Chapter 581: The Battle of Xiangyang

Early morning.

The sky was still only cloudy, and only a little sunlight was peeking out from the east. But the soldiers of Xiangyang City have already begun to change shifts.

Last night's night shift was replaced, and the non-commissioned officers on duty during the day were replaced.

Lao Qin is one of them. Xiangyang City is very large, so big that the length is calculated according to the li. Therefore, there are many soldiers like Lao Qin who are on duty during the day.

Lao Qin is an old pawn. From Lü Buhuo Luàn at that time had already followed Yu Ban. Now it's in his thirties.

In this age, soldiers eat food. Hardly any of them ended well. Even if there are occasional outstanding, it is because they are illiterate, and they can only be a small general.

Lao Qin, who is in his thirties, is also a Dubo.

However, Lao Qin felt that he was not bad. followed a general who was almost victorious in every battle. When a battle is won, few people die. can live.

As an old pawn, Lao Qin felt very happy to follow Yu Ban.

"Brother, do you think we can win this war?" A soldier dressed as a long man who came up with Lao Qin asked Lao Qin.

This chief is also an old pawn, and in terms of status, he can be regarded as Lao Qin's deputy. He usually got along very well with Lao Qin, so he dared to tell Lao Qin about these taboos in the army.

"What nonsense. In all these years of you and my general, have you ever seen our general suffer a defeat? It's almost a hundred battles won. Don't look at his large army, known as 300,000. In fact, it's just a soft-legged shrimp, and it's useless. Lao Qin said a little unhappily.

Lao Qin has followed Yu Ban for so many years, and with the grace of Yu Ban, he saved his life. He is very supportive of Yu Ban, if it weren't for his deputy who spoke, maybe he would have reported it a long time ago.

According to military law, spreading rumors in the army is to be punished.

"However, yesterday's situation is obviously not right. A hundred of the generals went out, fifty returned, and it seems that General Cao was seriously wounded. This chief is not afraid of Lao Qin, and he is still worried.

Lao Qin's face suddenly fell, and he was about to scold. But he heard an exclamation from the soldier next to him.

"What's that?"

"It's so high."

"It's huge."

The exclamations were endless. Lao Qin hurriedly dropped this chief, turned his head, and looked south. I saw that in the southern Koufeng camp, I don't know when more than ten cars drove out.

On the car, there were huge, tall, square objects. It seems to be a little higher than their walls. It's also definitely heavy.

Because Lao Qin took a closer look, he saw that there were countless people pulling and pushing the cart in all directions. While pulling, he shouted out rhythmically.

"One, two, three. Walk. ”

"One, two, three. Walk. ”

With a loud shout, these cars were slowly pushed towards Xiangyang City.

"This is a well car?" Just when everyone was stunned, Lao Qin, who had seen a little wider, said with surprise on his face. This well car is also a rare commodity in the Central Plains.

Rarely seen. But Lao Qin was lucky enough to see a few fights once. But that thing can't compare to what is in front of you at all. It's twenty feet tall, right?

How did Kou Feng get something so high?

Just look at the soldiers who pushed it. There are so many, densely packed soldiers are pushing, and the road under their feet is still just paved.

But it's still as slow as a snail. It can be seen that it is not easy to transport this well truck. And such a big car will definitely not be transported from the water.

It could only come from Gangneung. So far, hundreds of miles. Actually arrived in Xiangyang?

Lao Qin was really stunned. The soldiers under his tent froze, and almost all the guards at the head of the city froze.

"Quick, go and report to the general. The enemy army had more than ten well wagons to attack the city. The well car is higher than our Xiangyang City. But Lao Qin quickly reacted, and with a terrible roar, he completely woke up Xiangyang City, which was still asleep.

It's just dawn. Isn't it just when you fall asleep? But with Lao Qin's terrible roar, the entire Xiangyang City was alarmed.

