C19 Surprised Endings

Clang! Wen Hou did not feel the expected pain. He could not help but open his eyes to find that the arrow had not hit any part of his body. Cheers came from County Governor Manor. They saw Huang Zhong maintaining his archery stance as he proudly stood at the other end of the wall.

It turned out that Zhang Mancheng had just ordered his archers to attack Wen Ju. Although Wen Fu didn't notice, Huang Zhong had already noticed it. At the last moment, he had used Huang Zhong's amazing archery to save Wen Ju's life.

The man who had just escaped death did not cower. Instead, he became more and more excited as he shouted at Zhang Mancheng, who was standing outside the wall. The more he cursed, the more unpleasant his words became. Zhang Mancheng was so angry that his face turned green and black. He immediately ordered the archers behind him to kill Wen Fu. However, this time, the employee was more obedient. He had long since used the wooden frame on the wall to block the arrows aimed at him. Huang Zhong didn't need to save him anymore.

After taking a few deep breaths, he knew that he had no other choice but to suppress the rage in his heart. Raising his head to look at the sky, he saw that the sky was already starting to brighten. The night passed just like that. Zhang Mancheng did not want to delay any further. With a wave of the horsewhip, he prepared to attack County Governor Manor!

However, before Zhang Mancheng could even give the order, a deafening battle drum sound suddenly came from the north side of the city, directly interrupting Zhang Mancheng's order.

A trace of doubt appeared on Zhang Mancheng's face. When he was reorganizing the Yellow Gown Army, he had already confirmed that Zhao Hong, the three generals sent into the city earlier, had died in battle and that Liu Ping and Gong Dian had been captured. Other than him, the other people who had the authority to give orders, Sun Xia and Han Zhong, had also been killed by his orders.

Zhang Mancheng pulled on the reins hard to calm the horses that were alerted by the sound of the battle drum. He frowned and shouted, "What happened? Who was it that randomly ordered them to ring the war drums? Hurry up and go investigate! "

Without waiting for Zhang Mancheng to send someone to investigate the situation, they only saw a yellow-robed soldier rush over from the north in a fluster. He ran in front of Zhang Mancheng and directly fell down, but it was too late for him to stand up. He was the canal's commander! Not good! A large number of soldiers appeared outside the north city gate! It's heading straight for us! "

"What?" Zhang Mancheng's eyes immediately widened as he stared at the soldier and let out a shout. His face was filled with disbelief. Immediately, he threw the horsewhip in his hand towards the soldier and cursed: "Nonsense! Where did the officers and soldiers of Nanyang County come from! "

The yellow-robed soldier looked like he was about to cry and said to Zhang Mancheng, "Commander-in-chief!" Even if I had the guts, I wouldn't dare to lie to him! There were really soldiers! There were more than 30,000 of them! This was the sound of the drum of war! Right now, there were only a few hundred people at the north gate. They couldn't withstand the attacks from the soldiers at all! Please quickly give the order for reinforcements! "

Zhang Mancheng's face was already very ugly to behold. He could tell that this yellow-clothed soldier definitely didn't have the guts to lie to him. It seemed like an army of soldiers had really arrived. He did not care where the army came from, the first thing he had to do was defend Nanyang City. He absolutely could not let the army charge into Nanyang City like this. Otherwise, even though there were only thirty thousand soldiers, the combat prowess of the soldiers would far exceed that of the ordinary yellow-clothed soldiers. With Zhang Mancheng's hundreds of thousands of soldiers, even he would not be able to defend against them.

"Vault Commander!" Not good! "Commander-in-chief!" But before Zhang Mancheng could give the order, another yellow-robed soldier ran from the south. This soldier's appearance was rather unsteady, and was in an extremely sorry state. With great difficulty, the yellow-robed soldier scrambled to his feet and ran in front of Zhang Mancheng. He pointed to the south and shouted, "Commander-in-chief! Not good! A large number of soldiers appeared outside the southern city gate! They have already broken through the city gate and are rushing into the city! "

Zhang Mancheng suddenly felt a thunderous sound above his head. It was as if a bolt of heavenly lightning had descended from the sky and struck his head. At the same time, as if to verify the words of the yellow-robed soldier, the sound of battle began to ring out from the south. The sound was getting closer and closer.

He lost! This was the only thought that came to Zhang Mancheng's mind. Needless to say, Zhang Mancheng would definitely lose this battle! A large number of soldiers had appeared in the north of the city. Zhang Mancheng didn't know where they came from, but when they appeared in the south, he could vaguely guess one or two of them.

Zhang Mancheng's plan this time was to take Nanyang County down first and seize their grain. He would make use of Nanyang's geographical position to cut off the connection between Jingzhou and Luoyang. Next, he would nibble away at other cities in Jing Prefecture step by step and bring the whole of Jing Prefecture under the control of the Yellow Gown Army!

