Fifteen Thunderbolt chariots, stopping two hundred paces from the moat, lined up and threw boulders at Shouchun City.

Thirty pontoon bridges covered the moat, and soldiers rushed over it pushing siege towers and carrying ladders.

Gao Shun personally went to the moat, carried a long knife, shouted at the soldiers opposite, and quickly attacked the city.

Whoosh...

Huge boulders pierced the sky and smashed into the towers.

After the ladder and siege tower approached, the soldiers quickly climbed up.

Yuan Hong and Yan Jin hid in the hiding cave, constantly ordering the soldiers to return fire with bows and arrows and boulders.

As soon as the battle began, it was in a white-hot state.

The soldiers of the pioneer battalion, mostly new recruits, did not know how to siege the city, and often were shot by the enemy's bows and arrows when they were halfway up the climb. Dozens of ladders, the scene of falling, just like rain.

Lu Bu watched from behind, and his heart tightened.

Shouchun Chengjian, he was mentally prepared, and he also knew that Shouchun City would not be easily captured. But the siege was so difficult, and the casualties were so huge, which he did not expect.

If we continue to fight like this, I am afraid that the vanguard battalion will be wiped out, and it may not be able to make meritorious contributions.

Lu Bu shook his head: "This is a siege, it's just suicide." ”

At this moment, his self-confidence was hit into negative numbers.

Luo Chengdao: "The pioneer battalion lacks actual combat experience and does not know how to attack the city, so it has huge casualties. It is better for the soldiers who are transferred to the last general to participate in the battle, which will certainly boost the morale of the whole army and enhance their confidence. ”

"Nope."

Lu Bu did not agree: "The soldiers of the pioneer battalion are composed of prisoners, and the reason why they are still alive is to attack the city, this is their mission, and it is also the only chance to live." ”

"Even if the whole army is wiped out, I don't feel distressed!" After a pause, Lu Bu said categorically.

Luo Cheng understood what Lu Bu meant, and did not insist any longer.

The battle lasted until the evening, and more than 4,000 besieging soldiers were killed and more than 2,000 wounded.

Yan Jin and Yuan Hong asked the soldiers to pour out the fire oil and ignite the battlefield. More than 100 siege ladders and two siege tower equipment were burned.

At the end of the battle, Lü Bu led his army to withdraw.

"It's a real wretch, if I am allowed to go, I will definitely break the city!" In the camp, Xiang Yu complained. It's a little bit of a complaint about Lu Bu.

"And me, no one can stop me." Li Yuanba was also very unconvinced.

"Two generals, the danger of attacking the city is unpredictable, the lord is protecting you." Liu Bowen nodded.

Li Yuanba pouted.

Xiang Yu thought about it, the siege battle was indeed very dangerous, Lu Bu didn't let him go to the siege, maybe it really meant this, and for a while, his heart warmed.

"Shouchun City is strong, and there is a large amount of fire oil, even if the elite troops and the sophisticated weapons are not easy to overcome. We'll have to play a little trick to mobilize the troops in the city, and then take advantage of the situation. ”

Lu Bu looked at the map and muttered.

As soon as these words came out, the people would not understand. Liu Bowen was thorough at all: "The lord is saying that he will feint to attack the northern city and raid the southern city?" ”

"Well, tomorrow's siege battle will be fought like this." Lu Bu turned around, glanced at Gao Shun and Luo Cheng, and said: "Gao Shun will attack Beicheng as usual, the offensive will be fierce, use all our soldiers, and let the enemy feel that the city is about to be broken." Luo Cheng led an army of 10,000 and went to Nancheng, waiting for an opportunity to raid. ”

"No."

The next day, Lü Bu led an army of 70,000 and came to the northern city of Shouchun.

At the beginning of the battle, 30,000 troops were invested, and they poured overwhelmingly into the Shouchun City Tower.

Yuan Hong and Yan Jin were both taken aback, and said in their hearts, what are they doing? Do you want to capture Shouchun City with all your might? Especially seeing that Lu Bu had prepared the second batch of siege echelons, both of them had a bad premonition.

Once the battle began, the offensive was also very rapid. Completely disregarding life and death. In just half an hour, more than 3,000 soldiers were killed.

Puff puff...

Suddenly, on a ladder, a soldier was stabbed to death, and the soldiers behind him squeezed up and squeezed his body back. The enemy's spears were stuck in the corpses, and the blood flowed like pillars, but it did not affect the people below.

Immediately afterwards, two soldiers carried the corpse on their backs, climbed over the ladder, and climbed to the castle tower.

"Kill...!"

The two clutched their swords and fought desperately, killing five enemies in succession.

However, the good times did not last long, and as the enemies around them increased, both of them died on the spot.

Although it didn't succeed, it was much better than yesterday's battle, at least someone could climb up the tower and fight on it.

By noon, there were mountains of corpses outside the city, and rivers of blood flowed. There were more and more soldiers, climbing over the towers to fight. Yuan Hong and Yan Jin both felt that they couldn't resist it. After all, the number of soldiers stationed in Beicheng was limited, and they defended the city for two consecutive days, and the casualties were not small. If you want to hold the city, you must send troops from other places to reinforce it.

So the question is, where to transfer the army?

The west city and the east city are both close to the north city, what if the soldiers and horses are transferred away, and Lu Bu takes advantage of the situation to enter?

So, they decided to transfer troops from Nancheng.

But I never expected that as soon as the army was transferred, tens of thousands of siege echelons appeared in Nancheng and launched a fierce attack on Nancheng.

In less than an hour, Nancheng was broken!

Yan Jinqin led a large army to come, fought hard, and closed the inner city and the urn city, and strictly ordered to defend it.

In the end, Luo Cheng was able to enter the southern city, but he could not enter the inner city and the urn city. It was blocked between the outer city and the inner city, and could not advance or retreat. Fortunately, you have dry food with you, otherwise even eating will be a problem.

When Lü Bu learned about it, he gave up attacking the northern city and led the whole army to the southern city.

"The Lord forgives his sins, and the end will not break the city." Luo Cheng was deeply ashamed. Imagine that the entire army was attacking the northern city, just to cover his raid on the southern city, but it failed to make a contribution.

Lu Bu smiled and said, "Why should the righteous brother blame himself? You've built a great deal. Do you know how hard it is to storm the outer city? An army of 100,000 may not be able to kill it, and if you capture the outer city, you will save the lives of an army of 100,000. It also laid a solid foundation for our army to enter Shouchun City. ”

Standing at the head of Shouchun City, looking at the streets and buildings inside, Xiang Yu and Gao Shun couldn't help laughing.

"The outer city is lost, how long can Yuan Hong and Yan Jin hold on?"

"General Luo, in the next battle, you can't take credit anymore. It's time for my army to relay and enter Shouchun City. Xiang Yu said.

Luo Cheng reacted and turned his worries into joy. Hearing Xiang Yu's words, his expression was straight, and he declared his sovereignty without giving an inch.

Lu Budao: "Don't rob it, let the pioneer camp go." ”

"Gao Shun."

"Yes."

Lu Budao: "Command the pioneer camp and rest for a day." Take out all the good wine and meat, eat enough, drink enough, and attack the city the day after tomorrow, and be sure to win. ”

"No."

Gao Shun looked delighted.

He found that commanding the vanguard battalion is really a beautiful difference, no matter what time it is, it is at the forefront and the easiest to make contributions. If Shouchun City is breached in his hands, it will definitely be famous all over the world.

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