Time returned to Puyang 10 days ago. The soldiers and civilians of East County, who had just been immersed in the joy of the harvest, were unaware of the upcoming battle. Without any warning, the Black Mountain Yellow Turban suddenly entered the territory of the Black Mountain. When they were less than 60 miles away from Puyang, our scouts discovered the Black Mountain Army and warned them. Xun Yu, Yue Jin, and Han Hao, the prefect of Dongjun, immediately summoned as many elite soldiers as possible and sent messengers for help. Finally, within a day, they managed to form the 2nd Battalion of the Land Reclamation Army and the 8th Battalion of the City Defense Army, a total of 25,000 soldiers.
A day later, the Black Mountain Yellow Turban arrived at the city of Puyang. They were surrounded by our army in Puyang, which was already waiting for them. Xun Yu dispelled the idea of sending troops to launch a sneak attack at night because of the 20,000 Black Mountain Light Cavalry of Zhang Yan. The Black Mountain Yellow Turban, who had completed the encirclement, rested for a day. The next day, the Black Mountain Yellow Turban, who had come prepared, pushed hundreds of small carts and quickly dumped the soil into the moat west of Puyang. Together with them were nearly 5,000 well-trained Black Mountain archers and dozens of siege crossbows!
These elite archers rained down arrows on the city walls of Puyang City. With their advantage in numbers, they completely suppressed the less than 2,000 archers defending Puyang City. Coupled with the powerful arrows fired by the siege crossbows, they greatly interfered with the performance of the archers defending the city. The 20,000 Black Mountain Light Cavalry were patrolling around the archers, making it impossible for Puyang City to break through.
Due to the support of powerful long-range troops, the Yellow Turban soldiers who filled the moat suffered few casualties. Puyang's moat was undoubtedly relatively narrow according to the standards of a big city, but it was only about 40 feet. Thus, the Yellow Turban of the Black Mountain did not encounter many obstacles and quickly filled up a large portion of the 40-foot-wide moat. Xun Yu, Yue Jin, and Han Hao, who were in the prefect's office, frowned. They were no longer as relaxed as they were when they were supervising the battle on the city wall. This group of Yellow Turban bandits was well-prepared, well-trained, and proficient in tactical cooperation. It was obvious that they were not comparable to ordinary Yellow Turban raiders. Since when did such a troublesome figure appear among the Yellow Turban? Although the three of them were both wise and brave, especially Xun Yu, who could be called a peerless talent, they were helpless against the impenetrable attack of the Black Mountain Yellow Turban.
The next day, the situation that worried Xun Yu and the others appeared. Sure enough, this batch of Black Mountain Yellow Turban carried other siege tools. After surrounding Puyang on three sides, the Black Mountain Yellow Turban began to attack through the section of the city wall that filled the moat yesterday. The fierce and excellent Black Mountain Yellow Turban did not say anything. Commander Zhang Yan divided nearly 5,000 archers into three groups and took turns to support the Black Mountain infantry who were attacking the city with dozens of ladders. The rain of arrows did not stop, and the dozens of giant crossbows unique to the government army continuously fired deadly giant arrows. The 20,000 light cavalry patrolled beside the archers. The whole cooperation was almost perfect!
Whether it was in terms of organization or combat effectiveness, the Black Mountain Yellow Turban completely subverted the inherent concept of a mob in Xun Yu and Han Hao's minds. It was completely worthy of being one of the elite forces in the world today, not just the elite level of the Yellow Turban! On the first day of the siege, under the fierce and effective attacks of the Black Mountain Yellow Turban, Puyang City was under great pressure.
Due to the fierce and continuous attacks of the Black Mountain Yellow Turban archers and the firing of the siege crossbows, the Puyang garrison was under great pressure. Faced with the Black Mountain soldiers on the siege ladders, the Puyang garrison could only rely on the sword-shield soldiers to raise their shields close to the city wall to cover the long hook soldiers who had destroyed the siege ladders to get close to the city wall to push down the ladders, or let the soldiers who threw stones and poured boiling oil close to the city wall to attack the Yellow Turban soldiers who had climbed up the ladders. However, the huge and powerful arrows fired by the siege ballistae often nailed many soldiers to the ground. Even the shields could not block them.
Le Jin waved his big shield and big knife, shouting for the Puyang archers to fight back desperately. Although he had the advantage of the city wall, the Puyang archers who were not trained well were obviously inferior to his opponent. Under the crazy rain of arrows and the attack of the siege ballistae, they suffered heavy casualties. The disadvantage in numbers and the difference in training caused the damage to the Yellow Turban archers from the Black Mountain to be seriously insufficient. As a result, the Puyang archers 'offensive became weaker and weaker. In less than half a day, nearly one-third of them were dead!
Le Jin saw that it was not a solution, so he could only retreat most of the archers. At the same time, he let a few archers hide in the protected areas of the defensive city tower and continue to attack the enemy. Most of the archers who retreated out of the attack range of the Black Mountain Yellow Turban archers and regrouped to wait for orders. He rushed to the city wall where the battle was fierce, commanded the sword and shield men, and covered the long hook to destroy the siege ladder of the Black Mountain Yellow Turban. He was also prepared to kill the Yellow Turban who climbed up the ladder at any time. The defenders, who had never experienced such a fierce battle, finally had a loophole in their defense, allowing some of the Black Mountain Yellow Turbans to successfully climb up the city wall. Although they were only killed by the defenders in a split second, it was a great encouragement for the Black Mountain Yellow Turbans to attack the city wall so quickly.
