Chapter 147: Guan Yu Breaks the City First
A thousand elite soldiers pressed their steps under the leadership of Guan Yu. Forced to a hundred steps away from Xiaquyang City.
Thousands of people were wearing armor, and even if they pressed their steps lightly, they would inadvertently make some sound of squirming.
"What sound?" A Yellow Turban soldier on the city wall wondered. Then he instinctively poked his head down.
The moon was dark and the wind was high, and it was an endless human form. Slowly stirring in the dark.
"Enemy attack!"
The Yellow Turban soldier shouted heartbreakingly.
In the dead of night, the sound was so loud.
The Yellow Turban soldiers cheered up, sounded the alarm, and informed the whole city.
"The merit of Xia Quyang, although it is not as flat as the ancient Changping, can also leave a name in the history, and we are the first, all of them have made the first contribution. The general of Zhengbei has clear rewards and punishments, and if he dies, he will die, and if he lives, he will enjoy his merits. ”
This sound even alarmed Guan Yu, who was thirty steps away from Quyang City.
Guan Yu also shouted loudly to encourage the soldiers.
The lieutenant general charged into battle with them, and the morale of the Han army was high, coupled with Guan Yu's encouragement, the morale rose again.
With Guan Yu's order, a thousand elite soldiers quickly swept towards the city.
Thirty steps away, just a snap of a finger.
The soldiers in the front row hooked the siege ladder firmly to the city wall.
Some strong soldiers climbed the siege ladder with swords and shields, and Guan Yu was among them.
Guan Yu inserted the Qinglong Glaive Knife under the city, carried the ring head knife on his waist, held the shield in one hand, and used the other hand to climb the siege ladder.
While Guan Yu and the others were climbing the siege ladder, some soldiers took out their bows and crossbows and shot indiscriminately at the city tower to suppress the Yellow Turban soldiers.
The height of the city is less than three zhang, and if there is no resistance, it is very easy to climb.
Although there were only 200 Yellow Turban soldiers on the city wall, they were not vegetarians.
If it was on flat ground, Guan Yu alone would be able to defeat these 200 Yellow Turbans, but this was a tough battle, with one side high and one side low.
This section of the road from low to high can only be passively beaten.
The archers on the walls began to fight back, and there were also yellow turbans to carry the few bits of thunderstone rolling logs.
Since the Han soldiers all climbed ladders with shields, the damage of bows and arrows to them was extremely limited.
Guan Yu climbed the fastest, and seeing that he was about to climb to the city tower, the two Yellow Turban soldiers carried a boulder and pushed straight towards Guan Yu.
Sensing the danger, Guan Yu hurriedly raised his shield.
The boulder smashed on the shield, and Guan Yu's strength was amazing, resisting this huge force alive. After a little elasticity, the boulder fell from Guan Yu's side again.
"Click!"
The siege ladder under Guan Yu's feet was overwhelmed and broken.
In order to facilitate long-distance attacks, these siege ladders were temporarily assembled, and they were not wrapped with copper skin, cowhide and other reinforcement measures, and were not strong.
Guan Yu stumbled and fell from the siege ladder, he improvised the situation, cushioned the ground with a shield, and rolled unscathed.
The first battle was frustrated, Guan Yu became more and more frustrated, ready to look for opportunities again.
The other soldiers on the siege ladder were also knocked down by the thunder stones, and some were killed and wounded.
The Han soldiers were not discouraged, and climbed up one after another, not giving the yellow scarves on the city wall a moment of respite.
At this moment, the yellow turbans on the city wall of Xiaquyang were also shot by the crossbowmen of the Han army under the city.
Guan Yu saw that several soldiers had been smashed down on a siege ladder on the left, and he took this opportunity to take the shield and cross the sword and began to climb that siege ladder.
Time is not waiting for me! Slowly, there will be more and more Yellow Turban soldiers on the head of Xiaquyang City, and the materials for defending the city will accumulate more and more.
