Chapter 738: Siege Battle
If the unparalleled 3,000 men and horses can be stationed outside Yuzhang City without being discovered, it is just a fluke, but the army of more than 20,000 people marched towards Yuzhang, not to mention whether it can be hidden in the end, it is difficult not to be discovered on the road.
After the Haiduan Army led by the beginning of the day and the Yu'an Army led by Yunfei converged, someone suddenly came to report that the gate of Yuzhang City was closed!
Tianchu was dumbfounded, obviously he was startled, this city has completely lost contact with the city, and I don't know what happened to Hong'er and them, have they been discovered by Zhang Xiaoyin, is there any danger?
Soon, the city walls were filled with archers, and two archers were in place at each battlement on the wall, and the two of them took turns shooting arrows, which could ensure that the arrows were fired without interruption, forming a rainstorm of arrows, which was a traditional and practical strategy for defending the city, and the purpose was to keep the enemy from getting close.
And far away from the city, you can hear the shouts of the officers and soldiers in Yuzhang City, they have already assembled behind the city wall, and they know that their number far exceeds that of them at the beginning of the day.
Now the entire Yuzhang City is solid, even if they are equal in number to the other party at the beginning of the day, it is extremely difficult to attack the city, not to mention that they are less than 30,000, and the other party has 80,000 if there are not 100,000, it is simply an egg hitting a stone.
But the officers and soldiers of Haidun and Yu'an are all good, and under the premise of such a huge difference in strength, they did not retreat because of this, but became more and more courageous, all of them were heroes who put life and death out of the way, which made Tianchu admire.
"Daoist Yunfei, can you give the order to attack? They have already raised their troops, and I am afraid that the city lord will be in danger! The general of Yu'an City asked Yun Fei for help.
Yunfei is even more anxious than him, because Hong'er is still in the city, but no matter how anxious he is, he has to listen to Tianchu.
"I can't let you die, wait, and when reinforcements arrive, we'll attack." Tianchu was so anxious that he walked around, hoping that Yun Zhen and Bai Yue would come back soon.
"It's coming, it's coming!" A soldier snorted and panted and ran to report to the beginning of the day.
"How many?" Tianchu asked excitedly.
"It's the Taoist aunts of the Xuanyin Temple, about a hundred or so people, and they will arrive at a moment's notice." The soldier replied.
"Good! It's almost Bai Yue, Bai Yue, hurry up! "Tian Chu was so anxious that he stomped his feet.
"Report!" Another shout, a soldier ran over with a rolling belt, Tianchu thought it was Bai Yue's arrival, and immediately clapped his hands and shouted excitedly, but when he listened to the soldier's words, the whole person was stunned.
The soldier gasped and grinned so tired that he said to Tianchu: "Dao Chief, it's not good! The slaughter of the people in the city has begun! ”
"What?" At the beginning of the day, there was a thunderstorm, but I didn't expect such a thing to happen.
Tianchu gritted his teeth with hatred, knowing that this was Zhang Xiaoyin provoking him, but he couldn't act as if nothing had happened, what did Tianchu come to Yuzhang for, wasn't it just to get rid of Zhang Xiaoyin and eliminate harm for the people?
Now that Zhang Xiaoyin has begun to slaughter the people, Tianchu can't go on like this anymore, every moment of hesitation, there are countless innocent lives tragically killed, Tianchu can't wait anymore, even if there is a huge gap between the enemy and me, he has to send troops.
"Attack! Kill them! Save the people! Rescue the Castle Lord! Avenge Lord Hou! The soldiers were so angry that they couldn't press it even if they wanted to.
"Attack!" Tianchu and Yunfei raised their talismans at the same time, and as soon as they gave the order, the soldiers shouted and rushed to Yuzhang City.
As they approached the city, tens of thousands of bows and arrows flew from the walls, raining down like a torrent of rain towards their army at the beginning of the day.
In an instant, all the Dao Gu flew up, blocked in front of the officers and soldiers, slashed their swords like Hot Wheels, and opened the flying arrows, but the flying arrows were too dense, not all Dao Gu had the same skills as Yun Fei, and there were still fish that slipped through the net and stabbed the soldiers behind them.
Wave after wave of arrows roared, and under the protection of the Daogu, the army advanced slowly, and at this time, a flash of fire rushed towards the city gate, and then there was the sound of the earth shaking and the mountains slamming.
The fire apes leaped over the moat, several feet wide, and slammed against the gates, shaking the walls and knocking down the archers on them.
The soldiers, armed with shields in one hand and swords in the other, under the protection of Daogu, continued to advance on the corpses of their companions, and soon reached the moat, where the soldiers would immediately divide into several columns, and the sappers in the rear carried long logs through the army quickly, and in a very short time they erected a temporary wooden bridge over the moat.
After crossing the moat, twenty-five thousand remained of the army of twenty-eight thousand.
"Listen to the people in the city, your king Yuzhang has been killed, now this is an impostor, you don't help the abuse anymore, lay down your weapons, open the city gates, and we will eradicate the evil together!" Tian Chu was wielding his sword as he braved the rain of arrows and shouted at it.
"Concentrate your forces and kill the Taoist priest who screams first!" The officer standing on the city wall shouted, not only did not listen to Tianchu's persuasion, but killed him.
Tianchu is also helpless, he is neither the lord of Yu'an City, nor the Marquis of Haidu, who will believe his words as a little Taoist? He didn't want to kill anyone, but things had come to this point, and he could only continue in this cruel way, and only by defeating them could he have a chance to kill Zhang Xiaoyin to end all this.
"Orangutan, work hard!" Tian Chu roared, and the hand wielding the sword was already sore, and the number of casualties among the generals increased sharply due to the falling arrows at close range.
At this moment, Yun Fei picked up his sword, stepped on the city wall all the way against the rain of arrows, jumped on the city wall with a leap, and killed the enemy's commander with a sword, so frightened that the archers on the city wall fled in the wilderness, and many people jumped over the wall to escape and fell to death on the spot.
The rainstorm of arrows finally stopped, and the soldiers cheered, and at this time, there was a loud bang, and the fire ape finally lived up to its expectations and knocked down the huge gate of Yuzhang City, which was more than a foot thick.
"Rush!" Tianchu raised his sword and pointed at the city gate and shouted, at this time it was the time when morale was high, and the soldiers followed Tianchu and shouted and attacked the city.
The city was in a mess, corpses were everywhere, there were collapsed buildings everywhere, and the fleeing people, shouts, cries and cries accompanied by acrid smoke filled the entire Yuzhang City.
As soon as they entered the city, the 20,000 troops led by Tian Chu encountered the enemy's main army, and they were black and oppressive, stretching from the main street to the distance covered by thick smoke with no end in sight, and the number of people was overwhelming.
At the front of them was a platoon of defensive armies with shields, then archers, cavalry, and further back were infantry, better armed and armor thicker than theirs at the beginning of the day.