Chapter 40: Xu Huang's Death
Xu Huang never thought that the enemy's offensive would be so fierce, and the guards sent out to urge reinforcements still haven't returned, and more than half an hour has passed.
Huo Yi looked at the sergeants under his command, flocking to the not towering city wall like a tide, Cao Jun was completely fighting for his life, and the advantage of the city wall had long lost the advantage of shelter with the assistance of various siege equipment. The two sides are on top of the city, and you come and go, and you go back and forth, and you are in the flesh without the slightest discount.
The Grim Reaper is frantically harvesting human lives at this moment.
Ye Zhi was still patient, and he led more than 300 scouts to wait quietly under the city gate. Several of the guards who had descended the city seemed to be asking for reinforcements from the city, but they were wiped by his scouts.
Estimating the time, Ye Bing suddenly walked out of the shadows and led the more than three hundred scouts to rush to the guards of the West Gate.
The Shu army outside the city was bombarding the already not very strong city gate again and again with battering rams made of giant trees. The Cao army behind continued to pile up rolling wood and stones in the city gate road, and he never noticed the murderous opportunity coming silently behind him.
"General Xu! The gates are broken! The Shu army has attacked! A lieutenant yelled.
Xu Huang's face turned pale, and he saw that the Shu army of the brigade was like locusts crossing the border, sweeping away the defenders in the city. When the city gate was breached, the morale of the defenders was also weakened at the same time.
"General! Withdraw! If you are tough here, you can only become Liu Bei's prisoner! Taking advantage of the rebellion, let's rush out of the city from the east gate! There are few soldiers in the east! A guard captain pulled Xu Huang's arm and said hurriedly.
"Run? Where else can I escape? Xu Huang's bloodshot eyes stared at the captain, "Pass my general's order, all the troops should panic and gather at our place to avoid breaking the Shu army!" Calm, he knew that the most taboo thing at the moment was panic.
However, the Cao army at the head of the city had already confused the establishment at this moment. Soldiers can't find generals, and generals can't find soldiers. It's Xu Huang's order, how many people come to listen? After days of fighting, the soldiers had long been distracted, and the city was broken at this moment, and they had already retreated to the city with a roar.
The Shu army outside the city saw that the defenders at the head of the city were in chaos, and they stepped up their attack rhythm.
Xu Huang looked at the dilapidated situation, sighed, and had to be escorted by his personal guards and came down from the city. got on the war horse, avoided the Shu army all the way, and came to the east gate.
Dongcheng, a section guarded by Xiahou Yuan, is silent and tight at the moment. I could vaguely hear Simon shouting like that that to kill the heavens, and the fire burned into the night.
"General Xiahou. The Shu army has an internal response in the city. The West Gate has been breached, and the general quickly assembles and deploys, and goes out of the city! "A few shook the tent, and the general led a group of remnants of the army to retreat to the east gate.
Xiahou Yuan glanced at the person who reported the news, and just said lightly: "Gongming and Junyi don't go out of the city, how can I go out of the city." Order all the armies to fight, and prepare to meet the two generals! ”
Zhang He of the North Gate has just changed his guard to this area today, and at this moment he has not received the news of the West Gate breaking the city, but the fiery night sky in the west. The faint sound of killing made him inexplicably uneasy, there had never been a night when the offensive of the Shu army had such momentum, and he didn't know if Xu Gongming could hold it.
Zhang He thought about it for a while, looked at the silent but bright campfire of the Shu army outside the north gate, and gritted his teeth: "Gather 3,000 men and horses, and I will lead the army to the west gate to help, and the rest of the army and horses will listen to my general's orders." ”
A group of 3,000 elites, under the command of Zhang He, rushed to the west gate.
Huo Yi led Li He and a group of cavalry to attack the west gate, slashing all the way, but saw hundreds of men and horses walking towards the east of the city. Huo Yi subconsciously led the cavalry to chase after him, and at this moment, he could still gather so many men and horses in the defeated army, it must be the general of the Cao army.
"The thief will leave!" A group of horsemen shouted loudly, and the horses chased after them.
Xu Huang had been guarding the city for several days and nights, and he was already exhausted, and at this time, seeing that the Shu army was about to chase him, he had no heart to fight, so he only cared about setting up his horse and leaving.
Huo Yi saw that the sergeants were neatly dressed, and the one who walked away was wearing an extremely bright armor, knowing that this must be a big fish, and said in his heart, he originally set up this game in the praise, just to let Cao Jun suffer a big loss here, and at this moment, he is looking to capture a general, how can he let you go?
"Prepare a crossbow!" Huo Yi snorted coldly.
Huo Yi's cavalry all had stirrups and saddles, and I saw that the more than 100 cavalry guards in front of them immediately stood up on their horses and stood with crossbows.
"Put!"
The sound of crossbow arrows breaking through the wind was extremely sharp, which made Cao Jun's fleeing soldiers even more frightened, and the more than 500 soldiers in front of them were suddenly swept down a large area, and people turned over on their backs.
Huo Yi led a group of cavalry to chase and shoot, but before he reached the east gate, there were only more than 100 people on his side.
But not far from the east gate, the head of the east gate can already be clearly seen. Huo Yi knew that he was afraid that this person was going to escape. The more than 100 Cao army cavalry suddenly turned on their backs. In the dark night, countless black figures quickly floated out from various places, drew their short blades and rushed towards those Cao Jun who were tripped up.
A black shadow came to Huo Yi's eyes: "The last general, Ye Zhi, have seen the general!" ”
Huo Yi smiled: "You kid is also elusive, you just swept away the guards at the West Gate, and you appeared here again!" ”
"The general is too famous, the terrain in the city has been clearly touched, the east gate is the only way for the enemy to escape, the last general has already set up a tripwire here, there are more thistles and other things in front, the west gate is broken, the last general will come here without stopping. I'm afraid that no one will be able to escape. ”
Huo Yi nodded, if the first credit of the battle in Hanzhong is attributed to him, then his first merit here must be handed over to these scout battalions who probe the enemy.
Ye Jiong's boastful words had not yet fallen, but he saw a scout general hurriedly running over: "General, the brothers accidentally stabbed an enemy general, it was really he who struggled, but he didn't blame the brothers for being ruthless, I don't know the severity!" ”
When the scout general handed the head to Huo Yi, Ye Ji exclaimed: "This is Xu Huang, the general of the Cao army." ”
Huo Yi was stunned, he didn't want to dream of fighting with a famous general who was actually killed in the hands of a few unknown scouts under his command, and it was indeed strange that life was unpredictable.
nodded: "Collect this head, kill this person, the bounty is five hundred, and the tooth will be promoted!" ”
"General, a group of men and horses have come from the north gate, heading for the west gate. General Yi fought with one place and fell behind, and General Gao ordered him to report to the general. Outside the north gate, the camp of our army did not move, and General Gao asked the general if he wanted to enter the north gate of Kou. A soldier dressed as Duber saluted.
Huo Yi nodded: "Surround that group of people and horses, don't get away, don't worry about the north gate." Send someone to report to the lord that the west gate has been broken, and the lord can send troops to attack the north gate. ”
"Let's go, go and meet for a while with General Cao, who is leading the army to support Ximen, and take a look, is it Xiahou Yuan or Zhang He!"
"Whoa!" All armies should do it. (To be continued......)