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Chapter 372: The Fall of Anyi City
The siege of Anyi lasted from morning to dusk. As night fell, the soldiers blew horns and retreated to rest and wait for battle.

Then, the Han army beat drums three more times, and the soldiers raised their horns and boarded their chariots, rushing towards the top of the city. Gao Lan and Zhang He also joined in with knives in hand, and they rushed forward and hacked left and right, killing the Baibo bandits so hard that they cried for their parents.

The sound of sharp blades breaking through flesh and bones filled his eardrums. The unique fishy smell after the enemy soldiers were killed made people want to cover their noses. Zhang He even felt the splattered blood flowing from his face into his mouth.

He couldn't help but want to yell and curse. What kind of wolf-like and ferocious soldiers were these A Camp? They each held a long hammer and a long sword, and ignored the opponent's numerical advantage and the presence of a battle formation. They rushed straight forward and beat the opponent until his blood and flesh flew everywhere and his bones were splattered, until he died.

After climbing up the city wall, they pushed forward with all their might to fight through the enemy troops, killing them so hard that blood flowed like a river and they fled, leaving their armor and helmets behind.

It is undoubtedly a blessing to join forces with such a strong army to attack the city, but why is it that the credit for being the first to gain the upper hand is not so satisfying?

There was no hardship at all, no bloody battles to defeat the enemy along the way, and no sense of accomplishment at all, except for sweat and fatigue.

Seeing the sound of clashing weapons gradually fade away, Zhang He couldn't help but reveal a bitter smile. He casually wiped the sweat and blood from his face, changed a knife, and rushed forward again.

The rebel army fled in chaos, throwing away their weapons and armor before they could escape, shouting in fear and immediately knelt down to surrender.

The personal guards of Yang Feng, who were supervising the battle on the city wall, were all scattered by the chaotic soldiers. Even though he killed more than ten people in succession, he could not stop more and more people from fleeing.

Yang Feng was forced to retreat, but as it was dark and many defeated soldiers were fleeing backwards, even though the guards shouted to each other, no response was heard from Governor Yang Feng.

Seeing that the Han army's pursuers were approaching, the shouts and screams were already dozens of steps away. The soldiers wearing iron armor and evil ghost masks caught up with them again. Everyone had no choice but to flee with them. They had no time to care about the lost commander. Whoever dared to stay at this time would die.

Moreover, the person will die with blood and flesh rotten, and even his family members will not be able to identify his organs and limbs.

"Don't kill me, I'm willing to surrender!"

"I wish to surrender, I wish to surrender!"

The bandits, who were wounded and could not run very fast, saw the Han army raising their sharp swords to chop them down, so they immediately fell to the ground and kowtowed for mercy.

"Don't kill the general, don't kill the general!"

Seeing this, the soldiers of the Armored Battalion no longer cared about this group of frightened surrendered soldiers. They left a small number of people to watch over them and handed them over to the Han army that caught up from behind, and then continued the pursuit while they still had the strength left.

When fighting in heavy armor, physical exertion is certainly important, but the most important thing is to have strong willpower, perseverance, and the ability to endure hardship.

If the A Battalion cannot surpass other soldiers by a large margin in this respect, then there is no need for it to exist.

Therefore, even though the number of troops in Battalion A could never be expanded to over a thousand, its strength in direct combat and its bravery and bellicosity were still second to none in the Han army.

As long as the King of Han ordered them to fight for as long as they wanted, they would sacrifice their lives and fight to the end with their endurance. If they were at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, they would reorganize their cone formation, take turns to rest, and launch continuous charges until the enemy's morale and formation were completely defeated.

For the soldiers of the Iron Armored Battalion, after receiving the military order from the King of Han, they either had to defeat the enemy with overwhelming force or fight until they died on the battlefield. There was no third way.

In the battle of Du County, it was Camp Jia that finally withstood the fierce frontal attacks of tens of thousands of Yuan troops, making it impossible for Yuan Shao to defeat the Qingzhou army despite his best efforts.

“Kill!” “Kill!!”

At this time, shouts and cries of killing were heard from Anyi City, which frightened the fleeing Baibo bandits, who thought that other city walls had also been breached. It turned out that the Baibo soldiers were also charging at them, but this group of people had untied their left robes, exposed their left arms, and charged at them with spears.

The strong and muscular leader Xu Huang was still shouting, "Side the Liu family! Kill the thief!"

"Kill the thief! Kill the thief!!!"

Hundreds of people who rushed out of the city shouted loudly, and their voices shook the roof tiles.

The Baibo bandits who had escaped from the city walls were blocked in the streets, leaving the desperate soldiers terrified and frightened.

It can be said that there are wolves in front and tigers behind them. They are stuck in the middle with no way to advance or retreat and can only wait to die.

You're just trying to escape!

Seeing that the Han army was about to catch up again, for a moment, the sound of the fleeing soldiers throwing away their helmets and armor was endless, and the swords in their hands fell to the ground with clanging.

The reason they joined the Baibo bandits was to save their lives, so that they could grab more food and survive in this chaotic world. Now they surrendered in order to save their lives.

On the other side, Zhang Ji, who had just come down from the city wall to rest, heard the chaotic shouting and the calls for surrender. His face turned pale and he breathed hard for a while. He immediately said to the guards beside him: "Hurry up and prepare the horses! Send my order to assemble the cavalry. Don't worry about the food, fodder, weapons, etc. Once the city gates are opened, rush out immediately and run to the southwest as fast as possible."

If we don't abandon the infantry and escape quickly, it will be too late when the Han army outside the city reacts.

It was almost dark now, so he could take advantage of the night to break out. Whoever could escape would be a good one. If Liu Bei captured him alive, he would surely die. Now he had no choice but to give it a try.

After receiving the order, the personal soldiers immediately went to pass it on, while Zhang Ji and others went down the city wall and waited anxiously.

Not long after, when the sound of horse hooves was heard, Zhang Ji ordered his men to open the city gates. He endured the severe pain and led three hundred cavalrymen to rush out, completely ignoring the sound of arrows breaking through the air from the front.

Life or death, in one fell swoop!
Unfortunately, as soon as they went out, they ran into a densely packed army formation. The Han army was preparing to capture the western wall in one go when they saw the city gate suddenly open.

The Han army happened to collide with the infantry preparing to attack the city. Without any hesitation, they used swords and shields to block the charge of hundreds of cavalry.

The vanguard of Zhang Ji and others was knocked to the ground, and then more and more infantrymen rushed over and completely surrounded them, and they could not break out after several attempts.

Having lost the space for detour, the Han army even used knives to cut off the horses' legs, causing many Liangzhou cavalrymen to fall off their horses and be stabbed to death by spears.

"Dismount and engage the enemy!"

Zhang Ji saw that the enemy army was surrounding him from the front and back and knew that there was no way to survive, so he had to order his cavalry to dismount and fight, not letting the Qingzhou army have an easy time even if it meant death.

The Liangzhou army also showed its ferocious side, and a bloody battle broke out between the two sides.

Unfortunately, it was doomed to be futile. After a short while, they were all wiped out on the spot by the Han army. The main general Zhang Ji was killed tragically at the hands of a soldier, with a spear piercing his face and the back of his head.

After killing the Liangzhou bandits who were trying to escape, the auxiliary soldiers were left to clean up the bodies on the ground. The soldiers continued to rush in through the city gate, and the shouts and screams gradually faded away...

(End of this chapter)