(I have a terrible cold and a headache, and I can’t figure it out at nine o’clock. I will take a night off and continue with the third update tomorrow)
Gan Ning, who was in the mood for the battle, was so heroic that he charged into Xiakou City waving his two halberds.
Yan Liang knew very well that Gan Ning in the novel was a top-notch fighter in the world, whether it was water battles, land battles, or siege battles.
In history, when Sun Quan attacked Anhui, Gan Ning took the lead and was the first to attack the city. This shows his strong siege ability.
Yan Liang had deep trust in Gan Ning's abilities and allowed him to develop his strengths.
Five thousand Yanjun athletes, led by Gan Ning, marched toward the west city of Xiakou, shouting to kill.
Dozens of ladders were brought along with the ship, and they were erected one after another. The brave soldiers began to climb up fearlessly, regardless of their own safety.
Xiakou City is strong and tall. If it is well-defended, it will be difficult for even several times the number of enemies to attack it.
But now Yan Liang killed them by surprise, and nearly a thousand of the five thousand Xiakou garrison were annihilated in the flood and drought villages outside the city. The three thousand garrison in the city had no time to go to the city to defend because the incident happened in a hurry.
At this time, the defenders at the top of the city were only three to four hundred panicked enemies. It was with this advantage that Yan Liang dared to order a storming of the enemy city with confidence and boldness.
Although this is true, the defenders were the elite of Jiangxia, and the defender was still Huang She, the son of Huang Zu. Under the severe shortage of troops and horses, Huang She still commanded the soldiers to resist tenaciously.
Stones were smashed down from the top of the city one after another, and screams could be heard one after another. From time to time, soldiers Yan were hit by the stones and fell straight down from the ladder, and were smashed into a pulp.
There were even basins of molten iron pouring down like waterfalls. But when the red-hot molten iron was poured on them, their skin and flesh were all torn apart, and they were so painful that they rolled on the ground.
The tenacity of the defenders' resistance was somewhat beyond Yan Liang's expectations.
However, now no matter how tenacious the enemy's will to hold on is, Yan Liang will not hesitate at all, no matter how high the price is. He must capture Xiakou City.
Those elite Yan Jiajun athletes did not shrink from the enemy's tenacious resistance. One person fell from the ladder. The other did not even frown, and immediately climbed up, braving the threat of death and continuing to climb fearlessly.
Looking at these brave soldiers, Yan Liang was very pleased. After so many battles, his soldiers finally became so elite.
At this time, Yan Liang can proudly announce to the world that the bravery of his Yan family's army is no less powerful than that of Cao's elite army.
Under this strong attack, the numerical disadvantage of the defenders at the head of the city finally began to show. The Yan family's army attacked the city from all fronts, making Huang She unable to take care of the east end but not the west end. He was almost exhausted in dealing with the defense lines that were about to be breached at every turn.
The time had come. Gan Ning decided to take matters into his own hands.
He stuck an iron halberd behind his back, holding a single halberd in one hand and an escalator in the other, but Nuo Da's body climbed up as quickly as an ape.
The defenders on the city threw Luo Shi down several times, but he either turned away or pushed it away with his iron halberd.
In an instant, Gan Ning was only three steps away from the city head.
Seeing that they could not stop the fierce enemy, the defenders at the top of the city hurriedly lifted up a large pot of molten iron, intending to pour it down, leaving Gan Ning with nowhere to hide.
Seeing this dangerous situation, Gan Ning didn't even think about it. He shouted loudly and threw the iron halberd in his hand.
However, a loud "clang" sound was heard, and under the powerful blow of the flying halberd, the large basin of molten iron was knocked over, and it was all dumped on the defenders themselves.
As soon as the billowing molten iron hit their bodies, they were instantly burned to death. Several defenders were in pain like bone marrow, howling like slaughtered pigs, and rolling crazily on the ground.
