The south gate is not so easy to capture, because Meng Jinling He Fang is already on the verge of madness.
Out of scruples about Qingzhou, Yu Du was unwilling to face the Qingzhou forces head-on, but for He Fang, Qingzhou and other things were not considered at all, and Zhang Yang's strict order was the most important.
After receiving Cao Cao's letter and realizing that Meng Jin was in danger, Zhang Yang first sent Yu Du's army to support him, and then quickly sent a message, ordering the surrounding garrisons to gather towards Meng Jin, telling He Fang that if Meng Jin's ship could not be saved, he would do it himself.
Cut your neck.
When the chaos at the east gate first started, He Fang didn't understand the situation. He thought that the Qingzhou Army was coming to make a surprise attack and was fighting for the east gate, so his order was just to gather troops and prepare reinforcements.
As a result, the troops he wanted to assemble were mixed with a large number of restless elements. Not only were the numbers insufficient, but the speed of assembly was also much slower than expected. This result made him very worried, and he hurriedly sent people to Nanmen Ferry.
After asking around, more than an hour passed when I received a report that everything was normal.
Immediately afterwards, news came from the north gate that Yu Du's vanguard troops had arrived and were blocked from the east gate...
In this way, He Fang's time was completely wasted in back-and-forth communication, and the results of the communication were not so accurate. When he finally discovered that the Qingzhou Army was operating from two sides at the same time, and the raiding force in the city was designed to delay time, everything was too late.
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The fleet at the ferry was gone, and his head could not be saved.
In panic, he found the last straw, the assault force in the city!
Wang Yu loves his soldiers as much as his sons, so as long as he can catch these people, it is considered a credit; even if he cannot capture them alive, as long as he annihilates this army, he can abandon his official position and leave Hanoi. Although Qingzhou is powerful, the princes of the world will not do it.
There are also many enemies. With such qualifications, are you afraid that no one will take you in?
With this in mind, He Fang rushed to the south gate with all his strength, vowing to keep Zhou Yi and others behind, and the two sides started a race.
He Fang had many people, but he took the official road in the center of the city and started early. When Zhou Yi came after hearing the news, he had already gone far. Therefore, although Zhou Yi and others tried their best to cross the house.
I tried my best at crossing alleys and climbing over walls, but in the end I fell one step behind.
In front of him was the Mengjin garrison who occupied the favorable terrain at the head of the city. Behind him, the sound of horse hooves rumbled. It was obvious that Yu Du's cavalry would arrive soon, and the situation was not optimistic.
"Get ready to storm!" Although Zhou Yi was frightened, he ran quickly and assigned tasks: "Team A used long-range weapons to cover, Team B and Team C pretended to attack the city. Team D waited for the opportunity to seize the door, Team E and others cleared the ambush...
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"Here!" At this time, no one would raise any objections. The soldiers responded with a bang. They completed the formation changes while running and came out in a storming formation.
"Fuck, bastard... there are so many more people who didn't see me? How dare you attack? Moreover, there are soldiers chasing them behind them! Are these people crazy?" He Fang's voice trembled. I don't know if he was scared.
, still angry. Although he was speaking fiercely, his voice was too low for his opponent to hear.
"Your Majesty, here are the elite Hidden Mist Army of the Sixth Cavalry Army! The hundreds of people at the east gate were beaten by a dozen of them until they were unable to fight back. They also frightened the hundreds of elite cavalry outside the city. They were so fierce.
To the extreme... we, we are afraid we are no match."
"Then what do you think we should do? We can't imitate that traitor Li Xiang, right?"
"My subordinate's idea is to simply close the city gate and let them interact with the moth thieves' cavalry first, observe the enemy's situation first, and then take action when they are confident."
After He Fang completed the defense, the reason why he did not close the city gate immediately was to gain credit. He thought very clearly that if he closed the city gate early, the Qingzhou Army, which had lost hope of breaking out, would find another way out. In the end,
Either I got the advantage of Yu Po, or the other party ran away, so I might as well open the door and lure the other party over.
