On the second day, the rain did not stop, Yu Yuan's army did not move, and the battle situation here was rushed to the Western Capital by Jinyiwei for 800 miles, and Wang Xu decided to rush to Luyang after seeing it; In fact, Wang Xu's previous rejection of Lu Yang was intentional, one was to see if Lu Yang dared to fight with the imperial army, and second, Wang Xu was indeed angry, he didn't like to be threatened, and third, the shipbuilding plan had to be completed before the expedition, so it was only delayed for a few days.

On the third day, Wang Xu came to the North School Field, knowing that after Wang Xu agreed to go on the expedition, Zhang Meng had been waiting here for a long time, and now he couldn't wait to fly to Languan immediately, and at the same time he was very anxious, and he didn't know what happened to Zhang Xue.

Wang Xu had already arranged all the work in the city, Jia Hui was in charge, Murong Yuan and Wen Qing were coerced, and Li Si stepped up to supervise the construction of grenades and clay pots.

In the big tent of the Chinese army in the north school field, Wang Xu called all the generals, Sun Yu, Zhang Meng, Li Zhi, Huang Quan, Qiancang, Min Ling, etc.

Qin Shuang is not here, he has already gone to Xiaoting Lake with Liu Yang early this morning, Qin Shuang took away the people of the headquarters, both the army of 20,000, and Liu Yang took away the 50,000 young men outside the city, a total of 70,000 people! From this figure, it can be seen how much Wang Xu is interested in this matter, and the two of them feel a great responsibility.

When everyone arrived, Wang Xu said: "I have decided to immediately go out to the aid of Luyang and resist the imperial army." ”

Zhang Meng burst into tears, and finally waited for the troops, he has been living like a year these days, Zhang Meng said: "Lord, you just give the order, I will be the vanguard!" ”

Sun Yu said: "I also want to be a pioneer!" ”

Wang Xu waved his hand and said: "This time I went to Languan to defend the city, and the cavalry is not of much use, so Sun Yu, you don't want to go, it is better to stay in the western capital, and Huang Quan must also stay behind, and be prepared to defend the city, if we are not defeated by Lu Yang, we will definitely defend the western capital." ”

Sun Yu and Huang Quan were disappointed. However, thinking that defending the city was also a big deal, the two accepted the reality.

Wang Xu got up and said: "Li Zhi, Qiancang, and Min Ling led the people of the headquarters to go with me, and Zhang Meng and the twenty elites of the Wuying Hall went together, after noon." to send troops. ”

"No." The crowd answered.

Everyone left the camp tent to prepare, Wang Xu stopped Huang Quan, and said: "Your task is not only to do a good job of defending the city, but also to pay attention to the battle situation in the direction of Languan at any time, if we are defeated." Then you will have to quickly occupy the valley outside the Western Capital. ”

Huang Quan said: "Don't worry, the lord will wake up." ”

After noon, all the soldiers had eaten, and Wang Xu made generous remarks in the school yard, and finally announced that he would go on the expedition.

When the army passed by the outer city, the people in the city sent a lot of food, etc., Wang Xu smiled and accepted it all, these are the people's hearts, and they can't let people down; Besides, Wang Xu is also at ease when he receives these things. Isn't it worth it that you have done so much for the people?

An army of 40,000 drove out from the western capital, passing through the valley and heading towards Languan, because he was in a hurry, Wang Xu rode alone on horseback, preparing to march eighty miles a day, expecting to arrive at Languan in five days.

...............

A new day.

The ground was dry, and the imperial army came to the city again, and this time the layout was the same as last time, Wu Haotian led 20,000 horses to attack the city in front. Yu Yuan led 50,000 soldiers to supervise the battle in the rear.

"Lord Wang, we don't have any oil, are we really not going to withdraw?"

"Hold on for another day, if you can't do anything. Just retreat! ”

Now there are 6,000 elite soldiers in the city, and the strength is half more than the last time to defend the city, but Yuan Qiang is still very worried, because the elite of the imperial court is really worthy of the name, and if it is a field battle, I am afraid that no one can beat it.

Not much. The war drums in the battlefield sounded, and the phalanx of 5,000 people slowly advanced, Lu Yang said: "I will send another 3,000 archers to shoot from the city, the enemy will definitely suffer heavy casualties!" ”

Yuan Qiang nodded, but he turned around and looked at the city, and said, "Can an archer brave the nearly four-zhang high city wall?" ”

"Give it a try and you'll find out." After Lu Yang finished speaking, he walked towards the city.

At this time, the siege troops under the city had arrived, and Yuan Qiang was still commanding the battle as the last time, the trebuchets continued to fire, the bows and arrows continued to attack, and every other distance there would be a commander commanding the soldiers to meet the enemy, and everything was going on as usual.

After half an hour of fighting, a large number of bows and arrows were shot out of the city, obviously Lu Yang's three thousand archers were in place, due to the difficulty of shooting out of the city from the back, some of these arrows could fall to the side of the city wall, which was very thrilling, but it also reduced the pressure on the defending troops.

Burst!

An eagle feather shot out of the city and fell on the city wall, Yuan Qiang was taken aback, how could he shoot his own people, fortunately there were no casualties.

Yuan Qiang came behind him and looked, the three thousand soldiers who were shooting arrows were all lined up, next to the city wall, but the last row of soldiers was about 80 steps away from the city wall.

Whoosh... Another round of shooting.

The effect of upward shooting is very good, except for a small number of arrows and feathers on the city wall, most of the rest of the bows and arrows flew outside the city, plus the archers on the city shot down, and the battlefield at this moment was full of bows and arrows flying, which made Yuan Qiang full of confidence again.

"Brothers, do not be afraid of the enemy, hold the city, and kill the officers and soldiers!"

Yuan Qiang roared angrily, cheering up all the soldiers, and the soldiers looked serious and cheered up.

This is a confrontation between elite soldiers and elite soldiers, fighting for technology, and if the officers and soldiers want to take Languan, they have to waste some hands and feet.

The battle continued, and the casualties in the city were not small, mainly at the hands of the siege towers and trebuchets of the officers and soldiers, and nearly 800 people were killed and wounded in an hour, but this was much less than the court officers and soldiers under the city.

Yuan Qiang looked down from the city and grinned, the enemy had already lost half of his troops, which means that two thousand five hundred officers and soldiers were dealt with in this hour!

Wu Haotian frowned, if it goes on like this, when will he be able to break through Languan.

"Pass my order, the second siege echelon will come forward to help!"

As soon as Wu Haotian's words fell, a phalanx of 5,000 people began to move forward, and at first they were still marching slowly, and when they reached the range of Lu Yang's trebuchet, they began to run wildly.

These 5,000 people were different from the previous 5,000 men, they did not bring any siege equipment, a total of 4,000 sword and shield men, a thousand archers, and when they came to the city, these 5,000 men were immediately divided into two slopes, one group was 3,000 sword and shield men, and they stepped forward to help the first echelon to attack the city, and one wave was a thousand sword and shield men and a thousand archers, and they alternately covered the archery at a distance of fifty paces from the city wall.

I have to say that the position chosen by the officers and soldiers is very good, not only dodging the stone-throwing attack in the city, but also the rolling stones and giant trees thrown on the city can not attack there, their casualties are very small, and they are immediately protected by the sword and shield hand after shooting an arrow neatly, which makes the soldiers in the city have a sense of powerlessness. (To be continued.) )