Chapter 15: Hostages

As mentioned last time, three hot air balloons of the Shu army were shot down, and Liu Houlao was ashamed and angry, not thinking about his own fault, but thinking that it was the fault of the Dongwu people.

Therefore, he ordered the whole army of vine armor soldiers to rush forward, ready to rush uphill at any cost, and kill the hateful Dongwu people.

However, as soon as the Shu army rushed out, they saw three huge crosses erected in front of the Dongwu array. Liu Hou rubbed his eyes, thinking that he had seen something wrong.

Isn't the cross something that only exists in the West? How can it appear here, no matter how capable the people of that church are, they can't preach here so quickly.

You must know that it is only the third century AD, that is, Jesus was born only more than 200 years ago, and the Christians at this time have not spread much even in Europe, let alone in the far East.

Liu Hou hurriedly took out the crystal telescope and looked at it in his eyes, it turned out that the people of Dongwu did not mean it, and they didn't deliberately make a cross. But they deliberately tied up these people. They tied two trees with the thickness of a bowl into a cross, and then tied people to this cross.

Because the two hands of the person are stretched out to the sides and tied, a crossbar is used to fix the hands, so that a cross is naturally made. It seemed that these crosses had nothing to do with that sect at all, and Liu Hou couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he thought of this.

However, he soon became nervous again, because he saw through his binoculars that the three people tied to the cross were the Shu army pilots who had parachuted earlier.

What does it mean that the Soochow people tied them up and put them in front of the battle? Soon, he knew what they meant: he saw that the three pilots had a spear on their necks, and the meaning of the Dongwu people was obvious, as long as he gently sent this spear forward, he could kill these three pilots.

Then, Liu Hou heard a group of Eastern Wu soldiers shouting neatly: "Stop the attack immediately, or kill these three people." ”

"Damn, he's taking hostages." Liu Hou couldn't help but scold. He never thought that the people of Dongwu would come to this play.

Isn't such a shameless act done only by yourself? This is the era of people who disdain to do this kind of thing, don't the hot-blooded Three Kingdoms era like to fight in a dignified manner? Don't they all like fighters?

I also brought a vulture bone, and I was trying to enjoy a good show of a first-class military general, but I didn't expect the Dongwu people to give me such a play.

(Author: You've watched too much of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.) ）

Liu Hou really has the urge to vomit blood, but vomiting blood is vomiting blood, life still has to pass, and reality still has to be dealt with. Liu Houqiang calmed down and immediately ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

With the sound of the gong of "Dang Dang Dang", the rattan armor soldiers who rushed out poured back like a tide, and the place where the two armies were densely packed with people just now soon became empty, and only the grass and wildflowers that were trampled to tell the brutal behavior of human beings just now.

Liu Hou suddenly became a bogeyman, which made him very uncomfortable, he had always been blackmailing others before, but he didn't expect that now it was his turn to be taken care of. The sudden change in roles made him even angrier. However, after his anger reached the extreme, he slowly began to calm down.

He knew very well that anger could not solve the problem at this time, and impulsiveness would not help, and now the shape was different from before, and it was not possible to solve the problem by blindly relying on brute force, relying on strong attack power. Only by calming down and thinking carefully about a good strategy can we get through this hostage crisis.

Although, in ancient times, human lives were not valuable, and the lives of three soldiers were nothing in a war where tens of thousands of people were killed together, however, Liu Hou was extremely good to his own people, and if he had the opportunity to save them, he would definitely save them, even if he paid a certain price for it.

The people of Eastern Wu obviously saw this, and they thought that the person who could pilot this flying artifact should have a pivotal position in the Shu army, so they captured these three pilots as hostages. That's a crooked hit, right?

Before Liu Hou could think of any solution, he suddenly chuckled in his heart, and he remembered a very important thing. He immediately said to Zhao Tong beside him: "You immediately send someone to Master Fei as quickly as possible, and tell him about the matter here, no, you should go there in person, and you must try your best to see Master Bu."

Be sure to let him know that the Soochow Army has a bed crossbow to deal with hot air balloons. Let him try not to use the hot air balloon, and even if it does, the height must not be less than 18 zhang (about 400 meters). In short, let him be careful of the enemy's bed crossbow. Also, I have to tell him that the Soochow people have a tower shield that our muskets can't penetrate.

Remember, it's a very important thing, you have to race against time to get there, and the safety of the five hot air balloons on his side depends on your speed. ”

"No!" Zhao Tong responded to a promise, repeated Liu Hou's words just now, and after confirming that it was correct, he immediately turned over and rode away with a few personal soldiers.

Liu Hou prayed silently to the Mantian God and Buddha, hoping that Zhao Tong would be in time, hoping that the war had not yet started over there. The army he encountered this time was completely different from the previous ones, and the people of Eastern Wu actually had endless methods, which made him feel that it was difficult to deal with them.

