"Report! Taishou, Zhou Mu, and Sun Cejun have already arrived ten miles outside the city. "The scouts have sent the latest information.

"'Flying Yaksha' is already installed, right?" Bai Tu asked the lieutenant in charge.

"It's already installed!" The lieutenant said.

"Lord Lu, let's go to the city tower to have a look?" Bai Tu asked Lu Kang.

"Let's go!" Lu Kang was a little uncertain in his heart, Sun Cejun's strength, he had seen it before, and Liu Xun's army was not at the same level.

But the matter has come to this point, and Lu Kang will not say anything depressing.

When I came to the city tower, I saw that every ten steps, there was a city defense equipment similar to "wolf tooth sting", but the heavy object was hanging, not "wolf tooth plank", but a piece of sassale full of steel thorns!

If you look closely, you will see that these steel spikes are not directly pressed against the stakes, but around the stakes, spiraling around a belt with steel spikes......

Like Baitu's wolf fangs, it can also be moved, and it hangs the iconic "fairy gourd".

That's exactly what the white picture brings to the table!

The sassal wood is a self-reserve in Shucheng, that is, a huge thick log pile, when the enemy is attacking the city, it can be thrown down to smash the ant-attached enemy, and it can also attack the opponent's siege equipment when it is convenient.

There is another kind of "yaksha ring", Bai Tu doesn't know if anyone has used it now, but in short, it is not common, it is tied to iron cables on both sides of the wood, and the iron cables are connected to the winch, which can be rolled down again, and the city defense equipment can be rerecovered.

However, compared to the wolf's tooth racket, it is easier to take the opportunity to cut the rope, and it is much heavier than the wolf's tooth racket, usually this winch, not to pull the wood up, but to make the wood roll under the city before the rope is cut, so as to attack the enemy at the foot of the city!

However, with Baitu's "fairy gourd", this yaksha is more free, and he also named it "Flying Yaksha".

Compared with the wolf's tooth, the flying yaksha is more convenient to carry - on the handicap of fixing the sandalwood, the craftsmen have put a lot of effort into it, as long as the diameter and length of the sandalwood are within a certain range, it can be installed on it, and then wrapped with a barbed belt, without the need to bring its own sandalwood.

And only the part of the "fairy gourd" and the bracket is much easier to transport and carry.

When Bai Tu and Lu Kang came to the city tower, they found that Sun Ce had already arrived with his troops, Tai Shici looked at it and whispered to Bai Tu: "There are about eight thousand people, but judging from the array, most of them are old pawns. ”

Bai Tu nodded when he heard this, thinking in his heart that although the Chinese army led by Zhou Yu had about 20,000 people, they were all soldiers trained by Yuan Shu in Huainan.

The army under the command of Yuan Shu can be roughly divided into three grades, the strongest is the Nanyang army started by Yuan Shu, which was recruited and trained in Nanyang with the help of the Yuan family forces before the princes of the Eighteenth Route discussed Dong.

The second is the Danyang Army, that is, when Yuan Shu controlled Jiangdong before, he used the population of Danyang to train soldiers, although the army was formed for a short time, but because of the characteristics of Danyang soldiers, it was not easy to deal with.

Finally, there was the Huainan Army, where Yuan Shu trained soldiers after killing the previous Yangzhou pastor Chen Wen and occupying the Huainan area......

Among the three, the Huainan army has the largest number, and when the Jiangdong army was recruited, although the major families favored Yuan Shu, they did not let him gather wool, and even if there was an overdraft, it was controlled within the scope of two or three years that could be recovered.

In Huainan, Yuan Shu can be said to be a rampant expedition and overdraft manpower year after year, so the army expanded so quickly.

The price is that the people of Huainan dare to be angry with Yuan Shu but dare not speak - if the people are not attached, the training efficiency of the recruited soldiers is lower, and the morale is generally not high.

Of course, these three gears are only roughly divided.

The Chinese army led by Zhou Yu was all Huainan soldiers, and Sun Ce's 8,000 former troops, most of which were Jiangdong veterans, thought to be his father Sun Jian, the last family foundation left behind, the basis was Sun Jian's hometown Wu County, as well as Changsha, the two counties of Changsha, the soldiers trained in the two counties.

Although there have been a lot of other military sources over the years, it is just like Lu Bu has also expanded and merged with the state cavalry in Xuzhou, but as long as the establishment is still there and the proportion of supplementary military sources is controlled within a certain range, the elite degree of the army will not be reduced too much - veterans will also drive new soldiers.

"As Lord Lu expected, this Sun Ce is really aggressive, and he will come to invade the city without stopping." Bai Tu watched Sun Ce kill all the way, and he didn't mean to rest and settle down, so he couldn't help but be amazed.

"Not only is this Sun Ce a young tiger, but the Jiangdong soldiers under his command are also strong soldiers, not comparable to the army of Liu Xun's generation." Lu Kang still remembers the strength of Sun Ce's first department.

Of course, it is useless to rely on only a few thousand elite soldiers, and the reason why Zhou Yu has always expected Yuan Shu's support is that in addition to avoiding being hostile to Yuan Shu after leaving directly, it is also for Yuan Shu to assist in sending troops.

And like these 20,000 Huainan soldiers, the grassroots captains and Dubo are all Yuan Shu's people, and Zhou Yu wants to take them away, even if he doesn't mutiny on the spot, he will be prone to chaos later.

I saw Sun Cejun stop at a stone's throw outside the city, and then rode out of the battle alone, shouting proudly under the city: "Sun Ce of Wu County is here, who dares to go out of the city to fight with me!" ”

At this time, Sun Ce was dressed in orange shoulders and a battle skirt, and he was not wearing a battle armor, so he rode a "war horse", carrying a huge anchor-like weapon, and rode alone under the city to call for battle.

"Sun Ce! Your father is the general of the Han Dynasty and the Taishou of Changsha, and now you have rebelled from the Yuan thief, are you worthy of your father's spirit in the sky? Lu Kang shouted in the city.

"Hahaha, Lu Kang Lao'er, my father's spirit in the sky, will look at me Kuangfu Han Room, glorious lintel, you are a thief, but I don't know which court protects you." Sun Ce said with a smile.

"If you want to fight, you will fight, my Shucheng soldiers and civilians are single-minded, and I will not be succumbed to the thieves!" Lu Kang shouted.

Normally, if you don't fight, it will reduce the morale of your side, but for Lu Kang, there is no such hidden worry, and the BUFF of "military and civilian unity" will make the resilience of the defenders very terrible.

"My lord! I'll go and fold him for a while! If you can catch it alive, it will save you a lot of trouble. Tai Shi Ci pleaded.

Bai Tu thought about it a little, although he didn't think that Tai Shi Ci could really beat Sun Ce, but if it was from the perspective of romance, the strength of the two at this time should be almost the same, and it would be better to tie than to be praised by Sun Ce.

"Okay, but ...... Sun Ce is known for his bravery, Ziyi is cautious, don't fall in love with war. Bai Tu instructed.

"No!" Tai Shi Ci commanded.

Then I saw Tai Shi Ci show his talisman, conjure up a white armor, and jumped down directly from the city tower and said: "Donglai Tai Shi Ci is here, Wu Jun Xiao'er is arrogant!" ”

"Huh? Tai Shi Ci? I think I've heard of it somewhere...... Never mind! Finally, someone with the courage to make you three tricks! Sun Ce was a little interested.