Chapter Seventy-Seven: Soldiers Meet
Once this place is breached, the low cities of the rest of the surrounding counties will not be able to stop the Yellow Turban Army, and the Beihai Kingdom will be the decisive place to decide the fate.
The water in the moat outside the city was turbulent, and the suspension bridge that had already been pulled up blocked the road to the city, and on the towering city walls, the battle flags were hunting in the wind, and the sound of drums from time to time touched everyone's heartstrings.
Seeing that the Yellow Turban Army under the city was densely packed, and the number was beyond imagination, the county soldiers of Beihai State at the head of the city clenched the bows and arrows and swords in their hands, and looked coldly at the huge number of Yellow Turban Army.
Everyone knows very well that there is no way out to defend the city, once it is attacked by the Yellow Turban Army, what awaits their family will be cruel looting and massacre, and they must defend this place, and they must not let a Yellow Turban Army enter the Beihai Country.
Under the escort of a group of guards, Beihai Xiang Kong Rong came to the city, looking at the many Yellow Turban troops gathered outside the moat from a distance, and his mood fell to a low point for a while, I don't know if Liu Bei has received the letter at this time, and how long it will take to bring the troops to arrive.
At a glance, tens of thousands of Yellow Turban troops were crowded together, the Taiping Taoist flag was moving in the wind, Guan Hai stepped forward immediately, stared at Kong Ronglang on the head of the city, and said: "Lord Kong, don't come unharmed!" ”
Kong Rongyan stepped forward and replied loudly: "You and I have always kept the well water from the river, why are you raising troops to attack today, please retreat and return quickly, so as not to have many casualties!" ”
"I am desperate because of the lack of food and grass for the Yellow Turban Army, I have heard that Master Kong has the style of an ancient sage, and please allocate 10,000 stone of food so that my army can live in peace, and the commander promises that it will never come to disturb again, what does Master Kong think?" Guan Hai held a big knife and talked about it.
"You're too deceitful!" Kong Rong's face was cloudy, and he scolded coldly and angrily.
In ancient times, ten corners were one liter, ten liters were one bucket, ten buckets were one stone, usually one stone was about one hundred and twenty city catties, Guan Hai lion opened his mouth, a mouth was 10,000 stone grain, nearly a million catties of grain, even if the Beihai country was empty, it could not make up so much grain.
has been the Yellow Turban Army under the city, even if the food is abundant, Kong Rong must not give everything, otherwise he will inevitably lose the support of everyone in Beihai Kingdom, originally Kong Rong planned to stabilize the Yellow Turban Army first, only to wait for Liu Xuande to lead the troops to come, will definitely be able to defeat the Yellow Turban Army.
It's just that I didn't expect Guan Hai to talk nonsense with Kong Rong at all, so he came up and put forward conditions that couldn't be achieved at all, so as to create an illusion that the Yellow Turban Army was not attacking the city out of its original intention, and the reason why Guan Hai wanted to do this was because once he broke through the Beihai Kingdom, he would take the Beihai Kingdom as the foundation to resist the Xiao cavalry led by Gongsun Yi.
At least in order to gain the support of the people in the city in a short period of time, Guan Hai had already thought that after capturing Beihai Kingdom, he must order all the officers and soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army not to burn, kill and loot, even if they kill chickens and monkeys.
Thinking of this, Guan Hai's cold eyes swept over a few Yellow Turban Army Qu Marshals, and a few of the environmental Qu Marshals who were also riding on horses only felt a chill behind their backs, secretly scolding this ghost weather, and pulled the cloak on their bodies casually.
Now that Kong Rong is unwilling to cooperate, it is just the reason to attack the city, Guan Hai Dadao said loudly: "Listen to me in the city, my Yellow Turban Army only seeks a way to live, but Kong Rong drinks and has fun every day, no matter whether I live or die, now I can only attack the city and fight, as long as you put down your weapons and surrender to the city, the commander promises not to hurt your family!" ”
The county soldiers above the city looked at each other, seeing that the enemy army was strong, and it was difficult to hold the city, and they were most worried that their families would be looted and slaughtered, so the county soldiers with high morale should be assured by Guan Hai, and they had more thoughts for a while.
Kong Rong secretly shouted badly, the eyes of some surrounding county soldiers were obviously ill-intentioned, but he didn't expect that these few words actually collapsed the original fighting spirit of the united city, but fortunately, several members of the city scolded loudly, saying that the yellow turban thieves were repeatedly untrustworthy, and when the city was broken, it was the day when the blood flowed, and the eyes of these county soldiers were finally re-identified.
With a wave of his big sword in front of the battle, the vanguard Yellow Turban Army, which had been waiting for a long time, threw the sheepskin raft into the moat, and suddenly the water splashed, and the sheepskin raft was steadily suspended on the moat.
A group of Yellow Turban soldiers jumped on it, and a few unlucky ones accidentally fell into the river for a while, constantly slapping the water and trying to shout for help, but they were poured a few mouthfuls of water and sank, and were soon washed away by the turbulent river and disappeared.
The sheepskin rafts were difficult to control in the turbulent moat, and it was impossible to reach the other side at all, but this was difficult for the Yellow Turban soldiers, several sheepskin rafts were connected together, barely forming a constantly shaking road, although people kept falling into the turbulent river, but more Yellow Turban troops successfully crossed the moat.
