suppressed and unable to raise their heads, Lu Bu waved the halberd in his hand forward, signaling the foot soldiers to step forward and attack the city. Seeing the signal sent by Lu Bu, the foot soldier shouted loudly, carrying the bamboo ladder and rushing towards the city wall. They came to the bottom of the wall, and put a ladder on top of the wall, and two soldiers held the ladder below, and the rest of the soldiers climbed up the ladder.
Tai Shi Ci saw Lu Bu's soldiers climbing up the ladder, and quickly stood up and gave orders loudly. Just as a Lu Bujun climbed to the top of the city, he raised his hand and stabbed the other party with a shot.
The surrounding soldiers, seeing Tai Shi Ci stabbing Lu Bujun who had climbed the city wall down the city wall, also quickly stood up and stabbed the Lu Bujun down the city wall one after another with the blade in his hand. Some of the soldiers forgot that there were archers in the city, and because they had been exposed to the battlements for too long, they were shot by the arrows and fell to the ground.
Due to being suppressed by the bows and arrows under the city, although the defenders in the city continued to kill and wound Lu Bu's army, they also suffered many casualties. Soon, some of LΓΌ Bu's troops successfully climbed the city wall and fought against the defenders of the city. Seeing this, the team leader hurriedly said to Tai Shici: "General, there are enemy troops in the city!" β
"You're staring here, and you're going to deal with them." Tai Shi Ci was afraid that if the Lu Bujun who climbed that section of the city wall gained a firm foothold, the city would be lost, so he left the opponent to supervise the battle here, and he rushed towards the place where the Lu Bu army landed in the city with more than a dozen soldiers.
Don't look at Tai Shici who is not Lu Bu's opponent alone, but with the assistance of his own soldiers, there is still no big problem in dealing with the dozens of Lu Bu troops who have climbed the city wall. Where an ordinary Lu Bu sergeant is his opponent, he often falls under his gun as soon as he looks at him.
It's a pity that the combat strength of the Lu Bu army far exceeds that of the defenders, and the Lu Bu army that landed in the city here has just been wiped out, and the Lu Bu army has landed in other areas, so he has to rush over with people to rescue.
After running back and forth for seven or eight places, Tai Shici felt that his physical strength had seriously decreased, and he thought to himself: It's not good, if he runs two or three more places, he won't even have the strength to wield his weapon. If the fight continues, the city will not be able to hold it at all.
Just as he was leaning against the battlements in the city to catch his breath, he suddenly heard a soldier not far away shouting: "Reinforcements, our reinforcements, our reinforcements are coming!" β
First one person shouted, then two, three...... Countless soldiers shouted loudly. Tai Shici was still skeptical about the arrival of reinforcements, but when he heard countless people shouting, he hurriedly rushed to the battlement with an arrow step, and looked into the distance, only to see a cloud of dust rising from the plain in the distance.
Seeing that the dust raised was not high and the speed of movement was not fast, Tai Shi Ci knew that it was the infantry who came. Although the reinforcements were still several miles away, the besieging LΓΌ Bu army stopped the attack and retreated to their own positions. And Ji Ling, who had been staying by Lu Bu's side, just snorted when he learned that Tai Shici's reinforcements had arrived, and said to Lu Bu: "Wen Hou, you continue to attack the city, and wait for Ji to deal with this support army." After speaking, he took his three thousand soldiers and horses, the front team became the rear team, and the back team became the front team, and went away to meet the soldiers and horses in the distance.
The soldiers and horses who came to the rescue of Licheng were 10,000 soldiers and horses led by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. When the two were still ten miles away from Licheng, they received a report from Tanma, saying that Lu Bu's soldiers and horses were attacking Licheng. After Guan Yu heard this, he was afraid that Tai Shi Ci would not be able to resist it, so he ordered the soldiers and horses to speed up and strive to rush to Licheng before the city was broken.
As soon as Ji Ling set up the formation on the road, Guan Zhang and the others appeared with soldiers and horses an arrow away. Ji Ling urged his horse forward alone, and shouted loudly at the oncoming soldiers and horses: "Who are you, what are you doing here?" β
Zhang Fei was anxious, and when he heard someone shouting in front of him, he immediately urged the horse to come out of battle. shouted loudly at Ji Ling: "I am Zhang Fei, a native of Yan, who is the vanguard under the Marquis of Anyang, and was ordered to come to relieve the siege of Licheng. β
"Yanren Zhang Fei?" After Ji Ling repeated Zhang Fei's name, a disdainful expression appeared on his face: "I haven't heard of it." I advise you to retreat quickly, or you will become a revenant under a three-pointed and two-edged knife. β
Where could Zhang Fei stand this kind of anger, he screamed, waved the Zhangba snake spear in his hand and rushed up, fighting with the arrogant Ji Ling.
Don't look at Ji Ling as a powerful general under Yuan Shu, at best, he can only be regarded as a second-rate general, where is the opponent of the first-class military general Zhang Fei. After the two fought for a few rounds, Ji Ling felt that he couldn't support it, shook his sword, turned the horse's head and prepared to escape. But Zhang Fei was willing to let him go, and stabbed him under the horse with a spear.
Zhang Fei was about to make up another shot, but he heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves, raised his hand to look, and saw a military general riding a red rabbit horse, holding a Fang Tian painting halberd in his hand, and wearing a sky-high crown, was rushing towards him. Zhang Fei could only give up Ji Ling and force Lu Bu to go.