Chapter 510 Devastated
Ji County can also be called Youzhou City.

At the south gate, guard general Tian Yan on the city wall looked at the hundreds of heavily armored knights approaching. The leader was riding a tall, armored one-horned horse, with his Fang Tian Ji dragging on the ground.

Next to him was a mighty knight holding up a battle flag with the six characters "Langya Taishi Wengong" on it.

Tian Yan couldn't help but take a deep breath. Seeing the frightened look on Shi Ren's face, he said, "This man is just a name. Why should we be afraid of him?"

Shi Ren looked annoyed: "I knew Mi Fang would sell us all to the Grand Marshal! If we let him out of the city, he won't give us a chance."

"Can we turn back now?"

Tian Yan asked in return, his colleagues had already colluded with each other, the army had been mobilized, and Mi Fang's troops left in the city had also been disarmed by them.

The truth can no longer be concealed.

Shi Ren listened without saying a word. He wanted to say something, but in the end he sighed.

This is the worst thing about returning to my hometown. I can still stick to my bottom line in other states, but in my hometown, there are relatives and old acquaintances everywhere. It is really difficult to stick to my principles and bottom line.

Tian Yan looked at Mi Fang who had appeared in the distance and said, "Lord Xuande was away, but he welcomed the Grand Marshal into the city. He is such a traitor. I hate that I can't shoot him with my own hands!"

Shi Ren said nothing, watching the golden-armored knight slowly approach.

There was also a team of soldiers armed with spears and halberds lined up outside the city gate, originally intending to trick Mi Fang or the enemy general into entering the city and then cut off their retreat.

At this moment, one of the men in the spear-wielding team of twenty or thirty people could not bear the pressure, so he turned around and ran towards the city gate, taking several people with him in an instant.

Seeing this, the rest of the people followed and ran into the city, and at this time the golden-armored knight launched a charge.

The city gates were slowly closing. On the top of the city wall, Tian Yan was still thinking about accusing and questioning the enemy before he could give the order to shoot with confidence.

At this moment he drew his sword and pointed it sideways: "Shoot! Shoot the arrows!"

There was no volley fire. Arrows from bows and crossbows were fired one after another, either from the front or from the side, hitting the ranks of golden-armored knights.

Shi Ren observed carefully and saw that only a few arrows hit the enemy's armor and horse armor, and most of them were frontal shots.

Not a single rider fell off their horse, and they almost maintained a light and accelerated charge, rushing in one after another through the city gate.

The flesh and blood bodies of the spear-wielding infantry in the city gate corridor could not withstand the powerful impact of the armored and dry horses. Lu Bu rushed to the front and directly broke through.

The puppet knights who followed behind charged with spears in hand, with the blades of their spears pointed at the crowded defenders on both sides of the corridor, like long snakes made up of scales, scraping through and hitting the target accurately every time.

Before the subsequent puppet knights could enter the city, the defenders ambushed in the corridor were stabbed to death by lances and scraped to death by iron halberds.

Shi Ren turned around to look inside the city and saw Tai Shi Wen Gong riding his horse down the slope of the horse path towards the tower. His eyes widened in horror and he said, "Leaders and subordinates! Quickly shoot the enemy general!"

He called over seven or eight archers, and they all leaned over and drew their bows towards the slope diagonally below. They approached and shot almost in no particular order, and were less than five steps away from Tai Shi Wengong!

However, only two arrows hit Lu Bu, which did not affect his charge at all.

What made Shi Ren even more desperate was that he clearly saw the afterimages of three or four arrows hit the side of Tai Shi Wengong's helmet, but the opponent's head just shook, and none of them could penetrate him.

What was even more despairing was that an arrow penetrated the collar armor behind the helmet but failed to penetrate deeper. It should be that the fatal arrow was blocked by the collar structure under the helmet.

Without waiting for the archers to fire the second round, Lu Bu had already rushed to the city wall, and taking advantage of the increased horsepower to keep his speed, he stabbed Tian Yan in the back with his halberd.

The horse's forward momentum remained unabated, and Tian Yan was knocked down. Lu Bu then drew out his halberd, controlled his horse, turned around, and chopped and rammed other figures.

And in Mi Fang's sight outside the city, it was 'Tai Shi Wen Gong charging'. In less than two breaths, he rushed into the city, and in just one breath, the other party, holding a halberd and riding a horse, rushed to the vicinity of the city wall.

Mi Fang had good eyesight and saw that there was an arrow stuck in the neck of Tai Shi Wen Gong.

The fighting near the city wall ended quickly and the city gate was opened again.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Liao led more than a hundred of his personal cavalry into the city, with Mi Fang following closely on his left and right to lead the way, and behind them was the Green Flag Knight Battalion.

