[Thanks to the ‘Time is Not Seal’ for sending precious monthly tickets!]

Zhang Yan has surrounded the letter for more than half a month. In fact, the letter is now an isolated city, and the surrounding cities have been defeated by Zhang Yan. The Yellow Turban Army is no longer a mob made of mud legs, but a serious army.

What is even more disgusting is that the Yellow Turban Army has high morale and the soldiers are fearless of death, which has caused Yuan Shao’s army to suffer a lot. If Xindu had not been six feet high in the city wall, Xindu would have already had the Yellow Turban Army’s black flag floating.

Of course, this also has something to do with Zhang Yan's failure to launch a strong attack. The price paid for this kind of strong city to attack with strong attack is not ordinary. Now the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army have been carefully trained, and it was not that they had captured a large number of peasant troops at that time. Therefore, Zhang Yan became more and more careful in using troops. He now deeply understood why Fang Zhiwen taught them to minimize losses as much as possible, and also understood the reason why soldiers are more important than elites. Therefore, Zhang Yan was more calm and more cautious in the war. Soldiers must be important for the country.

Zhang Yan also knew that if Xindu could not be won in a short time, the consequence would be that the war around Xindu would be escalated unlimitedly. Although Zhang Niujiao distracted Yuan Shao from Hejian, even though the war in Henan would not stop completely for a while. Even if it stopped, Yuan Shao would not dare to easily mobilize Henan's troops to Jizhou.

However, Yuan Shao's counterattack was inevitable. Liu Yan had already firmly believed this at the beginning of the development, and Zhang Yan also agreed. The final watershed or turning point of the battle with Jizhou should be the offensive and defensive result of Xindu. If Zhang Yan successfully won Xindu, the situation on the entire battlefield would be different. Yuan Shao had no reason to start a full war with Zhang Jiao in order to regain the lost Anping County, and the war is likely to enter the next stage.

If the letter cannot be won for a long time, then Yuan Shao will be forced to do his best to rescue the letter. In order to maintain the current results, Zhang Jiao had to fight with Yuan Shao. This is the worst result.

Therefore, the gains and losses of Xindu are related to the process of normal wars, and can be said to be the top priority of the current war in Jizhou. Despite this, Zhang Yan still did not make up his mind to attack Xindu. It was not until Wen Chou's troops set out north that Zhang Yan had to make up his mind to attack.

Today is a good weather, with sunny weather. It is suitable for setting fires!

The Yellow Turban Army had been busy early in the morning. The general of Xindu, Lu Kuang, stood at the top of the city with a frown, and his palm was pressed against the brick wall with force. His knuckles looked white due to force. The blue veins on the back of his hand were exposed, as if he wanted to pull a brick and stone from above.

When Lu Kuang looked at the posture of the Yellow Turban Army, he knew that it would be difficult to get better today. In the past, the Yellow Turban Army had at most launched three or five arrow towers, and the attack and defense of both sides mainly revolved around long-range weapon shooting and bows and arrow shooting. Regardless of the different postures today, the Yellow Turban Army had already left the camp and had ten siege ladders. It seems that the Yellow Turban Army was going to try to climb the city today.

Lu Kuang also expected this situation, because he received news from Nanpi yesterday. General Wen Chou had already defeated Japan and headed north and would join the Anping battle soon. The Yellow Turban Army is obviously anxious now and wants to take advantage of the time when General Wen Chou has not arrived to attack Xindu.

Lu Kuang was from Yanzhou. He joined Yuan Shao in the Central Plains two years ago when Yuan Shao went to fight against Dong. Later, the two brothers Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang quickly gained the appreciation of Yuan Shao because of their outstanding military achievements and steady work. Now Lu Xiang is stationed in Jinan County, while Lu Kuang is the city commander in Xindu.

Lu Kuang has been stationed in Xindu for more than a year. Over the past year, he has been constantly strengthening the construction of Xindu's defense facilities. However, Xindu is close to the front line of the Yellow Turban Army. The number of residents has always been relatively limited. More people still have to rely on Yiren to carry out construction. It takes money to drive Yiren. However, the supply of money and grain from Lu Kuang is indeed a bit short of money. Yuan Shao's territory is large, and Yuan Shao's wealthy and powerful Yuan Shao has not had much surplus grain!

Some time ago, when the Yellow Turban Army was not sieging the city, the Yiren in the city was very active in participating in the war. Because the rewards for the mission were indeed good, but today, it is hard to say whether the Yiren can participate in defense so actively. As one goes up and down, the situation in Xindu is still quite critical.

Lu Kuang thought about it and decided to increase the rewards for the mission again. As the saying goes, there must be brave men under heavy rewards. Instead of losing all the letters, the Yellow Turban Army would be cheaper than the Yellow Turban Army. It would be better to take it out at this level and try to inflict damage to the Yellow Turban Army as much as possible. Lu Kuang still understood this truth.

The battle began in the bright sunshine. The oil tanks shot by the catapult and the rockets shot from the giant crossbow quickly ignited some buildings in the city. The dark smoke began to gather over the city, slowly blocking the sunshine, covering the bloody smell on the battlefield under the black smoke, as if he didn't dare to let the sunshine see it.

