Chapter 15 Luoyang Attack and Defense

At the head of Luoyang City, Wang Shichong looked at the dense Lu Jun below, and there was an incomprehensible bitterness in his heart, did he really have no hope?

Ten days, in just ten days, this is the third time that Luoyang City has been besieged, and the most important thing is that since Li Mi besieged Luoyang, there was a plan to cut off Luoshui, and after that, both Li Tang and Lu Bu implemented this plan to the end, so that he had no chance at all.

Although Lu Bu's troops are much smaller now than when Li Mi's army besieged Luoyang at the beginning, in the same way, the defenders in Luoyang City have experienced the attrition of Li Mi and the Tang army, and they are not as good as before, both the number of troops and the morale of the army are a little sluggish.

"Knock Knock Knock"

The rumbling war drums broke the silence of dawn, after a day of rest and scheduling, Lu Bu finally began the attack on Luoyang City, with the earth-shattering war drums, under the command of Lu Bu, Song Zhi, Shen Luoyan, Xu Xingzhi, Luo Cheng and others, the army set a neat pace and began to advance towards Luoyang City.

The degree of the army is not fast, but the defenders of Luoyang in the city can clearly feel a depressing atmosphere, which makes them irritable, the neat pace, the momentum of Xiao killing, makes them feel as if facing a landslide.

"Crunch"

The catapult brought the walls of Luoyang within range, and with a piercing sound, dozens of stones the size of a millstone flew towards the city.

Although these catapults are amazingly powerful, but the accuracy is not very accurate, dozens of stones, and can not cause too many casualties, but can effectively hit the morale of the enemy, this is a common trick on the battlefield, until the appearance of firearms in later generations, these catapults gradually faded out of the stage of history.

"Boom Boom"

Dozens of grinding stones, smashed on the city wall, the earth-shattering might, so that many defenders swayed, rushed to the direction of the city gate, hit the city gate fiercely, Luoyang's city gate has been blocked, even Lu Bu, it is difficult to smash the city gate at once as in Hangu Pass.

A cloud ladder and a well railing slowly approached the city wall under the impetus of the soldiers, and on the head of the city, Wang Shichong's eyes flashed a touch of gloom, and he said sharply: "The archer releases the arrows"

By the height of the city walls, the defenders' bows and arrows had a great range and were also very powerful, even with the cover of shields, many people were still killed by the dense rain of arrows, and if a dozen arrows were fired at the same time on a shield, even if the shield could block the arrows, the huge force could also knock people to the ground.

"Get down" Wang Shichong lifted a boulder with his own hands, saw a cloud ladder in front of him, roared angrily, and smashed down the head on the cloud ladder.

"Click"

The bones were shattered, and even the ladder was shocked by Wang Shichong's true qi, and the soldiers on the remaining section could no longer climb to the city wall, and could only become the target of the archers, but in an instant, the soldiers on the ladder had been shot into hedgehogs.

Wang Shichong's behavior aroused the morale of many soldiers around him, but this was only a corner of this siege battle, and it had no impact on the overall situation.

Under the city, Lu Bu squinted at the figure of Wang Shichong at the head of the city, although it was thousands of meters apart, but with Lu Bu's current eyesight, he could clearly recognize Wang Shichong.

From Lu Hu's hand, he took a longbow, looked at Wang Shichong, a sneer pulled up at the corner of his mouth, and he opened his bow and arrows to firmly lock Wang Shichong.

Almost at the moment when Lu Bu opened the bow, Wang Shichong also felt a dangerous aura, and almost without the slightest hesitation, he dodged away, and at the same time, a black shadow flashed from the corner of his eye.

"Poof"

The wolf's tooth arrow penetrated behind Wang Shichong, the chest of a guard, the remaining strength was not stopped, and the guard was directly taken up and nailed to the city tower behind Wang Shichong, looking at the front in a daze, but the body was already lifeless, Wang Shichong couldn't help but gasp, if he just now, the reaction was a little slower, I am afraid that the person who was nailed to the head of the city was himself.

"Lu Bu?" Wang Shichong looked down the city in shock, and happened to meet Lu Bu's gaze, although he didn't see Lu Bu make a move, but Wang Shichong was almost certain that the arrow just now was probably shot by Lu Bu, and a deep fear couldn't help but rise in his heart, and he stared at Lu Bu tightly in case he shot again.

It's just Lu Bu, but there is no ** to shoot again, he turned his head to look in other directions and continued to command the battle.

Today's attack can only be regarded as a tentative attack, Lu Bu's purpose is to know how much Luoyang's defensive strength is, now Luoyang City is under martial law, it is difficult for birds to enter, even if the powerful intelligence network of the Giant Kun Gang, it is impossible to send the news out, so far, Lu Bu only knows that the four gates of Luoyang City have been sealed and completely martial law, as for the rest, there is no way to know.

However, Lu Bu, who had been marching and fighting for many years, could vaguely judge the defensive strength of the defenders from the defense and resistance of Luoyang.

Now that he has not tried his best, presumably Wang Shichong will not be able to send all the military forces out at the first time, Luoyang, it has not yet reached the point of exhaustion.

But he is not in a hurry, there is still plenty of time and food and grass now, and he has just won two big victories, and the morale of the army is at its peak, compared to the defenders of Luoyang, he has too many advantages.

