Chapter 0032: All-Out Onslaught
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Zhang Qun's troops attacked the North Gate only twice in several days of fighting.
Due to the very narrow attack surface of the city gates, the soldiers of the attacking side were crowded in a heap, and the ground damage was often very heavy. Compared to the siege of the city with a ladder, not only are there more soldiers who die here, but the attack effect is poor. Therefore, after two failed attempts to attack the city gate, Zhang Qun decisively gave up the attack on the city gate.
But today the assault on the gates must be renewed, and it will be carried out without regard for casualties.
This battle has reached this point, and he has no way to retreat. Because he did not have the harvest of conquering Quanzhou City, he could not explain to his soldiers.
Especially after getting the news that Li Yi's cavalry appeared on the other side of the Gu River twenty miles away from the south gate of Quanzhou, Zhang Qun knew that it was time to launch a decisive assault. Quanzhou must be broken before Li Yi's cavalry enters the battlefield, otherwise he can only follow the fate of Cheng Yuanzhi.
His 40,000 army has been fought so far, and there are less than 25,000 people left, and there are still 5,000 people left behind in Yongnu, and it is impossible to come to the battlefield in a short time. He had only 20,000 de facto available troops, and he was a tired soldier who had been fighting for several days.
With such an army, in the wilderness against five thousand iron horsemen who are recuperating and waiting for an opportunity to kill, the chances of victory are almost none.
As for Gao Xiang's 10,000 horses, Zhang Qun didn't dare to expect much. The other party is Zhang Bao's henchman, and it is difficult for the two sides to work together.
Therefore, he can only fight on his own.
The more troops attracted at the gate, the more likely it was that the main army that would attack the western part of the northern wall would have a successful chance of capturing the wall.
Yu Wen looked at the huge crashing car, and the soldiers lined up, raised their knives and shouted: "The warriors of the Yellow Turban Army, for the glory of General Tiangong!" The sky is dead......
The soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army under Yu Wen are basically veterans from the Jizhou uprising, and they are all followers of General Tiangong, and their belief in Taiping Dao has reached the point that no one can shake it. Under the leadership of Yu Wen, thousands of soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army raised their weapons at the same time and shouted: "Huang Tian should stand...... Huang Tian should stand ......"
Zhang Qunduan sat on his horse, looked at his own soldiers with high morale, nodded with satisfaction, turned back to the herald and said, "Start attacking!" ”
The sound of huge drums resounded through the battlefield one after another.
The generals and colonels of the Yellow Turban Army of Zhang Qunbu stood under their own battle flags, raised their swords and shouted: "The sky is dead......
One by one, the soldiers did their best, as if they wanted to shout out their fear and fatigue together. They used all their strength to shout: "Huang Tian should stand...... Huang Tian should stand ......"
The two Yellow Turban commanders took the lead in rushing towards the city with their weapons held high, and the soldiers followed closely behind with the strongest bravery.
Yu Wen and the soldiers held the huge ramshell six feet long and six feet thick on the ramming car together, and with the sound of the bull's horn that shook the sky, they roared wildly and began to push the ramming car towards the city gate.
Hundreds of shield-bearers on either side held their five-foot shields aloft to cover the soldiers advancing in the carts.
The battlefield shook the sky for a while, and the soldiers of the attacking troops flocked to the north gate of Quanzhou City like a tide.
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On the city wall, Yue Fei held the battle flag of the Great Han Kingdom and stood among the soldiers with a solemn expression.
Captain Yu Shan stood at the forefront of the team, and he seemed to remember what happened half a month ago. At that time, he was also one of the many Yellow Turban soldiers captured by the lord, and compared with the remaining more than 7,000 Yellow Turban prisoners, his only difference was that he was Deng Mao's personal soldier and was clever.
After that defeat, he made the same choice as most of the people and surrendered to the lord.
Later, the lord wanted to send someone to Cheng Yuanzhi to deliver false news, and Yu Shan volunteered to sign up. After a simple training by the lord, he set off to Cheng Yuanzhi's camp and successfully completed the task given by the lord.
After that battle, he gained the trust of his lord and served as a military commander in the new infantry army, commanding a group of 2,000 recruits.
