Chapter Eighty-Four: Suppressing Guangling, Lin Mo's Follower
In Lu Bu's camp, the craftsmen were forging chariot springs in full swing, and Lu Bu didn't want to just wait like this, and he would let people go to the city to call for battle.
Sometimes it's Gao Shun, sometimes it's Cheng Lian, and even Xu Sheng will lead people to run over and scold the street, "You come out!" ”
didn't point out that Sun Ce would really run out in anger and be caught off guard, because there were more than a thousand cavalry accompanying him every time.
There are more than 1,000 cavalry, and it is also a small phalanx when it is neatly arranged, and for Jiangdong, which has very few cavalry, this insulting way is a bit like showing off wealth in later generations.
This scene made the military generals on the city pass drool, and they knew very well that on the other side of Jiangdong, with their bravery, Sun Ce's spear was enough to dominate the storm.
But if you want to enter the Central Plains, you can't do it without a cavalry.
"The rats on the city gate get down to the master!"
"I heard that your lord Sun Ce's marksmanship is good, do you dare to come down and fight with my master for three hundred rounds?"
"I'll let you have both feet!"
"Rats, rats, Jiangdong are all rats!"
The cavalry under the city pass was very arrogant, and after scolding, they thought that these bad words were quite funny, and they couldn't straighten their waists when they leaned forward and back.
"I'm going to kill these beasts!" On the road, Sun Ce's fists clenched, and the green tendons on his forehead burst out, and he was about to lead the troops to rush out.
"Calm down, calm down! The thief army just wants to provoke our army with words to lure our army out of the city! Zhou Yu hurriedly blocked in front of Sun Ce.
"The eldest husband would rather die than be humiliated, I came across the river, is it just to listen to the abuse of these thieves every day!" A few years ago, when he was under Yuan Shu, Sun Ce was also a little patient.
After crossing the river, he successively cleaned up Liu Xuan, Yan Baihu, Wang Lang and others, and did not taste defeat in more than 20 battles, and his temperament was inevitably a little restless.
Moreover, whether it is on the battlefield or recruiting the powerful of the family, he has always advocated that it is one word, reckless, reckless out of the future!
"My lord, there are many cavalry in the Lu Bu army and there are plains outside the city, and those who rashly attack us will be eaten up by these cavalry like sheep!"
Zhou Yu pressed Sun Ce with both hands, and said patiently: "Please wait, when our reinforcements arrive, Lu Bu will be defeated!" ”
"Where's the reinforcements?" Sun Ce forcibly suppressed his anger and asked in a muffled voice.
"Cao Cao, Cao Cao is our reinforcement!"
Zhou Yu dragged Sun Ce, who was about to move, and eagerly explained, "At the moment, Cao Cao doesn't do anything, he just feels that we are powerless to compete with Lu Bu, at most three months, as long as we defend the city pass and drag Lu Bu under Guangling City, Cao Cao will definitely not be able to bear it." ”
Sun Ce's eyes were half-narrowed, and his right fist slammed into the city, stirring up a cloud of dust, and he looked at the hippie smiling faces of the group of cavalry under the city gate, and his teeth clucked.
Zhou Yu sighed lightly, his tone became softer, and said: "Bo Fu, what does it matter if those who become big things are insulted by mere abuse, as long as the person who laughs to the end is us, please believe me, sticking to it without fighting is the way to win." ”
The two have known each other since childhood, and they are known as prime ministers, but they are actually close friends and confidants.
In private, he often calls the table to show his closeness, and now in order to calm him down, he can't even care about the soldiers around him.
Most of the time, Sun Ce listened to Zhou Yu's words.
His eyes were like sharp edges, and after glancing at the group of cavalry under the city, he threw off his robe and left.
Since you can't go out of the city, then choose to be out of sight.
Thundered~
In front of Lu Bu's camp, eight thunderbolts were pushed at the same time, and the movement was not small.
With the addition of springs to each Thunderbolt, the stability has improved a lot.
Of course, springs can't completely avoid the problem of pits, but with springs, a reaction force will be formed after falling into the pits, and small potholes can almost always be pushed horizontally.
"Wen Hou often praises Brother Yunwen Xian for being good at kit kat skills, and today it seems that it is true, adding a small spring can perfectly solve the problem of thunderbolt car trapping." Liu Ye, who was sitting on a war horse, twisted his short beard and was quite proud.
He was not jealous of Lin Mo, but grateful.
Who doesn't know that this thunderbolt is his masterpiece Liu Ziyang, but if you often fall into the pit, you will inevitably fall into a fly in the ointment impression.
Now that this problem is solved, he will only be happy.
Even if he added the spring invented by Lin Mo, it was also his Liu Ziyang's thunderbolt, which would not change after all.
"It's not as good as Ziyang's means." Lin Mo smiled humbly.
Lu Bu glanced at the two of them and smiled without saying a word.
