Following Gao Fei's order, the 30,000-strong army quickly divided into four parts. Gao Fei personally led Hua Xiong, Wu Lideng, and Tian Yu with 12,000 cavalry towards the east gate of Guanzi City. Pang De
Protecting Xun You and following closely behind, Zhao Yun, Zhang He, and Tai Shi Ci led five thousand soldiers to the other three city gates respectively.
At this time, Guanzi City was already in chaos. All four city gates were violently attacked by the Wuhuan people. The infantry kept trying to climb up the city wall. The arrows from the cavalry and archery troops also shot up one after another, and the people on the city tower.
The defenders formed a fierce battle.
Pillars of blood continuously spurted out from the body, dyeing both sides participating in the battle red. The freshly burned corpses on the ground were covered with new corpses, and the black ground after the fire was quickly rendered red.
"Fire arrows! Don't let them climb the city tower." Liu Bei held a double sword and shouted to the archers on both sides while slashing the Wuhuan people who climbed up the city wall.
Gongsun Zan held a fine steel double-edged spear, about one foot and three feet long, which shone coldly in the golden sunshine. He waved the spear in his hand while deflecting the arrows shot by the Wuhuan people, and at the same time, he turned the spear away.
He stabbed the Wuhuan people who climbed the city wall into the body and pushed down the ladder.
The whole city fell into a bitter battle, and the Wuhuan people, who were not good at attacking cities, began to use Han siege equipment. Although they only had ladders, they were enough to put great pressure on the troops defending the city.
On the hill outside the east gate of Guanzi City, Qiu Liju is riding a horse. He is burly, more than eight feet tall, with muscles all over his body, full of explosive power. Standing on the horse, he looks like an insurmountable tower.
Between the mountains and his gaze, it seems that the world is in his hands.
Seeing the siege troops crossing the city again and again and being suppressed by the defenders again and again, Qiu Liju felt very annoyed. He pointed at Gongsun Zan who was standing on the city tower and fought hard, and roared: "Send the order, go down,
Aim all your bows and arrows at Gongsun Zan. Unless General White Horse dies, we, the Wuhuan people, will not be able to capture Youzhou."
Gongsun Zan was a native of Lingzhi in western Liaoning. He had a very high prestige in the minds of the Wuhuan and Xianbei people. Because all the elite men he commanded rode white horses, he was called the White Horse General. The Xianbei people invaded borders many times, and Gongsun Zan led them
The White Horse Yi Cong came to resist many times, and once the Xianbei people encountered Gongsun Zan, they would always be beaten badly. Therefore, on the grassland, the Xianbei people passed messages to each other and avoided fighting when they encountered the White Horse army.
After that, the Han army in the border counties often pretended to be General White Horse to fight with the Xianbei people. After the Xianbei people were fooled many times, they also learned the lesson and had people draw portraits of Gongsun Zan and pass them to various ministries. They even sent assassins there.
The assassinations, unfortunately, all ended in failure.
The prestige of General Baima was also well known to the Wuhuan people, so as soon as Qiu Liju rebelled this time, he thought of dealing with Gongsun Zan first. He lured Gongsun Zan to Guanzi City and surrounded him, hoping to eliminate Gongsun Zan in one fell swoop.
Qiu Liju's order was quickly conveyed, and the cavalry and archery troops regarded Gongsun Zan as an arrow target. They all aimed at Gongsun Zan and shot countless arrows in an instant.
Gongsun Zan had just stabbed a Wuhuan man to death when he suddenly saw countless arrows shooting at him. Just when he couldn't dodge, two soldiers around him hurriedly ran in front of Gongsun Zan and shouted "General, be careful" at the same time.
Gongsun Zan blocked this wave of arrows. Even so, two arrows hit him in the shoulder socket and thigh respectively. Feeling so painful, he hurriedly turned over and hid behind the battlements.
Seeing the people who died for him covered with arrows, all he had in his heart was hatred for the Wuhuan people, and he said to himself: "I must kill Qiu Liju, I must kill all of you."
These Hulu!"
Liu Bei ran over from the side and saw that Gongsun Zan was injured. He hurriedly said: "Come quickly and carry the general to treat the injury."
Gongsun Zan stretched out his right hand, gritted his teeth, and pulled out the arrow that had been shot into his left shoulder. At the same time, he pulled out the arrow that had been shot into his thigh. Blood immediately came out from both places. He shouted to Liu Bei: "Don't worry about me.
, I won’t give up until I kill these stinky Hulu!”
As soon as he finished speaking, he stood up, instantly thrust his spear into the body of the soldier who had just climbed up the city wall, and shouted loudly: "Put an arrow in front of me and shoot those stinky Hulu to death..."
The sound was still echoing in the air, but countless arrows were shot at him again, and dense black dots quickly flew towards the door.
"Be careful!" Liu Bei suddenly jumped forward and threw Gongsun Zan to the ground. The arrows whizzed away from the heads of the two people. It was really dangerous.
"ah……"
Countless screams came from the ears of Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan. The soldiers on the city wall were shot down by the arrows of the Wuhuan people, and some were directly pinned to the gate posts of the city tower.
At this moment, several Wuhuan men climbed onto the city tower under the cover of a powerful arrow formation. They raised their scimitars and slashed at Gongsun Zan with their ferocious faces exposed.
