Chapter three hundred and ninety-ninth another grain of gold
Whoosh whoosh!
The crossbowmen of the Wu army who rushed to the city, under the cover of the shieldmen, raised their bodies at an angle and fired arrows at the Yan army at the top of the city, trying to suppress the Yan army's long-range attack by shooting arrows.
The remaining sword and shield bearers rushed to the base of the city wall and raised their large shields high above their heads to resist the falling rocks from the city wall.
The Wu troops who followed Chu Qian rushed forward with shouts, braved arrows and crossed the ditch, and hid under the big shield at the base of the wall in a swarm.
Immediately afterwards, dozens of ladders were carried and forced across the trench bridge, directly to the front of the city.
"Move the hell and put up the ladder for me!" Dong Xi, who rushed to the city, brandished his sword and yelled loudly.
Ho ho ho~~ Amidst the roaring chants, Wu Jun rose up and erected dozens of ladders on the east city line.
Under the scolding of Dong Xi and officers at all levels, Wu Jun began to get out from under the shield, mustered up his courage, and climbed up the ladder with all his might.
In the blink of an eye, Wu Ru was crawling all over the wall of the East City like ants.
On the top of the city, Wei Yan was running back and forth, calmly commanding the tenacious defense of Yan Jun's soldiers.
The pole-hands held the thick and long poles, worked hard together, and overturned the ladder on the hook in the battlement with a roar.
Amidst the screams, the several-foot-long ladder overturned, and the Wu soldiers attached to it all jumped away from the wings and jumped from a height of several feet. They either fell half to death or were killed on the spot.
Those soldiers who were unable to jump away were crushed to pieces by the heavy ladder. Many of the Wu soldiers below who were unable to dodge were also crushed by the ladder.
The sound of screams rose up like a roar.
Sergeant Yan even threw a stone as big as his head at the Wu soldiers who were climbing up the ladder mercilessly. Those who were hit would have their brains exploded, their muscles and bones shattered, and they would fall down the city screaming.
Wei Yanzong walked to the south side of the city. Just as a soldier was shot to the ground by an arrow from the city, a brave Wu soldier had already laid his hands on the battlements, trying to take advantage of the opportunity to climb to the top of the city.
Wei Yan, with a low voice, raised his sword and cut him down.
With a crisp sound of "poof", the Wu soldier's hands were chopped off from the wrist by Wei Yan's sharp sword. The Wu soldier with the broken hand screamed and fell to the top of the city, and his body hit him.
He landed on a rolling stone and immediately fell into a ball of meat.
Immediately afterwards, Wei Yan pressed his sword against the ladder in front of him. The veins in his arms swelled as he exerted all his strength.
Accompanied by a powerful roar, the ladder with ants clinging to it was pushed backwards by Wei Yan with his own strength.
Rumble~~Amid the dull crashing sound, there was another burst of shrill screams.
Seeing the lord himself overturning a ladder, the officers and soldiers of the Yan army on the left and right were greatly inspired. They mustered up their courage and attacked the enemy at the risk of their lives.
Wei Yan was panting heavily and looking proudly outside the city with his long sword raised, as if he was demonstrating to Lu Su who was watching the formation.
Outside the city, Lu Su's expression was solemn.
Yan Jun's defense on the front line of the city wall was flawless. Seeing the overturned ladders one after another and watching his soldiers flying down from the ladders, Lu Su knew clearly that he wanted to use the ladders to attack the city.
It seems unrealistic now.
Lu Su's eyes moved to the center of the city. Now he could only hope that the rushing convoy at the city gate could break through the enemy gate. In this case, his army could rush in from the city gate and rely on the number of troops entering.
With his superiority, he defeated the enemy in one fell swoop.
Boom—Boom—Boom—In the center of the city, more than twenty Wu soldiers with sturdy backs were pushing the ram car and hitting the city gate again and again with huge battering rams.
On both sides of the charging car, dozens of shield bearers held large shields high, forming a shield to resist the arrows shot from the city and the falling rocks.
The Wu soldiers, who looked like living targets, fell down from time to time under the fierce attacks at the top of the city. Immediately afterwards, soldiers bravely rushed up, filled the gaps, and continued to attack the gate endlessly.
Because Ai County is a small town, there is no barbican city built. Once Wu Ru breaks through this gate, he will flood into the city without any hindrance, and Yan Jun's defense line will be completely lost.
Inside the city gate, dozens of strong Yan soldiers pushed the gate tightly with their bodies, trying hard to buffer every impact of the charging car with their flesh and blood.
Accompanied by rumbling sounds, the city gate had been knocked down for more than forty times, and cracks began to appear in the center of the gate.
Danger signs have appeared.
Dong Xi, the commander of the former army, saw the hope of breaking the city. He immediately put more crossbowmen at the city gate, suppressed Yan's army with arrow attacks, and provided cover for his charging convoy.
At this time, Wei Yan had already realized the crisis at the city gate, and he rushed over with a sword in hand.
He lowered his head and glanced at the bottom of the city tower, only to see that the palm-sized area was densely packed with Wu soldiers, and the layers of large shields formed a dense defensive formation like tortoise shells.
With such a dense defense, neither stones nor arrows seem to be able to do anything.
The situation was urgent and Wei Yan had no choice.
"Attack with fire, add fire oil to me -" Wei Yan shouted as he raised his sword.
Hearing Wei Yan's violent shouting, the sergeants on both sides were startled.
