Vol 2 Chapter 2684: Defeat three cities in two days, attack Yangzhai and look forward to Xuchang

Chapter 2684: Defeat three cities in two days, attack Yangzhai and look forward to Xuchang

Chapter 2684: Defeat three cities in two days, attack Yangzhai and look forward to Xuchang

 The three generals Ma Chao, Dian Wei, and Xu Chu entered Jiaxian County, and they did not come alone. They also brought 1,500 elite infantry.

When he learned that Zhao Yun was fighting hard and that the five generals besieging Zhao Yun were all masters, Ma Chao, the third general, handed over the command to Qin Qian and went to support Zhao Yun with only nearly a hundred soldiers.

 After Qin Qian took over the command of the infantry from Ma Chao and other generals, he immediately launched another attack on the south gate tower.

Previously, because he had cavalry under his command, he could not resist the bows and arrows of the Wei army because he was dismounted and fighting on foot without a shield. In the end, he was forced to retreat by Cao Wen's edict. Now that he has 1,500 elite sword and shield soldiers in his hands, he naturally cannot let Cao Wen go. Zhao continued to occupy the commanding heights.

Qin Qian's response was not slow, but unfortunately Cao Wenzhao was very quick and brought dozens of catapults and a large amount of kerosene before Qin Qiangong went up to the tower.

"put."

Following Cao Wenzhao's order, a large amount of kerosene poured down from the city tower, and the south gate of the city instantly turned into a sea of ​​fire, temporarily isolating the Qin army inside and outside the city.

Qin Qian, who was halfway through the rush, couldn't help but cursed when he saw this scene: "His grandma's Cao Wenzhao didn't have any other tricks besides setting fire."

Qin Qian didn't care about continuing to attack the city tower, and immediately ordered people to use sand and soil to extinguish the fire. After all, there were more Wei troops in the city.

Since Cao Wenzhao saw the Qin army in the daytime, he was worried that there would be an internal response from the Qin army in the city, so he set up heavy barriers at the street entrances outside the four gates to prevent the Qin army's cavalry from entering the city and the Wei army meeting them. No power to fight back.

When Yuan Huan rebelled, opened the city gate and let the Qin army enter the city, Cao Wenzhao immediately mobilized troops and horses, using defensive equipment such as horse resistance, supplemented by spear formations, sword formations and other formations, to block the attack at all levels. The Qin army entering the city was blocked in Nancheng District.

Now the Qin army's cavalry offensive has encountered mistakes and has been unable to break through Nancheng. However, the retreat has been blocked. Under internal and external difficulties, morale is difficult to be affected.

Therefore, Qin Qian’s decision to put out the fire first cannot be said to be wrong, but it is a move to treat the symptoms rather than the root cause.

First of all, the fire-extinguishing action restrained nearly a thousand Qin troops and weakened the Qin army's offensive in the city.

 Secondly, if Cao Wenzhao on the city tower is not resolved, the Wei army will continue to pour kerosene, and the fire at the city gate will not be extinguished at all.

Qin Qian obviously did not expect this, and while he was organizing his men to put out the fire, the Wei army on the tower began to use catapults, heading towards the Qin army in the south city from top to bottom.

Dozens of catapults continuously fired stone bombs, and occasionally one or two barrels of kerosene bombs. The Qin army screamed repeatedly, and the offensive became weaker.

Seeing that the army entering the city was suppressed by the Wei army at high altitude, and the casualties increased rapidly, Qin Qian also realized that if Cao Wenzhao was not dealt with first, even if the fire at the city gate was extinguished, it would be ignited again by Cao Wenzhao.

 Immediately, 500 people were left to continue putting out the fire, while Qin Qian led thousands of sword and shield soldiers to attack the tower for the third time.

Cao Wenzhao knew that Qin Qian would definitely come to attack the tower, so he deployed nearly a thousand archers on the stairs in advance. As soon as the Qin army showed up, they would shoot them with bows.

This move is easy to use against dismounted infantry, but it is not that big a threat against the Qin soldiers who are holding swords and shields and setting up a shield formation.

 Seeing Qin Qian approaching step by step under the rain of arrows and rolling logs, and when he was about to attack the tower again, Cao Wenzhao repeated his old trick again and calmly ordered the soldiers to rush up the stairs and pour kerosene.

“General, there is not enough kerosene. If we use it here, once the fire at the city gate is extinguished, there will be no kerosene to isolate the Qin army inside and outside the city.”

“Don’t be afraid, the general has already sent people to bring the kerosene over.”

Cao Wenzhao pretended to be relaxed and said, but he was extremely solemn in his heart. After all, the kerosene reserves in Jiaxian County are limited. If they continue to be consumed like this, they will be used up sooner or later. How will they resist the Qin army then?

