The army marched out, and Zuo Houde and others also set off with the army.

At the beginning of the month, the lieutenant officers and men of the battalion were issued armor and combat equipment to strictly enforce military orders.

Zuo Houde was dressed in heavy armor, with an iron sword hanging in front of his waist, a longbow behind him, a reins in his left hand, and an iron spear in his right hand, riding a brown and yellow high-headed horse, following behind Luo Lie. On the left and right are Luo Lie's personal guards, and they are very serious all the way.

Luo Lie's battalion is the vanguard of this left road. Three days ago, I received a written military order to attack the Acropolis within three days.

A battalion of men and horses came to the outside of the Acropolis, and it was already near sunset, and they set up camp and rested for the night.

The morning drums sounded, and the officers and men of the battalion wore armor and began training in the battalion in full armor, which was mostly training in the form of queues, so as to strengthen military discipline and not conduct intensive training related to physical fitness.

Luo Lie consulted with Sima and others in the camp in the tent,

"Although there are few soldiers and horses on the acropolis, the city is strong, and even if it can be captured, our army will be short of major generals."

"The military order wants me to take it in three days, and I think one day is enough." Luo Lie said confidently.

Luo Lie looked around the tent, and the Sima of each department looked at everyone with a sad face: "The general chose me as the vanguard, which is not only an opportunity for me, but also an opportunity for you to wait." In today's attack on the Acropolis, I took the lead. I retreat, and the kings behead me; If the princes retreat, the military marquis will behead the kings; The military marquis retreated, and the tun general beheaded him; Tun will retreat, and the team will behead him; So below, those who retreat are killed. Do you know my words? ”

Sima Qi of all departments clasped their fists: "I wish to follow the general!" ”

"Pull out the camp!"

Luo Lie waved his sword: "Beat the drum, march!" ”

When attacking a fortified position, the formation is evenly spaced, and the shield is held slowly, and it is impossible to charge. Sure enough, the defenders of the Acropolis opened their bows and shot arrows.

Zuo Houde was wearing iron armor and holding a shield in one hand, following behind Luo Lie. The arrow was nailed to the big shield in Zuo Houde's hand.

From time to time, sergeants with arrows in the legs and soles of their feet fell to the ground with a muffled grunt, all crouching and holding shields to cover their torques and heads, and their left and right robes bypassed them, unable to help.

In battle, if there is no order from the commander-in-chief, whoever dares to retreat with the wounded and the dead in his arms is properly the act of 'helping the wounded and lifting them to death, and returning them because of the trust', and the crime of betraying the army in the seven prohibitions and fifty-four beheadings of the criminals is justified by the military law on the spot.

Disrupting the marching army during an attack is also a typical capital offense, which can be killed on the spot.

Seven prohibitions and fifty-four beheadings are the basic common sense of military officials, and they are also the content of the army's frequent assessment of sergeants.

I don't want to be summarily executed, and I have to endure no matter how great the pain is.

The walls of the acropolis were strong, and the guards pointed to Luo Lie's location and shouted: "That man is the enemy general!" Quick, shoot the enemy and get a reward of 100,000! ”

Luo Liegan was a pioneer, boosting morale, wearing a silver armor, surrounded by guards on the left and right, and the guards were condescending and naturally visible at a glance.

Seven or eight crossbowmen around him Zhang crossbow, firing in turns, hit Luo Lie's big shield several times, but none of them could break the shield, Zuo Houde was beside Luo Lie, and there were also a few crossbow arrows that hit the shield in his hand.

Luo Lie saw from the gap that he was less than twenty steps away from the wall, and burst into a shout: "Left and right!" Stand up! ”

Wei Yanzhong, Zuo Houde and others shouted in unison: "Stand!" The two winged sergeants set up their shields and formed a shield wall.

The shield wall is close to the wall, and the defenders on the wall fire crossbows and bows in unison, and the shield wall rattles.

At this time, Sima Cai, who was pressing the formation, waved his hand, and a sergeant led a dozen sergeants to rescue the sergeants who were hit by the arrows and dragged them back to the rear.

