In the sound of drums like rolling thunder, a tall siege vehicle slowly pushed forward. At this time, the sloping terrain outside Xiangyang City to the river came into play, and it was very difficult for siege vehicles to advance, and the thunderbolt and ballista were tilted, making it difficult to fix the long-range weapons on the vehicles. Thunderbolts and ballistas were useless, and Lü Bu's only reliance was the siege cavalry of the Xiliang cavalry.

The soldiers defending the city were taken by surprise and could not raise their heads for a while.

As more and more people join the fight back, they gradually move back to the disadvantage.

The height advantage of the city wall is too obvious, and the tall wall catapult exerts great power. Among the large and small rubble, from time to time there are still boulders the size of a millstone, and even if a huge siege vehicle hits those, it will fall apart directly.

And the slings in the city were endless, and the cavalry sacrificed more and more, and the formation was also smashed by trebuchets.

The Xiliang cavalry charged bloodily, the continuous fire suppression gradually became unconnected, the attack surface began to shrink, and the defending soldiers gradually relaxed.

"My lord, this siege will definitely not work! Unless we have an infinite number of soldiers to exhaust the garrison of the city. Xu Shu couldn't bear to close his eyes.

Even Gao Shun, who is the best at attacking cities, shook his head at this time, frowned and said, "I can't attack it." However, this is also good, it has contained the defending forces head-on, and if a brigade of partial divisions is sent to attack him again, it may have a miraculous effect. ”

"Okay, Pang De, Yan Yan led three thousand people, went around to the east gate, and took the east gate for me!" Lu Bu didn't think about it, and ordered directly.

"The lord thinks twice. Zhou Yu uses soldiers like a god, isn't this too simple? Frustrated and looked at Lu Bu dumbfounded, this order was too child's play.

Lu Bu groaned: "There are few strong cities in the world that are broken from outside, let alone Xiangyang, which Liu Biao has run all his life? The only way to attack from the outside is to consume. Do I have time to spend three and a half years in Xiangyang? ”

Xu Shu and Fu Zhu looked at each other at the same time, only Gao Shun didn't understand Lu Bu yet: "Then the lord still wants to send troops to fight the fire?" ”

"I kind of understand what the lord means." Xu Shu touched his short beard: "What the lord is doing now, regardless of the loss, is just to put pressure on Zhou Yu, so as to attract Zhou Yu's attention tightly, give Zhou Yu a wrong judgment, and make Zhou Yu feel that there is an opportunity to go out of the city and attack our army's camp." ”

"Not bad." Fu Zhu added: "Our army hopes to decide the victory as soon as possible, and Zhou Yu is more anxious than our army. Jianye has been breached, and the blow to morale is thousands of times more serious than the loss of our army. If Jianye can't take it back, the hearts of Jiangdong will be scattered. Even if Zhou Yu is skeptical, he will fight. ”

Liu Ye, who has always behaved mediocre and only appeared in Lu Bu's shadow, suddenly interjected: "With Zhou Yu's talent, it is completely possible to see through it." And then will it be counted? ”

Gao Shun pondered silently for a moment: "If it were me who used soldiers, it would be the same, sending a soldier to pretend to steal the camp plan, deceive the enemy's troops, ambush the soldiers in the middle of the road, and break the enemy in one fell swoop." ”

"The affairs of the soldiers, the real and the false, it depends on who thinks more far-reaching than whom. It's useless to talk about it now, so let's attack. ”

Pound and Yan Yan, who were on standby, left.

Pang Deyan Yan led his troops away, and Lu Bu ordered to intensify the attack, pretending to absorb Zhou Yu's firepower. Lu Bu had already measured that if he wanted to attack Xiangyang, it was a dream. The only purpose was to paralyze Zhou Yu and make Zhou Yu feel that Lu Bu was desperate for a decisive battle.

The soldiers of Chang'an rushed to the city wall several times, just erected the ladder, the falling rocks on the city collapsed like a mountain, and the siege troops below were killed and wounded, and Lu Lingqi was forced to go down the city several times when he climbed the ladder. Even so, Lu Bu still insisted on not retreating. Later, Zhou Yu, who had been silently watching the battle, gradually felt strange and muttered:

"Lu Bu is famous, and the southern and northern battles will definitely not be this level of command, and looking at his previous battles, it will be an unguardable style of play. Even if he is worried about Jianye Jia Xu, it is impossible to use this to attack the strategy, and there must be fraud. ”

As if catering to Zhou Yu's thoughts, a soldier in the distance rushed over with a rolling belt: "Pang De, Yan Yan is attacking the east gate." Please send troops to support the Metropolitan Governor. ”

The soldiers defending the city were in a disadvantageous situation before, and Zhou Yu transferred a large number of soldiers in the city to the north gate, and the other city gates were empty. Zhou Yu was shocked. He was frightened by Lu Bu's momentum just now, and the combat strength and morale of the Jingzhou soldiers were not suitable for such a fierce battle.

"Could it be that Lu Bu's real intention is to scare the people of Jingzhou? Forcing them to re-serve in the arms of Chang'an? Zhou Yu began to think wildly, the fugue was too empty.

