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Chapter 22 Under Huangchi City

"Woo..."

"Woo..."

"Woo..."

Long bursts of trumpet sounds sounded outside Huangchi City, awakening many soldiers and civilians in the city, and also kicked off Wei's war with South Korea.

Along with the sound of horns and the sound of marching troops coming from outside the city, a burst of panicked footsteps sounded at the top of Huangchi's city.

The steps under his feet were moving quickly, and his body was like a gust of wind passing through a Korean soldier on both sides of the passage. As the guard general of the Korean army, Han Rang, a member of the Korean clan, finally stood at the head of Huangchi's city.

While steadying his mind and trying to calm down his heart that was beating rapidly due to running, Han Rangyi looked at the Wei army that suddenly appeared outside the city.

But it was better not to look. When the scene outside the city came into view, Han Rang felt that his heart was about to jump out of his chest.

At this moment, the city was already boiling, and the Wei soldiers in red armor were twisting and coiling like huge red dragons.

Gradually, countless giant dragons began to gather in one place, with melee combat at the front and long-range attack at the back, supplemented by large siege equipment.

It didn't take long for a well-formed siege phalanx to gradually appear in Han Rang's field of vision.

Seeing the blazing Wei army formation outside the city gradually taking shape, drops of sweat slowly flowed down Han Rang's cheeks.

At the same time, a fear appeared in his heart.

Facing such an elite army outside the city, could he really defend the Huangchi City at his feet with less than two thousand soldiers?

The next moment, Han Rang's left hand tightly grasped the hilt of the sword at his waist, and ferocious veins even appeared on the back of his hand.

After a while, the fear in Han Rang's heart eased slightly, and then an unknown fire appeared in his heart.

"Where is the leader of the scout camp?"

Hearing Han Rang's obviously angry roar, several Korean generals following him immediately fell into calm.

Everyone's eyes turned to a Korean general in the crowd almost at the same time.

Facing everyone's gazes on him and feeling the anger from the general in front, the Korean general appeared in everyone's ears with a voice of fear.

"The end will be here."

After hearing this voice, Han Rang seemed to have grasped the last straw and cast his sharp eyes directly at the opponent.

"The Wei army has already arrived at the city. Why don't you and the scouts report it?"

"This, this, this..."

Facing the questioning from the commander-in-chief Han Rang, the scout camp commander didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Could it be that the report said that the reason why he did not send out scouts to investigate was because he never thought that the Wei army would come to attack Huangchi?

Facing the hesitating general of the scout camp, the light in Han Rang's eyes became even more intense.

After thinking for a moment, Han Rang said coldly: "Here comes someone."

"exist."

Looking at the personal guards who appeared in front of him after giving his order, Han Rang could finally feel calmer. Then his eyes suddenly turned to the scout camp leader, and a hint of killing intent slowly emerged in his eyes.

"This person is not good at gathering information, causing our army to miss the opportunity to fight. We will drag him down."

"Here."

As soon as Han Rang said these words, the scout camp leader felt that his sky was about to collapse. He could already foresee what was waiting for him next?

"General, have mercy on me, general, have mercy on me, general, have mercy on me..."

Suddenly, a burst of expectant begging for mercy appeared above the city, but it all seemed so futile.

What is even more sad is that none of the Korean generals who are colleagues came out to intercede. The relationship between brothers and sisters in the past is really too fragile in the face of life and death.

When the voice of the scout camp leader gradually disappeared from his ears, Han Rang's eyes swept across the figures in front of him.

Seeing the solemn expressions on each of their faces, Han Rang knew that his act of establishing authority by killing chickens to scare monkeys had already had its effect, and it was time to add another piece of firewood to the ignited flames.

With the thoughts in his mind settled, Han Rang said with a serious face and a cold voice: "Every general returns to his own formation. If anyone dares to retreat in the battle formation, this will be the fate."

"The general will obey the order."

Han Rang sacrificed the life of the leader of the scout camp to gradually calm down the morale of the army in the city, which had been shaken by the sudden arrival of the Wei army.

In troubled times, important rules should be used. Han Rang's bloody move is very effective, but what effect can it have?

That depends on the upcoming war between the two sides.

When the figures standing in front of him disappeared one by one, Han Rang came behind the female wall of Huangchi with a solemn expression. From the beginning to the end, his left hand was holding the hilt of the sword at his waist.

Following Han Rang's line of sight, in the Wei army's formation outside the city, a large red banner looked so dazzling.

Under the banner of the Chinese army, a chariot stopped quietly. On top of the chariot, Gongsun Qi, the Sima of Wei State, wearing red armor, stood quietly like a mountain peak.

As the planner of Wei's strategy for the war against South Korea and Zhao, Gongsun Qi was supposed to be based in Anyi and control the rhythm of the entire war.

However, Gongsun Qi took the initiative to ask for military service and came to serve as the commander-in-chief of the southern army. In the end, Wei Wei, as the Marquis of Wei, chose to agree to his request.

Two days ago, more than 40,000 people from the Wei army's southern legion, under the command of the general Gongsun Qi, quickly crossed the Dan River northward and appeared at the gate of Huangchi City with lightning speed.

This extremely swift action perfectly embodies the truth of the importance of military speed. Facing the sudden appearance of the Wei army, the Korean army in Huangchi City did not even have time to notify Pingqiu and other cities in the north.

At this moment, standing on the chariot and looking at Huangchi in front of him, Gongsun Qi's eyes were filled with a calm look.

Speaking of Huangchi, one cannot ignore an alliance meeting that took place here more than a hundred years ago.

In 482 BC (the thirty-eighth year of King Jing of Zhou Dynasty), King Wu Fucha held a meeting with Duke Ding of Jin in Huangchi. This meeting in Huangchi marked the emergence of Wu as the overlord.

But what is regrettable is that in the Battle of Lize shortly after the Huangchi Meeting, the Wu Kingdom was severely defeated by the Yue Kingdom in the south.

I have just experienced my peak moment, and then suddenly fell to the bottom. How can such a life situation not make people feel a little emotional?

Just when Gongsun Qi was recalling this incident that he had read about in the classics, a messenger came to him.

"Reporting to Sima, the army has been formed, do you want to attack the city?"

Gongsun Qi looked at Huangchi in front of him again, and a cold light bloomed quietly in his eyes.

"Pass my order..."

"The army attacks the city!"

Following the order from the commander-in-chief Gongsun Qi, the red military flag waved rapidly in the wind, and a famous messenger galloped between the phalanxes.

When the order was passed level by level to all parts of the phalanx, the catapults in the Wei army's formation first began to make their own sounds.

One after another, the stone bullets were placed on the catapult by the Wei soldiers, and then the hemp ropes were quickly pulled. The stone bullets were thrown towards the Huangchi in front with great power.

After a few breaths, these stone bullets, which continued to make a dull sound of breaking through the air, crossed the distance between the two armies and landed directly on the head of Huangchi City.

Some of these stone bullets hit the city wall of Huangchi, making craters in the city wall; some of them landed in the sky above the Korean army above the city, leaving pieces of bloody flesh.

This war started.
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