Chapter 40: Why didn't the general stick to Yan City?

There was a sudden fire in the evening, and everyone knew that something was wrong, no matter how Niu Fu and Li Ru were not in tune, they were also people who had followed Dong Zhuo for many years, and they also had military experience, so they naturally didn't dare to slack off.

As a result, the two of them couldn't care about the cold war for many days, and as soon as they met slightly, they immediately divided into two roads, Niu Fu raised his troops to go to the southern city to defend himself, and Li Ru also had to go to the west city wall to supervise the battle...... After all, although the fire burned in the south, Shaanxi Mo, where Gongsun Xun was stationed, was only seven or eight miles away from Shaanxi County, and it could be reached in a short time, and how could Gongsun Xun easily let go of such a fighter?

In fact, not long after Li Ru, who was fully armored, climbed the city wall, he saw a little torch on the road west of the city from a distance, and he couldn't help but worry when he saw the other party coming so quickly...... You must know that this time, our Dr. Li reacted very quickly, and after a while, he had already roughly guessed what was going on.

Of course, he can't help but be unhappy, let alone Li Wenyou, even Niu Fu and the rest of the generals Zuo also reacted to what was going on, because at this time, the enemy army that could come from the south of the city could only be Xu Rong and his subordinates, and only Xu Rong's rebellion was 'reasonable'!

However, compared to Li Ru's worries, Niu Fu only hated himself for not killing two thousand Shi Liwei earlier...... If he had decided to kill two thousand Shi Liwei earlier, he would definitely kill Xu Rong! There are also those wizards and witches, they obviously calculated that they had difficulties in this battle, and they also calculated that the culprit was two thousand stones in their own camp, but why didn't they calculate that it was Xu Rong instead of Dong Yue?

The southern city has already been in full battle, and there are countless soldiers and horses in the rear to dispatch support, and with a large number of ordnance, arrows, torches, and even precious oil and foul-smelling dung water being carried up to the city, but for some reason, the Niu Zhonglang general who climbed the city gate tower to watch and wait from a distance became more and more confused.

It is said that the peak of classical Chinese military technology in defending cities did not reach its theoretical peak until the Tang and Song dynasties, and before that, generally speaking, only the famous Xiongguan and special large cities had a complete defense system...... At least in this era, the military universality is still based on the high city walls and the scarcity of city gates, but it is not the kind of defensive feature that the Song Dynasty explicitly said that it should be 'low walls and many gates'.

But it is worth noting that such changes and advances did not form spontaneously, but evolved passively according to the progress of siege military technology.

In other words, there is a raison d'Γͺtre for the widespread high walls and the small number of gates in these years – the tall walls themselves were a kind of reliance before the advent of the massive trebuchet.

But Li Ru and Niu Fu were still very uneasy, and this uneasiness came from Xu Rong's surprise attack; As soon as Gongsun Xunfu arrived in the city, he did not hesitate to make an attack posture; also came from the nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses of Hu Zhen and Li Meng, who were supposed to be there, but were not there at this time...... The suddenness of the incident, coupled with the elimination of one and the other, will inevitably make people's hearts beat.

"It's only been a few days since I came to Shaanxi, only the long ladder can be used, so it's better to count on hitting the wood...... "An officer stepped forward to report to Gongsun Xun.

"Then hit the wood!" Gongsun Xun immediately ordered. "Raise your shield to protect people and hit the door immediately! Gao Shun! ”

When Gao Suqing heard this, he immediately stepped out and gave his hand: "The last will be!" ”

"Take the main infantry to the north of the city!" Gongsun Xun said in a low voice. "Two requirements, one is to snatch and preserve the ship as much as possible, and the other is to make the momentum as loud as possible!"

Gao Shun bowed slightly, and immediately took the order.

And Gongsun Xunfu looked back at Cheng Lian, Wei Yue, Zhao Yun, Tian Yu, Tian Chou and other generals, but he ordered the whole army to dismount and do his best to cover with bows and arrows, and at the same time ordered the auxiliary soldiers behind him to raise torches and erect braziers to cheer!

