Chapter 277: Bloody Rain
The rain of arrows on the city of Curry rained down and killed many of the angry soldiers, but the angry warriors were undaunted, and quickly rushed to the city under the corpse of their companions.
Thousands of ropes flew up the wall, and the angry archers of the city began to cover the besieging soldiers, and thousands of arrows were fired at the city.
"Close the gates......" Gou Yong shouted hysterically under the city, but it was so faint compared to the hundreds of shouts that no one heard him at all.
"General, the city gates can't be closed, and the enemy army has begun to attack the city." The general behind Gou Yong said anxiously, feeling that something was wrong.
Gou Yong couldn't control the soldiers rushing to the city, and seeing that the Nubei people were chasing and killing behind, they had already approached the city gate, and in a hurry, he waved his knife and cut down a soldier.
"Close the city gates, and those who violate the order will be killed!" Gou Yong's eyes glared angrily, and he pointed at the soldier in front of the horse with a single sword.
The fleeing Qi army turned around and rushed towards the city gate, crowded on both sides, and the soldiers who had not yet entered the city outside the city were mercilessly slaughtered.
The soldiers of the city swarmed up, and finally pushed the gates and began to close them little by little.
"Hey, hey......" The soldier pushed the gate hard, and seeing that there was only a gap left to close, a large axe suddenly slashed in, shattering the heads of the soldiers inside.
It was Ali Lu who rushed over, and when he saw that the city gate was about to close, he picked up a big axe and slashed through the crack in the door, jamming the city gate so that it could not be closed.
"Go on, open the gates." Alilu let go of the axe, leaned his body against the door and pressed inward, but the gate did not move, so he had to turn around and call out to the soldiers.
The soldiers on both sides fought vigorously, pushing each other inside and outside the city gate. The warriors who were besieging the city struggled to climb up, and the Qi army at the eastern corner of the city was weak, and they were about to attack.
"Blow the trumpet." Xi Emu snatched the battle flag from the hands of the banner soldiers beside him and waved it vigorously to boost the morale of the angry warriors.
"Get out of the way, the crash is coming." Alilu held the handle of his axe, and when he saw the collision car pushing, he flashed to the side to make way out.
More than 20 soldiers pushed and crashed the car, shouting a trumpet and crashing towards the city gate. With a "bang", the city gate opened a little inward, shocking a few Qi troops inside the city gate, and Ali Lu's battle axe was also pulled out.
"Go on, quickly, don't let the enemy drop the deadbolt." Ali Lu held back his strength, clenched the axe in both hands, and waited for the city gate to open, and went in to kill happily.
"Knock, knock......" crashed into the door continuously, and the Qi army couldn't stop it, and every time it hit, the gap in the city gate became larger. After more than thirty consecutive hits, the city gate was finally half-knocked open.
"Kill me." Ali Luyi was a bold man, and he picked up a big axe and rushed in through the crack in the door, and entered the city alone. Under the city gate were all Qi troops, and Ali Lu didn't care about the moves, so he only held the axe with both hands and rounded his head.
"Ah......" There was a shout inside the city gate, and Alilu's axe could not be resisted by the soldiers of the Qi army. Everywhere they went, the Qi army retreated, completely abandoning the city gates.
The gates of Curry City were finally slammed open, and the Angry Warriors roared into the city. For a time, the sword was shining and the two armies were in close hands, slashing and killing each other at the entrance to the city.
"Block it, block it for me." Gou Yong was surrounded by soldiers, and it was difficult to move an inch on the horse. Seeing Nubei rushing into the city, he could only shout loudly.
"General, the enemy army on the east city has attacked." An adjutant general ran down from the city wall and hurriedly prayed when he saw Gou Yong.
"What?" Gou Yong hurriedly looked up at the top of the city wall, and then at the angry soldiers pouring in from the city gate. He has less than 30,000 men, but the enemy army is 100,000 strong, and if there is a city, he can hold it for a few days. Now that the city is gone, reinforcements have not yet arrived, and there is only a dead end in staying there.
