Chapter 25: "When the time comes, the city is broken!" (Grand Chapter, 2-in-1)
The northern land of the Han Dynasty, the battlefield of Guangzong.
Originally, the two armies were opposed and full of stalemate, but at this time, they no longer existed.
Instead, hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turbans had been killed and abandoned their armor, and several cities were lost in a few days, and at this time the imperial army had retreated to the border of Hebei.
"Kill !!"
"Those who take the head of the enemy's handsome general will be rewarded with thousands of gold and sealed ten thousand households!"
Under the city walls, a yellow turban general pointed his knife straight upward, and the scarlet color in his eyes was extremely rich!
"Oh!!"
"Rush, !!"
"Brethren !!!"
Hearing this, the Yellow Turban soldiers, who were already with high fighting spirits, were even more angry!
The movement of climbing the bamboo ladder is also becoming more and more rapid.
This time, the defenders of the imperial court, who were already struggling to resist on the city wall, were even more miserable.
However, the movement of the long blade in his hand did not dare to stop at all, lest the enemy take the opportunity to climb over the city wall.
"Put the golden soup!"
As one of the city wall guards gave the order, he saw two pairs of soldiers start to carry the 'golden juice' made from filthy things and splash it downward!
"Ah!!h
"Smack!"
Countless attackers at the head of the bamboo ladder were seriously injured in the head and face, and rolled down the bamboo ladder with a hissing sound, and even some unlucky people were hit by them, and then rolled down the wall and fell into meatloaf!
But for the Yellow Turban soldiers who have been consumed by fame and fortune, these are just one less competitor, the people in front roll down, and the people in the rear immediately make up for it, and the offensive is becoming more and more fierce!
"Huh!"
A Yellow Turban soldier who was about to climb the city wall, his face was already very excited, and before he could be happy, he was beheaded by a sudden cold light.
"Throw boulders!"
After strangling the crisis to death, the general of the guard on the city wall gave another order.
"No!"
The crowd listened to the order, and then they lifted the boulder that had been prepared and threw it under the city wall!
For a while, like a meteorite shower falling from the sky, countless boulders frantically vented towards the city wall, and the siege soldiers who were originally hanging high in the air became the first batch of 'victims'.
"Ahh
“!”
The screams stopped abruptly, and the corpses of the Yellow Turban siege soldiers fell like dumplings under the city walls, and the first to bear the brunt was the Yellow Turban soldiers who were struggling to climb up.
"Very good, stop throwing boulders and start throwing arrows!"
"No!"
The archers standing behind the walls of the city opened their bows and arrows when they heard this.
"Put!"
"Whoosh!"
A rain of arrows that filled the sky shot downward!
"Ahh
Countless Yellow Turban soldiers who survived the attack of the boulder were shot into hedgehogs in an instant, and the reinforcements in the rear were also affected.
"Shield!"
Seeing this, the generals of the Yellow Turban siege army hurriedly ordered the shield soldiers to raise the fortifications.
"Dada...!"
Countless rains of arrows were resisted by shields.
But there was still a gap left, which was pierced by the arrows, and then shot at the soldiers in the rear.
"Ahh
The powerful force penetrates the armor and the flesh in an instant!
"After the three attacks, the momentum has declined, and the gains and losses of attacking the city again will outweigh the losses..."
"Withdraw!!"
Zhang Jiao, who was standing at the back of the crowd, saw that the third offensive was once again repelled by the imperial army, so he ordered the front to prepare to withdraw.
"General Tiangong has an order, and the whole army retreats!!"
"Mingjin Withdraws !!"
For a while, the hundreds of thousands of troops that had already reached the city wall began to slowly retreat towards the rear.
On the other hand, the imperial court guards on the city wall couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw this.
"Whew..."
"The strength in my body is almost exhausted, but fortunately, the enemy army has retreated..."
A soldier guarding the city wall slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air.
"Me too, I almost can't hold the blade in my hand, I'm so tired..."
The companions on the side also whispered and responded.
"Alas, I don't know when reinforcements will come, and if we go on like this, I'm afraid that we won't need the enemy to kill us, or we will die of exhaustion..."
A bloodied soldier laughed miserably.
“...”
The guards of the city wall who were standing on the side were silent when they heard the words.
Originally, at this time, the enemy is strong and I am weak, and such words in the army should disturb the morale of the army to deal with it, but he really can't do it, just because he is also very tired...
Moreover, the soldier who was covered in blood just now, although his words were full of frustration, he was one of the ones who defended the most desperately before.
