According to Chen Mu's original plan, he wanted to mobilize about two thousand people, take advantage of the chaos to transport a few trench bridge ladders across, and then take the opportunity to attack the city from the north gate.
But no one expected that the general guarding Beicheng made a serious mistake and actually wanted to let the officers pass.
As the saying goes, "Don't worry about scarcity, but worry about inequality." If it were in the past, when they were not captured, the soldiers would not say anything even if they were dissatisfied due to the majesty of the officers.
However, after being captured, the majesty of the previously aloof officer had long been trampled down to nothing.
Especially after being threatened with their lives and seeing dense rain of arrows raining down from the top of the city, the ordinary soldiers' desire to survive became even stronger. How could they just watch the officers leave?
"Brothers, those officials are really not good people. They just want to leave by themselves. They don't care about our life or death. We rush over ourselves and don't let them leave!"
"Damn it, just shoot your own people. There are obviously no enemies here, but they don't open the door to let us in. Are they still human?"
"Come on, if you want to enter the city, let's go in together. Do you want us to die by leaving us outside the city?"
Under the clamor of thoughtful people in the crowd, the prisoners were filled with resentment.
Even before the suspension bridge was even raised, the rush had already begun.
Jizhou surrendered soldiers crowded into the city. The ancient moat was not close to the base of the city wall. There was an open space under the city wall, which was called Feng Yuan.
The reason for this design is that most of the city structures at that time were rammed earth structures. If a section of the city wall was not set up, the water from the moat would directly submerge the roots of the city wall, which would rot the foundation of the city wall.
Second, the width of Feng Yuan is very narrow, only a few feet wide. Although ladders can be placed to allow enemy soldiers to rush to the top of the city, there are not many soldiers that can be accommodated. This results in a small number of enemies in each attack, and the city wall
It's easy to defend the person on top.
But this also caused the prisoners to cross the moat and run directly to the city wall. Thousands of people were crowded together, and the generals guarding the city were almost blinded. Hearing the shouts below, they had no idea what to do.
The people below the city were noisy and noisy. The officers shouted for the city to lower the hanging basket and pull them up. The soldiers shouted for them to open the city gate and let everyone in. The whole scene was in chaos.
The general guarding the gate was at a loss, and in the end he had no choice but to send someone to ask Zhang He and Xin Ping for their opinions. In order to escape the blame, he even destroyed the winch used to close the suspension bridge, using the excuse that the suspension bridge fell by himself.
Risk of accountability.
Among the chaotic crowd, the Luoyang Army lurking among them quietly approached. They carried several ladders and passed through the crowd. Among the crowd of seven or eight thousand people, they had the ladders slung on their waists, but no one noticed.
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Most of the people were looking up at the city tower, whether they were yelling or praying, hoping that the people on the city could open the city gate. Unfortunately, the people on the city tower still did not take any action, staring silently below.
Wearing dirty uniforms of the Jizhou Army, the Luoyang Army quickly arrived at the city gates. Even if there were occasional Jizhou prisoners who noticed something was wrong, they were quickly submerged in the crowd without a splash.
Guan Ping found a corner and started to set up a ladder. The city wall was less than three feet tall, which is more than six meters high. For many well-trained Qingzhou troops, this height did not even require the use of a ladder. The three people assisted and added a hook lock.
, it is completely possible to climb up.
However, the function of the ladder is to allow more people to quickly go up to the city. Almost as soon as the ladder was set up, Guan Ping took three steps and two steps at a time, and rushed to the top of the city wall. Stepping onto the city wall, there were even people around him.
There is not a single enemy.
There are less than five hundred people in total. It is impossible to defend the city wall that is more than a mile long. What's more, most of the defenders gathered at the city gate. They are also afraid that the Jizhou prisoners below the city will start to attack the city gate.
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"Up, up, up!"
"Hurry up!"
"Major General, go up."
"Take down the city head first and charge!"
The Luoyang army swarmed up and climbed up several ladders like a swarm of ants. In an instant, there were dozens more people at the top of the city.
For a time, everyone was stunned, both at the top of the city and below.
Who would have thought that outside the chaotic and crowded city, someone would suddenly climb up with a ladder?
The few defenders closest to the city were the first to react and quickly attacked. However, they were Guan Ping's opponents and were quickly killed one by one.
The small cold saw in Guan Ping's hand was like a green dragon flowing, shining with a dazzling cold light in the sun, and soon it fell to the ground around it.
A steady stream of Luoyang troops quickly occupied the city. Some of the defenders tried to resist and were quickly killed. Some of the defenders fled without looking back. The defender was quite smart and immediately knelt down to surrender and offered his weapons.
The North City Gate fell into the hands of the Luoyang army so easily. Chen Mu knew very well that Xin Ping was a solitary man, while Zhang He and others were not.
Except for Yuan Shao and the Nanyang Yingchuan faction, those who could issue orders to massacre the Jizhou prisoners would not give the Jizhou faction the courage to do so. Therefore, there is a high probability that if these prisoners run to the north city, they will only be locked up outside the city.
