Chapter 94: The First World War is the Battle
Zhang Jiao stood on horseback, standing still at the forefront of the battle between the two armies.
Countless panicked Yellow Turban soldiers saw this majestic figure, gradually stopped their panicked footsteps, their eyes became hot, a group of three, a group of five, like a trickle gathered under the banner of General Tiangong, swords and guns danced wildly, roaring in their throats, and swore to fight to the death for the great sage and good teacher.
I rubbed my eyebrows, this Comrade Zhang Jiao really has the demeanor of a revolutionary leader, and he responds to every call, and one person is enough to reach tens of thousands of soldiers.
Admiration is admiration, but even if Zhang Jiao's hard bone is difficult to gnaw, it must be won. If the opportunity is missed, it will inevitably fall into a catastrophic battle, and at that time, I don't know how many loyal sons and daughters will bury their bones under the giant deer city.
I have used eighty percent of my troops in this counteroffensive, and there are only 8,000 elites left around me: 3,000 tiger guards, 3,000 heavily armed Mo sword soldiers, and 2,000 Macedonian spearmen.
Eight thousand brave is the absolute elite of the Tiger Army, at this moment, every soldier is paying attention to me, and the battle spirit in everyone's eyes is galloping.
Their fierce fighting spirit also deeply infected me, and made me arrogant: Zhang Jiao, since you want to stand in the way, then you are welcome.
I raised my steel spear high, and was about to order the whole army to assault, when suddenly the spy came to report: "Lord, General Xu captured Zhang Niujiao alive, annihilated all the invading enemies, and asked to take advantage of the emptiness of the giant deer to capture the city in one fell swoop!" ”
Hahaha! I couldn't help laughing out loud, Xu Huang really didn't disappoint me, with one enemy and three, but he won so completely.
Now the defenders in the city I estimate will not exceed 20,000, and with the help of Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Sun Jian, it is indeed a good opportunity to attack the city.
My brain was running at high speed, and I quickly got my mind and decided not to rush into the assault first.
"Wen Qian, Evil Lai, and Youping, you three lead a thousand tiger guards, and five hundred heavily armed Mo sword soldiers to assist Xu Huang in attacking the city." After a pause, I asked Pei Fatzi and Huang Banxian to also bring technical troops to cooperate in the siege.
The five people took the order and left, I looked at the backs of several people, and secretly expected: Xu Huang, Xu Huang, can you bring me a bigger surprise?
In the big tent, Xu Huang and Cao Cao and others were discussing cooperation matters, and suddenly heard that Lejin, Dian Wei, and Zhou Tai led the army to help, and even Pei Fatzi and Huang Banxian came to report.
Xu Huang was overjoyed, the lord sent the most elite tiger guards and three fierce generals to assist in the siege of the city, and several secret weapons were also assigned to him, and it was really happy to fight with the lord like this.
Several people immediately set off with their troops and surrounded the giant deer.
In Julu City, people are panicking. Rengong General Zhang Bao was also very nervous, he was not greedy for life and afraid of death, as early as the beginning of the incident, he pinned his head to the waistband of his trousers, wealth is in the sky, life and death are just fate.
If someone had told him before that Zhang Niujiao 40,000 people would be wiped out against more than 10,000 enemies, he would definitely treat the other party as a madman.
But such a crazy thing happened, and the original rock-like giant deer city suddenly became dangerous.
Sure enough, what should come will come after all.
Within half an hour, 30,000 Han troops had set up a giant deer and surrounded the city.
There are only 20,000 old and weak soldiers in Julu City, how can they defend it?
Horns, horns, how can it be so bad at a critical time, it's really miserable for me!
But the giant deer must be defended, if it fails, he Zhang Bao will become the sinner of the yellow turban in the world!
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After cutting down the two thieves, Huang Gai jumped off the battlements and slipped down the ladder again.
It's a pity that this is the second time he has attacked the city, and at that time he has already killed the defenders of Xicheng, and he is only one step away from breaking the city. However, the southern and northern cities quickly transferred reinforcements, forming a flanking attack, so that he had to withdraw the city again in disgrace.
Huang Gai was speechless, and he was a little annoyed in his heart. Yuan Shao, who attacked the northern city, and Cao Cao, who wanted to attack the eastern city, did not move, he could understand, after all, the two of them had strong family backgrounds, unless there were cheap military exploits to be gained, and it would be foolish for people to do the thing of attacking the city. But as the main force of the siege, your Tiger Army has not moved until now, what is the reason?
Actually, he really wanted to be crooked, and it was ridiculously crooked. First of all, he underestimated Cao Yuan and the others, it was right for the two to pick up peaches, but the two definitely dared to fight, they were actually waiting, as long as the Tiger Army launched a siege war, they would immediately follow. Secondly, the Tigers' courage to fight was far beyond his expectations, but the appearance of their delay in moving made him feel that the Tigers were exaggerating.
