Chapter 67

The sky was slightly bright, and the Cheng/General who had been afraid all night was reminded to see that Zhao Wei and Ren Qi did not attack the city overnight, and when it was time to change the guard, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The northern city was a gap deliberately left by Zhao Wei, and Liu Yan was worried that Zhao Yun would attack the west, so he also stationed a group of soldiers and horses here, ready to deal with possible enemy troops at any time.

Although Liu Yan was vigilant, but the soldiers defending the city did not see the enemy for a day and a night, and their hearts could not help but relax, with the sunrise on the east, west and south sides, the sound of war drums and trumpets sounded in unison, representing Ren Qi and others launched the siege again, so that there would be no enemy on the north gate side during the day.

The captain of the city gate couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and when he saw the change of guard coming, he stretched his waist, and finally could take a rest, this damn war, I don't know how long it will last.

"General, look!" Just as the captain of the city gate turned around, one of his subordinates suddenly pointed ahead and said with a frightened expression.

"What's the alarm?" The captain of the city gate subconsciously turned his head to look in the direction pointed by his subordinates, and his eyes became dull in the next moment.

But seeing a troop approaching this side at a very fast speed, at first, it was only a rough line, but it didn't take long to see the general appearance of this army.

"Hurry ......up" The captain of the city gate was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Sound the horn, inform the lord that there are thieves and soldiers who have committed crimes at the north gate!" ”

It's so far away that I can't tell which team it is, but if I appear here at this time, it will definitely not be my own people.

"Woo~Woo~Woo~"

"Boom~Boom~Boom~"

The desolate horn sounded on the city wall with the rumbling war drums, indicating that there was also an enemy trace at the north gate, Liu Yan had already deployed before, and soon there were two hundred elite soldiers leading thousands of militia to the city.

In the distance, Zhang Liao had already heard the sound of war drums coming from the city wall, and the Chengdu defenders had obviously discovered them, but at this time, there was no need to avoid them, and there was no food in the army.

Zhang Liao gritted his teeth, rode his horse and galloped to the front, behind him, five thousand soldiers ran desperately, and the siege equipment was only the siege ladder that was made overnight last night.

After approaching the city wall, Zhang Liao did not have the slightest intention of reorganizing the formation, turned over and dismounted, took a corner of the siege ladder from his subordinates, and said loudly: "Sons, the city will be broken today, follow me!" ”

After speaking, he put the spear in his hand on the ladder, pulled the ladder and rushed.

In the rear, the officers and men of the three armies saw that the main generals had taken the lead in the attack directly, so they didn't hesitate, and they let out a shocking roar one by one, and quickly rushed towards the city wall.

The soldiers and horses brought by Zhang Liao were not the ragtag armies under Zhao Wei and Ren Qi, almost all of them followed Ye Zhao from Luoyang to Hanoi, and from Hanoi to Tiger Prison, and the army that followed Ye Zhao all the way to fight was far from being comparable to the rabble under Zhao Wei and Ren Qi.

Zhang Liao took the lead and rushed to the front of the moat, with shields to help block the rain of arrows, and Zhang Liao set up the siege ladder on the city wall across the moat.

Immediately, there were defenders who wanted to push the siege ladder away, but there were a few wrestlers below who held down the siege ladder to the death, Zhang Liao threw the spear to the ground, took a shield from his subordinates, and took the lead in rushing up with the shield.

Seeing that it was difficult to knock down the siege ladder in a hurry, and seeing someone rushing up with a shield, a Shu soldier hurriedly lifted a stone at his feet and smashed it down the siege ladder.

Zhang Liao heard the sound of breaking the air, looked up and saw a stone rolling down the ladder to this side, twisted his body, slid out along the ladder, turned around in the air, hid behind the ladder, and waited for the stone to roll over, before he turned over again, and continued to climb up the siege ladder.

It's just that the soldiers who followed him closely behind him didn't have Zhang Liao's athletic skills, and a soldier was directly hit by the stone and blasted his head, and he didn't snort, but the stone also rolled down from the ladder, and the soldiers in the rear pulled away the corpse in front of him and continued to follow Zhang Liao to rush up.

More than a dozen siege ladders were erected on the city wall, which also reduced Zhang Liao's pressure in disguise, and the climbing speed was a little faster, and the rain of arrows shot around was either rolling down the wood and stones, or was flexibly dodged by Zhang Liao, or directly carried with a shield, the captain of the city gate obviously also found the difference between Zhang Liao, and when he took a closer look, he found that the most fierce one was actually dressed as a general, and he couldn't help jumping, and hurriedly said: "Block him, block him for me!" ”

It's just that at this moment, Zhang Liao is less than ten steps away from the city wall, and when the captain of the city gate shouts, Zhang Liao's hand has reached the female wall.

But seeing Zhang Liao grab the city wall and stomp on it, his left hand suddenly exerted force, and his feet also kicked on the siege ladder, and the whole person suddenly jumped up.

A Shu soldier had just lifted a stone and was holding it high above the top, ready to throw it down, but suddenly saw a figure outside the city wall jumping high, and couldn't help but be startled, and his movements froze.

"Die!" Zhang Liao was in the air, and when the shield in his hand saw that there was someone in front of him, he didn't look closely, and slapped it down fiercely.

