Really?

A thousand will hit Xiangyang City?

It's a clear way to send it, right?

Can you cross the moat?

Hugh Tubi had a thousand words in his chest, but for a while, he didn't know what to say.

It's just that he spouts a few syllables of unknown meaning, as if he can't speak Chinese anymore.

"Your Majesty!"

After a long time, Hugh Tubi kowtowed again, but he raised his head again and said sincerely:

"The last general is by no means a half-hearted person, with the background of the last general, the last general is about the same, and I also know that most of this life is every good result."

"But now that he has surrendered to Han, he should act on the orders of the king."

"Don't say a thousand, it is a hundred, as long as Your Majesty orders, the last general will never say anything!"

Liu Ke laughed:

"Then why are you still kneeling and talking? Not up yet! ”

He stepped forward again to help Hugh Tubi up, and said:

"I know that you are just straight-minded, not evil-minded, and when you voted for Han that day, you were also ordered by the old master, and in order to protect Jiangling, you had no choice but to do so."

"Although I have given this military order, if there is anything you say, you can just say it according to your original nature."

Hugh Tubi didn't delay, the emperor didn't let him say it, he would also say it, but now let him speak freely, naturally he can't keep his mouth shut:

"Your Majesty, to be honest, even if you personally lead the troops, you may not be able to capture Xiangyang City."

"This is not a place for small fights, what is needed is real strength, not with the name of the Son of Heaven, who can make people look down on the wind."

"The last general is from the bottom, he knows the cruelty of the battlefield, with only a thousand people, don't even think about the moat, Your Majesty must understand that this is not a joke, what is needed is real ability."

"Even if you cross the moat, let alone attack the city, I'm afraid you won't even be able to climb the city wall, if Your Majesty doesn't believe it, it's better to try it yourself"

Liu Ke hurriedly interrupted Xiu Tubi's words, this guy is really straight and really ugly, he doesn't hide it, he says whatever he thinks.

is also anti-guest, and even wants him to try it himself?

He is gone, who will open the city?

Liu Ke said with relief:

"I know that it is difficult for ordinary people to attack a city."

"But General Xiu Tu is very human, so he can naturally do it."

"Moreover, I only let you attack the city, not break it."

"Could it be that the general can't do it?"

Well?

Just a siege instead of a breach?

Hugh Tubi immediately understood that the emperor wanted to use him as a cover for attacking the city.

But.

What is the use of a disguise?

How many troops can a thousand people hold back Oga?

What impact can it have on Xiangyang City?

Will there be a large army in the follow-up, attacking the city from elsewhere, or will it attract attention by attacking the city, digging tunnels from the trail and attacking the caves?

None of them!

Xiangyang City can be attacked by one wall, and the other city walls are separated by the Han River.

There is no way to talk about the cave attack, even if it can be done, 2,000 soldiers and horses, 1,000 people will attack the city, and there will be 1,000 people left to attack the cave, what can be attacked?

Cave attack does not mean that there is no need to attack and defend, once discovered, the offensive and defensive battles in the tunnel are also quite important!

Unless the thousand people could fly directly into the city and open the gates, it would be impossible.

Liu Ke said again:

"General Hugh Tu can rest assured that this is the time for those letters to come into play."

"Letters?"

If Xiu Tubi realized, did he let him deceive him into becoming an inner ghost, and after entering Xiangyang City, he would secretly open the city gate?

There is a possibility of success, after all, he and Oga have been involved for nearly a year, even if they can't fully win the trust of Oga Shoes, it is possible to enter the city.

After all, a thousand soldiers and horses attacked Xiangyang City, no matter how you look at it, they were all sent to death, and under an extreme emotion, it is normal to vote directly.

But in fact, it still didn't help to break through Xiangyang City.

Hugh Tubi didn't think that Da He would directly let him take charge of the army, or give him the opportunity to open the city gate.

It is inevitable that it will be investigated before trusting, and with his temperament, it is difficult not to expose it.

But the emperor has ordered it, so let's give it a try.

In this way, according to Liu Ke's arrangement, Hugh Tubi took a thousand soldiers and began to attack the city.

These 1,000 soldiers are all from the Guiyi Army, although they are elite soldiers, but they are only tall among the short, and their combat effectiveness is far inferior to the elite of the Han Army who have been fighting for many years.

Compared with Xiu Tubi's personal soldiers in Jiangling, it is also much worse.

Let's say that after Hugh Tubi finished preparing and began to attack the city, Dahe Lu personally went to the city.

According to the news of the soldiers at the head of the city, the Han army was more than 1,000 people.

