The first year of Zhongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty, July 15th, 184 AD.
Luyang County, with Lu Mountain in the north, Lishui River in the south, has a dangerous terrain, and is the gateway to Nanyang County in the west. On weekdays, many people from outside the county go out of the city to collect firewood, and there are also people from the nearby countryside who come into the city to sell and buy goods.
After the raging, the county environment was in ruins and people were hiding.
After Zhang Mancheng rebelled and conquered Wancheng, he quickly took over the surrounding six counties of Luyang, Zhenping, Zhongxiang, Boshan, Fuyang, and Pheasant. He called himself the envoy of the gods, which meant that he could stand on his own in addition to Zhangjiao.
At noon, at the north gate of Luyang County, pedestrians of two or three sizes were sparsely dotted. Suddenly, a shout came from the northern official road. The ant thieves guarding the city raised their drooping heads and took a closer look. They saw an endless field of
The Han army was sweeping towards Luyang County from the official road, and the few pitiful people under the city disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Close the city gate! Close the city gate quickly! Suspension bridge, lift the suspension bridge!"
Amidst a harsh creaking sound, the heavy city gate slowly closed, and the suspension bridge leaning on the piers also slowly rose under the pull of the noose. At the same time, an ant thief ran into the county government office in panic to report the military situation.
The general who stayed in Luyang was named Gong Du. Historically, he later joined Liu Bei. He grabbed his collar and lifted it up: "What are you lying about? Haven't you killed officers and soldiers? How many troops are here?"
The ant soldier struggled for a few times and gasped: "General, there are tens of thousands of people scattered all over the mountains and plains."
"What, tens of thousands of people? Didn't you say that Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song went to Guangzong? Where are the soldiers and horses?"
"You can see clearly."
"Every little sentence is true."
"It's not good. There are only 8,000 guards in the county. It's difficult to hold on." Hearing so many people, Gong Du rubbed his hands anxiously and said, "Go to Wancheng to report the large-scale invasion of officers and soldiers to the envoy of the Ming Dynasty and send reinforcements.
Come." After saying that, he hurriedly led his soldiers up to the city wall.
Outside the city, the autumn wind howled, as sharp as a knife.
It was the 50,000 soldiers and horses led by Zhu Kui who came. Each thousand people lined up in a square formation, standing upright on the dry fields, neat and silent. More than 40,000 people here were originally from the Yellow Turbans.
They hurriedly marched to Luyang City and formed a formation without stopping. But no one complained. Zhu Kui used both kindness and power to defeat his own army of 200,000. Now Guan Hai told them about the opportunity that Zhu Kui had asked for for them.
, fear and gratitude made them silently obey Zhu Kui's military orders.
Zhu Kui stood in front of the army and watched the situation at the top of the city. Seeing the sparse ant thieves, he was full of confidence. This was the first time for him to lead an army alone. Naturally, he wanted to win beautifully, so he was wearing a beautiful silver suit today.
Armor. Beside him, stood three close brothers, Shu Shu'er and Xi Zhicai.
"A Cheng, as a rule, those who are good at shooting will shoot a letter of persuasion to surrender."
A loud arrow shot on the city tower. The soldiers sent the bamboo tube tied to the arrow shaft to Gong Du. He took the bamboo tube and looked at it. There were only a few words engraved on it, which was a letter of persuasion to surrender.
Throwing it on the ground does not mean that he is loyal to Zhang Mancheng, but he does not want to surrender to such a worthless surrender. He is still lucky that eight thousand people can hold on until reinforcements arrive.
If they don't surrender, they will be beaten.
Boom, boom, the successive thundering drums made the earth shake slightly, and the low horns blew continuously. Zhu Kui waved with one hand, and Wang Cheng, Gan Ning, and Zhou Tai went down to prepare for the attack.
City, he himself returned to the rear of the Chinese army to take overall command.
"The sword and shield soldiers came forward to cover, the archers and crossbowmen followed closely to suppress them, and the dead soldiers climbed first and were ready to board the city at any time."
The 50,000-strong army, with the exception of the 40,000-strong central army led by Zhu Kui himself, the rest of the troops were divided into three groups. One group of 3,000 dead soldiers was commanded by Gan Ning, one group of 3,000 crossbowmen was commanded by Wang Cheng, and 3,000 swordsmen were commanded by Wang Cheng.
The shield soldiers were led by Zhou Tai.
The original configuration of the three thousand sword and shield soldiers was only three thousand round wooden shields. Zhu Kui thought that he would have to brave the rain of arrows when attacking Wancheng, so he climbed up the dead soldiers first, cut down many trees along the way, and used vine branches to change the area covered by the shields.
Big, although not as good as a fine iron shield, it is better than nothing...
Three thousand sword and shield soldiers, under the command of Zhou Tai, covered Wang Cheng's three thousand crossbowmen. Each man held his shield high, fully drew his bow, loaded his crossbow, and quickly came to the bottom of the city.
