The next day.
It is a fine day.
The whole army is besieging the capital.
Yuan Shao rode on his horse, and behind him, the carriage rustled in the wind, and they were divided into advisers on the left and generals on the right.
There were more than ten people including Xu You, Guo Tu, Wen Chou, Jiao Chu, Zhang Nan, and Yuan Jin.
Yuan Shao looked at the siege soldiers who were ready. They all held shields in one hand and swords in the other, with siege ladders neatly arranged beside them.
The capital must be taken today.
Yuan Shao glanced at the generals around him and felt his self-confidence rise; he felt that the world would gradually become his.
His sinister gaze glanced at the tower at the east gate of the Zhongshan Capital. There were also quite a few people standing there, though they were far away and hard to see.
Nevertheless, Yuan Shao believes that Han Yu is at the top of that tower.
..!
Yuan Shao drew his sword from his waist.
"Zhang Nan, Jiao Chu, today the two of you will lead 5,000 elite troops to capture the East Gate."
Yuan Shao was not ready to let Wen Chou fight. Even if Wen Chou wanted to fight to get rid of the shame on his face, Yuan Shao did not agree.
After all, a siege is not a battle on the battlefield, and the risks are extremely high. It is very likely that the military power of the senior generals will not be mobilized, and they will fall inexplicably.
Besides, Yan Liang and Wen Chou were not great at everything, so what was the point of not ordering other generals?
Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan prepared to take their orders and leave.
Then, Yuan Shao pointed his sword at the sky and shouted loudly.
"Whoever attacks the capital walls first will be the first to destroy Han Yu. In addition to military rewards, this lord will reward you with 10,000 taels of gold."
Hearing Yuan Shao's glorious promise, the soldiers who were about to attack the city screamed, and they could not wait.
Yuan Shao saw the spirit of the soldiers, and the gloom in his heart also temporarily eased, as if he had returned to the time when the Warlords of the eighteen routes attacked Dong Zhuo, which was Yuan Shao's brightest moment so far.
Then Yuan Shao ordered the other three prominent generals to make an appointment to attack the city together after a stick of incense.
Seeing Yuan Shao's expression, Guo Tu flattered and said, "Lord Yuan, today we will definitely destroy the city in one fell swoop, and perhaps we can have lunch in the Zhongshan Capital."
Yuan Shao could not hide his excitement and said, "When that happens, I will use the decoction from that brat Han Yu's body to drink."
...
Above the Zhongshan Capital tower.
Han Yu smiled and said to Guo Jia beside him.
"Look at what Yuan Shao is doing, besieging the city and attacking vigorously, doing so many things. I'm sure he must be reminiscing about his feat as alliance leader when the Warlords of the Eighteen Routes attacked Dong Zhuo!"
Guo Jia also said with a smile.
"I hope Yuan Shao will still be enthusiastic after today!"
...
After an incense stick.
Yuan Shao said "attack", and simultaneously outside the four gates of the Zhongshan Capital, the entire army armed with shields and ladders, lined up as if flying, swarming the city wall.
The battle between Han Yu and Yuan Shao for Zhongshan begins.
Not to mention the situation of the other three gates' siege, for the time being, they gave a fierce attack on the east gate.
An army of 5,000 led by Zhang Nan and Jiao Chu attacked the east gate.
As for Zhang Nan and the second general Jiao Chu, the two of them and Yuan Shao underestimated the enemy's troops, and they thought of ending the battle quickly and arriving at the Capital for lunch.
Of course, what they led was an elite troop, and they had confidence because of this.
Soon Zhang Nan and Jiao Chu were 300 meters from the east gate and saw a dirt wall spread out outside the east gate in front of him. The two generals weren't surprised by this.
Because the defending army was building fortifications and delaying the enemy's offensive to prevent the siege troops from quickly approaching the city walls, it was a routine operation.
The earth wall is nearly two zhàng high, that is, over five meters.
Although higher than expected, this height was not a problem for this elite troop.
However, there was not a single soldier behind the earthen walls, which made them a bit of a surprise.
