Three Kingdoms King of the North

"Bold thief, how dare you collude with yellow scarf thieves!" Dian Wei roared, brandishing his double halberds, and was about to jump off the stairs, rushing into the crowd to kill himself!

Han Zhan saw that although those people were approaching the city gate along the street, they were not shouting or shouting, and they didn't seem to be cooperating with the Yellow Turban Bandits to seize the city, so he quickly stopped Dian Wei: "Dian Wei, don't be rash. Wait They approached and asked what they did?"

When the group of people were still ten feet away from the city gate, Dian Wei shouted: "Stop, what are you waiting for?"

A middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes who was walking in the front, heard Dian Wei's shout, and stopped quickly, raised his hands above his head, and shouted: "Stop, stop!" Waiting for everyone After they all stopped, he went out alone and continued to walk towards the city gate.

When he was five or six steps away from the city gate, he stopped, gave a deep salute to Han Zhan who was standing on the steps, and said respectfully: "As far as Hui Shijun is concerned, Caomin Hucha is from the city. The wealthy businessman heard that there were yellow scarf thieves besieging the city, so he summoned a few friends and brought his servants to help the envoy."

Han Zhan took a closer look, and the person who spoke below was the wealthy businessman Hu Cha who took the lead in donating last time.Looking at the distance, those gorgeously dressed people standing in front of the line also have a bit of a good face, and they should have seen it when they were entertaining guests in the wine house.

After figuring out that the other party was not malicious, Han Zhan quickly stepped down the tower, stepped forward to hold Hu Cha's hand, and said gratefully: "Mr. Hu, thank you for your help. But at this moment, the Yellow Turban Bandits have retreated, so you should hurry up." Go away quickly."

"The Yellow Turban Bandits have been repelled?" Hearing what Han Zhan said, Hu Cha couldn't help being stunned.It took a long time before he asked: "My lord, the grass people heard that there were thousands of yellow scarf thieves besieging the city. Why did they retreat so quickly? Could it be that there was some deceit?"

Although Hu Cha's words were very tactful, Han Zhan still heard the other party's off-screen voice and thought he was lying.He smiled and said to Hu Cha: "This envoy is preparing to go outside the city to welcome the officers and soldiers who came to help. You might as well go with me." Hearing what Han Zhan said, Hu Cha was still dubious, but he still let his servants leave , only took the businessman who came with him, and accompanied Han Zhan to the outside of the city to meet him.

Dian Wei led his troops out of the city first, and lined up on both sides outside the city gate.Han Zhan and a group of businessmen stood in the middle of the road, waiting for the officers and soldiers who were approaching.When Hu Cha and the others saw the corpses of the Yellow Turban Army on the open ground outside the city, they believed that what Han Zhan said was true, and that the Yellow Turban Army had really retreated.

The military marquis riding on the horse saw Han Zhan leading people out of the city to meet him, so he hurriedly got off his horse, handed the reins to the soldier next to him, and walked quickly to meet him.When there were still two or three steps away, he stopped, looked at Han Zhan, and asked tentatively, "Is the one coming in front of you an order related to the country?"

"That's right, I am the envoy." Han Zhan was very surprised when he heard the other party call out his identity.After revealing his identity, he immediately asked back: "I don't know who is the subordinate of Junhou, why did he appear in Sheguo County?"

The Marquis quickly knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists to salute Han Zhan, and then replied respectfully, "I am Zuo Zhonglang General Zhao Fu's Marquis Chu Ge, who was ordered to come to Sheguo County to wait for the envoy's dispatch."

After figuring out that it was the army sent by Zhao Huan, Han Zhan was overjoyed and thought that this must be the masterpiece of Geng Wu Minchun. They knew that they had few soldiers and could not quickly open up the situation in Sheguo County, so they went to persuade Zhao Fu and Chen Huan in private , Let the two secretly send troops to themselves.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly stepped forward to help Chu Ge, and said with a smile, "Mr. Chu Jun, you guys came in time. If you hadn't arrived in time, the Yellow Turban Bandits might not have retreated so easily."

Unexpectedly, the Marquis Jun did not stand up, but knelt down on both knees, kowtowed several times to Han Zhan, and said, "My benefactor, please accept Chu Ge's three respects."