For this reason, he also laid several ambushes in advance, thinking that when the Qingzhou Army could not attack the city and intended to retreat, he would ambush the enemy from all sides, catch the turtle in the jar, and completely achieve the reputation of a wise general.
As a result, his ambush was easily discovered. During the subsequent clearing operation, he deeply understood the meaning of the word "destroying everything."
Even though there were many soldiers and horses, and there was a city wall to rely on, He Fang still felt as if he was standing naked in the ice and snow, feeling cold all over and unable to find any support.
"Yes, yes, this is a good idea. Let's do it like this. Send the order down and lower the city gate!" His subordinate's suggestion was like a life-saving straw for He Fang, who issued the order in a panic.
Because it is connected to the river, the gate of the south gate of Mengjin City is not the usual left and right opening and closing form, but a gate that moves up and down. The gate is a huge iron plate, connected to the winch at the head of the city with an iron chain, and can be twisted by
A winch is used to move it up and down. The gate is made of pig iron and is extremely heavy, so it is also called a thousand-pound gate.
The iron gate is not easy to open and close, so the south gate cannot be opened and closed easily. The last time it was closed was back in the first year of Chuping, when the heroes were fighting against Dong. Later, when they occupied Hanoi, the two major forces in Luoyang have been living in peace and harmony.
The opportunity to close the city gates is needed.
At this moment, things were urgent. He Fang ordered the defenders to turn the winch, but they were shocked to find that the winch was rusty. More than a dozen people pushed hard at the same time, but it still didn't move at all.
Zhou Yi and others below the city saw the movement on the city, knowing that the situation was critical, and the offensive became more and more fierce. In a blink of an eye, they completely defeated the ambush set by He Fang, and quickly advanced to a distance of thirty steps from the city gate, risking the city to defend.
The rain of arrows from the army approached at high speed.
"Don't worry about the winch, get the axe, cut off the chain, cut it off!" He Fang, quick to wit, pointed at the iron chain connecting the iron gate and shouted.
At that moment, someone brought an axe, which was held by several strong men. They rounded their arms and began to chisel. Although the iron rope was thick, it could not withstand the strength of the crowd, and soon they groaned under the weight,'
There was a clicking sound, which transmitted vibrations to the iron gate, shaking violently, and countless dust fell.
"No!" Zhou Yi shouted, "No!" Once the iron gate was lowered, it would be useless to capture the city. Yu Du's cavalry was already behind him, and it was too late to change the direction of the breakout. If he could not break through, I'm afraid it would be impossible.
We can only engage in street fighting and fight to the death.
He was indeed lacking in talent. He had no ability to adapt, and a good plan was actually executed like this... Zhou Yi was heartbroken. However, he was completely calm when he commanded at the battle: "Archers, shoot those axe-wielders! The others collected the commanders.
Weapon, follow me! Hurry, hurry!"
Zhou Yi's order is both unreasonable and puzzling.
Due to the importance of the winch, it is normal for it to be placed in the city tower. It is already difficult to shoot the target at the top of the city from the bottom of the city. It is still in the city tower. Even a sharp archer like Huang Zhong can't get it accurately.
It depends on luck. The purpose of collecting long weapons is even more puzzling.
However, the soldiers of the Hidden Mist Army did it without hesitation.
All the crossbowmen concentrated their firepower on the tower where the sound of gold and iron clashing could be heard. The sound of "snatching" arrows hitting the wood could not be heard, and there were also a few miserable grunts and the knocking sounds of axes and chisels.
For a meal.
"Effective!" Wei Xiao, who was commanding the crossbowmen, was in high spirits. However, the next moment, the banging sound of axes and chisels became more intense. Obviously, blind firing of crossbows can only act as a deterrent, but cannot cause any substantial harm.
Kill.
However, relying on this moment of delay, Zhou Yi successfully rushed under the gate. He raised his head and glanced at the position of the iron gate. Then he pulled out a spear, with the blade facing down, and thrust it heavily into the ground.
