Chapter 38 Sending troops to Xiangyang
"The army is marching out of Jingzhou, and it will not return until Xiangcheng is destroyed. I don't know that the fame will be withered forever, but only a few words will be left to record the policy."
Nie Zefeng and the generals discussed that they had just arrived in Jingzhou, and all the troops and horses had not fully rested and needed to rest for a while, so they could only send one person to attack Xiangyang City and Fancheng first.
"Marshal Qi, the recruitment list you published today has included Wumei, Wang Can, Wang Jun, Yi Ji and other celebrities from Jingzhou."
"Okay, I'll go meet them in person soon."
Nie Zefeng turned around and said, "Wei Yan."
"The last general is here. I now officially appoint General Nanfu Zhonglang as the commander-in-chief, commanding 50,000 troops to attack Fancheng and Xiangyang City."
"The general will obey his orders."
"Gao Shun."
"The end will be here."
"I order you to command our troops and horses as backup."
"yes."
"We can send troops now."
Wei Yan and Gao Shun went back to reorganize their troops, and Wei Yan took the lead in leading the troops to attack Fancheng.
In less than half a day, Wei Yan's troops reached the gates of Fancheng. The two rebel generals stationed in Fancheng were Chen Sheng and Zhang Hu.
The two of them had always looked down on Wei Yan. When they heard that Wei Yan led his army to attack Fancheng, they took the lead and rushed out of the city. Chen Sheng swung his sword, Zhang Hu swung his gun and Wei Yan swung his sword at him. Wei Yan urged his horse forward and took out his precious eagle bow.
He shot Zhang Hu to death with one arrow, then took out his sword and stood with Chen Sheng. Since Zhang Hu died, Chen Sheng was somewhat timid, but Wei Yan used his sword sharply to sink it, making his move fatal.
Wei Yan slashed Chen Sheng in half with a sword, and Wen Qiang, who was holding the battle behind, shouted "Charge"
Wancheng soldiers rushed directly into the city with these defeated soldiers, and Fancheng was captured in an instant.
"General Wen, I didn't expect that we could take Fancheng so smoothly. I think we can take Xiangyang if we dare to be cunning. The marshal also gave me 50,000 troops. I think it is superfluous. It is even more superfluous to ask General Gao to support us."
"The whole army marches forward quickly and reaches Xiangyang. Each person is rewarded with ten catties of meat and one catty of wine."
Under the temptation of this material, the entire army rushed towards Xiangyang City like crazy.
At this time, in the General's Mansion in Xiangyang City, Huo Jun and Xiang Lang were discussing Xiangyang's city defense in the hall.
"Report."
A messenger hurried in and reported: "Report to the general that Fancheng has been lost and the enemy has marched towards Xiangyang. Please make a decision, general."
"Go down with the order, close the four doors tightly, and don't go out to fight."
Wei Yan and Wen Qiang led five thousand cavalry to attack outside Xiangyang City first.
Wei Yan took the lead to come to the city. He looked up and saw that there was no one on top of the city. It was too quiet, too quiet.
However, Wei Yan, who was temporarily occupied by the emotion of victory, did not think much, but shouted loudly to the top of the city: "Wei Yan is here, who dares to fight?"
Although the sound was not loud, it could be heard clearly around the quiet city wall.
Wen Qiang slowly urged the cavalry forward.
"Wei Yan is here, who dares to fight with me?"
In an instant, countless flags at the top of the city covered the sun, and suddenly a hail of arrows roared out, roaring all the way, tearing through the gorgeous blue sky and penetrating the clouds, "Swish-swish-swish."
In an instant, the sky was full of arrows, like a thick dark cloud, flying towards Wei Yan's army.
"Raise your shield and retreat."
All the cavalrymen raised their shields, "Quick, quick."
Wei Yan let out a long roar, and almost all the soldiers lay on their horses and retreated in an orderly manner.
The long arrows fell, and the piercing and sharp screams were horrifying. One after another, soldiers fell off their horses, and some long arrows were nailed to their shields, making a dense and dull sound, like a hailstorm coming.
In this way, three rounds of shooting were fired from the city head, and Wei Yan's entire cavalry regiment retreated from the shooting range above the city head.
Huo Jun shouted loudly from the top of the city tower: "Wei Yan, you are a villain who sells goods and seeks glory, you have the nerve to attack my Xiangyang, today this is your tomb..."
Wei Yan originally planned to use his cavalry to attack the city again, but Wen Qiang dissuaded him: "General, it's getting late. Besides, we don't have suitable siege weapons now, so we should wait until the follow-up troops arrive."
Chapter completed!