It is said that since ancient times, literati have been light, and my son-in-law has no such problem, whether it is Chen Yuanlong or Lu Zijing, they respect him a lot, and even Liu Ziyang, who is descended from the Han Queen, is full of praise, Ling'er should thank me for finding a good husband for her.
The thirty-mile journey, because of the participation of the thunderbolt car, walked for four hours.
Liu Ye probably knew the speed of the thunderbolt car, so he suggested that Lu Bu set off before dawn, and when he came to Guangling City, it was the sun shining.
It's hot, but in war, life and death can only be decided in an instant, and the climate can not be chosen by you.
Lu Bu, who was riding a red rabbit horse, waved his hand, and a cavalryman holding a command flag rode his horse to the moat and shouted:
"Wen Hou has a word, you will open the city and surrender as soon as possible, and give you half an hour to consider, when the time comes, the jade will be burned!"
This can be regarded as a salute before a soldier.
Give them half an hour, firstly, to give the other party a time to think, and secondly, it takes time to prepare for the thunderbolt.
The defenders on the pass stared at the eight thunderbolts more than a foot high, and some whispered to each other.
It's not like a ladder truck for siege, it's not a building car, it's something.
They didn't know what kind of existence the thunderbolt was, but they were sure that it should be a new type of siege equipment, otherwise Lu Bu wouldn't have spent so much manpower to push it over.
The eyes of Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and others have always been focused on the thunderbolt.
The visual inspection of the other party should be around five or six thousand, and it is obviously impossible to really storm Guangling City.
So. Are they relying on the 'weird cars'?
They had a bad premonition in their hearts, but they couldn't do anything, so they could only wait quietly for the other party to make a move.
It's uncomfortable, it's like someone else is already on edge, and you don't know where he's going to cut it in the next second.
"Wen Hou, the time has come!"
After the sergeant in charge of timing ran over to report, Lu Bu slowly closed his eyes and said coldly, "Let's do it." ”
"Whoa!"
As the heralds waved their flags and galloped past the front army, the thunderbolt cars lined up under the city pass moved.
The soldiers jumped up and pulled down the rope they were pulling, and put a stone weighing dozens of pounds into the bamboo basket that was launched, and then seven or eight people began to pull the rope hard.
Squeak, squeak, squeak
The extremely resilient throwing rod makes a sound that twists and turns.
"Put!"
With a single order, eight thunderbolts were launched at the same time.
Boom boom boom~
Under the sound of thunder and thunder, eight stones flew towards the city pass with a huge impact.
"What is this!" In the face of the flying boulders, the defenders instinctively wanted to dodge, either crawling under the castle or running around.
Boom boom boom~
The boulder smashed on the city pass and rolled up a puff of dust, and the unlucky one was directly hit, vomiting blood and dying on the spot, and even the war drums used for cheering were smashed apart.
"Good!" Seeing the chaos on the city pass, Lu Bu and the others cheered loudly, which was much more convenient than a manpower attack.
Liu Ye also pinched his short beard and raised the corners of his mouth arrogantly, admiring his masterpiece.
However, the accuracy was a little worse, of the eight boulders, only three of which really fell on the city pass, two of which flew into the city over their heads, and three of which were smashed on the city wall.
Many of the cities in the Central Plains were built of rammed earth, and if they were strategic towns or governors like Guangling, bricks would be laid on the surface of the rammed earth to increase the defensive power.
So, the boulder that fell on it did not cause much damage.
But it doesn't matter, the stone doesn't need money, just cover him with firepower.
"These bastards!" Sun Ce whisked the dust in front of him, looked at the chaos of the three stones, his face was flushed with anger, and before he could scold the second sentence, he heard someone shouting, "Here we go again!" Hide! ”
Then there were waves of flying stones thrown into the city.
Sometimes if you're lucky, you can hit five or six pieces, and when you're unlucky, only one or two pieces can be thrown.
But every time it can always make the city pass a burst of screams and abuse.
The soldiers watched under the city gate and enjoyed it very much.
If you smash it like this, even if you attack it at that time, you will have a much better chance of landing first.
Lu Bu clasped his hands on his chest and watched them run away in embarrassment on the road, carrying away the seriously injured from time to time, and he had never tried that the siege could be so simple.
But soon Zhou Yu saw the problem, and immediately shouted: "Don't run around, just hide behind the city, this Guo has green bricks, and it can't be smashed!" ”
When the soldiers heard the order, they all crouched down, and let the stones fly onto the road, at most they would knock over the boiling gold juice or the lanthanum of weapons and arrows, which would not have much destructive power.
Lu Bu's brows furrowed slowly, if he continued to smash all the stones, he wouldn't be able to smash Guangling's city defense.
Before he could speak, Liu Ye had already raised his hand and shouted: "Change tung oil!" ”
Liu Ye had already anticipated this situation, and immediately used the preparatory plan.
The soldiers put the jars into the bamboo baskets, lit them, and then launched them.
