Chapter 30: The Courage of Xiahoudun!
At this moment in Yanzhou, Cao Cao has withdrawn more than ten troops from Xuzhou, and Xiahoudun has just received Cao Cao's reply at this moment, but the situation is already threatening.
Xiahoudun looked at the military formation that was gradually approaching the Puyang city wall, and his brows were tightly furrowed into a Sichuan shape.
Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou and took away the vast majority of the elite, so that he had too few available soldiers, only 3,000 people.
How could these 3,000 people defend this Puyang City in such a dangerous situation, I didn't expect it, Cao Cao had just walked on his front feet for a few months.
Under the guidance of Zhang Miao and others, Lu Bu's gang attacked the boundary of Yanzhou on the back foot, and Lu Bu's soldiers were brave and brave, and Chen Gong was assisted by strategists.
The counties in Yanzhou were conquered one after another, and even Chenliucheng, where Cao Cao initially raised his troops, was occupied by Lü Bu, and Mao Jue and Xun You, who were responsible for guarding Chenliu, fled to Dongjun with hundreds of defeated soldiers.
This is too ironic, Cao's army captured the cities of Xuzhou one after another in the front, and the cities of Yanzhou in the rear were conquered by Lu Bu one after another.
Xiahoudun was well aware of the current situation. Compared with Cao Cao, Lu Bu did not have a rear at all at this time, and he completely poured out of the nest without any worries.
Yanzhou, we must not lose! But despite this, how should Yanzhou defend it? And how can you keep it?
Xiahoudun only felt his heart numb.
"General......
Cheng Yu saw that Xiahoudun's face was cloudy, and whispered beside him: "I think that Puyang is no longer defensible, so it is better to abandon it." ”
"What did you say!"
When Xiahoudun heard this, his eyes widened angrily, and he scolded loudly.
"Lu Bu is overwhelming and Puyang is outnumbered, and Lu Bu breaks Puyang, which can be described as effortless."
Cheng Yu was not frightened by Xiahoudun's anger.
Yan said: "Instead of waiting for the city to be broken and damage the army in vain, it is better to rush to Dongjun with these 3,000 troops at night and join Gao Shun." Dongjun is the Yanzhou administrative office.
It is the foundation of the lord. As long as Dongjun is preserved, even if the other cities in Yanzhou are breached by Lu Bu, he will have a chance to recapture it one day. But if Dongjun is lost, the general trend will be completely gone! ”
Xiahoudun is not a foolish person, after listening to Cheng Yu's analysis and thinking about it carefully, he knew that what he said was true, and immediately said to Cheng Yu: "What Mr. said is exact, Fang is rude." ”
Since he made a judgment, Xiahoudun did not drag his feet. Since Lu Bu entered Yanzhou, his self-confidence has risen to the extreme.
In his eyes, some soldiers and horses in Puyang City had no ability to resist in the face of the strong attack of the previous side, and they could break the city in a few days.
Therefore, instead of following Chen Gong's advice and adopting a siege strategy, he stationed a large army on the southern outskirts of Puyang City, and Lu Bu's move gave Xiahoudun an opportunity to take advantage of.
After doing his best and paying more than 1,000 casualties for an afternoon, that night Xiahoudun took advantage of the opportunity for Lu Bu to camp and rest, and secretly left Puyang City from the north gate with the remaining nearly 2,000 soldiers and headed towards Dongjun.
In the early morning of the next day, when the spirited Lu Bujun was about to break the city in one fell swoop, he found that Puyang City had become an empty city, and except for the panicked and overwhelmed people, there was not a single soldier guarding the city.
Chen Gong, the military advisor of Lu Bu's army, understood Cao Jun's intention at the first time, and shouted that he was fooled while not forgetting to ask Lu Bu to give the order to immediately catch up, not to give Cao Jun a chance to merge.
However, Lu Bu had been carried away by the successive victories and became carried away. He thinks that no matter how many ants gather, there is nothing to fear.
On the contrary, it is convenient for him to catch them all, and although his army is invincible in Yanzhou, it is a long journey after all, and he has a feeling of fatigue so far. Puyang is a big city in Yanzhou, and since it can be occupied, it is better to let the brothers under him have a good rest.
In Lu Bu's eyes, Yanzhou at this time was already a duck to his mouth, and he couldn't fly. Rather than rushing to annihilate the opponent, it is better to let the brothers recuperate their spirits first.
For Lu Bu's mentality, Chen Gong paused again and again. But there was no way, even if he was the number one thinker in Lu Bu's army, he couldn't make the stubborn Lu Bu change his mind.
More than ten days later, Lu Bu, who had been grinding for a long time, moved his army and rushed to Dongjun.
Lu Bu rode on a red rabbit horse, holding a Fang Tian painting halberd, and the whole person looked majestic and inviolable.
