Xu Gong was also extremely surprised, and said stupidly: "Where did these siege equipment come from?" Could it be that he Xu Chu can fly? ”

Although Lu Jun and Xu Gong are not mediocre people, it is a pity that there are not many wars in Yangzhou, especially in Wujun and Jiujiang, they have always been accustomed to small fights, and it is difficult to guess with their eyesight that has not been tempered by a large battle-before Xu Chu set out on the expedition, he was ready for a thunderous blow, Li Chuan and Zhang Fei pulled out the station outside Hefei County in just a few hours, and then rode their horses to the city, and saw that the city gate had been raised, so they immediately began to order some of their troops to ride back to pull the ladder - at this time Xu Chu's ladder, It is not the simple ladder that was made at the beginning, but it is a sophisticated instrument pushed by wheels, the ladder body can be folded, and there is an iron hook at the top.

The core of the entire attack on Hefei is in the four characters of Binggui Shensu, otherwise when the reinforcements from Jiujiang County come over one after another, the situation will become chaotic, because Xu Chu is not sure what the Danyang direction will do in this regard.

Lu Jun panicked, through the heavy snow, he looked at the city, and it happened that Xu Chu was also directing the battle on the front line, looking at the city, the two looked at each other, and each sighed.

Before going to fight against Dong last year, Xu Chu had a relationship with Lu Jun in the state capital, and he never wanted to meet again, he was already on the battlefield.

"My lord, Gong Sima sent someone to ask, do you want to launch a fierce attack immediately?" Dian Wei reported angrily.

Xu Chu said: "Order it to attack the city immediately." He said: "Awei, your tiger guard is very heavily armored, and the march is fashionable and needs the assistance of chariots, not to mention the siege?" You can rest assured, I don't need you during the siege war, and when you enter the street battle after the city is broken, I will entrust you with a heavy responsibility. ”

Dian Wei's face turned cloudy to clear, and he said happily: "Wei will live up to the trust of the lord!" ”

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The same as the attack on Dagu Pass when discussing Dong, Gong Su and Zifan supervised the battle at the same time as climbing the ladder and climbing the city, Xu Chu arranged for Zuo Heng to lead the soldiers to brave the arrows and stones to start building the soil and leveling the ditch, because of the cover of heavy snow, the accuracy of the arrows shot down from Hefei City was not high, and after the first round of offensive of Gongsu and Zifan was over, the moat outside the city had been filled in nearly half.

Xu Gong hurriedly said in the city: "Captain, don't let the thief army build a high hill so easily, there are more than a dozen stone carts in the city, why not transfer to the west to assist in defense?" ”

Of course, Lu Jun also knew that the stone cart could help resist the enemy's attack, and said: "I have given the order just now, but unfortunately the enemy came too quickly, and now the stone cart is still on the way." ”

Before the improvement of the Wei people and Ma Jun, the stone chariot had been widely used in some siege battles, and the power was huge, but it was cumbersome to disassemble, and for now, Lu Jun had to hold on for at least a few hours to wait.

In the final analysis, it was because Xu Chu came fast enough and the military response in Hefei City was not fast enough. In terms of prohibiting the order, such as arm drive, the Lujiang soldiers who have fought with the world's elite soldiers Xiliang soldiers and state soldiers are at least in the Yangzhou territory, and few people can compete with them.

An hour later, Lu Jun and Xu Gong were very desperate to see a convoy slowly coming from Xu Chu's frontline position, which contained a rushing car used to hit the city gate and a siege vehicle used to kill and injure the enemy defending the city. ”

Originally, even if there were these siege equipment, the defender still had a great advantage, after all, there were strong bows and crossbows on the city wall, and there were wooden artillery stones, but it was a pity that Xu Chu took the lead step by step, and the siege equipment was second, and more importantly, the military heart of the guards was bound to be shaken, so Xu Gong had this suggestion.

Lu Jun was hard to decide for a long time.

or stubbornly resist to the end, or abandon the east of the city and flee to Junyu County, or take a boat into Chaohu Lake according to Xu Gong's suggestion, the three options are in front of him, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. After thinking about it again and again, thinking of his eldest son Lu Xun, who was only eight years old, and his youngest son Lu Mao, who was still babbling, Lu Jun took Xu Gong's hand and said: "Hefei can no longer be defended, I will entrust my two sons to Jun, please be sure to send them back to Wu County......"

Xu Gong exclaimed: "Du Wei, what do you want?" ”

"Don't worry, I have my own measure. Fang Boen raised me as the captain, how could I easily give up the city to Lujiang? And stick to the time, and then take a boat into Chaohu Lake according to the king's strategy. ”

"......, that's good, please take care."

Xu Gong didn't twist, and went down the city wall with Lu Jun's general order, while Lu Jun stayed on the city wall and personally raised his sword to supervise the battle.

The siege lasted until night, and the casualties on both sides were very large, Xu Chu ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops because he saw that Gong Su and Zifan had already gone into battle in person and had some colors on their bodies.

Yu looked at the city wall in the camp, but saw that there were a lot of torches lit on it, Xu Chu knew that it was Lu Jun who wanted to prevent himself from attacking the city at night, so he called everyone into the account to ask questions.

Xi Zhong groaned: "I have a plan, or I can exhaust the enemy guards. ”

"What a clever plan for Zhicai, but please tell me."

"From Lu Jun down in the city, they are rarely prepared for our army's attack on the city, at this time, they are just like birds with a frightened bow, the lord can arrange a feint attack by the sergeants in batches, so that the enemy can not rest, if it is five or six times, and then order the sharp pawns to attack the city, and the battle can be determined."

When Xu Chu heard about this plan, he estimated in his heart: "The city wall of Hefei is not high, only about ten meters, if I select dozens of brave men in the army who are agile and have excellent arm strength, and climb the city wall with a hook during the final general attack, I may have unexpected gains." ”

Explain this consideration to everyone, when even someone comes out and says, "Prince, the last general is willing to take on this responsibility!" ”

Xu Chu's method is not a low risk factor, everyone in the tent is wondering who is out of the queue without thinking, and after seeing the thin and short man who is half-kneeling in the tent with a military salute, they all think of it: It turned out to be Le Wenqian, no wonder.

Le Jinzhang first entered the camp, and after serving in the army for a long time, a cadre of civil and military personnel also understood his personality: usually he doesn't talk much, and even a little withdrawn, but once he is in battle, he is an aggressive person.

Seeing this, Gong Su and Zifan were not willing to be left behind. They fought a day of siege warfare, one did not want to let their previous efforts go to waste, and the other wanted to show their own martial bravery. You must know that since Xu Chu has more tigers and wolves such as Dian Wei, Le Jin, Li Quan, Li Tong, Zhang Fei and so on, these old brothers who followed Xu Chu from the beginning, have fewer and fewer opportunities to perform.

Xu Chu agreed one by one, and asked Lejin, Gong Su, and Zifan to select suitable people in their respective parts to recuperate. On the other side, after the soldiers had dinner, they immediately ordered a feint attack on the Hefei city wall in batches.