Chapter 781 Relief

Boom!

The smoke filled the air, and the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion came to the city wall and shot at the soldiers who came down from the siege tower. Many soldiers fell from the tower bridge.

"Burn the siege tower."

Xia Liang went to the city in person, and Li Xiuning held a shield to block Xia Liang's oblique front.

"Sister Xia, why are you here?"

Huo Qing cooperated with Xu Rong and Xia Houyuan to defend the city, and when he saw the Shenji Camp coming to support him, he knew that Xia Liang was coming.

Princess Xia was besieged in Jixian County. Youzhou had at least 100,000 cavalry guarding the city. Shenjiying, Yulinwei, Niangzijun, Baigan soldiers, and Tengjia soldiers guarded the city. With the help of elite troops, they defended Jixian.

The Liaodong army could not attack Jixian, and they could not take the whole Youzhou.

The counties and counties in Youzhou are still waiting and watching.

"Wait a little longer, Mr. Xiang will arrive soon."

Xia Liang stroked Huo Qing's messy hair.

"Ji County is under siege, how do you know?"

"Hey, the war eagle has sent the news that Lao Qin lost at least 150,000 soldiers and horses in the battle of Mangshan. Luoyang City has been captured, and Xianggong has assembled troops in Zhuo County. Except for the imperial guards, the city defenses of all parts of Youzhou Army and the county soldiers temporarily recruited, they were ordered to go to Zhuo County. So the reinforcements will come soon.”

Because Xia Liang was notified in advance by Chutian, he was confident.

Mingguan's cavalry is still a bit inferior to Chutian's cavalry.

"Your Highness, how can you take risks so easily."

As one of the guards, Xia Houyuan also had quite a headache. The women in Chutian were better at fighting each other, but they couldn't be allowed to have accidents.

Xia Liang looked down at the entire battlefield, black smoke filled the air, arrows splashed, arrows rained down on the sky, stones fell from the sky, weapons collided, and soldiers who were hit rolled down...

The brutality of this siege battle can be seen.

"The Liaodong Army should have known that our reinforcements are coming, so they launched the largest attack. As long as this attack is repelled, then Ji County can be defended."

Xia Liang accurately judged the intention of the Liaodong Army in Mingguan.

"The princess has an order, stick to it for a day or two, our reinforcements are coming! King Xia will personally rescue us!"

Li Xiuning quickly delivered the news to stabilize the morale of the army.

Hearing that reinforcements are coming, the morale of all the defenders is boosted.

Morale will affect the combat effectiveness of defenders, and the news that reinforcements are coming can restore morale.

"Despite everything, take Ji County! Chang Yuchun, Li Wenzhong, you two, attack the city yourself! King Xia has gathered troops in Zhuo County, and will come soon!"

Mingguan was a little crazy. He knew that Lao Qin was forced to give up Luoyang, and Chutian's main force was freed to support Youzhou.

There is not much time left for him to capture Youzhou.

"Obey!"

Two fierce generals, Chang Yuchun and Li Wenzhong, each holding a spear, led the Liaodong heavy infantry to the city!

"The last general led the archers to suppress the defenders."

The famous general Xu Da led a group of archers to shoot arrows at the city wall, but the archers on the city wall did not dare to show their heads.

The city wall has a height advantage and a defensive bonus, but it is relatively narrow, and the number of archers that can be deployed is not as good as that of the attacking side.

Siege and defense are the collision between spear and shield!

More than 100,000 Liaodong troops were attacking the city at the same time, and two fierce generals, Chang Yuchun and Li Wenzhong, haunted the army!

The siege tower close to the city was lit with torches, and the flames were reflected in the eyes of Mingguan. It was very difficult to capture Ji County.

Countless soldiers were like ant colonies, attached to the ladder, and under the cover of dense arrow rain and stones, they attacked the city wall and fought with the defenders on the city wall. Soldiers fell from the city wall from time to time.

The yaksha ring with iron nails fell from the top of the head, and many soldiers were pierced by the iron nails!

Chang Yuchun climbed the ladder like walking on flat ground, and fought all the way to the city wall. With his own strength, he killed dozens of defenders!

A female general armed with a gun arrives with white soldiers and besieges Chang Yuchun who is ascending the city.

Chang Yuchun was extremely brave, and many counties and checkpoints in Youzhou were captured by Chang Yuchun.

Qin Liangyu's long spear stabbed vigorously, but was blocked by Chang Yuchun,

Chang Yuchun fought back, spear like a dragon, sweeping Qin Liangyu and the white soldiers around her.

Qin Liangyu could only barely resist.

But even so, it was quite rare to be able to stop Chang Yuchun. After all, the most powerful generals of the Xia army were taken by Chu Tian to attack Luoyang City, and there were not many strong generals left in Youzhou.

Wu Tugu could hold a stalemate with Chang Yuchun by force, but Wu Tugu's size was too tall, which was actually not conducive to defending the city, because the battlements could not hide Wu Tugu's size at all.

Standing on the city wall, Wu Tugu would become the target of all archers. Even if Wu Tugu was a strong general of the Southern Barbarians, he could not bear to be set on fire by thousands of archers.

Qin Liangyu and the white soldiers held Chang Yuchun back. On the other side, Li Wenzhong swept across a corner of the city with a gun. He killed and retreated the defenders. The purpose was to let more soldiers board the city and seize a corner of the city.

Li Xiuning led a detachment of women, mobilized the defenders, and tried to expel Li Wenzhong.

The Liaodong Army and Youzhou Army fought fiercely, the fire was spreading, and thick smoke could be seen several miles away.

Below Ji County, the Liaodong Army lost at least 40,000 soldiers.

