"The last general is willing to go!" Sun Jian did his duty and was the first to stand up, clasping his fists.
When Huangfu Song saw Sun Jian coming out, he was extremely happy and immediately said: "Wentai is unstoppable and is the best candidate. However, your men have suffered serious damage in the past few days and there are now less than a thousand men. If you want to attack the city by force,
Someone needs to cooperate with each other..."
"General, for the past few days, the general's subordinates have been recuperating in the rear. The general's own troops are 2,000, plus the 2,000 subordinates, and 4,000 are waiting for the moment. They are willing to die together with General Sun.
Gentleman, please ask the general to help you!" Gao Fei saw this opportunity. Now all the troops were injured, but his subordinates who were sitting firmly in the rear had no casualties, so he took the initiative to stand up and immediately asked for orders.
Huangfu Song glanced sideways at Cao Cao and asked, "Mengde, what do you think?"
"The last general thought that the soldiers under General Gao could take on this task. Now all the troops have been damaged. The ten days of continuous fighting have made the soldiers exhausted. General Gao's men have been recuperating for a long time. At this time, they are the first to die.
When you are a scholar."
"Cao Mengde is right. Gao Fei should go to war at this time. We are fighting on the front line, and he is enjoying the blessings in the rear. Due to emotions and reasons, he should be allowed to go to war!" Yuan Shu said in his heart.
Dong Zhuo took the opportunity to add fuel to the fire and said coldly: "Everyone is fighting to protect the country of the Han Dynasty. Gao Fei's army arrived at the camp a few days ago, but the general has been leaving it unused. Is it because Gao Fei is not related to the general's old department? The general is obstructing him like this.
If word spreads about a subordinate's meritorious service, wouldn't it damage the general's reputation?"
Huangfu Song originally wanted Cao Cao to fight, but he didn't expect Cao Cao to speak for Gao Fei. Faced with Dong Zhuo's cynicism, Yuan Shu's resentment, and the suspicious looks of the generals in the tent, he slammed the table and shouted loudly
Said: "Sun Jian, Gao Fei listens to the order, and orders you two to lead the troops and horses to attack the city first. Zhou Shen, Bao Hong, you two withdraw from the defense of the west gate, leaving a small road, and go to your own way.
Lead your headquarters to ambush outside the west gate, but you see the rebels rushing out to cover the road. Liu Biao and Yuan Shu, you two are bluffing and guarding the south and north gates. Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao, you two each lead your troops to follow me below the city.
Watch the battle. If there are any shortages in the siege troops, you can fill them in immediately."
"promise!"
After Huangfusong finished his instructions, Gao Fei and others went to prepare their own affairs. By the time the sun was three shots high, Gao Fei had already taken the lead in gathering his Feiyu troops together. This siege battle would be another one.
This time he tested his Feiyu troops, and the two thousand Han soldiers under him were led by Gai Xun and followed closely behind him.
After noon, Gao Fei and Sun Jian's troops had gathered outside the east gate of Jicheng. The ladders that had been prepared long ago were also carried on the bodies of these five thousand soldiers. At the forefront of the team, Gao Fei was dressed in fine clothing, and behind him were people arrayed
An orderly force of two thousand Feiyu troops, ten generals including Zhao Yun, Hua Xiong, Zhou Cang, Guan Hai, Liao Hua, Lu Heng, Bian Xi, Pei Yuanshao, Xia Houlan, and Li Wenhou, lined up in a row, each holding a sword and shield, in strict order
Standing there on the ground, behind him are two hundred archers, two hundred crossbowmen, four hundred sword and shield soldiers, and one thousand two hundred soldiers carrying ladders and holding long swords, all in black clothes and black armor, standing on the vast white field
It looks particularly eye-catching on the snow.
Next to Feiyu's troops were a thousand Han soldiers under Sun Jian, each with a ferocious look on their faces and eyes full of hatred. Behind Feiyu's troops were two thousand Han soldiers led by Gai Xun.