The interlaced gravel and arrows were shuttled back and forth in the air, constantly collecting the lives of soldiers on both sides. The defenders on the city ignited several well railings and siege cars, making the outside of the city look like fireworks. However, the strong smoke and pungent fishy smell also made the defenders on the city unable to open their eyes. Any siege force would definitely choose to fight with the wind.

The surging Yellow Turban Army changed its former gentle and refined image and transformed into evil ghosts. They were fearless and attacked the city wall from the trestle on the well railing, from the slope of the siege ladder, from the long cloud ladder. Every place on the battlefield was hot and fierce. Every moment, blood was splattering, and life was disappearing. Blood was flowing under the feet, making the originally dry ground slippery. If you accidentally slipped, you would then be stepped on by countless feet, including enemies and comrades.

The sound of the collision of weapons, the shouts of the fighters, the screams of the wounded, the flames of the oil tanks exploded, the skills, the flashes of paper talismans, the reflections of weapons, and countless sounds and lights intertwined, weaving a bizarre war scene.

Zhou Cang rushed to the top of the city with heavy armored infantry. His opponent was Lu Kuang, but Lu Kuang knew that his combat power was limited and he relied on the effect of the battle formation. He never placed orders with Zhou Cang. Zhou Cang had no way to deal with the opponent's main general directly in the dense enemy battle formation, and could only vent his anger on the enemy soldiers in front of him.

Through the gap in the face armor, what Zhou Cang saw in front of him was the scenes that were fragmented and not very real, and it seemed like there was a world separated by the face barrier. However, Zhou Cang liked this feeling, which made him feel a sense of withdrawal, as if he was looking at the world from another perspective.

"Kill! Kill!"

Zhou Cang's heavy sword in his hand rolled up, and the blade always had a clear white skill light. During the training in Youzhou, the veterans told Zhou Cang that basic skills are very useful in the battle formation, and don't spend effort to use the ultimate move. If you can calculate it, you will find that the efficiency of using basic skills is definitely higher than that of the ultimate move. More importantly, using basic skills can save internal strength and physical strength. On the battlefield, the side with more internal strength wins, and the side with more physical strength will survive!

The heavy infantry beside Zhou Cang was neatly followed Zhou Cang's shout and waved the heavy sword in his hand, then retreated, and the rear row made up for the chopping, then retreated, and then advanced again. This wave-like attack and killing was also learned from Miyun. It is said that it was General Gao Shun's tactical method, but it was really easy to use.

The heavy swords that were swung were like walls and forests, and the waves of swords seemed like endless waves, making it difficult for the enemy troops on the opposite side to counterattack. Often, they had just pushed away their teammates who were hit or injured in front, and before they could swing their swords, Zhou Cang's second round of attacks had already reached the top of his head.

Zhou Cang's progress is quite smooth, but the speed of progress is also very slow.

But the other side is not smooth. In places where there is no strong general, it is basically difficult for the Yellow Turban Army to make progress. After all, the city wall is too high and the subsequent investment is too slow. If you finally pay a huge price in front, you will easily collapse by the defenders using the method of severing the subsequent attack.

Not to mention anything else, just this steady defensive method means that the guard of Shinto is still capable and has made sufficient preparations.

Zhang Yan, who was commanding the attack in the back formation, was bleeding in his heart. The casualties were all elite soldiers, and they were all valuable assets of the Yellow Turban Army. However, in order to end this stage of the war as soon as possible, he now had to watch some elite soldiers fighting the enemy in a strong city in extremely difficult situations, and using their lives and blood to seek a chance to win.

Zhang Yan's body was straight and his face was expressionless. In fact, it was to hide the surging waves in his heart. The messenger behind him looked at the back of the commander who was like a stone sculpture, and kept holding on to the loose reins that had been soaked in sweat without realizing it.

Finally, Zhang Yan slowly raised her hand, hesitated for a moment, and waved forward!

The messenger pulled the reins excitedly, knocked the horse's belly with his heels, and ran forward while shouting: "The back formation is forward, the back formation is forward! Attack, attack!"

The battle became more and more intense, and the city seemed to be covered by black smoke. From the hard way, the huge Xindu City was shrouded in black smoke, which seemed very strange. From this huge black smoke, there was a strong evil spirit and blood soaring into the sky. The despair and fear emitted from it made people feel like they wanted to turn around and escape.

The battle lasted until the evening, and the Yellow Turban Army finally began to withdraw its troops. Zhang Yan could not continue to fight and the losses were too heavy. After the siege of more than ten days, the Yellow Turban Army had less than a thousand people. After one day's attack, more than five thousand people were thrown under the city. How many more than five thousand people were in Zhang Yan's hands?

As night gradually descended, inside and outside the city wall was quiet, and the dead soldiers would never speak, and the living soldiers had no more to speak. Under the city wall, the civilians and auxiliary soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army were holding white flags to restrain the bodies of their comrades. On the city wall, the defenders were also doing the same thing. Occasionally, everyone would look at each other, and there was no hatred in their eyes, only indifference.
Chapter completed!