Chapter 578: Against Sima
Sima Fa didn't know that Ning Ze appeared in Xigu County, and he didn't expect that the other party would come over from such a far away place in an instant.
All he had to do was to capture Xigu County at night, and the army would head straight at Yujiang, trying to eliminate Lady Tian's forces before Hua Guo reacted.
That night, he and Lu Yuanbing split into two routes, targeting the southwest two gates respectively, and acted according to the plan.
The moonlight was hazy, and the outside of the city seemed to be sprinkled with silver frost.
Lu Yuan led the army quietly to the south of the city, trying not to make a sound, and marched in the direction of the city gate.
The gates were quiet, with only sporadic torches moving on the walls, and no enemy troops seemed to be spotted outside.
Lu Yuan's army carried the cloud ladder and quietly approached the city wall.
It is only more than 50 meters away from the city wall, and it is almost there. The soldier who was walking in the front suddenly screamed and fell, and the whole team quickly stopped.
It turned out that outside the south gate of Xigu County, a row of earthen pits appeared inexplicably, and in the pits were buried cut wooden thorns, and the soldiers who fell into them were pierced, and they died soon after struggling.
His subordinates reported to Lu Yuan, and when he got the news, he hurried to the front of the team to check it in person, and his mind was full of doubts: "There is no pit in the siege of the city during the day, why did it suddenly appear at this time?"
"General, the pit is so deep that it doesn't look like it was dug in half a day. The lieutenant next to him whispered.
"The rebels are still so capable, it's impressive!"
"General, what should I do?"
"Order to avoid the pit and attack from the flank!"
"Whoa!"
Lu Yuan's army decisively avoided these pits and made a direct detour.
They approached the walls from the flank, and the defenders of the city had not yet noticed. Lu Yuan gave an order, and the army directly set up a cloud ladder in an attempt to climb over the wall to enter.
Just as the soldiers were halfway up, countless torches suddenly appeared above the originally silent city wall, instantly illuminating the entire area.
A large number of defenders then appeared, pushing the ladders that were erected against the wall one by one.
The soldier who had climbed halfway up could not help but scream when he found the ladder leaving the wall support and falling behind him. Some people clung to the ladder, while others took the initiative to let go and fell from a high altitude.
The enemy army is ready?
Lu Yuan was a little surprised, but he would not cancel the plan, and ordered the army to launch a strong attack, and he was sure to break through the defense and enter the city.
The army poured under the city walls and set up new ladders one after another in an attempt to force their way to the city.
The fallen ladders were also lifted up, and the wounded were carried away, while others helped to lift the ladders up and climb again.
Just like countless ants ready to hunt, the scene is spectacular.
The defenders of the city desperately pushed away the cloud ladder, and at the same time dropped the rolling stones and skulls to stop Lu Yuan's soldiers and horses.
The two sides launched a fierce attack and defense, and the sound of killing pierced the silent night sky.
Lu Yuan's soldiers and horses were not afraid of death, and the offensive was extremely fierce.
The defenders were obviously struggling, but they couldn't retreat, and they had to do their best.
At that moment, mud fell from the side facing the city in the mud pits that had been bypassed, and inside were movable planks that could not be seen clearly in the night.
The planks are removed, revealing a secret passage into the city.
Many of the defenders quickly moved the wooden spikes and the corpses of the enemy, and set up ladders to get out of the pit.
Lu Yuan didn't expect that there would be enemy troops in the pit, in his opinion, those were just ordinary pits, how would he know that there were secret passages in the pits?
The whole army focused on storming the city, but the army that came out of the pit suddenly attacked, and a large number of rockets densely streaked across the sky and fell into Lu Yuan's army in a graceful parabola.
It was originally a sneak attack on the other party at night, but he didn't expect to be attacked by himself, and Lu Yuan's army was a little chaotic.
The defenders of the city seized the opportunity and counterattacked more aggressively, and launched a flank attack with the soldiers and horses who attacked Lu Yuan from the flank, and quickly turned the situation around.
Lu Yuan's army needs to deal with enemy troops attacking him from two directions at the same time, and there is no way to stay calm.
Especially in the dark night, it is difficult to judge the number of enemy troops who are attacking from the flank, and the opponent is attacking extremely fiercely and under great pressure.
On the other hand, Sima Fa didn't know what happened to Lu Yuan's army.
His army attacked Simon as planned, and at first it was silent, approaching the city without the other party noticing.
Fifty or sixty meters away from the city gate, there was also a row of pits, and many soldiers stepped on the trap and fell down, directly penetrated by wooden thorns.
Sima Fa's way of dealing with it is similar to Lu Yuan's, after all, normal people's first reaction is to avoid the trap, and they would not think that there is a secret passage under the pit.
However, he was calmer than Lu Yuan, and after bypassing it, he did not immediately storm the city, but thought about why there was such a row of deep pits near the city gate in such a short time. How did the other person do this without drawing attention to him?
There is a pit near the city gate, indicating that the enemy army is aware of the possibility of a night attack on their side and has made preparations in advance. If this is the case, the silence on the city walls is an illusion, and perhaps it is heavily guarded and laid out long ago.
In order to verify this, Sima Fa ordered the drumming to pretend to charge, but the army stopped in place.
The drums sounded, and a large number of torches appeared in the city, and the lights were brightened in an instant.
On the originally quiet city wall, a large number of defenders appeared, all of them fully armed.
The other party was really prepared!