After this, although a bloody battle was launched without coming up, the momentum suddenly became bigger. Although Li Ru saw that the other party did not attack the city on a large scale, the city gate always had to be defended, and the rain of arrows flying on the city wall from time to time had to be dodged, and he had to organize forces to suppress it in reverse, and he had to beware of the movement of the dense army in front of the city...... And when the Maojin ferry in the north of Shaanxi County suddenly shouted murder, he jumped up in panic.

In other words, at this time, Li Wenyou reacted that there was a big defensive flaw at the ferry in the north of the city...... It may not be said that it is a flaw in the defense, after all, there are 3,000 troops stationed there, and there is also a small village. However, it is also true that he lives outside the city, without the obstruction of the city wall, and is under the range of the opponent's famous 'trapped camp'.

In other words, it's at least the weakest point of the current defense! And there are boats there! There are also enough building materials that can be used as siege materials to build improvised siege equipment on the spot!

As soon as he thought of this, Li Ru hurriedly asked his henchmen to look for Niu Fu - only Niu Fu, who held the festival and held the tiger talisman, was qualified to dispatch the soldiers and horses in the city to help!

And not long after the military officials were ordered to leave, Li Ru suddenly felt that something was wrong!

After thinking about it for a long time, Dr. Li suddenly realized that where Gongsun Xun came in the west and north of the city, there were both fiction and reality, there were fires and shouts to kill, there were arrows and rain and wood hitting, and the movement was terrible, but the south of the city where Niu Fu and Xu Rong were in front of him was actually quiet. Calculate the time, it's all like this here, there's no reason why Xu Rong hasn't arrived in the south yet, right?

In fact, Li Wen listened attentively, and personally went out of the city gate tower to observe to the south under the protection of the armor soldier's shield, and as far as the eye could see, under the southern night sky where the twilight was getting deeper and deeper, there was only the fire in the mountains in the distance, but there was no sound that a normal battlefield should have.

"Hurry up and go to Nancheng to find Niu Fu and figure out what's going on?!" Inside and outside the city gate tower, Li Ru, who was hiding under the shield, was eager to push away the guards around him, and he was a little hysterical. "Go all of them and ask him why Xu Rong hasn't attacked the city yet? Are you hesitating? Tell him that if Xu Bojin hesitates, he can stabilize the other party first! ”

Several attendants were at a loss and walked away in a daze, while the rest of the armor soldiers hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the shields on the ground, preparing to continue to protect Li Ru.

But in this gap, Tai Shi Ci, who had been standing on the horse and commanding before, had long noticed that his people had walked out of the city gate tower, but he suddenly reined in his horse and rushed straight to the city gate, and then used the horse's momentum to fight for an arrow!

The arrows were like meteors in the dark night, hitting Li Ru's face!

However, after all, it is from the bottom up, after all, it is far from a hasty arrow, and the bow skills are as superb as Taishi Ziyi can't kill with one blow. In fact, although the arrow hit Li Wenyou in the face, it only scratched his cheek, and by the way, scratched the tongue of the person who was shouting loudly.

In short, Li Ru is fine, and he doesn't even have the intention of retreating and bandaging at all, but his face is bleeding all over his face, and half of his face is hot and painful, he wants to command, but his speech has been intermittent, and there is a suspicion of air leakage, so he can only barely convey it through the military officials and attendants around him.

At the same time, at the gate tower in the south of the city, Niu Fu did not have any wounds on his body, and he didn't need Li Ru to remind him, he had already started to talk to Xu Rong in the city, and persuaded him with good words to avoid a war on the two fronts!

"Brother Bojin!" Niu Fu supported the city gate tower, and also talked to the people under the city under the protection of two big shields. "Although you are General Wei's old department, my father-in-law has never failed you...... You said that you didn't stay well in Yiyang, why did you lead the troops to attack now, and the swords and soldiers met each other? ”

Xu Rong looked back at the road behind him that had been blocked by the fire, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "General Niu Zhonglang, it's useless to talk about it so far...... But if you allow me one thing, I will not fight you. ”

"Brother Bojin might as well speak up." Niu Fu was overjoyed when he heard this.

