Chapter six hundred and ninetieth breaking Chenliu
The city on the west gate side had just become chaotic. Before the generals came forward to suppress the situation and provide effective command, the enemy troops outside the city took action. With a strong wind, the catapults began to attack the city defense again.
attack, which caused even more confusion among the defenders in the city.
The stone-throwing attack came in time, and within a few rounds of stone bombardment, more than a dozen horses of Cao's army rushed out from the team outside the city. The defenders on the city listened to the rumble of horse hooves, and at this time they thought in their hearts, "
This is the enemy's inside and outside coordination!"
"The enemy troops are attacking outside the city. Catch the spies in the city quickly. Don't let them cooperate inside and outside..."
When Zhang Miao rushed to the west gate, the city was in chaos with torches shining brightly. Zhang Miao immediately ordered the soldiers on the left and right to suppress his subordinates, and sent 500 people to suppress the spies under the city, while the rest went up the city.
This was the first time that Cao Jun conducted a night attack. Although Zhang Miao did not see any spies who were panicked and shouted by the soldiers along the way, judging from the formation, the enemy troops outside the city had invested a lot of troops to attack the city.
It seems that "the inside should cooperate with the outside" is not a myth. Zhang Miao used the firelight to carefully observe the movements of Cao's army under the city.
There is a very strange phenomenon. Cao Jun dispatched not siege infantry carrying ladders this time, but cavalry. Zhang Miao couldn't understand why Cao Zhi used cavalry to attack the city late at night. There was a deep moat in front of the city.
The cavalry should not be able to jump over these deep ditches. Could it be that these people are trying to jump over this deep ditch on horseback? Although the ditch is not very wide, they come directly to the city wall. There is no place for the horses to stand, and the defenders on the wall can fight at close range.
They shoot arrows. Why do they do that?
Just when Zhang Miao and his sergeants were surprised, another round of more than a dozen Cao Jun cavalry on horseback each picked up a big rope, controlled it with their arms and whirled in circles, heading straight for the west gate.
Zhang Miao suddenly felt something bad. The cavalrymen of Cao's army who rushed forward all took off their big ropes. Hearing the "bangbang" sound, the defenders who were close to the suspension bridge started shouting.
"They want to pull down the drawbridge, they want to pull down the drawbridge..."
At this time, they all saw clearly that the ends of the big rope had iron claws and hooks, and they were all hung on the copper door of the suspension bridge. A dozen Cao Jun cavalry quickly tied the big rope to the saddle.
On the way, they all turned around and reined in the horses, fighting and dragging them desperately. The strength of a dozen horses was really not small. They all rushed back, and the suspension bridge suddenly creaked and trembled, along with the horses inside.
The city gates seemed to be shaking.
"Quick, stop them, shoot them with arrows, burn them with fire... Come on, climb up the suspension bridge and cut the rope..."
Zhang Miao, who was also a little panicked, also issued several orders in succession, but only the last one was effective. The rope was so thick, how could it be broken with an arrow? Even if someone could put fire on the rope, it would still be burned.
After a while, I sent someone to climb up and chop it off with a knife or ax, which was the fastest and most effective.
Soon, the skilled defenders climbed to the top of the suspension bridge from the city gate, and with a few axes, they cut off a rope hooked on the suspension bridge. Three or four defenders followed the same method, and Cao Jun's army this time
The operation quickly failed, and Cao's cavalry retreated after several more people were killed by arrows.
Next, with the rumbling horseshoes and footsteps, more Cao soldiers carried ladders, pushed watchtowers, crashed cars, etc., and a real siege battle began.
While Zhang Miao was commanding his soldiers to resist Cao Jun's attack, he secretly rejoiced, "It seems that Cao Jun's plan of cooperating inside and outside did not succeed!"
Soon Zhang Miao received the summary report of the spy troops under the city. After careful search in the Xicheng area, he found the mistress lying at the vent of the corridor. Through the interrogation of the little widow, he also learned that two gangsters killed Zhang Qiang.
The men in black clothes, and among the troops who arrived at the first time, some people saw the men in black fleeing in the direction of the two southeast gates. Later, the enemy spies were not found, so they must have fled and hid.
When Zhang Miao heard this, he asked why no one was chasing the men in black. Zhang Miao's subordinates looked at each other and said that because the attack outside the city happened to be launched at this time, they were all busy going up to the tower to fight the enemy.
Therefore, the pursuit and search operations were delayed. But people were sent there just now, and there should be results soon.
Zhang Miao said angrily, "How can this be enough?" He immediately asked his subordinates to mobilize manpower and conduct a large-scale carpet search in the direction of the southeast gate. He knew that since Cao Jun sent people into the city to cooperate inside and outside, he would not stop there.
As Zhang Miao expected, not long after the men he sent arrived, someone came to report that the enemy was found at the south gate again. They had surrounded him, but the enemy was very skilled in martial arts and had injured many people, so they could not capture it.
When Zhang Miao heard this, he immediately beamed with joy. Why should he be afraid of you when he was surrounded? As he was talking, Cao Jun retreated outside the west gate, and the sound of rumbling footsteps and the movement of heavy weapons began to be heard. Zhang Miao did not have time to ask the enemy who was attacking the east gate.
