Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 383 Yicheng won
Under the city wall, Tai Shici commanded the archers and crossbow archers to launch a burst of attack and suppression on the city wall with feather arrows and crossbow arrows, and no one dared to fight back on the city wall.

Even some private soldiers who can shoot arrows, in this case, first protect their heads and bodies with shields to save their own lives, otherwise Tai Shici will command people if bows and arrows are shot down from any area on the city wall Pay special attention to this area and shoot to death the guards who dare to shoot arrows at this time.

As for the other young and strong peasants, most of them learned to protect their heads with shields under the shouts of some Liu cousin soldiers, and then many people crowded around the city wall, using shields to form a shield wall against arrows, and then using spears, Forks, stones, logs, ready to attack the soldiers of the God Arrow Battalion climbing up the city through the arrow stacks,

But this time Zhu Wei asked Tai Shici to command the Godly Arrow Battalion to attack Yicheng, and also prepared a special secret weapon for Tai Shici, which was the firecracker grenade used in Heimuya last time.

Therefore, when Chen Ying commanded the [-]-sword shield hand to form a tortoise armor defensive shield and approached Yicheng, he did not immediately set up the siege ladder and launch a city-climbing attack on Yicheng, but was inside the shield formation. People built a catapult for throwing firecracker grenades.

Then when the young and strong guarding the city wall didn't know what happened, several shield formations separated some holes, revealing the projectiles.

Then the firecracker grenade that was ignited flew up the city wall, and soon flew above the city wall, but the young and strong men guarding the city didn't know what it was, and some people looked curiously through the gaps in their shields. with.

"Zizizi...boom...boom..."

As the firecracker grenade exploded, the young and strong peasants on the city wall were immediately turned upside down. Many people were not knocked over by the firecracker grenade, but fell down because they were so frightened that their feet went limp.

"attack!"

"Kill!..."

To be honest, even the officers and soldiers of the Shenjian Battalion who were attacking the city were a little surprised by this situation, but Chen Ying, who was commanding in front, quickly reacted. After his order, the sword and shield fighters of the Shenjian Battalion here finally started Climb the city wall and start the siege.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

The archers and crossbow archers commanded by Tai Shici and Bao Long in the rear kept shooting feather arrows and crossbow arrows at the city wall, suppressing the defenders on the city wall, but the city wall was already in chaos and could not control the situation.

Only a few people are still thinking about defense, most people have already started thinking about how to escape.

Even beside Liu Biao in the Jiange of the city gate, there were a few retainers and personal soldiers and military lords, who persuaded Liu Biao to leave quickly, and Yicheng could no longer hold it.

After all, Liu Biao is also a hero who rode into Jingzhou. Although his status and status these years made him slack, he finally made a decision at this time, "Retreat, withdraw to Xiangyang! Send someone to find Liu Qi and Kuai Yue , Deng Yi, let them also withdraw to Xiangyang!"

So Liu Biao took back the two soldiers who had dispersed, and went directly down the city wall to change horses, then went out from the west gate of Yicheng, and fled in the direction of Xiangyang City.

Although Liu Biao's retreat did not notify the young and strong peasants on the city wall, the young and strong peasants who were not restrained by no one soon realized that something was wrong, so they naturally had no intention of defending the city. Hiding back at home, some also headed westward to escape from Yicheng.

The Sword and Shield Hands of the Divine Arrow Battalion who climbed the city wall here finally got on top of the wall. According to the training procedure for the siege, the sword and shield hands on the city wall immediately guarded the ladder area with shields and knives , but seeing that no one was coming to stop him, these sword and shield hands were relieved a lot, but they still held the sword and shield and stared fiercely at the surroundings.

Gradually, more and more swordsmen climbed up the city wall, so the city wall was quickly occupied by the Shenjian Battalion. At this time, Tai Shici ordered the archers and crossbowmen to stop shooting arrows, and prepared to enter the city with the remaining swordsmen. Receive this city.

And the sword and shield fighters of the Shenjian Battalion who climbed up the city wall also quickly rushed to the city gate, and took the initiative to open the city gate for Tai Shici outside. At this moment, the officers and soldiers of the Shenjian Battalion completely poured into Yicheng.

In this way, Yicheng, Liu Biao's first line of defense against Zhu Wei, was captured by Zhu Wei's army in just over a day.

It's a pity that Liu Biao fled back to Xiangyang City under the escort of a thousand personal guards, and then began to step up defense in Xiangyang City. This time Liu Biao should have absorbed the experience of Yicheng, probably not dare It's easy to go out of the city and play a sneak attack with Zhu Wei's army.

However, after Zhu Wei's army captured Yicheng, he first appeased the people of Yicheng, saying that he would not pursue the young and strong men who had been recruited by Liu Zheng before, so that they could all go home and live in peace.

However, for all the big and small families that keep private soldiers in private, they are forced to hand over their private soldiers, and Zhu Wei will uniformly control them. In the future, they will never be allowed to keep more than ten private soldiers in the county.

Taking advantage of the momentum of his great victory, Zhu Wei strictly controlled the private armed forces that might appear in the county in the future, so that Zhu Wei could more safely control all the counties under his rule.

As for the private soldiers of these gentry and powerful families hiding in local villages and private fortresses, Zhu Wei has no way to take care of them for the time being. After all, this is also a practice, and it is not something that can be banned all at once.

After capturing Yicheng, Zhu Wei took Yicheng as his logistics base. Anyway, there is also a Han River connection between Yicheng and Xiangyang City, so anything needed can be transported directly by water.

Zhu Wei left [-] auxiliary soldiers and craftsman battalion in Yicheng, as well as some wounded soldiers in the previous battle, also stayed here to recuperate, and finally left Chen Ying from the Shenjian Battalion and the [-] Shenjian Battalion soldiers Guard the safety of Yicheng.

After resting in Yicheng for a day, Zhu Wei's army marched towards Xiangyang City again. Soon the army passed through Hanshui River to the outskirts of Xiangyang City, and finally near Lumen Mountain on the north bank of Hanshui River in the southeast of Xiangyang City. A land and water camp was set up as a forward base for attacking Xiangyang City.

As I said before, Xiangyang City is the largest city in Jingbei. The rammed-earth city wall surrounding Xiangyang is as high as seven or eight floors and about 50 steps wide, which is enough for Liu Biao’s defenders to place troops on the city wall. To defend against foreign enemies attacking Xiangyang City.

The moat outside Xiangyang City is close to the city wall. The river is more than a hundred steps wide, directly connected to the Han River, and it is also wider than ordinary moats.

To enter Xiangyang through the moat, the only way is to pass through several bridges built on the moat, but now these bridges must also be controlled by Liu Biao, and they can be demolished at any time to increase the difficulty of Zhu Wei's attack on the city.

Attacking Xiangyang City in this way is not as simple and easy as attacking other ordinary cities before. Zhu Wei must be prepared for a hard fight...

(End of this chapter)