The sky was bright again, and the sun slowly climbed into the air with the morning glow, lazily scattering its gentle heat to the earth. It brought a touch of warmth to Youbeiping in early winter.

"It's a nice day." On the right Beiping, up and down the city, Badun and Xun Yu looked at each other from afar, and said this sentence at the same time.

The man under the city turned his head and looked behind him, and said loudly: "Sons, prepare, attack the city later!" ”

Xun Yu at the head of the city sighed and said to Zhang Liao: "General Wenyuan, are you ready?" Zhang Liao said with a hint of reluctance on his face, and said with some hesitation: "Sir, do you really want to do this?" ”

Xun Yu glanced at Zhang Liao and said in a low voice: "In order to keep the lord's foundation, we can only use such extraordinary means, you and I have no choice." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Liao no longer hesitated, and left the city wall with a low promise.

Under the city, the 60,000 troops under the command of Badun lined up in twelve neat phalanxes, making the most preparations before and after the siege. Xun Yu looked at the military formation that was still neat, even if he was a hostile side, he had to admire the ability to govern the army. Ten days before and after, Badun has to launch at least one attack every day, as the siege of the party, Badun actually has no advantage at all, on the contrary, Xun Yu and others have a condescending advantage, plus the city wall of the right Beiping has been vigorously rested by Ao Lie in recent years, solid as a rock, in such a strong city, Xun Yu can calmly use a variety of materials and weapons to resist the coalition army under Badun.

Over the past ten days, more than 10,000 of his coalition forces have been killed or wounded, and almost every day 1,000 have died in siege battles. But looking at the lineup of the coalition army, the morale is still high, which makes Xun Yu admire the means of leading the troops very much. As a general, the most commendable thing is not how to stimulate the morale of soldiers, but how to maintain morale, even in an unfavorable situation, can not let the morale fall to the bottom, otherwise it will definitely be defeated without a fight.

"If this plague is not removed, it will definitely be a big problem in the future." Xun Yu muttered to himself.

Jia Xu also came to the city wall at some point. With Xun Yu's consent, during the time period of fighting with the rebels, Jia Xu could go out of the courtyard and watch the battle on the city wall in order to make suggestions.

Walking to Xun Yu's side, Jia Xu pinched his beard and whispered: "This is not simple. "Jia Xu has the title of poisoner, and naturally he also sees that the skill of Badun to govern the army is extraordinary.

Xun Yu's eyes were still looking at the rebels who were about to attack the city, but he said to Jia Xu: "Success or failure is now, I hope that your and my strategy can temporarily block the pace of Badun's attack." ”

"Hehe, don't worry about this, you and I join forces, if we can't calculate the don't come in, then we can buy a piece of tofu and die." However, the question of how to end up after the war is a problem. Jia Xu said with a chuckle.

Xun Yu frowned, and sighed: "Let's take one step at a time, this desperate plan will either be defeated or we will die." Look, they're starting to siege the city. ”

The coalition forces under the command of Badun, in the sound of the horn at the sudden sound, the twelve phalanxes slowly turned. Two of the three squares in the first row are sword and axe men, who hold shields in their left hands and knives in their right hands, and they are approaching the city wall of Beiping on the right side step by step with neat steps, and they also shout loudly: "Kill!" Kill!! Kill!!! The other phalanx was at the front, unarmed with their hands, carrying ladders for siege and rams to storm the gates, and running quickly to both sides of the gates.

The three phalanxes in the second row were about thirty paces behind the first row, and these three phalanxes were all crossbowmen, and the bows and crossbows in their hands were already on the strings and ready to fire, ready to cover the fire of the soldiers in front after the siege began.

The third row was where Badun's Chinese army was located, and Badon stood on a carriage, conveying orders to his soldiers. The two phalanxes were a mixture of cavalry and infantry, guarding the left and right sides of the Bunton, guarding the Bunton. Once the city gate is broken open or breached, the infantry on both sides will shrink their defense, surround the city more closely, and make way for the cavalry, so that the cavalry can drive straight into the city of Beiping on the right.

The distribution of the three phalanxes in the last row of the most platoon is relatively mixed, including auxiliary baggage soldiers, military doctors responsible for treating the wounded, and one phalanx is a regular army, which is a group of cavalry specially left behind by Bandun to guard the rear.

"Woo woo woo-" The horn of the attack blew louder and louder, and the first phalanx, running at the front, carrying siege equipment, began to speed up the speed of his feet, from a brisk step to a trot, and at the end it turned into a sprint.

At the same time, the archers of the three phalanxes, thirty paces from the first row, began to scatter arrows in their hands, trying to pin down the defenders on the walls, thus creating opportunities for their comrades who were besieging the city.

After Xu Huang saw the movements of the rebels, he immediately shouted: "Hang cowhides!" Raise your shield! ”、

The Han army, which had long been prepared, quickly opened the cowhide soaked with water in advance and hung it in the open space on the city wall; Another part of the soldiers erected large shields, forming a frontal defense; There are also some sword and axe hands who raise their arms and shields diagonally to protect their comrades defending the city on the side.

This set of three-in-one protection measures for the Han army was passed down by Ao Lie in combination with the experience of later generations, and only princes with deep pockets like Ao Lie could use cowhide as a defensive device. According to the law of the Eastern Han Dynasty, killing cattle is the same crime as killing people, so the price of cowhide is also extremely expensive. Now the Han army in Youbeiping has been equipped with hundreds of complete cowhides, and Zhilu Dao soaked the cowhides with water to increase the toughness of the cowhides.

Whirring, a rain of arrows fell from the sky, whistling towards the head of the city of Beiping. Each phalanx under Badun had 5,000 men, and the archers of the three phalanxes shot arrows at the same time, that is, 15,000 sharp arrows, which were densely packed in the sky, almost blocking the light of the rising sun.

