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- Chapter 151 "Huang Zhongyi Gaoquan Cao Jun"
Although Lu Qian screamed loudly and urgently, no one paid attention to him, and those who entered and left the city still went their own way. *1*1* Of course, the only people who entered the city were Lu Qian and the other two hundred or so people who were lost and lost, while the only people who left the city were some ordinary people supporting the old and the young. The only thing they have in common is that everyone, whether entering or leaving the city, is panicked. []
Lu Qian quickly noticed that something was wrong with the atmosphere. He rode up to a soldier standing guard and asked: "Whatwhat is going on? How can you watch the people leaving the city without stopping them?"
The soldier rolled his eyes and said indifferently: "General Du has decided to abandon this city, why are you stopping the people from doing anything?" If Lu Qian was not a general, the soldier would probably scold him for being a fool.
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Lu Qian was shocked and asked quickly, "Is General Du still in the city?"
The soldier rolled his eyes again and said, "Are you still in the city? Let Zhao Yun come and arrest you? We left two hours ago. We are the ones behind us, so we can leave after just half an hour. Otherwise, how could we dare to open the city gate?" "
"What? You left two hours ago? Don't you know we are still fighting with the Yizhou soldiers? You don't know we are here to help you. Where are you going to put us if you leave like this? What a fucking bastard! "Lu Qian, who was a little guilty at first, now became arrogant and asked sternly.
The soldiers standing guard seemed to have no idea that this lost general would have time to show off his power. They no longer dared to roll their eyes at him. They quickly lowered their heads and whispered: "I don't know, the general wants to ask the county captain in the city."
"The biggest local official here is the county captain now? How many people have you left behind?"
When Lu Qian heard this, he became a little anxious again and asked quickly.
"About six hundred people," the soldier said, looking up a little aggrievedly.
Lu Qian quickly reined in the horse, turned it around, and clamped the horse's body with his legs. Said: "Drive! Chase General Du!"
Lu Qian's men had no time to catch their breath and hurriedly followed Lu Qian and chased Du Xi to the east.
Seeing that Long County had become an empty city, Wei Yan and Ma Dai did not pursue him anymore, but entered the city to pacify the people. While waiting for the arrival of Zhao Yun's army.
The reason why Du Xi escaped was also affected to a certain extent by the fact that Lu Qian's 5,000 troops were quickly destroyed. Although Lu Qian's army was not completely defeated when Du Xi retreated, Du Xi knew that Lu Qian's 5,000 troops had been destroyed. It's a sure thing. The city walls of Long County were neither high nor wide, and the food and grass in the city were insufficient after 30,000 new soldiers took them away. Seeing that Zhao Yun's army was about to arrive, it was only a matter of time before the 5,000 defenders defeated the 40,000 elite soldiers. So he simply retreated, leaving only a few hundred soldiers behind in the city.
These hundreds of soldiers also fled with Lu Qian and others after the Yizhou soldiers arrived outside the west city gate.
Long County fell into the hands of Zhao Yun and others so easily.
After successfully succeeding, Zhao Yun wrote a letter to Liu Jia to report his victory, and at the same time stepped up the transportation of grain and grass into the city. He also organized people to reinforce the city and prepare defensive materials.
Because blocking Cao Cao's attack will be their main task in the future, only by guarding Liu Jia in Long County can they safely eat Zhang He's 100,000 troops.
Just when Zhao Yun's army was attacking Long County, 30,000 elite soldiers led by Huang Zhong and Pang De also followed the order and began to march towards Pingxiang City, an important town in the northwest of Guangwei County.
When Zhao Yun captured Long County, Huang Zhong also reached the foot of Pingxiang City. According to the estimation of Huang Zhong et al. There are only 2,000 soldiers defending Pingxiang City, and 30,000 elite soldiers of our own have surrounded this small county town. The defenders inside may rush to surrender. Taking this city should be easy.
But to Huang Zhong and Pang De's surprise, the two thousand defenders refused to surrender. Moreover, facing the Yizhou soldiers and defenders who surrounded the city, they continued to send people out to curse. The vicious curses made the old Huang Tadashi turned pale with anger again and again.
Huang Zhong was angry, but there was nothing they could do because they thought the city could be conquered easily. Therefore, we did not prepare many siege equipment. Although there were dozens of ladders, they were seriously insufficient for siege. In addition, there are very few large trees in the northwest, so it is difficult to cut down trees suitable for siege equipment from around the city. If they want to attack by force, they must transport the necessary tools from the land in Hanzhong.
