Chapter 774: Lao Tzu is back
"Attack!"
Lu Bu gave an order, and the soldiers of the 40,000 Five-Weapon Army pushed the crash car and siege vehicle and began to slowly advance towards Xiangyang City.
Although, Xu Shu had set a plan to bombard and smash indiscriminately before, so after the fierce artillery bombardment, where did the defenders of Xiangyang City still have the ability to resist.
"Roar, roar, roar......" When the soldiers drove into the city gate with their shields pushing and crashing, the smashed fire oil canisters were scattered everywhere, and the originally neat and solid city gate was now blackened.
"Roar!" "Boom!"
The heavy bumper wood slammed into the city gate, which shook violently, and the ashes from the fire continued to fall down.
Last night, because a catapult accidentally deviated from the direction, the oil tank fell into the hole in the city gate, so the oil tank crashed into the city gate. Fortunately, Liu Biao did not cut corners when repairing the city gate in these years, otherwise the city gate would have been burned to ashes under the burning of the next four or five fire oil canisters that arrived.
But even so, the gate did not endure the impact of the car for long.
"Boom!"
With a groan of pain, the gate slammed open, and a large amount of wood chips scattered in all directions.
"The city gate is open, rush!"
Lu Bu's eyes have been staring closely at the city gate, and at the first moment when the city gate was knocked open, Lu Bu roared, and 10,000 Vermilion Bird horsemen rode horses and whips, and rushed into Xiangyang City with a roar.
The four gates of Xiangyang City were smashed open almost simultaneously, and the soldiers of the Cao Army rushed into Xiangyang City at the first time.
The war lasted less than three hours before it was over. In the midst of the wild bombardment of catapults, Liu Biaojun had almost given up resistance.
Of the 30,000 Jingzhou soldiers, more than 10,000 were taken prisoner in the end, and the rest were either stoned to death, burned to death or deserted.
The first fortified city in Jingzhou, under the attack of Xu Shu, only lasted two days and one night.
Although, indeed, it was a miracle that thirty of the forty catapults that were put into battle in this battle were almost scrapped. The remaining ten must also be replaced and repaired before they can be put back into battle. In order to clean up the ruins in Xiangyang City, Xu Shu was delayed here for nearly fifteen days. This is the result of using the captives in Xiangyang City as coolies.
It is said that the stones and the remnants of the cleaning were taken out of Yangyang Castle and another landscape was built outside Yangyang Castle.
When Xu Shu attacked south from Xiangyang City, Huang Zhong and Gao Lan, who attacked Jiangxia County, were also overwhelmed, and they won successive battles, and the front of the army had almost cut off Cai Mao's supply line.
At the same time, Cao Ren and Xu Huang, who were in northern Yuzhou, also abandoned the city and led a large army to storm Cai Mao. Runan County in the south of Yuzhou and Jiangxia County in the south are already in chaos. Large numbers of displaced people began to migrate south. And Liu Biao was even more anxious in Jiangling City, like an ant on a hot pot.
In fact, not only Cao De, but even many officials in Jingzhou didn't know why Liu Biao suddenly went to Cao De for trouble. Now it's good, Cao De's army of more than 100,000 plus Xu Huang's army, a total of more than 200,000 troops, as long as Cai Mao is defeated, the front of the army will be directed at Jiangling. However, even at this time, although Liu Biao smashed a lot of things angrily, Liu Biao had not mentioned apologizing to Cao De. What is it that has made Liu Biao persist until now. Except for Liu Biao, Jing Yue, and Cai Mao, no one really knows.
"Report~~, lord, a fleet of boats has appeared on the river, and they are carrying the banner of Hanzhong." Just when Liu Biao had just finished his fire, a soldier ran in in a panic.
"What? Cao De's fleet? Now that Cao De has hit Jiangling, there is still a fleet swaggering along the river? Stop me and take everything down. "Now that everyone has torn their faces, what else is there to say. It's all about dying.
"No! But my lord, what about the people on board? ”
"People? Kill! "Cao De's army has never been soft on the people who killed us, why should we be so polite, but Liu Biao thought about it and suddenly said, "Wait, let's lock it up first." ”
On the south side of Gangneung Fortress is the Yangtze River, which is the course of the river. And on the wide river, a fleet of forty merchant ships was facing off against Liu Biao's naval army, which consisted of more than a dozen warships.
"The lord has an order, let you wait for the shore to be inspected!" Soon, Liu Biao's battleship was marked with a banner.
On the other side, Cao De's merchant ships also quickly responded according to Liu Biao's instructions. All the merchant ships began to move towards the shore.
"Everyone, come down, routine check!" On the dock on the shore, a large number of Liu Jun soldiers were patrolling back and forth.
The sailor on the ship replied: "Later, the military master, pack some things and come down immediately." ”
After about a quarter of an hour's effort, the soldiers of Liu Jun on the dock were already waiting impatiently, and suddenly a gangplank fell from the boat, "Jingle bell...... Jingle bell ......"
A pair of soap boots waiting for black and white first appeared in their sight, followed by a calf with leggings tied to the armor, but the red clothes exposed outside the armor were so dazzling; Above was a skirt, but it was covered with scales of iron; A red brocade ribbon was tied around the waist, clearly separating the upper and lower body; On the brocade ribbon, strings of bells fluttered in the wind, and bursts of crisp sounds of "jingle bells" continued to be heard.
Continuing upwards, the cuirass, unique to the Bright Light Armor, drummed high, and next, a bright cold light. The cold light suddenly fell, it was a knife! It's called "Splitting the Water and Breaking the Golden Knife"! On the back of the knife, four iron rings were pierced into the holes, and three bells were worn in each of the iron rings.
The bright body of the knife reflects the face of a man. Suddenly, the man grinned, "Jingzhou, Lao Tzu is back again!" ”
The whirring river breeze blew, and the man's hair was constantly fluttering in the wind.
Suddenly, "Wow, ......"
Beside him, countless big men appeared, stepping on the side of the ship with one foot. These big men are tall, short, fat, and thin, but the only thing they have in common is that they all have strings of bells hanging around their waists and a big knife wearing bells on their shoulders!
"This, this is ......" On the dock, Liu Jun's soldiers looked at them in a daze, and suddenly remembered a story from a long time ago. The main character of the story is......
"Nishiki ...... Sail thief! ”
"It's the Jinfan thief Gan Ning......!"
Listening to the exclamations of the soldiers of Liu Jun on the dock, and looking at the soldiers of Liu Jun who were hurrying to this side, Gan Ning suddenly laughed, "Yes, Lao Tzu is Gan Ning, and Lao Tzu is the Jinfan thief." Lao Tzu is back! Back then, the lives of the six hundred and forty-eight brothers who died in your hands, Lao Tzu came to collect debts from you! ”
"Brothers, hang up the banner of Lao Tzu and kill~!"
"Knock knock knock ......" "Kill~!"
With the roar of the war drums and the roar of the Jinfan thieves, Gan Ning was the first to step on the gangplank and rush to the dock with the water-splitting golden knife.
A knife!
With a swing of the knife, the head of a Liu soldier rolled to the ground, and his pupils were still full of fear and disbelief.
Countless gangplanks were thrown from the ship, and countless soldiers in red suits, brandishing war knives, rushed to the dock and rushed into the panicked enemy group!