The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

At this time, Wuyang Wuyang's barbarian warriors roared wildly, and under A Huinan's guidance, rushed towards the gate of Yiling County.

This time the attack was even more massive than the last time when there were only two to 3000 people.

The movement caused was even more outrageous. In the blink of an eye, thousands of barbarian warriors who led the battle had already rushed to the downstairs where the west gate of Yiling City lived.

The sound of shouting and killing came up from the bottom of the city tower, which was exciting and made people's blood boil.

Liu Zheng was nervously patrolling the tower. Lu Bu's face was gloomy at the moment, and he kept observing the battle on the tower without saying anything.

Only Gao Shun was busy at the moment, quickly commanding the guards on the tower to keep defending.

Fire oil, rolling logs, arrow shooting, and even some catapults loaded on the city tower are all bombarded outside the city at this moment. It is the same as giving up these tools for defending the city.

Knowing that Yiling County might be attacked, Shiwu prepared a large number of city defense equipment some time ago.

These city defense equipment played a huge role in this siege battle.

Originally, the soldiers under Shiwu had some experience in defending the city.The thousands of soldiers and horses he brought here with money are all Jiaozhou's standing army, and their offensive capabilities may not be good, but they only have a lot of experience in defending the city, so they won't be slowed down at this time.

In addition, Gao Shun's trapped camp soldiers are responsible for assisting the defense.

With the defense of these soldiers and horses, the barbarian warriors under the city really didn't take advantage of it for a while.

Liu Zheng had never fought with these people from the Nanman tribe. The only time he was ambushed by these people from the Xiongxi tribe was at the Youxi River, but he did not fight with them that time either. This time the siege battle, It was the first confrontation in the true sense, but judging from the attacking rhythm of these people, their fighting rhythm and experience were not very good.

Some soldiers dispatched from the front rushed to the bottom of the city tower and immediately carried a huge hammer to smash into the city gate and smash the city open.

However, as the rolling logs fell from the city tower and scattered the barbarian warriors carrying the hammer, Gao Shun directly ordered people to pour kerosene. For a while, the city gate was full of flames, and no one dared to approach at this time. city ​​gate.

Losing the possibility of attacking the city gate, these people wanted to directly occupy the city wall through the ladder.

It's a pity that these people don't have many ladders. The only few ladders were just erected on the city tower, and Gao Shun ordered people to push them directly. After repeated several times, these people from the Nanman tribe didn't even go up the tower Pass.

On the contrary, morale gradually became weaker.

By observing the rhythm of these Nanman tribes attacking the city, Liu Zheng finally had some understanding of the soldiers of these Nanman tribes.

The cultural level of these southern barbarian tribes is not high, and the level of civilization is not as strong as that of the big Han.But these southern barbarian tribes also have their advantages, that is, they are extremely brave.

Fearlessly following Ah Huinan, following Ah Huinan's command and dispatch, he rushed to Yiling County without hesitation, and still did not choose to retreat even though he was constantly being baptized by artillery fire.

Except for Liu Zheng's elite soldiers who have such terrifying combat power, it is difficult for other soldiers to achieve such persistent soldiers.

After they failed to gain any advantage after half a meeting of attacks, their morale reached a critical point, and the number of people charging slowly decreased, and Ah Huinan also slowed down his pace of attacking the tower.

After losing 4000 men, Ah Huinan chose to retreat temporarily instead of continuing to attack.

This kind of offensive method without sharp engineering tools, just using population to attack, is tantamount to moths to the flame.

During the offensive battle that lasted less than half an hour, Liu Zheng's side did not suffer any losses. Only a dozen people died, and they were shot by the enemy's arrows.

On Ah Huinan's side, at least three to four thousand troops were lost, but compared to the tens of thousands of troops he now has, a mere few thousand troops is nothing.

A Huinan retreated temporarily like this, but he did not withdraw, but let the army continue to surround Yiling County, as if he was preparing some powerful siege equipment.

