Yang Qi has recovered somewhat after resting for the past few days. Seeing that he has grown from 17,000 people to more than 7,000 people now, to be honest, he is a little scared, fearing that he will not be able to win this even if he loses everything.
Small Chenggu County.
"Today is the last attack. If we can't take Chenggu, our food and grass can support us until Wu Lan arrives with his army."
Wu Yi glanced at Yang Qi, why did he continue to attack the city for so many days? Firstly, he wanted to capture Chenggu and become his foothold in Hanzhong. Secondly, it was also because he had more soldiers and less food.
I simply can't afford to support so many people, and I will be destitute by then.
Now that he has fought for so long, more than half of the people are dead, and the remaining food and grass are enough to support him until Wu Lan's army arrives. He believes that once Wu Lan's army arrives, it will be easy to capture Chenggu.
"promise."
After hearing what Wu Yi said, Yang Qi was stunned for a moment, and then he could only nod his head heavily. To be honest, Wu Yi had no choice but to do this, but he still felt a little heavy after hearing it.
"Beat the drums and attack the city."
As Wu Yi's order was issued, the entire army of 7,000 soldiers was dispatched carrying the built ladders and began to attack Chenggu County.
"Be prepared for battle. If the city is there and the people are there, the Jizhou army will be invincible."
Zhang Qing drew out his steel knife and shouted loudly at the soldiers around him.
"As long as the city has people, Jizhou's army is invincible."
"Come on, I'm not afraid of you."
"Haha, little bastards, come on, I'm going to screw your heads off."
More than a thousand soldiers roared together. Even though they were few in number, their fighting spirit was extremely high.
Looking at the high morale of the soldiers at the top of the city, and looking at his own side, although there were many people, morale was somewhat low, he knew that he might have to suffer huge losses if he wanted to capture Chenggu.
Like a tidal wave, Wu Yijun rushed directly to the bottom of the city wall, braved the rain of arrows and began to climb the city wall with a steel knife between his teeth.
The battle reached its climax at the beginning. Seven thousand soldiers faced seven times the force of more than a thousand defending soldiers. Even so, the militia still refused to give an inch of ground and clung to the city wall like nails, resisting Wu Yijun's attack.
.
There were no problems in a short period of time, but when the casualties of the militia increased and the number of people became smaller and smaller, Wu Yi's army had already killed many people on the city wall.
"Sir, I can't stop it anymore."
Xiao Liuzi came to Zhang Qing and saw that he was covered in blood, and his arm was half-stretched and he didn't know where it was.
"How much kerosene is left?"
Zhang Qing glanced behind him.
"It can be used once. I don't have much preparation for Chenggu, that's all."
One of the team leaders glanced at Zhang Qing and struggled to answer him.
"Use it all, if you can, it will last for a while."
Hearing the team leader say that the kerosene was only enough for one use, Zhang Qing was helpless and just used it. If he didn't use it anymore, he was really afraid that he wouldn't be able to defend the city wall.
"promise."
Thirty or forty militiamen rushed into the city tower, then rushed directly to the base of the city wall with cans of kerosene in their arms, and then smashed all the kerosene down.
"No, it's kerosene, back off quickly."
Smelling the unique smell of kerosene, the soldiers and horses below the city panicked for a while, then evacuated the city wall like a tide, and fled behind them.
"set fire."
Following Zhang Qing's order, dozens of torches fell from the sky and landed directly on the kerosene. The flames burned, turning the city wall into a sea of fire.
The soldiers who ran fast were fine, but the soldiers who ran slowly were swept up by the flames all over the sky. They kept wailing and flipping in the fire. In the end, they could only become the fuel of the flames, and they were burned and hunted.
"Drive all the enemies off the wall."
Seeing the enemy retreating, Zhang Qing began to lead his soldiers to clear Wu Yi's army on the city wall. The enemies with a numerical disadvantage could only resist with all their strength, and in the end they were killed one by one on the city wall.
"Wait for the flames to die out and prepare to attack the city again,"
Looking at the sparse soldiers and horses on the city wall, Wu Yi had no mercy, only iron and blood. If he couldn't take Cheng Gu this time, he would have nothing to do.
Wu Yi's soldiers and horses lined up under the city again, waiting for the flames to extinguish.
"attack."
Seeing the flames getting smaller and smaller, Wu Yi ordered to attack the city again.
