Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 480 Ling Cao
Although he had made a judgment in his heart, Wang Zheng thought over and over again, but he still didn't choose to speak out his worries in public.

He can be sure that Sun Ce will start to rotate parts today to preserve his strength, but he is not sure how many new troops the opponent has left.

And this matter is actually not suitable for Zhou Hui and others to know.

Because this new force can not only be used as a siege to fight for reinforcements, but also can play a decisive role when the offensive and defensive sides fight to the critical moment!

If these people knew that Sun Ce's offensive was so fierce without doing his best, wouldn't they be more worried, fearful, and even alienated?
The wind and rain sprinkled into the room, and the cold wind blew the candles that had just been lit, lengthening the shadows of the crowd, and allowing Wang Zheng to see the faces that were looming in the shadows.

Every face is solemn and anxious, making this rainy evening even darker.

can't say
With a secret sigh, Wang Zheng squeezed out a smile, and instead echoed Zhou Hui with confidence:

"That's right, this torrential rain has been falling for several days, and there are many places in the city where the water is so deep that you can lose your calf if you step on it, let alone outside the city?"

"Under such circumstances, no matter how brave the soldiers of Sun Bandit are, they will definitely not be able to last long. Wu Sheng is the general under my general's command. It will take a while, or even half a month, to defeat Huang Gai, open the road, and rush to help Shu County. If there is no accident, Before the autumn harvest, the war will be over."

"With Zhou Mu's words, we can rest assured."

"Extremely so."

Seeing that the spirits of the people were more or less lifted, Wang Zheng did not continue this topic, and seeing that the sky outside the hall was already dusk, he asked Zhou Hui:

"Mr. Zhou County, who should be on duty to guard the city tonight?"

Zhou Hui said, "It should be Lieutenant Wei Yan's turn."

As the second person in the city who is second only to Wang Zheng in martial arts, and Zhou Hui's direct line general, Wei Yan has spent a lot of time during this time, and it is also considered very hard, but Youdao is the sword sharpened from sharpening, under such fierce fighting Let him grow up very quickly, and in just a few days, he has become a commanding figure.

Wang Zheng was already aware of this person's future achievements, and he was both wise and brave. When he heard that he was in charge of guarding, he immediately felt relieved, nodded and smiled, "With Chief Wen guarding the city, I should be able to sleep peacefully tonight."

Everyone on the side also laughed sensibly, and the laughter slightly dispelled the heaviness in the hall.

However, before the laughter fell to the ground, there was a burst of hurried footsteps outside the hall.

Wang Zheng and the others almost unanimously raised their heads and looked at the past, but saw a sentry trotting in with an anxious face, and shouted before he had time to salute: "Master, it's not good, a city wall suddenly collapsed just now!"

In the heavy rain and twilight, Wang Zheng and others walked out of the mansion. Since the siege of the city, no pedestrians have been seen on the spacious streets, but they can gallop straight to the front line. Seeing that the city is still far away, the shouts of killing have disappeared It resounded over Shu County again.

While hurrying, Zhou Hui asked about the specific situation: "Which section of the city wall collapsed, and how many troops did the thief Sun send this time?"

"Your Majesty, this is the west side of the southern city wall. It is strange to say that this area has not been bombarded by many stones before, let alone collapsed, and something like this happened suddenly for some reason." Qi replied: "But don't worry, the county lord. Although this happened suddenly, the brothers reacted quickly. There were not many Sun Ce who came in by surprise. There were about a hundred or dozens of people. Before the villain came to report the news, Captain Zhou had already Go to the front line in person, start organizing people, prepare to fight back, and drive them out again."

Zhou Hui knew that Captain Zhou mentioned by the sentry cavalry was a brother of his own clan named Zhou Ju, and he was also considered smart and capable, so he couldn't help but feel relieved. Wei Yan who was on the side also said:

"From this point of view, not only did this incident not only surprise us, but also the enemy was caught off guard. It may have been an accident, or because the city wall has been in disrepair for a long time, and it has encountered continuous torrential rain these days, the area of ​​the collapsed area is unlikely to be large. You don't need to worry too much, young master."

For the defenders, the most fearful thing is the collapse of the city wall, but if the collapsed area is not too wide, they can barely handle it.

When everyone rushed to the edge of the city, they saw that the situation was as the sentry said. The range of the collapse of the city wall was not very wide, about ten steps long. Both sides and the ground were full of broken bricks and broken walls. Even in the rain, you can see if there is any collapse. The dust and smoke completely dissipated.

In the smog and rain, there were really many figures fighting fiercely. After the battle, the captain named Zhou Ju was standing about [-] or [-] feet away from the gap. Another four or five teams of soldiers had already assembled and waited silently. By his side, ready to go into battle at any time.

