Chapter 186: Huang Cong dies
The first attack of Yuan Shu's army was easily thwarted by Huang Cong, which made Yuan Shu furious and urgently ordered the army to charge here. [ads:This site has a new URL,Shorthand method:,.]
The second batch of Yangzhou soldiers looked at the tragic situation of the Yangzhou soldiers who rushed in front, and they all had palpitations. But in the face of the urging of the generals of their own side, in desperation, they had no choice but to rush towards Yang Zhai City. Fortunately, however, Yang Zhai's defenders only boiled a dozen pots of gold juice, which were all used up during the first siege of Yuan Shu's army.
Yuan Shu's army rushed to the city of Yangzhai City, looking at the companions who fell to the ground, and they were stunned one by one. In order not to see this terrifying scene again, all the soldiers fought bravely, which was also a place that Ye Mo had not thought about before.
Yuan Shu watched the army fight bravely, and immediately laughed, and said: "Look at my Yangzhou soldiers, they are all people who are not afraid of death, with this elite soldier, they will be able to conquer and be invincible." ”
After Yang Hong listened to Yuan Shu's words, he hurriedly echoed on the side: "Yangzhou has never produced elite soldiers, but well, under the leadership of the lord, Yangzhou soldiers will definitely become the world's strongest soldiers." The lord has these soldiers who are willing to serve the lord and the public, why worry about the unexpected? The subordinates are congratulating the lord, congratulations to the lord! ”
Yuan Shu listened to Yang Hong's words, and when Yang Hong said that Yangzhou did not produce elite soldiers, Yuan Shu's face was not happy. But after listening to Yang Hong's words, Yuan Shu only felt that the world should be his, and Liu Xie'er should immediately abdicate and give it to him.
Just watching Yuan Shu and Yang Hong flattering and accepting flattery in harmony with the ministers here, Yan Xiang frowned on the side. "Yuan Changshi, do you see something wrong?"
Yuan Shu on the side was also frowning at this time, but when he saw Yuan Shu's army rushing towards the Yangzhai city wall one by one, he didn't quite understand what kind of thoughts this Yangzhai guard had for a while. Yuan Jian shook his head and said, "I can't see it yet, I don't know if Master Yan has seen some doorways?" ”
Yan Xiang heard what Yuan Lian said, so he carefully recalled some records about the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in his mind, but the more he looked at the defense of Yangzhai City, the more strange Yan Xiang felt. It's not that this Yang Zhai's defenders are so powerful, it's just that Yan Xiangzhong feels that there is a trace of the Mo family's shadow in it.
The Mohists advocate "both love and non-attack", so they are generally on the defensive side in the attack and defense of the city. There are many records in history about how powerful the Mo family's organs are, but in fact, the Mo family often changes a small place to make this thing a defensive weapon, such as those door panels.
It's just that Yan Xiang just hid this doubt in his heart and didn't say it. Mohist, that is still a civilization of a long time ago, nowadays, people all over the world advocate Confucianism, how can there be Mohist things?
Yuan Shu also heard the conversation between the two people, but Yuan Shu ignored it. Compared with other princes, although Yuan Shu is not particularly talented or capable, Yuan Shu still has some advantages, such as Yuan Shu can selectively hear some words. Among Yuan Shu's three strategists, Yang Hong's words are Yuan Shu's favorite to hear, without him, just because Yang Hong will pat his ass.
Huang Cong watched those Yangzhou soldiers rush up again, so he ordered the army to throw stones and rolling logs down. Although the archers of Yuan Shu's army were still throwing arrows at the defenders of Yangzhai City, the density was much smaller, after all, Yuan Shu's army was lying on the ladder on the city wall and climbing up. At this time, if the projectile is still covered like before, then these Yangzhou soldiers will be unlucky.
In the face of the archer troops of Yuan Shu's army, the easiest way is to shoot at each other. The defenders were on top of the city walls, taking advantage of the geographical advantage, and the range of bows and arrows was also longer. Not only that, the defenders on the city wall are throwing without scruples, but those Yangzhou soldiers are different, throwing upwards, not only the range is short, but also be careful not to injure their own people by mistake. Therefore, there is no doubt that the Yangzhou soldiers fell behind in this round of competition, and in desperation, Yuan Shu could only temporarily withdraw those archers.
