w In addition to Gao Shun's 20,000 troops, Wang Yue's Longxiang Army, Chen Dao's Hu Ben Army, and Xia Mou's Jinwu Camp allocated all crossbowmen to participate in the ambush. Six thousand archers, four thousand crossbowmen, including all the war soldiers and auxiliary soldiers, all went out to fight, lay on the top of the city and the roofs of the houses, and shot at the unprepared Youzhou soldiers below.

Among the 40,000 Youzhou soldiers, the one who was given priority to death was their general, Shan Jing. Gao Shun, who followed Lu Bu for a long time, had heard of Tian Yu from Youzhou in Lu Bu, but he had never heard of the name of Shan Jing from Lu Bu. He knew that the so-called famous general of Youzhou, such as Shan Jing, was just a pile of shit in Lu Bu's eyes, and even shit was not as good as dog shit. Since the lord did not take such a person in his heart, Gao Shun fired the bow and shot the Shan Jing, who was preparing to fight back without hesitation, and shot the Shan Jing who was panickingly rectifying the people and preparing to fight back.

Shan Jing is worthy of being a famous Youzhou general who was valued by Gongsun Zan. Gao Shun's arrow hit him in the cheek did not stop him. He even shouted with hoarse throat: "Scattered into the houses and fight for their own people. There are many soldiers in our army, and we may not be defeated!" If he said, all the 40,000 Youzhou soldiers were scattered into the houses in Yecheng and engaged in street battles with the Yecheng defenders, Yecheng would definitely be defeated by Gongsun Zan. At that time, Gao Shun and others would be guilty of great consequences.

Fortunately, Chen Dao's bow shot the arrow, and the two arrows shot were at the throat of Dan Jing. The Youzhou general who was eager to find a shield in the cavalry formation turned over and fell from his horse. He was stepped into flesh mud by the chaotic Youzhou cavalry mounts. His clear tactical order came abruptly before he could be issued in time.

Suddenly entering the ambush circle of the Central Army, the retreat was blocked. The main general was also shot to death, and the enemy was pouring out from the high places around. The morale of the 40,000 Youzhou soldiers suddenly dropped from 100 points when they had just entered the city to 20 to 30 points. They were in chaos and fleeing in all directions, which was a downward trend of defeat. If they could stabilize the camp as soon as possible, raise their shields together, and attack the palace step by step for the camp, they might catch Gao Shun off guard, but these Youzhou soldiers only bullied the more undisciplined Xianbei and Wuhuan aliens. When they met an army like the Central Army that was good at fighting psychological warfare, no matter how powerful they were, they would be snow under the scorching sun.

The Central Army crossbowmen arranged on high places pursued the fleeing Youzhou soldiers without any trouble, and fell one after another. Some of the intermediate generals of Youzhou organized their soldiers to rush to each alley, but found that some alleys had insurmountable shield walls built, and some were trapped camps that were replenishing their strength. The Baier soldiers and the Longxiang Army were waiting for their own traps to fall.

Wearing heavy armor and wielding giant swords, the camp of the trap was pressing step by step, killing the Youzhou cavalry to overturn the horse.

The white-eared soldiers wearing yak leather armor and waving spears, and were agile, killed the Youzhou infantry who were hurriedly holding shields to retreat step by step.

These Youzhou infantry remaining under the long-range attack of bows and crossbows waved their swords and shields to fight back desperately, but the gunship of those white-eared soldiers was inherited from Chendao, with a rich and elegant style. The atmosphere was full of strangeness, and the move posture was very different. They were places where these swords and shield soldiers could not defend in time. At the end of the battle, these Youzhou swords and shield soldiers discovered sadly. Their shields could not resist the weird white-eared soldiers, and could only resist the attacks of bows and arrows from time to time.

Gongsun Zan outside the city looked at the suddenly closed southern city gate in amazement, and then listened to the fighting sounds coming from Yecheng. He knew that he had been trapped this time. He was furious and decided to take advantage of the fact that most of the Yecheng defenders were ambushing the 40,000 troops, and storm the remaining 70,000 troops to attack Yecheng, and strive to capture the city overnight.

Gao Shun only laid 8,000 troops at the south gate and 2,000 troops at the east gate. Most of them were county soldiers with very little combat experience. Under the attack of Gongsun Zan's 70,000 troops, they were in danger. Every time they were attacked by thousands of Youzhou soldiers. Fortunately, Gao Shun promptly drew elite infantry from the ambush below to support the defense war at the city, which avoided the fall of Yecheng.

Before dawn, the Yecheng defenders were fully operational, and more than half of the troops were placed on the annihilation of the 40,000 men and horses of the single Jing, and the other half were placed on the fierce engineers of Gongsun Zan's 70,000 men. When the war was at its peak, the remaining troops of the Longxiang Army who were left behind in the palace, the remaining troops of the Hu Ben Army who were left behind in the Central Army castle, and even the Boy Scouts of Lu Bu's daughter Lu Lingqi participated in the battle, so they barely ensured that the two-line battle and two-line blossomed, and barely ensured that Yecheng would not fall under the fierce attack of Gongsun Zan.

Just as Gao Shun was imminent, two thousand cavalrymen under the banner of Gongsun Zan came outside the east gate of Yecheng, with silver armor and white horses under the crotch. They were all young knights with handsome faces, shouting, "Where is righteousness, life and death are followed! The heaven can be seen, and the white horse is proof!" They were all very arrogant, completely not taking the ordinary Youzhou infantry and cavalry in front of them seriously.