Wang Zheng, Zhou Hui and others saw that the situation did not seem to be deteriorating, so they reined in their horses and stopped in the distance, just watching. After all, when the city wall collapsed and the enemy troops poured in, if they, the leaders, would take the initiative to join the front line If not, there is the possibility of adding chaos.

Zhou Hui looked at it for a while, then frowned and asked, "What's the matter with Zhou Ju, why didn't you pull up the wooden parapet?"

The so-called female wall refers to another thin retaining wall built on the city wall. It is used for protection in the city and as a barrier against enemies. It is a traditional defensive building necessary for ancient city walls.

Because it is much shorter and weaker than the tall and thick city walls, it is called a female wall. The female wall built on the inner edge of the city roof is called a space wall, and the female wall built on the outer edge of the city roof is called a stacked wall. The wooden female wall, as the name implies , it is a wall made of wood, usually there are pulleys under it for easy pushing. When the city wall collapsed a few times before, it was usually the elites of the Tianzhu Camp and the defenders who blocked the enemy from continuing to pour in, and pushed the wood at the same time. The parapet acts as a barrier.

Wei Yan said: "Young master, please look over there."

Everyone followed his fingertips and turned their heads to look. On the other side, there were dozens of soldiers pushing a wooden wall slowly moving towards the gap. This one was much taller than the previous wooden female walls, and it was even close to the inner city wall. It is about the same height, so even dozens of people push very slowly even if they pull and pull.

At this time, the hundred Sun Cebing who rushed into the city first, were surrounded and wiped out by the defenders several times their own, and they were almost killed and wounded. Afterwards, everyone saw that the Zhou Dynasty had waved the command flag, and dozens of elite soldiers behind them immediately came out. Instead, he ran to the outside of the city wall, giving time for Paoze to install the wooden parapet behind him.

It's only been a cup or two of tea since the passing of Sentinel Cavalry, but both the offensive and defensive sides have now reacted. Of course, the defenders made immediate moves. What about Sun Cejun's side?
Tonight, the one who oversaw the attack of Sun Ce's army was none other than Sun Ce's heroic general, Ling Cao, the father of Ling Tong, the future Twelve Tigers of the Eastern Wu Dynasty. The sudden collapse of the city wall in the middle of the night was a godsend opportunity. How could he miss it, let alone sit and watch the defenders Plug it up.

Especially just now when Ling Cao watched coldly, although the defenders used wooden walls to gradually fill up the gap under his nose, Ling Cao didn't feel much depressed, but became excited.

Because he discovered one thing.

This place collapsed tonight, finally did not see that group of terrifying Xuzhou army, or the figure of Wang Zheng's personal soldiers!
That group of brave elites could not be ordinary soldiers, and after observing these few days, they also estimated that the number of this elite group was no more than 500 people. combat power.

Although even the performance of the general's personal soldiers is too exaggerated.

It is precisely because of this that even though Sun Ce desperately wanted to capture Shucheng, he still did not lead the charge in person like Liu Xun did when he attacked Wancheng, and even rejected Ling Cao, Han Dang and others' many times to go first.

Without him, it's too risky.

This group of elite soldiers who are not afraid of death and have outstanding combat power are enough to pose a threat to their lives, especially when they are not in field battles and lose the mobility of riding horses, once they are dragged by this group of people, the bow and arrow will die Deadly enough!
But this time the group of people were not there, Ling Cao was ready to move again.

That's right, no matter how brave Wang Zheng's soldiers are, after all, they are not many in number and they are made of flesh and blood. It is an exaggeration to come here and there to fill gaps in the past three days. Could it be that they can continue to work day and night?

Isn't that really a monster?
Ling Cao finally made up his mind, gritted his teeth, let out a wild roar, and charged forward.

He fought fiercely for hundreds of rounds in Kaiyang Neng and Yu Jin that day, he was very brave, ordinary soldiers could not block his blow, he saw his hand go over with a knife, and the head rolled down, killing more than ten defenders outside the city in a short time soldiers beheaded.

Seeing Ling Cao displaying his supernatural power, his subordinates were on the verge of gaining power, and the morale of the soldiers and other soldiers was greatly shaken. Kill all.

Seeing that the gap in the wooden parapet wall was filled, Ling Cao turned his head and shouted: "Smash me!"

With an order, the trebuchets that were just transferred immediately threw boulders, but the wooden wall was not only taller than ordinary female walls, but also seemed to be thicker. The night became more and more unbearable, but there were occasional two or three stones in the middle, except for a few loud bangs, it didn't have any effect.

Seeing this, the anxious Ling Cao immediately snatched a shield from a personal soldier, put it on his head, and blocked the arrows shooting down from the walls on both sides, strode forward, and directly chopped it down.

His strength is not small, each cut not only penetrates three points into the wood, but also shakes the wooden wall to rustle and shake non-stop.

However, after all, it was just shaking, a stubble that could not be broken by a trebuchet, not to mention him, even Wang Zheng might not be able to handle it easily.

