Chapter 13: The Siege

"Tell me about it!" Zhu Jun became more and more curious about this unattractive young man.

Qin Xiao hugged his fists and said: "My lord, I can't hide it, under the call of His Majesty the Emperor, more than 1,400 loyal and righteous people have been gathered in the wilderness, and they have been ambushed in the field outside the city for two days. The adults are tired of traveling and the army is not firmly established, so they can take advantage of this to rest for the night, and wait until dawn tomorrow to take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness and feign a fierce attack. At that time, the thieves in the city will definitely defend the north gate with all their might, and the south gate will definitely be weak, so I will lead the army to raid the south gate after rounding. If the thieves at the south gate are in chaos, the adults can take advantage of the situation to attack the whole army and annihilate the Yellow Turban thieves in Yang City with minimal casualties! ”

"What a plan! Qin Shige, it's a pity that your talent is buried here. If you win this battle, maybe I can recommend you to General Huangfu! ”

"Recommend me......" Qin Xiao seemed to have been struck by lightning, did you hear it wrong? Zhu Jun's boss actually said that he wanted to recommend himself.

"How can the grass people make the adults bother so much, if the adults agree, I will go back and prepare!" Qin Xiao said slightly modestly.

"Just do what you do!" Zhu Jun said without hesitation.

Returning to Artemisia Meadow, Han Kui came and asked, "What's the matter, Lord Zhu Jun agreed?" ”

"Naturally, he agreed, and if someone doesn't dare to fight to cover up, then he will have a false name." Qin Xiao said: "Rest early, and start at dawn tomorrow." ”

The next day, the sky was glowing red, and the cool morning wind on the plains hung over the artemisia meadows, and the sand and dust on the post road were carried up and down the meadows. The walls of Yangcheng, which were still somewhat dim, were brightly lit, and there were people patrolling back and forth from time to time.

There was silence in Zhu Jun's barracks, there was not a single light, and if you could get closer, you would hear the sound of squeaky wood rubbing against it. It was emitted by the spinning winch of the second-class catapult, and the ejection rod of a huge soup spoon was pressed down little by little, and in the large spoon, a polished, almost spherical stone was placed into it. A soldier was pouring refined tung oil on it with a wooden barrel, a peculiar smell permeating the barracks, and a total of 100 catapults were on the verge of an outbreak under the control of a thousand soldiers.

Qin Xiao didn't sleep all night, and in the middle of the night, he led his troops back to the back of a small hill in front of the south gate, which was only a few hundred meters away from the city gate. When it was almost dawn, everyone had done the final finishing touches and ate the prepared dry food.

Qin Xiao was quite nervous, this time it was a siege battle of tens of thousands of people, if he did it well, he would earn a reputation in front of the system NPCs, if he didn't fight it well, he would be forcibly arrested by Zhu Jun and beheaded.

Looking at the sky, the sky was already white, and Qin Xiao looked in the direction of the north gate.

"Almost......"

Woohoo!

As soon as the words fell, Qin Xiao heard a strange sound in the air, and then saw countless orange bright spots appear in the air, these bright spots were getting bigger and bigger, and by the time they reached the sky above Beicheng, they had turned into fireballs the size of millstones.

Rumble!

The first fireball smashed into the rammed earth wall and instantly pierced a large gap, and the two Yellow Turban crossbowmen were immediately shocked by the huge impact, and their clothes were ignited by the splashing and burning tung oil, and the terrible howl was especially sharp in the silent early morning.

Boom Boom!

In the next second, dozens or hundreds of fireballs crashed into the city wall or flew towards the houses in the city, and the sound of the violent impact was like the muffled thunder before a rainstorm. The Yellow Turbans only felt the ground shaking!

"The official army is attacking the city!"

With a shout that I don't know who! Countless yellow turbans poured out of the barracks in the city and rushed to the city.

"Put!"

Woohoo!

The flag bearer held the red pennant and raised his hand and suddenly swiped down, hundreds of strong men with giant axes slashed on the winch with an axe, and the catapult that was tightly jumped suddenly lost its restraints, and under the super elastic force, the huge stone fireball weighing hundreds of catties and burning was thrown out instantly.