"I want to go with the guards...... Meet my family. Xu Rong said earnestly. There is a fire behind me, and I can only move forward, so if you can allow me to go around the city to the west, and not send a single arrow to stop me, nor send men to follow my path, I can promise not to fight back! ”

Niu Fu also smiled bitterly behind the shield: "If this matter is known to my father-in-law, how can I explain it?" And you're in Hakuba...... When you get to General White Horse, how can you attack the city without obeying orders? Everyone is small, why bother with the small? ”

As soon as these words came out, the people in the city, the people in the state, and the people in Liangzhou couldn't help but look at each other.

"So, you and I can only meet each other with swords!" Xu Rong was also choked, but he could only sigh helplessly. "Know that arrows have no eyes!"

"Why is this coming?" Niu Fu couldn't help but pause in the city when he heard this, and seeing that there was no movement under the city, he also got up, pushed away the two shield-wielding soldiers on his side, and shouted directly to the battlements. "Although you are good at fighting, but the cavalry is attacking the city at night, can you really help me?"

"And what do you say?" Xu Rong disagreed.

"You might as well go east of the city." Niu Fu pointed. "Wait a little further to the east of the city!"

"And then you and Dong Yue were caught between you and Dong Yue?" Xu Bojin suddenly changed color, and then scolded. "Do you think I'm a three-year-old?!"

Niu Fu had no choice but to coax the other party again: "Dong Yue has been killed by me, and the head is hanging outside the East City, and now there is no one to control the narrow roads of Mianchi and Kunshan." ”

"I don't believe it!" Xu Rong tilted his head and looked at the city, but he sneered. "Unless you can have something with me as a guarantee?"

"You don't always want my scepter and tiger talisman, do you?" Niu Fu supported the battlements, and the probe was opposite, and he also looked even more helpless. "How can this kind of thing be given to you?"

"You don't want these two things, as long as you have one with you!" Xu Rong responded abruptly.

"What?" Niu Fu was at a loss for a moment.

"Guess." Xu Rong suddenly smiled.

Niu Fu was furious in his heart, only thinking that the other party was teasing him, but just as he was about to answer, he felt a huge force coming from behind, and then the whole person rose into a fog...... Then he pounced, and in front of the two armies, he fell directly out of the city!

The height of the city is no more than three zhang, but Niu Fu is wearing heavy armor, and he directly fell into five meat and seven vegetarians, with gold stars in his eyes, and then he only heard a three-dimensional voice in the city laughing loudly: "I don't know what General Xu wants from General Niu, please come forward and take it yourself!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a loud and slashing sound came from the city.

"It's a native of Bingzhou!" Between the blurred pain, Niu Fu only made a judgment, and it was quite correct.

However, at the same time as the noisy battle in the city, Niu Zhonglang General Fu heard the city gate creaking behind him, and someone was actually prepared to take control of the city gate while kicking him!

The gate opened, and Xu Rong had already made up his mind when he was on fire before, and directly drew his sword and gave the order, ordering the whole army to attack! Hearing the military order, Xu Rong's henchmen and the old department of the Northern Army took the lead, leading the five thousand cavalry who were still a little dazed, roaring in, and there was chaos in the city.

No one paid attention to the lying general Niu on the ground, and no one took anything from him, but the influx of the army inevitably trampled on the horse's hooves, so that Niu Bozheng's life was gradually in danger.

And when he was in a trance, and when life and death were about to change, he suddenly remembered the wizard who was cursed by heaven and had a high fever and did not go away, Luoyang Wang Zhong - it can only be said that his generation is extremely accurate, but he laughed at himself, he actually did not drag Dong Yue into the city and kill him again, but killed him in the city gate cave in a panic.

