Chapter 13: Life Hangs by a Thread
Luoyang City West City Entrance.
Tens of thousands of people witnessed that a prisoner named Ma Yuanyi was tied to five carriages, and with the order of the prison officer, several war horses worked at the same time.
In an instant, a living person was pulled apart, and blood sprayed all over the ground.
The onlookers couldn't bear to look at it directly, and their timid legs were limp and sat on the ground.
A big man quietly withdrew from the crowd, found a fast horse, and galloped out of Luoyang City, heading towards Julu County, Hebei.
Zhang Jiao learned that the matter was exposed, and hastily started an incident in the northern Jizhou area, Zhang Jiao claimed to be General Tiangong, General Zhang Baodi, General Zhang Liangrengong.
Thirty-six squares are placed, and each side is set up with a Qu Shuai.
Zhang Jiao gathered hundreds of thousands of people, shouting "The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand, the age is in Jiazi, the world is auspicious", each person wrapped a yellow scarf on his head.
They burned down the government, killed the officials, plundered everywhere, and there were wars in the 28 counties of the seven prefectures across the country, and the Yellow Turban Army was like a bamboo, the prefectures and counties were lost, and the officials fled, shaking Kyoto.
The Yellow Turban Rebellion officially broke out.
By the time the king got the news, it was three days later.
Because the Mayi County Commander is not in the city, there is no one in the city to command. The county seat of Mayi was the first to fall, and all the wealthy families in the city were slaughtered.
The Yellow Turban Army coerced tens of thousands of people to attack the surrounding counties.
When Wang Gang heard Xiao Liuzi finish speaking, he was shocked, the Yellow Turban Uprising came so suddenly.
Just as Wang Gang was thinking about what to do next.
The soldiers came to pay their respects.
"General, outside Yanmen Pass, Dingxiang direction, I found that the Hutu people were coming towards Yanmen Pass"
Wang Gang was shocked.
"How many people are there, and how long can they get to Yanmen Pass"
Wang Gang asked.
"There were three thousand cavalry, and five thousand foot soldiers. Expect to be able to get to the gate before dark."
The soldier's answer wiped out Wang Gang's last bit of luck.
almost sat on the ground, but fortunately, the little six son next to him grabbed him.
Wang Gang walked up to the wall.
Watch the red sun in the west slowly set into the mountains.
There was a sound of horses' hooves in the distance, like a stormy wave crashing on the ground, and the entire Yanmen trembled slightly, and couldn't help but clench the long sword in his hand.
The little six sons next to him were also pale and their lips were blue.
The soldiers next to him looked as usual, and the archers had already taken out their wolf's fangs and put them on the bowstrings.
Hugh Tu cavalry rushed to the front of the pass, with a gesture from the leading general, the cavalry pulled the war horse, and the whole army was in unison, without the slightest confusion.
The leading general took a few steps forward and shouted at the walls.
"Open the gates or you will be killed"
Wang Gang felt bitter in his heart for a while, this came too suddenly.
The general of Hutu looked at the city wall indifferently, and then waved his hand.
"Siege"
Then I saw 200 cavalry, got off their horses, and rushed towards the city wall with a bamboo ladder.
As soon as the two hundred people arrived under the city wall, they ushered in a rain of arrows, and immediately shot dozens of people.
General Hutu sent another hundred men to shoot arrows under the city to suppress the archers on the city walls. Arrows flew back and forth on both sides, and people kept falling to the ground.
Hugh slaughtered a large number of people, and there was a geographical advantage on the city wall, and the archers on both sides were indistinguishable for a while.
The limited space outside the gate made it difficult to launch more people to participate in the siege.
More than a hundred Hugh Tu people also slowly climbed the city wall. Wang Gang pulled out his long sword and watched as the Hugh butcher who climbed up slashed down with a sword. Hugh Butcher raised his short knife to block, and the little six sons next to him took advantage of the gap in Hugh's butcher pawn to block with a sword.
Hugh slaughtered and fell. smashed into a Hugh butcher who was climbing upwards below, and the two fell to the ground together.