Soon the captain of the mén appeared, and after just one glance, the captain changed in a huff. Without saying a word, he sent someone to report to Yu Ban.

When Yu Ban arrived with Gao Lan, Man Chong, Zhou Yu, Lu Su, and Zhu Ran, Kou Feng's well car was only a few hundred meters away from Xiangyang City.

"This, the general fought a battle, saw Dong Zhuo's Xiliang soldiers, and also saw Lu Bu's sharpness, and even fought a big battle with Yuan Shao Hebei. Have you ever seen such a powerful object? One kind of people, including Zhou Yu and Lu Su, were dumbfounded. After a long time, Man Chong still didn't seem to believe it, and turned his head to ask Yu Forbidden Dao.

"I've never seen it." Yu Ban's face was heavy. He has been fighting for decades, and he has really never seen such a majestic well car.

Twenty zhang high. What a miracle this is. Kou Feng was not afraid of crushing the car.

"Now is not the time to talk about this. How do we defend against these well cars? According to the reports on the east and west city walls, there are more than ten vehicles. That adds up to probably no less than forty. Connected together, with its height of up to 20 zhang, the walls of Xiangyang City are almost useless. Zhou Yu's face was unusually ugly.

It can be said that it is iron-blue.

Sure enough, there are a lot of tricks in this Kou Feng. I have fought with him all my life, and the Chu knife, the ship, the elephant, etc., all greeted him.

Now there are so many well carts. A miraculous well car. The advantages of Xiangyang City and the city wall were dismantled.

This made Zhou Yu's heart very unwilling.

At the same time, I feel very remorseful in my heart. Damn Mojiashu. Although Zhou Yu also took a fancy to some of the Mo family's scholarship before, the things they created were really amazing.

But now that Confucianism is exclusive, many things of the Mo family have been lost. Although Zhou Yu felt powerful, he didn't think it was too powerful.

Until the appearance of Kou Feng.

His ship, his well cart. Who said that Confucianism is the only one in the world? Is the Mo family useless?

One ship disintegrated Jiangdong's advantage on the Yangtze River, allowing Kou Feng's army to capture the inner city of Jiangdong and Moling.

The water overlord Jiangdong was completely trampled under his feet.

And now this well car. Zhou Yu could think with his toes that as soon as this well car came out, Xiangyang City would be difficult. These more than ten well carts lined up in a row, and the advantage of the city wall was basically disintegrated.

The number of troops in the city is not as large as that of Kou Feng. Especially since they don't have cavalry yet, go out and destroy these well carts. If you go out of the city to fight, you will definitely be defeated by Kou Feng's army.

There is too much difference in the number of people.

There's nothing to do, it's really nothing to do. In the end, they may only be able to fight for the number of troops until they run out of troops. In the end, I still have to offer Xiangyang City with both hands.

"There's nothing you can do. However, we are not without any advantages. After all, there are many places on the wall, and there are more archers who can stand. Even if Kou Feng had a well car, he could only reverse the disadvantage slightly. Yu Ban said, but no matter how you look at it, it seems to be comforting yourself.

Advantage fart.

The people are as high as 20 zhang, which is definitely much higher than Xiangyang City, and it is a condescending shè arrow. What other advantages are there?

But it is undeniable that Yu Ban's self-consolating words also make people feel a sense of security in their hearts. At least we still have the walls.

When Zhou Yu and Yu Ban were a little calmer. But suddenly I heard a sharp-eyed soldier shouting, "Look, what is that?" It's a lot denser. ”

Yu Ban and the others were shocked, and looked up ahead. I saw that there were probably hundreds of cars densely packed, and they were slowly coming towards Xiangyang City.

These cars are small, much smaller than the well cars. All eyes were on the tall well carts, so they ignored the carts.

It wasn't until the distance was close that everyone realized that there were still so many cars.

