Chapter 179: A Ridiculous Siege
Jia Mu didn't expect that Lu Bu would just choose the nearest east gate at random in order to seize the time to attack Wancheng. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
At Jia Mu's suggestion, Zhang Quan concentrated the soldiers defending the city mainly in the southwest corner, thinking that the chariots and horses that Lü Bu placed at the east gate were just pretending to attack the city and cooperate with the southwest corner to steal the city. Could it be that just with Lu Bu's chariot tied with bamboo poles, he could storm the east gate? This does not consider whether the elasticity of the bamboo pole can shoot the thunder stone to the city, and there is no thunder stone outside the city for Lu Bu to use.
"Catapults, archers ready." The young general stepped forward and reported to Zhang Quan. Wancheng does have several catapults to defend the city, however, the catapults are too large, the thunder stones are all equipped in advance, it is not easy to fill the thunder stones, it takes four or five hundred soldiers to pull the lever to bend, and hundreds of people to fill the thunder stones are not as good as directly picking up the bow and arrow to shoot the enemy. Of course, the destructive power is far more than a hundred times more powerful than the thunderbolt car that Lu Bu placed in front of the formation.
Zhang Quan thought that he had seen through Lu Bu's strategy, leaving the little lieutenant to guard the east gate, and he and Jia Mu confidently walked towards the northwest corner to supervise the battle.
Lu Bu set up a position to lead but did not send out because he was waiting for news from the other three gates, and he wanted to capture Zhang Quan alive when he abandoned the city and left.
"The three generals Lu Meng, Zang Ba, and Pei Yuanshao have already laid an ambush, just waiting for Zhang Quan to leave the city." The herald soldier finally sent the news back.
"Siege!" Lu Bu gave an order.
Lei Xu commanded the soldiers to quickly bend the bamboo poles on the thunderbolt cart, and the rows of soldiers in the countless square intervals carried the clay basins pinched with soil, their faces turned to the side, holding their breath, and their expressions were very uncomfortable. The earth basin was steaming hot, which was caused by the absurd order given by Lu Bu last night, and many soldiers held back all night. The soldier holding the basin put it on the thunderbolt cart, and let out a long breath as if he had experienced a life-and-death struggle, although he was still holding his breath and his expression relaxed.
At the same time, rows of soldiers fighting the dirt also came to the back of the thunderbolt, waiting for the space on the tower to fill the moat with arrows.
Lei Xu saw that the thunderbolt truck was finished loading manure, tilted his head, and tried not to look at the thunderbolt truck, the smell was really smoky, and the row of manure basins looked really disgusting: "Hit!" ”
Lei Xu led it, and the soldiers who had been on standby for a long time quickly cut the rope that pulled the bent bamboo pole, and they seemed to be unable to bear it for a moment.
"Bump!"
The sound of the thunderbolt was like thunder, and the sound was rolling and shaking the sky. The lever made of the bamboo pole could no longer withstand the huge force of the collision, and instantly broke into a trace of bamboo. Twenty or thirty black shadows in the sky flew towards the city at a great speed.
"Hit!" The defenders of Wancheng counterattacked at the same time.
"Boom!" The rope that pulled the catapult was cut off, and a loud sound that covered the thunderbolt was deafening, and dense thunder stones flew towards Lu Bu's large array.
"Crackling......" There were countless cracking sounds on the city, and the damage caused by the thunderbolt to the city was negligible, and only a few people who were hit on the head by the earthen basin died.
"......" The defender let out a disgusting howl at the sight of the stinking feces splattered on his body.
"Vomit ......" Many of the soldiers defending the city were spilled on their heads and faces, and they vomited while slapping them.
"Go away...... Don't come here, it's not polite to come here again! Many of the soldiers who had not been splashed with feces pointed their weapons at their foul-smelling companions and said viciously.
"Grandma is a bear, is she looking for death? Rub it on labor! Countless soldiers dodged the soldiers covered in feces, and the orderly arrangement of the soldiers defending the city was chaotic.
At the same time, Lu Bu was also drinking the chaotic array in the middle, and the boulder that had just been smashed by the catapult smashed the first few squares into chaos, and the soldiers were in chaos in order to avoid the thunder stones in the sky, and the squares who were not within the range of the thunder stones were also in chaos.
"Array! Array! Array! The Red Rabbit Horse shuttled through the chaotic Fangzheng, stabbing the soldiers who did not obey the command directly on the Fang Tian Painting Halberd, waving it back and forth in the air to deter other soldiers who were about to move. At the same time, the archers ran back and forth on the periphery of the chaotic square, shooting the soldiers who did not listen to the command on the spot.
"The enemy catapults have been scrapped, array!" Lu Bu roared heartbreakingly. The catapult's attempt to refill the Thunderstone is not something that can be done in a short time. The power shown by the catapult just now was too terrifying, once it was hit, the living person in the previous moment instantly turned into a pile of fuzzy flesh wriggling under the thunder stone, and the psychological shadow to the soldier was too powerful.
Lu Bu and the marching Sima of the chaotic tribe lined up together, and they could stabilize the chaotic square again. When Lu Bu came to the thunderbolt car, a new lever had been replaced, and countless soldiers carried the earthen basin and filled it again.
"Does Ziyang think it is possible to attack the city like this?" Lu Bu didn't know the bottom in his heart, this could only disgust the enemy, and let the defenders of Wancheng mess up, and the lethality to the defenders was actually not great.
