My Three Kingdoms is a bit fierce

As time passed, Zhang Rui's situation became more and more bad, after all, the woman's physical strength was limited, and her breath had become very rough.

Seeing that Zhang Rui's moves were getting slower and slower, the cavalry of Ding Yuan's army knew that the opponent's strength was about to run out. So he tightened the attack on Zhang Rui.

Just when Zhang Rui was in danger, a group of cavalry suddenly rushed out of the city gate. This group of cavalry numbered about 200 people, and the leader was none other than Wang Han, the envoy who patrolled the city. It's not quite appropriate to say that they are cavalry, they are Leping's fast-patrolling militia.

"Miss, hold on! We're here to save you! Wang Han took the lead with a big knife, and kept shouting.

Zhang Rui, who was surrounded by the circle, couldn't help but perk up, and was still a little excited in her heart. Zhang Ruiqiang cheered himself up, and the Qinggang sword in his hand danced faster and faster.

A moment later, Leping's patrol cavalry collided fiercely with the cavalry of Ding Yuan's army. After a sudden and chaotic neighing of horses and shouts of killing, the battle circle surrounding Zhang Rui was immediately broken. Immediately, Zhang Rui stood out from this gap.

The patrol cavalry and the Ding Yuan cavalry started a melee, and the patrol cavalry relied on their numerical superiority to finally defeat the Ding Yuan cavalry after paying a considerable price. The cavalry of Ding Yuan's army fled in panic after leaving more than 40 corpses, but the patrol cavalry did not pursue, and there was Ding Yuan's brigade of cavalry not far away, chasing after them, which was looking for death.

The patrol cavalry escorted Zhang Rui and quickly retreated into the city. At this time, there were less than 150 of the 200 patrol militiamen who went out of the city to rescue Zhang Rui, and the losses were not less than those of the enemy when they were twice as large as the enemy, which shows that the combat effectiveness of the militia is still far from that of the regular cavalry.

As soon as Zhang Rui entered the city, the soldiers and civilians at the city gate knelt down together, and they used their actions to express their gratitude and respect for Zhang Rui, a heroine.

At this time, the expressions of the militiamen looking at Zhang Rui were completely different from before, and their expressions were completely heartfelt and respectful.

Soon after Zhang Rui entered the city, Ding Yuan's army came to the city. Under the city wall is the black and oppressive Ding Yuan army, and Leping, who only has 3,000 militiamen, can hold it? At this time, Chen Chu's reinforcements had only walked less than half of the distance, could they arrive in time?

When Ding Yuan saw Leping's cavalry going out of the city to fight with his own cavalry, he immediately realized that he might have been too cautious, so he immediately sent another thousand cavalry to help. However, before this cavalry arrived, the battle under the city gate was over, and the Leping cavalry quickly retreated into the city with a female general, and then closed the city gate.

After listening to the report of the defeated cavalry, Ding Yuan couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, if he had been bold just now, he would have probably taken the city gate by ordering thousands of cavalry to assault, and the Battle of Leping would have ended. However, there is no regret medicine in the world that can make people come back, and at this time Ding Yuan had to face the city wall of Leping and prepare to attack the city.

In order to be in a hurry, the army led by Ding Yuan was all light cavalry, only carrying dry food, and did not carry any heavy equipment for siege, although the city wall of Leping was not very strong, but it was not easy for Ding Yuan to capture it.

Ding Yuan ordered people to cut down trees and make simple ladders, and on the other hand, he sent messengers to the city to shout, he hoped that Leping would surrender without a fight. Ding Yuan knew that Chen Chu would get the news that he would lead the army to raid Leping sooner or later, and he also knew that Chen Chu would definitely send strong soldiers to come to the rescue, and he knew that his soldiers would have no chance of winning against the Northern Army, which was known as the division of tigers and wolves by the world, so Ding Yuan did not want to delay under Leping City for a long time, and it was best that Leping could surrender by himself under the pressure of his own side.

However, unsatisfactory things in the world are usually ** out of ten. Ding Yuan's envoy came to the city, and just as he was about to speak, he was shot off his horse by Zhang Rui with an arrow, and a cheer suddenly sounded on the city wall. Zhang Rui looked at Ding Yuanjun, who was ready to attack under the city, and frowned. The reason why she didn't give the other party a chance to speak just now was because she was worried that the other party's shouting would shake her own military morale, and at present, Leping's defenders are all militiamen, and in the situation that their own side is at a disadvantage, the military spirit of these militias is easily affected by the outside world.

When Ding Yuan learned that the envoy had been killed, he was furious, and immediately ordered the army to attack the city immediately, regardless of the fact that the number of ladders to be made was not enough. Although there was counselling counsel, it did not work.

The soldiers of Ding Yuanjun carried the four ladders that had just been made and rushed towards Leping with a roar. Although Leping's city walls are not high or thick, it would be a bit child's errand to try to capture it with only four ladders.

The soldiers of the Ding Yuan army hugged the ladder and quickly approached the city wall, two hundred meters, one hundred meters, the crossbowmen on the city wall bent their bows and arrows, looked at the Ding Yuan army under the city, and waited nervously.

Fifty meters. "Shoot the arrows!" Zhang Ruijiao shouted, and then only heard a buzzing sound, and arrows as dense as flying locusts poured down.

The distance of 50 to 20 meters is the area where the crossbowmen defending the city have the greatest lethality, if they are far away, the strength is not enough, if they are close, the crossbowmen are affected by their own walls, and they have to lean out every time they shoot, and the frequency of shooting will decrease.

