Chapter 60: Initiating the Siege

"Suo" "Suo" "Suoso" "Suoso"

At night, there was a loneliness inside and outside the city, and even the guards at the head of the city seemed to be hypnotized by the night, almost all of them were staggering, or grouped together, or found a remote corner, with spears and tilted heads, as if they were asleep. The huge Yanshi City seemed to have completely entered a dormant state, and no one was monitoring the inside and outside.

It's too quiet.

The sound of the shuttle broke the silence of the night. Bang bang, feeling the iron hook in his hand hook the gap in the wall bricks, after waiting for a while, to make sure that the city guards did not react, the rows of lightly armored soldiers under the corner of the Yanshi City all looked at each other, and their eyes flashed with a strange light. Next, they dragged the rope in their hands, stepped on the heavy city wall, and with the pull of the rope, their feet spread out, and they walked towards the wall as if they were walking on the ground. As long as they go to the top of the city, kill and retreat the defenders of the city, and then go to the bottom of the city and open the city gate, then their purpose will be achieved.

Outside the city, under the darkness of the night, thousands of armor soldiers waited with bated breath, ready for the next move. The eyes lit up one by one, all staring at the lightly armored soldiers who walked like ants on the city wall, holding weapons in their hands, and did not make a sound. When the gates of the city are opened, they will rush into the city, and victory will be at hand.

"Ahem......"

In the dark night, Zhang Ji, the general of Xiliang, rode a high-headed horse, and next to him was the love general Hu Che'er, as well as his nephew Zhang Xiu.

The embroidery was carrying a spear in his hand, and when he saw this, he smiled contemptuously and looked at Zhang Ji: "Uncle! I don't think Chen Nuo is just like that. You see, our army is under the city, and the vanguard has already moved, but none of the city soldiers have reacted. Haha, is this how his subordinates guarded the city for him, I really ......"

Zhang Ji's face became very solemn, and after listening to his nephew Zhang Xiu's words, he became more and more ugly. He didn't pick up the stubble, his eyes were always fixed on the city.

Yanshi City, it's too quiet!

If he hadn't suffered a defeat in Chen Nuo's battle in the corpse country, then he would probably have the same thoughts as his nephew Zhang Xiu about the current situation, ignoring the weirdness in the city. However, after experiencing the defeat of the corpse country, he didn't think so. The tranquility of Yanshi City not only failed to make Zhang Ji feel relieved, but became more and more uneasy, and more and more intense.

The last time he sent troops, he personally led the cavalry in front, and his nephew Zhang Xiu led the infantry behind. And after he was defeated and returned to Gong County, he did not get the news that Chen Nuo took the opportunity to send troops, he secretly rejoiced, and on the other hand, he sent an order to his nephew Zhang Xiu to let the army rush overnight, and strive to rush to Gong County to fight with him earlier. And Zhang Xiu, since an encounter with Chen Nuo in Jingxian County, was escaped by him, and he has always been jealous, he didn't need to speak at all, he marched urgently along the way, and when he returned to Gong County, Zhang Xiu led the army to Xingyang. When he heard that he was defeated, Zhang Xiu let people leave their baggage behind, and the light soldiers stepped forward, and after working hard all night, they really arrived in Gongxian County to meet him before dark during the day.

Before, he didn't know what Chen Nuo meant by staying in Yanshi, thinking that he was just resting in Yanshi for a while, and he was about to leave, he was afraid that Chen Nuo's army would be out of his control, so once Zhang Xiu's army arrived, he immediately sent troops to Yanshi overnight. And by the time his army approached the city of Yanshi, it was less than an hour or two before dawn, which was the time when people were most likely to be sleepy, and it was easiest to launch a night attack at this time. Originally, along the way, Zhang Ji was full of confidence, and he was determined to use this battle to reverse the disadvantage of the first battle in the corpse town. Just a moment ago, he had even had this thought. However, as the lightly armored warrior gradually approached the city, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous in his heart before the battle.

Nephew Zhang Xiu was right, his army of 5,000 was approaching the city of Yanshi, and they were all in position, and the light armor soldiers in the vanguard were all about to steal up to the city with ropes, but the reaction in the city was so indifferent, as if they were all asleep, and no one was awake.

No matter how bad a team is, it can't be so bad. And he knew that Chen Nuo was by no means the leader of these rotten people, and he would never be able to bring out such rotten soldiers.