"kill."
"Go ahead."
"Destroy them."
More than 5,000 soldiers once again carried ladders and stepped on the corpses of their companions to attack this small, weak city. However, the militia on the city wall remained the same, fighting to the death to resist Wu Yi's army's attack.
While Wu Yi was attacking Chenggu fiercely, Taishi Ci finally led his cavalry and rushed outside Chenggu.
"General, the enemy is attacking Chenggu."
Soon the scout reported the news about Cheng Gu to Tai Shi Ci.
"Cheng Gu is still holding on, good job, I have them all, charge forward."
Taishi Ci was overjoyed to hear that Cheng Gu was still holding on. He didn't expect the militia to be so strong.
"promise."
Upon hearing Taishi Ci's order, everyone followed him and rushed towards Chenggu City without hesitation.
The battle in Chenggu City has reached a fever pitch. After Zhang Qing used the last of his kerosene, he could no longer resist. Four to five hundred men could only huddle aside to fight against Wu Yijun who climbed onto the city wall.
"General, it seems we can capture Chenggu today."
Looking at the Jizhou army struggling to support themselves on the city wall, Yang Qi's eyes were full of excitement.
"Well, after taking Chenggu, I allow everyone to have a drink."
Wu Yi also nodded. After several days of offensive and defensive battles, he lost more than 10,000 of his troops. This damn Chenggu was finally captured by him.
"promise."
Just when there was only a little space left for the militia suppressed by Wu Yi's army, the sound of horse hoofbeats resounded through the Chenggu sky.
"what sound?"
Wu Yi was suddenly startled, what was going on with this sound?
"General, look behind you."
Just when Wu Yi was in a daze, a soldier pointed behind him with a horrified expression.
"Um?
No, the enemy's reinforcements have arrived. Retreat quickly. Retreat immediately."
Seeing the smoke and dust in the sky behind him, Wu Yi's heart sank to the bottom. It was over. Zhang Lu had no cavalry formation at all, so this could only be Yuan Shu's cavalry.
Wu Yijun was in a panic, but the militiamen on the city wall were in high spirits. They finally waited for the arrival of their reinforcements.
"Reinforcements are coming, drive them down and kill them."
Zhang Qing swung the steel knife and took the lead to kill Wu Yijun on the city wall.
"kill,"
"The Jizhou army is invincible."
"Kill."
The militiamen were also excited, wielding steel knives and killing Wu Yijun one after another.
"charge."
When Taishi Ci saw the enemy in panic, he led his men to kill them without hesitation.
More than 10,000 cavalrymen of the suppressing army rushed directly to the city, and they massacred Wu Yi's army crazily.
"General, leave quickly, we can't stop you."
Wu Yi's bodyguard came to his side and spoke to him anxiously.
"Hey, the situation is over, the situation is over."
Hearing the words of his personal guard, Wu Yi just shook his head dejectedly. Twenty thousand people had been fighting for so many days, but they couldn't even capture the small Chenggu County, so he had no shame in continuing.
"We'll protect you, the general will go first."
Seeing Wu Yi's dejected look, the guards quickly clasped their fists at Wu Yi again.
"Forget it, I can't run anymore, surrender."
Wu Yi shook his head again. Now that they were surrounded by enemies, how could they run away?
Where can I run?
There is nowhere to escape.
"General, we haven't lost yet. We still have General Wu Lan's 30,000 troops and can fight again."
After hearing Wu Yi's words, the guards clasped their fists again. They haven't lost yet and still have a chance.
"Haha, this is just the vanguard of Yuan Shu's army. Their large force must still be in the rear. Even if Wu Lan leads his troops, he will be beaten. Hanzhong cannot be defended, so surrender."
Wu Yi shook his head again. Even if Wu Lan's 30,000 troops arrived now, it would be of no avail. Hanzhong was gone, and there was no chance at all.
"As commanded."
Since Wu Yi doesn't want to fight anymore, there's no point.
Upon hearing Wu Yi's order, Wu Yi's troops who were being massacred put down their weapons and surrendered to the suppressing troops.
"Gather the prisoners."
Seeing the enemy surrender, Tai Shici didn't want to cause massacres. If the enemy continued to resist, he could naturally kill without hesitation. But since the enemy surrendered, killing was his original intention, which was against the purpose of the Jizhou Army.
"Open the city gate and welcome the general into the city."
