Chapter 68: Luring the Enemy into the City
"I said Boyan, but it's just a yellow-mouthed child who doesn't understand the art of war, why be so cautious, with these siege ladders and rushing vehicles, and with a big crossbow to cover it, why waste time building trebuchets!"
Outside Panyu City, looking at the dozens of ladders and rushing cars in front of him, Gan Ning, who had been waiting for three days to build siege equipment, couldn't wait at the moment.
"Well, since Brother Xingba is in a hurry, let's attack it first!"
Looking at the Panyu City in front of him, which was not very large, after thinking about it for a while, Lu Xun also temporarily gave up the idea of continuing to build trebuchets.
After all, as Gan Ning said, Panyu City is not big, and it is indeed a waste to build a time-consuming and laborious trebuchet.
And more importantly, if you spend one more day here, the battle situation in the entire Jiaozhou will change a little more.
Therefore, seeing that the Jingzhou army still did not divide its troops out of the city at this time, Lu Xun also agreed to Gan Ning's proposal to attack the city immediately.
"Haha, Bo Yan, you sit here for a while, and watch my brother take this Panyu City with one drum!"
Seeing that Lu Xun agreed to his proposal to attack the city immediately, Gan Ning, who had been waiting impatiently, laughed and went to prepare for the siege.
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"Crossbowmen ready, put!"
Outside the eastern city of Panyu, with Gan Ning's order, accompanied by a piercing sharp sound of breaking the air, hundreds of giant arrows like spears swooped towards Panyu City like poisonous Jiao in an instant.
At the same time, dozens of huge ladders and rushing carts were also surrounded by more than 2,000 Jiangdong troops under the cover of arrows, slowly coming in the direction of the city wall and city gate.
Unlike those in film and television dramas who dare to charge and attack the city with a staircase, the real siege is not so child's play.
In addition to the intricate design of ladders and rushing carts, such 'long-range fire suppression' brought by the big crossbow or the trebuchet abandoned by Lu Xun is an indispensable standard step in siege warfare.
"Woo Woo Woo ......"
"Ah~"
Soon, in the blink of an eye, these giant arrows fired by the big crossbow pierced the city, and some soldiers who had not been hidden were instantly skewered into meat skewers.
"Mom......"
Looking at the companion who was dressed as a meat skewer like a chick, a young Jiaozhou soldier suddenly screamed in fright, turned his head and wanted to run away from the city.
"Poof!"
It's just that before he could run two steps, with a spurt of blood, the Jiaozhou soldier who wanted to escape was cut off by Deng Ai's sword.
"Crowd...... The armies took refuge against the wall, and they were not allowed to panic. There are those who dare to fight, slash! ”
After cutting off the head of the Jiaozhou soldier with his own hands, Deng Ai, who was also supervising the battle on the top of the city, suddenly couldn't help but turn cold, and a murderous scolding sound immediately sounded at the head of the city, and even his usual stuttering was gone.
As the saying goes, righteousness is not in charge of wealth, and compassion is not in charge of soldiers. If you are soft-hearted at this time, it will only make more people die in vain.
Therefore, in the face of this Jiaozhou soldier who was younger than himself, Deng Ai did not hesitate at all when he slashed and killed.
"It's all for the generals, stay for them to attack...... Break through the city gates, but dare to let them attack the city, behead! ”
Taking advantage of the first round of crossbow firing, glancing at the approaching ladders and rushing carts outside the city, Deng Ai repeated the order he had given to the sergeants a long time ago.
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"Archers come forward, prepare for the stones!"
Seeing that as the Jiangdong Army's siege troops gradually approached, the Jiangdong Army's crossbow finally stopped firing, and the Jingzhou soldiers and Jiaozhou soldiers in the city also began to fight back.
However, as Gan Ning had predicted before, Deng Ai's method of holding on to the city was too passive.
Therefore, even if the arrows on the city were raining down and the stones were like hailstones, more and more Jiangdong troops still attacked under the city wall and began to climb up the ladder.
"Prepare the golden juice, pour it on Lao Tzu!"
Seeing that there were more and more Jiangdong troops climbing on dozens of ladders, with a foul smell coming, a pot of boiling gold juice was soon splashed down by the defenders along the ladder under Deng Ai's order.
"Ah......h
"Woo Woo Woo ......"
In an instant, the Jiangdong Army, who had just climbed most of the dozens of ladders, was scalded one by one, and fell to the city screaming, wailing constantly.
It's just that the Jiangdong army on the ladder can be repelled by arrows, stones and gold juice, but those rushing cars are not much damaged because of the cover of wooden sheds, and they soon rushed to the city gate and began to violently hit the city gate.
However, Deng Ai's attention seemed to be only attracted by the Jiangdong army who continued to climb along the ladder, but he didn't care about the attack at the city gate at all.
"Hahahaha, it's done! All ready with me, ready to take the door! ”
Ignoring the sergeants under the city who kept falling the ladder under the attack of the defenders, his attention was completely focused on Gan Ning at the city gate, but at this moment, he couldn't help but look happy, and then turned over and stepped on the war horse beside him.
"You can't get started!"
Seeing that Gan Ning was actually planning to charge the battle in person, Lu Xun, who didn't know when he rushed over, hurriedly wanted to dissuade him.
"Haha, don't worry. In the past, I robbed the Wei camp with hundreds of horsemen and was still unharmed, but today I just grabbed a small city gate, what are you afraid of! ”
Gan Ning, who had only experienced a hundred horsemen robbing the Wei camp without any damage not long ago, was at this moment when his self-confidence was bursting, and he was willing to listen to Lu Xun's persuasion.
"Xingba, this time is different from the previous time......"
Seeing that Gan Ning didn't listen and had to go, Lu Xun had to persuade him again.
It's just that before he could finish speaking, there was a bang, but the east gate of Panyu City happened to be knocked open at this time.
"Bo Yan, the fighter plane is fleeting, wait for me to take the city gate!"
Seeing that the city gate was broken, Gan Ning couldn't care about talking to Lu Xun, so he immediately grabbed a war horse and led his hundreds of elite troops to rush towards the city gate.
"Wen Jue, you lead three thousand troops and go to help Xing seize the city!"
Seeing that Gan Ning had rushed out, Lu Xun had no choice but to quickly order Pan Zhang, who was on the side, to lead the army to help.
"Phew!"
However, just when Yuanzhang led the 3,000 infantry to set off, the east gate of Panyu City, which had been broken, rushed into the city with Gan Ning and his hundreds of steps, and a solid wooden fence composed of thigh-thick solid wood fell with a bang, instantly killing the city gate that had just been opened.
"Hit the mark!"
Looking at the sturdy wooden fence that fell violently, Lu Xun couldn't help but feel a sinking in his heart.
"The general will order, the whole army will attack, and whoever ascends the city first will be rewarded with a thousand gold!"
Seeing that Gan Ning was so caught in the city, life and death were unknown, Lu Xun was also anxious at this time.
You know, don't look at him as Sun Quan's niece and son-in-law, but in terms of trust, he can't compare to Gan Ning's status in Sun Quan's heart.
So at this moment, he didn't care about anything else, and immediately issued an order for the whole army to attack, preparing to use the tactics of the sea of people to break through Panyu in the fastest time and rescue Gan Ning, regardless of casualties.