Chapter 272: Late Night Operation
Lu Gong reminded on the side: "General Yan, could it be Colonel Zuo's ploy again?" β
This time, Ling Yan was very sure: "It shouldn't be ...... He probably doesn't have that mind now, and even if he does, his strength is not enough to set up an ambush...... No matter, speed up! β
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Looking at the majestic Juye City in the middle of the night, Ling Yan felt a lot of emotion for a while: he had attacked here several times, but he was repelled by Colonel Zuo several times, I hope this time, this time there will be no such result......
"General Yan, let's attack the city!" Lu Gong couldn't wait to say to Ling Yan.
Ling Yan originally planned to surround Juye City from several sides and attack together, just like last time. However, last time, it was because Colonel Zuo led reinforcements to arrive, so the strategy was not successful, but this time, Ling Yan was considering that his own troops were not very sufficient, once they were dispersed, it would be easier to be broken by the enemy army, so it was better to concentrate and attack the city together.
Hearing Lu Gong's words, Ling Yan didn't have time to think about it, and immediately ordered: "Okay! Let's go together! β
Lu Gong, Wen Ping and the others got Ling Yan's consent, turned around and gave an order, and then rushed over, and the soldiers behind also rushed forward with shouts.
I've already talked about the terrain of Juno Castle before. Juye Castle was flat on all sides, and only not far away was there a wooded and not very wide path from which Ling Yan's army had come, and where he had stayed until he gave the order to attack in order to conceal himself.
Therefore, when Wen Ping and other generals led the army to rush and kill, there was still a distance to reach the city.
Not long after the army rushed over, several clusters of torches on the top of the city were extinguished all together - the soldiers at the head of the city quickly extinguished the flames when they sensed the attack of Ling Yan's army.
Suddenly, the city was dark.
Ling Yan hurriedly followed his horse, he knew that this was Li Da's trick before, and Colonel Zuo might have seen the power of Ling Yan's "secret weapon", so he had already ordered the soldiers.
"Humph! Yellow Turban Traitor! Don't get out of the city and surrender quickly! Wen Ping took the lead in rushing to the city, waving his knife and pointing at the city and scolding.
The city was still dark, and there was no response.
Ling Yan also rushed to the front, ordered the soldiers to throw Tang Zhou's head under the city, and then shouted loudly towards the city: "Colonel Zuo!" I brought Tang Zhou's head! See? If you insist on refusing to surrender, the end will never be much better than Tang Zhou! β
Ling Yan's shout was particularly loud, this voice was simply earth-shattering outside the empty and silent city-I don't know if the Yellow Turban Army saw Tang Zhou's head, but one thing is certain, they definitely heard Ling Yan's words.
Ling Yan knew that he was a layman for shouting and scolding before the battle, but he thought that showing the enemy's general's head to the enemy would definitely greatly dampen the morale of the enemy army, and it would definitely cause the enemy's morale to be unstable.
After Ling Yan finished shouting, there was still no movement in the city.
Ling Yan couldn't wait any longer, and ordered: "Forcibly attack the city!" β
The soldiers were given the order and set up the ladders one after another, and a few people carried huge logs and slammed against the city gates.
For a while, all kinds of noises were loud, but Ling Yan just stared intently at the movement on the city tower.
The soldiers who took the ladder were about to climb to the top of the city, but suddenly they saw a blue light, and five or six internal air waves shot straight down from the top of the city and hit the heads of the soldiers who were climbing.
For a moment, I saw dozens of soldiers falling weakly from the ladder - the soldiers who were hit by the internal air wave died before they could snort.
And on the ladder, the top one fell down, and it was easy to carry the soldiers below, so whether they were alive or dead, they fell down from the ladder one after another.
Then, the internal air wave on the head of the city was aimed at the soldiers who were hitting the city gate with a giant log, and it was sent out.
After a few wails, the giant tree fell to the ground with a bang, and the soldiers next to him were either penetrated by the internal air wave or stoned to death by the giant tree.
Ling Yan was in a hurry, and hurriedly took out his pistol, and there were four shots at the head of the city - the city was black, but the moment the internal air wave was released, the figure of the Yellow Turban soldier would flash. Ling Yan relied on this rapidly fading light to judge the position of the enemy soldiers, and quickly aimed and fired.
After four gunshots, two figures fell directly from the city, and in addition to that, one figure slowly fell down - hitting three Yellow Turban soldiers.
On the head of the city, looking at the vague figures, there were only a dozen Yellow Turban soldiers in total, and after Ling Yan killed three, the rest of the figures all retreated, and for a while, there was no movement on the city.
Ling Yan hurriedly ordered the soldiers to continue to climb the ladder and hit the city gate.
