On the city tower, there was a layer of corpses under the city wall. Dong Zhuo's army was the one attacking the city, but the Yellow Turban army defending the city suffered even more casualties.
The Yellow Turbans under Zhang Bao are different from the peasant army in Yuzhou. Under Zhang Bao's training, they have become more like soldiers, and some of them have also mastered the art of archery. However, they are still not as good as the professional soldiers under Dong Zhuo.
There was a huge difference in terms of range and accuracy. Especially with the Jinglan vehicles covering the attack from behind, the Yellow Turban Army was temporarily unable to parry.
People kept climbing up the tower, but luckily the crisis was averted thanks to their numerical advantage.
Dong Zhuo, who was on horseback under the city tower, also fired his bow from left to right, shooting the defenders on the city tower continuously and accurately, "Keep going! Find an opportunity to open the city gate!"
"Kill me! Release the rolling wood!" Zhang Bao was also nervously directing the situation. It was his first time fighting Dong Zhuo. He didn't expect that Dong Zhuo's soldiers were so elite. If he continued like this, the city gate would be opened sooner or later.
Just as Zhang Bao was shouting, an arrow flew past his eyes and was nailed to the wooden beam behind him.
Cold sweat broke out in a flash. Zhang Bao looked over and saw Dong Zhuo staring at him with a mocking expression on his face from the tower, and the bow in his hand was drawn again!
Zhang Bao was a little scared, so he crouched down and kept shouting: "Shoot the enemy general for me!"
But how could this order be implemented? As Dong Zhuo's army continued to scale the city wall, the garrison soldiers were overwhelmed with their own affairs. They could not even place rolling logs to gather the men, let alone go far away to shoot the enemy general.
"General Dong Zhonglang, do you want to continue to attack the city?" Zong Yuan looked at the corpses on the ground. He knew that there must be more corpses on the tower, but the enemy had more than 100,000 troops, and his own army only had 10,000 or 20,000 people. If the fight continued like this
I'm afraid it will be unsustainable.
"Attack! Increase the intensity of the siege!" Dong Zhuo is determined to win Quyang. He will not withdraw his troops if he does not win today!
Zhang Bao, who was on the city tower, saw that the situation was getting more and more unfavorable. He was secretly worried, but he did not dare to take the initiative, so he had to find a way down the city tower, and went to the back to gather the generals and soldiers to prepare to climb the city wall.
He didn't believe that Dong Zhuo's men could all be equal to ten and killed all of his more than 100,000 men.
Zhang Bao's three major generals, Yan Zheng, Zhou Cang, and Gao Sheng, also climbed up the city tower to guard various gaps. With the addition of the three major generals, the situation finally stabilized.
Dong Zhuo was a little annoyed. If he followed this momentum, he would have the confidence to take down the tower, open the gate and rush in within half an hour at most!
But now that the situation has been stabilized, any further fighting will only increase casualties.
"Ming Jin withdraws the troops!" Dong Zhuo made his decision.
The clan member also breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that Dong Zhuo would go all the way and lose the lives of the soldiers in vain.
The flag and drum officials hurriedly beat the gongs, and the soldiers who were attacking the city paused after hearing this, and then retreated like a tide. Only some of the soldiers who had climbed up the tower and those on the ladders had no way to retreat and lost their lives.
"Return to the camp!" Dong Zhuo gave the order after seeing the army gathered, and the army turned around and left!
Before leaving, Dong Zhuo shot an arrow toward the tower as if to vent his anger, but it was blocked by Zhou Cang's spear.
The yellow turbans on the city tower continued to defend the battle, and they all looked at Dong Zhuojun's retreat and cheered.
Dong Zhuojun's atmosphere was depressing, and anyone could feel that morale was extremely low.
At this moment, at the border of Zhongshan Kingdom, Zhang Fei was overjoyed and rushed into the battalion commander, "Brother! Big brother!"
"Why is third brother so excited?"
Liu Bei was discussing the military situation with Guan Yu when he saw Zhang Fei rushing in excitedly.
Guan Yu was also curious. Zhang Fei had been depressed since he came here. He didn't know why he was so happy today.
"Brother! There's going to be a fight in Quyangcheng today!" Zhang Fei's voice sounded like thunder. He had been looking forward to this day for a month.
"Oh? Tell me carefully!" Liu Bei immediately stood up and said seriously.
"According to reports from scouts, an army appeared outside Xiaquyang City today. The commander-in-chief's flag is Dong Zi Banner, and they have already begun to attack the city!" Zhang Fei wished that he was the one attacking the city at this moment.
"Dong Zi Banner? Whose troops are they?" Liu Bei wondered. After he came out of Zhuojun, the intelligence information channels were basically gone. He didn't know anything about Lu Zhi's resignation or Dong Zhuo's taking office.
"Brother, everyone has an opportunity!" Guan Yu said from the side. Although he didn't act as eager as Zhang Fei, he was also very anxious in his heart.
"That makes sense. Third brother, do you know how the siege is progressing?" Liu Bei asked.
Zhang Fei paused and said, "The scouts haven't reported back yet on the siege situation."
As soon as he received the news of the siege, he rushed over. This place was still some distance from Xiaquyang City, and it would take some time for the scouts to report the news. At this time, although Dong Zhuo had withdrawn his troops, the news from Liu Bei had not yet reached him.
Liu Bei and Guan Yu smiled and said nothing more.
The three of them did not have to wait too long for the follow-up news about the siege.
"Report! General Zhang, the siege army has retreated."
Zhang Fei had previously issued an order for the scouts to report to him the situation of the siege as soon as they returned.
