Chapter 34: Temporary Retirement

"What's going on, why don't you attack?"

It's not that the offensive is no longer offensive, but the momentum of the offensive has been eased. Gongsun Zhan's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe the scene in front of him. Originally, the thieves suddenly switched to water attack, which made Gongsun Zhan, who didn't understand things for a while, think that the defenders of Nanpi City must be crazy, so they just watched it as a joke and didn't take it to heart. However, when the climate changed over time, and the water that was spilled was absorbed by their soldiers, it turned into a stream of cold air swirling around them, and finally Gongsun Chan became vigilant. Then, when he saw that the water on the city wall turned into a stream of solid ice under the blowing of the cold wind, and attached to the wall, he seemed to understand the purpose of the thief.

Although there is a faint sunlight, it is completely unable to resist the catalysis of cold air, so that the speed of freezing, with the increase of time, gradually advances with an unstoppable momentum, and becomes more and more solid, easily impregnable. At this time, the city wall of Nanpi City, under the light of the dusk sun, emitted a ray of light, just like being on the surface of the lake, and seeing the sparkling waves of the lake emitted by the sun. This kind of light makes people's eyes dizzy. When Gongsun Chan saw this scene, his eyes suddenly widened, and he really couldn't believe it.

He couldn't believe that with Yuan Shao's resourcefulness, he would come up with such a vicious move. Although this trick seems to be plain and bland, there is nothing surprising about it, but the other party has grasped the climate, using the climate as the guide, cold water as coal, and attacking the enemy, but it is a real killer weapon, which has to be admired. This winter's climate is cold, and even the river (the Yellow River) is frozen, so it is not easy to make an ice wall out of this 'water'. And once the walls are frozen, will it be easy for them to climb up from under the city? This is a thief's pretending to be a convenience to resist the enemy, once Gongsun Chan sees their purpose, the whole person is also a little dumb.

Of course, he would not have thought that Yuan Shao was still sick at this time, and the real leader of Nanpi City was Chen Nuo, and the method was also thought up by Chen Nuo. It's just that where does he have the time to entangle these at this time, once he thinks that if the wall of Nanpi City is completely frozen, he is afraid that it will be a fantasy for him to capture Nanpi City this winter, and his heart is like a fish in his throat, and his face is pale. Only he roared out casually, and his younger brother Gongsun Fan immediately ran out of his side, and said to Gongsun Zhan: "General, it seems that the situation is very bad, you see, my siege men and horses were halfway up and were slid down by the ice on the top of the ladder." They are still unstable, how can they fight? ”

Gongsun Chan glared at him, where could he not see this? Ahead, as the ladder was poured with cold water up and down, after a long time, it formed a slippery ice cube. Some ice cubes are angular and angular, and if you accidentally prick them, you will either be cut through the corners of your clothes or pierce your exposed skin. More ice cubes, along with the edges and corners of the ladder, are shaped and become slippery ladders. Once a soldier steps on it, if he does not grasp the handrail steadily, he often slips into the air and falls directly. This situation has become particularly obvious over time. As a result, often these soldiers who climbed the ladder, before they were halfway through, were either hit by the rolling logs from above, or directly slid down, and over time, the offensive on their side naturally slowed down. When outsiders looked at it, they thought that his side had reduced the attack, and he was already powerless, but in fact, only the besieging side knew the suffering.

Although Gongsun Chan knew that it was really unwise to forcibly attack at this time, he just couldn't get angry, and he still delusionally thought that the ice on the wall had not yet solidified, and they still had a chance to attack. Therefore, no matter how difficult the men and horses in front of him were, Gongsun Chan still drew his sword and forcibly ordered his men and horses to continue to attack Nanpicheng. However, Gongsun Chan was doing this completely against the 'sky', and the more he wanted to force the breakthrough, the more difficult it was to make progress, and he lost a lot of men and horses as a result.

Chen Nuo's side, after pouring cold water on the four city walls, was also waiting for the time. When the cold water froze and the four walls were covered with a layer of ice, Chen Nuo's side also launched a counterattack. Although his 'water attack' not only froze many of the opponent's besieging men and horses shivering, but also put a coat on the wall, but at the same time, those ladders attached to the wall were also forcibly frozen and glued together with the wall because of the effect of ice, so it would be difficult to push them away. What Chen Nuo's side has to do now is to completely destroy the thief ladder as soon as possible. If the thief has no tools to climb his city, he can sit back and relax.

