Chapter 265: Battle of Champion County

Lu Bu said that he hadn't touched a woman for four months, this is not true at all, he has been staying by Dong Zhuo's side in the barracks, and he can't stay away, except for Dong Zhuo's maids, he can't even see a sow, although Dong Zhuo's maids and maids also have a bit of a look, if he is in the Taishi, Lu Bu who is bold dares to give it a try, but now he is in the barracks, but he can't touch it casually, there are so many eyes staring around, and if he doesn't get it right, he will be in a different place, although Xiao Biesheng is newly married, but Lu Bu's performance tonight is too strong, knocked down Yan Rui three times in succession, and then he lay down on the couch with unfinished feelings, as if he would never have a chance after this time.

Yan Rui was extremely tired under Lu Bu's several expeditions, but he forced himself to get up and help Lu Bu wipe his body, Lu Bu was lying on the couch with his eyes half-closed, looking very comfortable, Yan Rui's heart was worried, today I saw Lu Bu so vain, and remembered that he didn't listen to his own advice, and insisted on leading his troops to Xiangyang, and I couldn't help but faintly feel a sense of foreboding in my heart,

After a few days, the gate of Wuguan, which has been closed for more than two years, suddenly opened slowly, and a large group of cavalry took advantage of the cover of night to quietly gallop out of the pass, and gradually disappeared into the darkness.

The next morning, the gate of Wuguan opened again, and countless people poured out from it, with flags and golden drums sounding in unison, killing Nanyang and coming.

This is the subtlety of Li Ru's strategy, he arranged a bright and dark two ways of people, the dark one Lu Bu led 10,000 Xiliang iron cavalry and 3,000 flying bear army day and night, straight to Xiangyang, Ming one road led by Zhang Ji, by the 60,000 Luoyang old army drawn from Sanguan and the newly recruited 100,000 young people, the 160,000 army is also mighty, although Zhang Ji has as many as 160,000 people, Li Ru did not expect him to succeed, after all, the combat effectiveness of the old army of Luoyang is not flattering, The role of this army is to attract the attention of the defenders of Nanyang, so that Lu Bu can sneak outside Xiangyang City smoothly.

Since learning that Liu Xin's whereabouts of going to Sanguan were exposed, Zhao Yun and Zhang He have strengthened their vigilance, and now Zhao Yun is no longer the ignorant teenager of the year, not only is the martial arts proficient, but the arrangement of troops is also decent, as if he has the style of a famous general, receiving the report of Tanmalai, Zhao Yun is not panicked, while sending people to Xiangyang to send a letter, instructing Xiangyang to strengthen defense, while dispatching troops, personally leading 35,000 men and horses out of Wancheng to meet the enemy who came from Wuguan,

Although Li Ru is only used as a suspicious soldier for Zhang Ji's passing, Zhang Ji himself is ambitious, he took the initiative to ask for war this time, Zhang Ji exchanged his surname for sparing his surname last time, forcing him to dissolve the marriage contract with Liu Rui, and his heart has been lingering, this time Liu Xin's army was dragged in Sanguan, he just wanted to take this opportunity to be ashamed, if he was lucky enough to attack Xiangyang, he not only wanted to recapture Liu Rui, even Liu Xin's wife and concubine He would not let go,

Zhang Ji with a vision of a better future, all the way south, soon arrived at the most important side of Nanyang Champion County, which was originally the fief of the famous general Huo Qubing in the early Han Dynasty, the military and civilians of Champion County have obviously received the news of the invasion of the army, the four doors are closed, and the city is densely covered with swords, guns, swords, and halberds, Zhang Ji snorted contemptuously, pointed at the spear in his hand, and said loudly: "A small county town also dares to stop my army, it is really beyond my strength, children, take the city, money and beauty listen to what you take." ”

These Luoyang old army, not much ability to fight, followed the Xiliang army behind the robbery of the people learned very quickly, as soon as they heard Zhang Ji's order, they suddenly thundered with joy, and rushed to the champion county town with a strange cry, as if there were countless gold, silver and jewelry waiting for them to enjoy in front, those newly recruited soldiers were ordinary people, and they were also affected by these Luoyang old troops, and they joined the ranks of the charge, for a while, the mountains and fields were full of Dong Zhuo's army,

The defenders at the head of the champion county town couldn't help but be a little frightened when they saw that the black pressure outside the city was full of enemies, these defenders were not regular troops with long training, but only some local armies under the jurisdiction of Nanyang County, the number was only about a thousand, and in the face of more than 100,000 enemies, it was simply an impossible battle to win.

At this moment, the city suddenly shouted into a single one, hundreds of people flocked to the city, these people did not get the county order to call, but only heard that the foreign enemy was coming, one spread ten, ten to hundred, have spontaneously rushed to the city, to help the soldiers defend the city, among these people not only young and middle-aged, but also many old and weak women and children have also added, almost able to walk, have asked to join the ranks of defending the city, the soldiers of these local armies on the city head were infected by the people, and their morale was suddenly boosted,

The army outside the city doesn't care about this, in their minds there is only what Zhang Ji just said, the children's golden silk, whoever grabs it is whoever, is desperate to rush towards the city wall,

The defenders of the city have begun to cast random arrows, although the people do not know how to use bows and arrows, but as long as they can lift the stones, they will desperately smash the stones to the enemy army under the city, for the long ladder that has been erected on the city wall, there will often be seven or eight people to push it down the city, and the defenders can also concentrate on archery, do not worry about anything else, a pot of boiling oil was poured down the city, many people holding the oil pot hands have been scalded out of the bubbles, but no one snorted, everyone's hearts are very clear, What will be the result once the city is breached, and they are living happily in front of them, they don't want to lose their current life, they believe that their state shepherd will not abandon them, as long as they persevere, they will definitely wait for reinforcements,

The county commander of Champion County is Cai Xiao, the captain of the original Xiangyang Army, he was originally a courageless person, and when he saw the army outside the city, he was still a little cowering, but now he saw that so many people took the initiative to help defend the city without mobilization, and he also rose up with the pride of surviving with the city, roaring and rushing to the city, personally lifting stones and smashing them into the city,

The actions of the county commander Cai Xiao further boosted the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city, and many people transported their own stone thresholds and cooking pots and sesame oil to the city, and they had only one belief, no matter what, they would hold on until the arrival of reinforcements.

