The Three Kingdoms: Home Travel

"The year is Jiazi! Great fortune for the world!"

"The year is Jiazi! Great fortune for the world!"

"The year is Jiazi! Great fortune for the world!"

Outside the East Gate, countless figures shouted this phrase, their momentum increasing with each shout.

"The year of Jiazi hasn't even arrived yet, what's the rush!" a general shouted from the direction of Xuzhou.

Laughter erupted in Xuzhou, and the Yellow Turban Army's momentum faltered.

Zhang Yan was supervising the army when he heard this and looked towards Xuzhou. He saw a general dressed in white armor, carrying a long, gleaming silver spear, leaning against the city wall.

Who is this person? Zhang Yan wondered to himself. He knew Fang Yue; he had suffered a loss at Fang Yue's hands last time and had almost lost his head. So who was this person?

"Who are you?" Zhang Yan called out.

"I do not share the same name as the traitorous general!" Tao Ying replied. "Hurry up and hand over your head, so I don't have to waste my energy."

Jiang Zhe was speechless. Just as Yuan Long had said, Tao Ying was indeed very wicked.

"Hmph!" Zhang Yan ordered the Yellow Turbans to form a battle formation, and said, "Do you dare to fight me?"

"You?" Tao Ying said disdainfully, "You're no match for me!"

"..." If it were a few days ago, Zhang Yan would have already launched an attack on the city in anger, but at this moment, although he was furious, he only gave a cold smile.

Standing atop the city wall, Jiang Zhe watched the colossal structure slowly approaching in the distance, thinking to himself, "It really is a siege ladder... Hmm? Zhang Yan even built a siege tower?"

The cloud ladder was somewhat different from the ladders we have now. It looked more like a frame. Once it got close to the city wall, the Yellow Turban soldiers on top could use iron hooks to grab the wall, and then the Yellow Turbans below could climb the wall in a continuous stream.

The siege tower was designed for archers, because during a siege, the soldiers guarding the city walls could inflict heavy casualties on the attacking soldiers below. Due to the height, once outside the siege tower, the enemy could be suppressed.

The Yellow Turban Army's siege towers were almost as high as the east gate of Xuzhou, with three levels and more than a hundred Yellow Turban soldiers standing on them.

There are as many as five such well curbs!

There were even more ladders, probably a dozen or so!

Zhang Yan is probably very eager to attack the city.

Could it be that the Yellow Turbans are out of food? Jiang Zhe muttered to himself, which was overheard by Chen Deng, who nodded in agreement.

Most of the Yellow Turban soldiers surrounded the siege ladder and slowly moved towards the east gate. Unlike before, they were now holding poorly made wooden shields, probably to reduce casualties.

"Ziping!" Jiang Zhe began to give the order.

"Your subordinate is here!"

"The archers are under your command; defend against the enemy using the methods I just described!"

"Yes!" Fang Yue accepted the order and left.

"Yuan Long!"

"The student is here!" Chen Deng said respectfully.

"Has the oil for boiling been prepared?"

Chen Deng glanced at the inner city and saw a troop of soldiers approaching the east gate. He immediately said, "Arrived at the east gate!"

"Then I'll leave this to you!"

"The students obey!"

Jiang Zhe stared at the well curb, remaining silent for a long time.

This truly alarmed one of them. Tao Ying waited for a long time, but Jiang Zhe didn't speak. He stepped forward and said, "Why does Your Excellency disregard your subordinates!"

"..." Jiang Zhe seemed hesitant, looking at Tao Ying and saying, "Yuan Long said your martial arts are quite strong?"

Tao Ying was somewhat surprised, then proudly declared, "I've practiced martial arts since childhood, so naturally I'm not weak!"

Jiang Zhe nodded, pointed to the five well curbs, and said, "I am very worried about these things. Ziping, are you confident in their ability to prevent them from falling?"

Tao Ying took a closer look and saw that there were many bandits beneath the five well towers, making them a formidable enemy. However, he smiled slightly and said, "Take several hundred elite soldiers with you, and I will go and burn these things!"

"Don't underestimate the enemy!" Jiang Zhe said emphatically.

"Your subordinate is willing to accept the military order!"

Jiang Zhe stared at Tao Ying for a long time before saying, "I will give you eight hundred elite soldiers..."

"We will definitely succeed!" Tao Ying replied with a smile.

Could he really be that powerful? Jiang Zhe gave Tao Ying a strange look, wondering why Tao Qian would give Xuzhou to Liu Bei.

"Waaah..."

