Chapter 490: The Struggling Gambler
Outside the city, the faces of the Yellow Turban leaders were like ashes, and the battle that had just ended not only caused the Yellow Turban Army to lose nearly 10,000 soldiers and lose the city wall position, but also dealt a heavy blow to their confidence.
Luoyang actually has the power to fight back!
They still have the ability to reclaim the four walls!
Have they been holding back, or have new reinforcements arrived?
In any case, most of the Yellow Turban Army was pessimistic about whether they would be able to capture Luoyang, and the reinforcements of Luoyang's vassal troops were almost there, and before that, would the Yellow Turbans be able to capture Luoyang?
The Yellow Turban Army has also been driven to a desperate situation! "We have no way out, the blood of tens of thousands of soldiers cannot be shed in vain, Luoyang must be captured! The defenders of Luoyang must be wiped out! ”
"Judging from the time of the battle for the city wall and what the reinforcements have seen, the Luoyang army does not have many troops when counterattacking, they are trapped beasts, they are at the end of their rope! This opportunity must not be missed! ”
When there were discordant voices within the Yellow Turban Army (some people proposed to retreat), Zhang Yan did not flinch, showing the domineering spirit of his strongest peasant rebel army leader. When He Yi and Guo Tai were silent, he defied public opinion and firmly made the decision to continue the attack.
The Yellow Turban Army mobilized overnight, and most of the soldiers were sent to make ladders, hoping to make a batch of equipment sufficient for siege before dawn. If the city could not be conquered in half a day, all the previous efforts of the Yellow Turban Army would be in vain.
Frustration flowed within the Yellow Turban Army, the Luoyang Army seemed to be a small strong force that could not be killed, so many days of fierce offensive have been supported, plus there is an extra batch of reinforcements, and the city wall has been re-occupied, who dares to say that Luoyang can be captured in half a day?
Reinforcements from Luoyang are coming.
The Yellow Turban Army's food and grass were also very tight, and the territories of the nearby small lords had been plundered, and even the invincible town sixty miles west of Luoyang had not been spared. Fei Fei cooperated very well in giving the Yellow Turban Army food, even if his troops were not in Luoyang but in the territory, they would definitely not be able to stop the Yellow Turban Army's attack.
The leaders in the big tent of the Eastern Route Army dispersed and returned to their camps to prepare for battle.
He Yi lowered his head and sighed all the way back to the camp of the South Route Army, he didn't expect the situation in Luoyang to evolve like this. The battle of besieging Luoyang, which was originally inevitable and without any suspense, was on the verge of collapse, and even if He Yi's troops had been lazy, they had paid the price of more than 3ooo deaths.
He has already taken refuge in Yuan Shu and participated in this operation, just to make a fortune before "turning good into positive", and by the way to see if there is an opportunity to win over some small forces from it as a gift for himself to offer his master, but......
He Yi's intestines were all repentant.
"Why is this the origin, why is it the origin......"
The empty tent of the Southern Route Army has lost its former liveliness, and several of their own soldiers are standing silently outside the tent, and the lonely figure looks very gloomy in the cold wind. One by one, the leaders of the Southern Route Army returned to their camps, perhaps they were trying to prepare for battle, or they were thinking hard about how to retreat without realizing it.
It is to retreat, not to escape, and now the initiative in the battle of Luoyang is still in the hands of the Yellow Turban Army, and the Yellow Turban Army is still on the offensive.
Gently patting the shoulder of the captain of the pro-soldier, He Yi stepped into the big tent gloomily and saw a person, a player. The skinny player was sitting peacefully in the middle of the tent, on his throne, looking at him quietly, a slightly mocking sneer on his lips.
He Yi's body stiffened, and his right hand was on the hilt of the knife, but he didn't have time to call the soldiers a few steps away, he saw Wang Yue. Wang Yue, who was standing with his hands in his hands, was defenseless and stared at him coldly, He Yi believed that if he acted rashly, Wang Yue would kill himself more easily than pinch a chicken to death.
Swallowing hard, he said to the player, "Zheng Aniu? ”
He didn't know Zheng Aniu, but the players who could appear here at this moment would not have a second person besides Zheng Aniu. Even without the protection of the eldest brother Wang Yue, the usual momentum of a certain city lord can make He Yi's head open.
"Yes."
He Yi's hand suddenly left the hilt, Wang Yue was here, there was no point in doing those things, and He Yi was keenly aware that if Fengxiang people wanted their own lives, Ah Niu didn't have to appear here at all. Thinking about this, He Yi's heart settled.
"What is the city lord looking for me?"
"You're smart, I want to give you a chance to live, the last chance." A certain city lord said lightly, it was natural and righteous, but He Yi didn't dare to think that this statement was just a threat, and if he wanted to kill him, Wang Yue would be enough.