The development of the matter was beyond Han Zhan's expectation. He stared at Chu Ge who was kneeling on the ground in surprise, looked him up and down carefully, and thought repeatedly in his mind, where had he seen this person before?But after thinking for a long time, he still didn't have the slightest impression of this person. He could only smile bitterly and said, "Mr. Chu Jun, I seem to have never seen you before. I don't know where to start with the title of benefactor?"

Chu Ge raised his head, looked at Han Zhan and replied, "Responding to the words of the envoy, the envoy has indeed never met his subordinates. Last month, my mother Zhang took her sister-in-law Waner to visit relatives in the city of Jizhou. He was kidnapped by Zhu Zhen, the son of the capital official. Fortunately, Shi Jun and another strong man rescued his mother and sister-in-law out of danger. My mother wrote a letter a few days ago, and I must repay Shi Jun's great kindness. "

Han Zhan suddenly realized that the girl he and Zhao Yun rescued from Zhu Zhen last time was the girl of the Marquis of Chu. No wonder he wanted to salute him so much.Thanks to him coming in time today, otherwise the Yellow Turban Army would not have retreated so quickly, which probably means that a good man will be rewarded.

Thinking of this, Han Zhan bent down to support Chu Ge's arm, helped him up, and said loudly at the same time: "You are being polite, Chu Junhou. It is just a matter of lifting your hands. Your brothers have worked hard all the way, please hurry up and invite them to the city to have a good rest."

Chapter 0059 Changshan Zhao Zilong

Han Zhan was thinking about the villages looted by the Yellow Turban Army. After arranging for someone to take Chu Ge and his men to the barracks in the city, he ordered Rob to prepare horses for him, and at the same time said to Dian Wei: "Dian Wei, take the people Clean up the battlefield outside the city, and I will take Rob to the village to the north to have a look."

Hearing what Han Zhan said, Dian Wei immediately showed a worried expression on his face: "Master, there may be yellow scarf thieves in the village, why don't you take risks lightly, let your subordinates lead people there!"

With a gloomy face, Han Zhan took the reins from Rob and got on his horse. He said to Dian Wei, "The villagers who have been poisoned by the yellow scarves are all the people under the rule of the envoy. Go to check the matter, how can you pretend to be someone else." , then shook the reins and galloped out.Rob hurriedly chased after him with his cavalry.

In less than an hour, everyone arrived at their destination.Although everyone was mentally prepared before entering the village, they were still stunned by the tragic scene after the robbery.In the smoky ruins, there were charred black corpses; on the bent branches of the roadside, there were strings of human heads swaying in the wind, and the air was filled with the lingering smell of blood.

Han Zhan was so stimulated by the scene in front of him that he was so angry that he felt the gold star jumping wildly in front of him, and then spurted out a mouthful of blood. If Rob beside him didn't help him in time, he would have fallen off the horse.

Not only Han Zhan, even the cavalry who followed him were stunned by the hellish scene before them and shivered.Looking around, the village was destroyed, and all the people in the village were massacred, from the gray-haired old man down to the baby who was still in the swaddle, there was not a single one alive.Their minds went blank, and their eyes burst out with hatred.If there was a Yellow Turban Army appearing at this moment, they would definitely be chopped into meat by everyone.

Han Zhan took the water bag that Rob handed over, drank a few sips, and after his emotions stabilized a little, he said to the cavalry: "Brothers, you must remember that blood debts must be paid with blood. , I want to find the Yellow Turban Bandit to repay this blood debt!"

"Blood debts, I swear to destroy the Yellow Turban!" As soon as Han Zhan finished speaking, Rob raised his arms and shouted.

"Blood debt is paid with blood, I swear to destroy the Yellow Turban!" The other cavalry also shouted in unison.

After everyone calmed down again, Han Zhan told Rob: "Leader Luo, tomorrow you bring people to collect the corpses of these villagers, and bury them properly." After finishing speaking, before Rob could answer, he turned his horse. head, and return to Sheguo County along the way.

Although the Yellow Turban Army was repelled, because Han Zhan and Chu Ge's troops did not take advantage of the victory to pursue them, they only killed or injured more than a thousand people, and did not hurt their vitality.After resting overnight in a valley in the northwest, I made a comeback the next morning.