Zhang Liao blocked the military camp, and Mi Fang came forward to appease the soldiers. At the same time, he sent people to ride on horses on the streets to shout and enforce the curfew.

Soon, the black bear arrived at the gate of Ji County.

He first observed closely the armor plate on the back of Lu Bu's neck that was pierced by a bullet, and the armor plate with a hole and deformation was slowly recovering.

But Black Bear knew that the memory performance of the armor plate would be restored to a roughly smooth state, but the marks at the cracks would not be healed.

It may take longer for the cracks in the nail plate to heal.

Fa Zheng, who was standing behind the black bear, also saw for the first time the heroic posture of the world's brave cavalry in battle. This was something he could not imagine, and he felt that the battle process was too simple.

Just rush in, kill people, and be done with it.

After studying the broken armor pieces, Black Bear controlled Dian Wei and Gao Shun, two leaders wearing masks, to come forward and pretend to study them.

Finally, Lu Bu touched the neck armor, put on his helmet again, took off the blood-stained white silk gloves and put them into the leather box at his waist, then took out another pair of white gloves and put them on again.

Fa Zheng couldn't help but approach and sighed: "Your Majesty, the Yan people are resolute and should not be underestimated."

"No, the strongest here is not the Youzhou Border Army. The Youzhou Border Army was no longer strong during Gongsun Zan's time."

Black Bear raised his hand and pointed to the northeast: "From what I know, the Dongyi are even stronger. This is the biggest threat to our country in my eyes."

From the beginning to the end, the heroes of Youzhou were not his opponents in his eyes. These people had absolute cavalry advantage, but were suppressed by the Yuan family, which proved that these people were not worthy of seizing the opportunity.

During the conversation, Zhang Liao's messenger rode up nearby, jumped off his horse, rushed forward four or five steps, knelt on one knee, clasped his fists, and shouted: "Report! The city has been cleared!"

"Enter the city."

Black Bear turned around and walked towards his chariot. The gate of the small county was limited in width and his chariot might get stuck.

Ji County was the seat of Youzhou. The city was so huge that even two chariots could fit in, not to mention one.

Soon the black bear climbed up to the city wall and dragged away the corpses, leaving only blood splashing everywhere.

He looked around and saw that the terrain was open, the river flowed gently, and there were ditches and roads crisscrossing. He said, "This city is isolated in a flat place, with no strategic location to defend."

The reason why Gongsun Zan did not defend Ji County but built Yijing was that the new city was built along the Yi River, which had great military uses.

Fa Zheng looked to the south and asked: "Your Majesty, do you intend to divide your troops to defend Yishui?"

"No defense, I will help Liu Xuande defend Ji County for a few days, and then head to Juyongkou. Defending a city is not my forte."

Black Bear said lazily, "I hope that Yuan Shang can surround me here with a hundred thousand troops at dawn tomorrow. This will save me a lot of time."

There are still many things to do in Guanzhong this year, so he does not plan to invite scholar leaders and official representatives to the Chrysanthemum Banquet this year. Instead, he plans to select meritorious officials, craftsmen with excellent skills, those who have improved technical processes, as well as farmers who are good at farming and teaching agronomy to attend the banquet.

There are no intellectuals, so just get a group of military, industrial and agricultural representatives.

Fa Zheng didn't know how to respond. How could Yuan Shang have the power to mobilize an army of 100,000 to surround Ji County overnight?

Even if Jizhou and Youzhou were united and sent troops to Jixian County.

The army is assembled to attack in a coordinated manner. It is impossible for an army to act alone.

The most elite field army must arrive in Ji County first to tie down the defenders in the city, and then other second-rate and third-rate troops will approach and seize the time to carry out civil engineering work.

Dig trenches, lay fences, and build antlers.

Then they advanced layer by layer, besieging Ji County with a series of earthworks that were constantly compressed inward.

In recent years, this tactic has been used in wars and sieges. In terms of attack capabilities, they are no longer as good as the Han army that defeated the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the late Han Dynasty.

To be honest, Black Bear really wants to fight a defensive battle.

It would be very interesting to trap the enemy who tried to kill him by cutting off his water and food supplies.

Looking at the nearby terrain, it is indeed very suitable for cavalry to perform.

But you can only defeat the opponent, not completely annihilate it.

The purpose of total annihilation is not to kill people, but to capture as many prisoners as possible in an organized manner.

Only in the Datong Basin can we completely annihilate the enemy with fewer troops.

The development of various industries in Guanzhong urgently required a large number of low-cost slaves.

With Yuan Shang and Liu Bei by his side, it was difficult to capture the Donghu, let alone the Dongyi.

There is no other choice but to come to Hebei to catch them.

(End of this chapter)