Chapter 343: Fraudulently opening the gate of Handan
Originally, the Yuan army at the head of the city was quite vigilant and cautious, but in this dark night, they really couldn't see it clearly. Although there was still the light of torches on their heads, and the fire light of some grease was lit by a large iron pot at the gate below, they could not see the specific appearance of the people below.
Zhao Yun deliberately asked people to pretend to be Han Meng, as well as Na Xin's comments, which made Yuan Jun at the head of the city suddenly let down most of his vigilance.
Of course, even if this is the case, the Yuan soldiers at the head of the city still need to verify their identity, and to find out whether the Yuan soldiers of the wolf bèi below are their own people, at least, they need Han Meng to show their identification. Although Han Meng is now one of the top generals in the Yuan army, no one knows him, but none of these Yuan soldiers who are guarding Handan City here recognize Han Meng, even if they have seen it, they have only seen it from afar.
This Yuan army at the head of Yuan City was going to ask Han Meng to show their identity seal before opening the city gate and letting them in. However, the amount of information in what Han Meng said was too much and too amazing. Therefore, there was a panic in my heart, and I was so shocked, but I forgot all the things that I wanted to verify the identity of these people.
It's really too shocking, Mao Cheng was lost so quickly? How long has it been? They only received a cavalry battalion outside Maocheng on the day and was raided by the Xinhan army, but it was only a cavalry battalion outside the city, not Maocheng. Even if the tens of thousands of cavalry are all wiped out, but Maocheng still has a strong city, and there are tens of thousands of military horses, no matter how strong the Xinhan army is, I am afraid that it will be impossible to destroy the cavalry battalion outside the city in this short period of time, and then take Maocheng, right? Their Yuan army is really muddy? So unbeaten? His own military horses were based on the fortified city. Can't stop the New Han Army for a while?
It's unlikely, right? However, he saw the remnants of the city defeated. But they had to believe it. The more important news is, this Han Meng said. They can only break out, and behind, there are still a large number of New Han troops in pursuit? Doesn't this mean that the army of the New Han Army is about to come to Handan City?
You must know that the strength of the army in Handan City is about the same as that of Maocheng, and even if Handan City is a thousand-year-old city that has been broken, it is much larger than that of Maocheng, and the same army guards a large and small city. The effect is completely different.
With the same number of troops, it is much easier to defend a smaller city, at the very least, without worrying about the lack of troops. And in a big city like Handan City, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, it is really not much, and it can't defend the north but not the south, and the besieging side can completely stare at the weakness of the defense on the city. At any time, it can surprise the weak points of its forces, and once the city is broken, the consequences are unimaginable.
Thinking about it like this, Yuan Jun, who was defending the city, was a little panicked. I'm also a little anxious.
"Hurry up, the general still has important information to report to Yuan Xigongzi, and he missed the military situation. You can't afford to be responsible. Ben is already the general of the defeated army, go back to see the lord. I'm afraid that I can't escape punishment, but. If even Handan City was breached by the New Han Army, would you be responsible? Why don't you hurry up and open the city gate and let General Ben enter the city! Fake Han Meng shouted menacingly.
"Brothers in the city, open the city gate and let us in, the new Han army is about to kill, no matter how late it is, we will all die!"
"Yes, we managed to escape here, and we fought bloodily all the way, and I don't know how many brothers fell on the way back. The cavalry of the New Han Army is too fierce, killing people without blinking, and if we don't open the city gate to let us enter the city, we are afraid that we will have to confess here. ”
"It's too late for the New Han Army to arrive, and we won't be able to enter the city. Open the gates. ”
The soldiers of the New Han Army pretending to be Yuan Bing below, they either begged or threatened, or told the "truth", or looked frightened, and for a while, outside the gate in the north of the city, there was a noise.
