Chapter 46 Siege
"Dong Dong Dong..." The sound of the rapid war drums suddenly sounded, and the soldiers who were sleeping on the ground on the wall quickly got up and threw away the covered clothes on his body. He picked up the big knife and stared at the city.
Huo Jun dragged his tired body to the wall and looked at the army outside the city with a solemn face. In order to resist the army outside the city in the past two days, Huo Jun had not had time to close his eyes. Looking at the army outside the city, Huo Jun's face was gloomy and about to drip water. In the past two days, Han Dang has ordered the soldiers to attack the city more than a dozen times. The soldiers had no time to rest and ate and slept on the wall. Tired, he slept against the wall for a while. When the enemy came, he immediately got up and fought against the enemy.
Huo Jun looked at the Jiangdong soldiers and horses approaching quickly below and shouted, "The thief soldiers are coming. Get ready to fight."
The moat of the war for two consecutive days has long been filled. Han Dang's army arrived under the city unimpeded to prepare to attack the city. Huo Jun silently calculated the distance in his heart and suddenly shouted, "Archers are ready."
Hundreds of archers who were already prepared on the side quickly pulled out their arrows and pulled the bows towards the sky and were ready to shoot out at any time.
"Pray!"
Under Huo Jun's order, hundreds of arrows flew away and shot at the crowd under the city. Suddenly, there were no screams. Although there were not many archers, Han Dang's army stood densely under the city. You County was originally built to resist Jiangdong, and there are only two gates. One leads to Jiangdong and the other leads to Jingzhou. Han Dang divided 10,000 people into two teams and rotated to attack.
A large army of 5,000 people rushed to the city with a ladder. The ladder was quickly leaned against the wall, and a team of soldiers climbed up the city wall along the ladder.
The archer kept shooting arrows, and from time to time the enemy fell in the middle.
"Roll the wood, smash it!" Huo Jun saw that the enemy had climbed halfway and ordered.
Thick rolling wood was pushed down the city wall. The rolling wood was covered with thorns one after another. They slid down the ladder and knocked the enemy on the ladder out of the ladder and fell to the city. The fallen soldiers hit the enemy on the ground. The scene was chaotic.
"Throw the boulder!" Stones the size of a hill were thrown out of the wall and hit the chaotic crowd, and some enemies who could not escape were smashed into meat sauce. The boulder fell to the ground and splashed the stones on the ground and hit the surrounding soldiers, screaming constantly.
Han Dang, who was not far away, frowned when he looked at all this. His 10,000 troops continuously attacked You County, but did not take it, but suffered heavy losses. He already knew that there were only 3,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and he had destroyed nearly 1,000 soldiers and horses yesterday. The remaining 2,000 soldiers and horses were not enough to resist his attack at all. However, he attacked several times in a row yesterday and was blocked. However, he divided the soldiers into two teams to drag down the soldiers and horses in the city and make them unable to fight again. At that time, it would be easy for him to take You County.
When Zhang Xian defected in Changsha, Jiang Dong was preparing for Sun Ce's wedding, but he didn't notice it for a while. After the welcoming team left Wu County, Sun Ce got the news and quickly summoned the ministers to discuss the matter. The ministers had always hoped to send troops to You County, so Sun Ce immediately ordered Han Dang to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to attack You County. As long as you take You County to deal with Liu Biao, you can attack, retreat and defend, directly threatening more than half of Jingzhou.
It was found that Han Dang, who had not yet attacked the city wall until now, was a little angry: "Give me who will climb the tower first, upgrade to three levels in a row, and reward thousands of money."
The order was quickly issued, and the soldiers who had retreated a little immediately became qiong and rushed to the city crazily.
Huo Jun looked at the soldiers who rushed up crazily below and frowned. There were not many rolling wood and boulders in the city. And the bows and arrows have also been run out.
"It seems that we can only fight in close combat." Huo Jun's face was a little ugly. The melee meant that there would be soldiers killed in battle. For today's You County, he can't help such casualties. Less than half of the soldiers in the city can fight, and the thousand private soldiers he borrowed from those clans have been consumed by him.
"Kill." Huo Jun raised his hand and cut off the head of a soldier who climbed up the wall. The soldiers around him seemed to be moraleed by Huo Jun, and with their last strength, they held a big knife and cut at the soldiers who climbed the wall.
The killing sound is shocking, and blood is splashing everywhere.
A soldier was stabbed in the stomach by the enemy, killed the enemy with his big knife before he died, and then died with a smile. Some soldiers still waved a big knife with only one arm and rushed to the enemy, regardless of the bleeding shoulder. The soldiers in the city seemed to be aroused by blood, regardless of their own injuries and only cared about killing the enemy.
"Kill!" Huo Jun watched the familiar faces disappear one by one, and his heart was like a knife.
