[Three Kingdoms] Xinghan

Langya North City Gate.

The number of defenders was originally 6000, nearly twice that of the South Gate.But after four hours of hard work, this number has long since become a thing of the past.Now there are more than [-] people left here.

Although the battle was extremely difficult, Gao Lan did not feel discouraged.

He firmly believes that at this moment, the enemy who has been attacking Langya for a long time will only suffer more in his heart.

Zhang Liao's mood was not what Gao Lan expected.

On the contrary, at this moment, he was full of expectations and confidence, and at the same time slightly nervous.

He knew that this was the last thunderbolt he could use, if he failed, he would be benevolent, and there was no room for change.

The battle situation finally reached its most intense time.

Zhang Liao raised his head and glanced towards the west. It was already the agreed time.So let the [-] soldiers with plenty of physical strength deal a fatal blow to the Langya defenders.

In the distance, dust began to fly.

Yu Jin led the reinforcements and rushed over mightily.

There is no need to hide.The support at this time, the more fanfare it has, the more turmoil Langya's army will be caused.

And halfway through the war, the enemy general had no way to restore morale, and could only watch helplessly as his combat power was greatly reduced.

Even the general himself is very likely to be caught off guard by the sudden reinforcements and fall into despair.

However, the situation of the garrison in Langya was also different from Zhang Liao's imagination.

After experiencing the initial panic, Gao Lan came back to his senses and immediately ordered the defenders of the second battalion to go up.

Although their confidence has declined, each of them knows what the loss of this city gate will mean. This is a war that must not be taken half a step back.

After half a step, it is the hometown, and it is His Highness.

So I tried to cheer up and continued to fight bravely.

The siege equipment that Cao Jun can use is limited.

The supporting Yu Jin army replaced the original exhausted army, coupled with the blow to morale, this indeed brought a strong impact on the Langya defenders, causing a lot of casualties.

But it is impossible to say that Langya's defenders lose their combat power.It is even more impossible to capture the northern gate of Langya immediately.

Seeing this, Zhang Liao couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "It's really tenacious to be able to stick to the city wall without retreating at this time!"

Having said that, he already showed a relaxed look on his face.

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Liao ordered a group of soldiers to go forward and shout out.

Although it is difficult to communicate, as long as you shout a few times and louder, the guard will always hear you.

"Didn't it mean that His Royal Highness Changsha King, who represents the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty, knows the art of attracting thunder? Why did you fight hard for two days, but it took so long to see him call down the thunder?"

"If he can't summon the thunder, it's better to bring it down as soon as possible! You are determined not to be able to defend Langya City today!"

It is widely rumored among the people that the king of Changsha once led thunder from the sky and broke through Jiujiang county.

Although Zhang Liao didn't know how the other party did it, he didn't believe a word of such remarks.

Not to mention a prince, even the emperor, if he had such ability, why would he be devastated by the Yellow Turban Rebellion?

Having said that, Zhang Liao still felt uncomfortable with an enemy of the eldest son of the Han emperor.

This discomfort has long been deeply rooted in my heart.No matter how much he is hostile to King Changsha, it cannot be completely eliminated.

Only by damaging the opponent's majesty first, and then capturing it later, can he feel at ease.

On the top of the city, Gao Lan heard that the enemy was so provocative, even though he was angry, he could not stop complaining.

He looked up at the sky.

Not waiting for some thunder, but watching the sky.

There are at least two hours before dark.

Can I hold on for two hours?

Impossible, the soldiers have reached their limit.

In another half an hour, at most an hour, the North City Gate will definitely fall.

Gao Lan couldn't help turning his head to the right.

From a long distance, he looked at Guo Jia from afar.

In the past two years, the two of them have been in charge of Xuzhou's affairs, respectively in charge of Xuzhou's culture and military affairs.

Whenever he encounters a problem or falls into a predicament, Mr. Feng Xiao always has a way to solve it. He has long been used to asking the other party for help.

It's a pity that this time is not the strong point of the husband.

Guo Jia looked at the mess on the top of the city, there was no anxiety on his face, and he didn't look worried like Gao Lan.

That calm and relaxed posture also made many soldiers retain a trace of confidence.

It is in the center of Langya City, and also the center of the meat grinding ground.

Guo Jia suddenly smiled.

"coming."

Although they didn't get along with Zhuge Kongming for a long time, the two had already become confidants of each other.

Therefore, he knew very well what the other party would do after receiving His Highness's letter.

The guard beside him couldn't help asking: "What did you say, sir?"

Guo Jia's smile became more obvious: "His Royal Highness's thunder is coming."