They came here in too much haste before, and didn't have the engineering equipment ready to storm Yiling County.

Chapter 738 Again and again

They thought they could break Yiling County easily, but they didn't realize that although Yiling County was only a small city, it was not so easy to take down until they actually attacked the city.

Fortunately, they still have time to set up some ladders, and even rush cars and arrow towers.

And Liu Zheng was not worried when he saw that the temporary crisis was over. After all, judging from the results just now, Gao Shun was there, so it shouldn't be a problem to temporarily block Ah Huinan.

The only pity he felt was that these barbarian soldiers and horses would be extremely powerful if they were all recruited and trained by him.

It's a pity that these soldiers and horses are not his yet, but the enemy's.

If he has the opportunity to recruit, if he finds these satisfied warriors, it will really improve Liu Zheng's military strength by several levels.

After the frenzied attack just now, the soldiers and horses of these Nanman tribes calmed down and did not attack the tower again.

A Huinan might be ashamed to talk to Liu Zheng again, so he didn't show up.

The whole night was spent in the confrontation between the two sides. Although there was no further attack outside the city, Gao Shun on the tower was still on guard, ready to guard at any time. Even in the middle of the night, soldiers and horses were stationed.

Liu Zheng was also worried, and had no intention of going to sleep, so he spent the night on the tower.

the next day.

Liu Zheng thought that Ah Huinan and the Xiongxi tribe would attack again, but to Liu Zheng's surprise, they did not continue to attack the city.

Instead, they only surrounded the city without taking any action.

This caused Liu Zheng to have some doubts, but Liu Zheng couldn't do anything at this time. He took pictures of Jin Yiwei who went to Changsha and Jiangxia, and it would take three days at the fastest to go back and forth.

Before Sun Jian and Gan Ning's reinforcements arrived here, Liu Zheng only needed to stick to Yiling County.

However, although he was just sticking to his defense, Liu Zheng still couldn't take it lightly when facing these southern barbarian soldiers and horses outside the city.

When the time dragged on to the third day, Ah Huinan, who had disappeared for two days, finally reappeared outside Yiling City.

This time, Ah Huinan brought more powerful siege equipment and more troops.

Originally, there was only one Xiongxi tribe outside Yiling County, with nearly [-] soldiers and horses surrounding Yiling County, and tens of thousands of people were assigned to each city gate.

Such a siege originally didn't make Liu Zheng feel any trouble, but two days later, the people from the Xiongxi tribe called the people from the Manxi tribe.

Originally there were tens of thousands more soldiers and horses, but now tens of thousands more.

Although the Manxi tribe only sent 2 people here, all of these 2 people gathered at the west gate, and when the west gate had more than [-] soldiers and horses at once, Liu Zheng felt the pressure.

"Dong Tu, you lead people to charge. I ordered people to make a lot of ladders in advance in the past two days. When the time comes, all our people will go up to the tower. I see how the thousands of people under Liu Zheng will fight us. Just kill us." With Liu Zheng, we can take over the entire Jingzhou, and his men and horses will definitely be in turmoil, and the time for our barbarians to rise will come!"

The two days when Ah Huinan disappeared, he was actually looking for helpers.

After trying to attack, but unable to defeat Yiling City, Ah Huinan did not give up so easily.

Although he has some confidence that he can take down Yiling County, but doing so will definitely lose a lot of his Xiongxi tribe's manpower, and the gain outweighs the loss. In order to prevent the loss of his men and horses so much, Ah Huinan naturally called his allies Dong Tu.

With Dong Tu's 2 people, it gave Ah Huinan a lot of help. In addition, the ladders he sent people to make during this period of time can also be used. For the capture of Yiling County, Ah Huinan has greater certainty.

"Okay, I will lead my people to charge and take this city first, then Wuling County will belong to me."

