Chapter 9: The Cavalry Siege
"Lord, is it too anxious to attack Liu Xun now?" In the county government of Shu County, Cheng Pu frowned and looked at the map, from Shu County to Anhui County, there are more than 100 miles in length and width, and the soldiers have just laid down Shu County, and then they will run for 100 miles, I am afraid that they will be a little unbearable. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"We can't wait, we are alone in the depths, if we let Liu Xun react and defend city by city, there are 30,000 soldiers and horses in Lujiang, when will we fight?" Zhou Yu shook his head and said: "We must first trap that Liu Xun in Anhui County, and then send people to the rest of the counties to spread rumors, just say that Liu Xun is dead, and then send people to subdue the city, Liu Xun has tens of thousands of troops, and can only be trapped in the lonely city, within a month, when we recover the entire Lujiang River, the people of Anhui County will be scattered, and our army can completely include Lujiang in the bag!" ”
"The siege of the city will be carried out by me and Demou, Yigong and the Yuan Dynasty, Gongjin, you take Pan Zhang and Song Qian, spread rumors, and wait for the opportunity to collect the counties of Lujiang." Sun Ce looked at Zhou Yu and said in a deep voice.
"Don't worry, lord!" Zhou Yu nodded.
Sun Ce looked at Ling Cao who came with him again, and said in a deep voice: "Denian, Shu County is the county of Lujiang, which is very important to our army, I intend you to stay in this city, but this time I can only leave you five hundred athletes." ”
Ling Cao received the order angrily: "Don't worry, the lord has five hundred people." ”
After Sun Ce discussed the details with Zhou Yu again, he led his men and horses to kill Benshu County overnight, but they were all infantry, and when Sun Ce arrived in Anhui County, the sky was already slightly bright.
When Liu Xun knew that Sun Ce's army had only arrived at this time, he couldn't help beating his chest and regretting it, he knew that this was the case, he should have listened to Lu Bu's words, and sent a messenger overnight last night to inform the county town of Sifang to step up defense, and now Sun Ce's army felt that it could only watch Sun Ce start to build a camp with great fanfare.
"My lord, they must have been on the road overnight to get here, and the soldiers and horses must have been tired, so why don't they go out of the city and rub the enemy's spirit first." Lu Rong stood beside Liu Xun, watched Sun Ce start to build a camp, and bowed down and said.
"No way!" Liu Xun hesitated for a moment and refused: "Sun Ce is brave and invincible, he is alone, and the food and grass will definitely be insufficient, we just need to hold on to the city, and when he has no food available, he will retreat." ”
When Lu Rong heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, and said no more.
Outside Anhui County, in a mountain forest, Lu Bu lurked in the woods with Xiong Kuohai, Chen Gong, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, and Guan Hai, watching Sun Ce's swaggering camp, Lu Bu couldn't help but shake his head and sighed: "Sun Ce marched overnight, the soldiers were tired, and such a great opportunity was wasted. ”
Lujiang is different from Xuzhou, there are many hills, Lu Bu finally did not march overnight last night, these five hundred elite cavalry is all Lu Bu's current family background, and it is just a matter of dying on the battlefield, but if it is not a combat attrition, it can still be exempted, anyway, Sun Ce is in a hurry, but he is not in a hurry, and now Sun Ce looks like he is fighting a protracted war, and there are probably not many people left in Shu County.
"Lord, are we going to help them?" Guan Hai frowned and said: "After all, we attacked Sun Ce first, and this time we calculated against us, so we should teach him some lessons!" ”
"No, if we make a move at this time, it will make Sun Ce alert, so let Liu Xun help us drag Sun Ce down, so that we can repair ourselves in Lujiang." Lu Bu shook his head, seeing that until Sun Ce set up the camp, Liu Xun did not react at all, and forcibly let the good situation be cut off by Sun Ce like this, he was also a little speechless, and immediately withdrew from the woods with the generals, went to a pre-arranged place ten miles away, met Xu Sheng and others, and set off towards Shu County with five hundred elite horses.
More than 100 miles away, Sun Ce marched overnight, but Lu Bu's cavalry marched in only one hour and arrived at the city of Shuxian.
"There are really not many soldiers and horses left in Shu County." Lu Bu took Chen Gong to look at the sparse defenders in Shuxian County, frowned, and said, "However, the generals who defend the city have some doorways and are properly arranged. ”
Chen Gong nodded and said, "If you attack strongly, I'm afraid it will be disadvantageous to our army." ”
Lu Bu nodded, turned his head to look at the generals around him, and said to Chen Xing: "Zitao, you take thirty horsemen and horses to call the formation, and see if you can lure the guards out." ”
"Yes." Chen Xing nodded, nodded and ordered thirty knights to walk out of the corner and head towards the city gate.
As soon as Chen Xing's men appeared, they were reported by the guards to Ling Cao, who was patrolling the city defense, and when Chen Xing came to the place of an arrow outside the city, an archer at the head of the city shot an arrow, and Ling Cao said sharply: "Who are you waiting for?" ”
Chen Xing glanced up at Ling Cao's direction, a touch of murderous intent flashed in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "I am Chen Xing, the general under the command of the lord, and I was ordered to come back to restore my life and pass on the two generals Lu Rong and Qiao Fei, they naturally recognize me." ”
Last night in the Yatang of Anhui County, I knew that Liu Xun had two henchmen under his command, named Lu Rong and Qiao Fei.
