"Great ...... Lord, are he ...... they really thieves ...... thieves and pirates?" A pawn asked with trepidation, "No ...... it wouldn't be a hangong from another ...... state or county posing ...... as one, right? "
Not only the guard pawns doubt, even Hao Meng himself is also uncertain, look at the attire, the army under the city is clearly the elite cavalry army of the Han court, but the blood-colored banner clearly written "eight hundred stragglers" four golden words, and this cavalry is raging, obviously not with good intentions.
"Quickly open the gates and surrender, if you do not surrender, break the city, no dogs and chickens will be left behind!"
Hao Meng is astonished, the eight hundred stragglers below the city and three deafening shouts, thunderous waves of sound straight into the clouds, the defenders of the city tower have changed their faces, all eyes show fear.
"Great ...... Lord, open ...... open the door, otherwise, we will be killed ...... kill all." A junior school stammered to Hao Meng, "郏县城池太...... too small, guard is not able to guard."
"Men, behead this guy who disturbs the army on the spot!" Hao Meng eyes a stern, shouted, "the bandits are cavalry, and no siege equipment, how to attack the city? Everyone should not be intimidated by the momentum of the bandits, can each keep their positions, I would like to see, eight hundred stragglers how to cross the moat, how to capture the city of Jia County ......"
The two sword and axe men swooped over like wolves, holding the junior school down on the women's wall, without struggling directly a knife chop, blood splash, heads thrown flying, that a crimson blood so that all the Han soldiers on the city tower shivered coldly, no one dared to mention the open door to surrender.
Under the city tower, Ma Yue's gaze stared, did not expect this small Jia County County Lieutenant still have such courage!
"Guan Hai!"
"Yes!"
Ma Yue bellowed, and behind him resounded a thunderous response from Guan Hai. The roving bandits who were waiting in strict formation dodged. The back line gave way to a terrifying and hideous figure. At some point, Guan Hai had handed over the bloody banner to Zhou Cang, and put on a heavy and hideous heavy iron armor himself, carrying the heavy hammer in his hand and wrapping a coil of iron chain around his arm, and came behind Ma Yue with heavy steps.
Ma Yue reached out his hand and pointed to the high suspension bridge, and said morosely: "Destroy the suspension bridge!"
Guan Hai's gaze was fixed. He sternly shouted, "Obey orders!"
"Clang ......"
Guan Hai slowly pulled down the helmet's visor, and all of a sudden, the entire head was wrapped in thick iron armor. Only the eye area revealed two narrow slits, Guan Hai was draped in two pieces of thick iron armor. The front and back combined, his majestic body firmly wrapped in it, left and right each with a bull bar through the iron holes bound firmly.
In addition to the two pieces of iron armor, Guan Hai's legs, arms are covered with small pieces of armor, at first glance, the tall Guan Hai is like an iron-armored monster, all emitting dark blunt blank, people are scared to see it. This one iron armor has more than sixty pounds weight, is Ma Yue let blacksmith specially for Guan Hai tailor-made, in addition to Guan Hai. Ma Yue also gave Dian Wei and Xu Chu each prepared a pair.
"Ow hiss ......"
Guan Hai raised his arms high and let out a loud and clear howl, and took heavy steps towards the city gate.
"Dang ......"
"Dang ......"
"Dang ......"
Guan Hai's stride stepped heavily on the hard ground. There was a dull reverberation after a dull reverberation, as if stepping on the heart of every general defending the city. In a trance, the Han soldiers guarding the city felt the entire Jia County city building trembling incessantly, everyone began to suck in cold air, and everyone's face was pale. Such a majestic figure! This is not a fucking human being, it is an evil ghost from the 18th level of hell.
Hao Meng's face is also white, for unknown things, people will always can't help but feel fear, because they don't know what kind of disaster these unknown things will bring.
"Dang ......"
"Knock ......"
With the last heavy sound, Guan Hai's pagoda-like body crashed to a halt, just a ten feet away from the suspension bridge.
Hao Meng hissed mournfully, "Archers ...... release arrows ...... release arrows ......"
