June 12, Jiaodong County.

Jiaodong county is close to the mountain and the water, the north is a hill more than 100 meters high, a small river is not far from the west and passes around the city, the small river is not big, the width of the river is only less than 40 steps, the river is not deep, but it is better than nothing.

Huang Zhong stood at the head of the city, looked at the Yellow Turban Army encamped below with a relaxed expression, and sighed: "Your Excellency General is clever, this Yellow Turban Army really has no intention of attacking hard!" But now that they have come to our land, they can't fight or not! ”

The Yellow Turban Army under the city relied on the strength of the people, and they came to attack the city, so they had no fear, and the summer weather was hot, so most of the soldiers were greedy for coolness, and the camp was directly tied to the river.

Suddenly, the west gate of Jiaodong City opened, and a team of soldiers came out of it, the number was about a thousand, and dozens of ballistas came out of the city.

Before the Yellow Turban Army not far away could react, an overwhelming rain of arrows roared, and a miserable scream sounded in the Yellow Turban Army camp, mixed with some rockets, which set many camp tents on fire.

Zhao Ri and Vice Marshal Li were drinking in the tent, and when they heard the report of their subordinates, they were immediately furious and ordered the soldiers to attack and annihilate the incoming enemy!

However, Huang Zhong took it when he saw it, put his hand down, and immediately pushed the ballista back to the city, and couldn't help but praise: "This rocket launcher named by the general is really a good thing!" It's just too much money! ”

The 1st Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division is the most elite unit under Zhuang Shaoyou, the equipment is the best in the whole army, and the number of rocket ballistas is scarce, but Zhuang Shaoyou still allocated ten units to Huang Zhong and asked him to defend the city.

Originally, Zhuang Shaoyou's order to Huang Zhong was to take Jiaodong City and hold it for two days, of course, if the Yellow Turban Army attacked the city fiercely, it could retreat as appropriate, preserve its strength, and don't fight hard with the enemy.

As a result, Huang Zhong couldn't bear the loneliness, and saw that the Yellow Turban Army outside the city was so arrogant that they camped by the river, so he immediately ordered the whole army to go to battle, giving the Yellow Turban Army a disadvantage.

After a short contact, the Yellow Turban Army did not suffer many casualties, but there were also two or three hundred casualties, and more than ten camp tents were set on fire, Zhao Ri and Deputy Marshal Li were on fire, but remembering the previous purpose, they still barely held back, and just ordered the whole army to be on alert to prevent the enemy from raiding again.

Don't want to

In the middle of the night, not long after the Yellow Turban Army fell asleep, although the patrolling soldiers were extremely vigilant, Huang Zhong moved quickly, and led two battalions of soldiers to push the ballista and shoot again, although the lethality was not large, but the emphasis was on harassment and fatigue the enemy.

Vice Marshal Li was furious, and he was about to order his subordinates to attack the city overnight and give the defenders some color, but Zhao Ri was still calm and pressed Vice Marshal Li down.

Two hours later, at the darkest hour before dawn, the west gate of Jiaodong City was opened, and Huang Zhong led two battalions of soldiers to kill again.

As a result, Zhao Ri finally became angry, discussed with Vice Marshal Li, and ordered the whole army to attack the city!

When Huang Zhong returned to the city, he thought that the Yellow Turban Army would retreat a few miles back and set up camp again, but the Yellow Turban Army was provoked by Huang Zhong's repeated harassment, and had already begun to reorganize the army and was about to attack the city.

Although Huang Zhong was not stunned, he was a little stupid, he had violated the general's military order today, and if he caused heavy losses to the First Brigade, he would definitely be to blame when he turned back!

Huang Zhong looked around, pondering, if only this city wall were higher!

The city wall of Jiaodong City is less than two zhang high, and the city gate is also dilapidated, so it seems that it cannot withstand the strong attack. Now that the Yellow Turban Army has been provoked by Huang Zhong, I don't know what the extent of this wave of attacks will be, but looking at the posture, it is estimated that it is serious.

Huang Zhong didn't dare to be careless, and hurriedly ordered the whole army to go to the city and prepare for battle!

Half an hour later, the Yellow Turban Army finished its army and began to besiege Jiaodong City. Except for the north side of the mountain, the other three sides are tightly surrounded, and a large number of figures under the city are black, which is obviously extremely terrifying in the night. Fortunately, it was the elite of the first brigade who defended the city, and they were used to seeing big scenes, otherwise they would have been timid before the battle if they couldn't keep a team of recruits!

Huang Zhong stood on the west city wall, his face was solemn, and when he saw that the Yellow Turban Army had entered the firing range, he immediately ordered:

"Don't move the rocket ballista, the rest of the ballista are ready, release the arrows!"

"Whoosh! ~”

The ballistas at the head of the city took advantage of the location and roared towards the Yellow Turban Army, which was 800 paces away, and the screams it brought pierced the night sky, shocking people's hearts, and then brought a miserable wail.

The Yellow Turban Army's offensive was suddenly frustrated, and Zhao Ri, who was commanding not far away, shouted when he saw this:

"The whole army is moving faster!"

It would be very time-consuming to reload such a sharp weapon, and it was several points stronger than the bed crossbow at the head of Duchang City, if it weren't for the scarcity of numbers, this round of attacks would have collapsed the Yellow Turban Army.

The Yellow Turban Army was originally a peasant army, but it relied on the strength of the crowd and used people to kill the enemy.

Huang Zhong saw that the Yellow Turban Army's offensive was only slightly frustrated, so he accelerated the attack again, and it seemed that the commander of the Yellow Turban Army was determined to have a bloody battle!

