Chapter 245: Stealing Chickens Doesn't Make Rice
"Attack."
Gongsun Chan was very heroic, and with a finger of his spear, tens of thousands of troops began to attack the city.
Arrows poured down, but there was no movement above the city.
Three rounds of arrows went down, but there was still no movement on the city.
Then came the attack.
Shortly after the attack began, a flurry of arrows was fired from the city.
The arrow is not a bow and arrow, but a crossbow arrow.
The soldiers used shields to cover their heads, and in groups of two, one with a shield and the other with a bow and crossbow.
In this way, the arrows are continuous, and they are not afraid of the arrows of the enemy.
The bow crossbow is very lethal, but it is not very useful at this time, and the bow and crossbow are suitable for flat fire, not projectile.
But it doesn't matter, it's just right to use at this point.
After an hour of onslaught, the city still could not be taken.
Calculating the time is also a good time to act internally.
Suddenly, there was a shout of killing in the city, and then the ranks at the head of the city suddenly became chaotic.
"Big brother, Neiying has started to attack, as long as we can open the city gate from the inside, we will win." Gongsun Yue was very excited.
It was about a quarter of an hour before the gates were opened.
The city gate was slowly opened, and Gongsun Chan and the others watched nervously.
Soon a man lit a torch and drew three circles in the air.
"Big brother, it's our people."
This is a code to prevent the enemy from impersonating.
However, it is also possible that these people have long been taken down and can also be impersonated.
In fact, Gongsun Chan and the others all think that the probability is very small, because they think that they will only be discovered when they attack, and after being discovered, it will take a long time to interrogate, and there is no way to interrogate the code immediately.
"Kill."
Gongsun Chan did not hesitate, and immediately led a large army into the city, even if it was fake, the army inside was insufficient, and it was a wrong choice to let him in.
Gongsun Chan led the army to kill it.
After entering, there are two rows of buildings dozens of meters away on both sides of the city gate.
Gongsun Chan and they were very fast, and they rushed in at once.
After entering, Gongsun Chan felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't immediately figure out what was wrong, the army had already rushed in, and the city gate was full of people, so he could only keep rushing in at this time.
Rushing into a hundred meters, the sides became very wide, but still did not see a single enemy.
Gongsun Chan was puzzled and slowed down, but the people who came in behind still pushed them forward.
Gongsun Chan led people to walk forward slowly, there is no enemy here, that is a conspiracy.
"We were fooled." Gongsun Chan said.
Gongsun Yue also saw that something was wrong at this time.
"Big brother, what should we do?" Gongsun Yue was a little nervous, how could it be a conspiracy this time?
"The whole army is on alert, and the troops behind are ordered to start withdrawing."
It takes time for the command to go down slowly.
At this moment, suddenly an army appeared on both sides, they blocked it with shields, and then raised their crossbows in their hands.
"Not good."
"Attack on both sides."
Gongsun Chan knew that in this case, it would be fatal to be attacked by a bow and crossbow.
Gongsun Chan ordered, but it was too late.
Bows and crossbows were shot from both sides, and they were slashed.
Dense bows and crossbows, shot at a dense crowd, the result was naturally disastrous.
At the head of the city, a team of bows and arrows also appeared on both sides, and they attacked outside the city and inside the city respectively.
A large number of arrows rained down.
Not only that, but outside the city, an army was rapidly attacking them.
"Kill."
Guan Yu's 10,000-strong army suddenly killed the capital.
These troops who were about to enter the city were defenseless and were stopped and cut in by Guan Yu.
Guan Yu's army has a strong attack power, and after the kill, it will attack fiercely.
The cavalry charged into battle and was unstoppable.
Gongsun Chan's army was heavily wounded.
Inside the city, when the army had been killed to a certain extent, the formation became sparse.
"Let's go."
Gongsun Chan swept away the arrows and rushed out of the city with Gongsun Yue.
Some of his own soldiers came to block the arrows for them, otherwise they would not be able to rush out.
Gongsun Zhan led people to flee.
By the time they had escaped, their army had been largely wiped out.
There were more than 3,000 people who entered, and only a few were able to escape.
In addition, the army outside the city was stopped by Guan Yu and attacked, and the losses were also very heavy.
When Gongsun Chan came out, his eyes were red when he saw that the army had suffered heavy casualties.
"Retreat, we retreat."
After Gongsun Chan came out, the army found the backbone again, but at this time, part of the army was cut off.
Gongsun Chan and Gongsun Yue went to command a part of the army separately.
The two fled with part of the army, and Guan Yu intercepted more than 2,000 people.
Guan Yu did not pursue, but stopped and forced the landing of these troops.
The remaining army that did not flee was surrounded by Guan Yu.
"Lay down your arms and don't kill."
They no longer had any choice, and under pressure from their guns and knives, these men dismounted and laid down their arms.
After Guan Yu made a forced landing, he handed over the people to Tian Feng, and then he led the army to start the pursuit.
This time, Gongsun Chan was a big loss, because he threw away more than 7,000 troops there.
Just one battle, so many losses.
"Damn, how could Guan Yu and the cavalry appear here?"
Gongsun Zan was very puzzled, he always thought that Guan Yu was on Linzi's side.
There is no answer to this question for the time being, and after knowing that he was fooled, Gongsun Chan had no choice but to go back.
"Big brother, why don't we go to Changli County and rob the Queen Mother?"
After the failure, Gongsun became more and more angry the more he thought about it, he thought that he would be able to catch it, but he didn't expect it to be like this.
"No, Guan Yu will pursue later, if we go to rob the Queen Mother and fail to take it in a short time, we will be attacked by the enemy."
In desperation, they gave up this plan, and then ran all the way to Liaoxi.
Guan Yu, the unhurried pursuer in the rear, kept a certain distance.
The difference in strength between the two sides is not very large, the key is that Gongsun Chan lost for a while, and his morale was greatly affected, and Guan Yu was a famous general, so it was really difficult to fight.
Finally, they ran to Liaoxi.
"Let's go to Liaoxi to rest, if Guan Yu still wants to attack, he will fight a decisive battle with him and cut off one of Zhang Ming's arms."
Gongsun Zan is very confident, as long as he is given a rest, plus the defenders of Liaoxi, there is no need to be afraid of Guan Yu.
When they arrived in Chengwai, Liaoxi, everything was as usual.
Gongsun Chan led people into the city.
As soon as he arrived at the city gate, Gongsun Chan felt that something was wrong.
"No, let's get out first."
Gongsun Chan suddenly stopped entering the city.
Because he saw that there were very few people coming and going here, he knew about Liaoxi County and knew what was going on.
"It's not good, Liaoxi has fallen."
In the city, Xu Rong had been in ambush for a long time, and when he saw that Gongsun Zhan did not come in, he asked the soldiers to show the flag.
At the head of the city, it was immediately filled with troops.
"Gongsun Zhan, I've been waiting for you for a long time."
Xu Rong stood at the head of the city and shouted.
Gongsun Chan was so angry that he vomited blood, and went to sneak attack others without success, but his own territory was sneak attacked.
How did Xu Rong end up here?
When he knew the plan, Xu Rong made a surprise attack on Liaoxi, and in order not to leak the news, he could only close the city gate and control the people inside.
This is also the reason why Gongsun Chan didn't see any people when he arrived at the city gate.
There is no way, the strategy also has a chance of success, this Gongsun Chan is vigilant and not fooled.