From the time the officers and soldiers attacked the city to the present, it was not even half an hour, and only some nearby patrol soldiers of the Yellow Turban rushed over, but these people were less than a hundred, which was far from enough for the long defense line of Xiaquyang City.
The siege ladder that Guan Yu climbed was a gap, and the yellow turban had just swept this siege ladder, and there was no defense.
And Guan Yu's arm strength is amazing, and the speed of climbing is fast.
When the Yellow Turban soldiers found out that a Han army had touched the city, they were a little surprised, but they were not in a hurry, because he was only one person.
Several archers shot arrows at Guan Yu!
Guan Yu quickly blocked, and all the arrows entered the shield.
He grabbed the female wall with one hand, stepped over it with great force, and jumped onto the wall.
At this time, Guan Yu was only described as a tiger out of the cage. His domineering aura is intimidating.
"Guan Yu Sima has already climbed the city tower, you can't let Guan Yu Sima fight alone, brothers, rush!"
One person goes first, which is an encouragement to the whole army! After the rendering of the soldiers, the attack of the Han army became more intense.
Especially the siege ladder where Guan Yu landed in the city, the soldiers vied with each other.
After Guan Yu stood firm, he threw away his shield, drew his ring head knife, and killed the Yellow Turban soldiers who were defending the city.
More than a dozen Yellow Turban soldiers stabbed at Guan Yu with spears to stop Guan Yu from hindering his own defense of the city, otherwise the vacancy would become bigger and bigger.
More than a dozen Yellow Turban soldiers came to fight Guan Yu, undoubtedly as a mantis arm.
Between the pitches, all of them were cut to the ground by Guan Yu.
The nearby Yellow Turban soldiers had to give up defending the city and attack Guan Yu first.
In the face of the siege of forty or fifty Yellow Turban soldiers, Guan Yu was at ease, and from time to time Yellow Turban soldiers fell to the ground.
At this moment, the role of the fierce general was vividly played.
Unguarded nearby, an elite soldier ascended the tower.
Some went to cooperate with Guan Yu to solve the yellow scarves surrounding Guan Yu, and some went to clear the yellow scarves elsewhere in the city tower.
When the soldiers on the city wall had not been completely cleared, Guan Yu, who had escaped, immediately gathered more than 100 elite soldiers and went down the stairs to the city wall.
Opening the city gate and letting Guo Dian's army enter the city is the most important thing.
Quite a few Yellow Turban soldiers had already arrived to support.
But the Han army, under the leadership of Guan Yu, was full of enthusiasm. And the Yellow Turban soldiers didn't know the specific situation at all, they looked confused, and before they could gain a firm foothold, they were killed by Guan Yu.
Another part of the Han army rushed down from the city tower to support Guan Yu, and at this time Guan Yu had already seized the door and was just waiting to open the city gate.
The arrival of support made the Han army form an impregnable defensive line, and the yellow turban would not be able to break through for a while.
Guan Yu took the opportunity to order the soldiers to open the city gate, and soon, the city gate was opened.
"Xiaquyang City has been broken, and the big thing has been done."
Guo Dian shouted hard, and the Han soldiers outside the city clenched their weapons and entered the city solemnly.
After the main force joined, the Han army formed a dense spear formation and advanced step by step.
Even though thousands of reinforcements from the Yellow Turbans arrived, they could not take care of each other in this narrow street, and without a unified order, they were defeated and retreated.
"The leader of the anti-thieves, Zhang Jiao, is dead, so why do you have to resist?" Guo Dian shouted loudly, and the guards around him also hurriedly roared, spreading the sound far away.
Between the battle arrays, they are not tired of deceit.
Guo Dian has a deep understanding of this.
When fighting, try to confuse the enemy with illusions as much as possible in order to achieve victory.
In this way, your own losses will be reduced a lot, and the soldiers will not tire of cheating, this is the reason!