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Chapter 39 Zhang Baoji Defeats Dong Zhuo

Among Zhang Bao's three generals, Zhou Cang is the most powerful in terms of force, while Gao Sheng is average, but the position of the first general is strict. Compared with the rough Zhou Cang, the boring Gao Sheng is more capable of getting things done and knows how to communicate.

After the banquet was over, the three generals all went back to embrace the beauty.

Zhang Bao was a little uneasy. According to Zhang Jiao's speculation, the big men who dispatched troops on both fronts must be stretched thin. Another army appeared in Jizhou. Could it be that the southern front had been completely defeated?

A nimble yellow turban boy walked in quietly and closed the door.

"Why are you here? Aren't you in Guangzong City?" Zhang Bao looked at the visitor and said in surprise.

"General Di Gong, I am here to deliver a message on the order of General Tiangong." This person is the core member of the Yellow Turbans, and this power has always been in Zhang Jiao's hands to carry out secret affairs.

"What brings you here?"

"General Tiangong said that news came from Luoyang that Lu Zhi has been imprisoned and Dong Zhuo has been appointed to take over Lu Zhi's post." The messenger whispered.

"Ah!" Zhang Bao immediately understood after hearing this. After a long time, Dong Zhuo was leading Lu Zhi's army. Lu Zhi had been escorted back to Luoyang and imprisoned.

"Hurry back and deliver the message. Dong Zhuo has led his army outside the city of Xiaquyang." Zhang Bao quickly informed the messenger of the message and ordered him to go back and report to Zhang Jiao.

"Yes!" This person came and went in a hurry.

After learning the news, Zhang Bao instantly formed a big plan in his mind. Today on the city tower, he could see that Dong Zhuo was confident and arrogant, unlike someone who would give up easily.

If you fail to siege the city today, you will surely make a comeback tomorrow. It is better to be proactive than to be passive.

Early the next morning, Dong Zhuo led his army back again. It wasn't that he didn't want to rest for a few more days, but his morale had been declining. If he didn't fight back as soon as possible, he would be unable to fight if it was delayed.

A burst of beating drums came! The Yellow Turban Army on the tower was alarmed. They were all survivors of yesterday's siege battle. Hearing the drums now, they felt like they were facing a formidable enemy!

Zhang Bao also arrived at the city tower immediately. At first glance, Dong Zhuo's army was no different from yesterday, except that the number was slightly smaller.

"Dong Zhuo! It seems you haven't remembered yesterday's lesson!"

From afar, Zhang Bao turned up his volume and shouted to Dong Zhuo.

"Rebel! Don't try to use your words. I will attack the city today and kill you without leaving a single piece of armor behind! Look at the arrows!"

As Dong Zhuo talked, he lowered Zhang Bao's defensiveness, took the bow in his hand, and shot the arrow in one go! An arrow shot towards Zhang Bao on the tower!

Zhang Bao was almost shot by Dong Zhuo yesterday. Naturally, he was on guard against this attack today and crouched down to avoid the arrow.

"Look at the enemy general and shoot for me!"

Although he avoided it, Dong Zhuo's unethical operation angered Zhang Bao and he hurriedly ordered.

Arrows rained down for a while, most of them landed in front of Dong Zhuo. Occasionally, a few flying arrows were blocked by Dong Zhuo with his sword.

"Rebel, you still have to order your men to practice archery more!" Dong Zhuo even had the energy to mock.

Dong Zhuo had been on the frontier for a long time and loved to deal with the Qiang people. He was very good at the art of bow and horse. He always carried two quivers to shoot the bow on the left and right. Now he also picked up arrows to fight back.

Dong Zhuo shot down several of the Yellow Turban troops on the city tower, which made Zhang Bao grit his teeth. It was impossible for an army that had become a monk to catch up with the professional army in a short time, and the equipment level was more than a little inferior.

The troops behind Dong Zhuo looked very passionate! There were so many enemy troops who were not as good as one of our own generals.

The effect of accumulating power and improving morale was achieved. Dong Zhuo immediately stopped his bow and arrow and ordered: "Go up the ladder!"

Just like yesterday, the military formations separated, and several ladders were pushed forward by soldiers to lean against the city wall.

"Jinglan chariots!" Dong Zhuo shouted again. Several jinglan chariots were pushed to the ladder and then fired at the soldiers on the tower indiscriminately, providing cover for the siege soldiers.

"The shield bearers cover the city, and the whole army attacks the city!"

Today, Dong Zhuo has already decided on a strategy. The entire army is pressing forward and attacking the city with all his strength. He wants to imitate Han Xin's last-ditch battle and Xiang Yu's spirit of breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat, and capture Quyang in one go.

More than ten thousand soldiers rushed towards Xiaquyang City like a tide of black crows.

"Throw boulders! Release rolling logs!" Zhang Bao also didn't expect that Dong Zhuo, after yesterday's defeat, would be so reckless today, and it was hard to resist for a moment.

Under the city wall, soldiers were constantly being hit by boulders, rolling logs, or injured by arrows.

After one fell down, the other climbed up the ladder again, advancing one after another without flinching. This was all the result of Lu Zhi's training during his tenure. The whole army followed the orders and prohibited them, and was not afraid of thieves and bandits.

Dong Zhuo watched from below, and his heart gradually relaxed. He was also under great pressure as the commander of the first army. At this moment, there were still more than a thousand cavalry around him who did not participate in the siege, and the rest of the infantry had already rushed over.

There were soldiers constantly climbing up the city wall, trying to fight their way out to seize the door. Unfortunately, there were too many bandits on the city tower, and it was too difficult to get out.

