Chapter 483: First Arrival

War is a game of man-to-man, full of variables and accidents in the process. Therefore, even if Zhou Yu saw through Lu Bu's plan to lure the enemy, Zhou Yu did not dare to go out of the city easily to sneak attack, and he planned to do it.

Now that he knows that this is a trap, Zhou Yu is now choosing between two dilemmas, one is to ignore it and continue to hold on to the city. He is the defender, and the manpower and material resources consumed are far less than the attacker, but Jiangdong is in a hurry, and he cannot delay time, and Sun Quan's troop transfer order is probably also on the way here, or just outside the city, but it is besieged by the Chang'an army, and the herald cannot enter the city.

Another option is to plan and compete for wisdom.

"General, will Zhou Yu really come to sneak attack?" Even Pound didn't believe it. At least Pang De, a general, could see that a big trap was laid outside the city waiting for Zhou Yu to step on it.

"Calm. At this time, we must be as steady as Mount Tai and unshakable. Lu Bu didn't know what Zhou Yu would do, so he comforted the restless generals under him, and said as if comforting himself: "It's not that simply sticking to it is absolutely right. The current situation does not allow Zhou Yu to retreat. In addition, it also depends on Zhou Yu's character, with Zhou Yu's character, as well as his confidence in his own intelligence, the character of the generals who supported the battle. So, I'm sure Zhou Yu prefers to go out of the city to fight. ”

This night, Zhou Yu still had no plans to go out of the city to attack. LΓΌ Bu's army attacked the city during the day and ambushed it at night, and the soldiers had too little time to rest, and they were exhausted one by one.

"Lord, are you going to attack today?" Xu Shu couldn't sit still, and in order to tire the enemy, he tired himself first.

"Today, I will personally attack the city, if Zhou Yu does not go out of the city tonight to sneak attack, then dig trenches around the city and block Xiangyang, I will spend three or five years with Zhou Yu!" Lu Bu was also on fire and decided to give Zhou Yu one last chance.

"Beat the drums!"

When the army came to the city, Lu Bu's halberd stood at the front, and Fang Tian's halberd pointed obliquely:

"Siege engines in front of falling rocks, catapults, bows and arrows."

"Sword and shield soldiers guard the two wings, beware of enemy troops from smashing siege vehicles."

"Spearmen in formation."

"The crossbowmen are hiding under the siege engines."

"Forward!"

The army stepped on neat steps, shouted trumpets, and walked slowly down the city.

Zhou Yu in the city saw it, and was not happy and surprised, and asked Lu Su: "Ten miles outside the city, all siege vehicles take the lead?" ”

"Lu Bu should only have these siege vehicles, as long as the siege vehicles are smashed, Lu Bu's army will not be able to attack the city for a short time." Lu Su was happy, pointing to the trebuchet and said. This was a short respite from the fierce defense of Xiangyang.

Zhou Yu smiled bitterly: "This is Lu Bu forcing me out of the city for a decisive battle." Once all the siege engines are destroyed, I dare to guarantee that Lu Bu will never be in a hurry to divide the victory and defeat again, but will besiege the city and fight a war of attrition with our army! ”

"This ...... What does the Governor mean that these siege engines cannot be destroyed? Gan Ning on the side exclaimed.

"If they don't destroy it, when they push it down to the city, won't they be able to take advantage of the situation to attack the city?" Zhou Yu already had a decision in his heart: "Hit hard!" Losses are not counted today. ”

Seeing that the crossbow battalion behind Lu Bu was so elite, the confidence of the Jiangdong warriors was broken before they could fight. Not to mention that they did not dare to go out of the city to destroy the siege vehicles, just from the march and command, it can be seen that this is a well-trained army. Only trebuchets were used to smash siege engines from afar.

