When Zheng Feng saw the Yellow Turbans approaching, he directly ordered to fire arrows. Arrows rained down for a while, and the Yellow Turbans filling the moat suffered heavy casualties. Even so, the Yellow Turbans filled the small moat with sandbags and corpses.
After the moat was filled in, the Yellow Turbans carried ladders and rushed across the moat toward the city wall. The archers behind them also began to bend their bows and set arrows to suppress the archers on the city head.
The siege battle reached its climax as soon as it started. The Yellow Turbans held steel knives in their mouths and climbed up the ladder to the city. However, what faced them were countless bows and arrows, rolling stones, wood and burning gold.
juice.
After losing one or two thousand people, the first wave of Yellow Turbans responsible for attacking the city finally collapsed and fled backwards, screaming.
"The second wave is coming."
The defeat of the first wave was not a surprise to Li Pu.
He waved his sword, and the second echelon, which had been prepared for a long time, took over the place of the first wave and attacked the head of Jingxing City again.
Facing the second wave of attacks, Jingxing City still stood strong. After losing one or two thousand people, they also retreated.
"Attack again."
The third wave of Yellow Turbans continued, but the city defense built with Yan Liang's heart was not so easy to break. After many casualties, the Yellow Turbans still failed and retreated.
"Take your troops back to camp and continue tomorrow."
After attacking three times in a row, they were all repulsed. The morale of the Yellow Turbans was at its lowest point, and Li Pu couldn't help but order the troops to retreat.
"Count the casualties."
According to statistics that day, after three waves of Yellow Turbans, the Jingxing garrison lost nearly a thousand people, including nearly 700 casualties from the militia and only over 200 casualties from the Polu army.
The Yellow Turban Army lost nearly 5,000 people in three waves, which can be said to be a heavy loss.
The next day Li Pu came again, and the Yellow Turban Army surged outside Jingxing City like a tidal wave.
No nonsense, the Yellow Turban Army launched another attack on the city, but after a fierce battle, they still failed.
This continued for three days. The Yellow Turbans attacked fiercely for three days, and they defended for three days.
The Yellow Turbans returned to camp again, but Zheng Feng made some moves.
"Put the city wall full of straw men, and then everyone will evacuate with me."
"promise."
The city gate was opened, and the remaining seven or eight thousand soldiers and horses, led by Zheng Feng, abandoned Jingxing and ran towards Xiantai Mountain. Unfortunately, the Yellow Turban Army was not aware of it at all.
On the fourth day, Li Pu was still the same and led the Yellow Turban Army to the head of Jingxing City.
"Commander, something is wrong."
Looking at the silent city, Hu Wei frowned.
"No, the enemy has escaped."
Li Pu, who had also felt something was wrong at first, heard what Hu Wei said and immediately noticed something was wrong with the city wall.
"What's all the fuss about? We have 60,000 troops. They must have known they couldn't resist us, so they escaped overnight."
Duan Qing, however, didn't take it seriously. In his imagination, the correct solution was for the officers and soldiers in Jingxing City to run away with their heads in their arms.
"You're right, let's go to the city."
Pushing open the ajar city gate, Li Pu and the others led their troops into the deserted Jingxing.
"Everyone, I just sent someone to inspect the grain depot in Jingxing and found that it was empty. This means that our current military rations are only enough for ten days."
As the commander-in-chief this time, Li Pu must take into consideration the wealth and lives of the fifty or sixty thousand Yellow Turban Army.
"Commander, if that's the case, then I might as well attack Zhending with all my strength. Zhending's wealth and importance are known to the world. If we can capture it, not only will the king's mission be completed, but the brothers will no longer have to worry about food and clothing."
Yu Huan looked at Li Pu and expressed his thoughts.
"What do you think?"
Li Pu glanced at the other people. In fact, he thought so too.
"Commander, what Yu Huan said is true. Our army has won a new victory. It is time to use the power of victory to attack Zhending. We will surely defeat it in one fell swoop."
He Jing also clenched his fists to admonish him.
"Okay, Hu Wei, you have suffered heavy losses in this attack on the city. I order you to lead three thousand soldiers and horses to garrison Jingxing. The rest of the troops will follow me to attack Zhending."
"promise."
Li Pu was quite a character. After the army entered the city, they did not stop. Except for leaving three thousand soldiers and horses to garrison, the rest set off directly towards Zhending.
"Sir, after Zheng Feng defended the city for three days, he deployed a straw man formation in the evening. The army escaped from Jingxing overnight and is now hidden in Xiantai Mountain. At the same time, the enemy left three thousand men to garrison. The remaining main force is rushing towards Zhending. Soon
Three days, if too late, it will arrive in five days.”
Yan Liang had already dispersed the scouts when he came back, so whether it was the Jingxing Incident or the Yellow Turbans' march into Zhending, he knew everything clearly.
"Well, then you go and prepare, and be sure to annihilate them all in one fell swoop."
"promise."
Yan Liang and Xu Rong each returned to the army and waited for the Yellow Turban Army to attack.
Li Pu moved very quickly. In addition to eating and resting, he traveled for more than a hundred miles in three days and finally arrived outside Zhending City.
Looking at the tall and majestic Zhending City, Li Pu and other Yellow Turban generals were all stunned. Although they knew that Zhending was rich, they still couldn't believe it when they actually arrived here.
Zhending, as Yuan Shu's hometown, has developed greatly in the past few years. The city alone has been expanded three times. Although it is much smaller than Luoyang in terms of scale, it is even worse than Xin.
There are three towering walls in Zhending City, which divide Zhending into three areas.
The innermost part is the old city of Zhending, where government officials and his network of talents live, including master craftsmen and farmers responsible for potato cultivation, etc.
Further outside are the first refugees recruited, military households, craftsmen from various counties, and people who moved out of the old city.
On the outermost side are millions of people who were intercepted from Luoyang. These three sections of city walls symbolize the three periods of Zhending's development.
"This city is so big, can we really conquer it?"
Duan Qing couldn't help but swallowed his saliva. This was the first time he had seen such a big city.
"Duan Qing, the same defenders, do you think Jingxing is easier to fight or Zhending is easier to fight?"
Li Pu shook his head and explained to Duan Qing.
"Of course Jingxing is difficult to fight."
This is a common sense question, and Duan Qing is not stupid.
"That's incredible. This time Yuan Shu went out with all his troops to attack Heishan. He only had 20,000 rogue troops left in Changshan.
With 20,000 troops defending Jingxing, it is naturally difficult for us to advance even an inch.
When Jingxing replaced him with this true determination, his 20,000 people were far from enough."
"I understand. As long as we feign attacks on all sides and gather our troops to attack one side, it will be difficult to stop us."
Duan Qing couldn't help but clapped his hands in praise.
"Well, that's it. I ordered the entire army to prepare engineering equipment. After resting, they will attack the city tomorrow."
"promise."
As Jushou expected, the Yellow Turban Army was naturally tired after traveling for several days. After receiving Li Pu's military order, they immediately set up camp.
"Commander, do you think the enemy will attack the camp at night?"
In the evening, Li Pu and others were drinking in the village, and Duan Qing suggested to him with a glass of wine.
"Attack the camp? Why don't you come? Our army has been on the road for three days and is already exhausted. Moreover, our army has many soldiers and horses. It is really difficult to defend the city. If I were the general who defended the city, I would definitely attack the camp tonight.
