Chapter Eighty-Five: Dividing the Troops and Defending the City
"Sound from east to west? Luring the snake out of the hole? Lu Cheng scratched his head in confusion: "These two words don't seem to mean the same thing." ”
Wei Chu said with a smile: "Of course it doesn't mean the same thing, I mean that we have to use these two methods together, so that the enemy can't figure out our true intentions, and it's the best plan!" ”
After Wei Chu's mention, Zhou Yukun's eyes also lit up, and he clapped his hands together and said: "Yes, we can't let the enemy take the initiative to force us to participate in the battle head-on; That's why we want to make a fug-of-war with them, but in fact we want to focus on the other side. ”
"That's what it means, let's split into two teams first. First, Uncle Lu and I stayed behind to defend the city and engage them in a head-on battle to distract them. Second, Yukun and Uncle Lin took a small group of men and horses to take advantage of this opportunity to take a long detour to their rear. ”
Zhou Yukun interjected: "According to the calculation of time, in order to hurry faster, it will take at least four days for Uncle Lin and I to take a thousand people to reach their rear, can you hold it?" ”
"Nope." Wei Chu raised his hand and denied: "A thousand people is too much, five hundred elites are enough, so it can save the next day's time." ”
"Five hundred?" Zhou Yukun's eyes widened, and he smiled bitterly: "Brother Wei Chu, you also think too highly of me, take five hundred people to sneak attack the enemy's lair, is this not clear to send to death?" ”
Wei Chu laughed and said, "When did I say that I would let you attack Jianye?" People are not stupid, and even if there are not many garrisons in the city, they will certainly not be able to be defeated by five hundred people. The main task of letting you go to the rear this time is to cut off the other party's grain route, since they have many soldiers, the grain and grass must be consumed much faster than ours, so once the grain route is broken, the army's morale will be in chaos. ”
Zhou Yukun nodded suddenly, this arrangement is reasonable, as long as Wei Chu attracts the attention of the other party on the front line, he can sneak attack the opponent's reserve army more safely, after all, the combat effectiveness of the grain transportation army is definitely not high, five hundred elites are enough!
"Okay, without further ado, Uncle Lin and I are ready to leave now, and the city will be handed over to you, do you have confidence?"
Before Wei Chu could speak, Lu Cheng patted his chest boldly: "Brother Yukun, don't worry, with me, those little cubs will definitely not be able to get in." ”
The corners of Wei Chu's mouth twitched, and he flicked his bangs in a chic manner, and assured with great confidence: "Don't worry, instead of worrying about us, it's better to worry about whether your task can be completed." ”
Zhou Yukun laughed, but he didn't say any more nonsense, and turned around and left the lobby quickly. Seeing this, Lin Zhong on the side was also about to follow, but he was suddenly grabbed by Wei Chu's arm, and he turned back suspiciously: "Little brother Wei Chu, what's wrong?" ”
Wei Chu gently shoved a note into his hand, and then whispered in his ear for a while, as if he was instructing something.
After listening, Lin Zhong glanced at him puzzled, obviously not understanding why he arranged it like this, but out of trust in him, Lin Zhong didn't ask much, put the note away, and left the lobby quickly.
Seeing that the things on the other side were finished, Wei Chu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but the confidence on his face slowly faded, leaving only a deep solemn look, because he knew that this time the battle to defend the city was not as simple as he said before, just to not put pressure on Zhou Yukun, he didn't show it.
"Okay, that's our side next. Uncle Lu, please be mentally prepared, we are likely to die here if we are not careful! ”
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"The defenders of Shouchun City, hurry up and surrender, otherwise we will prepare to attack the city." Outside the south gate of Shouchun City, one of the generals of Zhu Hong's army stood in front of the battle and shouted loudly, while behind him were endless soldiers.
As soon as the words fell, I saw a fully armed strong general walking out of the city wall, only to hear him roar loudly: "Where did the little thief come from outside the city, what kind of green onion are you, let the boss of your family come out and talk to me, you are not worthy of negotiating terms with me." ”
The enemy general outside the city was furious when he heard this, and scolded: "I see that you are toasting and not eating and drinking, but my lord can see it if you want to?" Besides, I just gave you a chance, and since you won't listen to persuasion, then don't blame me for being ruthless. After saying that, he pulled out the long sword at his waist and shouted: "The whole army, attack the city!" ”
At the sound of the order, the army behind him immediately advanced, and slowly appeared in front of him a large number of siege equipment, such as battering rams, ladder carts, catapults, etc. It seems that Zhu Hong's courage is not small, and he has no carelessness in attacking such a small city, and all the equipment is very complete.
On the other hand, on the defending side, Lu Cheng, who was standing on the city wall, did not move at all, just watching the opponent's large army approaching, and he didn't even give an order to the archers next to him. At this time, Wei Chu also quickly climbed the city wall, and after he glanced at the scene outside the city, he gave Lu Cheng a look.
Lu Cheng immediately understood, and shouted "release the arrow" in his mouth.
Listening to the dense sound of bows and arrows "whooshing", the archers, who had already been ready to go, instantly let go of the bowstrings, and a dense rain of arrows drew a beautiful parabola in the air, heading straight for the enemy's army.
Of course, the number of enemy troops outside the city was so large that the soldiers could shoot people without aiming at all. After the first round of arrow rain, the soldiers immediately drew another batch of bows and arrows prepared next to them, but these bows and arrows were obviously different from the previous ones, and they looked very bloated.
At this time, the enemy troops outside the city saw bows and arrows flying overhead, and some of them quickly drew their shields and blocked their heads. It didn't take long for them to feel the shield sink, and countless bows and arrows pierced the shield, but they didn't hurt the people under the shield at all. After a rain of arrows, the number of wounded in Zhu Hong's army reached 300, just because most of the soldiers were new recruits and did not have an overly strong reaction ability.
But after a round, everyone else has already prepared, regardless of whether the other party releases the arrow or not, first put the shield on their head and then say, so that the speed of progress is much slower. They hadn't gone long before they heard another burst of bows and arrows, and then the shields above their heads slammed down, almost smashing the soldiers into a dazzle.
They wondered why the bow and arrow were so powerful this time that they could barely even hold their shields. But it didn't take long for them to notice that the shield was slowly dripping water, but now it was a sunny day, where did the water come from?
Dip a little drop of water on their hands and put it in front of their nose and sniff it gently, and the soldiers became even more puzzled, because these are not water, but lamp oil, which is commonly used in every household, how can the enemy's bows and arrows shoot out so much lamp oil?
But some of the reactive soldiers quickly screamed, because they already had an ominous premonition!
Sure enough, while they were wondering why the lamp oil was coming out, a bow and arrow sounded again in the distance overhead, this was the third time the arrow was released, but it was also the most dazzling bow and arrow of the three, because the tip of the arrow flickered with bursts of fire.
"Puff puff!"
Before many of the soldiers in Zhu Hong's army could understand what was going on, the rockets hit the shield above their heads again. Imagine what happens when a flame meets oil. The answer, of course, is burning, and even more ferocious.
In just an instant, this area that was hit instantly burst into flames, and screams and screams came one after another, like a scene like a hell of Shura!