The cavalry charge on the plain, its shape is like electricity, its momentum is like thunder, although the three hundred cavalry can not be called many in terms of quantity, but in the face of the Yellow Turban infantry that is not dominant in the same number, only more than a thousand people, it is definitely an overwhelming advantage, Zhu Jun's pain of losing his ears has not even been alleviated at alleviation, and most of the hundreds of Yellow Turban thieves around him have been killed and injured under the repeated impact of the three hundred Han cavalry, and they can no longer form an effective combat force.

Of course, the Yellow Turban thieves dug several staggered trenches in advance under Yingyang City did form a strong restriction on the cavalry of the Han army, so that the cavalry soldiers either fell into the trenches one after another because of the fierce charge, or because the sight was not good in the dark, and dozens of people were killed on the spot or killed by the Yellow Turban thieves who had been ambushed in the trenches in advance and did not have time to fight.

But in any case, once the soldiers of the Han army are not afraid of life and death, then whether it is in terms of armaments or equipment, or individual combat ability, they will win a lot of Yellow Turban Thieves, and the ambush attack launched by the Yellow Turban Thieves in advance under Yingyang City did not last too long, and it has already reached the end.

As the soldiers of the Han army under Yingyang City gathered more and more, Zhu Jun and Zhang Chao, who had not been on his side for a long time, suddenly discovered a problem, there was no way for them to go over the trench to get to the city!

In fact, of all the wars in the era of cold weapons, siege operations were the most difficult and cruel.

Faced with a ten-meter-high wall, the only way for the besieging side to break through the city is to climb the wall. The tools for climbing the wall only rely on some wooden ladders and ropes, and the conditions are better, and there may be iron claws and iron hooks, but it is not easy to climb a height of ten meters with these things, and it is even more difficult for the besieging side to have various obstacles from the defenders in the process of climbing.

Therefore, whenever such a siege is encountered, experienced generals will divide the siege force into several groups, and set up crossbowmen to suppress the defenders inside the city from outside the city, so as to reduce the pressure on the soldiers climbing the city to a certain extent, but this is also the only way to siege the city.

Therefore, when the besieging party is preparing for the attack, the siege equipment carried will not be very many, and even like wooden ladders and hitting wood, these will be adapted to local conditions, looking for woods near the city to be cut down, and made on the spot, like Zhu Jun with 3,000 soldiers, the situation of attacking the city in the starry night is a minority in itself, otherwise how can it be called a surprise attack?

However, the Yellow Turban's plan seems to have been expected by Zhu Jun.

As the Han army under Yingyang City was all blocked in front of those several trenches, a fire appeared on the wall of Yingyang City.

Zhu Jun looked up, but saw that the originally empty city tower was crowded with people wrapped in yellow scarves, and heard that some of them laughed and said: "Under the city, is Zhu Gongwei, the general of Zuo Zhonglang?" ”

Zhu Jun was shocked in his heart, and looked up at the city wall, but after searching with his eyes, he couldn't find the person who spoke, so he shouted: "Since you know my name, why don't you open the door and surrender the city quickly." ”

I only heard that the laughter became more and more rampant, and it took a long time before it stopped, and I raised my voice and scolded: "I only said that Zhu Gongwei is a famous general, but I don't want to be able to say such ridiculous words. ”

Zhu Jun secretly instructed a few good archery soldiers on his side to prepare a little, intending to shoot the person who spoke, but he took ten steps forward on a single horse, and continued to shout towards the people on the city wall: "If Your Excellency is so capable, why can't you show up and let me know Zhu Jun?" ”

"I'm not fooled by you." The man on the city wall was still hiding among the Yellow Turban soldiers, and replied in a loud voice: "Your Zhu Gongwei's soldiers are all the elite generals in this world, if I show up in you, you order someone who is good at shooting to shoot me, I can't hide." ”

Zhu Jun couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "It's rare to have a character like you among the moth thieves, if Your Excellency can restrain yourself from the precipice and surrender to the court, I, Zhu Jun, may be able to play Your Majesty, not only can I save you from death, but I can even give you an official body and a glorious lintel, how about it?" ”

"Today I want to kill you Zhu Gongwei, he is killing the emperor Fu Yizhen, and he is killing Luoyang City in the future, killing the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, bullshit emperor, killing this thief God, I can also achieve feats through the ages, glorify the ancestors, how rare are you said." The man chuckled a few times and continued: "I heard that Liu Hong's husband also sent his sister-in-law to the army, so he can kill that child first, but maybe Liu Hong can die alive, and I don't need my grandfather to do it." ”

When the Yellow Turban soldiers in the city heard this, they also laughed in unison.

Zhu Jun heard that this person's words were rampant, and he also heard that he called the emperor by his name, he was already angry in his heart, snorted coldly, turned his horse's head and returned to the army, and immediately pulled out the long knife in his hand, pointed to the sound on the city wall, and shouted: "Siege the city." ”

But under this order, it was difficult for the 3,000 Han troops to make a quick and accurate response, and it turned out that if they wanted to tie ropes or throw iron cables and hooks to climb the city wall, the most important thing that must be completed was to cross the trench.