Thousands of people were pushing the well gates and heavy weapons like siege engines. Behind them were the catapult teams led by Cao Cao and Dong Zhuo. Each ten people controlled a catapult. The leather troughs of the catapult were already filled.
After loading the rocks, at the end was the cavalry team led by Huangfu Song himself.
On the tower of Jicheng, Han Sui and Beigong Boyu were holding on to the battlements and looking at the Han army outside the city gate. Han Sui pointed to the army wearing black armor and asked: "This is the army that resisted you before."
Troops?"
Beigong Boyu nodded heavily and said: "Yes, that's right, it's this army. I've already found out that it's Gao Fei's private army. It's called the Feiyu Army. Everyone is brave.
The Liangzhou athletes who are good at fighting are no less powerful than those Qiang people who are good at fighting!"
After hearing this, Han Sui sneered and said: "How can a mere two thousand people stir up such a big storm? Since the Han army is about to attack the city, we will stay in the city. Go tell Bian Zhang and let him
Wait carefully in the city, and as soon as I give the order, rush out of the city gate with the cavalry!"
Beigong Boyu said "Promise", then immediately went down from the city tower and ran towards Bian Zhang, who was waiting at the city gate. Not long after he left, he saw a man running up in a hurry and came to Han.
After Sui came to his side, he whispered a few words in Han Sui's ear, but he saw that the expression on Han Sui's face changed.
"When did you find out about this?" Han Sui asked.
The man replied: "Just now, my subordinate discovered this situation and immediately came to report it to the general."
Han Sui waved his hand and said: "Now hurry up and remove the people at Ximen and replace them with our people. Without my order, you are not allowed to open the door privately, let alone let anyone go out of the city. The Han army wants to ambush our army.
There’s no door, haha!”
After receiving the order, the man hurriedly ran away, leaving only Han Sui and his personal entourage standing on the city tower, while on the city wall stood more than two thousand Qiang Hu who were good at archery, all of whom were his personal entourage.
Since Chencang retreated to Liangzhou, Han Sui has tried his best to win over the Qiang and Hu as his subordinates, and appointed more than 20 generals at one go. He also used money to bribe Bian Zhang and Beigong Boyu's subordinates, who are now the rebels.
Among them, Han Sui was the actual head of the family, while Bian Zhang and Beigong Boyu were just pawns in his fight against the Han army.
There are 250,000 rebels in Liangzhou. After the two months of war, only 50,000 of the 100,000 rebels are left. This is a huge blow to Han Sui. His confidant came to tell him just now
He, the Han army has already withdrawn the siege at the west gate, and withdrawing the siege at this juncture is obviously a trap, and he will not fall for it.
"Dong, dong, dong, dong..."
The drumbeats of the Han army outside Jicheng began to beat, and gradually turned from a brief interval into a dense drumbeat. Then at Huangfu Song's order, the attacking troops began to shout and rush out.
Sun Jian led his men and rushed forward quickly, while Gao Fei led his Feiyu troops forward in a unique way. The ten generals behind Gao Fei quickly returned to their positions, Zhao Yun and Hua Xiong led their respective
He led two hundred sword and shield soldiers to guard Gao Fei, forming an airtight wall with his shields, and rushed forward at a uniform speed; four hundred crossbowmen led by Pei Yuanshao and Xia Houlan followed closely behind.
Lu Heng, Zhou Cang, Liao Hua, Guan Hai, Li Wenhou, and Bian Xi led 1,200 infantrymen carrying ladders at the back. The entire army advanced at a constant speed, like a unit. Gai Xun commanded the two thousand soldiers behind.
The infantry pushed the tall well gates, and the heavy siege engines moved forward slowly.
In just a moment, a thousand soldiers led by Sun Jian rushed into the shooting range of the rebel archers. Dense arrows flew from the city wall. Some soldiers carrying ladders were shot to the ground first, and those
The soldiers holding swords and shields followed Sun Jian and rushed to the front. They formed a small formation with the shields in their hands and blocked the arrows, but they did not dare to move forward easily.
