Chapter 725: A Desperate Shot
"General withdraw, the Wuguan can no longer be defended!"
The adjutant was soaked in blood and came to Zhang Xiu and shouted sadly.
"Die!"
Zhang Xiu didn't have time to answer at all, brandished the spear in his hand, and killed the two Jingzhou soldiers who climbed the city wall.
"The city is in the people, the city is dead, and even if the battle is dead, it will never retreat!"
Even if the defenders in the city have become fewer and fewer, and the city of Wuguan is broken at the moment, Zhang Xiu is still not moved by the adjutant's words, but fights to the death.
No matter how strong the city is, there is a time when it has been conquered, not to mention that the defenders in the city have been seriously reduced in personnel until now, and there is no way to protect the city wall tightly.
Therefore, the Jingzhou army kept climbing to the top of the city wall, but they were killed and retreated by the Guanzhong soldiers who were not afraid of death.
It's just that in this way, there is no condescending advantage, and the casualties of the defenders in the city begin to increase.
Although the sky was getting darker, Wen Ping still had no intention of ordering the withdrawal of troops, but instead let the soldiers light torches, illuminating the city of Wuguan as if it were day.
Liu Bei and Wen Ping were side by side, pressing the sword in their right hand to look at the battle on the city wall, and said: "The gap has been opened, and the city will be broken tonight." ”
Wen Ping nodded and said, "Although there are newly recruited people in the city to help defend, these people are not trained after all. ”
"In addition, there are not many defenders in the city, and today he ordered to storm Wuguan regardless of casualties, Zhang Xiu should not be able to hold it anymore."
The adjutant saw that he persuaded Zhang Xiu not to move, there was no way at all, he was not a greedy person who was afraid of death, since the commander was ready to die in the city, he naturally had to give up everything and fight to the death.
"General be careful!"
At this moment, the adjutant saw that there were Jingzhou soldiers on the right who were killing Zhang Xiu, and immediately yelled, and wanted to go to the rescue.
But he didn't want Zhang Xiu to react faster, and the spear in his hand flew up and down, left and right, and poignant blood flowers bloomed in the night.
Looking at the adjutant who was a little stunned, Zhang Xiu said: "Reinforcements will come soon, you go to another section of the city wall to defend, be sure to support until the reinforcements arrive." ”
The adjutant was stunned when he heard this, and asked, "Will there really be reinforcements?" ”
Zhang Xiu did not directly reply to the adjutant's inquiry, but shouted loudly: "Brothers, support for a while, reinforcements will come soon, and let these miscellaneous people in Jingzhou know how powerful we are!" ”
The remaining hundreds of defenders in the city were already fighting with the belief of death, and when they suddenly heard that there would be defenders arriving, everyone's eyes lit up.
Then, there was a deep doubt.
It's been two months, but there hasn't been a single soldier in Wuguan to help, and now the city is about to be conquered, even if there are really reinforcements, is it still too late?
At this time, there were more and more Jingzhou soldiers who climbed the city wall, and they seemed to see victory beckoning to them, and they pounced on the already few sergeants with hideous faces.
"Kill!"
Even though there were very few defenders in the city, they were still very fierce in their bones, and in the face of the Jingzhou army that rushed over, they did not dodge or evade to meet them.
The fierce fighting continued, and the ground above the walls was stained with a layer of dark red blood, and people felt slimy when they walked on it.
"Die!"
A wounded sergeant Guan, even though he was pierced through the chest by the Jingzhou army, still mustered up the last trace of strength and sent the weapon in his hand into the enemy's body.
It is not uncommon for people to die with their enemies in desperate situations.
Zhang Xiu killed the Jingzhou army that climbed up, and watched the battle situation around him, and every time he saw the soldiers of Guan who died and did not retreat, he felt extremely sad in his heart.
Of the 3,000 defenders under his command, there are now less than 300 left.
It was the remaining three hundred tired men who stuck to the city wall and did not take a step back.
If it were replaced by the subordinates of any of the other princes, it would be impossible to hold on to the city without regrets even though they knew that they would be defeated.
"Poof!"
The spear pierced the body of a Jingzhou soldier again, and a stream of blood splattered on Zhang Xiu's face, and he hurriedly closed his eyes.
When I opened my eyes again, I found that my vision was a little blurry.
"Die!"
At this moment, a Guan sergeant who was seriously injured and fell to the ground suddenly got up and hugged the waist of a Jingzhou soldier, and then stumbled and jumped off the city wall together.
"Bang!"
The dull sound of impact came, and Zhang Xiu couldn't help but tear his eyes, the soldier who died with the enemy just now was Zhang Xiu's own soldiers.
This man is not only his own soldier, but also his fellow townsman and clan.
Even when Zhang Xiu was still a county official in Liangzhou at that time, that person had already followed him and fought until now.
The relationship between the two is even closer than that of brothers.
"Ahhh
Zhang Xiu was so hateful that he couldn't help but look up to the sky and roar, and the spear in his hand was like a raging storm, killing all the Jingzhou soldiers nearby.