The southeast and west cities were all besieged by the Luoyang army. Xin Ping had no time to spend in the north city, and the troops in the north city must be insufficient, so Chen Mu planned to prepare to climb the city on the northeast corner of the city wall.
The ancient city's defenses were quite complete. There was a turret at each corner for observing the enemy's situation, and there were also a large number of battlements on the city wall to defend against enemies.
There is also a turret in the northeast corner. If you attack by force, you will be discovered. Therefore, Chen Mu originally thought of taking advantage of the cover of the rebel army captured by Jizhou and using the three people's trained wall-climbing abilities to let Guan Ping climb up the city wall with a hook.
Get rid of the people in the corner tower and then go up.
Unexpectedly, the general who defended the city made a stupid move and wanted to rescue the officers first, which resulted in a chaos outside. The people Guan Ping led actually reached Feng Yuan outside the city smoothly, and there was no need to take the risk of coming from the northeast corner.
Corner Tower Attack.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After the fall of the North City Gate, Guan Ping immediately sent people to raise the flag on the turret in the northeast corner, and has been watching Chen Mu over there with a telescope in the distance.
Seeing that he had succeeded, he immediately said to Guan Hai: "Ping'er has succeeded. You immediately lead people to attack the city from the north gate and capture Anyang!"
"only!"
Guan Hai took action immediately after receiving the order.
Due to information asymmetry, Xin Ping was not like Chen Mu who used telescopes to observe signals and obtain information. Therefore, when Guan Hai led his army halfway and was about to arrive outside the north gate of Anyang, he learned that the city had fallen.
"What?"
Xin Ping was shocked and turned pale. He looked at the Luoyang army's offensive outside, which had relatively subsided for a while, and gritted his teeth and said, "Come on, Siqu people, follow me to the north gate."
He only has a total of four to five thousand people here. If he transfers two thousand people, he will be almost half of the people. The frontal pressure test will be very severe.
But there is not much that can be done at this time. Even if the east city gate is attacked to the top of the city, it is still better than the north city gate now falling into the hands of the enemy.
At the west city gate, Zhang He repelled Guan Yu's attack again. He had the most soldiers on his side, but he was also under the greatest pressure.
Zhu Jun's army was not only three times his number, but also had a large number of siege equipment. If it were not for the well-arranged tactics and relatively abundant defensive equipment, the two southwest city gates might have been captured long ago.
"General!"
Zhang Da found Zhang He for the fourth time.
Zhang He smiled bitterly and said, "What bad news is this time?"
The last time I saw him, I told him that the reserve of arrows and rolling stones was about to be exhausted.
Although Zhang Da and Tian Yong were party members, they had never deducted supplies from the city, because they would be discovered if they did so, which would disqualify them from being undercover agents.
Zhang Da said solemnly: "I'm here to tell the general that the North City Gate has been breached and a large number of Luoyang troops have entered the city."
"Has the attack come in?"
Zhang He was stunned for a moment, and then his smile became even more bitter. He lay down under the city wall, looked at the soldiers coming and going around, shook his head and said: "Chen Zihui is so serious, I can't fight him."
"General, do you want to take a look?"
Zhang Da asked.
Zhang He stood up, looked back at the city where the battle was fierce, and said, "Let's go."
The guards brought the horses, and a group of several hundred people passed through the empty military camp in the city and quickly headed towards the north city.
Because the significance of Anyang is not for the livelihood of the people, the three southeastern and western cities are mostly military camps, and there is also a training ground in the center of the city.
As the North City Gate is close to the Huan River, most of the materials transported by Wei County come in and out through this gate, so there are almost all large warehouses nearby.
When Zhang He arrived, the death squads led by Xin Ping were fighting to the death with the Luoyang Army.
Although Guan Hai arrived first, the large number of prisoners outside the city still slowed down his army's entry into the city. He had to send people to recapture the prisoners and let them leave the city.
Due to this delay, by the time Guan Hai entered the city, the 2,000 men led by Guan Ping had already fought against the Siqu troops led by Xin Ping. The two sides launched a fierce decisive battle around the granary. The raging flames erupted from the granary. pop up.
Granaries must be close to water sources to facilitate fire fighting. Therefore, these warehouses are closest to the North City Gate. Each of Guan Ping's close guards carries a Molotov cocktail to burn the grain first before the war begins. This is something Guan Ping learned from his fourth uncle. The door is really good.
Seeing the fire in the granary, Xin Ping's eyes suddenly turned red and he ordered a fierce attack on the enemy. But he obviously underestimated the strength of the enemy. Guan Ping already had 70% of his father's strength, and he was arrogant and indomitable among the rebels.
The two sides fell into a stalemate. It was not until Guan Hai entered the city that Xin Ping felt that the situation was not good. He immediately sent people to the second southwest city gate and asked Zhang He to send reinforcements to support and repel the enemy.
However, as soon as Xin Ping withdrew to the vicinity of the central school field, he saw several fast horses approaching from behind, followed by a large number of infantry. When he looked again, he saw that the leader was none other than Zhang He.
"Junyi!"