The archers of Yuan Shu's army withdrew, and the defenders of Yangzhai City could safely deal with the Yangzhou soldiers who climbed up the ladder. Those Yangzhou soldiers also forgot the fear in their hearts before at this time, and they all rushed towards the Yangzhai city wall one by one.
At the beginning, Yang Zhai's defenders didn't feel it yet, but at this time, Yang Zhai's defenders obviously felt the pressure. In the face of a yankuai Yangzhou soldiers constantly rushing up to the city wall, the defenders were also killed and wounded.
After Yang Zhai's defenders waved a large number of weapons in their hands, their arms would unconsciously be a little out of their control, that is, they thought about assassinating the enemy soldiers who climbed up, but their hands couldn't keep up with the movements, so that maybe it was a difference of one or two seconds, but in these two seconds, Yangzhou soldiers had already inserted their weapons into the defenders' chests.
Huang Cong looked at this scene, and suddenly felt that blood was dripping in his heart. The night before, when Huang Cong went to look for Ye Mo, Ye Mo taught him some methods that could be used to defend the city. But now that the two sides have just started to fight, less than an hour, the door panel has been used, the gold juice has been used, and there are other methods, but Huang Cong can't use it now. There is no news of reinforcements yet, and if they are used now and broken by Yuan Shu, it will be even more hopeless.
Looking at the Yangzhou soldiers who kept rushing to the city wall, Huang Cong could only helplessly lead the army to fight with the Yangzhou army. After Yuan Shu saw that the army had climbed the city wall under the city, he ordered several generals around him: "Le and Qiao Rui listen to the order, take your own soldiers, give this general a boost, and take Yang Zhai!" ”
Le and Qiao Rui watched the army attacking the city by Yuan Shu's side, and they had long been itching in their hearts, and now after hearing Yuan Shu's order, they immediately took the order to kill.
There were not many defenders on the city wall of Yang Zhai, and at this time, Le and Qiao Rui brought two thousand fresh troops to join in, which immediately caused more pressure on Yang Zhai's defenders.
Just after the Yangzhou soldiers kept rushing onto the walls of Yangzhai City, Ye Mo suddenly appeared. It turned out that after Dian Wei saw that Ye Mo was injured, he didn't let Ye Mo go to the city wall. But when Ye Mo heard that the battle situation on the city wall was unfavorable among the county officials, he had to go up to the city wall alive or dead. It's just that Dian Wei didn't want to, and Ye Mo took a lot of time to say that Dian Wei was moved.
After Ye Mo came up, he saw the battle situation on the city wall, and his brows immediately furrowed. Ye Mo could see that Huang Cong had not used all the methods he taught Huang Cong to defend the city. Ye Mo doesn't care what Huang Cong thinks, it's always true that the current battle situation is unfavorable.
Dian Wei followed behind Ye Mo, and after coming up, he also found that the situation on the city wall was erosive, those two-handed swordsmen were scattered and used by Huang Cong, and they were scattered on the city wall, and they did not play their greatest role at all. Not only that, but the scattered two-handed swordsmen suffered heavy casualties due to the lack of protection from friendly forces.
"Hong Fei, take over the two-handed swordsman, let the Yangzhou army see the true power of the two-handed swordsman!" Seeing this situation, Ye Mo was also angry, and directly asked Dian Wei to take over the command of the two-handed swordsman.
After listening to Ye Mo's words, Dian Wei danced the halberd in his hand, and after quickly emptying the Yangzhou soldiers around him, Dian Wei looked at the only dozen or so two-handed swordsmen on this section of the city wall, and said, "Array, sharp arrow array." ”
The Arrow Formation is a charging formation, in which the main general is placed at the front of the formation, and the soldiers are behind it. This formation is especially effective for attacking large enemy armies, cutting off the enemy's primary connection, or splitting the enemy army in half. Now it is wonderful to use it on this wall.
