Chapter 494 Wei Yan was defeated and fled
It's just that this kind of questioning only lasted for less than five breaths, and then the sound of thousands of horses stepping on the ground sounded in the distance, these soldiers defending the city are people who have experienced war, and naturally know what this means, and they are immediately surprised one by one, and they also shouted loudly, "Not good, enemy attack, enemy attack!! ”
The sound suddenly exploded above the castle tower, and the next thing was to see a large number of soldiers in the darkness of the night and began to move towards the north gate.
"Prepare your crossbow arrows." Huang Xu and the others, who had long been hidden in the dark, had already taken out their equipment, which was also a small crossbow specially made by the Zhangjia Martial Arts Academy.
Don't look at the small size of this crossbow arrow, but the lethality is indeed amazing. Not only can a crossbow arrow release three small arrows at the same time, but the distance has reached a range of 400 steps, which is made of high-quality high-pressure springs, and the crossbow arrows in the machine can be shot out by pulling the hook machine.
In terms of the equipment of the Zhang Jiajun Special Army, Zhang Chao spent a lot of money.
As far as Huang Xu is concerned, opening the North City Gate is only the first step of the operation, and the second step is to defend the North City Gate before the army arrives.
Of course, this team of only 100 people, if it wants to hold a city gate for half an hour, it will have to face countless enemies, which is impossible in the eyes of others. It's just that in front of Huang Xu and other special operations soldiers who have been carefully prepared for a long time, this is just an ordinary training.
"The enemy is coming, ready, first team, put!"
As Huang Xu's voice shouted, soon a crossbow arrow shot out of the air, "Xiu Xiu Xiu..." The sound was endless, and it was shot out from several directions together, and an impermeable arrow net was suddenly formed.
As soon as they got the news, the more than 200 Liu Bei soldiers who rushed over were killed by an arrow before they could see what was going on. And almost every soldier who fell to the ground was shot in a vital part of his body.
"Be careful, they have crossbow arrows." A veteran with some insight saw his comrades fall to the ground one by one, so he was quickly startled and took the lead in falling to the ground.
It was only in the darkness of the night, under the chaotic scene of people falling under the crossbow arrows that the sound apparently did not attract much attention, and there were constant soldiers rushing forward and then falling on the way to the impact.
Finally, after three waves of people were killed in the company, about six hundred corpses, the veteran's voice sounded with attention. And one of the ministers, who could lead 2,000 troops, said: "Quick, the infantry retreats, and the cavalry rushes over." ”
He wanted to borrow the momentum of the cavalry and forced his way in. As long as the soldiers rushed to the city gate, they could fight in close quarters, and the crossbow arrows would be much less useful at that time.
The minister gave the order, and someone behind him went to lead the horses, and finally a cavalry team of dozens of people was quickly formed. Then they rode on their horses alone, either crouching down or turning their bodies to one side, in short, rushing towards them as far as they could, using the horses as cover.
"Shoot a horse." Huang Xu saw that the other party had changed his strategy, and he hurriedly issued a new combat order, and then more than half of the dozens of rushing war horses were shot and fell to the ground in advance. The only remaining dozen horses finally broke through the net of crossbow arrows, but fifty meters away from the north city gate, it was indeed a person who fell to the ground with his horse for some reason.
"It's not good, it's a stumbling block." Seeing this scene, he immediately exclaimed.
Huang Xu: If they want to complete the task, they naturally won't just make preparations. This stumbling rope is to prevent the enemy's cavalry.
And it was just such a tossing and turning for a while, outside the North City Gate, Hou Cheng had already led a large army to kill.
"Untie the ropes quickly, our army is coming." Hearing the sound of horseshoe prints behind him getting closer and closer, Huang Xu hurriedly gave an order to the team members.
Behind them, the cavalry of the vanguard legion led by Hou Cheng arrived quickly, and when they rushed into the north city gate, Liu Bei's soldiers who were still trying to recapture the city gate began to retreat rapidly. They already knew that the gates could not be guarded, and that they had no choice but to flee.
"General Huang has worked hard." Hou Cheng rode to Huang Xu, who was wearing a black robe, with a grateful look on his face.
If it weren't for Huang Xu's efforts, I am afraid that it would be impossible to enter the city so easily.
"General Hou doesn't have to be polite. In this way, divide your men and horses into several pulls, and my men and I will take you to attack Liu Beijun's military camp and Wei Yan's resting place. Huang Xu had already taken off the black mask, and in the face of Hou Cheng's thanks, he was neither arrogant nor bored.
On weekdays, the special soldiers of the Zhang family enjoy the best treatment, eating, drinking, and using the best, if this little thing can't be completed, it is also to live up to Zhang Chao's vigorous efforts to them.