 Dozens of barrels of kerosene were poured down. When Qin Qian saw this, his expression suddenly changed and he quickly ordered an emergency retreat.

As a rocket fell, another large area of ​​​​fire formed. Dozens of Qin soldiers who had no time to evacuate were instantly burned into burning men, screaming miserably until they fell into the sea of ​​fire.

Qin Qian had long been on guard against Cao Wenzhao's use of fire this time, so before attacking the tower, he asked the soldiers to prepare sandbags in advance, so he asked the soldiers to use sandbags to block the stairs to prevent the fire from spreading, and then asked the soldiers to continuously Dump the sand to put out the fire.

On the city tower, Cao Wenzhao watched the fire being controlled by Qin Qian, but the kerosene around him had been used up, and the spare kerosene had not yet been shipped, so he did not care to attack the Qin army below the city again, so he immediately ordered the catapult formation to turn around. direction, preparing to attack Qin Qian's headquarters.

 However, due to the distance between the two sides, changing the location requires relocation of the catapult, and the distance needs to be measured, both of which are extremely troublesome.

When Qin Qian was directing the fire extinguishing, he was also paying attention to the movements on the city tower. When he saw the position of the catapult changed, he immediately realized that Cao Wenzhao was preparing to use the catapult to deal with him. He couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart, but he had no intention of backing down. .

Facing Cao Wenzhao's crossbow formation, fire formation, and catapult formation, even if Qin Qian could capture the city tower, his men would suffer heavy casualties.

However, if they cannot capture the commanding heights, the Qin army will always be under the suppression of the Wei army, and the casualties may be even greater.

 So, no matter how much sacrifice he has to make, Qin Qian must get rid of Cao Wenzhao first.

Just when Qin Qian and Cao Wenzhao were fighting wits and courage, the fire at the gate of the city was almost extinguished by the Qin army, but at this moment, the Wei army brought in a large amount of kerosene.

 “Haha, God help me, I continue to pour kerosene at the city gate.”

 Cao Wenzhao laughed and gave the order, but before the order could be passed down, the city tower was hit by stones and bullets, and the attack came from outside the city.

It turns out that when Zhao Yun, Qin Qian, Ma Chao and other generals entered the city to fight, Qin Liangyu, who stayed outside the city, was not idle either.

When Qin Liangyu saw that her husband Zhao Yun and three thousand Qin cavalry had already entered the city, but still failed to capture Jiaxian County, Qin Liangyu immediately realized that there must be experts in the city, and her husband had encountered fierce resistance from the Wei army. , so he was unable to capture Jiaxian County, so he immediately mobilized catapult troops to support the Qin army outside the city.

Seeing that not only the city of Jiaxian was full of fire, but also the south gate tower was also on fire, Qin Liangyu thought for a while and decisively decided to attack the position close to the source of the fire, because there must be Wei troops there.

Thousands of stone bullets washed the ground, although they caused a lot of trouble to the Wei army. However, due to the darkness and lack of accuracy, they did not kill too many Wei soldiers, but they destroyed the newly transported kerosene. bucket.

Immediately afterwards, a soldier holding a torch was killed by a stone bullet. The torch fell to the ground and ignited kerosene, which then detonated the oil barrel.

 Boom, boom, boom…

On the south gate tower, explosions sounded one after another, swallowing up a large area of ​​​​the south gate in an instant. Hundreds of Wei soldiers were either blown to death or burned to death. Seeing that the place where the kerosene was placed turned into a sea of ​​fire, Cao Wenzhao's face was filled with disbelief and he murmured to himself: "It's over, it's all over."

All the accumulated kerosene was ignited, and it would take at least half an hour for the next batch of kerosene to arrive. However, the fire at the city gate would be extinguished soon, and Qin Qian's troops were about to attack the tower. Everything was irreversible. .

Cao Wenzhao never expected that Yu Hualong and his son had not yet been defeated, but he could no longer withstand it.

At this moment, Yu Hualong let out a sad and shrill roar because of the death of his three sons, and the sound reached Cao Wenzhao.

After Cao Wenzhao heard about it, he knew that Yu Hualong and his son were probably more ferocious. If Yu Hualong and his son had not stopped Zhao Yun, Jiaxian County would have been lost.

At this point, it is impossible to hold Jiaxian County, and if you continue to stay, your sacrifice will be in vain.

While the fire on the stairs was not extinguished by Qin Qian, Cao Wenzhao made a decisive decision and decided to abandon the city and flee, returning to Yangdi.

But before leaving, he had to burn down the grain depot and all the ordnance to prevent these supplies from falling into the hands of Qin and being used by the Qin army against the Wei army.

Qin Qian finally put out the fire and rushed to the city tower, but apart from the fire, charred corpses, and burned catapults, there was no sign of Cao Wenzhao on the tower.