At this time, if you use fire to attack, it will be very effective and quickly burn down the enemy's chariots, but because the chariots are too close to the city gate, such a fire will also burn the city gates.
However, the general's order had been given, so how could the soldiers dare to disobey it?
"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"
Amidst the shouts and curses, several soldiers rushed forward carrying kerosene barrels.
The remaining soldiers quickly dipped the prepared torches in kerosene, lit them and threw them without hesitation towards the Wu army's charging convoy below the city.
Once the torch soaked in kerosene touched Wu Jun's wooden shield, it immediately ignited it. Dozens of torches were thrown down, and in the blink of an eye, the whole shield array was on fire.
The howling sound was loud, but Wu Ru didn't care much. He threw away the wooden shield in fear. The armor on the person who reacted slowly was ignited, and the whole body was burned into fire in the blink of an eye. He howled miserably on the ground.
Rolling.
As soon as the shield array dispersed, the rush car was immediately revealed.
At this time, Yan Jun on the city seized the opportunity and quickly threw rockets, torches, and all flammable objects towards the chariot.
One of Nuo Da's instruments burned into a raging fire in the blink of an eye, and the fire quickly began to spread towards the city gate.
At this time, Wei Yan saw this and shouted anxiously: "Hurry, pour water on the city gate, don't let the city gate be set on fire."
Wei Yan's order gave the worried soldiers an idea, and everyone looked surprised.
So, dozens of people carried buckets of water prepared in advance and poured it towards the city gate from the inside like crazy.
Large streams of cold water quickly soaked the entire city from the inside out. The battering ram next to the city gate was also on fire at the moment, but the raging flames could not soak the wet city gate.
ignite.
Inside the city gate, hundreds of soldiers were able to carry buckets filled with water to the front in a relay manner, and constantly poured cold water on the city gate to keep it wet.
The fire was raging, and Nuo Da's car was burned down in a blink of an eye. Although the adjacent city gate had a few black marks, it was still strong.
But the Wu army outside the city gate was in a panic due to the fire. After leaving dozens of charred corpses, they dispersed in a swarm.
Wei Yan resolutely used the strategy of fire attack, and finally repulsed the Wu army who bombarded the city gate, keeping the gate intact.
The defeat of the enemy at the city gate greatly boosted the morale of the entire army. The officers and soldiers of the Yan army on all fronts in the east city were all excited and furiously counterattacked against the Wu army.
On the contrary, the morale of Wu's army suffered a blow, and the intensity of the attack was significantly weakened.
Lu Su, who was watching the battle in the distance, saw this and couldn't help shaking his head and sighing. He deeply regretted the failure of rushing the convoy, and secretly admired Wei Yan for his skill in defending the city.
"I didn't expect that this penniless Wei Yan would be so capable of using troops..."
While Lu Su was sighing secretly, the former army Dong Xi had already sent Pegasus and asked Lu Su to put all the remaining troops into attacking the city.
Obviously, when Dong Xi failed to attack the city, he hoped to gain a numerical advantage and attack again by force.
Lu Su said: "The enemy is well-defended, but now its morale has been blunted. It is not suitable to attack forcefully. Send the order, and pay the gold to withdraw the troops. We will fight again in the coming days."
The siege was not going well, so Lu Su could only choose to retreat temporarily.
The golden sound sounded, and the more than 10,000 Wu troops had to retreat as ordered. After leaving nearly 2,000 corpses, the fierce attack finally subsided.
After a bloody battle, the enemy troops were forced back. Thousands of Yanjun soldiers on the city wall bid farewell to the defeated Wu Ru with loud cheers and hurriedly retreated sadly.
Lu Su looked at the boiling enemy city from afar and sighed in his heart: "I don't think Yan Liangjing has such a good general. It seems that if he wants to regain Ai County, the future battles will be more difficult..."
...Fankou.
Wei Yan's second good news was quickly delivered to Yan Liang.
More than 20,000 Wu troops attacked the city with all their strength, but were repulsed by Wei Yan's tenacity. The Wu troops, unable to successfully attack, began to set up camps on all sides of Ai County and adopted siege tactics against Wei Yan's 7,000 defenders.
In the battle report, Wei Yanze confidently claimed that he had plundered enough food and grass from the counties near Ai County in advance. He was absolutely confident that Wu's 20,000-strong army would be pinned to Ai County and invited Yan Liang to do so.
No need to worry at all.
"Unexpectedly, this Wen Chang has such strength at such a young age. It is truly remarkable. My lord Jing is able to find such an outstanding young general, which really makes me admire him." There was a kind of admiration in Zhang Liao's tone.
When Zhang Liao followed Lu Bu and became famous in the Central Plains, Wei Yan was just an unknown officer under Liu Biao. Even local generals like Huang Zhong in Jingzhou did not know many people who knew Wei Yan's name.
Not to mention Zhang Liao.
Therefore, when Zhang Liao had secretly doubted that Yan Liang had assigned Wei Yan such an important task as a surprise attack on Ai County, Zhang Liao had privately doubted whether this unknown young general from Jingzhou was capable of the task.
Facts have once again proved that Yan Liang does have extraordinary insight.
Yan Liang does have the ability to discern, but his ability is mostly due to his ability to predict things as a time traveler. As for such secrets, Yan Liang will never know them from outsiders.
Faced with Zhang Liao's admiration, Yan Liang only smiled.
After a faint smile, Yan Liang said happily: "Wen Zhang has shown such outstanding performance, how can we just sit here idle? It's time to give those blue eyes some color."
