The 70,000-strong army marched out of the city and headed straight for the Nine Gates.
Three days later, the government troops set up camp in the north of the Nine Gates City, facing the Nine Gates from afar, forming a confrontation.
Five days later, the government troops that had rested for a while launched an attack on Nine Gates City.
The first wave of attack was led by Right Lieutenant Chunyu Qiong. Under Chunyu Qiong's command, the government troops climbed up the city wall twice, but they were eventually chased down by the Yellow Turban soldiers.
After fighting for half a day, the government army had lost more than two thousand men, but the nine gates still looked unbreakable.
"General, the walls of Nine Gates City are too high. It will be very difficult for the soldiers to climb up the siege ladders. In addition, the enemy has a lot of crossbows, so it will be difficult for our chariots to get close to the city gates.”
Chunyu Qiong arrived in front of Lu Zhi, covered in blood.
The government troops were very brave in the battle just now, but unfortunately, the government troops lacked the means to attack the city.
Firstly, catapults were not widely used in siege warfare in this era because of their poor accuracy. They were usually used in field battles.
Secondly, the government troops were not fully prepared. They had not had the time to build siege weapons such as well fences.
"Lord Dong, do you have any ideas?"
Seeing Lu Zhi throwing the question to him, Dong Zhuo quickly shook his head.
This was not a good time to stand out.
"General, the morale of the Yellow Turban Army is high. If we want to defeat the Yellow Turban Army, we should first find a way to dampen their morale.”
Yuan Shao took two steps forward to Lu Zhi's side and continued,""I have two generals under me, Wen Chou and Yan Liang. They all have the courage to fight. Why don't we make use of their courage and let them have a battle with the Yellow Turban Army?”
Seeing Lu Zhi nod his head, Yuan Shao's heart leaped with joy. He hurriedly turned around and asked Yan Liang, Wen Chou, in a loud voice,"Which one of you is willing to go first?”
"Yan Liang is willing to go and share the General's worries.”
"Humph, the Yellow Turban Army is just a bunch of clay chickens and clay dogs. Even Wen Chou is willing to go on stage to experience the other party's brilliant moves.”
Seeing Yan Liang and Wen Chou eager to give it a try, Yuan Shao was thinking about who to send out first. Liu Bei took a few steps forward to Lu Zhi's side.
"General, General Yan Liang and General Wen Chou have followed General Yuan and have already risen to fame. Even if they won, the Yellow Turban Army could find a reason to lose. Why don't we let my second and third brothers fight? They're not famous. If they win, they'll definitely be able to deal a better blow to the enemy's morale.”
Liu Bei's words made sense, so Lu Zhi nodded and asked,""Your second and third brothers are confident of winning?”
Without waiting for Liu Bei to reply, Yuan Shao said coldly,""One is selling dates and the other is selling meat. If we let them fight and lose, it doesn't matter if they lose their lives. If this affects the morale of our army, it won't be worth it.”
"You really have a dog mouth…"
Without waiting for Zhang Fei to finish cursing, Liu Bei hurriedly pulled Zhang Fei behind him.
"General Yuan, my second brother Guan Yunzhang has the courage of ten thousand men. My third brother, Zhang Fei, is extremely strong! They will definitely be able to kill the enemy."
Hearing Liu Bei's words, Dong Song also stepped forward and said,""General Lu, I'll borrow what you told me before. The greatest taboo of a strategist is to underestimate the enemy. I think it's safer to let General Yuan's Wen Chou Yan Liang fight.”
Seeing Liu Bei trying his best to show off, Dong Song was naturally unwilling to give him the chance.
In reality, if Dong Song had the chance, he really wanted to kill Liu Bei immediately.
When Lu Zhi heard Dong Song's words, he felt that Dong Song's words were reasonable, so he said to Yuan Shao,"Let Wen Chou and Yan Liang go to the city to fight.”
Yuan Shao looked at Dong Song gratefully, then cupped his fists at Lu Zhi and left.
Not long after, Yan Liang rode his horse to Nine Gates City with a saber in hand.
"I am Yan Liang, a general under Lieutenant Yuan Shao. You traitors, do you dare to send your generals to fight me?”
Seeing that there was no response from the top of the city wall, Yan Liang continued to shout loudly,"Are you all rats? You don't even have the courage to fight a general?”
"I'll say it again, I'm Yan Liang from Langya. If you guys are real men, send out your generals to fight me.”
This time, as soon as Yan Liang finished speaking, there was finally a reaction from the top of the city wall.
Dozens of archers took a few steps forward and arrived at the side of the city wall. Yan Liang had just reacted when these archers shot a large number of arrows at him.
When Yan Liang saw the situation, he used his saber to block the arrows that descended from the sky while riding his horse back to Yuan Shao's side in a rather sorry state.
After a while, another person poked his head out from the top of the city wall. "I am Gao Sheng, a general under General Earth Duke. If you have the ability, send your troops to attack the Nine Gates. If you don't have the ability, don't do these useless things.”
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