Chapter Seventy-Two: The Predecessor
Under the city of Xuchang, Lu Bu's army braved the rain of arrows and launched a desperate attack on the city of Xuchang. However, because Lu Bu's army had just arrived, there were not too many siege facilities, and even there were only a few cloud ladders, which made Lu Bu's army very difficult when attacking the city. Seeing that he had not been able to attack the city of Xuchang for a long time, Lu Bu couldn't help but be angry. But no matter how angry Lu Bu is, no matter how Lu Bu supervises, Lu Bu's army is to take the Cao army on the city wall, and there is any way. In the blink of an eye, Lu Bu and his troops attacked for nearly an hour. However, only a few people attacked the city wall of Xuchang. And a few people are just a few small waves in the sea for Cao Jun, without causing a trace of waves. Seeing that the attack was so unsmooth, Chen Gong found Lu Bu and said: "General, yesterday's new victory of the Cao army was like a rainbow, and our army had just been defeated and our army had not traveled many long distances, so such a strong attack was probably just a consumption of its own soldiers, and it had no impact on Xuchang at all." After listening to Chen Gong's advice, Lu Bu obviously realized this situation, and saw that his army was still under the city wall and was still trying its best to climb the city wall of Xuchang. Lu Bu pondered for a moment, and then said to Chen Gong beside him: "Spread the order, Mingjin will withdraw the troops." "Knock knock~~ A rush of gongs came to mind. Hearing the sound of the gong, Lü Bu's army began to retreat in an orderly manner. On the city wall, Du Chen also heard Lu Bu's sound of gold, and then the whole person sat down on the main seat. "Ha !!" As Lu Bujun's army faded like a tide, cheers erupted from the Xuchang city wall. I saw that every soldier defending the city was unusually happy, they were celebrating, celebrating their victory. Through this victory, Du Chen clearly discovered the difference between this group of soldiers. The original Cao Jun did not have any murderous aura, but now you can find that everyone's happy face has a trace of murderous aura, and it is obvious that this victory is a good experience for all the soldiers. But even so, the current situation is not very promising. Today is just Lu Bu's tentative attack, and after Lu Bu recovers, he will face Lu Bu's most ruthless blow. Moreover, Lu Bu did not have any siege equipment in this battle, and even some of the ladders he brought were of different heights. Some can't even reach the walls of Xuchang. And taking advantage of this opportunity, Lu Bu will definitely make a cloud ladder to attack the city, which shows what a cruel war Xuchang City needs to face next. Lu Bu military camp outside Xuchang City, inside the camp tent at this time, Lu Bu was angry in the tent. His own cavalry was crippled by others, and his offensive was defended by others, and even the enemy's city walls were attacked, how could this not make Lu Bu angry. On the side of the tent, Chen Gong looked at Lu Bu in anger and did not speak. For the lord in front of him, Chen Gong can't say that he appreciates or hates it. Lu Bu's bravery is absolutely not to say, and the soldiers under his command are also considered to be strong generals, and there are several powerful generals under Lu Bu. But the only drawback is that I don't like to use my brain. And the most important point is that Lu Bu in front of him does not have any great ambitions, which is the most dissatisfied with Chen Gong. And this point was also discovered by Tong Guò Chen Gong when he was with Lu Bu in the past few days. originally thought that a brave person like Lu Bu should have strong ambitions, but Chen Gong found that Lu Bu had no ambition at all. In Chen Gong's eyes, Lu Bu belongs to the kind of person who is content with the status quo, if it weren't for someone attacking his interests, he wouldn't attack others lightly. Waiting for Lu Bu to be angry for a while, and then he fell silent again, and then Lu Bu asked Chen Gong beside him in a calm voice: "Gongtai, do you have any way to help me break through Xuchang City." Lu Bu's words brought Chen Gong back to his senses, and then Chen Gong looked up and found that Lu Bu was looking at him hopefully. Then Chen Gong coughed lightly, and then said: "The art of war is cloudy: 'Go to the army to attack and strategize, then to attack the enemy, then to attack the army, and then attack the city. And it is unwise for the general to come up and choose to attack the city today. If the general does this again, the palace has no choice. After hearing this, Lu Bu thought about it, then got up and saluted the Chen Gong and then said, "Mr. Bu knows that he is wrong, and I hope that Mr. will help me." Hearing Lu Buken admit his mistake, Chen Gong nodded decisively, and then said to Lu Bu: "Now our army is twice as strong as Cao's army, but if you only attack one gate, it will be difficult to open it, so in my opinion, if you want to surround it, choose one as the main attack direction, and the other two will be supplemented." There were not many Cao troops in the city, so this would not only disperse the Cao army's forces, but also make it exhausting. "Just do what the gentleman says!" After listening to Chen Gong's words, Lu Bu nodded, and then asked Cao Xing and Hou Cheng to be called, and then asked the two to bring thousands of soldiers to besiege the other two gates of Xuchang City. After doing this, Chen Gong said again: "The soldiers who led our army here are somewhat tired, and the morale of the soldiers who are newly defeated has been affected, so we should revise the siege for a few days." "Hmm!" Lu Bu nodded, and he also agreed with this very much. Then Chen Gong said again: "Also, our siege equipment is not enough. And I didn't expect that Xuchang City had changed so much in the hands of Cao Cao and Du Chen, and the city wall had been raised so much, which made many of the cloud ladders we had prepared unusable, so in addition to the above matters, I ordered someone to supervise the construction of cloud ladders. "Cloth this will arrange for someone to do it!" Lu Bu nodded, and then prepared according to Chen Gong's words.
Time flies, in the blink of an eye, a few days have passed, these days Du Chen can be said to be a little restless, although Lu Bu's army outside the city did not attack the city, but from all kinds of signs, this is just the calm before the storm. According to the information sent by the scout agents, Du Chen could know that Lu Bu, who had learned about this, was ordering people to build a cloud ladder for the siege of the city. And in addition to the ladder, he actually ordered someone to build a few rushing cars. Moreover, it is said that the stationing of Lu Bu's army was also found at the south gate and the north gate, which dwarfed the already insufficient Cao army. Although there were not many Lu Bu troops at the south gate and the north gate, they had to be guarded. And this is obviously what Chen Gong used to disperse his own troops, how can it not be worried. Although both sides are supplemented, who knows if it will suddenly become the main attack. After getting the news, Du Chen's mood was even worse to death. Not only that, Du Chen was also very helpless, because Du Chen couldn't do anything to Lu Bu's army outside the city, so he could only watch Lu Bu's army build siege equipment. Now all he can do is wait for Cao Cao to withdraw his troops early, and wait for the opportunity to break the enemy in one fell swoop. However, in Du Chen's opinion, the chance of being able to break the enemy in one fell swoop is very small. If it's just one Lu Bu, it's easy to say, but now adding a Chen Gong doesn't mean the same. At least Chen Gong would not make such a low-level mistake. However, Du Chen has not been busy these days, what he has to do now is to let the former Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army soldiers learn to ride horses. Because there was no mobile force in Xuchang City at this time, Du Chen could only let the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army of more than 900 people come to replace him temporarily. But Du Chen didn't know that it was precisely because of his helpless actions back then that he formed an army that the princes of the world regarded as a big problem, and this army was called, this is a later story, not to mention.