Chapter Seventy-Three: Excluding the public, Han Jun uses Xu Huang
As Yang Ding expected, at the same time, in the face of the three-way onslaught of the Youhe Iron Cavalry, the Xiliang army, which lacked effective command, was quickly defeated, repeating the mistakes of Hu Zhen's army. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info is a little smarter, flying on the horse, whipping and stabbing frantically to escape; Those who react more slowly have no horse to ride, so they can only spread their feet, throw away all their baggage and take the road and escape; As for the slow reaction, they have already become the ghosts of the sword of the Youji Army.
At the same time that the Xiliang army of Huyang and Yang lost their armor and lost a lot, according to the original agreement, the Xiliang army of the eastern, southern, and western routes launched an attack on Chang'an City at the same time.
Most of the Youhe Iron Cavalry were sent by Han Jun to the outside of the city, and at this time, in addition to the newly surrendered Xu Rongying, there were also more than 1,000 old troops of Huangfu Song, as well as Yang Feng, the former general of the Baibo Army, who first followed Li Dao into Kou Chang'an, and then saw that the situation was not good, and turned to Han Jun.
Yang Feng in history, in that turbulent years, soared from a grass coat to the sky to become a chariot general of the Han Dynasty. But now Yang Feng is still just a penniless little person, Han Jun just enveloped him a little, sealed a lieutenant general, and easily got his soldiers and horses. For Han Jun, who has always been heavy on soldiers but not too expensive, he actually didn't take those white waves and grass robbers under Yang Feng in his eyes, and there was actually only one person he valued - Xu Huang and Xu Gongming of the "Five Good Generals".
At this time, Xu Huang's reputation was not obvious, he was just a cavalry lieutenant under Yang Feng's hands, but Han Jun was strong against public opinion, not only promoted him to become a lieutenant general on the same level as Yang Feng, but also gave him full trust, and arranged for him to be the main general of Ximen alone, and was fully responsible for the defense and garrison of Ximen.
In the military, naturally no one disagrees with Han Jun. Therefore, Xu Huang made a military order in the eyes of everyone's surprise and envy, if the city gate is broken, not only will his newly acquired official position not be guaranteed, but even his head will be sent to thank Han Jun for his kindness.
Outside the north gate, among the main generals of the other three city gates, Han Jun is actually Xu Huang who is most assured. Although Xu Rong and Huangfu Song are both battle-hardened veterans, they are both old after all, and they lack the unique vigor and sharpness of young people in Xu Huang. What's more, Xu Huang is a bull who made the "Martial Saint" Guan Yu suffer defeat in history, how could he suffer in the hands of a group of rabble?
Being able to get a hero like Cao Cao, and even more so comparing Zhou Yafu with Xu Huang, although at this time may not be as mature and stable as at his peak, it is enough to bring a big surprise to those Xiliang soldiers in the city.
Besieging the city on all sides, the ideal result is naturally to blossom on all sides, but it also faces the risk of being broken by the enemy's superior forces one by one. Therefore, if you want to avoid risks, you must attack the city in the shortest possible time, and only in this way can you avoid facing the invincible Youji Iron Cavalry independently.
Outside the gate of Xizhang of Chang'an City, Li Meng and Wang Fang stared at the wide and majestic city wall, took a deep breath, and after glancing at each other, they gave the order to start attacking the city at the same time.
The Xiliang Iron Cavalry is strong in the field, and attacking the city is not their forte. But they had no choice but to issue the military order, and they could only carry the ladder and shout the trumpet towards the city wall.
Xu Huang, who stood proudly on the city wall, his eyes were full of cold killing intent, and his heart had never been as eager to fight as he was now, eager to stain his robe red with the blood of the enemy, and eager to repay Han Jun's kindness with a big victory.
He can't control the east gate and the south gate, but on the city gate of this chapter, under his Xu Huang's nose, there will never be a Xiliang soldier who climbs onto the top of Chang'an City! This is the goal Xu Huang set for himself.
Although the city is like a wolf and a tiger Xiliang soldiers, Xu Huang is not afraid; Although the city is a white army cobbled together by farmers and poor people, Xu Huang is still not afraid, because he has a tiger in his heart, or he himself is a fearless tiger.
The Xiliang army's offensive was fierce, although their siege equipment only had a simple ladder built improvised, but under the pressure of survival, they still broke out with strong combat effectiveness. Braving the rain of arrows falling overhead, rolling wood gritted their teeth and forged ahead, their desire to live made them forget their fear of death. On the road of the charge, the Xiliang army continued to fall, but it did not affect the fighting spirit of the rest of the soldiers in the slightest, they were like a group of hungry beasts, howling and exuding terrifying killing intent in their eyes.
"Golden juice ready!"
The enemy soldiers under the city are surging like a tide, but Xu Huang in the city is as pale as usual, and he has the demeanor of a general who is as immobile as a mountain in his gestures, which also makes the Baibo soldiers, who were once frightened by the momentum of the Xiliang army, feel a lot more stable.