The Yellow Turban army sounded their horns, and immediately the drums thundered as the Yellow Turbans charged toward the east gate.

"Beat the drums!" Jiang Zhe shouted in a deep voice.

"Boom boom boom..." The war drums from Xuzhou also sounded.

"Archers and crossbowmen, prepare for battle! Heed my command!" Fang Yue shouted loudly. "All archers, divide into two teams, front and rear; crossbowmen, divide into three teams, front, middle, and rear!"

"All archers, divide into two teams, front and rear; crossbowmen, divide into three teams, front, middle, and rear!" Upon hearing Fang Yue's order, the lower-ranking officers of the Xuzhou army shouted in unison.

The teams were quickly divided.

Fang Yue glanced outside the city and saw that the Yellow Turbans were already within range. She immediately shouted, "Archers in the vanguard, fire!"

"shoot."

Hundreds of arrows whistled past.

"The front team step back to retrieve the arrows, the rear team steps forward, and fire!"

"Shoot!" The crowd shouted again, and hundreds more arrows were fired at the Yellow Turban formation.

"Rear ranks retreat, front ranks advance, fire!"

"Front line retreat, rear line advance, fire!"

Using this tactic, the Xuzhou army managed to suppress the Yellow Turban archers for a time, forcing them to hide behind the well towers and not dare to show themselves.

The ordinary Yellow Turbans below suffered even more. Those who were lucky enough to use wooden shields to block the arrows were immediately shot to death by the next wave, while those who were unlucky were shot to death directly.

"Hmm?" Zhang Yan frowned as she watched the arrows flying out from the east gate of Xuzhou. They were coming in waves, one after another, without end.

"Move the siege towers forward! Suppress the enemy! Prepare the siege ladders! The first to scale the city wall will be rewarded!"

Indeed, the most terrifying army in the world is the one that is not afraid to die. Braving the arrows from Xuzhou City, the siege tower slowly advanced, and the archers and crossbowmen on it fired back.

Fang Yue knew it was time to use the crossbowmen. Mr. Jiang said that the crossbowmen were even more powerful at close range, so he hadn't used them earlier. Now that the enemy's siege ladders were in front, it was the perfect opportunity.

"Crossbowmen, listen to my command!" Fang Yue handed the order to his deputy, then went to the crossbowmen. "Front line, fire!"

With a burst of fire, dozens of enemy soldiers fell on the ramparts of the enemy's well.

"Front line, crouch down and load your arrows! Middle line, fire!"

The dense crossbow bolts were more powerful than bows and arrows at close range, rendering the enemy's wooden shields useless on the ground. Shields shattered and men fell from the siege ladders (siege towers).

"Squadrons, crouch down! Rear guards, fire!"

Once the rear guard had finished shooting, the front guard had already loaded their arrows. "Rear guard, load your arrows on the spot! Front guard, fire!"

Arrows rained down relentlessly. Any other army would have been routed long ago under such a barrage, but the Yellow Turbans, true to their name, braved the arrow storm and charged to the East Gate.

Bang! After suffering enormous casualties, the first siege ladder hooked onto the city wall, and more than ten Yellow Turbans with red eyes jumped onto the wall from the ladder.

Jiang Zhe shouted, "Kill!"

One of them charged forward, shouting, "Gentlemen, follow me!" It was Tao Ying!

Tao Ying was truly extraordinary. He stepped forward and single-handedly defeated more than ten Yellow Turbans. Then he jumped onto the cloud ladder and went on a killing spree, with Yellow Turbans falling off the cloud ladder from time to time.

Jiang Zhe immediately panicked. This was the boss's son! "Zicheng! Be careful!"

Upon hearing this, Tao Ying focused his attention and saw countless arrows shooting towards him from a nearby well curb. Immediately, his mind tightened, and he wielded his spear like a white dragon, deflecting all the arrows.

"Wow, that's amazing!" Jiang Zhe was dumbfounded. When Tao Ying flew back, he looked at his forehead and realized that Tao Ying's forehead was covered in a layer of cold sweat.

"Luckily, I am highly skilled in martial arts..." Tao Ying said with lingering fear.

Jiang Zhe was speechless for a moment, then saw that Chen Deng had arrived and shouted, "Yuan Long!"

Chen Deng knew what Jiang Zhe meant, and immediately ordered, "All generals, step forward and fetch the boiling oil!"

At this moment, the second and third siege ladders also hooked onto the city wall, and on the ladders, many Yellow Turbans had crazed expressions on their faces...

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