After seeing many scenes in Xialiang, it is now very calm.

On the official road from Zhuo County to Ji County, Chu Tian led the imperial guards, together with reinforcements from counties and counties, more than 100,000 cavalry, directly took the road to support Ji County, with great fanfare, trying to force the Liaodong Army back and reorganize the defense line of Youzhou.

"What are Cao Cao and Zhou Yafu doing?"

Chutian knew that Youzhou was divided into two battlefields, one was the besieged Ji County, where Xia Liang and Huo Qing were besieged, Chutian couldn't afford to lose any of them. Huo Qing is still the eldest lady of the Protectorate of the Western Regions, and at the same time the Deputy Protector and Marquis of Guannei, Chu Tian couldn't explain to Huo An. The other battlefield is the Yuyang County battlefield, and the two legions of Cao Cao and Zhou Yafu are in the second battlefield.

Fang Xuanling replied: "They are besieged by the three armies of Xianbei, Wuhuan, and Liaoxi, which is probably not enough."

"The Xianbei at this time is not the cowardly Xianbei."

Chutian also thought that Xianbei was a bit tricky.

Among the Five Hu, Xianbei has the most generals, Murong Xianbei, Tuoba Xianbei, Yuwen Xianbei, Duan Xianbei and other tribes have many talents.

"We must suppress the Xianbei tribe and the Jurchen tribe. They are currently the most powerful tribes. One is in the west of Liaodong and the other is in the east of Liaodong. Otherwise, there will be many troubles in the future."

Chutian is already considering taking the opportunity to suppress the Xianbei and Jurchen ministries.

Chutian could control the Xiongnu and Khitan, because the Xiongnu hardly had any decent generals, and Yu Fuluo was dead, so the Xiongnu only had Huchuquan to help Chutian raise horses.

The Khitan tribe has a few generals, but the population is only tens of thousands. The current Khitan leader, Xiao Chuo, has entered the Xia Palace again.

The Jieren tribe is mining, and has since been removed.

The Xianbei and Jurchen tribes are different. Tuoba Xianbei and Murong Xianbei are tribes that established the Northern Wei and Qianyan kingdoms, and their generals are of high quality.

Wanyan Aguda and Nurhachi of the Jurchen tribe are no exception, having established dynasties.

"Let Cao Cao and Zhou Yafu deal with the enemy carefully. There is no need to worry. The reinforcements have arrived. If Mingguan does not attack Jixian, they will retreat. Next time we attack the west of Liaoning, we will completely wipe out the Xianbei tribe. As for the Wuhuan cavalry, they are just a foil."

Chu Tian subconsciously despised the Wuhuan cavalry.

The Wuhuan cavalry is at most comparable to Gongsun Zan, and they are powerless against Cao Cao, Zhang Liao and others, so don't worry too much.

boom!

A boulder fell beside Xia Liang, and one of the gravel scratched the back of Xia Liang's hand, and bright red blood flowed out.

Xia Liang calmly went to the doctor, disinfected with alcohol, and then tore off a piece of gauze to bandage the wound.

Compared with the defenders defending the city desperately, this small injury is just a trivial matter.

A group of rattan armored soldiers came to the city wall to replace the exhausted defenders.

Gongsun Ao, Xue Wanche and other generals were all injured. In order to repel the defenders, almost all the generals fought bloody battles. Even Wei Qing, a commander who is not known for his military strength, personally shot and beheaded a dozen enemy soldiers.

The Liaodong Army has gone completely crazy. Xu Da's bonus to the army is extremely high. The Liaodong archers he personally commanded completely suppressed the defenders of the city wall. Wei Qing's deputy Gongsun Ao was shot by an arrow and was seriously injured.

"If the Liaodong Army continues to attack for several days, Ji County will fall. The Liaodong Army's determination to win is really frightening."

Wei Qing killed a Liaodong infantry with one sword, and lacked confidence in continuing to defend Jixian.

The Liaodong Army is desperate to attack the city, and if they are willing to pay a high enough price, the strong city may also fall.

A few years ago when the warlords separated each other, the siege ability of each prince was not so strong, but as each prince obtained more powerful weapons, blueprints for siege equipment, and recruited more special arms, the siege ability also reached a certain level. degree.

The Eight Banners of the Han Army in Liaodong even used matchlock guns and firecrackers to shoot at the Shenji Battalion on the city wall, which caused the Shenji Battalion to lose its advantage.

The situation is not good for the defenders in Ji County.

"Wait, this is the voice of the Liaodong Army calling for gold to retreat!"

Just as the morale of the defenders in Jixian County turned low, the Liaodong Army that attacked Jixian County suddenly retreated.

"You're lucky this time!"

Chang Yuchun had already defeated Qin Liangyu, but he had to retreat under the cover of Xu Da when he heard Mingjin's retreat.

The same is true for Li Wenzhong.

The aggressive Liaodong Army retreated, leaving behind thousands of corpses.

"I didn't expect that the success would fall short. If Lao Qin can delay in Mangshan for a while, or even kill Chu Zimou, then Youzhou must be mine, and it will be easy to take control of the Central Plains."

Mingguan knew that in a few days, Jixian would be conquered by himself, but Chutian's reinforcements had arrived and they were about to meet the Liaodong army.

Whether it's Chutian's reinforcements or Jixian's defenders, they all have combat power that the Liaodong Army dare not underestimate.

"It's a pity, but this time we failed."

Mingguan did not hesitate to withdraw troops in time to reduce unnecessary losses.

"King Xia has arrived!"

After confirming that the Liaodong Army had retreated, the defenders of Ji County saw King Xia's handsome flag, and a cavalry appeared outside Ji County.