Gongsun Zan, who was lying on the ground, quickly grabbed the spear in his hand, thrust forward, and pierced the man's body with the spear, while Liu Bei also held a double sword and began to slash at the Wuhuan people who climbed up the tower.
The two men had just killed three Wuhuan people, but they saw a dozen more people taking advantage of the situation to board the city tower. However, whenever they showed their heads, arrows would always be shot from under the city wall. Liu Bei saw that the archers on both sides were being shot.
The Wuhuan people rushed forward, and the number of Han troops on the city tower was significantly reduced. He hurriedly shouted: "General, it can't be done, the city tower has been lost, retreat to the city quickly, two thousand people have gathered at the city gate, you can
Resistance in the city."
Gongsun Zan endured the pain and watched the Wuhuan people on both sides rushing towards them. He knew that now was not the time to show off his strength, but he knew in his heart that once the city tower was lost, it would invisibly bring great harm to the troops in the city.
Threat, morale will plummet. He supported his injured body, rushed to the soldiers waiting at the city gate, and shouted loudly: "Come all up, the city tower must not be lost!"
After the order was given, Gongsun Zan stood up, took a wooden shield from the dead Wuhuan man, endured the pain of the injury to his left shoulder, held it tightly in his hand, and held a spear in his right hand, and shouted loudly
, and stabbed the Wuhuan people who were coming towards him.
When Liu Bei saw this scene, he shook his head helplessly. When he saw the soldiers below the tower replenishing his troops, he also cheered up, shouted loudly, and started slashing randomly with the double swords in his hands.
Qiu Liju looked at the battle on the city tower. When he saw the fallen Gongsun Zan standing up again, the anger in his heart immediately vented and shouted: "What do you do for food? Hurry up and kill General White Horse."
, kill him quickly..."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a burst of rapid horse hooves coming from behind, which was so majestic and powerful, and the shouts resounded throughout the world. He turned around quickly and saw a horse rushing down the hillside behind him.
When the cavalry was called, the man at the front was riding a black horse at an astonishing speed. It looked like a rolling dark cloud at the bottom of the hillside, and behind the dark cloud were uniformly dressed Han cavalry.
Behind him is the Wuhuan Cavalry in uniform with his subordinates.
"Report——" a cavalryman rode up in a long voice and shouted loudly, "Gao Fei, the governor of Liaodong, led his troops to kill us from behind, and there were also many cavalrymen from the vassal country of Liaodong mixed in among them."
"The assault cavalry from the Liaodong vassal state?" Qiu Liju was surprised and said loudly, "Su Buyan's troops? Konohamaru, quickly lead the assault cavalry to stop them. They must not be killed from behind."
Konohamaru has a very strong body and is the number one warrior under Qiu Liju's tent. He stood quietly beside Qiu Liju. After hearing the order, he looked back at the speed of the cavalry behind him and calmly analyzed:
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's too late. At this speed, it's impossible to stop them quickly. I think they are just here to save Gongsun Zan. It's better to retreat temporarily and let them pass, and then encircle them together in the city.
inside."
Qiu Liju nodded, and before he could issue an order, he saw the black cloud rushing directly into the army behind him. A long spear stabbed left and right, as if entering a no man's land, and those who tried to stop him fell down one after another.
Ma Lai. He hurriedly said: "Retreat! Retreat quickly!"
Immediately afterwards, there was a "boom" sound, and the Han army collided directly with Qiu Liju's troops. Everyone who collided flipped over and fell off their horses in an instant. The falling Han cavalry had been prepared.
He rolled on the ground, then used the weapons in his hands to attack the Wuhuan people around him. Following Gao Fei, who was the first to break into the enemy's formation, he tore a hole in the Wuhuan people.
Gongsun Zan, who was fighting on the city tower, saw Qiu Liju fleeing to the side under the protection of people, and the army behind the hillside began to appear in chaos. He looked carefully and saw the Han army wearing orange-red clothes appeared, and his face was overjoyed.
, shouted loudly: "Reinforcements are coming! Reinforcements are coming! Brothers, kill me, kill these Hulu!"
When the soldiers in the city heard the news, everyone's heart cheered up, and their morale suddenly rose. Everyone began to counterattack, killing the soldiers who climbed up the city tower, and shooting arrows at the cavalry and archery troops below the city.
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The Wuhuan people who were still fighting beside the city wall suddenly heard that reinforcements were coming, and the soldiers defending the city became very brave, and immediately began to retreat under the leadership of their respective commanders.
Near the Wuhuan people's camp, Gao Fei and three thousand people were like a sharp knife inserted directly into the hearts of the Wuhuan people. Dozens of cavalry lined up in a row were cut off at the waist. At the same time, Hua Xiong and Wuli Deng each
With five thousand soldiers and horses, he started to attack from the left and right wings, trying to surround Qiu Liju who was escaping.
The other three city gates, Zhao Yun, Zhang He, and Taishi Ci all arrived one after another, leading their respective cavalry teams to break through the defense line from behind the Wuhuan people, and stabbed left and right around their camp, leaving the Wuhuan people without any chance.
The formation can be described.
At the same time, the Han troops in the city saw the opportunity, opened the city gates one after another, rushed out of the city, and attacked the Wuhuan people from front to back.