"Retreat? Why retreat? Didn't you just say that the siege team has the upper hand?" Zhang Fei picked up the soldier and said with disbelief on his face.
"Yide!" Liu Bei yelled.
Zhang Fei then released the scout. He had been waiting for a month, but it ended so painlessly?
"Okay, please explain the situation carefully."
After the three of them had been together for so long, Liu Bei gradually discovered that Zhang Fei would often express his anger at the soldiers, which was exactly the opposite of him. He had warned Zhang Fei many times, but Zhang Fei could never get rid of this bad habit.
The scout was startled by Zhang Fei, and his body was trembling, "Originally... originally the siege team had the advantage, but then the Yellow Turban thieves somehow stabilized the situation, and then...
So we retreated."
While telling the story, he glanced at Zhang Fei out of the corner of his eye, fearing that he would pick him up again, so he stammered in his words.
"Okay, you go down and rest." Liu Bei patted the scout's shoulder comfortingly and said.
After the scouts retreated, Liu Bei's expression immediately became serious, "Yide! How many times have I told you, treat your soldiers well!"
Zhang Fei also knew that he was in the wrong, so he turned his head to the side and muttered softly, unable to hear clearly what he was saying.
Liu Bei originally wanted to give a few words of admonishment, but Guan Yu rescued Zhang Fei in time: "Brother, that man retreated in time. He must have seen trouble and couldn't do anything. I think he will not give up and there will be another battle in the future."
"Hmm... I don't know how my teacher Lu Zhi is doing in the war. I haven't heard from him for more than a month." Liu Bei also somewhat agreed with Guan Yu's point of view.
"Brother, why don't you lead the army and set up camp? When that person comes to lead the army next time, we can help him to capture Quyang City!"
"Okay! Send the order to the entire army to break camp!"
Dong Zhuo's army camp.
"General Dong Zhonglang, all the army has entered the camp. Our army has suffered more than 2,000 casualties this time, most of whom were killed in battle." After returning to the camp, the clan members immediately organized the entire army and counted the casualties.
Fortunately, they were evacuated in time. Although many people were killed or injured, they were not seriously injured.
"How many soldiers are left who can go to the battlefield now?" Dong Zhuo was not concerned about the casualties this time. He was already thinking about the next attack plan.
In his opinion, Zhang Bao was a tough nut to crack. When he withdrew his troops just now, he wanted to try to see if Zhang Bao would take advantage of the victory and pursue the attack, but Zhang Bao was too cautious and could not get out of the city, which made his plan in vain.
"There are about 13,000 warriors capable of fighting!" Zong Yuan replied. In his opinion, this defeat should make Dong Zhuo retreat.
"Okay! Thirteen thousand people are enough to take down Quyang City!" Dong Zhuo slammed the table and said impassionedly.
"Still want to fight? We have already lost more than 2,000 people today. If we continue to fight, we will all have to answer here!" Zong members were very dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo's decision. He now just wanted to go back and follow Lu Zhi's plan to stay outside Guangzong City.
"Vice General Zong, could it be that one battle broke your courage?" Dong Zhuo said disdainfully. He was very dissatisfied with the Zong members and always thought of conservative strategies. A man should be enterprising when he is born! Make contributions!
"I just don't want you to do the impossible with the lives of the soldiers!" Zong Yuan argued. This army was brought here by Lu Zhi and him, and it was also his hard work. Every soldier was lost.
He was heartbroken.
Although Dong Zhuo was generous and considerate of his soldiers, it was just a tactic to win over. When it was time for him to make great contributions and fill a hole with people's lives, he would not be merciful.
"Vice General Zong, don't forget who is the leader of an army!" Dong Zhuo glared, his words full of warning.
"You!" The clan member pointed at Dong Zhuo angrily. He was speechless for a long time and had to leave angrily!
Dong Zhuo saw clearly today at the city gate that there were three fierce generals in the rebel army who single-handedly reversed the situation. If he wanted to attack the city, he had to find a way to deal with these three generals, otherwise even if he attacked the city a hundred times, he would be in vain.
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One of the ladders was damaged during the siege, and the supply of troops was getting less and less. Everything was in trouble. It was this predicament that forced Dong Zhuo to have no other choice.
Take a detour? Not to mention whether the army's food supply is enough to support it, let's talk about Lu Zhi's imprisonment. The crime is that he failed to defeat the thieves. He had just taken office and attacked the city unfavorably, losing troops and generals.
Under such circumstances, taking a detour and besieging Guangzong, isn't it no different from Lu Zhi? Or even worse than Lu Zhi!
It won't take long, the court will definitely hold him accountable, and he will inevitably end up like Lu Zhi!
He originally thought he was here to pick up a leak, but he realized he was in a dilemma when he arrived. Dong Zhuo couldn't help but regret it.
In Xiaquyang City, Zhang Bao held a banquet to entertain the heroes who defended the city today.
"Yan Zheng, Zhou Cang, and Gao Sheng, you three have made great achievements today! The enemy has not retreated, so we won't drink any more! Tell me what reward you want!" Zhang Bao looked very proud as he sat at the head of the banquet.
"Hey! General, this is our duty!"
Yan Zheng is a short man who looks a little wretched. His ancestors were hunters. He also learned the art of wielding a sword and a bow, and served as a general under Zhang Bao.
"Yes, general, this is what we should do." Zhou Cang and Gao Sheng also echoed.
"Since the three of you won't tell me, I'll make my own decision! Allocate a girl to each of the three of you!"
The three of them looked at each other, with smiles on their faces, and stood up quickly: "Thank you, General!"