Li Dian has been good at learning since he was a child, and he even studied in the Spring and Autumn Period under his teacher, but he didn't care about the battle.

This time it was actually just a coincidence, but that didn't mean he had a good feeling for Lin Mu.

Lin Mu killed the family, he had heard about it for a long time, and now he killed his uncle and brother, this hatred is great.

Even if Lin Mu is the Son of Heaven, he will take revenge.

What's more, he is not the only one who came to defend the city this time.

"General Lee."

At this moment, a general in armor came to Li Dian's side.

Li Dian turned his head to look at the general, and his words seemed a little warmer.

"Why should Wen be like this, you and I are called brothers."

Yu Ban was originally a general under Bao Xin, and later Bao Xin entered Beijing because of Dong Zhuo, so Bao Xin ran back to Taishan County to prepare to crusade against Dong Zhuo.

As a result, Bao Xin surrendered to Cao Cao, and Bao Xin thought that Cao Cao recommended Yu Ban, and Yu Ban was under Cao Cao's account.

Both of them are local wealthy families in Xuzhou, one is in Taishan County and the other is in Shanyang County, so they know each other well.

Yu Ban saw Li Dian say this, so he solemnized.

"No, this is a battlefield, how can you be so rude?"

Seeing that Yu Ban was like this, Li Dian didn't say anything more.

Yu Ban's army is already serious and solemn, and in the forbidden army, very few people dare not abide by military discipline, so the army brought by Yu Ban is also extremely strong.

This time, Cao Cao ordered Yu to bring 5,000 people to block the forest.

Because Chen Liu was lost, and Xuchang said that it was Cao Cao's lair, but in fact, Xuchang was not big, and if it was a large army fighting, Xuchang would not be a good place.

And he has only been in Xuchang for more than a year, and Xuchang is actually not his basic plate at all.

This time, Chen Liu's defense, Yingchuan and other counties were under the front of the imperial court, not to mention Xuchang, so Cao Cao wanted to go to Xuzhou to fight with the imperial court.

If the imperial court is victorious, Chen Liuliu can be restored, then Xuchang can be moved, but if it is defeated, whether it is to go north to Jizhou to attach Yuan Shao, or to go south to Yuan Shu, it is a good choice.

Moreover, Xuzhou Pengcheng City is high and deep, and it was Pengcheng who repeatedly blocked Cao Cao from Xuzhou.

If Tao Qian hadn't died, Cao Cao would still be thinking about how to fight Pengcheng.

In fact, this is the case with large armies, seeking defeat before winning, so as not to fall into a desperate situation.

In exchange for the momentum of backwater, not everyone can play, otherwise the backwater battle and the shipwreck for thousands of years would not be so loud.

And this Yanzhou is his territory, he can be unimpeded, but the army of the imperial court is different.

Layers of checkpoints and interceptions can definitely make the imperial army fall into a quagmire and cannot extricate themselves.

At this time, outside the city of Xiangyi, the army surrounded the city of Xiangyi.

Now that the army has penetrated deep into Yanzhou, Yanzhou is Cao Cao's territory, and if you want to go over, you must ensure the smooth flow of the back road, one is to ensure logistics materials, and the other is to avoid being cut off by the remnants of the army.

Lin Mu is not another warlord, and when he arrives in a place, he starts to grab grain when there is no food and grass.

It's not Cheng Yu, when he gets to a place where there is no food, he will be a man, and even his fellow villagers can do it.

"Your Majesty, although this city is small, but it is extremely strong, the city is three zhang high, four zhang thick, one side is facing Ju Shui, the city wall is thick and difficult to break, and the grass and trees around the city are all cut down, but the time is urgent, they have not all cut down, but the remaining grass and trees can only make long ladders and other instruments."

Liu Bei pointed to the city wall of Xiangyi and said to Lin Mu, followed by Liu Bei and Zhang Fei.

Lin Mu glanced at the city wall and understood that this city wall could not be conquered by ordinary methods.

Moreover, the wall is too high, and even the trees cannot go up.

Otherwise, Liu Bei would not have been so difficult at the beginning, and he was stopped under this city for ten days.

