Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang finally escaped again. In the chaos, they left in troubled waters, taking more than a thousand remaining soldiers with them, and ran all the way. They did not dare to stop and rest until they were safe and no Cao army could pursue them. .
Fleeed here from Yecheng.
They escaped until they were exhausted and doubtful about their lives.
They never thought that there would be such an end, but being alive is considered good to them, as long as they can survive.
"Second brother, I... can't run anymore."
All Yuan Shang's dreams and hopes disappeared at this time, and he was severely defeated by Cao Cao. It can be said that he had nothing. He raised his head blankly and looked in the direction of Yuan Xi. If he kept running like this, even if he escaped, he seemed to have done it. Less than nothing.
In fact, Yuan Xi couldn't run anymore. Hearing this, he and Yuan Shang looked at each other and sighed: "Why did our Yuan family end up in such a situation? Alas!"
A long sigh!
Yuan Shang said: "It's all eldest brother's fault. If he hadn't colluded with Cao Cao, what would have happened to us? We brothers...should be unanimous in dealing with the outside world, but he..."
He also wanted to put all the blame on Yuan Tan, but at this point, he stopped again. It was useless to say more now. In the end, he turned everything into a sigh. Maybe this was the fate of their Yuan family.
Yuan Xi affirmed: "Cao Cao will never let us go."
Yuan Shang asked: "Then what should we do?"
They are at the end of their rope now. Cao Cao will definitely chase them. Once they catch up, they will definitely not be able to escape. Where else can they go to escape?
"Let's go see Gongsun Kang."
Yuan Xi said: "There are only two ways before us now. One is to go to Xianbei, but we may not be able to survive in Xianbei. There are no pastures, no cattle and sheep in Xianbei, and the Xianbei people are not kind people. Generation. The second is to seek refuge with Gongsun Kang. My father has friendship with Gongsun Kang, so he should be able to find a way to survive."
Yuan Shang nodded in agreement, and could only go to see Gongsun Kang, and then asked: "Do we still have a chance to fight back for revenge?"
As soon as these words came out, the two brothers fell silent.
Fighting back for revenge is basically impossible. Even Gongsun Kang may not be able to help them fight back, and he might even die if he goes back.
"Forget it, let's talk about it later."
Yuan Shang gave up and said: "Let's go and seek refuge with Gongsun Kang first."
After almost resting, they continued to run away, fearing that if they stayed too long, Cao's army would catch up.
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In the battle at Bailang Mountain, Tadun and others were all killed.
Except for the surrender, all the main Wuhuan troops in Tadun died. Cao's army was victorious. Zhang Liao's name spread throughout Wuhuan and could be used to scare disobedient children.
After capturing Bailang Mountain, Cao Cao sent people to defeat Wuhuan's defense line, and then led his army to kill Tadun's base camp, Liucheng.
Those defense problems were not big and were easily solved.
At this time, Cao's army came to the city.
The Wuhuan people in Liucheng were panicked, especially after the news that Tadun had been killed came back. When the Wuhuan people saw Cao Jun approaching, they were already timid before they fought. They did not dare to fight Cao Jun.
"Rest for an hour and then attack the city!"
Cao Cao ordered.
All soldiers in the army stopped to rest, eat some rations, drink some water, and replenish their strength.
An hour passed in the blink of an eye.
Dong dong dong...
The sound of war drums echoed in the army, which was the order to attack.
Cao Jun's soldiers immediately jumped up, picked up their weapons, looked at Liucheng in front of them, and prepared to launch an attack.
The soldiers who attacked the city were also divided into batches and worked together with each other. First, some people carried the newly made ladders, approached the city wall, built ladders to climb the city wall, and then there were the archers, who shot under the city wall to attack the crows above. Huan soldiers provided cover for Cao soldiers attacking the city.
Under various cover and preparations, soldiers began to climb the towers through the ladders and kill towards the top of the city.
This is how the siege started.
Although Cao Jun is on the offensive side and does not have the advantage of the defensive side, Cao Jun is full of fighting spirit and can actually overwhelm the defending Wuhuan people.
On the Wuhuan side, the morale of the army was weakened.
After Tadun died, their backbone was lost.
The Wuhuan people who are resisting now were actually organized by their families in Tadun. If not, some of them would have opened the city gates and surrendered.
"kill!"
The attacking soldiers of Cao's army shouted in unison, and then fiercely charged at the soldiers on the tower.
The first Cao Jun soldier climbed onto the tower, held a shield and fought desperately to cover and fight. More and more soldiers behind him climbed up the tower one after another, and then fought together. The Wuhuan soldiers on the tower were no match at all, and as the defenders followed The breach in the city was opened and they could no longer hold it.
Chen Zhou was just below the city tower, watching the siege battle going on, and the fighting became more intense. He was thinking, if the bed crossbow wasn't easy to carry, and he needed to travel lightly, he could just shoot out with the crossbow arrows, and the city gate might have been broken. opened.
"The fight was fierce!"
Chen Zhou said.
Zhang Liao did not fight in this battle, leaving the credit to other generals. Hearing this, he said: "Sir, I probably haven't experienced many siege battles. The current situation is actually not too intense."
Because the Wuhuan people have no fighting spirit at all.
Cao Jun can easily attack the city tower, and it is indeed not very fierce. Zhang Liao and others have experienced hundreds of battles and have seen many more fierce siege battles. They feel that these are not worth mentioning.
“I really don’t have a lot of experience.”
Chen Zhou didn't deny it either.
He didn't watch the previous battle against Li Yang. When he fought against Yuan Shu, there didn't seem to be any sieges. Even if there was one, he didn't go to watch the battle. When he saw the mere battle of Liucheng in front of him, he felt that it was very intense and the fighting was very fierce.
"However, the city is almost broken."
Chen Zhou said again.
Zhang Liao nodded and said: "The city is almost broken. After a while, our people will be able to open the city gate."
Sure enough, not long after, the gate of Liucheng was opened from the inside, and the Cao soldiers who rushed in quickly occupied the gate here and cut down the Wuhuan soldiers who resisted one by one.
The Wuhuan guards in Liucheng still refused to surrender at this time.
The person in charge of commanding the entire army was Tadun's son. Tadun died in the hands of Cao Jun. As a son, he would definitely not surrender. He just wanted to resist and take revenge. He would keep fighting and prepare to fight to the death with Cao Jun. However, his desperate efforts were not supported by Cao Jun. From the soldier's perspective, it was nothing more than that.
"Enter the city!"
When Cao Cao saw the city gate open, he shouted an order.
The soldiers of Cao's army rushed towards the gate of Liucheng in a fierce rush.
As soon as the army entered the city, the Wuhuan people who defended the city were unable to stop them.
The soldiers of Cao's army who boarded the tower were now killing from top to bottom.
The soldiers of Cao's army who entered the city from the city gate easily destroyed all the defenses guarded by Wuhuan.
As the city gate opened, it was also the beginning of Wuhuan's defeat. The fighting ended. Some Wuhuan nobles in the city directly tied up all Tadun's family members and sent them to Cao Cao to surrender. They were smart people and did not want to accompany Tadun's family to death. .
Tadun's family wanted to resist, but those nobles just wanted to live.
