Duangu, located in the southeast corner of Tianshui County, is one of the two roads leading to Yangpingguan. To the east of Duangu is Chencang, and to the north is Jieting. If troops are sent to Luoyang, taking Duangu, Chencang, and Xicheng is the shortest official road.
Duangu County is not a big city, and the two-meter-seven-eight-meter-high city head can only bring a slight advantage to the defenders. Originally, only a few thousand soldiers and horses could be stationed here. Fortunately, most of the people here have moved to Hanzhong. After tidying up the vacant houses and streets, tens of thousands of soldiers can easily be accommodated.
"Have the people in Duangu finished relocating? We have been stationed here for more than half a month after leaving Yangping Pass."
"I heard that there are more than a thousand people left, and they are probably the last batch. Sir, are you so eager to fight? Are you thinking that after the Northern Expedition is over, you can get a general to go back and marry a wife?"
"Go! Go! Go!"
Hahaha.
Several Chu soldiers stood guard at the top of the city, laughing, chatting and joking.
Rumble~~
The strange noise immediately attracted the attention of the soldiers. Looking far into the distance, they saw smoke and dust billowing in the distance like a tide.
"Qin Army Cavalry! Quick, beat the drum to warn!"
The war drums on the city tower were beaten, and countless Chu soldiers walked out of their barracks and stood densely on the city head on guard.
Not long after, Wei Yan, the man in charge of the city, and Huang Gai, a veteran, also stood at the top of the city. At this time, Huang Gai was shouting orders to the soldiers to prepare to defend the city.
"Shield bearers in position!"
"Go and heat up the boiling oil and bring up the wood."
While talking, the Qin army had already advanced from a very far distance and stopped three hundred meters outside the city. I saw a huge force of 20,000 cavalry, carrying a large flag with the word "LV" in front of them, and a stern general wearing a hundred-flower robe and riding a red horse stepped forward.
"Lü Bu, the general of the army of Qin, is here. Who is in the city?"
Huang Gai's face was solemn, while Wei Yan's eyes were filled with fighting spirit as he shouted.
"The Chu State Guard General Wei Yan is here, why are the enemy generals invading our territory?"
Huang Gai glanced at Wei Yan beside him in slight surprise, surprised that he didn't immediately challenge Lu Bu to fight, and also surprised that a piece of wood like him could be so eloquent.
Even Lu Bu choked for a long time because of Wei Yan's shamelessness, waved the Fang Tian painted halberd in his hand and pointed it directly at the city head, saying angrily.
"Fart! The Chu army sneaked into our land of Hanzhong and dared to lead troops here. Could it be that Zhang Yun's death a month ago was not enough to warn you? I urge you to retreat quickly and return to Hanzhong, otherwise."
Hahaha~~
Before Lu Bu could finish speaking, Wei Yan was already laughing loudly.
"Dong Zhuo is just a thief who steals the country. Who in the world recognizes him as a false emperor? And you, Lu Bu, a slave with three surnames have long been ridiculed by the princes of the world, and you dare to say harsh words in front of our army. I advise you to switch sides and disarm as soon as possible. You can save a life!"
ah!
"Evil thief, how dare you insult me like this!"
A domestic slave with the third surname. Ever since Zhang Fei called out this bad name, it has followed Lu Bu like a shadow. However, in recent years, Lu Bu has become so powerful that few people dare to anger him.
At this time, Lu Bu's face was so dark that he seemed to be dripping with water, and he gritted his teeth.
"Wei Yan, okay, okay, I remember your name. Attack!"
Lu Bu gave an order, and the 20,000 cavalry galloped like a rolling dragon.
Naturally, the Qin army's cavalry did not rush straight to the city wall. Instead, they ran along the city wall about a hundred meters away. The positions of everyone and every horse changed from time to time. Looking down from the top of the city, it really looked like a long, ever-changing river. flow in front of you. The soldiers bent their bows and set arrows on their horses, and the arrows rained down towards the head of Duangu City.
"Raise your shield! Raise your shield!"
The Chu troops hid behind the wall stacks or leaned under their large shields to avoid arrows. The archers beside the city wall also struck back from time to time when they saw the opportunity. But both Wei Yan and Huang Gai, who had experienced battles for a long time, quickly discovered the problem.
Their defenders could have relied on their advantage of staying high to suppress the enemy at range, but when the enemy's cavalry started galloping, the dense arrow rain attack turned the crowded space at the top of the city into a disadvantage, making it difficult to organize bows and arrows. The hands fought back massively.
If the two armies are facing each other in the wild, and one's own archers are spread out to form an arrow array, and there are shield bearers and spearmen in front for defense, each other will often have an advantage in the exchange of fire with the cavalry, but now the archers are crowded at the top of the city. He was suppressed!
"Damn it!"
Wei Yan shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Duke, if this doesn't work, take half of the archers to the city and spread out, and fire back!"
"Okay! Chang Wen, be careful too."
At the critical moment, Huang Gai didn't waste any time and directly called a group of archers to walk down the city wall with the help of shields.
Depend on!
Wei Yan cursed loudly, feeling depressed.
The Chu State prepared wood, boiling oil, and even some city-defending crossbows and transmitter machines developed by the Tiangong Institute as secret weapons to deal with enemy siege equipment. As a result, the Qin army did not approach the city wall to attack at all, and they did not even have a single siege equipment.
The Chu army's preparations were not useless, they could only be said to be in the way.
The Chu army fought from east to west, from south to north. This was the first time they encountered this siege method that relied entirely on the superiority of cavalry. The city wall of Duangu County was too low and too narrow, so it had no advantage at all in the face of this kind of tactics.
咻咻咻~~
Behind the city wall, our position fired a shower of arrows, which immediately caused a lot of damage to the Qin army who was shooting happily below the city, and the pressure on the city was also relieved.
"His grandma's, cum for me! Cum!"
Wei Yan held back his anger for a long time and immediately ordered his soldiers to seize the opportunity to fight back.
The two armies were going back and forth with arrows like rain. Although it was not as brutal as the close combat, it was still thrilling under the random arrows.
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On the other side of the county, a cavalry force of more than 10,000 people also rushed from the direction of Chencang. Most of the land in Liangzhou is plain, so they deliberately bypassed the official road, traveled through sparsely populated trails, and quietly arrived behind Duan Valley.
"General, five miles ahead is a temporary camp set up by the refugees in Duangu County. There are many Chu officials maintaining order, and about three thousand infantry are stationed nearby."
Pang De recalled the military order from above, with a hint of unbearability in his eyes. He gritted his teeth and still said to the order.
"Instruct the scouts to expand the search area. Ji Shu, the commander-in-chief of the Chu State, is likely to be settling the refugees in the rear. If Ji Shu can be captured alive, he will be rewarded with thousands of taels of gold. The whole army is ready to charge. First, kill the three thousand infantry, and then kill all the refugees. .”
Pound's voice was particularly cold, but the soldier just raised his eyes and peeked at Pound, and then followed the order without hesitation.
