If the trebuchet of the Han army was not destroyed, then in the face of the trebuchet attack of the Han army, Lu Meng and others could only survive. Lü Meng didn't think about going out of the city to attack again, but in the face of 3,000 Yuan Rong soldiers armed with crossbows, the Jiangdong army that went out of the city was all shot without even touching the edge of the trebuchet. What's more, in addition to the Yuan Rong soldiers, Zhou Tai, who was originally a general in Jiangdong, also took three thousand heavy armored soldiers with huge shields to wait for him.

A salvo of twenty trebuchets was a stone rain at the head of the city of Wu County, and in the face of the almost inexplicable attack of the Han army, Lü Meng could only choose to leave a small number of soldiers at the head of the city to monitor the movements of the Han army outside the city, and the rest of the people took refuge under the city.

Is this a way out, in addition, Lu Meng has another option is to withdraw his troops, just passively beaten, how can he not fail. But the problem is that Wu County is of great significance to Jiangdong, once Wu County is lost, it means that most of the Jiangdong family fell under the rule of the imperial court, although most of the children of the family were left in Jianye by Sun Quan at this time, but the foundation of the family is in Wu County.

Wu County can't be lost! And if you want to keep Wu County, the top priority is to destroy the twenty trebuchets in the hands of the Han army outside the city, even if you can't destroy all of them, even if you only destroy half of them, it will be of great help to defend the city. But the trebuchet of the Han army has already made the defense of the Han army impassable, and it is difficult to destroy it by force.

At this time, the cold winter has passed, and spring has returned to the earth, but Lu Meng, who is standing at the head of the city, does not feel the slightest warmth. The Han army outside the city only used trebuchets to attack the city every day these days, breaking the morale of the army in the city, if the Han army continued to attack like this, the army would collapse sooner or later without a fight. The worried Lu Meng thought hard about a good plan, but he never thought of a proper plan.

"Governor, add some clothes, it's windy." There was a concerned persuasion from his side, and when Lu Meng looked back, he saw Ding Feng standing behind him with a cloak.

"There is Lao Chengyuan." Lu Meng was not polite, although it was early spring, the weather was still cold, and the spring breeze was not very blowing.

"Governor, if it is the end of the day, it will ......"

"Cheng Yuan, it is up to people to plan things, and it is up to heaven to make things happen, you don't have to blame yourself for this. And even if you blame yourself, you can't change reality. Lu Meng took the cloak and put it on his body, and persuaded Ding Fengdao. In order not to let Ding Feng dwell on this matter any longer, Lu Meng changed the topic and asked, "Cheng Yuan, how are the soldiers doing recently?" Although it is early spring, the weather is still cold, remind the soldiers not to be careless, if the spring breeze is frozen, then it will be ......"

Seeing that Lu Meng was suddenly staring at the flag that was blown by the wind and was stunned, Ding Feng didn't dare to disturb, he suddenly stopped halfway through his words, obviously thinking of something, and it would be bad to disturb Lu Meng at this time.

“…… Maybe it's worth a try. Lu Meng suddenly said to himself.

……

Kites, also known as paper kites, are in the Spring and Autumn Period of China, by the Mo family Mo Zhai to make wood birds as the beginning, and then Lu Ban used bamboo to improve the material, until the Eastern Han Dynasty Cai Lun improved papermaking, there was a common paper kite in later generations. The paper kite was not originally used as a game, but as a tool to convey messages during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and it was only in the Song Dynasty that the paper kite became a favorite activity for people when they went out in the spring.

The production of paper kites can be complex and simple, and the materials are not difficult to find. As the governor of the Jiangdong Army, it is not difficult for Lu Meng to want a paper kite. But for Lu Meng's "not doing his job", all the generals in the army were puzzled, but Lu Meng was the main general, and Jiang Qin, Ding Feng and others did not dare to object even if they were not puzzled, just waiting for Lu Meng to give them an explanation.

Stroking the paper kite made out with his hand, Lu Meng opened his mouth and said to the generals who were waiting for him to explain: "Everyone, whether you can destroy the trebuchet outside the city depends on whether this paper kite can build miraculous achievements. ”

The trebuchets of the Han army outside the city were closely protected by the Han army, and the price that Lü Meng and others had to pay to destroy the trebuchets was really unbearable. As for how to destroy the trebuchet, the generals have been racking their brains for the past few days, hoping to come up with a way to succeed without paying a huge price. At this time, when they heard Lu Meng say that this inconspicuous-looking paper kite could destroy a trebuchet, they all looked at Lu Meng and waited for the following.