"Boom Boom"

"Kill"

The war is still going on, the momentum of the Lu army is like a rainbow, but the defenders are relying on the benefits of the strong city, the tragic shouts and killings are endless, Lu Bu raised his head and looked at the tragic battle on the wall, but in this moment, there have been many people attacking the city wall, Lu Bu couldn't help frowning, and looked at Shen Luoyan and the way of the void beside him: "The defenders of Luoyang, so bad?" ”

"The defenders of Luoyang were able to resist the attack of Li Mi and Li Tang's army successively, although our army was in full swing, it was impossible to attack the city wall so easily, I am afraid it was Wang Shichong's conspiracy." Void shook his head.

"Conspiracy?" Lu Bu frowned, this is not what he is good at, he can only rely on Xuan Xingzhi and Shen Luoyan.

Shen Luoyan echoed: "Yes, if I am the commander of the other party, knowing that the enemy army is strong, I will show my flaws and lure the enemy's elite to attack, and then surprise the army to cover up." ”

"Wouldn't it be a real flaw?" Lu Bu frowned and said, if it is really flawed, then it will lose a God-given opportunity.

Shen Luoyan shook his head and smiled: "The prince is here, it should be the most fierce resistance, but now there are no accidents in the other gates, but here is about to be breached, you know, today we are just a tentative attack, and the strength and strength of each gate are comparable." ”

Lu Bu suddenly said: "It seems that this Wang Shichong is not useless, at least he shook me in." "He was almost ready to give the order to attack just now.

Shen Luoyan and Xu Xingzhi shook their heads with a smile, Wang Shichong's trick was obscure, and he even did not hesitate to lure the enemy in person, Lu Bu did not appear, it was inevitable, but in the hearts of the two of them, they were vigilant, it seems that the other party is not as unbearable as imagined.

This battle, fought from dawn to dusk, and it was really as Shen Luoyan expected, Wang Shichong seemed to be the weakest here, but in fact he was the strongest, several times the Lu army attacked the city, but was soon strangled again, like a bottomless pit, devouring the lives of the Lu Bu army.

And Lu Bu, with the reminder of Shen Luoyan and others, did not rush to send the elite up, but chose to fight steadily and steadily, until dusk, before Mingjin withdrew his troops.

Because it was a tentative attack, both sides were relatively restrained, and the losses of one day were within the tolerance range of both sides, but as the besieging party, the losses of Lu Bu's army would inevitably be greater, which was also inevitable.

……

In the evening, Lu Bu sat with Shen Luoyan, Xu Xingzhi, Luo Cheng and other generals.

A general looked at Lu Bu and Shen Luoyan and the way of the void: "Lord Wang, the movement of the city gate that the two military advisors have paid attention to by the last general today has already been fruitful, among which there are three hundred giant crossbows placed on the south gate where we are opposite, while the other gates are about fifty, and there are only ten at the north gate."

"Giant crossbow?" Lu Bu looked at Shen Luoyan and Xu Xingzhi in confusion, why are you paying attention to this thing? It is true that the giant crossbow is a weapon for defending the city, but its effect, like that of a trebuchet, is more of a deterrent than it is in reality.

"Lord Wang, this is some information about the sale of weapons in Luoyang sent by Mrs. Shan, according to these information, we judged that the total number of giant crossbows in Luoyang should be about eight hundred, but now the eight gates add up to only six hundred and ten, a difference of one hundred and ninety, from these, it can also be seen as Wang Shichong's hidden power." Xu Xingzhi took a stack of papers and said to Lu Bao.

"There are three hundred giant crossbows at the south gate, and the other gates, except for the north gate, are all fifty, according to these information, even if our information is different, but the giant crossbow is a large city defense equipment, it shouldn't be so bad." Shen Luoyan said in a deep voice.

"You mean, they lured us to attack the North Gate?" Lu Bu's brows relaxed, and in an instant, he also figured out the key.

"Not bad." Shen Luoyan nodded at the same time as Xu Xingzhi and said: "We might as well put on a posture of attacking the north gate, but in fact, we are secretly Chen Cang, and we are unprepared, but the real total is placed in their weakest point." ”

"Princess, military advisor, where is the weakest point?" Luo Cheng frowned and asked.

"Southeast Gate," Shen Luoyan chuckled.

"Southeast Gate?" Luo Cheng was stunned, then shook his head and said, "How is this possible?" The southeast gate is close to the south gate, and there is Wang Shichong's army outside the city, although the way is blocked by our army, but if our army attacks the southeast gate, it is likely to fall into the situation of being attacked by the enemy. ”

"The enemy commander is obviously also a scheming man, and the more we think the most unlikely place, the more likely it is." Shen Luoyan shook his head and said with a smile: "Now, we need a general, tomorrow when Wang Shichong's eyes are attracted by the north gate, take advantage of the weakness to enter, and break through the southeast gate in one fell swoop, I don't know which general wishes?" ”

All the generals couldn't help but be silent, after all, all this was just Shen Luoyan's speculation, one was not good, but it would give away his life, Luo Cheng raised his head and arched his hand: "In this way, the last general is willing to go"

"Okay, Luo Cheng will lead the Blood Wolf Guard to attack tomorrow," Lu Bu nodded.