Chapter 327: Sitting on the Wall and Watching
Speaking of the front line of Shucheng, after Lei Bo, who had repaired for a day, left Chen Lan to surround Shucheng and stay in the camp, he personally led an army of 60,000 to come to the front of the Shu army camp with a large number of siege equipment.
In order to break through Shucheng, Lei Bo ordered people to make ten trebuchets, two of which were destroyed during the attack on Shucheng, and the remaining eight were all transported to the outside of the Shu army camp. Looking at the moat that had been doubled, Lei Bo couldn't wait to pinch Lu Su's neck and slap the other party a few times, is it necessary? This is too hateful, is this trying to bury all the Yuan troops in Shucheng in this stinky ditch?
According to the current situation, the army will inevitably suffer heavy casualties in the water attack, and it is necessary to use trebuchets to destroy the deer barricades and fences erected by the Shu army first, and reduce the defense of the Shu army's camp before launching an attack! I am afraid that it will not be possible to do this in a day and a half with eight trebuchets, after all, the rate of fire of trebuchets is too slow and too slow, and the probability of accurate hit is too low and too low!
Lei Bo was aroused by Lu Su, ordered the trebuchet to come forward to attack the enemy, in order to prevent the Shu army from suddenly killing out and destroying the trebuchet, he arranged five thousand elite soldiers next to the trebuchet to protect it, and the other troops immediately cut down trees, and set up a camp outside the Shu army camp, he wanted to go down with Lu Su, he didn't want Lu Su to immediately order someone to repair it overnight after evacuating after dark, and let him see a camp in good condition the next day, isn't that a blind delay? He was going to be stationed under Lu Su's nose, bombarding with trebuchets day and night, so that Lu Su had no time to renovate.
Eight trebuchets were quickly put in place, and with the joint efforts of more than 100 operators, eight boulders crossed the sky and flew towards the Shu military camp in the distance......
When it was young, eight boulders fell to the ground, and the soldiers on both sides who were closely observing the landing point seemed to feel the tremor of the earth, but their moods were very different, Yuan Jun sighed regretfully, and Shu Jun watched the boulder fall to the ground, and the stone in his heart also fell back! It turned out that the accuracy of the trebuchet was really not complimentary, none of the eight stone bullets hit the target, two of them fell into the moat, stirring up a splash, three did not even fly to the moat, and the remaining three either flew away, or fell in the open space between the deer and the fence.
"Go on, ......keep calling me all the time," Lei Bo shouted.
Yuan Jun didn't dare to slack off, and nervously restarted reloading.
On the opposite side, Lu Su, who witnessed this scene, said to Zhou Tai, Ma Dai, Ling Cao and others: "It seems that Yuan's army will not attack for a while, order the soldiers to retreat to the back and leave the attack range of the enemy's trebuchet, so as not to sacrifice needlessly, just leave a small number of soldiers in front of the fence to observe the enemy's movements!" ”
The generals have no dissenting intentions, and the army will only die in vain if they stay, so it is better to retreat to the back to recuperate, and wait until the enemy army attacks before entering the position to attack the enemy.
Lei Bo also noticed the movement of the Shu army, but he didn't care, he didn't expect the trebuchet to kill or injure how many Shu troops, as long as the defense facilities of the Shu army were destroyed, the 60,000 troops on his side swarmed up, and the other party was only 30,000 horses, and there was no way to escape from the camp, so what was the difference between it and catching turtles in the urn?
In order to prevent the Shu army from breaking through, Lei Bo ordered a large number of spies to closely monitor the movement of the river and the hills on the west and south sides, even if a bird or a rabbit was not going to be spared.
Lei Bo personally sat under the trebuchet and admired the wreak of trebuchets. Because the Shu army did not have trebuchets or weapons that could be comparable to the range of trebuchets to counter, so they could only be in a passive beating all the time, the soldiers of the Yuan army saw that the enemy army had no power to fight back, and couldn't help cheering loudly, Lei Bo wanted to use this method to eliminate the defeat of the day before yesterday and yesterday's futile retreat to the morale of the Yuan army, and also take the opportunity to hit the morale of the Shu army......