The defenders on the city pass had just breathed a sigh of relief, and someone poked out their heads to see the situation, and faced the tung oil fire altar flying in the middle.
With a thud, the oil jar shattered, and the burning tung oil instantly engulfed the defender.
"Ah~" The seeping screams seemed to tear the last psychological defense line of the defenders, and the burning man scurried around, wanting to demand a chance to live, but everything was in vain.
The person next to him just watched, his eyes filled with fear, but he couldn't do anything.
With one after another tung oil altars were thrown into the city pass, the tongue of fire rose one after another, the screams were endless, some people couldn't stand the pain and jumped directly from the city pass more than four zhang high, and fell into meat paste.
The flames on Jiang Dongjun's body who fell down were not extinguished, because standing upwind, a gust of wind blew, and the disgusting smell of burnt meat almost made Lin Mo's stomach sour, and he almost vomited out without shame.
This is war, and human life is no different from ants on the battlefield.
When he fought Shouchun, Lin Mo was not present, and the battle against Lujiang was smooth and bloodless, so Lin Mo saw what the battlefield was like in the real sense of the word.
"Victory! Win! Win! Lin Mo was a little embarrassed, but the soldiers were in high spirits.
These thousands of people are all veterans under Lu Bu, and they have long been accustomed to seeing life and death, and in front of them, all life and death can be calmly faced.
But Lin Mo couldn't do it yet, he was just a traverser, and it was only the first time he had seen such a brutal war, although he hadn't yet begun the bloodiest storming of the city.
"Are you alright?" Lu Lingqi on the side asked softly.
Lin Mo waved his hand, his face was not too good, and he said in a deep voice: "Slowly get used to it." ”
The tragic situation on the city gate is not over, Lin Mo forced himself to star, and kept telling himself in his heart that this is war, and there will be things that are a hundred times more cruel than this one in the future.
The unilateral performance did not end until dusk, because the tung oil had been used up, Lu Buzhi proudly returned to Dazhai with people, and did not forget to put down the cruel words before leaving, and continued tomorrow.
The bulky thunderbolt was not taken away, but simply pushed into a col not far away, leaving a team to watch over it.
Don't worry about Jiangdong soldiers daring to come to sneak attack, there are banners all around, and there are cavalry patrols from time to time, which is enough to make the other party fearful.
On the closing of the city, Sun Ce had a black face, and silently cleaned up the messy road with the soldiers.
In fact, there were not many people killed in this battle, maybe only about two hundred, but the thunderbolt had already made them timid.
No one knows when the other side will launch a general attack.
Zhou Yu was also very uncomfortable, he supported the wounded soldiers down the city like other generals, and did not say a word.
The sudden appearance of the thunderbolt was something he didn't expect, but he knew in his heart that holding on to it would definitely lead to Lu Bu's death, and this belief never changed.
After returning to the camp, the morale of the whole army was high, and as soon as the sergeants who witnessed the powerful impact of the thunderbolt sat down, the people who stayed in the camp came over, and they were also enthusiastic when they heard what they said.
Liu Ye is like a general who has returned victoriously, and he is admired everywhere he goes, so his waist is straighter.
"Better?"
After Lin Mo returned to the camp, he lay on the couch, he couldn't eat, he just drank some water, Lu Lingqi put the basket aside after entering the tent, and took out the prepared pastries from it, "Well, you have brought the osmanthus cake and almond cake you like to eat on weekdays, change the taste." ”
Lin Mo smiled bitterly, "I thought you were going to mock me again." ”
"Kindness is treated as a donkey's liver and lungs."
Lu Lingqi glanced at him, and said angrily: "Do you like to eat or not." ”
"Wait."
Seeing that Lu Lingqi was leaving, Lin Mo stopped her, "If you continue like this, you can't break through the defense of Guangling City, you still have to find a way to lure them out, otherwise you don't know how long it will take." ”
Lu Lingqi sat down again, a hint of suspicion appeared on her face, "The thunderbolt is so powerful, it is enough to make the enemy's heart tremble, the soldiers all said that it may not take a few days for them to surrender without a fight, how could you."
"It's not that mysterious."
Lin Mo shook his head helplessly, the thunderbolt has just come out, and they can only be caught off guard when they first enter the battlefield, and they will slowly adapt to it in a few days.
However, Lin Mo didn't want to explain too much, but took out the prepared letter from his arms and handed it to Lu Lingqi, "Zhenrong is in Haixi now, send someone to send this letter to him." ”
"It's Zhenrong again, why do you like him so much." Lu Lingqi was influenced by Lu Bu and was also full of contempt for this monk.
"Don't underestimate this guy, he can still come in handy."
Lin Mo nu pouted, "Go, remember, send fast horses." ”
"Got it." Seeing that Lin Mo had nothing to add, Lu Lingqi took the letter and left.
Call~
Lin Mo exhaled a breath of turbidity, leaned on the couch pillow and looked at the dome, in doing so, he should be able to fish them out.
(End of chapter)