"boom!"

A loud noise rang at Zang Ba's feet, and the huge rock hit the ground and stirred up countless stone chips. Zang Ba hurriedly protected his body with a shield and blocked the stone chips.

Zang Ba was still scared at this time. If he hadn't dodged in time just now, he would have to be killed by the huge rock.

The cloud ladder had been raised. Zang Ba used his teeth to bite the blade of the long knife, held the shield in one hand and held the cloud ladder in the other, and quickly climbed up.

As soon as he climbed halfway, Han Meng pushed the ladder away from the city wall with force on the city tower.

Zang Ba's body fell backwards with the cloud ladder. As soon as the cloud ladder was about to land, he jumped off the cloud ladder. As soon as his feet fell to the ground, he took advantage of the opportunity to roll on the ground.

"Swoosh swish swish..."

Several arrows were inserted sharply on the ground where Zang Ba rolled over. If he slowed down a little, he would probably be shot by the arrow.

There were many dangers, but Zang Ba was not afraid at all. He took off the long sword with his right hand, blocking the arrow shot with his shield, and waved the long sword and rushed under the city wall again.

Seeing that Zang Ba is so agile, Han Meng shouted to the archers behind him: "Aim at Zang Ba and shoot him to death!"

With Han Meng's order, Zang Ba immediately became the target of public criticism. The archers fired their bows and arrows, shooting arrows at Zang Ba.

Zang Ba held the shield and curled up tightly under the shield. Facing the arrows that were hit like heavy rain, he never dared to show his head.

Zang Ba was like a small boat in the huge sea, under the attack of huge waves. A small shield could not carry his huge body at all. While trying to protect his body, he quickly retreated back.

"Form a formation!"

Suddenly, a loud shout rang in Zang Ba's ears, and a figure that also held a shield appeared next to Zang Ba's side, which was his subordinate's army Sima Wu Dun.

Wu Dun held up his shield and snuggled tightly in front of Zang Ba. With his scream, more and more shield soldiers gathered towards Zang Ba. The shields were closely connected, and soon formed an airtight defense wall, blocking all the arrows outside.

At the same time, Sun Guan led the archers to come and fired arrows at the defenders on the city wall. Chang Xi led another wave of soldiers to rush towards the city wall without hesitation, set up a ladder, and began to climb upwards.

Zang Ba's efforts were indignant from the soldiers of the army. Wu Dun, Sun Guan and Chang Xi all led their troops to rush over and launched the last fierce attack on Gaotang County!

"Okay! Since everyone is here, let's go together. No matter what, we will conquer Gaotang County today!" Zang Ba was much more relieved when he saw this scene and said loudly.

"Here!" everyone answered in unison.

The morale of the Xuzhou soldiers suddenly increased a lot. Everyone rushed over together, leaving only hundreds of cavalry watching from afar, but the horses under their seats were also anxious and eager to try.

Under the cover of the shield wall, Zang Ba, Wu Dun and others began to advance step by step. Sun Guan held the bow and arrow and led the archers to shoot arrows on the city wall. Chang Xi led the people to the city gate. Dozens of soldiers held a huge log with sharp heads and hit the city gate violently.

The ladders were mounted one after another and stood up on the city wall. The soldiers of Xuzhou climbed upwards regardless of their own wits.

For a moment, the attack of Xuzhou soldiers became fierce, and Han Meng, who was commanding on the city tower, was also the first one to be in trouble. While someone was holding up a huge rock and smashing it to the city gate, he commanded the archers to shoot arrows, while someone pushed the ladder away. In a blink of an eye, Han Meng was unable to do anything and was extremely busy.

The huge rocks were thrown down one by one, but the Xuzhou soldiers were persistent and fearless. One was smashed to death, and the other was added and continued to violently hit the gate of Gaotang County.

Under the city wall, a cloud ladder was pushed down and another cloud ladder was raised up again. Xuzhou soldiers bravely moved forward, climbing the cloud ladder quickly, either being shot to death by arrows, or being pushed down together with the cloud ladder, falling to the ground and injured.

