Chapter 793: Assault
Killing the last guard on the city wall with a knife, Wei Yan had no joy on his face, and said with some interest: "How can Liu Bei's command be so good?" There is not a single one who can fight. But even a few thousand weak brigades dare to defend the city? Do you underestimate me or do you want to be blown out of the name of the elite of my great Chu soldiers? ”
"General Mo Qi, it's only two days away from Changyi, as long as Changyi is captured, the general can take the lead in the battle of Yanzhou, and Your Majesty will definitely reward you." The lieutenant said excitedly.
"What kind of ability is it to bully a group of weak brigades? What I want is not this kind of low-hanging fruit, but a real big victory, only in this way can I go one step further and catch up with Zhang Wenyuan's bastard. But it's a pity that Liu Xuande didn't choose me this time. Wei Yan has his own ambitions and pursuits, and his goal has always been Zhang Liao.
At the beginning, both of them were the leaders of the younger generation in the army, and they regarded each other as rivals. As a result, for more than ten years, the two sides fought in different places, Zhang Liao was "lucky", after several wars, he made a great reputation, but he was still only at the beginning of his edge, and was pressed down by Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao has become the first and only person in the Great Chu Army to serve as the general of the Four Expeditions, but he is still one level behind the former, which is only one level but it is like a moat, which makes Wei Yan feel deeply tormented.
"This Liu Xuande is really stupid enough, he also caused the turmoil in Yanzhou by himself before, and it looks like he has given up on himself, but now that we have come in, he has begun to resist again. With his little strength, it's not enough for us to eat, isn't this self-defeating? How good it is to directly sacrifice Yanzhou, he will become a prisoner of the stairs one day, and I am afraid that he will not even be able to save his life. The adjutant general looked at the corpses of Liu Bei's soldiers scattered around him, and pouted.
"You don't understand, this is the courage of a king. You can lose, but you can't surrender, even if you have already admitted defeat in your heart, you have to fight until the last moment. As a king, he has too much to bear, and sometimes he knows that he is defeated, and he must fight with his head held high. Look at it, if he doesn't die this time, Liu Xuande's future achievements will not be limited to this, and there is a lot to be done! Wei Yan looked in the northwest direction with deep meaning in his eyes, and muttered, "If I guessed correctly, you should be there." It's a hero, but it's a pity that you met Your Majesty. Moreover, I don't think you are an opponent of General Hansheng either. ”
Although Wei Yan has a rebellious temperament, in addition to Yuan Shu, he also has a person of awe among the Great Chu, that is, Huang Zhong.
It is unknown how strong Huang Zhong was when he was in his prime, but now Huang Zhong, who is now three out of fifty, is still the top military general in the world, and his martial arts are not easy for Lu Bu to win. Coupled with that unpredictable bow and arrow skill, it is definitely enough to make any enemy fearful.
Wei Yan once personally understood, in terms of swordsmanship, he can support Lily, if in terms of archery, if Huang Zhong goes all out, he is afraid that his life will not be guaranteed within five arrows. In his heart, Huang Zhong is much stronger than Sun Jian, and Liu Bei's choice of him is completely asking for his own hardships.
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Under the city of Huangxian, Huang Zhong saw the city wall that was only a few zhang high in the distance and the sparse defenders on the city wall, and his majestic eyes faintly showed eagerness to try.
Stretching out his right arm and holding the treasure carving bow behind his back in his hand, Huang Zhong gently pulled the bowstring made of whale tendon that had just been changed not long ago, and listened to the sound of the bowstring trembling, his eyes were full of satisfaction.
Pulling out an arrow from the quiver behind him again and placing it on the bow and arrow, Huang Zhong glanced at Liu Beijun's banner on the city wall, the dark green banner flying in the wind was so abrupt in Huang Zhong's eyes.
didn't bother to aim at all, Huang Zhong relied on his past archery experience and his own keen intuition, directly opened his bow and took an arrow, and an arrow flew out.
"Bang!"
The flagpole snapped and fell from the top of the city wall to the ground.
"Prepare for the siege!" There was no surprise on Huang Zhong's face, everything was so natural.
Tens of thousands of soldiers immediately began to act when they heard this, and under the command of their respective generals, they lined up in formation, standing only a dozen steps outside the range of the archers of the defenders in Huangxian County, and stretched out their bows and arrows.
On the city wall, Liu Beijun's defenders saw that the banner was shot down by an arrow from the other side when they were so far away, and their morale suddenly fell. However, fortunately, the generals defending the city were not waste, and seeing this situation, they hurriedly climbed the city wall in person under the protection of several personal guards, constantly calling out and improving morale.
However, just as the morale of the defending soldiers was restored, the longbowmen who accounted for nearly half of Huang Zhong's army lined up in several columns with special longbows sponsored by Gan Ning, forming a long snake formation in front of Huang County.
"What is this for?" The guard looked at the scene in the distance and was puzzled.
The archers were located so far away that even the archers on the walls could not shoot with a projectile. At such a distance, the opponent is on the ground and the other side is on the city wall, at such a height and distance, is the opponent simply trying to intimidate them?
However, in the next instant, he understood it all.
"Shoot!" With Huang Zhong's loud shout, all the archers instantly shot out the arrows in their hands.
Suddenly, ten thousand arrows were fired, and endless arrows smashed towards the city wall of Huangxian County like a torrential rain.
"Hurry up and dodge under the walls!" The general defending the city hurriedly said.
"Ahh
"Ahh
A scream rang out. Huangxian is a small county seat, because the city is small, the city wall is not high, and the city wall is relatively narrow. Huang Zhongjun's covering blow was extremely dense, and it was even more difficult to dodge in such a small space. Countless Liu Bei's soldiers had no time or nowhere to hide, and were directly shot into hedgehogs.
"Damn!"
Seeing that it was just a rain of arrows, dozens of soldiers under his command were killed, and nearly 100 were injured, and the defending generals only felt cold in their hearts. However, before it could react and organize a counterattack, another wave of arrows followed suit.
In general, elite archers can shoot more than 30 arrows in a row in a single battle without affecting their combat power. And the archers under Huang Zhong's command are all men with thick arms, all of them are the elite of the elite, and it is normal to shoot hundreds of arrows in a row in daily training to continue other training, and in this case, even shooting fifty arrows does not feel the soreness of the arms.
Such a long-lasting rain of arrows made the hearts of the soldiers who were hiding on the wall of Huangxian County feel sad. Each rain of arrows takes the lives of a few or dozens of soldiers. By the time the rain of arrows had ended, the defenders on the walls had lost nearly three-thirds of their lives.
After the rain of arrows was over, the generals defending the city did not wait to react. Huang Zhong, who stood alone in front of the army with a sword, instantly mobilized the cloud qi of the army behind him, attached it to the horse slashing knife, and slashed Huashan towards the thin cloud wall in front of him with a simple and incomparably powerful blow.
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