Seeing the officials' crazy attacks, Bu Yi was worried, the officers and soldiers did not care about their lives, and climbed up without care for their own lives. As long as the soldiers of the xanthopanax stuck out half of their head and wanted to shoot, in the end, they would be shot down by the army archers who were half a step ahead of them.
"Pass the order down, if we fight to the death, we will die on the walls of the Puyang City."
Bu Yi said coldly to the herald with a gloomy face. The soldiers of the xanthopanax could not be lucky, but seeing today's arrangement, the army obviously wanted to break through from the South of the City's Gate, no matter what, they had to fight against the army on the Puyang City's wall.
"Smash! Smash! Smash! Smash them all to death!"
Soldiers of the Yellow Scarves on the city wall understood their fate. Once the city breaks, their chances of survival are slim. People go even crazier in despair. They howl and desperately shoot arrows at the city walls, smash rocks, and push ladders away from the city walls.
"Ah …"
The soldiers on the ladders howled in despair. They clutched the ladders tightly and struggled in the face of death. The ladders swayed by the walls, but could not withstand the weight of the soldiers. Finally, they fell down.
Peng peng peng …
Thunderous roars sounded out from beside the city wall, and several hundred ladders fell onto the ground, smashing right into Yang Lin's heart. He raised his eyes to the cloudy sky, and a wave of sadness washed over him. Hundreds of lives ended in this way, and he could not bear the self-reproach of his conscience.
"Take it off."
Below the city walls, the cries of the officers and soldiers soldiers could be heard continuously, many of the soldiers had broken their legs, some even exposing their bones, the incomparable pain caused the soldiers to roll on the ground, Yang Lin powerlessly shook his head, and gave the order to retreat.
"Dang, dang, dang, dang …"
The sound of the retreating gong quickly sounded out, and it was ear-piercing to the screams of the soldiers. But in the ears of the besieging soldiers, like the gospel of heaven, they seemed to hear the call of life, and immediately began to retreat. Everyone supported each other as they dragged their crippled bodies backwards, one step at a time.
However, the Soldiers of the Yellow Scarves on the city wall seemed to have won the battle, his confidence was growing even more, unceasingly releasing Arrows, chasing after the retreating officers and soldiers. Many officers and soldiers s fell on the road of retreat. Even before they died, they stretched out their hands in front of them, eyes wide open, and stared straight ahead, not closing them even when they died.
The soldiers in charge of the rescue team came forward and carried the wounded soldiers down. Hua Tuo's trained assistants immediately helped to bandage the wound and comfort the soldiers who were shouting. However, this was only to comfort them. With the current medical conditions, many soldiers could only look on helplessly as they lost their young lives.
"Master, the attacks from the East Gate and the west gate have stopped too. The troops attacking the city are preparing for the next round." exorcism, who was in charge of understanding the progress of the siege, ran over and reported the situation of the other sects. It was clear that they did not obtain Ren He Jin's show either.
"Order everyone to rest and wait for orders." Yang Lin waved his hand towards the exorcism s, and they ran off quickly. Seeing that the officials of Puyang retreated like the tides, Bu Yi took a deep breath, all the depression that had been in him for half a day disappeared. Even the dark clouds in the sky seemed to be relieved. They slowly dispersed in all directions, and the sunlight that had been absent for so long scattered down once again.
In a short period of time, the clouds opened and the sun rose. Sunlight illuminated the entire sky, bringing warmth to the Yanzhou.
However, the Puyang City was deathly still, the citizens of the Puyang City who did not manage to escape in time were living in panic. All the men in the house had been chased to the city wall by the xanthopanax, and almost all the food in the house had been searched away by the xanthopanax. Those who were hungry did not dare to complain, and the women hid in their homes to cry.
Bu Yi sat in the great hall of the taiwai Palace in a daze. His entire body was covered in blood, emitting a strong stench of blood. The cultivation in taiwai Palace was way too luxurious, anyone who sat inside would feel a sense of majesty and solemnity, but it was a pity that Bu Yi had no choice but to leave before he felt satisfied.
Although the officers and soldiers had temporarily retreated, he clearly felt that they would not let this go easily. A new round of even fiercer attacks was just around the corner. He had a premonition that his end was near, and his heart was at a loss. Participating in the yellow cloth rebellion was the most complacent and craziest masterpiece he had ever performed in his life. However, like a shooting star in the sky, he disappeared just as fast as he came. He only shone for a moment in the vast night sky before he streaked across the sky and disappeared without a sound.
Right now, what he hated the most was the incompetence of the leaders of the xanthopanax. However, the various rebel forces did not belong to each other and each side engaged in their own war, which resulted in them being destroyed by the imperial government.
Zhang Jiao had occupied the Youzhou, Zhang Mancheng had occupied the Nanyang, and Bo Cai had occupied the both of them. They were able to coordinate with each other and formed a circle surrounding the Luoyang, and if they could coordinate together, they could encircle the Luoyang with all their might, and the world would be set long ago.