Standing on the city wall, Han Zhan noticed that the Yellow Turban Army in the distance was different from yesterday. They not only prepared wooden ladders for attacking the city, but also hundreds of archers.Seeing that there were archers in the Yellow Turban Army, Han Zhan's heart sank. He knew that today's battle would not be as easy as yesterday. These archers were enough to cause a lot of casualties to the defenders on the city wall.

Three Yellow Turban soldiers on horseback came a stone's throw away and shouted loudly: "Listen, the dog officials in the city, open the door and surrender immediately to save your dog's life, otherwise when the city breaks, no chicken or dog will be left in the city."

Hearing the Yellow Turban soldiers below the city shouting over and over again, the defenders on the city wall couldn't help turning their eyes to Han Zhan, watching him eagerly to see how he would react.

Han Zhan looked at the yellow turban soldiers standing a stone's throw away, and said to himself that if I could bring a Type [-] or [-] rifle over when I crossed, I would have knocked you down with one shot, and allowed you to be so arrogant.Thinking of this, he couldn't help sneering.

The defenders standing around saw that there were several times more enemies than themselves, and they were nervous at first, but at the moment they heard Han Zhan's sneer, they couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief. , what else are we afraid of?

The three Yellow Turban soldiers shouted for a long time, but seeing that there was no movement in the city, they turned their horses and ran back to their ranks.At the same time, those Yellow Turbans who had already lined up began to move forward.Sword and shield soldiers walked in the front, behind them were archers, and behind them were ordinary soldiers carrying wooden ladders. Their task was to climb the ladders to the city wall of Sheguo County under the cover of archers.

Seeing that the Yellow Turban Army had entered the shooting range, Han Zhan nodded to Chu Ge beside him, indicating that he could shoot the arrow.Chu Ge nodded, drew out his sword, and raised it high above his head. The crossbowmen on the city wall immediately raised their crossbows, but when Chu Ge's sword swung down suddenly, they shot at the Yellow Turban army.

With Chu Ge's sword swung downward, two hundred crossbow arrows shot towards the Yellow Turban army below the city.Although many arrows were blocked by the shields of the Yellow Turbans, there was still a series of screams from the crowd, and the Yellow Turbans who were hit by the arrows fell to the ground one after another.

Dian Wei glanced at the yellow turban soldiers lying in a pool of blood, sighed softly, and said to Han Zhan, "Master, if we can put five hundred strong crossbowmen here, we only need a few rounds of volleys. The Yellow Turban Thief should collapse."

Chu Ge brought a total of 500 crossbowmen, of which 300 were sent by Han Zhan to the other three walls, leaving only [-] strong crossbowmen in the north of the city.Hearing what Dian Wei said at this moment, Han Zhan just smiled lightly: "Even if we only have two hundred strong crossbowmen, we can still leave an unforgettable impression on the Yellow Turban Thieves."

After paying three or four hundred casualties, the Yellow Turban Army finally rushed to the bottom of the city. The archers hid behind the sword and shield hands and shot arrows at the city wall to cover the infantry attacking the city.Soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army howled and swarmed to the bottom of the city. As soon as the wooden ladder reached the top of the city, there were one after another soldiers who were not afraid of death, struggling to climb up with their waist knives in their mouths.But before they climbed to the top of the city, the officers and soldiers of the defending army overturned the ladder with a pole. Amidst the screams, they fell down with the ladder.

However, the archers of the Yellow Turban Army under the city were not vegetarians either. They did not shoot aimlessly, but specifically shot and killed the defenders who emerged from the crenels to cover their own people from entering the city.Under their precise shooting, the casualties of the defenders began to appear one after another.

Seeing that the situation was not going well, Dian Wei rushed to the crenel, raised an iron halberd and knocked a sharp arrow into the air, and swung the other iron halberd downward, smashing the brains of a Yellow Turban soldier who had just emerged. The other party did not hum, and then fell straight down from the top of the wall, smashing the bones and tendons of several soldiers standing below.

The fierce battle at the top of the city was in full swing, and Qu Shuai of the Yellow Turban Army came one arrow away. After careful observation, he found that there seemed to be not many troops defending the gap where his vanguard was finally deflated.After confirming that this was not a trap, he ordered a leader beside him to lead 500 people to the gap, trying to rush into the city from there.

