Chapter 391 Iron Cavalry Assault

Liu Ye had followed Jia Xu's suggestion before, and cut down all the trees around Suanzao City, and put them all into the city to make rolling logs and arrows, so the surrounding area of ​​Suanzao City can be described as empty.

Therefore, although Xu He ordered the Yellow Turban thieves to cut down trees to make ladders and other siege equipment, the number of ladders was still small, so the number of Yellow Turban thieves attacking the city was not dense.

The ladder was put on the Suanzao city wall, and the yellow scarf bandits who were eager to attack the city immediately climbed up towards the city wall with both hands and feet.

"Rolling logs, rolling stones!"

Seeing that the enemy army was attacking the city, the Han army immediately moved the log made just a few days ago from behind, and the two soldiers moved it up together, aimed at the attacking yellow turban thief and threw it down forcefully.

boom!

The leather shield in the yellow scarf's hand felt a sinking, and it was immediately hit by a force of gravity, and fell, and the robes under him were also thrown down by him.

Zhou Su frowned: "Archers, aim at the enemy and shoot."

Seeing this, the archers of the Yellow Turban Bandit immediately aimed their arrows at the Han army on the top of the city. The Han army who was exposed for a while was immediately aimed at by dense arrows, causing many casualties.

With the suppression of the firepower of the Yellow Turban archers, the Han army suffered a lot of casualties, and the pressure on the attacking Yellow Turbans was greatly reduced, and they hurriedly climbed up.

The yellow turban bandit pawns had just climbed onto the top of the wall, and were about to show off their skills, when a gap was opened in the shield wall, and a group of more than a hundred soldiers rushed out from behind the shield wall.

These armored soldiers are all dressed in iron armor and holding knives and axes. They are the carefully selected elite infantry in Liu Ye's army.

"Drive out all the yellow turban thieves in the upper city!"

More than a hundred armored soldiers rushed out suddenly, aiming at the yellow scarf thieves on the top of the wall with their knives and axes. The iron armor on these soldiers is invulnerable, and they don't need to defend at all. They only need to concentrate on attacking. They are extremely brave and will immediately charge The yellow turban thieves who came up were killed and scattered.

However, more and more yellow turban thieves came up on the ladder, and gradually the soldiers of the Han army fell into fierce battles, and casualties began to appear.

The total number of Han troops in the city was only 16,000, and some of them had to be left as a reserve team. The number of people who could be assigned to the four walls of the city was only more than 3,000, which could be described as stretched.

The Yellow Turbans have a full army of 130,000, which is seven or eight times the number of the Han army in the city. The number of Yellow Turbans assigned to each wall alone has exceeded the total number of the Han army. The city is under great pressure.

However, there was no worry on Liu Ye's face, and he didn't seem worried.

Xu He couldn't help laughing when he saw the two armies fighting fiercely on the top of the city, and the Han army was obviously in a hard fight.

"Within three days, Suanzao City must be conquered!"

But at this moment, there was a burst of ox horn sounding from the east.

Xu He frowned, and looked east immediately, only to see a black line emerging from the horizon, and then a figure appeared. It turned out to be thousands of cavalry, carrying banners with Pang characters and horse characters.

Ma Chao and Pang De led 6,000 cavalrymen to rush forward from a distance, and the horseshoes knocked on the ground, and the momentum was extremely shocking.

"The whole army obeys the order, not to assault the central army and attack the yellow scarf bandits under the city!"

Ma Chao saw from a distance that Xu He's Chinese army numbered in the tens of thousands, the defense was tight, and the soldiers of the Chinese army were well equipped.

The six thousand iron cavalry were the surprise soldiers of the Han army ambushing outside the city. Once they lost too much, they would naturally not be able to contain the yellow scarf thieves.

Ma Chao and Pang De's troops split into two groups and galloped towards the east and north of Suanzao City respectively.

boom!

With unparalleled impact, thousands of iron cavalry easily entered the army formation of the Yellow Turban Thieves. The sabers held high by the Xiliang Iron Cavalry easily cut through the armor of the Yellow Turban Thieves. The Yellow Turban Bandit broke his tendons and fractured his bones.

Although these yellow scarves swept across the Central Plains, they had never faced large-scale organized cavalry, and Ma Chao Pound led the Xiliang iron cavalry known as the world's most powerful cavalry, so naturally they couldn't resist.

The Yellow Turban Bandit's preparatory siege troops were originally recharging their energy and preparing to invest in the siege battle later, but they were hit hard by the Xiliang Iron Cavalry before they attacked the city and suffered heavy losses.

The Yellow Turban Thieves' reserve team was broken through by the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and they were directly divided into left and right, and scattered in all directions. However, Ma Chao did not stop, but raised his tiger-headed golden gun, pointing directly at the Yellow Turban Thieves' archers.

"Kill! Don't follow the general's order, don't take a step back."

After the Xiliang iron cavalry defeated the reserve troops of the Yellow Turban Thieves head-on, they continued to enter the archers of the Yellow Turban Thieves. The archers of the Yellow Turban Thieves were shooting arrows at the Han army on the top of the city. It was already like a huge sword, cutting fiercely into the formation of the yellow turban bandits' archers, breaking through in the middle.

The huge horseshoe kicked the yellow turban thief fiercely, and the sharp saber cut the yellow turban thief into two pieces.

The equipment of the yellow turban archers is not as good as that of the infantry. The infantry is used to siege the city and must wear the whole body, while the archer is clothed in commoner clothes. Yanzhou, attack the arsenal, but the armor is limited after all, so it is natural to give priority to satisfying the infantry, and the archers can only be put aside for the time being.

Ma Chao's tiger-headed Zhan gold spear was thrown left and right, and it was as if he had entered a land of no one among the yellow turban archers. The yellow turban archers were killed and scattered immediately.

However, as the yellow turban archers collapsed, the pressure on the Han army on the top of the city was greatly reduced. The Han army archers were full of energy, aiming at the yellow turban thieves under the city and shooting indiscriminately. , The siege of the city was immediately stopped.

Jia Xu smiled slightly: "General Ma is worthy of being a general. He led the cavalry to fight, and the timing was really just right."

Because of his military exploits in defeating Sima Fear, Ma Chao has been promoted from a school captain to a partial general.

Liu Ye nodded: "Well, order the reserve team on the top of the city to counterattack immediately and drive out all the yellow scarves on the top of the city!"

"No!" Guan Hai cupped his fists and walked down the wall.

The sound of war drums in the city suddenly soared into the sky. After receiving the signal, the reserve team in the city rushed to the top of the city with swords and axes in hand, and joined the soldiers.

With the strength of the reserve team, the morale of the defenders was immediately boosted, and they rushed out in one go. The yellow turban infantry under the city head were suppressed by the strong arrow rain of the Han army and could not provide reinforcements. The yellow turban thieves fell into a disadvantage. In the middle of the battle, under the full attack of the Han army, they retreated steadily.

"Damn it, the enemy cavalry ruined my good deeds!"

Xu He was furious, and the horsewhip in his hand made a loud noise in the air.