Chapter 239 How can you return empty-handed

Xingyang city head.

Zhu Huan finally came back from his great shock, pulled out his sword and slashed hard on the huge shield of a personal soldier beside him, making a loud bang, which instantly attracted the attention of nearby Jiangdong soldiers. Then Zhu Huan said sternly: "Brothers, don't be afraid. No matter how powerful the Xiliang cavalry is, can it still rush to the top of the city?"

Ling Cao also breathed a sigh of relief, waved his strong arms and shouted loudly: "Yes, General Zhu Huan is right! We have a strong city to defend, so we are afraid of him? Prime Minister Cao, General Yuan will soon lead hundreds of thousands of troops to fight. No matter how powerful the cavalry of Xiliang is, he will still be killed by the Guandong coalition forces without leaving any armor?"

"Roar~~"

Zhu Huan held up his sword and whistled for a long time.

"Ho huh huh huh huh ~~"

The elite soldiers of Jiangdong on the city tower recovered their fighting spirit from fear and responded three times.

Outside Xingyang City.

"It's interesting." A faint smile flashed across Ma Yue's mouth and said to Jia Xu beside him: "Sun Jian is worthy of being a tiger in Jiangdong, and the Jiangdong soldiers he brought out are not soft-legged shrimps."

Jia Xu stroked his long beard under his chin and smiled sinisterly: "No matter how strong the Jiangdong army is, Sun Jian is just a martial artist! He was easily led out of the hole, haha..."

"From tomorrow, there will be no such figure as Sun Jian, the tiger of Jiangdong among the princes in the world." Ma Yue nodded, raised his right arm and waved it forward casually, and said calmly, "Siege the city."

Behind Ma Yue, Dian Wei slapped the blood-colored wolf flag in his hand into the air and whispered sternly: "Lord has an order, start attacking the city!"

"The lord has an order to start siege the city!"

"The lord has an order to start siege the city!"

Ma Yue's military order was quickly conveyed and he arrived directly at the rear army.

Suddenly, the long and long horn sounds surged into the sky, accompanied by the endless horn sounds, the originally dark and dense Xiliang cavalry formation suddenly cracked from the middle.

Xingyang city head.

Ling Cao took another breath of air conditioning and said to Zhu Huan beside him: "General Zhu Huan, then...what the hell is that?"

Zhu Huan narrowed his eyes slightly, his expression seemed extremely solemn. After a while, he said in a calm voice: "Is it the heavy armored iron cavalry that Prime Minister Cao once mentioned?"

"Heavy...heavy armored iron cavalry?" Ling Cao widened his eyes and ate, "What's that?"

Zhu Huan's thick eyebrows slowly frowned and said in a deep voice: "No matter how powerful the heavy armored iron cavalry is, can it really collapse the city wall?"

Outside Xingyang City.

With the sound of trumpets, a group of dark cavalry crossed the formation and advanced to the west gate of Xingyang to set up a formation one arrow away.

In the howling north wind, the Jiangdong soldiers at the head of Xingyang City were horrified to find that these cavalry were far taller and stronger than the Xiliang cavalry behind them (Western Regions horses). All the cavalry and men and horses were wrapped in thick iron armor, and even the faces of the cavalry and war horses were covered with cold face masks.

[About the marching and combat methods of heavy armored cavalry, here is the last explanation: the heavy armored cavalry does not wear heavy armor when marching. The heavy armored weapons are all carried by special pack horses. Only before the battle begins, the heavy armored cavalry will wear heavy armor with the help of the attendant to prepare for battle.]

The sound of the trumpet stopped abruptly, and the inside and outside of the city suddenly became silent.

The howling north wind and the sound of war horses from time to time make the sound of war horses further highlight the solemn atmosphere of the battlefield, and the heaven and earth are filled with a suffocating cold murderous intent.

"Ao..."

In the suffocating silence, a loud and violent long howl echoed in the sky. Suddenly, an iron-armored chariot dragged and pulled by ten strong horses appeared ghostly behind the Xiliang cavalry. Four thick and long sides of the iron-armored chariot stretched forward, with sharpened tops and wrapped in iron-clad hammers.

The iron armored car rolled forward along the passage where the Xiliang cavalry had just moved away, and finally walked around the semicircle along the square formation of the heavy armored iron cavalry, and suddenly stopped in front.

