Three Kingdoms

Fei Qian guessed that Gongsun Zan would receive his lunch box at the end of the year or early next year. However, in fact, the speed of Gongsun Zan's collapse exceeded everyone's imagination.

When Gongsun Zan was strong, in addition to the carefully selected 3,000 white horses, he also had more than 10,000 infantry. If Wuhuan's 50,000 people are included, the total war power that can be mobilized reaches the entire The North is second to none. Even the local tycoons in northern Jizhou and most of Youzhou supported Gongsun Zan from the beginning.

But after Gongsun Zan killed Liu Yu and clearly showed his defeat to Yuan Shao, the entire political structure quickly fell apart, even giving Gongsun Zan a strong sense of crisis, making Gongsun Zan no longer trust people. Kazuto doesn't even believe those generals and soldiers who were once under his command.

As a result, Gongsun Zan's generals gradually became disloyal and eventually abandoned Gongsun Zan.

Among them were Taishi Ci and Chen Hao.

In the first battle for Yijing, Taishi Ci led troops to defend on the front line, and fought repeatedly with Ju Yi. During this period, not to mention the support of soldiers, there was not even supplies. Fortunately, Sili, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, and Jizhou A large-scale locust plague occurred in the southern and other regions, and Yuan Shao's army was unable to supply food. In the end, Yuan Shao's army ran out of food and temporarily retreated.

Gongsun Zan took advantage of the retreat of Yuan Shao's army, took advantage of the situation, defeated Ju Yi who was behind, and seized some baggage and equipment. He used this to praise himself, completely forgetting the hard work of the general's defense...

After all, Taishi Ci was heartbroken. On the one hand, guarding Yi Jing for Gongsun Zan was a show of friendship. On the other hand, he saw that Gongsun Zan seemed to have changed. He was becoming more and more arrogant and domineering. He also realized that Gongsun Zan would eventually fail, so he stayed. After receiving the seal and ribbon, he resigned and left, turning to Fei Qian.

After all, there is Tai Shiming here in Pingyang, and he had some friendship with Fei Qian before, so he was always on a better side.

Chen Hao, whose courtesy name is Zixin, was originally a good son of Baima Yiyi under Gongsun Zan. However, after the defeat of Baima Jieqiao, he shouted loudly at that time, "Where righteousness comes, life and death follow each other. The sky can tell you, and the white horse is the proof." " seems to have become a lifelong joke. After confirming that Gongsun Zan no longer had the intention to reorganize the White Horse Yi Cong, these originally proud White Horse Yi Cong had their last bones removed and completely lost their energy and spirit. After accidentally learning that Tai Shi Ci was going south, Chen Hao and several frustrated Baima Yicong followed him into the Taihang Mountains, traveled to Taiyuan, and then to Pingyang, where they met Tai Shiming and Xun Chen.

Xun Chen felt that Guanzhong was vast and lacked manpower, so he warmly welcomed Taishi Ci and Chen Hao, and then let Taishi Ci and Chen Hao arrive in Guanzhong. However, he never thought that not long after Taishi Ci and Chen Hao arrived in Guanzhong, they encountered each other. He joined the Zheng family to rebel, and Huchuquan attacked!

Zuo Fengyi.

Linjin.

Linjin City, once the seat of Zuo Fengyi, had a high city and deep ditches, so it naturally became the most important node in resisting the invasion of Huchuquan.

The fall of Diaoyin was indeed unexpected, and Su City was small. One was a management official directly under Fei Qian, and the other was probably involved with the Zheng family of Zuo Fengyi. Therefore, when Huchuquan arrived, there was basically no resistance. , then surrendered to Huchuquan, as if Huchuquan could march straight into Linjin. If Linjin falls, Chang'an is to the west and Tongguan is to the east. Basically, Zuo Fengyi will fall into the hands of others.

Since Xu Shu accepted Zuo Fengyi as the governor, he has gradually replaced the officials and even the military academy who were originally entrenched in Linjin and were involved with the local wealthy people for various reasons, and replaced them with Fei Qian and the military academy. Perhaps it was this kind of behavior by some personnel and soldiers in the north that finally touched the nerves of Zuo Fengyi and Zheng family, and it was possible that he finally made up his mind.

However, it was precisely because of Xu Shu's actions that Linjin City still stood firm despite the three consecutive days of siege by Huchuquan.

Chen Hao stood up unsteadily, feeling that his whole head was extremely heavy, his head was buzzing, and the whole world seemed to be spinning. His body couldn't help but staggered, and he fell to the ground again before he felt a little better.

"Bah!" Chen Hao spit out a mouthful of blood, and suddenly felt that the breath in his chest and abdomen became smoother. The roar in his ears also became lighter, but the sounds of fighting far and near suddenly increased in volume. , filled Chen Hao's entire hearing.