Not far away, there were several well fence trucks pushed forward slowly by hundreds of soldiers, and Huang Zhong immediately ordered when he saw this: "Rocket ballista ready, aim at the well fence, be sure not to let the well fence reach the city, launch!" ”

After testing the ease of use of this thing, the rocket ballista soldiers were very excited, although it took a lot of effort to push the cart to the city just now, but it was all worth it! One by one, they began to aim and correct, and they were loaded.

After a while, the head of the city was like fireworks, and the firelight roared towards the well-railing cars not far away, and the Yellow Turban Army had less than ten well-rails in total, all of which were concentrated in the western city wall, and it was obvious that the western city was the focus of the attack.

After the first round of rockets, half of the well rails caught fire, Huang Zhong was already very satisfied when he saw this, and then ordered: "Go on, kill a well rail, and the crossbow riders will each have two heads!" ”

As soon as Huang Zhong gave the order, the crossbow riders became even more excited, and they began to calibrate the aiming and reloading.

Zhao Ri and Deputy Marshal Li under the city gritted their teeth with hatred, originally just planned to give the defenders some color to see, to be made so arrogant, but now it seems that if they don't move seriously, the morale of the army will definitely be frustrated.

Zhao Riyi gritted his teeth and said, "Lao Li, how about taking out all your family resources and taking this city at all costs?" ”

Vice Marshal Li gritted his teeth: "Okay!" ”

Half an hour later, the Yellow Turban Army approached the city wall, and the tragic offensive and defensive battle began!

Glue on the west bank, outside the city of Xiami.

Groups of Yellow Turban soldiers patrolled the shore again, and small boats rowed by on the river from time to time, even in the middle of the night, they refused to stop.

Liu Hu, the deputy commander of the canal, slept very unsteadily tonight, although he was in the city of Xiami, and there were 20,000 Yellow Turban Army guards by his side, Liu Hu still tossed and turned. I thought it was too hot, so I asked my subordinates to catch two little girls who were water spirits to put out the fire, but I still couldn't sleep after the fire was over, and I always felt unsteady.

"Someone! Pass my orders and be on guard! If anyone dares to slack off, Lao Tzu will chop whom! It's just that we're running out of food! Lao Tzu doesn't raise idlers here! If you don't want to be chopped up and thrown into the pot, give Lao Tzu some spirit! ”

Zhuang Shaoyou squatted on the bow of the boat and looked ahead, the Yellow Turban Army seemed to have strengthened its vigilance again, and it was really abnormal! Looking back at the eight transport ships behind him, all the soldiers were silent, and the sound of the murmuring water under their feet could also be heard.

Zhuang Shaoyou thought for a moment, but still decided: Wait!

On the side of Jiaodong City, the offensive and defensive battles were extremely fierce, and the Yellow Turban Army, which had lost the well fence, had no way to suppress the defenders at the head of the city, so they could only rely on the numerical advantage to set up a ladder and rush to the head of the city.

Of the five battalions under the jurisdiction of the 1st Brigade, two battalions were gathered in the west city, two battalions were on the south wall, one battalion defended the north and east walls of the mountain, and one battalion was in reserve.

Previously, after Huang Zhong raided Jiaodong City, the Yellow Turban Army prisoners stationed here were executed in public, which made the people in the city applaud, and Huang Zhongjun did not have any misdeeds after coming, this move obviously won a lot of people's hearts, and now the Yellow Turban Army outside the city is attacking in a big way, and the people know that if the city is broken, they will definitely not have a good end!

Therefore, the people in the city spontaneously organized themselves and actively supported Huang Zhong's army to defend the city. This place is close to the mountains, so there are a lot of hunters, and hundreds of hunters spontaneously organized themselves and climbed to the top of the city to help defend the city, which really relieved Huang Zhong of a lot of pressure.

But the hunters had only been fighting for a short time, and they had to stop, because there were no arrows! Huang Zhongjun's soldiers generously gave spare bows and arrows to the hunters, who were stunned.

In these days, bows and arrows are high-end goods, and ordinary people can't afford to use them! Bow wood, bowstrings, arrow shafts, and arrows are all money-burning goods, and an army of 10,000 people, if it can be equipped with a thousand archers, is considered well-equipped!

The 1st Infantry Division under Zhuang Shaoyou was extremely well equipped, taking the 1st Brigade defending the city as an example, it had five battalions, including two battalions of crossbowmen, two battalions of sword and shield drivers, and one battalion of pikemen. Except for the crossbowman, the rest of the soldiers have an imitation bow! In addition, there are 50 ballistas and 10 rocket ballistas.

On the west city is a crossbow battalion and a sword and shield battalion, the sword and shield hand is in front, the crossbow machine is behind, and the first brigade as the elite of the elite, is the first batch of troops equipped with new crossbow machines, the new crossbow machine has been developed since the end of the previous year, changed to two consecutive shots to four consecutive shots, the lethality is even more amazing, the range is still 250 steps.

However, due to the problem of the material of the machine, it has not been popularized on a large scale, and only the Zhang San Department stationed in Hongya Town was equipped with 500 planes. The forge has only started mass production since it received the high-quality iron ore provided by Gongsun Du last year, and the 1st Infantry Division is now fully equipped with this new crossbow machine.

After the Yellow Turban Army began to attack the city, the sword and shield hand was full-time to deal with the Yellow Turban Army who was climbing the city, and the crossbow operator was aimed at the crowded place below to shoot violently, slowing down the speed of its arrival in the city.

"Whoosh!"

Huang Zhong, who had just completed a three-in-a-row, stopped and looked solemnly at the Yellow Turban Army that was speeding not far away, judging from the pace, this was obviously different from other weak Yellow Turbans. Huang Zhong, who had fought against the Yellow Turban Army in Nanyang, could tell at a glance that the person who came was the elite of the Yellow Turban Army-Yellow Turban Force!