The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 109 The Battle of Jinyang ([-])

The night is long, but it will eventually pass, and the east of the night sky has already turned pale.

The camp of the Yellow Turban Army outside the eastern part of Jinyang City was still brightly lit, and the stars in the woods on both sides of the camp were still lit up, forming two long fire dragons.

There were also traces of the Yellow Turban Army outside the two cities of Beicheng and Nancheng. According to the observation of the scouts of the Han army outside the city, there were about one army each, which seemed to be partial divisions used as containment.

Overnight, a large number of simple long ladders were driven out, and siege equipment such as ladders, crash cars, and rush cars, which were behind the main force of the Yellow Turban Army, also arrived at the camp one after another.

These siege equipment appeared in front of the defenders of Jinyang City without any cover.

The news of the lack of cavalry in Jinyang City was soon known by Xu An and others.

The noise woke Zhang Yi up from his slumber, because Xu An's several victories were won by night raids, so Zhang Yi not only doubled his defense at night, he didn't even remove his armor while sleeping, so he could get up at any time .

Under the protection of his personal guards, Zhang Yi quickly stepped onto the tower, and also saw the source of the shock of the Han army on the city, those who were placed outside the camp and the rushing chariots, as well as a large number of ladders.

It seems that the Han army did not have enough cavalry to come out of the camp to destroy these siege equipment, so they placed them outside the camp in a grandiose way, deliberately baring their fangs to create pressure on the defenders in the city.

The lingering sound of the horn echoed in the field outside Jinyang City, and the camp of the Yellow Turban Army suddenly turned upside down.

Zhang Yi tightened the sword around his waist. Yesterday he had a long discussion with the aristocratic families in the city, and he gathered all the horses and riders available in the city.

There were more than [-] usable cavalry, but most of them had no experience in battle, but this was better than nothing.

A large number of armor in the arsenal was also sent to the east city continuously.

Most of the civil servants in Jinyang City stayed up all night. They were checking the situation of the people in the city. The number of Han troops in the city was far less than that of the Yellow Turbans outside the city. Even if the slaves of various families were added to assist in the defense, it was the same, so they needed to be temporarily recruited. Some strong men with clean family backgrounds and law-abiding came to assist the city defense.

Those idlers and street hooligans were naturally the first to be excluded. Not only would it be useless for them to go up the city wall, but it would also disturb the morale of the army.

However, even if these people stay in the city, it will be a great disaster. In addition, there are still people in the city who fled into the city to seek refuge after hearing the news of the Yellow Turban Army's attack.

Although the investigation was strict, there might be spies of the Yellow Turban Army among these people.

Therefore, the number of officials patrolling the night and the streets increased several times, and these common people were concentrated in the west of the city, far away from the east city.

The sound of horns outside the city gradually subsided, followed by the sound of the passionate drums.

The camps of the Yellow Turban Army outside the city had calmed down, and groups of Yellow Turban Army troops poured out from various camp gates in an orderly manner, gathering under the khaki military flags.

Swords and guns are like forests, and the mountains and plains are full of yellow turbans. Countless yellow turban soldiers stand in formation.

The big khaki-colored banner was the first to catch the attention. Xu An was wearing a khaki-colored embroidered robe and black iron armor, sitting upright on a high platform that had been built, surrounded by a group of guards and soldiers.

The tiger-striped Yellow Angel banner fluttered in the wind, baring its teeth and claws.

The cavalry led by Xu Huang roared past the formation, and cheers came from all the formations along with the strong wind.

One after another, crude shield vehicles and a large number of ladders were pushed out from the formation of the Yellow Turban Army, and stood densely in front of the formation.

With the waving of a yellow flag under the big khaki-colored flag, the drums outside the east city suddenly beat loudly, beating heavily on the chests of everyone like thunder.

"call out----"

The sharp wooden whistle sounded from the Yellow Turban Army standing outside the east city.

"Tiger!"

Numerous soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army shouted in unison. They pushed the shield carts and ladders forward quickly.

The soldiers and horses of the Yellow Turban Army outside the city rushed towards Jinyang City like a tide.

"stretch--"

The bed crossbow on the city wall of Jinyang was activated by the guards.

The huge spear gun shot down from the city wall immediately, and fell into the raging crowd outside Jinyang City with the sound of howling wind.

"Tuk!"

A spear gun was nailed fiercely into the wooden shield on a shield cart and embedded in the shield surface.

But the huge impact force still made the gun head penetrate into it, and a Yellow Turban soldier behind the shield was nailed to death on the spot.

The flying sawdust also scratched the eyeballs of a sergeant, and blood flowed out of his eyes continuously. He fell to the ground and wailed in pain.

But compared to the other person beside him, he was undoubtedly lucky, because a larger piece of spiky sawdust was directly inserted into the neck of the person beside him.

The sergeant didn't even let out a muffled groan, and the sergeant of the Yellow Turban Army just fell to the ground, blood slowly flowing from his neck, gathering into a dark red pool of blood.

As the spear spear of the first bed crossbow fell into the formation of the Yellow Turban Army, more bed crossbows were fired one after another.

"Stretch—" "Stretch—" "Stretch—"

The sound of the bed crossbow being excited on the city wall of Jinyang City resounded incessantly.

Although the number of bed crossbows in Jinyang City is larger than that of Jingjingguan, the area under attack is also larger.

In addition, the accuracy of the bed crossbow is not very high, so most of the spears still fell to the ground.

But as long as the spear gun falls into the shield car, it can still bring waves of wailing and blood rain behind the shield car of the Yellow Turban Army.

"put!"

On the east wall of Jinyang City, as the command flag fell, four trebuchets were suddenly activated under the control of the soldiers of the Han army.

"call!"

The stone was thrown by the trebuchet, drawing a beautiful arc in the air, and with the sound of howling wind, it fell into the Yellow Turban army pressing against the city wall.

Four boulders were shot, two of which hit the formation of the Yellow Turban Army, and the other two boulders deviated far away.

The boulder slammed on the shield car with a powerful impact, and the shield car made of thick planks only had time to let out a whine before it was crushed by the boulder.

The splashed pieces of wood turned into pieces of deadly blades, and almost none of the Yellow Turban soldiers behind the shield car were spared.

The other boulder did not hit the shield car, but passed over the shield car and landed in the Yellow Turban army formation behind the shield car.

The boulder directly crushed a path of blood in the army formation.

The armor shattered by the boulder, the severed limbs were flying in all directions, no matter whether the generals, men or horses were smashed, it was unstoppable by manpower.

A sergeant of the Yellow Turban Army stood blankly on the spot, with a severed arm that flew from nowhere hanging on his shoulder, his face was covered with blood foam, and dark red blood slowly flowed down from his body.

There was a surge in his throat, a piercing scream, and then a maniacal laugh, and he suddenly ran backwards.

(End of this chapter)