The purpose of the Wuhuan cavalry's trip was very clear.
Since they had surrounded the county town of Zhuoxian, how could they not prepare siege equipment? What's more, they had the support of the Yuan brothers behind them, so they must have prepared the siege equipment.
After the order to attack the city was given, the Wuhuan people dismounted their horses and rushed towards the city with a strange cry.
The Wuhuan people running at the front were carrying ladders; the slower ones behind were pushing battering rams and holding shields and slowly heading towards the city gate; the last ones were the archers holding bows and arrows.
After walking a few steps away, they began to shoot arrows towards the city head.
Arrows are coming!
When the defenders on the city wall saw that the Wuhuan people actually launched an attack on the city, they began to panic.
But the panic was only fleeting. After all, they were veterans who had fought many battles. Since the war started, they just had to perform their duties and stand their ground.
At this time, Zhang Nan and the somewhat drunken Jiao Chu also heard the news and came to the city wall.
Seeing that their general had arrived, the morale of the defenders instantly rose.
After Zhang Nan waited for the wave of arrows from the Huns to fall, he stretched his neck and looked outside the city. He couldn't help but feel happy and said: "Haha! Just a ladder or a siege ram?"
To be honest, after seeing all kinds of terrifying siege weapons in the Central Plains, this primitive combination of ladder and siege hammer really feels a bit childish.
Although the Wuhuan people were as numerous as ants, Zhang Nan was not panicked at all.
When the enemy was eighty paces away, he finally ordered: "Fire the arrow!"
The defenders had been hiding from the Huns' bows and arrows before, and they had been holding back a lot of cowardice... Now they finally got the order to fight back. The archers screamed one by one and shot the bows and arrows in their hands at the enemy.
Siege troops.
"Boohoo!"
"Ahhh!"
After a wave of arrows, the Wuhuan people fell to the ground.
However, compared to Wuhuan's army, the defenders' arrow rain seemed a bit too sparse.
After two rounds of shooting at each other, the siege army had arrived under the city wall.
There is no moat in the county town of Zhuoxian, so any position on the city wall can be a place for the Wuhuan people to attack.
Hundreds of ladders were rolled out at the same time, and for a while, dense ladders were set up on the city wall.
The Wuhuan soldier held a scimitar in his mouth, held a shield over his head in one hand, and climbed up the ladder with the other.
The ladder was already leaning against the wall. Zhang Nan was not hesitant and immediately ordered wood and rolling stones to be smashed down as hard as he could.
When the Wuhuan people were raiding the surrounding areas, Zhang Nan and Jiao Chu secretly stockpiled a lot of wood and rolling stones. Although they felt that the Wuhuan people would most likely not attack the city, they were always prepared.
Unexpectedly, such a well-prepared idea gave them enough weapons to deal with the Wuhuan people who were attacking the city. Every time he thought of this, Zhang Nan couldn't help but feel a sense of luck in his heart.
Nomads are not good at attacking cities. They do not have as many tricks and routines as the Central Plains people do when attacking cities.
The method of going back and forth is,
"rush!"
"Push me hard!"
"Everyone who is not dead, rush up!"
With such intensity of siege, not to mention breaking the city, there were only a few Wuhuan people who climbed onto the city wall.
The battering ram was still a bit of a threat, but under the fierce fire and oil above the city gate, this thing ended up just turning into a blazing big hammer...
Seeing that his first wave of attacks had been beaten back so easily, Su Buyan immediately became furious and yelled at the city gate: "Damn Han dogs, I'm not done with you! Continue to attack the city!"
After Po, I will kill all the Han people, leaving no chickens or dogs behind!"
...
More than two hours had passed in the siege of the city in the blink of an eye.
Except for a short rest, the Wuhuan people never stopped attacking the city.
But what troubled Su Buyan was that in just over two hours, he attacked five times in total, but only once did thousands of soldiers scale the city wall; and once he used a battering ram to hit the city gate.
Trembling slightly, as if he was about to fall but never fell down... But other than that, there was no other gain.
Seeing that the sun was already setting in the west, Su Puyan, who was unwilling to accept it, decided to make one last full-scale attack.
"My sons, you are wolves on the grassland! You are the sons of the invincible Wolf God!" Su Buyan began to encourage morale, "The Han people are no longer good. They will only hide behind high walls and linger. The colorful world of the Central Plains should not be left to cowards.
rule!"
"Woo! Woo! Woo!"
The Wuhuan people began to shout loudly, and when they mentioned the rich and prosperous Central Plains world, their morale immediately strengthened again.
"My sons, attack with the whole army! Break the city, and all the Han people and property in the city are at your disposal!"
"Ouch!"
It has always been said that there must be brave men under heavy rewards. At this moment, the eyes of these grassland barbarians were reddened by the stimulation of killing and money.
"attack!!!"
"Kill!!!"
"Kill them all! Kill them all!"
Under Su Puyan's encouragement and supervision, the Wuhuan soldiers rushed towards the county wall again like crazy.
This attack was so powerful that even Zhang Nan, who had always been calm, couldn't help but change his expression.
"Whoaaah!"
The Wuhuan people attacked the city walls and gates without any regard for losses. The defenders were suppressed by the opponent's momentum and immediately fell into a disadvantage.
Seeing more and more Wuhuan people scaling the city wall, Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan were so desperate that they had to take up the sword and go into battle themselves.
This group of Wuhuan people were as if they had been beaten to death, squeezing against the city wall desperately.
Seeing that the defenders on the city wall had been suppressed and were about to be defeated, Su Puyan finally looked up to the sky and laughed: "Han city? Nothing more than that! Hahaha!"
However, just when Su Buyan raised his head and laughed, there was suddenly a "rumbling" sound of horse hoofs behind him!
Feeling the rhythmic trembling of the earth, Su Buyan could not realize that this was the sound and vibration caused by the cavalry sprinting at full speed?
Looking back, Su Buyan looked back and thought to himself: "Which stupid tribe wants to take advantage of this opportunity?"
However, when the distant cavalry came close enough, the Wuhuan people who had participated in the battle against Cao Cao finally recognized their identities!
"It's not the cavalry of other tribes, that's the flag of Cao's army!"
"It's Cao Jun's Dragon Cavalry Camp!!!"
"Oh my God! Zhao Zilong is here! Run for your life!!!"
Because Su Puyan ordered the entire army to attack the city, his current central army only has more than a thousand personal guards.
Prairie people value bravery most, and Zhao Yun, a peak warrior who can walk almost anywhere, is even said to be miraculous by those who participated in the war against Cao Cao with the Yuan family.
Now, facing Zhao Yun and Longqiying who had frightened the Wuhuan people, the guards around Su Puyan lost all fighting spirit in an instant.
"Why did Cao Cao's cavalry appear at this critical moment?"
"They let them board the city in order to create a sneak attack opportunity for the cavalry ambushing outside the city!"
Su Buyan felt that even if he was a pig, he should realize at this moment that he had fallen into a trap!
Seeing the dragon cavalry camp getting closer and closer, as well as a group of trembling personal guards around him, Su Puyan could only roar in frustration, "Retreat! The entire army retreats!"