Jiwu County Ya, Zhonglang General Wei Yun and Captain Dian Wei sat opposite each other, the two were in a relatively relaxed mood, today the scout came to report that Lu Bu led 40,000 soldiers and a large number of transfer people have arrived close to Jiwu County. The two were ordered to be stationed here, including 10,000 people from the Wei Yun Department and 4,000 people from the Dian Wei Department. Officially, because he got the news in advance and made an accurate judgment, Wei Xuan sent Dian Wei to help in the war.

The fourteen thousand men were all infantry, with the exception of the scouts, of whom 2,000 heavy infantry and 2,000 archers. Such a configuration to defend the city is very sharp. According to Wei Xuan's plan, it was to drag Lu Bu forward.

Judging from the expressions on the faces of the two of them, it was obvious that they were very confident in keeping their own hands. The soldiers inside and outside the county government were also infected by the main general, and they did not take the enemy who had approached them in the slightest. However, careful people can see that many people who look like Sima and military marquis are leading a team of soldiers to visit the streets and houses, and near the city wall, many soldiers are demolishing buildings near the south gate and the east gate, so as to provide a place for hoarding materials for defending the city and settling the soldiers.

Outside the city, after a night of preparation, Lu Bu's camp had been ???????????????? from a distance Between twenty and fifteen miles. Therefore, when the defenders of the city have eaten sooner or later, they can stand on the wall of the south gate and clearly see a large number of enemies approaching. At first it was a black line, then a black one, and if it weren't for the large number of flags flying in the procession, people would definitely think that the black one in the south would be a colony of moving ants.

Although the defenders of the city today are also soldiers who have undergone years of training, the shock in my heart when I really see 30,000 or 40,000 people slowly approaching the city cannot be concealed in any way. Fortunately, their lieutenant Wei Yun and the school captain Dian Wei ascended the city tower respectively.

Half an hour later, the enemy outside the city split into several torrents that flowed to the east and west gates of Jiwu, and some remained in place and began to build new fortifications. Of course, more continue to move towards the south gate of Jiwu.

Today, it was Gao Shun who was responsible for leading the troops to attack the south gate, and Lu Bu walked not far behind him with his own soldiers. Today's purpose is to test the power of the city.

When he saw the two flags in the opposite team clearly, Dian Wei grinned: "There is really no one left with the third surname, so let Gao Shun be the pioneer." ”

Wei Yun explained his meaning and asked: "Lao Dian, didn't the general say that in addition to Chen Gong in this Lu Bu formation, Gao Zixiu should be on guard, this Lu Bu sent him to be a pioneer to test you and I am also a soldier, why does Lao Dian underestimate this person?" ”

Dian Wei did not restrain his smile at all and said: "Gao Zixiu is good at training and leading troops, I heard the lord say that the trapped camp under this person's command is invincible for field battles. However, today's temptation is to attack the city, and Gao Shun's trapped camp has no advantage, so he should send brave generals to lead some warriors who are good at individual combat to be the vanguard. ”

Wei Yun glanced at Dian Wei in surprise and said, "Old Dian, you can start learning the art of war now." But don't forget, Lu Bu personally supervised the battle behind the formation, and Gao Zixiu's trapping camp must be hidden in the several phalanxes in front of it. When they enter the city for a while, they will first rush with a few groups of ordinary soldiers, and then suddenly switch to the trapping camp, which will definitely catch us off guard! ”

Dian Wei touched the back of his head and smiled: "How is the general going to deal with it?" Wei Yun glanced at Dian Wei and said: "The general means that you and an elite heavy infantry under your command are invited to rest in the city, and these ordinary enemies will be handed over to the generals under the command of the general to deal with. ”

Dian Wei tilted his head and looked at Wei Yun Yaoyao's head: "No, no, we should find a way to lure Gao Zixiu to the city wall." The last time Gao Zixiu was released, the lord told him that if he was captured again, Gao Zixiu would have to submit to the lord. Now that the scale of our army is gradually expanding, the territory that needs to be defended is getting bigger and bigger, and it is really a waste to let a talent like Gao Zixiu follow Lu Bu. So General Wei must find a way to lure Gao Zixiu to the city wall, and then I will be responsible for capturing him, so that not only can you deal a heavy blow to the enemy, but also let the lord get a general. ”

Wei Yun was stunned for a while, and then smiled, worthy of being Wei Xuan's personal guard, and really understood Wei Xuan's thoughts. Although it is difficult to capture Gao Shun alive on the city wall, there is still a chance if it is properly arranged.

Wei Yun nodded, and then called several captains and Sima to the city tower to make arrangements for a while, and then said to Dian Wei: "???????????????? Since it is to capture Gao Zixiu alive, he must be fully prepared. There are also many brave people under Lu Bu's command, and if they don't get it right, they will see the flaws and rush into the city in one fell swoop. Therefore, after the war, please ask the old canon, you and your subordinates must obey the general's order. ”

Dian Wei grinned and said, "Of course, as long as you can catch Gao Zixiu, you can let me carry the gold juice bucket." ”

Wei Yun smiled, this Dian Wei is really honest and cute, and he is not so easy to deal with as an ordinary captain of the main guard.

