Call of the Other World: Rebuilding the Glory of Zhenbei

Chapter 21: Haozi goes to war, leaving no grass behind

Great Xia Dynasty, Youzhou Road, Tianlang Pass.

Tianlang Pass, the first major pass on Youzhou Road to the north, lies across the most important passage in the Tianlang Mountains.

According to legend, hundreds of years ago, foreign tribes invaded, burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of atrocities. One day, countless wolves emerged from the mountains, biting the horses and people of the foreign tribes. The foreign tribes suffered heavy losses and had to retreat.

Since then, all nearby places have been named after Sirius.

Moreover, Tianlang Pass was built on a mountain with overlapping peaks and steep cliffs. The walls of the pass were densely guarded by pheasants and the beacons were echoing from afar.

At the checkpoint, the stone cliffs are thousands of feet high and hundreds of feet high. Looking up, it is majestic and magnificent. It can be said that "it has been a majestic pass since ancient times and has always been commonplace."

Its terrain is extremely strategic, making it a place of contention for military strategists. It is also the only way for the northern barbarians to move south.

Therefore, the reason why Tianlang Pass is called a heroic pass is because it has a very special terrain, which prevents the attacking side from fully deploying its forces, thus preventing the opponent from forming a certain advantage in force.

Especially when the defenders have sufficient troops.

At this time, above Tianlang Pass.

This ancient pass, which has been deposited in history for nearly a thousand years, is facing an unprecedented disaster.

The thick smoke rising from the fierce war filled the entire city.

The big flag with the word "Guo" fluttering in the wind was already tattered and looked like it would fall down at any moment.

On top of the city tower, there were corpses lying on the ground, bleeding continuously, but no one stepped forward to clean them up. The thick smell of blood and sweat mixed with each other filled the air, making it pungent and unpleasant.

The ruined city walls seemed to tell of the fierce battle, and the neighing of war horses echoed in the wind.

At this moment, Guo Ju, deputy general of Tianlang Pass, stood on the wall of the pass, overlooking the densely packed Yellow Turban army below the pass, his eyes full of sharpness!
Guo Ju, the deputy general guarding Tianlang Pass, is also one of the few deputy generals of the Zhenbei Army who are good at defending the city. His status is no lower than Qu Yue, the general guarding Jiuling Pass of the Zhenbei Army.

But unfortunately, Guo Opera’s opponent this time is too strong.

Looking at Qin Hao, a man with double pupils, who was commanding the Yellow Turban Army as if it were his own arm, Guo Ju's expression became more and more solemn. This man must be a big enemy of our Zhenbei Army.

It is normal for Guo Ju to think this way. At this time, Qin Hao was only in his early twenties, in the prime of his life. In addition, he was brave and resourceful, so he was highly valued by Zhang Jue!
For example, during this attack on Youzhou Road, Zhang Jue handed over the command of an army of 100,000 to Qin Hao.

In Zhang Jue's opinion, Qin Hao was not only the most powerful warrior in the world, but also good at commanding troops and even handling the political affairs of the Yellow Turbans. He was truly a man of both civil and military talents, both wise and brave.

So Qin Hao is not only his son-in-law, he also trains Qin Hao as the future leader of the Yellow Turbans.

And you have to know that the Yellow Turban Army now is not the same as the Yellow Turban Army in the original history. Their siege equipment only has some simple ladders. With high-ranking generals like Qin Hao, Xiang Yan and Zhu Yong, it is natural that they cannot but attach importance to the manufacture and storage of siege equipment.

As early as the beginning of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Zhang Jue, on the advice of his adviser Fan Zeng, took the opportunity to rob a number of government craftsmen and harassed civilian craftsmen, and specially built weapons for the Yellow Turban Army in a secret place.

Although due to time and the large number of Yellow Turbans, the weapons and armor of the Yellow Turban Army were still far inferior to those of the Great Xia Army, only the hundreds of thousands of soldiers specially trained by Zhang Jue, Qin Hao, and Xiang Yan had armor and weapons that were slightly comparable.

