The 'slowing down of the offensive' mentioned by the rebel general Liu De does not mean that the rebels will no longer launch a fierce attack on the city wall, but only focus on the purpose of 'consuming Nanyang sergeants'.

So how do you get there?

Then it was necessary to rely on the 'surprise attack' move, no, when Ju Sheng, Wei Ping, Zhou Yi and other rebel generals were commanding their infantry to attack the city wall, the crossbowmen phalanx behind them suddenly launched a volley towards the city wall.

Not to mention that the Nanyang soldiers on the city wall were defenseless, and there were countless arrows in the time of climbing, and even the rebel soldiers who were climbing the long ladder were killed and wounded under the volley of friendly arrows.

Looking at the wounded all over the city wall, Sun Xiu grabbed one of his subordinates, and reprimanded angrily: "Arrows are coming!" Why not give early warning?! ”

The Qu Hou, who was in his thirties, explained with a little grievance: "The last and last generals saw that the momentum of the rebels' siege had not subsided, and they were unprepared from time to time, and they didn't know that they even shot their own people on the other side......

Hearing this explanation, although Sun Xiu was angry, he didn't want to say anything, after all, he didn't even notice it.

It stands to reason that the besieging crossbowmen will launch a volley between two waves of attacks by their besieging soldiers, which can not only delay and affect the rotation of guards, but also cover some of their retreating soldiers, and at the same time shoot a few fools with no battlefield experience.

However, the siege of the rebels outside the city continued, and the rebel crossbowmen in the distance unleashed a 'unusual' volley of indistinguishable fire, which was indeed a bit unexpected.

"Is it a new pawn anyway?"

Sun Xiu looked at the rebel crossbowmen in the distance outside the city with annoyance, and secretly cursed the meanness on the other side in his heart.

Not to mention anything else, he still cherishes his soldiers very much in the Nanyang army, and even Wang Shangde once did the evil act of sending troops to slaughter the village because the villagers killed his soldiers - although Wang Shangde was not entirely to avenge his soldiers.

Taking a deep breath, Sun Xiu shouted to the Qu Hou: "Remember the lesson, then give me a snack, even if the rebels outside the city do not retreat for a long time, you will leave me an eye to stare at the group of crossbowmen outside the city!" …… Don't overestimate the morality of this group of rebels! ”

"Yes!"

Qu Hou, who was scolded by him, replied repeatedly.

In fact, not only Sun Xiu and other guards of the Kunyang side were angry, but even among the rebels outside the city, there were many people who were angry at Fang Cai's volley.

Ju Sheng, who is a song general, is one of them.

He looked back in horror for the culprit who had just launched the volley, and after some eye search, he finally identified the target—it was the crossbow soldier led by Gao Yu, who was also a general of Qu.

After finding his target, he said angrily to the guards beside him: "You go to that Gao Yu immediately, and tell his crossbowmen to polish their eyes, and don't let the arrows fall on your own heads!" If there is a next time, I will never spare him! ”

"Yes!"

Seeing that Qu Jiang was angry, the left and right guards hurriedly turned around and left.

Moments later, the guard returned to Ju Sheng's side.

Seeing that his face was different, Ju Sheng frowned and asked, "What?" So what did Gao Yu say? ”

He said......" The guard swallowed his saliva and said cautiously, "...... He said, "Let Qu take care of your own affairs, and instead of being angry with him for no reason, it is better to let your soldiers be smart...... He also said that he was ordered by the general, and if you have any opinions, please go to the general and ask ......"

"What?! He blamed me in turn? ”

When he heard the first half of the sentence, Ju Sheng was immediately furious, and he was about to scold angrily, but he suddenly heard the guard say the second half of the sentence, and his angry expression suddenly froze on his face.

"The General's Order?"

Turning his head to look at the location of General Liu De, Ju Sheng frowned deeply.

Listening to Gao Yu's fearless reply, Ju Sheng of course knew that this was by no means Gao Yu's words, in other words, Liu De planned to use 'this method' to consume the Nanyang army on Kunyang City, consume this elite as much as possible, and prepare for the capture of Kunyang in the coming day.

For this reason, Liu De did not hesitate to regard the soldiers under his command as a sacrifice.

In all fairness, if from a utilitarian point of view, half of the soldiers under his command were recruited in Dingling, Zhaoling, Yuncheng and other counties, if they could be used as bait to make the Nanyang soldiers on the city wall be killed by their Changsha army's crossbowmen in an unguarded situation, this would also be regarded as a one-to-one casualty.

Considering that the Nanyang army is an elite, at least an old pawn, and his new pawns are not much different from the farmers who cultivate the fields when they remove their armor, so this 'one for one' method, his Changsha New Chu Army is still earned, and it is very profitable.

But if we start from morality......

『…… How is this different from a green forest thief?'

Ju Sheng sighed secretly.

However, with his position, he was powerless to oppose the order of General Liu De, let alone dare to debunk the filth in it, lest the morale of the soldiers under his command plummet, and he could only be treated as a 'friendly wound'.

He privately instructed left and right: "A few of you keep an eye on Gao Yu's part for me, and if you see his corporal raising a crossbow and shooting, immediately remind me ......"

