Chapter 46: The Yellow Turban Siege
At the west gate of Dongpingling County, another offensive and defensive battle was staged.
The Yellow Turban soldiers, with yellow scarves tied on their heads, quickly climbed up the ladder.
One by one, the Han soldiers defending the city either pushed the ladder, or threw down boulders and rolling logs, or shot the Yellow Turban Army below.
For a time, the Yellow Turban army besieging the city suffered many casualties, and the soldiers defending the city had an advantage, and only a few soldiers defending the city were reflexed to death by the archers in the Yellow Turban army below.
This time to defend the city, it was Tang Yun personally commanded.
Tang 5, Tang 6, Tang 7 and Tang 13 and others were all in various parts of the city wall, personally supervising the battle.
At the west city gate, there were a total of 2,000 soldiers guarding the city, who were divided into four groups by Tang Yun, each with 500 people, who took turns to change their guards, and changed their guards every other hour.
This time, the Yellow Turban Army is menacing, with as many as 30,000 or 40,000, which is much more difficult to deal with than the more than 10,000 Yellow Turbans last time.
Fortunately, Tang Yun has also expanded his troops, and selected 2,000 young men from the last captives to fill the army, plus the original 3,000 soldiers and horses, there are already 5,000 soldiers and horses.
Among them, 1,000 soldiers and horses guarded the south gate, 1,000 soldiers and horses guarded the north gate, and 1,000 soldiers and horses guarded the east gate.
The generals of the Tang family, including Tang 20, Tang 30 and Tang 36, led the troops to defend the town.
Tang Yun led 2,000 soldiers and horses to personally guard the West Gate.
He was in the center, Tang Wu and Tang Liu and other members of the Tang family generals, and when they personally supervised the battle in various parts of the city wall, they did not let a single Yellow Turban soldier rush to the wall.
"The Tang family really has some means."
Xu He, the commander of the Yellow Turban Qu, looked at the battle situation at the head of the city, showing a look of surprise, and he understood why Yang Ping, the big leader under his command, led more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to attack Dongpingling County, and it would be unfavorable.
The Han soldiers at the head of the city, under the command of the Tang family, guarded the city wall very firmly.
"I hate the Tang family, I hate the traitor Tang Zhou!"
Thinking of Tang Zhou, a traitor to Taiping Taoism, Xu He gritted his teeth.
It was precisely because of the plan of the March Uprising that he was betrayed by the traitor Tang Zhou that the uprising had to be hastily launched a month in advance.
As a result, great difficulties arose in the coordination between the rebel armies in various places.
In particular, the Luoyang Uprising was miscarried, which had a great impact on the uprising!
There were originally a large number of Taiping Taoist believers in Luoyang City, and the great sage and good teacher sent Ma Yuanyi to contact the ten permanent servants in the imperial court to prepare for both internal and external development.
If the plan is successful, there will be a coup d'Γ©tat in the imperial court, and there will also be a mutiny in Luoyang City.
In such a situation, quickly occupy Luoyang, abolish the emperor, create public opinion, and convince the people of the great sages and good teachers, then the uprising will directly succeed for the most part!
It's a pity that this plan was betrayed by the traitor Tang Zhou, and Ma Yuanyi, who was in charge of this plan, was also split by the Han court.
Otherwise, it will occupy Luoyang, and the plan to abolish the emperor will not succeed, and it will also cause a certain blow to the center of the Han court.
However, this plan was directly aborted, and it did not have the slightest impact on the center of the Han court! Presumably, in the face of the Yellow Turban Uprising in various places, the Han court has reacted quickly.
It's all because of the traitor Tang Zhou!
Thinking of this, how can Xu He not grit his teeth, this is not only related to the success or failure of the Yellow Turban Uprising, but also related to his future and net worth!
Xu He looked at the city coldly, even if more than half an hour later, the Yellow Turban Army had lost more than a thousand people, but in his eyes, it was nothing, there were tens of thousands of troops under his command.
Moreover, the recruitment of the Yellow Turban Army is very simple, regardless of men, women and children, all of them will be charged into the army after being caught!
No matter how powerful the Tang family is, there are only a few thousand soldiers and horses in the city, can they still compete with his tens of thousands of troops?
At this time, seeing Xu He's face, a general of the Yellow Turban Army took the initiative to offer a plan: "Qu Shuai, if you continue like this, even if you capture the city, you will lose a lot!" It's better to let the little one shoot the Tang family child with a bow and arrow, the enemy army will definitely be in chaos, but you can take this city! β
Xu He looked at the Yellow Turban General who offered his advice, this was one of the big and small leaders under his command, Lu Daqing, who was once a famous hunter near Tugu County in this county, quite martial arts, and the most good at shooting.
Xu He looked at the city, pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay, if you shoot that Tang family child, Ben Shuai should have a heavy reward!" β
"Thank you Qu Shuai!"
Lu Daqing was overjoyed, and after saying that, he got off his horse, mixed in the Yellow Turban army besieging the city, and gradually leaned towards the head of the city.
As an excellent hunter, Lu Daqing is proficient in hunting, but the deep mountains and old forests have been replaced by battlefields, and his prey has changed from fierce beasts to enemy generals.
Lu Daqing mixed in the Yellow Turban Army besieging the city, approached the city wall, found the right time, bent the bow and shot!
"Whoosh One by One"
"Young master, be careful!"
Tang Yi and Tang Er, who were guarding Tang Yun's left and right, found the arrow as soon as possible, and they didn't think much about it, the two of them pounced at the same time, blocking the arrow for Tang Yun with their bodies.
"Nail One"
Tang Yun's movements were faster, and as soon as the iron spear in his hand was raised, he took the first step to pick up the arrow that was shooting.
His physical fitness after genetic evolution is extremely strong, and so is his eyesight, ear, senses, etc., and even a secret arrow can't hurt him.
If it was Lu Bulai, who shot the halberd, or Huang Zhong, who pierced through Yang in a hundred steps, such a divine shot, Tang Yun would be afraid that he would also catch the road if he was not careful, but the person who cast the cold arrow under the city was obviously not a figure of Lu Bu or Huang Zhong's level.
"Fetch my bow and arrows."
Tang Yun sneered, now he was commanding the defense of the city, not charging into battle, and he was not carrying a bow and arrow.
Tang Er quickly took his bow and arrow, Tang Yun's eyes had already locked on one of the Yellow Turban thieves under the city, and he opened his bow and shot it!
His arrows are comparable to Lu Bu and Huang Zhong's divine marksmanship, and the strength and accuracy of the arrows are far from being compared with the yellow turban thieves in the city.
Even though he relied on his shrewdness for many years of good shooting, Lu Daqing dodged this fatal arrow, but he was still shot in the shoulder by the arrow, and the power of the arrow was so great that it penetrated directly.
"Ah one by one" Lu Daqing let out a miserable scream, but soon, the scream stopped abruptly, because the second arrow had already been shot, and it was at the center of the mouth.
"The young master is mighty!"
Seeing this scene, Tang Yi and Tang Er in the city, as well as the surrounding soldiers, all shouted.
"Rubbish!"
Xu He looked at this scene from afar, and when he saw that Lu Daqing was reflected to death, he scolded fiercely.