Chapter 1531: Taking advantage of the chaos to attack the city
The Jingzhou army, which was holding firewood, threw piles of firewood to the foot of the city wall.
The Han army, which was mixed in the Jingzhou army array, lit the torches they brought one by one and threw them at the firewood piled high.
Liu Beijun, who was at the head of the city, lifted buckets of water and poured them down towards the lit firewood.
Some fires were extinguished by clean water as soon as they were lit, but there were still some fires that were not extinguished in time, and the more they burned, the more they burned.
The flames of the fire lit up the firewood, and the wet firewood emitted puffs of smoke as it burned.
Thick smoke rose from the foot of the city wall, and Liu Beijun on the head of the city choked on the smoke and coughed constantly.
The arrows shot down from the city became more and more sparse, but the arrows shot by the strong crossbowmen of the Han army outside the city were like a meteor shower towards Liu Bei's army on the city.
Billowing smoke obscured almost the entire night sky, and in the night, a thick wall of smoke rose.
The soldiers of Liu Beijun on the city wall, seeing that they could not extinguish the fire under the city, followed Zhuge Liang's instructions and poured buckets of water on the city.
The clear water poured on the top of the city, and soon formed a trickle, flowing down the stairs on the inner side of the city wall, towards the city.
Some of Liu Beijun's soldiers ∧ hurriedly stepped forward and built a simple low wall with earth blocks to block the flow of clear water towards the city.
The fire at the foot of the city wall burned more and more, and the thick smoke wall obscured Liu Beijun's sight at the head of the city.
The strong crossbow array of the Han army outside the city shot a fluttering feather arrow.
The feather arrow flew like a meteor to Liu Beijun on the head of the city, and Liu Beijun, who was choking in the thick smoke, many people were shot by the feather arrow and fell headlong on the head of the city that was full of water.
The flames under the city burned more and more, and the flames were wrapped in thick smoke and eroded the walls of Fancheng.
Liu Bei's army at the head of the city was in chaos, and the Jingzhou army and the Han army under the city actually gained an overwhelming advantage.
It's just that there is a raging fire burning outside the city wall, and they have the intention to rush up the city wall, and there is nowhere to set up a ladder, the only thing they can do is to keep shooting arrows into the city.
There was chaos inside and outside Fancheng, and the shouts of Liu Beijun's soldiers at the head of the city could even be heard clearly by Pang Tong and others who were watching the battle from afar.
"Prime minister's clever plan, in this way, in the morning, this city will definitely be baked so that even people can't settle down!" Looking at the flaming city wall in the distance, Lu Bu said to Pang Tong: "I just need to wait until morning and order the soldiers to go and break the door!" ”
"Why wait until morning?" Smiling slightly, Pang Tong said to Lu Bu and Zhang Yun: "Right now, there is chaos in the city, and our army can send soldiers to attack the city while the chaos is in chaos!" ”
"There is nowhere to set up a ladder, how to attack the city?" Pang Tong said that the city could be attacked now, and Zhang Yun asked him with a stunned face.
"Send out a battering ram and bombard the gates!" Looking at the blazing Fancheng, Pang Tong's eyes narrowed, and he said to Lu Bu and Zhang Yun: "Tell the soldiers to soak the linen cloth with water, cover their mouths and noses, and don't drink cigarettes." There is chaos on the head of the city, and the rebel soldiers and horses are unable to drop boulders and dump boiling oil, which is the perfect time for our army to attack the city! ”
Hearing Pang Tong say this, Zhang Yun didn't delay at all, and hurriedly shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Pass the order, the battering ram will attack the city, and the archers will then suppress the enemy army in the city to General Ben!" ”
The pro-soldiers who had received Zhang Yun's order responded with their fists in a fist, and then ran towards the Jingzhou army array.
Lu Bu didn't say anything.
Siege ram siege has always been a last resort for the besieging side in the city defense war.
The enemy army on the head of the city can use boiling oil and boulders to inflict heavy casualties on the besieging side.
Although the heavy smoke screen in Fancheng is currently covered, who dares to say that Liu Beijun on the city wall is completely incapable of throwing boulders and pouring boiling oil?
With the Jingzhou army here, the soldiers of the Han army will not go forward to die at this kind of node!
Not long after Zhang Yun's order was issued, the Jingzhou army came out of the black pressure and suppressed a group of soldiers.
In front of the procession of the soldiers, three battering rams walked side by side.
The Jingzhou army pushing the battering ram looked very difficult, and beside them, there was a group of Jingzhou troops holding large shields, using shields to cover their bodies.
The team slowly advanced towards the city gates, but the flames under the walls were rising higher and higher.
The heavy city wall was blazing, and Liu Beijun on the head of the city soon felt that the clear water under their feet was a little warm.
If the flame continues to burn, the water may even be boiled.
The officers of Liu Beijun, who commanded the defense of the soldiers, immediately issued an order to the soldiers to continuously deliver water from the city to the city wall.
Buckets of ice-cold water were poured on the city wall, relieving the heat of the city wall, Liu Bei's soldiers did not withdraw from the city wall, but they still suffered from the arrows flying from outside the city.
