Compared with Mulinpo's great victory, Meiyang City was not so lucky. It was being besieged by Bian Zhang's 30,000 troops at the moment, and the situation was very critical!
The Xiliang army has been attacking crazily since they arrived at Meiyang City, regardless of losses, which puts great pressure on Huang Zhong who defends the city!
In the Han army's plan, only Huang Zhonghe's Wushe Battalion was left to defend the city, and the rest of the soldiers were sent out by Liu Zhang.
There is nothing we can do about it. Zhang Wen lost too many soldiers in his rash pursuit last time!
"General Huang, the defense supplies on the city wall have been exhausted, and the soldiers' arrows have been shot empty!"
Xia Houlan ran to Huang Zhong's side, his words full of urgency.
"General Huang, if we continue to defend like this, our soldiers will need to fight hand-to-hand with the enemy!"
Hand-to-hand combat is obviously not the strong point of the Wushe Camp!
"Inform the entire army to abandon Wengcheng and withdraw directly into the inner city!"
After holding on for two hours, Huang Zhong knew he had reached his limit.
Not only are the city defense equipment exhausted, but the soldiers' physical strength has also been severely depleted. If they engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy at this time, the chance of victory will be even slimmer!
The Wushe Battalion is all elite soldiers, and their usual training is mainly based on orders and prohibitions. When the order was given, the soldiers in the whole battalion did not panic at all and began to retreat into the city in an orderly manner.
After Huang Zhong checked that the Weng City Wall was correct, he quickly left the battlefield.
As the general, Huang Zhong should have entered first, but he was the last one to enter the inner city.
"General Huang, why have you withdrawn? The Wengcheng is so important, how can you give up so easily?"
Huang Zhong had just climbed onto the wall of the inner city when he heard Zhang Wen's questioning. However, Huang Zhong ignored him and didn't even look at him.
Zhang Wen's anger suddenly surged up, and he hated people who didn't take him seriously! Liu Zhang didn't care, even his subordinates behaved like this!
"General Huang, how dare you make decisions on such a big matter! Once the Wengcheng is lost, how can the inner city be defended for a long time!"
Huang Zhong turned his head and stared at Zhang Wen with anger in his eyes.
"Zhang Cheqi, haven't you seen that Wengcheng's defense equipment has been exhausted! The rebels have been attacking for two hours, and our soldiers from the Wushe Battalion have also been holding on for two hours! Until now, is it possible that the exhausted soldiers are still here? Are they fighting hand-to-hand with the rebels?"
Huang Zhong almost roared, his dissatisfaction with Zhang Wen had reached an unbearable level! If it weren't for Huang Zhong and the military's bottom line, he would have wanted to control Zhang Wen!
"Then let Zhou Shen go up. He still has five thousand soldiers and horses under his command. He is not always there..."
"Shut up! My lord asked Zhou Shen to pick him up from behind, but you held Zhou Shen down! What are your intentions?"
It's okay that Zhang Wen didn't mention it, but when Zhou Shen and Huang Zhong were mentioned, he couldn't stand it anymore and kept blaming Zhang Wen.
"You have obviously made arrangements, but you are holding back the troops without any reason! Do you know how much trouble this will cause to my lord! It may cause the entire army to collapse!"
As a general of chariots and cavalry, how could Zhang Wen tolerate the criticism of a school captain? He immediately pulled out the sword.
"How presumptuous! You are just a 600-ton school captain, how dare you talk to me, a cavalry general, like that! Who gave you the courage!"
Huang Zhong was not afraid of Zhang Wen's threat at all, but instead showed a sneer.
"Haha, you are such a cavalry general. If my lord hadn't saved you before, how could you still have stolen the position of the cavalry general? If my lord hadn't descended from heaven with his divine soldiers, how many people in your Zhang family would have survived! You ungrateful thing! Get out! If you don't get out, I'll chop you with a knife!"
