Chapter 244 The army of the tiger and wolf seized the beginning, and the defeated army fled to the west

After days of trouble, Li Dian and the people in Gushi City were exhausted and miserable. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Looking at the enemy army in the distance who was still waving flags and shouting, drums and thunder, Li Dian could be said to be very broken.

"General, it's been three days, and our soldiers are extremely tired, and several of them are asleep! If this continues, the enemy will probably not have to make a fuss to attack the city! The adjutant surnamed Liu said.

Why doesn't Li Dian understand this truth? But what can be done?

"Did the person who sent it reply to him? What do the lords and military advisors have to offer? Li Dian asked.

"None of the people sent out have returned!" Vice General Liu said.

"Looks like the enemy is trying to trap us in the city! Arrange for everyone to guard the city in batches and rest at any time! Be ready for battle. Li Dian still did not give up his defense against Gushi.

In the camp outside the city, Guan Yu, Xu Shu, Zhang Liao, Ji Ling, Sun Guan, Li Hai, War Eagle, Hallyu, Duan, and Yue Jiang were also discussing the siege of the city.

"Military division, three consecutive days of attack and harassment. Our army probed the horses and reported that most of the enemy guards slept with guns in the city. Is this an opportunity for our army to attack the city? Guan Yu asked.

"General, don't worry! Tonight, our army still pretended to attack the city, dispatched 8,000 troops to wave flags and shout, and sent 4,000 troops to bombard the enemy's city walls with catapults. Eight thousand men attacked the moat and withdrew. After midnight, they attacked again, still feints, to strain the enemy's morale. When the sky shines tomorrow, it will be the opportunity for our army to attack the city! Xu Shu said with a smile.

"Excellent! Wen Yuan and Xianming, the two of you go down to arrange for the soldiers to cook early, and the soldiers who go out to fight prepare their shields and equipment; The soldiers who are waiting for battle to rest early. Tomorrow will launch a general assault on Gushi Castle. Guan Yu instructed, "The 12,000 soldiers on the eve were arranged by the Wenyuan Division; After midnight, it will be revealed. ”

Zhang Liao, Ji Ling and others were ordered to go down and prepare.

When the sun set, Zhang Liao took Sun Guan, Zhan Ying, and Du An to lead 12,000 troops and began a feint. First the bombardment of more than 100 catapults, and then the bombardment of the already tattered city walls. And 8,000 soldiers, one by one, holding their shields aloof, shouted "Wow" and rushed towards the city. Bursts of arrows fell, and they rushed to the edge of the moat with their shields on their backs. When the rolling wood and stones on the city were thrown down one after another, Zhang Liao's gong sounded again. The rolling wood and stones did not injure a few people, and the 8,000 men withdrew with their shields on their backs. After resting for some time, a second charge was launched. This time, they climbed the platform and stood on the platform to shoot at the city.

Li Dian's soldiers were already tired, and they had to dodge the flowing stones flying from the sky, and they had to dodge the arrows shot from the platform, and they had to fight back with bows and arrows. For a time, the casualties were very serious. Li Dian and the others wanted to wait for the building to get closer, so they used tung oil to splash it and attack it with rockets. The enemy was very cunning, and he retreated halfway.

The siege went on for two rounds, but the catapult still tirelessly threw stones at the city. They still had nothing to deal with this weapon, and when they saw that the enemy soldiers were not attacking, they all hid under the pre-repaired building one by one.

Such a boulder bombarded continuously for more than an hour, and Zhang Liao seemed to have no flowing stones on his side, so he stopped attacking.

Li Dian was just glad that everyone could rest for a while. He had just returned to the palace with a group of lieutenants, and before he could order everyone to go back to rest, the defenders on the upper floor of the city ran to report: "General, the enemy has begun to attack again!" ”

"! Don't let people live! Li Dian returned to the city with a group of lieutenant generals.

The damn catapult began to bombard again, and bands of soldiers screamed and came this way. But the speed of the attack was surprisingly slow, and the shouting of the soldiers never stopped, but the speed of the advance was comparable to that of a snail.

Li Dian and the others had already prepared for defense, and after waiting for half an hour, those soldiers who were besieging the city appeared within the range of bows and arrows carrying siege ladders......

Li Dian raised his hand and was about to give the order to wait until he was in range to start shooting, but found that the platform had stopped. Suddenly, someone on the platform shouted: "Li Mancheng, are you really tireless?" For days, running around like this, you really stood up! It's really impressive! Unfortunately, do you think you can really stop us from attacking? The blood edict of the Son of Heaven is here, and you are still stubborn! It's puzzling! Anyway, my general originally took pity on you and other talents, and he has not raised a large army to attack the city in the past few days! It seems that it is not a pity for you to die! The sergeants obeyed the order and began to siege the city. ”

Li Dian and the others dodged the rubble that fell from time to time, and ordered the soldiers to guard the various passes. The platform slowly entered the firing range, and the two sides immediately met each other.

From time to time, the screams of the arrows were heard in the darkness. The mutual firing lasted for nearly an hour before Ji Ling ordered the troops to be withdrawn.

Li Dian watched the enemy retreat completely, but he didn't dare to let the soldiers go down to rest for a long time. After half an hour, the adjutant general surnamed Liu came up and persuaded: "General, the enemy army has withdrawn." It's time for the soldiers to go down and rest! ”

Li Dian came back to his senses and asked the soldiers to go down to rest.

