Chapter Fifty-Third: Qin Jie Beheads Han Zhong, Sun Xia Abandons the City
The two quickly returned to their horses and fought together again.
In a horse battle, short soldiers are better than long soldiers. Unless there is a big gap in martial arts, short soldiers will eventually suffer some losses. The successful attack just now did not make Qin Jie arrogant. He still chose to attack with a backhand. The most important thing is to ask for help.
Stable, not giving Han Zhong the slightest chance to escape.
Originally, the long sword had a higher chance of winning, or could be said to be invincible, but Han Zhong was born as a peasant, so there was no opportunity to practice orthodox sword skills. The reason why he chose the long sword was firstly because it was long, and secondly because everyone wanted to use the sword.
You can even swing it twice when you go up.
The use of spears and spears depends on the actual situation, and there are many types of sword techniques, such as single-handed swords, dragging swords, hanging leg-raising swords, over-the-shoulder swords, etc., there are too many to mention!
But Han Zhong didn't know how to do it. He kept the long sword in his hand with no skill at all. When he saw Qin Jie approaching, he slashed diagonally with his sword. This sword was very powerful in the eyes of ordinary people.
In Qin Jie's eyes, he was weak and weak. He saw the opportunity and blocked the sword to the waist of the sword shaft.
Han Zhong instantly felt that his strength was cut off from his body. He could not cut it out, nor could he take it back for a moment. He seemed to be frozen in place.
Qin Jie would not miss this opportunity, and the Han sword in his hand was as fast as lightning and went up to Han Zhong's throat!
The light of the sword continued to magnify in Han Zhong's eyes. He tried his best to fall back, but unfortunately his equestrian skills were not good enough. When he fell, he fell along the horse's back to the ground, and the long knife was scattered aside.
"Hahahaha!" Qin Jie laughed, causing the surrounding Han soldiers to also laugh around Han Zhong.
At this moment, Han Zhong was in an extremely embarrassed state, with his hair disheveled, his weapons gone, a panicked look on his face, and the clothes around his waist stained with blood.
Han Zhong knew there was no chance of surrender, so he hurriedly picked up the knife. When he was about to pick it up, a sound of wind penetrated his ears. When he looked back, he was shocked!
Qin Jie's sword had reached from the back of his neck. The next moment, Han Zhong's eyes kept turning and he saw his own body standing on the same spot.
Han Zhong beheaded!
"Keep going and kill the bandits!" Qin Jie ordered his soldiers, then stepped forward and picked up Han Zhong's head with his sword, and then ran all the way towards the small town.
Qin Jie flew all the way, and when he arrived at the small town, the Han army was already cleaning the battlefield. There were yellow scarf corpses everywhere, thousands at least.
"General Zhu! I have killed the traitor general Han Zhong!" Qin Jie said while holding Han Zhong's still-unbleached head.
Zhu Jun took a closer look and saw that it was indeed Han Zhong, "Well done! Han Zhong is dead, and the city will be conquered soon!"
In the small town, Sun Xia and the Yellow Turban Army were all terrified. No one condemned Sun Xia for abandoning his companions because they were all part of it. Everyone was just glad that they were still alive!
"General Sun, Han Zhong abandoned us and ran away! Why don't you become his commander?" Someone in the army suddenly spoke up.
"Yes, General Sun, you can be his commander!" Everyone agreed.
Sun Xia had no idea about the position of Qu Shuai. Zhang Mancheng and Zhao Hong both died in this position, and Han Zhong was missing at this time.
There are still about ten thousand Yellow Turbans in the small town. The group of dragons cannot be leaderless, so in the end they have no choice but to bite the bullet and take over the position of commander.
The people in the small town were in a good mood after seeing the casualties caused by the Yellow Turbans leaving the city. They felt that they would soon get rid of these bandits. Who would have thought that the bandits would come back again!
At this moment, there was chaos on the streets, and people went back to their homes and closed their doors tightly.
Sun Xia didn't want to let this group of people go, "Search from house to house! Search all the food for me, and we will consume it with the Han army inside! If you can live one more day, you will earn a day!"
After hearing the order, the Yellow Turban Army quickly moved into action, broke open the people's doors, and carefully searched for food.
"Why are you doing this!" A peasant man shouted as he saw his family's food being plundered.
"Yeah, why are you doing this!" The people nearby spoke out to increase the momentum, and they were also among those who were raided.
Sun Xia knew at the first glance that if they continued to clamor, there might be a mass resistance, so he had to cut the knot quickly!
Without saying a word, he stepped forward, raised the knife and dropped a huge human head on the ground. The surrounding area suddenly became quiet, and there was no sound at all.
Possession picked up the head and showed it around, "Who else wants to ask?"
All the people around him lowered their heads and did not dare to look directly at him.
Under Sun Xia's intimidation, all the food in the small town was quickly looted.
Zhu Jun has finished cleaning up the battlefield and has no plans to attack the city for the time being.
Until midnight, Zhu Jun was awakened by the noise outside, walked out of the camp and asked: "What happened?"
"General Zhu, it seems that someone has come out of the small town." The soldiers on guard did not leave their posts without authorization. They only heard some rumors and had no idea what happened.
"Why didn't you report such information earlier?" Zhu Jun's voice suddenly became majestic.
The soldier guarding the guard was frightened by the sound and quickly lowered his head and said: "I only heard a few words about this, I don't know the specific situation."
Zhu Jun did not embarrass him and walked towards the noisy area ahead. After a while, he saw Sun Jian, Qin Jie and Zhang Chao.
"Sun Jian, what happened!" Zhu Jun looked around and did not see the Yellow Turban Army, but there were many civilians in the field.