Because Yecheng is a mountain in the northwest, Zhangshui in the north, and Xuanwu Lake in the west, only those who can use their troops to attack the city are outside the South Gate and the East Gate. There are three city gates outside the South Gate to facilitate the siege. Gongsun Zan placed the main siege troops in the south gate, and only 10,000 old, weak and remnants were placed at the east gate, and they were handed over to a general who had recently surrendered to Gongsun Zan to command.

The man from Jizhou was named Fan Hua, who was seeking fame in the northern part of Hebei. People in the world thought he was a talented general. After interviewing him, Lu Bu felt that this person was just a mediocre person with great ambition and overstatement. He was just good at boasting, so he got a fame. It was basically a combination of Zhao Kuo and Ma Su. Letting such a person lead troops to fight was simply a joke about the lives of soldiers. Therefore, Lu Bu refused to use him and didn't even give him the position of a county lieutenant.

This guy was dissatisfied. After Gongsun Zan came, he immediately went to surrender. After fooling him, Gongsun Zan thought that this guy was a talented general, so he assigned him 10,000 troops to command him.

Fan Hua's ability to command troops is mediocre, but his talent in relationships is quite clever. It seems that this team of men, horses, silver helmets, silver armor, and white horses are obviously the personal soldier of the master Gongsun Zan. Although he didn't know anyone, he subconsciously thought that he had not long after he defected to Gongsun Zan. He didn't know all the thousands of white horses under Gongsun Zan, so he did not check the other party's identity. Instead, he immediately went forward to the leader with a smile and asked, "Do you dare to ask the general's name Gao?"

The handsome and unconventional general touched the mane of the white dragon horse under his crotch and looked arrogant: "What's the point of my surname? What's the point is our lord's general!"

The more arrogant the general of the White Horse Yicong was, the more respectful Fan Hua was, because he understood that these White Horse Yicong followed their lord Gongsun Zan all day long. If they said anything casually in front of their lords, they would be unable to bear it, so they bowed and asked, "What are the instructions for lords?"

The White Horse Yidu general shouted arrogantly: "Lord, please attack the East Gate quickly and cooperate with the lord's offensive at the South Gate."

Fan Hua's fat face squeezed out a flattering smile: "But the last generals are all old, weak and disabled soldiers. You can restrain the defenders, but you can't do anything to attack the city."

The general who was in charge of the White Horse and Cong snorted coldly, "Lord, how can you disobey the order? If you push and stop it, you will definitely be killed without forgiveness!" As he said that, he picked up the bright silver spear in his hand and acted to stab Fan Hua.

Fan Hua begged: "General, even if you kill the Mo General, Mo General can't let these brothers die in vain!"

The white-faced general glanced at the more than 10,000 elderly, weak and disabled soldiers under Fan Hua's command and sneered: "Fortunately, the lord told me in advance. If you really can't attack the East Gate, then follow me to the South Gate and assist the lord to attack the South Gate together!"

With no choice but to follow Bai Ma Yi to gather at the south gate.

The white-faced general looked at Fan Hua coldly: "In order to prevent you guys from being lazy, the lord ordered us to stay behind to supervise your march. In addition, all the officers in you come and march with us to prevent you from telling your soldiers to let them do their work!"

The more than 10,000 people outside the East Gate were mostly soldiers who surrendered to Gongsun Zan in the counties in northern Ji. After they surrendered to Gongsun Zan with their respective county magistrates, the county magistrates saw that Gongsun Zan always used the surrendered troops in Jizhou to attack the city during the Battle of Nanpi, so they had the idea of ​​supporting themselves. Every time they attacked the city, they were extremely unscrupulous. Gongsun Zan was eager to capture Yecheng, so they simply did not use these lazy surrendered troops in Jizhou. Fan Hua knew this situation. He was determined to work hard for Gongsun Zan, so he agreed with the white-faced general's approach and quickly followed the man's instructions.

All the people outside the east gate of Yecheng were withdrawn, but a few people were left behind by the White Horse Yicong team. They lay on the ground and waited for the front team to walk away. They stood up, walked towards the east gate of Yecheng, and shouted an order. The guards above could see that they were soldiers of the White Horse Yicong under General Zhao Yun's command. They knew that Yecheng was surrounded by Gongsun Zan and were cut off from inside and outside. These people must have reported the news about the lord's army. They happily put down the rope and pulled the people to the city.

After Zhao Yun and Yicong's white horses entered Yecheng, they told Gao Shun, Tian Feng and others about the current situation of Lu Bu's army. Gao Shun, Tian Feng and others knew that the lord had successfully ambushed Yan Gang's 30,000 cavalry, less than ten miles away from Yecheng, and were excited. Gao Shun, Tian Feng and others also accepted the lord Lu Bu's military order, and agreed to launch an attack on Gongsun Zan after an hour.

At this time, the defenders in Yecheng ambushed the 40,000 troops from Shan Jing inside and fought against Gongsun Zan outside. They were both tired and exhausted. But when they heard the news that the lord's army was approaching Yecheng, all the fatigue on the defenders was wiped out, and they were filled with a hundred times of fighting spirit and a thousand times of spirit.

Gao Shun looked at the defenders with great morale, then the remaining soldiers of Youzhou who were still fighting, and laughed loudly: "After an hour, you will defeat Gongsun Zan!" To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support is my greatest motivation.

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