Chapter 458 Reinforcements Arrive
In fact, even if the team leader did not report, Taishi Ci, who was sitting in the city gate building with Yu Qianling, heard the sound of war drums coming from the city. He was about to send someone out to ask what was going on outside, so the team leader rushed in.
Although Taishici had guessed in his heart that it might be Lu Bu's troops siege in the city, he still asked casually: "What happened outside?"
"If you go back to the general," the team leader quickly replied: "Lu Bu's troops have begun to attack the city. Please go out and take charge of the overall situation."
"Yu Qianling," Taishi Ci nodded after hearing this, and then said to Yu Qianling who was walking opposite him: "Lu Bu's troops began to attack the city, and our army may not last long. If the sir is unwilling to stay, I can send someone to escort you to leave from another city gate."
When Yu Qianling learned that Lu Bu's troops were sieging the city, he couldn't help but feel panic. He wished he could immediately put on his wings, fly out of the city, and escape to a safe place. But now Taishi Ci asked this in person, but he didn't know how to answer. He hesitated for a long time before murmured: "The general and the soldiers stayed in the city. How could I escape alone? I am willing to stay and share life and death with the general."
"Since Yu Qianling is willing to stay, please go back to the county government first and bring people to maintain public order in the city." Taishi Ci saw that Yu Qianling is willing to stay, and stood up and bowed to him and said, "When the general defeated Lu Bu's troops, he would drink and chat with the gentleman."
After sending Yu Qianling to leave, Taishici and his team led the two out of the city tower. The soldiers on the city wall immediately felt confident when they saw Taishici's appearance. They knew very well that even if the city fell, Taishici would always be with him.
After Lu Bu's troops arrived at the city, a team of archers immediately stepped forward and shot arrows. If they were in other places, the archers on the city would definitely shoot back and shoot against them. However, Taishici was all newly recruited soldiers, and occasionally a few soldiers who would make archers had already died in the battle a few days ago. The defenders in the city had no bows and arrows. Facing the bows and arrows shot from the city, the soldiers could only hide behind the squadron to avoid them.
Seeing that the defenders in the city were suppressed and could not look up, Lu Bu waved the halberd in his hand forward and signaled the infantry to attack the city. When the infantry saw the signal from Lu Bu, they shouted loudly, and rushed towards the city wall with bamboo ladders. They came under the city wall and put the ladders on the city wall. Two soldiers held the ladders below, and the rest climbed up the ladders.
Taishici saw Lu Bu's soldiers climbing up the ladder, and quickly stood up and issued orders loudly. Just then, a Lu Bu army climbed up to the top of the city, so he raised his hand and shot the other party down.
When the soldiers around him saw Taishi Ci stabbing Lu Bujun who had climbed up the city wall, they quickly stood up and stabbed Lu Bujun one by one with the weapons in their hands. Some soldiers forgot that there were archers under the city, because they had been exposed to the squadron for too long, they were shot into the vital points by the bow and arrow and fell to the ground.
Due to the suppression of bows and arrows under the city, although the defenders in the city continued to kill and injure Lu Bu's army, they also suffered a lot of casualties. Soon, some Lu Bu's troops successfully climbed the city wall and fought with the defenders on the city. Seeing this, the team leader quickly said to Taishi Ci: "General, the enemy has climbed the city!"
"You are here to watch, and I will deal with them." Taishici was afraid that the Lu Bu army who had climbed the city wall would stand firm and the city would fall, so he left behind to supervise the battle here. He led more than a dozen soldiers to rush towards the place where Lu Bu army climbed the city.
Although Taishi Ci is not a match for Lu Bu when fighting alone, with the assistance of his own soldiers, there is still no big problem with dealing with dozens of Lu Bu soldiers who have climbed the city wall. Ordinary Lu Bu soldiers are not his opponents, and often fall under his gun when they meet.
Unfortunately, the combat power of Lu Bu's army far exceeded that of the defenders. Lu Bu's army, who climbed the city here, had just been eliminated. Lu Bu's army climbed the city in other areas, so he had to hurried over to rescue with his people.
After running back and forth seven or eight places, Taishici felt that his physical strength had dropped seriously. He thought to himself: No, if he ran two or three places, he would not even have the strength to wield weapons. If he continued to fight, the city would not be able to defend.
Just as he was leaning against the battlements in the city, he suddenly heard a soldier not far away shouting: "Reinforcements, our reinforcements, our reinforcements are here!"
First, one person was shouting, then two, three... countless soldiers shouted loudly. Taishici was originally skeptical about the arrival of reinforcements, but when he heard countless people shouting, he rushed to the cliff and looked into the distance, and saw a piece of dust rising from the plain in the distance.
Seeing that the dust raised was not high and the speed of moving was not fast, Taishici knew that the infantry was coming. Although the reinforcements were still several miles away, the Lu Bu army, who was sieging the city, stopped attacking and retreated back to the original formation. Ji Ling, who had been staying by Lu Bu, learned that Taishici's reinforcements had arrived, just snorted and said to Lu Bu: "Wen Hou, continue to attack the city and wait for Ji to deal with this reinforcement." After that, he took his three thousand soldiers and horses, the front team turned into the back team, and the back team turned into the front team, and went away with the troops in the distance.
The soldiers who came to rescue Licheng were 10,000 soldiers led by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. When the two were still ten miles away from Licheng, they received rewards for exploring horses, saying that Lu Bu's soldiers were attacking Licheng. After hearing this, Guan Yu was afraid that Taishi Ci could not resist, so he ordered the soldiers to speed up and strive to arrive at Licheng before the city was broken.
As soon as Ji Ling set up a formation on the road, Guan and Zhang appeared outside an arrow with their soldiers and horses. Ji Ling urged the horse to come forward alone and shouted loudly at the oncoming soldiers and horses: "Who are you? What are you doing here?"
Zhang Fei was impatient. When he heard someone shouting in front of him, he immediately urged his horse to come out of the battle. He shouted loudly at Ji Ling: "I am Zhang Fei, a Yan native, and I am the vanguard of Anyang Hou. I am ordered to come to Jieli City siege."
"Zhang Fei, a man from Yan?" Ji Ling repeated Zhang Fei's name and showed a disdainful expression on her face: "I haven't heard of it. I advised you to retreat quickly, otherwise you will become a dead soul under a three-pointed, two-edged sword."
Zhang Fei could not bear this kind of anger. He screamed, waved the Snake Spear in his hand and rushed up, fighting with the arrogant Ji Ling.
Although Ji Ling is a capable general under Yuan Shu, at best, he can only be considered a second-rate general, and he is not the opponent of the first-rate general Zhang Fei. After the two fought for several rounds, Ji Ling felt that he could not hold on. He slashed his sword, turned his horse's head and prepared to escape. But Zhang Fei was not willing to let him go, and stabbed him under the horse with one spear.
Chapter completed!