Then, there was another long spear...a long weapon that stood upright. It seemed to be forming a fence or a jungle.
Wei Xiao and others understood. This was to use the forest of soldiers to block the iron gate.
The method is good, but unfortunately, there is too little time.
When cheers came from the city tower, the iron gate stopped shaking. After a short pause, smoke and dust filled the entire city gate hole, and when it fell with a force of thousands of kilograms, Zhou Yi and others had just inserted the eighth spear.
…
"boom!"
"Crack...click!" The eight spears were first smashed deeper and deeper into the soil, and then the wooden poles began to bend and turned into an arc in an instant. Zhou Yi's method worked, but the effect was limited after all and was not yet complete.
After neutralizing the impact of the iron gate, before Zhou Yi could reach out to support it, the eight wooden poles broke under the load.
In Zhou Yi's desperate eyes, the iron gate roared down.
According to his plan, after the impact of the iron gate was reduced by the gun barrel, he and several sharp soldiers who rushed to the door could try to hold the iron gate. However, there was too little time, and the spear array he used for buffering did not have time to take shape.
, and before he even had time to make a supporting action, the iron gate eliminated the interference and fell down.
For a moment, his heart sank into the abyss and his whole body was filled with ice. In the end, the plan failed.
At this moment, the wind suddenly blew around me... It felt like someone was rushing around me.
Zhou Yi was surprised, running over at this time, are you trying to rush out before the iron gate falls? This possibility is indeed possible, and it is very high, but there should be no such person in the army who would rather leave his robe behind.
It’s also right to ask for a student.
The question was answered quickly. Before he could finish his thoughts, Zhou Yi saw a hand with thick joints and strong strength! This hand did what he wanted to do but failed to do.
It reached its peak in seconds and was held under the iron gate.
Just because of this, Zhou Yi wouldn't be too surprised. If he wanted to, he might be able to do it in time, but the problem is, the result is completely different.
If he lifts it up, it will not have any impact on the iron gate, and he will only lose an arm. With the support of this hand, the momentum of the iron gate suddenly slows down, and when the other hand of the same person starts again
When I helped him up, the thousand-pound iron gate falling from the sky actually stopped in the air!
Zhou Yi was stunned.
Although the spear and spear he laid down eliminated most of the impact, it was still a thousand-pound iron gate that could be lifted with just one pair of hands. How much strength did this person have to have in his arms?
What surprised him was still behind him. Before he could concentrate on the face of the person coming, a thunderous shout sounded in his ears: "Get up!"
The sound of shouting was like thunder, shaking Zhou Yi and others to the point where they could hardly stand. But what shocked him even more was that as he drank violently, the owner of the hands suddenly exerted force and even opened the iron gate a little bit.
He lifted it up, leaving a gap as high as one person.
After completing this unimaginable action, the person holding the gate just held the iron gate, turned around and shouted: "Why don't you leave quickly?"
At this moment, Zhou Yi woke up completely. Not only because of his recovery of sanity, but also because of that familiar face!
He knew this person, and it was today! This person was the purple-faced boy he met in the restaurant!
"Let's go!" Zhou Yi ordered without hesitation. At the same time, he took a step forward and tried to help the other party share some of the pressure. However, he was scolded by the other party: "Don't do this useless thing. If you have this time, go and bear the wound."
, wouldn’t it be better to hurry up and get there? This is to save someone’s energy.”
Zhou Yi was stunned. Although he knew that the other party was planning to go to Qingzhou to join the army, he still regarded himself as one of his own and reprimanded him in a very familiar manner. This young man seemed to have a weird temper.
Forget it, experts and strangers may all be like this, just get used to it. He was relieved and began to organize a retreat. In the midst of his busy schedule, he still did not forget to ask: "May I ask the strong man Gao's name?"
The young man smiled proudly and said in a rough voice: "This is Wei Wenchang of Yiyang. His name is on the hussar list, so he is famous for paying homage to Captain Zhou. Wei Yan is polite!" (To be continued...)