"Dong dong dong..." The rapid sound of war drums suddenly sounded. The soldiers who were sleeping on the ground on the city wall quickly stood up and threw away the raincoats they were covering. They picked up their swords and stared at the city.
Huo Jun dragged his tired body up the city wall and looked at the army outside the city with a solemn expression. In order to resist the army outside the city for the past two days, Huo Jun had not had time to close his eyes. Looking at the army outside the city, Huo Jun's face was so gloomy that he was about to shed tears.
Come. In the past two days, Han Dang has ordered soldiers to attack the city more than ten times. The soldiers had no time to rest. They ate and slept on the city wall. When they were tired, they would sleep against the wall for a while. When the enemy came, they immediately got up and fought with them.
Huo Jun looked at the Jiangdong soldiers and horses approaching quickly below and shouted: "The thieves are coming, get ready to fight."
After two consecutive days of fighting, the moat had already been filled in. Han Dang's army arrived at the city unimpeded and prepared to attack the city. Huo Jun silently calculated the distance in his heart and suddenly shouted: "Archers, prepare."
Hundreds of archers who had been prepared on the side quickly drew out their arrows and pointed their bows upward, ready to shoot out at any time.
"put!"
Huo Jun gave an order, and hundreds of arrows flew away, shooting towards the crowd below the city. Suddenly, screams continued. Although there were not many archers, Han Dang's army was densely packed with people standing all over the city. You.
The county was originally built to resist Jiangdong. It only had two gates. One led to Jiangdong and the other led to Jingzhou. Han Dang divided 10,000 people into two teams and attacked in rotation.
An army of five thousand people rushed to the bottom of the city carrying ladders. The ladders were quickly placed against the city wall, and groups of soldiers climbed up the ladders toward the city wall.
The archers kept shooting arrows, and from time to time enemies fell in the middle.
"Roll the wood and smash it!" Huo Jun ordered when he saw that the enemy had climbed halfway up.
Thick rolling logs were pushed down the city wall. The rolling logs were covered with spikes one after another and slid down the ladder. The enemy soldiers on the ladder were thrown out of the ladder and fell to the bottom of the city. The fallen soldiers hit the ground.
enemies, the situation was chaotic.
"Boulders, throw them!" Stones as big as hills were thrown out of the city wall and hit the chaotic crowd. Some enemies who could not avoid them were smashed into meat. When the boulders landed, the stones on the ground splashed and scattered towards the surrounding people.
The soldiers screamed incessantly.
Han Dang, who was not far away, frowned as he watched all this. His 10,000-strong army continuously attacked You County, but instead failed to capture it and suffered heavy losses. He already knew that there were only 3,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and he had wiped out nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses yesterday.
One thousand soldiers and horses, and the remaining two thousand soldiers and horses were not enough to resist his attack. However, he attacked several times yesterday but was blocked. Unfortunately, he divided the soldiers into two teams just to overwhelm the soldiers and horses in the city.
, leaving them unable to fight anymore, and he would easily capture You County.
When Zhang Xian rebelled in Changsha, Jiangdong was preparing for Sun Ce's wedding. He didn't notice it for a while. Sun Ce didn't get the news until the wedding team left Wu County and hurriedly summoned the ministers to discuss the matter. The ministers had always hoped to send troops to You County.
So Sun Ce immediately ordered Han Dang to lead 10,000 troops to capture You County. As long as you capture You County, Liu Biao can advance, attack, retreat or defend, directly threatening most of Jingzhou.
Han Dang was a little annoyed when he found that his troops still hadn't attacked the city wall: "Give me an order and whoever climbs the city tower first will be promoted to three levels in a row and will be rewarded with 10,000 gold."
The order was issued quickly, and the soldiers who had been shrinking immediately became energetic and rushed toward the city like crazy.
Huo Jun frowned as he looked at the soldiers rushing up from below. There were not many rolling logs and boulders left in the city. Moreover, they had also run out of bows and arrows.
"It seems that we can only fight in close combat." Huo Jun looked a little ugly. Close combat means that soldiers will die in battle. Today's Youxian County can no longer bear such casualties. Less than half of the soldiers in the city can fight, so he borrowed money from those nobles.
The thousand private soldiers who came have been consumed by him.
"Kill." Huo Jun raised his hand and raised his knife to chop off the head of a soldier who climbed up the city wall. The soldiers around him seemed to be inspired by Huo Jun, and used their last strength to raise their swords and chop at the soldiers who climbed up the city wall.
The sound of killing shook the sky, and blood splattered everywhere.
A soldier was stabbed in the stomach by the enemy. Before dying, he hacked the enemy to death with his own big knife, and then died with a smile. Some soldiers still wielded the big knife with only one arm and rushed towards the enemy, regardless of the still bleeding soldiers.
Shoulders. The soldiers on the city seemed to be aroused, and they did not care about their own injuries and only focused on killing the enemy.
"Kill!" Huo Jun's heart twisted as he watched the familiar faces disappear one by one.