Although he was very worried about the war on Guo Youzhi's side, there was no time for him to be sentimental now, he wanted to take care of his mood and do his best to solve the crisis in front of him.

It's just that the crisis in front of him is not so easy to solve, and his first think-tank, Guo Youzhi, is not by his side, and he can't even think of any good way to solve the hostage crisis perfectly for a while.

While thinking of a way, I was also curious, why did the people of Soochow seem to be familiar with their troops? Some coping methods have also been developed, is this accidental or is there a reason?

Liu Hou never thought that the reason why the Eastern Wu Army was so familiar with hot air balloons and firearms was because of one person, that is, Buqi's other son, Bu Xie.

When the preliminary arrangement was made for both sons to flee with letters with the same content, it was hoped that they would take the letters out of Lingnan. Later, one of the sons, Buxie, was caught, but the other son, Buxie, has not been heard.

But I didn't expect that this step association was also a resolute and extremely smart person. I don't know how he escaped from Lingnan when the three checkpoints on the Nanling Ancient Road were controlled by the Shu army.

In short, he succeeded in presenting Buqi's letter to Sun Quan. As mentioned earlier, this letter contains Buqi's analysis of the characteristics and weaknesses of the Shu army's hot air balloons and firearms.

Bu Qi fought several battles with the Shu army, and with his keen antennae, he found out the weaknesses of hot air balloons and firearms, two weapons that the Shu army relied on to survive. As soon as this information was transmitted back to Eastern Wu, Sun Quan immediately organized people to study the weaknesses of the Shu army, and demanded that he do his best to develop products to overcome the Shu army's hot air balloons and firearms, which will put a lot of pressure on the Shu army.

So, there is the kind of bed crossbow that shoots up to the sky and the kind of tower shield that the musket can't shoot. Don't look at these two things as untechnical, but in this day and age, it's amazing that they can make these things so quickly.

Liu Hou didn't know that the Dongwu Army had quietly changed, not only because his hot air balloons, firearms, and other top-secret weapons of mass destruction had long been exposed in front of people, but also related to Buqi. If he knew about it, he would definitely strangle Bu Qi to death.

Unable to think of a way, Liu Hou had no choice but to order the troops to be collected and returned to the camp, and at the same time sent an envoy up the mountain to negotiate with Ding Feng to see what conditions he wanted to release the three pilots. Liu Hou's offensive plan this time was officially aborted.

Compared with Liu Hou's side, Guo Youzhi's side fought well. Guo Youzhi's task was to block the reinforcements of the Eastern Wu people, so he was the defender, he occupied a favorable terrain in advance, firmly held the place, and waited for the Eastern Wu reinforcements to attack.

This is the only way for the Dongwu reinforcements to rescue Ding Feng, whether it is the Dongwu soldiers who came out of the city, or the Zhou Taibu who came from the other side of the river, they must pass through this road to meet Ding Feng, so it is very suitable to choose this place as a blocking battlefield.

The first to come over was the Eastern Wu soldiers in the city, numbering about 30,000, and under the leadership of Xu Sheng, they rushed over.

Guo Youzhi would be polite to them, and ordered a team of vine armor soldiers to crouch in front of the musketeers, while the musketeers fired a standard three-stage shot. The Soochow soldiers who rushed over first were shot down in a large area.

The Dongwu people immediately let the tower shield hand step forward, lined up in a queue, formed a shield wall, and then slowly advanced, a typical look of fear of death.

Guo Youzhi looked at the shield wall that the musket couldn't break, and frowned slightly. But that's all, he didn't worry too much, but not only was he not worried, but the rest of the Shu army didn't even show much surprise when they saw that their main attack methods were ineffective.

Soon, the shield wall reached about 10 steps to the Shu army's camp.

"Throw," shouted an officer. A row of small black dots appeared from the heads of the Shu army and flew towards the camp of Eastern Wu. It turned out that there was a row of soldiers throwing grenades in their hands towards the Soochow army, a crowded place.

After a rumbling sound, smoke billowed from the gunpowder. Soochow's tower shield wall was blown apart. The musketeers took the opportunity to fire quickly and killed the Soochow soldiers who were exposed one by one.

Driven by Xu Sheng, the Eastern Wu soldiers continued to attack the positions of the Shu army like a raging storm. Even if people kept falling and dying in front of them, they still charged bravely.

However, under the blows of the musket in three stages, how could they rush through, and only increase the casualties. Finally, Xu Sheng also saw it and knew that he couldn't rush to this place today, so he had to reluctantly withdraw his troops.

However, at this time, where was Guo Youzhi willing to let him come as he said he would, and leave as soon as he said he would, as soon as the Dongwu people retreated, he asked the rattan armor soldiers to go out and chase them by the tail. As a result, the retreating Eastern Wu soldiers were killed in chaos.

The Shu army did not pursue too much, and after killing and dispersing the Eastern Wu soldiers, they returned to the blocking position and continued to garrison there, waiting for the next group of Eastern Wu people to come over.