Just as the soldiers struggled to lift the giant tree and prepare to crash into the city gate, the city gate slowly opened with a thud.
The soldiers carrying the giant tree were stunned, and when the soldiers next to them saw that the city gate was open, they didn't care about anything else, so they just rushed inside.
Unbeknownst to him, after the city gate was opened, a large number of people poured out of the city.
Ling Yan fixed his eyes, but it was the people in the city.
A large number of people ran out of the city in a panic, so that the soldiers who were about to kill were stunned, not knowing what was happening.
Ling Yan remembered that he had encountered this situation before, and he could also predict what would happen next.
Sure enough, Ling Yan expected it well, after the people poured out, the last dozen or so people who came out were hit by the blue internal air wave from inside the city gate and fell down one after another, and the people in front of them looked back at the people who fell in front of them, and ran desperately towards Ling Yanjun, their faces full of panic.
Ling Yan knew too well Colonel Zuo's strategy - that is, to use the people as a shield!
On the one hand, Ling Yan felt very angry, what he was most unaccustomed to was the sloppy human life, forcing the defenseless people to die; On the other hand, Ling Yan was also secretly happy: it seemed that Colonel Zuo was already poor in donkey skills, and he had no other ability, so he came up with such a despicable and low-level method.
Ling Yan was afraid that his soldiers would kill innocent people impulsively, so he hurriedly shouted, "That's the people!" No one is allowed to hurt them! β
Ling Yan's soldiers were very obedient, no one dared to move, they just retreated quickly, and a large number of people, after passing by Ling Yan's soldiers, ran around again, as if they wanted to find a safe place to hide.
But Colonel Zuo's person Ling Yan knows very well, he doesn't even care about the lives of his own soldiers, not to mention that these are "wastes" that have no effect in Colonel Zuo's eyes, he can bear to let these people go out of the city to make trouble, and he definitely doesn't want to let them return to the city alive.
Colonel Zuo is still like this, so where can his "descendant soldiers" go? Besides, the soldiers of Colonel Zuo could see that they were quite obedient to Colonel Zuo's orders, and if Colonel Zuo ordered them to kill these civilians, they would definitely carry it out.
Therefore, when the last row of people fell, the second wave of internal air came out from the city gate, and the last dozen or so people fell in a pool of blood.
"Protect the people! Rush in! Ling Yan was in a hurry and hurriedly ordered.
When the soldiers heard Ling Yan's order, they all rushed over, and Wen Ping, You Heng and other generals also rushed over brandishing knives and guns.
The door was still wide open, and several waves of internal qi were emitted from the door one after anotherβif it was only from the point of view of the purpose, Colonel Zuo or those Yellow Turban soldiers, their target was naturally Ling Yan's soldiers. But in this chaos, how can it be so clear? Many panicked people lost their lives for no reason in this melee.
And Ling Yan's army also suffered heavy losses - the internal qi waves emitted from the gate were neatly lined up, as if they were like an "internal qi face", generals such as Wen Ping and You Heng could barely cope with this kind of internal qi attack, but those soldiers who only relied on blood and brute force could not resist it at all, and in the face of the internal qi waves, they were like lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
Seeing that the internal air wave of the city gate was fierce, and his soldiers could not rush forward one after another, Ling Yan was so anxious that he wanted to rush forward with his horse in person.
At this moment, he saw a few people, and ran towards Ling Yan in a panic, looking back as he ran, looking frightened.
The position where Ling Yan was standing was not directly facing the city gate, but on the left side of the city gate, so after those people poured out of the city, they naturally ran forward, and there were only these few people who changed directions and came to Ling Yan like this.
Ling Yan hurriedly shouted at the people: "Don't panic, everyone! Feel relieved! I'll protect you! β
Perhaps it was Ling Yan's comfort that played a role, and after those people ran to Ling Yan's side, they stopped, although there was still a look of fear in their eyes, they looked better than before.
Ling Yan didn't care about appeasing these people anymore, the most important thing for him now was how to break through the city gate!
Ling Yan saw his soldiers fall one after another, and in a hurry, he raised his pistol and was about to ride his horse towards the city gate.
At this time, he suddenly heard a shout beside him: "General Yan! Watch out for your back! β
Ling Yan has always been a person who has never dared to compliment himself on his ability to respond to emergencies, but this time, I don't know if it was nervousness or what, he actually played a super long time - after hearing the shout behind him, he didn't think about it, he fell on the horse's back, and then his center of gravity was crooked, and he fell off the horse along the horse's back. At the same time, he saw a blue internal air wave, which brushed Ling Yan's body, went straight up, and rushed into the night sky.