Han Dang's soldiers kept climbing up the city wall, and they were about to capture the city. Suddenly they heard the sound of killing in the distance. Huo Jun suddenly turned his head, and Liu Pan and Ma Liang came over with five hundred remnant troops to kill them.
Each person's eyes were filled with monstrous anger, their faces were ferocious, and their clothes were ragged, but their actions shocked everyone.
Liu Pan rushed up to the city wall and killed Han Dang's soldiers regardless of seeing them. He seemed to have abandoned the martial arts he had learned. He would look at people with a broadsword and cover their faces. The other party would raise the sword to resist, and the result would often be destroyed.
People died. At this time, Liu Pan only had the word "kill" in his heart. He wanted to kill the enemy in front of him and vent the depression he had suppressed in his heart.
Ma Liang, who was following Liu Qi, had no trace of his previous elegant image. He followed Liu Pan and charged. He did not care if the sword in his hand was cracked during the attack, but he still charged. When he knew that the sword was broken, he threw away the sword and picked it up casually.
The broadsword on the ground continued to slash.
The five hundred remnants of the army also kept slashing and killing. Their only thought at this time was to avenge their dead brothers and kill the enemies in front of them. They were crazier than Jiangdong's soldiers. They would kill anyone they saw, as long as they were wearing Jiangdong's armor.
They will chop and kill, even if the opponent runs away, they will chase and chop.
The remnant army of 500 men was so powerful that they dispersed the Jiangdong soldiers and horses who had attacked the city wall in a short time. Some of the soldiers who were eager to be chased jumped off the city wall. For a while, the city was in chaos.
"Kill!" Huo Jun also raised his sword to chop down Jiangdong's army, and then the remaining soldiers on the city also raised their swords to chop at the enemy.
Han Dang, who was at the bottom of the city, watched the battle on the city with fire in his eyes. His soldiers were instantly defeated and their morale was completely depleted. They were simply slaughtered by the opponent. This was the first time he had seen the remnant army with such momentum. But he knew that one
After an army was defeated, it either collapsed and was disrupted and reorganized into other armies, or it could endure humiliation and accumulate strength and then take revenge. Although the remnant army in the city did not have enough strength, they found their confidence and courage. In this way
An army that has experienced the test of life and death is definitely an elite, because they will never give up no matter what difficulties they face in the future, and they will not surrender even if they die in battle.
Looking at the low morale of the soldiers around him, Han Dang knew that he might have failed again this time. Even though he was extremely angry, he had to order the withdrawal of troops. Continuing to fight would only increase casualties and be futile.
A small county town in You County actually blocked his 10,000-strong army, and there were no soldiers in the city, which made him very angry. Han Dang took a breath, he had not failed for a long time, but this time
He had to admit that he failed. He failed in front of a small county town and at the hands of a young man whose name he didn't even know.
But he didn't worry, instead he smiled. So what if the morale is so high? Although I was defeated by you today, when you guys calm down tomorrow, you will know that it is impossible to hold my army, and your soldiers will still be like this.
High morale?
Han Dang took a deep breath, turned around and left with his troops.
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When Han Dang attacked You County, a group of people on a small slope not far from You County were watching all this quietly. The cruel battle did not cause them to panic, and they still watched everything quietly. Only
They only paid a little attention when Liu Pan led 500 people to charge. This team was the Flying Tiger Guards who came to support.
Beside the Flying Tiger Guard, Liu Qi frowned as he watched the fierce battle. When Han Dang's army rushed to the city wall, he held his hands tightly. Because of the excessive force, his nails dug into his flesh, but he
Wujue. He was relieved when he saw Liu Pan leading the army to disperse the enemy.
Liu Qi arrived at Youxian very early, but remained hidden not far away and watched the whole battle. Feihuwei and Jinfan's 800 Cavalry were equipped with the best horses, and they could travel for a thousand days and 800 nights. And Youxian
The distance to Linxiang is only two hundred miles, which is extremely easy for them.
He had a comprehensive understanding of Huo Jun throughout the battle. Huo Jun commanded the battle calmly and steadily, and knew how to seize the opportunity. This was Liu Qi's evaluation of him. He also saw Liu Pan's growth. Although some soldiers and horses were lost, this was still the case.
It is gratifying to Liu Qi that Liu Pan can truly grow up.
Huo Jun's request for reinforcements meant that if Liu Qi sent some reinforcements, he would be able to defend You County. But he didn't know that Liu Qi had already captured Linxiang and sent 5,000 troops and flying tiger guards for reinforcements.
Liu Qi had been waiting for the opportunity. If Liu Pan and others had not repelled Han Dang's attack at that time, they would still be worried about disrupting his plan, so he refrained from ordering an attack.
"Have the five thousand troops arrived yet?" Liu Qi turned around and asked.
"We will be there soon, they are less than five miles away from here." Ma Zhong said.
"Let them make noises and shout, and just follow us and remember to gather the surrendering troops." Liu Qi nodded.
After speaking, he turned his head and said: "Attack."
At this time Han Dang had just ordered to withdraw his troops.