"Get out of the city and go to Duhuan." Gou Yong had no intention of fighting again, cut down a few soldiers and turned his horse back, leading the generals towards the South Gate of Curry. From there, go out for more than 60 miles, and you will cross the city.
As soon as the main general left, the morale of the army was scattered. The Qi army fought and retreated, and they all headed towards the south gate.
Seeing the army attacking the city outside the city, King Qian stood on the cart and laughed wildly, "Order the army, do not rest, pursue the enemy army and kill the city." ”
Outside the city of Curry, the black and crushing army of the Angry Warriors rushed into the city from all directions, sweeping everything like a tsunami. Gou Yong abandoned the city, fled in a hurry at the south gate, and hurried all the way to Duhuan. After running for half an hour, he met the Qi army who came from Duhuan to support.
"General Cao, hurry back to the city, I'm angry." Gou Yong saw that it was Cao Hai, the main general of Duhuan, who rushed to support, hurriedly reined in his mount, and gasped and said.
"What? General Gou has already lost the city of Curry? Cao Hai would not believe it, and less than two hours after receiving the request for help, Nubei captured Curry City.
Gou Yong's face turned red with shame, and he hurriedly said: "There are more than 100,000 enemy troops, you and I will quickly go back to the city and hold on, waiting for Chen Zhou to come to help, I am afraid that the enemy army will chase after me if it is too late." ”
Cao Hai no longer had any doubts, and hurriedly ordered the rear army to change to the front army, and rushed back to Duhuancheng.
What Gou Yong said was true, Nubei only left a few soldiers and horses in Curry City to continue to clear the Qi army, and the army did not stop, passed through Curry City, and went straight to Huancheng.
As soon as Duhuan's reinforcements rushed back to the city, the angry soldiers and horses followed, setting up a formation in front of Duhuan City, preparing to attack the city.
"General Cao, can the people I sent go back to Chenzhou?" Gou Yong and Cao Hai went up to the city tower together, looking at the dense army of anger and humility under the city, both of them were worried.
Cao Hai nodded and replied: "It's already gone, it should have arrived in Musu City, and I think General Liang is already on his way to come at this time." ”
The letter soldiers sent back by Duhuancheng had indeed arrived in Musu City, but as soon as they entered the city, they were captured by Ye Yilang and his troops, and a total of eight people were all tied up and locked up.
"General Gou guards the city, and I will lead my troops to meet the battle." Cao Hai decided to take advantage of the unstable army of Nubei and went out of the city to meet the enemy first.
Cao Hai's words frightened Gou Yong a lot, and he hurriedly grabbed Cao Hai, who had already turned around, and said hurriedly: "General Cao must not be angry and deceitful." I fought in array, but the enemy relied on more soldiers to kill, and our army could not return to the city so that the city gate could not be closed, and then the city was lost. ”
"Huh?" Cao Hai stopped, as if he didn't believe it.
"We have few soldiers, we must not go out of the city to meet the enemy again, we only need to hold on for a few days, and it is not too late to kill when reinforcements arrive."
Cao Hai calculated, there are more than 20,000 people in his city, and Curry is only a little more than 10,000 defeated, counting the soldiers and horses in Musu City, there are barely 40,000 people, and if he holds the city for a few days, there should be no problem.
"What General Gou said is also reasonable, but the anger is rampant, and it is difficult to eliminate the anger in my heart if the city is closed without a fight." After Cao Hai thought about it, he still decided that it was important to hold the city, and if he lost the city like him, the court would punish him in the future.
Gou Yong also knew that he was guilty of his crimes, and he had already lost the city, so he had to atone for his sins and keep Duhuan, maybe the guilt would be lighter.
A ride came out of the angry formation, still the same Ali Road, with the long axe on his shoulder, and walked forward slowly.
"Hey, Qi Jun, listen, who dares to come out and fight with me." Alilu threw his head back and shouted to the city.
