Yang Rui's troops suddenly launched an all-out attack, completely breaking the rhythm of the duels. Tian Feng and Wen Chou, as well as the city defenders, were caught off guard. Wen Chou was affected and spat out a mouthful of blood, while Tian Feng was directly knocked unconscious, his life or death unknown.
In fact, this was not the first time such a situation had happened. During the Battle of Chenliu City, Cao Ren was knocked unconscious by the siege weapon in Yang Rui's hand. At that time, Niu Jin was protecting him from the side. It was similar to the current situation.
Of course, this did not mean that siege weapons like the heavy trebuchets could easily threaten famous historical figures. The main reason was that the density of siege weapons during the two sieges was very high. Furthermore, regardless of whether it was Wen Chou, Tian Feng, Niu Jin, or Cao Ren, none of them had expected the attack power of the siege weapons.
Hence, there were two situations where the main generals were injured or knocked unconscious. It was just like Sun Jian's fate in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. In the end, the Tiger of the Gangdong was killed by an arrow in the bamboo forest.
It did not mean that Sun Jian was unable to face such a situation head-on. Actually, the suddenness of the situation also played a huge role.
The settings in the game were similar. Cao Ren and Tian Feng were not completely unable to deal with the siege weapons. It was just that the attacks of Yang Rui's troops were too sudden and too dense.
"Creak! Creak! Hu...
"..."
"Peng! Peng! Peng!
"..."
"..."
"..."
Liaocheng County East City Gate and the nearby city walls had already collapsed. Yang Rui slowly moved the large trebuchets, small trebuchets, and a portion of the heavy trebuchets to the sides, extending the range of the attack outwards.
At the same time, he ordered the soldiers outside the east gate to prepare to charge at any moment. He was only waiting for the heavy trebuchets to be completely moved away. It looked like he was about to go all out.
"Pu..."
"..."
Within Liaocheng County Seat. Wen Chou spat out another mouthful of blood. His originally red face had calmed down by quite a bit.
"Pass down my orders, all soldiers break out from the south, west, and north gates!" Wen Chou glanced at the situation at the eastern city gate behind him and quickly instructed the messenger beside him.
"I secretly instructed Shenpei and Ma Yan to break out of the encirclement in the direction of the west gate.
After waiting for the messenger soldier to leave, Wen Chou once again whispered to another messenger soldier beside him.
Afterwards, Wen Chou took the lead and headed towards the inner city of the three prefectures of Liao City, mobilizing the elite soldiers guarding the inner city. The guards beside him assisted in carrying the unconscious Tian Feng and followed closely behind.
Clearly, Wen Chou had already decided to give up on Liaocheng County. At first, he already agreed with Tian Feng's attitude, feeling that they could defend Liaocheng County Seat for a period of time, waiting for a better opportunity. However, the sudden appearance of large amounts of powerful siege weapons in Yang Rui's army made Wen Chou quickly give up on this idea, making a prompt decision to break out.
Indeed, with the huge power of the heavy trebuchets, coupled with the large scale catapults and small scale trebuchets, Liao City, a county-level city, was almost defenseless. They had lost the possibility of continuing to defend.
Since Yang Rui had let go of the siege, he naturally considered the possibility of Yuan Shao's troops breaking out of the encirclement. He had already made the corresponding arrangements when they approached the city in the morning.
At this time, Yang Rui and Zhao Yun were guarding the east gate, Guo Jia and Huang Zhong were guarding the south gate, Cheng Yu, Gao Shun, and Yu Jin were guarding the west gate, while Zhang Ning, Han Dai, Ding Yao, and Huang Wudie were guarding the north gate. Liaocheng County Seat was surrounded by an iron bucket.
Thus, even if Yuan Shao's troops chose to break out of the encirclement, it would not be an easy task no matter which gate they chose!
Among the four gates of Liaocheng County Seat, only the west gate was the closest to the Yellow River. This should be the reason why Wen Chou chose to break through from the west gate.
"Creak! Creak! Creak!
"Creak!
"Hu! Hu! Hu!
"Creak!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!
"
"...
"..."
The siege weapons on the east side of Liaocheng County Seat continued to shoot out huge rocks and bullets. The sound of the city walls collapsing seemed to cover up all the movements in the city. From start to finish, Yang Rui did not seem to notice Yuan Shao's troops preparing to break out of the encirclement.
"Creak! Creak!
"..."
"Kill!"
"Kill!
"..."
After an incense's time, the south, west, and north gates of Liaocheng County Seat opened at the same time. The drawbridge was also lowered at the same time. Large amounts of Yuan Shao's troops surged out from the three gates and charged towards Yang Rui's troops outside the city.
In the battle to break out of the encirclement, Yuan Shao's troops in the city were almost going all out. Hundreds of thousands of troops charged out of the city at the same time. The momentum was extremely shocking and had an unstoppable momentum.
However, Yang Rui's troops outside the city gates were all elite soldiers and had made the necessary preparations beforehand. Thus, although Yuan Shao's troops were charging forward aggressively, Yang Rui's troops were still as stable as a rock and did not panic in the slightest.
Yuan Shao's troops were risking their lives to break out of the encirclement while Yang Rui's troops were waiting in formation. Under such circumstances, it was no longer a matter of skill and ferocity. Both sides were competing with their own strength.
The moment Yuan Shao's troops charged out from the south, west, and north gates, Yang Rui had already received the relevant information from Sky City. Almost at the same time, he stopped the bombardment of the siege weapons and ordered Zhao Yun to lead the troops into the city from the east.
At this time, the east gate of Liaocheng County had already collapsed and could no longer be described as a city gate. After Zhao Yun led the troops to cross the drawbridge, it was as though a flood had surged into Liaocheng County Seat.
Zhao Yun leading the troops into the city was equivalent to stabbing a sharp knife into the north side of Yuan Shao's troops. This caused Yuan Shao's troops, who were originally unable to break out of the encirclement, to be attacked from both sides. Yuan Shao's troops, who had just gained a little hope of breaking out of the encirclement, were instantly filled with despair.
Originally, Yuan Shao's troops charging out from the three gates did not have much of an effect. Due to Wen Chou's secret arrangements, the south and north gates were already lacking a general leading the troops. Naturally, the force of impact was much weaker and did not have much of an effect on Yang Rui's troops.
Even if Wen Chou, Shen Pei, and Ma Yan were at the west gate, there were many generals there. The situation of breaking out of the encirclement was also not optimistic.
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