Therefore, for some of the complaints or venting emotions of his subordinates at this time, he can only silently agree.
"General Lu Zhi was seriously injured and bedridden, almost everyone in our subordinates was wounded, and his soldiers did not rest for many days, so go on like this..."
"It won't take a few days, I'll wait..."
"He will also be defeated..."
"Alas~"
The guard looked at the sky in the distance, and the melancholy color in his eyes was extremely rich!
His name is 'Xie Cheng', he is a powerful general under Lu Zhi, he is quite good at defending the city, and he is also a master of the early combat power of the fifth order.
In the early years, he followed Lu Zhi to fight on the battlefield together, and gradually rose from an ordinary soldier to the current general.
In this expedition to Guangzong, Lu Zhi deliberately took Xie Cheng with him as a big help for himself.
And Xie Cheng did not disappoint Lu Zhi, during the period when he was seriously injured and bedridden, almost all the guards in the city were arranged by him, so he did not let Zhang Jiao take advantage of the victory to pursue and capture the city.
But after a few days of defense, the consumption of everyone is too large, and the tools that can be used to defend the city in the city are almost exhausted.
Xie Cheng knew all this, and he had already seen the situation at this time, but as a Han general, what he could do at this time was to use what he had learned to delay the time of Zhang Jiao's siege as much as possible, and wait for the arrival of the imperial court defenders.
"However, is there really any reinforcements from the imperial court who will come to support me and wait..."
Xie Cheng couldn't help but ask himself, at this time, the battlefield of Guangzong was already in danger, and a few days ago, he sent an urgent war report to Luoyang, and at this time, the Son of Heaven should also know the situation of Guangzong.
But if you want the Son of Heaven to send a large army to support, it seems that there is no hope.
Without him, the situation on the east and south fronts at this time was also anxious.
The army of the imperial court was divided into three ways to resist the attack of the Yellow Turban army, and Guangzong was in danger, but in fact, no one really had time to come and support them.
But...
"Don't people always have to have a little hope to keep in their hearts..."
Xie Cheng's gaze re-condensed from the sloppy, and his eyes returned to clarity.
He is the defender of the city, and whether the city will be broken in advance or not, a large part of the factors will appear in him.
If Xie Cheng knew that no reinforcements would come to rescue them, and he was waiting for death, then at this time, the tens of thousands of troops in this city would also be disheartened, and there would be no combat power at all!
Therefore, Xie Cheng has no way out.
"Life and death are fate, if the heavens really want to kill me Xie Cheng, then let my corpse sleep with this city!"
After muttering in his heart, Xie Cheng turned around and walked towards the city.
......
"Subordinate Xie Cheng, meet the general!"
"Ahem..."
"No need to be polite..."
"Thank you, General!"
From the city wall back to Xie Cheng in the city, all the way to Lu Zhi's mansion.
"Wen Yu, how is the situation today?"
I saw that a middle-aged man with black and white hair and a rather pale face was lying on the bed, his breath looked very weak, but he still forcibly half-got up and looked at Xie Chengdao below.
He is Lu Zhi, he was originally in the prime of life, but at this time he looks a little old...
The whole body exudes a smell of turbidity and old age.
Hearing this, Xie Cheng told the truth about today's battle report: "General Qiyu, today Zhang Jiao led the army to attack the city three times again, and then retreated ten miles away and began to recuperate. ”
"Ahem..."
After Lu Zhi coughed uncomfortably again, he immediately said:
"How many days will our army be able to resist?"
After a pause, he added:
"Just tell me the truth."
Xie Cheng paused when he heard this, and after touching Lu Zhi with his eyes, he said with a heavy face:
"If we retreat from the next three times a day, we can hold on for about three days."
"If you open your horns to attack the city with all your might, we will wait..."
"I can only hold it for half a day!"
“...”
After Lu Zhi heard Xie Cheng's analysis, his eyes flickered many times, and then he sighed and said:
"Alas~"
"I already know."
“...”
"General..."
Xie Cheng saw this, but he didn't know what to do.
"No, you don't."
Lu Zhi waved his hand, and the look on his face was sometimes entangled, sometimes sad, sometimes resentful...
"Wen Yu..."
"The subordinates are here!"
Hearing Lu Zhi shouting his own words, Xie Cheng hurriedly saluted.
"If..."
Lu Zhi seemed to have something unspeakable, but after thinking about it for a long time, he still made up his mind, that is, he looked directly at Xie Cheng, and said:
"If this city cannot be defended, then lead those who are still capable of fighting and retreat to the rear."
"As for the defense of the city, leave it to me."
