Chapter 200 The Eagle spreads its wings
No wonder the eagle has high ambitions and leads the way thousands of miles in the sky.
It is said that Yan Yan originally wanted to take advantage of Zhao Yun's army's unstable foothold and the catapults still being installed, and lead the troops to pretend to fight in order to buy time for the large army to leave Wuling from the west gate. Unexpectedly, the power of the five catapults that had just been built had already overwhelmed the Yizhou army. Undefendable.
Yan Yan's troops did not dare to take the risk of advancing to destroy the enemy's catapult position. I am afraid that the troops were scattered by the powerful Qinglong Army on the opposite side before they even encountered the catapult. Therefore, Yan Yan saw that the situation was not good, waved the ghost-headed sword in his hand, and withdrew his troops, pulled up the drawbridge, closed the city gate tightly, and prepared to arrange an immediate retreat.
Jushou had just escaped from under a hundred kilogram boulder. He was so frightened that he cursed the catapult operator. Suddenly seeing Yan Yan retreating quickly, he laughed again, waved his sword and shouted: "Catapult, continue to speed up the installation! Adjust the angle and shoot directly at the city head!"
At this time, Zhao Yun did not know that Yan Yan had planned to abandon the city. He was not opposed to giving the Wuling City defenders a deterrent. He just asked the soldiers operating the catapults to be careful not to adjust the range too far and try not to hurt the people in the city. Residential.
The five catapults that had been installed opened fire immediately. This time the range was adjusted more accurately, and huge rocks flew across the sky and hit the city head one after another. Debris from the boulders flew everywhere, and the battlements cracked one by one. The guards on the city immediately fled in all directions, looking for bunkers everywhere. The city head was cleared in an instant, leaving only the remains of masonry on the ground.
Yan Yan in the city looked up at the boulder smashing the city head to pieces. His soldiers poured down the stairs one after another. He ordered not to panic and retreated collectively from the west gate in line with the formation. He led the escort to supervise the formation. Anyone who panicked and ran away was one. The back of the knife finally calmed down the situation.
After the boulder passed, the siege horn finally sounded. Yan Yan personally led the escort to the city tower again. He saw that half of the northeast corner of the city wall had been smashed, but the battlements were still intact. Yan Yan ordered the archers to stand by to observe the attack below the city. The movement of the city's enemies. Unexpectedly, although there were trumpets in the Qinglong Army, no soldiers rushed to attack the city. Yan Yan couldn't understand, and suddenly the sharp-eyed men next to him shouted: "Look! The stone is coming again!"
It turned out that when Jushu saw the guards at the top of the city retreating one after another, he suddenly had a plan in mind and ordered people to blow the siege horn, but did not lead the troops. He expected that the enemy would not dare not send people to defend the city, so as to buy time for other troops to retreat. Sure enough, many soldiers came up from the top of the city. With a wave of Jushou's sword, the five giant catapults that had been ready for action immediately fired large-tonnage stone cannonballs again.
There were dark clouds in front of Yan Yan's eyes, and he was itching with hatred, thinking that the enemy was too cunning. The soldiers around him saw Yan Yan staring blankly at the stone clouds in the sky, and pulled him down and ran away. The troops behind him exploded and immediately swarmed down again. Many people were squeezed off the tower. Yan Yan was helpless in the crowd. He could only blow his beard and stare in anger, but no one could hear his command anymore. .
"Boom, boom, boom, boom," five loud blasts were heard again at the top of the city. Fortunately, the accuracy was just a little bit off. Yan Yan and the soldiers around him were only scratched by flying stone chips and narrowly escaped. Tribulation. Other soldiers who did not have time to go down to the city were not so lucky. Some became meat pie faces and some became hedgehog faces.
Just after the second wave of boulder attacks, Yan Yan finally had the opportunity to shout an order and call all the soldiers to come down to the city. There is no way to stay in this city, and we will simply be beaten passively. All the soldiers had just descended from the city and landed when the siege horn sounded again outside the city. Yan Yan blurted out a curse in anger, but he no longer had the courage to lead his troops up the city. He only sent two soldiers to sneak up to a high place to watch.
The two soldiers climbed up the city wall covertly, and saw that there was already a surge of soldiers below the city. At the front was a row of engineers pushing earthen carts, and behind them were soldiers carrying ladders, and there were a large number of shield-swordsmen guarding them, swarming in. . Once the earthen carts fill the moat, the ladder soldiers will open the passage to climb the city, and the shield soldiers will swarm up.
The two soldiers suddenly saw a wild siege scene below the city. They were shocked and shouted at the city. Yan Yan from the city couldn't hear clearly. She pricked up her ears and tried to hear clearly, but suddenly her face changed. He had already heard the footsteps and shouts of thousands of people outside the city, and instantly understood the meaning of the two soldiers on the tower.
After all, Yan Yan was a famous general. He calmed down from his rage in an instant. He picked up a ghost-headed sword in his right hand and a strong bow in his left hand, and shouted: "Archer, follow me!" After saying that, he took the lead, climbed onto the rubble-strewn tower, and took the bow. Throwing the knife, a barrel of iron arrows was shot down the city in an instant.
The archers followed up and spread out along the broken battlements. Due to Yan Yan's round of bows and arrows, the bows and arrows under the city began to fire intensively.
There were casualties on both sides of the city. Yan Yan took a few barrels of bows and arrows from the soldiers who were transporting them, and shouted loudly: "Go down and pass my order to the general! Then call up the ninth team to fight!" The soldier hurried away after receiving the order.