Zang Ba and Wu Dun soon came to the bottom of the city wall. Under the cover of the shield wall, Zang Ba suddenly handed the shield in his hand to Wu Dun. He himself held a long knife and ran to the left side of the city wall in a flash, and then got into the crowd.

Zang Ba gathered a group of soldiers and whispered to them. The soldiers nodded and immediately put a ladder on the city wall.

He climbed up the cloud ladder without hesitation, holding a knife in one hand and holding the cloud ladder in the other, and climbing up as fast as possible.

Yuan Bing, who was guarding the city, hurried over and pushed open the ladder. At the same time, another ladder was set up beside Zang Ba. He leveraged his strength and jumped directly on the ladder and continued to climb upwards.

Seeing this, Yuan Jun's archers rushed in, and were blocked by Zang Ba with a knife.

Seeing that Zang Ba was about to climb up the city wall, Yuan Bing suddenly became panicked and hurried over to push the ladder away. Unexpectedly, as soon as Yuan Bing's hands touched the ladder, Zang Ba took advantage of the force and jumped directly on the ladder that was set up next to him. He stepped on the ladder and continued to climb upwards, getting closer and closer to the city wall.

Yuan Bing was shocked. This was the first time they had seen this way of climbing the city. In a panic, several people hurried over and wanted to push away the ladder that Zang Ba was stepping on.

But it was too late at this time. Zang Ba had already climbed to the top of the city, jumped, waved the long sword in his hand, and killed a Yuan Bing, landed directly on the city wall, becoming the first person to climb the city.

Once Zang Ba climbed the city wall, he immediately waved his sword to kill Yuan Bing. The Yuan Bing could not resist and let Zang Ba kill a place with a standing cone.

One after another, Xuzhou soldiers followed Zang Ba, climbed the city wall from the ladder, fought side by side with Zang Ba, and killed Yuan Bing together.

Han Mengshang was commanding the soldiers to defend above the city gate. Suddenly, he heard a series of screams coming from the right side. He immediately turned his head and looked over. He was shocked to see Zang Ba and Xuzhou soldiers fighting hard.

"boom!"

A loud bang came from the city gate. After a persistent and violent impact, the Xuzhou soldiers led by Changxi finally opened the gate of Gaotang County.

As soon as the city gate opened here, Wu Dun and others under the city wall immediately rushed towards the city gate and rushed into the city along the city gate.

For a moment, the city was lost and the city gate was knocked open. Yuan's morale suddenly fell, and Han Meng was even more upset. But at this point, he was helpless. Facing the powerful Xuzhou soldiers, he had no choice but to retreat to the city and engage in street battles with the Xuzhou soldiers.

"Swoosh!"

An arrow broke through the sky and flew straight towards Han Meng. He was startled and hurriedly dodged. Although he avoided the vital points, he was still shot into the left shoulder by the arrow. Blood immediately flowed down the iron armor.

Han Meng was injured and looked in the direction of the arrow shooting, but when he saw that the person who shot him was Sun Guan. Sun Guan saw that Han Meng did not kill him, he added another arrow, and the second arrow was flying towards Han Meng quickly.

Han Meng picked up a long sword and blocked the arrow directly. He looked around and saw that the situation was hopeless and he was injured again. He turned around and went down the city tower and retreated to the city under his personal guard.

Thousands of Xuzhou soldiers flocked into Gaotang County. Zang Ba led his subordinates to quickly seize the city tower. He waved his knife and cut off the big flag and inserted his military flag on the top of the city.

When the soldiers of Xuzhou saw the military flags flying, they all bravely moved forward, and under the leadership of Wu Dun and Changxi, they rushed into the city.

Outside the city, hundreds of cavalrymen also rushed into the city. Zang Ba ran down from the city tower, turned over and rode a war horse, inserted a long sword into the scabbard, raised a long spear, and led the cavalry to kill the city.

For a time, there was a chaotic movement in Gaotang County, and the sound of fighting was endless. Yuan Jun, who had been guarding for two days, continued to fight against Xuzhou soldiers in the streets and alleys under the leadership of Han Meng. However, Xuzhou had many soldiers and was extremely brave, and Han Meng retreated step by step.

