――Time goes back to a moment ago, Luoyang South City Wall-

Long before the three generals Liu Yi, Wu Peng, and Qi Hao led 40,000 soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Army to line up a mile outside the city, Zhang Dong, the rebel general in Luoyang, had already received the news and climbed the city tower to watch the movements of the army outside the city.

Zhang Dong really felt a little puzzled about why the Western Expeditionary Army, which was shrinking in Yanshi, suddenly attacked Luoyang unusually, and after thinking about it carefully, he thought of a reason, that is, the Great Zhou Dynasty must have sent a new commander of the Western Expedition.

"What stupidity! -- Haven't we learned our lesson? ”

Although it is not clear what the general in the army is, he twice told the Great Zhou army to lose troops and flee in embarrassment under Hangu Pass, but in the relationship of both glory and loss, Zhang Dong also felt that his face was bright for the first two Western Expeditionary Armies that were defeated in embarrassment under Hangu Pass.

As the eldest grandson Xiangyu collected the information of the rebel generals, Zhang Dong was originally a native of Shiyang, Jingzhou, the eleventh place in the first list of the martial arts test in the seventeenth year of Hongwu, from the initial 300 generals in Nanyang, slowly climbed to the position of 1,000 generals, although it is still a non-grade military attache who is not in the stream, but for Zhang Dong who has no background, it is already a very remarkable thing.

And just when he was looking forward to a better future, disaster struck, several counties in Nanyang area, unimaginable drought broke out, and what is even more odious is that in the face of such a serious disaster, there are still some rice merchants who have no conscience to raise the price of grain......

When he received the order to lead the army to suppress the rioting people, when Zhang Dong found that among the rioting people, there were his own villagers and family members. He did not hesitate to defect, like some of his colleagues who thought the same thing. He aimed his weapons at the other armies who went to suppress the people.

Zhang Dong has always felt that Zhang Changji, the county guard of Nanyang County, is a good official, and he will definitely come to reconcile the contradictions between the military and the people, but in fact, the county guard that Zhang Dong admires did come to the mob. Prepare to resolve that dispute.

But Zhang Dong never expected that some radical people in the mob would kill the adult by mistake when they were pushing and shouting, making everything irreparable.

Ah, it's late......

He Zhang Dong has been listed as a rebel general by the Great Zhou court, and he will never die.

For the sake of his wife and children. He could only go with the flow, make mistakes again and again, and become the guard of Luoyang.

As for the loyalty to the leader of the rebel generals, to put it mildly, except for that person named Wang Bao, I don't know anything else, and I don't even know if the other party was an official in the Nanyang area. What about loyalty?

But despite this, he must also defend Luoyang, not for the sake of Wang Bao, but for the sake of his own family, for the sake of his companions.

He knows it well. These rebel generals are already in an endless situation with the Great Zhou court. Once captured, the punishment of the three clans and Ling Chi's execution is considered light.

To be honest, Zhang Dong is not sure, you must know that when Lu Fan, the prince of Nangongfu, led his army to the west, he had already lost Luoyang once.

At that time, he couldn't help but sigh: He is worthy of being the son of Nangong Mansion, not to mention that he is good at using soldiers, and his own martial arts are also so good, that the generals he sent to kill this person were all killed on the spot by the other party......

I have to say that when he heard that Lu Fan died in Hangu Pass, Zhang Dong really didn't believe his ears.

Among his group of rebel generals, there is still someone who can kill the prince of Nangongfu who has excellent martial arts?

Who is it?

The unknown rebel general who sits in Hangu Pass!

"General, the soldiers and horses outside the city have been standing in line for a full moment, but there is no movement, a little strange! Do you want to go out of the city and test it? ”

Deputy General Deng Bin interrupted Zhang Dong's thoughts.

"Forget it!" Zhang Dong shook his head, and said, "In my opinion, the comeback of the Zhou army in the western expedition this time must be that Jijing has sent a new commander...... We must not be careless! - Fortunately, the Zhou army of the Western Expedition made a big mistake before, and it was too late to demolish the wall of Luoyang before retreating, as long as I waited to defend the city, the Zhou army of the Western Expedition had no way to wait for me! -- Send the order down, if there is no movement of the Zhou army under the city, there is no need to pay attention to it; On the contrary, once it attacks the city, it will immediately return fire! ”

"Yes!" Adjutant Deng Bin clenched his fists to lead the order.