Yan Yan knew that it would be difficult to withstand Zhao Yun's fierce attack, but he had to buy two more hours for the retreating main force. Even if thousands of people from the Ninth Team are mobilized, I don’t know if they can withstand it.
Leng Bao hurried up with the ninth team, and Yan Yan said angrily: "Didn't I ask you to be responsible for withdrawing the troops?" Leng Bao didn't answer, but shouted: "Come here, ask the coach to leave!"
It turned out that Leng Bao knew that the remaining soldiers guarding the city were likely to die, but Yan Yan was determined to stay and defend the city. At this time, the situation was critical. Leng Bao knew that he could not persuade the commander, so he had to order his people to persuade the commander to leave. Even if disobeying military orders and offending military authority was a capital offense, he would not hesitate. Anyway, he had decided to die for the city.
Yan Yan struggled like crazy, and several strong men could not hold him down, so Leng Bao had no choice but to take action himself. While he was tearing apart, Leng Bao suddenly stopped and looked at the city in a daze.
Everyone, including Yan Yan, felt something strange. They stopped moving at the same time. The army that had been charging forward suddenly retreated like a tide, and the sound of gold mingled in Zhao Yun's army.
Leng Bao stared at the city with his mouth open, and murmured: "What's going on? Could it be that the gods have appeared?" Yan Yan pushed away the soldiers around him and snorted: "This tells us that they have no intention of launching a siege. There are no unnecessary casualties, let’s leave quickly, there is no need to defend this city.”
Leng Bao looked at Yan Yan in disbelief, and sure enough, the thousands of soldiers under the city recalled in unison: "General Zhao has an order, God has the virtue of good life, the Yizhou army must open the door and surrender within two hours, otherwise after the city is broken, all Kill without mercy."
Yan Yan said: "Two hours is enough for us to evacuate!" He secretly thanked Zhao Yun for releasing himself and all his men. He and Leng Bao constrained his men to retreat to the west gate. They were not allowed to set fire to the city or harm the people.
Zhao Yun letting Yan Yan go was naturally Chen Long's plan. At this time, it was definitely not the time for a decisive battle with the Yizhou Army. He should save his troops and use all his strength to suppress Liu Biao. He conveniently left a favor to Yan Yan. If he really enters Yizhou in the future, he will still have to win over people's hearts.
Two hours later, Chen Long and Zhao Yun met outside the south gate of Wuling, and immediately went out to appease the people and held a small entrance ceremony. Wuling was governed by Xi Zhi for only a few months. The people of Wuling knew that Chen Long had good policies. They would beat gongs and drums, make pots of food, and go to the city gate to welcome the lord who was about to rule them.
The people of Wuling were reassured. Wenpin outside the city learned that Wuling had changed hands and the Yizhou army had retreated, so he simply withdrew his troops back to Jiangling. Jiangling's defense was limited to the Yizhou navy in the west, and the situation stabilized instantly.
Chen Long didn't want to stop here. On one side, he sent someone with a letter from Liu Biao agreeing to Jiangxia's exchange for Liu Cong, and notified Huang Zhong and Yang Huai to lead the navy into Dongting Lake and be ready for Jiangxia's battle. On the other side, Zhao Yun's army marched through the city non-stop. , carrying the tail of the Wenpin troops to the south bank of the Yangtze River, opposite one of Liu Biao's three remaining big cities - Jiangling, a strategic location on the Yangtze River.
Wenpin's rearguard troops detected the movements of Zhao Yun's army and naturally reported to Wenpin. Wenpin didn't know what he meant, but he always used troops cautiously, so he quickly sent someone to report to Liu Biao.
Wenpin, courtesy name Zhongye, was born in Wan, Nanyang. He was a famous general of Liu Biao during the Three Kingdoms period. He later surrendered to Cao Wei and was promoted to general and made many military exploits. According to the official history, after Liu Biao's death, his son Liu Cong surrendered to Cao Cao. Wenpin did not accompany Cao Cao at first, until Cao Cao summoned him to meet him and asked him why he was late. Wenpin said that he could not protect his territory and was ashamed to meet people. Cao Cao was moved by this loyal minister's unconditional feelings. He praised him at first, but still asked him to guard Jiangxia and make him lead the northern troops and suppress Jingjiang. Wenpin did not live up to Cao Cao's expectations. While guarding Jingcheng, he repeatedly led troops to stop Guan Yu's army, attacked his supplies, burned his warships, and achieved great success. He became one of the generals that Cao Cao relied on as a barrier and gained a great reputation. Spread far and wide. Later, he served in many conquests and was awarded the title of General of the Empress and the Marquis of Xinye. When Cao Rui came to the throne, Wenpin repelled Sun Quan's attack in Jiangxia.
Liu Biao received Wenpin's letter and collapsed on the seat behind him. He was chasing the tiger to welcome the wolf. His strength had weakened, and his beloved second son was still in the opponent's hands. With a strong sense of powerlessness, he surrendered to Chen. Long, the idea of becoming a rich man came to mind for the first time.
Chen Long was determined to take over the entire Jingzhou, so he naturally tried to find ways to oppress Liu Biao, and he did not hesitate to provoke a war. As long as Liu Biao resisted, he could attack him comprehensively. Now that Wuling has been captured and two armies march into Jiangxia and Jiangling, both wings are flying together, just like an eagle flapping its wings. The unification of Jingzhou is just around the corner.