Liu Ye's face was very ugly, Lu Bu's ridiculous siege method would spread all over the Han Dynasty in less than a month, and under the encouragement of the family, I am afraid that it will become the laughing stock of the common people after dinner. Seeing Lu Bu asking, Liu Ye replied helplessly: "I have just observed that the defenders are like hiding from the plague and have no intention of defending the city, as long as they continue to use this ...... Manure...... When the head of the city is covered with a thick layer of feces and cannot get off its feet, there may not be a single defender, and it is like an empty city at that time, and it is not difficult to take it. ”
In this era, reputation is more important than name, Lu Bu's own reputation is very bad, and time can't help him to slowly attack Wancheng according to common sense, Zhong Miao has gone to Guanzhong, giving Lu Bu less and less time, if Lu Bu worries too much, the tragedy of Baimenlou will come soon, so he can't choose. Succeed or lose, as long as Lu Bu finally wins, these absurd things are just one of his merits.
"Hit!" As soon as the filling was completed, Lei Xu ordered again.
This time, the city had already prepared, in order to avoid the basin, countless soldiers defending the city were squeezed into the city, and the number of dead and wounded was much higher than just now, but there were not many soldiers who were splashed with feces.
"Let's not fill the moat yet." Liu Ye stopped the soldiers who were about to take the opportunity to fill the moat with sediment: "Now I only use thunderbolts to bombard the city, and wait for all the soldiers on the city to return to the city." Otherwise, when the defenders saw our army filling the moat, they might not grit their teeth and defend the city with their heads drenched with feces and urine. ”
"Yes, yes, yes! The enemy suffered no heavy casualties, and now they can only attack the heart but not the city. Lu Bu nodded hurriedly and said. It is better to fill the moat and not let the enemy see it.
"Hit ......"
"Hit ......"
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Lei Xu ordered over and over again, the range of the thunderbolt was far greater than the bow and arrow, the defenders did not shoot an arrow, and saw that although Lu Bu was in a good battle formation, there was no trace of siege, although the thunderbolt continued to project dung basins, the damage caused to the defenders was very small, they were more disgusted than afraid of the Lu Bu army outside the city, and slowly began to believe that the Lu Bu army outside the east gate was just a feign siege, and the real killing was the Lu Bu army hidden in the southwest corner.
A thick layer of feces was spread on the sunken head, and the defenders gradually retreated to the city to hide, and the soldiers at the head of the city became fewer and fewer, and in the end they could not even get their feet in the cave where they hid the soldiers, and there was not a single soldier on the head of the city.
"Fill the moat! Don't stop, keep going! Lu Bu ordered loudly.
There were no soldiers who filled the moat with bows and arrows, and in less than half an hour, the moat was filled with six or seven roads leading to the city walls.
"Siege!"
"But the walls are full of excrement!" The soldiers, reluctant to take a step forward, carried the ladder and pointed to the walls covered in yellow dung.
"And no one will die! This is a military order, and those who retreat will be killed! After Lu Bu finished speaking, he turned over and jumped off the red rabbit horse, snatched a cloud ladder from the soldier's hand, and went straight to the city wall. For the sake of the big plan, Lu Bu can only take the lead and charge forward and set an example.
"As the commander-in-chief, General Lu is not afraid of dirty, is you more noble than General Lu? Come on! Wei Yue jumped off his horse and led the archermen battalion towards the city wall. With Lu Bu taking the lead, the soldiers endured their nausea and rushed towards the city wall.
Lu Bu held back his nausea, put the cloud ladder on the city, turned over and rushed straight to the city. There was no defender to fight back, and Lu Bu turned over and climbed to the top of the city in a few breaths. Wancheng is a stronger city than Xiapi, he didn't expect it to be attacked by Lu Bu so easily, this time he expected it, and it was also unexpected by him. Unfortunately, this method worked wonders for the first time, and it was never possible to crush the enemy again.
Climbing to the top of the city, the city wall is like a huge manure tank, and the stench makes the whole person dizzy.
The soldiers who climbed the city wall jumped into the city wall one by one from the arrow stacks, striking yellow flowers one by one, and the feces overflowed the calves.
"How so!" The defenders looked at the-stirring sticks that had suddenly entered the city, with a foul smell. They thought that the dung on the head of the city stopped them from defending the city, and also prevented the army of Lu Bu outside the city from attacking the city.
"Surrender or kill!" Lu Bu brandished Fang Tian's halberd, and he felt that when he spoke, the breath he spewed out was stinky.
Once an enemy army enters the city, the psychological blow to the defenders is quite serious, regardless of whether they can be the enemy or not, they will have an absolute upper hand in morale, and the defenders will disperse in order to resist.
"Zhou Cang led people to open the city gate." After Lu Bu finished speaking, he led the soldiers to the southwest position, and he wanted to capture Zhang Quan alive as soon as possible.
"Report! The East Gate City is broken! A group of soldiers panicked to find Zhang Quan.
"Didn't you say that Lu Bu was pouring dung at the east gate? How can it break! "Zhang Quan couldn't believe it, not long after he arrived at the corner of the southwest city wall, Lu Bu captured the strong east gate so quickly?
"Useless one, slash! Take back the city! Zhang Quan didn't want to think about it, instinctively wanted to drive Lu Bu's army out of the city.
"Major General, no! Lu Bu's army has a large number of people, there is a city to rely on or Zhou Xuan one or two, now the city wall has been lost, it is invincible, quickly break through and then think of other strategies! Jia Mu stepped forward to stop Zhang Quan, who wanted to recapture the east gate, and said.