Chapter 458: Divine Soldiers Descend from Heaven (3)
A fast horse quickly approached the Yan army array, and the two of them, Zang Table and Luo Dian, who were originally listless, saw the herald on the horse, and their eyes flashed with excitement.
"Two generals, Your Highness has an order to attack Yangyuan City!"
Before they could reach the two men, the herald began to shout. Zang and Luo, who got the news, were like beasts that had been imprisoned for a long time, and they instantly showed their fangs!
"Pass my order and attack Yangyuan City!"
With Zang Zhuo's order, 60,000 cavalry infantry immediately began to attack. Cao Yun was originally worried about the situation at the west gate of Yangyuan City, but when he heard the earth-shattering shouts outside the city, he instantly came to his senses and immediately led his men to the wall.
Looking at the black and oppressive Yan Jun, Jing Jun on the city wall seemed to be frightened stupid, and he didn't react for a long time. In the end, Cao Yun yelled at everyone: "What are you doing in a daze? The archers are ready to wait for the enemy to come within a hundred paces before firing their arrows. The others prepare the oil and falling rocks, and when the enemy ladder arrives, they will immediately start counterattacking! ”
Only then did Jing Jun find the soul and immediately began to deploy according to Cao Yun's order.
When the Yan army approached, an overwhelming array of arrows fell from the sky and launched an indiscriminate attack on the Yan army. Although the Yan army had Pu Dao soldiers to take the lead, it still lost a lot of people.
After paying a certain price, the Yan army finally approached the city wall, and a cloud ladder stood on the wall of Yangyuan City. Jing Jun followed the order, and poured fire oil involuntarily to ignite Yan Jun's ladder. At the same time, some people kept throwing stones at the city to combat the attack of the Yan army.
But the Yan army seemed to have anticipated these difficulties for a long time, and immediately launched the second wave of the offensive after the first wave of offensive failed, and at the same time, the remaining ordinary Yan army was also on the way to come.
Simon's side was a different story.
Shen Lang led his troops to the West Gate, but did not find the Yan army besieging the city. But he did not dare to send people out of the city to check, for fear of falling into the enemy's tricks.
It didn't take long for Shen Lang to receive the news that the East Gate had been attacked. But he thought that the east gate was well prepared, and the Yan army would definitely not be able to defeat it for a while, so the focus was still on the west gate.
Chen Lin and the others hid in the woods not far away and deliberately did not show their faces, now that the wolf smoke has been lit, it is believed that it will not be long before the Yan army will attack the east gate in a big way, and Chen Lin and the others plan to wait until after dark to launch a sneak attack on the west gate.
After a while, it was already dark.
At this time, Zhang Shumo and his party had already rushed to the battlefield, and after the Yan army was assembled, they launched a general attack on the east gate of Yangyuan City!
Cao Yun and the others had already repelled several waves of the Yan army's offensive, but looking at the enemy army that was overwhelmed by the black this time, Cao Yun had no confidence in his heart. There is a huge disparity in the number of the two sides, and this point in their own hands will definitely not be able to hold on. So Cao Yun immediately sent someone to ask Shen Lang for help.
Shen Lang waited until it was dark and did not wait for the Yan army to attack the West Gate, and at the same time received Cao Yun's request for help, so he had to personally take 10,000 elite troops to the East Gate to support, leaving only his deputy general with less than 20,000 recruits to guard the West Gate.
Although the Yan army did not have advanced siege equipment such as ballistas and catapults, they were superior to the outnumbered men. The general attack of more than 100,000 people overwhelmed the Jing army, and many city walls were boarded by the Yan army, and the two sides launched a fierce battle on the city wall!
In the northeast corner of the city wall, several Yan troops desperately defended a landing gate, and Nie Fei and She Zhou took the lead and led their men to climb the city wall from here.
As a result, the Yan army, which had already ascended the city wall, immediately took Nie and She as the center and occupied the northeast corner of the city wall.
Soon, a large number of soldiers climbed the city wall from here, and even if Shen Lang and Cao Yun fought back desperately with their soldiers, they failed to recapture the northeast corner of the city wall.
At this time, the newly recruited recruits in the Jing army formation had completely lost their fighting spirit, and many people began to abandon their weapons and flee. This move immediately caused a large-scale collapse of the army's morale, and Jing's army had no longer the strength to resist.
Seeing that the city wall was about to be lost, Cao Yun had no choice but to say to Shen Lang: "My lord, the northeast corner of the city wall has been lost, and we have counterattacked many times to no avail, I'm afraid this city wall will not be able to hide back." Let's retreat from the West Gate quickly, it's too late! ”
Shen Lang's eyes revealed a trace of unwillingness, if he withdrew the army now, then he would be completely defeated in this battle, and it would be better to fight to the death and get a good reputation.
can think about it, when he really had to face life and death, Shen Lang hesitated in his heart. Shen Lang began to find all kinds of reasons for his greed for life and fear of death, so he was ruthless and immediately said to Cao Yun: "Leave the new recruits behind, gather the elite troops, and break through from the West Gate!" ”
After speaking, Shen Lang took three thousand light horsemen all the way to the west, and no longer cared about the battle situation at the east gate. Cao Yun originally wanted to lead someone to drag Yan Jun and buy time for Shen Lang to escape.
It can be learned that Shen Lang's escape Jing army has no fighting spirit, and they have begun to flee, Cao Yun has no choice but to start the west with hundreds of men, and the Yan army finally occupied the east gate of Yangyuan City after half a day of siege!
At this time, Shen Lang had already come to the West Gate with three thousand light horses, and asked the defenders of the West Gate to open the door without saying anything.
The unknown defenders immediately opened the city gate, but saw Shen Lang running out with three thousand light cavalry. Only then did the defenders learn that the east gate had been captured, so they fled from the west gate as well.
And Zhang Gui's troops hiding in the woods are still waiting for their time. At this time, Ah Meng immediately reported to Zhang Gui and Chen Lin that he heard the sound of horses' hooves, and there should be a large number of horse teams rushing towards this side.
Chen Lin and Zhang Gui glanced at each other, and Chen Lin immediately analyzed: "Let's agree with Gongzi that after seeing the wolf smoke, we will launch an attack on Yangyuan City, and we will attack back and forth and capture Yangyuan City in one fell swoop." Now there is a horse team going out in the direction of Yangyuan City, presumably Gongzi and their side have already succeeded, this is Jing Jun wanting to escape west! ”
Zhang Gui also nodded after listening: "Sir, since the Jing army has been defeated and fled, presumably they must have no intention of fighting now, it is better for us to line up and block in the middle of the road to intercept, and kill as many as we can!" ”
Chen Lin squinted his eyes and pondered for a moment, but the sound of the horse's hooves was getting clearer and clearer, and time did not allow Chen Lin to think about it. Chen Lin turned his heart sideways: "Okay! General Zhang immediately led people to line up and strive to stop the enemy's main force! ”。
Zhang Gui, who was affirmed, didn't say a word, and took 5,000 soldiers to the center of the official road and lined up in a square formation. Everyone has crossed the mountains and mountains in the past few days in order to surprise Jing Jun with a fatal blow, and now that a great opportunity is in front of them, all the soldiers naturally want to gamble.
Against the backdrop of the moonlight, Zhang Gui saw Shen Lang's troops fleeing all the way, and seeing the enemy fleeing in embarrassment, Zhang Gui's confidence increased greatly, especially after discovering Shen Lang's banner, Zhang Gui was overjoyed. So he shouted at the enemy: "I am Zhang Gui and Zhang Xiaoren, I was ordered to take Shen Lang's head!" ”