Huang Zhong walked in from outside the tent angrily and sat down on the wooden table. While taking a gulp of water, he said to the guard: "Shut it, shut it. Are they men? How can they be so abusive? Humph, I'm so angry."
Pang De grabbed a clay bowl and drank a few gulps of water, and then said with a smile: "What does General Huang care about with them? We want to chop off their heads, but the general won't allow them to curse? Haha, we don't want him to be stingy. Alright."
"This," Huang Zhong thought too. Looking at the smiling faceTao. "Yes, General Pang is right! They scolded us. We won't lose a piece of meat. Haha I am indeed a bit stingy. After all, life is still much more important."
"Haha, it's great that the old general can think like this." Pang De said with a smile, and then found a seat and sat down.
"It's just that the scolding was too unpleasant. It's like scolding a shrew. Is this necessary?" Huang Zhong smiled bitterly.
"Does the general want to hear them sing hymns and watch them go crazy for a few days?" Pound continued to comfort him.
"The main reason is that I'm annoyed. I don't want to wait for the Hanzhong people to bring the siege equipment before attacking. That would be too embarrassing. Our 30,000 elite soldiers can't attack the small county town guarded by 2,000 people." Huang Zhong raised his head and said.
Pang De looked at the competitive and stubborn old man, lowered his voice and said: "But we don't have enough siege equipment. It's really a bit reluctant to rely only on the dozens of ladders. The defenders in this city are really tenacious, obviously. Knowing that it will only be a matter of time before the city is destroyed, we still defend it like this."
Huang Zhong thought for a while and said: "Do they still not know that Ma Mengqi's cavalry has cut off their contact with Zhang He? In their hearts, maybe they are still waiting for Zhang He's army to come to rescue them?"
Pang De said: "This should be impossible. Meng Qi's cavalry set out at the same time as us, but they entered Guangwei County one step ahead of us. The defenders should know this. It would be harder for them to get Zhang He's reinforcements than to climb to the sky."
"I never thought there would be someone so loyal to Cao Cao. But how come Zilong and the others are so lucky? Is there any difference between this soldier and those soldiers?" Huang Zhong asked.
"Maybe it's the ground. These people were all brought by Zhang He from Jinyang City, and they are Cao Cao's elite soldiers. And the thousands of soldiers led by Lu Qian were all new recruits with no combat effectiveness at all, so they naturally had no combat effectiveness. Du Xi's five thousand troops Facing General Zhao's 40,000 elite soldiers, they must have been in panic. Since they had a way to retreat, they simply retreated. But our soldiers here are different. Although there are only 2,000 soldiers, they have no way to retreat. So they refused to surrender. Pound said.
"It makes sense. You must risk your life to survive. When a dog is anxious, he will jump over the wall. Moreover, they followed Zhang He into Xiliang this time and have been invincible in attacking the city. They are almost victorious in every battle. Naturally, their morale should be higher." Huang Zhong nodded in agreement, "What we need to do now is how to undermine their morale. There is no need to mobilize troops to attack the city."
"But how to demoralize them?" Although Pang De agreed with Huang Zhong's idea, he was a little confused about how to demoralize the enemy.
"Ignore them on purpose! And make them despair at the same time!" Huang Zhong thought for a while and said. After finishing speaking, Huang Zhong said a lot like this, which made Pang De nod his head repeatedly.
The next day, Huang Zhong withdrew his army. Let half of the soldiers, led by Pang De, begin to sweep away scattered Cao troops in the surrounding areas. Huang Zhong himself led three hundred cavalry around Pingxiang City, talking and laughing calmly in the face of Cao Jun's abuse. At noon, they dismounted and rested not far from the city gate, and let a few soldiers set up firewood to barbecue the wild boars and wild sheep they had brought with them. After the fragrant barbecue was cooked, they laughed and drank, not looking down on the defenders.
The defenders were able to keep their composure, knowing that Huang Zhong and the others were deliberately irritating them, and no one wanted to confront Huang Zhong. They just asked more soldiers to curse in the direction of Huang Zhong. In order to build momentum, the defenders also The war drums were beaten. When waving the flag, what's even more interesting is that the general directed those loud-sounding scolders, causing several abusive soldiers to curse in unison. The posture was really spectacular: the scolding really showed the momentum and level.