In this way, after a full quarter of an hour, Zhang Dong has been standing on the city wall and paying attention to the movements of the enemy troops under the city.

Suddenly, Zhang Dong noticed that the enemy army had regrouped, and the outermost sword and shield soldiers spread out to both sides, and dozens of hundred-person phalanxes came out of the queue, a long row, almost thousands.

"Finally can't take it anymore?" Zhang Dong's eyes froze, and he shouted, "Pass the order, the defenders of each section of the city wall will be on alert, and once the enemy army enters the firing range, fire a salvo to meet it!" ”

"Yes!" When several heralds heard this, they immediately rushed to the various sections of the city wall to convey Zhang Dong's order.

At this time, the 40,000 Western Expeditionary Zhou troops outside the city had already sounded the drum of cheering, accompanied by a long horn of "woo woo woo", the dozens of hundred-person phalanxes, thousands of soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Army, shouted and rushed towards the city wall.

"Archers prepare, take arrows, build bows......" shouted halfway, Zhang Dong was suddenly stunned, because he noticed that the dozens of soldiers in the hundred-person phalanx were actually holding a bunch of flammable things, some were shields full of straw, some were large bales of straw, some were large bundles of firewood, and some were carrying large wooden planks.

What do these people want to do?

Could it be that you still want to burn my Luoyang City?

Not to mention burning the city wall, these people can't even touch the edge of the city wall, don't these guys see that there is a moat outside the city?

Probe glanced at the moat, which was three or four feet wide, Zhang Dong shook his head amusedly, and suddenly, he was stunned.

Wait, how can they all be hay, planks, firewood, etc., that can float on water?

Could it be that the follow-up army crossed the moat on these dry things that could float in the water?

Thinking of this, layers of cold sweat oozed from Zhang Dong's forehead. waved his hand and hurriedly shouted. "Switch to rockets! - Burn the stuff in the hands of those guys! Fast! ”

"The general has an order, switch to rockets!"

"The general has an order, switch to rockets!"

Zhang Dong's order was immediately conveyed to all the defenders of the southern city wall.

At this time, the first charging team led by the general of the Western Expedition, Wu Peng, had almost come to the edge of the moat.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Zhang Dong gave an order, and suddenly, arrows rained down on the city wall. The arrows, with strips of cloth soaked in fire oil tied to the arrowheads, shot like locusts at the thousands of Western Expeditionary Army.

"Block with what you have in your hand!"

Upen, who was on his horse, roared loudly.

In fact, there was no need for him to order, and the thousands of soldiers under his command had already raised hay, planks, firewood and other things in their hands to resist the oncoming rockets, so that the flammable things in the hands of most of the soldiers suddenly burned.

"Throw into the moat! - Throw what you have into the moat! Upen shouted.

Zhang Dong on the city wall saw clearly, even if he didn't hear Wu Peng's loud shout. But the practice of those soldiers of the Western Expedition had confirmed his guess.

Looking at the soldiers of the Western Expedition who immediately turned around and evacuated to both sides after throwing the dry things in their hands into the moat, Zhang Dong wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with palpitations, and muttered, "Sure enough, I want to use this method to cross the moat." It's good that General Ben is cautious, otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable......"

Also, after all, it takes some time to prepare a rocket, once the dry stuff thrown into the moat has eaten enough water. It's hard to burn anymore.

I have to admit that although Zhang Dong was only a thousand generals in Nanyang before. But there is still some experience in defending the city.

It's just that the eldest grandson Xiangyu's strategy is just like this?

"I guessed it by that woman, and the city really used rockets......"

Looking at the movement ahead from afar, the main general who attacked the southern city wall of Luoyang muttered with some surprise.

Qi Hao, the deputy general beside him, pouted and said, "In this way, I don't have to wait for myself to light the fire, but what is it to throw those things into the moat?" I'll have to build a ladder on the river later! ”

Liu Yi shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Don't complain, in short, just do what the woman said, in this way, even if it doesn't help in the end, you can't blame me and wait!" By the way, did the archers who came to the aid of the Ukrainian general be sent? ”

"Hmmm! -- Soon after General Wu set off, he sent it out! As he spoke, Qi Hao raised his hand and pointed ahead.