Based on the number of people, it was judged that the enemy had seen the failure of the Ximen Liyingwai cooperation plan and was turning to launch an attack on the South Gate. Zhang Miao even thought of this as a backup plan, so he turned to the South Gate without any delay.
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Along the way, orders were issued to quickly mobilize people from the east, west, and north gates to attack the south gate. According to Zhang Miao's judgment, the next attack on the south gate would be more intense, and it was also the last ditch effort of Cao Jun's plan.
But when Zhang Miao rushed to the south gate, he saw at a glance that under the south gate, hundreds of his own soldiers surrounded only three enemy spies. This seems too few, right? Wouldn't Cao Zhi only send three people in?
City, you just want to open the south gate from the inside out, right?
Although Zhang Miao felt strange, he quickly led his people over and asked most of his soldiers to go to the south city to defend. He stood on an inner city wall and looked down at the enemy spies who were surrounded.
These three people were all dressed in black, and all three of them were decorated. However, all three of them had their eyes glowing red and did not take a step back. They looked very strong and very scary.
Among them, the guy with the spear was the most powerful. His shiny black spear killed more people than the other two. Not only that, he also pulled out a small golden halberd from his body from time to time.
A wave of the hand can kill a soldier in the distance. This person rushes forward and blocks, leaving a red mark and corpses on the ground wherever he passes.
With blood splattering everywhere, Zhang Miao's hundreds of men had no choice but to attack these three people in turn, waiting to exhaust the opponent's energy.
"Who are you? Why did you sneak attack on our city defense?" Zhang Miao stood on the inner city wall and shouted loudly to the enemy soldiers below.
"Haha...I, Cao Zhi's subordinate Taishi Ci, Zhang Miao, how can your city's defense be so lax?" Taishi Ci suddenly said this without raising his head, and then threw out a golden halberd, about to
He turned around and rushed out of the formation, but the direction was not to the inside of the city or the south gate, but to the section of the inner city wall where Zhang Miao was standing.
"Stop him, he wants to assassinate the lord, hurry up...stop this madman, don't let him come up..." The guards around Zhang Miao all thought that Tai Shici was desperate and wanted to assassinate Zhang Miao to end this failed mission.
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The soldiers under the city also knew that they could not let Taishi Ci succeed, so they followed Taishi Ci in pursuit after he had broken out of the encirclement.
While the guards around him were on high alert, Zhang Miao was absent-mindedly thinking about Tai Shici's words just now.
"What do you mean? Didn't we discover you? How do you call the defense lax? Didn't your plan fail..."
Zhang Miao, who was thinking deeply, was suddenly startled and said to himself: "No! These three are not the only traitors! They must have other plans!"
Zhang Miao, who was about to start, shouted to the left and right: "Quick, send people to the east, west, and north gates to see if there are enemies there. Hurry..."
Zhang Miao's left and right military guards were all in unison, making preparations to prevent Taishi Ci's attack. However, Zhang Miao suddenly shouted. Because of the noise at the scene, those who were far away could not hear it clearly. Those who were close could hear it clearly, but they could not understand it.
Understand Zhang Miao's intention. When almost everyone was stunned for half a second, Taishi Ci laughed and swung his gun.
"Zhang Miao, it's too late, your Chen Liucheng's surname is Cao from now on, hahaha..."
Taishi Ci's words further confirmed Zhang Miao's speculation. Zhang Miao shouted again, "There are more than just these people. They must have gone somewhere in the other three gates. Come on, the soldiers under the city will listen to the order and don't worry about this place. They will be divided into three teams immediately."
, go to the east, west, and north gates respectively to check the situation and report back quickly without any mistakes!"
When Zhang Miao was speaking, Taishi Ci had already been stopped by his subordinates. But at this time, several groups of soldiers came down from the city and gathered together to drive to the south city. They were all recruited from other sects by Zhang Miao.
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"What are you doing here? Who asked you to come..."
Before Zhang Miao said the last "", he realized that he was really confused. Didn't these people be recruited from the other three sects under his own order?
"Go back quickly and meet your base. The enemy spies are ambushing me. I don't know which one..."
Just when Zhang Miao was hoarse, he heard a burst of shouts like a collapse from the direction of the north gate, followed by countless shouts of killing coming from that direction.
The soldiers on Zhang Miao's side of the city were stunned, and they all turned their gazes towards the north gate. Zhang Miao ignored Tai Shici, who was still fighting desperately alone, and headed towards the highest point of the inner city wall.
Rush away.
When Zhang Miao rushed to a higher place, he could already see that there were three flags of Cao's army flying at the northernmost end of the city. They were moving towards the city very quickly, and countless people were seen falling to the ground under those flags.
There should be one of his subordinates dying miserably there, and the enemy's target should be the north gate. The north gate was broken through by people inside and outside, and there is probably no way to recapture it.
Just when Zhang Miao was stunned with despair, he discovered a group of North Gate soldiers standing here in the South City. This place was still far away from the gap in the North Gate. There were probably not many defenders at the North Gate at this time, but they had just been broken through.
It is when the battle is most tense. As the lord of a city, I cannot give up. Even if I die, I will fight here until death...
"Brothers, the enemy has broken through at the north gate. They cannot be allowed to enter the city any further. If this army is allowed to enter the city, I am afraid we will all be miserable. If you want to survive, come with me..."