When Ling Yan fell off the horse, his two hands were still holding the reins of the horse, so his body shook and barely supported it, without falling to the ground.
"Ahh Yes! Sorcery! Demon Law ......" An elderly person beside Ling Yan looked at the blue internal qi in horror and fell to the ground in fright.
When Ling Yan was panicking, he saw with the peripheral vision of his eyes that behind him, another cloud of internal qi appeared.
Ling Yan had a limit reaction: as soon as his hands were loosened, he fell to the ground.
At the same time, there was another internal air wave, which went straight towards the position where Ling Yan had just stood, and sent it over, piercing straight into the body of the horse.
The horse neighed, raised its hooves and surged forward.
After Ling Yan fell to the ground, he rolled over, quickly glanced around with his eyes, and raised his hand to shoot at a person who looked like a common person.
Maybe Ling Yan was a little nervous, and his marksmanship was a little inaccurate, but this shot hit the man's stomach.
The man snorted, but after falling to the ground, he ignored himself, raised his arm again, and pointed his palm at Ling Yan, ready to send another internal qi wave.
But this time he couldn't send it out - Lu Gong arrived from behind and shot the man in the throat.
Ling Yan gasped for breath, and cold sweat oozed from his forehead - his life was really hanging by a thread just now, and he almost died!
Lu Gong rushed to Ling Yan and said anxiously, "General Yan! Are you okay! β
"It's okay," Ling Yan stood up, looked at the man, and said secretly in his heart, "Damn, I've fallen into Colonel Zuo's trick again!" β
Lu Gong also looked at the man: "This person ......"
"He's not a commoner, he's a Yellow Turban soldier under Colonel Zuo in disguise......" After Ling Yan finished speaking, he smiled gratefully at Duke Lu, "General Lu, thank you, you saved my life." β
Lu Gong didn't have the heart to think about this, so he quickly got off the horse and said, "General Yan, get on the horse quickly, otherwise it's too dangerous!" β
Ling Yan hurriedly said: "No, General Lu, you get on the horse, don't worry about me!" I don't ride a horse, I can still fight! β
Lu Gong was anxious and almost cried: "General Yan! Please get on the horse! For generals, there can be no war horses! The last general will die in battle, and it is not a pity! β
Ling Yan was extremely moved, but he also knew that now was not the time to be moved, and if he continued to be humble, the war would be over!
Ling Yan didn't push anymore, immediately turned over and got on his horse, and then said to Lu Gong: "General Lu, follow me closely!" β
"Yes!" Lu Gong replied loudly.
Ling Yan quickly looked at the people beside him, but when he saw those people, his eyes were shocked, and they were all stunned.
Ling Yan saw that none of them looked like the soldiers of Colonel Zuo, so he ignored them and looked towards the city gate.
At the same time as Ling Yan looked at the city gate, a large number of people poured out from the gate, some of these people were disheveled, and they were suddenly called out in their sleep, and in a hurry, they naturally had no time to tidy up their clothes and pants.
It seems that Colonel Zuo really has no other tricks to think of.
Although Ling Yan felt that Zuo Xiaoxiao had exhausted his donkey skills, Zuo Xiao's last stubborn resistance was really a ruthless move.
If Ling Yan was a Yellow Turban thief like Colonel Zuo and Zhang Mancheng, then this strategy might not be of much use - if the two armies fighting against each other were the kind of generals who did not regard human life as human life, then what was the use of letting the people be "shields"? It's just a matter of letting the attacking side go on a killing spree again.
But Ling Yan is not that kind of person, although he can't say how good he is in character and learning, but he is still very kind and sympathetic to the weak, besides, he is still studying medicine, and he knows more about the preciousness of life than others. So even if he is forced to do so, he will never do anything to hurt the weak.
Colonel Zuo is a resourceful person, he may have seen through Ling Yan's essence, so he used such a despicable move.
Seeing that more than a dozen people in the city had fallen, Ling Yan was worried that the casualties would be greater after a while, but he didn't know what to do.
At this moment, about ten more figures appeared on the city's head, and immediately after, several internal air waves struck down from the city's head and hit Ling Yan's army.
Ling Yan was startled, raised his hand and was about to shoot again, but at this moment, he suddenly heard a familiar "boom" sound.
Ling Yan was shocked: this sound was too familiar to him, it was exactly the same as last time - the sound of the instrument that fired the "Flame Stone" moving!
Ling Yan quickly looked towards the city gate: Wen Ping and the other generals were leading the soldiers to rush forward, but the people rushed out in reverse, forming a "countercurrent", hindering Wen Ping and the others from rushing and killing, and also causing the formation to immediately mess up; Some people rushed towards Ling Yan's position again, disrupting Ling Yan's position.