The shield formation was stable, and the sergeant behind the shield also began to return fire. Those who are good at using crossbows shoot flat with crossbows, and those who are good at using bows are throwing, and there are a few screams on the wall, and the defenders' arrow rain offensive is blocked.

Luo Lie looked at the wall from the gap in the shield array and found the guard who had shouted before.

Luo Lie shouted: "Guards left and right, follow me to attack." ”

More than 20 people from Yan Zhong and Zuo Houde hung the evil ghost iron mask on their waists on their faces: "I am willing to die with the general!" ”

The defender was puzzled, and saw that the shield array outside the wall suddenly broke out of the gap, and more than 20 people rushed out of the gap, holding a shield in one hand, and holding a long bamboo on the other side, followed by three or four armor soldiers, three or four armor soldiers struggled to push the long bamboo, and the defenders on the wall were stunned and hesitated.

So he watched Luo Lie take the lead in stepping on the city wall to borrow strength, and almost instantly, his body flew to the one-foot-high wall, and as soon as he landed, the shield in his hand smashed towards a crossbowman. Raising his foot and hooking, he grabbed a pole in front of him, and stabbed forward with a stride, the side branch of the blade cut through a person's neck, and blood gushed out, Luo Lie shouted excitedly: "The first to board!" Luo Lie! ”

Soon, the rest of the guards became the second group of people to climb the wall, Luo Lie and one person had already rushed to the defender's flag, beheaded the defender in the chest, drew his sword and slashed, and the battle flag that the defender tried his best to protect fell in the eyes of the sergeants on both sides: "Don't descend at this time, but when!" ”

As the head of the defender was provoked by Changge, the defenders of the Acropolis surrendered.

Zuo Houde followed Luo Lie to review the head, and he was a little uncomfortable in his heart, today he besieged Zuo Houde cut off seven heads, except for Luo Lie and Yan Zhong, he is the most.

The evaluation of military merit is the duty of the military officer, the supervisor of the army, and the protection of the army, and Luo Lie's only responsibility is to observe and exclude the occurrence of extremely bad phenomena such as cutting off the head of the robe and taking the merit. Basically, the merits can be ascertained on the spot, and those who take meritorious service generally end up beheading on the spot and purging military discipline.

The battle time was short and the scope of the battle was concentrated, so the military merits were quickly reviewed and completed, and the original meritorious army was also written.

After Luo Lie reviewed and saw that there were no mistakes, he took up the pen and signed and the military was kept on file, and began to copy the copy to report to the rear.

In the afternoon, Luo Lie was looking at the map and asked Cao Sima: "I intend to take advantage of the victory to attack Xiangkou in the north, what does Cao Sima think?" ”

Cao Sima did not hesitate: "General, the morale of the battalion is high, and it is time to attack Xiangkou." ”

Luo Lie simply turned to Zhang and Li and the two Simas: "I intend to lead my troops to attack Xiangkou in the north, leaving you and the second division to guard the city." ”

The second Sima clenched his fists and replied: "No! ”

Luo Lie's conversation with a few Simas, Zuo Houde and other guards also heard it, everyone was very excited, today's siege, all the guards were not injured except for four people who were injured when they climbed the city, and each had a gain.

Zuo Houde just silently watched Luo Lie discuss with Sima in the camp, and at the same time secretly wrote down the knowledge of these formations and attacking cities and plundering land. Following Luo Lie as a personal guard, Zuo Houde learned a lot of knowledge about marching and fighting, which is quite rare.

It is all Luo Lie's ten years of experience in the army, and Zuo Houde can learn it so easily, it can only be said that Zuo Houde's luck is really good.

The first battle of the Acropolis went smoothly, and the soldiers responded violently, abandoning the excess military rations and marching to the Xiangkou stronghold three or four miles to the north with only war equipment.

The terrain of Xiangkou is flat, and Luo Lie looked at the terrain: "But it is suitable for cavalry raids" and ordered the left and right guards to mount their horses and raid.

The Xiangkou camp was only garrisoned by hundreds of people, and the intensity of the counterattack was not high. More than 200 people attacked quickly, Zuo Houde spear in hand, just sweep it, it was three or four enemy troops. It's another stab, pick, and rush to kill.

The defenders ran in all directions, or abandoned their ordnance and stopped resisting.