"What do you want me to do? I, He Yi, am not a person who is afraid of death, and it is impossible for me to betray the Yellow Turban Army! I would like to advise the city lord of Aniu, after dawn, our army will launch a general attack, and now you give up Luoyang There is still a chance of life, and there are no our people outside the West City. He Yi is not willing to give in lightly, at this moment, putting on a tough guy posture makes it easier to gain the initiative.
Ah Niu and Wang Yue looked at each other and smiled, as if they had heard the funniest joke, and looked at He Yi as if they were looking at an idiot, or ...... It's like looking at a dead man!
After a while, the voice of a certain city lord broke the silence in the tent, "Are you still qualified to claim to be a member of the Yellow Turban Army?" He Ling and Nanyang are too shou, Ah Niu knows a little about it, I don't know whether He Ling is loyal to the Yellow Turban Army or Nanyang Taishou? ”
Ah Niu's voice did not carry a trace of anger, He Yi suddenly looked like a deflated ball, his secret was no longer a secret. Although he had made up his mind to submit to Yuan Shu, He Yi did not want to be scolded by the National Yellow Turban Army and become a sinner pointed out by Qianfu.
"Your new master is a prince, how can he also be a minister of the Han Dynasty, if someone reveals your relationship, and the world learns that the subordinates of Nanyang Taishou actually attacked the old capital Luoyang with the Yellow Turban Army, do you think Yuan Shu will recognize you as a subordinate? I hope I'm thinking too much, and with Yuan Shu's person, I shouldn't kill people in order to prove my innocence. ”
He Yi suddenly fell into an ice cellar, and the words of a certain city lord completely destroyed his last psychological defense. Yuan Shu's disregard for Luoyang's safety and brazen plundering of Lu Zhi has been known to the world, which has dealt a severe blow to Yuan Shu's reputation, if Feng Xiang reveals his relationship with Yuan Shu again, He Yi can guarantee that it is no one else who wants to take his life the most, it is definitely Yuan Shu!
The Fengxiang City Lord immediately hit He Yi's fateful door.
He Yi is not a stupid person, Ah Niu clearly knew this secret for a long time, but he didn't speak in such a tense situation yesterday, and he didn't come out to tell him until now, which can only show that the overall situation has been decided. He Yi was already convinced at this time that the Yellow Turban Army's attack on Luoyang could already be put to rest, and failure was certain!
With a long sigh, "You won." What do you want me to do? ”
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Although the Yellow Turbans had been operating overnight, it was time to build enough siege equipment.
It's time for a decisive battle!
After three consecutive days of fierce fighting, the momentum of the Yellow Turban Army is no longer the majesty when it first arrived in Luoyang, and the lives of more than 50,000 Yellow Turban Army have been devoured inside and outside Luoyang! However, the remaining more than 80,000 troops still had an overwhelming advantage in the face of the defenders of Luoyang.
However, this advantage can only be seen in quantity, not quality. The current composition of the Luoyang Army is no longer comparable to the original miscellaneous mixed troops, almost all of them are elite!
The Yellow Turbans soon saw the horror of the first to die!
The cold murderous aura rushed straight to Xiao Han, and a large number of first-class dead soldiers who were injured by the war horses were not affected at all when they stood on the city wall and shot at all, at most they pulled the corners of their mouths when they used too much force. The pain in their thighs caused them to vent their anger on the heads of the Yellow Turbans.
"Damn, if it weren't for these dog mongrels, Lao Tzu wouldn't have to walk with his legs between his legs now, and he was laughed at by the brothers of the other troops that we were girls who had just entered the cave room!"
The range of the two-stone rhubarb crossbow, under the bonus of the city wall, has more advantages than the archers in the past, the archery of the first dead soldier is extremely accurate, the lethality and penetration of the crossbow arrow is far better than the bow and arrow, and the wooden shield and leather shield of the yellow turban sword and shield soldier are not enough to block the crossbow arrow chasing the soul!
"Crossbowmen! It's Feng Xiang's crossbowmen! ”
"Oh my God, how can we be so unlucky!"
Fengxiang crossbowmen, even though they are not famous in the world, they definitely have an eye-popping deterrent power in the Yellow Turban Army, which has suffered many times. To put it bluntly, Feng Xiang, who is constantly fighting, has killed more enemies than other troops in all the previous conflicts with the Yellow Turban Army, even more than all the troops combined!
Zhang Yan was almost desperate.
It's like a gambler who has lost his fortune, and the red-eyed Zhang Yan pressed out the last bit of chips in his hand. The overseer team went up, and whoever dared to retreat from the attacking troops would be killed! (To be continued)
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