A thousand fully armored soldiers with Tiefutu, all of them are fierce men in Xiliang who have been strengthened many times, with solid arms, nine feet long, and carrying sharp chopping horses/knives, and their momentum alone is unmatched. This is an elite soldier who can fight tough battles, and the elite troops cannot be trained in training, they are all killed from the battlefield!

Zhou Yu said in a deep voice: "Find Cai He for me." ”

Zhou Yu was worried that he would be killed by Lu Bu's elite, so he decided to send Cai He to defend the city. How many people die, it has no effect on Jiangdong, under tough measures, the army supervises the battle, and is not afraid of the people's rebellion. If the people repelled the siege of Lu Bu's army, they could also greatly boost the morale of their own soldiers, could they not even be as good as the people?

Inside and outside Xiangcheng, the war was about to break out, and the two sides were facing each other.

On one side are the heavy armored soldiers of the crossbow battalion led by Lu Bu, the soldiers of Gao Shun's trapped camp, the halberd soldiers of Lu Lingqi, and the Yanyan Dadao team. Pound led the cavalry in the rear. In this siege, Lu Bu did not send another cavalry, it was all infantry, and he planned to storm it once with a tough attitude, if it was captured!

On the city, there were seventy or eighty thousand densely packed people, saying that they were arrayed, but in fact, there was no formation at all, and they were all gathered together and huddled together. Even the vast majority of the soldiers did not have military uniforms, and they were fully equipped with weapons, but they were all varied, with swords, guns, swords, halberds, and everything. The most is to hold the falling rock, ready to go.

This army looks like a ragtag army, as long as you know how to use soldiers, you must feel that this army can't even withstand the impact, and it will lose the city wall.

However, Lu Bu didn't dare to be careless and became solemn.

A few days ago, this was the kind of troops that repelled the siege of General Pang De Yan Yan.

Lu Bu tightened his halberd, Zhou Yu's arrangement would be a big disappointment. Even if Xiangyang cannot be captured, when the city is besieged in the future, there will be no people to support the defenders. At this time, Lu Bu instead began to look forward to Zhou Yu sticking to the city, and the two fought a war of attrition.

"Siege!"

"Kill!"

The soldiers pushed the siege wagons and rushed towards the city gate with all their might. A roar like a wave struck the city, echoing throughout. The siege troops were like a flood in the frightened eyes of the defenders. First, the infantry on both sides slaughtered, and the middle rushed out.

"Boom!"

The car crashed into the city gate with a bang, and the entire city wall shook.

"Roll the oil, rocket! Falling rocks, smash! ”

At the moment when the car crashed into the city gate, a heavy object in the sky covered the sky. There was a bang and one wheel was smashed.

"One, two, three, bump!"

There was another boom, and there was a crack in the gate the size of a wooden basin.

In the city gate hole, the children of the Cai family cut down a few retreating people, and said angrily: "Resist, as long as you resist the city gate, the other army will not be able to rush in!" Hold on to my death! Who retreats? Pull his family up! ”

Oil was pouring on the city walls, and rockets were flying. The car only hit it twice, and it turned into a sea of fire.

"Push the car a little further, fast. Burn the city gates! A Chang'an lieutenant had an idea, risking his life to push the burning cart close to the city gate.

"Quickly transport earth and stones, fill the hole in the city gate!"

Before the rush car ignited the city gate, Zhou Yu ordered.

"The ladder, there are enemy troops climbing on the ladder! Falling rocks, others overturning the ladder for me. ”

Lu Bu held a halberd in one hand and an escalator in the other, and slammed it up. Countless falling rocks fell in the sky, and the halberds were picked up with points, and the falling rocks flew one by one. Even if he dodges the supergod, he is afraid of falling rocks.

The soldiers of the crossbow battalion behind him were even more fierce, and when they saw that the falling stone was about to be hit, they swung their knives into a fierce split, splitting the hard stone in half.