And these trenches in front of me are four or five meters deep, two or three meters wide, and it is extremely difficult to jump over it, not to mention that the whole army has just advanced, at this time, these 3,000 soldiers, mixed with horses and feet, are crowded under the city wall, and it is very difficult to attack or retreat in a neat line.

However, Zhu Jun still has a wisdom Sima Zhang Chao in the end.

Zhang Chao heard Zhu Jun's order to attack the city, and immediately commanded his generals to say: "The trench is quite deep, and the body of the moth thief can be filled in the ditch, and we will step on the corpse to cross the ditch." ”

The soldiers got the order, and they acted in an instant, and the bodies of seven or eight hundred moths and thieves were immediately thrown into several trenches, Zhang Chao took the lead, and led more than ten guards to take the lead in leaping, and it really took only a moment to cross these several trenches, and really reached the city wall of Yingyang.

The soldiers of the Han army cheered in unison, and the troops were like a tide, vying to cross the ditch first.

The Yellow Turbans on the city wall were surprised at first why the Han army would clean up their bodies, but at this moment, they were furious when they saw such an operation, and half of the Han army crossed the trench, and heard a "release arrow" among the Yellow Turban crowd.

When the sky was full of arrows, it rained down, and the Han army was killed and wounded by arrows in the hundreds. Thanks to the fact that most of the arrows used by the Yellow Turbans were rusty iron, and even some were arrows with sharp stones, they could not cause a lot of casualties in the face of the Han army wearing iron armor in the whole army.

Zhu Jun led 500 crossbowmen as support, did not cross the ditch, saw the Yellow Turban thieves showing their heads and releasing arrows, quickly seized the opportunity, and immediately ordered the arrows to be released.

Five hundred crossbowmen stretched their bows and arrows, originally as a cover for the siege soldiers, so they did not consider the accuracy, not a moment, but each person shot five arrows, a full 2,500 arrows to the Yingyang city wall, although it was said that the low shot was high, the arrows naturally lost their strength when they reached the heights, but the Yellow Turbans did not have the iron armor protection of the Han army, and the number of dead and wounded by the arrows for a time was a few times more than the Han army under the city.

The leader of the yellow turban was furious, shouting and scolding, seeing that the crossbowmen led by Zhu Jun under the city continued to shoot arrows, and more and more soldiers were killed and wounded by arrows on his side, and finally shouted and ordered: "Half of the Han army who crossed the trench should not wait, throw torches with me and burn them to death!" ”

The Han army under the city saw that the yellow turban thieves on the city tower had shrunk back, and their hearts were excited, so there were more and more people climbing the city with ropes, and suddenly they saw a fire flying down above their heads, and thousands of torches were thrown from Yingyang City.

Everyone was puzzled and suspicious, but when they saw those torches in the trench, they immediately ignited a raging fire, and the Han army who was still crossing the trench lit the fire and jumped and screamed.

At the same time, the yellow turban thieves in the city poked their heads out together, or cut the ropes attached to the city wall, or packed up the bow and arrow that Zhu Jun shot at the city wall and shot back at the Han army under the city.

Seeing this, Zhu Jun was concerned about Zhang Chao's safety, and his heart was in a hurry, so he hurriedly ordered the crossbowman on his side to collect the bow and hold the knife, and ordered loudly: "Quickly cross the ditch and save Zhang Sima!" "After that, you will kill the city.

However, he grabbed his arm for the first army marquis: "How can the general personally commit danger and save Sima, the last general will do it for him." As he spoke, he drew his sword, and leaped into the ditch that was already a ditch of fire.

Before Zhu Jun could react, more than 100 soldiers under the command of the Marquis of the army also drew their swords and crossed the ditch, and disappeared in an instant.

Zhu Jun was in this battle, and it was hopeless to capture Yingyang City, but now he was able to save Zhang Chao, and it was difficult to guarantee that he would retreat with his whole body, and he felt remorse in his heart, and he heard the Han soldiers crying in his ears, and finally he was overwhelmed and sat down on the ground. Arrows continued to fly on the city wall, and Zhu Jun's side mount was also shot.

The so-called "the sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand, the age is in Jiazi, the world is auspicious" endlessly, and the shouts are from far and near, as if the two fires that Zhu Jun saw in the soil slope are rushing to Yingyang City, and its soldiers are also Yellow Turban thieves, Zhu Jun panicked inexplicably, looking at the more than 2,000 Han troops who were fighting hard under Yingyang City, and he didn't know how to make a decision for a while.

When the remaining 300 crossbowmen saw this situation, two or three of them finally made their own decisions, carrying Zhu Jun, who was stunned spontaneously, and shouted several times to the Han army under the city, "Withdraw the army", but regardless of whether the Han army heard it or not, and how they reacted, they fled south by themselves.

And Zhu Jun went, the honor guard banner of "Han Zuo Zhonglang General" also went south, and more than 2,500 Han soldiers under the city could not look at the general flag.

Seeing this, the lord of the yellow turban in the city finally showed his face, and saw that his person displayed an apricot yellow flag, the word "wave" in the dark color, and the yellow turban soldiers also shouted loudly and continuously, saying: "Huang Tianli, the world is auspicious!" ”