Jiang Dong came to Sun Jian with a big stride, and said angrily: "Lord, then Xu Huang is passive and sluggish, is he going to use my Jiangdong son-in-law to consume the thief army?" I don't think the Tiger Army is just a waste of fame! ”
Sun Jian waved his hand and said: "Gongfu, don't underestimate the Tiger Army, I carefully looked at Xu Huang's battalion soldiers, their strict discipline and high fighting spirit are definitely the elite of the elite!" ”
Before his words fell, he suddenly heard an exclamation of 'ah', and the two turned their heads at the same time, but they saw Zu Mao's shocked face, his mouth was open enough to stuff a few eggs, his fingers were pointing at the south gate, and his voice trembled and said: "Lord, public over, come quickly!" ”
Hearing this, the two of them rushed south for more than ten steps, came to Zu Mao's side, raised their eyes to look at Nancheng, and the scene in front of them made them stunned, and they couldn't believe their eyes.
Towering iron buildings are rising from the ground, and there are as many as fifteen of them.
The steel pipes and iron-clad wooden boards were handed up and then held in place by a kind of metal slipknot, and the iron-clad plates were passed through round iron bars the thickness of the index finger, and then tightened with a small iron cap, which was really strange. Huang Gai was born with eagle eyes and a vision of over 5.0, but he never saw them use even a single nail or rope!
A few people were curious that the assembled buildings had taken shape. As the arrow-shaped guard plate was installed on the top of the object, they finally guessed that these cold artifacts were actually arrow towers, siege towers several feet higher than the giant deer!
"I'm a good girl, these Qingzhou guys are really good." Zu Mao swallowed a mouthful of saliva and sighed.
Next, more than 20 imposing vehicle-mounted ladders appeared in his eyes, of course, these ladders are not the same as ordinary ladders!
First of all, compared with the ordinary ladder, it is more than twice as wide, and much stronger, all of which are assembled using standardized steel pipes, and all parts can be used in common with the parts of the arrow tower, that is, if there is any damage, you can continue to use it with another part.
This is not the point, the most important thing is that the whole ladder is a semi-enclosed structure, which means that the siege soldiers can completely ignore the enemy's counterattack from the time they climb the ladder to the time they jump off the city wall, and directly resolve the most dangerous part of the siege...
Subsequently, the cornice-type crash, the large compound ballista, and the heavy Modao class appeared one after another, and every glance made people's hearts jump.
Huang Gai didn't blink his eyes, he really saw it today, and when he thought of the cool words he said before, he felt that his face was hot.
The Tiger Army showed off its muscles in a variety of ways, and the siege weapons that made people's hearts hairy came one after another, and even Sun Jian began to worry about the Yellow Turban Army...
At the head of the city, Zhang Bao's face was pale, and his heart was like falling into an ice cave.
Sun Jian's attack in Xicheng was ferocious, which made it difficult for him to parry. And in the southern city, the Tiger Army has not yet attacked the city, its posture has been overwhelming, more than ten condescending arrow towers have been assembled, more than 20 huge ladders are more like wild beasts, is accelerating towards the city wall, and a steel crash car, covered in iron bumps, simply indestructible, from the city gate is getting closer and closer...
Zhang Bao didn't dare to wait any longer, grabbed a sharp sword, pointed at these terrible siege equipment, and shouted hoarsely: "Bricks and stones, archers, attack immediately, don't let them get close!" ”
Xu Huang glanced at Zhang Bao at the head of the city, smiled coldly, and shouted: "Beat the drums, attack the city!" ”
In the sound of the fierce war drums, like a rain of locusts and arrows, it poured down, covering the entire city. A thousand crossbows pulled the trigger and fired at the same time as the hundreds of archers on the arrow tower.
Boom Boom! Under the cover of the arrows in the sky, the tall semi-enclosed ladders slammed into the city walls, causing the entire southern city to buzz.
Immediately, a wrist-thick steel hook fell, firmly hooking the battlements.
The soldiers who had already crowded on the platform at the top of the ladder suddenly pushed open the guard, only to hear the sound of Peng, and the guard board suddenly fell on the ground of the city, building a 45-degree downhill between the ladder and the city wall.
The Yellow Turban defenders who swarmed up saw a scene they would never forget, ten heavily armored warriors with only their eyes bared in two rows, each carrying an iron bucket on their backs, a torch in their left hand, and a long iron pipe at the flat end of their right hand. Before these iron warriors could jump off the ladder, the officer's roar was heard: "Spit fire!" ”
Call!
The tongue of fire rolled wildly, engulfing the Yellow Turban soldiers who were blocking in front of him at once.