Lux raised his sword and axe, stretched it out from the battlements, and then crackled and chiseled. Although the thieves who were attached to the ladder and kept rushing up saw that the other party was destroying their siege equipment, they were unstable under their feet, and often fell down before they reached the halfway point, so it was too late to stop them. When the ladder was chiseled and pushed down by Lux, Gongsun Chan's side was also dumbfounded. Gongsun Zhan under the city, when he saw the scene in front of him, was also crazy, but fortunately, he still had second-hand preparations, and immediately pushed all those spare ladders forward, and once again ordered his subordinates to attack Nanpi City.

"Gongsun Zhan, this is not the heart of the Yellow River, and he will not die." Looking at the ladders that were pushed up under the city, the corners of Chen Nuo's mouth were gently together, and he sneered. In fact, it's no wonder that Gongsun Chan doesn't give up, or it makes sense. After all, in Gongsun Zhan's opinion at this time, he might think that the previous ladder was inconvenient to climb because it had been poured with cold water, but what he pushed up at this time was a dry ladder, and it was easy for soldiers to climb, so there was no slippery foot. It's really good that Gongsun Chan can think of this, but Gongsun Chan may have forgotten that the ladder is movable, but the wall is dead. How can you easily attach to the icy wall without slipping away?

If Gongsun Chan was still proud of his idea a moment ago, it is difficult again at this moment. It is good that the ladder has been successfully pushed to the bottom of the city, but once the ladder pushed to the city is pasted, not to mention that it is 'attached' on the wall, it can't even be done simply by getting closer. The men and horses under the city were busy setting up ladders, and the defenders of the city were idle, seeing that they were busy sweating profusely but still to no avail, they were all laughing happily, as if they were watching monkeys, but they were also quite proud.

"Okay, okay, don't embarrass me anymore!" When Gongsun Chan saw the battlefield in front of him, he was so angry that his lungs exploded. After watching it for a long time, he saw that there were still few ladders that could be erected well, but they had become the object of ridicule by thieves, and he was also quite unhappy in his heart, so he simply snorted, pulled up the horse and turned around and left. Gongsun Fan was also stunned next to him, what did his eldest brother mean by dropping this sentence? hurriedly asked, but Gongsun Chan glanced at him and said, "It's not shameful enough?" Gongsun Fan finally understood the meaning of his eldest brother Gongsun Zhan's words, and at the moment he asked Ming Jin to withdraw his troops and withdraw the mighty siege men and horses again.

This time, it's no better than the previous ones. Originally, Gongsun Chan thought that he would only have to spend a few rounds with the defenders of Nanpi City, and he was not afraid that he would not be able to attack Nanpi. However, now that Nanpi City has a countermeasure, and he can't crack this countermeasure for a while, unless God helps him, if it goes on like this for a long time, I'm afraid that if he wants to take Nanpi this winter, it will be impossible. And he, naturally, understands the truth that late will change, not to mention how much grain and grass he will consume if he stationed his men and horses under Nanpi City, but only that at the moment, if he can't swallow Yuan Shao in one go, he is afraid that once Qingzhou is stabilized and helps Nanpi in turn, the situation he has achieved so far will be in vain, and of course his Gongsun Zhan is unwilling.

However, the battle between him and Yuan Shao has already reached this point, how easy is it for him to make a quick decision? It seems that God dotes on Yuan Shao too much, and actually helped Yuan Shao at this time. Gongsun Chan thought so, but he couldn't come up with any ideas, so he could only hastily collect the soldiers and horses and return to the camp temporarily. Once Gongsun Zhan retreats from the army, its significance is of course self-evident to Nanpi City, and every soldier in Nanpi City is cheering for it in their eyes. The victory on their side was soon reported to Yuan Shao's ears, and Yuan Shao was also excited when he heard it, and immediately gave Chen Nuo an order to take advantage of the other party's helplessness to launch a counterattack.

For this, Chen Nuo also knew that this was a manifestation of Yuan Shao's impatience, and it was impossible to persuade him. He didn't want to send troops in winter, not to mention, Gongsun Chan was only temporarily retreating, how easy it was to defeat him, it was really unwise to rush to send troops at this time. However, since Yuan Shao has an order, he naturally can't help but listen. Of course, even if he 'listens', he has to seize the opportunity to make a comprehensive arrangement. Just a few days after Chen Nuo forced Gongsun Chan back with a 'water attack', causing Gongsun Chan to temporarily withdraw his troops, Chen Nuo's side ushered in a strange and familiar figure - Lu Bu.

Lu Bu's sudden appearance gave Chen Nuo a little surprise. It seems that there is a very unpleasant quarrel between them because of the 'material' matter, and there is very little contact between the two sides, and if there is any contact, it is also the 'friction' between the subordinates from time to time. Metaphor, Zhu Ling's matter. Thinking of Zhu Ling, Chen Nuo's eyes lit up, and he suddenly came to his senses, probably understanding the purpose of Lu Bu's visit.