Chapter Twenty-Nine: Three Slaves
The Cao army on the tower of the city fought bloodily and repelled wave after wave of Lü Bu's army that climbed to the top of the city, and finally curbed the momentum of Lü Bu's army attacking the city. The continuous offensive did not bring much return, and the morale of Lu Bu's army decreased to a certain extent, and the speed of the siege became much slower than before.
"Damn!" It stands to reason that Lu Bu, as the commander of an army and the identity of a monarch, is not suitable to go into battle in person. However, before the war, Lu Bu thought that Dongjun City was just a low-hanging fruit, but now it has not been attacked for a long time, which makes Lu Bu, who is short-tempered and thinks highly of himself, how can he bear it. At that moment, he grabbed the belly of the red rabbit horse with his feet and rushed towards the city wall of the eastern county city.
Since the main general personally went out, the impact was naturally the life of the three armies. What's more, Lu Bujun's entire army is very clear about the temper of his supreme boss, if he doesn't go out in person, then it's nothing for him to fish in troubled waters a little. But now that the boss has rushed out, if he wants to grind and cringe anymore, he may not be verbose with you if he sees it, and it is possible to poke a hole in you directly.
With Lu Bu's one-man departure, the whole army of Lu Bu's army was like being beaten with chicken blood, and the morale that had been gradually declining suddenly was greatly boosted, and they all rushed forward and fought desperately.
The pressure on Cao's army at the head of the city increased suddenly, and at this time, Cheng Yu and Xun Yu couldn't care about their identities as strategists, and climbed the city tower under the protection of their own soldiers to command the battle situation. After all, the scribes of this era were not weak scholars who were powerless, not to mention that at this time, Gao Shun and Xiahoudun were entangled with Zhang Liao and could not get out, and could not give instructions to the soldiers.
The Red Rabbit Horse was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, Lu Bu had already killed under the city wall of Dongjun. I saw him jump to his feet, and then climb up the ladder at a very fast speed.
"Archer, leave the others alone, shoot at Lu Bu for me!" Seeing Lu Bu climbing the ladder, Cheng Yu's face changed greatly, he knew very well that once Lu Bu climbed to the top of the city, it would be tantamount to announcing the fall of Dongjun City. At that moment, he could no longer care about the other enemy troops, and ordered all the archers to concentrate their fire on Lu Bu alone.
If Lu Bu can be shot to death under the walls of this Dongjun city, and Lu Bu's army will be scattered, it will be the best ending, otherwise, he will never be allowed to climb to the top of this city.
Hundreds of arrows flew in the direction of Lu Bu, Rao is Lu Bu, as the number one fierce general in the world, he couldn't help but change his face when he saw this rain of arrows coming to the sky. No matter how brave he is, he is relying on his own strength after all, in the face of these more than 100 arrows, and he is on the ladder, how can he resist them all?
Fortunately, Lu Bu had only climbed a few steps, and at this moment he jumped towards the ground in desperation. When he fell to the ground, Lu Bu was afraid that another rain of arrows would shoot at him, and he didn't dare to delay, so he rode on the red rabbit horse and retreated to the rear.
For his part, Lü Bu would not tolerate the wanton rout of his soldiers, but once his life was threatened, he would not risk his death in battle.
Lu Bu hurriedly rushed into the battlefield and hurriedly withdrew, so that the morale of Lu Bu's army that had been able to cheer up soon plummeted.
It may not be easy for morale to rise, but once something happens, the speed of decline is really not covered, it is simply a downward spiral.
As the saying goes, the courage of a general, especially a peerless general like Lu Bu, has an immeasurable impact on the whole army. If Lü Bu takes the lead, the whole army will die for it, and if Lü Bu retreats, the whole army will lose all courage.
Chen Gong, who was in the Chinese army, shook his head helplessly, he wanted to stop Lu Bu when he went out to fight, but the speed of the red rabbit horse was too fast. Before he could open his mouth, Lu Bulian led the horse and rushed out like an arrow off the string.
In his opinion, this was a completely unconstrained move. The commander of an army should sit in the middle army and dominate the overall situation. In the face of Lu Bu's bravery, unless the guards in Dongjun City are simple-minded to the extreme, how can they let Lu Bu act recklessly. As soon as Lu Bu came out, he must have been taken as a key object of care, and bows, arrows, crossbows and arrows greeted him in unison, and he definitely didn't run. At that time, if Lu Bu didn't want to die under the city of Dongjun, he could only retreat slightly, away from the range of the crossbows of the defenders of Dongjun to avoid its edge. But in this way, his retreat fell into the eyes of all the soldiers, and morale would inevitably be greatly affected.
It can be said that Lu Bu's move to go into battle is simply a farce performed for the courage of the horseman.
However, in any case, the low morale of Lu Bu's army is a foregone conclusion, and it seems that this eastern county city cannot be conquered today.
"General, the defenders are outnumbered and our army is numerous, and it is only a matter of time before the capture of the eastern county city." Chen Gong rode his horse to Lu Bu's side and said, "However, the siege of the city today has been too long, and the soldiers are already tired. It is better to withdraw a few miles and set up camp one after another, and wait for tomorrow to regroup, and then attack the city before it is too late. ”
Lu Bu pondered for a moment, although he was more reckless, he could also see that Chen Gong was right at this moment. The fatigue of the soldiers was evident at a glance, and continuing the siege today would not have any effect. It's better to recuperate overnight and wait until tomorrow to launch an offensive.
"Mingjin, collect the troops!" Lü Bu then gave the order to withdraw the troops.
Lu Bujun asked about Mingjin's voice and retreated one after another. Seeing this, Zhang Liao also hurriedly found an opportunity to escape along the ladder, and Xiahoudun and Gao Shun were tired of fighting, so they stopped chasing him.
Lu Bu looked at the retreating soldiers, and for some reason, a burst of extremely unwilling emotions suddenly appeared in his heart. Before the surrounding guards and Chen Gong could react, Lu Bu suddenly rode alone to a distance of more than ten meters from the city gate, and shouted at the city tower: "Wait and listen, if you know each other, take the initiative to open the city and surrender, maybe I can spare your life when I am in a good mood." If you are obsessed and stubborn to the end, the day the city is broken, the chickens and dogs will not be left! ”
Chen Gong shook his head helplessly. If you want to persuade you to surrender, you have to persuade them before the battle, how can they decide to retreat temporarily after the battle is over, and then persuade the enemy defenders to surrender? Before the war, Lu Bu was extremely confident, thinking that Dongjun City was captured, so he did not have the intention of persuading him to surrender, but rather had the intention of letting his brothers show off their might. But when the battle situation was unfavorable, he ran angrily to persuade the enemy to surrender. It's like a child who suffers a loss in a fight, and then says, "You wait and see, I'm going to beat you up next time", it's a complete temper.
"Gong Cao was the master of the Ming at that time, and Marquis Wen was a slave with the third surname, how could we abandon the darkness and turn to the light?" In the face of Lu Bu's persuasion, Gao Shun naturally scoffed, rejected it straight to the point, and scolded the other party by the way, completely ignoring how the other party would react. Anyway, Lu Bu's army has already retreated, and the cloud ladder or something has also withdrawn, even if you Lu Bu is brave, can you still grow wings and fly to the city tower to cut me?
"Y-What did you say!?" Lu Bu was furious when he heard this, and the green tendons on his head burst out. The term "three family slaves" is a word used by Zhang Fei to scold the other party when the Tiger Prison Guan Sanying fought against Lu Bu. In this era, due to Gao Shun's intervention, there was no communication between Zhang Fei and Lu Bu, so this word appeared for the first time in this world.