Chapter 44: Siege
After Zhang Jue's death, the remaining Yellow Turbans became a mob.
Huangfu Song was not afraid of anyone challenging him in command; this was his confidence as the commander of a large army. What made it difficult for him was the huge number of the Yellow Turbans and their various sorcery techniques that were difficult to defend against.
If he builds his own troops, the best he can do is to reach the elite level. After that, he will have to rely on fighting to upgrade the troops.
And now Zhang Jue can recruit the Imperial Guards by himself. Even if they are counterfeit Imperial Guards, they are still Imperial Guards.
In the one-on-one battle between the Yellow Turban Warrior and the Yulin Guard, the Yulin Guard could even lift the parallel imported Yellow Turban Warrior up and beat him with one hand. The fight between the two armies could even result in a terrifying casualties ratio of one to three.
However, the number of Yulin Guards and reserve troops included was less than 10,000. There were almost 30,000 Yellow Turban strongmen assisting in defending the city, and there must be more Yellow Turban strongmen who were not in the city.
The parallel-imported Yellow Turban Warriors are not strong enough to defeat the Yulin Guards, but when it comes to fighting against elite-level troops, the initial casualties ratio is 1:3, with one Yellow Turban Warrior and three elite-level troops.
Guo Hao once fought against Cheng Yuanzhi's Yellow Turban Warrior, who was a parallel version of the Yellow Turban Warrior. If it weren't for Hua Xiong's good command and the fact that the cavalry archers slightly restrained the infantry, Hua Xiong might have been killed.
Huangfu Song acted decisively and launched a general attack the next day, sending Liu Bei, Sun Jian, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao to lead their troops to attack.
Huangfu Song did not put all his eggs in one basket. He had heard of the names of Nanhua and others, but he did not see any special abilities of these three people. Anyway, they had a large army and could kill people at will, which was completely on the same level as the natural disaster methods displayed .
Of course, if Zhang Jue dared to go to the Han army camp alone, Huangfu Song could also pat his chest and guarantee that if he could not kill Zhang Jue in one second, he would even give Zhang Jue his head.
No matter how powerful one's personal strength is, it is useless in front of the army lined up for battle. All monsters and demons will be reduced to ashes when the army passes by.
The main reason is that the Yulin Guards arrived with reinforcements, and the Julu side still used players as guards. The current strength of the players is basically at the level of ordinary regular soldiers to elite troops. The Yulin Guards, a royal guard, can seize the flaws and completely achieve a crushing effect.
Huangfu Song planned to concentrate his forces to launch an offensive. It would be great if he could take advantage of the opportunity to break through the city.
Once again, huge profits were paid, and the crazy court players pushed all kinds of wooden carts, risking their lives to clear the way for the troops behind them.
Hundreds of Han soldiers pulled the ropes of the giant catapult together and threw super-large stones at the city wall.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The huge rock smashed hard on the city wall, but it only caused ripples. The Yellow Turbans used their popularity and magic to set up a barrier to stop all the attacks of the Han army in mid-air.
If it weren't for this barrier, the Han army would have crushed the city wall with catapults. Thousands of huge rocks bombarding for a whole day would have brought down even the best-built city wall.
The Han army was not discouraged. These were just appetizers for the siege. At most, they were just a greeting between the two sides. The real siege was still to come.
The dozens-meter-high siege tower slowly approached the city wall with the joint efforts of many soldiers, and the archers on the siege tower rained arrows onto the barrier.
No one is stupid. Although the Yellow Turbans' barrier has a bug, everyone knows that this kind of barrier must be supported by energy. As long as the energy of the barrier is exhausted, the Yellow Turbans' city wall will not be so easy to defend.
The catapults were still roaring, but the Yellow Turban Army was completely unmoved. No matter how strong they were, they would get used to the roar after hearing it for more than ten days.
The Yellow Turbans were not to be outdone. The giant crossbows on the city walls continuously launched counterattacks. The shooting speed of the eight-meter-long crossbows was extremely terrifying. Several crossbow arrows hit the siege tower. The terrifying force directly penetrated the siege tower, and the siege tower began to collapse.
Whether the players and soldiers on the siege tower can survive depends on whether they are lucky enough. After all, it is quite difficult to avoid falling to death from a height of dozens of meters. Those with poor physical fitness will not survive.
Huangfu Song mobilized the troops and casually chopped into pieces two crossbow arrows shot at him. He did not take seriously these crossbow arrows that could kill a second-rate general in seconds.
Huangfu Song looked at the Yellow Turban's giant crossbow with no expression on his face, but in his mind he cursed all the aristocratic families.
The giant crossbow was a controlled item in the Han Dynasty. Even if a third-rank official was found to have privately stored the design drawings of a crossbow, his property would be confiscated and his family would be exterminated.
Generally speaking, the imperial garrison troops would destroy the giant crossbow even if they were defeated in a battle, because this was an iron rule in the army, and even soldiers who had just joined the army would be instilled with this concept.
No one can repair these big guys without special skills. Although the giant crossbow is huge, its precision is definitely not low.
The Yellow Turbans were just a group of rebels of peasant origin. Even if there were one or two geniuses, they would not be able to repair it if they had the technology but no materials. If there was no one secretly supporting them from behind, how could they revive such a terrifying war machine?
"kill!"
The siege soon turned into hand-to-hand combat. In this era of explosive military power, climbing walls was not a difficult task. Even a wall of dozens of meters high could be climbed with just a little effort.
Zhang Liang, Zhang Bao, Bo Cai and Zhang Mancheng, four Yellow Turban leaders, were stationed at the four gates of the city wall. Yellow Turban soldiers, Yellow Turban strongmen and Yellow Turban players walked past them. The dense numbers made the Yellow Turban side full of confidence in victory.
Guo Hao and Yuan Shao attacked the north gate together. Under great pressure, Yuan Shao displayed a grace far superior to the Three Royal Families of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Even Guo Hao couldn't help but admire Yuan Shao's wisdom and bravery. That is why, among the players who followed the princes, Yuan Shao had the most players under his command, even the Three Royal Families were far behind.
The leader of the Yellow Turbans stationed at the north gate was General Zhang Bao, who was also a master of Taoism. Although he was not as good as his elder brother, he was definitely not an easy opponent.
"Throwing beans, they become soldiers!"
Zhang Bao did not charge into the battle line, but stayed on the top of the city wall and scattered a handful of beans from time to time. The beans grew in the wind and turned into a group of Yellow Turban soldiers. Although they looked funny, their fighting power was definitely not bad, and they could even fight with Guo Hao.
Guo Hao slashed the Yellow Turban soldier in front of him with his halberd, but the Yellow Turban soldier turned into a cloud of smoke and finally turned back into beans.
Guo Hao was simply disgusted. The bean soldiers were difficult to kill, and after they were killed, smoke would burst out. The smoke was nothing, just blocking the vision, but the Yellow Turban archers on the upper floor just stared at the smoke and shot arrows.
Countless Han army generals who relied on their martial arts skills died from this move. If Guo Hao had not been blessed with the gift of the sun, which allowed him to use his talent to withdraw when he realized something was wrong and narrowly avoid the concentrated fire, he would have died on the spot and had to run all the way from the camp again.
It takes one or two hours to complete one run, and the loss of merit is more than a little bit. Although his merit currently ranks first, Guo Hao does not want to leave room for others to catch up.
