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In the past few days, Hao Meng's army has only besieged the city but has not besieged the city, so even the most elite soldiers under Liu Bei have a little slackness at this time; No matter how much Zhang Fei and Guan Yu urged, it was to no avail.

On this day, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei inspected the city defense as usual, and reprimanded the soldiers who were obviously passive and slack. It was almost noon, and after the inspection was completed, Guan Zhang and the two were ready to go back to the house to rest and settle lunch.

When I arrived at the gate of the county guard's mansion, I didn't expect the sound of war drums to come from outside the city.

Outside the city, the drums of war suddenly sounded, first slowly, then faster than louder; After about thirty breaths, one drum stops, and then the drum beats for a while, and then a second one.

"Hao Meng is ordering soldiers?!" Zhang Fei was a little surprised.

This kind of drum sound is familiar to the generals who have been in the army for a long time.

The so-called three-way drum, so-and-so did not come, according to military law, he should be killed, this is what he is talking about.

"Hao Meng has not moved for nearly ten days, and when he suddenly orders troops, he must attack the city!" Guan Yu concluded. "Third brother, you immediately notify the eldest brother, and order all the soldiers and horses in the city, and go to the city to meet the enemy!"

Of course, Hao Meng's sudden order of troops was not necessarily aimed at Shouchun City.

However, the soldiers are like the Great Pilgrimage, who is so full that they have nothing to do, will beat the war drums of the soldiers?

Guan Yu didn't think that Hao Meng was still playing tricks this time.

Shouchun City bore the brunt of the attack, and it was a nail that Hao Meng had to pull out when he went south.

Therefore, since Hao Meng ordered troops, he must attack Shouchun City.

……

Outside the city of Shouchun.

After the three drums, Hao Meng's 400,000 troops were lined up in four large phalanxes, which just blocked the four gates of Shouchun City.

This time, Hao Meng was naturally preparing to attack the city.

East Gate, West Gate and North Gate, outside these three city gates, Hao Meng only left 50,000 soldiers and horses to defend.

This is in case when Shouchun City is broken, Liu Guanzhang and the three people in the city escape.

This is one of Liu Bei's specialties!

It is easy to say that if Guan Yu and Zhang Fei escaped into his Hao Meng's territory, and then bent on sabotage, it would really be impossible to prevent it.

The south gate of Shouchun City is the main direction set by Hao Meng.

After receiving Cai Mao's Flying Eagle summons, Hao Meng knew that the overall situation had been decided.

So, Hao Meng immediately summoned his generals to order troops.

Cai Mao summoned the interrogation, but only told the Jingzhou sailors that they were under control. But Hao Meng knew that the 100,000 elite Jingzhou sailors would take down the defense-empty Chaisang City, which Cai Mao couldn't do yet, but he was afraid that he would have no place to be ashamed of himself.

Since Chaisang City has been conquered, Hao Meng only needs to hold back the Jiangdong elite of the Hefei battalion, and this so-called "Battle of Weishui" does not need a decisive battle, and he Hao Meng has already won half of it.

……

Outside the south gate of Shouchun City, Hao Meng's army arrays were one after another, stretching for dozens of miles.

In front of these phalanxes, about 12,300 steps away from Shouchun City, Hao Meng led a group of fierce generals to stand in front of the formation.

One hundred and ten steps in front of them, the twenty dragon cannon guards under Hao Meng, as well as the nearly thirty dragon cannon guards gathered by the fierce generals, were already ready to attack at this time.

The city defense of Shouchun City is too strong, and there are many strong bows and crossbows on the city wall.

If a large army is used to attack the city, there will be no casualties; Break the city with dragon cannon guards, and there won't be so many dead and wounded.

The armies were ready, and Hao Meng waved his hand. "Siege!"

"Hey, hey, hey......"

Dozens of squads shouted slogans and carried tower shields forward. Among the guards of the tower shield are those dragon cannon guards.

The dragon cannon guards have a range of 1,000 paces.

However, when they entered the range of a thousand steps, they were also within the range of the generals and bed crossbows on the city wall.

It is true that the attack power of the dragon cannon guards is not said, but if they are set on fire by three or five generals, or if they are named by the bed crossbow on the city wall, these dragon cannon guards who have finally risen to level 20 will also have to turn into ashes.

When he was in Runan before, Hao Meng's dragon artillery guards almost suffered this kind of loss.

After that, after brainstorming, Hao Meng finally found a way to protect the dragon cannon guards: that is, to use the tower shield phalanx to protect.

The tower shields are very heavy, some large and some small, and the large tower shield is almost a zhang, two feet taller than a strong man who is eight feet tall. The shield array composed of tower shields, if properly arranged, has no problem withstanding the impact of the cavalry.

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On the city wall of Shouchun City, the recruits who came from Jiangdong to support and the recruits recruited by Liu Bei recently looked at the tower shield and didn't know what to do.

"Is this a shield soldier to attack the city?"

Indeed, the tower shield phalanx can withstand the accumulation of bed crossbows, and ordinary generals are helpless against it.

If there is no accident, these shield soldiers will have no problem carrying the tower shield and rushing under the city wall.

However, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei on the city wall, are they just eating dry rice?

"Big brother, Hao Meng, are you counting on these shield soldiers to attack the city?" Zhang Fei asked with some surprise.

It's no problem for the shield soldiers to rush under the city wall with the tower shield, but the tower shield is very heavy, how can the shield soldiers climb the ladder with the tower shield?

"It's not these shield soldiers attacking the city, but those special troops under Hao Meng, it seems to be called some kind of dragon cannon guard!"

Liu Bei still remembers the power of those special troops when he competed with Hao Meng in Runan County.

The power of the dragon cannon guards, Guan Yu also remembers it vividly. Then he said: "Big brother wait a while, and so-and-so will go down and kill them!" ”

It is said that the power of the dragon cannon guards is good, but after being approached by Wu, it is a lamb to be slaughtered, and the [Qinglong Yanyue Knife] in his Guan Yu's hand can cut him off.

Liu Bei stopped Guan Yu. "Second brother, don't go down to the city."

"Hao Meng's main battle under the city has not moved, if the second brother goes down to the city, he will inevitably be besieged and killed by Hao Meng's gang!"

Then, Liu Bei said to the heralds beside him: "Order the crossbow squads to concentrate on shooting when those shield soldiers are close to a thousand steps." ”

……

Soon, the shield soldiers used tower shields to protect the dragon cannon guards, and they arrived within a thousand steps of Shouchun City.

At this time, on the city wall of Shouchun City, the bed crossbows were roaring, and the crossbow guns were shot on the tower shield, making a clanging sound.

Most of the tower shields that were shot were unhindered, only the soldiers who resisted the shield could not stop the rush in, and they were shot back a little. If the quality of a few tower shields is not up to par, or the quality of the bed crossbow in Shouchun City is too good, it is natural that the shield will be ruined.

If there is a gap in the tower shield phalanx that is shot, the other shield soldiers next to it will immediately fill it.

Shaoqing, before the second round of roars of the bed crossbow in Shouchun City, the dragon artillery guards finally adjusted the shooting angle.

"Dragon Cannon Guard, Prepare ......"

"Put!"

Not far behind the tower shield phalanx, there was a lieutenant commanding.

"Tom, tom, tom......"

Nearly fifty dragon cannon guards fired the dragon cannon on their shoulders almost simultaneously.

The trajectory of the shells could be seen by the more than 200,000 soldiers behind them.

The dragon artillery guards were mighty, and when the cannonballs landed in Shouchun City, they didn't take a breath, and the roar kept coming.