A man covered in iron armor, tall and strong as an iron tower, jumped off the iron armored chariot. When his feet landed on the ground, he made a dull sound of heavy objects falling to the ground. The giant man was holding a heavy meteor hammer in his hand, and circles of dark iron chains were wrapped around his muscled arms, which made people feel chilled.

Xingyang city head.

"God." Ling Cao hissed, "Is this guy a human or a ghost?"

Zhu Huan's face changed again and again, and said in a low voice, "What does this guy want to do?"

Under the terrified eyes of Jiangdong soldiers, the giant man, like an iron tower, came step by step towards the west gate of Xingyang. The meteor hammer in his hand began to roar with the giant man's right hand as the center. In an instant, the giant man's hand seemed to be carrying a huge and dark rotating giant shield.

"Shoot the arrow!" Zhu Huan shouted coldly, "Don't let this guy get close and shoot him to death!"

"Swish swish swish swish..."

Dozens of Jiangdong archers pulled their bows and arrows at the giant man at the same time. Most of these arrows shot into the giant man's tower-like body, but they were bounced away by heavy iron armor, which could not stop him from moving forward. In less than a moment, the giant man walked under the suspension bridge hanging high.

"Hehehehe..."

The giant man like an iron tower raised his head and made a strange laugh that was not like a human. Under the terrifying and desperate eyes of all Jiangdong soldiers, the meteor hammer whistling in his hands suddenly flicked out. The "rattle" sound of the iron chain dragging suddenly resounded inside and outside the city. The heavy meteor hammer drew a dark track in the air and swept the cable on the left corner of the suspension bridge.

"puff."

The iron chain tied to the meteor hammer hit the cable heavily, and the heavy meteor hammer changed its flight direction and turned back and wrapped the cable firmly.

"Hehehehehehehehe...roar!"

There was another strange laugh from a shabby person. The giant man suddenly turned around and took the iron chain tied to the meteor hammer to his shoulders, then raised his head and let out a loud roar. The cable tied to the left of the suspension bridge suddenly tightened, making a harsh rattle, as if he could not bear the huge pulling force and could break it at any time.

"Aoah..."

The Xiliang cavalry standing solemn outside Xingyang City shouted, cheering for the giant man. The giant man looked louder and took three steps forward. The tense left cable was broken with a buzzing sound. After breaking the left cable, the giant man looked crazy and waved the meteor hammer again to wrap the cable on the right.

"Not good!" Zhu Huan shouted, "This guy wants to break the cable, stop him quickly..."

However, it's too late.

As Zhu Huan finished speaking, the hanging suspension bridge had already fallen down, hitting heavily on the bridge pier, raising the sky full of smoke and dust. The 30,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry outside the city roared even faster when they saw this, and the huge waves were about to shatter the sky. Amid the deafening roar, the iron armored car that was pulled by ten strong horses at the same time began to rumble forward, and rushed straight towards the closed city gate.

Xingyang city head.

"Tube oil, pour the turbid oil quickly!"

"Shoot the arrows and shoot them to death!"

"Roll the wood and beat the stone, why are the idiots still standing there? Stop the stone and smash the damn city-killing car, hurry~~"

Zhu Huan and Ling Cao roared angrily, inspiring the Jiangdong soldiers to carry out their final resistance, but this was futile. The iron armor hit the city car was too strong and too fast. Before the large number of rolling wooden stones on the top of the city fell, the iron armor hit the city car that was rumbling forward had already rushed across the suspension bridge and hit the city gate.

Xingyang City has small walls, and the city is actually not much stronger than the fort.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the closed city gate collapsed. The iron armor that had not yet been exhausted hit the city car and crashed into the city, knocking down the Jiangdong soldiers who were crowded in the city gate corridor and trying to carry the chariot with their bodies. Then they ruthlessly crushed the Jiangdong soldiers and rushed into Xingyang City ruthlessly.

"Aoah..."

The giant man looked like a madman and pulled the meteor hammer forward. The eight hundred armored iron cavalry swept like the wind and the remaining clouds, sweeping towards Xingyang City. Further away, Ma Yue took his hand and 30,000 Xiliang cavalry quickly began to detour towards the north and south wings of Xingyang City, preparing to intercept the remaining soldiers of Jiangdong who were abandoning the city and fleeing.

