Chapter seven hundred and ninety third attack
After killing the last guard on the city wall with one sword, Wei Yan showed no joy on his face and said with some disappointment: "How can Liu Bei's men be so useless? Not one of them can fight. But there are only a few thousand weaklings."
Dare to take the city and defend it? Are you looking down on me or do you think that my reputation as an elite Chu general is just a boast?"
"General, don't be angry. Changyi is only two days away. As long as Changyi is captured, the general will take the lead in this battle of Yanzhou, and your majesty will definitely reward you heavily." The deputy general said excitedly.
"What's the point of bullying a group of weaklings? What I want is not this easy little achievement, but a real victory. Only in this way can I go one step further and catch up with that bastard Zhang Wenyuan. But this time Liu Xuande actually
It's a pity that you didn't choose me." Wei Yan has his own ambitions and pursuits, and his goal has always been Zhang Liao.
At first, the two of them were the leaders of the younger generation in the army and regarded each other as their rivals. As a result, for more than ten years, the two sides fought in different places. Zhang Liao was "lucky" and gained a great reputation after several battles, but he still remained
It was just that Zhang Liao was suppressed by Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao had become the first and only person in the Chu army to serve as the general of the Four Expeditions, but he was still one level behind the former. This was only one level, but it was like a natural chasm.
Wei Yan felt deeply tortured.
"Liu Xuande is really stupid. He created unrest in Yanzhou by himself before, and it looked like he had given up on himself. But now that we have invaded, he has started to resist again. His small number of troops is not enough for one of our troops.
Where is the horse's food? Isn't this asking for death? It would be better to offer Yanzhou directly. He will become a prisoner of his subordinates one day, and I'm afraid he won't even be able to save his life." The deputy general looked at the corpses of Liu Bei's soldiers scattered around and said,
He curled his lips and said.
"You don't understand, this is the courage that a king should have. You can lose, but you can't surrender. Even if you have already admitted defeat in your heart, you have to fight until the last moment. As a king, you have too many burdens. Sometimes you must know that you are defeated.
You have to keep fighting with your head high. Look, if Liu Xuande doesn't die this time, Liu Xuande's future achievements will not be limited to this, he will have great potential!" Wei Yan looked to the northwest with deep meaning in his eyes, and murmured in his mouth: "If I didn't guess,
Wrong, you should be there. You can be considered a hero, but it's a pity that you met His Majesty. Moreover, I don't think you are the opponent of General Han Sheng."
Although Wei Yan had an unruly temperament, apart from Yuan Shu, there was one person he respected among the great Chu people, and that was Huang Zhong.
It is unknown how strong Huang Zhong was in his prime, but now that he is fifty-three years old, Huang Zhong is still the best military general in the world. His martial arts skills are something even Lu Bu would not dare to defeat easily. In addition, he is a master of magic and ghosts.
The unpredictable skills of bow and arrow are definitely enough to make any enemy frightened.
Wei Yan once learned personally that when it came to swordsmanship, he could support Lily. When it came to archery, if Huang Zhong went all out, he would probably lose his life within five arrows. In his heart, Huang Zhong was better than Sun Jiandu.
It is much stronger, Liu Bei is asking for trouble by choosing it.
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At the foot of Huangxian City, Huang Zhong saw the city wall in the distance that was only a few feet high and the sparse defenders on the wall. There was a hint of eagerness in his majestic eyes.
Stretching out his right arm, he took the Baodiao bow carried behind his back in his hand. Huang Zhong gently pulled it twice. The bow string was made of whale tendons. Hearing the trembling sound of the bow string, his eyes were full of excitement.
A look of satisfaction.
Huang Zhong once again took out an arrow from the quiver behind him and placed it on the bow. Huang Zhong glanced at the Liu Bei Army flag on the city wall. The dark green flag flying in the wind was so abrupt in Huang Zhong's eyes.
Not bothering to aim at all, Huang Zhong relied on his past archery experience and his keen intuition to directly draw his bow and nock an arrow, and an arrow flew out.
"boom!"
The flagpole broke at the sound and fell from the city wall to the ground.
"Get ready to attack the city!" There was no surprise on Huang Zhong's face, everything was so natural.
After hearing the words, tens of thousands of soldiers immediately began to take action. Under the command of their respective generals, they lined up in formation, stood no more than ten steps away from the shooting range of the archers of the defenders in Huang County, and drew their bows and nocked arrows.
On the city wall, the defenders of Liu Beijun saw that the flag was shot down by an arrow from the opponent at such a distance, and their morale suddenly dropped. Fortunately, the generals guarding the city were not useless, and they quickly rushed to see this situation.
Under the protection of several personal guards, he personally climbed onto the city wall to continuously cheer and improve his morale.
However, just when the morale of the defenders was recovering, nearly half of the longbowmen in Huang Zhong's army were holding special longbows sponsored by Gan Ning and lined up in several rows, forming a long snake formation in front of Huang County.
"What is this going on?" the guard asked, looking puzzled at the scene in the distance.
The position of these archers is so far away that even the archers on the city wall cannot shoot with projectiles. At such a distance, the opponent is on the ground and we are on the city wall. At such a height and distance, it is simple for the opponent to set up this formation.
Want to scare them?
However, in the next moment, he understood it all.
"Shoot!" With Huang Zhong's loud shout, all the archers shot out the arrows in their hands instantly.
In an instant, thousands of arrows were fired, and the endless arrows hit the city wall of Huang County like a downpour.
"Hurry and get down under the city wall to dodge!" the general defending the city said hurriedly.
"ah!"
"ah!"
Screams rang out one after another. Huang County is a small county. Because the city is small, the city walls are not high and the city walls are relatively narrow. Huang Zhongjun's covering attacks are extremely dense, and it is even more difficult to dodge in such a small space. Countless
Liu Bei's soldiers had no time or nowhere to hide, and were directly shot into hedgehogs.
"hateful!"
Seeing just a wave of arrows, dozens of his soldiers were killed, and nearly a hundred were injured. The defending general felt his heart become cold. However, before he could react, he organized a counterattack, and another wave of arrows came.
The rain followed closely.
Generally speaking, elite archers can continuously shoot more than thirty arrows in a battle without affecting their combat effectiveness. The archers under Huang Zhong's command are all men with thick arms, and they are all elite.
As an elite, it is normal to shoot hundreds of arrows continuously in daily training and continue other training. In this case, even shooting fifty arrows does not feel the soreness of the arms.
Such a long-lasting rain of arrows made the soldiers hiding on the walls of Huangxian City feel desolate. Each wave of arrow rain would take away the lives of several or dozens of soldiers. After the rain of arrows ended, the defenders on the city wall would be exhausted.
Nearly 30% of the damage was lost.
After the rain of arrows ended, before the generals who defended the city could react, Huang Zhong, who was standing in front of the army with a sword, instantly mobilized the legion cloud energy of the army behind him, attached it to the sword of the sword, and split the Huashan Mountain with a simple and incomparable force towards the cloud air in front.
Chapter completed!