Chapter 109: Defending the City
In the middle of the night, Jiang Hong sat alone in the hall, Jiang Hong tried his best to suppress the endless anger in his heart, as if he had exhausted all his strength, Jiang Hong did not lose his temper, Jiang Hong shouted in a low voice:
"Why hasn't this cavalry been detected? Why did Yuan Shu's cavalry appear in Hefei??!! ”
The man knelt on the ground, silent, seeing this, Jiang Hong's originally suppressed anger rose slowly, Jiang Hong stood up suddenly, and scolded:
"I spend a lot of money every year, just to establish an intelligence point in Huainan, I will give you whatever you want, and that's how you repay me??!! Yes?!! ”
"Subordinates know their mistakes." The person kneeling on the ground raised his head, revealing half of his face, and under the shadow, it was Huang Yuan, who had not appeared for a long time.
Since taking over the position of intelligence chief under Jiang Hong, Huang Yuan has become more and more low-key, living in a shallow manner, which makes people almost forget that there is such a person as him.
"Wrong, wrong? Knowing that there is a fart to know!! Jiang Hong was furious, and with a bang, he swept all the things on the table.
"This matter is indeed negligent on the part of his subordinates, this cavalry was originally in Chen State to follow Yuan Shu to fight, but for some reason they rushed to Jiujiang. During this period, the speed of travel was too fast, and he did not settle in the surrounding counties, so his subordinates did not find out about the existence of this cavalry, and asked the adults to punish him. Huang Yuan lowered his head again and said quite sincerely.
"Reprimand? How to punish it? Does reprimanding work?!! Jiang Hong laughed angrily.
It's just that after a long time, Jiang Hong never followed up again.
"Forget it, forget it, go down and let me be alone." Jiang Hong held his forehead and said quite lonely, revealing infinite amazement in his words.
"No." After speaking, Huang Yuan's figure gradually disappeared into the night.
Jiang Hong was the only one left, standing in the night, not knowing what he was thinking.
On the second day, early in the morning, Zhang Xun did not have the slightest reservation, and the whole army poured out, carrying the extremely rudimentary siege equipment built yesterday, besieging on three sides, leaving the south gate alone without the attack of Yuan's army.
A typical siege of three queyi, Jiang Hong was sure that if he dared to withdraw from the south gate, he would definitely be eaten by Yuan Yao's cavalry who had already been ambushed here and there were not even bones left.
can't leave, and among the remaining options, there is only one way to defend the city. As for surrender, Jiang Hong has no such plan, although it is better to die than to live, but people still have some backbone to live for one life, or two lives
Fortunately, the blessing of dragging himself to take precautions, as early as when Zhang Xun was stationed in Yinling, he had nothing to do, and he had been preparing for defense, but he didn't expect it to really come in handy.
The materials for defending the city in the city are all printed, which can relieve a lot of pressure on defending the city. Jiang Hong stood on the city wall, looking at the army that was constantly marching towards Hefei, and for a moment, Jiang Hong seemed to have returned to the beginning of his crossing.
At that time, he was still a small soldier, life and death were all up to the sky, stationed on the wall of the long society, watching the yellow scarf below rush forward desperately, and he held the spear tightly, praying that he could survive today, and at the same time angrily harvesting the lives of the enemy, hoping that these weak combat functions would let him leave this place of right and wrong.
However, outside the city is not the scum of the Yellow Turbans, Jiang Hong does not plan to be idle, he personally fights, Dian Wei has been following Jiang Hong, and he can't drive away, Jiang Hong is very helpless, so he can only let him follow behind him.
Jiang Hongquan handed over the command of the battlefield to Chen Zhi, the cultivation game has long been over, Chen Zhi can now be on his own, and he is much stronger than himself, Jiang Hong can rest assured that he will hand over the command to him, and he will take Dian Wei everywhere to boost morale and help defend the city.
Zhang Xun and Yuan Yao stood in the distance, quietly watching the soldiers under their command carrying the cloud ladder, under the baptism of the rain of rolling wood and stone arrows, hitting the cloud ladder, and then crawling towards the city wall densely, Yuan Yao on the side suddenly asked:
"There are only more than 10,000 remnants in this city, how long will it take for General Zhang to capture Hefei?"
"Five or six days at the least, half a month at the most." Zhang Xun estimated and replied.
"Why is it so long?" Yuan Yao was a little surprised, there were still more than 50,000 soldiers on his side, three times that of Jiang Hong, and it would take so long.
"The soldiers under Jiang Hong's command are not weak, and there are capable people under his command, who can organize the retreat of the defense line in the event of the collapse of the army, presumably Gongzi also saw it yesterday, right?"
"Well, indeed." Yuan Yao thought about it for a moment and replied.
"But it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, Jiang Hong only has more than 10,000 remnants, even if Sun Wu is alive, it is impossible to turn the sky." Zhang Xun said confidently.
At the same time, the soldiers on the city wall were also ready to stand, and the rolling wood and stones were placed at the feet of the soldiers in pairs to facilitate their use.
Chen Zhi silently calculated the distance of the enemy army, and when the vanguard of the Yuan army carrying the ladder was only fifty meters away from the city wall, Chen Zhi shouted: "Release the arrow!! ”
"Arrows, arrows, arrows" The herald's herald's orders came and went, continuously, followed by the sound of the bowstring.
Smack, smack, smack! Ten thousand arrows poured down the city wall like raindrops.
Yuan Jun, who was running in front, bore the brunt, hundreds of people were shot by the arrows flying down randomly, and many soldiers were hit by several arrows or even dozens of arrows, like hedgehogs in a pool of blood, unable to get up again. When the soldiers behind saw the tragic situation, their hearts were also constantly worried, but if they didn't advance on the battlefield, they would die, so they could only act as if they didn't see it, lift the fallen ladder, step on the corpses of their companions and continue to rush forward.
Soon, Yuan Jun rushed to the city wall, one by one the ladders were erected, and the swarming barbarians were like ants, at this time, the rolling wood and stones of the city wall came in handy, and the large and small stones and rolling wood continued to fall, and the soldiers who climbed the ladder were hit by it from time to time, screaming and rolling down the ladder, and after landing, they didn't have time to moan for help, and they were trampled into meat paste by their companions who rushed later.
On the battlefield, life is so insignificant, and the big living people who were alive just now are likely to turn into bloody corpses in the blink of an eye. The madness of Yuan Jun's stubborn numbers stimulated the nerves of every soldier guarding the city, and Jiang Hong said that he had seen this scene.
The rolling wood stones placed on the side were quickly used up, and the archers' quivers were empty, and they could only use their swords to resist the attack of Yuan's army. Soon, there was a breakthrough on the city wall, and a Yuan army took the opportunity to stab the soldiers who were blocking in front of him, and with a hand support, he climbed the city wall of Hefei.
Before this Yuan Jun's feet landed, a cold light flashed, as if he was not forced, and he fell backwards, knocking down several Yuan Jun who were still on the ladder.
Jiang Hong put away his sword, as if he had won the jackpot in the Changshe at the beginning.