Chapter 286: Raiders Le Lang
Meanwhile.
Many Lelang people living in nearby townships appeared in everyone's sight, Han Bao didn't care too much about it, he just turned a blind eye to the people's prying eyes, and did not reprimand him, it was not easy for everyone.
Han Bao never flatters, let alone bullies, this is his advantage!
However, there were many Youzhou soldiers who greeted the villagers with dry food in one hand and hot broth in the other.
Some of the more courageous Lelang people also came up to talk to everyone in broken Chinese.
They originally spoke Goryeo, but Gongsun Du is a real Han people, since Gongsun Du served in Lelang, he asked the people to give up their mother tongue, change to speak Chinese, after years of evolution and development, now most of the people of Lelang can speak Chinese, but the older people speak a little more awkward, I have to say, Gongsun Du did a great good thing.
Han Bao is not afraid that someone will go to tell him, the other party only has 5,000 defenders in poor armor, if he can't even take down this city guarded by only 5,000 people, then he might as well go home as soon as possible.
An hour later!
The army is ready to go!
Han Bao ordered Han Dang and Xu Huang to lead two thousand cavalry first, Han Dang was the main general, and Xu Huang was the deputy general.
Han Bao himself led a thousand men and horses to slow down in the rear, waiting for Li Hu to come and meet him!
Li Hu is a belligerent character, and when he heard that Le Lang was going to have a big battle, he immediately threw Xuanwu County to Chimei to take care of, and then impatiently led the army to meet Han Bao!
Before Han Dang and Xu Huang left, Han Bao specially told the two, "Try to kill and injure the enemy's living force, and don't give the enemy any chance to escape." ”
Han Dang and Xu Huang nodded their heads one after another, indicating that they had no objection, and then went straight to Zengdi with two thousand cavalry.
Han Dang and Xu Huang led the army all the way, and after more than two hours, they stopped at the edge of a forest.
They needed to build siege equipment for their siege troops, among which catapults, ladders, and siege engines were indispensable siege equipment.
Youzhou soldiers have long been familiar with this set of processes, because building siege equipment is a must in their daily training, which is also Li Yang specially asked them to do, at first everyone still felt very incomprehensible, they did not think that it was difficult to make ladder those simple siege equipment, until now, they finally understood Li Yang's good intentions, this kind of thing, if you have not done it, you will inevitably be in a hurry, only by doing it, can you avoid not making mistakes in the details.
An hour later.
The siege equipment has been prepared almost, after all, there is not much needed, and most of the walls of all cities in Lelang County are only about two zhang high, except for the county ruling Korea.
Han Dang and Xu Huang led the army for another hour, and Zengdi City had already come into everyone's eyes.
At this time, it was dusk, and after a brief discussion, the two decided to make a tentative attack on Zengdi City first, so as to see what level the enemy army was in.
Xu Huang and Han Dang each led 500 men and horses, Xu Huang was responsible for attacking the east gate, Han Dang was responsible for attacking the west gate, and the other two gates were guarded by 500 soldiers led by the captain.
The defenders of Zengdi City were all panicked, because they had never seen such a neat army.
Fortunately, Gongsun Kang was sitting in the city at this time, which also gave the defenders more confidence in their hearts.
A quarter of an hour later!
The Youzhou soldiers were already in place, and Han Dangdang ordered someone to beat the siege drum.
The cowhide drum was beating loudly.
The Youzhou soldiers tied their horses to the safety behind them, and then walked towards Zengdi City with neat steps, and when they reached the land of a stone's throw, the soldiers galloped wildly in the direction of the city wall.
Han Dang left a hundred marksmen within range to exchange fire with the defenders on the city walls, which could provide cover for his charging soldiers.
This is also a major feature of the Youzhou army, in the Youzhou army, the general's subordinates will deliberately train a group of marksmen, they can play the role of sniping enemy generals, and they can also come in handy when defending and attacking the city.
The army attacking the east gate quickly rushed to the city wall under the leadership of Xu Huang, who held a shield in his left hand and a steel knife in his right hand. Be the first to climb the ladder.
The soldiers saw that the main general was so brave, and their morale naturally rose sharply, and everyone roared and climbed along the ladder to the city wall, anyway, they didn't dare to run, because the punishment of the Youzhou army for deserters was quite terrifying, no one dared to be a deserter, and the grave grass that dared to be a deserter had grown to more than a meter high.
After all, the defenders of Zengdi City occupy a large advantage in numbers, and the hundred Youzhou marksmen under the city can't suppress them at all, in fact, the main thing the marksmen under the city do is to suppress the defenders on Xu Huang's head, as long as Xu Huang can successfully enter the city, at that time, the east gate will basically be stable.
The defenders on the city wall desperately threw rolling wooden stones down the city, and many Youzhou soldiers were smashed down from the ladder, as long as they were hit by the rolling wooden stones, they would be disabled if they didn't die.
When Xu Huang climbed halfway, someone in the defenders discovered their intentions, so under the instruction of the general, countless rolling wooden stones smashed down on Xu Huang's head, fortunately, the shield in Xu Huang's hand was large enough, and he used his shield to resist the boulder that fell on his head, while wielding a steel knife to hit the oncoming arrows.
In just over two zhang distance, Xu Huang actually climbed for half an hour!
Half an hour later, Xu Huang finally climbed to the top of the city, raised his eyes and saw the defenders lifting spears and stabbing straight forward, he hurriedly threw out the huge shield weighing dozens of catties, and the shield was heavy, and the defenders in front of him were smashed down in an instant, and Xu Huang's move also bought enough time for himself to climb the city.
Xu Huang jumped and climbed to the top of the city.
After ascending the city, Xu Huang no longer had any restraints around him, and the steel knife was swept away by his dancing tiger, and he killed more than ten defenders who surrounded him in an instant.
Seeing this, the guard was so anxious that he jumped to his feet, but he couldn't help it, who called him inferior in skills?
Since Xu Huang ascended the city, the east gate of Zengdi City is like a river embankment that has no mouth, and it can't be blocked at any time.
In just a quarter of an hour after landing in the city, Xu Huang personally killed more than 50 soldiers defending the city.
After successfully capturing the city, Xu Huang led the Youzhou soldiers to kill the city gate, and the guards of Zengdi at this time were already frightened, and it was the first time they had seen such a strong general.
About half an hour later, the defenders of the east gate of Zengdi were finally defeated by Xu Huang's army, and he fled to the west gate with less than five hundred remnants.
After Xu Huang led the army to break through the east gate, he hurriedly ordered someone to bring his mount, and after turning over the horse, he led people to chase in the direction of the west gate.
When Han Dang attacked Ximen, he encountered a lot of trouble!
Gongsun Kang personally sat at the West Gate, and he walked back and forth at the head of the city with a sword to boost morale, which greatly boosted the morale of the defenders, thus creating a lot of trouble for Han Dang!
The besieging side had no advantage at all, and now there was Gongsun Kang at the head of the city to boost the morale of the defenders, which made it even more difficult for Han Dang to lose half a step.
In fact, Gongsun Kang was even more depressed than Han Dang, because even if he guarded the west gate, this Zengdi City was also lost, and not long ago, the scout came to report that the remaining three city gates had fallen into the hands of the enemy.
Gongsun Kang sighed helplessly, and then ordered the soldiers to gather and prepare to break through, knowing that it might be too late if he didn't run.
The defenders of the West Gate all withdrew, and the Youzhou soldiers were able to climb to the top of the city.
The soldiers opened the city gate from the city, and Han Dang took the reins of the war horse from his own soldiers, left the soldiers behind him, and rushed out with the horse lance in his hand.