After resting for half a day, Liu Cong led his army towards the city of Chaisang to the west of Gutang. There was no ambush and resistance along the way, and I think that Lu Su also gathered all the soldiers and prepared to resist to the death in Chaisang City. The army set up camp in Wuli, east of Chaisang City.

After everything was in order, Fa Zheng came to see Liu Cong: "The soldiers fought hard all night last night, it is better to rest for the time being today, anyway, the siege is not in a hurry." ”

"Well, just follow the order of filial piety and take strict precautions at night. In addition, send someone to contact Liu Pan and Huo Jun! And hurry up to assemble the construction truck and collect the stone! "After a night of hard fighting, although the Jingzhou soldiers won the victory, they were indeed exhausted, and with the thirty-mile march, the time was close to evening, and it was difficult to do anything to attack the city. Now as long as Guan Yu guards the mouth of the lake, Jiangdong's reinforcements will not be able to enter for a while. The Chaisang wall is high and the city is solid, and it cannot be defeated in a day or two, so it is better to rest for a day than to meet the enemy's bow and arrow with a tired division!

At this time, the other two roads, Liu Pan and Huo Jun had already arrived near Chaisang at noon, and camped outside the west gate and south gate of Chaisang, and Huo Jun even began a tentative siege......

The sun is rising, and the atmosphere is quite tense in the governor's mansion in Chaisang City. The high-pitched sound of the horn was like thunder from far and near, tearing apart the silent night sky, making it very noisy and chaotic. The people of the city were also awakened by the trumpet, and went out of their houses to the streets.

In the military tent, Lu Su knelt on the seat, his legs were straight, and his body was like a sword out of the sheath, sharp and straight. He squinted his eyes slightly, closed his eyes to recuperate, and his slender and huge right hand held the ancient ingot knife handed down by Sun Jian and held it on the ground, this knife was a symbol of power, and Sun Quan could be killed on the spot. His left hand was placed vertically on his thigh, and there was a full wine bottle on the desk in front of him, although Lu Su wanted to try to make his breathing as smooth and powerful as possible, but there was still a trace of shortness.

Zhu Ran ran into the camp tent out of breath and said loudly: "Dudu, the enemy army is attacking the city." ”

Lu Su's eyes opened suddenly, and a chilling momentum emanated from him, making Zhu Ran involuntarily take a step back. The word Yifeng, Danyang hometown (now Anji, Zhejiang) people. During the Three Kingdoms period, he was a famous general of Wu State, whose original surname was Shi, the adopted son of Zhu Zhi, and had a very close relationship with Sun Quan during his studies. Sun Quan served as the commander of Shanyin afterwards, and was too shou of Linchuan, and was appreciated by Sun Quan, and had a record of pacifying the bandits. Later, he followed Lü Meng, and this time Liu Cong's Eastern Expedition was also the first time to follow Lü Meng from Lujiang to support Chaisang, and Lu Su left him in Chaisang.

But Lu Su did not give special treatment because of his friendship with Sun Quan, but shouted in a low voice: "It's just the sound of the horn, did the enemy really send troops to attack Chengcheng?" ”

Zhu Ran hurriedly shook his head and said in a trembling voice: "Dudu, I haven't seen the enemy's army yet, but there is a horn sound from outside the city, and there are three sides. I thought that the enemy's soldiers were almost finished, and the attack on the city was not long in coming. ”

Lu Su turned his head, and instead of following Zhu Ran's words, he turned to the other lieutenant generals who were waiting in the military tent and asked, "Are the defenses in the city arranged?" ”

Chen Wu on the side couldn't bear to be reprimanded, so he got up and said, "Governor, everything is ready!" ”

"Now that it's all set up, let's wait slowly. What should come will always come......" Lu Su reprimanded Zhu Ran for being unintentional, he knew that he couldn't panic at the moment, Liu Cong was menacing. It is also impossible for the Jiangdong reinforcements to arrive in a short time. Therefore, what Chaisang faces next must be a bitter battle. This kind of defense of the city is the most important thing!

In fact, at this time, Lu Su was also anxious, and most of the Jiangdong generals who were able to fight were sent to Chaisang, except for Huang Gai and a very small number of others who stayed in Danyang to guard the gate to resist Cao Cao. It's just that since the launch, Cheng Pu and Zhou Tai have died in battle, and now they have lost Han Dang and Xu Sheng, and Lu Meng and Zhu Huan are afraid that they will not be able to break through the defense line of Zhang Jaw and Liu Pan in Nanchang for a while and a half. Although a lot of new soldiers have been recruited in the city of Chaisang in the past few days, there is no general to command, and even the raid on Lusu the night before was personally dispatched.