Coincidentally, when he said these words to the guards beside him, Zhang Liao under the city also felt something was wrong.

Not far away, a subordinate came galloping in embarrassment on a fast horse.

Zhang Liao looked over with an unkind expression.

The other party had the word anxious written all over his body. When he got off his horse, he even accidentally fell to the ground, his helmet was tilted to one side, and then he got up like hell.

"General, general, reinforcements! King Changsha's reinforcements!"

Zhang Liao's pupils shrank suddenly.

He grabbed the soldier and said coldly: "Where did the reinforcements come from! We have besieged Langya for less than three days, how could there be reinforcements so soon!?"

Seeing that the general didn't believe his words, the soldiers became even more anxious.

"General, it's true!"

"Cavalry... a lot of cavalry, from the west! They'll be here soon!"

Hearing this, Zhang Liao let go of the opponent fiercely.

He turned and looked west.After waiting in place for a while, smoke and dust really appeared faintly in his line of sight.

Zhang Liao's heart immediately fell to the bottom.

Two big words came to mind: It's over!

But it was only for a moment.

As an excellent general, he certainly couldn't be completely panicked because of this.

Zhang Liao calmed down quickly, thinking about the best strategy at this time.

It is a taboo for military strategists to be attacked by the enemy.

Especially during the siege, if the rear is suddenly attacked, the morale will be wiped out and they will be slaughtered.

So he ordered: "Stop the siege!"

"Stop the siege!"

"Stop the siege!"

The sound of Mingjin sounded, and Cao Jun at the North City Gate began to gather.

The current plan is to find out as soon as possible how many people have come from the other party.

Zhang Liao sent someone to report to the lord, and at the same time turned all the troops and horses to meet the enemy in the west.

On the top of the city, after a high view, you will be aware of it.

After being overjoyed, he cleared his throat and began to retaliate loudly for the other party's previous provocation.

"Reinforcements have arrived."

"You gangsters and thieves, why don't you put down your weapons quickly?"

"Stubborn resistance can only lead to a dead end! Your Highness benevolent, surrender at this moment, maybe there is still a glimmer of life!"

Langya defenders could only partially hear the previous provocation.

On the other hand, now that the fighting has stopped, almost all the soldiers can hear Gao Lan's voice.

Zhang Liao was furious but had no choice.

He is not in the mood to talk to the other party at the moment, but is concentrating on observing the situation in the west.

I could see that the opponent was getting closer and closer, and he didn't seem to slow down at all.

Zhang Liao couldn't help being surprised.

With one's own army waiting, the other party didn't come to investigate the situation, and didn't plan to get in touch with Langya City first, but wanted to launch an attack directly?

No matter how many cavalry there are, they will not go anywhere.

Could it be that the cavalry who came to rescue had a large army behind them?

Zhang Liao turned around and took a look.At this moment, the morale of the army has plummeted due to the sudden support of the enemy.

He thought for a moment and decided to retire.

Once the soldiers and horses he leads, most of them will be buried.At that time, not to mention siege, even breaking out and leaving will become impossible.

Zhang Liao ordered all the soldiers to maintain a defensive formation and slowly retreat to the south to meet the lord.

He himself led a hundred personal guards, ran to the end of the army, and covered the soldiers to leave to prevent the opponent from attacking and killing.Gan Ning watched Cao Jun leave, but did not choose to pursue.

He took out his bow and arrow, and drew the arrow again and again from a distance, while Zhang Liao's personal guards kept falling off their horses.

Zhang Liao resisted the arrow feathers with a cold face, and only when his side was completely out of range did he put away his weapon and let out a cold snort.

The army was able to withdraw safely, and the death of seven personal guards was nothing.

The situation has changed, and the lord has to make another decision quickly.

In fact, Gan Ning led only [-] fine cavalry, and they rushed here day and night.

In terms of combat power, even if they have the same number, they may not be much stronger than Yu Jin's subordinates.

Four days ago, after Zhuge Liang received the letter, he immediately started to act.

He first ordered people to go to the nearest heavy city in Jizhou to test, but found that the defense there was extremely empty.

According to the contact letter, Dang even confirmed Cao Cao's intentions.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang sent Gan Ning to lead all the cavalry in Yanzhou one step ahead, and he himself led the infantry to follow.

With the speed of infantry, they will not be able to arrive until noon tomorrow at the earliest.

If Zhang Liao is bold and wise enough, he will take the initiative to attack this cavalry.Even if morale is low, they can still gain the upper hand by virtue of their numerical advantage. Gan Ning can only choose to retreat.

