The gates of Yuyang City have been closed, and the five city gates have been put under martial law. Passage is no longer allowed. The plan to poison the prefect's private soldiers was declared bankrupt.
Liu Xiang didn't understand what Deng Mao was thinking. He was right to pretend to attack the fox slaves, but when the pretend attack troops were in place, where was the main attacking troops?
Put out the feint attack troops first and let the enemy be alert before attacking?
How could such a bad idea come up with such a stupid idea? How could one be so talented without a fat person in his head?
It would be better to do nothing and attack the city directly.
Liu Xiang was in a complicated mood. If Deng Mao made a stupid move, the Yellow Turban Army would be severely exhausted, so it would not be difficult to deal with it. But if Deng Mao could not enter the city, he would have to attack the Yellow Turbans first and then Zhang Ju, and the losses would become greater.
, he felt distressed just by ordering troops like this.
Forget it, he can't be impatient. Standing still is the best option now. He has to hide well, observe carefully in the dark, and then launch a fatal blow, so as to capture more prey.
Liu Xiang sent his own soldiers to send orders to all camps. Except for the soldiers on duty, the rest were to take a good rest and replenish their sleep, waiting for the big battle.
Time passed slowly while waiting.
On the night of the first day of April, the moon went out on a date, and the stars in the sky were having fun, celebrating the day that they were no longer covered, but they still couldn't illuminate the darkness in the world.
"The moon is dark and the night is full of murders, and the wind is high and the sky is full of fire. Today is a good day for killing people. Come on, don't make me wait any longer. If I wait like this for a few days, my morale will be exhausted." Liu Xiang muttered in a low voice.
At this time, he was in the Chinese army's tent, waiting for Deng Mao to attack the city. Cui Yi and Yan Rou, two infantry commanders, were waiting for his orders.
You are waiting, he is waiting, and Deng Mao is waiting.
The agreed time is tonight. Deng Mao has already led his people to lurk outside Yuyang City, less than three miles away from the west gate. He is waiting for the people in the city to take action first, and then leads his people to rush into the city at high speed.
The yellow scarf leader in Yuyang City is called Tiedao. He came to the city two days ago. Today he will lead people to capture the city gate and lead the army to enter the city to capture Yuyang. Thinking of this, he became more and more excited.
Yuyang is an important military town. If you capture Yuyang, you will have excellent weapons and armor, as well as powerful crossbows and horses.
As long as they are equipped with these, the Youzhou Yellow Turban can conquer a large territory, respond to the great sages and mentors, and change the world.
When the time comes, he will be able to become a general and live the life of a master. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but lick the long knife in his hand and looked at his companions around him.
Beside him were more than 300 of the strongest Yellow Turban sergeants, equipped with more than 300 ring-shou knives. These were all the war knives that could be brought into the city.
They would be the first echelon to rush into the city gate, rush up to the tower, and kill all enemies in sight. Behind them would be five hundred people armed with wooden guns, responsible for opening the city gate and guarding the retreat.
There are more than two hundred people who were sent out by Tie Dao before. Once the fighting starts here, those people will set fire everywhere to cause chaos and attract the garrison in the city.
Iron Sword led the people forward slowly, and they were about to enter the range of the lighting fire.
It's time, he raised his sword and shouted:
"Brothers, follow me to kill the enemy, kill! kill! kill!"
With the cry of the iron sword, the Yellow Turban Army quickly rushed to the city gate, shouting as they ran: "Heaven is dead, Huang Tian is here to kill!"
The Yellow Turban Army rushed into the city gate with a few scattered crossbow arrows, slashed them with knives, and quickly killed about ten people stationed under the city.
One group of people rushed into the door to open the city gate, and another group of people rushed up the road to the city. They bumped into the Han army supporting the lower city. The iron sword ran a few steps and slashed at the leading Han army with a long sword from the left shoulder to the right rib.
, almost cutting the man in half.
