Chapter 201: The Eagle Spreads Its Wings

No wonder the eagle has high ambitions and leads the way in the sky.

It is said that Yan Yan originally wanted to take advantage of the fact that Zhao Yunjun's foothold was not stable, and the catapult was still being installed, so he led the troops to pretend to fight against each other to buy time for the large army to break away from Wuling from the West Gate, but he did not expect that the power of the five-seat catapult that had just been built had made the Yizhou army unable to defend.

Yan Yan's troops did not dare to risk advancing to destroy the enemy's catapult position, I am afraid that before they could touch the catapult, the troops would be scattered by the Qinglong Army with the peak lineup on the opposite side. Therefore, Yan Yan saw that the situation was not good, waved the ghost-headed broadsword in his hand, and the bell Mingjin withdrew his troops, pulled up the drawbridge, closed the city gate, and prepared to arrange for the retreat of everyone immediately.

Frustrated that he had just escaped from under the hundred-pound boulder, he was shocked and scolded the catapult operator. Suddenly, seeing Yan Yan retreating quickly, he laughed again, brandished his sword and shouted: "Catapult, continue to speed up the installation!" Adjust the angle and shoot straight at the head of the city! ”

Zhao Yun didn't know that Yan Yan was planning to abandon the city at this time, but he didn't object to giving the defenders of Wuling City a deterrent, but just instructed the soldiers operating the catapult to be careful not to adjust the range too far, and try not to hurt the people in the city.

The five catapults that had been installed immediately opened fire, and this time the range was adjusted more accurately, and the boulders were smashed into the sky one after another. The debris of the boulders were scattered everywhere, and the battlements cracked one by one, and the defenders of the city immediately scattered and fled, looking for cover everywhere, and in an instant the head of the city was cleaned, leaving only a ground of masonry and stone residue.

Yan Yan in the city, looking up at the boulder smashing the city to pieces, his own soldiers poured down from the stairs, ordered not to panic, retreated from the west gate collectively according to the queue, and led the escort team to supervise the formation.

After the boulder, the horn of the siege finally sounded, Yan Yan personally led the escort team to climb the city tower again, only to see that the northeast corner of the city wall was smashed half of the side, and the battlements were still intact, Yan Yan ordered the archers to stand by and observe the movements of the enemy besieging the city under the city. Unexpectedly, although the horns in the Qinglong army were arrayed, there were no soldiers rushing over to attack the city, Yan Yan shouted that he couldn't understand, and suddenly the sharp-eyed subordinates next to him shouted: "Look! The stone is here again! ”

It turned out that when he saw that the defenders of the city were retreating, he suddenly thought about it, and made people blow the horn of the siege, but they did not lead the troops, and it was expected that the enemy would not dare not send people to defend the city, so as to buy time for the other troops to retreat. Sure enough, many soldiers came up from the head of the city, and with a wave of their swords, the five giant catapults that had long been ready for action immediately fired large-tonnage stone cannonballs again.

Yan Yan saw the dark clouds in front of him, and he hated him so much that his teeth itched, thinking that the enemy was too cunning, and the soldiers around him saw Yan Yan stunned and looked at the stone clouds in the sky, and pulled him down and ran. The troops behind him blew up all of a sudden, and immediately swarmed down again, many people were directly squeezed out of the city tower, Yan Yan in the crowd was powerless, he could only blow his beard angrily and stare at him, but no one could hear his command anymore.

"Boom, boom, boom" Five earth-shattering loud noises spread out in the city again, fortunately, the accuracy was a little bit worse, Yan Yan and the soldiers around him were only scratched by the flying stone chips, and narrowly escaped the catastrophe. The other soldiers who didn't have time to get down to the city were not so lucky, some became meatloaf faces, and some became hedgehog faces.

Just after the second wave of boulder attacks, Yan Yan finally had a chance to shout orders and call all the soldiers to go down the city. This city head can't stay, it's basically passively beaten. As soon as all the soldiers landed in the city, the siege horn outside the city sounded again, and Yan Yan blurted out a scolding sentence, but he no longer had the courage to lead the troops to turn over to the city, so he only sent two small soldiers to secretly go to a high place to watch.

The two small soldiers climbed up the city wall in disguise, and saw that there was already a tide of soldiers under the city, and in the front was a row of sappers pushing earthen carts, and behind them were soldiers carrying ladders, and a large number of shield and knife men were guarding, and they were swarming. Once the earthcart fills the moat, the ladder soldiers will open the way to climb the city, and the shield soldiers will rush up.

The two little soldiers suddenly saw that the city was already a wild siege scene, and shouted at the city in shock, Yan Yan under the city couldn't hear clearly, and was pricking up his ears to try to hear clearly, suddenly his face changed, and he had heard the footsteps and shouts of tens of millions of people outside the city, and instantly understood the meaning of the two small soldiers on the city tower.

Yan Yan was a famous general after all, he calmed down from his anger in an instant, picked up a strong bow with a ghost head knife in his right hand, and picked up a strong bow in his left hand, and shouted: "Archer, come with me!" With that, he took the lead, climbed the gravel-strewn tower, threw away his sword, and shot a bunch of iron arrows at the city in an instant.

The archers followed, scattering along the broken battlements, and because of Yan Yan's round of bows and arrows, the bows and arrows under the city also began to shoot intensively at this time.

There were casualties on and off the city. Yan Yan took a few buckets of bows and arrows from the soldiers transporting the bows and arrows, and shouted loudly: "Go down and pass my orders!" Then call in the ninth team to fight! The soldier had to be ordered to hurry away.