It is said that it is to attack the city, but it is more like listening to the news.

But Da He was also extremely cautious, and at the age of seventy-seven, he personally put on armor and went into battle, and even let people push out the ten catapults in the city.

Of the fifty catapults, three were old ones that had been left in Xiangyang City earlier.

The remaining 47 are the result of the Oga wood, which is good at crafting, and the craftsmen have made it with all their strength in the past year.

This is also the reliance that Oga Wood feels can hold on to the city.

As for whether there will be any quality problems in the production of forty-seven catapults in a year's time, in the case of a large number of materials lacking and other equipment to defend the city, it is not at all in the consideration of Oga Timber.

Something happened, the unlucky one was the soldier who urged the catapult, and the craftsman who made the catapult was held responsible, what does it have to do with him?

Why, your father is also a county guard?

All in all, the catapult is still enough to bluff people, and that formation alone can make the soldiers in the city more confident.

Seeing such a scene, the soldiers immediately understood the reason why Da He was so popular.

Although the Han Emperor and the Han army are famous, everyone understands the situation in Xiangyang City.

But Da He is also determined to defend the city.

Not happy?

The stone throwing cannon is not a stone, and it will be thrown directly to you and your mother.

And just when the group of Donghu soldiers were thinking wildly, a piercing sound of nail leaf rubbing came from behind.

Oga Sho, who was draped in armor, waved his hand, and Oga Wood immediately shouted:

"The general has an order, throw a catapult, prepare to shoot!"

"Yes!"

The little colonel agreed, and hurriedly waved the order flag to everyone:

"Quick, get ready, get ready to shoot!"

Forty-five catapults were lined up behind the city wall, twenty paces apart from each other, and each was operated by ten people, under the command of the chief and the chief.

They held various tools for operating the catapults, such as wooden hammers, crowbars, hemp ropes, and long hooks, and waited silently for the next order.

Many people's nervous palms are covered with sweat, and their ears are filled with the sound of their own heartbeat.

Oga Wood knew that the accuracy of the catapult he was making was very poor, so he deliberately put more effort into other aspects.

He found another way, from some of the condor archers who were proficient in archery, selected soldiers with a wide field of vision and excellent eyes, and used them as "observation posts".

These people don't need to know how to operate catapults, nor do they need to manage soldiers, they only need rough numeracy and visual distance measurement, which is enough.

It is equivalent to a humanoid rangefinder.

In order to cultivate this group of people, Oga Wood has spent some effort.

Thanks to the long enough preparation time, these people can be regarded as stumbling and stumbling to get the hang of it.

If the Han army had come to attack a few months earlier, these people would really not have been ready!

"Measure the distance!"

As Oga Mu waved the command flag on the castle tower, several condor archers opened their bows like a full moon, leaning out and shooting several feathered arrows diagonally into the air.

The condor archer is the elite of Donghu, and his archery skills are excellent.

And soon the group of condor archers, who had been trained as observation posts, determined the distance.

Within the range of an arrow is the range of the crossbow, and outside the range of an arrow is the range of the sling.

The more specific scope will be refined step by step in the future.

However, in the face of this thousand Han troops, Dahe Timber really didn't want to bother too much.

And the leader seems to be Hugh Tubi, a potential undercover agent, who can be fought for, and there is no need to kill him.

"Two hundred and fifty to three hundred paces ahead, the enemy army is in the middle of the battle with the word "Hugh Tu" flag, right maneuver, and a single stone cannon salvo."

Oga Timber waved the flag, and the observation posts quickly conveyed the contents of the flag and the results of the ranging to the soldiers who operated the slings under the castle.

The copycat version of the catapult is slightly smaller than the size of the genuine catapult.

But the height is almost the same as the wall of Xiangyang City, which is a strong city in the world, so it can only be placed behind the city wall.

"Well, it doesn't matter."

Dahe Timber still wanted to make some more detailed orders, but looking at the sparse and sparse Han army outside the city, and it was difficult to cross the moat, he really had no idea.

"Ready—"

"Put!"

Boom, boom, boom

Forty-five catapults dropped the counterweight stones almost at the same time, throwing the projectiles weighing nearly 100 catties in the sac high.

"Look, what's that in the sky?"

The sharp-eyed soldiers of the Han Army happened to look up and saw a group of black dots in the air, which were rapidly approaching, and they couldn't help but be shocked.

Hugh Tubi, who had always been vigilant, listened, immediately raised his head, and immediately gave an order:

"Go and give the order, let the various bands be separated by this, don't fight with each other, and beware of the stone-throwing cannon!"

