The sky was clear, without a trace of cloud, and the heat increased with the sun. The dust followed the footsteps of the Han soldiers, and the dust was rising in waves, like a yellow mist, like a long smoke screen.
It was hot in July, and the sun hung in the sky like fire, burning the earth. Sweat flowed from each brother's head, and a drop of sweat the size of a soybean fell to the ground.
The ground is also so hot that if you step on it with the soles of your feet, it will be a bit stinging and unbearable if you don't lift it up quickly. The flying dust is getting thicker and thicker, sticking to people's sweaty faces, making you suffocate.
I had to open my mouth to breathe out.
Gao Fei raised his head and looked at the sun hanging in the sky. The dazzling sunlight forced him to cover it with his hands, making it difficult to open his eyes. He could feel the sweat on his back dripping down his back even as he stood there.
Not to mention the soldiers walking on land behind them.
This son of a bitch weather is as irritating as this son of a bitch war. It is only a distance of five miles, because the soldiers of the Han army have to work hard to push the siege weapons. This is not a long journey.
It took so long. The infantry and cavalry alternated. The slow walking of the infantry also slowed down the speed of the cavalry. The horses were sweating profusely, walking on the road with four hooves, neighing from time to time, as if complaining about the pace of the pace in front of them.
Pawns blocked their way forward.
Gao Fei looked around. The army was moving forward step by step, advancing at a turtle-like speed. It surrounded Guangzong City from the east, south and west, leaving only a gap in the north.
Surrounding three and missing one! This was Lu Zhi's brilliance. There were hundreds of thousands of traitors in Guangzong City, but he used the strategy of deep ditches and high fortresses to tightly surround them for nearly a month.
With tens of thousands of mouths open, the yellow turban thieves had already eaten up all the food they had looted from everywhere. In order to prevent these hungry wolf-like thieves from fighting to the death, Lu Zhi left a way for them to survive, and at the same time, he also left a way for himself.
A way back.
Not long after, an unobstructed green channel opened in the middle of the team, and Lu Zhi came from that road with his 500 heavy-armored cavalry. Probably he couldn't wait any longer.
"See you, sir!" Gao Fei, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others saw Lu Zhi arriving and bowed respectfully.
"No courtesy!" Lu Zhi turned over and dismounted, wiped the sweat from his forehead, glanced at the yellow turban thieves on the city wall, and said slowly, "Although there are hundreds of thousands of yellow turban thieves in the city, most of them are old, weak, women and children, who can really
There are only 20,000 to 30,000 people fighting. As soon as the city gate is breached, Ziyu, you will lead a thousand cavalry under your command to gallop to the north gate, cover the road and kill anyone who resists."
"I will obey your orders!" Gao Fei responded.
"Also, the thief Zhang Jiao is also in the city. Send an order to anyone who captures the thief's head, regardless of life or death, there will be a reward... five hundred catties!" Lu Zhi stretched out his five fingers. He firmly believed that,
There must be a brave man under a heavy reward. Zhang Jiao's death will bring him honor and rewards that are definitely not comparable to five hundred catties of gold.
"Sir, if this happens, there will be brave men under the heavy reward, the soldiers will fight to the death, and Guangzong City will be destroyed today!" Gao Fei said.
A smile appeared on Lu Zhi's face. He looked at Guangzong City, which was just around the corner. He was filled with joy and said calmly: "I have been waiting for a long time for today!"
"Sir, all the siege troops have been assembled and are just waiting for your order!" A military commander rode his horse to Lu Zhi's side, turned over and dismounted, and said with his hands in hand.
Lu Zhi said: "Give me the order and start attacking the city!"
"promise!"
After the order was issued, Gao Fei led his thousand cavalry to get on their horses and clear the road, allowing the siege troops behind to push tall trebuchets, well rails, heavy siege vehicles, ballistae, and light ladders.
When the siege equipment passed in front of them, a thousand infantrymen holding shields rushed to the front, followed by two hundred infantrymen carrying ladders. An echelon of 1,200 people passed quickly, followed by hundreds of infantrymen.
The tall and heavy well lanterns and siege engines pushed by people were approaching Guangzong City step by step.
The well is the same height as the city wall, with archers standing on it. It is used to cover the troops climbing the city wall when attacking the city, and to shoot at the enemy troops in the city. It can be regarded as a kind of mobile archery tower. Together with the warriors of the Han army,
Under the push, the wells and siege engines began to approach the city wall step by step, and behind them was the trebuchet fixed on the land.
A thousand infantrymen holding shields rushed to the city wall first under the arrows of the Yellow Turban Thieves, blocking all the arrows fired by the Yellow Turban Thieves. The Yellow Turban Thieves suddenly changed their strategy, and they used bows and arrows to shoot at those who were still there.
The charging infantry and other thieves who defended the city threw many large stones from the city wall, killing many of the Han shield soldiers beside the city wall.
