Caught off guard, the defenders fell to the ground like leeks being cut. In the blink of an eye, most of the 500 soldiers guarding the gate were wiped out. The few Cao soldiers who had regained their senses were also surrounded. It was only a matter of time before they were defeated.
Yangxia City had been breached, just like how it had been suddenly breached by Cao Cao's army. It was just that this time, the position of attack and defense had been reversed. After easily dealing with the guards at the city gate, Liu Chong's army split into two groups. One group was led by him to attack the granary. There were left, right, and Qin Guard Tun, as well as the rear guard Tun. There were more than 700 people in total. The other group was led by Zhen Da to attack the county government. There were more than 200 people in the middle guard Tun and the vanguard team. Their main role was to attract the attention of the city. This would create the conditions for Liu Chong's troops to successfully attack the granary.
"Zhenda, regardless of whether we can break into the county government or not, you have to attack the north gate in two hours. We will meet there!”Liu Chong said to Zhen Da before leaving. Liu Chong had no intention of occupying Yangxia. The city was sandwiched between the Cao army of Chen Liu and Cao Cao's army, so it was impossible for them to defend it. Thus, they did not have much time left. They had to complete their mission as soon as possible and escape before the Cao army gathered. Otherwise, they would be in danger of being trapped in this isolated city.
"Yes!" Zhen Da cupped his fists on his horse, turned around, and led the soldiers of Zhongwei Village toward the county government.
The sounds of killing in the city had long alarmed Mao Jie who was working in the county office.
"Milord, the city has been attacked by the enemy. The south gate has been lost.”The messenger reported in panic.
"What is it? Where did the enemy come from? Why didn't anyone report it?" Mao Jie turned pale with fright as he loudly rebuked.
The soldier who was delivering the order was so frightened that he trembled and couldn't speak fluently."I, I don't know!"
"Bastard, hurry up and investigate!" Mao Jie was furious. He didn't even know what kind of enemy it was, and the city was already broken through. How was he going to explain this to his lord?
"Yes, sir! Yes! Yes!" The soldier quickly turned around and left.
"Aiya! Not good! Granary!" Everyone knew that the enemy's target was the granary.
"Someone come! Order Guo Jun to send troops to the granary. If they can't keep the food, everyone will be buried with them!”Mao Jie's hair stood on end as he said fiercely.
"Yes, sir!" The bodyguard beside him hurriedly agreed.
Although his reaction was fast, he had calculated that there were only two to three hundred guards at each gate in the city. The north gate had been destroyed, and they had gathered more than a thousand people from the other gates. There were two hundred guards near the county government, but before they could go to the granary to support it, they had already been blocked by the Central Defense Tun led by Zhen Da.
After a volley of arrows, half of the two hundred men were gone. The remaining half protected the officials and retreated to the county government to defend themselves. Fortunately, these personal guards were elite soldiers who had been selected. Zhen Da did not want too many casualties and only wanted to trap them. He did not launch a strong attack, so they were able to hold on.
Mao Jie had ordered his personal soldiers to charge a few times, but they were still unable to charge out. They were shot back by the crossbow bolts outside.
"Motherf * cker, fire a whistling arrow at me. We must let our army outside the city know about the situation!”After being forced back from another charge, Mao Jie's personal guards were already less than a hundred people. He didn't know how many people were surrounding him, but the density of the crossbow bolts made him feel as if there were over a thousand archers outside to be able to release such a dense rain of arrows.
The hope of rushing out was getting slimmer and slimmer!
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Just as Zhen Da was attacking the government office, Liu Chong's army had successfully reached the granary. Hundreds of people charged into the air, raising dust and smoke.
The granary was built on a higher ground in the city, and there were many wells nearby so that when the granary caught fire, they could get water to rescue them.
Under Liu Chong's relentless advance, the defending army was forced to retreat, suffering heavy casualties!
"Kill them!" The bugle horn sounded. Seeing that they were about to enter the granary, Liu Chong gave the final command to attack. Under his command, the entire team formed an assault formation, with the personal guards as the head, the left and right guards as the cone, and the rear guards attacking from behind. They charged towards the most densely guarded area of the granary.
Liu Chong's army's crossbows shot out arrows mercilessly, bringing with them patches of blood. Under such a dense rain of arrows, the guards of the granary finally collapsed. They threw down their weapons and fled in all directions.
"Don't pursue a desperate enemy! Hurry up and burn the granary!" Liu Chong stopped Dian Wei and the others who were chasing Cao Cao's army and ordered loudly.
"Yes, sir! My lord!" Everyone accepted the order.
The soldiers in the rear took down leather pouches from their warhorses. A strong aroma of wine assailed their noses, causing the soldiers who had just fought to drool. They did not know what to do with such good wine.
Soon, they knew the purpose of the wine. It turned out that in order to speed up the burning of the granary, even if the Cao army rushed over, they would not be able to put out the fire in time. Liu Chong had prepared more than 200 sachets of white wine in advance and used them as kindling materials. With the wine helping the fire, it was impossible to put out the fire in the granary in a short period of time.
Large granaries that stored grain were set ablaze one after another. The entire granary area turned into a sea of fire, emitting crackling explosions.
The people in the city prayed to the gods at home, praying that this war would end soon so that they could live a peaceful life. If it changed every few days, they would soon die in the war like the people elsewhere.
Listening to the explosions, Liu Chong suddenly thought of popcorn. It was just that it was too extravagant to have so much food for popcorn.
"My lord! All the granaries have been set on fire. What should we do next?”Dian Wei asked.
"Charge towards the north gate! Regroup with Zhen Da!" He pulled his thoughts back from his memories. Up until now, the entire plan had been going smoothly. However, if he wanted to say that it was completely successful, he still needed to successfully escape.
"Gather, charge north!" Liu Chong mounted his horse and led the entire army towards the north gate.
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