Gan Ning took advantage of the situation and took off the other iron halberd from his back, raised it a few times, and suddenly jumped onto the top of the city.
When Gan Ning was the first to leap onto the top of the city, his majestic body like an iron tower only frightened all the defenders on the city, while the athletes of the Yan family army below the city were greatly encouraged and cheered loudly.
Yan Liang was also excited and couldn't help shouting: "What a Gan Xingba, I saw you right!"
Seeing that Gan Ning had also ascended the city first, Yan Liang called for drums to cheer and ordered the entire army to attack the city.
Inspired by Gan Ning Xianden, tens of thousands of Yan Jiajun athletes were enthusiastic and their morale soared. They rushed to the city like a tide to persuade.
Gan Ning climbed to the top of the city, dancing like the wind with his halberd. With his superb martial arts, he drove back the enemy soldiers surrounding him like moths. With his own strength, he protected a gap at the top of the city.
Under his cover, more soldiers continued to climb up the city from the breach and joined the battle group.
With the breakthrough at one point, Jiangxia Army's defense line collapsed in a short time, and more and more Yan Army soldiers rushed to the city.
Seeing that the situation was over, Huang She did not dare to fight anymore, so he had to flee down the city and towards the south gate.
Gan Ning and his soldiers finally captured the city. As the suspension bridge was cut down and the city gate fell, countless Yan Jun soldiers poured in from the city gate like a torrent that broke a dike.
Xiakou City was destroyed.
Yan Liang, who was watching the battle, let out a long sigh of relief. Seeing his athletes charging through the city gate like wolves and tigers, Yan Liang knew that the surprise attack he had painstakingly planned had finally succeeded.
Seeing that the west gate had been breached, Yan Liang did not take advantage of the situation and enter the city. Instead, he led thousands of his own troops and turned to the south gate to kill.
Yan Liang knew that there was a water camp on the Yangtze River on the shore of the South Gate, where there were more than a thousand Jiangxia soldiers and more than a hundred warships.
Since he wanted to kill, he naturally wanted to kill thoroughly. Yan Liang would never allow a single soldier to escape Jiangxia. He wanted to swallow up all the property Huang Zu left in Xiakou.
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The horses galloped wildly, and thousands of Yan troops rode on foot. Under the sunlight, they looked like a giant black snake, coiling its huge body, heading towards the south gate.
At this time, Huang She, surrounded by more than a hundred soldiers, abandoned the west gate and ran towards the south gate.
Huang She's heart was still immersed in huge shock. He was not shocked that Yan Liang's army captured his city, but he was surprised that the enemy was like a magic weapon descending from the sky, appearing outside his city without any warning.
Not only did the patrol boats fail to report, but even the beacon towers built along the Han River did not light warning smoke at any point.
Huang She couldn't figure it out anyway. What magical means did Yan Liang use to be able to bypass the surveillance system he had painstakingly built so unnoticed and miraculously kill him suddenly?
Huang She couldn't figure it out and had no intention of thinking about it anymore.
Rushing to the south gate, Huang She then summoned several hundred soldiers who were still confused, abandoned the south gate, and ran towards the camp looking at the Yangtze River.
Just as he was running wildly, on the road, he suddenly saw a group of men and horses charging towards him, as if they had expected it, and they were coming to intercept him.
Amidst the billowing dust and mist, on the enemy flag flying proudly, there was a big Chinese character "Yan" written on it.
It’s Yan Liang!
Huang She's uneasy heart suddenly fell into the abyss of despair. He couldn't think of anything else. He had already given up the west gate. Instead of attacking the city with all his strength, the enemy instead circled the city and came to intercept and kill his defeated army.
Moreover, it was the enemy coach Yan Liang who personally took action.
In the panic, the enemy troops were coming like the wind.
Yan Liang, who had not shown his skills for a long time, was thirsty for the long knife in his hand and urgently needed blood for comfort.