Behind Lu Bu, eight athletes lined up in a row, and their momentum was heroic. And the head of these eight strong generals is the first Zhang Liao of the five sons of Cao Wei in the future.
The Heavenly Halberd in Lu Bu's hand pointed to the gate of Dongjun City and gave the order to attack the city.
Behind him, the eight generals immediately led their men and horses and rushed towards the towering Dongjun city wall.
"Archer, get ready to shoot!" Xiahoudun stood on the city wall and ordered the archers behind him.
Thousands of feathered arrows with the sound of breaking through the sky were fired at the Lü Bu army under the city wall, but the Lü Bu army either raised a wooden shield and hid under the siege equipment.
Only a few unlucky eggs were unfortunately shot in the chest, throat and other vital parts. In a volley, Cao's army only killed dozens of enemy soldiers, and the losses were negligible for Lü Bu's army.
Lü Bu's army soon slaughtered under the city walls of Dongjun, or climbed the city walls with cloud ladders, or carried logs to hit the city gates.
"Wood, falling rocks, boiling oil, all throw them down for me!" Xiahoudun looked nervous, and kept shouting to the soldiers defending the city behind him.
Fortunately, Xiahoudun had long known that he had to fight a difficult battle to defend the city, and Lu Bu's stupidity gave him enough time, and all kinds of tools to defend the city were also well prepared.
Pieces of wood and falling rocks smashed into the soldiers of Lu Bu, who were constantly struggling towards the tower of Dongjun, bringing a piece of screaming. The screams were followed by a bloody, mutilated corpse.
As for the soldiers who were doused with boiling oil, the killing caused by the boiling oil was definitely worse than that of wood and stone. I saw a soldier of Lu Bujun's army who was drenched with boiling oil all over his body, and was immediately burned to the ground.
Screaming, he fell straight down the ladder. After slamming his body on the ground, he was not dead for a while, and after convulsing and rolling on the ground for a while.
Finally, there was no sound, but there was a scorching stench from the corpse.
The mental damage that boiling oil brought to Lu Bujun was far better than physical damage. No one wants their death to be so miserable.
And before he died, he had to suffer so much. With fear in his heart, the speed of Lu Bu's army began to slow down.
"Archer, shoot me!"
Seeing that the enemy's offensive was slightly frustrated, Xiahoudun continued to order the archers to release arrows. At this time, Lü Bujun climbed on the cloud ladder one after another, and it was difficult to defend against the bows and arrows that were fired.
Not to mention dodging. Therefore, the damage caused by this round of salvo was significantly higher than before, causing more than 200 Sergeants Lü Bu to suffer.
However, among the enemy troops, there was a general who climbed the ladder with one hand and brandished a large sword with the other. Although the arrow was fierce, it could not slow it down by half a minute.
In the end, Laijiang was only a few feet away from the Dongjun City Tower, only to see his left hand slamming the ladder, a harrier turned over, and when everyone came back to their senses, he was already standing firmly on the East County Tower.
The general is eight feet tall, with a face like purple jade, and a dignified appearance, which is Zhang Liao, the number one good general of Lu Bujun.
When the defenders saw that Zhang Liao had successfully landed in the city, they hurriedly rushed towards him. I saw the big knife in Zhang Liao's hand dancing, and the enemy soldiers close to him slashed and killed one after another, and the momentum was unstoppable.
Lu Bujun, who was climbing on the ladder, saw Zhang Liao's bravery, and his morale was greatly encouraged, and he even rushed to the top of the ladder.
Seeing this, Xiahoudun knew that the general who had climbed the city tower must be killed as soon as possible, otherwise once the offensive of Lu Bu's army was driven, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Xiahoudun hurried towards Zhang Liao in three steps and two steps, and Zhang Liao saw that there was an enemy general striding towards him, and immediately raised his sword to greet him.
The moment the big swords intersected, Xiahoudun and Zhang Liao were in their hearts at the same time: "This opponent is not simple. ”
Each side takes a step back and refines their moves. Then Zhang Liao took the lead in making a move, only to see the lightning and flint, and the powerful knife slashed straight at Xiahoudun's neck.
Xiahoudun resisted with a horizontal knife, and after blocking Zhang Liao's knife, the blade immediately followed the opponent's knife shaft and quickly slid towards the opponent's chest.
Zhang Liao hurriedly retreated and straddled, but he was able to avoid this dangerous blow. Then Zhang Liao quickly moved his footsteps, went around to Xiahoudun's back, flipped the big knife, and slashed towards Xiahoudun's back.
Xiahoudun slashed into the air with a knife, and even though he felt the wind behind him, he didn't dare to be ambiguous at the moment, and quickly turned around and raised his knife to meet Zhang Liao's offensive.
With a "bell", the knives collided in the air again, and the two of them took a step back at the same time.
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