Zhang Ji's army rushed to the city, and no one was able to climb the top of the city and was defeated, it turned out that the soldiers who were temporarily forcibly recruited were just ordinary people, and they had not experienced any battles, nor had they received much formal training, and there was not much difference between them and the people of Champion County who spontaneously walked to the city, but their morale was far less high than those people on the city, these soldiers saw the arrows raining down on the city, the stones were flying, the long ladder was pushed down as soon as the city head was erected, and many people were splashed with boiling oil. Rolling on the ground and howling miserably, one by one was already frightened, how could they still care about going to the city to rob the gold, silver and jewelry, they turned around and left, and even washed the ranks of the old army of Luoyang to pieces.

He made a mistake, if only let the old army of Luoyang serve as the main force of the siege, only afraid that after two rounds of charge, this county town will not be able to hold, wait until the city is occupied, and then let those soldiers who are forcibly recruited to go up, the soldiers and civilians in the city will not be able to stop, but Zhang Ji did not find the problem, he has always looked down on these old Luoyang army, only thought that it was because these people were greedy for life and afraid of death, the siege would not be successful, seeing the tide of retreating siege troops, Zhang Ji was furious, raised his spear, and stabbed down two soldiers who were retreating one after another, shouted loudly: "If you retreat the latter, you will not be forgiven." ”

The soldiers under the deterrence of his force, "hulala", turned their heads and rushed to the city wall again, this time they learned to be obedient, I don't know where to get two thick logs, slamming the city gate hard, as long as the city gate was hit into the sky, are you afraid that these ordinary people who don't even have knives and guns, but the wooden city gate has been knocked out of a big crack, but still can't be opened, through the gap in the city gate, you can see the black pressure behind the city gate is full of stones, bricks and tiles, and horizontal and vertical wood, The entire city gate has been blocked, and the soldiers and civilians of the whole city have obviously made up their minds to live and die with the city.

The army that attacked the head of the city was also repeatedly frustrated, and although the soldiers and civilians at the head of the city were constantly hit by arrows from below the city and fell, soon some people took their place and went forward without fear of life and death, because these soldiers and civilians were defending their homes, and they could not let their families be ravaged by robbers.

Seeing that the siege of the city had been going on for more than half an hour, Zhang Ji had paid a lot of casualties but still had not been able to set foot on the city, turned his head to look at the general Zuo beside him and said: "Whoever climbs the city first will be rewarded with a hundred taels of gold." ”

A young general beside him threw his hand on his horse and said, "Uncle, look at me." ”

This young general is Zhang Ji's nephew Zhang Xiu, who has good marksmanship, but he is still young, he has just turned sixteen years old this year, Zhang Ji saw that he took the initiative to ask for battle, and he hesitated, but he saw that a horse around him had run out, and went straight to the city wall.

But it was said that Zhao Yun led the men and horses to Wuguan, and when he reached the halfway point, he saw a horse galloping like a fly, and immediately the man saw Zhao Yun's army, turned over and jumped down, and arched his hand and said: "General Qiyu, the villain is the messenger of Champion County, and he came to ask for help on the order of Lord Cai, the county order." ”

Zhao Yun knew that there were not many defenders in Champion County, so he was worried about it, and hurriedly asked, "Where is Dong Zhuo's military horse?" ”

The messenger said with a solemn face, "I'm afraid that the siege has begun now." ”

Zhao Yun turned around and shouted: "Saving soldiers is like fighting fire, Xiahoulan, I will lead the cavalry to rush over first, and you will lead the infantry to come later, there must be no mistake." ”

Without waiting for Xiahou Lan to agree, Zhao Yun had already urgently urged the war horse to get off his crotch and rushed out, and the five thousand cavalry also shouted and rode their horses and galloped, and for a while, Xia Houlan also pulled out the sword at his waist, pointed in the direction of Champion County, and shouted: "Brothers, Dong Zhuo wants to forcibly occupy our homeland and harm our relatives, can we agree." ”

30,000 people shouted in unison: "No." ”

Xiahou Lan raised her arms and shouted: "Then what are we waiting for, rush over, drive these robbers out, beat them so that they can't even recognize their father and mother, and kill." ”

"Kill, kill, kill." The shouts resounded in the sky,

The offensive and defensive battle of Champion County has also entered a white-hot stage, Hu Che'er bites the steel knife in his mouth, holds a shield in one hand, and climbs up the long ladder with the other hand, he has fallen down from the long ladder once, but he can't care about the pain in his body, he got up and rushed up, his bravery also inspired the soldiers around him, a few soldiers ignored the boiling oil poured under the city, and tried their best to help Hu Che'er hold the long ladder, and the soldiers and civilians at the head of the city pushed together several times, but they were not able to push the long ladder down the city,

Hu Che'er climbed fast, and in a blink of an eye he had reached the head of the city, he threw off his shield, held the battlements with one hand, and brandished a steel knife with the other, jumped over, cut down a defender archer, and rushed to the head of the city of Champion County at once.