Looking at the panicked Zhu Ran, and then at the polite Kan Ze and Jia Hua on the side, an inexplicable feeling of sadness arose! The huge Chaisang City is known as the most stable city in Jiangdong, and now only Chen Wu, Dong Xi and Zhu Ran are the only ones who can command the army. Let's just say that although this Dong Raid is by no means an ordinary person, the Poyang thief Peng Hu and others gathered tens of thousands of people to defect, and Dong Raid and Ling Tong, Bu Qi, and Jiang Qin each divided their troops to fight. Dong attacked invincible, Peng Hu and others fled when they saw his banner, and ten days later, the chaos was over, he was worshiped as the captain of Weiyue, and later moved to the general.

Sun Quan went west to Huang Zu, Huang Zu beat the two Meng Chong across the blockade, gathered thousands of people on the two big stones, bows and crossbows were fired randomly, arrows rained down, and Sun Jun could not move forward. Dong Xi and Ling Tong each led a hundred dead soldiers as the front, and everyone wore two armors and rushed into Mengchongli on a large boat, Dong Xi held a knife to break the connection between the two Mengchong, and Sun Jun was able to enter.

But these past achievements were all achieved in the face of bandits or the vulnerable Liu Qi. And the biggest credit in his life may be that he recommended Yu Flip to Sun Ce! And this Yu Tuan is the one who encouraged Sun Quan to become king.

And the enemy's generals are Liu Pan, Zhang Jaw, and Gan Ning! Comparison of the two...... Coupled with several water battles, Lu Su has gradually learned that in addition to the fact that the number of ships in Liu Cong's army is not as good as Jiangdong, the combat level of the soldiers is not lost to Jiangdong at all, and the Jingzhou soldiers are also equipped with a large number of hand-held crossbows, and the lethality is not something that ordinary short bowmen can compete. If the equipment and generals of both sides were in the wild, Lu Su might have to give up directly.

But Lu Su knew that Chaisang couldn't give up easily, a large lake area in the north could be used as a barrier, and Chaisang's city and moat would also effectively block the enemy's attack! But even so, it was the first time in Lu Su's heart that he had no chance of winning!

The east wind blows, the drums of war beat! The war drums that sounded at the same time on three sides outside the city of Chaisang woke up the people of the city. At this time, tens of thousands of defenders in Chaisang were already in battle, and Liu Cong's army outside the east gate of Chaisang had also been arrayed.

Liu Cong, dressed in golden armor, stood at the front of the entire queue, with a cold expression, eyes like knives, and a black cloak behind him, looking up at the soldiers on the upper floor of Chaisang City, his eyes flashing with Dao essence. Behind him, Yu Ban and Gan Ning also had serious faces, as famous generals, they naturally knew how powerful Lu Su was, and they also knew what the fortifications of Chaisang City meant to the attackers.

Upstairs in Chaisang City, a young general pressed the hilt of his sword with his left hand, his expression was also cold, and his body leaned forward slightly, looking at the scene outside the city. He is the previous Zhu Ran who hurriedly reported the news and was now sent by Lu Su to the East Gate to sit in town! Dong Xi was sent to guard the west gate, Chen Wu blocked the south gate alone, and of course, Lu Su would also come to the east gate to supervise the battle. But it's obviously not time yet, so this East Gate Zhu Ran is the supreme commander.

He opened his eyes wide as he looked at the blackened enemy army outside the city, a look of concern on his face. He suddenly looked back at the gentry who were standing in front of the back of the city wall and came to watch the battle, and saw the resentful gaze flashing in everyone's eyes, and the young general felt a chill on his back and sweat on his forehead, for fear of being eaten alive by these gentry clans. It was Lu Su who was doing things, but he was going to be blackened, and these people clearly decided whether to run away by looking at the battle situation, but how could the governor let them escape, so they were detained on the city wall in disguise in the name of watching the battle.

"General, look, there's a siege engine coming outside the city." On Zhu Ran's left, a soldier held a spear in his left hand and pointed out of the city with his right, with a look of fear in his eyes.

Zhu Ran looked around, and saw several siege vehicles on both sides of the enemy formation towering outside the city, with hundreds of catties of boulders on the siege vehicles, ready to be thrown on the city tower at any time. And the front of the center of the enemy formation was all bed crossbows! Seeing this, Zhu Ran couldn't help but shudder.

Outside the city tower, in front of Liu Cong's army. A scout rode his horse to Liu Cong's side, turned over and dismounted, and arched his hand: "Lord, the catapult has been set up in place, whether the bed crossbow is first, please give the lord's order." ”

Liu Cong pondered for a moment and asked, "How accurate is the catapult?" Although Liu Cong is no stranger to catapults, these ten vehicles were only made by Liu Cong when he was ready to land in Gutang, and most of them were assembled by the army outside Chaisang City.

The scout only got the news, and he didn't know much about the specific situation, so he hurriedly beckoned and summoned a craftsman who threw a large stone to explain it to Liu Cong.