However, all the rebel soldiers were only concerned with themselves, they didn't even have the consciousness to coordinate with each other. Just a group of useless people like them want to own the world? Thinking about it, Bu Yi couldn't help but let out a cold laugh. Now that was dead, and the sun was setting in the west, and he was at the end of his road, then was Zhang Jiao still far from death?
Bian Xi, Li Shuang, Liu Qing and the rest of the generals were standing on both sides of the hall, looking at Bu Yi quietly. They were all frightened by the army's siege today, if this continued, the Puyang would not be able to hold on.
Especially those damned officials of the Puyang, they all had lingering fears. The soldiers were fearless as they rushed up desperately, almost attacking the city wall. If not for Bu Yi personally supervising the battle at that critical moment, the Puyang City would have already changed their banners.
"Lord General, let's just break out of the siege earlier. Even if we have to hold onto an isolated city, what's the point? No one will come to rescue us, and sooner or later they will take over as well. Although cavalry of Youzhou is powerful, there are only three ten thousand people s, and there are hundreds of thousands of us, so we can always escape a lot. It's better than being trapped in the Puyang City. "
Li Shuang was already discouraged. How long could he hold out in a city without any rescue? If they were surrounded by the city and the soldiers were exhausted, there would be no one left to protect them. There would only be death. It would be better to take advantage of the large number of people and run away one by one.
However, Bian Xi didn't agree. He had always been on Bu Yi's side, faithfully listening to Bu Yi's orders. After hearing Li Shuang's plan to break through the encirclement, he knew what he was planning to do.
"I don't agree to abandon the city and flee. If there is a city that we cannot defend against the attacks of the officials and army, then how would we be able to withstand the attacks of the cavalry of Youzhou in the wilderness?"
"Do we have to fight the cavalry of Youzhou in the wild? When they come, we will go, neither to defend the city nor to fight. We will retreat to the east, and finally we will retreat to Mt. Tai. They, cavalry of Youzhou will not be able to guard Yanzhou forever. As long as they leave, we will capture some strong men and snatch the food from them. Once we have enough men, we can come back to attack Puyang. "
Liu Qing was also in favour of breaking out of the encirclement, he did not want to stay in Puyang City to accompany Bu Yi in death, if he were to break out of the encirclement, he would find a way out, and guarding in the city would definitely be suicide, so he immediately stood out and said.
The few high-ranking officers had been arguing for a long time, but none of them had been able to convince the other. Li Shuang, Liu Qing, firmly advocated breaking out of the encirclement, taking advantage of the current situation and seizing the opportunity to kill their way out. Bian Xi, on the other hand, resolutely maintained his stance. He believed that even if he had to break through the encirclement, he would still be relentlessly pursued.
Just as everyone was discussing, Bu Yi suddenly raised his head and swept his stern gaze across all the generals in the hall. Everyone looked at him nervously, no one avoiding his gaze.
"Hahaha …"
Bu Yi suddenly laughed towards the sky. He seemed to have understood something, and after laughing for a while, he suddenly stood up, walked around the hall a few times, and then fiercely slammed his hand on the table.
"The reason the Youzhou Army wants to force us out of the siege is simply because she wants to fight with me in the wilderness. If we hold on here, we will be trapped to death sooner or later, unlike the Imperial army, where we will be rescued by others. Right now, all of the xanthopanax s have been annihilated by the imperial army, so we are protecting the Puyang. Once the Imperial army s eliminate General Tianguang, they will definitely attack us, so, defending for life is not the way out. We have to move to find a way out. "Listen, the army will be exhausted after a series of attacks. In three days, we will charge out of the city and break through the siege of Mt. Tai."
At this point, he stopped and revealed a sinister sneer. Li Shuang and Liu Qing revealed a knowing smile, defending and breaking out of the siege in a few days was much better than breaking out immediately, at least it could increase the number of casualties. Seeing that Bu Yi had thoughts of breaking through, Bian Xi's face was filled with helplessness.
"Brothers, don't be discouraged. We are not at the end of the line yet, so there is no need to risk our lives against the officials and army. Even if we occupy the Puyang, if we do not defeat the officials, what can we do? We can only truly take possession of our feet when we get to Mt. Tai, understand? "
Actually, Bu Yi already had the intention to break through, it was only because he firmly believed that everyone would defend the city that he repeatedly refused to break through. Now that everyone had the same idea, Bu Yi walked to the three of them and patted their shoulders and laughed. Then, he nodded and followed Bu Yi to guard the city wall.
"Howl …"
The long and deep sound of the Bullhorn resounded once again, and the officers and soldiers entered their battle positions one by one. They stood in front of the wall in an orderly battle formation, staring at the Puyang City's wall. After resting for two hours and eating a hearty meal, they were ready to launch a new round of attacks.
"lithoclast, go!"
The first wave of attacks from the three thousand people in the morning was just a test, in the end, they had lost a few hundred soldiers. Yang Lin decided to let the lithoclast go up on stage. He gestured at Pan Feng and Yu She, ordering the attacking soldiers to stay put, now it was time for the lithoclast to show its might.