A man ran over with a blood-stained sword, and a hoarse voice sounded, asking repeatedly: "Brother Zixin! Great, great, you're awake! How do you feel? How do you feel on your body?"

Chen Hao raised his eyelids and saw that it was another Baima Yicong who had followed him to Guanzhong, his name was Chen Gong, also known as Shoubai.

"It's okay!" Chen Hao gritted his teeth and stood up again with Chen Gong's help, only to realize that he was actually under the city wall, "Huh? Why am I down there? How about the city wall? Why did you get down?"

"Brother Zixin, have you forgotten? You fell off the city wall!" Chen Gong looked Chen Hao up and down, "I heard that you were awake, so I came down to take a look..."

"Ah? Did I fall?" Chen Hao said blankly.

The city wall of Linjin is more than three feet high. Of course, this is the "Zhang" in the Han Dynasty. The Han ruler is about 23 to 24 centimeters. One foot is almost two meters and four meters high, and more than three feet is seven or eight meters. , close to the height of a three-story building in later generations. Normally, even if you fall from such a height, you will be injured even if you don't die.

Chen Hao reached out and touched his body, then moved his arms, legs and feet. He found that except for some muscle soreness, there was nothing serious, so he said: "I'm fine, I'm fine!"

When Huchuquan's troops arrived at Zuo Fengyi, they launched a large-scale attack on Linjin City almost without stopping. The main points of the attack were at the three north gates adjacent to the city, namely Zhenxing, Xuanfeng, and Xinmen. On the three city gates of Qiu. Among them, the battle at Xuanfengmen in the middle was particularly fierce.

Although Linjin City is relatively strong, it does not have a barbican. In other words, once the city gate is breached, it means that there is no buffer room. Therefore, the battle for the city gate and wall has entered a fierce stage from the beginning.

Chen Hao led his troops on the Xuanfeng Gate and fought with the Huchuquan soldiers. However, he never thought of fighting with a fierce Xiongnu leader who rushed up the ladder. When the two were wrestling, they did not expect that they were on the city wall. The green bricks were soaked in blood and became slippery. The two of them couldn't hold back their momentum, and they fell off the city wall together as they tore at each other.

Fortunately, there happened to be supplies and vehicles under the city wall that were ready to be transported to the top of the city. When the two fell down, the Xiongnu leader made Chen Hao's flesh pad again. Although it was somewhat shocked to the head and lungs, it was still considered lucky and he fell into a coma. He woke up after a while, no serious injuries.

However, this was not the time to rejoice that he was lucky. After Chen Hao stood up, he and Chen Gong rushed to the city again almost immediately.

Since the founding of Gongsun Zan, Baima Yicong has received the best pay and the best training. Naturally, Chen Hao and Chen Gong are not bad at it. Needless to say, horse fighting is also good at infantry fighting. Although it has been said that since the world After the Battle of Qiao, Baima Yicong's reputation was ruined, but when faced with the invasion of the barbarians, even without any reputation, as a man from Northern Xinjiang, he never flinched!

On the city wall, soldiers were running around.

Some people carried the boiling water that had just been boiled and poured it down the ladder. They watched the Xiongnu howl and fall from the ladder like hot red fish and shrimps; some worked together to use poles to put them up on the top of the city. The Xiongnu who were pushed away from the city wall struggled to push the ladder away. They tried their best to cut the support pole with their swords, and finally looked up to the sky helplessly and fell together with the ladder; some stood on the edge of the battlements, unfolded their long bows, and gritted their teeth angrily. Shoot, completely ignoring that the fingers have been worn out and the blood is dripping...

Xu Shu was dressed in military uniform and stood in front of the city gate tower, arranging his soldiers. Although the look on his face was heavy, there was no trace of panic. His voice when giving orders was accurate and loud, which made the soldiers on the city feel a little more at ease.

Huchuquan came suddenly, and Xu Shu and others defended in a hurry. Many city defense equipment was not well stocked. After three days of fierce fighting, there were not many weapons such as kerosene to defend the city, and they could only rely on manpower to defend.

When he saw Chen Hao and Chen Gong, Xu Shu had no time to go up to greet them. He just cupped his hands at them and nodded to express his condolences.

Chen Hao didn't say much, returned to his original position, picked up a shield that someone dropped, slapped it with the sword in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Yeah, yeah, you're back! Did you see it! Yeah!" Yes, he fell from the wall, nothing happened! That Hun boy turned into a pulp! Yes, he even took two bites of it!"

Chen Hao said it humorously, and the surrounding soldiers responded with a smile: "It's all pureed, so have you taken a few bites?"

"Hahaha! Of course!" Chen Hao didn't take it seriously and said with a laugh, "But the meat of the rabbits is smelly, and it almost made Ye Ye sick! After defeating these bastards, Ye Ye will treat everyone to eat Roasted Lamb!"

