Reborn in the Three Kingdoms Novel - Chapter 152

Chapter 152 Striking Fortified City
Early the next morning, Zhang Yan brought Sui Gu, Yu Du, and an army of more than 110,000 to a place five hundred meters away from the city moat in front of the east gate.

Looking down from Jin Yang City, the more than a hundred thousand Montenegrin soldiers seemed to be densely packed and crowded.

Giffin, lu su, tardif, wounded zhang liao and camp general seibel are standing on the city head.

The few of them looked down from afar. After seeing so many Montenegrin troops, they couldn’t help but sigh. There were simply too many civilians who suffered from the chaos of war.

Of course, the few of them were only shocked by the number of enemies in front of them, but none of them showed the slightest bit of fear. With the wide moat and the tall walls of Jin Yang City, they were filled with confidence.

Zhang Yan, who was on the ground, also raised her head to look at the high walls of Jin Yang City, her eyes filled with anger and killing intent. It was precisely because the arrival of this army threatened their survival that they robbed the battalion without even saying a word yesterday, causing them to lose troops and lose generals.

Of course, Zhang Yan did not think about who started this war first. Right now, he only wanted to attack Jin Yang City and slaughter it for three days to vent the anger in his heart.

“Charge!” Seeing that the army was ready, Zhang Yan, who was in the middle of the army, gave the order to attack.

After giving the order, the war drum sounded, and 5,000 Black Mountain Army soldiers carrying wooden stairs of varying sizes rushed towards the moat like crazy.

“Let’s begin. Have the archers prepare to shoot the arrows halfway through.” Watching the Montenegrin army launch an attack, Giffin, as the leader of the crowd, also issued orders.

Lu Su had brought a few personal guards down the city wall since the siege, and there was still a lot he needed to do. For example, to appease the hearts of the citizens in the city, to organize people to deliver food, drinks, arrows and feathers to the soldiers in the city, and so on.

Before this battle. Lu Su and giffin reached a consensus, that is to bow and arrow to meet, purse strong city and defend. This required more arrows. Fortunately, he had already made preparations. He had obtained a large amount of wood from outside the city. With these things, along with the work of the people, the bow and arrow would not be a problem for the time being.

Five thousand Heishan Army was merely used as a vanguard. At the same time, he wanted to test whether Jin Yang City was unattainable.

The five thousand soldiers of the Montenegro army, who could be called the death squad, carried the ladder to the moat and threw it horizontally.

Those who had experience knew to raise the ladder high and lay it flat. In this way, it could be regarded as a long bridge. However, those who had no experience were pushed down before the ladder was fully erected. The other end of the ladder fell into the water and was washed away by the moat.

Because he had never received such training before, at least three of the ten ladders were washed away by the water. Only 70% of them worked.

After seventy percent of the stairs had been put away, the Montenegrin army began to charge over the stairs.

However, at this moment, new problems appeared. Some ladders only pursue their length without regard to hardness, making many ladders unable to withstand much weight. After a few people suddenly stood on the wooden stairs, the middle connection would break, causing many Heishan Army to fall into the water before they could cross the river.

Not only is the moat wide, but the water level is also very deep. If they were good at water, they could still swim back when they fell into the water, but those who were not proficient in water drowned a lot.

Zhang Yan, who was in the middle of the army, was deeply worried because she hadn’t crossed the river yet.

As the biggest leader of Heishan Army, it was impossible for Zhang Yan to not know her strengths and weaknesses.

The so-called advantage was that there were many people, and they could often rely on the tactics of adding fuel to win one victory after another. But the disadvantage is also very obvious, and that is the lack of training.

This wasn’t because Zhang Yan was lazy and didn’t want to train. She really needed more food to support her training. But how could he, who could barely survive by plundering food and clothing, get more food to support her high-intensity training?

Zhang Yan knew that an army without training would not have the ability to attack a fortified city. However, he did not have any other choice right now. Wait, once Zhang Chao pacified Yanmen Prefecture, the next one to deal with would be him. If he didn’t take advantage of this time to counterattack, perhaps he wouldn’t even have the chance to attack in the future.

Under the pressure of the times, Zhang Yan had no choice but to forcefully attack Jinyang City. Although he would lose a lot of money if he did this, he didn’t have any feelings for these people and would just die if he died.

Zhang Yan did not cherish the life of the general. When she saw that many people had fallen into the moat or even drowned, she did not feel a trace of heartache.

On the other hand, Jia Xu, who was above the city walls of Jinyang City, watched as so many Black Mountain Army soldiers were flooded before they could reach the city gates. He couldn’t help but sigh, “Ah, if Master was here, he would definitely feel extremely heartache. These are all good laborers for farmland and food production.”

