"Watch me swallow young Sun whole like a tiger!"
Chapter 329: The Battle of Hefei!
The great battle came sooner than expected.
Early the next morning, Sun Quan ordered Han Dang to lead ten thousand troops as the vanguard and launch an assault on Hefei City.
The fighting was exceptionally brutal.
Sun Quan's army held an overwhelming numerical advantage, and with his order to take Hefei City within ten days hanging over them, Han Dang's attacks were ferocious.
On the defending side, Zhang Liao and Qu Yi led their soldiers and the common people in a desperate resistance atop the walls, repelling wave after wave of attacks.
The two sides fought from dawn until dusk. Only when the sun was about to set did Sun Quan's army sound the gongs to withdraw, retreating to their camp at Xiaoyao Ford.
Corpses littered the ground outside Hefei City, and the blood ran deep enough to float shields.
Every inch of earth seemed stained crimson with blood, so that, viewed from afar, the land beneath the setting sun appeared entirely red.
At that moment, atop Hefei City's walls.
Many blood-soaked banners bearing the character "Han" still hung there, their black fabric mingling with the blood to give off a dark red sheen.
In the lingering light of sunset, they looked so dazzling.
And so magnificent.
Zhang Liao and Qu Yi were both covered in blood and grime, their armor so thick with dust and blood that its original color could no longer be distinguished.
Qu Yi beside him looked no better. The fierce battle had drained him considerably, and the two sat resting beneath the battlements like ordinary soldiers, taking sporadic bites of dry rations.
"How has this Blue-Eyed Thief become so cowardly?"
Zhang Liao took a hard bite of the dry rations