The ladders were put up, and then they were pushed down by the bandit soldiers, or smashed to pieces with stones. After Lu Zhi gave the order, a steady stream of infantry began to rush out from the front of the Han army's formation, shouting.
, whistling, expressing the fearlessness in his heart with an extremely exciting voice. The well was also pushed down to the range where the archers could shoot. The archers on the well began to fight back against the thieves in the city, greatly reducing the siege.
Despite the pressure from the troops, many Han soldiers were killed by bandits trying to climb the city wall.
When the siege vehicle was pushed to the city gate, the soldiers who were the first to rush to the city wall and did not die in the battle used their shields to cover the soldiers operating the siege vehicle.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The siege truck drivers began to beat the city gate with all their strength, and soldiers were constantly shot to death or smashed to death in front of the city gate. When one of the soldiers in front was killed, the soldiers behind hurriedly made up for it, using their flesh and blood to break through.
Working hard at the city gate.
After a period of fighting, perhaps because the Yellow Turban thieves did not have enough to eat, the arrows fired by the archers became less and less powerful, or perhaps because they were suppressed by the powerful arrow array of the Han archers on the well.
Anyway, the yellow scarf thieves on the city wall retreated from the tower and turned towards the city.
Gao Fei watched carefully. This was the first time he had witnessed the cruelty of ancient siege warfare in such a real way. In just half an hour, thousands of soldiers had been killed at the east city gate in front of him, and even more were injured.
There are countless.
"Boom!"
The city gate was breached in an instant, and the siege vehicles quickly retreated to make way for the troops behind them. The soldiers who used ladders to climb the city wall also stood on the city wall one by one and began to pour into the city.
"Sir, both the south gate and the west gate have been breached, and Zhang Jiao has already begun to escape from the north gate!" A fast horse flew over and reported the intelligence on the battlefield to Lu Zhi.
"Gao Fei! Quickly turn your troops to the north gate. If you encounter the leader of the thief, no matter life or death, you cannot let Zhang Jue escape!" Lu Zhi hurriedly turned to Gao Fei and shouted loudly to Gao Fei, who was waiting at his side.
Gao Fei said "Promise" and shouted to the cavalry behind him: "Follow me!"
A thousand cavalrymen quickly galloped towards the north gate. Their horses galloped and they arrived at the north gate in a short time. They saw some old and weak women and children with their heads wrapped in yellow scarves sandwiched in the middle of some thieves with weapons in their hands, fleeing all the way to the north.
"Sir, those who mess up the world are also yellow turban thieves. Those people were all bewitched by Zhang Jiao and are innocent. Please don't kill them!" Liu Bei saw this scene and shouted hurriedly.
Gao Fei nodded and said: "Well, I have my own sense of proportion. The whole army obeys the order. All soldiers are not allowed to kill innocent people indiscriminately. They only kill those thieves with weapons in their hands. The rest of the people are not allowed to invade!"
"promise!"
"Yun Chang, Yide, you two each lead two hundred people to run along the official road to the front, stop the deluded Yellow Turban people, and tell them that those who surrender will have food and drink, and those who resist will be killed!
"Gao Fei shouted hurriedly when he saw the long queue of people heading north along the official road.
"I will obey your orders!" Guan Yu and Zhang Fei replied in unison.
"Brother Xuande, please and Lu Heng each lead 200 people to cover up and kill on both sides of the road." Gao Fei said.
Liu Bei and Lu Heng said in unison: "Yes!"
After the order was given, a thousand cavalrymen quickly divided into five small groups, each fighting against the enemy. Gao Fei led 200 cavalrymen and galloped not far from the city gate. Immediately, hundreds of thieves armed with swords blocked the way.
Gao Fei took the lead with his dragon spear in hand, and led two hundred well-equipped and well-trained cavalry like wolves like sheep. He only charged once and dispersed the hundreds of thieves.
"Ignore these shrimp soldiers and crab generals, rush to the city gate with me quickly."
At this moment, a group of armored thieves poured out of the city. Surrounded by this group of armored soldiers, a middle-aged man with disheveled hair, a yellow ribbon wrapped around his head, and a black and yellow Taoist robe rode a thin horse.
The horse emerged from the city, with a look of horror on its face, and looked back from time to time.
"Sir! This person is the thief Zhang Jiao!" a cavalryman next to Gao Fei shouted loudly.
Gao Fei was shocked and shouted loudly: "It takes no effort to get here. Come with me and rush over and kill the leader of the thief!"
With an order, the high-flying cavalry troops rushed over quickly.
Surrounded by armored soldiers, Zhang Jue looked frightened. Suddenly he saw a small group of cavalry coming towards him, and shouted loudly: "Guan Hai! Stop them!"
Next to Zhang Jiao, a big man with a yellow face about 1.8 meters tall said "Nuo" and led the group of armored infantry to immediately form a small square formation and shouted loudly: "Fire arrows!"
Dozens of thieves armed with bows and arrows used all their strength to shoot the arrows.