"What kind of car is this?" Gao Ran let out an exclamation. First there was the well car, and then there was the car that could not be seen clearly. Because the well car is so shocking. The height of that magic is enough to make all the guards frightened. Therefore, Gao Ran subconsciously felt that these dense cars were definitely not good goods.

Awesome stuff.

"What else could there be but a catapult? Has General Gao forgotten that when he was in Hebei, Ming Gong's thunderbolt? Yu Ban's face became even more ugly.

"What? Hundreds of thunderbolts? Gao Ran was truly shocked this time, and let out a high-decibel exclamation. The face is even uglier than Yu Bandu.

At this time, Yu Ban didn't think about the loss of decency. Thunderbolt, the first battle in Hebei, really gave Cao Jun a lot of advantages.

The stone throwing is pleasing to the eye.

But Gao Ran is a veteran on Yuan Shao's side, and it can be said that Gao Ran is the one who knows the most about the power of the thunderbolt. The stones are pleasing to the eye in the eyes of Forbidden, but in Gao Ran's opinion, they are flying stones that kill people. Every time it wasn't to kill someone, it smashed the city wall.

For a while, the generals under Yuan Shao's account talked about the catapult sè change.

But at that time, there were only more than 100 thunderbolts under Cao Cào's account. There are many reasons for this, but the most important one is that there are too many to keep.

Yuan Shao has a lot of troops, hundreds of thousands. At that time, Cao cào was only tens of thousands of jīng sharp. This thunderbolt must be garrisoned by a certain number of troops, otherwise it will be attacked and destroyed by Yuan Shao. Then, the workmanship of the thunderbolt is too fine, the cost is not small, and it is easy to break. Under all kinds of defects.

Therefore, there are only more than 100 thunderbolt cars in Cao Cào.

But look at Kou Feng's large number, there are hundreds of catapults, according to the report from the east mén and west mén just now, his well carts are equally divided between the three city walls, so the catapults are also.

In this way, I am afraid that there are no less than a thousand. And even more.

Tall well trucks, expensive catapults. How much money did it cost to build such a big machine? Tens of thousands of gold?

That's gold that can recruit tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands.

In the eyes of Yu Ban, Kou Feng is really crazy.

I heard that Kou Feng seized all the baggage in Xiangyang City in his early years, and he was rich. But Yu Ban didn't take it seriously, no matter how rich Jingzhou was.

There is also a degree, and Liu Biao has only been in business for more than ten years. How much savings can I have?

But what about now? Yu Ban scolded Liu Biao in his heart for not being a thing. How much gold was there? Lakh? Two hundred thousand? How much silver is there? Half a million? Million?

How much money did you make? Billion? Billion?

With so many things, I'm afraid that even Ming Gong is not as rich as him. No, it's certainly not as rich as him. In the whole north, I don't know how many princes called each other.

Cao Cào struggled with financial resources and manpower to barely stabilize. The savings are all used to fight the war, how much can be left? It's definitely not as rich as Liu Biao.

But this miser simply lost so much of his possessions. Cheap Kou Feng in vain.

It cost tens of thousands of gold to create these siege machines that can only be used two or three times, or even once. Rich and rich, it is really wealthy.

Yu Ban scolded Liu Biao half to death in his heart.

Gao Lan, Yu Ban, and Manchu are all Cao generals, and they all know the scourge of thunderbolts. Now hundreds of cars have appeared in unison, and they are all shocked.

Zhou Yu, Lu Su and Zhu Ran Although they have not seen this thunderbolt that made a lot of contributions to Cao Cào in the Battle of Guandu, they still have heard of it.

Now I see hundreds of cars coming out together, and my eyes are bulging out.

Especially Zhou Yu, he sighed and said: "If it was our Jiangdong who ransacked Jiangling back then, can Kou Fengyan be so arrogant now?" ”

When Kou Feng ransacked Jiangling, he claimed that it was Jiangdong people who ransacked it. But whether he did it or not, of course Zhou Yu knew very well.