Soon, Zang Ba rushed to the front line with his cavalry and ordered Wu Dun and Chang Xi to detour on both wings to encircle him. He rushed forward with his cavalry and threatened to capture Han Meng.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Han Meng fled to the stable under the escort of more than a hundred people, rode his horse and ran away from the north gate.

As the dusk was gathering, the sunset had completely sunk into the horizon. In Gaotang County, Xuzhou soldiers were in the process of Qingwei. After Han Meng led his personal escaping, the remaining hundreds of Yuan soldiers could not resist for long. Before nightfall, they had been completely wiped out by Xuzhou soldiers.

Zang Ba led the cavalry and searched all over the city, but he never saw Han Meng's shadow. It was not until the scout came from outside the city that he realized that Han Meng fled east with more than a hundred remaining cavalrymen.

Since he could no longer pursue, Zang Ba had to order a rest in the city, while counting the number of casualties, while burying the bodies.

When night fell, Yuan Tan and Guo Tu led more than a thousand remaining troops into the territory of Gaotang County. From the scouts, they learned that Gaotang County had also been captured by Xuzhou soldiers. After some discussion, Yuan Tan and Guo Tu led their troops to Ande County, hoping to cross the Yellow River from Ande County north and enter Hebei.

Ande County is located on the north bank of the Yellow River, but there is also part of the land on the south bank, and there is also a Yellow River ferry, which echoes the ferry in Gaotang County.

Since Gaotang County has been occupied by Zang Ba, Yuan Tan, Guo Tu and others dare not advance easily, so they chose to go east to Ande County, preparing to cross the Yellow River from the ferry north and enter Hebei.

As long as you enter Hebei, Yuan Tan, Guo Tu and others are truly safe.

The group went to Ande County at night, and along the way, they met Han Meng, Chunyu Qiong, Jiang Qi and others by chance. The group of people were defeated in such a crushing defeat, which was a bit pale.

When I arrived at the ferry in Ande County, it was already the next day. Fortunately, there were still some ferries here. However, because it was dark and the night was difficult to tell, the crowd was exhausted, so I decided to rest here and cross the river again the next day.

At dawn the next day, more than 2,000 people including Yuan Tan, Guo Tu, Han Meng, Chunyu Qiong, Jiang Qi led the crowd across the river in batches. After some tossing, the group finally crossed the Yellow River and arrived in Hebei.

Suddenly, a force of soldiers rolled in from a distance, with dust flying. Yuan Tan and others were all frightened and secretly guessed that the Xuzhou soldiers had already crossed the Yellow River and were waiting here?

Yuan Tan immediately ordered the entire army to prepare for combat and be ready for battle.

When the troops gradually approached, Yuan Tan saw clearly that the troops who came were fighting against Yuan's military flag. The leader was Xu You.

It turned out that when Xu You returned to Hebei, he expected that Yuan Tan would be defeated, so he went to Ganling and persuaded Jiang Yiqu, the general of Yuan Shao who was stationed there, to borrow 3,000 troops to come and help.

Unexpectedly, Xu Yougang led his army into Pingyuan City, and heard that Gaotang County was captured by Zang Ba, and Yuan Tan and others were gone. So he guessed that Yuan Tan would definitely cross north from Ande County, so he led his army to pick him up.

After Yuan Tan learned all this, he regretted it. If he had followed Xu You's advice at that time and retreated to advance, he might not have suffered such a great defeat.

Seeing this, Xu You hurriedly said, "It's too late for the eldest son to regret it. The eldest son led an army of 30,000 to compete for Qingzhou, but now he is defeated and returns with only two thousand remaining troops. The lord will definitely blame the lord. The lord should think about how to deal with the lord's punishment first! In addition, the lord should quickly block the ferry along the river to prevent the Xuzhou soldiers from crossing north. Otherwise, once the Xuzhou soldiers rushed into Hebei, the lord would definitely not spare the lord!"

After hearing this, Yuan Tan immediately did what Xu You said and sent troops to block the ferry. Afterwards, he and Xu You entered Pingyuan City, and according to Xu You's suggestion, he took the initiative to write a crime and sent someone to hand it to Yuan Shao in Yecheng. He was waiting for Yuan Shao's punishment in Pingyuan City...
Chapter completed!