Three Kingdoms: Jiangdong is no longer a rat

Chapter 149 Empty City
Amid the deafening sound of drums, dense groups of soldiers pushed ladders and rushed towards the city walls shouting in the light of the fire.

Among the four gates of Qiantang, the attack on the north gate was the most fierce. This was certainly not because there were the most soldiers at the north gate, but because Yan Yi did it on purpose.

Although there were 4,500 soldiers at the North Gate, most of them were ordinary soldiers and there were very few elite soldiers. Their task was only to make a feint attack to attract the defenders over. The general leading the troops was Fan Yan.

The soldiers at the East Gate and the South Gate were the weakest. Their task was to tie down part of the enemy forces. They were led by Si Qing and Wei Kuan respectively.

At the west gate, Yan Yi was in charge, along with generals such as Chen Gan and Fan Yi. The 3,000 soldiers under his command were all elite soldiers, including 500 heavily armored infantrymen.

There is no doubt that the west gate is the real main attack direction of Yan Yi's army. This is also an arrangement made in response to the enemy's chaotic command.

When two armies face off, combat effectiveness and morale are certainly important, but on-the-spot deployment is also crucial to victory.

What Zhong Jin lacks most right now is generals with command experience.

When he hurriedly climbed the city wall, he was momentarily bewildered by the enemy's desperate stance. In a hurry, he could only deploy half of the defenders to the north city to fight according to the enemy's strength distribution.

As the attackers surged toward the city walls, archers on both sides drew their bows and arrows, engaging in a fierce exchange of fire. The entire city was suddenly enveloped in a barrage of arrows as dense as a swarm of locusts, a scene of profound shock.

After the rain of arrows, thousands of soldiers began to climb up along sixty or seventy ladders and launched an attack from four directions simultaneously.

This was the most fierce siege Yan Yi had ever launched.

However, no matter how fierce the attack was, it had to be restrained in front of the ten-meter-high city wall.

Many soldiers were hit by rocks falling from above when they were halfway up the ladder, and fell off the ladder with screams.

After the stones, there were pitchforks, hooks, rolling logs, and boiling oil.
The casualties of the attacking soldiers began to rise at a speed visible to the naked eye, and in the blink of an eye only half of the first thousand soldiers who participated in the siege were left.

The second group of soldiers began to move up along the ladder, also numbering a thousand.

It took the loss of seven or eight hundred men before some soldiers finally reached the top of the wall, and the brutal battle for the parapet began.

However, at this time, the rate of casualties among the attackers actually began to slow. When the defenders could no longer recklessly launch their offensive towards the city and began to engage the enemy head-on, the difference in combat power between the two sides became apparent.

Under Yan Yi's intentional control, the attack at the west gate was not fierce, and the greatest pressure on the enemy was from the north gate.

At this moment, some soldiers at the north gate had already rushed up the city wall, but they were quickly repelled by the defenders relying on their numerical advantage.

Crunch!

Four flying towers and two tower cars finally arrived, pushed by hundreds of soldiers.

The attacking soldiers used the flying tower to make their offensive more powerful!
Zhong Jin had to transfer more soldiers to the North City where the situation was most critical.

Chen Gan stood on a twelve-meter-high building, watching all this with cold eyes.

When nearly one-third of the West City defenders arrived at the North City, he hurriedly got off the carriage and reported to Yan Yi, "Young Master, the West City defenders have already gone to the North City, about 30%."

Yan Yi tightened his grip on the hilt of the sword and said in a cold voice, "Begin!"

"Here!"

Chen Gan clasped his fists heavily, strode to the front of the battle, and personally beat drums to supervise the battle with more than ten generals including Fan Yi.

In an instant, the sound of the drum at the west gate was loud, like a heavy hammer hitting the hearts of the soldiers on both sides!

The previously gentle, cat-like attacking soldiers shed their camouflage, revealing their ferocious fangs. They instantly transformed into predatory tigers, viciously pouncing on the city wall.
Just as Yan Yi's army was attacking from the north and west, attempting to deliver a fatal blow to the defenders, the Yu Fan army camp, fourteen miles away, was already in chaos. A soldier was awakened from his sleep, hurriedly put on his armor, and lined up at the west gate of the camp. The scene was extremely chaotic.

Yu Fan had already put on his armor and was standing at the gate of the village on horseback, looking at the Qiantang City, which was engulfed in flames, with a serious expression.

With such a loud noise and such a dazzling fire, even a fool would know what happened.

Yan Yi is not a stupid person. On the contrary, he is very smart. Since he chose to attack the city at this time, he must have something to rely on.

Yu Fan withdrew his gaze, a faint sense of unease rising in his heart. Qiantang City might fall into enemy hands.

Da da!

The sound of horse hooves came from far away.

Shang Sheng rode up and clasped his fists, saying, "Lord Yu, all troops have been lined up and are ready to march. Four thousand reinforcements will arrive at the camp in an hour."

Yu Fan nodded, his inner uneasiness subsiding. As long as he had sufficient troops, Yan Yi would be powerless even if he had three heads and six arms.

He yanked the reins and shouted, "Go!"

Three thousand five hundred troops marched towards Qiantang City in a mighty force, scaring the surrounding enemy cavalry into scattering.

When passing through the fort, they were not intercepted by the enemy. The defenders on the fort wall only shot a few arrows symbolically, and then did nothing else, watching the army leave.

Yu Fan walked more than a hundred steps and suddenly woke up!

There are still three to four thousand defenders in the fort. It is impossible for them not to cooperate with the attacking army and intercept the enemy. This is very strange.

He hurriedly led his troops back and ordered an attack on the city. As soon as the order was issued, it immediately caused a commotion in the army.

Yu Fan was furious upon seeing this. He suddenly drew his sword and shouted, "Attack the city immediately! Anyone who disobeys my order will be executed, and their relatives will be implicated as well!"

The four words "involving relatives" were so terrifying that no one, from the captain to the soldiers, dared to speak out against it.

The 3,500 soldiers immediately deployed and launched an attack on the fort.

Who would have thought that just as the wooden ladder was placed on the dock wall, the defenders in the fort let out a cry of alarm, dropped their bows and crossbows, rushed out of the north gate of the dock, fled in all directions, and handed over the huge dock to them!
The attacking soldiers stared at all this in amazement, as if in a dream. Some couldn't help but pinch their cheeks, while others didn't even notice they had dropped their weapons.
A general beside Yu Fan said excitedly: "General, we've taken it!"

Everyone looked at him as if he was an idiot.

Yu Fan had already guessed the truth of the matter. The rage in his chest was no less intense than the flames in the sky above Qiantang. He shouted angrily, "Go grab a few people!"

Dozens of riders rode out on horseback and galloped towards the north gate of the fort.

Faced with the pursuit of only dozens of riders, no one of the three thousand civilians tried to resist and they just tried to escape.

The young master of the Yan family has said that as long as the enemy attacks the city, their mission will be completed and they can leave at any time.
The two hundred soldiers and five hundred slaves who were supervising them not only did not stop them, but instead loudly urged them to flee.
In this situation, only a fool would resist. Wouldn't it be better to escape back home and comfortably collect the reward?

Dozens of cavalrymen easily captured several civilians.

When these people told Yu Fan everything that had happened, everyone's faces turned green.

"What a plot!" Yu Fan laughed in anger and shouted, "Let's go to Qiantang!"

The generals responded loudly. The fear in their hearts disappeared, leaving only deep shame and anger. They wanted to rush to Qiantang immediately and skin Yan Yi to avenge this humiliation!
(End of this chapter)