The Nameless of the Common Clans

The cold wind in late winter is already biting, and many places have begun to freeze. For the defenders of Yecheng, this winter is particularly cold, not only in terms of weather, but also in people's hearts.

Li Shan had already been in the Jizhou Army since Han Fu. He was a young and passionate boy, and like many others wanted to gain wealth and honor on the battlefield, be granted the title of marquis and become a general.

He followed Han Fu to fight against Dong. Later, Han Fu surrendered and joined Yuan Shao's command. At that time, he was just a captain. Later, he followed Yuan Shao in the northern and southern wars. He fought against the Black Mountain bandits, Gongsun Zan, and the barbarians outside the Great Wall. After going around in circles for more than ten years, killing a lot, he returned to Yecheng.

The enthusiasm of his youth has been worn away during his military career of more than ten years. The person who joined the army with him can no longer be found. War will kill people. Men will gain their merits immediately. Why bother to return to the body wrapped in horse leather? Listening to the excitement, But a person with his background would not be worthy of being shrouded in horse leather even if he died in battle.

Now, he is already a military prince. With his background, this step is already the limit. No matter how meritorious he is, it will be difficult for him to get promoted. Looking at the energetic faces of the young people around him, Li Shan sighed. , Chen Mo is calling. After this battle, I don’t know how many others can be seen.

Woo~woo~

The long sound of the horn brought the desolation and majesty of the northwest land, and the army in the distance began to become clearer in sight, which also brought Li Shan back to his mind.

"Stand still, don't be afraid. The Guanzhong Army is also a human being, made of flesh and blood like me. What are you afraid of?" Li Shan walked on the top of the city and watched the troops on the opposite side line up neatly towards the city wall. He slowly approached and scolded these new recruits in a deep voice.

Li Shan could feel their fear, and even Li Shan was a little trembling. In the Battle of Muye, Li Shan was still the leader of the team. In that battle, he actually defeated more with less. The momentum, even now when I think about it, still makes Fazi fearful in his heart.

But the most fearful thing on the battlefield is that the enemy's momentum is suppressed. As a general, Li Shan cannot be chaotic. As a veteran who has been on the battlefield for more than ten years, Li Shan knows very well how to fight the battle.

The horn at the top of the city also sounded at this time, and more Jizhou troops gathered here.

"Don't mess up!" The crowd began to become a little crowded, many of them were members of the wealthy families in the city. After all, these people were not the army and had not been trained. Their arrival made the originally neat formation a bit chaotic. Li Shan frowned. He began to restrain these people. Li Shan was not polite to those who disobeyed orders. He went up and kicked them.

"Who are you? Do you know who I am!?" A young man was kicked down by Li Shan and got up angrily to argue.

"Huh?" Li Shan frowned, silently picked up the knife, and looked at the young man. In the current war, no chaos is allowed.

Seeing Li Shan's murderous look, the young man suddenly stopped talking and silently stood in the queue as instructed.

Li Shan walked back and forth in the queue with a knife, shouting a few words from time to time. This is to defend the city, and these people can be of some use. If they are fighting outside the city, these people who don't even understand basic military discipline can only It will mess up your own position, let alone expect it to be useful when the two armies are fighting. I am afraid these people will run away immediately.

"I don't care which family you were from before you came here? But now that you are on this city wall, you must obey military discipline. Anyone who violates the order will be killed without mercy!" Li Shan, who was walking among the crowd, looked at those who responded with malicious eyes. Ignore it, the army has military rules. Since you are here, put your shitty identity aside.

Crunch~

There was the sound of wood scraping in the distance, and catapults, ladders, and wells were slowly pushed onto the battlefield. Li Shan took a moment to take a look, but saw that the ladder was much larger than the usual ladders. , it seems that the Guanzhong Army has made sufficient preparations to attack Ye City. Cloud ladders and wells of this size are not used at all in ordinary siege battles, and they are more troublesome to transport. They can almost be said to be tailor-made for Ye City. Build.

A series of oil pans have been set up, and firewood has been added to boil. This is a good thing for dealing with ladders and wells.

The rolling logs and stones used to defend the city were continuously brought up by the people mobilized. Li Shan asked the soldiers from the aristocratic families to place these things behind the parapet, so that they could be smashed down later.

The neat queue of the Guanzhong Army stopped and dispersed a hundred steps away from the city wall. A bed-mounted crossbow appeared in sight. The number was a bit scary.

"Hide behind the parapet, don't show up!" Seeing the enemy starting to adjust the bed crossbow, Li Shan quickly ordered. This kind of bed crossbow is generally very powerful. If you take a hit, it will be disabled even if you don't die.

"Buzz~" Just when Li Shan gave the order, there was a buzz in the distance, followed by a row of crossbow arrows shooting towards the city head. The distance of a hundred steps was almost instantaneous, and Li Shan hid directly behind the female wall. , years of combat experience, how to save one's life on the battlefield has been taught by countless robes with blood.