Zhang Wen was such a bully and afraid of the strong. He thought that with his status as a cavalry general, he would be enough to scare Huang Zhong, who was just a school captain. Unexpectedly, Huang Zhong didn't take him seriously at all.
"you..."
Zhang Wen looked at the big knife in Huang Zhong's hand, and felt weak in his heart, and he began to hesitate and was speechless.
"roll!"
Huang Zhong let out a loud shout, which frightened Zhang Wen so much that he fell to the ground.
"snort!"
Huang Zhong ignored the waste in front of him who would only cause trouble, and walked quickly to the city wall. He had already heard the killing cries of the rebels attacking.
The soldiers of the Wushe Battalion have launched an effective counterattack under the command of Xia Houlan. Although there are many rebels, it is difficult to achieve anything for a while.
"Zizheng, how are you? Do you have enough equipment to defend the city?"
Xia Houlan nodded to Huang Zhong, but his expression was not very relaxed.
"General Huang, most of the supplies in Meiyang City were consumed while guarding Wengcheng. I don't think the supplies on the inner city can last for half an hour!"
Can't hold on for half an hour?
Huang Zhong sighed secretly and felt a huge pressure coming from him!
Wengcheng can be lost because there is still an inner city, but the inner city must not be lost again!
With the inner city wall lost, General Huang Zhong has nothing to defend! The three thousand soldiers of the Wushe Battalion will be annihilated by tens of thousands of Xiliang rebels!
"No matter what, we must defend the inner city! My lord has given me a death order. Meiyang City must not be lost before they return for reinforcements!"
Seeing Huang Zhong mention Liu Zhang, Xia Houlan's face flashed with worry.
"General Huang, Zhou Shen's mission is to support the lord in breaking out of the siege! Now he is standing still, lord..."
Huang Zhong reached out to interrupt Xia Houlan and shook his head gently.
"Zizheng, my lord is so talented and powerful, how can a villain like Zhang Wen be able to scheme against you? Your and my current duty is to defend Meiyang!"
"good!"
Xia Houlan roared loudly, ran to the city wall and raised his sword.
"Brothers, I, Xia Houlan, just like all the brothers, deeply feel the lord's kindness! Today, all the brothers and I will live and die together with Meiyang City! We will never leave you!"
At this time, Huang Zhong also came to the front and raised his sword high.
"The city is alive but the people are there, but the city is destroyed and people are dead!"
The general's bravery may not change the outcome of the war, but it will definitely affect the courage of the soldiers.
The general will flee, but he has no intention of fighting, and the whole army will be defeated!
The general puts life and death aside and lives and dies with the soldiers. The morale of the team will definitely skyrocket!
Huang Zhong himself has a very high prestige in the Wushe camp, and all the soldiers admire him from the bottom of their hearts! As soon as Huang Zhong revealed his determination, his soldiers began to rush to respond first!
"The city is alive but the people are there, but the city is destroyed and people are dead!"
There were only 3,000 defenders in the city, but an aura of 30,000 people broke out!
Bian Zhang, who was supervising the battle at the side, was startled by this momentum, and then he saw the soldiers who were attacking the city falling down one by one!
Heavy casualties!
The most unlucky thing was the Xiliang army that was attacking the city. The soldiers of the Wushe camp released all their passion on them!
"What's going on! Someone tell me what I posted!"
Bian Zhang kept roaring on the spot. No matter who he looked at, no one responded to him.
Because the Xiliang army didn't know what was happening in the city, they just felt that the Han army defending the city suddenly broke out!
"Damn it! Quick, keep going! Don't give them a chance to breathe!"
Bian Zhang's heart was bleeding as he urged the soldiers to continue attacking the city.
The casualties this time were too great! Just by attacking Wengcheng, more than 8,000 soldiers were lost!
If we can't capture the inner city in one go and let the Han army recover, there will definitely be greater casualties!
You must know that he led an army of 30,000, ten times the enemy's army!
