Chapter 13: Temptation
100,000 elites set up camp outside Bishui Pass, Gao Cheng and Sun Jian's two armies and horses were divided into left and right, and two camps echoed each other, Sun Jian's troops were numerous, but some grain and grass were not in supply, and Gao Cheng's men carried a lot of grain and grass, so there was no need to worry about lack of food for the time being.
The next day, Sun Jian and Gao Cheng did not immediately list the major formations to tackle the key problems, but sent craftsmen to cut down trees to make ladders, crash cars, and simple thunderbolts, and waited until the afternoon to complete the construction of various siege equipment.
Sun Jian's soldiers were many generals, and he was the vanguard of the princes' army this time, so as the commander-in-chief of the army, he began to command the men and horses on both sides to attack Bishui Pass.
Boom, boom, boom! The thunderbolt carts launched stone bullets one after another to attack the Dong soldiers on the pass, only to see the debris flying all over the sky, and the entire 20 thunderbolt cars continued to attack, causing considerable damage to the Dong army.
On the wall, Hua Xiong and a man in Confucian costumes stood side by side, both of them were not good-looking, Hua Xiong looked at the 100,000 army below, turned his head to look at the man beside him, and said unwillingly: "Sun Jian is rampant, I don't know if Zhonglang will have a way to break the thief?"
Hua Xiong called the Zhonglang General is Li Su of the official residence Tiger Ben Zhonglang General, his eyes flashed with fine light, showing a strong spiritual power, but his spiritual power has not yet broken through the transcendent realm, so although the official position is high, the status in the army is under Hua Xiong, and now Hu Zhen has been killed, Li Su has to rely on Hua Xiong's strength to block the advance of the princes under the pass.
Li Su touched his mustache and said: "General, don't be impatient, now that General Hu Zhen has died in battle, the morale of the army has dropped, and a rash attack will only be defeated by Sun Jian! We are sitting on the Xiongguan, as long as we can't hold on, no matter how brave Sun Jian is, he can't help us!"
Hua Xiong patted the wall in front of him, and his rough appearance, which was originally full of flesh, actually showed a bit of wisdom, his voice was a little muffled, and he said: "I don't know what General Zhonglang said? It's just that General Hu Zhen is the main general of the army, and he rashly went out to fight and died, but he even affected the two of us, in case Xiangguo gets angry because of this, let us make meritorious service to defeat Sun Jian, we must take the initiative to go out and fight! What is the use of sitting on the strong city at that time?"
Li Su glanced at Hua Xiong in surprise, he didn't expect that this Liangzhou general would have such a careful mind, but think about it, Hua Xiong's worry is indeed right, since Xiangguo entered Luoyang, for some reason, his personality suddenly changed.
In the past, Dong Zhuo was heroic by nature, magnanimous and tolerant, and liked to recruit heroes from all over the world, so whether it was Li Dao Guo Yan or Fan Chou Xu Rong, he was loyal to him, but now he suddenly became moody, and his methods became ruthless. This matter was insignificant in the past, but now Dong Zhuo was furious and ordered someone to beat this servant to death.
In addition to this imperial history, many generals in the army also killed in front of Dong Zhuo. This time, the Kwantung heroes formed an alliance to attack Luoyang, and Dong Zhuo heard that the leader of the alliance was Yuan Shao, so he couldn't help but be angry, and directly sent Lu Bu to capture the Taifu Yuan Kui and the Taifu Yuan Ji.
Yuan Kui and Yuan Ji are the representatives of the Runan Yuan clan in Luoyang, and the two are also very powerful soul refining masters, but it is a pity that these two people are not opponents at all in the face of Lu Bu, who is unparalleled in the world, and they were directly imprisoned by sealing their strength.
Runan Yuan's clan is the first clan in the world, Li Su felt a burst of pressure when he heard Yuan's reputation, if all the power of Runan Yuan's clan broke out, even the entire Han couldn't bear it.
And the head of such a family, Dong Zhuo said that he would take it, although he had the power of relying on Lu Bu, an invincible general, but it can also be seen that Dong Zhuo and Dong Xiangguo no longer have any scruples. If he heard the news of Hu Zhen's death in battle, maybe he really sent someone to ask for the guilt, as Hua Xiong feared.
Li Su thought of this, his thoughts turned sharply, and after thinking for a while, he didn't know how to solve it, his face became gloomy, and he could only sigh: "No way, if Xiangguo sends someone to reprimand, we can only find a way to make meritorious contributions and make meritorious contributions!"
Seeing that Li Su couldn't help but be a little disappointed, Hua Xiong couldn't help but be a little disappointed, and then saw another round of stone bullets flying, snorted coldly, and directly burst out of his anger, pulled out his long knife and swept forward.
The dark blue gang qi condensed into dozens of zhang of sword gang in the void, swept across the air, and split a small half of the stone bullet into pieces.
Sun Jian, who was in the army, saw this scene, and instead of being angry, he was happy, and laughed: "Okay! I want to see how many stone bullets Huaxiong Pifu's qi can withstand!"
Then with a wave of his right hand, twenty thunderbolts released more than a dozen rounds in a row, throwing all the collected stones onto the wall, and then stopped the attack.
"Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, lead the army to tackle the key points!" Sun Jian saw that the morale of the soldiers on the wall was low, and immediately sent two generals under his command to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to start pushing the ladder and crashing the car to continue the offensive.
Cheng Pu and Huang Gai immediately received the order, each led 5,000 soldiers to divide into two teams on the left and right, set up a ladder, roared and shouted, and braved the rolling wood and stones on the wall and the rain of arrows to rush up without fear of death......
When Sun Jian's soldiers and horses were tackling the key problems, Gao Cheng watched with many of his subordinates not far away, and the soldiers under Sun Jian's command were all elites, and in less than half an hour, they came to the bottom of the wall with more than 2,000 casualties, set up ladders one by one, and began to attack the city.
"Zhicai, you said that if our army joins forces with Sun Jian, how long will it take to break through Bishui Pass?" Gao Cheng suddenly asked to his side.
Xi Zhicai said without hesitation: "If Shu Zhi, Youping, and General Gao Ran join forces with Sun Jian, regardless of casualties, they will definitely be able to break through the pass within half a month!
The role of a strong man in this world is extremely high, especially the extraordinary generals. If it is an ordinary city, the extraordinary military general can even take a few men to attack the city wall.
Under the effect of refining Gang and refining soul powerhouses, the Xiongguan Dangerous Pass of this world can actually only block ordinary soldiers, but Hua Xiong still has five thousand trained elites under him, and once he casts the method of battle formation, his strength will rise sharply by three or four percent. And 5,000 soldiers can form a formation to besiege.
The rabbit is still going to kick people when he is dying, with such an ability, if Hua Xiong bursts out with all his strength to pull a cushion, except for Gao Cheng, almost no one can block his sacrificial blow.
Gao Cheng and Xi Zhicai said a few words, and saw that Cheng Pu and Huang Gai had already rushed to the city wall, and Hua Xiong immediately greeted them, and they were evenly divided with one enemy and two equals.
The siege lasted for two hours, and seeing that the sky was gradually darkening, Sun Jian withdrew his troops. The crowd did not have the luxury of breaking the city in one day, and today's siege was just a tentative attack.