Screams rang out one after another.

Many people were directly smashed into meat by the boulders thrown by the thunderbolts!

Catapults and arrow towers are hit by boulders and are directly knocked over!

On the chariot behind Yuan Shao's army, Yuan Shao, Xun Chen, Guo Tu and others looked at this scene, and their breathing became a little short.

Although they had already heard about the power of the Thunderbolt.

But this was the first time they had seen each other.

It's so powerful, it's much more powerful than a catapult!

However, they have already been prepared for this.

Yuan Shao immediately said: "Drums, cheers!" ”

Several soldiers jumped on the drum stand, picked up drumsticks, and beat the war drums vigorously.

The deafening sound of war drums and the sound of fighting were set against each other.

Countless Yuan Shao soldiers sped up their speed as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, risking being hit by a boulder thrown by a thunderbolt car, rushing across the moat like a tide, rushing to the bottom of the city, and setting up the siege ladder.

On the city wall, the Jiangdong defenders were already ready to go.

When these Yuan Shao soldiers were less than 100 steps away from the city, the archers on the city wall shot arrows one after another.

A rain of arrows fell on the rushing army below, and soldiers lay in pools of blood.

However, with the help of the war drums, Yuan Shao's soldiers continued to rush over without fear of death, rushed to the city wall, and climbed up the siege ladder.

The archers on the walls quickly retreated.

Thousands of soldiers fell on their heads carrying the boiling gold juice!

The soldiers of Yuan Shao, who had just climbed to the siege ladder, were poured with hot gold juice, wailed one by one, and fell down with their teeth and claws, hitting the soldiers below.

However, more Yuan Shao soldiers climbed up again.

The golden juice was followed by boulders.

A row of strong elites held boulders and smashed down towards Yuan Shao's soldiers on the siege ladder.

Steady stream!

Yuan Shao, Xun Chen and others watched this scene from afar, their faces extremely serious.

The Jiangdong defenders are really different from other armies!

With this strong strength and continuous attacks, all of his 90,000 bow infantry may not be able to capture the city.

You can only find another strategy.

In particular, relying on the superiority of cavalry to find a way to break the city.

Seeing that the siege had no effect, Yuan Shao ordered the soldiers to withdraw their troops.

As the sound of gold sounded, Yuan Shao's army that rushed to the city wall of Shouchun retreated like a tide, leaving only corpses all over the ground.

Especially under the city walls, corpses are piled up like a hill.

Xia Cai.

At this time, Gao Ran also landed in the port with an army of 10,000 troops, divided the north gate and the west gate of the city, and launched a fierce offensive.

The right governor Tai Shi Ci personally led 6,000 soldiers to guard the city gate.

Although Gao Ran's 10,000 soldiers attacked fiercely, and the city wall of Xia Cai was not high, Tai Shi Ci did not panic at all.

As for the attack of 10,000 enemies, not to mention that he brought 6,000 soldiers this time, even if there were only 3,000 soldiers, he was not afraid.

Standing on the city wall, Tai Shici clasped his hands on his chest and watched playfully as the army led by Gao Ran continued to attack the city.

At the same time, on the city wall at the east gate.

In the dim light of the fire, the sparse soldiers of less than a hundred people kept walking back and forth.

The fortifications were not even manned.

In the distance of the east gate of the city, in the dark of about two miles, Xu You and Zhang He had already arrived with 10,000 cavalry.

Looking at the red-hot sky in the direction of Shouchun.

Listening to the sound of fighting from the north gate and the west gate of Xia Cai City, Xu You and Zhang He glanced at each other and nodded in unison.

The 5,000 cavalry they brought this time was still a configuration of one man and three horses.

A horse transports engineering equipment.

A horse transports armor and weapons.

One horse fights.

As Zhang He drew his sword, the five thousand cavalry were immediately divided into two groups.

Fifty men were left to guard the horses.

A group of 3,000 cavalry took the siege ladder from their horses and quickly assembled.