Cao Hai looked down with a straight face, "The archers listen to the order and prepare to shoot the enemy general." ”
Alilu was not stupid, he stopped when he was out of range, only shouted in a loud voice, but did not move forward.
King Qian stepped down from the chariot, tightened his cloak, and stood beside the chariot staring at the city.
"King Qian, Curry's Gou Yong is in the city, and I don't think the enemy army will fight." Xiemu hurriedly dismounted and stood beside the king of the rhino.
"If he doesn't fight, our army will storm the city at dusk, and no matter what, we must take it as soon as possible to resist the incoming army of Qi." King Qian is not sure whether Cang Xiangtian has cut off the enemy's back road, although there has been no movement on the Qi side so far, but the city of Curry is too fast, maybe Qi reinforcements are coming.
"King Qian, I'm only afraid that the attack will be too heavy." Xi Emu reminded the King of the Qiang that he had no good plan.
King Qian looked sideways at him, "Xi'emu, we must do this, if we can't take these three cities, the Nubei tribe will cease to exist." ”
"Yes, King Rhino." He understood this truth that if he did not attract the Qi army, it would be difficult for the Liang State to win. If the Liang State is not victorious, how can the Qi State endure this breath, and after it is stable, it will definitely send a large army to calm the anger and humility.
The sun set quickly, and when it sank into the sky, it was a blood-red cloud. It indicates that this dusk is destined to be a bloody twilight.
......The dull sound of the horn shattered the silence before the battle, and when the arrows rained down, it was when the sun had completely set, as if the sun could not bear to look at it.
The angry warriors rushed forward, and the arrows of the city fell, and one warrior after another fell.
"Rush! ...... "The angry archers ran over the corpses of their companions, and shot their angry arrows into the city, and from time to time the corpses fell from the towers.
"Crash, crash." In the chaotic firefight, the heavy crash car was pushed out, and dozens of warriors laboriously pushed forward.
The Nubei people only relied on ropes to attack the city, and after attacking the city, they threw the ropes on the city wall, and relied on the archers under the city to cover the city. Although the Qi army was suppressed by bows and arrows, they only needed to shrink behind the battlements and cut the ropes, and there were often warriors who fell halfway up.
The gate of Duhuan City has long been closed, and a thick bolt in the city is horizontal on the door. The angry crash of the car slammed into it, but the city gate was strong, and it had no effect at all, but it was crushed to death by the rolling logs thrown from the city.
Attacked until midnight, Nubei left thousands of corpses, but no one went up to the city, so the king had to order the withdrawal of the army, leaving it for daylight to attack the city again.
The city was also in a mess, and there were many dead and wounded soldiers on the city wall. Cao Hai and Gou Yong were resting on the steps, watching the soldiers transport corpses to the city.
"General Cao, why haven't the Musu reinforcements arrived yet, we should send someone to urge again." Gou Yong felt strange, Mu Su was only more than a hundred miles away, and it stands to reason that General Liang would rush to support when he got the news.
"Yes, why did this Liang Ziwei come to help." Cao Hai forgot about this when he was guarding the city, and when Gou Yong said it, he also felt strange, "General Wang, you personally bring people to Musu, and ask General Liang to come for reinforcements." Then send someone back to Chenzhou and ask the army to come. Cao Hai looked around and said to an adjutant general sitting under the battlement.
After hearing this, the deputy general surnamed Wang hurriedly got up, ran down the city wall, and gathered more than ten people to go out of the south gate overnight and run to Musu City.
Cang Xiangtian had already expected that the Qi army would send people back to Chenzhou to deliver a letter, and ordered Cai Guling and Ye Yilang to take turns to hold on to the north gate, but he didn't expect that King Qian would capture Curry so quickly, and he was already on the verge of crossing Huancheng.