Now that I think about it, Kou Feng has either benefited the people for so many years, or increased the army. Or raise soldiers. Step by step, it became stronger, and it was vaguely relying on the baggage in this Gangneung City.

Until now, it has cost a lot of money. to build this batch of siege engines. Use the siege equipment piled up with gold to minimize the casualties of your own soldiers.

In Zhou Yu's opinion, this is really a loser.

Although Zhou Yu also knows that there is a saying called people-oriented. But you can't play like Kou Feng. A million people may not be able to pay the tax on the gold spent on this batch of siege equipment for five years.

And it only takes fifteen years for a generation to grow.

Lu Su was shocked, and admired Kou Feng a little. He used money as a foundation to minimize the casualties of the soldiers. Try to preserve the population and promote further development.

It can be said that it is very royal.

But on the other hand, Lu Su also felt that Ròu was in pain. That's not a small amount, maybe tens of thousands of gold. Like the current treasury in Koto, it may be crawling with rats.

It's almost bottomed out.

Several sea openings were blocked, and I don't know how many ships were sunk in the sea with gold and precious stones. Several defeats have made spending money flow.

As far as Lu Su knew, even the mosquito nets in Sun Quan's house had to be repaired and repaired. The quilt is reluctant to change after a few years. Poor. But on the other hand, Kou Feng is thick enough.

Lu Su didn't know that the baggage they had to open up the sea in Jiangdong was all hijacked by Fang Dao, who was sent by Iraq. Now a large part of that baggage is consumed on the construction of Taiwan County.

Or it flowed back into Jiangxia. warmed Kou Feng, otherwise Kou Feng would be dragged down no matter how rich he was.

If Lu Su and Sun Quan knew, he would definitely be mad.

But the people present were shocked and shocked, and the most basic sanity was still maintained. It's just that I find it hard to accept in my heart.

"General, now Kou Feng has more than 100,000 troops looking around. With these siege equipment, let alone defending Xiangyang City, even if it is defended for a month, I am afraid it will be difficult. I don't know what you have in mind? Zhou Yu felt that his lips were dry, turned his head, and asked Yu Bandao with a blue face.

"Hold on for as long as you can. Now you can't give up the city and go north. The north is still alive, the city of Fancheng is small, and Wancheng was once burned by Kou, and now it is all inhabited. I can't stand it. If you give up Xiangyang City, you can really only wait for Kou Feng Chen Bing Xu Du. When the time comes, the heroes of the world will shake one after another, and. Yu Ban's words suddenly stopped.

I was really stunned, and I said everything that shouldn't have been said. Although Cao Cào and Sun Quan are allies at present, and they are the kind of allies who share the same hatred.

And the situation that Cao Cào is facing now is basically an open secret. But a secret is always a secret, and he discussed the situation on his side with Zhou Yu in public.

It's always a matter of words.

Yu Zhi regretted it a little.

"Then try to keep it for a month, so that Cao Gong can recover some vitality and be more calm. Then we burned Xiangyang City to the ground and left overnight. Zhou Yu's face was hideous.

Burn Xiangyang City to the ground? Yu Ban's heart was taken aback, this is a big city with more than 100,000 people. If it were burned, wouldn't even half of the people have to be burned to death?

This Zhou Yu is really ruthless, or he really hates Kou Feng. It is better to be broken than to be complete. I'd rather not get it myself than let Kou Feng get it.

Yu Ban turned his head and glanced at Zhou Yu, thoughtful. The hatred of taking a wife. I can't stand it even if it's a man.

Lu Su next to him was also taken aback, but Lu Su opened his mouth, and finally did not say the words of persuasion. This Xiangyang City was obtained by Kou Feng, which was a damage to them.

And Zhou Yu's plan to burn the city is beneficial to everyone.

