Zheng Ke's face was ashen, he gritted his teeth, and stood firmly at the forefront of the battle, holding a sword. Behind him stood a general with the sword unsheathed, and drew a long line behind the general.
The Hongnong Yang family had increased their troops again as agreed, but not only was he unable to defend Hangu Pass, he was actually defeated by a mere one hundred soldiers who attacked the camp at night and were defeated!
This time, if the reinforcements fail again, he will no longer have any face to see others.
Not to mention whether the Hongnong Yang family can forgive him, even the Xingyang Zheng family cannot afford to shame this person!
"I can die, but I can't let my family be humiliated!"
Zheng Kuai personally supervised the formation and threatened not to retreat even one step. No one was allowed to retreat beyond the long line behind them. If the soldiers retreated, they would be beheaded. If the soldiers retreated even further, the leader of the team would be beheaded. If the leader of the team retreated, the commander of the camp would be beheaded. If the commander of the camp retreated, the commander of the camp would be beheaded.
Military Marquis...
If someone above the military rank retreats, he, Zheng Kuai, will personally kill him. If Zheng Kuei retreats by himself, then the long sword unsheathed by the general behind him is for him.
As the saying goes, dogs will jump over the wall when they are anxious, let alone Zheng Ke, who has almost been forced to a dead end.
Zhang Liao attacked the camp last night. Not many people died in the chaos, only about 200 people. Most of the others died because they could not find their belongings or could not issue orders, which led to the inaction of the entire team and ultimately the destruction of the siege equipment.
and baggage were burned.
But after the Hongnong Yang family learned that Hangu Pass was lost, they quickly gathered the second batch of private soldiers and handed them over to Zheng Ke. With the second batch of reinforcements, Zheng Ke's military strength suddenly expanded to nearly five
Thousands of people immediately formed an absolute numerical advantage over Fei Qian and Zhang Liao.
With the numerical advantage, Zheng Ke rebuilt the siege equipment much faster than yesterday, and it was completed in less than half a day. Then he had a meal of wine and meat, and immediately attacked the city!
Zheng Ke's eyes were bloodshot, and his whole eyes were blood red. It was very scary. The baggage was burned last night, and the baggage brought in today was not very much. If Hangu Pass could not be captured in a short time, it would not be able to provide much time, so Zheng Ke
Almost all the food, grass and other materials were used so that the soldiers who retreated in each round could eat and rest...
Zheng Gao divided the number of people into three rounds and attacked frantically in turns. Although the number of people in each shift was only about twice that of Fei Qian and Zhang Liao, Fei Qian and Zhang Liao had to defend the entire west side with a thousand men.
The longer Hanguguan city wall is somewhat stretched.
What's more important is the lack of long-range suppression, so Zheng Ke led the army to get close to hand-to-hand combat easily. If Fei Qian hadn't taken advantage of the blank period this morning to organize some people to carry some rolling stones from the east city wall, he said
Maybe the first wave of car crashes will be able to attack the city gate!
The whole battle entered a fever pitch from the beginning.
Although Zheng Ke, the siege party, lost many soldiers, Fei Qian and Zhang Liao's soldiers who defended the city were also constantly attrition. The soldiers on both sides fought frantically, and their lives were passing quickly. One after another on the city wall.
The dark red blood stains were like huge earthworms, winding down and looking shocking. Many soldiers stepped on the blood and roared to kill each other.
If Zhang Liao and Huang Cheng were not highly skilled in martial arts and led a group of elite soldiers around the city, knocking down Zheng Ke's soldiers who climbed up the city wall many times, the city wall would have fallen into Zheng Ke's hands long ago.
Fei Qian's martial arts skills are not very complimentary, so he no longer obstructs the city wall. Instead, he organized some auxiliary soldiers to help transport bricks and stones. They even moved some usable bricks and stones from the burned Guanling Mansion in the inner city.
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Now they also had people cook some millet rice, wrap it in bacon, tie each piece with cloth strips, then boil a large pot of water, and take advantage of the break in the siege to bring it up.
Fei Qian personally handed several millet rice balls to Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao took them silently, then looked around to see that all his soldiers had received them, and then he opened them and ate them hungrily.
There used to be nearly a thousand soldiers on the city wall, but now only a little more than half are left. The manpower is getting increasingly scarce. Even if Zheng Ke withdraws his troops at night, he may not be able to hold it tomorrow...
At this time, Zhang Liao no longer had his original gentle demeanor. His face and body were covered with all kinds of old and new blood, forming blood scabs. He lost his helmet at some point, and his hair was mixed with blood and dust.
On the forehead and neck.
Fei Qian stood on the sticky wall and looked down. The wave of attacks had just retreated. Some of Zheng Ke's soldiers were reorganizing their troops and some were eating. Judging from the previous situation, the next wave would
The next time is coming soon...
"Wenyuan, things are not going to be good if this continues..."
Zhang Liao was also silent. From the beginning of Zheng Kuai's attack in the afternoon until it was almost dusk, he had almost never stopped. No matter how strong his martial arts skills are, his body will be exhausted, and he is indeed close to the limit now.
And now the flaw of the gap in numbers is becoming more and more obvious.
Seeing that Zheng Ke outside the city has no intention of setting up camp, it is clear that he will attack the city overnight. Once it gets dark and there are few manpower, there will inevitably be times when he is unprepared. Once a large number of Zheng Ke's soldiers board the
The city wall will inevitably lead to the annihilation of the entire army.
Zhang Liao swallowed heavily and leaned against the female wall without saying anything. Didn't he know that defeat was inevitable if this continued, but if he retreated like this, the glory of last night would be in vain, and others would not remember the one hundred cavalry raiding the camp.
Achievements, I will only remember the disastrous defeat of being driven out of Hangu Pass.
But now I feel helpless. After all, Hangu Pass has been run by Zheng Kui for many years and has a deep foundation. It is impossible to encourage civilians to defend the city. If the recruitment is uncertain, they will immediately switch sides...
So we can only rely on the people on hand, but seeing that there are fewer and fewer soldiers, there is no way to defend such a long section of the city wall. How can we defend it for much longer?
Not willing to give in, Zhang Liao was really not willing to give in.
Naturally, Fei Qian understands Zhang Liao's thoughts. This matter has nothing to do with Dong Zhuo or the Shandong nobles. Fei Qian does not want to conclude at this point in time whether the party is a good guy or a bad guy. After all, only the winner can write history.
And the vast majority of losers will be portrayed as extremely ugly, which has been a practice since ancient times.
Moreover, even now the troops led by Zheng Ke still have their heads wrapped in yellow scarves and do not dare to blatantly display the banner of the Hongnong gentry. This in itself illustrates some problems.
Therefore, at this stage, if the city is destroyed, Fei Qian, Zhang Liao, etc. will undoubtedly be silenced.
But what to do now?
Fei Qian looked at the three or four crashed cars that were smashed under the city gate. His heart moved and he said to Zhang Liao...
Defeat, defeat, and rout are different, and the number of deaths is also different whether there is a pursuit. The requirements for total annihilation are relatively high. Most of the cases will only occur when being surrounded from the front and rear, and because there is no way to retreat, it is also possible to fight to the death.
If you are on the back, there will also be greater losses for the victor...
In the Three Kingdoms, many of the casualties in field battles came from being killed after the war. After Yuan Shao was defeated in the Battle of Guandu, 70,000 soldiers were killed, including supplies, auxiliary troops, etc...
Historically, Zhang Liao led 800 troops to attack Sun Shiwan, but they only attacked Sun Quan's own formation, causing overall turmoil and defeat. The casualties were not caused by Zhang Liao's 800 troops.
