381. Storm Yicheng
Not to mention that the war on both sides of the Hanshui River has come to an end, let's go back and take a look at the situation on the Yicheng side.
On the side of Yicheng, Liu Biao had been at ease since he let Liu Qi, Kuai Yue, Deng Yi and others lead the troops out, although he did not sleep in the temple, but he only went up to the sword pavilion of the city gate tower of Yicheng and looked at the direction of Zhu Wei's military village.
Later, Liu Biao was really sleepy, so he leaned on the table in the Sword Pavilion and waited for the news from the front.
Almost when Liu Qi and Kuai Yue led people into the burning Zhu Wei army village, Liu Biao suddenly woke up with palpitations, and then saw the fire burning in the Zhu Wei army village camp on the north bank of the Han River from the top of the sword pavilion.
Liu Biao knew that this should be the fire burning on the side of Zhu Weijun's village, at this time Liu Biao did not doubt anything else, and looked at the appearance of the fire burning in the distance, so he thought that this sneak attack was successful.
But I don't know why Liu Biao's heart is still faintly uneasy, and his right eyelid beats from time to time.
Thinking back to the time when he was half-asleep and half-awake, Liu Biao vaguely saw Liu Qi saying something to himself, and then suddenly turned into smoke and flew away, which made Liu Biao wake up, and Liu Biao had a bad premonition.
Therefore, after thinking about it repeatedly, Liu Biao still called a personal guard and asked him to take someone to see the situation quickly.
At this moment, it is still early morning on the Yicheng side, and the sky is slightly gray, not very bright, but you can see the road clearly.
Liu Biao suddenly found that there seemed to be a horse soldier coming to Yicheng in the distance, so he couldn't help but stand up and look over there, suddenly Liu Biao frowned, looking at the marching posture of this soldier and horse, the color of the sweat towel worn by the soldier did not look like his own soldiers and horses.
Liu Biao couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly gave the order to prepare for war.
But at this moment, there are only young and strong people who have been recruited in Yicheng, and although they are running to the city wall in chaos after hearing the order, they are already a little confused before the war starts.
Only a few of these young and strong men were private soldiers of major families and had some combat experience, while the vast majority of them were originally either farmers or traders, and had only undergone simple military training.
At this moment, they were awakened in the most beautiful sleep of the morning, and their heads were dizzy and did not react, and they had long forgotten the training they had received for a while.
Many people couldn't find their team at all, they couldn't find the defensive block they were assigned to, but they made a mess on the walls, and some people were almost squeezed off the walls.
Seeing all this, Liu Biao could only let the last of the two soldiers left around him go to the city wall to rectify these young and strong people, so that they could stabilize and face the incoming enemy army.
It's just that Liu Biao already has a little idea of retreating to Xiangyang in his heart, how can these people hold Yicheng, you must know that the army that Zhu Wei came to attack the city is not an ordinary local thief.
However, Liu Biao was still a little hesitant in his heart, he didn't know what happened to Liu Qi, Kuai Yue, and Deng Yi.
If Liu Biao directly abandoned Yicheng and retreated to Xiangyang, then Liu Qi, Kuai Yue, and Deng Yi would have no city to return to, so Liu Biao still hoped to hold on and wait for Deng Yi to bring troops back to help.
It's a pity that Liu Biao's idea is naturally impossible to realize.
At this time, the soldiers and horses who attacked Yicheng could gradually see the banner, and sure enough, they were ordered by Wang Yuyan to fight the divine arrow battalion Tai Shici in Yicheng.
And Tai Shi Ci saw the chaos on the city wall from afar, and his heart couldn't help but settle down a lot.
Previously, Tai Shi Ci was also woken up in his sleep, and suddenly went to Zhu Wei's Chinese army tent to discuss the war, and heard that there was an enemy attack, Tai Shi Ci was originally preparing to meet the incoming enemy, but he didn't want Wang Yuyan to directly arrange him to attack Yicheng.
Although Wang Yuyan said that there are only ordinary young people in Yicheng now, as long as they attack Yicheng, they should be able to capture Yicheng.
But Tai Shi Ci was still a little hesitant in his heart, after all, this time he suddenly attacked Yicheng, but there was no other siege equipment to cooperate, so he could only rely on people to climb the city, once there were Liu Biao's elite soldiers in Yicheng to guard, then the loss of the Divine Arrow Battalion did not need to be considered, whether it could be captured or not, it was a real question.
However, the military order has been issued, and Tai Shici naturally didn't say much, and came directly to receive the order.
On this way, Tai Shi Ci also considered the possibility of sending someone to deceive the city gate first, but he thought that Liu Biao himself was in Yicheng, and if he wanted to change his clothes to deceive the city, he still lacked some preparations, and at the same time, Tai Shi Ci didn't know what the military order slogan on Yicheng's side was, and he might not be able to deceive him in the end.
After all, all this was an emergency, and it was Wang Yuyan's improvisation of tactical arrangements, and she was not prepared for anything.
Anyway, the moat near the gate of Yicheng has been filled in a section, and now although there is no assistance from siege equipment, he can only rely on Tai Shi Ci's magic arrow battalion to forcibly climb the city, but Wang Yuyan also gave some secret weapon support that Tai Shi Ci was not familiar with.
If the defenders of the city are really only young and strong people, then it will be easy to attack the city.
So Tai Shi Ci didn't think of any other means, and directly led more than 15,000 soldiers and horses from the Divine Arrow Battalion to attack Yicheng.
And now looking at the situation on the head of the Yicheng wall, Tai Shici can't help but secretly admire Wang Yuyan's judgment, at this time, there are really no more regular soldiers of Liu Biao in Yicheng, so it is really possible to attack Yicheng in this way.
Tai Shi Ci is still a little confident in the combat effectiveness of his soldiers, and he uses the elite soldiers of the Divine Arrow Battalion to attack Yicheng, which is only guarded by young and strong people, if he still can't beat it, then he will underestimate Tai Shi Ci's efforts to train soldiers in Jiangxia these days.
In this way, before Tai Shi Ci's divine arrow battalion came to Yicheng, Tai Shi Ci didn't say any nonsense, and first assigned Chen Ying to take five thousand sword and shield men to form a tortoiseshell shield array, carrying the siege ladder to Yicheng and rushing to kill it, waiting to climb the city wall and attack the city.
After that, Tai Shi Ci personally commanded 2,000 sword and shield men to protect the archers of the 3,000 Divine Arrow Battalion, and rushed to the range of the bow and arrow in front of Yicheng, so he began to throw feather arrows at the city wall to suppress the counterattack means of defending the city on the city wall.
Then he asked Bao Long to take 2,000 sword and shield men to protect the 3,000 crossbowmen, and continued to charge in the direction of the front city wall, and only when they rushed to the range of the crossbow machine did they stop, and let the crossbowmen throw crossbow arrows at the city wall.
In this way, Tai Shici continuously shot feather arrows and crossbow arrows to the city wall, which inevitably made the young and strong people on the city wall a little chaotic again, and many people had no experience in dodging arrows, so they were directly shot to death on the city wall.
After all, the people on the head of the city wall are all young and strong people who have not been trained much, although there are also some bows and arrows in their hands that can fight back, but the bows and arrows are not so easy to use after a long time of training, and even if they are shot, they are chaotic and have no power.
As for some of them who belong to the private soldier category, they may be able to use bows and arrows to fight back, but the soldiers of the Taishi Cizhen Divine Arrow Battalion are protected by big shields and small shields, and their scattered bows and arrows can't pose much of a threat......