Finally killed all the Jingzhou troops next to him, Zhang Xiu still did not give up, carrying a blood-stained weapon, and killed the place with the most Jingzhou soldiers.
Under the city wall, Wen Ping saw more and more Jingzhou troops climbing the city wall, but they were never able to stand firm, and his brows couldn't help frowning.
He turned his head to look at Zhang Fei beside Liu Bei and said, "Although the defenders in the city are getting fewer and fewer, the thieves will be brave, even if the soldiers climb the city wall, they will all be killed and retreated. ”
"Yide bravely crowns the three armies, are you willing to go to the city to fight and make meritorious contributions?"
Although Zhang Fei was belligerent, he felt a little uncomfortable when he remembered that the general on the city wall was Senior Brother Zhao Yun or a general under Chen Xu.
He didn't want to climb the city wall now and take advantage of the danger of others, otherwise if Zhang Fei participated in this siege battle today, I am afraid that the city would have been conquered long ago.
Liu Bei knew his third brother's thoughts, and he also had other plans in his heart, so he immediately said to Wen Ping: "Now that the overall situation has been decided, the general might as well fight the city wall with me, so as to boost morale." ”
Wen Ping was stunned for a moment when he heard this, he didn't expect Liu Bei to propose like this.
Seeing this, Zhang Fei glanced at Wen Ping with disdain, and said: "Look at his thin arms and legs, where is the material for battlefield fighting, if my brother really wants to come to the battle in person, it is enough to have me by my side!" ”
Wen Ping didn't get angry at all when he heard Zhang Fei's words, he looked at the Guanzhong army on the city wall that was getting sparsely defended, and a smile appeared on his face.
"Since Xuande sincerely wants to invite, how can he not be accompanied?"
Liu Bei was secretly happy when he heard this, but he said quietly on the surface: "The general is willing to go to the city to fight, and the morale of the sergeant will definitely be greatly boosted, and the Wuguan can be broken in an instant!" ”
"Knock knock!"
The commander was preparing to go to the city to fight, at this time the war drums of the Jingzhou army were beating extremely hard, and at this time the Wuguan City was a foregone conclusion, and now the danger of climbing the city wall was much smaller.
"Oops!"
When Zhang Xiu saw Wen Ping, Liu Bei, and Zhang Fei, preparing to go to the city to fight in person, his face couldn't help showing despair.
Dealing with the ordinary soldiers of the Jingzhou Army, he can be regarded as unstoppable, and he can barely rely on his personal courage to defend the city wall.
However, Zhang Fei's bravery, Zhang Xiu had already heard of it, and with Wen Ping and Liu Bei, Zhang Xiu couldn't resist it no matter what.
"Reinforcements haven't arrived yet, is there really no way to hold Wuguan?"
Just when Zhang Xiu began to despair, he suddenly saw the deputy general staggering over, and shouted loudly: "The general will hold on for a while, the reinforcements have entered the city!" ”
Zhang Xiu couldn't help but be overjoyed when she heard this, and shouted loudly: "Reinforcements are coming, brothers support for a while!" ”
"Reinforcements, reinforcements, there are really reinforcements!"
The remaining exhausted soldiers couldn't help but cheer when they heard the earth-shattering shouts in the city.
Wen Ping, who was preparing to go to the city to fight, couldn't help but be shocked when he heard the shouts of Guan Zhongjun.
He hurriedly said to Liu Bei: "Reinforcements from thieves are coming, if you don't enter the city as soon as possible, there will be no chance!" ”
"Yide Yongguan three armies, please follow me to the city wall, kill Zhang Xiu first, and then take Wuguan may be too late!"
Liu Bei and Zhang Fei didn't dare to slack off when they heard this, and they began to pick up their shields and climb the ladder with their weapons.
Fortunately, there were some Jingzhou soldiers on the city wall, and the Guanzhong army was busy driving those people down, so they had no chance to divide their troops and throw sassalwood and rolling stones.
In this way, the danger encountered by Wen Ping and others has been greatly reduced.
As soon as Zhang Xiu recovered from the ecstasy of the approaching reinforcements, he saw Zhang Fei quickly climbing to the top of the city wall, and he was immediately anxious.
"He must not be allowed to climb up!"
Zhang Xiu's eyes flashed a fierce color, brandished the spear in his hand, and killed the section of the city wall where Zhang Fei climbed the cloud ladder, wanting to intercept and kill Zhang Fei first.
"Death to those who stand in my way!"
Zhang Xiu, who broke out with all his might, was absolutely terrifying, at least those Jingzhou soldiers who climbed the city wall sporadically could not stop him.
Zhang Xiu led a few people to the city wall just now, and Zhang Fei was about to climb up.
"Die!"
Zhang Xiu shook the spear in his hand, and stabbed Zhang Fei mercilessly in a condescending manner.
