Chapter 061: The Battle of the Birds
All parts of Wu are intensively recruiting soldiers and soldiers, mobilizing grain and grass, and preparing to go to the front line at any time.
On the front line of Luzi, the war is becoming more and more urgent!
According to the battle report sent back by the guard Heifu, the attacking Chu army was about 80,000 people, with enough soldiers and food, and was besieging the city of Luzi day and night.
Although the huge city of Luzi is the military town of Wu State, and the city fortifications are very strong, it cannot withstand such a fierce attack by the overwhelming Chu army!
The original garrison of Luzi was only two or three thousand soldiers, plus the five thousand troops who had been drawn from the capital of Wu not long ago to reinforce the past, and the Wu army in the entire city of Luzi was only eight thousand soldiers and horses.
That is, the strength of the Chu army is ten times that of the Luzi defenders!
This makes the situation in the entire city of Luzi as dangerous.
"Ten days! The widow needs Hefu to hold on to the Bird for at least ten days! Go back and tell Hefu at once, if he can't even hold the city for ten days, come and see him!" ”
Qingji shouted at the armor who was kneeling on one knee under the majesty's platform.
"No!"
Qingji ordered Heifu to hold on to the city for ten days, but it was not an exaggeration.
Now, the Chu people are attacking on a large scale, and the national disaster is at the head, Qingji has issued a conscription order, and quickly recruited young and strong men in the country to feel that Wu Du is ready to enter the war on the front line at any time!
In view of the fact that the city of Luzi has been surrounded by the Chu army and the Chu army is overwhelming, Qingji can only stay in Wudu temporarily, and then counterattack after gathering enough troops.
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Wuhu (Wuhu), because of the low-lying terrain, is a shallow lake full of "turnips", rich in fish, there are many doves on the lakeside, the forest and grass are thick, so it is called "Guzi".
It has always been a battleground for soldiers!
There is a long lake near Jiuzi because "the water is not deep and the algae grows", so it is named Wuhu.
This section of the Shuiyang River was called the Zhongjiang River at that time, connecting the Yangtze River in the west and Taihu Lake in the east, which was an important east-west traffic waterway!
And Jiuzi is a ferry port that controls the Zhongjiang River, and its location is quite important.
If the Wu army attacks Chu, it will take Luci as the bridgehead, and if the Chu army invades Wu, it will take Luzi as the best route.
Because the southwest of Wu is a large undeveloped swampland, a barren area.
If the Chu army wants to cut down Wu through there, it will be difficult to reach the sky!
It is worth mentioning that Luzi was not an inherent city of Wu.
About 70 years ago, around 570 B.C., it was still a small country with the surname Yan that was caught between the two great powers of Wu and Chu.
Legend has it that both Luzi and Qunshu (a small country with the surname Yan in the south) are descendants of Gaotao.
When the king of Chu was the king, he ordered Yin Zizhong to lead his troops to attack Wu and annexed Jiuzi country, and since then it has become a small town on the border of Chu State.
Later, Wu and Chu repeatedly fought over and over again around Luzi, and finally became Wuyi, until today.
"Kill!"
Inside and outside the city, the shouts of killing rose to the sky, and the anger was overwhelming.
I saw that the bridge boat of the Chu army quickly rushed towards the water village of Luzi City.
The Chu sergeant on the ship held a shield to protect his body against the flying arrows.
But there are always unlucky Chu soldiers, who were shot by arrows and fell into the river, and the blood mist filled the water, and there was no sound!
Whenever the bridge boat approached the water village and had not yet begun to erect a cloud ladder to climb, the soldiers of the Wu army on the water village had already suddenly thrown stones and rolling logs at the enemy, or poured hot oil on them!
"Uh-"
A Chu soldier who tried to climb the ladder was caught off guard by a stream of hot oil splashed on his head.
He let out a terrible scream like killing a pig, and his face instantly became red and swollen and festered, and then the whole person fell down like a kite with a broken string, and died of exhaustion.
Many soldiers of the Chu army did not even touch the ladder, and the shields they were holding were suddenly hit by the impact of the stones, and they were smashed to the ground.
Seeing this bloody scene, the soldiers of the Chu army behind did not feel afraid, but roared loudly, emboldening themselves, and rushed towards the water village one after another!
In the direction of Shuizhai, the fierce battle was still so fierce, and the casualties of the two armies were naturally more serious in the city of Luci, which was the main direction of attack of the Chu army.
I saw inside and outside the city, corpses were all over the field, and blood flowed like a river!
"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”
The dull and murderous sound of war drums resounded throughout the sky.
The soldiers of the Chu army, who were immense, poured into the city like a tide.
"Kill!"
"Rush!"
Stepping on the corpse of the robe, the Chu army had red eyes, like a mad bull, and rushed towards the arrows of the enemy army at the head of the city without fear of death.
At this time, the moat that originally surrounded the city of Luzi had been filled in by the Chu people.
Many Chu soldiers with big shoulders and round waists pushed siege rams and violently slammed into the city gate of Luzi!
The wooden curtain on the battering ram can block many enemy arrows for the besieging Chu army.
Whenever a soldier pushing a battering ram was killed, another nearby soldier would take his place.
"Boom! Rumble! ”
Under the violent impact of the battering rams, the originally heavy city gates trembled and looked crumbling.
Fortunately, inside the city gate, there were more than a dozen Wu soldiers who insisted on using their own flesh and blood to stand on the edge of the city gate, and stubbornly withstood the fierce impact of the battering ram!
"Shoot the arrows!"
At the head of the city, the archers of the Wu army from time to time opened their bows and arrows, shooting and killing the enemies that were constantly surging below.
"Ahh
A Chu pawn was accidentally shot in the eye by an arrow, and immediately blood splattered, covering his eyeballs in pain, and finally being crushed to death by the constantly falling rolling logs!
At this time, there were already many soldiers of the Chu army who climbed to the top of the city along the siege ladders such as cloud ladders and flying ladders, but what was waiting for them was Wu Shu's spears and broadswords!
"Mother, Xipi! Death to Lao Tzu! ”
"Get down!"
The Wu army at the head of the city scolded and scolded, looked at the enemy who came up on the probe, and immediately stabbed a spear over, directly swept away the Chu soldiers, so that they were seriously injured, and they also fell to the ground, shattered their bones!
"Wu Manzi, die!"
"Chu Dog!"
As the so-called enemies meet, they are very red-eyed.
When the soldiers of the two armies of Wu and Chu were fighting, they did not forget to spit out the fragrance in their mouths, holding their breath and wanting to kill each other.
"Poof!"
A soldier of Wu Guo was defeated by the Chu soldiers and was stabbed into the heart by a sword, his eyes suddenly widened, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously overflowed with a touch of blood.
But even so, Sergeant Wu still let out a roar like a wild beast, hugged the enemy's waist, threw forward, and fell under the city together!
How much hatred is this to do such a thing?
Perhaps, for the soldiers of Wu who died together, they just want to pull a cushion before they die.
Under the city, in order to cover more Chu soldiers to climb to the top of the city, the archers threw cold arrows upwards from time to time, and also shot many enemies.
The two armies of Wu and Chu, the battle around this Luzi city was particularly tragic!
Extra bloody!