The more tranquil Yanshi City was at this time, the more dangerous it was in Zhang Ji's opinion.

Zhang Xiu didn't say a word, Zhang Ji hadn't reacted yet, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and the shouts of killing in front of him were loud.

In a very short time, the light-clad warriors climbed over the city wall, stepped on the battlements, and were about to jump. However, when they stepped forward, they immediately regretted it again. The soles of the feet are stretched out, and suddenly I don't know whether to step out or retract? In other words, it was the fear in their hearts that made them suddenly lose their minds.

At the head of the quiet Yanshi City, as if there was no trace of popularity, there was suddenly a pair of bright eyes. They kept their eyes on the front, their faces expressionless. And as soon as they saw the sudden appearance of these light armor soldiers, their eyes immediately flashed with the light of choosing people to devour, and they all bet on it. These people, all half-squatting, one after another, densely spread all over the city. They held spears and halberds in their hands, bows and arrows at their waists, but they were motionless and half-crouched there. The sudden appearance of the light armor soldiers was like prey, and these soldiers waiting at the head of the city were like hunters. What the hunters are waiting for is the prey that has thrown themselves into the net.

Hey......

Someone laughed, and the gaze was so strange that these lightly armored men who had rushed in suddenly trembled with fright when they saw it.

"Ahh

An exclamation was not even enough, and even the soles of their feet were halfway out, and they didn't need to hesitate to step out. And almost as soon as the two sides made eye contact, the nearest armorer on the opposite side all raised their spears and rushed towards their chests. Those who are quick to react may still want to draw their swords to resist, while those who are inexperienced are hit by the spears on the left and right, their feet are unstable, and their bodies go backwards. But no matter whether he had the ability to resist or not, in the end, he was sent backwards by this force, and his whole body lost his balance and fell down quickly.

This exclamation began with a series of screams.

"I'll you!"

Countless knives fell on the reins, slashing into the thick rammed earth of the city walls, making a clanging sound. Collapse! Once the rope was separated from the iron hook, those lightly clothed armor soldiers who took advantage of the edge of the wall did not have time to react at all, their hands suddenly lightened, their bodies fell sharply, and the wind in their ears suddenly sounded. Like kites with broken strings, these people fell rapidly from the walls of the city several feet high, and most of them fell to the corners of the city and smashed into pulp.

The shouts of killing were loud, and the torches were raised.

The head of the Yanshi city, sneaking under the calm storm, finally broke out.

The arrows followed each other and shot down like rain. And the thieves who were near the corner of the city, one moment they were looking up at the light armor soldiers who had fallen from the city, and the next moment they were faced with arrows that fell like locusts.

Rise! The change is so fast, there is no time to react!

"Hurry back, hurry back! The sword and shield hand stepped forward, and the bow and crossbow were fired! ”

In the face of the sudden change, the nearest team under the city immediately messed up the formation, although the commander reacted in time, but he couldn't resist the wave of crazy retreat.

The fire at the head of Yanshi City flashed like a star, and the city screamed again and again, and the sudden change interrupted Zhang Xiu's continued words. "This ......" Zhang Xiuteng picked up his spear and shouted: "Not good! The thieves actually had an ambush beforehand! ”

"Humph!"

Zhang Ji's eyes trembled, and he knew that Chen Nuo was definitely not so simple! It's just that he couldn't understand that in order to ensure the success of this night attack, he asked the army to extinguish the torches as early as a long distance from Yanshi, slowly advance, and quietly approached the city of Yanshi. Even if the Yanshi garrison discovered their traces, they would definitely not be able to organize such a force to ambush in such a short period of time. But the facts are right in front of him, and Zhang Ji can't believe it. If this is not the case, could it be that Chen Nuo got the news in advance? But how could this be possible, thinking that his nephew Zhang Xiu's team came here temporarily, and the night attack on Yanshi was also made by him temporarily, and the news would definitely not leak. So, what's the problem?

There was no time for Zhang Ji to think about it, once the city suddenly counterattacked, the fire was raised, the killing shouts shook the sky, and the arrows and locusts fell, there were people and horses in front of them who retreated, and the people and horses in the left and right and rear phalanx were affected for a moment, and the people were panicked before the battle was fought.