Qin Qian was naturally not naive enough to think that Cao Wenzhao had been burned to death by fire or hit by a stone bullet without seeing Cao Wenzhao's body. He most likely retreated early when he saw that the situation was not good.

 "Chasing Cao Wenzhao must not let him go."

Qin Qian gritted his teeth and ordered, but before pursuing the pursuit, he had to send a signal to Qin Liangyu outside the city to stop firing stone bullets, otherwise there would be really no way to deal with them if they hit his own people.

After Cao Wenzhao fled back to the city, he immediately sent people to burn the grain depot and material warehouse. When he fled to the east gate, there were less than two thousand soldiers left with him.

As for the remaining 13,000 troops, they were all pinned down at the south gate by the Qin army and were completely unable to withdraw.

Once Cao Wenzhao orders a retreat, it will definitely cause a complete rout. It is better to let them stay at the south gate and continue to consume the Qin army.

 Boom, boom…

 Large fires broke out in warehouses such as grain depots and armories.

Seeing this, Cao Wenzhao couldn't help but feel uncertain. He immediately ordered the city gates to be opened and prepared to retreat. But at this moment, Yu Hualong retreated on his own.

 “General Yu.”

After Cao Wenzhao saw Yu Hualong, he was naturally overjoyed. He was about to step forward to ask, but Yu Hualong didn't even look at him. Instead, he said coldly: "Open the city gate."

 “Well, this…”

 Cao Wenzhao showed embarrassment on his face, but he did not disobey Yu Hualong. After all, his five sons died in succession, so it was normal for him to be in a bad mood, so he immediately ordered the city gate to be opened.

Yu Hualong immediately rode his horse to prepare to go out, but the sudden feeling came again. He knew that his youngest son Yu De might have died in the battle. He looked at the burning Nancheng with a sad face, looked up to the sky and roared: "De'er, No…"

 【Ding dong, Yu De died in battle, the effect 2 of the combo skill "Bond and Flesh" is activated, the basic force is permanently +1, and the force is +7.

 Current: Yu Hualong’s basic force has increased to 106 (+1), and his force has increased to 134; ]

【Ding dong, Zhao Yun beheaded Yu Da and Yu De, Xu Chu beheaded Yu Guang, Ma Chao beheaded Yu Xian, and Dian Wei beheaded Yu Zhao. They all formed a murderous feud with Yu Hualong, and the mission of 'Until Death' was completed.

As long as anyone among the four including Zhao Yun can kill Yu Hualong, or if Yu Hualong kills any one of the four, he will receive a reward: skill enhancement; ]

 Five sons died in one night, and a good family was lost.

Yu Hualong could no longer cry at this time. Full of anger and resentment, he rushed out of the east gate without looking back.

 “Hey, General Yu...”

Seeing this, Cao Wenzhao wanted to stop him, but he was afraid that Yu Hualong would be angry, so he could only let the other party leave, and then retreated with two thousand troops.

After Cao Wenzhao fled 20 miles east, a Qin army suddenly appeared in front of him, with more than 3,000 people, led by Hua Mulan.

Cao Wenzhao did not want to fight Hua Mulan and wanted to break out and escape, but at this moment, 800 cavalry were chasing from behind, and the leading general was Qin Liangyu.

Qin Liangyu and Hua Mulan joined forces and attacked from both sides. Not only did they annihilate the two thousand Wei troops who escaped from Jiaxian, they also captured Cao Wei general Cao Wenzhao alive.

At this point, all the 15,000 defenders in Jiaxian County were wiped out, nearly 7,000 of them died in battle, and 8,000 people, including the general Cao Wenzhao, were captured. Only Yu Hualong escaped without a trace, and the Qin army also suffered casualties. There are more than 1,500 people, including more than a thousand cavalry.

After Zhao Yun captured Jiaxian County, he immediately ordered the army to put out the fire, calm the people, strictly guard the prisoners of war, and quickly reported the victory to Ying Hao.

 The next day, as soon as the genius was revealed, Ying Hao received two pieces of good news.

 The first one is naturally the news that Zhao Yun and other four tigers killed the five pox gods and captured Jiaxian County.

 The second story is that after Ji Ling failed to defraud Jiaxian County, he and Jiang Juan continued eastward. With the cooperation of Huang Zhong, they repeated their old tricks and defrauded the two cities of Gaoting and Juntai one after another.

Since the Qin army captured Yangyin City, only two battles later, the Qin army defeated Jiaxian, Gaoting and Juntai.

At this point, the western defense line of Yingchuan has been completely broken through by the Qin army, and there is no longer any defensible land to the west of Yangzhai City.

 Next, the Qin army can attack Yangzhai directly and look at Xuchang in the distance.

 (End of this chapter)