Compared with Yuan Yao's anxiety, Zheng Bao was even more anxious, he didn't have time to think about anything, so he sent people to inform Zu Lang and let Zu Lang act according to the plan.

Not long after, there was a fierce shouting and fire from the south, and Zulang's men and horses had already begun to act according to the agreement, and went straight to Wanling County, and Zheng Bao saw this, not far behind.

"Come on, prepare to attack!"

Zheng Bao's words just fell.

The centaurs, who had already been prepared, released the burning grease.

With the sharp arrows, these grease-stained rockets were shot into the city.

For a time, there was a raging fire outside the city, and there was unrest in the city. The defenders were caught off guard and rushed to survive. At this time, Zheng Bao led the soldiers who climbed the city wall and began to fight in the city.

The army led by Zheng Bao appeared on the vast plain outside Wanling City, thousands of figures shining in the firelight.

With Zheng Bao's command to charge, the distance between the two armies gradually narrowed, and the breathing of the soldiers under Zheng Bao's command became more and more rapid, and the tension permeated the entire battlefield.

Sun Ben's defenders on the city tower and Zheng Bao's soldiers under the city were trembling at this moment, the eyes of the soldiers on both sides revealed uneasy emotions, and the palms of the weapons in their hands were already wet with sweat, everyone knew that this battle could be a battle of life and death.

The trumpeter gave the order to attack with a gong, and the majestic drums of war immediately resounded in the sky.

In the sound of the passionate horn, Zheng Bao's men and horses began to rush towards Wanling County with all their might.

The sound of shouts and the clash of weapons came and went, and the dust was flying.

And at the same time as Zheng Bao's men and horses launched a charge, the enemy's counterattack also came, and in the sky, arrow feathers fell from the clouds like flying locusts, which would fill the entire battlefield.

Zheng Bao's soldiers charged forward against the rain of arrows, quickly approaching the city wall, nervous and excited to make their hearts beat faster and their blood boiled.

Because most of the soldiers in the city were attracted to the south of the city, the number of defenders left in the north of the city was not very large, which also made it easy for Zheng Bao's men and horses to carry the ladder and erect it on the city tower.

Soon there were warriors who ascended the tower.

At the same time, the sound of swords clashing rang out like thunder, and large swaths of people were drowned out by the wielding weapons, the arrows fired from the bows, the falling helmets, and the blood splatters thrown from the axes.

Yuan Yao's men and horses did not directly participate in this attack in Wanling County.

For Yuan Yao, this kind of hard-fought siege warfare is the easiest to lose his soldiers, and the men and horses he brought this time are all elite soldiers under him, all of which are the warrior battalions that he has trained little by little in the past half a year.

Even if some people were recruited later, it would be 4,000 people.

This elite, that is Yuan Yao's core combat power, he is not willing to let his elite men and horses die in this meaningless siege battle.

Therefore, he took his men and horses to stay in the rear of the battle formation for the reason of pressing the formation, and did not plan to attack directly.

After all, they also needed to guard against Wu Jing and Sun Ben to reserve ambushes outside the city, so Zheng Bao did not refuse Yuan Yao's statement.

When Zheng Bao's army was killed, Yuan Yao and Tai Shici couldn't help but look solemn as they watched the soldiers and horses in front of them fight.

Although Yuan Yao had already had more tragic experience in siege battles, when faced with such a situation again, he couldn't help but feel unbearable for the cruelty of the battle.

These ordinary soldiers, charging with their own flesh, are not afraid of life and death.

Everyone is a living life, and the reason why they are willing to do these things is that they still want to have a future.

It is conceivable that in this troubled world, it is already very difficult to survive.

The life and death of a soldier is actually not so important to the superiors, as if the death of a soldier is no different from the death of a dog.

Of course, Yuan Yao is not compassionate, but lives in such a world, and this kind of thing is unavoidable.

All he wants is to hope that he will put down such a troubled world as soon as possible, and return the people to a prosperous future, and hope that there will be no war in the world.

And the fastest way to do this is to stop fighting with Go.

Zheng Bao's attack lasted about a stick of incense, and those dead soldiers had already climbed the city tower.

Just when Zheng Bao thought that he had the chance to win and could enter Wanling County in one fell swoop, Sun Ben led the defenders in the city and began to counterattack on the city tower.

Although the defenders of the city were initially attracted by Zulang's manpower, some of the men and horses in the city tower were transferred away.

But Sun Ben was old and spicy after all, and he quickly reacted, understanding that this was the enemy's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, and wanted to attack Wanling County from the east to the west.

Therefore, Sun Ben quickly brought people back and joined the frontal battle against the enemy.

The soldiers and horses of both sides soon engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat on the castle tower.

After all, there are still a small number of soldiers who climb the tower, and it is not easy to defeat the enemy guards in the narrow corridors.

Sun Ben slashed out with a knife, and his figure quickly appeared on the city tower, and he cut down a soldier who rushed up to the city tower in three or two strokes.

"Brothers, kill all these thieves! Don't let them rush up! ”

"Let's not let Sun Ce look down!"

Sun Ben roared angrily, commanding the soldiers under his command, and at the same time, he took the lead and rushed to the front of the team, and wiped out all the enemies who would attack in the future.

The 2,000 soldiers and horses defending the city tower immediately blocked the aisles of the city tower, and some of the soldiers who rushed up were killed by Sun Ben's men and horses before they could gain a firm foothold at all.

Seeing that the victory that was about to come to hand was about to fall short, Zheng Bao was also in a hurry.

"Keep rushing, rockets, give us rockets, suppress them!"

After some scheduling, Zheng Bao let the remaining few people continue to attract the attention of the city tower.

Some of the men and horses who were good at bows and arrows immediately began to use the arrows in their hands to fly up the tower, so as to clear the way for the dead soldiers on their side.

Under such an intensive attack, Zheng Bao's men and horses once again burst out with a combat force, and time passed bit by bit.

The four or five thousand people brought by Zheng Bao have been reduced by more than one-third, but the city tower is still unmoving, and it does not look like it has been beaten down at all.

Seeing this scene, Yuan Yao frowned.

With this amount of manpower alone, it is still a bit reluctant to storm a county seat.

At this time, Liu Ye hurriedly walked over from the side.

"Master, it's not good, it's not good."

Yuan Yao was disturbed by Liu Ye's hurried appearance, and quickly turned his head and looked at Liu Ye.

"What's wrong? Something is making you so flustered. ”

"Just now, the spies under our command came to report that they found an unknown group of people and horses in the west of Wanling County, and they were approaching quickly."