Chapter 325: The End of Zhang Jiao (Part I)
"Siege!"
As the chief general appointed by the imperial court, Zhang Wen made a slight gesture to Huangfu Song and Gongsun Du, and then gave the order to attack.
"Kill~"
Five hundred elite infantry carried the ladder, howled, and launched an assault on the giant deer.
The rumbling drums aren't enough to cover it up!
The yellow scarves guarding the city were not chaotic at all, and they were blocking in an orderly manner.
Seeing this, Gongsun Du knew that it was time to make his own move, and shouted: "Hansheng, you go!" ”
"Yes, my lord!"
"If necessary, Ben will want you to shoot the enemy generals to boost the army!"
Huang Zhong's figure paused in front of him, and he replied in a loud voice: "Yes, lord, my subordinates will let the enemy general understand that rising to the head means death." ”
Seeing Huang Zhong lead his troops to suppress the Yellow Turban Army at the head of the city and provide cover for the siege army, Gongsun Du looked back and saw Zhang Wen and Huangfu Song both looking at him in surprise, and couldn't help but chuckle and explained: "Maybe the next words will make you feel that Ben Jiang is talking big, but Ben Jiang still has to say, if you talk about archery, Han Sheng should be the first in the world, and he is also the strongest person in history in archery, half a point stronger than General Zhifei, Overlord, Feiwei, Ji Chang, and Yang Youji, probably only the legendary Hou Yi who shoots the sun can be stronger than him!" ”
"What?"
Zhang Wen and Huangfu Song were full of undisguised shock, and so were the generals around him who heard this, but no one believed that what Gongsun Du said was true, but he felt that Gongsun Du was a little too shameless in order to make a name for his subordinates.
But no matter what, curiosity has been aroused, and everyone's eyes are on Huang Zhong's back, even if there is scrutiny in it, it is a kind of gaze.
Gongsun Du didn't care about these at all, but looked at Huang Zhong with a smile on his face, giving people a feeling of confidence.
Huang Zhong didn't feel any difference, leading a thousand cavalry was a rush, so that the Yellow Turban Army at the head of the city had no time to counterattack. There is no way, even if they have the convenience of the city, they still can't offset the range advantage of the Liao army.
"Huh?"
After two rounds of shooting, Huangfu Song realized that something was wrong, and there was a real shock on his face: "Could it be that every soldier of the Liao Army has such powerful riding skills?" ”
Immediately, Zhang Wen also discovered the problem, and he just muttered in his heart, but he didn't speak: "Only this part can do it, or can all the Liao army do it?" ”
A little farther away, Zhang Wen and Huangfu Song only thought that they were superb in riding, and did not find the bilateral stirrups, besides, Gongsun Du also made special preparations in order to temporarily cover the bilateral stirrups, maybe even if it was close, it may not be able to find it.
Gongsun Du glanced at the battlefield out of the corner of his eye, and suddenly said: "Aren't there catapults or siege vehicles?" ”
"It will take a few days for the new siege equipment to arrive, as for the original ......"
Zhang Wen smiled bitterly, and only then did he tell the truth: "They were all damaged in the previous war!" ”
Gongsun Du recalled the scene when Dong Zhuo sent people to attack the city before, and thought that it was that time.
Suddenly, Gongsun Du thought of a terrible possibility: Perhaps, Dong Zhuo did it on purpose, but at this time, he already had a heart of disobedience?
Gongsun Du's heart was turbulent, and he had a better understanding of Li Ru.
Among the strategists of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, if you want to say who is the most conspicuous and the most inconspicuous, and worthy of admiration, Gongsun Du can only think of one person, and that is Li Ru.
In terms of planning, a brain-dead like Dong Zhuo can be in power to the government and the opposition, who dares to say that he can surpass? If it weren't for Dong Zhuo's own death being too ruthless, it would be difficult to guarantee that he would not really complete the possibility of changing the dynasty, even if Dong Zhuo couldn't, Dong Zhuo's son could. All the strategies he offers are all successful, all of them are anticipating the enemy's opportunities, even in a famous book, Lao Luo has not missed the slightest omission in this matter, and obviously has a lot of admiration for it.
In terms of loyalty, Li Ru is loyal, even if Dong Zhuo does not accept his suggestions many times, even if Dong Zhuo dies in the end, he does not serve the two masters, but disappears. So much so that during the Three Kingdoms period, I couldn't see him!
Gongsun Du also wanted to recruit Li Ru in the past, but because of Li Ru's low profile, he only probably knew who he was, where he grew up, etc., but he didn't know anything, and the first time he learned about Li Ru was about two years ago, not long after Xianbei retreated, Qiao Yanglou's secret agent, when he found Dong Zhuo, found a suspicious figure of Li Ru.
But Gongsun Du knew that it was Li Ru, but he knew that it was too late to say anything at this time!
Just when Gongsun Du was thinking about this, Huang Zhong's eyes suddenly lit up, and he grabbed the bow and arrows in his hand almost in the blink of an eye. This is not all, as soon as Huang Zhong's right arm is forced, the boxwood bow bends abruptly, and as his fingers are released, the bow body instantly returns to its original state, and an iron arrow flies away in the air.
The whole set of movements looks very smooth, all in one go!