"Shoot, shoot, shoot quickly, shoot them to death, don't let them get close."
Gong Du hurriedly ordered the archers on the city tower to fire arrows to consume the strength of the opponent's forwards. During the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, many counties and counties had sealed up a lot of swords, bows and weapons, allowing the yellow scarf thieves who were originally just kitchen knives and hoes to gain a certain amount of power.
Armed, Gong Du even found two thousand bows and arrows in Luyang's treasury, which caused some trouble for the siege.
"Push! Whoosh!" The arrows fell with a splash, and most of them hit the big wooden shield. There were still many arrows that only penetrated the gaps and penetrated into the flesh, and blood overflowed. Only a few shouts of pain were heard, and the injured
Most of them were groaning. Zhu Kui emphasized to them many times along the way that no matter whether it was a flesh-and-blood fight or a storm of arrows climbing the city, they should not howl loudly when they were injured. The miserable sound could easily arouse the fear of the companions and lead to a decrease in morale. Although
It is not the main reason for victory or defeat in the war, but it is also necessary to show a strong image to make the opponent afraid. It is just that the soldiers have not been trained for a long time and are not elite yet.
Zhou Tai, Wang Cheng, and Gan Ning all fought on the front line, not only for command, but also for setting the morale of the generals and emboldening the army.
"Put the arrow up, release it."
After three rounds of arrows passed by, Wang Cheng quickly noted the intervals between the opponent's archers' shots, and took advantage of the moment the opponent took the arrow to pull the string and stretched out his head to suppress the opponent with a rain of arrows.
"ah."
Soon, many of the ant thieves archers who had already poked their heads out, the arrows on their heads only pierced through the eyes, screamed in agony, and the crossbow arrows of the five hundred crossbows only came out of the body, causing death and injury. Because the crossbows
Wang Cheng had more hands than his opponent, so Wang Cheng divided into two teams and staggered the pressure to minimize the time difference.
The screams and appearance of the person who was hit by the arrow deeply frightened the thousands of other guards. Few dared to stick their heads out and shoot. They just shot empty arrows indiscriminately, which greatly reduced the lethality and wasted arrows.
"Don't be afraid, don't shrink your head! Just aim and shoot."
It's a pity that Gong Du yelled and even whipped the soldiers, but it had no effect. This was the chain reaction of the screams. Even he was a little afraid and dared not go too far, especially the others.
Soon, the arrows on the tower were almost used up and became sparse.
"Brothers who climb the camp first! It's our turn. Come on, the general has an order. The first one to climb the city will be rewarded with thousands of coins."
Seeing that the rain of arrows was weak, Gan Ning, who was about to gather his strength to attack the city and kill them, shouted loudly, and then commanded the ladder to run away, quickly passing the shield soldiers and crossbowmen, and getting close to the city wall.
"Papa" After a brief battle, Gan Ning's dead soldiers who entered the camp first quickly climbed up, and their shouts of killing shook the entire battlefield.
The ant thieves on the city wall quickly reacted, pushing hooks and other bamboo sticks, prying up the ladder, and overturning it. Some with spears stabbed along the edge of the wall.
The first to die, which has a similar meaning to the cannon fodder camp, has the highest and most tragic death rate among various arms in ancient times. They can be killed by falling, being burned to death, being stabbed to death with a spear, or even being trampled to death by one's own family members after falling to the ground.
.But what is thrilling is that in history, the battle to climb the city is the most heart-wrenching. It is often clear that the city has been captured, but suddenly it is unable to follow up, and one has to climb down the ladder again, causing people to die of depression.
After continuously falling down the ladder and setting it up again, and sacrificing the lives of many soldiers as a cover, the first officer and soldier finally climbed onto the top of the city, and soon there were more and more second and third ones, including Gan Ning himself.
After entering the city, he casually threw out the iron rope and cracked the person's head.
"Kill!"
An ant thief saw his companion's head being smashed to pieces in an instant like a watermelon, and his brains were turbulent. He shouted at several people to come forward to take revenge. Unexpectedly, Gan Ning laughed ferociously, rushed forward, and swung the iron rope to knock several people away.
"It's so happy. It's so happy. I'll kill you guys with you."
The first flag on the city head was cut down.
"General, no, it's not good, a large group of officers and soldiers are rushing forward!" Suddenly, a soldier who ran over in a panic pointed at Gan Ning's place and stammered to Gong Du.
Looking towards the north corner, he saw that two flags had fallen down there. Gong Duqiang calmed himself and said, "The walls of Luyang City are quite strong. How come the officers and soldiers came to the city so quickly?" At the same time, he shouted sharply: "Panic.
Why are you panicking? Come with me and drive the officers and soldiers down."
He personally led a group of soldiers to kill Gan Ning.