Chapter 231: The Siege

Jia Xu is tepid, and the image of the old fritter makes Xu Shu angry. Xu Shu, www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" Pavilion, turned his head and looked at Wu Xi and Pei Mao coldly: "What about the two of you?" If you don't straighten out the soldiers in the barracks, what do you do in Mr. Jia's account? ”

Wu Xi and Pei Mao were drenched in cold sweat, they were still in Lu Bu's army, and it was a very taboo for generals to visit the house at will, who knows if they got together to plot a rebellion. And the means of many princes is to make the generals disagree with each other, so as not to let the generals rebel together, so that the overall situation will not be out of control. It's just that Lu Bu not only does not object to the generals' exchanges, but also often eases the contradictions between the generals, and Xu Shu doesn't know why the three of them get together.

Pei Mao's mind flashed, he was also a festival envoy who had come to Guanzhong to lead the army, and his IQ was still a little bit, so he opened his mouth and said: "It is precisely because of the life and death of our army, Mr. Wenhe is from Xiliang, and he is here to ask about the plan to break the enemy." ”

"Yes, yes, yes......" Wu Xi nodded hurriedly.

"Then I don't know what Mr. Wenhe's plan is?" Xu Shucai would not believe Pei Mao's nonsense, but he came here to break the enemy, and no longer asked why the three of them got together at this critical time, so he took over and asked.

Jia Xu pondered for a while and said slowly: "The Xiliang cavalry rarely attacked the city, not because they were not good at attacking the city, because the defenders could not hold the city, so it was better to go out of the city to fight. The Xiliang cavalry siege will first use the horn bow to suppress the defending soldiers, and so on to crush the morale of the defenders, and then hook the arrow stacks with climbing claws, climb up the city to capture the city, and may also use the rushing car, but the Xiliang army has just come, and there will be nothing to rush the car, and the main defense is to climb the claw to attack the city. ”

"What is Climbing Claw? How to restrain yourself? "Xu Shu has never seen this thing, and he doesn't know how to attack the city.

"It's a long rope tied to a grappling hook, and the enemy shoots his claws up the city, and then climbs up along the rope. In this way, the siege must first suppress the defenders, otherwise it will not be able to climb up. The enemy army climbed against the city wall, and bows and arrows were of little use to defend the city. Rolling logs are practical, and waiting for the enemy army to climb halfway down the logs is very effective. ”

As soon as Jia Xu finished speaking, he saw that Xu Shu had already gotten up, ran to the city wall in a panic, chased to the door, and shouted to Xu Shu: "The Xiliang cavalry uses a horn bow, the strength is not large, the rattan card should be able to prevent it, and the defenders must not retreat from the city wall, otherwise they will not be able to resist the enemy attacking the city." ”

Xu Shu rushed to the city, the arrow rain outside the city continued, and the entire city wall was terrifyingly quiet except for the arrow rain of Sasha, and it was white and vast, and there was not a single defender in sight. Have they all been driven off the walls? Xu Shu felt a pang of worry in his heart.

"Ahh There was a slight scream in the snow, Xu Shu looked carefully, only to find that all the soldiers were holding rattan cards, one after another, and the top of the rattan cards was covered with snow. It turned out that Lu Bu saw that his side was in vain, and he was hit by a beautiful round of arrows from the enemy army before, so he was not mentally prepared. Later, it was found that the enemy's bow and arrow did not hurt much, and he couldn't even shoot through the rattan card, so he asked Gao Shun to order the soldiers to hide under the rattan card, cover it with snow, wait for the enemy's next move, and then suddenly burst out.

The Western Liang Army fought on horseback all the year round, and obtained riding experience from the Western Regions, and combined the two compartments to find a set of precise tactics suitable for cavalry warfare. Twisting and turning, each arrow relied on inertia to send it up to the city, and they happened to be out of range of the defenders.