The pikemen next to him were much faster, and the spears stabbed out. With a scream, he withdrew his spear and stabbed it again.
However, there are too few spearmen to take care of them. Slowly, the butchers climbed the city walls.
"Little Liuzi, you go and call the people to come and help defend the city"
Wang Gang said to the little six sons next to him whose faces were covered with blood.
A Hugh butcher rushed up the city wall, waved the scimitar in his hand, and slashed at Wang Gang's head.
Wang Gang raised his sword to resist, only to hear the sound of "dang", Wang Gang felt a numbness in his arm.
Hurriedly raised his right foot and kicked Naxiu Butcher's chest.
Hugh Tu was kicked a few steps backwards, but in the process of retreating, the scimitar slashed at Wang Gang's waist.
Wang Gang only felt a heart-piercing pain in his waist, and took two steps back to support the ground with his long sword before he did not fall to the ground. Reaching out to cover his waist, blood flowing through his fingers.
Hugh Butcher raised his knife again to kill, Wang Gang endured the pain, his short body avoided the short knife above his head, and the long sword stabbed into Hugh's chest, rotated slightly, and quickly pulled out.
Blood spurted out, and Wang Gang only felt a warm sensation on his face.
Raise the sword and kill the other Hugh butcher.
Hugh Tu slashed horizontally, Wang Gang wanted to avoid it with a short body, but the knife was too fast, and the short knife slashed in the back, drawing a long hole.
Wang Gang took advantage of the fact that Hugh Butcher's short knife was too late to retract, swung his sword and slashed at Hugh's neck, the long sword brought up a bloody flower, Hugh Butcher covered his neck and took two steps back, falling to the ground.
Wang Gang's force is too low, and every time he kills, he will be injured.
There were less than ten spearmen on the walls, and the archers were completely suppressed.
Wang Gang leaned on the stone steps in the pass, looking at the few Hugh slaughter soldiers who slowly surrounded him.
"Professor, I'm coming to you," Wang Gang thought to himself.
Then, with the last bit of strength, he threw his long sword at one of the Hugh Tu soldiers.
Hugh Butcher struck the sword with a swing of his scimitar. The sword fell down the stone steps with a thud and rolled down.
Hugh Tu was about to step forward to kill Wang Gang, when the long sword went and returned, and plunged into the back of Hugh Tu Shi's pawn.
Hugh Tu looked at the tip of the sword that came out of his chest blankly, his face full of doubts, and slowly fell.
It turned out that Xiao Liuzi picked up the long sword that fell under the stone steps and threw it over.
Then Xiao Liuzi rushed up the stone steps and protected Wang Gang.
The people who followed behind also rushed up, as well as a hundred robbers from Niuer Mountain, each with an axe in their hands, and killed the Hugh butchers on the city wall.
Wang Gang saw Xiao Liuzi smile, his eyes were dark, and he fainted.
By the time Wang Gang woke up again, it was already late at night.
Wang Gang struggled to his feet and saw that his whole body was wrapped in a white cloth.
The little six sons next to him were also awakened, and hurriedly stepped forward to support Wang Gang.
"How's the situation?" asked Wang Gang, looking at Xiao Liuzi.
Xiao Liuzi was also covered in injuries and was struggling to support him.
"General, Hugh Tu has temporarily retreated, but I'm afraid I won't be able to hold it tomorrow, so it's better for us to withdraw from Yanmen Pass overnight."
"We can go there after withdrawing from Yanmen Pass, Mayi County is occupied by the Yellow Turban Army, and the back road is cut off"
Wang Gang sighed and said slowly.
"What happened to the casualties of the soldiers?"
"All the pikemen were killed, less than twenty archers, and less than fifty of the brothers of Minfu and Niuershan"
Wang Gang's heart twitched, this casualty was too great.
"If it weren't for the inconvenience of attacking the city after dark, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to defend it now"
Xiao Liuzi said.
"Alright, go down and rest."
Wang Gang waved at Xiao Liuzi.