Liu Xiang organized his army and left the camp. He ordered Yan Rou to lead his Hu cavalry to the west gate, and drove the Yellow Turbans stationed outside the city into the city. They also wandered outside the gate, blocking the Yellow Turbans' return route, waiting for the infantry to attack the city.
I will lead my cavalry, escort, and three battalions in the middle to go to the southeast gate.
If you can sneak in through the gate, it would be best. If you can't, then depending on the situation of the garrison, you can either attack the city directly or attack the west gate in a different way.
Three miles north of the camp is the southeast city gate of Yuyang. You can reach it with just a few steps. At this time, there were only a few people on the city. Liu Xiang shouted to the guards on the city: "I am Liu Xiang. I have been ordered to enter the city to quell the chaos. Open the city gate quickly."
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The killing cry from the southwest gate was clearly heard. There were only a few guards left at the southeast gate. These people were anxious. When they heard Liu Xiang's voice, they cheered loudly: "Reinforcements are coming, reinforcements are coming.
!" Without thinking, he lowered the drawbridge and opened the city gate.
Opening the city gate so quickly was smoother than Liu Xiang expected. He seemed to have overestimated the vigilance of the private soldiers.
The troops quickly entered the city. Liu Xiang sent out scouts to inquire about the treasury and county barracks, and ordered the Zhongba camp to take over the city defense. The guard camp immediately reinforced the southwest, and the Xiaoqi camp circled back to cut off the return route and annihilate the Yellow Turbans along the way first.
Nine hundred soldiers from the guard camp climbed onto the city wall and ran along the city wall to the southwest gate tower.
Four hundred crossbowmen quickly stepped forward and fired at a high speed, knocking down more than a hundred Yellow Turbans who were besieging the tower. Four hundred soldiers took advantage of the situation and rushed out, stabbing with flat spears and halberds in turn. Rows of Yellow Turbans were knocked to the ground.
They wore iron armor and were not afraid of physical combat, and the Yellow Turban Army could not resist.
The Yellow Turbans who besieged the city tower panicked and retreated. These soldiers spread out their formation, chasing the footsteps of the Yellow Turbans, holding spears and halberds eight feet long, stabbing those who stood up and resisted to death one by one, driving the defeated soldiers to break up the Yellow Turban army's formation.
Tie Dao shouted loudly: "Don't run, those who run away will die."
He picked up a long knife and chopped down two people who were running away, and then shouted: "Don't run away, let me kill the enemy."
Seeing the ferocity of the iron sword, everyone in the Yellow Turban finally managed to stabilize their decline. Just as he was about to lead his men forward to kill the enemy, they saw a rain of arrows coming towards them. The iron sword was hit by more than ten arrows, and he fell on his back. All the followers around him were hit by arrows.
He was shot to death, and everyone in the Yellow Turbans dispersed in a panic.
But it was the crossbowmen who followed the soldiers and rushed up, firing their crossbows and killing the people who gathered to resist.
The soldiers guarding the army camp were not in a hurry to kill, but only killed those who resisted and those who ran slowly, one by one, so that more and more defeated Yellow Turban soldiers escaped, breaking down the already scattered formation of the Yellow Turban Army, and allowing more people to join in the escape.
The group, coupled with the crossbowmen leading the group, fired one after another, the Yellow Turbans completely collapsed, and the army was defeated like a mountain. No one could stop the Yellow Turbans from fleeing.
As for those who run down the city wall, the guard camp will not care about them, and naturally there will be a Qiaoqi camp below to intercept them.
The one hundred unarmored infantrymen behind them, holding ring-headed knives, followed the footsteps of the armored soldiers and struck down the injured Yellow Turban soldiers who fell to the ground one by one.
In this way, the guard camp drove away the defeated Yellow Turban soldiers and followed the city wall directly into the west gate tower.
The Yellow Turban Army could not organize a counterattack formation at all, and sporadic resistance was extinguished instantly.
Seeing that the west city gate had been captured, Cui Yi led his cavalry to rush up the city wall along the horse road to the city, blocking the Yellow Turbans' retreating troops.
The soldiers of the two battalions shouted together: "Kneel down and avoid death!" "Those who surrender will not be killed."
After shouting, they began to gather the prisoners. If they disobeyed, they would shoot them with bows and crossbows.
Yan Rou also took the opportunity to lead his troops into the city, just in time to block the Yellow Turbans who fled outside the city.