With the overall speed of the army, it was really difficult for Zhang Liao to catch up with such a cavalry.With Gan Ning's restraint and harassment, it is difficult for him to continue attacking the city gate for the time being.

However, Zhang Liao could at least drive Gan Ning far away and save his own morale.

However, he retreated so quickly without even the slightest desire to fight, which naturally made the morale of the army fall to the bottom.

On the top of the city, Gao Lan finally let out a long sigh of relief when he saw Zhang Liao leading his army away.

He was about to order someone to open the gate of the city and take the friendly army into the city, when he suddenly found out that the other party took the cavalry to another place.

"Are you going to support His Highness?"

After Gao Lan came up with this idea, he quickly shook his head.

Now that Zhang Liao has retreated, Cao Cao's attack will stop soon.

At this time, Guo Jia came over.

Gao Lan quickly asked for an answer: "Mr. Feng Xiao, why didn't General Gan enter the city?"

Guo Jia laughed and said, "I guess it was Kong Ming who told him."

"The role these thousands of cavalry can play outside the city is far better than entering the city. With Cao Cao's current cavalry strength, it is already difficult to wipe out this cavalry team. As long as Cao's army starts to attack the city, General Gan can launch in the rear. Harassment doesn't need to achieve much results, just disturbing the morale of the army."

"The only shortcoming is the lack of supplies. But they can always carry some food with them. As long as the water source is sufficient, there is no problem in maintaining their combat power for another day or two. By that time, Yanzhou's army and the rest of the reinforcements must be It has arrived."

Only then did Gao Lan suddenly realize: "So it is!"

Then he respectfully said, "That Mr. Kong Ming is highly valued by His Highness, and he has made great contributions in Yanzhou. He is really not an ordinary person."

the other side.

After Cao Cao received the news from Zhang Liao, his face was already ugly.Seeing Zhang Liao returning with his army, his expression became even worse.

After all, he is still a warrior!

I only remember to care about the gains and losses of soldiers, but I don't think about it from the perspective of the overall situation.

If the opponent's cavalry came to help, if they could concentrate their efforts and defeat them quickly, then there was still room for morale to be restored.

But now they are fleeing without fighting... Cao Cao looked behind Zhang Liao, there were more than [-] people, and there was no fighting spirit left at this moment.

The sun was almost setting.

Cao Cao's heart sank accordingly.

He looked forward, and the south gate was still difficult to conquer.Siege at night is the way to death, it is destined to be impossible to break Langya today.

Someone began to suggest: "My lord, otherwise... shall we retreat?"

"As long as you survive, there will always be a chance in the future."

Cao Cao glared fiercely at the words.

The opponent obviously feared and avoided war.If it wasn't in front of the battle, and his morale was very low, he would definitely kill this confusing guy.

Retire?

He is very clear in his heart: if he withdraws from the army at this moment, he will lose completely, and there will be no more chances.

In that case, what is the difference between dying here and fighting?

After careful consideration, Cao Cao analyzed: "The more aggressive the cavalry that came to aid, the more it shows that they lack confidence and must be bluffing."

"They didn't return to the city, obviously for the follow-up harassment. This just shows that it is difficult for more reinforcements to arrive in a short time."

"As long as we can defeat this cavalry tonight, and then attack the city tomorrow morning, there will be no harassment from the rear, and we will be able to break through the city!"

He had made up his mind that after breaking the city and killing King Changsha, he would immediately lead his army to flee to the north.

Previously, he thought that after he defeated Langya, it might be possible to use this city to resist the revenge of the old troops of Changsha King.

But now there are only less than [-] soldiers left, and if they lose another wave tonight and tomorrow, it is absolutely impossible to defend Langya, and it is even impossible to defend Qingzhou.

At that time, we can only hope that Sima Yi can persuade Han Suimateng to make a big noise and draw their attention to the west.

When everyone heard Cao Cao say this, they naturally did not dare to disobey.

In fact, at this point, they also knew in their hearts that whether they wanted to or not, they had no choice but to bite the bullet and go on.

Night fell completely.

Dian Wei came back after investigating and reported: "They were resting in a forest to the west, only a few dozen feet away from the river west of the city. Their vision was dim, and the general could not find out how many soldiers and horses the opponent had, but it would not exceed four. 5000 people."

"it is good!"

Cao Cao said: "They arrived in Langya in two days, they must have traveled all night. Now that they are out of people and horses, it is the best time to attack them."

"Zhang Liao, Yu Jin, Cao Hong."

"The end is here!"

"Lead all the cavalry now, and wipe out all the cavalry before dawn!"

The three of them took the order and set off immediately.

