Chapter 74: To add insult to injury

Seeing that all his siege weapons were destroyed in one fell swoop, this was something that Zhang Liang could not accept.

Just when he was about to increase the intensity of his army, the archers standing at the gate of the city began a new round of attacks.

They don't care about this battlefield at all, and they still have their comrades.

Without hesitation, they shot their bows and arrows out of their hands, shooting them at this battlefield, at their comrades.

Just when everyone saw the rain of arrows shooting towards them.

The Yellow Turbans were a little panicked, they were worried that the bows and arrows would hit them.

And Yuan Jiajun also took this opportunity to kill the Yellow Turban Army in front of him.

The next move by Yuan Jiajun made all the Yellow Turban Army, including Zhang Liang and Huang Ye, change their faces greatly.

I saw Yan Liang and the others unanimously put the iron pot behind them on their heads.

This made everyone in the Yellow Turban Army a little crying, they were still laughing at the war before, and Yuan Shao's army still carried the "turtle shell" on their backs, so they were waiting for this opportunity.

Xue Yun's army has its own "shield", but the shield armor of the Yellow Turban Army, after such a long battle, has been completely lost.

They are helpless about this, and can only use their own "methods" to resolve this crisis.

Therefore, the casualties paid were much more than those of Yuan Jiajun.

Moreover, Yan Liang and the others also took this opportunity to quickly leave the battlefield and prepare to retreat to the city.

Zhang Liang knew their purpose, so he naturally wouldn't let them succeed, because the other party would leave the war and he would be able to integrate the troops again.

hurriedly let his archers fight back, and his own army also took this opportunity to attack again.

They knew that they had no siege weapons, and if they couldn't keep the Yuan family's army here, they would pay even greater casualties in the next battle.

Zhang Liang sent all the remaining chariots to the other party, just to keep the other party.

But at this time, the catapult, which made Zhang Liang angry and hateful, attacked again.

Large stones were smashed towards the top of the Yellow Turban Army's head, coupled with the coordination of bows and arrows, so that the Yellow Turban Army had to stop the offensive and quickly retreat to safety.

So they could only watch the Yuan Jiajun retreat to Jizhou City, thinking that if their catapult was still there, they would not be afraid of attacking the battle.

It's a pity that there is no if, they can only carry a simple ladder and a large log that hits the city gate, as well as their determination to see death as home, to attack the Jizhou in front of them, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Yuan Shao's entire army was withdrawn to the city, which made the Yellow Turban Army, who had nowhere to sprinkle their anger, plan to clean up the Jizhou civilians who dared to destroy their catapults.

It was only when Zhang Liang led the army to the top of the mountain that he found that between them and the peasants, there was a valley 100 meters long and 20 meters deep.

The whole terrain is like a camel's hump, in the shape of a "concave", and the tops on both sides are such structures.

There used to be a drawbridge connecting the two places, but the drawbridge was destroyed by the civilians when they brought catapults, stones, and enough food with them.

Now these civilians are in a lonely peak with no way out at all.

It's just that they didn't feel scared at all, because the reason why they did this was to prevent the Yellow Turbans from retaliating.

Zhang Liang didn't have that spare time, in order to deal with hundreds of civilians, he had to build a bridge first, and then clean them up.

So he asked the archers to attack, but unfortunately these people had already prepared, and they took out something that made Zhang Liang and others grit their teeth when they saw it - an iron pot.

Zhang Liang roared angrily, "If I have a catapult, I'll smash you into meatloaf!" ”

At this time, someone on the other side actually responded, "Yes, your catapult can indeed kill us easily." It's a pity that there is not a single one left that we smashed not long ago. ”

Zhang Liang never thought that the ants and slaves in his eyes on weekdays would one day dare to disobey his will.

If it had been before, they would have been worse off than dead.

But now, in the face of the ridicule of these Jizhou people, he has no way to punish them.

He could only yell at the other side, "Damn, you'd better not fall into my hands, or you'll be comfortable." ”

After a few harsh words, Zhang Liang left with his men, knowing that he didn't have time to deal with these civilians.

What he has to do now is to find a way to capture the Jizhou City in front of him.

Zhang Liang took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down, and then he analyzed the current situation.

In the battle with Yuan Shao just now, Yuan Shao's chariot had been wiped out in the initial attack, but unfortunately the war horse had been killed, leaving only the chariot like scrap iron, parked on the battlefield horizontally.

On their side, they lost about 30,000 men in total, and all the siege weapons were destroyed, leaving only about twenty chariots.

And the heavy cavalry he brought with him also lost about five hundred.

Although Yuan Shao's losses were more than him, Zhang Liang knew in his heart that the first head-to-head confrontation between him and Yuan Shao was that he lost.

This frustrated his desire for a quick victory, and it was very difficult to capture Jizhou without siege weapons.

Zhang Liang saw that the city walls of Jizhou were full of strong bows and crossbows, and Zhang Liang suspected that on the other side of the city gate, Yuan Shao had prepared all the catapults, stones, and fire oil.

intends to stage a feat of burning 100,000 Yellow Turban troops in Anhua City again.

Therefore, without understanding the enemy's situation, Zhang Liang asked the army to retreat ten miles and camp to rest.

In addition, people were sent to the nearby Yellow Turban Army City to collect their catapults.

As for the siege ladder, Zhang Liang didn't think about it, because this kind of thing is only available in the core city of their Yellow Turban Army, and it can be said that he has never seen it in other places.

And the catapult, running a few more places, may be a little.

As long as there is a catapult, then he will have the confidence to take the giant city in front of him.

At the same time, he whispered a few words to Huang Ye beside him.

Huang Ye nodded, indicating that he understood, and then turned to leave.

No one knew what Zhang Liang asked Huang Ye to do, and could only guess that it was something that was not good for Jizhou City.

Then in the direction of Jizhou City, he said coldly, "Jizhou City, it won't be long before I Zhang Liang's, you guys will be happy for a while at the end." ”

On the Jizhou side, the generals under Xue Yun all had calm faces.

Because in the confrontation with the Yellow Turban Army just now, they lost more than 40,000 people, and they still launched a surprise attack when others were unprepared, and the casualties were actually more than the other party.

This is the first time that Yan Liang and other generals have encountered it in many years of battlefield fighting.

At this moment, Xue Yun received a message from the flying pigeon, which read, "The Yellow Turban Army is attacking fiercely, and Youzhou City is a little unable to resist, so please send troops to support the lord." ”

This is a distress letter, which shows that the battle on Wen Chou's side is not very optimistic, which undoubtedly makes the situation facing Xue Yun worse.