The south bank of the river (Yellow River).

Cheng Pu led the cavalry team to rescue Qiao Rui, Zhou Tai, and Jiang Qinzheng led the follow-up infantry to respond.

"Report..." Zhou Tai was urging the soldiers to march quickly, and a fast horse suddenly came in the direction of the way, "General, something happened, something big happened!"

Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin hurriedly urged the horse to come up and shouted in unison: "What's wrong?"

He came to ride the blood-stained battle clothes, wearing several arrows, and ran to Zhou Tai. When Jiang Qin was in front of him, he was exhausted and fell off the horse's back. Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin urgently ordered someone to rescue him. After a while, the soldier was quiet and turned around and said to the two with a sad expression: "Two generals, it's over, it's over!"

"Nonsense!" Zhou Tai shouted, "What's over?"

The soldier said sadly: "Xingyang! Xingyang is over! Three thousand brothers, and General Qiao Rui's five thousand brothers, all died in battle, wuwu..."

"What!?" Zhou Tai was so gloomy that he shouted, "Where is Zhu Huan, where is Ling Cao?"

The soldier said sadly: "The two generals were also killed in battle, wuwu..."

"Ah?" Jiang Qin said miserably, "Zhu Huan, Ling Cao are all dead?"

"Report..." As soon as Jiang Qin finished speaking, another fast horse galloped in front of him, "Two generals, no more."

Zhou Tai felt angry and came forward and shouted loudly: "What happened again?"

He rode in front of Zhou Tai and stopped at the horse and said sadly: "The two generals, General Cheng Pu and General Qiao Rui were ambushed in the dense forest ahead, and all the brothers of the cavalry team were killed in battle! Cheng Pu, Chen Wu and Dong Zhi were all killed in battle. General Qiao Rui was also captured alive by the enemy general Ma Chao."

"What!" Zhou Tai was confused when he heard the bad news, and said sternly, "How could this happen?"

"Report..." Zhou Tai roared before he could see another fast horse galloping and said sternly, "General, you find a large group of cavalry thirty miles away and are rushing towards this side."

Jiang Qin asked, "How many cavalry are there?"

The scout replied: "There are tens of thousands of riders."

"Ten Thousand Riders?" Jiang Qin was shocked and said to Zhou Tai, "Youping (Zhou Tai Biao), what should I do now?"

Zhou Tai gritted his teeth and said, "What else can I do? Fight for the sake of his bad luck!"

"No, Youping." Jiang Qin advised urgently, "We have less than five thousand infantry in total. The terrain here is conducive to cavalry assaults. If you fight hard, you will definitely lose."

Zhou Taihuo said: "Then what do you think should be done?"

Jiang Qin pondered for a moment and said suddenly: "There is a river not far north here. The brothers are all familiar with the nature of the water, but the cavalry of Xiliang are all northerners, so they may not know the nature of the water. Moreover, the terrain of the river beach is not conducive to cavalry assaults. We might as well retreat to the riverside to fight this battle with them."

"Okay." Zhou Tai said loudly without thinking, "Just do it."

Xingyang city head.

Ma Yue and Jia Xu stood with his hands behind his back.

Jia Xu said to Ma Yue with regret: "The Major General has returned. Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin led the 5,000 Jiangdong soldiers who fled in swim. Such a good opportunity failed to destroy all Sun Jian's troops in Xingyang. It is a pity. What's even more regretful is that Sun Jian was not in Xingyang City."

"Wenhe is not guilty of self-blame." Ma Yue said in a muffled voice, "The so-called man's calculation is not as good as God's calculation, and this time, Sun Jian's fate is greater."

"Lord." As soon as Ma Yue finished speaking, Xu Chu rushed to the city tower and shouted, "Two enemy generals were found among the prisoners."

"Hmm?" Ma Yue's expression turned cold and said in a deep voice, "Bring it up."

Xu Chu turned around and waved his hand and shouted: "Bring it up."

Amidst the scolding and cursing, the two Jiangdong generals were pushed to the top of the city by the Liangzhou soldiers who were like wolves and tigers. Ma Yue looked at them and saw that the two generals had ferocious eyebrows and blood all over. It was obvious that many Liangzhou soldiers died under their hands in the melee just now, and Ma Yue's eyes suddenly became clear and sharp.

"What are your names?"
To be continued...