Dian Wei took the blade formation of two-handed swordsmen and kept fighting towards the Yangzhou soldiers who rushed up. After eliminating the Yangzhou soldiers in one place, those two-handed swordsmen will automatically merge into the big array. And Ye Mo would also ask those defenders to place the wooden planks on the women's wall, and then stretch out a few feet away, so that the Yangzhou soldiers who climbed the ladder could not climb the city wall of Yangzhai City.
It's just that it's a little late at this time, although Ye Mo made a decision immediately after bringing Dian Wei up, but when they finished clearing the Yangzhou army north of the Yangzhai East City Wall, Le and Qiao Rui had already boarded the city wall.
After these two Yuan Shu's generals climbed the city wall, they immediately slaughtered the defenders of Yangzhai City around them. There is only one defender in this Yangzhai City, Huang Cong, facing the generals of the two armies of Yuan Shu's army, where is the opponent. Fortunately, the two of them saw that Dian Wei's arrow array was extremely powerful, so they waited for more than 100 subordinates to climb the city wall before setting up a fish scale array and slowly moving towards Dian Wei.
This fish scale array is not without weaknesses, the weakness of the fish scale array is behind it, and the weakness of the blade array is also behind it. But on this wall, neither side can outflank it from behind, and both can only break through from the front.
By the time the two formations met, Dian Wei had already gathered all the surviving two-handed swordsmen behind him, but there were only more than two hundred people. On the opposite side, there were more than 500 Yangzhou soldiers around Le and Qiao Rui, and there was a steady stream of Yangzhou soldiers rushing up behind.
Just when the two sides were about to start fighting, Yuan Shu ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops. After listening to the sound of the retreat, Le and Qiao Rui were stunned. They couldn't understand why Yuan Shu suddenly ordered the troops to be withdrawn, obviously they were about to take Yang Zhai City.
But as soon as the order was issued, the two men did not dare to disobey, so they could only retreat slowly and disengage. And Dian Wei was also tired at this time, after all, as the tip of the Arrow Formation, he had to face most of the pressure, and the amount of energy it had to consume was naturally unimaginable.
Yuan Shu was also unwilling to retreat, but there was no way, Li Feng, who was stationed in Yuzhou, sent someone to send news that Tao Qian of Xuzhou suddenly sent troops, if Yuan Shu did not withdraw at this time, then when the rear road of the army was blocked, it would be truly and completely finished.
Looking at Yang Zhai, Yuan Shu was extremely unwilling. When it comes to the duck in its mouth, it can really fly away. "Tao Qian, General Ben and you will not stand apart!" Yuan Shu scolded Tao Qian for being despicable, but there was no way, he had no choice at this time.
Just when Le and Qiao Rui slowly retreated from the city wall, Huang Cong suddenly raised his knife and killed. In the attack and defense of these days, Yang Zhai suffered too many casualties, and the thousand guards he brought with him were now less than a hundred left. He had to vent, just now the Yangzhou army formed a formation, Huang Cong had no choice, now that the formation was scattered, Huang Cong raised his knife and slashed towards the Yangzhou soldiers who had not yet been withdrawn.
When Ji Ling, who was under the gate, saw Huang Cong on the city wall slaughtering Yangzhou soldiers like this, he immediately frowned slightly, and walked out with a bow and arrow. Everyone on the city wall was watching Huang Cong vent, but they didn't notice that Ji Ling was holding a strong bow to the city.
Ji Ling stretched his bow and took the arrow in one go, glanced at Huang Cong's approximate position, then let go of his right hand, and the arrow broke through the air. Ji Ling knew that his archery skills were not very good, and this arrow just wanted to give Huang Cong a warning. When everyone on the city wall heard the sound of arrows breaking through the air, it was too late to remind Huang Cong.
After Huang Cong heard the sound of breaking the air, he looked towards the place where the sound came from, but it was too late to dodge, and the arrow directly hit Huang Cong's forehead. Just a casual arrow from Ji Ling, Huang Cong fell to the ground with hatred and died. Seeing this, Dian Wei took out a small halberd and threw it towards Ji Ling's location, but Dian Wei also threw it indiscriminately, not hitting Ji Ling, but removing the bridge of the city wall in the middle.
The two generals, Huang Cong and Qiao Rui, failed to die on the battlefield in a dignified manner, but they were killed in a daze. xh118