"Whizzing!"
When Gao Fei saw the arrow coming, he hurriedly leaned on his horse and shouted loudly: "Don't be afraid, rush over, the thieves are at the end of the road!"
As soon as the voice fell, dozens of screams were heard behind them. A dozen cavalrymen fell off their horses and fell heavily to the ground, dying.
"Damn it!" Gao Fei straightened his body again, clenched the dragon gun in his hand, looked at the group of armored soldiers less than a hundred meters away, and cursed bitterly.
"Great Master! Please go quickly, I'm blocking you here!" Guan Hai shouted immediately when he saw the menacing attack of Gao Fei's cavalry.
"Take care of yourself!" Zhang Jue only left a few words, shouted loudly, and then led dozens of light cavalry around him to quickly bypass the yellow scarf thieves in front and fled to the northwest.
Gao Fei saw Zhang Jiao running away, and there were armored soldiers blocking the way in front of him. He cheered up, used his gun to deflect the arrows, gritted his teeth, and rushed into the group of armored soldiers in an instant, using the strength of the horses.
The rapid collision force directly hit the dozen thieves holding spears who were blocking the front. At the same time, he jumped off the horse. He only heard the tragic neighing of the horses and the sound of the bones of several thieves breaking.
, and he fell to the ground.
His body was still rolling on the ground, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw Guan Hai holding a big knife and leading a group of armored soldiers around him. He hurriedly stood up with his palms on the ground, just as the thieves were about to stab him with swords and guns.
, soared up. He swept the dragon spear in his hand, and immediately the throats of several thieves were slashed. Blood spurted out from the throats of those thieves. Before they could even scream, they fell to the ground and died.
At the same time, it left a gap for him to settle down.
"boom!"
The moment Gao Fei landed, he heard a loud sound in his ears, and a big knife hit the ground hard. The man holding the knife had thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a strong body. It was the yellow turban thief Guan Hai.
!
"What a danger!" Gao Fei secretly screamed in his heart. Before he could take a breath, he felt the wind blowing behind him and his hair stood up. He hurriedly bent down, only to hear a "clang" sound, and the iron on his head stood up.
The helmet was knocked off and fell on the corpse of the Yellow Turban Thief.
His body suddenly turned over, holding the dragon gun in both hands and kicking his legs backwards, kicking away the yellow scarf thief holding a long sword behind him. At the same time, he twisted his body hard, and his feet quickly hit the chests of the soldiers surrounding him.
When he stepped on it, he had the potential to sweep away thousands of troops. When he turned his body in a circle, the thieves all turned over and fell to the ground.
"Get out of the way!" Guan Hai yelled, jumped up, and struck with a big knife in the air.
Gao Fei hurriedly blocked the big knife with his Dragon Spear. After a "zheng" roar, he felt his hands were slightly numb from the shock, and the big knife he was holding was like a thousand catties of weight.
Under the influence of force, he felt quite strenuous.
Guan Hai fell to the ground and suddenly the blade of the knife was flattened, trying to cut off Gao Fei's head, and shouted: "I didn't kill you last time, you are determined not to escape this time!"
Gao Fei hurriedly used his gun to block it, and at the same time he took a few steps back. He was quite surprised by Guan Hai's strength. He turned the head of his gun and pierced a bandit who came from behind, staring at Guan Hai closely with indifferent eyes.
, asked loudly: "Heroes are brave, please leave their names!"
"I am Guan Hai!"
"Guan Hai? He once fought with Guan Yu for dozens of rounds on horseback. He is considered a powerful young general. I should take him for my own use." Gao Fei secretly admired him in his heart.
"boom!"
At this moment, more than a hundred cavalrymen rushed over at the same time, knocking away all the thieves surrounding Gao Fei. The cavalrymen turned over and dismounted, and quickly gathered together. Wherever the spear touched, it opened a bloody path and immediately turned around.
Goofy is in a passive situation.
Gao Fei was overjoyed. After stabbing three thieves to death one after another, when he turned around, Guan Hai was nowhere to be seen. He looked around and saw Guan Hai riding a fast horse and heading northwest with a few followers.
And go.
"Those who surrender will be spared death!" Han soldiers shouted one after another, their rich voices like thunder. The rebels had lost their leader and could not withstand the Han army's offensive. They immediately became frightened and dropped their weapons one after another.
Kneel down and beg for mercy.
"You guys stay, come with me, fifty people, to hunt down Zhang Jiao!" Gao Fei shouted, turning around to see the chaos on the official road, the common people wearing yellow scarves pulled off the yellow scarves on their heads one after another, and beat them mercilessly
The people were thrown to the ground and allowed to be trampled on by people. They retreated to both sides of the road, seemingly under control.
As he spoke, Gao Fei and the fifty cavalry got on their horses, and regardless of how many yellow scarf thieves were still in the city, they just headed northwest. After all, Zhang Jiao's head would become his ladder to enter.
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