Chapter 499: Capture Xinye, slay Wang Wei (Silence)
Several Wei soldiers rushed out from behind the deputy general and hurried to open the city gate.
The sound of the city gate "creeping" when it opens is the best signal.
The Wei army arrayed not far outside the city did not need to greet them. As soon as they heard the sound of the city gate opening, they quickly launched a charge. As long as the deputy general and his troops guarded the city gate for more than ten seconds, the three thousand cavalry led by Wei Yan could
Rush into the city!
As long as the cavalry enters the city, it will be able to break up the Jingzhou Army's defense in one go. Once the infantry arrives, Xinye City will almost have to change hands.
Enemy attacks, fighting and screams resounded over Xinye City.
No matter how slack the Xinye defenders were, they had basically reacted at this time and rushed towards the city gate for reinforcements.
The lieutenant held the captured spear in his hand and stood at the gate of the city with the aura of one man standing in front of ten thousand men.
In just a dozen breaths, the Jingzhou Army had attacked several times, but was always repelled at the last moment by Cao's soldiers.
When a night attack occurred, naturally some soldiers reported the situation to the guard Wang Wei as soon as possible.
"Report! General! There is an enemy night attack at the south gate!"
Wang Wei had just faintly heard a noise in his sleep. Now someone came to report it. He immediately stood up, put on his armor and said, "Hurry! Gather the defenders and follow me to the south city gate!"
The soldier who delivered the order said with faint panic: "General, it's Cao's army here! They climbed over from the city wall. They have captured the south gate and are assisting the army outside the city to enter the city!"
Wang Wei is a veteran general. Although the enemy is about to enter the city, he still maintains the most basic composure.
After putting on his armor and holding his sword in his stomach, Wang Wei randomly stuffed his hair into his helmet, walked out of the room and asked: "How many people are there in Cao's army, and who is the general who leads it?"
The messenger shook his head and said: "It's too dark. We only know that there are about two hundred people who captured the city gate. As for the leading generals, we can't see clearly how many people are outside the city."
Wang Wei did not waste time. He said as he walked: "Then why don't you hurry up and send orders to all the ministries, quickly gather troops and horses, and be sure to take back the south gate! Go quickly!"
"Here!" After receiving the order, the ordering soldier jumped up and ran away.
As soon as Wang Weigang walked out of the house, the already excited generals gathered their troops.
It was too dark, so they lit torches and waited outside the city guard's mansion. After Wang Wei arrived, they immediately followed Wang Wei and went to the south gate to support him.
However, when most of Wang Wei's troops rushed to the south gate, the cavalry led by Wei Yan also happened to rush into the city gate!
"Cavalry! There are cavalry coming in!" Jingzhou soldiers shouted in panic.
Seeing that his cavalry had finally arrived, the deputy general and the last few dozen or so soldiers who had arrived quickly dispersed, making way for Wei Yan and the cavalry behind him.
Wei Yan took the lead and led two thousand cavalry into the city.
Almost in an instant, the defenders besieging the gate of Xinye City were rushed away!
Wang Wei used the firelight at the city gate to watch his defenders being knocked around by the tall and strong horses. He couldn't help but feel cold in his heart and said to himself: "Damn it! It's too late!"
After the cavalry breaks through the defense, there must be a large number of infantry following behind.
Sure enough, after the cavalry rushed into the main street of the city, bursts of shouts came from the city gate!
Listen to the sound, the number of people will never be small!
"What should I do? I'm afraid this city can't be defended!"
However, when Wang Wei just came up with this idea, Wei Yan had already discovered them.
"Follow me and charge!" Wei Yan raised his sword and shouted.
"charge!
"
"kill!"
It's too late to retreat; if you force a retreat at this time, it will only turn into a rout; if you fight desperately to kill the retreating cavalry, you might still have a chance of survival!
Wang Wei made a decisive decision and shouted: "Form up and meet the enemy!"
This group of Jingzhou soldiers are all Wang Wei's old troops. They are well-trained and react quickly.
As soon as Wang Wei finished speaking, the defending soldiers had already built a shield wall two meters in front of him!
"Whoosh!"
Countless spears suddenly stretched out from the gaps in the shield wall. Looking at the sharp spear heads shining coldly in the firelight, if the cavalry just bumped into them, it would probably be very uncomfortable.
But Wei Yan and the cavalry behind him did not slow down.
When we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins!
Wei Yan stared intently at the dense mass of spears in front of him. When he was still five steps away from the spear-shield formation, he suddenly shouted loudly, stepped on his horse, jumped up, crossed the shield formation, and fell into the Jingzhou Army's formation.
middle!
Because Wang Wei's view was blocked by the shield wall, he didn't know what was happening outside the shield wall.
He was holding his breath and preparing to command the battle, when he suddenly saw a black shadow falling from the sky, and he couldn't help but froze.
"What?"
"That's a man, a general of Cao's army!"
"Kill him!"
Wei Yan's magic soldiers descended from the sky, causing the Jingzhou army to panic. And after he landed, he blocked the killing gods like a killing god, and the Buddha blocked the killing Buddha, causing a bloody storm!
Wang Wei no longer cared about commanding the defense because he was only less than five steps away from Wei Yan.
After Wei Yan neatly killed a dozen of the surrounding defenders, he raised his sword and charged towards Wang Wei!
"Come here, protect the general!" The Jingzhou army recovered from the panic and immediately shouted and gathered around Wang Wei.
But at this moment, Cao Jun's cavalry had broken through the shield formation without any command and support at the cost of dozens of cavalry casualties!
"General Wang, you have no chance of winning, surrender!"
Wang Wei was waiting to command his soldiers to form a defensive formation again, when he suddenly heard a somewhat familiar voice.
Wei Yan raised his hand to block the Cao cavalry behind him who wanted to take the opportunity to attack Wang Wei and the Jingzhou Army behind him. Although the cavalry were unwilling to do so, they finally slowly stopped behind Wei Yan.
Wang Wei saw that the general of Cao Jun in front of him looked familiar, but he couldn't remember his last name, so he asked: "You are..."
"I, Wei Yan, once had a relationship with the general." Wei Yan raised the corner of his mouth and continued with a sarcastic smile: "It's just that I was just a small captain at the time, and I'm afraid I didn't join your old man's family.
Dharma Eye."
"Wei Yan!" After hearing this name, Wang Wei finally had some impressions, "It turns out you are... a person who betrays the Lord and seeks glory. I have always despised you, let alone being remembered by me?"
Wang Wei had a strong temper, and after a few words with him, Wei Yan knew that this man could not be persuaded to surrender.
So, Wei Yan walked back to his cavalry team, climbed on the horse brought by his guards, and said: "In that case, don't blame Wei for being ruthless with the sword!"
Wang Wei laughed loudly and said: "What a thief, just come over here!"
...
During the night attack on Xinye, Wei Yan's formation killed Wang Wei, the defender of Xinye. Cao's army killed more than 2,000 enemies in total and captured hundreds of people. Xinye fell into the hands of Cao's army.
The Fall of New Wilderness,
This means that basically everything north of the Han River fell into the hands of the Cao family, and now only Fancheng is left alone on the north bank of the Han River.