And after listening to Lu Meng's detailed explanation, the generals also felt that Lu Meng's method was worth trying. Of course, the main reason is that there is no other way at the moment, at least this is a way, a dead horse as a live horse doctor, it is better than a trebuchet attack to resist the Han army in a hurry.

Three days later, it was another night when he couldn't see his fingers, and Lu Meng, who had already memorized the location of the trebuchet outside the city, gave an order, and the five hundred paper kites that had been made by people in the past few days rose in the wind and rushed towards the phalanx of the trebuchet. After the estimated location was almost over, as Lu Meng personally lit the long line used to release the paper kites, the long lines that had already been soaked in fire oil quickly turned the paper kites in the sky into fireballs and fell towards the camp of the Han army.

The sky was as bright as day in an instant, and those fireballs falling from the sky caught the Han army off guard. However, due to the lack of consideration for the direction of the wind, most of the paper kites fell off the rails and did not fall directly on the head of the trebuchet, but on a nearby clearing.

"Quick, go on, remind the person who released the paper kite to pay attention to the direction of the wind." As soon as Lu Meng saw that this method was effective, he immediately ordered Ding Fengdao, who was waiting for the order.

"Countless" fireballs fell from the sky, and Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, the main generals of the Han army, got the news as soon as possible, and when they saw the fireballs falling in the sky with their own eyes, they couldn't help but let out an exclamation. However, amazement is amazement, and the precautions that should be done still have to be done. It is indeed worthy of admiration that the Jiangdong Army in the city can come up with this method, but even if it is admired, it cannot make the other party succeed easily.

"Bo Fu, you quickly lead the men and horses to guard the camp, and send someone to inform Youping to lead the troops to withdraw to the camp." Zhou Yu instructed Sun Ce in a deep voice.

“…… Gong Jin, don't you want a trebuchet? Sun Ce was stunned when he heard this, and then asked.

"No need, after attacking for so many days, the walls of Wu County are almost untenable, and now it is early spring, so there is no need to worry that Lu Meng will build the city by watering and freezing. Bo Fu, the next thing is for you and me. Zhou Yu explained to Sun Ce with a smile.

Sun Ce suddenly rushed to the camp gate with people. From the very beginning, Sun Ce did not expect to take Wu County with trebuchets alone, and some time ago, out of trust in Zhou Yu, Sun Ce did not raise any objections to Zhou Yu's arrangement. And now Zhou Yu's explanation also made Sun Ce let go of his worries, and Zhou Yu really didn't let himself down.

The Han army has intended to give up trebuchets, but Lu Meng and others in the city do not know that in the past three days, he ordered people to keep rushing to work, but because the paper kite used this time is used for fire attack, there are certain requirements in terms of production, so even if it is manufactured day and night, a total of more than 1,500 have been made.

If Lü Meng did not focus on the trebuchet but aimed at the Han army's camp, then these more than 1,500 paper kites would be enough to make the unsuspecting Han army suffer heavy losses. But the luck of the Han army is good, Lu Meng didn't figure out the pros and cons for a while, just thinking about dealing with the Han army's trebuchets, and seeing those headache trebuchets being burned into a fire one by one, Lu Meng felt satisfied. By the time he realized that he could do more with the paper kite, he had no paper kite on hand.

It doesn't matter if you don't, you can reinvent it! But Sun Ce and Zhou Yu of the Han army did not give Lü Meng this opportunity. The day after Lü Meng burned the Han army's trebuchet with paper kites, Sun Ce personally led his team to launch a siege battle against Wu County. Although the morale of the defenders in the city had recovered after the destruction of the trebuchet, the morale of the Han army was even higher, because Sun Ce had frightened them, saying that if they could not break through Wu County, the fireballs that had burned the trebuchets last night might fall on their heads tonight.

No one wants to die in vain, so no one was lazy when attacking the city today. The city wall of Wu County was smashed by trebuchets at these times, and when the Han army attacked the city, a section of the city wall in the south finally could no longer hold on and collapsed.

The city wall collapsed, and if it could not be blocked in time, it would be a matter of time before the city was broken. Knowing that the city wall had collapsed, Lu Meng didn't care about his own safety, and personally led a team to block it. But Sun Ce would not let the defenders of Wu County repair the city wall, and finally found a gap, how could he give up easily.

The gap in the south city wall became the focus of contention between the two armies, but in the end it was the Han army that was superior and occupied the gap in the south city wall.

Regardless of individual ability or group combat, the Han army is better trained than the Jiangdong army, and now it is not on the water, in the face of the Han army stepping on the ground, although the defenders of Wu County tried their best to resist, they still could not contain the offensive of the Han army, and the area controlled by the defenders of Wu County was constantly compressed by the Han army, and finally all of them were concentrated in Xicheng.