A group of 2,000 cavalrymen quickly put on their armor and took their weapons.

When the ten siege ladders were assembled, Zhang He roared: "Siege! ”

Suddenly, 3,000 cavalrymen carried siege ladders and rushed towards the city walls.

The defenders on the city wall, who were less than a hundred people, screamed in fright one by one.

"Enemy attack!"

"Quickly inform the general that there are enemy troops at the east gate of the city!"

Xu You rode on a war horse, beside Zhang He.

Looking at the panicked appearance of the Jiangdong defenders with less than 100 people on the city wall, Xu You stroked his beard with a smug expression.

Sure enough, everything was being calculated.

Starve the faint-hearted, and support the bold.

Like Xun Chen's rats, he didn't dare to take risks, so he missed a good opportunity to take Jiangdong this time!

Three thousand cavalry rushed to the city on foot and set up siege ladders on the walls.

They climbed the siege ladder one after another.

The Jiangdong garrison, which had less than 100 people, did not have any resistance at all.

In less than a moment, the three thousand cavalry had climbed the city walls.

Zhang He waved his hand and said excitedly: "Follow the footsteps, attack the city, don't fall in love, burn the grain and grass, and retreat immediately!" ”

After saying that, he rode his horse and rushed over.

Xu You also excitedly pulled out the saber at his waist and followed in.

The two thousand cavalry were as swift as thunder, and almost instantly rushed to the gates of the city.

The cavalry that had already stormed the city opened the gates at the right time.

Zhang He and Xu You led two thousand cavalry to quickly rush into it and directly entered the urn city.

The 3,000 cavalry who had entered before had already reached the inner gate of the urn city and entered Xia Cai City on foot, and they were ready to push open the city gate.

Suddenly, on the wall of the urn city, which was originally a little dim and empty, torches lit up in unison.

Dense archers appeared in the sight of Zhang He, Xu You and others.

An old man who looked a little lazy stood up, looked down at Zhang He and Xu You, and said, "Two generals, Jia Xu has been waiting for a long time. ”

"There were five thousand archers and a hundred thousand arrows on the walls."

"At this time, the infantry gathered outside the city to the gate of the city, there were eight thousand men."

"Your war horses outside the city should have been taken."

"Do you choose to die in battle under our 100,000 feather arrows, or choose another Ming Lord and give you ten breaths to consider."

After speaking, Jia Xu raised his hand and said, "Ready!" ”

"Brush" sound.

All the archers bent their bows and arrows in unison, and aimed their feather arrows at Zhang He, Xu You and others in the urn city.

The tips of the feathered arrows reflected the cold glow in the firelight.

Five thousand cavalry, some of them were weak and crumbling with their legs and feet.

Zhang He looked around, and there was no trace of blood in his pale face.

Xu You, who has always been proud, is trembling at the moment.

Jia Xu began to count down: "Ten! ”

"Nine!"

"Eight!"

The cavalry looked at Zhang He and Xu Yu in despair.

"General!"

"General, I don't want to die!"

"If I can die in battle, I will admit it, but I am unwilling to die so aggrieved!"

Zhang He listened to the pleading voices around him, his eyes swept over his left hand, which was still faintly painful from the wound, and Yuan Shao had a mouthful of "Yan Liang" and "Wen Chou" in his mind.

Just when Jia Xu counted to "three", Zhang He lowered his head, threw away the weapon in his hand, and his voice was so low that he could barely hear himself, and said, "I, surrender." ”

The five thousand cavalry hurriedly threw away their weapons.

Countless soldiers poured in from outside the city.

It was a Jiangdong soldier who had already been arranged.

These Jiangdong soldiers quickly rushed into the urn city and picked up all the weapons on the ground.

The head of these soldiers is Ma Liang.

Ma Liang wanted to have people tie up Zhang He and Xu You.