Ling Yan was anxious in his heart, and hurriedly said to Lu Gong under the horse: "General Lu, get on the horse quickly, come behind me!" β
Lu Gong hesitated: "This ......"
Ling Yan hurriedly said, "General Lu, come up quickly!" Prepare to retreat! β
Lu Bu was stunned for a moment, and then jumped on the horse.
Ling Yan immediately ordered: "All retreat!" After saying that, he shouted to the people: "If anyone wants to retreat with us, I welcome!" If you don't want to go with me, take refuge in the city and go back to the city!" β
As soon as Ling Yan finished speaking, he heard Colonel Zuo's laughter resounding from the top of the city: "Hehe, General Yan!" Why retreat? If you want to attack the city, come and attack it! β
Ling Yan looked towards the city, although he heard Colonel Zuo's voice, he didn't notice that there was more Colonel Zuo on the dim city.
"Humph! Left school! I didn't even dare to show up, and I still said big things! Ling Yan said angrily to the city, "If there is a kind, come out, let's come one-on-one!" The Great War Once! β
"Haha! The last battle, let you get away with it, but you don't know it yet! It's to fight again, and what am I afraid of! It's just to deal with unknown juniors such as You, why do you need me to come out! After Colonel Zuo finished speaking, there was another burst of wild laughter.
Ling Yan's face flushed angrily, and suddenly, Lu Gong behind him scolded: "Phew! The faint of heart! If you have no courage, you will say that you have no courage, and that those vain words are what they do! β
As soon as Lu Gong's voice shouted, it became very sharp, and he suddenly shouted, Ling Yan was defenseless, this time, Ling Yan was not only startled, but also the random eardrum was buzzing.
If you look at it from the side, Ling Yan and Lu Gong are riding the same horse, and they are still shouting under the city, which makes people really laugh, but if they are in the middle of the battlefield, they are definitely not in the mood to pay attention to these.
After Lu Gong finished scolding, Colonel Zuo didn't scold anything back, but heard a few sneers from the city, followed by a few mechanical friction sounds.
Ling Yan was shocked, and hurriedly ordered again: "Retreat quickly!" β
Ling Yanjun trotted back quickly.
At this time, the city gate slowly closed with a "creak", and from the city gate, there was no internal air wave.
Wen Ping and the others were about to lead the soldiers to forcibly attack the city, but someone told him Ling Yan's order, although Wen Ping and the others were unwilling and gathered anger, but "the military order cannot be violated", he still ordered a retreat.
Just when Ling Yan retreated more than 100 meters, he saw a sudden fire at the head of the city, and then "huh", "huh", "huh" and "huh" three times, three huge, burning stones, dragging their golden tails, were thrown from the city.
A small number of the people who were driven out retreated with Ling Yan; Most of them ran to the base of the city, waiting for the war to pass, and then returned home; Only a small number of people, I don't know if they were stupid because they were scared, or they didn't decide which direction to run, stood in the position of the position that Ling Yan's army had just placed, but they were either crushed to death by the falling boulders, or burned to death by the flames on the stones.
"Haha......" I don't know if Colonel Zuo saw Ling Yan's retreat, or saw the tragic situation of the people being stoned to death, in short, his laughter came from the city.
Ling Yan led the army to retreat towards the forest, and the laughter of Colonel Zuo that sounded behind him made his heart chill - he really couldn't think of how a person could be cold-blooded to such an extent? If his opponent's soldiers were stoned to death, he laughed happily and seemed to make sense; Even if he doesn't care about his own people being killed, it can barely be said that he will do anything to win, and his soldiers are tools that can be used at will; But innocent people were killed, and it was the people in his own city, the people who farmed and raised their soldiers, and they were killed by their own sharp weapons, and he could still laugh so happily, it could no longer be said that he was careless of human life, this is simply perverted!
Ling Yan was resentful in his heart, but he didn't dare to rashly turn around and kill back-Colonel Zuo was no better than Li Damu after all, if Li Damu made this kind of laughter, he would be extremely proud, then he might be able to succeed in turning around and killing a "horse gun"; But Colonel Zuo is a cautious person, and his resourcefulness is far higher than Li Damu's, and even Kuai Liang can't compare to him, if he laughs, he is 100% sure of this victory, so at this time, he can't change the result.
Although Ling Yan was angry, he only cursed in his heart: It seems that this yellow turban thief is really angry, except for a few generals like Yu Yigen, there is no good thing!
Wen Ping led the army to catch up from behind, chased in front of Ling Yan, and said, "General Yan, why are you retreating?" β
Ling Yan looked back, there was still no light on the head of Juye City, and outside the city gate, there were already corpses all over the field.