"Lu Bu is about to climb up, boiling oil! Splash the oil quickly. ”

Lu Bu, who was about to climb the city wall, was startled, it was not easy to hide from the boiling oil, and he didn't care if he was struck, anyway, he would die, but the soldiers of the crossbow battalion behind him were about to encounter.

"Ahh

Lu Bu shouted, his arms were forced, his body flipped over, and he rushed straight up, turning over and hitting the city wall.

When the cavalry in the distance saw it, they raised their arms and shouted: "The general will go to the city first, and the general will be brave and brave!" Ascend to the city, ascend to the city! ”

As soon as the besieging soldiers heard the shouts from the rear, they suddenly felt like chicken blood, and their spirits were shocked, and they didn't shrink their necks anymore, and rushed to the cloud ladder in the face of arrows falling stones: "The general has climbed the city wall, rush!" ”

"Lu Bu is coming to the city, besiege and kill!"

A Jingzhou general waved the flag, and countless people with only weapons rushed forward, crying and rushing forward, one by one like moths fighting fire, dead at Lu Bu's feet. The halberd was sticky and bloody.

"General Gan Ning, General Wen Ping will stop Lu Bu with me!" Zhou Tai, who knew Lu Bu's combat power, shouted, called his teammates, and picked up his war knife to kill Lu Bu.

"Archers, set up under the city, ready to release arrows! The rest of the soldiers prepared torches and set fire to the houses near the city gates. "Zhou Yu saw Lu Bu's fierce attack without sparing any effort, and the infantry was probably not the opponent of the Chang'an soldiers.

Lu Bu was fighting three generals alone, and even the crossbow battalion turned over the city wall to join the battle, like a tiger entering a flock among the civilians, and there was no enemy. Lu Bu just glanced up at the Gao Shun troops who were rushing to the city in the distance, so he was relieved to fight with Gan Ning. handed over the people who seized the city gate to Gao Shun.

"Rain of arrows!"

Suddenly, a rain of arrows shot head-on, and the iron arrows hit the armor of the crossbow battalion, striking a spark of waist eyes. On the contrary, the civilians defending the city who had no armor on the city were killed and wounded. The enemy on the back of the abdomen made them more and more confused.

There was no formation to attack, and the way was blocked in a chaotic manner, and the heavily armored crossbow battalion advanced with great difficulty.

Countless siege soldiers were crawling up the city to support, and when Lu Bu's troops could strike at the crossbow troops and archers in front of them, thick black smoke rose from the houses not far ahead.

However, the defenders retreated like a tidal wave to the second wall.

"Zhou Yu actually secretly repaired the urn city!"

The sea of fire only spread to the second wall, and it was taken outside. The besieging forces had to halt their attack.

"My lord, the enemy army has not yet fully withdrawn into the inner city. The sea of fire did not completely block the way. The last general asks for an order, and he will attack directly! Gao Shun pressed the knife and came to Lu Bu.

"How many brothers did you lose in the camp today?"

"Three hundred and forty-seven." Gao Shun replied solemnly, with no expression on his face, as if these numbers were just numbers, not a bunch of fresh lives.

"More than half of the losses are over!" Lu Bu shook his head and said.

"The reason why the trapped camp has such a big sacrifice is entirely because the people who defended the city perished together, and many brothers were held and fell down as soon as they climbed the city wall."

"Collect the troops. The people are the water, and the king is the boat. Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize a boat. The people of Xiangyang are lost, as long as Zhou Yu dares to lead the army out of the city to attack, the people in the city will inevitably turn against each other. Lu Bu's gaze swept over the people who were trapped in the center by the army to assist the defenders of the city, their faces full of despair and hatred. When Lu Bu saw it, they avoided their gaze and didn't dare to look at each other, which strengthened the speculation in Lu Bu's heart.

"Be kind to your captives, and don't kill them indiscriminately. Bring food to the city gates and let them go back to the city to be with their families. LΓΌ Bu decided to continue to divide the relationship between the people of Xiangyang and the defenders and win the hearts of the people.