Hearing Jia Xu’s words, the other generals nodded their heads. After Zhang Chao had followed for a long time, they all learned how to settle accounts. Seeing so many good laborers die, they all let out waves of unfortunate voices.

“Look, they’re about to cross the moat.” Taishi Ci noticed that some people had already begun to cross the bridge, and had even walked more than half of the distance. They were about to jump over the river to the city gate, so he said loudly.

“Mm, you can shoot the arrow now.” Giffin looked at this scene and couldn’t help but nod his head. If this decision was made, countless people would die here. However, he still had to give this order. Otherwise, you would either die or die.

The two thousand one legion infantry archers had already been prepared, and this was the decision they were waiting for. After the order was given, the bow and arrow shot out like a waterfall and landed on the long stairs.

When the untrained Montenegrin army crossed the ladder, they were all cautious, afraid that they would fall into the river. Just as they were about to cross the river, when they were overjoyed, an arrow suddenly attacked. Some people started to shake their left and right in panic, and a lot of them were immediately affected and fell into the river.

After a period of chaos, someone finally jumped over the moat and entered the city wall of Jin Yang City. However, the people who really rushed over were only three out of ten.

There were only 2,000 people who could actually cross the moat without any injuries.

“What about Military Counselor?” Seeing that two thousand people had arrived at the gates of the city, seibel asked giffin with a face full of desire to fight.

Last night’s Tribulation Camp, because his trapped camp was full of infantry and their speed was limited, Jia Xu did not allow him to participate in the battle. Seeing that Zhang Liao had killed Bai Lao and made great contributions, Gao Shun finally couldn’t hold back any longer.

“However, there are only two thousand people. There is no need for the general to take action. General Taishi, continue to let the soldiers shoot arrows. Make sure to send these Heishan Army back to the other side of the river.” Jia Xu shook his head and did not agree to Gao Shun’s request.

Now was only the beginning of the war, and there was no need for elites to take action.

Without a chance, Gao Shun could only retreat, but his fists were tightly clenched. From the looks of it, it was clear that he was still accumulating morale.

Under Jia Xu’s orders, the two thousand archers aimed their gazes at the two thousand Heishan Army who had crossed the river, shooting down another round of arrows. Apart from a small portion of these two thousand people who had fled to the city gates to hide, most of them had been shot. Even Heishan Army, who could reach the city gate quickly, did not dare to hit the city gate. Instead, he was afraid that someone would kill them out of the city gate. There were less than a hundred of them. With this little bit of combat power, it was impossible to solve the problem.

However, most of the time, he was afraid of whatever came his way. Just as the hundred Heishan Army were still worried about the city gate downstairs, the city gate opened from the inside. Zhang Liao, who had killed Bai Lao, was riding on Yi Qun’s horse and was eyeing them covetously. Behind him was the most elite Zhangjiajun Heavy Cavalry, the Hundred Battles Master.

“Surrender, we surrender.” A centurion from Heishan Army saw that the situation was unfavorable and made the most correct choice. He threw the dagger in his hand onto the ground.

With one leading the way, the rest of them also followed suit. Nearly a hundred people actually did not resist and became captives.

Zhang Yan was furious when she saw the scene below the city gate. There were only a hundred people left out of the five thousand, and they had actually surrendered. This battle was truly too useless.

“General, I’m afraid five thousand people isn’t enough. We need to attack continuously.” After Sui Gu saw this, he advised Zhang Yan.

‘”That’s right, we can’t have too few people. In this way, a team of 5,000 will be dispatched twice at a time. Once someone crosses the river, they will continue to dispatch. In short, they will have to use people to fill the gap. They will also have to break open the gate of Jin Yang City and attack the city for me.” Zhang Yan said angrily.

A new order was given. Ten thousand Heishan Army were sent out to start a new round of crossing. After that, every time a soldier crossed the river with an arrow, a new Heishan Army would follow.

The giffin on the city wall looked at the wave after wave of attacks from the Montenegrin army. Although there were still many who fell into the water and were hit by bows and arrows, because the number of people was too dense, more than three thousand Montenegrin troops were gathered downstairs. If this continued, the city gate would probably be knocked open.

Looking sideways, Gao Shun had already stood with his chest propped up, as if he was ready to accept orders at any time.

“General Gao, I’ll have to trouble you next.” Finally, giffin will look at seibel.

“Order.” The seibel had been waiting for this moment, now finally see giffin ordered, then cupped his fists and agreed, then turned around and went under the tower.

In front of the city gate tower, the three thousand-odd Black Mountain Army soldiers who had risked their lives to charge over were currently using their bodies to smash into the thick city gate.