Looking in the direction of his finger, it was not difficult to see that there were two archers of a thousand men standing under the city, and while the archers on the city were shooting rockets at the vanguard army, they drew their bows and fired arrows at the city.

Since the archers in the city were all targeted by Qian Fengjun, these two thousand archers, although they were not protected by sword and shield soldiers, were not damaged.

"Good!" Liu Yi nodded and said, "That woman did guess very accurately, and sent the order to go down and ask the archers to try their best to suppress the enemy troops on the city tower and cover the retreat of General Wu!" - General Qi, it's up to you now! ”

"Yes!" Qi Hao hugged his fists, raised his hand, and shouted, "The second team of the pioneer battalion!" - Out of the line! ”

With his shouting, tens of thousands of soldiers poured out of the hundreds of thousands of squares, and unlike Fang Cai, these people were fully equipped, and in each of the hundred formations, there were two or three ladders.

"Rush!"

With a clamp on the horse's belly, Qi Hao took the lead in rushing over.

At this time, the defenders of the city still shot their arrows at the floating objects that had been thrown into the moat.

It is no wonder, after all, in the eyes of Zhang Dong, the defender of the city, it is unacceptable to ask the Western Expeditionary Army to fill the moat, you must know that in this way, the soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Army can easily cross the moat with these floating things and launch a fierce attack on the southern city wall.

In comparison, the loss of the defenders of the city being shot by the archers outside the city was still acceptable, and therefore, Zhang Dong did not ask the archers in the city to shoot arrows at the soldiers of the pioneer battalion of the Western Expeditionary Army who retreated along the city wall on both sides.

You must know that at this time, the soldiers of the vanguard battalion of the Western Expeditionary Army, they no longer have anything in their hands that can be used to block the arrows, and once the archers in the city start firing at them, they are bound to suffer heavy damage.

But fortunately, the defenders of Luoyang City did not do that, but impatiently poured the rockets in their hands on the dry things in the moat that had not yet ignited the flames, after all. The second wave of the offensive of the Zhou army in the west has already begun.

"Set up a ladder. Rush over! ”

With Qi Hao's shout, as the second wave of the offensive, the soldiers of the second team of the vanguard battalion put the ladders in their respective 100-person phalanx on the moat.

Almost in the blink of an eye, as a soldier of the Western Expedition in the second wave of the offensive. He had crossed the moat by force, stepped into the flat ground on the inner side of the moat, and set up the remaining ladders on the city wall.

Dismounted and forced across the moat with the soldiers, Qi Hao looked up at the towering city wall, he knew very well that now was the real battle to the death, after all, the rebels in the city. They will not be obedient and do not move, let them climb the city wall, and they will inevitably make an offensive that is several times more ferocious than before......

Hey?

What's going on?

Qi Hao was stunned, because he found that the arrows shot by the rebels in the city had not become ferocious. On the contrary, it has weakened, even if there are 2,000 archers on his side who try their best to suppress it, it is impossible to achieve this point!

At the same time, Zhang Dong in the city was also drinking.

"What? The Zhou army has attacked under your nose, give me arrows! Shoot the arrows! ”

"General. Smoke ......"

"What smoke?" Zhang Dong was angry and said subconsciously. As soon as he finished speaking, a puff of black smoke floated in front of him, and the choking smell of smoke not only blinded his eyes, but also made him cough again and again when he accidentally inhaled it.

"What's going on? Where did this smoke come from? ”

"General Qiyu, he floated from the moat!"

"What? Moat? Zhang Dong was shocked and angry when he heard this, walked to the edge of the city wall in a few steps, looked out, and sure enough, he saw that the entire moat was burning, and the black smoke caused by burning water-soaked objects was blowing under the south wind, slowly spreading towards the south wall of Luoyang.

"How...... How so? ”

Zhang Dong was stunned.

He would never have thought that the eldest grandson, Xiangyu, who was four or five miles away, was mercilessly laughing at his wisdom.

"The wisdom of mortals is only so much after all! - But I want to thank that Zhang Dong for his cooperation......"

Beside her, Li Shou and Xie An looked at each other, thought about it, and Xie An said tentatively, "You...... Didn't you want to fill the moat with those things, so that the soldiers could cross the floating things? ”

"Why are you stupid?" The eldest grandson Xiangyu looked at Xie An suspiciously, the strange look in her eyes made Xie An a little embarrassed, scratched his nose, and said, "You didn't say specifics, I really thought it was ......."