Dozens of archers rushed forward, drew their bows and arrows, in a creaking sound, pulled the bowstring, and then in a buzzing sound, dozens of sharp wolf tooth arrows poured down from the city tower, and covered Guan Hai's pagoda-like body head-on, and in a flash, the crisp "tinkling" sound rang out.
Half of the dozens of arrows shot by the Han army hit Guan Hai, but none of them could do him any harm, they all bounced off his iron armor.
"Hiss ......"
The city tower resounded with a sound of inhalation, all the Han soldiers were so scared that they almost suffocated, what the hell kind of monster is this? The sharp wolf tooth arrows couldn't even cause the slightest damage to him!
"Hehehe ......"
Guan Hai tilted his head and let out a horrifying cold laugh, his right chop swung, the heavy meteor hammer in his hand had carried a whirlwind, with his right hand as the center of the circle, began to slowly rotate up.
"Release arrows, keep releasing arrows ......"
On the city tower, Hao Meng's roar hissed and had lost his composure.
The fearful archers stiffened their heads and continued to release arrows, however, until they had shot all the feathered arrows in the pot, the pagoda-like monster under the city tower was still heaving and laughing strangely, unharmed!
Guan Hai struggled to swing the flowing heavy hammer, will be wrapped around the right arm of the chain section by section to loosen, the meteor hammer rotation radius is getting bigger and bigger, the speed is also getting faster and faster, powerful inertia brings a huge impact, the force as strong as Guan Hai also can not stand still, can only follow the rotation up.
"Roar ......"
When the last chain is loosened, Guan Hai steeply shouted, his right hand loosened, meteor hammer like a sharp arrow shot out, in the piercing sound of breaking air, ruthlessly hit the high hanging suspension bridge, hammer on the dense iron spikes deeply into the bridge plate.
"Humph!"
Guan Hai grunted, rested the chain on his shoulder, turned and took a step forward! High suspension of the bridge will fall heavily down, used to pull the suspension bridge of hemp rope instantly taut straight.
"Snap!"
The wooden stick used to fix the wooden wheel on the city tower suddenly broke from it, lost the confinement of the wooden wheel began to gurgle and turn up, fixed the drawbridge ground hemp rope from the wheel shaft loosened in a circle. Only a few moments of work. Highly suspended bridge has been lowered several feet in height.
"Ouch ......"
Under the city tower, eight hundred bandits witnessed Guan Hai so physical strength, suddenly burst out of the mountains of applause.
Hao Meng was astonished and took two steps to try to hold the wooden wheel, but he could not stop the powerful force of the wheel's rotation, so he straightened up and shouted, "Someone, someone. Give me to fix this damn wheel! Who dares to disobey, I'll chop off his head, quickly ......"
A dozen Han soldiers woke up with a jolt. They rushed up like a nest of peaks and grabbed the turning handle of the wooden wheel in a chaotic manner. Wooden wheel of the turning momentum of a sudden stop, Guan Hai's heavy and powerful footsteps also for the heavy, only the traction drawbridge hemp strong tense more tightly and straight, and constantly issued a creaking gritty sound.
"Turn ......"
Hao Meng gave an order, more than a dozen Han troops at the same time, the strength of the machine bracket (actually is the advantage of the force arm length, physics) advantage, the wooden wheel began to slowly turn back, originally has been lowered a few feet to the drawbridge and rose more than a foot.
"Ow ......"
Guanhai wolf howled. His body was almost parallel to the ground, and his feet were nailed into the ground, but he still slid backwards unstoppably. The ear-piercing scraping sound, Guan Hai is like ice skating on the hard ground backward a few feet. Two deep scratches were carved out on the ground.
"Ho ......"
On the city tower, more than a dozen Han soldiers exhaled at the same time, struggling to turn the wooden wheel, and managed to winch up some more.
Under the city tower, Guan Hai and slide back a few steps, the drawbridge can be about to reset, at this juncture, and a thunderous bellow resounded through the clouds.
"Guan Hai, I'm here to help you!"
The heavy footsteps, another big man like a pagoda sprinted to come, but the evil Han Dian Wei. The brute force of Dian Wei is much better than Guan Hai, Guan Hai wearing this body of more than sixty pounds of heavy iron armor, has been heavy, but Dian Wei is like wearing light fur, all the way to the side of Guan Hai, reaching out to the chain, pulling back hard.