From leaving the camp to approaching the enemy's city wall, Gao Shun and his soldiers spent nearly an hour. Less than five hundred paces from the walls of the south gate of Jiwu, they stopped again to regain their strength.

Standing on the city walls, you can already see the size of the enemy, and today there are about 10,000 people in charge of the attack on the south gate. There were about 5,000 people in each of the east and west gates. Due to the recent arrival, there was no orange hammer in the queue of 10,000 people, but many ladders could be seen.

Wei Yun waited on the tower for about a quarter of an hour, and the enemy finally approached the city wall again. Four hundred paces, three hundred steps, two hundred steps, the two phalanxes that walked in the front, about 2,000 men, stopped again, and the 10,000 people who could see the enemy from the height of the city wall were divided into five horizontal formations, each lined up with two phalanxes on the left and right, apparently to avoid the city gate towers attacking the walls on both sides.

The enemy continued to advance, but Wei Yun did not order the Divine Arm Archer to fire. Because the enemy came forward only in a procession, that is, a phalanx of two thousand men.

In addition to the 3,000 people arranged here by Wei Yun in Jiwu City, there are also all 4,000 people in the Dian Wei Department. As long as the city gate is not breached by the enemy, it is impossible to climb through the city wall to break through the south gate.

One hundred and fifty paces, Wei Yun still did not give the order to release the arrows, but the two hundred archers of the headquarters and the four hundred archers of the Dian Wei department had already bent their bows and arrows at the battlements on both sides of the city gate.

One hundred paces, Wei Yun personally gave the order to release the arrows, and the six hundred archers on the city wall released the first arrows at the two thousand attacking enemies outside the city, and then three arrows in a row.

Whoosh, whoosh, poof......

Thousands of feathered arrows flew over the walls and fell into the ranks of the enemy outside the city, most of them blocked by shields, and a few pierced through the leather armor of the infantry and entered the enemy's body, and these lucky ones quickly lost their combat strength, either swooping down on the spot or retreating with difficulty.

Gao Shun was planted at the front of the second queue, looking at the front with a serious expression. The number of archers of the defenders on the walls was a bit too much. Gao Shun has experienced a hundred battles and has also participated in the defense of the city many times. Know how a seasoned guard general arranges his troops.

According to this density of bows and arrows, the two sides of the city walls are estimated to have more than three hundred archers. It is very obvious that he is divided into five queues to prepare for a continuous attack on the city, so normally, the defenders will also divide their soldiers defending the city into five echelons, and there will even be reserves. According to this calculation, there were nearly three thousand archers on this side of the wall alone. Chopping the enemy archer means that you need to take on more enemy ranged attacks, but the number of enemy soldiers is fixed, and the number of archers chopping other infantry is smaller, and once you successfully reach the wall, this advantage will be reversed.

Although for the sake of convenience, most people will choose the south as the main direction of attack???????????????? But the east and west gates must be arranged with at least a thousand archers. Then this is 5,000, and the Wei Yun Department is only 10,000 at most.

As the distance approached, the attacking infantry became faster and faster, and soon someone hooked the ladder to the battlement. And then the second, and the third,

Gao Shun decisively slapped out the archers who were originally on standby in the second queue and began to throw arrows, trying to suppress the archers on the city wall to buy time for his side to climb the city wall.

The archers on the ramparts were shooting unhurriedly, and officers began to shout at pole scratchers in an attempt to overturn the ladder. Some of the unsecured ladders were overturned on the spot, causing the enemies below the city to scramble, but many more were unable to move because there were people climbing the ladders.

As more and more people approached the battlements, the archers had to retreat to give up their positions to the infantry. The infantrymen used spears and swords to vigilantly defend a two-step radius of each ladder.

Gao Shun didn't care about his own casualties, but he could see that the defenders on the city wall were not as strong as the Wei Xuan army he had seen before. Although the defensive procedures are orderly, the staggered rotation of the various units is also very orderly. But Gao Shun always felt that something was missing, or that these defenders were not much different from what he had seen in other cities in Yanzhou before. If so, 40,000 men will attack the city on all sides, and it will never take a few days to break through the city and annihilate the defenders.

Gao Shun felt that this was abnormal, how fiercely Wei Yan, Wei Zheng, Tai Shici and others attacked Monkey City wave after wave that day, and even his trapping camp could not be completely stopped.

But then Gao Shun also felt normal, because the main defender would be Wei Yun, this is a general who relies on nepotism to get to the top, and the civil and military are not outstanding, but he may have been influenced by Wei Xuan, and he looks very stable, in fact, such a defender is best to deal with, that is, three waves of attacks are mixed with a wave of strong attacks, and it is easy for these defenders who are used to the old version of the board to riot. Repeat it a few times and you'll have a chance.

Thinking of this, Gao Shun said a few words to the heralds around him, and some people walked towards Lu Bu in the rear, while the others came to the queue behind and whispered Gao Shun's orders.