The rain of arrows submerged in the surging crowd, and then a scream rang out, and the incoming crowd paused as if it had hit a reef. Then the flow of people seemed to be a little smaller, but it continued to pour towards the city walls.

The militia on the city wall kept bending their bows and arrows and pouring arrows downward, and the Ding Yuan army besieging the city kept having people fall to the ground with arrows. However, Ding Yuan's army did not let anyone slaughter, and their crossbowmen kept firing arrows at the city wall, and the militia on the city wall also fell to the ground from time to time. But for now, the Lecivilian soldiers are in absolute upper hand, after all, they are on the city walls and occupy the geographical advantage.

Although the arrows on the city wall caused a lot of casualties to Ding Yuan's army, Ding Yuan's army still reached the city wall after all.

Four ladders were built on the city wall one after another, and the soldiers of Ding Yuan's army began to climb the city with their blades in their mouths. At this moment, a roar suddenly sounded on the city wall, and when I looked up, I saw stones and trees rushing down.

The soldiers of Ding Yuan's army, who were halfway up to the city, were smashed down one after another, and those who had not yet begun to ascend the city were also smashed down, and the scene was a piece of flesh and blood. Suddenly, there were two loud 'clicks', and it turned out that the two ladders were broken by the heavy logs, and a soldier who was about to climb the city wall only felt that there was a sudden emptiness under him, and then he fell down with the upper half of the ladder, and the screams of horror echoed in the air.

The siege did not go well from the beginning, and two of the only four ladders were destroyed at once, and it was tantamount to a fool's dream to attack the city walls with the remaining two ladders. Ding Yuan, who was watching the battle not far from the rear, couldn't help but turn pale.

"My lord, let's order the troops to be collected first! Such a hasty siege is of no use other than a loss of our own strength! A strategist said in an anxious tone.

Ding Yuan's face was cloudy, and after a long time, he finally nodded heavily, and squeezed out two words from between his teeth: "Withdraw the troops!" Immediately

the golden bell rang, and the Ding Yuan army who was besieging the city couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and quickly retreated from under the city wall.

The Lecivilian soldiers on the city wall couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, after all, this was their first battle, and everyone was very nervous.

Ding Yuan's army failed in its first siege, and earth-shattering cheers rang out on the city walls.

However, as the commander-in-chief, Zhang Rui did not show the slightest expression of joy, because she knew that the real and more brutal siege battle had not yet begun. She was worried if she would be able to hold on.

"Wang Han, don't you have any news about the eldest brother?" Zhang Rui asked Wang Han beside him lightly.

Wang Han frowned and shook his head, "Not yet." The last time I received news was after the lord captured Shangdang, and there was no news after that!

After a pause, Wang Han asked with some concern: "Miss, will the lord come?"

Zhang Rui didn't think about it, so she nodded affirmatively and said, "It will definitely come!" Then his eyes looked at the sky in the distance, and he was stunned.

In fact, when Chen Chu led the army to leave Bingzhou, he had already released a carrier pigeon to Leping, but the carrier pigeon had a problem on the way, so it did not arrive in Leping for a long time, so that until now, Zhang Rui and they still don't know the news of Chen Chu's reinforcements.

Ding Yuan ordered the army to surround Leping City on all sides to prevent anyone from escaping, and at the same time sent more men into the mountains to cut wood and make cloud ladders. This time, he learned his previous lesson and was in no hurry to storm the city.

The night passed, and the entire Leping army and civilians spent a sleepless night. In fact, Ding Yuan outside the city didn't rest well, he was in a hurry! The current situation is extremely bad for him, the northern expeditionary army on the north and south sides should have reached the city of Bingzhou, he doesn't know how long his city can be defended? His only hope now is to take Leping as soon as possible and capture the legendary Mrs. Chen Chu.

When the genius was bright, Ding Yuanjun made a move. In the roaring sound of war drums, a group of Ding Yuan sergeants carried ladders and approached Leping from the north, south and west.

"Wake up! Wake up! The sentry in charge of standing guard hurriedly woke up the militiamen who were dozing off with their blades. When the sleepy-eyed militiamen saw the murderous Ding Yuanjun outside the city, they couldn't help but shudder and fully sobered up.

"Beat the drums of war!" Zhang Rui, who was standing on the tower of the city gate, was covered with frost and ordered in a cold voice.

Tom tom!! The war drums on the castle tower sounded-for-tat. The militia was inspired by the drums of war, and their morale could not help but be boosted.

Kill!! When Ding Yuan's army outside the city advanced to a distance of a hundred meters, he suddenly shouted and began to charge at full speed. Looking down from the top of the city, it was as if the waves that had been slow had suddenly accelerated into evil waves.

As before, at the beginning, the crossbowmen on both sides fired at each other and suffered casualties, but Ding Yuan's army suffered much heavier losses due to the fact that it was the attacking side.

A moment later, Ding Yuanjun rushed to the city and set up a row of ladders along the city wall, and the scene was spectacular.

The soldiers of Ding Yuan's army roared and climbed up the ladder, while the militia of Leping threw stones and trees down in despair.

But this time is different from before, this time Ding Yuanjun came prepared, and they erected too many ladders! Although the stones and skulls thrown from the city wall caused heavy casualties to Ding Yuan's army, they could not stop Ding Yuan's army from ascending the city.

Zhang Rui, who was standing on the tower of the city gate, looked at Ding Yuanjun who was densely attached to the wall, and couldn't help frowning, and his heart kept sinking. Looking at this posture, Leping City is very difficult to hold!