Although Zhang Fei was brave, he was now at a disadvantage, and he did not bring his own special weapon, the Zhangba Snake Spear, so he had to meet the enemy with a sword.
The two fought for a few rounds at a high level, even if they were fierce generals like Zhang Fei, they were also in danger.
Not only does it take the right time and place to fight, but the same is true for the two to fight, Zhang Xiu now occupies the right place, so that Zhang Fei has no temper.
Zhang Fei was blocked from climbing the wall, but Liu Bei and Wen Ping did not encounter any major obstacles in the process of climbing the wall.
Liu Bei climbed the city wall, saw that Zhang Fei was in danger, killed a sergeant Guan, and hurriedly said to Wen Ping next to him: "The general will stabilize his position first, and then let the soldiers in the back continue to climb the city wall, and I will go to help Yide first." ”
Wen Ping nodded, knowing that with this bit of soldiers and horses on the city wall, it was impossible to occupy the Wuguan where reinforcements were coming, and only by letting more Jingzhou troops climb the city wall.
"All the soldiers on the city wall are close to me, everyone is close to me!"
Wen Ping held a long knife and shouted loudly.
The Jingzhou soldiers on the city wall who heard the sound were slightly stunned for a moment, and they all converged on Wenpin's side.
At this time, the sergeant had already rushed over without fear of death, but Wen Ping was not afraid at all, and led the soldiers beside him to defend this section of the city wall.
If it is said that during the Three Kingdoms period, the top military generals had a force value of one hundred, and the civil military force was also about eighty-five, although they were not top generals, but it was not a problem to deal with some Guan sergeants.
Therefore, the Jingzhou soldiers who climbed the city wall with Wen Ping were not killed by the Guanzhong army who were not afraid of death as soon as before.
"Hurry up and climb up the people below!"
Wen Ping waved the weapon in his hand to resist the fierce impact of Sergeant Guan, and on the other hand, he stuck to the front of the city wall, opening up a road to heaven for the Jingzhou army behind.
With the passage of time, more and more Jingzhou troops climbed the city wall, and the disadvantages of the Guanzhong army became more and more obvious.
At this time, Zhang Xiu was entangled by Liu Bei, and he had no energy to stop Zhang Fei from climbing the wall.
It must be known that Liu Bei has fought in all directions throughout his life, even if he has been repeatedly defeated and chased in all directions, he can easily escape with his life every time.
It can be seen from this that Liu Bei's strength is not low, and it is not even about the same as Wenpin.
Tired from a long battle, and entangled by a Liu Bei with a force value of more than eighty, even if the other party was Zhang Xiu, he was a little weak for a while.
Without Zhang Xiu's obstruction, Zhang Fei quickly climbed the city wall, and then stabbed a Guan sergeant to death, grabbed the spear in his hand, and killed Zhang Xiu.
Zhang Xiu's strength was not as good as Zhang Fei's, and he was tired from fighting for a long time, so even if Zhang Fei didn't take advantage of the weapon now, he was in danger immediately under the attack with Liu Bei left and right.
"Kill!"
At this moment, the reinforcements finally rushed to the city wall, and a general led the army to rush and kill unstoppable.
"So fast?"
Nearly a thousand people had just gathered behind him, and Wen Ping, who was about to stabilize the situation on the city wall, was shocked when he saw this.
Fortunately, he was a general, and immediately shouted after being frightened: "Form a defensive formation, wait for the follow-up army to climb the city wall, and then fight to the death with the enemy!" ”
Wen Ping knew that as long as he could occupy a section of the city wall, the Jingzhou soldiers under the city would have no worries, and they would all climb up.
Even if there are 2,000 Chinese troops here, he can lead the army to conquer Wuguan today.
When Zhang Xiu saw the arrival of reinforcements, he was immediately overjoyed, made a false move, and then ran there directly, not continuing to fight.
Because he knew that if he continued to fight, he would definitely be in a different place.
Zhang Fei wanted to go over to chase Zhang Xiu, but was stopped by Liu Bei, and then the two hurried to Wen Ping's side.
The general was tall and dignified, his voice was like thunder, and he shouted: "General Zhang Xiu is panicking, today the thieves will dare to enter the city, and they will all be killed here!" ”
After joining Zhang Xiu, the general shouted, and then shouted: "Charge, kill the enemy!" ”
"Kill!"
Even though nearly a thousand soldiers had gathered beside Wen Ping, he still felt some palpitations under the charge of the Guanzhong Army.
On the narrow city wall, the tragic fighting continued to escalate, and the dense crowd almost completely filled the city wall, and the Jingzhou soldiers had no way to climb up.
Not because of the obstruction of the Guanzhong army, but because even if you climb to the top, there is no place to squeeze into the city wall.
Seeing this, Wen Ping's heart sank, and he secretly thought: "I miscalculated!" ”
Zhang Xiu was completely relieved at this time, the city had reached a critical time, if the reinforcements came a little later, Wuguan would be lost, and even Zhang Xiu himself would die on the battlefield.