The Yellow Turban Army, who had just landed on the shore, did not hesitate, climbed up quickly along the drawbridge, slashed the thick and condensed rope with his blade, and finally cut the rope that implicated the drawbridge with great effort, and with a loud bang, the huge drawbridge fell violently, and while the dust was flying, it also opened the road to the city.
Countless Yellow Turban soldiers shouted loudly, along the suspension bridge through the moat, towards the Beihai City Pool, because there were too many people, many Yellow Turban soldiers who planned to squeeze through were squeezed into the moat, Guan Hai took the lead, constantly urging the army to attack.
As the Yellow Turban Army entered the firing range, the officers at the head of the city shouted loudly and gave orders, and a group of archers drew their bows and shot arrows, and the sound of breaking the sky came one after another, followed by many arrows shooting down.
Although the accuracy of the soldiers defending the city was not very good, the Yellow Turban troops who rushed forward were very densely positioned, and the lack of armor and shields made it impossible to know how many people were killed by arrows.
Some of the Yellow Turbans were hit by arrows and turned to the ground, and the soldiers who followed closely behind had no time to react, and they could only step sideways before they could dodge, and those wounded soldiers had not had time to scream, and they had been trampled into meat sauce.
Some of the active Yellow Turban troops hurriedly dispersed and advanced from both sides of the battlefield, which not only reduced the possibility of being hit by arrows, but also would not be trampled to death even if they were shot and fell to the ground.
Soon the Yellow Turban Army rushed to the bottom of the city, the ladder was erected, and the Yellow Turban Army with the blade quickly climbed towards the city head, and suddenly several cauldrons of boiling oil were boiling above the city head, and more than a dozen defenders of the city were supported and poured down towards the city.
Some of the Yellow Turban soldiers who climbed down the ladder to mid-air looked at the boiling oil that was leaning down with stunned faces, and froze in place for a moment.
"Sting!" With the boiling oil tilting, the terrible screams came and went, and many of the Yellow Turban soldiers who surrounded the cloud ladder couldn't dodge, and were suddenly scalded by the boiling oil, and slapped their bodies frantically, and the Yellow Turban soldiers who wanted to alleviate the pain were horrified to find that the skin and flesh that had been completely cooked through the flesh fell off in large chunks as long as they were touched lightly, and even the bones in the body were leaking out.
The torches were dropped at the same time, and the flames soon swallowed the ladders soaked in fire oil, and at the same time as the fire rose, many ladders broke one after another, and the attack of the Yellow Turban Army, which was already lacking ladders, suddenly slowed down, but under Guan Hai's order, the Yellow Turban Army still rushed to the city one after another.
Some of the Yellow Turban soldiers who rushed to the city and had no cloud ladder to climb casually discarded the hoes and sickles in their hands, picked up the swords that had been rolled on the ground, and it was an honor to have blades in the Yellow Turban Army, but these Yellow Turban Army had no time to rejoice, and suddenly threw down the wood and rolling stones from the city, and the Yellow Turban Army who was directly hit fell to their death.
Guan Hai personally beat the drums to help, and a group of commanders of the Yellow Turban Army were under the coercion of Guan Hai, and had to send their subordinates to join the battle to attack the city of Beihai Kingdom. In the evening, the sky gradually darkened, under the repeated desperate assaults of the Yellow Turban Army, although the number was not large, but there were several times to climb the city tower, although the city was finally regained control of the city by the city head soldiers, but it must not be long before the city of Beihai could be breached.
Guan Hai stood in front of the formation, looking at Beihai City from afar, seeing that the sky was getting darker from afar, and had to order the whole army to retreat, which was also a helpless move, most of the Yellow Turban soldiers had yellow muscles and thin faces and could not eat at all, and they could not see at night, at this time the sky was dark, and there were many soldiers who were in a trance and could not see the surrounding scene clearly.
Guan Hai ordered the Yellow Turbans to cut down trees from the surrounding area, make improvised ladders to climb, and go to the barracks on the other side to boost morale, and soon most of the Yellow Turban soldiers were convinced that they would be able to storm the city early tomorrow morning.
As long as the city is broken, their families can get enough food, and Langzhong can treat their sick family members, their sacrifices are worth it, and only by breaking the city can everyone live, this simple belief is the only driving force to support all the Yellow Turban Army.
The Yellow Turban Army receded like a tide, and the county soldiers above the city sat weakly in the blood, staring at the gradually dim sky with blank eyes, and their minds were blank for a while, the fierce shouts of killing, and the terrible screams before they were on the verge of death, as if they were constantly hovering around them.
Some of the surviving officers of the city, endured the severe pain from the wounds, kept running back and forth, praising and encouraging those soldiers who survived the battle, and kindly comforting some of the soldiers who wept bitterly, from this moment on, they were no longer recruits who had experienced the test of blood and fire.
Kong Rong personally climbed to the top of the city, and suddenly the strong smell of blood came to his face, seeing the thick and viscous blood stains on the ground, a lot of broken flesh and internal organs were scattered all over the ground, and the miserable corpses were carried down from the city one after another, Kong Rong only felt that his intestines were surging.
The pale Kong Rong closed his eyes and trembled slightly, he was just a literati, where had he seen such a tragic battlefield, after half a sound Kong Rong opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of turbidity, his eyes were obviously much firmer, and he walked towards the soldiers guarding the city, no matter how he was the minister of the North Sea, this was his responsibility.
Kong Rong had just stepped forward, when suddenly a sergeant pointed to the outside of the city and said eagerly: "Master Kong, look! Kong Rong was puzzled, but he still looked out of the city, and he was stunned.
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