"Get the arrows!"
"Oil, is the oil ready?”
"Toss wood and rolling stones."
"Prepare the ballistae and shoot at their Linchong!”
On the city wall, the soldiers did not dare to be careless.
If the moth bandits were to break into Ganling City, then the families in Ganling City would be finished.
The government troops and local soldiers were desperately defending the city. However, the moth bandits who were charging up were also firing arrows non-stop.
The large amount of weapons and supplies he had obtained from Ye City were all sent out for dinner.
Arrows were fired at the top of the city wall, and from time to time, someone would be shot and fall.
People would die in war. Although the defenders had walls to protect them, casualties were inevitable.
"Ah! Save me!"
"Eyes, my eyes!"
"Quickly carry it to the lower city!"
Each family sent people to the city to help defend the city. Although it was not orderly, they did their best to stabilize the situation on the city wall.
Ganling was not considered a big city, and it was not affected much at the beginning of the Yellow Turban uprising. Therefore, the county soldiers and local soldiers had not been trained in battle.
At this time, as the casualties increased, the morale of the county soldiers and local soldiers guarding the city took a big blow.
At the same time, Zhou Cang led his army to attack the camp outside the city.
The garrison general of the camp was called Zhang Xun. He was Zhang Yi's uncle. He had once followed Duan Wei to quell the rebellion in Liangzhou. Although he was nearly sixty years old, he was old and vigorous.
"Release the arrows!"
"Release the arrows!"
In the camp, the Zhang family's children and the recruited local soldiers kept shooting arrows at the city tower.
Meanwhile, Zhou Cang cut down trees to make a cart. The moth bandits pushed the cart forward with shields and arrows.
Zhang Xun shouted,"Throw the kerosene and burn their cars!"”
The trebuchets began to throw fire oil cans. The fire oil cans fell around the charging cart and immediately caused a fire.
The Moth Thief that was burned by the kerosene rolled on the ground desperately, trying to put out the fire on its body.
Attacking a city was very cruel. It was not the first time Zhou Cang and the others had attacked a city.
"Supervisor."
Zhou Cang shouted.
Just like He Man, when the siege was not successful, they had to send someone to supervise the battle. Otherwise, the young and strong, the old and weak would not advance.
The battle situation on Zhang Xun's side was quickly transmitted to Zhang Yi.
Zhang Yi had just taken up the post of Qinghe prefect not long ago. Today was his first actual battle. At this moment, he looked at the moth thieves who were like locusts and ants, and a strong sense of unease arose in his heart.
The Moth Bandits did not care about the casualties and attacked Ganling City. They looked like they would not stop until they broke through Ganling City.
"Report!"
At this moment, a soldier ran to Zhang Yi's side and reported,""Lord Prefect, hundreds of thousands of moth bandits have surrounded Ganling City from the east, west, and north.”
Zhang Yi muttered," We have surrounded them in ten. The moth bandits are numerous. They obviously want to trap Gan Ling to death and not let us escape."”
"My lord, we need to mobilize the people in the city as soon as possible to help defend the city," Xu Kun said.”
"Yes." Zhang Yi agreed. He had already written letters to the mayors of the various counties. Now, he only hoped that the reinforcements from the various counties would arrive as soon as possible.
……
Liu Bei and Cao Cao already knew that Zhou Cheng had led hundreds of thousands of troops to surround Ganling City.
On the official road, Liu Bei took the initiative to say to Cao Cao,""Brother Meng De, Ganling City is surrounded and in danger. The three of us plan to go to Ganling City first.”
Lu Zhi hadn't arrived yet, and neither had the troops from the other counties.
Although Cao Cao had over two thousand soldiers, Zhou Cheng had hundreds of thousands. He would not rashly go to Ganling.
Cao Cao shook his head." Xuande," he said." Let's gather the troops of the prefectures first before heading to Ganling."”
Liu Bei was very determined. He said," Reinforcements are like putting out a fire. If we are a little late, Ganling City will fall and the people in the city will be poisoned by the moth bandits. I have made up my mind. Even if there are thousands of people, I will go."”
"Liu Bei is a true warrior," said Cao Cao."You go to Ganling first. I will gather the troops of the other counties and come to reinforce you."”
"Farewell!" After Liu Bei finished speaking, he, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led nearly a thousand troops towards Ganling City.
At this moment, Cao Cao looked at Liu Bei's departing troops and said to the people beside him,""Liu Xuande is loyal, but what's the use of having only a thousand troops?”
However, Cao Cao could never understand Liu Bei's thoughts.
In other words, someone with a background like Cao Cao would never understand the determination of someone without money, power, or connections to climb up.
A few days ago, Liu Bei had heard that Sun Jian had not only been exonerated, but he had also once again led the army and defeated the Yellow Turbans. He had been appointed Governor of Changsha by the court.
Cao Cao was also promoted.
Sun Jian must have bribed the Ten Attendants again, and Cao Cao's grandfather's connections were there.
Liu Bei was the only one who was still white.
Neither Zhu Rong nor Huangfu Song had been able to fight for a position for Liu Bei.
Moreover, he had lost to Zhou Cheng at the ferry crossing, which had become a stain on Liu Bei's crusade against the Yellow Turban.
Fortunately, Huangfu Song was transferred to Liangzhou, and his teacher Lu Zhi was sent to Jizhou. Liu Bei's career was restored.
Of course, this was not enough.
Liu Bei still needed the recommendation and support of more celebrities.
Ganling prefect Zhang Yi was a member of the Zhang family of Qinghe. He was weak because he could save Ganling, so he became connected to the Zhang family of Qinghe.
With the connections of the Qinghe Zhang family in Luoyang, they would be able to help Liu Bei when the time came.
Thus, Liu Bei would not miss this opportunity no matter what.
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