However, Zhang Jue had a large stockpile of siege equipment, and the Yellow Turbans also looted some of it when they attacked the government offices in various counties.

This time, Qin Hao was well prepared for the attack on Tianlang Pass. He had battering rams, ladders, and even a large number of catapults in the distance that were slowly pushed forward.

At the same time, in order to live up to Zhang Jiao's trust in him, Qin Hao personally commanded the Yellow Turban army to launch a fierce attack on Tianlang Pass in front of them, in order to capture the most important pass in Youzhou Road as soon as possible, so that Zhang Jiao's Yellow Turban army could enter Youzhou Road. Qin Hao looked up at the fortified city in front of him, and a murderous intent flashed through his mind. He said loudly, "Catapults, prepare for the first wave of attack."

In an instant, dozens of catapults slowly advanced under the protection of thousands of Yellow Turban bandits, and only began to launch stone bullets when they were within sufficient attack distance.

"Fire!" The person in charge of commanding the catapult was Qin Hu, the Qin family's fierce general.

"Bang, bang, bang..." Huge stone bullets flew into the sky.

This time, they prepared a large number of catapults, a total of twenty.

Twenty huge rocks were falling on his head. Even if they didn't hit him, just looking at the scene was enough to make him terrified.

Catapults are extremely inaccurate devices, and apart from being extremely effective against city walls, they don't actually have much effect against people, unless the enemy are really gathered together.

But the real use of the catapult is to suppress the morale of the enemy and assist one's own siege operations.

Think about it, if there are rocks flying towards you over the battlefield, even though the chance of hitting you is very small, how can it not be scary.

Especially when someone was hit and covered in blood, how could the surrounding civilians guarding the border and even the newly recruited soldiers not be terrified after seeing it?

However, given the width of the Tianlang Pass wall, even if the enemy used catapults to throw kerosene tanks, the firepower could not extend to the back of the wall.

"Yellow Turban Infantry! Advance!"

At Qin Hao's command, tens of thousands of Yellow Turban bandits began to carry ladders, push battering rams and rush towards the city walls and gates one after another.

"The blue sky is dead, the yellow sky should be established, the year is Jiazi, and the world is blessed!!!"

"The Blue Sky is dead, and the Yellow Sky should be established. The believers who dedicate themselves to the Yellow Sky will be blessed by the Yellow Sky. Let us cleanse this dirty world!" At this moment, the Yellow Sky messengers in the Yellow Turban Army shouted loudly.

"Huang Tian is standing!"

The crazy roar resounded through the heaven and earth, accompanied by the rumbling thunder, and everyone's eyes were filled with fanaticism.

"kill!

Fierce shouts and cries of killing rang out one after another; the most brutal offensive and defensive battle had truly begun.

At present, Qin Hao adopts the most brutal ant-attaching siege tactics. To put it bluntly, it drives the soldiers to serve as cannon fodder as the vanguard, and rushes towards the direction of the city desperately. The frequency of the offensive is intensive and seems to be uninterrupted.

However, due to their large numbers and continuous offensive, hundreds of soldiers trampled over the bodies of their comrades, carried crude wooden ladders, or gathered together with shields raised, forming a line like a tortoise with a broken shell and crawled to the city.
However, generals such as Guo Ju in Tianlang Pass who had foresight had already mobilized the young and strong men in the city to strengthen the city defense. Even if they were not the defenders, for any male with some strength, they would certainly not want to let the Yellow Turban rebels break through the city walls, rush into their homes and kill their wives and children.

You don’t need the reward!

Even coarse grains and plain meals could be left for military supplies, and they could just rely on the food and fodder stored in advance at home to fill their stomachs!

Even the laborers in the city who were digging earth, piling up stones and building the city walls would not slack off for the slightest!

It was precisely because the military and civilians of Tianlang Pass were united that they were able to repel the enemy's attacks time and time again. In order to prevent the enemy from attacking at night, the soldiers guarding the pass basically slept in their clothes close to the city wall.

(End of this chapter)