Since the brothers Zhang Liao and Zhang Pan successfully opened the city and joined the cavalry of Xu Rong and Xu Xing brothers, they couldn't help but boost their morale, and at the same time, the pair of brothers-in-law in the city, one was kicked by Zhang Liao and half dead, and the other was shot by Tai Shici's arrow, which made this battle become devastating.

Even, due to the existence of Xu Rong and Zhang Liao, many people did not even understand what happened, so they directly surrendered.

On the other side, Li Ru sent so many people to look for Niu Fu, but he did not ask for reinforcements to go out of the city for help, nor did he see any reply, but in the city gate tower, he suddenly heard the sound of killing from the south, and saw from the window a fire dragon pouring into the city from the south by night, and actually rushed to the west city where he was...... It's also cold and overwhelmed!

And soon, Xu Rong's entry into the city and Zhang Liao's killing of Niu Fu to open the city spread to Xicheng with the other party's active shouting! Shouts were heard outside the city, and the morale was also boosted, and the walls were facing each other.

Under the Milky Way on a summer night, surrounded by firelight, Li Ru covered his cheeks, only hating that he usually likes to read scriptures, but he forgot that a Liangzhou person can't help but take military power no matter what, so that he has a clear vision of time and space in battle, but he can only sit back and watch Niu Fu's waste go wrong step by step and bury the overall situation!

However, after thinking about it, he also had to admit that he had to take more responsibility for the affairs of Xu Rong and Zhang Liao, and finally sighed, covered his cheeks and knelt in the city gate.

Since Li Ru gave up the command, Shaanxi County had no chance to turn around, Xu Rongchang drove into the city, immediately turned to the west of the city, and then captured the west gate, let Gongsun Xun's main force enter the city, and then turned to the north of the city, opened the north gate to try to force the Maojin army outside the city...... However, when he came to the north of the city again, he was shocked to find that Gao Shun had mastered the ferry, and the defeated soldiers had already poured outside the north gate.

This battle was fought inexplicably, but it was extremely easy, and at the third watch, General Wei Gongsun Xun moved the guard of honor and entered Shaanxi County.

"Prince!" As soon as he entered the city, Tian Yu took the initiative to report. "Capture Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, Zhonglang General Li Ru, he wants to see the prince!"

"Bow with Niu Fu, Niu Fu's head and I will be sent to the Michi on the other side of the narrow road of Kuoshan, and Li Ru's head will be sent to Tongguan with me!" Gongsun Xun ignored it, and directly ordered to be beheaded.

Tian Yu bowed his head slowly, but Zhang Liao, who took the initiative to greet him, was a little speechless and stopped.

"Wen Yuan has something to say?" Gongsun Xun said on the horse. "Want to intercede for Li Wenyou?"

"Returning to the prince, that's not what I mean!" Zhang Liao hurriedly returned loudly. "It's just that Niu Fu is sparsely studied, and I don't know if I can get the first level!"

Gongsun Xun frowned slightly while being inexplicable: "Then send his corpse and armor over!" ”

"Whoa!" Zhang Liaoyang claimed.

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"Taizu broke Shaanxi County, killed Niu Fu, and captured Li Ru. Confucian, Zhuo's son-in-law, also a doctor of the Five Classics, is a sergeant who asked Taizu to see Taizu and said: 'As soon as Confucianism dies, there is a copy of Xun Ciming's "Commentary on the Book of Changes" in the solitary house, and a little essay annotation, please delay his death for three days, and Xu Ru will make up the full text. 'When the sergeant went to see Taizu, Taizu ordered him to be killed! Shi Chinese New Year's Eve three also. - "New Yanshu". Volume I. Emperor Taizu Wu Benji

PS: The activity of trying to take advantage of the first anniversary of the book to compete for the hundred alliances ultimately failed, but the fact that there were more than forty alliance leaders in the three days before and after was enough to make me proud...... should have taken the opportunity to repay more, but there were too many things, but it was a bit hasty, kowtowing to everyone and admitting their mistakes.

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