"The messenger who delivered the imperial decree to us has already arrived at Yanmen Pass, so the route to Ding Yuan should be almost complete by now!"
"Good, keep a close eye on things and be ready to take over the troops in Bingzhou at any time."
If we take over the troops from Bingzhou, we'll have an army of 40,000 at once!
A smug look appeared on Dong Pangpang's face.
It is estimated that, apart from the three generals who quelled the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Dong Zhuo had the most troops.
"Here you go!"
......
Outside Shaling City.
Ding Yuan's face was so dark it looked like ink was about to drip from it.
They clearly had a numerical advantage and were also well-equipped.
Moreover, these 10,000 Bingzhou soldiers and 6,000 Xiongnu soldiers were not new recruits; they were all veterans who had fought in major battles and seen blood.
But they couldn't take even a fraction of Shaling City, which Zhang Liao was defending.
On the first day of the attack, the six thousand Xiongnu soldiers had not even reached the city walls when they were hit by arrows from the city walls just two hundred paces away, suffering heavy losses.
Fortunately, only about two hundred arrows were shot each time.
If there were thousands of branches.
At least half of these 6,000 Xiongnu soldiers will perish here.
By the time they reached the city walls and began firing arrows at the ramparts, the six thousand Xiongnu had already lost six or seven hundred men.
Shi Tu Gu made absolutely no mention of fighting to the last man!
He was just saying it.
He hasn't found the important task of those ten thousand tribesmen yet, how could he let his entire tribe die?
Seeing that he had done his best, Ding Yuan replaced him and then sent Lü Bu and Zhang Yang to lead their troops in repeated attacks.
Despite Lü Bu's strong personal abilities, he always took the lead in the attack when besieging cities.
However, Zhang Liao also knew about Lü Bu's situation. Whenever Lü Bu attacked the city and climbed the siege ladder, he would lead a group of people to block him.
With Lu Bu on a ladder, his extraordinary martial prowess naturally couldn't be fully utilized.
Lü Bu was relentlessly targeted by Zhang Liao.
Before he could even climb to the top of the city wall, he was either forced back by a hail of arrows or nearly fell down when his ladder was overturned.
They even used the useless 'golden juice' specifically to deal with Lü Bu.
If Lü Bu hadn't been quick-witted and fast enough to run, he might have been drenched in excrement as well.
They attacked for five days, launching no fewer than ten assaults.
The sand dunes remain as solid as a rock.
"We must take this city today, no matter what!"
"If that bastard Dong Zhuo gets there first, all this effort will have been wasted."
Ding Yuan encouraged Zhang Yang, Lü Bu, Shi Tugu, and a group of officers and generals, and gave them a firm order: they must take Shaling today.
Five days have passed now. I wonder how Dong Zhuo is doing; how is Liu Wei's fight against the Xianbei people going?
That damned Zhang Liao, he's blocking his way!
Zhang Yang, Lü Bu, Shi Tu Gu, and the others looked exhausted, and it took them a while to muster their spirits.
"My lord, my lord! People are coming from Pianguan!"
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