The soldiers at the bottom of the city might have been a little angry. Several of them got on their horses. While charging towards the city wall, shoot arrows at the soldiers on the wall. But when they reached outside the average shooting range of the defenders, they turned around. Relying on the momentum of the horse, the arrows flew a little farther. Unfortunately, it was difficult to aim because the arrows were released from the back of a running horse, and the distance was outside the shooting range. Therefore, the shooting effect was naturally very poor, and many arrows had not yet flown. The city wall fell due to the loss of kinetic energy. In addition, because there were only a few people shooting, only a handful of arrows could fly up to the top of the city. These few arrows that flew up were avoided by the soldiers on the wall while they were still in flight: it can be said that no one was injured.
Their only effect is to add some confusion to the curses and add more laughter:
"Don't make a fool of yourself!"
"Even if I don't move, you won't be able to shoot me!"
"What treasure did you find? Get out of here!"
"Haha, I just need arrows, shoot again."
"Aren't you boasting that you have a man who can stand out from the crowd? Ask him to come, haha"
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These jeers made the cavalry below the city somewhat embarrassed. However, they still followed Huang Zhong's order and shot without any arrows outside the shooting range of the defenders.?.
Just when the defenders were getting carried away. Huang Zhong took his time and got on his horse, then slowly picked up his bow and nocked an arrow. He was still biting something in his mouth, and there were some minced meat and wine stuck to his white beard: he looked like an old man.
Most of the defenders did not notice him. Although a few people saw it, they only added their insults:
"Old man, please save it. Your riding speed is so slow. Even if you shoot accurately, you won't be able to reach the city."
"Huang Zhong, show off your archery skills in Chengdu!"
The bow and arrows in Huang Zhong's hands were placed gently on the horse's back. As the horse moved, the bow and arrows swayed around. Huang Zhong was still chewing barbecue in his mouth, his eyes were only half-closed, and he was calmly following the horse and rein among the running cavalry. However, if anyone stared at him carefully, they would find that his half-closed eyes shot out streaks of light towards the city wall from time to time.
The god of death was approaching the defenders, but they were still watching the excitement indifferently.
Just when Huang Zhong's horse reached about an stone's throw away from the city wall. The lazy Huang Zhong suddenly raised the bow in his hand and shouted: "Kill!"
Before I finished speaking, I heard a bang and then a whoosh, followed by a series of "boom!", "whoosh!", "boom!", "whoosh!", "boom!", "whoosh!" ¡
Arrows continued to be shot from Huang Zhong's hand, and a well-made arrow was inserted straight into the crowd on the city wall. "Boom!" is the sound made when Huang Zhong stretches the string, and "Whoosh!" is the sound made when the arrow leaves the bow. Of course, it is also mixed with the sound made when the bow is bent.
It was written like this, but in fact no one at the scene could hear it so clearly. They all just watched dumbfoundedly as arrows continued to shoot out, with multiple sounds coming together and they couldn't tell which sound corresponded to which action or state.
Those archers just now had a question in their minds: "Why do the arrows shot by General Huang always fly in a straight line?"
It¡¯s said that it¡¯s too late, but that¡¯s soon. In just that moment, the arrows in Huang Zhong's arrow pot were gone.
Huang Zhong seemed to have exhausted himself. After shooting the arrow, he turned his horse's head and walked towards the barbecue place. He ignored the sounds behind him: there were exclamations in the distance, and screams from the wall in the distance.
The defenders who were lined up neatly and shouting in unison disappeared, not only those who cursed, but also other people standing guard. There was no one on the entire city wall. Only a few flags and a solid parapet remain. Of course, there was no sound of cursing or beating drums.
The only thing that reached the city was the screams of the soldiers hiding behind the female wall!
Did Huang Zhong kill and wound all the soldiers on the city wall at once?
of course not! However, he shot ten arrows, killing eight people and wounding ten others! Among the dead was the general who commanded the abuse. He and his general enjoyed the high-level treatment of scoring an arrow alone.
The most egregious arrow pierced the throats of three people and tied them together, but none of them died. Although their screams were not loud and vague, the three of them were on the ground with their necks as dots. Doing rolling movements, blood spurted from the six holes. The stone floor was dyed red: the arrow went into a hole and came out.