Sima Fa verified his ideas and thought quickly in his head. Since the other party had already prepared, it was useless to launch a strong attack at this time, while letting people pass the signal and quickly inform Lu Yuan that he would not fall for the trick, he personally stepped forward and shouted, wanting to know who in the city guessed that he wanted a night attack and laid out in advance.
The defenders in the city were quite nervous, and they all drew their bows and arrows, and as long as Sima Fa's army made any changes, they immediately fired thousands of arrows to prevent the other party from storming the city.
Unexpectedly, Sima Fa's army did not move, and retreated to keep a safe distance from the defenders.
Sima Fa rode to the front of the battle, raised his head and shouted, "The general is on duty in the city, can you come out and see you?"
He knew that it was Mrs. Tian's general Xu Jun who guarded the city before, but Xu Jun was not so smart, it was impossible to see through his own strategy, and he set a trap in advance. So it is speculated that there has been a change, and there must be other generals coming to support.
As soon as he finished speaking, a familiar face appeared on the city wall. When Sima Fa saw this face, his pupils shrank, obviously frightened.
"Long time no see!" Ning Ze condescendedly and smiled and waved at Sima Fa, "I heard that Sima Junshi fought all the way to Xigu County, so Gu made a special trip to say hello." ”
How could Ning Ze appear? Wasn't he on the border of Wubao County, fighting with Ma Jian?
It's impossible to come here so soon after gathering so far!
In this way, I am afraid that the city is a fake. It should be that Mrs. Tian's forces can't resist it, so she came up with this method, and specially found someone who looked a little similar to Ning Ze to pretend to be, and wanted to bluff herself and force herself to withdraw from the army by seeing clearly in the night!
Sima Fa didn't believe that Ning Ze could come to Xigu County in an instant from thousands of miles away, so he naturally thought that Ning Ze in front of him was not real. So he quickly calmed down, raised his head and said, "Which general is so smart that he has found someone so similar to Ning Ze, the king of Danyang." It's a pity that he can't deceive me! The general has such ability, why should he help the rebels? If he can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, he will be reused upon my recommendation!"
He wants to persuade the "defenders" who came up with such a plan to surrender, after all, the ability to have such a mind is certainly not bad.
Ning Ze saw that he had misunderstood, thinking that he was a fake, and immediately laughed and said: "Sima Junshi doesn't even recognize Gu?
The tone of the voice is quite similar, and it is difficult to see the appearance in the dark night. Sima Fa said, "If you are really Ning Ze, Wubao County is so far away from here, how can you suddenly appear? Could it be that you really have the ability to reach the heavens and can travel thousands of miles in an instant?"
"Maybe Lone has this ability, but you don't know!"
"You can bluff others, you can't bluff me!" Sima Fa said loudly, "Ning Ze can't come thousands of miles away in an instant, vainly trying to use an imposter to stop our army, it's just wishful thinking! There is a huge disparity in the strength of the two sides, how can we stop our army's strong attack? Capitulating the city is the right way, otherwise there will be countless casualties in the city, and no one wants to see it!"
"Doesn't Master Sima look more carefully?" Ning Ze saw that he didn't believe that he was really standing here, so he asked with a smile, "Lone is the real thing!"
"It doesn't matter if you are true or not, if you don't open the city and surrender, you will bear the consequences!" Sima Fa didn't believe it at all, he was sure that Ning Ze couldn't come here from Nancheng in an instant, and he could really make the other party an immortal. No matter how powerful Ning Ze is, no matter how high his mana is, he can't become an immortal, right?
In fact, if it weren't for the repeated confirmation of the military intelligence, Ning Ze did do many things that ordinary people couldn't do at all, and he would have some "spells" that couldn't be explained, and even such a terrible "monster" would have surrendered, and he didn't even believe that Ning Ze would "spell". Not to mention that the other party became a "god".
"Master Sima is really suspicious. Ning Ze looked at the army outside the city and said, "Since this is the case, Lone will let you see it, so that Sima Junshi will not continue to treat Lone as an impostor!"
Sima Fa frowned and looked at the city wall, his eyes were fixed on Ning Ze, and he said in his heart that the other party was going to do something, it was better to be careful, it might be some kind of signal to notify the defenders in the city to react.
Ning Ze turned his head to take a look, and someone behind him gestured at him, indicating that the arrangement was in order.
It turned out that Ning Ze sent his own intelligence personnel into the secret passage in advance to stand by, and set up a small temporary camp in the secret passage. By the time the two sides were talking, the wooden spikes had been moved from the pit and a ladder had been set up. Everything is in place and there are no problems.
After getting the response, Ning Ze immediately used the pseudo-soldier tactics, and sure enough, a new position appeared on the virtual map, and after the selection, he teleported over instantly, leaving a few pigs and sheep on the city wall as victims, and died on the spot.
Ning Ze suddenly disappeared from the city wall, Sima Fa frowned slightly, and said in his heart that the other party estimated what trick he used, and hid behind the city wall. Just as he was about to shout, Ning Ze appeared in the direction of the trap, and the four giant beasts around him were lined up, as well as a group of cattle, sheep, pigs and dogs in an array, obeying orders like an army, which was extremely unusual.
Behind Ning Ze, a large number of defender soldiers came out of the pit one after another, fully armed and waiting for the order.
"Master Sima, be alone here!" Ning Ze shouted, "Do you need to come over to verify the authenticity?"
The Sima Fa army, whose attention had been on the city walls, was startled by this shout.
Sima Fa turned his head and saw Ning Ze who appeared on the side, and he was also shocked, a little incredulous.
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