The left and right guards knew that Ju Sheng had always attached importance to the soldiers under his command, and as soon as they heard this, they guessed what this Qu general was going to do, and persuaded with a shocked face: "Qu general, that is the general's instructions......

Ju Sheng shook his head and said, "But you also know that it was wrong, don't you?" If a soldier of our righteous army dies at the hands of the enemy, it is called a well-deserved death, but at the hands of his own people...... What is that? We are the rebels who want to 'overthrow the tyrannical Jin', and since we should be above board, how can we do such a dirty thing? ”

glanced left and right, and nodded solemnly: "Qu Jiang Gaoyi, I'll understand." ”

As a result, Ju Sheng continued to command his soldiers to attack the city wall in an orderly manner, while several guards beside him turned their heads to stare at Gao Yu in the distance.

I don't know how long it took, these guards suddenly saw the crossbowmen of the Gao Yu Department raising their crossbows towards the city wall again, and they hurriedly reminded Ju Sheng: "Qu General! Qu Jiang! ”

Ju Sheng immediately understood, and shouted to the soldiers who were attacking the city in front of him: "Everyone pay attention, friendly arrows attack, beware of mistakes!" ”

Hearing his shout, the soldiers under his command raised their shields to cover their vital points, and the soldiers who climbed on the long ladders jumped down from the ladders, holding their shields high and moving away from the city walls.

The Nanyang soldiers on the city wall are not blind, how can they not see the abnormality of the siege soldiers?

Looking further into the distance, half of them spotted the rebel crossbowmen holding their crossbows in the distance outside the city.

"Arrow strike! Arrow Strike! ”

For a while, the Nanyang soldiers on the southern city wall reminded each other while holding their shields high and preparing for the salvo of arrows, which also made this round of volleys of the rebels almost ineffective.

“……”

After the volley of arrows, Sun Xiu glanced outside the city from the battlements, and naturally saw the rebel soldiers who 'retreated in time'.

Since only Ju Sheng's soldiers retreated on the entire front, it was still very eye-catching at first glance.

"Hmph, it seems that the rebels are not necessarily despicable and unscrupulous, and there are so many ......."

Although the generals of those soldiers were, this did not prevent Sun Xiu from praising the generals of those soldiers.

At the same time, the rebel general Gao Yu, who saw this scene from afar, was furious, and he pinched the reins and scolded: "Damn it! What the hell is that guy doing here! Is he reminding the guards on the other side?! ”

They looked at each other on the left and right, and no one dared to speak.

After Gao scolded a few words, Gao Yu finally calmed down, and said to the left and right expressionlessly: "Go, tell the general, just say that Ju Sheng disobeyed the order." ”

Left and right in response.

Not long after, Liu De sent guards to warn Ju Sheng: Act according to my orders, and you must not disobey the yang and the yin, otherwise the military regulations will be dealt with!

Looking at the general guard who came to warn him, Ju Sheng stopped talking a few times, and sighed for a long time.

There was nothing he could do.

Under Ju Sheng's silence, his soldiers soon suffered friendly injuries again.

Fortunately, the Nanyang army on the opposite side was also suffering casualties...... Ju Sheng could only comfort himself with such words.

But the problem is that the Nanyang soldiers are not stupid, especially Sun Xiu, who is a partial general, and he soon discovered the despicable tricks of the rebels - just as he thought, the rebels on the opposite side used the group of weak new soldiers as bait to make them suffer casualties as much as possible while the Nanyang soldiers under his command were defenseless.

Just when he was angry, several black tiger thieves suddenly found him and said eagerly: "General Sun, the big leader has an order, ordering half of the soldiers to guard against the rebels to attack the city, and the other half of the soldiers to be vigilant against the rebels' long-range shots, and cover Tongze at any time." …… However, the general needs to be wary of a sudden onslaught by the rebels. ”

Obviously, Zhao Yu also noticed this incident and immediately gave an order.

"Ahh

Sun Xiu suddenly slapped his head.

That's right, since the rebel soldiers who are besieging the city are weak, why should everyone keep an eye on the city walls? Half the manpower is enough!

"I'm dizzy, too."

Scolding himself, Sun Xiu nodded, and immediately ordered: "Pass my order, every army, three people resist the rebel siege, two people hold shields to be vigilant against the rebels' long-range shots, and cover the ......robes at any time."

His orders soon spread throughout the western section of the southern wall.

Sure enough, after he made such an arrangement, the tricks of the rebels outside the city immediately failed, and the Nanyang soldiers on the city wall steadily blocked the offensive of Ju Sheng, Wei Ping, and Zhou Yi, while always being vigilant for the long-range shots of the rebels outside the city.

This made Liu De, the rebel general who originally wanted to send the Green Forest Thieves to repeat his old tricks, reluctantly changed his mind.

"Give the order to go down and tell the soldiers in front to withdraw and regroup."

Looking up at the sun approaching the sky, Liu De ordered in a deep voice.

Although he had made up his mind not to attack Kunyang County on the first day, as he had suggested to Guan Shuo, he would try to consume the Nanyang soldiers on the opposite side as much as possible.

"Seven Days...... No, five days, five days, five days.'

Staring at Kunyang City in the distance, Liu De secretly estimated.