At this moment, arrows rained down on the top of the wall, nailing the shield like a hedgehog in an instant, and a stream of arrows went through the gap and hit Ling Cao's shoulder, but he didn't change his expression and pulled out the shield. The short knife of the soldier next to him cut himself, bleeding half his body, and he refused to retreat, but raised his eyebrows and glared, and shouted angrily: "Our army has been attacking the city for many days. Although the city walls have collapsed many times, they have all been captured by the yellow scarf bandits. Stop it, our majestic men have shown their cowardice in front of the thieves several times, what a shame and shame!"

Ling Cao's voice became louder and louder as he spoke, and he stretched out his hand and pointed backwards: "Can you see that the general's commander-in-chief is issuing orders to us, the enemy and our armies, tens of thousands of troops, are all looking at us now, you say, we are To advance or to retreat? If you retreat, you are not as good as a bandit, but if you succeed, you will be a heroic husband!"

After these few words, all the generals and soldiers at the side were excited and shouted: "There is no retreat!"

"Okay!" Ling Cao raised his knife to the sky: "Then let's sacrifice our lives and move forward, we will advance and never retreat!"

"Send the order, call to crash the car immediately!"

The twilight was deep, the wind and rain were beating the eyes, Ling Cao took the lead, but the arrows and stones were like locusts, but they didn't retreat half a step. Sun Ce's soldiers were all desperate, one after another, crashing one after another, amidst the endless rumbling, the wooden wall finally couldn't bear the continuous The heavy blow, cracks appeared.

At this time, Wang Zheng and others had already boarded the top of the city. After discovering this situation, Zhou Hui immediately wanted to call in the dead soldiers, intending to go down the wall and destroy these crash cars.

It's just that it's one step too late!
With another thunderous bang, the wooden wall was completely broken.

Ling Cao was ecstatic, picked up the long knife, and called out to his subordinates. Hundreds of people came one after another, shoulder to shoulder, jumping over the crashed car that they couldn't care about pulling away, rushing towards the reopened gap.

The gap is not wide, and the ones rushing to the front, because there are too many people rushing at the same time, seem to be bound together, and the swords and guns cannot be used at the same time.

But when he finally stepped into the city, Ling Cao's joy froze, and he saw a tens of steps away, a heavy-faced general looking at him with a sneer, it was Wei Yan.

However, at some point, he had taken over Zhou Ju's position, and arranged for someone to build a canopy not far from the gap, and at the same time piled up a large stack of firewood and grease. Seeing the enemy army entering the city, he immediately ordered it to be set on fire.

When the flames were raging, smoke was billowing and filled with the wind. Sun Cebing was caught off guard and couldn't open his eyes.A large number of archers and equipment were hidden behind the smoke, firing arrows and bullets.There were endless screams, and the soldiers of Sun Ce, who were at the forefront of the charge, fell to the ground forever with screams before they could see what the city looked like.

Ling Cao swung his knife to block the bow and arrow, but he couldn't disperse the thick smoke. His vision was blurred, so he had to lead the army out of the city with a resentful expression.

"Lieutenant, the enemy has set up an ambush in the city and set fire and smoke. We can't see anything at all. It's no different from rushing into the city like this."

A Du Bo beside him said, "Why don't you send someone to talk to the Major General about transferring the Danyang camp?"

The influence brought about by Wangzheng crossing, on the one hand, made the power of Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Yuan Shu and others far inferior to the history of the same period, but on the other hand, it made Sun Ce's power much larger than that of the same period of history.

Of course there is a reason for this.

In history, Sun Ce became domineering after occupying Jiangdong, and chose to forcibly suppress the local forces, but in this life, Sun Ce chose to cooperate with and even marry the gentry in Jiangdong, so he was supported and led by the Gu family, the first gentry in Danyang County. In the first place, Sun Ce, who had not long since become self-reliant, got nearly ten thousand Danyang soldiers to join him.

As one of the three elite soldiers in the late Han Dynasty, the Danyang soldiers had outstanding combat power. The two ambushes against the Xuzhou army on the waterway and the fierce battle outside the city of Hefei caused a lot of trouble for Wang Zheng and the heavenly army under his command. .

Now there are also two thousand Danyang soldiers in Shu County, all of them wearing iron armor, which Sun Ce always holds down as one of the biggest trump cards, just to save it for the critical moment.

In Na Dubo's view, this is the critical moment for this heavy armored infantry to go out, but Ling Cao is not willing to transfer the success of the first victory to others at this time!

We must know that throughout the ages, first ascending is the first achievement in a hundred battles!

"Trying to call those natives here, do you want to make other brothers laugh at you?"

In Ling Cao's eyes, those mountain folks were not his robes. He stared into the smoke for a long time, and suddenly his eyes lit up. He moved his long knife forward, and said word by word:

"Give me the order to cover your mouth and nose and charge again, this time to capture the flag first!"

(End of this chapter)