(Foreword)

Cold ice can't break the water, and dead wood can meet spring again.

(Text)

The army advanced to the vicinity of the enemy's city pass and stopped, only to see a person on the city wall holding a folding fan, staring at Wu Banhao's mighty army. But none of the defenders on the city wall looked panicked, and their faces were like rocks, and they were not afraid of danger.

Wu Ban glanced up at the man holding a folding fan on the city wall, and shouted: "I am Wu Ban, the vanguard general of the Shu Kingdom, do you dare to open the city gate and fight with me?" ”

The man holding the folding fan did not answer, but just looked at Wu Ban coldly.

"Since you don't answer, don't blame me for being ruthless." Wu Ban immediately ordered the drumming to march.

The catapults were all in place, and the five soldiers loaded huge stones on the catapults, waiting for the order to attack.

"Archer !!" Wu Ban said as he asked the lieutenant general beside him to wave the order flag.

Suddenly, three thousand archers were all in place. The lieutenant waved the banner again, and all the archers took out their bows and arrows from behind them, and put them on the bowstring, filling their bows.

"Infantry !!" As soon as Wu Ban's words fell, five thousand infantry lined up with tiger shields in hand.

"Siege Preparation !!" The lieutenant roared.

I saw that the soldiers in the rear fixed the huge log to the wooden cart with ropes, and it took more than ten soldiers to push it. The ladder and rope have also been prepared.

The lieutenant general beside Wu Ban raised the Ling Qi diagonally upward, it seemed that all the preparations had been completed, everything was ready, only the east wind was owed.

Wu Ban looked at the towering city wall, his eyes were like torches, and he shouted: "Attack!! ”

Suddenly, the drums slammed, and all the catapults were thrown almost simultaneously, and the boulders were smashed into the enemy's walls at a rapid pace. The infantry began to advance in shield formations, followed by siege engines and ladders.

The boulder smashed against the city wall with a loud sound, but the man with the folding fan had no intention of retreating, but only opened the folding fan. Suddenly, the defenders on the city wall seemed to have received an order, and they all held longbows and opened the bowstrings, and in an instant, countless bows and arrows rained down, but fortunately, the infantry was protected by tiger shields, and the losses were not large.

But in a short time, countless logs fell from the city wall, and the logs rolled and scattered our army's shield array, so that the bows and arrows of the defenders on the city wall became extremely damaged. Wu Ban's face was solemn and he shouted: "Archer!!"

Our army fired thousands of arrows in an instant, and it rained down suddenly, but strangely enough, our army's bows and arrows could not attack the defenders on the city wall at all. But the enemy defenders can easily shoot and wound our archers.

General Wu had no choice but to withdraw the archers of our army.

"What's going on? Why can't we hit them at the same distance, but they can hit us? Professor Twilight asked.

"Potential energy !!" I blurted it out almost at the same time as Professor Wu.

"That's right, it's potential energy, the enemy's walls are towering, and the bows and arrows of the defenders are not only increased in range but also in power due to the influence of high and low potential energy." I added further.

Professor Wu nodded from the side.

"What can I do?" Lin Yun couldn't help but get anxious.

None of us answered, and none of us had the right answer to that question.

Without the cover of our archers, the infantry attack was really difficult, and the siege vehicles and ladders behind them could not advance.

However, fortunately, there was the cover of catapults, and the infantry carried the tiger shield and the siege vehicles behind them to a place less than a few meters away from the city wall, but the closer they got to the city wall, the more fierce the enemy's attack became, and the soldiers pushing the engineering vehicles kept falling. There are also soldiers holding tiger shields who constantly throw down their shields to help the siege caravans march, one after the other. I looked at the scene in front of me, tears rolled in my eyes, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, how could I have imagined that the real war was so cruel, the soldiers came to the battlefield, the advance means sacrifice, and the retreat is also difficult to protect, and the only choice I can choose is the direction of the fall... The soldiers who pushed the siege vehicle had been wounded by bows and arrows in many places, but they never stopped their steps, even if it was only one step, they needed to exert all their strength. The walls that were close at hand became the distance of their lives...

I couldn't help but burst into tears, and I walked quickly to Wu Ban's side: "General Wu, we won't fight this battle... I can't bear to see a soldier..."I tried to say something a few times...

"General Cheng, he has never led troops to fight, the battlefield has been like this since ancient times, and the last general is not hard-hearted, how can he bear to see the soldiers on the battlefield... These soldiers have fought with me for many years, and they are like brothers, but we are soldiers, and it is our duty to take the lead!" Wu Ban's eyes also glistened with tears.

The siege vehicle was about to approach the city wall, and the infantry actually threw away the tiger shield in their hands and pushed the siege vehicle to hit the city wall with all their might. In the face of the bow and arrows that rained down, there was no fear.

I was blown away...

There were some cracks in the stone wall of the city wall, but the wall was still very strong, and the infantry set up ladders one after another, and the siege began.

The siege engines rammed into the walls again and again, but with it more and more infantry fell next to the siege engines...

"Infantry !!" Wu Ban turned around and shouted, and three thousand soldiers were on standby with shields.

Wu Ban put on his helmet and waved his broadsword.

"General Wu, what does this mean?" I suddenly looked at Wu Ban in a panic.

"General Cheng, I told you that the last general is willing to take the lead!" Wu Ban said with a smile.