"Metropolitan Governor, Metropolitan Governor......" Xu Yi shouted a few times before waking Zhou Yu up: "Metropolitan Governor, don't be stunned, hurry up and send troops to support Dongcheng." ”

"The main force of Lu Bu's army is outside the north city, the east gate is a sudden attack, and there are not many people and horses sent, and the defenders of the east gate should be safe......" As soon as Zhou Yu finished speaking, Cai He of the Jingzhou family, who was eager to express his position, heard it, his eyes rolled, and he hurriedly got up and asked for his life:

"Governor Dadu, Xiangyang is related to the safety of hundreds of thousands of people in my city, once the butcher of Lu Bu breaks through the city, he will definitely bleed a river. The subordinates are willing to make a military order and defend the east gate. Cai He got up and said.

He can't do nothing all the time, but join the battle at the North Gate? He didn't dare, the murderous aura over the north gate cost him half of his life. And the Cai family was at odds with Lu Bu, and never thought of throwing himself into Lu Bu's arms. It's better to go to the East Gate to make some meritorious deeds, and be a Jiangdong lackey with peace of mind.

"Bring the military warrant."

Cai He signed and rushed to the east gate with thousands of Jingzhou sailors.

The battle outside the East Gate has just heated up. Even if Lu Bu only made a tentative attack, Pang De still went all out, what if he broke through the city gate? The columns of Chang'an soldiers who rushed to the city wall frightened Cai He.

One general is incompetent and kills the three armies. The thousands of soldiers brought by Cai He were all trembling with fright.

A general of the Cai family suddenly had an idea and offered a plan to Cai He: "Brother, the strength in our hands is the foundation of our life, and we must not lose it. I have a plan, if I don't waste a single soldier, I can make the besieging army break its wings. ”

"Tell me." Cai He shouted impatiently.

"Brother, the besieging enemy army wants to attack the city, and it will be a while. It is better to send soldiers to the city at once to capture the people and let them help defend the city. ”

Cai He looked at the children who offered the plan with disdain: "Even my elite soldiers can't hold it, but ordinary people can?" ”

"In the battle to defend the city, those who do not retreat are rewarded, and those who dare to retreat are not only to die themselves, but also to kill their families. Women are prostitutes and reduced to untouchables for generations. ”

"Hahaha, this trick hate. That's it, you go and gather the untouchables, and I'll help defend the city. Cai He suddenly laughed wildly.

There will be brave men under heavy rewards, and warriors under heavy punishments! Now the country is governed by filial piety, and the family is above the country. Not only did the children of the family dare not betray the family, but the Hanmen also valued their family and the family very seriously.

The common people themselves live by vassal families, and if the family lets them die, they will not live tomorrow. They are the goods of the family and have no autonomy.

Pound finally rushed to the city and set up a ladder. Suddenly, countless unkempt civilians appeared on the stacks of arrows. Pound was stunned, and the falling rocks rained down. Pound twisted the tiger's waist and hurriedly retreated.

"There was an ambush in the city, and the front team retreated. Rear cavalry, bow and arrow suppression! ”

Woohoo.

The besieging troops repeated their old tricks, once again crushing the defenders' momentum with cavalry shooting, so that the defenders had to dodge and then find the opportunity to enter the city.

The refugee troops in the city were crying and crying for the sky, but they used their bodies to block the arrow battlements, and the rain of arrows did not look for cover, but raised stones and threw them down the city.

Yan Yan dared to go to Pang De and asked in surprise: "Where did Zhou Yu find a group of civilians who are not afraid of death?" Obviously there is no morale, but the actual battle does not retreat! Battle-hardened soldiers can't do it. ”

It stands to reason that the soldiers who have no will to fight must have been slaughtered one-sidedly, and they have already abandoned the city and fled for their lives, how can they still stick to the city to the death? This was completely beyond the thoughts of the two generals, who only felt incredible, left dozens of corpses, and returned to the camp with the soldiers to recover their lives.

Watching the besieging troops retreat, the cries of the city turned to earth-shattering cheers. And where did Pound know about the idea of the refugee force in the city?

When you retreat, not only will you die, but your family will also die. It is better to die in battle and fight for a generous pension for the family. With heavy rewards and threats, how can the refugee forces retreat?

It was not until Pang De returned with the army that Lu Bu ordered Ming Jin to go home for dinner.

The siege battle, which had made no progress for several days, made the atmosphere in Lu Bu's camp seem a little heavy. After dark, the camp was very quiet, and the soldiers were very tired after a day of high-intensity fighting, especially this kind of battle with no hope of victory, which was even more exhausting from the bottom of my heart.

Therefore, after dinner, except for those troops on patrol, the soldiers did not make a sound, and honestly went back to their tents to rest, recuperate, and prepare for tomorrow's battle. It's just that it's even more lifeless, without a trace of battlefield blood.

The siege vanguard force, Lu Lingqi's battalion, has pushed forward fifteen miles in order to save the physical strength of the soldiers to attack the city after a long journey. It was also for the convenience of transporting heavy siege equipment, so these big guys couldn't be transported from thirty miles away to the city every day, and then transported back to the camp when the troops were collected.

At the same time, Lu Bu asked Lu Lingqi to push the camp so out of touch, it was clear that he was luring Zhou Yu out of the camp to steal the camp, and it was up to Zhou Yu to see if he dared or not.

Full of provocative arrangements, Zhou Yu will not know what Lu Bu is thinking? Anyone can see such an obvious thing, let alone Zhou Yu.

After a few days of fighting, Zhou Yu has been hesitant, afraid that if he takes a wrong step, he will lose every step. knew that Lu Bu was fighting psychological warfare with him, but he didn't know where to start. Advancing for about ten miles, making a disjointed posture to lure the defenders to attack, Zhou Yu saw through Lu Bu's small methods, but he didn't dare to carelessly plan it.