Blood sprayed all over his body. He didn't care about the blood all over his body. He rushed into the crowd of Han soldiers like a ghost, slashing left and right, killing wantonly. The morale of the following Yellow Turban soldiers soared, and they moved forward bravely to fight with their lives. The Han army was frightened.
Defeated steadily.
The Yellow Turban Army pursued them all the way, killing everyone on sight. Soon they rushed up to the city wall and scattered the Han troops on the wall.
Tie Dao ordered his men to light a fire and send a message to Deng Mao outside the city. Then he immediately led his men to the city tower to attack and lower the drawbridge.
The soldiers guarding the west gate were Xian Yuyin's private soldiers. They were poorly trained, their military discipline was lax, and they did not react in time at first. Most of them were quickly killed, and the rest hid in the gate tower and used crossbows to resist.
The Yellow Turban Army charged twice, but were shot back with crossbow arrows each time.
The city gate has been opened, the drawbridge has not yet been lowered, and a large group of people from a distance outside the city are running quickly with torches, and they are almost there.
Tie Dao was so impatient that he picked up the Han army's shield and charged forward again. The other Yellow Turbans either picked up shields or held wooden planks and charged after him.
Facing the barrage of crossbow arrows, people kept being shot and fell to the ground. The iron sword roared and ran forward, crashing into the tower like a madman, knocking over a group of Han troops, opening a gap, and the Yellow Turban Army followed and rushed in.
, as the steel knife was swung, flesh and blood flew everywhere.
More and more Yellow Turbans rushed into the tower, followed the Han army, and attacked the second floor. In just one cup of tea, more than thirty Han soldiers were killed.
In the battle at the city gate, more than 80 Han soldiers were killed, and more than 200 Yellow Turban soldiers were killed or injured. Most of them were killed by crossbow arrows while attacking the city tower.
There was no time to clean the battlefield, so he quickly turned the winch and lowered the suspension bridge. Iron Knife led people to pick up the bows and crossbows to defend against the Han army's counterattack.
Deng Mao soon entered the city.
A thousand men were assigned to Tie Dao, and he was ordered to attack the remaining four gates along the city wall to prevent Jia Qi from entering the city.
Deng Mao led more than 4,000 people to attack the treasury in the city. He wanted to equip troops first, then attack the Yamen and kill the governor.
Regardless of the pain, Tie Dao led his men towards the southwest gate.
At this time, the defenders at the southwest gate were already alert. The commander guarding the area established a defense line based on the city tower. While gathering the defeated troops at the west gate, he sent people to ask for help from the prefect.
The Yellow Turban Army was shot with crossbows and arrows by the Han Army. Relying on the strength of their numbers, they charged repeatedly, but were repelled by the Han Army. The Iron Swordsmen divided their forces to attack the city tower from the climbing road under the city wall, attacking from both sides.
Fortunately, the reinforcements from the southeast gate arrived in time and the defense line was stabilized. The two sides were in a stalemate at the city tower.
Tie Dao asked people to lift the door panels and make a simple large oar. The Yellow Turban Army held the large oar and charged into the formation again.
The Han army met them with heavy shields, stabilized their line, and used their halberds to hit their heads. They also had two levels of crossbowmen shooting arrows from high positions. Unfortunately, they were short of manpower and could only barely withstand the Yellow Turban offensive.
The Yellow Turban Army fought to the death, but their weapons were crude and they were unable to break through the Han army's defenses. They braved the rain of arrows and fought with the Han army, resulting in heavy casualties.
The two armies were fighting together, the sounds of fierce fighting, the sounds of weapons clashing, the sound of crossbows piercing flesh, the sounds of wounded people wailing, all these sounds mixed together in one place, it was like purgatory on earth.
At this time, many fires broke out in the city, and the riots became more and more intense.
Liu Xiang received an urgent report from the scouts, saying that the Yellow Turbans had broken through the west gate and had entered Yuyang City.
The Yellow Turbans finally arrived, and Liu Xiang raised the alarm and ordered the entire army to leave the camp and march towards the southeast gate of Yuyang.