The Xiliang army continued to throw for a morning. Countless waves of war horses were replaced in turn, and each time the war horses were exhausted and the quiver was used up before retreating, the follow-up troops slowly stepped forward, accelerated, charged, and staggered shoulders with the retreating troops, continuing to shoot fiercely. At this time, Chen Cang was as silent as a dead city, except for the corpses hanging on the wall being blown by the strong wind, creating a trace of vitality, the entire city was terrifyingly silent.

The view of Zhong Xuan on the high place was blocked by the arrows that covered the sky, and he could only look into the city from the gap, except for the empty pennant that was washed into strips of cloth by the rain of arrows, the entire city tower was empty, only rows retreated to the city steps, leaning the defenders holding shields. The defenders of the city were completely suppressed and unable to fight back.

Seeing this, Han Sui showed a hint of relief on his face, and Lu Bujun was vulnerable.

"A certain wish to attack the city." Han Sui, Ma Teng, Wei Kang, and Yang Ding saw a God-given opportunity, and now they are attacking the city, and the defenders are all at the steps, and when they attack the city, Lu Bu's army may not be able to react. As long as the head of the city is grabbed, the besieging side will be considered half of the victory. Storming the city walls has an unimaginable boost to morale. And didn't the Xiliang warlord come to defeat Lu Bu and justifiably be the king? The opportunity is rare, and they rush to fight.

The four of them didn't let each other, Zhong Xuan saw it in his eyes, and laughed loudly: "It's better like this, the four of you attack a city wall, whoever breaks through Chen Cang first will be the lord of Xiliang and the king of Xiliang." ”

The spirits of the four people were greatly boosted, relatively speaking, the four of them were the ones who really had the strength in Xiliang, and the rest of the princes came, but they were forced to come, and they were unable to win the championship. The four of them rushed straight to their own army, for fear that the opponent would be the first to take the lead, and then obey the other party's orders.

Zhong Xuan stood on the high platform, moistened his throat first, and shouted: "Warriors! Conquer this city, slaughter the city for three days, and plunder women and slaves to their heart's content! ”

Zhong Xuan was forced to have no choice, Xiliang Hu and Han were mixed, the war campaign was to plunder women and slaves, the strength of the tribe was linked to the number of slaves, slaves were productivity, and only those who owned slaves grazing and cultivated land had a strong logistical support capacity. Zhong Xuan's empty gloves are white wolves, even if he does not agree with plundering the Han people after breaking the city, he is powerless to restrain it, it is better to promise in advance to boost the morale of the army.

Xiliangjun listened to Zhong Xuan's words, and the crowd was excited, as if countless supplies were about to arrive. The large array of the Chinese army quickly separated into four phalanxes and slowly pressed towards Chen Cang. Three of the phalanxes bypassed the north wall, and two torrents went around Chencang in two directions, east and west.

"The enemy army is going to attack, Huang Zhong, Zhang Liao, Wei Yan!"

"The last general!"

"The three of you go to the east, west, and south gates. Be sure to defend the city wall, as long as you defend today, it will be difficult for the Xiliang army to become a climate. Lu Bu explained: "We must line up enough reserve soldiers, and once a certain place is breached, we will defend it in time." ”

These generals all know what Lu Bu means, as long as they hold today, the spirit of the Xiliang army will basically be broken, and the casualties will be heavy, and it will be difficult to launch another onslaught with the idea that they do not agree with each other and hope to wear down the strength of the opponent.

"Whoa!"

Gao Shun stood by his sword, without a trace of doubt between his eyebrows, as if he was very confident in defending the city, and called the three generals and said: "Focus on defense, as long as the enemy does not rush to the city, ignore it." The main thing is to protect the safety of the soldiers who push the rolling logs, and if the rolling wood hand dies and the shield hand is fine, the shield hand will be killed! ”

Gao Shun was even harsher than Lu Bu, and as soon as his words fell, the soldiers around him did not dare to move.