"Hurry up and open the city gate, I am Wang Yang, the deputy general of Du Huan, and I want to see General Liang." Vice General Wang ran out of 100 miles overnight, snoring on his mount, and his body was soaked with sweat. When I arrived at Musu City, it was already ugly.
At that time, Cai Guling was guarding the north gate, and when he heard the shout, he looked down from the city tower. Seeing that there were only more than ten riders, he ordered to get ready, opened the door and let him in.
After Wang Yang entered the city, he turned over and dismounted. Seeing Cai Guling walking over in a soldier's costume, he ignored it and said, "Where is General Liang, take me quickly." ”
Cai Guling asked, "See General Liang at this time, but there is something urgent?" ”
"Hugh should ask more, go and lead the way." Wang Yang handed the reins of the horse to the soldiers behind him and urged.
"Okay, come with me." Cai Guling glanced to the side, turned around and took Wang Yang to see Cang Xiangtian. After they left, the Angry Warriors tied up the Qi army that had come with the ocean.
Cang Xiangtian was called up, and saw Cai Guling walking in with a general.
"Tell me, what's the matter?" Cang Xiangtian asked indifferently, tightening his cloak tightly.
Wang Yang recognized Liang Ziwei, and saw that it was not General Liang in the house, although he had doubts, he still didn't dare to salute, and said with his fists clenched: "I am Deputy General Du Huanwang, on the order of my general, I have something important to tell General Liang, and I also ask the general to invite General Liang to come." ”
"There is no General Liang here, he is dead." Cang Xiangtian stood up, looked at him like a torch and said coldly.
"Dead ...... He's dead? Wang Yang looked at the sky in surprise, with a surprised expression on his face.
"Yes, I'm in charge here, let's talk about something."
Wang Yang hesitated, but still said, "General, the Nubei army has broken through the city of Curry and has attacked under the city of Duhuan, General Cao has sent the last general to inform him, and asked the general to send Musu soldiers and horses to the rescue quickly." ”
"Nubei has already attacked the city of Duhuan?" Cang Xiangtian was overjoyed in his heart, the speed of King Qian was something he didn't expect.
"Yes, please send someone to the rescue quickly, and the last general will rush to Chenzhou to report and not disturb the general." Wang Yang bowed down again and clenched his fists, wanting to say goodbye and leave.
"Okay, I'll send troops to go immediately, and as for you, you don't have to go to Chenzhou." After Cang Xiangtian finished speaking, Cai Guling shot behind him and knocked Wang Yang to the ground in a few strokes.
"You, who are you?" Wang Yang was trampled under Cai Guling's feet and struggled to ask.
"Keep him guarded and call Ichiro over." Cang Xiangtian didn't bother to pay attention to him, so Cai Guling tied him up and put him down.
After waiting for a while, Cai Guling and Ye Yilang walked in together, and the three of them gathered around the table and discussed.
"The army of King Qianxi has attacked Duhuan, and now Duhuan has come to ask for help, I mean that we will turn into Qi troops and rush to Duhuan, waiting for the opportunity to open the city gate and enlarge the army to attack in." After Cang Xiangtian learned the news of King Qian, he decided to take another risk and join forces to attack Duhuancheng.
"Chief, we only have less than two thousand men and horses, if we go there, won't Musu City be empty?" Cai Guling was a little worried, spread his hands and said.
"You don't need a lot of people to go to Duhuan, but it's not profitable to have a lot of people." Cang Xiangtian's eyes gathered a light, and said: "Lao Cai led a thousand people to defend Musu, in case the Qi army broke and fled, just hold the city so that the Qi army has no way to go, and I and Ichiro will lead five hundred people enough." ”
Ye Yilang nodded in agreement, and said: "That's true, we are just waiting for the opportunity to seize the door, we must not fight hard, five hundred brothers are enough." ”
"Well, you have to be careful." Cai Guling saw that both of them had agreed, and he no longer insisted.
Cang Xiangtian stood up, went to the side of the bed and picked up the long knife, "Without further ado, immediately order troops and set off." ”