The soldiers from the surrounding aristocratic families looked at Li Shan and his soldiers with some ridicule, and some even began to make sarcastic remarks, but the next moment, these eyes and voices disappeared.

"Pfft~"

The cold crossbow arrows directly penetrated the two soldiers of the aristocratic family who were stuck to the wall, and nailed them to the watchtower.

The shrill screams did not last long before disappearing. Li Shan looked at the arrow shaft, which was twice as thick and long as the ordinary arrow cluster. He was shocked by the power of the crossbow. The range of this crossbow was by no means only a hundred steps, but But he was pushed to a hundred steps away and launched. This Guan Zhongjun was very cruel.

Those private soldiers of noble families who had just joined the battlefield had never seen such a scene. In this moment, more than a dozen people on this section of the city wall were shot by arrows. They were lucky to be shot dead directly. The screams of those who survived made the top of the city wall gloomy.

A private soldier of noble families screamed and tried to escape, but was killed by Li Shan with a knife. His fierce eyes swept over these people and said coldly: "Those who escape in the battle will be killed!"

The second wave of arrows came again. This time, with the lessons learned from the previous experience, the private soldiers of noble families did not care about their face. They squeezed behind the parapet one by one, fearing that they would be shot by the other side.

The creaking sound outside the city continued. Li Shan looked out from behind the parapet when the arrows were shooting and saw the catapults being pushed forward.

He quickly turned his head and looked at the flag officer, who was waving a flag.

"Shoot!" Li Shan shouted in a hurry. Archers quickly picked up their longbows, bent their bows and put arrows on them, shooting arrows at the moving catapults. Many strong men pushing the catapults were shot and killed, but soon someone rushed up to continue pushing. There were archers from the other side following the catapults. Archers from both sides began to shoot at each other. Arrows briefly intersected in the air and shot in different directions.

The defenders were protected by the city walls and were in a high position. Their range was longer than that of the other side. The casualties of the Guanzhong army began to increase, and the shieldmen could not completely protect the archers.

Creak~ Boom~

Stone bullets were pushed by the catapults and shot towards the top of the city. Stone bullets as big as human heads fell one by one. Even if they did not hit anyone, the power made the private soldiers of the noble families who had just arrived on the battlefield tremble.

"Don't panic! Disperse, disperse a little." Li Shan stood up and struggled to command these new recruits who had never experienced the battlefield. They couldn't understand the flag language and could only shout to make the other side obey.

Another round of stone bullets came over. The enemy's archers had pushed the formation to the bottom of the city under the protection of the shieldmen. The arrows could already hurt the soldiers on the city wall. The casualties began to increase. At the same time, the enemy's ladders and wells began to approach the city wall.

"Shoot arrows, don't care about those ladders and wells, shoot people!" The hoarse roars continued to sound on the top of the city. Although the addition of private soldiers from the noble families gave Yecheng sufficient manpower, these private soldiers who knew nothing wanted to become qualified soldiers, at least today.

The ladders approached, and the enemy kept climbing up along the ladders. Rolling logs and stones began to smash down continuously, and pots of boiling oil were poured down, not only making the Guanzhong army on the ladders scream miserably, but also igniting the ladders.

At the same time, the other side's well beam had already been attacked fiercely by the Guanzhong army. A private soldier of a noble family just looked at him blankly and was killed by a Guanzhong soldier who jumped down from the well beam.

"Move, are you waiting to die?!" Li Shan rushed forward and stabbed the Guanzhong soldier's chest and abdomen with a knife. He twisted the knife fiercely. The other side grinned and screamed, wanting to swing the knife to die with him, but was kicked down by Li Shan. More Guanzhong soldiers crawled along the well beam. Li Shan led the soldiers to put out the fire everywhere. Looking at those stupid private soldiers of noble families who didn't know where to run, he really wanted to kill them together.

The tragic fighting became more and more intense as the ladders and well beams were constantly placed on the city wall. The surviving private soldiers finally looked a little bit better under the scolding of various generals.

Li Shan kicked a Guanzhong soldier outside the city wall with one foot, took a deep breath, and the pressure gradually eased. These private soldiers of noble families finally began to be useful.

The bloody battle lasted for a day until sunset. The enemy's gong sounded on the battlefield. The Guanzhong army began to retreat like a tide. Li Shan seemed to have lost his strength. He sat down on the city wall with some weakness, looking at those private soldiers of the noble families who survived the disaster, crying or grinning, and grinned.

Today was the day with the heaviest casualties. Most of them were dragged down by these private soldiers of the noble families who did not know how to fight. However, after today, as these private soldiers of the noble families gradually adapted to the battlefield, it would be difficult for the Guanzhong army to have such a record again.

On the other side, Chen Mo was in the middle of the army. Looking at the soldiers retreating like a tide, Chen Mo glanced at the direction of the city head. The weakness of the army defending the city did not make Chen Mo happy. He knew very well that this was because most of the soldiers defending the city were new recruits. After today, these new recruits who had experienced the baptism of the battlefield would be difficult to deal with. It was indeed a bit of a luxury to attack and capture Yecheng...