"What? What are those two bastards doing?"
Upon hearing the guard's report, Kerley couldn't help but curse aloud.
The guard hurriedly replied, "Your Highness, according to reports, the two of them went home after leaving the palace, and then took their families and headed towards the west gate. They should be outside the city by now..."
"A villain has misled me!!"
Upon hearing this, Kerley's face immediately contorted into a grimace.
"Your Highness, something terrible has happened! The rebels and enemy troops have reached the city walls..."
Just then, a guard rushed in.
After calming himself down, Kerley said urgently, "Quickly, immediately send down the order to have the palace guards keep a close watch on those ten thousand soldiers, and inform all the guards in the city to defend it to the death!!"
At this point, the enemy army had already reached the city gates, and Kerley dared not open the city gates again to let the ten thousand soldiers out of the city to meet the enemy.
If those people take the opportunity to rebel and seize control of the city gates, I'll be completely finished.
"yes!"
The guard agreed and then quickly ran outside.
Soon, the guards who remained at the palace left and headed towards the garrison of 10,000 soldiers in the city.
At the same time, Dong Zhuo led 27,000 Dayuan prisoners and 6,000 elite Gaoliu troops to the south of the city.
Looking at the city, which was no more than four meters high and didn't even have a moat, Dong Zhuo's lips curled up slightly, revealing a smug smile.
Such a city wall would be practically useless in the Han Dynasty.
After carefully observing the situation of the guards on the city wall, Dong Zhuo was even happier.
According to his observation, the guards on the city wall, although all of them were tall and strong, were loosely organized. Some were in teams of dozens of people, and some were in groups of hundreds of people. It was obvious that they were temporarily put together.
Moreover, there weren't many thunderstones or rolling logs on the city walls, and few of the guards carried bows and arrows.
"This city will fall in just one hour!!"
After reading it, Dong Zhuo smiled and said something, then turned to look at the Xianbei officer beside him.
"Pass down the order: first send 10,000 Dayuan prisoners to attack the city, and then send 3,000 Xianbei brothers behind them to shoot down any enemy soldiers who show their faces with bows and arrows!"
"yes!"
The Xianbei officer agreed and then led his men to begin preparations for the siege.
The guards on the city walls trembled with fear as they looked at the more than 30,000 troops outside the city.
Some of the guards, remembering their master's instructions, shrank back, ready to retreat at any moment.
Soon, ten thousand Dayuan prisoners led the way, followed by three thousand Xianbei soldiers armed with bows and arrows, and began their attack on the southern city.
Upon seeing this, a guard officer responsible for defending the city wall hurriedly shouted to the guards hiding behind the battlements: "Prepare to launch stones!!"
However, the guards seemed not to hear them and remained tightly hidden behind the battlements.
Aside from being ordered by their master, they were genuinely afraid.
These guards, despite their tall and burly appearance, usually only helped the nobles bully ordinary people. They had never encountered such a situation before.
"What's wrong with you all? Why aren't you moving? Once the enemy breaks through the city, do you think you'll survive?"
Seeing that none of the guards had moved, the guard officer was furious and questioned them loudly.
Upon hearing this, the captains of the guards from each household all showed expressions of hesitation.
A captain ordered his men, "Do as he says, and be careful!"
The guards nodded, then picked up the stones and went to the crenellations.
Just as a guard raised a stone to throw it down, a whooshing sound came, followed by a sharp pain in his throat as an arrow pierced his neck, causing him to fall backward.
At the same time, a dense rain of arrows swept down from below the city walls, and the guards who had peeked out were all hit by arrows and fell to the ground. In this single attack, nearly a hundred guards were killed or wounded.
"Quick, hide!!"
"Don't show your faces!!"
Upon seeing this, the captains of the guards shouted loudly and led their men to hide behind the battlements.
"Haha~, they really are just a bunch of rabble!!"
When Dong Zhuo saw the guards retreating from the city walls, he burst into laughter.
A Xianbei officer stepped forward and said, "Brother Dong, in my opinion, should we send all our brothers up and take the city in one fell swoop?"
Dong Zhuo waved his hand: "No rush. Didn't those prisoners say there are still 10,000 troops inside the city? We can go after they appear!"
Although Dong Zhuo didn't think much of the Dayuan soldiers, it was best to be cautious until they appeared.
Then, Dong Zhuo said to the Xianbei officer, "Pass down the order to have the brothers attacking the city launch a fierce assault. Whoever is the first to scale the city will be rewarded with one hundred taels of gold, ten bolts of silk, and ten beautiful women!!"
"Whoever kills one enemy will receive a reward of five taels of gold and a beautiful woman!"
"yes!!"
The Xianbei officer agreed and then spurred his horse forward to relay Dong Zhuo's orders to the soldiers attacking the city.
"Brothers, for gold and beauties, charge!!"
"Kill!!"
Upon hearing of such a generous reward, the Dayuan soldiers responsible for attacking the city became enraged and accelerated their charge towards the city walls.
Under the cover of Xianbei archers, ten thousand Dayuan prisoners successfully rushed to the foot of the city wall, then erected long ladders and began to climb up.
"Quickly, everyone get up! Throw stones! Get the hell up!!"
The guards officers responsible for defending the city were also shouting loudly.
The guards ignored his shouts; their companion's body lay nearby, and no one dared to step forward at this moment.
"You damned cowards! Anyone who disobeys again will be killed without mercy!!"
Seeing the guards who refused to move, the guard officer could no longer contain his anger and cursed. He then drew his scimitar and walked toward the nearest guard.
"Release the arrows!!"
Just as he passed a battlement, a whooshing sound reached his ears.
Turning my head, I saw another volley of arrows raining down from below the city.
The guard officer's pupils contracted, and just as he was about to dodge, he felt a sharp pain in his throat and chest.
Looking down at the arrows that had pierced his neck and chest, the guard officer fell to the ground with a look of resentment.
He never imagined that one day he would die such a pathetic death.
"Haha~, the credit for being the first to scale the walls belongs to me!"
At the same time, a prisoner from Dayuan also climbed up the city wall using a long ladder.
"Kill them!"
Immediately afterwards, the other Dayuan prisoners also jumped onto the city wall. Seeing the guards huddled behind the battlements, the Dayuan prisoners did not hesitate to grab their weapons and rush forward.
"Retreat immediately!!"
Seeing the Dayuan prisoners charging towards them with red eyes, the guards were terrified and immediately turned and retreated.
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