When the craftsman came over, the scout told Liu Cong's question, and the craftsman arched his hand and said: "Lord, all of us are proficient, and there is a ninety percent certainty that there will be no deviation in the direction of the city tower. In addition, throwing large stones from here to attack the castle can at least ensure that the stones can reach the city wall and cause damage to the city wall. Please rest assured, I waited for a hundred people, all of whom had been practicing in Wuchang for a long time, and would not disappoint the lord. ”

Liu Cong nodded and said, "Okay, immediately aim at the young general in the center of the city tower and throw him, and smash him to death for me." Although Zhu Ran in the morning breeze was a little timid, he looked very energetic in a suit of armor, which was very dazzling in Liu Cong's opinion!

"No!" The craftsman's expression was a little restrained, and he clenched his fists and shouted, and then turned to leave. Thinking that I finally have the opportunity to show my skills, my heart is excited in addition to nervousness. This road is a water war, those of them who have been trained for half a year eat idle meals almost every day, and are ridiculed by many soldiers in the army, and now they are finally waiting for a great opportunity, of course, they can't miss it. In the blink of an eye, ten siege engines began to move.

This siege vehicle is actually based on the simplest lever principle, which uses the lever principle to throw a large rock placed at one end of the siege vehicle onto the castle tower. However, the real test level is eyesight, you must rely on eyesight to correct the right direction, just like using a rifle to aim and shoot, not the strength of the bullet to shoot out the bullet boring, but also to aim at the position on the city tower that needs to be thrown, in order to be able to throw the boulder.

A siege vehicle is equipped with ten people, but there are four craftsmen who calibrate the direction of projection. After the calibration of four people, the boulder can be projected.

"Put!" With a loud shout, a large stone that was firmly placed at the end of the siege engine was thrown out. After the boulder breaks through the air, the speed is very fast, and the strength is so great that it cannot block the thrown boulder at all.

"Whew! Shout! ......" In an instant, ten large stones weighing hundreds of catties were thrown out like cannonballs and smashed towards the tower of Chaisang City. In the blink of an eye, the boulder was already approaching the tower. At this moment, Zhu Ran, who was in charge of guarding the east gate, saw the big stone shooting in the direction where he was standing, and he also panicked and hurriedly fled.

When the boulder fell, it was impossible to resist at all, so it could only dodge, and it was impossible to fight back. The sword was so pale and weak in front of the boulder. "Boom!" The first boulder really landed on the city tower accurately, and suddenly smashed a big pit on the city tower.

Zhu Ran wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, stood on the city tower, and obviously felt that the ground of the city tower shook slightly. When he turned around and saw the place where the boulder fell, splashing a foot high of dust and flying gravel everywhere, his cheeks twitched unconsciously, there was such a siege weapon, but Liu Cong did not choose to attack the city yesterday, nor did he choose to put it at the west gate of the mountain, nor was it an empty south gate, but was surrounded by the moat and Poyang Lake and Qili Lake The east gate, which is obviously his own luck.

"Boom!" Bursts of roars rang out, and boulders kept falling. In a short period of time, there were many soldiers who were smashed on the city tower, and the ground of the city tower was smashed beyond recognition. After being hit by a boulder, even if there were soldiers who survived, their arms or thighs were crushed under the boulders, and they could not move, so they could only lie on the ground and howl.

After a while, the outside of the city finally quieted, and the craftsman in charge of throwing the boulders quickly ran to Liu Cong and said, "Lord, the boulders that have been transported have been used up, and we can't continue to attack the city with the boulders. When the craftsman spoke, his expression was a little afraid, after all, using siege engines to attack the city was too powerful and the effect was too obvious. Suddenly, there was no supply of boulders, and Liu Cong was not sure to get angry.

Liu Cong's expression was indifferent, and he was mentally prepared to order: "Since this is the case, then retreat!" ”

"No!" The craftsman wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and hurriedly retreated.

Liu Cong smiled slightly and ordered: "Xingba, it's up to you, take someone to try your combat effectiveness." Remember to use a repeater to shoot the enemy on the city wall fiercely, and take it when you see it, don't fall in love with war! Wen Ze, you send some people to defend the catapult, and then organize a thousand people to look for stones nearby......"

"No!" The generals were ordered to go down immediately to prepare, and in a short time, Gan Ning had already left the formation with his subordinates, crossed the bed crossbow, and walked towards the gate of Chaisang. To the great surprise of the Chaisang defenders, Gan Ning only brought only two hundred people!

I saw that when Gan Ning came about one hundred and fifty steps outside the east gate, he suddenly stopped, and then turned around and shouted at the sergeant behind him. Two hundred and one hundred sergeants immediately divided into two rows, and they all took out Zhuge Lian's crossbows from their backs and aimed at the soldiers on the city tower.