"Come up with the ladder from behind!" Sun Jian hid behind the shield, listening to the crackling arrows on the shield, he turned and shouted to the soldiers who were still behind carrying the ladder.
Five hundred soldiers carrying ladders were shot to death in the first round of rebel arrows, and more than three hundred people were killed. Only more than a hundred people rushed forward without fear of death, but without any cover, they were still attacked by rebel bows and arrows.
With a fierce blow from his hand, the second wave of arrows fell, leaving less than thirty people.
"Guard here!" Seeing that the soldiers behind him suffered heavy casualties, Sun Jian shouted to the five hundred shield soldiers beside him. He pulled out of the shield formation, held up the shield, and retreated, risking arrows.
Yu went to meet the ladder. Without the ladder, he would not be able to climb the city wall.
Before Sun Jian could reach him, the rebels fired a third wave of arrows, and none of the soldiers carrying the ladders behind him survived. Sun Jian's eyes were filled with anger, and he ran over quickly, carrying a ladder from behind in a low voice.
He set up the ladder and threw down his shield and rushed towards the city wall. But when an arrow came, he used his knife to deflect it. When the other soldiers saw it, half of them went back to carry the ladder, and the other half hurriedly came to protect Sun Jian.
, then the soldiers used the shields for defense and successfully obtained dozens of ladders. Under the protection of the shields, they began to slowly approach the city wall.
Compared with Sun Jian's rapid attack, Gaofei's Feiyu troops were much slower. After the four hundred sword and shield soldiers came within the range of the rebels' arrows, they quickly separated and lined up to form a wall that could block the arrows.
The wall allowed the crossbowmen following behind to hide under the shields. When more and more people gathered, the shields began to be set up together, making the wall much taller and allowing the soldiers behind to be covered.
Through the gap in the shield, Gao Fei saw that there were only more than 2,000 archers on the city wall, and the target of the attack was Sun Jian's troops who were already close to the city wall and were about to set up ladders. He immediately shouted to Pei Yuanshao: "Archers
Get ready to target the traitors on the city wall!"
After all the two hundred archers had drawn their bows and arrows, Gao Fei shouted to the sword and shield soldiers led by Zhao Yun and Hua Xiong: "Remove the shield!"
As soon as the voice fell, the two hundred sword and shield soldiers suddenly withdrew their shields, revealing a huge gap. At this time, Pei Yuanshao's two hundred archers shot arrows towards the tower and waited until the arrows flew out.
, the two hundred sword and shield soldiers returned the shields to their original positions again, and erected another wall.
"ah--"
But when he heard the screams of more than a hundred people on the tower, Gao Fei saw through the gap that the archers on the tower fell to the bottom of the city one after another. However, as soon as there were vacancies on the tower, they were immediately filled.
Gao Fei squinted at the battle situation on Sun Jian's side, but saw that the ladder was pushed up and then pushed down. Hundreds of sword and shield soldiers were also working anxiously under the city wall, and rolling stones fell from the city wall, killing more than a dozen people.
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"Sun Jian is brave, but the casualties of his subordinates will be too great if this continues. Zhao Yun, Hua Xiong, Pei Yuanshao, and Xia Houlan follow me. The others stay out of range and wait for Gai Xun's siege weapons to arrive before attacking!"
Gao Fei was afraid that all of Sun Jian's troops would be killed, so he prepared to advance with sword and shield soldiers and crossbowmen, reach the city wall and shoot at the rebels on the wall, in order to attract troops and enable Sun Jian to climb the tower. He
After shouting the order, he held up his shield and connected it with the shield wall composed of four hundred sword and shield soldiers, slowly advancing together, while the archers and crossbowmen were hidden behind the shield wall, always ready to release arrows on the city wall.