Chapter 54: Defense
The heavy shield is like a mountain, and the spear is like a forest.
When Liu Yu and Ma Dai rushed to the south of the Wuzhangyuan camp, they saw the black-pressed Wei army rushing towards the Wuzhangyuan camp like a tide with a big shield.
Liu Yu's own side was naturally not afraid, and immediately fought back with bows and crossbows and stone rolling logs.
Arrows are like flying locusts, covering the sky.
The most powerful thing in the Shu army is the crossbowmen, thanks to the Zhuge repeater invented by Zhuge Liang.
The arrow is eight inches long, and a crossbow and ten arrows are fired.
It is simply an artifact of firepower suppression, which is why the Shu army has been able to suppress the Wei army repeatedly.
Because Zhuge Liang is not only a military master, he is also a weapon master.
It can be said that the Shu army was able to suppress Sima Yi's 150,000 army with 100,000 people and did not dare to move, and these weapons he invented played a major role.
Wei Yan's subordinates are all elites, and there are Zhuge crossbows in the natural army, and there are not a few of them.
Although the Zhuge repeater is very sharp, everything has advantages and disadvantages.
Because the rate of fire of the Zhuge repeater is too fast, the speed of the arrows consumed is also first-class.
Wei Yan is now separated from the main army, the main force of the Shu army has been withdrawn, and there are not too many arrows left, if it is consumed according to the soldiers, I am afraid that it will not be able to support for a day, and it will be consumed.
However, now most of the Wei army is coming, and it is menacing, if not, I am afraid that the Wei army will immediately attack the walled gate.
When it comes to hand-to-hand combat, the Shu army will not be able to occupy the geographical advantage, and will only be defeated in the end.
Liu Yu's mind was spinning rapidly, thinking about how to deal with the current situation.
was woken up by Ma Dai's roar:
"Wei Dog came to die!"
Between Ma Dai and Cao Wei, it can be described as a sea of blood feud.
His father and brother all died at the hands of Cao Cao, and his clansmen's wives died at the hands of General Wei, so the so-called revenge of killing his father and wife is not too much.
Seeing these Wei troops, Ma Dai went berserk directly.
Quickly ran up the wall, began to manipulate the Zhuge crossbow, and frantically shot towards the crowd of Wei troops below the mountain.
It's a pity that even if the Shu army rolled wood and stones fell like raindrops, the Wei army was brave and fearless, and quickly rushed towards the wall.
The Shu army occupied a favorable position, was condescending, and was able to defend the city with bows and crossbows, but it still failed to prevent the Wei army from approaching the city wall.
In the final analysis, Wei Yan's 10,000 men are still too few.
It is necessary to defend on all sides, a huge battalion, and 10,000 troops to defend, after all, it is a little stretched.
Soon, the built siege equipment, building cars, rushing cars, ladders, and siege towers were all pushed up by the Wei army.
"Can't let them get close to the walls, with rockets!"
Liu Yu saw Wei Yan standing on the wall, wearing heavy armor and holding a big sword, coming to the front line in person, commanding the Shu army to constantly counterattack.
In this situation, Liu Yu stopped talking nonsense, directly climbed the wall, and began to fight fiercely with the Wei army.
In the face of face-to-face fighting, no matter how much you say, it is pale, and only courage and blood can repel the enemy.
The two sides of Wei and Shu came and went, constantly fighting around the camp of Wuzhangyuan.
Although the Wei army had a large number of people, because of the terrain, it was impossible for them all to rush up at once, so they could only add fuel tactics and constantly divide troops to attack.
Although the Shu army occupies a favorable position, it cannot defeat the Wei army after all because of its strength.
The two sides continued to tug of war on the wall of Wuzhang Yuanzhai, killing from morning to afternoon, until the sun set, and the last ray of sunlight was submerged by the darkness, and Wei Jun reluctantly retreated.
After a day of fierce fighting, the Shu army was all exhausted.
There were many Wei troops, and they attacked in batches, not giving the Shu army a chance to rest at all.
The Shu army could only rely on perseverance to stand up, but at the end of the day, basically everyone was bloody, and even Wei Yan had several cuts on his body, and he was even said to be Liu Yu and other soldiers.
On this day, the Wei generals Zhang Hu, Le Qi, Xiahou Ba, Xiahou Wei, Sun Li and others personally led the army to charge no less than ten times, and rushed to the wall several times.
If it weren't for Wei Yan's personal commander's reserve team fighting desperately and squeezing the other party off the city wall, I am afraid that the Wuzhangyuan camp has been captured by now.