For a time, accompanied by constant screams, the Black Mountain Yellow Turban launched a fierce attack without regard for casualties. Often, just as a large stone smashed down dozens of Yellow Turban on the ladder, a new Yellow Turban would immediately continue to climb up. Even with the protection of the large shields, the defenders on the city wall were met with an even more intense rain of arrows from the Black Mountain Archers after their archers lost their combat power. Sharp arrows constantly flew through the gaps in the defense and took the lives of the defenders!
"Kill them!" Le Jin slashed at the Black Mountain Yellow Turban who had just popped his head out like lightning. His fragile neck was slashed by Le Jin's saber, and blood instantly spurted out like a fountain, splattering all over the bodies of several guards near the city wall. The smell of blood didn't scare the Yellow Turban soldiers of Black Mountain, but it roused the morale of the guards. The blood stimulated the nerves of the nearby guards like a stimulant. The long hook hand pushed down the ladder in front of the city wall despite the rain of arrows. Dozens of Yellow Turban soldiers who were climbing the ladder fell from the sky while screaming. In the blink of an eye, dozens of vengeful souls were added to Puyang City! In that instant, the valiant Long Hook was shot by several arrows from the Black Mountain Yellow Turban and died on the spot!
Le Jin's tiger eyes were wide open. He roared repeatedly, but there was nothing he could do. He could only run back and forth on this section of the city wall, killing wherever the Yellow Turban came up. From noon to night, the Black Mountain Yellow Turban took turns to attack. The hundreds of Yellow Turban warriors on the city wall had been killed. The casualties of our army were also very considerable, especially the weaker Long Hooks who suffered heavy casualties. Although the commander of the Black Mountain Yellow Turban Army saw that his army had suffered a lot of casualties, he did not show any mercy. He persisted in attacking with all his might for a day, and Le Jin, who was defending, almost collapsed on the city wall. To be honest, if it were not for a good general like Le Jin who was directly commanding and killing on the city wall, with the combat strength of the City Defense Army, which was quite different from the Black Mountain Yellow Turban Army, Puyang City would have been broken through on the first day!
The Yellow Turban commander of Black Mountain was obviously resourceful and determined. The method he used was also the best method to deal with the Puyang garrison. They did not care about casualties and used a powerful offensive to crush the defenders in the shortest time possible! After all, there were many strong enemies around. Although the mysterious person said that the two heroes of Jizhou would not move, who could guarantee the outcome in the future? As long as they occupied Puyang, with the elite soldiers of Black Mountain Tribe, the strength of their light cavalry, the strong city, and sufficient food and grass, they would not be inferior to a hundred thousand strong enemies. At that time, whether Black Mountain Tribe developed between Yan and Yu on their own, or if they joined forces with the Yellow Turban Tribe of Mount Tai to plot against Yan and Yu, they would be able to advance and retreat freely. Taking advantage of the chaos in the world to obtain the two states as their foundation, it would be a great victory for the Yellow Turban Tribe.
If the defenders had been the likes of Qiao Mao, they would have succeeded on the first day. The only thing that the Yellow Turban of the Black Mountain did not expect was that the Puyang army had a general like Le Jin, who could be called a good general, leading the army. With Xun Yu, Han Hao, and the others dispatching them, the city was not in chaos despite the urgency. There was no lack of equipment and weapons to defend the city. Thus, Puyang was still protected despite the heavy casualties.
After a day like this, although the damage ratio of the offensive and defensive sides reached 4: The attacking Yellow Turban soldiers still caused serious casualties to our defending army of more than 3000 people, especially the large number of archers and long-hook archers, which caused a huge problem for the defending army. However, the overwhelming numbers of the Black Mountain Yellow Turban could afford the casualties, while our city defense ability was greatly weakened after the loss of these most effective troops. It could not withstand such a huge consumption at all.
Reinforcements will probably take at least a month, and I don't know if we can hold on until then. The fierce battle during the day has made these wise and resourceful people in the prefect's manor at night develop such pessimistic thoughts. After all, East County was thousands of miles away from Beihai. No matter how fast the emissary traveled, it would take eight to ten days. Even if the reinforcements from Beihai abandoned their supplies and grain and marched at full speed, it would take them more than 20 days. However, judging from the fierce attack of the Black Mountain Yellow Turban today, Puyang might not be able to hold on until that day. At this time, Xun Yu and the others did not know that at about the same time, there was a gathering of Yellow Turban near Dongping and the southern part of Beihai was under strong attack. For a time, our Qingzhou and Yanzhou were in a state of panic, and the enemy forces began to stir.
However, these were still relatively distant things. The most important thing now was how to defend Puyang, and at least hold on for more than 30 days. In Le Jin's opinion, the most dangerous ones in the Black Mountain Yellow Turban were the 5000 elite archers and the dozens of siege crossbows. More than 90% of our casualties were caused by them. How could he deal with this part of the Black Mountain Yellow Turban's terrifying long-range attack power?
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