"Ouch ......"
"OMG ......"
"My leg ...... ow ......"
"Help, my head is stuck, help ...... uh ah!"
In an instant, the city tower is a flurry of people, more than a dozen Han soldiers immediately fell to the ground, the remaining two unlucky, one was stuck in the thigh, and one simply even head stuck in the bracket machine, and in a strong and merciless force pull, the wooden wheel coldly continue to grind, the sound of broken bones crisp sound, a Han soldier's thigh was sliced into two, and another Han soldier's head directly like a watermelon Cracked open ......
"Tension ...... tension ......"
Two muffled sounds burst out, traction drawbridge of two hemp rope at the same time broke.
"Ping!"
The heavy suspension bridge came down with a bang, hitting the piers hard, making a loud noise and splashing up a sky of smoke and dust.
On the city tower, Hao Meng Huo changed color, such a strong force, this is really human can be?
Under the city tower, Ma Yue's indifferent expression remained the same, and shouted: "Dian Wei, Guan Hai, crash open the city gate!"
"Yes, sir!"
Deng Wei and Guan Hai shouted at the same time, and rushed onto the drawbridge with one step, and rushed towards the city gate.
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Hao Meng woke up with a start and yelled harshly, "Logs, rolling stones ready ...... smash!"
Already stunned Han soldiers froze for a few seconds and finally reacted, carrying logs and stones to the city tower, and in a moment, thick and heavy logs, millstone, whistling and tumbling down from the city tower, towards the heads of Guan Hai and Dian Wei viciously smashed.
"Knock knock ......"
The three boulders came down one after another, smashed heavily into the ground, then two thick and heavy logs smashed on the rolling stones and tumbled into the moat, however, at this time, Dian Wei and Guan Hai had already rushed into the city gate hole.
"Hold the city gate, hold the city gate!" Hao Meng hurriedly rushed down from the city tower, running and shouting to the Han soldiers inside the city, "Find more wooden boards and sticks to hold the city gate! You guys, rush up, use your shoulders and heads, never let the bandits crash through the gates. Quickly ......"
Dozens of Han soldiers did not dare to disobey the order. They crowded behind the gate in a chaotic manner, trying to build a barrier with their flesh to vault the gate.
"Boom ......"
A loud thunderous sound burst, the heavy city gate trembled violently, there were debris and dirt rustling down from the top of the gate, inside the city gate, all the Han soldiers stared in horror, originally in their eyes the strong and incomparable city gate. At this moment, it actually looked thinner and more unbearable than their own gates ......
"Boom ......"
Another more violent explosion, the city gates shake more violently. And began to emit creaking sound, the Converse the city gate of the thigh-thick horizontal wood has begun to bend. What's even more frightening and inexplicable is that there are already terrible cracks on the wood ......
The city's gates are still a few steps away from the city gates, when the entire body of Dian Wei flew up, his right shoulder backward viciously smashed on the city gates, and in a moment there was a deafening sound.
"Ga Ga Ga ......"
The ear-piercing sound of friction. The city gate finally shook violently, and then slowly tilted inward, through the cracked doorway. The two fierce and vicious steel monsters are clearly audible, the dark black aura emanates from the monsters. The black aura emanated from the monsters. It shocked the hearts of the Han soldiers in a different way.
"My lord, the city gate collapsed, it's over, all **** is over ......"
A Han soldier shouted in terror and instinctively began to retreat backwards.
"Hold on, no retreat!" Hao Meng held his sword and hissed a threat, "Who dares to retreat, beheaded ......"
"Ow ......"
The heavy double iron halberd had come to hand, and the dense rust on the halberd was like a speck of crimson blood, which confused the eyes of the Han soldiers.
Outside the city, Ma Yue slowly raised his right arm, the heavy thick-backed steel sword raised high above the top, a ray of sunlight shot down through the past layer on the silver blade, suddenly flooded with dazzling cold blank.
"Hullo ......"
The heavy nostrils of the war horses sounded like a piece, thousands of horses' hooves gently knocked on the ground with a dull sound, hundreds of sharp steel swords pierced the long sky, the universe began to diffuse a sluggish killing machine, waiting for a long time, the bandits are like six hundred big hungry wolves, revealing their white fangs.