Late at night, Liu Yu dragged his tired body and was summoned by Wei Yan into the big tent to discuss the military situation.
As soon as he entered the big tent, Liu Yu smelled a strong smell of blood, which came to his nose.
When he looked closely, he saw that Ma Dai was shirtless, and his body was wrapped in bandages.
Liu Yu was so forgetful of killing today that he forgot to pay attention to Ma Dai's situation, and now it seems that Ma Dai is the most seriously injured.
However, seeing that Ma Dai's face was quite normal, Liu Yu's heart was slowly put down.
"Straight lady thief, I was attacked by a Wei dog today, otherwise I wouldn't have hung the lottery."
After a day of fighting, Ma Dai's temperament was released, and his speech became much rude.
It can only be said that Ma Dai was too selfless to kill Wei Jun, otherwise it would not have been like this.
"General Ma is brave and brave in killing the enemy, and he is really a model in the army."
Only then did Liu Yu realize that Wei Yan was sitting in your seat at the moment, sitting in danger, looking forward to it, and his murderous aura was overflowing.
It can be seen that Wei Yan is also crazy today, covered in blood, and a layer of blood scabs have condensed on his armor.
"Since Dexing is here, let's sit down first."
Liu Yu arched his hand towards Wei Yan and Ma Dai, and then sat down on Ma Dai's lower seat.
A little while, a stout man, dressed in heavy armor, with a majestic figure, walked as if the earth trembled a little, and slowly entered the big tent.
"Humble Meng Yan, I've seen the general."
When Liu Yu heard this, his heart moved, this was Meng Yan, the supervisor of the Hubu Army.
At the beginning, Zhuge Liang asked Meng Yan to lead an army of 5,000 and stationed on the east bank of Wugong Shui, wanting to occupy the stronghold on the east bank first and squeeze the space for the Wei army's activities.
But he was besieged by Sima Yi personally led 10,000 Yongliang iron cavalry, and Meng Yan stubbornly resisted the cavalry charge until Zhuge Liang led the army to rescue.
Meng Yan became famous in the first battle, 5,000 infantry against 10,000 cavalry, the strength was at a disadvantage, and he fought against the water, riding on foot, the opponent was still Sima Yi, and he could hold on to Zhuge Liang's rescue, which was indeed worthy of Meng Yan's pride.
Wei Yan motioned for Meng Yan to sit down, and then slowly spoke:
"Today's Wei army's offensive, I think you must already know it."
"Sima Yi has already sensed the emptiness in our barracks, and attacking the camp today is to annihilate our army in one fell swoop."
"Although it is held for the time being today, it is not yet known what tomorrow will be."
"If you have any ideas, please tell us."
Seeing Wei Yan's majestic face, Liu Yu's mind kept turning, speculating what Wei Yan meant by this.
Without waiting for Liu Yu to speak, Meng Yan on the side stood up directly and said:
"General, our army is surrounded alone at the moment, with no reinforcements outside, no food and grass inside, it is really not a long-term solution."
"I think we should break through the siege quickly, otherwise we won't have to run out of food without the Wei army coming in."
In order to catch up with the main force of the Shu army, Wei Yan took the initiative to give up his baggage, and now the grain and grass in the camp are less than two days.
This is also the reason why Wei Yan said at the beginning that if Jiang Wei didn't come back for two more days, he would break through.
Hearing Meng Yan speak, Wei Yan bowed slightly, but looked at Ma Dai.
Ma Dai shrugged his shoulders and said he had no opinion.
Of the four people in the venue, three agreed, even if Liu Yu wanted to refuse, it would be to no avail.
Thinking that Jiang Wei didn't know where he was now, Liu Yu was also powerless in his heart.
Sima Yi's 60,000 army is surrounded by the side, and anyone will have a sense of powerlessness in their hearts.
After Wei Yan saw Ma Dai's reaction, he directly overpassed Liu Yu's suggestion and said:
"Now that everyone has decided to break through, then we can't hold on any longer."
"Rest well today and break through tomorrow."
Seeing that the dust had settled, Liu Yu could only shake his head helplessly and did not speak.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Wei Yan stood up by himself and said:
"In that case, let's go down first, tomorrow the second watch cooks, the third watch breaks through, don't forget the hour."
"I hope you will fight bravely to kill the enemy, fight your way out of the encirclement, and take our soldiers back..."
"Knock knock!"
Before Wei Yan could finish speaking, he suddenly heard the drums outside the camp, and then heard a chaotic sound:
"The Wei army is here!!"