Han Dang's soldiers kept climbing up the wall at the city wall. When they were about to occupy the head of the city, they suddenly heard the sound of killing in the distance. Huo Jun suddenly turned his head, and Liu Panma Liang killed him with 500 remnants. Each of their eyes were mixed with fierce anger, ferocious faces and broken clothes, but theirs actually shocked everyone.
Liu Pan rushed up to the city wall and killed him regardless of seeing Han Dang's soldiers. He seemed to have abandoned the martial arts he had learned. When he saw a person with a big knife, he would scratch his head and cover his face. The other party would raise a big knife to resist and often kill people with a knife. At this time, Liu Pan only had words to kill in his heart. He wanted to kill the enemy in front of him and vent his depression in his heart.
Ma Liang, who followed Liu Qi, did not have the previous elegant image at this time. He rushed with Liu Pan. He didn't care about the sword in his hand. He still rushed to kill. Knowing that the sword was broken, he discarded the long sword and casually picked up the big knife on the ground and continued to kill.
The 500 remnants also keep slashing. Their only idea at this time is to avenge their dead brothers and kill the enemy in front of them. They are more crazy than Jiangdong's soldiers. They will cut when they see people. As long as they wear Jiangdong's armor, they will kill. Even if the other party runs away, they will chase and cut.
The remnants of these 500 soldiers were as powerful as a rainbow. In a short time, the Jiangdong soldiers and horses who attacked the city wall were scattered. Some of the rushed soldiers who were chased jumped directly off the wall, and the city was in chaos for a while.
"Kill!" Huo Jun also raised a big knife to think that the Jiangdong army would cut it, and then the remaining soldiers in the city also raised the big knives to cut at the enemy.
Han Dang under the city looked at the battle eyes on the city and spewed fire. His soldiers actually collapsed in an instant and had no morale. He was simply slaughtered by the other party. It's the first time he's seen the remnant army has such momentum. But he knew that after an army was defeated, it would either be reorganized into other armies after being depressed and disrupted, or endured shame to accumulate strength and revenge. Although the remnants of the city did not have enough strength, they found confidence and courage. In this way, the army that has experienced the test of life and death is absolutely elite. Because they will not give up in the future, no matter what kind of difficulties they face, and they will not surrender even if they die in battle.
Looking at the low morale of the soldiers around him, Han Dang knew that he would have failed again this time. Even if he was extremely angry, he had to order the troops to be withdrawn. Fighting further will only increase casualties, which is useless.
A small county in You County actually blocked his 10,000 troops, and there were no soldiers in the city, which made him very angry. Han Dang took a breath. He hadn't failed for a long time, but this time he had to admit that he had failed. He was defeated in front of a small county town and in the hands of a young man who didn't even know his name.
But he didn't worry, but laughed at such a high morale. Although he was defeated by you today, when you calm down tomorrow, you will know that it is impossible to be my army. Will your soldiers still have such high morale at that time?
Han Dang took a deep breath and turned around and was about to leave with the soldiers and horses.
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When Han Dang attacked You County, a team of people were quietly watching all this on a small slope not far from You County. The cruel battle did not cause their panic, and they still watched all this quietly. Only when Liu Pan led 500 people to kill them did they pay a little attention. This team of people and horses are the flying tiger guards who came to support.
On the side of Feihuwei, Liu Qi looked at the fierce battle and frowned. When Han Dang's army rushed up to the wall, his hand clenched it tightly. Because he tried too hard, his nails were deep into the meat, but he didn't know anything. He was relieved to see Liu Pan scattering the enemy with his army.
Liu Qi rushed to You County very early, but he had been hiding and watching the whole battle not far away. Flying Tiger Guard and Jinfan 800 are equipped with the best horses, with a thousand a day and a night. The distance of Youxian County is only 200 miles away from Linxiang, which is extremely easy for them.
He had a comprehensive understanding of Huo Jun throughout the battle. Huo Jun commanded the battle calmly and safely, and would seize the opportunity. This is Liu Qi's evaluation of him. He also saw Liu Pan's growth in his eyes. Although he lost some soldiers and horses, it is still a gratifying thing for Liu Qi to make Liu Pan really grow up.
Huo Jun's fear of fart people begging for help means that Liu Qi can send some reinforcements so that he can defend You County. But he didn't know that Liu Qi had taken Linxiang and sent 5,000 soldiers and flying tiger guards to reinforce him.
Liu Qi has been waiting for the opportunity. If Liu Pan and others did not repel Han Dang's attack at that time, then he still appeared to disturb his plan, so he endured not ordering the attack.
"Five thousand soldiers have arrived?" Liu Qi turned his head and asked.
"I'll be there soon. They are less than five miles away from here." Ma Zhongdao.
"Let them shout and follow us and remember to close the surrender." Liu Qi nodded.
After saying that, he turned his head and said, "Attack."
At this time, Han Dang just ordered the collection of troops.
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PA: I finally caught up.