, ......
"Ding ......"
The two Han pawns had the guts to stab a spear at the chest of Dian Wei, but like a hard stone, there was a crisp sound, the spear stopped and could not move an inch.
"Hm! Go to hell ......"
The two pawns' provocation provoked him to roar, and his iron halberd swung round and smashed down on the heads of the two pawns.
"Poof ......"
"Poof ......"
After two cracking sounds, two Han soldiers' heads have been cracked open, crimson blood and white brains splashed all over the iron armor of Dian Wei's chest, a Han soldier witnessed such a bloody scene, can no longer resist the tide of stomach flooding, even turned to flee and forgot, vomited dryly on the ground, Guan Hai grabbed two steps forward, iron arm out to hold the soldier's head and twist hard, the sound of cracking bones, the soldier's dry vomit The sound of broken bones, the pawn's vomiting stopped.
"Yah-ho ......"
The heavy iron halberd danced into two huge black shields, and the Han army fell down like wheat being cut down, but those who were swept by the iron halberd either had their brains broken or their necks broken.
"Things can not be done, withdraw, quickly withdraw ......"
Hao Meng saw that the momentum had gone, finally ordered the withdrawal of the army, has been scared to death of the Han soldiers like a tidal wave of defeat down, along the straight street across the middle of Jia County to the west door of the desperate wolf run.
"Ouch ......"
The rumbling of hooves like rolling thunder from the sky, Ma Yue rode first, Zhou Cang hand-held in the flag like a shadow, behind the flag, six hundred roving bandits converged into a raging stream of iron, swept towards the Han army, 郏县大街, wolf smoke rolled up ......
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The west wind is strong, the sun is slanting, a ride, such as the wind and lightning rush to cast Chenliu and come.
"Report ...... Yingchuan urgent report ......"
The harsh roar resounded inside and outside the city gates. Pedestrians have dodged. The knight sped into the south gate of Chenliu like a wind swept cloud, stepping on the ground and shattering the smoke and dust.
Kong Yu, the governor of Chenliu, was discussing with Pan Castrol, the chief historian, about opening a warehouse for disaster relief and pacifying the refugees, when he was suddenly startled by the sound of the footsteps of a junior official under the door.
Kong Yu rose to his feet. Pointing with his long sleeves, he calmly asked, "What is the report?"
The doorkeeper fell to his knees and held the bamboo brief high above his head. He replied, "Eight hundred bandits have ravaged Yingchuan, and Lord Chen Qian, the governor, was killed in battle. The bandits even invaded Xiangcheng and Jia County, the bandits are huge, there is a fear of resurgence, Yingchuan Governor Liu Fuji 800 miles to the court and the surrounding states and counties, I implore the court and the states and counties to send troops to rescue, the delay may cause changes."
Kong Yu knitted his sword brows, reached out and took the bamboo brief from the doorkeeper, unfolded it slowly, and read it at a glance. The chief historian, Castor Pan, also got up and came close to read it together.
After reading, Kong Yu handed the bamboo slip to Castor Pan. Frowning, he asked the official, "Where is the messenger?"
The junior official said, "The messenger is tired after a long journey. He fainted and died after relaying the news about Liu Fu's death, and is now being treated at the medical center."
Kong Yu asked, "Besides the imperial court and Chenliu County, where else did Lord Liu ask for help?"
The official replied, "Nanyang, Runan, and Chen have all sent messengers."
The chief historian, Castor Pan, said, "Your Excellency, Yingchuan is near Luoyang, so it must not fall into the hands of the bandits, so we should send troops to save it."
Kong Yu pondered for a moment and said slowly, "The bandits in Runan have not yet stopped, so I think there is no army to send.
Pan Castor said, "No matter whether Yuan Shu sends troops or not, your honor should raise troops to rescue, otherwise, if Liu Fu takes the opportunity to play a book, saying that he saw death and did not save, I am afraid it will be bad for your career."
Kong Yu nodded and replied, "The good thing is that the Yellow Turban in Jizhou has been settled, the threat in the north has been eliminated, all the soldiers left in the counties can be transferred back, and the newly recruited volunteer soldiers in each city can be mobilized, about 5,000 people can be mobilized, the captain Mao Ji can be the general, quickly collect food and provisions, and lead the division to support Yingchuan on the next day, what do you think?"