Dian Wei stood at the crenel, waving the iron halberd in his hand, and kept smashing down the yellow turban soldiers one by one. Han Zhan shouted: "Master, look quickly, there are bandits heading towards the gap."

Just as he turned his head to shout, a sharp arrow hit the hollow of his left shoulder. Dian Wei grunted, stepped back a few steps, and the iron halberd in his hand fell to the ground with a bang.Seeing that Dian Wei was injured by an arrow, Han Zhan couldn't help being taken aback, rushed over to support Dian Wei, and asked with concern, "Are you okay?"

"Don't worry, I'm fine." After Dian Wei finished speaking, he gritted his teeth and pulled out the sharp arrow stuck in his shoulder, and threw it on the ground.After taking a few deep breaths, he bent down and picked up the iron halberd on the ground, ready to continue fighting, but was held back by Han Zhan.Han Zhan yelled at the Lang Zhong who was treating the wounded next to him, "Lang Zhong, hurry up and save people."

Lang Zhong waited for Han Zhan to help Dian Wei take off his armor, exposing the bleeding wound on his left shoulder, then picked up a red-burning soldering iron from the stove next to him, blew on the charcoal ash on it, walked over, and branded the soldering iron on Dian Wei's face without saying a word. On Wei's wound, the air immediately filled with the smell of burnt flesh.Although Dian Wei is a tough guy, although he was sweating profusely from the pain, he didn't snort. He raised his right hand to wipe the sweat, and said to Han Zhan: "Master, I will go to the gap, and the yellow scarf must not be let go." Thieves are rushing into the city from there."

There are only a hundred shield soldiers and a hundred spearmen in the gap. If the Yellow Turbans concentrate their forces to attack there, it is really a question of whether they can hold it.Han Zhan immediately replied, "Let's go, let's go there together." After speaking, he raised his legs and walked towards the gap.Rob, who was in charge of protecting him, didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly stepped up to follow.

When the three of Han Zhan and the others arrived at the gap, the Yellow Turban Army had already rushed up the slope. They used their shields to block the spears that came out from behind the wooden fence, and they also used the waist knives and spears in their hands to eat sharpened wooden sticks. People poked and hacked randomly, and people kept falling inside and outside the wooden fence.

Seeing that the situation was critical, Dian Wei rushed forward with a stride, and with both halberds, they immediately pierced through the bodies of two Yellow Turban soldiers.He retracted the iron halberd, and the two unsupported corpses rolled down the slope.

The battle lasted from Mao to noon. Although the Yellow Turban Army suffered heavy casualties, the defenders in the city lost a lot, so that Han Zhan had to send someone to urgently transfer some of the defenders on the other three walls over. It can withstand the strong attack of the Yellow Turban Army.

Seeing that the attack did not work, Shuai Qu, the Yellow Turban Army, hurriedly ordered gold to withdraw his troops, preparing to let the soldiers have a full meal before continuing to attack the county.

Although the Yellow Turban Army retreated, Han Zhan's heart was extremely heavy. Don't look at the Yellow Turban Army who lost nearly 2000 people in the battle just now, but judging by the number of people under the city, there are at least nearly 500 people left, and the defenders in the city are also More than [-] people were lost, most of them veterans with extensive combat experience.Wait for the Yellow Turban Army to launch an attack in the afternoon. If you want to defend the city, unless a miracle happens.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help turning his eyes to the distant horizon, hoping that a miracle would happen, and another reinforcement that could defeat the Yellow Turban Army would appear from that direction.At this moment, he saw the smoke and dust rising in the distance. At that moment, he thought that he was delusional, so he had hallucinations.

Unexpectedly, Dian Wei next to him suddenly said in surprise: "Master, look quickly, there is dust and smoke rising in the distance, there should be a cavalry and infantry approaching."

Han Zhan didn't expect that Dian Wei could tell from the rising dust that it was a cavalry team, so he couldn't help asking curiously, "How do you know it's cavalry?"

"If it's infantry, the smoke and dust they raise are relatively low, and their moving speed is also slow." Dian Wei, who has been in battle for a long time, said to Han Zhan: "The smoke and dust formed by cavalry is relatively high, and their moving speed is also very fast. .It is from these that I judge that it is a cavalry unit."