After the war, a check was made and it was found that more than 700 Yellow Turban soldiers were captured in the city and below, and more than 600 enemies were killed. Some of the defeated Yellow Turban soldiers fled and there was no time to pursue them.
The private soldiers guarding the city were also gathered by Liu Xiang. There were originally 300 of them, but now there are only 180 left, and more than half of them were seriously injured.
The Hujun Battalion and Xiaoqi Battalion suffered about thirty injuries, mostly minor injuries. With high armor rates, sophisticated weapons, and well-trained veterans, the Yellow Turban Army was no match for them.
The scouts sent out earlier reported that the county barracks was unmanned, and they saw the flag of Captain Xian Yuyin at the treasury, fighting against the Yellow Turban Army.
Liu Xiang sent out more scouts to continue to explore the north gate, east gate, and government offices.
Liu Xiang was not in a hurry to go there, he wanted to wait until they were almost exhausted before finishing.
So he ordered the collected private soldiers to escort the prisoners to the county soldiers' barracks for resettlement, where they were stationed on the spot, and a hundred Hu cavalry were sent to assist.
He also ordered the soldiers of all camps to rest at the west gate and prepare for battle.
Liu Xiang observed from the top of the city tower that there were more and more fires in the city. There were yellow scarf troops setting fires everywhere to create chaos, and there were also strongmen who took advantage of the fire and tried to make a fortune. These people should all die.
Yan Rou was a little anxious. He had blocked some defeated troops tonight and had not accomplished anything, so he said to Liu Xiang: "Liu Jun, I ask for orders to attack the Yellow Turbans in the city, wipe them out as soon as possible, and end the chaos in the city."
Liu Xiang knew that Yan Rou was eager to perform meritorious deeds, so he said to him: "Captain Xianyu is fighting against the Yellow Turbans. Brother Yan, would you like to go over and help?"
Yan Rou always felt that there was something in Liu Xiang's words, but she couldn't figure out Liu Xiang's intention, so she could only reply: "I only follow Liu Jun's orders."
Liu Xiang smiled evilly and said narrowly: "Brother Yan, these words are too perfunctory."
Yan Rou quickly explained: "I have no intention of deceiving. I have tried my best to make an appointment with Liu Jun. Liu Jun must not believe it."
"Brother Yan, what do you think of Sima Wuhuan?"
The topic jumped a bit, so Yan Rou asked doubtfully: "What do you mean, Mr. Liu?"
Liu Xiang smiled and said: "I thought Brother Yan could be the Sima of Wuhuan."
Yan Rou was silent. He knew that Liu Xiang wanted to recruit him. He knew it when Liu Xiang asked him to help recruit Hu Qi.
However, according to Liu Xiang's tone, he wanted to directly appoint him as Wuhuan Sima instead of going to the court. Liu Xiang wanted to rebel? Can it be done? Yan Rou grew up in Hu Di and had no loyalty to the court. He considered it.
Whether Liu Xiang will succeed or not, what will happen if I follow him?
He hesitated and couldn't make up his mind.
Seeing Yan Rou's hesitation, Liu Xiang said calmly: "The Hu people regard Brother Yan as a Han, and the Han people regard Brother Yan as a Hu. Who does Brother Yan think of himself? This situation cannot last forever. I will give you advice for Brother Yan.
The road is clear, Brother Yan should make a decision."
Yan Rou was a little depressed and sighed: "I was kidnapped by the barbarians since I was a child. Step by step until now, I often feel confused and really don't know where I am going?"
"Wuhuan Sima."
"Wuhuan Sima?"
"If a Han lord is in charge of Wuhuan's affairs, he will have both honorable position and power. Isn't that the best of both worlds?"
Yan Rou knew that with his background, the only one who could give him a chance was Liu Xiang. If he wanted to get rid of his current embarrassing status and live a better life, he could only fight to the death, so he made up his mind and bowed to Liu Xiang.
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"Yan Rou, Guangyang, pays homage to the lord. Rou is trapped in a barren land. He is a despicable person. He is valued by the lord, and he is willing to serve as a dog and horse."
Liu Xiang bowed his hands and returned the gift, and said with a smile: "Brother Yan and I both started from humble beginnings. From now on, we will work together and never lose each other."
The two saluted and acknowledged their master and servant. Liu Xiang pointed to the city and said:
"At this time, Yuyang is like a trap. There are three prey in it. Brother Yan, are you willing to get them for me?"