Yizhou County, the capital of Dianchi.

In the past few days, Liu Bi's hair is about to turn gray.

At the beginning, he followed his uncle Liu Yan into Shu, thinking that they would be able to emulate Guangwu and sit in Yizhou even if it was not good. It's a pity that after his uncle collapsed in the middle of the road, and his cousin Liu Zhang succeeded to Yizhou, he didn't do anything, and he was drunk and dreamed of death all day long.

Yes, Liu Bi was soon disappointed.

So, when the third son, Liu Mao, was assigned to the border of Yizhou County, Liu Bi invited himself to follow Liu Mao to sit on the border of Yizhou County.

It's a pity that more than a month ago, my cousin Liu Mao died of illness in Dianchi City.

Then, the younger sibling Wu, Fu Ling Hui Cheng. All.

However, in order to prevent border troubles and stabilize the morale of the army and the people, Liu Bi, who is engaged in Yizhou County, has to take on the responsibilities of tens of thousands of troops.

It's just that as soon as he presided over the military administration of Yizhou County, Liu Bi encountered a barbarian rebellion.

The barbarian king Meng Shu actually raised 100,000 soldiers, walked out of the periphery of the 100,000 jungle, and besieged Yunnan City.

According to the past practice, when Yunnan City was in an emergency, the Yizhou County battalion would send reinforcements to repel the barbarians.

This time, Liu did the same.

He sent Captain Zhang Yi to lead 20,000 troops to rescue Yunnan City. Unexpectedly, Zhang Yi fell into an ambush of the barbarians, and the 20,000 reinforcements who went to rescue Yunnan City were almost killed and wounded, and only a few people such as Zhang Yi escaped.

At this point, let alone rescue Yunnan City, even Yizhou County may not be guaranteed.

In the past, the 20,000 Han troops who could suppress tens of thousands of barbarians were actually ambushed by the barbarians and wiped out the whole army.

So, Liu Bi immediately asked Cheng. They all sent messengers to ask for help.

It's just that Liu Bi also knows that Cheng. They are too far away from Dianchi Lake, and there are mountain roads that are all the way away. All sent rescue troops over, to say the least, it will take more than a month, and by then, I am afraid that the four counties of Yinan will have already been plagued by barbarians, right?

Besides, it is unknown whether Liu Zhang can send rescue troops.

Liu Bi knew that more than two months ago, Liu Zhang didn't know what to think, so he made an army of 200,000 attack Hanzhong. Then, these 200,000 Shu counties were folded in the territory of Hanzhong. Therefore, at present, the entire Yizhou, in addition to their tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Yinan, is only afraid of success. There are not many defenders left in the capital.

Now, what Liu Bi can do is to levy the people and defend Dianchi City.

As for whether there are reinforcements or not, and how long can Dianchi be defended, he can only do his best and obey the destiny of heaven!

……

On this day, after breakfast, Liu Bi inspected the city defense according to the usual practice, and then prepared to inspect the camp.

At this time, the alarm bell rang in the west of the city.

When Liu Bi led people to the west city wall, he saw a puff of dust and smoke, rolling far from the west.

Yunnan City, on the west side of Dianchi Lake.

Pinching his fingers and calculating, it has been ten days since Meng Shu broke through Yunnan City.

The sentinel cavalry found out that in these days, after the barbarians captured Yunnan City, they broke through more than ten cities.

Yunnan City belongs to Yongchang County, and although Yongchang County is very large, it has only eight cities.

The other seven cities are all built around Yunnan City, and these cities are not majestic, they were only built of earth when they were originally built, and the barbarians can even break through Yunnan City, not to mention the other seven cities.

Two days ago, the barbarians even entered Yizhou County in one fell swoop.

In Yizhou County, adjacent to Yunnan Province, even a division was broken by barbarian soldiers without even blocking a division.

The latest news, yesterday evening, the barbarians have surrounded Lianran County.

And Lianran County, less than eighty miles away from Dianchi City!

Sure enough, early this morning, the barbarians actually marched to Dianchi Lake.

It seems that before noon, the barbarians will be in the city.

As the alarm bell rang, the entire Dianchi City was busy, and the soldiers rushed to the city wall, and all kinds of materials and equipment to defend the city were also moved to the city wall. This moment finally came, but Liu Bi did not show panic, and dispatched personnel and materials tightly and methodically.

"Quick, fire oil, rolling wood, and gravel are all halfway up the city wall."

"Catapult, get the bullets ready, and adjust the angle of fire!"

"Zhang Cang, you lead 5,000 people to guard the south gate; Yang Shuo, you lead 5,000 people to guard the east gate; Zhuo Ying, you lead 5,000 men to guard the north gate; The west gate was guarded by General Ben himself. The remaining 10,000 people were led by Zhang Yi as a reserve. ”

Standing on the gate tower of the West City, Liu Bi issued a series of instructions in an orderly manner.

Dianchi originally had 30,000 garrisons, mainly for the purpose of deterring the Southern Barbarians, more than ten days ago, when rescuing Yunnan City, 20,000 reinforcements were lost on the left side of Yunnan City, and there were only 10,000 soldiers left in Dianchi. However, Liu Bi saw the opportunity quickly and requisitioned the young man in time.

As a result, the number of defenders in the city was restored to 30,000.

It's just that there are too many young and strong, and this combat power is not a little bit lower!

Fortunately, Dianchi Lake is a big city, there is a moat outside the city, and the city wall is relatively tall, but there is hope to hold on for ten days and half a month.

……

Just after noon, the barbarians arrived at the city of Dianchi all over the mountains. The first to arrive were the barbarian cavalry.

The Southern Barbarians rarely had war horses, and the barbarians were not good at riding horses, but they were not without cavalry.

The mounts under their crotches are all fierce beasts, such as tigers, leopards, and wolves. The beasts used as mounts are all very tall, no shorter than Xiliang's war horses.

In addition, Nanban also has a special cavalry, which is the main culprit in the attack on many county seats.

That's the elephant cavalry.

Also called war elephants.

War elephants, all adult elephants, trained for a long time, are very tall; Each war elephant is not less than a zhang high, and the war elephant carries a huge bamboo tower on its back, which can carry five archers. Barbarians live in the jungle, and archery is naturally proficient. Such a war elephant, with five marksmen, is not far behind the chariots of the Central Plains.

It's no wonder that the dozen or so short county towns in front of them can't stop a wave of barbarian soldiers!

And the most important thing is that war elephants have rough skin and thick flesh, ordinary bows and arrows are difficult to hurt in the slightest, only a strong bow of more than three stones, it is possible to shoot war elephants, but it is only a shot injury, if you want to shoot war elephants, only a bed crossbow can be.

Jiuzhen Southern Xinjiang, these common senses, from the soldiers to the ordinary people, are well known.

Fortunately, on the walls of Dianchi City, there is no shortage of bed crossbows.

Looking at the elephant cavalry that arrived under the city, Liu Bi repeatedly admonished: "The bed crossbowmen are all paying attention, and they will all aim at the war elephants for the general later, give me a war elephant to clean up one war elephant at a time, don't aim at all the war elephants at once!" ”

Although the city of Dianchi is high, it is only a city wall less than three zhang high, and the war elephants of the barbarians are very tall, if these elephant cavalry are close to the city wall, maybe they can jump up and jump directly on the city wall.

Therefore, the elephant cavalry of the barbarians is the first target that needs to be eliminated.

It's just that the accuracy of the bed crossbow is really bad, if a bed crossbow is aimed at a target, it may not be able to get a target in three or five rounds. Only when five bed crossbows shoot together can they be shot.