In Lu Su's tent, Zhou Tai, Ma Dai, Ling Cao and others looked at Lu Su with a little worry, Zhou Tai couldn't help but say: "General, it's not okay to go on like this, it seems that Yuan Jun plans to take root in front of our camp, if Yuan Jun keeps bombarding like this day and night for two days, not only will the defense facilities of our army be almost destroyed, but even the morale of our army will let him be hit to the end!" ”
Ma Dai followed: "Yes, our army has no trebuchet, so we can only be beaten passively all the time, and when the enemy destroys the fence and the deer barricade, and allows the enemy army to rush into the camp, the situation of our army will be dangerous!" ”
Ling Cao said loudly: "General, give the order, the 1st Independent Brigade of our Navy Army is all a dragon in the water, let us quietly swim to the enemy from the river on the right side of the camp, and destroy all the enemy's trebuchets to him!" ”
Lu Su shook his head and said: "I also know that the situation is difficult, but the more times like this, the more we can't be anxious, if we are all restless, how can the soldiers calm down to meet the battle in the near future?" I know that the 1st Independent Brigade of the Navy Army is all extraordinary, but how can a few thousand soldiers hide it from the enemy in broad daylight? Once discovered by the enemy and a random number of arrows come by, do you think it is possible for you to lead your troops into an attack to surprise the enemy trebuchet? ”
Ling Cao was stunned and said, "I'm ...... I ......"
Lu Su saw a look of shame on Ling Cao's face, and said: "Since you know that you can't do anything, why sacrifice the lives of soldiers in vain, even if you want to sneak attack, at least wait until the evening to see the situation!" If you have the chance, even if you don't want to go, I'll order you to go! After a pause, he said: "The enemy army is only eight trebuchets, it is impossible to break through our army's defense in a short time, everyone can wait with peace of mind, it won't take two days, as long as the news of Hefei being captured by Xingba comes, Lei Bo will turn his butt and run back." ”
"But what if it ......" Ling Cao suddenly felt that it was too unlucky to say this, so he swallowed back after only saying three words.
Lu Su didn't care, and said with a smile: "Even if there is a case, Hefei is not captured, but as long as Lei Bo knows that Hefei is attacked, he is in danger of being cut off from retreating, he has to retreat!" He definitely didn't dare to gamble with the lives of 80,000 troops, not to mention that once the soldiers knew the news and he didn't retreat, it was not impossible for the soldiers to mutiny......"
Zhou Tai nodded and said: "That's the truth, and General Wenyuan is leading his troops to come to help, hold on for a few days, and when General Wenyuan's reinforcements arrive, it will be the time when we are anti-guest!" ”
Lu Su said again: "Now I am only worried about whether Shucheng will fall, but I promised Lu Xun that I will do my best to protect the safety of his grandfather!" ”
Ma Dai hurriedly said: "General, please rest assured, last night I sent to contact Lu Taishou from Lu Taishou learned from Lu Taishou that since the arrival of our army, the Yuan army stopped the siege and changed to besiege, the people of Shucheng learned that our army came to help The morale is very high, and now the army and people in the city are united in the city, and they will definitely be able to base the enemy outside the city, but according to Lu Taishou, the grain and grass in the city are only enough for twenty days, and he hopes that we will relieve the siege before the grain and grass in the city are exhausted, otherwise the soldiers and civilians in the city will be trapped in the city!" ”
"This is not a problem, in less than ten days, the siege of Shucheng will be solved!" Lu Su nodded.
Sima Lang said with a smile: "The general doesn't have to worry about the safety of Shucheng at all, Lei Bo is only 80,000 soldiers, and more than 2,000 were annihilated by our army the day before yesterday, and I am afraid that the damage to Shucheng will not be less than that day, and now he will bring 60,000 people to attack our army, and the remaining troops to besiege may be a problem, and there is absolutely no strength left to attack Shucheng!" ”
Lu Su smiled: "Makes sense! ”
Everyone chatted for a while, and Lu Su said again: "Everyone goes back to the camp to motivate the soldiers, and we must find ways to keep all the soldiers alive and ready for the next battle!" ”
"Yes!"
For a whole day, Yuan's trebuchet did not stop, and it did cause a lot of damage to the defense facilities of the Shu army, countless deer were smashed into pieces, many fences were torn open huge openings, and more than 20 unfortunate soldiers were killed and wounded, but because of long-term use, the trebuchet also damaged two. Seeing that it was approaching dusk, Lei Bo had no intention of stopping, and ordered to continue the attack with the remaining six planes, without stopping for a moment.