Seeing such a situation, the Yuan army guards at the head of the city were not only panicked, but also a little annoyed, and were impatient with the noise, so they had to stop asking the people below to verify their identities. He thinks that the general below should be General Han Meng, who will not be fake, this group of Yuan soldiers, all covered in blood, tired and panicked, does not seem to be fake. What's more, there is also an injured Xin Ping. Xin Ping is also famous among the Yuan army, and now he was injured by an arrow, and his life and death are uncertain, if they die because they don't open the city gate and let him in for treatment, then these Yuan army generals who defend the city can't afford this responsibility. In their hearts, they thought that if these people were spies of the New Han Army, there was no need to bring an injured person here, right? Also, in their city, there are thousands of men and horses have been assembled, ready to board the city to defend the city, and a little later, more military horses will come to help defend the city, in order to resist the New Han army that these people say will be killed soon.
At that moment, the general of the Yuan army guarding the city did not hesitate any longer, and immediately ordered the drawbridge to be lowered, and the city gate was opened to let people outside the city in.
He didn't dare to slack off himself, and he also came down to the city, preparing to bring Han Meng and Xin Ping from outside the city into the city.
In the midst of the rattle, the drawbridge was slowly lowered, and at the same time, the heavy city gate was also creaked open.
"Quick! Send Mr. Xin Ping into the city for treatment! ”
As soon as the drawbridge was lowered and the city gate opened, Han Meng jumped on the suspension bridge first, and nervously ordered someone to carry Xin Ping who was lying on the stretcher. Then, these two or three hundred "Yuan soldiers" who seemed to be the remnants of the defeated army snorted, and seemed to be frightened and hugged Xin Ping and Han Meng into the city. Of course, it seems to be very messy, but they are very orderly.
First of all, more than a dozen guys who were secretly carrying Da Mo knives quietly fell behind, and they were responsible for using the strength of Da Mo knives to prepare to cut the iron cables of the drawbridge, so that the soldiers of the Yuan army in the city could no longer raise the drawbridge. Otherwise, even if the New Han army behind them rushed to kill, they would be blocked by this wide and deep moat, and they would not be able to rush directly into the city.
Followed, there were some soldiers with short bows, who seemed to rush into the city in a hurry, but they secretly found their respective targets and faintly scattered in all directions, covering for Zhao Yun and others to seize the gate of Handan City.
At this moment, Zhao Yun dragged his coiling dragon spear, rode his mount, and followed closely behind the fake Han Meng. He pretended to be the personal soldier of this fake Han Meng.
"General Han Meng, what the hell is going on? Maocheng has more than 100,000 military horses. Even if your cavalry battalion is broken by the New Han Army, there are still a lot of military horses in your city? How could Maocheng be broken by the New Han Army? Are you still so wolfy? Alas. Hurry up, carry the Xin Ping military division down for treatment! ”
The general of the Yuan army, who was defending the city, spoke with dissatisfaction. In normal times, he wouldn't dare to be disrespectful in front of Han Meng, but now he doesn't take Han Meng very seriously. After all, the current Han Meng is equivalent to being bullied by dogs in Pingyang, and one has lost the battle. fled back in a hurry, and didn't know what the lord Yuan Shao was going to do with him. Therefore, he didn't need to make friends with Han Mengtao at this time.
"It's over, it's all over, the New Han Army is unstoppable, we fought bloodily, and finally we were defeated by the desperate siege of the New Han Army." Fake Han Meng naturally didn't pay attention to this Yuan Junjun general's questioning that seemed to be scolding and gloating, but his eyes narrowed, and his hand secretly clutched the hilt of the sword. While patting his horse and approaching the general, of course, he pretended to be a little masterless, and said, "We can't defeat the New Han Army after all." It's over, it's all over, you guys. It's going to be over too......"
"General Han Meng, you were scared by the New Han Army, right? What are you talking about? How did we end up? Don't shake the morale of our army. Otherwise, although the last general is not as powerful as General Han Meng. But I also have to take you down first! Seeing that Han Meng looked depressed, the words he said seemed a little out of place, and he couldn't help but reprimand.
"I'm not talking nonsense, you're really finished! Kill! ”
Han Meng, who was originally a bit of a six-god master, seemed to have a little panicked Han Meng's eyes, but at this moment, he suddenly raised his head, his eyes suddenly shining, and he looked directly at the general of the Yuan army who was less than a few steps away from him.