Jia Xu on the city wall suddenly said: "Slow! ”

Ma Liang looked at Jia Xu suspiciously.

Jia Xu looked down at Zhang He, who was bloodless, and said with a smile: "The general is General Zhang He, one of the four court pillars in Hebei?" ”

Zhang He raised his head, looked at Jia Xu, and said, "Yes." ”

Jia Xu took off the saber on his waist and said, "This is the saber that Wu Hou gave to the old man." Wherever the sword went, it was Wu Hou who came in person. ”

Zhang He frowned.

Jia Xu said: "In Caicheng now, there is also a cavalry, with 4,000 people. ”

"If General Zhang He is willing to take them back to Yuan Shao's military camp, when the two sides are fighting, cooperate with the launch of a counteroffensive."

"On the day of defeating Yuan Shao's army, the old man can guarantee in the name of Wu Hou that what kind of official position General Zhang He has under Yuan Shao's account is what kind of official position he holds in my Jiangdong."

"Moreover, these five thousand cavalry are still under your jurisdiction."

"General Zhang He should know very well that although my Jiangdong cavalry is far inferior to the Hebei cavalry, I also have cavalry generals in Jiangdong."

"Moreover, it is not inferior to you."

"Flying General Lu Bu."

"General Zhang Xiu from Wuwei."

"But as long as you are willing to make this contribution, the position of the first person in the Jiangdong cavalry is you."

Zhang He groaned slightly, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!" ”

Anyway, it is not reused under Yuan Shao's account.

It's not worth dying for him.

Now, you can protect these 5,000 cavalry and still maintain your official position, why not?

Jia Xu smiled and said: "Those who know the times are Junjie!" General Zhang He waited, and the old man immediately brought a document of appointment. General Zhang He signed on it, and after the matter is completed, he will definitely not disappoint General Zhang He. ”

With that, he took a scroll from his sleeve and asked the soldier to take it down.

The soldier rushed to Zhang He with the scroll.

Zhang He took the scroll and opened it.

Inside was indeed an appointment document, which was also stamped with the seal of Marquis Wu.

Zhang He let out a long breath, bit his finger, and wrote his name on it with blood.

Seeing this, Xu Yu hurriedly said: "I can also surrender, I'm—"

Before he could finish his sentence, a long sword burst out of his back straight through his chest.

It's Lu Meng!

Lu Meng also followed the team this time.

Lu Meng's sudden move startled Zhang He.

A smile appeared on Jia Xu's face.

This Zhang He is here!

Xu You obviously didn't expect that he would be killed.

Just as he was about to turn around to see who had made the move, Lu Meng directly pulled out the long sword that pierced his body and dragged his body down.

Zhang He looked at Xu You's corpse, swallowed his saliva, and beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.

Just now, as long as you hesitate for a while, you will be the one who dies?

Jia Xu saw that Xu You had been killed, so he signaled the city gate leading to Xia Cai City to open.

Inside the gate of the inner city, Jiang Qin and others had already led 4,000 soldiers to wait for the battle.

As the city gate opened, Jiang Qin and the others quickly walked in, took off the armor of Zhang He's five thousand cavalry, and put it on themselves.

Zhang He looked at this scene and only felt cold hands and feet.

It turns out that it's all someone else's strategy!

These people are completely manipulated.

It's a pity that these people were still complacent before.

Now that I think about it, it's completely a clown.

Jiang Qin and the others changed the armor and weapons of Zhang He's cavalry, and then walked towards the outside of the city.

Jia Xu hugged Zhang He and said, "General Zhang He, take away five hundred of your own cavalry, all the cavalry officials, go back to Yuan Shao's military camp, and wait for Wu Hou's order." ”

After Jia Xu finished speaking, a raging fire suddenly broke out in the city.

Zhang He looked at the fire in the city, was stunned, then laughed self-deprecatingly, hugged Jia Xu on the city wall, and then beckoned five hundred cavalry to leave with Xu You's body.

(End of chapter)