"Bang~"

With a muffled sound, the shield slapped on the stone, with huge force, directly slapped the stone down, smashed the soldier's head, blood mixed with brains, minced meat, splashed Zhang Liao's face, but Zhang Liao didn't care about wiping it, after landing on the ground, he rolled on the spot, almost all around were militiamen, and when he saw Zhang Liao coming up, he felt a little helpless for a while.

Zhang Liao didn't care who the opponent was at the moment, he didn't notice that someone was attacking, his left hand was already up, and a militiaman looked at him in a daze, Zhang Liao started to smash a shield on the opponent's face, smashing the opponent into the air, followed by a single knife in the hands of a militiaman, and with a backhand knife, two heads fell to the ground.

The surrounding militia reacted at this time, and suddenly made a mess, some people wanted to rush up to find Zhang Liao desperately, but some people were frightened by Zhang Liao's ruthlessness, after all, they were only militiamen, they had never experienced war, and it was okay to defend the city, but once the enemy climbed the city wall, they had no experience in fighting, who had ever seen Zhang Liao's fierce fighting style, and in a moment, they were cut down by Zhang Liao Six or seven people.

As Zhang Liao opened the gap, the soldiers behind him had no resistance, and quickly climbed up, fighting with the militia and the Shu army rushing up from all around, more than a dozen people, and soon occupied a section of the city wall, and received more soldiers to go to the city.

As more and more troops rushed up, the defenders of only more than 1,000 militiamen suddenly couldn't stop it, and they were killed by Zhang Liao's army.

"Ning Heng, Wu Da, Zhang Yi, each of you led a thousand soldiers and horses, captured the remaining four gates, the Shu army on the city, drove down the city wall, and showed your identity to the soldiers and horses outside the city, if you dare to continue to attack the city, do not hesitate, cut it directly, and do not let it enter the city, and the rest will come with me!"

Seeing that the overall situation had been decided, Zhang Liao did not rest, and immediately ordered three lieutenant generals to lead the army to capture the rest of the city walls, led 2,000 soldiers and horses to the city, and went straight to the governor's mansion.

Outside the city, Zhao Wei and Ren Qi, who had just started the siege of the city, suddenly found that the Shu army in many places began to be chaotic, and a group of men and horses killed directly from the city wall and fought with the defenders.

"Who broke the city!?" Zhao Wei and Ren Qi both felt a little surprised, they had just started the formation, and the offensive had just begun, and breaking through the city so quickly made them feel unreal.

But soon, both of them became gloomy, but in many places, the banner of the hussar general was planted.

"It's Ye Zhao!" Ren Qi looked at Zhao Wei and said, "How could he arrive so quickly?" Could it be that the county has been broken? ”

"Not like that!" Zhao Wei looked at the soldiers and horses who began to deploy defense after driving the defenders on the city wall, frowned and shook his head: "It should be Ye Zhao who sent someone to make a detour." ”

"What now? Do you want to continue the siege? Ren Qi was a little undecided, he didn't expect Ye Zhao's troops to appear so quickly, and he led people to storm the city wall that had not been built for a day, but it was easily broken by the other party, and he couldn't help but feel a little retreating in his heart.

"Attack!" Zhao Wei gritted his teeth and said: "So far, if you don't want to surrender to that Ye Zhao, you can't back down, besides, it's just a partial division, not the main force, I'm afraid that he will do something, just cut off his wings!" Even if he can't break the city, he can only do what Ye Zhao asks, but he doesn't know it, the other two gates are left alone for the time being, and the south gate will be stormed first, and this gate will be occupied before Ye Zhao's troops capture it, and we will wait to deal with it. ”

"Reasonable!" Ren Qi nodded, waved the command flag and said, "Continue the attack"

This time, Ren Qi and others were also ruthless, gathered soldiers and horses and began to storm the south gate, the militia gathered by Liu Yan in the city was already in chaos when the city was broken, although the south gate was not broken, but the militia defending the city was obviously also confused, many people fled directly, and the combat effectiveness was greatly weakened, and Ren Qi's soldiers and horses began to occupy the city gate little by little.

It's just that before they completely occupied the south gate, they saw a Hanzhong general leading the army straight forward, no matter who the two sides were, it was a rain of arrows, followed by the soldiers rushing to kill, the unprepared Qianwei army and the Shu army were killed by the head of the rat, and they retreated.

"Ye Zhao's soldiers and horses are so powerful!?" Ren Qi couldn't help but be shocked when he saw that his troops who attacked the city wall were taken down so easily, Liu Yan's militia was forgotten, his subordinates were all warriors raised by major families, and their skills were not bad, but they still couldn't resist the momentum of the other party, and they were driven down from the city wall.

Zhao Wei nodded silently, in fact, he was also a little shocked, in the past, when he listened to Ye Zhao's command, he naturally saw Ye Zhao's soldiers and horses, and also saw Ye Zhao's soldiers and horses attacking the city, although it was considered elite, but it was not as fierce as today, in less than a quarter of an hour, he occupied the city wall, and the longbows were drawn, and a round of arrows fell on the soldiers besieging the city, which was much stronger than the bow drawn by the militia.