Chapter 13: Counter-Raid
Outside the South Gate.
At this moment, the sound of fighting in the city has spread throughout the city, and the yellow turban soldiers at the south gate have solemn faces, and many people's eyes are cloudy.
"Look, the official army is back, and they are ready to attack the city again" I don't know who shouted, only to see a large army on the horizon in the distance, like ants, coming all over the mountains, and a series of siege equipment can be seen from a distance.
The Yellow Turban Army in the city was suddenly panicked, and civil strife had begun in the city, coupled with the invasion of foreign enemies, everyone had despair in their eyes.
"Don't panic, with me Chu Yan here, the officers and troops can't attack it" Chu Yan stood at the head of the city with a spear in his hand, and the generals felt a lot better when they heard it.
Chu Yan clenched the spear in his hand, but his eyes were looking at the city, because where was the key.
"Second brother, you must put down the rebellion, let's go to Taihang Mountain together," Chu Yan muttered.
The officers and soldiers outside the city had already approached, and the arrow towers were like moving walls, killing the city.
"Crossbowman, give me arrows" Chu Yan immediately shouted.
At the same time, on the arrow tower opposite, the officers and soldiers also began to release arrows, and the arrows on both sides were like flying locusts.
At this moment, the sound of trebuchets outside the city sounded, and huge stones fell from the sky, and the city suddenly screamed.
The suppressed city head couldn't raise its head at all, and the officers and soldiers took this opportunity to charge collectively with cloud ladders.
Chu Yan's brows furrowed slightly, at this moment he didn't care about the city, but looked at the urn city, but there was no movement in the urn city, which made Chu Yan's heart even more restless.
"Fire oil, sassal wood, rolling stone ready" Chu Yan's hand moved, and the Yellow Turban Army on the head of the city immediately boiled hot oil fell into the city, and the screams came and went.
At this moment, in front of the official army, a general appeared, this person was five short in stature and looked extremely ordinary, but he looked at Chu Yan at the head of the city with a trace of contempt in his eyes.
"Drumming" The generals under the city immediately shouted.
The "dong dong dong" drum sounded like it was transmitting some kind of signal.
At this moment, there was a commotion in the urn city, and a Qu Shuai came out wrapped in a yellow scarf, and then shouted: "Open the city gate for me"
The yellow turban under the tent immediately rushed forward, killed the defenders of the city gate, and then opened the city gate.
Chu Yan looked at all this coldly in his eyes, and then beckoned, and several pro-soldiers understood. Immediately nodded.
The iron cavalry of the official army had already rushed to the front, but Chu Yan at the head of the city still commanded the army to defend the city as if he didn't see it.
The speed of the iron cavalry was very fast, and it was not long before it had already rushed into the urn city.
A smile appeared on the face of the general of the official army, and then he rode into the city, and as soon as the city gate was broken, many people were already desperate.
"Tripping horses" Chu Yan shouted.
In the urn city, several tripping horses were pulled up, and the iron cavalry of the officers and soldiers who rushed in front suddenly fell down, and the iron cavalry behind rushed up, unable to stop at all, trampling on each other, and suffering countless casualties.
"Release the arrow" Chu Yan ordered again, and on the originally empty city wall of the urn city, the strong bow and hard crossbow were suddenly erected into pieces, and a fierce shot was fired at the urn city, and the screams of the officials and soldiers in the urn city resounded through the sky at this moment.
The urn city, there is the meaning of catching turtles in the urn, the surrounding city walls are the crossbowmen of the Yellow Turban Army, cross-shooting, there is no dead angle at all, more than 2,000 iron horsemen of the official army have fallen to the ground in a few strokes.
The general of the official army was also among the cavalry at this moment, brandishing a spear in his hand, and his eyes were firmly fixed on Chu Yan in the city.
"General, we can't resist it, let's withdraw from the city of urns quickly," a lieutenant general shouted.
"No, we can't withdraw, as long as we can hold out for a moment, the army will be able to break through the city as soon as it swarms in," the general shouted.
At the moment when he was drinking, many cavalry were killed, and several war horses were shot by arrows, lost control, and began to gallop in all directions, and the urn city was chaotic for a while.
Chu Yan sneered, and then said, "Rolling stones, block the city gate for me"
On the city wall above the city gate, nearly a hundred Yellow Turban warriors were obviously prepared, picking up stones and throwing them towards the city, and under the two-zhang wide city gate, huge stones were piled up at a speed visible to the naked eye.
At this time, many cavalry panicked and began to rush towards the outside of the city gate, and the general of the official army shook his head helplessly when he saw that the general situation had gone, and began to command the army to retreat.
But in the panic, everyone was scrambling, where else could there be any order, which caused congestion for a while.
There are crossbowmen in the city who keep firing arrows, and there are many cavalry of the official army who die every moment, you must know that in this era, after the profligacy of the two emperors of Huan Ling, the Han Dynasty has become barren, and the cavalry has become the most expensive type of troops, take Huangfu Song as an example, the entire army of 100,000 people, but there are only less than 3,000 cavalry.
But this time I had to explain it all, and what was even more unfortunate was that at this moment, the infantry of the official army just rushed over, and collided with the iron cavalry that escaped from the urn city, and there was a scream again.
The officials and soldiers were in chaos, and at this moment, Chu Yanfei at the head of the city went down to the city, rode a war horse, and then shouted: "Iron horseman, follow me"
Nearly 1,000 iron cavalry behind the "kill" immediately rushed out, outside the city at this moment, the official army is attacking the city, where would you think that there will be iron cavalry rushing out of the city?
Although there is nothing to do with the cavalry in the siege, the cavalry can play a role in pressing the formation, in order to prevent the cavalry in the city from rushing out.
And when the general cavalry of the official army moved, it indicated that the official army was doomed to defeat today!
Under the impact of the Yellow Turban Iron Cavalry, the officers and soldiers who did not have the Iron Cavalry had already fallen in a few blows, and the Yellow Turban Army was suddenly in chaos.
Many ladders were cut off, and the besieging infantry were mercilessly crushed, and their stumps and broken arms were scattered all over the ground.
After "withdrawing" Chu Yan for a while, he immediately commanded the army to retreat.
At the end of a big battle, the morale of the officers and soldiers was low, and the general led by him glanced at the city, and then walked into the big tent of the Chinese army.
"General Huangfu, we were defeated and betrayed"
"Meng De, this battle is not your fault" Although Huangfu Song was a little disappointed, he did not blame it.
"I didn't expect that there are such characters in this yellow scarf, it seems that we underestimate them" The general of this official army is Cao Cao.
Huangfu Song attacked Guangzong for a long time, and there was not much grain and grass, so he had no choice but to ask the imperial court for help, and Emperor Ling of Han immediately sent Cao Cao to come to the rescue.
Unexpectedly, he happened to meet Zhang Bao to send someone, Cao Cao was convinced of this, so he began to arrange, but he didn't expect that stealing chickens would not make rice, and even the iron cavalry of the official army was put in.