"Well, when I retreat, I'll lay it out. Just like Kou Feng burned more than ten counties in Wancheng, I want to burn this big city to charcoal. Yu Ban was taken aback at first, but then he also said with a ruthless face.

People like Yu Ban have fought a lot of wars in this life. Often, tens of thousands of people are killed. As long as it can benefit Cao Cào's side, he sacrifices more than 100,000 people in Xiangyang without blinking his eyes.

It's just that what Yu Ban said was a little biased, but Kou Feng burned the city after taking all the people away. And when they say it now, they obviously want to burn the people to death as well.

At this moment, Xu Shu and Pang Tong in the east and west of the city also began to lead the crowd to attack the city. Soon, the captain of Mén came to report to him, confirming his suspicions.

Hundreds of catapults were also found in both directions. More than a thousand catapults, literally. Ruthless enough.

Don't say it's Yu Ban, Zhou Yu and them.

Even Huang Zhong, Zhang Fei, and Chen Da were all shocked, seeing a catapult, it was a situation, and seeing hundreds of catapults was another feeling.

In addition, Kou Feng's more than ten well cars are almost high into the clouds. The aura emanating from it is like an ancient beast, which makes people feel very shocked.

Not only these cars, but also Huang Zhong's 20,000 Shanyue soldiers in this battalion under Kou Feng's tent had also rushed over. Their task was to cooperate with catapults, well carts to attack.

In addition, there are also some soldiers, who are responsible for guarding catapults and other objects. Avoid the tragedy of the sudden rush out of the city's army and its destruction.

Moreover, the cavalry left behind by Zhao Yun was also ready to go. Strike at any time.

Tens of thousands of people, countless catapults, densely packed. It's like an ant. Plus more than a dozen well trucks. In addition, there were countless people pulling carts full of stones and walking forward. These are catapult shells.

It was also ready in the morning.

Cai Mao swallowed saliva while watching, and her face was feverish. He was ashamed to say last night that if Kou Feng didn't have his help, it would be difficult to capture Xiangyang City.

But now that I look at it, people are obviously in their chests. Set off from the public security, break Jiangling, enter Xiangyang, hit Fancheng, enter Wancheng, and go straight to Xudu.

In the end, one of them, Chen Bing was in the capital, and asked the Son of Heaven about the importance of Jiuding's heroic deeds.

This is not a slogan shouted, but Kou Feng is really implementing a plan. There are conditions, plans, and strength to implement this plan.

As soon as Xiangyang was broken, there was no longer a male city in the north. It's equivalent to facing Xu Du. This NV son-in-law is really Chen Bing Xu Du.

Cai Mao looked at Kou Feng standing on his left side with a shocked look, at this moment Huang Zhong had already reined in his troops, and there were Zhang Fei, Chen Da, Kou Shui and others next to Kou Feng.

But these people, including the tens of thousands of troops in front, all kinds of amazing siege equipment. They are all Kou Feng's foils, and they are just one of his means.

There is nothing else who really stands on this stage except this one.

At this moment, Cai Mao felt that the majesty of his nv son-in-law was as dazzling as the fiery sun in the sky that made people dare not look at it directly.

It's hard to look at it directly.

"Liu Sheng's lifelong savings have such a large financial resource. But he would rather be a soil dog, thinking that he can dominate one side. But in the end, it was still a wedding dress. made this man what he is today. Cai Mao muttered to herself, an indescribable mockery on her face.

Liu Biao, the lord he sincerely supported in the past, but today from Kou Feng to Liu Biao in the past, it is really not worth mentioning.

Stupid as a pig and a dog.

"Father-in-law, this is?" Kou Feng heard Cai Mao talking to himself, but he didn't hear it clearly, so he couldn't help but ask strangely.

"I mean, if you don't command such a big battle. Throw the stones of the catapult on your own people, and that will lead to a great deal of confusion. Of course, Cai Mao would not say what she said directly to Kou Feng, smiled and covered her expression, and said.

