Chapter 158: Zhang Jiao's Escape (Three Watches)
Even if Zhang Jiao is proficient in the art of war, he still can't guess the other party's mind, but he is sure that the other party must have a conspiracy, so he strengthened the defense of the north gate of the city, and transferred all the yellow turban wrestlers to the north gate to wait day and night, and transferred a commander to guard at the north gate. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
At two o'clock in the morning of June 11, Gao Shun got up, washed up a little, and then quietly left the barracks alone.
At this time, it was very dark, and he couldn't see his five fingers, Gao Shun followed the guidance of the map, and touched the west gate of Julu City with one foot high and one foot low.
On Julu City, there are soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army on duty, lit sparse torches, which can only illuminate a small area. They mainly use their sense of hearing to discern if an enemy is coming.
The barracks of the Youzhou Army outside the city were dark, and there was no movement, and the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army on duty in the city were very relieved.
From the barracks to the west gate of Julu City, it was more than four miles away, and Gao Shun walked for more than an hour.
Looking at the system time, there was still nearly an hour before dawn, Gao Shun found a flat place to sit and rest at the west gate outside the city; By the way, carefully consider the course of action and see if there are any omissions.
While watching the situation on the city wall.
On the wall of the west gate of the city, two torches were lit, and no human figures could be seen, and it was estimated that the soldiers guarding were hiding behind the battlements and napping.
Julu City is a city in the Warring States Period, Qin and Han Dynasty for the county governance, after years of expansion and operation, the city is very large, more than 1,000 meters wide from north to south, nearly 10 meters high, if you want to attack, you will pay a heavy price.
At 3:45, there were still more than 20 minutes before dawn, and there were traces of shining in the eastern sky; Gao Shun estimated that the officers and soldiers in the barracks had been up for half an hour and should be ready, so he quietly approached the direction of the city gate.
When he arrived at the city, it was already 3:55, and Gao Shun first directly put a junior general and three senior infantry from the system on the city wall.
This was a recent experience he had gained by being able to place synths or materials from within the system anywhere within a hundred and sixty meters of the system.
The junior generals and senior infantry were all fully armed, and the ten Yellow Turban soldiers on duty here were dismembered by a large number of senior infantry before they could react, without causing much movement.
The senior infantry of Santun quietly touched the city gate under the leadership of the junior general.
At the doorway, there were nearly a hundred officers on duty who were still asleep, and they could not have imagined that so many enemies would come in from the city walls.
With so many people on duty, it was impossible to kill quietly, and the junior military attache decided to annihilate the enemy as quickly as possible, and then open the city gate and take Gao Shun into the city.
The other three tun chiefs agreed with this opinion, and more than 300 people rushed down the mountain with a fierce tiger to rush towards the enemy in the city gate. Some were killed before they could react, and some were awakened and shouted, "The enemy has entered the city!" ”
"The enemy has come in!"
The shouts pierced the silent night sky, waking up the sleeping Yellow Turban Army in the city.
However, the men were quickly killed, and the high-ranking infantry opened the gates as quickly as possible.
Gao Shun had piled up a large amount of hay in the open space outside the city gate, and as soon as the city gate was opened, he set the hay on fire, which instantly rose into a raging fire, which was particularly eye-catching in the dark night and could be seen clearly from miles away.
Gao Shun also released Liutun junior infantry and two junior generals, occupied a favorable position in the city gate, and lined up to meet the enemy.
Seeing the flames rising from the west of the city, the barracks immediately boiled.
Li Qiang and Zhao Fu, who were ready, led the 22 cavalry to rush out of the barracks and gallop towards the west gate of the city.
Zhang Meng and Cheng Huan led the 24 Tun infantry to quickly follow.
The galloping sound of more than 2,000 war horses, coupled with the shouts of more than 2,000 infantrymen, surrounded the city from the north to the west of the city, and the great flames rising from the west of the city immediately frightened the people in the city; The city was lost, this was their first impression.