The battle situation was even more tragic than yesterday. Less than half an hour had passed. There were piles of corpses under the city wall and on the towers, leaving people with nowhere to go. The soldiers guarding the city were rolling logs and the boulders had been used up. Some

Grab the corpse and throw it down, hitting every one you can.

As the arrows and rolling wood of the garrison were used up, Dong Zhuo's arrows were also running low. The Jinglan chariot had almost lost its effect, and the two sides entered into hand-to-hand combat.

The situation in the city siege was increasingly tilted towards Dong Zhuo's side. More and more people climbed onto the city tower, and gradually formed small formations to carve out a space on the city tower.

"Okay, okay! The whole army is ready! As soon as the city gate opens, rush into the city!" Dong Zhuo became more and more excited.

Don't look at the fact that Dong Zhuo only has a thousand cavalry around him, but once this power is unleashed, no matter how many people there are, Zhang Bao cannot resist it.

As long as he rushes into the city, that Zhang Bao will never be able to stand up again!

The Yellow Turbans on the city tower were no longer able to deal with it and even lost control. The number of Han troops on the city tower continued to increase. They leaned against the city wall and fought their way downstairs step by step.

At the cost of a lot of lives, the city gate was finally opened by the Han army.

"Make great achievements! Today is the day! Come with me and kill!"

All the horses started moving the moment the city gate opened. The sound of thousands of horses galloping shook the ground, and they sprinted to the city gate in an instant.

The Han troops at the gate of the city quickly withdrew in order to clear the way.

The Yellow Turban Army also retreated inwards for fear of being charged by the cavalry.

The cavalry rushed so fast that some of the Yellow Turbans had no time to escape and were killed by the first batch of cavalry in the city gate passage.

Seeing that the first group of cavalry were about to rush out of the city gate passage, Zhang Bao, who was not far behind, suddenly had a strange smile on his lips, and said in a voice that he could only hear: "I want you to come today.

No reply!"

Several thick ropes suddenly bounced up from the ground! They were blocking the front. The first group of cavalry rushed to rein in their horses, but it was too late! The horses were too fast and hit the stumbling ropes in the next second.

"Ah!" The horse fell on its back! Dozens of cavalrymen and their horses were thrown out. The moment they landed, they were swarmed by the surrounding yellow scarves and chopped into a puddle of mud.

"Stop! Stop quickly!" Dong Zhuo from behind shouted hurriedly to the surroundings!

The charge was so violent that it was impossible to stop now. The cavalry kept hitting the stumbling ropes. Some fell off their horses and died, and some were hacked to death by the Yellow Turbans after falling off their horses.

More than a hundred cavalrymen were caught by the horse ropes, and the rest stopped, but they were in the city gate passage and were surrounded by yellow scarves.

Once the cavalry loses its mobility, it may not be as good as the infantry in combat, as it is now.

Each cavalryman on horseback became a living target, surrounded by countless yellow scarves, unable to move at all.

"Behead the horse! Behead the horse!" Zhang Bao shouted loudly from behind!

As mentioned before, most of the Yellow Turbans are farmers and cannot ride horses. For them, horses are more used for transportation or as meat. They will not try their best to preserve horses as strategic resources like the regular army.

As soon as the horse-cutting strategy came out, the cavalry were knocked down one by one, and then died under the Yellow Turbans' random swords.

Dong Zhuo was horrified as he watched from behind. He was completely defeated in this battle! He was so proud just now, but now he is so embarrassed.

"Retreat! Retreat quickly!" Dong Zhuo shouted. There were still two to three hundred cavalry around him, so escaping back should not be a problem.

After turning the horse's head, Dong Zhuo became a little anxious, and his eyes were filled with yellow from behind!

Zhang Bao had thought up all the plans last night. Originally he wanted to dig a horse pit, but he was afraid that Dong Zhuo would find out. So he finally chose to lay a snagging rope at the gate of the city, and all the yellow scarf warriors in the general were sent to pull the snagging rope.

Don't underestimate the job of tripping the horse rope. If an ordinary person could not bear the power of the horse, he and the rope would fly out!

Before the horse ropes were laid, Zhang Bao secretly ordered Yan Zheng to lead another army to lie in wait at the east gate. When Dong Zhuo was fooled, he came out from the east gate and circled back to intercept Dong Zhuo. The two armies were caught between them, but Dong Zhuo's cavalry did not charge.

Space must be defeated!

At this time, Yan Zheng and his army were naturally behind Dong Zhuo.

"Breakout! Breakout!" Dong Zhuo was completely panicked. It was hard to say whether he could survive now!

The cavalry guarded Dong Zhuo in the middle and charged towards Yan Zheng.

The distance between the two sides was not long, and the cavalry had already hit the crowd before they could pick up speed.

"Stop it! There will be women after I go back!" Yan Zheng's voice came out. It sounded very vulgar, but it was the best reward for the Yellow Turban Army.

One by one, it was as if they were beaten to death. The Yellow Turban Army in the front row blocked the horses with their own bodies. This was also because the horses did not increase their speed, otherwise the army formation would have to be penetrated.

Dong Zhuo held his sword and kept slashing at the surrounding yellow scarves while looking around, trying to find a weak point to break out of the encirclement.

The clan members also carried Han swords and kept slashing, and their armor was covered with blood.

"Breakthrough from the west!"

While killing the enemy, Dong Zhuo observed that the westward troops were the weakest and had to rush out before they were surrounded.

More than half of the cavalry had been lost in the previous fighting, and now there were only about a hundred left. They followed Dong Zhuo's orders and continued to kill towards the west.

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