Yan Yan knew that it would be difficult to resist Zhao Yun's onslaught, but he had to buy two more hours for the retreating main force. Even if thousands of people from the ninth team are transferred, I don't know if they can resist it.

Leng Bao hurriedly came up with the ninth team, and Yan Yan said angrily: "Didn't you let you be responsible for withdrawing the troops!" Leng Bud didn't answer, and shouted: "Come on, please leave the boss!" ”

It turned out that Leng Bud knew that the remaining soldiers who defended the city were likely to die in the city, but Yan Yan insisted on staying and defending the city by himself. At this time, the situation was critical, Leng Bao knew that he could not convince the commander, so he had to order someone to persuade the commander to leave, even if it was a capital crime to disobey the military order and offend the military authority, he did not hesitate, anyway, he had already decided to die in the city.

Yan Yan struggled like crazy, and several strong men couldn't hold it down, Leng Bud had to start it himself, and while he was tearing, Leng Bud suddenly stopped his hand and looked at the city in a daze.

Everyone, including Yan Yan, felt something different, and stopped their movements at the same time, and the army that had rushed up so far suddenly retreated like a tide, and the sound of Ming Jin also sounded in Zhao Yun's army.

Leng Bud looked at the city in a daze, and muttered, "What's the situation?" Could it be that the gods have appeared? Yan Yan pushed away the soldiers around him, snorted and said: "This is to tell us that they have no intention of attacking the city and increasing unnecessary casualties, let's leave quickly, and this city does not need to be defended." ”

Leng Bao looked at Yan Yan in disbelief, and sure enough, the neat voices of the thousands of soldiers under the city remembered: "General Zhao has an order, God has the virtue of a good life, and the Yizhou army must open the door and surrender within two hours, otherwise after the city is broken, all of them will be killed." ”

Yan Yan said: "Two hours, enough for us to evacuate!" I secretly thanked Zhao Yun in my heart for releasing myself and my subordinates. and Leng Bao restrained his subordinates, all of them retreated to the West Gate, and they were not allowed to set fire to the city or harm the people.

Zhao Yun let go of Yan Yan, naturally it was also Chen Long's plan, at this time, it was definitely not the time for a decisive battle with the Yizhou army, save troops, and go all out to oppress Liu Biao. I left Yan Yan a big favor, and if he really enters Yizhou in the future, he still has to win the hearts of the people.

Two hours later, Chen Long and Zhao Yun exchanged money at the south gate of Wuling, and then went out of the list to settle down and had a small ceremony to enter the city. Wuling has only been governed for more than a few months after Xizhi, and the people of Wuling know that Chen Long's policy is good, and it is indispensable to beat gongs and drums, pot and pulp, and go to the city gate to greet the lord who is about to rule him.

The people of Wuling were settled, and the Wen Ping outside the city learned that Wuling had changed hands and the Yizhou army had retreated, so they simply withdrew their troops back to Jiangling. The defense of Gangneung was limited to the Uiju naval forces in the west, and the situation was instantly stabilized.

Chen Long didn't want to stop there, on the one hand, he sent someone with Liu Biao's letter agreeing to change Jiangxia for Liu Cong, informing Huang Zhong and Yang Huai to lead the naval army into Dongting Lake and prepare for Jiangxia battle at any time, on the other hand, Zhao Yunjun's army kept going, passed through the city, and led the tail of the Wenpin army to the south bank of the Yangtze River, opposite one of Liu Biao's only three remaining big cities-------- a strategic place on the Yangtze River, Jiangling.

Wenpin's rearguard unit detected Zhao Yunjun's movements and naturally reported Wenpin. Wen Ping didn't know what he meant, but he had always been cautious in using troops, and hurriedly sent someone to report to Liu Biao.

Wenpin, the word Zhongye, Nanyang Wanren, Liu Biao famous general during the Three Kingdoms period, later descended to Cao Wei, promoted to general, and repeatedly made military exploits. In the official history, after Liu Biao's death, his son Liu Cong surrendered to Cao Cao, and Wen Ping did not follow Cao Cao at the beginning, until Cao Cao summoned him to meet him, and asked him why he was late, Wen Ping said that he could not protect the land and was ashamed to see people. Cao Cao was moved by this loyal minister's affection, and he first choked on it, and still asked him to guard Jiangxia, so that he could pawn the northern soldiers and Zhenjing River. Wen Ping also lived up to Cao Cao's expectations, when guarding Jingcheng, he repeatedly led troops to stop Guan Yu's army, attacked his baggage, burned his warships, and made great contributions, becoming one of the generals that Cao Cao relied on as a barrier, and his prestige spread far and wide. Later, he was more from the conquest, and he was awarded the title of General Hou, Marquis of Xinye. At the beginning of Cao Rong's accession to the throne, Wen Ping repelled Sun Quan's attack in Jiangxia.

Liu Biao received the letter from Wen Ping, and collapsed on the seat behind him, it was to drive the tiger and welcome the wolf, his strength was reduced, and the beloved second son was still in the hands of the other party, with a strong sense of powerlessness, the idea of surrendering Chen Long and being a rich man rose from his mind for the first time.

Chen Long was determined to take the entire Jingzhou, so he naturally found a way to oppress Liu Biao, and did not hesitate to provoke a war, as long as Liu Biao resisted, he could be all-round attacked. Now that Wuling has been taken, the two routes have marched into Jiangxia and Jiangling, and it is the two wings that fly together, just like an eagle flapping its wings, and the unification of the entire territory of Jingzhou is just around the corner.