Immediately, the two generals arranged for the soldiers to set up ladders, which were originally meant to be used to attack the walls of the Zhongshan capital, which were a little over four or five zhang high. (around 16 meters)
This must be used at this time; no one can climb the earth wall that is more than five meters high.
Just use it and rush to the dirt wall first!
The two generals can only think that way.
Soon nearly 5,000 soldiers were climbing up the earthen wall from the ladder.
Above the earth walls, the soldiers could already see the enemy soldiers guarding the capital walls.
The soldiers defending the city shot arrows one after another, but due to the great distance, they rarely hit and were quite weak.
However, these siege soldiers dared not joke with their lives.
Jump down immediately, no problem once they see it's safe.
Yuan Shao and the others, who were watching the battle from a distance, smiled as they watched the army quickly break through Han Yu's first line of defense.
Only Xu You felt that something was wrong, but he could not figure out what was wrong.
After passing through the earth wall, Zhang Nan and Jiao Chu found that the army had only lost a few dozen people, and immediately looked down on Han Yu's army a little.
No one thought anything could go wrong.
However, they looked ahead, and in front of them was another wall, slightly lower in height than the first wall, more than ten feet.
Who builds so many walls like this, are you sick? The soldiers were a little confused.
But fortunately, it was not high, so the warriors used their bodies to arrange the ladder to pass, and the arrows kept coming, so they couldn't hesitate.
This earthen wall is also not very strong, and it is not the same height.
Zhang Nan felt a little confused when he saw this situation, he did not know what he was confused about. Instinct told him that there was a problem.
Hence, Zhang Nan arranged for Jiao Chu to lead the troops to continue the attack, and he left with five hundred men. He said that if there was a problem, he could leave it alone.
Although Jiao Chu was reluctant, Zhang Nan was the main siege general, so he had to obey and continue to lead the soldiers over the wall to attack.
Soon the siege army was back climbing the dirt walls. When they reached the top of the wall, they were met with heavy fire from the archers of Han Yu's army. After losing five or six hundred men, they attacked the walls.
Damn it! Who made walls like this! There was another dirt wall ahead, but this time it was only half a zhang high, less than two meters.
At this moment, there was no wall blocking the view, and the archers on the parapet of the city tower shot arrows in their hands at the Jiao Chu army without hesitation.
For a while, arrows were seen falling like rain.
The siege army suffered heavy losses.
Jiao Chu understands that there is only one way now, and that is to keep advancing.
Did someone say to retreat?
There was a higher wall behind, and if you wanted to climb back up to retreat, you could only be living targets.
There is no turning back.
Currently, there was no need for Jiao Chu to give orders. In order to survive, the warriors climbed the wall less than two meters in a row. Such tall walls didn't require much manpower for a strong and elite warrior.
The only way for the soldiers to leave was the dirt wall ahead. As for what was on the other side of the wall, they couldn't tell. Was it any worse than waiting here to be shot to death?
However, the soldiers who were climbing up the earth wall in that tense situation were stunned.
"What!"
"What!"
In front of him is a moat. This short earthen wall was piled on top of the embankment of the moat so that the soldiers who had climbed around fell straight down to the dry riverbed from a height of seven or eight meters.
The worst thing was that Guo Jia arranged for the soldiers to put sharp bamboo ends and gravel first on the riverbed.
Heaven! How many victims will fall into this trap, this is really a very cunning plan!
Fortunately, Jiao Chu turned around slowly and fell onto the dying warrior whose back was pierced by gravel. He spared his life and sent the soldiers under him on a final journey.
"Thank you, General Jiao!" The soldier was desperate with this kind of terrain.
The fog was thick at the bottom of the river, and Jiao Chu finally gathered the soldiers who were alive, able to fight, and able to move, and climbed up the embankment from the other side of the river bed.
In front of them is the towering city wall of Zhongshan, tall and straight, and traces of strengthening are still faintly visible.
They feel despair!
Seeing arrows pointing at them from the capital.
Jiao Chu was even more distraught.
Damn! I've crossed one wall, another wall, another wall, and finally arrived here.
Let me at least die like a warrior! Not like this!
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