Zhang Wen and Huangfu Song both saw this action, and suddenly recalled the words of Gongsun Du before, and subconsciously held their breath.
Shout~
The Iron Arrow flew towards the city like a dark shadow without a hint of hesitation.
Zhang Jiao saw the tricks of the Han army at a glance, and personally climbed to the top of the city to command the defense of the city, and fought impressively. In this regard, Zhang Jiao had to thank Dong Zhuo for his sparring partner, allowing him to use those more than 20 days to hone tens of thousands of qualified soldiers, of which thousands can be called elite.
Suddenly, Zhang Jiao felt a chill all over his body, and subconsciously hid to the side.
"Not good~"
As soon as the thought in Zhang Jiao's mind fell, he felt a pain in his arm, and then a burnt smell came.
"Quick, protect General Tiangong!"
The city was in chaos in an instant.
Zhang Jiao had to grit his teeth and shouted: "Don't mess up, General Ben is fine!" ”
"Don't mess around, everyone!"
Zhang Wen and Huangfu Song and others did not see the result of Huang Zhong's arrow, but the riot at the head of the city was still clearly seen by them, and there was only one thought left in their minds: Who did they shoot? Dead?
Huangyang bow is an exclusive treasure bow ordered by Gongsun Du to be built for Huang Zhong, as for the original raised bow, it was passed on to Huang Xu by Huang Zhong, in fact, at the beginning, Huang Zhong wanted to pass it on to his daughter Huang Qing, and the phoenix tail knife would be passed on to Huang Xu in the future, but Gongsun Du and Huang Qing refused. Huang Yanggong originally had no name, this name was taken by Huang Zhong himself, and the reason was that Huang's surname was Yang.
The boxwood bow is an eight-stone strong bow, and after being trained by Gongsun Du himself, it can make one force exert the role of two forces. With the help of the boxwood bow, the iron arrow slashed through the space extremely fast, and when it hit Zhang Jiao, the arrow was already very hot, so when Zhang Jiao hit the arrow, it did not rush blood, but produced a burnt smell.
It is precisely because of this that Zhang Jiao does not have to go down to deal with his wounds as soon as possible, but stands firmly at the head of the city to stabilize the morale of the army. But he was also thinking about a question in his heart: Who is this person? It's amazing to be able to shoot the general!
Subsequently, Huang Zhong only shot another arrow, and did nothing. But Zhang Wen and Huangfu Song didn't dare to ignore Gongsun Du's words anymore, and underestimated Huang Zhong, because after this time, the Yellow Turban Army at the head of the city obviously increased its vigilance, and it was obvious that the previous two arrows were a huge threat.
As the sun sets, the day's battle ends.
Zhang Wen and the others failed to break through the giant deer, and there didn't seem to be many casualties, which made Zhang Wen and Huangfu Song quite puzzled and nervous.
Gongsun Du vaguely guessed the reason, and couldn't help but secretly scolded "Dong Zhuo's pig head".
The next day, when Zhang Wen and others planned to strengthen the offensive, they found that there were one after another people tied to the head of Julu City, densely distributed at the head of the city, and it seemed that these people were the shields used to defend the city.
Zhang Wen and Huangfu Song, as well as Gongsun Du, gasped and were shocked by Zhang Jiao's ruthlessness.
"Zhang Jiao must have guessed our plan, so he wants to delay time." Gongsun Du said categorically.
"That's right!" Huangfu Song nodded in agreement, but then hatefully said, "It's just that this guy is too vicious, aren't you afraid that it will backfire and make your subordinates disgusted?" ”
Zhang Wen nodded silently, with the same doubts.
How did they know that these people were the honest people around the giant deer who were unwilling to rebel, but they were all arrested by Zhang Jiao on the grounds of educating the foolish people. It's just that I didn't expect that the progress of indoctrination was unfavorable, but now it comes in handy.
It's just that Zhang Jiao probably didn't expect that although his actions made Zhang Wen and others temporarily extinguish their determination to attack the city, some of his soldiers who were forced to rebel had a trace of fear in their hearts.
If the war goes in a good direction, maybe the fear will disappear, but if it goes in a bad direction, then ......
Han army camp.
Gongsun Du looked at Zhang Wen and Huangfu Song, and said solemnly: "Since Zhang Jiao has chosen to be ruthless, it will inevitably be ruthless to the end, in order to avoid falling into a bitter battle and ending up with Lu Zigan, the general believes that it is necessary to immediately divide the troops to intercept Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang, and not give them a chance to join Zhang Jiao, it is best to be able to defeat, capture or kill them alive, that is the best." ”
Zhang Wen and Huangfu Song couldn't think of a good way for a while, so they could only agree, but on the issue of who would send troops to intercept them, the two had a conflict.
"Yizhen, let Wen go this time, you already have enough credit, just wait to return to Luoyang, Your Majesty will definitely reward you, but Wen Zhijulu has not done an inch of merit so far, so you stay to besiege Zhang Jiao." Zhang Wen said with a look of difficulty for me.
"No, Zigan was escorted back to Luoyang because of the traitor's frame-up, in order to save Zigan, Song needs more credit." Huangfu Song didn't give face to this old friend, and directly refused.