"Good. Come on, bring out a few healthy horses. Hou Cheng shouted happily, and then some special soldiers dressed in black got on their horses, and behind them were followed by groups of cavalry of the vanguard legion towards all parts of the city.
This is Huang Xu's third task.
The first is to quietly open the gates of the city; the second is the time to guard the city gate for a cup of tea; In the end, it is to lead the way and lead his army to the enemy as quickly as possible.
With the help of Huang Xu and them, after the vanguard army entered the city, they each found their target and launched a fierce attack.
Under the onslaught of the cavalry, most of Liu Bei's army had no power to fight back, and there were even many soldiers who were surrounded just by putting on their clothes and picking up their weapons.
Inside the palace of Wugong City, the shouting outside also woke Wei Yan up.
By the time he put on his armor and pick up his weapon, there was already a mess outside.
"What's going on? What the hell is going on? Seeing that the city was completely chaotic, and there was even a fire, Wei Yan had a bad feeling in his heart.
"General, let's run away, Zhang Chaojun's vanguard army has entered the city." A pro-soldier captain led the horse to Wei Yan's face, with an anxious look on his face.
"What? The enemy entered the city, how did they enter the city? Also, didn't I arrange for someone to defend the city? What do they eat? Wei Yan said with a look of disbelief. He remembered that he had arranged for 5,000 soldiers to defend the city, so how could the enemy enter the city so easily?
"General, now is not the time to talk about this, now that the city is full of enemy troops, let's escape first." Where does the captain of the pro-soldier have time to make superfluous explanations, not to mention, he doesn't know exactly what happened now, how to explain it.
Seeing that the horse was in front of him, although Wei Yan was a little reluctant, he had to carry the Shura knife and get on the war horse.
That is, Wei Yan had just done this, and in the distance, a group of cavalry had already rushed in, and it was still some distance away, when he heard the leader of the general shouting, "Quick, Wei Yan is in front, don't let him escape." ”
"Found this place so quickly?" Wei Yan looked surprised, seeing that the other party was densely packed under the dark night, seemingly endless cavalry figures, he knew that once he was entangled, he was afraid that it would be difficult to escape, so he immediately pulled the reins, and then said to the soldiers around him, "Go, come with me." ”
Wei Yan fled, and fled without even making a move with Hou Cheng, who rushed over.
"General, Wei Yan has escaped, should we chase after him?" Several other regiment leaders who followed Hou Cheng asked eagerly.
As a regiment commander, if you want to be promoted to division commander, you need a lot of military merit accumulation to do it. And there is no doubt that if he can kill a general like Wei Yan, it will be a great military achievement, and it may even be possible to complete the promotion of this position, of course they are looking forward to it in their hearts.
"No need, he can't escape." Hou Cheng did shake his head. He already had a report on the investigation of Wei Yan by the Tianyan Organization in his hands, this person is a person who can fight with Ma Chao for dozens of rounds, I am afraid that it will be difficult for him to behead him. If that's the case, then it doesn't take that effort, anyway, in the west of Wugong City, there is the commander of the army, General Lu Bu, waiting there, and he can't escape if he wants to.
"Quick, destroy all the enemies in the city." His mind was not on Wei Yan's body, Hou Cheng said to the many regiment leaders around him.
"No." After the regimental commanders agreed, they scattered with their men. Although Wei Yan fled, there were still 70,000 soldiers in the city, as well as a large number of ordnance, grain and grass, which were also military merits.
On a mountain road to the west of Wugong City, Lu Bu was waiting in line here with the cavalry of the 50,000 vanguard legions.
When the fire broke out in Wugong City, he appeared here, and then held Fang Tian's halberd in his hand, looking forward with an anxious look, still thinking in his heart, "This Hou Cheng, won't kill Wei Yan." ”
Lu Bu, who was worried that there was no fight, was a little irritable in his heart.
Originally, entering Martial Arts City was what he, the Legion Commander, should do. However, when he captured Xinfeng City, he had already robbed the merit, so he gave it to Hou Cheng. But now he is really worried that Hou Cheng will kill everyone.
This is not because Lu Bu is worried that he has no military merits, but as long as the vanguard army wins, he, the commander of the corps, will have great merit. He was just afraid that he wouldn't be able to fight.
In Lu Bu's anxious waiting, a horse ran ahead, which was the scout sent before.
There was still some distance from Deshan, and the scout's voice came first, "Commander, the enemy is coming." ”
"Oh, hahaha, it's Wei Yan here?" Hearing that an enemy had finally escaped from the city, Lu Bu was overjoyed.
"Yes, it is the three thousand soldiers led by Wei Yan who came." The scout had already come to Lu Bu's side at this moment, mounted on his horse, and said with his hands clenched into fists.
"Hahaha, great, in this way, you have worked hard, go and rest first." Listening to the scout's report, Lu Bu was full of fighting spirit.