Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 286 Hard Fight

  Zheng Ju's face was livid, he gritted his teeth, and stood firmly at the forefront of the battle, holding a sword, and behind him stood a general with the sword out of its sheath, drawing a long line behind the general.

  Hongnong Yang has increased his troops again according to the agreement, and he not only failed to defend Hangu Pass, but was defeated by a mere hundred soldiers attacking the camp at night!

   This time, if he fails after increasing his troops, he will never have any face to meet people again.

   Not to mention whether the Hongnong Yang family can forgive him, even the Xingyang Zheng family can't afford to lose this person!

   "I can die, but I can't let the family be humiliated!"

Zheng Cui personally supervised the formation, threatening that he would never take a step back, and that no one should step back from the long line behind him. military waiting...

  If a person above the military rank retreats, he, Zheng Chu, will come and cut it himself. If Zheng Chu retreats by himself, then the long knife drawn by the general behind him is for him.

  As the saying goes, if a dog is in a hurry, it will jump over the wall, not to mention Zheng Chu, who is almost cornered.

Last night when Zhang Liao attacked the camp, not many died in the chaos, only more than two hundred people. Most of the others were because they could not find their affiliation or could not issue orders. and the baggage were burned.

  But after Hongnong Yang learned that Hangu Pass was lost, he quickly gathered the second batch of private soldiers and handed them over to Zheng Chuan. With the second batch of reinforcements, Zheng Cui's force suddenly expanded to nearly 5,000 people, and immediately formed an absolute advantage in numbers over Fei Qian and Zhang Liao.

   With the advantage in numbers, Zheng Chu rebuilt the siege equipment much faster than yesterday, and it was completed in less than half a day. Then there was a meal of wine and meat, and immediately attacked the city!

Zheng Cui's eyes were bloodshot all over, and the whole eye was blood red, which was very scary. The luggage was burned last night, and there are not many luggage transferred today. He used almost all the food and grass and other materials, so that the soldiers who retreated every round could have enough food and rest...

Zheng Cui divided the number of people into three rounds, and they attacked crazily and non-stop. Although the number of people in each shift was only about twice that of Fei Qian and Zhang Liao, the small thousand people of Fei Qian and Zhang Liao had to defend the entire western area. The longer Hangu Pass city wall is somewhat stretched.

What's more important is the lack of long-range suppression, so Zheng Chu led the army and basically approached hand-to-hand combat very easily. If Fei Qian hadn't taken advantage of the blank period this morning, he had organized some people to move some rolling stones from the east wall, saying Maybe the first wave of crashes will be able to attack the city gate!

  The entire battle has entered a fever pitch from the very beginning.

   Although the siege party Zheng Chu lost many soldiers, the soldiers of Fei Qian and Zhang Liao who defended the city were also losing their soldiers. The dark red bloodstains on the city wall were like huge earthworms, winding down, which looked shocking. Many soldiers stepped on the blood and screamed at each other, fighting each other.

  If it weren't for Zhang Liao and Huang Cheng's high martial arts skills, leading a group of elite soldiers to walk around the city and beat down the soldiers of Zheng Chu who climbed up the city wall many times, it is estimated that the city wall would have fallen into Zheng Chu's hands long ago.

Fei Qian's martial arts skills are not very flattering, so he no longer gets in the way on the city wall, but organizes some auxiliary soldiers to help transport bricks and stones, even moving some usable bricks and stones from the burnt Guanling Mansion in the inner city up.

  Now, some people cooked some millet and rice, wrapped them with bacon, tied them with cloth strips one by one, then boiled a large pot of water, and brought them up together during the siege.

   Fei Qian personally handed a few millet rice **** to Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao took them silently, then looked left and right to see that the soldiers under him had also got them, and then he opened them and ate them voraciously.

   There were nearly a thousand soldiers on the city wall, but now there are only a little more than half left, and the shortage of manpower is getting worse. Even if Zheng Chu withdraws troops at night, he may not be able to defend tomorrow...

At this time, Zhang Liao no longer had the gentle and elegant demeanor of the past. All kinds of old and new blood were all over his face and body, forming scabs one by one. He lost his helmet at some point, and his hair was mixed with blood and dust. over the forehead and neck.

Fei Qian looked down on the sticky female wall. The attack had just retreated. Some of Zheng Chu's soldiers were integrating the team, and some were also eating. According to the previous situation, the next wave The next one is coming soon...

   "Wen Yuan, the situation is not good..."

  Zhang Liao is also silent. From the beginning of Zheng Chu's attack in the afternoon to now approaching dusk, he has almost never stopped. No matter how strong the martial arts is, the human body will be exhausted. Now it is indeed close to the limit.

  And now the flaw in the number of people is becoming more and more obvious.

Looking at Zheng Chu outside the city, he has no intention of camping at all. It is clear that he wants to attack the city overnight. When it gets dark and there are few manpower, it is inevitable that there will be times when he cannot be prepared. The city wall, then it must be the end of the annihilation of the whole army.

   Zhang Liao swallowed heavily, leaned against the female wall, and did not speak. Didn't he know that if he continues like this, he will inevitably be defeated, but if he retreats like this, then the glory of last night will be in vain, others will not remember the achievement of the hundred cavalry raiding the camp, they will only remember the disastrous defeat of being driven out of Hangu Pass .

  But now I feel a little helpless. After all, Hangu Pass has been operated by Zheng Yu for many years and has a deep foundation. It is impossible to encourage any civilian residents to defend the city.

  So it can only rely on these people on hand, but seeing that there are fewer and fewer soldiers, there is no way to defend such a long section of the city wall. How long can it last?

   Not reconciled, Zhang Liao is really not reconciled.

Fei Qian naturally understands Zhang Liao's thoughts. This matter has nothing to do with Dong Zhuo or the Shandong gentry, and Fei Qian doesn't want to conclude at this point in time whether the side is good or bad. After all, only the victor can write history. And the vast majority of losers will be portrayed as ugly, which has been a practice since ancient times.

  Besides, even the troops led by Zheng Jue still wear yellow scarves around their heads, and dare not blatantly play the banner of the Hongnong Shizu, which in itself explains some problems.

   Therefore, it has reached the current level. If the city is destroyed, Fei Qian and Zhang Liao will definitely be silenced.

   But what to do now?

  Fei Qian looked at the three or four smashed cars under the city gate, his heart moved, and he said to Zhang Liao...

Defeating, smashing, and crushing are different, and the number of deaths is also different if there is a pursuit. Those who are on the back will also have a greater loss for the winning side...

   In the Three Kingdoms, many deaths in field battles were killed after the war. After Yuan Shao was defeated in the Battle of Guandu, he was killed by 70,000 soldiers, including auxiliary soldiers, etc...

   Historically, Zhang Liao led 800 soldiers to attack Sun Shiwan, but only attacked Sun Quan's main formation, resulting in overall turmoil and defeat. The casualties were not caused by Zhang Liao's 800 soldiers.

  (end of this chapter)