After that, Lu Zhi closed his eyes with a miserable face, and his body was also weakly paralyzed on the bed, as if he had accepted some painful fate.
"General..."
Xie Cheng shouted with a little choked up.
After Lu Zhi finished speaking, he knew what kind of determination his boss had made.
If the city is about to die, he retreats, Lu Zhi defends, the city is dead, Lu Zhi is dead, and the responsibility is also on Lu Zhi, and he leads the soldiers who can fight and retreats to the rear, he will not be punished by the court.
This is what Lu Zhi meant.
"General, your subordinates have been following you since they joined the army, and it has been ten years!"
"What the general said, please forgive my subordinates for not being able to listen!"
"Before my subordinates came here, they had already made up their minds to live and die with this city!"
"Your subordinates know that the general is unwilling to retreat to the rear, since this is the case, then please let your subordinates join you and die here!"
"Bang!"
I saw that after Xie Cheng gave up, he grabbed the ground with his head, and after expressing his determination, he got up and left on his own.
“...”
At this point, Lu Zhi was the only one left in the room, lying on the bed with serious injuries.
"Ugh..."
A heavy sigh echoed in this house after Xie Cheng left.
"I have been in the army for decades, and once I encounter difficulties, I know people's hearts..."
Lu Zhi smiled miserably.
Liu Bei, who has the status of master and apprentice with himself, followed the defeated army of the imperial court, and after retreating to this point, he disappeared without a trace.
Usually, those generals who support themselves incomparably, but there is no one at all.
Because of this, he was seriously ill at this time, and he could no longer have the strength to manage the affairs of the city.
This made Lu Zhi feel sad in his heart...
......
Ten miles away from the city of Lu Zhibu, the Yellow Turban Army was stationed.
The core of the handsome tent.
"Order the army to recuperate quickly, and when the time comes, attack the city with all its might!"
Zhang Jiao, who was sitting on the main seat, said with a blank face.
"General, are you going to break the city directly in one fell swoop?"
The generals under the tent inquired with scarlet and bloody eyes.
"That's right! Time is running out, tomorrow is the best time to attack the city! ”
"The army of the imperial court is already exhausted, and Yinshi is also the most sleepy time, and when the two are combined, the defenders in the city will definitely be unable to defend, and our offensive will naturally be destroyed and withered!"
Zhang Jiao looked like he had everything in his hands, and said with a cold smile on the corner of his mouth.
"General Shengming!"
"The general's strategy, no one in the world can come out, tomorrow, we will directly take the city ahead!"
"The subordinates will take Lu Zhi's head for the general!"
“...”
The generals under the tent repeatedly expressed their determination.
"Well, you guys go and set it up."
After Zhang Jiao heard this, he smiled with satisfaction.
"No!"
The generals immediately finished their salutes, got up and walked out of the tent.
"When the northern front is stabilized, I will be free to dispose of the so-called General Anton!"
After everyone left, Zhang Jiao's face returned to coldness, and the murderous intent in his eyes was extremely rich!
For General Anton, who was stirring up trouble on the southern front, Zhang Jiao had already had a sense of killing him, and at this time he was already confident about the southern front, so he naturally had to start planning for the future.
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On the other side, there is still a place far away from the battlefield of Guangzong and several large counties.
"Hum..."
With an incomparably large blue light shield, it suddenly flashed, and I saw that above the original clearing, there was a magnificent scene of a sea of people!
"This kind of magic skill, the lord can use it repeatedly, it really shocks Jia!"
After the mask disappeared completely, the head of the crowd, Guo Jia looked at Lu Qi, the initiator, and said with amazement.
"Lord, this kind of magic skill, how much does it cost?"
Xi Zhicai and others on the side were also extremely curious.
"Judging by what they carried, the army moved here once, and it consumed more than 30%."
Lu Qi said truthfully.
For carrying more than 200,000 troops at one time and moving in space, this kind of consumption was something that Lu Qi did not expect.
After all, it turns out that when he was in the Marvel world, even if there were more people, and even the spaceship fleet group, he could move many times!
But when I arrived in the world of the Three Kingdoms of Mythology, I found that the restrictions of this kind of movement had changed too much.
The distance is shortened, and the consumption increases, too!
As for the reason, Lu Qi also thought of it.
First, the peculiarities of this world constrain his spatial abilities.
Second, the more than 200,000 troops under his command are all special forces above the fourth order, plus horses and some sundries, etc., all of which have brought the special nature of this world, so they consume a lot!
But the effect is still within the acceptable range of Lu Qi.
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