Zhang Xiu looked at Zhang Ji anxiously and shouted, "Uncle, what now?" ”

What else can I do? Zhang Ji took a heavy breath, knowing that the thieves were on guard, and the effect of the night attack was gone, but since he came and alarmed the Yanshi defenders, he could only continue to fight this battle with gritted teeth. Zhang Ji clenched the big knife in his hand, looked at Zhang Xiu, and said slowly: "Since you are here, let's fight!" ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Ji raised the spear in his hand and shouted, "Although the thieves are prepared, the nephew can't let them get the slightest advantage. Uncle, please let your nephew supervise the battle in front of you, and open the gate of the thief city to welcome your uncle into the city! ”

"Good!"

Zhang Ji knew that his nephew liked to make meritorious contributions, and since he was willing to step forward, he would let him go. The embroidery was approved by Zhang Ji, and he was in good spirits, and immediately slapped his horse forward, leading a team of personal soldiers to supervise the battle. As soon as Zhang Xiu went, Zhang Ji immediately asked the soldiers to dance torches and attack with a trumpet. As soon as the order to attack was issued, the retreating crowds of the front team were crushed by the army rushing up from behind, and they had to turn around and fight back.

"Kill, kill, kill!"

"Soso, Suo, Suo!"

The soldiers under the city poured in like a frenzy, and the flying stones and arrows in the city kept falling downwards for a moment, and the screams were like torrential rain and fell without stopping.

"Siege engines! Hurry up! ”

"Ladder, up!"

Zhang Xiu saw the heavy deaths in front of him, and he couldn't wait to go into battle shirtless and personally handle these guys. He roared, his eyes bloodshot, and his spear in his hand was in command. Quack, the heavy siege vehicle was slowly pushed up, and it seemed to be approaching the city gate, but at this moment, several large rocks on the city fell in a show, blocking the road. When the boulder lagged behind, the soldiers behind immediately stepped forward to open the way and move the boulder away. But before he could take two steps, he was shot down by the random arrows that fell from the city, and someone made up for it later......

The ladder, snapping, looked at the city wall and leaned on. "Up! Hurry up! Before they could stabilize, the soldiers were urged like ants to climb up the ladder. They held shields in their hands, protected their heads, avoided the rain of arrows, and climbed up with difficulty step by step. And when they finally approached the city, they were either knocked down by the big stone rolling wood, or they were beaten into pulp by the iron roll weighing dozens of catties, and fell miserably......

Seeing that the front was strongly blocked, Zhang Ji, who was supervising the battle in the back, also grabbed a cold sweat in his palm.

Although the defenders of the city were suppressed by the archers under his city, and many people fell, they fell one and two made up, and there were people who could not be killed, arrows that could be shot, and rolling logs that could not be thrown away, and they were obviously very well prepared, and they were by no means temporarily prepared. Zhang Ji wiped his sweat, he began to beat the drum in his heart, and repeatedly asked himself, is it wrong for him to rush and kill so desperately, is it worth it? It was also when he was wandering and the siege troops under the city suffered heavy casualties, when suddenly the soldiers behind him boiled and shouted again and again.

Zhang Ji was startled by this shout, and when he turned around to take a look, he broke out in a cold sweat.

"Kill, kill!"

The darkness behind him suddenly burst into flames, and countless heads rushed out, shouting and rushing towards him. Judging from the number of these torches alone, this ambush force is no less than a thousand people, and it is definitely a force to be reckoned with. Zhang Ji suddenly saw this group of people and horses come out, his body was shocked, and he almost fell off the horse. The corpse village was ambushed by Chen Nuo's men and horses, and he had already lost almost more than 2,000 corpses to Chen Nuo, at this time Chen Nuo played this trick again, he was bitten by a snake before, and he was afraid of the well rope later, so he was timid before he fought.

Zhang Ji's head was buzzing, and he didn't know why for a while.

"I am the Bohai Taishou, and the martial arts Zhonglang will drive down Zhu Ling! My general ordered me to wait for a long time, Zhang Ji thief quickly take his life! ”

"What kind of thing is Zhu Ling, dare to scream here!"