And according to this plan, Zhang Mancheng had naturally discovered this information early on. Although the assassination attempt on Shi Xueman in Jing Prefecture could not be considered a big deal, but with Xu, the assassination attempt on Qin Jie was not bad. Although he was only a scholar, he still knew how to use military tactics. Initially, Zhang Mancheng also wanted to recruit him into the Yellow Gown Army, but he didn't succeed. It was precisely because of this person that Zhang Mancheng placed his first goal on Nanyang and not the capital of Jingzhou, Xiangyang!

Previously, when Zhang Mancheng had handed the task of attacking Nanyang City to Sun Xia and Han Zhong, he brought the elites of the Yellow Gown Army to subdue the small towns around Nanyang County. Another reason was to put pressure on Xiangyang so that the garrison troops of Xiangyang and other Jingzhou cities wouldn't dare to support Nanyang. However, Zhang Mancheng never expected that he would waste so much time in Nanyang City. It was very obvious that the garrison troops of the other counties in Jing Prefecture would no longer be able to hold back and send out their troops!

Although Zhang Mancheng had a large number of yellow-robed soldiers under his command, they didn't have the ability to deal with all the soldiers and horses in Jing Prefecture, not to mention the mysterious army that came from the north. As matters stood, Zhang Mancheng's plan had been doomed to failure. Zhang Mancheng looked as if he had aged several decades; his face no longer looked as sharp as before.

He glanced behind him at the Yellow Gown Army soldiers who were also shocked by the sudden news. The shouts coming from the south also continuously beat on Zhang Mancheng's confidence. At the same time, the battle drums in the north also stopped and were replaced with the same shouts from the north. Zhang Mancheng immediately knew that the north gate had definitely been breached!

It was originally a good situation, but now it had ended like this. Zhang Mancheng wished he could immediately draw his sword to apologize and commit suicide! However, upon seeing the helpless faces of the soldiers of the yellow-robed soldiers around him, Zhang Mancheng could not help but let out a long sigh. This was the power of the Taiping Road! It would be such a pity if all of them were to die here! After thinking about it again and again, Zhang Mancheng resisted the urge to kill himself, waved his hand, and shouted, "Retreat! Retreat to the east! "

When the yellow-clothed soldiers first heard that the army had arrived, they were already panicking. Now that Zhang Mancheng had given the order, they finally recovered from their panic. He immediately obeyed Zhang Mancheng's military order and began to gather his troops, rushing towards the east gate. Before Zhang Mancheng left, he cast an unwilling glance at County Governor Manor. The final step! He was only missing this final step! If he could have captured the county governor's residence earlier and completely grasped Nanyang City, Zhang Mancheng was confident that he could rely on the city walls to fight against the soldiers!

As long as they could hold off these soldiers, they believed that the southern Yellow Gathered Soldiers and the Yinchuan Yellow Gowned Soldiers would soon come to their rescue. At that time, these soldiers would all be buried here, so how could it be Zhang Mancheng's turn to flee?

But now, there was no point thinking about it any further. Zhang Mancheng could only flee out of South Sun City in a hurry, his heart full of regret and hundreds of thousands of yellow-robed soldiers. Along the way, they encountered the unavoidable pursuits of soldiers from the north and south. Zhang Mancheng, who was not interested in fighting anymore, naturally would not bother with these soldiers anymore. He did not have any intention of resisting and immediately ordered them to flee, but several hundred thousand soldiers were being chased and killed by less than fifty thousand soldiers. The casualties were numerous, and even though they could escape, the remaining soldiers and horses numbered less than a hundred thousand.

And when Zhang Mancheng gave the order to escape, inside County Governor Manor, he heard the commotion outside. Chu Gong, Huang Zhong, and the rest of the soldiers were overjoyed. However, Huang Zhong's suggestion was stopped by Luo Yang. The reason was that, whether the reinforcements were real or not, if they acted rashly and fell into the bandits' trap, wouldn't that be terrible? After hearing Lou Yang's suggestion, Chu Gong agreed. In any case, even if they were to defend County Governor Manor to the death, it would not make much of a difference if reinforcements were to arrive.

Although Luo Yang said so, in his heart, he already believed that there was really reinforcements coming! This was because with the current strength disparity between the yellow-robed Army and the garrison forces of County Governor Manor, Zhang Mancheng did not need to play such a trick. However, Luo Yang thought of an excuse and advised Huang Zhong to attack. Although he did not know, the reinforcements that should have waited until two months later had appeared. However, since the yellow-robed youth's army had been defeated, his previous goal of preserving his life had been completed temporarily. If he protected his own life, what would happen next? In this chaotic world, Luo Yang had his own thoughts. Looking at the rising sun in the east, although somewhat dazzling, Luo Yang had no intention of avoiding it. His face revealed an inexplicable expression. [In troubled times, I, Luoyang, am here!]