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Volume 1: A Noble Family Chapter 225: Young General

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    "The whole army is attacking the city. Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed immediately!" Following Zhang Yan's order, the ant-like Black Mountain bandits launched the most violent attack on Dingxiang City. An army of 60,000 to 70,000 people surrounded the city.  The water was blocked and a crazy siege began.  .????? Although 10,000 horses were allocated to fight Hao Zhao and 10,000 horses to fight Wang Ling, and 10,000 soldiers were killed in the previous siege, they still got Yu Du, Bai Rao, Lei Gong, Chang Gen, and Wu Lu.  With the help of 40,000 troops from various departments including Zuo Xiao and others, the number of Montenegrin troops attacking the city increased instead of falling. The number of people besieging the city reached 80,000, almost fifteen times the number of defenders at the top of the city. The battle was unprecedentedly brutal.  Since the last time the Black Mountain Army attacked the city, it has been raining in Dingxiang for four or five days in a row. It was not until a few days ago that the various Black Mountain troops who were ordered to come to the aid gathered at the foot of the city to accept Zhang Yan's mission.  Seeing that the weather was gradually getting clearer, Zhang Yan ordered an all-out attack on the city, trying to conquer Dingxiang in one fell swoop, kill Tianyu, and massacre the people in order to avenge the loss of troops and generals!  The sound of drums shook the sky, and the sound of killing shook the earth.  The horn kept blaring non-stop, and the top and bottom of the city wall turned into a meat grinding ground. Under the supervision of the officers, the ant-like Black Mountain sergeants carried clouds across the moat and climbed towards the top of the city.  What greeted these flesh and blood bodies were arrows like raindrops, rolling stones as big as human heads, and thick wooden hammers like pillars with iron nails on them Wherever the arrows went, "Puff, Puff" sounded.  "The flesh-piercing sound was accompanied by hysterical screams. Those who were hit by the arrows fell to the ground or fell into the moat, or fell on the weapons on the ground. They were stabbed through a bloody hole again, and blood gushed out like a spring.  The tragic scene was unbearable to see The soldiers who were hit by the huge rolling stone either had stars in their eyes or vomited blood, their vision went black, their limbs suddenly became weak, and they fell straight from the four- to five-foot ladder to the ground.  , the helmet fell without a trace, and then landed firmly on the ground. His head fell on a stone or iron object, and his white brains immediately splashed After more than an hour of fierce attack, the moat under Dingxiang City has been dyed with blood.  With a bright red color, piles of corpses were piled up the mountain under the city wall. Broken limbs, headless corpses, and mutilated human heads were everywhere. This scene was as bloody as Shura's slaughterhouse!  The situation on the top of the city was not much better. The Black Mountain army was so numerous that they could not kill them all. While some people fell, there were also people who came close to the bottom of the city wall and shot random arrows at the wall. Those who could not avoid it were hit by arrows one after another.  There were even more brave soldiers who were not afraid of death and climbed up the city wall first, and started hand-to-hand combat with the defenders at the top of the city. The corpses fell one after another like wheat!  From the fierce battle in the early morning to noon, the Black Mountain bandits had laid thousands of corpses under the city, and more than 1,500 soldiers and civilians on top of the city had died bloody deaths. As the war progressed, the number of people defending the city gradually decreased, and they were now less than 5,000.  There were fewer and fewer arrows among the remaining people, and the number of rolling stones and hammering trees became sparse Seeing that the defense of the city was weakening, Zhang Yan personally beat the drum and urged the entire army to attack the city with all their strength. Today, he vowed to defeat Dingxiang.  Kill all the creatures in the city.  Under Zhang Yan¡¯s coercion and encouragement, the Black Mountain Army gathered their courage again, shouted in unison, and launched an overwhelming attack on the city head!  "Hold on, you must hold on. Reinforcements from Hanoi will arrive in a few days!" Tian Yu, fully clothed in armor, holding a sword in one hand and a spear in the other, fought bloody battles at the top of the city, doing his best to boost morale.  "The thieves will massacre the city after they break it. Let's help the prefect defend the city!" At the critical moment, the county magistrate organized a team of more than 3,000 old and weak people to climb up the city wall to help. There were white-haired old men in their sixties and seventies.  There were thirteen-year-old children and even women in their twenties and thirties, each holding objects that could be used as weapons and smashing them hard at the rebel soldiers below the city.  Although the combat effectiveness of this team is very small, it is better than nothing, and it can finally hinder the offensive of some thieves.  While the main force of the Black Mountain bandits was trying their best to attack Dingxiang, two reinforcements, Hao Zhao and Wang Ling, who saw Dingxiang in critical condition, also tried to move closer to the city, trying to enter the city and help defend the city.  It was only blocked by two generals under Zhang Yan, Wang Dang and Sun Qing. Our own troops were far behind and it was difficult to break through the thieves' blockage. We could only try our best to cover up and respond to the soldiers and civilians in the city.  Wang Dang led 10,000 people to intercept Wang Ling's troops.  Although the number of thieves was large, their discipline was chaotic and their equipment was backward. Facing three thousand officers and soldiers, it was almost a draw. Both sides advanced and I retreated. The situation was stalemate, and no one could take advantage for a while.  But for the Black Mountain Army, if they can prevent the officers and soldiers from approaching Dingxiang City, it is a victory, so Wang Dang is not in a hurry.  He took forty or fifty close followers and immediately stood on a low slope, commanding the Montenegrin army to form a formation to block the officers and soldiers.  