"Ah, you, you're not Han...... Yes! "This Yuan Jun general, I really didn't expect that this so-called Han Meng was not Han Meng himself at all, just a person who was a little similar in appearance to Han Meng. He didn't expect that this group of people was really the Xinhan Army pretending to be their own people to open the city gate.
However, he woke up too late, and he didn't have time to call out that he was not Han Meng, so he was quickly drawn by this fake Han Meng, and a cold light slashed, and the big head, with a pop, left his body and flew high into the sky.
"Kill! Take the city! ”
Zhao Yun was naturally aware of this fake Han Meng's actions, and at the same time that he cut off the head of the Yuan army general with a sword, he shouted, and the coiling dragon spear that was dragging behind him was picked up at once, and with both hands, a strong murderous aura radiated to the surroundings, and with a kill, he had already slapped his horse and killed among the Yuan soldiers in front.
Whoosh, a short sound of crossbow arrows sounded, and those soldiers of the New Han Army, who had already secretly aimed at the soldiers of the Yuan army, shot and killed nearly two hundred Yuan soldiers guarding the gate inside the city gate in the blink of an eye.
Many Yuan soldiers had already died in Huangquan before they even understood what this was about.
The sudden killing made the Yuan army in the city feel a beat, seeing the head of the general flying high, and seeing his own people falling to the ground inexplicably, these soldiers of the Yuan army suddenly woke up, originally, these people were not their own people, but the New Han Army.
"Enemy attack!"
"Oh no, the New Han Army is coming."
"The New Han Army is here!"
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The soldiers of the Yuan army who reacted, they suddenly fell into a panic. Don't look at the number of people they have now, but that fake Han Meng killed the general of the Yuan army with a sword, which has already had the effect of taking the lead. Moreover, this general of the Yuan army, but the main general of their northern region of the city, was killed by a sword at this moment, which made these Yuan troops lose their command.
Originally, they had been afraid of the New Han Army now, and they were suddenly attacked by this small group of New Han Army, and for a while, they were all a little scared, and they didn't think about immediately counterattacking and destroying this New Han Army on the spot, but one by one they had no master, and they were extremely panicked.
What's ridiculous is that most of the Yuan soldiers turned out to be holding their heads and running away.
Of course, there were still a few soldiers of the Yuan army who reacted quickly, and they knew that if the city gate was taken away by the two or three hundred New Han troops now, then they would really be finished. Therefore, at the first time, there were still a lot of Yuan soldiers who rushed over and shouted: "Don't panic, this is just a small group of soldiers of the New Han Army who steal the city, all give it to Lao Tzu, destroy them, kill!" ”
Zhao Yun's people only had two or three hundred people, and at this moment, they just happened to enter the city. It only occupies a small area within the city gate, if Yuan Bing can unite as one. Counterattack to Zhao Yun and others, in all directions. Thousands of Yuan army soldiers can at least give Zhao Yun and the others a blow to Yan zhòng, at least they can drag it out for a while, so that the Yuan army that has gathered behind them can rush over to recapture the city gate and drive Zhao Yun and the others out of the city.
But unfortunately, at this time, there are not many Yuan soldiers who dare to fight back, and who is Zhao Yun? As soon as he saw a Yuan soldier counterattack. He swept the reins of his horse and killed them directly.
Hundreds of Yuan soldiers were rushed by Zhao Yun like this, and under the murderous aura, they were killed by Zhao Yun thoroughly, and none of the generals under him directly killed dozens of people, killing a bloody road.
Zhao Yun's bravery also stimulated the soldiers of the New Han Army who rushed into the city. They can participate in these fraudulent cities, all of them are fierce generals in the army, everyone is brave, and they block ten with one.
They. also in twos and threes, like Zhao Yun, saw that Yuan Bing pounced there. He killed head-on and directly entered the crowd of Yuan Bing.
Time. Although it was only two or three hundred soldiers of the New Han Army, it also showed a momentum like thousands of troops.
Cheng. In an instant, it fell into a melee of shouting and screaming.