The distance of 4 miles, the war horse can be reached in less than 3 minutes after running.
Gao Shun released the only two junior cavalry as escorts, rushed into Julu City with Li Qiang, and went straight to the east gate to kill; Zhao Fu led 5 cavalry to kill the small number of South Gate.
The senior infantry waited for the arrival of the follow-up infantry and then killed the north gate; At this time, they had already lined up in formation, spears, giant shields, broadswords, bows and crossbows, long and short matching, far and near combined.
Before Zhang Jiao could prepare, the cavalry had already entered the city, and the shouts spread to the city, killing the sky; The shaking of the horses' hooves in the city was even more staggering.
Without waiting for the order, the officers on duty in the south and east of the city had already opened the gates and fled outside.
The main forces in the city were concentrated in the north of the city, and the people who slept in the open air on the streets of the city were all old and infirm, and they did not dare to snipe forward at all.
The cavalry slashed all the way, and flesh flew on both sides of the road.
The defeat was like a mountain, and there was no way to return to the sky.
In a panic, people only knew to flee for the road, and no one dared to organize a counterattack.
The shouts of killing soon reached the center of the city, and the earth-shattering shouts of killing were also heard in the direction of the south and north of the city.
In just a quarter of an hour, the whole city was lost, and a large number of enemies poured into the city, this speed was too fast, Zhang Jiao stood there in a daze, no matter what, he couldn't believe that this was true, but he didn't expect that after more than ten years of hard preparation, it only took such a short time to completely fail.
Qu Shuai Yu Poison, who was on duty at the north gate, could not do anything about this chaos, but he was a shrewd man, and found that there was no enemy outside the north gate of the city, and the enemy was killing from the west gate to the north gate, so he ordered the guards to open the city gate and escape from the north gate.
The most dangerous places are often the safest places.
In addition to the more than a dozen guards who followed him, there were also some Yellow Turban Warriors, about 3,000 people, and the remaining more than 3,000 Yellow Turban Warriors ripped off their yellow turbans, took off their armor, threw away their weapons, and scattered in a hurry, escaping out of the city under the cover of night.
Yu Yu didn't dare to stay, first ran east for a short distance, and then clinged to the east side of the Youzhou military camp, and fled straight to the north, he planned to turn west from the north of the Youzhou military camp, and first lead people to escape back to his hometown.
At that time, all the Yellow Turban Lux were responsible for guarding the North Gate, and the Youzhou Army broke through the West Gate, which happened to be cheaper than poison, and he took away more than 3,000 people, if the situation was not critical, he would definitely find a way to take away all the Yellow Turban Lux Shi.
Pei Yuanshao, the leader of the guards, realized that the general trend had gone, and hurriedly led Zhang Jiao's personal guards, put Zhang Jiao on his war horse, and prepared to flee from the nearest east gate.
The dense crowd crowded the street and couldn't move at all, Pei Yuanshao didn't care too much, and began to lead the guards to slash and kill the Yellow Turban people.
These ordinary Yellow Turban people only care about fleeing for their lives, how can they care about carrying weapons? How is a well-armed cavalry opponent? In an instant, the flesh that was slashed flew sideways.
The frightened people of the yellow turbans scattered and crowded to make a way.
Seeing the departure of the Heavenly Gong General Zhang Jiao with a large number of his guards, all the believers who saw this scene collapsed their faith in the Taiping Dao, and their great sages and teachers abandoned them; After that, the believers flocked even more frantically out of the city.
Zhang Jiao, who was close to him, escaped from the east gate.
After leaving the city, Zhang Jiao was still in a daze, he was defeated too quickly, his heart was dripping blood, he was extremely unwilling, and more than ten years of hard work instantly came to naught; He glanced back at Julu City affectionately, and then led the guards to gallop east without looking back.
Now the only place he could settle down was Guangzong City, but he didn't expect that there were still two cavalry waiting for his arrival in front of him.