The two brothers Meng Ying and Meng Nuo were both local generals in Youzhou. Since they surrendered to Western Qin, they have always been trusted by Zhao Yun and were entrusted with the important task of managing the Youzhou army recruited from Youzhou. Although now
The situation was excellent, but Pound did not get carried away, and instead asked the Youzhou Army to prepare. Before victory is truly achieved, anything can happen! The battle-hardened Pound had already
Understood!
Zhao Yun and Wei Yan, who were arguing next to them, hadn't finished their quarrel yet. Zhao Yun's eyes lit up and he burst into laughter. He pointed at the military formation next to him and said with a smile: "Chang Wen, there's no need to argue. Look,
How self-aware your people are!"
Wei Yan was stunned, turned his head and looked over, his face turned dark immediately, and he immediately shouted: "Old Pang! What's going on with you?"
Pang De smiled bitterly, stepped forward on horseback, and said to Zhao Yun and Wei Yan: "General Zhao! General Wei! Stop making trouble! Let's quickly order the attack on the city! Take Bohai City as soon as possible, and we will attack the entire Jizhou next.
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"Hahahaha!" Zhao Yun smiled and nodded, saying: "Yes, yes! What Ling Ming said makes sense! What he said makes sense! Wen Chang, let's not argue. What's the point? Just do it!"
Anyway, now it has been decided that the cavalry will take the final blow. Zhao Yun naturally does not need to argue anymore. He laughed and gestured to the herald behind him. The herald had been waiting for a long time, and when he saw Zhao Yun
After making a gesture, he breathed a sigh of relief and immediately blew the horn on his chest. Wei Yan, on the other hand, glared at Pound angrily and stopped talking.
As the horn sounded, catapults were pushed out from behind the Western Qin army's formation. Under the control of the soldiers, they began to load stones. And seeing the appearance of these catapults, at the head of Bohai City in the distance
Above, the already panicked defenders became even more frightened. Many even dropped their weapons and ran into the city.
"Damn it! Stand still for me!" In the center of the city, Cao Wei's general Wen Chou cursed while raising his spear and killing several soldiers who wanted to escape. He roared with blood stains all over his body.
: "Who dares to escape? I will kill him first!"
Wen Chou's threats finally stopped the panic of the soldiers on the city wall, but this was only on the surface. In fact, the soldiers had long lost the confidence to fight. These days, the huge rocks falling from the sky are not only about to
The city wall was defeated, and the confidence and fighting spirit of the soldiers were also defeated! The defending commanders Xia Houyuan and Zhang Jia, who were not far away, had already realized this, and their faces became increasingly ugly.
"General Xiahou!" Due to the previous battle in Youzhou, Zhang Jia was seriously injured and has not recovered. Now he is reluctantly fighting. His face is pale. There is no trace of the momentum of one of the Four Court Pillars in Hebei Province, but the look on Zhang Jia's face is
However, his expression was very firm, and he said to Xia Houyuan: "Let me lead the Euphorbia soldiers forward and kill! At least it can delay it for a while!"
"No!" Xia Houyuan immediately shook his head and vetoed Zhang Jia's suggestion, saying: "The Euphorbias are the last resort. They must not be allowed to fight out of the city unless they have to! Besides, the strength of the Euphorbias is to deal with the impact of infantry.
, and most of the Western Qin army outside the city are cavalry, especially the light cavalry and the heavy cavalry, which are both types of arms that can restrain the Euphorbia warriors! If you use Euphorbia warriors to fight the enemy, there is no chance of winning!"
"But, we can't just sit back and wait for death!" Zhang Jia was also anxious. Even a fool could see that the Western Qin army outside the city was preparing to use catapults to completely knock down the walls of Bohai City! Now inside the city, The defenders, including the Euphorbias and the White Horse Yicon, had less than 20,000 people left, but there were 80,000 horses outside the city! Without the cover of the city wall, it would have been impossible to withstand the enemy. If we attack, Bohai City will not be able to defend it!
Xia Houyuan still had a gloomy look on his face, obviously hesitating, but after hesitating for a moment, Xia Houyuan still shouted in a deep voice: "No! We are just going to defend like this and cannot go out to fight! Even if the city wall is defeated, a low wall will be formed. , the enemy’s cavalry still can’t take advantage of it! Don’t worry! We can still hold on! Okay! Junyi! Go ahead and arrange for the Euphorbias to fight at the gate of the city!”
Zhang Jia was speechless. He knew that Xia Houyuan's decision was not motivated by impulse or too stubborn, but was the result of careful consideration. However, Zhang Jia could not agree with Xia Houyuan's judgment. Even without the cavalry, Zhang Jia was speechless. Attack, there are so many Youzhou troops outside the city, they can also pose a threat to the defenders inside the city! But Xia Houyuan is the commander in chief after all. Now that Xia Houyuan has made up his mind, Zhang Jiao has no other choice but to obey Xia Houyuan After receiving the order, he walked down the city wall with a worried look on his face.
Xia Houyuan's expression did not improve after seeing his jaw lowered from the city. He turned to look outside the city, his heart sank to the bottom, and then he turned to look south in the direction of Dongjun, and said secretly: "My lord! Xia Houyuan is incompetent and can only do this!"
While Xia Houyuan was talking silently to himself, he suddenly heard the sound of breaking through the sky outside the city. He saw more than a dozen catapults making noises at the same time, and countless boulders were shot up into the sky, with arcs one after another, towards the city. This side flew over. Xia Houyuan immediately tightened his face and shouted in a deep voice: "Get ready to fight!"
In fact, Xia Houyuan's words were completely redundant. With so many huge rocks flying over, how could the soldiers on the top of the city not see them? Without Xia Houyuan and Wen Chou's reminder, the soldiers also began to scatter and dodge on the top of the city. Those huge rocks falling from the sky. For more than ten days, every day's attack started from these huge rocks. The soldiers have long known that it is impossible to block such huge rocks. The only way to do this is to avoid them. .
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" More than a dozen loud noises rang out, and the boulder hit the city head heavily. Although the soldiers tried their best to avoid it, dozens of soldiers were still hit by the flying gravel. There were even a few people who were hit by boulders and were directly smashed into pulp! And the boulders fell on the city wall, which made the entire city wall tremble continuously. The soldiers even felt that their feet were unstable. This city wall It seems like it could collapse at any time!
Xia Houyuan was also a little unable to stand, but he had no way to deal with it. He could only look outside the city with a livid face. The attack range of the catapult was far beyond the attack range of the archers on the top of the city, and Xia Houyuan He didn't dare to go out to fight. How could Xia Houyuan cope with the feeling of being passively beaten but unable to fight back? For more than ten days, the battles had been like this every day. Being bombarded by catapults indiscriminately had already destroyed the morale of the soldiers. After being defeated, he will naturally be at a disadvantage in the next battle. Even Xia Houyuan can still defend Bohai City these days, which can only be said to be a miracle!