The long history Pan Castrol said, "Your Excellency is wise."
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Night, dark as ink.
A round of cold blood shines on the river, and the river surface is filled with a gruesome cold.
Zhang Liang (is the old third, the people of the general) more than the prow, the body several times want to be swept into the river by the wind and waves, filling the ears of all the raging waves beat the embankment clatter.
Cheng Yuanzhi and Gao Sheng stood side by side behind Zhang Liang, their expressions grave.
Zhang Liang looked up at the sky, looking at the cold moon for a while, the confused look in his eyes gradually dispersed, replaced by a firm, resolute look, the surging waves sounded his cold, quiet voice: "Two generals can rest assured, Zhang Liang is definitely not going to jump into the river to kill himself!
Cheng Yuanzhi and Gao Sheng quietly breathed a sigh of relief, the two looked at each other saw a trace of relief in each other's eyes, it seems that the third general has regained confidence! As long as the Third General is still alive, there is still hope for the Yellow Turban Army, everything is still possible! Although General Tian Gong's army was scattered, but thousands of yellow turban boys were not killed by the court, they are only temporarily hidden, hidden in the deep mountains, wilderness, deserted villages, as long as the Third General ascent, they will again gather under the banner of the General, the yellow turban army will be able to restore the previous momentum.
The bumpy flat boat finally docked, Zhang Liang a foot on the south bank of the Yellow River, the dark night sky sounded his firm voice: "Go, we go to Nanyang, looking for Ma Yue and his eight hundred stragglers.
Cheng Yuanzhi eyes swept through a cold awning, back to a knife cut the ferry tails throat, hot blood spatter, tails dead gouge their own throat, like a sawed down wood like a head into the turbid Yellow River water, instantly by the raging waves rolled out of sight.
Gao Sheng breathed a sigh of relief and said in a deep voice: "Further ahead is Ji Yin, then from Ji Yin to the east is Chenliu, after Chenliu is Yingchuan, Nanyang is not far away."
Zhang Liang nodded heavily, took a big step and sprinted away, soon, the three figures disappeared into the vast night. Yellow River bank. Only the sound of waves remains, a flat boat broke the cable, to the middle of the river drifted further and further away, and finally perished in the waves, the poor orphans and widows, but no longer waiting for the late return of relatives ......
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Nanyang, Lu Yang.
Jin Shang hurriedly entered the post house with a scroll of bamboo in his hand to find Yuan Jie. When he saw that Yuan Shu was deliberating with Kuai Yue, his face changed and his steps were choked.
Yuan Shu lifted his head. He asked, "Why is Yuan Huo in a hurry?"
Jin Shang answered, "General, Yingchuan County 800 miles urgent request for help!"
Yuan Shu's expression moved. In a deep voice, he said, "Another eight hundred stragglers!"
Jin Shang nodded with a grave expression and said, "Exactly! The 800 stragglers fought on Qing Dan Mountain and destroyed several thousand troops of Zhao Qian, the governor of Yingchuan, and also captured Xiangcheng and Jia County. The bandits are huge, if we can't control the situation in time, the Yellow Turban disaster is likely to reappear in Yingchuan."
Yuan Shu looked gloomy, but in his heart he was thinking grimly, what does the Yingchuan catastrophe have to do with him? What he wants is chaos in Yingchuan, and the more chaos the better. It is best if the 800 stragglers can stir up the entire Yingchuan River into a muddy mess! At that time, Yuan Shu will then lead his army into Yingchuan, and the local clans and gentry will not hail him as the savior? He does not even need to bother to buy hearts and minds. The company's main business is to provide a wide range of products and services.
The first thing you need to do is to take a look at the bamboo slips and read them. The company's main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to the market. The alarmist talk, alarmist ears."
"Uh ......"
Jin Shang uh a, a moment unable to guess Yuan Jie's mind, so do not know how to take over the topic.
The face of Kuai Yue, however, swept through a trace of color, has guessed Yuan Shu's mind. The people of the world are the foundation of the country, like this kind of quick success, sacrificing the people as a means to achieve the goal, it is a dry and fishing move.