"Look at your stupidity! Would I use such a superficial strategy? Glancing at Xie An angrily, the eldest grandson Xiangyu waved the folding fan in his hand and said in a deep voice, "As I said, Lu Song of Nangong Mansion crossed Luoyang and marched towards Hangu Pass, but this Luoyang guard Zhang Dong did not make any movement, it is not difficult to see that this person feels that it is more important to guard Luoyang than to pursue Lu Song, the Duke of Nanguo, plus he is cautious, it is inevitable that he will try his best to rule out all possibilities that will lead to the fall of Luoyang!" - That way, I can do what I can do! ”

"Where did the plan come from?" Li Shou asked curiously.

Looking at the expression of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, she seemed reluctant to explain from beginning to end, but when she saw that Xie An was also confused, she uncharacteristically showed a little smile, most likely because she felt that Xie An was also in the dark, which was quite a sense of achievement.

"The purpose of the first wave of the offensive, I don't need to explain too much, you can also see, my purpose is to throw those flammable things into the moat, Xie An, this is what you told me, insufficient combustion will produce a lot of choking black smoke, so I have to wait for the south wind, that's for this! - To weaken the offensive of the defenders of the castle! ”

"But what if you don't use a rocket?" Li Shou asked in surprise.

"No, he will use it," shaking the folding fan in his hand, the eldest grandson Xiangyu said firmly, "This person is very cautious, he only thinks about defending Luoyang, since this is the case, he will definitely switch to rockets, and even, in order to burn out those dry things, he will not hesitate to let go of the first wave of soldiers, he probably thinks so, Luoyang's city walls are strong, and the defenders in the city are also sufficient, there is no need to kill my soldiers and soldiers of the Western Expedition, as long as it can ensure that the city wall is not attacked, it is enough...... Mortal wisdom! ――Is this self-inflicted? Giggle......"

Listening to the giggles, Li Shou and Xie An looked at each other.

This woman can actually gain insight into people's hearts to such a point?

Even Xie An had to admit that the eldest grandson Xiangyu's hand was quite beautiful, and there was almost no damage, which put the defenders of the southern city wall of Luoyang into a Jedi-like predicament.

Pity that Zhang Dong, because he was too cautious, he fell for this crazy woman's trick, he didn't take advantage of anything, and he ended up in such a situation.

At the moment, the wind direction is southerly, and the Western Expeditionary Army is attacking the southern city wall, in other words, the impact of those black smoke on the Western Expeditionary Army is almost untraceable, but for the defenders of Luoyang City directly opposite, it is fatal.

Not only is his vision affected, but even normal breathing is a problem, so he may really be able to attack the city wall......

This woman ...... Sure enough, it's quite dangerous!

Just as Xie An was secretly thinking to himself, the eldest grandson Xiangyu let out a long breath and muttered, "It's almost time......

"What?" Li Shou looked at her suspiciously.

I saw that the eldest grandson Xiangyu shook the folding fan in his hand, and said lightly, "That Zhang Dong is bound to transfer crossbowmen to strengthen the defensive strength of the southern city wall, and two thousand crossbowmen alone may not be enough to suppress the city...... I've finally created a catastrophe, and I can't ask you to take it back now! - Interrupt it here and completely destroy the morale of the rebels in the city! As she spoke, she turned her head to look at the soldiers of the Eastern Army's Shenwu Battalion, and said in a deep voice, "Raise the earth-colored unicorn flag!" ”

"Yes!" Several soldiers of the Shenwu Battalion of the Eastern Army clenched their fists and held up a huge earth-colored banner painted with a unicorn that had been prepared and placed on the ground.

Under the puzzled gaze of Li Shou and Xie An, suddenly, a cavalry came out of the mountain col in the distance, and the number was estimated to be about six or seven thousand.

Needless to say, this is the only cavalry of the Western Expeditionary Army, including 1,700 Beirong wolf cavalry.

"Cavalry?" Li Shou's face was filled with consternation.

Glancing at Li Shou, the corner of the eldest grandson Xiangyu's mouth raised a faint smile.

"Haven't you heard of it? The way the Beijon wolf rode to attack the city......"

Could it be......

Looking at the conceited look of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, Xie An was thoughtful.