A small number of soldiers of the Xinhan Army who had not yet entered the city directly cut the iron cable of the drawbridge with Da Mo knives, so that the soldiers of the Yuan Army at the head of the city could not pull the drawbridge up when they saw what was happening below.
Syllable!
A few sharp stabs rose from the ground and exploded directly into the night sky, bursting into a splendid fireworks.
This beautiful firework is a signal of attack from the New Han army that can rush to the back to seize the city at any time after Zhao Yun and others successfully opened the city gate.
As these signals were issued, in the dark curtain in the distance, there was a sudden coax, and countless torches were lit, and the flames of these torches converged together, as if directly shadowing the sky in the north into day.
Thundered......
The army of the New Han Army moved, and about 20,000 cavalry moved together, making a loud noise like thunder, and the whole land seemed to be shaken.
In the city gate, there are also Yuan soldiers who pounce on them without their lives, and in the distance, there are even more Yuan soldiers who know that there is a change in the city gate in the north of the city, and they also rush desperately, hoping to have time to support the Yuan army in the north of the city.
At the head of the city, many soldiers of the Yuan army, they also planned to kill from the city, and together they destroyed the two or three hundred new Han troops who opened the city gate below. However, they stood high and looked far away at the head of the city, and when the light of countless torches was lit in the north direction of the city, and they heard the rumbling hooves of horses, and heard the overwhelming shouts of killing, they suddenly relented. His legs were weak and he was covered in a cold sweat.
Kill? Still is......
They were all panicked and didn't know what to do now. The army of the New Han Army is really coming, are they defending or fighting or fleeing?
Guard, that's a joke, the city gates below, are being opened in all directions, and their drawbridges can't be raised back. Once the army of the New Han Army arrived, they could immediately rush directly into the city through the city gate. They don't think they can hold it. At least, if they couldn't kill the two or three hundred New Han troops below in a short period of time, they wouldn't be able to approach the city gate and close the city gate. You must know that the light of the fire that they saw moving rapidly towards Handan City at the top of the city, they knew that the main army of the New Han Army was not far away, and it would not take a quarter of an hour to kill this city gate.
So the war? How is this going to be fought? A battle is to rush down the city, kill them all before the army of the new Han army arrives, and then close the gate of the city, or, gather the army, kill out of the city, and attack the new Han army that has come over to meet the head-on. However, looking at the current situation in the city, thousands of Yuan soldiers seem to be helpless against the two or three hundred New Han troops. Even the two or three hundred New Han troops in this fraudulent city can't be destroyed, so why talk about a big battle with the New Han army?
Where can they flee now? If they lose Handan City, they can't escape back to Yecheng. Fleeing back to Yecheng, even if they are not held accountable by Yuan Shao for losing Yecheng, they will definitely be demoted to ordinary labor, and when the time comes, they will be inferior to ordinary civilian status.
Well, ordinary Yuan soldiers will naturally not be like those generals, their families will be controlled by Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao will not be able to control so many people's families. Yuan Shao controlled those generals, but he couldn't control ordinary soldiers.
Because of this, many soldiers of the Yuan army did not have the mentality of fighting to the death with the New Han Army in their hearts. Fortunately, these soldiers of the Yuan army, their minds are not too complicated, as long as there is food to eat in the army, they will obey the orders of those Yuan army generals. In addition, if the average veteran, they have more or less been brainwashed by some military discipline and regulations, and understand that they are soldiers, and they must take obedience to orders as their duty, and the generals above will do whatever they want. In this way, so that so many military horses of the Yuan army are not too loose, and they can barely be regarded as some regular troops.
Of course, if Yuan Shao had won the battle and had been winning the war, many problems would not have been exposed. However, during this period of time, since the battle with the Xinhan army, he has been defeated again and again, and he was forced to retreat to the southeast of Jizhou. In this way, many problems in Yuan's army were exposed.
The soldiers of the Yuan army, without firm faith in their hearts, they can never become a real army of a hundred battles, when the wind is good, it is good to say, must be in adversity, they show their weakness, and dare not fight in battle. (To be continued......)