In the center of Yuan's army formation, the banner with the word "king" fluttered in the wind. Wang Ling stood on his horse, frowning, looking anxiously at Dingxiang City in the distance.How long can the defenders hold on?  "Brother, today the thieves are attacking Dingxiang with all their strength. The city is already in danger. If Wangdang cannot be defeated in a short time, I am afraid that Prefect Tian will be in danger!"  Cun, a young captain who was about sixteen or seventeen years old, said loudly to Wang Ling.  "Oh, I can see it too. Zhang Yan is going all out today and wants to capture Dingxiang at all costs. I also want to break through the siege and enter the city to reinforce Tian Yu, but I am entangled by Wang Dang's men and can't get through for a while.  !" Wang Ling stroked his beard and said with a worried look.  The single-edged halberd in the young man's hand pointed at Wang Dang on a short slope not far away, and said to Wang Ling in a loud voice: "Brother, look, Wang Dang is watching the battle on the mountain. He has thrown all his soldiers into the battlefield, and there are only four or five people around him.  Ten soldiers. As the saying goes, you must first capture the king. Please lend me a hundred cavalry, and I will sneak up from behind the valley and attack him! " "Valley?" Wang Ling asked in confusion.  The young man nodded, pointed with his weapon at a small valley to the west, and said confidently: "In the past few nights, I have quietly explored the road. I will follow this valley to the west and walk seven or eight miles.  There is a branch road heading east. Follow it to the end, and you can go around to the back of the low slope where Wang Dang is, and the terrain is higher. A sudden attack will definitely catch Wang Dang off guard! " "In this case!  "Boji, let's lead the troops, but be careful. If the sneak attack fails, withdraw quickly and make plans again. Don't be reluctant to fight!" After hearing the young man's words, Wang Ling nodded and agreed, and allocated one hundred cavalry under his command.  He picked up the young man and ordered him to try a sneak attack.  The young man whistled and waved the single-edged halberd in his hand, leading a hundred knights to the west. They quickly got into the valley and disappeared into the vast barren mountains, never to be traced again.  Although the slope where Wang Dang was located was not high, it was higher than the battlefield where the two armies faced each other, so the situation in Wang Ling's formation on the opposite side could be seen clearly.  The young man led his troops westward into the valley and was seen by Wang Dang, but he thought they were officers and soldiers taking advantage of the opportunity to flee, so he didn't take it seriously.  Wang Ling's army came from the south, and Wang Dang fought from north to south. Five or six miles behind him was the main force of the Montenegrin army. Therefore, Wang Dang was not worried about his own safety. He threw all his 10,000 troops into the battlefield, leaving only  He hired fifty-six cronies to protect him.  " Anyway, there are Montenegrin troops in front and behind me, so I am not afraid of any danger. If the officers and soldiers want to get close to me, they must first break through the 10,000 soldiers in front of them. Is it possible that they can fly over with wings?  Half an hour after the young man had gone, he was about to reach behind Wang Dang. Wang Ling quietly sent an order to the soldiers to fight and retreat, pretending to be defeated, so as to paralyze Wang Dang's vigilance.  Sure enough, when he saw the officers and soldiers showing signs of retreat, Wang Dang smiled and stroked his beard and said: "Haha Although the officers and soldiers are elite, they are not strong enough. What can they do to me? I guess there will only be one more meal."  The troops are about to be defeated!" As he was speaking, there was a sudden sound of horse hooves from the side. Wang Dang hurriedly turned his head to check, and was shocked out of his mind.  I saw a force of one hundred or ten officers and soldiers, neatly arrayed, with surging hooves, swooping down from a high altitude on the side, like a rapid advance, menacing and irresistible!  The young general did not answer, and remained silent from beginning to end. While Wang Dang and his men were panicking, he led his troops into their formation.  He picked up a halberd and stabbed Wang Dang under the horse. Then he turned the weapon and cut Wang Dang's neck with the crescent-shaped blade on the back. The body was separated immediately. He lifted it up and took Wang Dang's head.  In hand!  "The traitor king is dead, why don't the rest of us dismount and surrender?" The young man held Wang Dang's head in his hand and shouted majestically.  After the death of the general, these fifty or sixty people were in shock, running around like headless flies. More than half of them were killed by the army. Only a dozen riders fled north in panic, looking for the main army and reporting the news of Wang Dang's death.  .  "Pick up the enemy's horn, sound the trumpet and withdraw the troops!" The young man hung Wang Dang's head in front of his horse, waved his hand and cut off the Black Mountain flag and the "king" flag himself, and then ordered the soldiers to blow the horn to withdraw the troops.  The Black Mountain bandits were fighting fiercely with the officers and soldiers. Suddenly there was a chaos behind them. The flag was cut down, and the horn sounded to withdraw the troops. They were suddenly panicked. They didn't know what was happening behind them.  These traitor soldiers were originally a mob with no military discipline. They suddenly became a chaotic group. Nearly ten thousand people fled in panic. In the panic, they trampled on each other and killed hundreds of people.  Wang Ling took the opportunity to cover up the killing and harvested the heads like melons and vegetables. In a short time, he killed more than two thousand Black Mountain bandits. They ran so slowly that they all knelt down to beg for mercy. There were about a thousand people in total.  Wang Ling was about to accept the surrender of these thieves. The young manThe general had already ridden his horse down the hillside and reminded loudly: "Brother, these people are just pretending to surrender out of desperation, and they are not sincere. Our army is weak and cannot restrain them. The main force of the Black Mountain bandits is not far away from the city.  Then they will sneak back to join the main force. While these bandits are captured and unable to resist, we should root them out and kill them all to eliminate the effective strength of the Black Mountain Bandits!"
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