"Governor, I can't hold it, stay in the green mountains, don't worry about no firewood, let's go." Ding Feng hurriedly shouted at Lu Meng, who had been covered in blood after fighting with him for a long time.

"Cheng Yuan, if you want to go, then go, I won't stop you, but I won't go, the lord handed over Wu Jun to me, but now I have lost it, I really have no shame to see the lord."

"Governor, if you don't go, who dares to go? And now that the lord is weak, it is easy for you to die, but if you die at this time, won't it make the lord have one less available person. Even if you want to die, you shouldn't die here. Ding Feng rushed up, ignoring Lu Meng's struggle, and stood up with Ling Tong, who rushed over together, and turned around and left.

"Lu Mengxiu go!" Suddenly, he heard a loud shout behind him, Ding Feng hurriedly turned around to look, and saw that it was Zhou Tai, who had fought before, who led the troops to chase after him, Ding Feng couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart. But now, if you blindly run away, sooner or later Zhou Tai will be called to catch up, and someone must leave Zhou Tai, a lazy pig.

"Gongji, you quickly take the governor away, there is me here." Ding Feng handed over Lü Meng to Ling Tong's personal soldiers and shouted at Ling Tong.

Ling Tong knew that this was not the time to be polite, and after hearing Ding Feng's words, he just dropped a sentence, you take care, and continued to retreat westward with Lu Meng, who had been knocked out by him and Ding Feng.

As soon as he continued to run out for more than 100 steps, Pan Zhang and Jiang Qin rushed to join the river with people. Pan Zhang saw that Ding Feng was missing, and hurriedly asked Ling Tongdao: "Gongji, where is Chengyuan?" ”

"Wen Gui, Zhou Youping just came, Cheng Yuan went to stop you, you came ......just in time" Before Ling Tong finished speaking, he saw that Pan Zhang had already led people to rush over in the direction where Ling Tong and the others came.

"Gongji, don't worry about Wen Gui, it's not appropriate to stay here for a long time, you and I should hurry up." Jiang Qin urged Ling Tongdao.

Ling Tong nodded when he heard this, and together with Jiang Qin, he continued to retreat westward with Lu Meng. This retreat withdrew for more than 30 miles, until there was no trace of the pursuers behind them, Ling Tong and Jiang Qin ordered the army to stop, Ling Tong was responsible for taking care of Lü Meng, and Jiang Qin arranged a guard while ordering people to go east to inquire about the movements of Wu County at this time, the most important thing is to see if those colleagues who did not leave Wu County with them are alive.

……

Kure County

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were patrolling the city, and the defenders in the city had basically been wiped out, and the Han army's work at this time was mostly to search for fish that had slipped through the net. took Wu County, which made Sun Ce feel happy, he lived in Wu County back then, and the whole family lived here. Now that he has revisited the old place, Sun Ce has a lot of emotion in his heart.

Familiar streets, familiar buildings, but at this time they have just experienced the baptism of war, which makes people dare not recognize each other. Sun Ce took Zhou Yu back to his former residence, the house was still there, but it was empty.

"Bo Fu, don't think too much." Zhou Yu on the side saw that Sun Ce's mood was suddenly a little low, and persuaded softly.

"Don't worry, Gongjin, I just felt something in my heart for a while, it's okay."

"Bo Fu, you said that this time we took Wu County, and we didn't need to take advantage of the victory to pursue it, and we went to Jianye City in one go." Zhou Yu asked out loud in order to divert Sun Ce's attention.

“…… Wait, the soldiers are already exhausted after repeated battles, and the grain and grass in the army also need to be replenished, so let's wait until the next batch of grain and grass arrives. Sun Ce thought about it and said.

Zhou Yu looked at Sun Ce with some relief, and asked again: "Bo Fu, then you said that if the Holy Lord knew that you and I let the army rest at this time, would you be suspicious of your motives?" ”

"Gong Jin, are you testing me?" Sun Ce smiled when he heard this, "If the Holy Lord is really suspicious of me, then I will hand over the military power to avoid suspicion." But based on my knowledge of the Holy One, he wouldn't doubt my motives, and maybe he wouldn't even ask. ”

“…… Do you trust Him so much? ”

"There is no suspicion in employing people, and there is no need to suspect people. If the saint didn't want to use me, he wouldn't have let me be the governor of the Penglai Navy in the first place, and since he was willing to use me, he wouldn't doubt me. And I've always had a clear conscience in my work, so why should I be suspicious? ”

"Huh...... Bo Fu, it seems that you are really mature. ”

“…… Gong Jin, what you said is similar to my elders, which makes people feel awkward to hear it. ”

Zhou Yu: "......"