CHAPTER XIV
The high city wall is full of figures, and from time to time there will be soldiers shooting arrows at the longbow below, and the figures below are densely packed like ants, so that their arrows are not missing, for the archers, this is definitely a moment full of achievement, but the soldiers on the city wall are full of panic, and there is no excitement to shoot the enemy. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
As the enemies under the walls got closer and closer, ladders were erected on the walls.
Of course, the Yellow Turban Rebellion does not use things as high-end as ladder cars, and only the most rudimentary ladders are used. However, when more than a dozen echelons were successfully erected on the city wall, it still caused great panic among the soldiers in the city.
If it weren't for the fact that if they had allowed these yellow turban thieves to enter the city, the whole city would have suffered, and the defenders on the city walls would have fled long ago.
However, under the command, they still had fear in their hearts and struggled to keep those Yellow Turban troops out.
Compared with the Yellow Turban Army that was not afraid of death at the time of the initial uprising, although the Qingzhou Yellow Turban is now the largest Yellow Turban remnant in the world, it is far from being comparable to Zhang Jiao, Zhang Liang and others when they were still alive...
Although the city's finances stimulated their greed, the city's defenders resisted desperately, and gradually the yellow scarves retreated.
Seeing that the Yellow Turban Army under the city wall finally retreated, many of the defenders fell to the ground, although they were happy in their hearts, but they were already tired and couldn't even cheer.
Leaning over and glancing at the enemy troops under the city, and finding that the yellow turban thieves had indeed retreated, the general in charge of defending the city said to the county commander on the side. "My lord, the situation is critical, so let's send someone to the county guard to ask for help..."
The county magistrate looked at the sky, although today is considered to be guarded, but what about tomorrow?
There are three or four thousand yellow turbans under the city, and even if they include some of the old and weak women and children, there are still more than two thousand soldiers available.
But now in this city, all the defenders who can be used to fight are added together, there are only three or four hundred people, even if they mobilize the men of the whole city, I am afraid that they will not last long.
"Reinforcements..."Hearing the words of his subordinate county lieutenant, Wang De smiled bitterly. Now there are yellow turbans everywhere in Qingzhou, and the county guards are helpless, where are there any reinforcements, they can only keep it for a day..."
Speaking of which, looking at the Yellow Turban Army slowly retreating under the city, Wang De sighed. "I thought that Zhang Jiao, Zhang Bao and others had been ambushed, and the world could finally be peaceful for a while, but I didn't expect that although I went to Zhang Jiao, there was still a Zhang Rao..."
Hearing Wang De's words, the county lieutenant was also silent, not knowing how to comfort him, but he also knew in his heart that Wang De's words were true.
Since Zhang Jiao's death, Zhang Liang and Zhang Baobing were defeated and died, although most of the Yellow Turbans in the world were exterminated, there are still many remnants, among which Qingzhou is the most widespread area of the Yellow Turbans, and even today's Qingzhou Thorn History is helpless against the Yellow Turban Army in the jurisdiction.
At present, there is such a scene in the whole of Qingzhou, even if they send people to the county guard to ask for help, will the county guard really send reinforcements?
Now, I can only say how long it can last, if it can last until the yellow scarf retreats under the city, then everyone will naturally be happy, but if it doesn't last...
I'm afraid that the two of them will have to think about what happened after their death...
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"Damn, these bones are pretty hard," scolded, spitting on the ground, a yellow turban leader on horseback.
"I didn't expect that a mere Gao Tang would be so difficult to bite..."The other leader on the side couldn't help but sigh. What about the casualties of the brothers? β
"The casualties are not small, but they are not too many, as long as you attack a few more times, you will definitely be able to capture the city..."
"Then wait for tomorrow dawn to continue the siege of the city...", frowning slightly, the leader said coldly. If we do not break through the cities, all the brothers in the camp will starve, and it is better for them to die than for us to starve to death..."
"No!"
is completely different from the rebel army that vowed to overthrow the Han family in the past, and now the Yellow Turbans are more like a gang of rogues, and the purpose of seeking has changed from overthrowing the Han family back then to filling their stomachs. Everywhere they passed, they would try their best to break through the local cities, and then loot the food and goods in them, and by the way, they would coerce the people in the cities.
After each breach, the number of people who were coerced ranged from hundreds to thousands to tens of thousands.
Therefore, although the casualties of each siege are not small, after the breakdown, the number of yellow turbans has been growing.
Early the next morning, not long after the sun rose, the yellow scarves outside the city were ready.
Looking at the Yellow Turban Army under the city wall, the soldiers of the defending army were terrified, and Wang De, as the county commander, was even more pale, not knowing whether he could hold it today.
However, the Yellow Turban Army under the city walls did not pay attention to this, and their greed for grain, grass and property in the city made them advance amid the shouts of the leaders.
Arrows rained down on the city walls, and the yellow turbans under the city carried the ladders with shields or planks on their backs and rushed towards the city walls. In a county like Gaotang, there is no such thing as a moat, and the yellow turbans under the city almost easily set up the ladder on the city wall, although there were many casualties during the period, but whether it was the leader of the army or themselves, they almost didn't care about this.
The defenders on the city wall also knew very well what the consequences would be if the city was broken by this group of yellow turbans under the city, so they were also strictly defended, and almost all the strong men in the city were mobilized, and they repelled the attack of the yellow turbans outside the city several times in a row.
It's just that gradually, the resistance on the walls weakened...
"Quick, work harder!"
Seeing the strength of the defenders in the city decaying, the Yellow Turban Leader below was also overjoyed.
hurriedly waved his sword and shouted loudly, and the Yellow Turban Army under the city could also see that the resistance of the defenders in the city had weakened a lot, and the morale that had been weakened a lot by many fierce battles had also improved.
Seeing that there are more and more yellow turbans on many city walls, and the defenders have begun to retreat, Wang De closed his eyes in despair, and the yellow scarves have always broken the city, and they will first kill the officials in the city, and then coerce the people in the city to grow larger, how can he, the county commander, be alone?
As for the breakout? If he could do that, how could he have stayed until now?
Under the city wall, several Yellow Turban leaders had already begun to look forward to the moment when the city was broken, and at this moment, there was a sudden commotion behind them. The leader of the Yellow Turban frowned slightly, glanced back, and was about to scold, but found that an army was coming in the distance.
Now the main force of the Yellow Turban Army is on the city wall, and the rest are basically old and weak soldiers, and there is no way to resist. Especially the two killing gods who are the leader, they are almost unstoppable.
The leader of the Yellow Turban who led the army sent several small leaders up successively, but he was not the opponent of those two fierce generals at all, and after a while, he was already joined by those two fierce generals to join forces and enter the rear army...
And on the city walls, the already desperate defenders also noticed what happened under the city.
From afar, you can see a big flag with strict characters written on it, fluttering in the wind...