From then on, the large-scale abuse ended, and the people standing on the city wall gesticulating disappeared. A few people with loud voices just hid behind the parapet and yelled a few curses, completely losing their previous momentum.
Huang Zhong, who had eaten and drank enough, did not give up. He walked around the city wall. Shoot down the flag when you see it. It is more difficult to shoot people now. The defenders hid quickly when they saw him. The timid ones hid behind the parapet as soon as they saw his figure, while the bold ones only bent down when they saw Huang Zhong raising his bow.
Sometimes the defenders would counterattack and let a group of archers stand on the city wall to shoot arrows at Huang Zhong and others, but the effect was zero. Because the area outside the city was so large, those people rarely entered the shooting range of the defenders. Even if they entered and saw the defenders shooting arrows, they would immediately turn around and exit. Moreover, when Huang Zhong had no flag and shot to the ground, he used these standing archers to practice his archery skills. Although the shots were not 100% accurate, the sound of the rushing arrows tearing through the air was still very scary.
This situation lasted for many days. Until both parties are fed up. Huang Zhongcai took the initiative to end this game. When the game ends, there is no defender's flag visible on Pingxiang City. The soldiers standing on duty on the city wall did not have the confidence they had before, and their eyes showed more panic and helplessness.
In the following days, Huang Zhong still did not send troops to attack the city. Instead, he ordered his soldiers to pick up soil and stones from a distance and sealed all four sides of the city. Because there is little rain in the northwest, these cities rarely have moats, and even if they do, there is little water, so it is not difficult to block the city gates: a soldier holds a shield in one hand and aBags of soil or stones were thrown into the city gate, while Huang Zhong led a group of soldiers with good archery skills to cover under the city. The defenders didn't do much to stop the Yizhou soldiers from doing these "stupid things": Anyway, my purpose is to prevent you from breaking the city. If you want to seal the gate, just seal it. We ourselves had long blocked the door with stones and wood!
Half a month later, Huang Zhong left 10,000 soldiers to camp outside the city to guard against the possibility that the soldiers in the city would attack and block Zhang Wei, Xu Shang, and Lu Jian's recruits from escaping. He and Pang De simply took 20,000 elite soldiers with them. Heading west, they cooperated with Ma Chao to drive away Zhang He's soldiers.
In addition to the more than 30,000 troops surrounded by Zhao Yun's and Huang Zhong's armies in Guangwei County - mainly 25,000 new troops led by Zhang Wei, Xu Shang, and Lu Jian and the original troops left to guard Guangwei County, Qingshui City, and Lue There are 8,000 soldiers in Yangcheng, Jingning City and other cities - Zhang He, who has collected some prisoners, now still has 64,000 troops on hand.
Because Zhang He's mission at that time was to capture Xiliang, most of his troops were deployed at the front, resulting in the current top-heavy situation: 50,000 troops were stationed in Jincheng County, Xiliang Prefecture, and the remaining more than 10,000 troops were distributed In the area of ??Nan'an City, Wushan City, Dingxi City, and Yuzhong City in Nan'an County, Nan'an City alone was guarded by more than 5,000 troops. Obviously, there were not enough men and horses in other cities. When Ma Chao and Huang Zhong's army of 40,000 troops entered Nan'an County, the soldiers left behind by Zhang He immediately hid in the city as Liu Jia and others expected. Don't dare to come out either. Not to mention mutual support, even if they go out of the city to grab some food, they are still on tenterhooks: Cao Jun in Nan'an County has been completely isolated by now.
The next step is to see how Liu Jia and Xu Shu's 60,000 troops deal with the 30,000 Cao troops in the encirclement!
When Liu Jiaxin heard that Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong's army had achieved the strategic goal, she immediately led Wutu Gu and E Huan together with Xu Shu, as well as Zhang Ren and Qiao Zhou who had come happily from Chengdu as ordered and led an army of 60,000 to kill the city of Guangwei in Guangwei County. .
The current situation is: there are a total of 34,000 troops in the encirclement, of which Guangwei County has 20,000 troops. Among them, Zhang Heli's troops have 5,000 troops, and 15,000 new troops have just arrived. The defenders will be new arrivals. Zhang Wei and Xu Shang. Cao's troops in the other three cities were close to each other, about 5,000 each. The ratio of recruits to veterans was about the same: about 3,000 recruits and about 2,000 veterans.
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