Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Siege Frustrated

It is said that when Jin Wushu saw the artillery firing from the city tower, he returned to his horse and left, and ordered the three armies to collect their troops and return to the camp.

"The marshal obviously had the upper hand just now, why didn't he descend to Lu Deng and capture it?" The military advisor asked puzzled.

"Lu Deng is a talent, I want to subdue him, I can't kill him. Besides, when I was chasing, Lu Deng had already crossed the suspension bridge, how to catch up? What if you are hit by their artillery? Jin Wushu said.

After hearing this, he felt that it made sense, so he didn't mention it again.

At night, in order to prevent the Jin soldiers from sneaking up, Lu Deng personally inspected the city wall.

"Jin Wushu is a powerful character, wait for the evening to be smart, don't let him take advantage of it." Lu Deng admonished.

"Don't worry, sir! We have set up a net on the city walls, and if they attack at night, we will discipline them and not return. You've had a hard day, go back and rest! The lieutenant officer said.

Lu Deng left the city tower and returned to the Yamen, pondering a strategy to retreat from the enemy.

"Wang Zipeng is an amazing talent, if he is still in Lu'an Prefecture, it would be great! I wonder where he is now? Lu Deng thought to himself.

Besides, Jin Wushu returned to the camp and didn't sleep well all night, he was thinking about the siege strategy.

The next morning, Jin Wushu came to the city to challenge again, and there was a 'war-free card' hanging on the city tower, and no one cared about it, depending on how you called the battle.

"Lu Deng, you are a coward and a coward!" Jin Wushu scolded.

"Jin Wushu, aren't you quite capable? Can you siege the city? You claim to have an army of 500,000, can't even a small Lu'an Prefecture take it? In my opinion, if you don't have the guts, you should go back to the grassland as soon as possible to herd sheep and horses. Lu Deng said loudly on the city wall.

When Jin Wushu heard this, he screamed angrily.

After calling for half a moon in a row, Lu Deng never went out of the city to fight.

Jin Wushu was anxious, so he ordered the Wuguo Dragon and Wuguo Tiger brothers, who built the cloud ladder, to rush to make the cloud ladder day and night. Everything was ready, and the Golden Vulture gave the order to attack the city. He ordered Yelu Yujian to lead 5,000 soldiers in the lead, and he himself led a large army to press the battle behind.

When they came to the moat, Jin Bing used a ladder as a pontoon bridge and crossed the river smoothly. In the blink of an eye, 5,000 pioneers came to the foot of the city wall, and at the same time they set up a ladder and spread out in a row, and climbed the city together. When I reached the city wall, I didn't see any movement on the wall. Jin Wushu was full of joy and thought in his heart: "Seeing that there is no movement on the city wall, and there is no soldier to guard it, presumably Lu Deng saw that the general trend had gone and withdrew with his men." If I knew this, why bother. "Jin Wushu rode on a horse to watch the movement, was dreaming of the Spring and Autumn Festival, suddenly a cannon sounded, and the rolling dung on the city wall was shot out together, splashed on those soldiers, and those soldiers rolled down the ladder one by one, either falling to death or being poisoned by rolling dung.

When the soldiers on the city wall saw this, they pulled the ladder up the city wall together.

Seeing that the soldiers who climbed the city wall were all dead, Jin Wushu was shocked: "What is this?" Why did the soldiers die tragically on the spot as soon as they got it? Jin Wushu asked curiously.

"This is Lu Deng's dung lord, this trick is called "wax juice", it is very powerful, as long as it is stained with a little bit, it will take life. The military advisor Ha Mi said.

"I see-" Jin Wushu suddenly realized, and hurriedly ordered the troops to return to the camp.

Lu Deng asked the soldiers to hang the heads of the soldiers on the city wall, and then split the ladder into pieces as firewood to boil dung.

The golden vulture is unfavorable, and I am annoyed in my heart.

"Military advisor, we can't even take a small Lu'an Prefecture, how can we take over the Great Song Dynasty? Lu Deng is full of tricks, we have been delayed here for almost a month, and we still have nothing. In your opinion, how are we going to take Lu'an? Jin Wushu said worriedly.

"The marshal doesn't have to worry, we are exposed to attacking the city during the day, and it is difficult to avoid them when we fall for them, so it is better to go again at night when it is dark and see what they can do?" Ha Mi Qi thought for a while and said.

Jin Wushu was overjoyed when he heard this. In the evening, Jin Wushu ordered Yelu Zonghan to lead 5,000 troops, take the ladder to the moat, and cross the moat according to the previous procedure. There were no lights and torches on the city wall, Yelu Zonghan led the soldiers to quietly touch the city wall, set up a ladder and climbed up together, there was no movement on the city tower, and the soldiers climbed into the battlements, and their hearts were overjoyed. Who knew that if you took a step forward, you fell into a trap. At this time, only a cannon could be heard, and in an instant, the lanterns and torches on the castle tower were lit together, shining like day. Those soldiers fell into the trap, and one by one they were seriously wounded and could not move. Lu Deng instructed the sergeants to take the first order to the city wall.

All the soldiers were beheaded, their heads hung on the city walls, and when the golden vulture saw it, he was so grief-stricken that he almost fell off his horse.

"Strategist, the sergeants climbed the city wall, why were they beheaded without a fight? What the hell is going on? Jin Wushu asked.

"Wei Chen can't figure out what kind of mechanism Lu Deng has placed on the city wall?" Ha Mi Chi said.

As you don't know, Lu Deng ordered the soldiers to look at the bamboo earlier, just to arrange the barbed nets on the city wall. The barbed wire fence is supported by sharpened bamboo, and the net is full of barbs, which are evenly supported on the city wall and hung in the air. Once the Jin soldiers sneak attack at night, they must touch the city wall, as long as they go up to the city wall, it is equivalent to entering the ghost gate. Those soldiers climbed the city wall and couldn't see clearly at night, so they all stepped into the trap and fell into the net.

Jin Wushu camped outside the city of Lu'an Prefecture for more than 40 days, and was not allowed to set foot in the city of Lu'an Prefecture for half a step, but suffered thousands of casualties, and his heart was depressed.

Seeing that Jin Wushu was sluggish, the military advisor Ha Mi Chi was worried that he had missed a major event, and persuaded: "Generalissimo, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, why should you be obsessed? Cheer up! It depends on you to seize the world of the Great Song Dynasty, and your body is important. Today, the wind is beautiful, so let's go hunting in the forest together and relax. ”

"Alright! Ben Shuai also wants to go out for a walk. Jin Wushu readily agreed, ordered a few sergeants, took the hunting dog Harrier Eagle, and walked towards Niutou Mountain.

Came to Niutou Mountain, but saw the mountains full of wild grasses, lush trees, elk, hares, occasionally dangling in front of the eyes, suddenly, a middle-aged man hurried through the forest, I don't know who?

"Who? Stop, if you don't stop, I'll release the arrow. Jin Wushu shouted, drank it, and opened his bow and arrows.

When the man saw so many people surrounding him, he must have no choice but to stand still. ，