By this time the east had turned white, and it seemed that the light would soon be bright. Although Li Dian was very tired, he did not feel sleepy. He sat on the tower, looking at the newly built and dilapidated walls around him, and at the enemy camp in the distance. Sighing dumbly, he asked blankly, "Lord, you have to be loyal today!" ”

Xu Shu really calculated. Li Dian's soldiers had just gone down to rest, and when they were in that haze, he asked Guan Yu for battle: "It's time for the general to attack!" ”

"Excellent! Sun Guan listens to the order! Guan Yu pulled out the arrow and said.

"So-and-so." Sun Guan is out of the ranks.

"I order you to lead the 5,000 cavalry of your headquarters to hold the main road leading to Gwangju in the west of Gushi Castle, and the enemy army escapes from the city, so you must intercept and kill!" Guan Yu commanded.

"Order!" Sun Guan received the order to go down and set off with the cavalry.

"Lehi listens!"

"The last general!"

"Order you to lead the cavalry of the headquarters to ambush and the northwest woods of Gushi City, the enemy army escaped from the west gate, you wait for the enemy to come out, chase and kill from behind, and Sun Guan to form a flanking attack, be sure to pursue and kill the enemy!"

"The last will be ordered!" Lehi received the order and ordered five battalions of cavalry to set out for an ambush.

"Wen Yuan, you led Du An to lead the infantry of the three regiments of the headquarters to attack the east gate of Gushi City; It is evident that you led the infantry of the three regiments of the headquarters to attack the north gate of Gushi City; War Eagle and Hallyu accompanied a certain army division with the remaining four regiments of infantry to attack the south gate. Leave Simon to Sun Guan and Li Hai! Guan Yu said with a smile.

Everything was arranged, and Zhang Liao and Ji Ling led the troops to set off first.

Shan said that Guan Yu and Xu Shu, accompanied by War Eagle and Han Liu, came to the south gate of Gushi City with 16,000 soldiers. Guan Erye lifted the silk reins of the blazing blue-maned beast, waved the Qinglong Yanyue knife, stopped the army, went out on a single horse, and shouted to the city: "Li Mancheng, do you know what crime Cao Mengde has committed?" ”

"I don't know! The prime minister is dedicated to working for the country and rebelling in war, what is the crime? Your lord colluded with Dong Cheng inside and outside to frame the prime minister, but it was a plot to do wrong! Li Dian is also single-minded, and he has no good words in his mouth.

Guan Yu laughed and said, "Each is his master, so naturally there is a saying." However, the blood edict of the Son of Heaven is clearly written, and Cao Mengde's bullying has become known to the world! After my lord is the ancestor, how can he ignore it? ”

"Now that you are trapped in the city, if you attack the city, just attack it!" Li Dian said indignantly. As soon as he finished saying this, a soldier ran and said, "General, it's not good! The north gate and the east gate were both attacked by enemy troops. The guards are not strong enough to resist it! ”

When Li Dian heard this, his heart said that it would be bad! In the past few days, the enemy has always attacked the south gate, and put seventy percent of the troops at the south gate. He hurriedly ordered: "Vice General Liu, Vice General Li, each of you will lead 3,000 soldiers to the east gate and north gate to support." ”

Second Vice General Liu and Li each led 3,000 soldiers to support, not to mention for the time being.

Shan said that Guan Gong under the city saw Li Dian's transfer of troops, and knew that the two gates had begun to attack, and then even if the soldiers began to release catapults, they sent 5,000 soldiers to push the chariot of the tower "squeak" towards the city.

The two of them boarded the chariot and took the lead in shooting arrows towards the city with strong bows. Bursts of arrows rained down, and countless soldiers died under the flying feathers of stray arrows. This time it was a strong attack, and every one of the Sichuan troops was holding back their strength, and it was inevitable that there would be those who could not defend under the cover of the shield, and those who were hit by arrows were holding on as long as they did not affect the battle.

One by one, the guards of the city stiffened against the constantly flying flowing stones, and beat their tired spirits to shoot at the enemy troops on the platform. Not for anything else, just for the comrades-in-arms who keep falling around him, and for whether the fathers and elders in the family can still survive once this is lost!

Guan Yu saw his tower approaching under the city, so he made the catapult stop and attack.

However, no one could have imagined the change of events, the Korean Wave was on top of the building car, and saw the cauldron in the city from a distance, and suddenly thought that the enemy army was going to use tung oil against his own building car, so he sent the herald to order: "The building car stops advancing!" ”

However, there were still several building cars approaching the moat, and a pot of tung oil was splashed on the city, and then rockets were shot up, and suddenly the gas was raging. Where is the chance for the soldiers in the car to escape? Burned alive.

Guan Yu and Xu Shu, who supervised the battle in the back, saw it really and were also pleased with the flexibility of the Korean Wave. Guan Yu immediately sent two thousand soldiers to push the siege vehicle and rushed over, and the powerful battering ram went straight to the city gate.

Li Dian's tung oil has not yet come to use it on the siege vehicles, and the north gate and east gate can no longer withstand it. First, Zhang Liao rushed to the north gate tower, killed Deputy General Li, and opened the north gate; Then Ji Ling's soldiers rushed open the east gate, and Yue Jiang shot and killed Vice General Liu with an arrow. Both doors are lost.

Nearly 10,000 soldiers were killed, those who fled, and those who fled fled, but not many were captured.

Zhang Liao and Ji Ling waved their troops to kill, and Li Dian wanted to fight, but he was mounted by his lieutenant general and escaped from the west gate.