The Xiliang soldiers who finally rushed to the city of Chang'an finally rushed to Chang'an City, and before they had time to breathe a sigh of relief, they were greeted by more than a dozen pots of boiling gold juice falling from the sky.
Those who were able to break through to Chang'an City in the rain of arrows and arrows in the sky were not necessarily the bravest of the Xiliang army, but they must have the best luck, but their good luck ended here, because what greeted them was more than a dozen pots of gold juice that fell from the sky and burned hot.
Compared to the arrows that can only cause damage, the gold juice is like a biological weapon in ancient warfare, and the foul smell can even make people faint directly, not to mention the hot pain poured on the body is even more unbearable. The most desperate thing is that because the feces are dirty, they can directly corrode people's skin after heating, and they can't be cured at all.
There were heart-rending shouts from under the city, and there was a strong sense of remorse in despair, which also made the follow-up troops of the siege waver a little. Just a moment of pause, it was keenly captured by Xu Huang, and when the flag was quickly waved, the overwhelming rain of arrows flew away, causing a large number of casualties to the Xiliang army, and at the same time, it also greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers defending the city.
There is a shortage of soldiers and major generals in Chang'an City, but there is absolutely no shortage of food and grass materials, which is also an important reason why Han Jun dared to divide his troops when his troops were at a disadvantage. Because, under the premise of abundant materials for defending the city, the numerical advantage of the besieging side actually does not play a big role in the early stage of the battle.
The siege battle lasted for more than two hours, and Li Meng and Wang Fang had already invested more than 30,000 siege troops, but they did not achieve substantial results, and they were already a little disheartened in their hearts. And at this time, the two bad news that came one after another made them completely panicked.
The combined armies of Yang Ding and Hu Zhen in the north of the city, and the combined armies of Zhang Ji and Fan Chou in the west of the city all collapsed under the iron hooves and horizontal knives of the Youhe Iron Cavalry. They also learned that the unstoppable Shadow Iron Rider, after a short rest, was galloping in the direction where they were.
Li Meng said "oops", he almost peed his pants in fright, and he couldn't care about anything, so he turned his horse and galloped towards the west. He would rather die at the hands of the pavilion chief one day, as Jia Xu said, than be an enemy of the Youhe Iron Cavalry, who could not be defeated at all.
Wang Fang was stunned for a moment, shook his head with a wry smile, waved the command flag and issued an order to retreat. I can't do anything, and now I can only run for my life.
Xu Huang, whose face was covered with blood on the city wall, stared coldly at the rout soldiers under the city, and a trace of pity flashed on his face, but it was a pity that he only had thousands of white waves under his command, and it was barely possible to defend the city, but it must not be used to pursue out of the city. It's a pity, but for the sake of the safety of Chang'an City, Xu Huang can only helplessly look at the opportunity to be rewarded for meritorious service
Slipping under my nose.
The four-way siege army, Zhao Yun led the Youhe Iron Cavalry annihilated the two roads, scared back one way, and now is still insisting on attacking the city and refusing to give up, only Li Dao is left.
Seeing the sunset sinking in the west, Chang'an City still stood like a rock in front of him. After a day of onslaught, but without an inch, Li Dao's figure looked so sad in the evening breeze. After annexing Guo Yan's subordinates, the total number of soldiers and horses under his command increased to more than 70,000 people, and the total number of defenders in Chang'an City was much more, which is why he refused to give up after learning that Li Meng and Wang Fang collapsed without a fight, abandoned their armor and fled.
In the depths of Li Wei's heart, it is not that he has not thought of escaping from Chang'an like Li Meng and Wang Fang. But he didn't dare or was unwilling, so he gritted his teeth and persisted, and he was reluctant to withdraw his troops back to the camp until nightfall.
After drinking a bowl of gruel hastily, Li Dao withdrew from everyone and sat alone in the big tent to meditate on a strategy to defeat the enemy. He didn't think that the Hidden Army was invincible, and he never thought that there was an invincible army under the sky. Once upon a time, wasn't the Xiliang Iron Cavalry also recognized as the strongest army in the world? Now it's down to this point. What's more, in fact, today's Li Dao is no longer the same as when he was in Anyi before, he is the culprit of the chaos in Chang'an, and he is also the most famous person in the Xiliang Army after Dong Zhuo, everyone in the world hates him so much that he has no way back and no way out. Therefore, he could only grit his teeth and continue to insist.
The night was already very deep, but Li Dao still did not feel sleepy, lying on the bed tossing and turning, and suddenly heard the sound of small footsteps outside the tent.
"Not good!"
Li Wei secretly said badly, turned over and sat up, put the knife in his hand, and asked in a low voice, "Who is outside?" ”
Li Dao was alert enough, but he couldn't change his fate. Perhaps, his fate was already decided the moment he insisted on attacking Chang'an and refused to retreat.
The tent door opened, and a cold wind came in, making Li Wei shiver violently, and at the same time, his heart seemed to fall to the bottom of a thousand zhang, because he clearly saw a head like a blood gourd being thrown into the big tent.