Hugh Tubi scolded secretly, this earth-shattering projectile, how can the three or four slings in Xiangyang City be formed!

Looking at this number, there are at least more than thirty or forty catapults!

Can this pedal also be mass-produced?

When Hugh Tubi was very nervous, he was inevitably a little lucky.

Most likely His Majesty expected that there were a large number of catapults in the city, so he only used a small group of soldiers and horses to test it.

Facts have proved that as long as a small group of soldiers and horses is dispatched, even if there is a rain of projectiles, due to the small number of soldiers and horses, the team is scattered, and the losses will not be too much.

If, as he took for granted, he led tens of thousands of troops to attack the city, in the face of this projectile in the sky, he would inevitably suffer heavy losses if he didn't notice it for a while!

At this time, the projectile is getting closer and closer, and sharp-eyed soldiers can see the size of the projectile, which is not much smaller than the grinding plate, but I am afraid that it will weigh more than 100 catties.

If this hits someone, can it still be pleased?

Thinking of the scene of being hit by a projectile, many Han soldiers couldn't help but feel a chill on end.

They had been caught in a thunderbolt in the city of Runan!

At that time, limited by time and terrain, there were only ten thunderbolts of the Donghu people.

And they still have the city wall to rely on to defend and dodge.

Now it's almost a rain of bullets, and there's no cover at all!

"Get out of the way!"

It's not Pikachu, just shouting to dodge, it's definitely not going to dodge.

At this time, in order to reduce the battle damage, Hugh Tubi simply let the soldiers scatter and flee.

He's not a person who can't wipe his face, it's a big deal, it's just a defeat.

Anyway, the Donghu people didn't go out of the city, so it's a big deal to collect the remnants of the army after they run away.

He is only a siege vanguard, not a nominal general, and there is an emperor behind him to stabilize his morale!

At most, it is not very good in terms of reputation.

But there is a bottom in the army after all.

Here, you can see that Li Jingji's is good.

Brother Li has lost too much, no matter how the other generals in the army are defeated, they will feel in their hearts that there is a person at the bottom.

People who are a little arrogant like Xiu Tubi and Hou Junyan may not be able to win or not, at least they will not be discouraged by defeat, and it will not be a problem.

In a few years, I am afraid that everyone will be able to pull down the skin and complete the tactical retreat.

When he first came to the battle array, he suffered a defeat, and he really didn't even touch the moat, and the soldiers were already in a crush.

By the time Xiu Tubi gathered the soldiers, the sky was already a little dark, and it began to rain lightly again during the valley rain season.

"General Xiu Tu deserves to be a famous general!"

As soon as Hugh Tubi entered the account and wanted to plead guilty, he saw the emperor praising himself.

He is a straight intestine, this face is really unbearable, even if he is not punished for defeat, how can he stop boasting?

Then he sighed sincerely:

"Your Majesty just punishes the last general, you don't need to leave half a face, the catapult in Xiangyang City today, the last general really didn't expect ......"

"Is that so?"

Liu Kedao:

"I have been reading the letters exchanged between you and Da He in the tent today, trying to find out some of them, to see if Da He Lu will inadvertently reveal some information, and I didn't watch the battle, but just listened to the situation on the battlefield hastily."

"Is this slingstone really that terrible?"

Hugh Tubi opened his mouth, his front teeth were exposed, opened and closed a few times, and paused for a moment before responding:

"If there are three or five catapults, it really has no power, but the last general will look at it, there are at least forty catapults in Xiangyang City, and they seem to have been improved, and they are somewhat accurate."

"The last general can't do it...... I was really scared today, and I really couldn't afford to be a famous general. ”

"If I say you can afford it, you can afford it."

Liu Ke rummaged through a pile of letters, suddenly pulled out one, and read softly:

"I want to return to the tribe, and make an appointment to raise the fire on the third watch."

When Hugh Tubi heard this, he quickly knelt down, his eyes widened, and he chiseled the ground with his head:

"Your Majesty, the last general has no such intention, this letter is absolutely fake, and it was definitely not written by the last general!!"

Liu Ke raised his hand:

"Get up first and look at the handwriting."

Hugh Tubi stood up straight, and put his head straight to the letter:

"This is not the handwriting of the last general! Even if you compare it with other letters, I know it, so I will say how can Your Majesty be so confused! ”

Liu Ke laughed dumbly when he heard this, dipped his pen in ink, and wrote a few strokes on the paper:

"So what?"

(End of chapter)