"good!"

"That's a deal!"

The soldiers replied in a flurry of words, and the fatigue on their bodies seemed to have eased a bit.

Due to the angle problem, most of the arrows fired by the Huns went over the female wall, flew over the soldiers, and fell into the city. Only a few of them just happened to land on the city wall. Chen Hao held up his shield and almost didn't see the arrows. He didn't dodge at all, he just used his shield to cover and then rearranged the soldiers' positions.

Seeing Chen Hao's return, the surrounding soldiers were still fierce and inconvenient, and their morale was also boosted. They either used city defense equipment or used the swords and guns in their hands to resist the tide of Xiongnu soldiers.

After all, a ladder survived the defense of the soldiers on the city wall and was successfully placed on the battlements. Within a few breaths, crazy Hun soldiers rushed up with swords in their teeth, jumped out of the battlements, and shouted Screaming and slashing.

Chen Hao immediately greeted him, raised his sword and led the preparation queue to greet them.

Hand-to-hand combat immediately began on the crowded and narrow city wall.

Chen Hao originally used a spear, but the spear was good for horse fighting. When fighting on foot, Zhang Er's spear was somewhat inconvenient, so he switched to an ordinary sword. But even so, the sword produced by Pingyang Workshop Zhengxi-style war knives are still several times better than steel knives made by ordinary iron workshops. In fierce battles, the blade is still sharp and is not easy to curl and chip. This allows Zhengxi soldiers to occupy a leading position in hand-to-hand combat. Has many advantages.

For these Xiongnu soldiers in Huchuquan, they also knew that as long as they captured Linjin, they could basically attack Tongguan from both sides. Therefore, they also knew the importance of Linjin, so they risked their lives to attack. Really popular.

As soon as the two sides in the hand-to-hand fight came into contact, one of them fell down.

Chen Hao used his shield to push away the sword slashed by a Hun soldier. Then, before the Hun soldier had time to put away his sword, he struck the Hun soldier between his chest and abdomen with the knife, disembowelled him, and kicked him over.

A young Zhengxi soldier roared, rushed past Chen Hao, and stabbed a Hun soldier in the stomach with his knife. Then, with red eyes, he held the knife in both hands and pushed the Hun soldier in an attempt to push him back. Fall down the city wall.

The Xiongnu soldier who was stabbed did not die for a while, screaming and holding on to the Zhengxi soldier tightly. He staggered and saw the two of them entangled together and about to fall to the city wall together.

Chen Hao rushed forward fiercely, cut off the arm of the Hun soldier who was holding tightly on the young soldier with a knife, then hit the Hun soldier with his shield, turned around, stopped the young soldier back, tilted his head slightly and shouted: "Yeah, you are lucky! You kid, don't imitate Yeah and jump over the city wall! The knife is for cutting, cutting!"

Before he finished shouting, Chen Hao rushed forward again and slashed the back of the Xiongnu who was fighting with another Zhengxi soldier, cutting off more than half of his shoulder straps and back. The Xiongnu soldier fell down screaming. , there was a splash of blood as high as one person.

"understand!"

Chen Hao shouted while continuing to slash.

"Understood!"

The young Zhengxi soldier responded, then imitated Chen Hao's posture and raised his sword to chop at the Xiongnu soldier.

The stench of blood filled the entire city wall. Chen Hao took care of those he could take care of. There was nothing he could do about those he couldn't take care of. The ladder was like a branch stuck in a pile of ants, immediately attracting a steady stream of Xiongnu soldiers to follow the ladder. Climb up!

"puff!"

A cloud of hot blood poured on the side of Chen Hao's face. From the corner of his eye, he saw that the young soldier who had just been rescued from Zhengxi had his arm cut off by a Huns, and then he was hit in the shoulder and neck. Blood spurted out and he fell down.

"Zixin! Get out of the way! Get out of the way!" Before Chen Hao could feel sad or angry, he heard Chen Gong shouting loudly behind him.

Chen Hao quickly withdrew to the side, only to see Chen Gong and a group of reserve spearmen coming over from the other side. The array of spearmen was immediately like pushing a haystack, pricking and thorning the remaining pikemen. All the Huns soldiers on the city wall were killed, and then the ladders that were put up on the city wall were pushed down.

Seeing that the successive attacks were blocked and the sky was getting darker, Huchuquan finally blew the horn to withdraw his troops. The Huns left the corpses on the ground and slowly retreated.

"The Huns have retreated! The Huns have retreated!"

The surrounding soldiers couldn't help but raise their swords and guns and cheered.

Chen Hao squatted next to the body of the young Zhengxi soldier, stared at the young and immature face, sighed softly, and then reached out to touch his still wide-open eyes...