Cao Cao lay down in the tent and closed his eyes.

Naturally, it is impossible to sleep well, but closing your eyes and resting your mind can also restore energy.

Attacking and killing at night is not his strong point.Furthermore, to attack Langya tomorrow, he still needs to lead the army.

Cao Cao anxiously waited for the news.

He seemed to be able to faintly hear the neighing of war horses and the sound of soldiers fighting in the distance.

Cao Cao secretly analyzed the situation on both sides.

Now, most of my 18 troops have gone, leaving only [-] soldiers and horses.

Although King Changsha's losses were far less than his own, it is estimated that the number of soldiers in his city who can fight is only more than [-].

If the king of Changsha arrives with reinforcements from all walks of life, how many soldiers and horses can he have?

At most 10 people.

His own soldiers are tired soldiers, and Langya's defenders are also tired soldiers, so the reinforcements who came day and night, aren't they tired soldiers?

If it is a battle on flat ground, if you can boost your morale, even if all the reinforcements from King Changsha arrive, you may not necessarily lose.

only……

Cao Cao couldn't help but think of the Langya garrison who fought against each other in the past two days.

So determined, so brave.

On the other hand, on his side, the morale that has fallen to the bottom, how can it be so exciting?

Before attacking Langya, he let the soldiers under his command understand the significance of this battle, which is also the reason why they can continue to attack the city desperately.

Now that he has suffered successive setbacks, even his own direct subordinates have begun to think that the possibility of capturing King Changsha has become infinitely low.Let alone ordinary soldiers?

In fact, even in my opinion, even if I succeed tonight, the possibility of defeating Langya tomorrow is at most only half, or even less than half.

If he can't succeed tonight...he doesn't even dare to think about the consequences.

Nearly 4000 cavalry, attacking and killing three to [-] people, will surely succeed!

At this time, Cao Cao faintly heard the sound of fighting again.

And the sound is getting louder and closer.

With a shock in his heart, he sat up abruptly.

At this time, an anxious voice came from outside the tent, it was Xu Chu's voice: "It's not good, my lord. Night attack! The king of Changsha led the army to attack at night!"

Cao Cao immediately put on his robe.

Night attack?There are still nearly 7 people here, how many people are there in Langya City, how dare the King of Changsha take such a risk?The opponent is clearly about to hold the victory in his hands, what is he thinking?

However, when he walked out of the account, he realized that he was wrong, and his situation was worse than expected.

Perhaps, the King of Changsha does not need to take many risks.

It was already on the verge of being besieged on all sides, and the soldiers had no idea how many reinforcements were coming from the opposite side, and how many reinforcements there would be.Seeing the enemy attacking at night, they thought that the opponent was sure of victory, but they broke up directly.

In such a situation, under the personal leadership of the eldest son of the emperor, an ordinary soldier in Langya City became an enemy of ten men, or even an enemy of hundreds of men.

With the light of stars and fire, Cao Cao saw the King of Changsha from afar.

The other party obviously also found himself, or maybe he asked from a certain soldier.He said something to a person beside him, and that person grabbed his horse's belly and ran towards here.

"My lord! That's Zhao Zilong!"

Dian Wei rushed over and advised, "This place is dangerous, please evacuate, my lord!"

Xu Chu also said anxiously: "My lord, the two of us will fight to the death to escort you away."

On the other side, Zhao Yun had already killed several enemy generals and kept approaching, only a few feet away.

Taking the head of a thief general among thousands of troops is his strong point.

Xu Chu rode forward abruptly: "I have long wanted to meet the number one general in the world. I want to see how capable this guy who can kill Lu Bu is!"

Dian Wei also said, "Brother Xu, I'll help you."

In such a situation, the two are still so loyal.

Cao Cao couldn't help but smiled bitterly: "If the king of Changsha dies, as long as he escapes from this place, everything will be fine. But now, where in the world is there any place for me?"

"Could it be possible for me to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests for the rest of my life?"

"My father came here with an army of 18, and he was defeated so thoroughly."

Cao Cao drew his sword sharply, and said, "Dian Wei, Xu Chu, you two don't have to resist anymore, let's surrender the King of Changsha."

The guards beside Cao Cao felt bad and were about to step forward, but they didn't make it in time.

Cao Cao looked distressed: "I, Cao Mengde, will never die at the hands of others."

The next moment, blood spattered.

The legendary figure who was once appraised by Xu Shao as "a capable minister in a troubled world, a traitor in a troubled world" ended his life on this spring night with no wind, no moon, but a sky full of stars.

The author has something to say: This article begins to officially end!In the next chapter, the relationship line will go further~