Ling Cao frowned, Chen Xing he hadn't heard of it, but Lu Rong and Qiao Fei knew that it was the two generals under Liu Xun, thinking that this person didn't know about the attack on Shu County, he sneered and said: "This city has been occupied by my lord Sun Ce, go to Anhui County to find your lord." ”
"Bastard!" Chen Xing was furious: "My lord and your lord Sun Ce have always come to the well water not to violate the river water, why do you invade my territory, the thief will dare to go out of the city to fight with me!" ”
Ling Cao glanced at Chen Xing, although he felt that this young general had no ability, but he was responsible for guarding the city, although he was moved, he remembered his duties, and did not go out of the city greedily, and said coldly: "A certain person is entrusted by the lord and is responsible for guarding this city, and he can't obey his orders." ”
Chen Xing sneered: "Could it be that Sun Ce's account is all gutless rats like you?" ”
Ling Cao forcibly suppressed the anger in his chest, and snorted coldly: "If I don't have a verbal dispute with you, retreat quickly, if you meet on the battlefield in the future, it's not too late to compete." ”
Chen Xing provoked and abused several times, but Ling Cao never came out, Chen Xing had no choice but to lead his troops back, and said to Lu Bu: "The lord forgives the sin, and the last general failed to open the city gate." ”
"Since you can't call it out, then attack it!" Lu Bu snorted coldly and looked in the direction of Shu County.
"Lord, our army is all cavalry, if we storm this city, the loss will be great! I hope the lord will think twice. Chen Gong hurriedly said.
"Gongtai rest assured, the cavalry is attacking the city, there is a way for the cavalry to attack the city, I naturally will not use the lives of my brothers to add the city." Lu Bu shook his head, then looked at the generals and said, "Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Hao Zhao, Xu Sheng!" ”
"The last general!" The four of them came out of the queue when they heard the words.
"Each of the four of you shall bring a hundred soldiers, and each of you shall carry two quivers, and you shall not stay, but let the arrows be placed at the head of the city, until the arrows are finished, and then you will not return, and if the enemy is out of the city, you shall strangle him if there are few people, and if there are many people, do not touch him." Lu Budao.
"No!" Zhang Liao's eyes lit up, and he instantly understood Lu Bu's method, which was to imitate the Hu cavalry in battle, and when they encountered the city, they would not attack it, but just let the cavalry fire arrows around the city, shoot and suppress the defenders at the head of the city, so that it could not effectively defend.
Although the other three did not understand, they each took the order and left.
"Majestic sea, Guanhai." Lu Bu looked at the two of them and said, "You two and the rest of the soldiers are ready to rush the city hammer, listen to my orders at any time, and prepare to break the city gate." ”
"Yes!" Xiong Kuohai and Guan Hai agreed and left.
"Majestic sea, lend me your sky-shaking bow." Lu Bu thought about it and said, the Heaven-Shaking Bow of the Mighty Sea is a five-stone strong bow, and its range is much farther than his own three-stone Tie Bow Bow.
"The lord wants to use it, even if you take it, my archery skills are not good anyway." Xiong Kuohai immediately handed over his sky-shaking bow to Lu Bu, this bow was just a thing of strength for him, but in Lu Bu's hands, the power was much stronger.
"Action!" Lu Bu gave an order, and immediately four hundred knights rushed to Shu County under the leadership of Zhang Liao, and Lu Bu took Chen Xing, He Yi, He Man, Chen Gong and fifty horsemen and horses to stand at a place about two hundred cloth outside the city.
At the head of the city, Ling Cao couldn't help but be shocked when he looked at the large number of cavalry that suddenly came out, and then secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, fortunately he didn't go out of the city on impulse just now, otherwise this Shu City would change hands now, as for these killed cavalry, he didn't have much worry, the cavalry field battle was powerful, but this Shu County is a county rule, and the city wall is three zhang high, no matter how powerful the cavalry is, it is impossible to directly rush to the city wall.
When he was relieved, he saw that those cavalry did not directly rush to the city, but walked around the city, so that the soldiers who had already drawn their bows and waited to kill the enemy were at a loss, and then they saw that those cavalry were shooting at the head of the city, and they did not pay attention to the results of the battle, and continued to gallop around the city, shooting a round of arrows at the city wall from time to time, and many soldiers defending the city were caught off guard and were killed by the arrow clusters flying from the city.
"Not good!" Ling Cao was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly said sharply: "Quick, notify the defenders of each gate, pay attention to evasion, and wait for the opportunity to counterattack!" ”
The defenders at the head of the city wanted to counterattack, but the opponent left as soon as they dipped it, and did not give a chance at all, after a round of arrow rain, when the defenders at the head of the city wanted to counterattack, there was no shadow of the opponent.
Lu Buce stepped forward immediately, looked at Ling Cao, who was glaring angrily at the head of the city, and said loudly: "A certain is the captain of the Han Dynasty, Wenhou Lu Bu, today at the invitation of his old friend Liu Xun, came to help in the battle, and immediately opened the city to surrender, otherwise when the city is broken, there will be no thieves who defend the city!" ”
"Lu Bu!"