However, the damage caused to the city wall by such a huge rain of arrows was almost negligible, and the reason was that Xu Huang's three-in-one defensive formation blocked most of the arrows.

Seeing that the bows and arrows shot by his subordinates returned in vain again, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch helplessly, and he whispered in distress: "The turtle shell of the Han army is really effective, and every time it makes the arrow array of our army unable to make a contribution." Then he gave a cold order: "Order, leave one team of archers to continue shooting, and the other two teams will lose their bows and arrows and attack the city with the first brigade!" ”

A henchman gasped and said, "Chief, if that's the case, even if our army takes the city, it will suffer heavy losses." ”

Bun Dun glanced at his subordinates coldly, and snorted: "King Qiao sent someone to send me a message yesterday, asking me to take Youbeiping within three days and open up the passage between our Wuhuan and Dahan. ”

When the henchman heard this, he didn't say anything more, and conveyed the order of Bunton.

After receiving the order of Badun, the phalanx of archers on both sides immediately dropped the bows and arrows in their hands, drew out the short knives they were wearing, followed the footsteps of the sword and axe men in the front row, and launched a charge towards the Beiping city wall on the right side of Lu. Archers have traditionally been ranged strike troops, and have rarely been hand-to-hand with the enemy in large battles. As the so-called art industry has a specialization, because archers spend most of their time in their usual training to practice subjects related to archery, and rarely practice siege and hand-to-hand combat. It's the same thing that cavalry can't use its full power on a ship.

Looking at the crazy actions of the rebels under the city, Jia Xu's eyes suddenly widened, and he turned back to Xun Yu and said, "It seems that Badun is crazy, and he is going to defeat Youbeiping desperately." ”

Xun Yu nodded in agreement, and then frowned again: "This matter is a bit strange, it's been ten days, and I've been fighting steadily and steadily, not caring about the gains and losses of one city and one place, and patiently fighting a war of attrition with us, why did you suddenly go crazy?" ”

Jia Xu lowered his head and pondered for a while, looked in the direction of Jijun, and said with some doubts: "Could it be that something happened over there?" ”

Xun Yu naturally knew that Jia Xu was saying that Liu Yu might have won the battle, which put the king in danger, and forced him to attack the city like crazy.

"Maybe, in this way, we will have a greater chance of the success of our desperate plan." Xun Yu said.

Jia Xu smiled: "That's right, no matter what Badun is crazy about, let's watch the next show with peace of mind." ”

The two were talking in a low voice here, Xu Huang on the side didn't have the heart to think about what they were talking about, as soon as he noticed the rebels' abnormal movements, Xu Huang immediately gave an order: "Prepare to roll the wood thunder stone!" Prepare the oil for fire! Archers set up arrows and find targets to launch on their own! Grab the hand and knock down the ladder at the head of the city! ”

The Han army that got Xu Huang's order quickly moved, and one by one huge rolling logs and boulders were thrown down from the city, and the rebels under the city didn't even have time to wail, so they were smashed into a pile of minced meat, and some of the rolling logs rolled more than ten steps away after they landed, crushing the rebels who had no time to dodge into meat cakes. Some of the more unlucky rebels were climbing hard along the ladder, but they were smashed on the head by the thunder stone, and suddenly their brains splashed, and they fell weakly from the ladder, and together with the thunder stone, they became a weapon to defend the city, and they smashed down the rebels who were still climbing below, and fell to the ground with a scream, even if they were not killed, they were broken bones.

A part of the Han army at the head of the city brought the boiling oil over, took out a water scoop made of gourds, scooped up a fluttering oil, and poured it on the heads of the climbing rebels. The boiling oil was extremely hot, not at all the temperature that the human skin could bear, and the rebels who were splashed with the boiling oil immediately screamed and fell from the air, bringing a long series of wails, until they fell to the ground, and were shattered to pieces, and the wailing stopped abruptly. Even the rebels who were slightly stained with a drop of fire oil couldn't stand the erosion of the high temperature, and tightened their bodies painfully and attached themselves to the ladder, silently enduring inhuman pain, because their stagnation also played a role in preventing the rebels behind them from climbing. There were also some unlucky rebels who were splashed with fire oil and immediately let go of their grip on the ladder in pain, and then lost their balance and fell off the high ladder with a wail.

At the same time, there are also some Han archers, hiding behind the big shield and cowhide, pumping cold and shooting a cold arrow, because of Xu Huang's order, these archers are looking for targets on their own and shooting accurately, so although the speed of firing arrows is a little slow, but the accuracy is very high, few people miss, almost every sharp arrow, can take the life of a rebel. Originally, under the deterrence of rolling wood thunder stones and fire oil, the soldiers besieging the city were already a little chilled, and now coupled with this series of accurate shots, it has caused great damage to the lives and morale of the rebels.

With just one cup of tea, the number of casualties among the rebels besieging the city reached nearly 1,000.

Seeing that his soldiers were blocked from attacking the city, he stood on the carriage, and his hands holding the wheels grasped tighter, and because of the excessive force, the green tendons appeared on the back of his hands.

"Order, the infantry guarding both sides of the Chinese army will go up, and the miscellaneous soldiers and baggage soldiers of the rear army will be mobilized, all of them will be on top for me, before dark, I must fight the right Beiping!" The voice was so cold that people couldn't help but shudder when they heard it.

This order is equivalent to hundreds of military doctors and 10,000 cavalry, the other 50,000 troops under Bunton have been thrown into the battlefield, and Bunton has decided to gamble!

At the head of the city, Xun Yu and Jia Xu both glanced at each other in shock, and they saw the same thought in each other's eyes: Badun is really crazy!