"General Zhu! These people were released from the small town, and we are also questioning the situation!" Sun Jian stepped forward and replied.
Qin Jie also stepped forward and said, "General Zhu, I just interrogated several people. Yesterday, after the Yellow Turbans returned to the small town, they plundered all the food of the people in the city and drove them out of the city in the middle of the night."
When Zhu Jun heard this, he understood that the moth thief was determined to fight with him and released the people in the hope that he would take over and increase his food and salary burden.
"What a good plan! If you want to use up our food and salary, then I can't let you get what you want!"
Qin Jie and Sun Jian who were standing by had already understood the meaning of Zhu Jun's words, and they were afraid that they would attack the city soon.
"Prefect Qin, it is up to you to deal with the problem of the refugees. Sun Jian, repair the siege equipment as soon as possible!"
"Here!"
Three days later, with Qin Jie's efforts, the refugees were finally properly resettled, but the Han army's food shortage gradually emerged. If this continues, they may not be able to last more than half a month.
Under the leadership of Sun Jian, the Han army rushed to repair the previously damaged ladder within three days.
The army gathered at the school grounds, and Qin Jie's army was also there.
"We must capture the small town this time! Let the people of Wancheng escape from the misery!" Zhu Jun shouted from the high platform.
It seems that they are just words to save face, but this statement is the most crucial point. The Art of War goes like this: Tao, heaven, earth, generals, and methods! Tao comes first, and this Tao is to be united and united. It is also necessary to have a good reputation as a teacher, and to live in the right place. right way.
Zhu Jun is well versed in the art of war, so he said these words to let the soldiers know the mission and goals they carry!
Sun Jian was the first to respond, "Get out of the sea of suffering! Get out of the sea of suffering!"
More than ten thousand soldiers shouted in unison, "Escape from the sea of suffering! Get out of the sea of suffering!"
Zhu Jun smiled. His goal had been achieved. He pointed the Han sword at the small city and said, "Attack the city!"
Military drums were beating on both sides, and the dull sound of the drums spread.
Sun Jian took the lead and led the sergeants to push the ladder towards the small town. After the ladder was put up, he was the first to climb up.
Cheng Pu followed closely behind. Infected by Sun Jian's example, the soldiers also climbed up desperately.
On top of the city tower, Sun Xia never left for a day, and spent all his sleep on the tower, for fear that the Han army would secretly attack the city.
At this moment, watching the Han army climb up, he commanded: "Block them all! Block them all. If the Han army dares to come up, I will chop them down!"
Sun Xia ran up and down the tower, repeating the order over and over again.
Naturally, the Yellow Turban Army also understood the seriousness of the matter. They blocked the crenellations of the city tower tightly with people standing next to each other, even if they used a human wall to block the Han army!
Sun Jian was the first to climb up, but as soon as he approached the tower, countless swords and farm tools came at him. Sun Jian could only hold the ladder firmly with one hand and the ancient ingot knife with the other to protect himself.
If he fell from the ladder, without a buffer, Sun Jian would be disabled even if he died.
Most of the remaining ladders were made by ordinary sergeants, who did not have the strong martial arts skills of Sun Jian. Many people were hit by the yellow scarves and fell off the ladders.
Seeing that even Sun Jian could not climb the tower, Zhu Jun summoned Zhang Chao: "Quickly deploy the archers forward to provide cover for the attacking soldiers."
The archers were quickly deployed to the front under the leadership of Zhang Chao, "Free Scatter!"
At the command, the sound of bowstrings kept ringing, and arrows flew out like meteors. After all, some of the yellow scarves guarding the city were afraid of death. They were all in chaos!
When someone retreated or blocked the arrows with their swords, the Yellow Turban Army's human wall began to fall into chaos.
When Sun Jian took advantage of several Yellow Turbans to duck and avoid the arrows, he swung out the ancient ingot sword and beheaded several people. Originally, the Yellow Turbans would quickly replace them after the beheading, but at this time, the sky was filled with arrows, and the Yellow Turban army was no longer unified.
Each fights for himself.
With quick eyes and quick hands, Sun Jian quickly climbed up the city wall. With Sun Jian in front, Cheng Pu behind him naturally climbed up the city wall smoothly. The two of them resisted the siege of the Yellow Turban Army back to back.
Downstairs, Zhang Chao looked at Sun Jian and saw that Cheng Pu had successfully scaled the city wall. He hurriedly ordered: "Stop! Stop!"
The archers stopped after hearing this. Once the situation on the tower was opened, it would be irreversible.
Sun Jian and Cheng Pu fought bloody battles, and the number of Han troops behind them continued to increase. The human walls at the remaining crenellations were also affected by this and could no longer be maintained. The entire tower fell instantly!
Sun Xia saw that Sun Jian was invincible and did not dare to go forward to fight with him. The name of "Killer God" had long been spread among the Yellow Turban Army!
"Block! Block!" He kept saying greetings, but his body was retreating, his feet greased and ready to run away.
There are still a large number of Yellow Turban troops under the city wall. The small town is not large and the city tower is relatively narrow and cannot accommodate many people. More Yellow Turbans are making preparations below.
Sun Xia quickly greeted the Yellow Turban Army, "Everyone! Follow me!"
The Yellow Turbans were all confused. Didn't the Han army attack the city? Where should we go?
However, Qu Shuai's order must be obeyed, and everyone ran towards the north behind Sun Xia.
Sun Xia was also decisive, knowing that this small town could not be defended, so he might as well abandon the city and leave. As long as he escaped from Wancheng, there might be a chance!