With a long roar, Yan Liang wielded a long knife and struck away like black lightning.
The blade tore through the air and swept out with overwhelming force.
But after hearing the screams, one of the two enemy horsemen who were facing away was cut into two pieces, and the other had half of his shoulder cut off, and fell off his horse with a miserable scream.
The blood mist was splashing. Yan Liang was like a majestic killing god, his long sword was invincible, and he cut the fleeing enemy in two in an instant.
Then a large number of Yan Liang's troops rushed forward like tigers and wolves, and wantonly surrounded and killed the two enemy troops who could not see each other.
Huang She was so panic-stricken that he didn't dare to care about his soldiers. He just hid his head and ran toward Shuiying.
In the chaos of the army, Yan Liang glanced around and saw more than a hundred knights, protecting a young enemy general and escaping in a hurry. He could tell at a glance that there must be an enemy general among them.
Yan Liang didn't bother to know who the enemy general was. Since he had caught him, how could he allow him to escape.
At that moment, Yan Liang turned his horse around and summoned a group of tigers and wolves to pursue them southward.
In the blink of an eye, Yan Liang was like a wolf driving a sheep, killing the hurried enemies all the way into the water camp.
At this time, the Yangtze River water camp also heard the news that the Hanshui water camp had fallen and the west gate was breached. In panic, more than a thousand Jiangxia soldiers in the camp hurriedly fled to the warships, planning to abandon Xiakou and leave.
When Yan Liang's soldiers and horses were killed like this, the defenders of the water camp were frightened to the point of being out of their wits. Unable to give orders from above, they all sailed away from the water camp and fled to the river.
The rolling iron current roared in, driving those Jiangxia soldiers who had no time to get on the boat, running like ants towards the water's edge.
The broadsword in his hand ruthlessly slashed at the enemies in distress, leading a long bloody road from the dry camp to the water's edge.
Huang She, who was in a state of despair, did not dare to look back for a moment, but kept running forward. However, he was horrified to find that all the warships were leaving the shore one after another, and they seemed to be planning to abandon his general to the enemy.
In panic and despair, Huang She suddenly saw that ten steps away, a warship had just left the shore. He didn't have time to think too much and hurriedly galloped towards the trestle with all his strength.
At such a distance, as long as he jumped on his horse, he would be able to jump onto the battleship.
Yan Liang, who was chasing after him, could not allow him to escape. The big black horse ran wildly with all four hooves, cutting through many obstacles with its blade, chasing after him like the wind.
After catching up all the way to the trestle, Yan Liang was surprised to find that the boy actually wanted to jump on a horse and jump onto the battleship.
The two riders were still six or seven paces away from each other, and they were about to overtake them.
But after hearing the war horse's "chirp" call, Huang She had already jumped off the trestle and headed towards the battleship deck a few steps away.
"It's not that easy to run away!"
Yan Liang frowned, and without thinking too much, he casually picked up a gun that was stuck upside down next to him, shouted low, and threw the gun in his hand like lightning.
Seeing that Huang She was just a hair away from success, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his shoulder, and the bloody spear point was revealed from the past.
Under this blow, Huang She immediately lost his center of gravity, his body swayed, he screamed and fell from his horse into the water.
Although he was shot in the shoulder, it was not fatal. Huang She who fell into the water, relying on his excellent water properties, endured the severe pain and swam back to the shore alive.
When he climbed up from the water with difficulty, he suddenly saw a man riding a horse, and the towering enemy general like an iron tower was blocking him.
Looking at the cold, arrogant and mocking face, looking at the long knife dripping with blood, Huang She seemed to have guessed who the enemy general in front of him was, and unprecedented panic suddenly appeared on his painful face.
"Let you run away for me!"
Yan Liang cursed, shook his arm, and slapped Huang She hard on the face with the back of his knife.
The gravity of this shot dropped, and one of his front teeth flew out. Huang She groaned and fainted to the ground.