Xin Ping was overjoyed, thinking that reinforcements were coming, and quickly shouted: "Come and help me!"
Zhang He came closer, turned over and dismounted, and saw from a distance that the defenders in the distance were retreating steadily under the attack of Guan Ping and Guan Hai's army, and that the granary was on fire. His face turned pale and he said: "The granary is on fire, and the situation is over."
Xin Ping's expression suddenly changed and he said, "Junyi, what do you mean? Now that we have defeated the enemy, there is still hope of risking our lives!"
"There is no hope, look over there!"
Zhang He turned his head and saw in the distance that on the top of the three city gates in the southeast and west, densely packed Luoyang troops had climbed to the top of the city and began to attack inside.
Without the command of Zhang He and Xin Ping, the three city gates finally could not withstand the pressure. Even the east gate defenders simply opened the city gate and let them in. The reason was that the Jizhou prisoners outside the east gate city were not close to you. An acquaintance from the same hometown as Shaodongmen’s garrison.
Seeing this scene, Xin Ping felt like the world was spinning and he almost fainted. Many Yuan troops at the three city gates surrendered one after another, and there was chaos everywhere. Those who had not yet surrendered retreated to the north gate, and finally gathered a large number of defeated troops at the central school grounds.
The Luoyang Army was surrounded on all sides and slowly approaching. Nearly ten thousand Yuan's Army was trapped in the school grounds. Countless Luoyang Army slowly approached, and their figures were everywhere on the streets in all directions.
On the south street, a line of spearmen stood in a long queue, and at the front was a young general with a white horse and a silver spear. On the west side of the street, rows of sword and shield bearers stood at the front of the team. Guan Yu stepped out with his long beard fluttering. A green robe swayed in the wind.
On the street to the east, heavily armored cavalry moved forward slowly with neat steps. The sound of horse hoofs sounded with each step, as if the ground was shaking.
Wherever they passed, all the Yuan soldiers knelt on the ground, dropped their weapons, raised their hands high, and did not dare to move again.
While shouting slogans of surrender without killing, the Luoyang army quickly shuttled through the streets of various military camps to collect the weapons of the surrendered soldiers. Nearly half of the more than 20,000 soldiers in the city had become prisoners.
The Central School Ground is actually an open space, mainly used for large-scale daily training. It covers a large area and can accommodate tens of thousands of soldiers to perform martial arts exercises together.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But at this time, Yuan Jun, who had not yet surrendered, crowded into the school grounds. The gunmen on the periphery raised their weapons tremblingly, and everyone looked frightened.
The Luoyang army was already brave and good at fighting, and their number was more than three times theirs. How could they fight with their city destroyed and their granaries burned?
Guan Yu was the first to go out and slowly arrived at the outskirts of the school grounds. He was less than twenty steps away from the nearest Yuan Jun soldier.
In the distance, Chen Mu and Zhao Yun also slowly rode over. The three of them were at the front, arriving in front of the two armies' formations.
"Xin Ping, Zhang He, it's time to come out and meet."
Guan Yu said loudly.
Xin Ping and Zhang He went out into battle with livid faces. In fact, they also knew that the city would not be able to be defended.
Because with the defeat of Yan Liang and Wen Chou, the main forces of the Luoyang army all gathered together.
An army of more than 60,000 people stormed Anyang. Given the height of Anyang's city and the strength of its defenders, it was impossible to defend it for long. Once Chen Mu repeated his old tricks, he would eventually be breached within a few months.
It's just that they didn't expect to be defeated so quickly. They originally thought they could hold on for a while, but they were defeated in two days.
The reason for all this is because the cruel and despicable Luoyang army sent prisoners to the city!
Thinking of this, Xin Ping's eyes turned sharp. He had just sent people to secretly prepare crossbows among the rebels. Once the war started, he would shoot all three of them to death immediately!
"Guan Yu!"
Xin Ping rode to the front of the formation and said coldly: "The city has been defeated, the victory has been decided, what else is there to say?"
Guan Yu stroked his beard and laughed and said: "Since the victory has been decided, why not surrender early?"
"surrender?"
Xin Ping cupped his hands to the north and said: "I am completely loyal and will never surrender to a mere man like you! You want me to surrender unless you come and take my life yourself!"
"good!"
Guan Yu tightened his grip on the Green Dragon Sword and shouted: "Then I will kill you!"
Xin Ping immediately touched the hand crossbow in his sleeve. The attack range of the hand crossbow was very close. He was not sure that he could shoot Guan Yu to death within twenty steps. But as long as Guan Yu dared to get close to him, more than a dozen of his bodyguards would shoot together. If necessary,
Guan Yu died without a burial place.
However, just when Guan Yu was about to come and kill him, Chen Mu said loudly: "General Zhang, it's time to pay back the three lives you owe me."
Zhang He let out a long sigh and said, "Yes, it's time to pay it back!"
Say it.
The handle of the knife in his hand hit Xin Ping hard on the back of the head, knocking him off his horse and knocking him unconscious on the ground.
"General!"
Everyone was shocked.
Zhang He turned over and dismounted, saying in a long voice: "Zhang He, surrender!"