"Hahaha, Dong Tu, our target is the entire Jingzhou, don't just focus on the little Wuling County."

Ah Huinan mocked Dong Tu, but Dong Tu didn't have such a big dream, so he didn't tell Ah Huinan more. When Ah Huinan decided to attack the city, Dong Tu had already stood by the warriors of his Manxi tribe. team money.

As the horn sounded, the Xiongxi warriors under Ah Huinan's command assembled again, and then, led by the leaders of the village, rushed towards Yiling County without fear.

This time's attack was already the third time Ah Huinan had attacked the city. Obviously, compared with the previous two hasty attacks, this time, he was already well prepared.

Whether it is in the hands of the people, the equipment for siege, or even the mobilization of troops, there is a big difference from before.

The previous two blind charges had almost no impact on Yiling County, but this time, Ah Huinan learned to be smart, and his shooters stood up first, and fired a wave of shots towards the tower.

The barbarians are good at archery, because they mainly hunt for a living. Most of them know some archery skills, and many of them are proficient in archery.

In this way, these barbarians can shoot a large number of arrows on the tower outside the city.

However, the bows and arrows of these barbarians are mostly wooden arrows, and the bows are not strong enough to shoot far.

Although it is powerful, it is still impossible to shoot directly from the tower to the city at a long distance.

But this kind of shooting is not to shoot Liu Zhengjun on the tower, but to form a threat to cover the tribal warriors who are attacking and charging below the city.

After a wave of arrow rain, those barbarian tribes rushed over.

The tense moment reappeared in the hearts of Liu Zheng and others.

Gao Shun had already been busy on the city tower when these southern barbarian soldiers and horses appeared. Now that he saw these barbarian soldiers and horses attacking again, he naturally started to command immediately.

This time, there were a large number of barbarian soldiers and horses attacking the city, and the four gates attacked together. Even Liu Zheng had to direct the battle personally. Lu Bu defended the east gate, Shiwu defended the north gate, and Dian Wei led some Jinyi guards to defend. South City Gate.

As for the West City Gate with the largest number of people, Liu Zheng and Gao Shun commanded it together.

There were only more than 7000 people in the city, and Liu Zheng stationed 4000 of them at the west gate, and only 1000 people were deployed at each of the remaining gates.

The arrows kept flying, and there were screams from the top of the city tower, and the screams from the bottom of the city became more intense. At this time, Liu Zheng didn't have the heart to listen to these screams. The ladders that were constantly erected made Liu Zheng a little busy. not come.

The attacks of these barbarian warriors continued in an endless stream. They were not afraid of the dead, and they charged forward. Soon someone was the first to climb the tower of Yiling County.

Chapter 739 Attack and Defense of Yiling

Under the ferocious attack of these barbarian warriors in Yiling County, some desperate people climbed onto the tower.

But it was precisely because of these barbarian warriors who started to go up the tower, the arrows under the city had stopped.

At this time, the archers of the Xiongxi tribe will not continue to shoot arrows, because they are also worried about shooting people from their own tribe.

With the hindrance of those who climbed up the tower, the defensive measures on the tower became slower, but the soldiers who were trapped in the camp that Gao Shun arranged on the tower began to show their effect.

These soldiers who were trapped in the camp held their spears and fought among the battlements one by one. As long as a barbarian came up, he would immediately use the weapon in his hand to harvest the lives of these barbarians.

The battle gradually stabilized the situation amidst the appearance of these soldiers who were trapped in the camp.

Ah Huinan and Dong Tu who were under the city tower had changed from being excited at the beginning to gloomy.

The men and horses of their two tribes have been attacking for so long, and lost thousands of men again, but now they still haven't broken the appearance of Yiling County.

Dong Tu's men and horses were the first to attack. In the siege charge just now, the [-] Manxi tribe men and horses brought by Dong Tu had already lost less than half of them at this time.

If he continues to attack, then his 2 people may not be able to leave much.