The smoke that rose from the foot of the city walls made it impossible for many of them to open their eyes, let alone open their longbows and shoot arrows out of the city.
There are fewer and fewer soldiers of Liu Bei's army who can shoot arrows outside the city with their bows, but the Jingzhou army and the Han army outside the city shoot more and more feather arrows into the city.
On the tower of the city gate, Liu Bei, who saw the flames outside soaring into the sky and the smoke screen covering the entire city wall, was anxious.
In this battle, no matter from which point of view, it was the Han army and the Jingzhou army that had the advantage.
Some of the rockets fired by the strong crossbows of the Han army flew up to the city and shot into the walls of the city gate tower, making a crisp and crisp sound.
There was a commotion outside, with many soldiers shouting and firing arrows outside the city, and many shouting to deliver water to the city walls.
Looking at the chaotic scene outside, listening to the chaotic shouts of the soldiers, Liu Bei's heart was raised, and he turned to Zhuge Liang and asked, "Strategist, what can I do ...... like this?"
Before he could finish his question, a flaming arrow shot in through the gas window of the city gate tower, and happened to shoot into Liu Bei's heart.
was shot in the back by an arrow, Liu Bei's body was shocked, and he fell to the ground.
"Quick! Hurry up and take Uncle Huang down to the city! Seeing that Liu Bei was shot by an arrow, Zhuge Liang hurriedly shouted to the two soldiers in the city gate.
The two pro-soldiers did not dare to delay, and hurriedly stepped forward to support Liu Bei, one of them carried him on his back, ran out of the city gate tower, and ran towards the city under the embrace of a group of pro-soldiers.
Liu Bei was carried out of the city gate tower, looking at the chaotic scene outside, Zhuge Liang let out a long sigh.
It didn't take long to go out of the mountain, and I originally planned to make a contribution to Liu Bei, but I didn't want to encounter opponents again and again, and the achievement was not established, I am afraid that it will become the laughing stock of the world from now on!
"Strategist, it's not appropriate to stay here for a long time, it's better to wait with me to go down to the city!" Looking at the chaotic scene outside, Zhuge Liang was full of entanglement, and a personal soldier stepped forward to grab him, shouted, and didn't wait for him to respond, dragging him to run outside the city gate.
The arrows shot by the Han army became denser and denser, and when Zhuge Liang ran down the city wall and didn't run far along the street, he heard a loud "boom" from the city gate!
"It's over, it's completely over!" The moment he heard the loud noise, Zhuge Liang let out a long sigh.
The Jingzhou and Han armies launched a siege, and instead of climbing from the city walls, they chose the moment when the defenders could not dump boiling oil and throw boulders, and bombarded the city gates with battering rams.
Although the city gate is strong, it is impossible to support it for too long under the huge force of the battering ram.
The destruction of Fancheng was only a matter of moments.
The soldiers of Liu Beijun at the head of the city heard a loud noise from the city gate, and they also knew that the enemy army had launched an attack.
Some Liu Beijun lifted the boiling oil and was about to run to the city gate and tilt downward, but the billowing smoke choked and they couldn't take a step further.
The Jingzhou army under the city pushed the battering ram to bombard the city gate, although they all covered their mouths and noses with water-soaked linen, they were still choked with tears.
Following behind the Jingzhou army pushing the battering ram were the many archers of the Jingzhou army.
The archers set up their arrows on their longbows, lit the linen cloth wrapped around the clusters of arrows, and shot a puff of flaming feathered arrows into the city.
The arrows shot by the strong crossbowmen of the Han army have completely suppressed Liu Beijun on the city, and the addition of the archers of the Jingzhou army has made Liu Beijun on the city unable to fight back.
The Jingzhou army, which pushed the battering ram to the foot of the city wall, pushed the battering ram violently and hit the city gate.
Every time the battering ram hits the city gate, the city gate will make a loud "boom" and tremble twice.
Liu Beijun's soldiers at the head of the city listened to the loud sound of the battering ram hitting the city gate, and some people carried huge stones and rushed towards the battlements.
When they reached the edge of the battlements, they couldn't open their eyes because of the billowing smoke.
Two soldiers of Liu Beijun, who were carrying huge stones, threw the stones out with all their might.
The smoke obscured the battlements, and they couldn't see how high the battlements were, so they could only feel and throw the stones as high and far as they could.
The stone that they threw out hit the battlements in the thick smoke, and under the reaction of the battlements, it rebounded back, and one of the soldiers of Liu Beijun couldn't dodge and was hit by the stone on the calf.
The moment the stone hit his calf, he clearly heard the crunch of a bone breaking, and immediately after, he felt a sharp pain invade his cerebellar cortex.
Let out a miserable howl, the soldier Liu Beijun fell to the ground, holding his broken leg with both hands, and rolled in a wail.
Many big stones were not thrown out of the city wall, and there were also many Liu Beijun soldiers who carried the stones and threw them high.
Since they couldn't tell where the Jingzhou army was under the city gate, the stones thrown could be said to have fallen aimlessly from the city.
Some of the unlucky Jingzhou soldiers were hit by stones, and before they even had time to let out a miserable howl, they were smashed and fell outside the city gate.
The Jingzhou army in front has just fallen, and the people behind will immediately rush up and fill their positions.