After several rounds of attacks, the ammunition of the chariot soldiers was exhausted, and the walls of Yangcheng were full of holes. The rammed earth wall hundreds of meters long on the front is full of huge openings, and the lowest point is less than two meters.

Zhu Jun sat on the war horse, and slowly pulled out a delicately made, extremely sharp sword with his right hand and pointed at the gate of Chaoyang City.

"Spearmen attack! Archer cover! ”

Kill!

With a general, thousands of spearmen rushed out without hesitation with their bright spears, and a breathtaking roar came out of their mouths, followed by thousands of archers.

"Lord Commander, the officers and soldiers are attacking the city!"

Shuo Fang ran all the way to a compound, but only to see that the middle-aged man from the house was slowly dressed yesterday, and his face showed fatigue.

"Your Excellency...... Go and come back quickly......"

Shuo Fang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the middle-aged man, but he heard a coquettish voice from inside the room. Shuo Fang secretly said that he is a greedy and womanizer! But the war was tense, so he had to pretend that he didn't see it.

"My lord! This morning, the officers and troops suddenly attacked, and the offensive was swift! ”

The middle-aged man waved his hand impatiently and said: "I said last night that as long as we hold the city until noon, the vanguard of the Manchester City Qu Shuai will arrive first!" When the time comes, the officers and troops will inevitably disperse, and you will send the whole city to the north gate now and defend it with all your might! ”

"All?" Shuo Fang said worriedly: "My lord, if the enemy army takes a detour from the south gate, won't our army suffer from the enemy on its back?" ”

"I have already sent people to monitor the movements of the officers and soldiers day and night, and if they divide their troops, I will know as soon as possible!"

"Your Excellency!"

"Say no more!"

Shuo Fang had no choice but to leave the compound and say to the deputy general: "Order a thousand brothers at the south gate to guard the north gate with all their might, leaving only a hundred people to guard the south gate in case there is a change!" ”

"Yes!"

In front of the army, Zhu Jun saw his spearmen attacking the city and being shot by the Yellow Turban crossbowmen, and the hand holding the big sword in his hand became tighter and tighter. Seeing that there were more and more yellow turban thieves in the city, he couldn't help but murmur: "Qin Shige, I have acted according to the plan, if you dare to coax me, I will definitely take your corpse to pieces!" ”

Han Kui stretched out his head and looked at the city, only to see that many guards were gone, he bowed his head and said to Qin Xiao: "Big leader! The defenders of the city gates were reduced. ”

Qin Xiao nodded and said, "Wait a moment to attack, are you ready for the collision wood that the three leaders asked you to prepare yesterday?" ”

Gongsun Mao pointed to the back, Qin Xiao looked over and saw that the two tree trunks with sharpened heads were being carried by dozens of bandits, so he was relieved. The gates of Yangcheng are dilapidated, and they are only made of ordinary wood, and they are not fixed with iron plates and iron bars, and they can be broken through with this temporary wood.

A quarter of an hour later, Qin Xiao heard the shouts of Zhu Jun's army charging from the north gate again, he suddenly stood up and was exposed to the south gate and shouted with all his might: "The whole army charges!" ”

Kill!

Under the leadership of Han Kui, the troops of 1,400 people slaughtered towards the south city gate hundreds of meters away, and although the number was small, the shouts of killing were still shocking.

Zhu Jun vaguely heard the shouts coming from the south gate, and immediately ordered the flag-bearer to wave, and the remaining 2,000 spearmen who were guarding also rushed out!

The yellow turban thieves who stayed on the south gate were shocked by the sudden shouting and killing sound, and when they raised their eyes, they saw that the city was black and oppressive, and a group of people surrounded the city gate. He could hardly believe his eyes, and after a while he came back to his senses and hurriedly shouted behind the city gate: "Go and inform the general!" There was a large number of enemy troops at the south gate...... Yes! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the Yellow Turban thief was shot through the throat by a sharp arrow flying from outside the city.