Dong Tu already flinched a little, glanced at Ah Huinan with some hesitation, and asked a tentative question to Ah Huinan.

"Leader Ah Hui, it seems that Yiling County is not so easy to take down, are we?"

However, before Dong Tu could finish speaking, he just showed a little intention of withdrawing troops, and was immediately interrupted by Ah Hui.

"No! Our army has already approached the city. Liu Zheng in Yiling County is just fighting a trapped beast. If this battle is delayed for a long time, both sides will definitely end up hurting."

A Huinan didn't want to withdraw his troops.

"However, if we continue to fight without counting the consumption, the tribes of both you and I will suffer great losses. For a mere Yiling County, we have lost tens of thousands of horses here. Is it worth it?"

"Of course it's worth it. We care about this Yiling County. What we care about is Liu Zheng in this city. As long as we kill him, we can get the whole of Jingzhou. Stop talking nonsense and let your people continue to charge. If the opportunity to fight is delayed, as soon as the enemy's reinforcements arrive, our army will lose all previous efforts and everything will be over."

Ah Huinan interrupted Dong Tu again, even if Dong Tu had any objections, after seeing Ah Huinan's tough attitude, he didn't dare to say anything more.

Soon, Dong Tu once again let the people on his side rush forward without losing.

Here under the city, after all, there are a large number of manpower and a large number of soldiers and horses, and these barbarian men and horses are all brave and fearless, rushing forward desperately, so that Liu Zheng can resist one or two at the beginning. As time went by, Liu Zheng's manpower was limited after all.

In addition, after several times of siege by these barbarians, even if there are many defensive devices on the tower, they will be exhausted at times.

At this time, Liu Zheng on the tower has nothing to defend, and can only use the lives of his soldiers to resist the attack of these barbarian warriors.

Fortunately, the soldiers trapped in the camp are strong enough. After all, they are Gao Shun. With only 2000 elite soldiers selected from the various battalions of Liu Zheng's army, on this tower, they blocked the attack of tens of thousands of barbarian tribes below the city. city.

If it was just these barbarian warriors who climbed the tower, then Liu Zheng was not too worried, but these tribal warriors of the Xiongxi barbarians made up their minds to attack the city today. At the city gate below the city, a collision began.

After such a long charge on the city tower, even Liu Zheng's men could not break through, and could not rely on the ladder to break through the city, so Ah Huinan could only use the charging car to break through the gate of Yiling County and enter the city.

As long as they entered Yiling County, the defenders on the tower would be nothing to worry about.

The battle lasted for two full hours, and everyone's soldiers and horses were exhausted.

But the people on Liu Zheng's side are still insisting.

The siege this time has already made Liu Zheng a little worried. Judging from the intensity of the attack of these Nanman tribes, they are already determined to take down the city this time.

They were repulsed by Liu Zheng's men several times, and it didn't take long for them to charge up again.

Just from these few charges, Liu Zheng roughly guessed that the number of casualties on the other side was definitely quite a lot, at least more than 2.

But the death and injury of 2 people didn't seem to make Ah Huinan and Dong Tu feel distressed, since they kept sending their men to charge into Yiling County.

Liu Zheng personally participated in the fight. A steel knife in his hand had killed several enemy soldiers, and the gray armor on his body was already stained with bright red blood.

The interlude of the enemy's charge slowed down a bit, and Liu Zheng sat down to rest for a while. Liu Zheng had already begun to think about how to solve this situation.

Now he has no other choice but to defend as much as possible, and when the troops he dispatched to mobilize arrive, the situation in Yiling County will be resolved easily.

"Lord."

While Liu Zheng was still thinking, Gao Shun had already approached Liu Zheng from the side.

"General Gao Shun, what's wrong?"

"My lord, our city defense equipment has bottomed out. If we continue to defend, we may only be able to confront the opponent head-on."

Gao Shun came to report to Liu Zheng the current situation in Yiling County.