Hu Che'er, who had been waiting under Zhang Ji's horse, was shocked, pulled out a long knife, and bowed his hand to Zhang Ji, begging him to lead the troops to intercept and kill. Hearing Hu Che'er's plea, Zhang Ji suddenly remembered that he could indeed intercept and kill thieves for him for a while, and he quickly distributed hundreds of men and horses to him. The Hu Che'er promised, dragged a horse, and led the men and horses to the back to kill, pointing in the direction of Zhu Ling with a halberd: "The thief is rampant, Hu Che'er is coming!" ”

More than 3,000 troops were invested in the front to attack the Yanshi for a long time, and the Zhu Ling men and horses behind him suddenly came out again, and Zhang Ji and the army behind him were already shaken and uneasy. Originally, Zhang Ji was still counting on the 'lucky general' Hu Che'er to come out, and he would definitely be able to resist Zhu Ling's team, but in the end he was disappointed. Not to mention that the number of men and horses led by Hu Che'er was far less than that brought by Zhu Ling, even these armored soldiers who went with Hu Che'er did not have any combat power at all.

You must know that most of the people he brought with him were defeated in the first battle of the corpse country, and it was not easy for them to reorganize reluctantly, and suddenly faced the culling of Zhu Ling's army, and they immediately fell into fear. The fiasco of the corpse country, but what happened two or three days ago, the shadow is especially there, and now once they are defeated again, can they still be expected to fight to the death? And their psychology at this time is like their leading general Zhang Ji, eager to turn over in a battle, but once they encounter danger, their confidence is immediately extinguished, and their hearts are like ashes, how can they fight?

"Ahh

I don't know who exclaimed and ran back. This run didn't matter, and it immediately caused a chain reaction. Many soldiers wanted to fight again, but they were frustrated by this unknown exclamation, and they ran backwards. "Come back, come back!" Regardless of Hu Che'er's verbal intimidation or slashing with a knife, once someone is afraid and someone flees, this bad momentum will immediately spread to the whole team. It's a pity that he can't stop it, so he can only rush forward desperately to kill.

Hu Che'er's disadvantage also immediately affected the people around Zhang Ji, making them uneasy. Zhang Ji was frightened, thinking that if not, it would be a big deal to send people back from the front, or immediately withdraw troops. But there was no extra time for him to think, once the men and horses led by Hu Che'er collapsed, suddenly there was a burst of shouts and kills in the right rear, and the men and horses came all the way.

The fire was blazing, and the horse's hooves rained down on the earth, and a phalanx of cavalry rushed out.

"Dongjun Pan Zhang is here, Zhang Ji'er is dead!"

The horse's hooves were obtained, and a group of hundreds of men and horses looked at Zhang Ji and rushed straight to him!

Teng Teng!

The people around Zhang Ji were in chaos, and some of them had the courage to move forward to fight, but the cowardly ones had already run away. You must know that Zhang Ji did not have many people in the later war, and he sent a team of hundreds of people to Hu Che'er, and he only had a hundred people around him at the moment.

"Protect the General! Protect the General! ”

Shouting left and right, the people and horses were in chaos, which immediately caused the originally unfavorable battle situation to plummet sharply and face collapse. The soldiers who were originally unfavorable in the front battle, suddenly saw a fire behind them at this moment, and they were clearly wrapped in dumplings, where did they have the heart to fight again? They all shouted wildly and ran backwards. Zhang Xiu, who was supervising the battle in front, was also under pressure at this time, and it was not to continue to fight, nor was it to withdraw the army, and suddenly saw someone and horses rushing directly to the Chinese army where Zhang Ji was, and he was also scared to sweat, afraid that something would happen to Zhang Ji, so he hurriedly led his own soldiers to rush back. It didn't matter if he went, the soldiers who were forced to their heads with knives and guns pointed at their necks to attack the city suddenly saw that their generals had run away, and where did they dare to continue to stay, they shouted and ran backwards, and even those who climbed up to the city half of the soldiers hurriedly retreated from the ladder, and the people and horses were in chaos for a while.

And at this moment, the gate of the city that was not moving, suddenly and slowly opened. Just behind the city gate, the armor soldiers, who had been waiting impatiently, immediately rushed forward like water after the city gate was opened. Under the leadership of General Chen Nuo, they looked at Zhang Xiu's gang and chased after him!

"Zhang Xiuxiaoer, where are you going?"

In the midst of the fire, Zhang Xiu heard this cry, couldn't help but hold the reins, pinched the iron gun in his hand, and turned back sharply to see who was calling him. He turned around twice, but he didn't see anyone, and was about to walk away, when he shouted again, and suddenly a man and a horse broke out in the pile of firelight.

"It's you!"

Zhang Xiu quickly recognized him, and couldn't help but tighten the gun in his hand.