Chapter 51: The city battle is unfavorable
In fact, as Wei Tao expected, people who can become big families are actually very sober and clear.
There is no need to wait for Wei Tao or Huang Wen to speak, the people who are in charge of each family's affairs are willing to take the initiative to provide it free of charge, whether it is materials or manpower, as long as it is really needed.
Soon, more than 5,000 people were recruited in the entire Chen Liucheng, even if they faced the yellow turbans outside the city, they could fight.
"Yellow Turban Qu Shuai Zhao Jie? Haven't heard of it. ”
Knowing that he was invincible, Wei Tao naturally wanted to inquire about who led the army, but it turned out to be an unknown guy.
"This is the Zhao Yi brother, it is said that he came to avenge his brother's revenge."
Listening to the report, Wei Tao just shook his head, at least in Wei Tao's opinion, Zhao Jie is not a great person.
Looking out of the city, he saw that although the camps outside the city had disappeared into the night, the stars flickered from time to time, as well as the torches erected high in front of the camps, Wei Tao knew that even if he stole the camp, the probability of success was not high.
"It seems that we can only see what the yellow turban wants, the yellow turban is made of the people, and there must not be too much reserve food in itself, as long as we can support it for a while, the yellow turban will definitely collapse without a fight!"
Listening to Wei Tao's words, everyone couldn't help but nod their heads again and again.
It's just that everyone, including Wei Tao, didn't expect the Yellow Turban Army to develop and grow so much in a short period of time, and it has to be said that they have the ability.
Only on the second day, I suddenly saw countless yellow turbans surrounded from all directions, and from a distance, a team different from ordinary yellow turbans was supervising the formation in the rear.
"The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand, the age is in Jiazi, and the world is peaceful. Dear parishioners, with the protection of great sages and good teachers, we are invincible and invincible. If you die for the Holy War, your soul will surely ascend to the realm of the Taiping World. Fight for the Great Teacher! Fight for the Taiping Realm! ”
"Fight for the Great Teacher! Fight for the Taiping Realm! ”
Wei Tao naturally couldn't hear how Zhao Jie in the rear was agitating a lot of yellow turbans, and what he understood very clearly was that he saw countless yellow scarves carrying extremely simple ladders and rushing towards Chenliu County.
"Shoot the arrows!"
There are at least more than 5,000 people in this wave of the other party's charge, and Wei Tao naturally can't let them succeed, as soon as he gives an order, he sees arrows raining down one after another.
If Zhao Yi led the army before, just like this, it was enough to make those yellow scarves who were ordinary people dare not move forward.
But this time, Zhao Jie was obviously ready.
Those yellow scarves chanted 'Great Sage and Good Teacher' one by one, even if they were shot by arrows, there was no reason to retreat and cry, but they desperately rushed towards Chen Liu.
"Damn the Yellow Turban Thief! Even the thieves have such a will! ”
Zhang Liao couldn't help but scold, originally according to Zhang Liao's thoughts, without armor such as shields, no one would be able to withstand such a blow with flesh and blood alone.
Even if it is an elite soldier, it will be a demoralization drop to see the people around him suffer such easy casualties.
"It's a pity that if there is a catapult, there may still be a cause, and now I can only try to delay."
Compared with Zhang Liao, Wei Tao's face is better.
Although Wei Tao's battle formation was similar to Zhang Liao's, Wei Tao could imagine the amazing combat effectiveness that those Yellow Turban troops could burst out under religious fanaticism.
It's a pity, not to mention catapults, it's these bows and arrows, more than half of which are provided by various families.
There are no catapults to be found in the entire Chen Liucheng.
"Kill!"
Under the impact of the Yellow Turban Army's casualties, only hundreds of lives were lost, that is, more than 20 cloud ladders were directly erected on the city wall, and each Yellow Turban was immediately the impact of the city wall.
"Chen Liu is behind me, my father and fellow villagers are behind me, if we let the Yellow Turban thieves invade Chen Liu, my family will be difficult to protect. Armies will kill me! ”
After a long battle, Wei Tao was not chaotic at all, shouted, strode forward, held a long knife, leaned over, and slashed towards the cloud ladder with both hands.
"Click!"
After all, the ladder was only made in a hurry, and when it was cut by Wei Tao like this, it was suddenly a little unstable.
However, Wei Tao was not ready to cut it off, but with this stability, the place that was originally stuck on the city wall was suddenly unstable, and Wei Tao pushed it violently, and immediately pushed the ladder down.
Although the other party soon lifted up the ladder again, the yellow scarf that was climbing was seriously injured or killed.
More importantly, Wei Tao's entry into battle immediately inspired the martial arts of all sergeants.
Originally, although the private soldiers of various wealthy families were brave, they had not undergone much training, and they were already timid in such a situation.
But when he saw Wei Tao taking the lead, his morale was greatly boosted.
"Bell...... Yes...... Whew......"
All kinds of sounds are mixed together, and from time to time people fall from the city wall, although most of them are Yellow Turban soldiers, but under the fanatical faith, there are also Yellow Turbans who desperately drag the defenders down the city wall together.
Once you fall off the wall, you will be killed at the first time.