I suddenly understood, today's siege, in the face of the enemy's 100,000 soldiers, Wu Ban only brought 30,000 elite soldiers, the opponent's city wall is towering, how can it be easily captured, how can he not know after many years of fighting, it turned out that it was just for me to find out the enemy's reality, General Wu's loyalty and bravery, I can't express it.

"No! The reality of the enemy is unknown, and it is too dangerous for the general to go. I tried to stop it.

"The enemy general Lu Xun is skillful in using soldiers, and has not shown the slightest edge, in this case, the last general is willing to be the light of the general, the star of the way, overcoming thorns and thorns, and !!taking the lead." Wu Ban didn't wait for me to say more, turned around and shouted: "Three thousand soldiers, with the general to attack the city, in the past, the generals were trapped in the battlefield for me, today the generals are willing to be the armor of the generals, but anyone is willing to follow the generals to the battlefield?" ”

"I'm willing to follow the general!!"

"I'm willing to follow the general!!"

"I'm willing to follow the general!!"

"Thank you, !! soldiers" After Wu Ban finished speaking, he rode away, and the dust was everywhere.

Three thousand soldiers also rushed to the rain of arrows with him, Wu Ban kept waving the big knife in his hand to block the bow and arrows that came to his face, but the arrows rained down, General Wu's right arm was hit by an arrow, fell off the horse, and three thousand infantry quickly came to protect him with a tiger shield.

General Wu pulled out his bow and arrows, and walked towards the city wall under the protection of the tiger shield, all the siege vehicles were surrounded by fallen Shu soldiers, Wu Ban was not afraid of pain to push the siege vehicle, and the infantry around him also helped, and the siege vehicle hit the city wall again.

"Come !!" I could only hear Wu Ban commanding the infantry around him to push the siege vehicle with him, and I came to the catapult in the rear: "Quick!! Fast!!! General Wu personally attacked the city and needed cover. ”

The soldiers seemed to understand what I meant, and sped up the speed of the carrying.

The enemy's walls were subjected to both catapults and siege engines, and the damage was also severe.

The man who folded the fan stared for a long time, raised the folding fan slightly, and suddenly countless boulders flew from behind the opponent's city wall, smashing all our catapults.

"Damn! And so it is again! I frowned.

As a result, General Wu Ban lost the cover of the catapult and became more and more dangerous.

Logs continued to fall from the city wall, breaking up the infantry formation, but the enemy's wall was still not knocked open, but the cracks in the stone wall became more and more obvious.

As time passed, three thousand infantry continued to fall, and the shield array around General Wu Ban became smaller and smaller...

Just when the situation is precarious, the enemy's city wall finally appears to be shattered, and the opportunity is in front of you, and it only takes a few more hits to break through the city wall, and the fighter plane is in front of you!!

"Where is Shu!! Where is Shu!! Wu Ban suddenly shouted.

"Shu will !! here"

"Shu will !! here"

Suddenly, the remaining infantry shouted loudly, and their morale was greatly boosted, and the vanguard general of Shu was really brave and good at fighting!

The siege vehicle hit the city wall again, and I immediately picked up the command flag, as long as the city wall was crashed open, it was the best time for the whole army to assault!

The man on the city wall suddenly looked solemn, and his right hand clutched the folding fan tightly in his hand. I saw him whisper to the general behind him. The general nodded and left.

The siege engines continued to ram the walls, and the defenders' bows and arrows became more and more dense, but the infantry was demoralized and tried to protect the siege engines. Bows and arrows can't hurt a bit, and hope is just around the corner.

But just when the dawn of victory was approaching, suddenly the rocks on the enemy's city wall moved, and many gaps appeared, and many spears were pierced out of the gaps at once, and the tiger shields of the infantry were supposed to resist the bows and arrows above, who would have thought that the rock walls of the city wall could be moved, and countless spears came towards the infantry. For a time, most of the infantry fell.

General Wu Ban was shocked when he saw this, but he had no intention of giving up. Pushing the siege vehicle to continue to impact, but the soldiers next to him fell one after another, and the siege vehicle could not exert the maximum effect, and it did not have the slightest effect when it hit the city wall.

Wu Ban roared angrily! Hit in the right foot with a spear, he fell to the ground, and the remaining infantry barely protected him with tiger shields.

But under the double attack of bows and spears, the few infantry around him fell one by one...

Wu Ban looked at the sky, and suddenly used all his strength to bow to the ground: "Your Majesty!! Minister, vanguard general Wu Ban, has the trust of His Majesty, and can only do his best here... Disloyal... Finish. ”

The originally clear sky suddenly began to pour rain.

The rest of the infantry also fell to the ground, waiting for the last moments...

"Save him!! Save him!! I shouted.

But none of the soldiers around him took action.

"I am the general appointed by Liu Xuande to lead the troops, why can't you wait for my orders?" I yelled angrily.

"General Cheng, General Wu gave the last military order when he left, if he is trapped in the battlefield, we can't save him, so I forgive you for listening to the order! Please let us complete General Wu's last military order! Even if military law is engaged, we will gladly accept it! Wu Ban's lieutenant finished speaking, tears rained down.

"I'll gladly accept it!"

"I'll gladly accept it!"

All the soldiers wept silently...

I looked at Wu Ban near the city wall, and my heart ached...

(End of chapter)