If you are a lord of talent, heroic talent in Nanyang holding nearly ten thousand soldiers, will not do so.
Yuan Shu seems to have noticed, turned his head but good to see Kuai Yue's hesitation moved twice, but finally did not say anything, could not help but ask: "Iso how to teach me?"
Kuai Yue shook his head, the words that came to his mouth were swallowed back into his stomach.
Yuan Shu frowned and said to Jin Shang: "Yuan Huo can intensify the collection of food and straw, and Isodu needs to intensify the training of newly recruited volunteer soldiers and make early preparations. The General's father was killed in the chaos, so I am really guilty of this.
Jin Shang was more and more stunned, "This ...... General will leave tomorrow to return to Luoyang!"
Jin Shang can guess Yuan Shu's ambition, but not Yuan Shu's intention of this arrangement, he really can't understand! The Yingchuan sent people to ask for help, this time in the name of pacifying the 800 stragglers into the Yingchuan can be justified, not only to collect the people, but also to control the situation in the Yingchuan before the collapse, can be said to be a one-two punch, why not do it? If you do not move your troops and watch the situation in Yingchuan collapse, the 800 stragglers are likely to lose control and turn into another Yellow Turban catastrophe, at that time, even if Yuan Shu rates a large army into Ying, I am afraid it may not be able to help.
Kuai Yue long body and rose, rushed Yuan Shu arched his hand, said: "The night is late, General should be early to rest, Yue will leave."
Yuan Shu said indifferently: "Take care of yourself, I won't see you off."
Jin Shang said woodenly, "Shang also farewell."
"Yuan Huo take care, no farewell."
Jin Shang left Yuan Shu's post house and hurriedly caught up with Kuai Yue and shouted, "Stay here, I have a question that I want to tell you."
Kuai Yue frowned, stopped and asked, "What is the question of Brother Yuan Huo?" -Wenxinge-Tsung Tsung-Lung's good hand
Jin Shang said, "Yingchuan is in danger, Liu Fu condemned the ambassador to ask for help, can be described as a heavenly opportunity, the general why abandoned it and returned to Luoyang? It is really saddening."
Kuai Yue despised in his heart, this flattering villain's ear, so he coldly questioned back, "What is a heavenly opportunity? What is meant by sighing with sorrow? The general is the general of Huben of Han, and the elite division led by him is also the division of Huben of Han, how can he move without the imperial decree of the emperor and the tiger talisman of the general? Do you not know that?"
"This ......"
Jin Shang suddenly choked and could not say another word.
Kuai Yue then no longer pay attention to Jin Shang, turned around and went away, a long time before Jin Shang came back to his senses, his eyes swept a trace of cold color, also turned and walked away.
That night, Kuai Liang post house, Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue brothers sitting on the ground, according to the case to drink.
Kuai Yue drained the wine in the cup with a sigh of disappointment and said, "Brother, I will return to my hometown soon and live in grass to serve my parents."
Kuai Liang was stunned and said, "Why does second brother do that?"
Kuai Yue sighed and said, "Yuan Jie, cold nature, treat the people like grass, this incompetent generation, not enough to plan great things."
Kuai Liang frowned and whispered, "Second brother silence, so that disaster will not come out of the mouth."
After the words, Kuai Liang hurriedly got up and looked outside the door and windows, saw no one around and then carefully closed the door and windows, sat back opposite Kuai Yue and whispered, "Why did second brother make this assertion?"
Kuai Yue said, "Eight hundred stray pirates ravaged Yingchuan, Zhao Qian, the governor of Yingchuan, died in one battle, the stray pirates with the momentum of victory even captured Xiangcheng, Jia County, Yingchuan situation is critical, the people are in danger of hanging, and Yuan Jie did not pay attention to this, but actually for the real thing to go to Luoyang General face to face to sue, the momentum of standing idly by, is really a villain's heart."
Kuai Liang pondered for a moment, advised: "Yuan family four generations of three males, the disciples of the illustrious, the general comes from a wealthy family, so only know luxury, do not know what the hardships of the people, this is to be expected. In my brother's opinion, after a long time of experience, the general will have a change of perspective, second brother think?"
Kuai Yue did not think: "Such a nature, it is difficult to change."