Kou Feng didn't doubt him, and said with a smile: "This father-in-law doesn't have to worry. With Huang Hansheng in front of him personally commanding, he can see it clearly. You won't let a catapult hit your own people. ”

Of course, Cai Mao knew that Kou Feng would not make these low-level mistakes, and what he said just now was just an excuse to come early. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "I see." ”

Well carts, huge and bulky. Catapults are numerous, plus more vehicles loaded with stones. In addition, you must also guard against the sudden appearance of a group of soldiers in the city to destroy these siege equipment of your own side.

So, it takes a lot of time.

But Kou Feng was not anxious, he had countless stones to squander. There is still half a month to slowly capture Xiangyang City.

Therefore, Kou Feng until the well car was only a hundred steps away from the city, and some guards began to hold huge shields in front of them.

to protect the safety of the well truck.

In addition, hundreds of catapults entered the shè range. The stones that served as shells were also ready later.

In the end, Kou Feng still has to wait for the east and west city walls, Pang Tong, and Xu Shu to be ready, and the heralds are confirmed.

Only then did he pull out the Chu knife on his waist and prepare to give an order.

At this moment, Zhang Fei, Kou Shui, and Chen Da were still guarding Kou Feng's side. Huang Zhong was in front, riding his horse, his face was full of red light, full of excitement before the war.

Countless catapults, as well as the soldiers responsible for carrying the stones, all looked nervously at Xiangyang City in front of them.

On the huge well cart, hundreds of archers also picked up their bows and arrows, ready to kill. This group of archers is Kou Feng's Divine Arm Battalion soldiers, and they are the Divine Archer troops under the control of Chen Da.

The arm strength is strong, and the bows and arrows used are also super strong bows, which can penetrate the Yang in a hundred steps.

On the city, Yu Ban's face was covered with sweat.

"A hundred steps. The well car was actually parked a hundred paces away. We go from the bottom up. The accuracy is extremely poor. Zhou Yu's face was extremely ugly, and he said.

"At this point, we can only make up for it with quantity. Try to shè arrows on the well cart. With that, Yu Ban ordered: "Free up a thousand archers to kill the archers on the well cart." Presented in Kou Feng has not yet issued a general attack, shè to kill the archers above, to be fast. ”

"No." Gao Ran answered, and immediately went down to arrange.

A moment later, a thousand archers, facing more than a dozen well carts, began shè arrows.

"Whoosh." One by one, the arrows began to slash at the Kou Feng Fang archers on the well car, but because of the distance and ability problems, most of them were not shè. In addition, the wooden NV wall on Koufeng's well car is particularly high, which plays a good role in protection. As long as the archers dodge under the NV wall, the arrows of these archers are almost useless.

Yu Ban, Zhou Yu's face became even more ugly.

"Siege." Kou Feng gave an order. "Boom." Suddenly, countless snare drums struck a huge roar like thunder in the sky.

The archers on the well cart, who had already been prepared, ventured out of the NV wall and began to kill the guards of Xiangyang City. Countless catapults also began to throw stones from the cars.

For a time, the resulting scene was extremely spectacular.

"Bang bang."

"Whoosh."

Think of the countless arrows and hundreds of stones flying in the sky, pouring down violently. The arrow only creates a hole in a person's body, but the stone can smash a person's brain.

"Ahhh Although at the beginning of the ban, an order had been given to the soldiers to disperse as much as possible to reduce the casualties caused by the catapults.

But at this moment, the head of Xiangyang City was still screaming. Yu Ban, Zhou Yu changed even more and retreated to the city building.

Kou Feng, who stayed in the rear, was in a very different mood at this moment.

"Under the siege equipment piled up by tens of thousands of gold, any fortified city is tofu scum. Unless there are tens of thousands of cavalry to destroy my catapults. Kou Feng looked at the spectacle ahead with an excited face.

It's a pity that there are no cavalry in Xiangyang City

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