This really makes Yu Shan feel like he is in a dream. At the beginning, because he couldn't eat enough, he joined the Taiping Dao and followed the general of Tiangong to rebel against the tyranny of the imperial court...... Well, it's the Moth Thief Chieftain who rebelled with his horns. Because he was clever, he was appreciated by the generous Deng Mao and became his personal soldier. On the way north to Youzhou, the Yellow Turban Army went all the way to Zou Kai, attacking the city and breaking the pool, and was invincible, which made Yushan a little fluttering.
However, as the saying goes, happiness begets sorrow, no, when Deng Mao led the army and came to attack Quanzhou with great interest, he was hit in the head, Deng Mao's unlucky guy was stabbed to death by the three generals with a spear, and he surrendered with the army.
Originally, Yu Shan was very worried. As far as he knew, the other generals of the imperial court, once they caught the Yellow Turban Thief, they all beheaded without any hesitation. He was also worried that he would encounter such an end.
Fortunately, the thing that was worried did not happen, the lord was really different from the other generals of the imperial court, he did not kill a single prisoner, and even ate and drank for everyone, and finally arranged a reliable way out for everyone, there were people like him who joined the lord's army, and there were also those who participated in Tuntian. And whether it is to join the army or go to Tuntian, everyone can see a bright future, this is the lord's statement, but Yu Shan feels very vivid and easy to understand. Isn't he himself, how long has it been since he was promoted to a military commander and led an army of two thousand alone?
You must work hard and follow the lord to make a person! Yu Shan secretly made up his mind in his heart.
Packing up his mood, Yu Shan struggled and shouted: "All the arrows are on the arrows." ”
The people of the Northland were fierce, and with their knowledge of the cities that had fallen into the hands of the Yellow Turban Army in the two prefectures, many adult civilians saw that the soldiers defending the city had been seriously reduced, and they very consciously picked up their swords, picked up their spears, and squatted behind the battlements of the city wall with the soldiers, ready to participate in the battle.
The Yellow Turban Army under the city was in a large array, and Zhang Qun made a gesture to the herald next to him to release arrows.
As Zhang Qun's gesture fell, the drumming of the Yellow Turban Army suddenly changed, and the dull and heavy drumming broke through the roar of the soldiers on the battlefield in an instant.
"Let go of the ......" With an order, the archery unit of the Yellow Turban Army shot the long arrow in their hands first, kicking off a series of bloody battles.
The long arrows in the sky rushed into the sky at the same time, and a loud whistling sound was released.
On the wall, the shield soldiers stepped forward and raised their long shields to shield the archers from firing.
The front finger of the war knife in Yu Shan's hand roared wildly: "Let ...... Burst shot! Burst ......"
The shrill cries of arrows tearing through the air almost drowned out the shouts of the Yellow Turbans rushing from below. The long arrows rained down like a storm, striking all accessible surfaces with countless sounds. Screams, exclamations, shouts...... With the continuous falling figures, it resounded all over the battlefield.
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Yu Wen and the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army, who were pushing the cart together, braved the long arrows whistling in the sky under the cover of the shield soldiers, and struggled to advance. The crashing car was pushed by nearly 100 Yellow Turban soldiers at high speed, and as the force of inertia became more and more powerful, it emitted a huge roar, and the momentum was amazing.
The besieging Yellow Turban soldiers quickly reached the city wall under the cover of archers, and they immediately erected hundreds of ladders along the wall. Hundreds of assault squads immediately went on the offensive.
The enemy's archery units stopped firing continuously.
Countless large and small stones suddenly flew out of the city walls, and occasionally huge logs fell from the sky. The soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army who were besieging the city were hit fiercely for a while, and they suffered heavy casualties.
However, the Yellow Turban Army had a large number of siege points, and the defenders were overstretched due to their small number of soldiers, and they were unable to take care of all the attack points. In a short time, the Yellow Turban soldiers had successfully climbed over the city walls from many places, and they slaughtered the defenders with great momentum, and the tragic hand-to-hand combat began again.
Yue Fei was tightly surrounded in the middle by several guards with strong martial arts, and these guards were all the best among the five hundred heroes of the North that Li Pengfei had cultivated in the previous two years.
Yue Fei held the battle flag high and kept shouting loudly, boosting the morale of the soldiers. The soldiers who fought tenaciously saw Yue Fei standing on the city wall without fear, living and dying with them, which made the soldiers' blood boil, and they all shouted wildly, bravely taking the lead, and sacrificing their lives to kill the enemy.