From the outside of the city wall, it was already full of yellow turbans, and when one yellow turban was killed, another yellow turban climbed up.
Less than half an hour after the start of the war, Wei Tao had already found that his side had fallen into disadvantage.
Originally, the people defending the city had an advantage, but now these advantages have gradually decreased, and after fighting until now, Wei Tao can only lead people to barely hold the city wall and not be climbed up by the Yellow Turban Army, if you want to go further, it is impossible to shoot arrows and the like.
"Damn! Haven't experienced the defense of the city, so you are not well prepared! ”
Wei Tao secretly scolded himself in his heart, if he knew that if he continued like this, I am afraid that in less than half an hour, the city wall would be lost, and at that time, with the terrifying number of the Yellow Turban Army, Chen Liu would not be able to hold it at all.
"Dian Wei, lead the reserves up!"
It was the first time to start a war to use reserves, and I have to say that Wei Tao's defense of the city this time was indeed a bit of a failure.
However, as soon as the thousand-man reserve team left in advance joined, the effect was extremely obvious, especially Dian Wei, who charged forward with a double halberd, and soon killed all the yellow turbans who were just about to rush to the city.
"Up! Burn those ladders! ”
These reserves did not simply have sufficient physical strength, and half of them, after stabilizing the situation, brought up all the fire oil prepared in the rear.
Suddenly, I saw a large piece of fire oil pouring down, and several torches fell in unison, and immediately burned under the city.
"Ah......h
Under the fanatical faith, the Yellow Turban Army gathered under the city wall when there was no threat of arrows, which gave these fire oils the maximum room to play.
A burst of miserable screams, even on the tragic battlefield, made people panic in their hearts.
"Withdraw!"
That Zhao Jie has been supervising the battle behind the battle, and when he saw the Yellow Turban Army attacking the city wall, he just wanted to fight.
However, this countless fire oil poured down is equivalent to an extra river of flames under the city wall in a short period of time, which is not at all something that the current Yellow Turban Army can fill.
Under such circumstances, Zhao Jie could only order a retreat viciously but helplessly.
"Whew...... I can't imagine that just one day is so tragic, and the Yellow Turban Thief is not without merit. ”
The pungent smell of burning outside the city rose to the sky, and looking at the corpses piled up under the city, Wei Tao had a disgust for this era for the first time.
No matter how well it is said, the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms era were all times when the Han Dynasty lost its vitality by fighting among themselves.
Being born in such an era is a blessing for the elite, but it is the greatest pain for the common people.
Xing, the people suffer; Death, the people suffer.
In the last years of the dynasty, the people are afraid that they are not only suffering, but it is difficult to survive, and they are worried about their lives at any time.
"Wen Yuan, you immediately count the materials and personnel in the city, and see how much combat power there is, although the Yellow Turban Thieves retreated this time, but with their crowds, I am afraid that they will make a comeback in the near future."
Shaking his head and throwing that emotion out of his mind, Wei Tao immediately ordered.
"No!"
After some counting, the situation was indeed not good, under the impact of those yellow scarves who did not care at all and only wanted to die with others, the entire city defense had lost more than 800 people, and more than 500 people were seriously injured.
The situation is very bad.
"Zi Yu, the Yellow Turban just now also mobilized 20,000 people, and thousands of people were also lost, and it is not bad to have this result."
Seeing Wei Tao's expression, Zhang Liao couldn't help but speak.
Wei Tao shook his head slightly at this time, he was not discouraged by this, but thought that if he continued like this, he might not be able to hold on for three days.
"Shoot the man first and shoot the horse, capture the thief and capture the king first, and you must first capture the head of the bandit!"
Wei Tao has experienced big victories, all of which are beheaded first, so he naturally understands the mystery of this.
"Ziyu, do you want to attack the camp?"
Zhang Liao was slightly stunned, and then asked, the simplest, easiest and most powerful way to win quickly is to attack the camp.
"Although the Yellow Turban is lawless, at this time, the Yellow Turban is in full swing, and I am afraid that it will not be possible to attack the camp."
Hearing Zhang Liao's words, Wei Tao nodded slightly.
Just when Wei Tao and Zhang Liao were discussing, in the Yellow Turban Camp, Zhao Jie was also thinking about how to capture Chenliu County.
"This time, I led the Yellow Turban army here, if I can't quickly capture Chen Liu, how will the big boss look at me in the future? It's just a county town of Chenliu, and tens of thousands of people are never allowed to enter, which makes me have the face to say in front of the big boss! ”
Zhao Jie was very irritable in his heart, he himself believed in the Yellow Turban Dao, but he still knew a little about the march and the war.
"Now that the morale of the first battle has been discharged, it will not be easy to organize a large army to forcibly attack the city, and people's hearts are fluctuating, but it is difficult for me to control and act."
"Don't worry, general, my Yellow Turban Dao Shuntian should be ordered to overthrow the Han dynasty in one fell swoop, and now I have a method to use, please listen to the general."
"Oh? Hurry up! ”
Hearing what the deputy in charge of preaching on weekdays said, Zhao Jie was immediately overjoyed.