Countless people rolled on the spot, screaming endlessly, but the fire on their bodies was still difficult to extinguish, and then there were bursts of pungent meat fragrance, which was disgusting!
The Iron Warriors kept walking and breathing fire, leaving the defenders defenseless.
The tiger guard who followed behind him also showed his secret weapon, and Dian Wei, Le Jin and others ordered almost at the same time: "Burst crossbow, shoot!" ”
Woooo Countless people fell from arrows, and fell more hedgehogs than hedgehogs, and the unlucky ghosts who were not yet dead screamed endlessly, and the blood immediately soaked the bluestone ground...
The repeating crossbow attacks are incessant, exerting maximum damage in this small area; The rain of arrows fired from dozens of crossbows was not much more than the attacks of hundreds of archers.
The five ladders near the tower were commanded by Zhou Tai, who jumped off the city and immediately ordered the heavy Mo swordsmen to attack after the fifty flamethrowers opened the way.
Puff puff! The Mo knife slashed down, and suddenly people's heads rolled, and flesh and blood flew...
The Mo knife array advanced like a wall, leaving no living mouth wherever it passed.
The Tigers' attack was too fierce and too fast, straight as the wind and clouds.
Sun Jian, Cao Cao, and Yuan Shao, who were about to attack the city, were so stunned that they couldn't speak.
"Siege!"
"Siege!"
Once they reacted, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao did not delay any longer and ordered to attack the city immediately.
Sun Jian didn't say a word, he personally put on a stubborn edge, and was the first to climb the long ladder, followed by Huang Gai and Zu Mao, and the Jiangdong soldiers rushed to the city one by one.
The four Han armies worked at the same time, which put Zhang Bao under a lot of pressure, and he often took care of one at the expense of the other. Wherever there was danger, he led the remaining 1,000 Yellow Turban wrestlers to the rescue, and it was difficult to support him.
Finally, after the white-hot siege battle lasted for half an hour, Zhang Bao met Dian Wei, and in less than two rounds, he was killed by a halberd.
Immediately, the battle flag of the Tigers was planted in the South Gate Tower.
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Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang fought and retreated, although they still lost the wind, but gradually suppressed the trend of the whole army's collapse. The soldiers around him also gathered more and more, and there were nearly 50,000 people.
Knock knock, the drum behind him suddenly rose, Zhang Jiao couldn't help but look back, but saw that the Taiping Banner at the head of the city was gone, replaced by a tiger descending the mountain, and then countless Han troops poured out from the city cave, killing behind the Yellow Turban Army.
Zhang Jiao's face changed greatly, and he shouted: "Zhang Niujiao misunderstood me!" After speaking, he spurted out a mouthful of old blood, turned over and fell off the horse.
Zhang Liang and the others hurriedly helped him get on the horse, Zhang Jiao glanced at a few people, and sighed faintly: "Heaven is dead, my Zhang family is also!" Third brother, you ordered Zheng Gu and Chu Yan to leave quickly, leaving it to make a comeback in the future, and then continue our unfinished business! ”
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Xu Huangguo lived up to the qualifications of a famous general, captured Julu in less than an hour, and now, together with friendly troops, he went out of the city to attack the thief army.
I laughed, turned my head and shouted, "Who captured the thief chief Brother Zhangjiao with me!" ”
Before the words fell, Xu Zhu, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Wu Anguo, Shi A, Jiang Qin, Fang Yue and others had already led their horses out and rushed to the Zhang brothers.
Zhao Yun and Cao Xing didn't move, one left and one right by my side.
I was moved in my heart, and I didn't want the two of them to lose this opportunity to make meritorious contributions, so I laughed and said: "Zilong, no fear, you are both unparalleled, why don't you show your skills and let Ben open his eyes!" ”
The two of them knew my intentions, and they no longer shirked, and at the same time arched their hands and said: "I will not disgrace my life!" ”
The giant deer has been lost, the officers and troops are attacking back and forth, and the military spirit is floating!
But Zhang Jiao is a generation of Yellow Turban leaders, how firm his will is, even if the situation is irreparable, he still commands all the Yellow Turban soldiers to fight to the death and not retreat.
Whoosh! Sharp arrows are like the wind, whistling!
"Brother, be careful!" Zhang Liang exclaimed, but it was too late.
poof, but saw two three-edged arrows as fast as lightning, and one arrow did not enter the center of Zhang Jiao's eyebrows.
Another arrow that went straight to his heart was struck by the shoulder, as he turned to alert his brother, and shifted his bearings.
Zhang Liang hadn't come back to his senses yet, and there were two more arrows, one shot down the 'Zhang' character handsome flag, and the other hit Zhang Liang's chest.
Zhao Yun and Cao Xing looked at each other and smiled, urging the horse to kill the enemy group with a gun.
"Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang are dead, surrender and avoid death!" Bursts of sound resounded across the battlefield...