The vegetation outside the city has been cut down, and even if you want to make some large siege equipment, you can't do it.

That is, you can make some long ladders or something, small siege equipment, and the ladder car is not to even think about it.

But for this kind of fortified city, the long ladder is almost to death.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei pricked up their ears and prepared to listen carefully to Lin Mu's plan.

Liu Bei said some time ago that they should respect the Son of Heaven a little more.

"Find trees, build ladders, and prepare for the siege."

Liu Bei hurriedly replied and left with Guan Zhang and the others.

Guan Zhang and the others looked back at Lin Mu, then at Liu Bei, and Guan Yu spoke.

"Big brother, if this fortified city is only climbed with a long ladder, I'm afraid it will be difficult to conquer, why not persuade it?"

Liu Bei shook his head.

"The Son of Heaven has always been domineering, even if I persuade him, I can't use it, and when there are casualties, I will persuade again."

Liu Bei sighed, and went to command the soldiers to cut down trees for ladders.

The army was stationed outside the city, building long ladders as they went.

A long ladder is different from a ladder, which is not so much a ladder as a chariot with a ladder.

And the long ladder is just a ladder, the kind of ladder that appears most on the wall in TV dramas.

It is extremely difficult to climb such a fortified city with such a ladder.

In history, there are many cities, and tens of thousands of enemy troops have been blocked for months or even years with thousands of people, which is relying on the advantages of the city.

Many siege equipment has also been developed, but most of these equipment can only be built locally and cannot be transported over long distances.

As a result, many experienced generals will cut down trees before the enemy comes to attack the city.

In just one day, the ladder was ready, not because it was built quickly, but because there were no trees.

However, only about 30 long ladders have been built, and it is almost impossible to attack Xiangyi under such conditions.

Even if this kind of long ladder was climbed, it would not be able to stand firm on the city wall, because when the soldiers climbed up, they would be faced with a full of guards, and it was impossible to stand still.

Seeing this, Liu Bei felt a chill in his heart, this was almost to send him to death, so he hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid these instruments are not enough, and now Chen Gong is already transporting trees, but it will take some time."

Lin Mu looked back at Liu Bei and spoke.

"How long will it take?"

"Ten days will do."

"Ten days? Too slow. ”

Liu Bei gritted his teeth, in fact, Liu Bei said it tightly for ten days.

But since Lin Mu felt that it was too slow, he could only continue to press the time.

"Eight days is fine, Your Majesty."

Lin Mu still waved his hand.

"Still too slow!"

Liu Bei gritted his teeth.

"Put the trees in the water and float down in the water in five days!"

The tree is put into the water and goes down the river, which is really fast.

But the trees that were originally cut down were soaked in water again, and they were afraid that some trees with bad wood would rot, and they would not have time to dry.

"Too slow! Too slow! ”

"Your Majesty, just use these long ladders to attack the city, the soldiers have suffered heavy casualties, and they can't break the city, but they only increase the casualties!"

Liu Bei was about to kneel down in a hurry, and when he found that the trees in this place had been cut down, he wrote to Chen Gong and asked Chen Gong to hurry up and cut down the trees.

Now it seems that it is still too late.

"Why five days? Today the city will be broken! ”

Lin Mu walked to the front of the formation, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei hurriedly followed behind Lin Mu, Zhang Fei also had a shield in his hand, for fear that some marksman would plot against Lin Mu.

He casually removed Zhang Fei's shield and glanced at the defenders on Xiangyi.

"Pass my orders, and put all the long ladders on this wall."

"Huh?"

Liu Bei looked at the order issued by Lin Mu, and wanted to persuade him, but Lin Mu obviously wouldn't listen to it.

It was the first time Liu Bei saw someone attacking a city and only attacking one wall.

I watched the herald run out, and then the long ladder was picked up by the soldiers and began to run towards Xiangyi City.

Liu Bei couldn't help but sigh.

Shields were used on both sides of the ladder to protect themselves, so the bows and arrows on the walls rained down without causing many casualties.

Soon the soldiers came to the city of Xiangyi, and at this moment it was time for the casualties to begin to be serious.

Logs that were sawn down to half a meter long were dropped from the walls, and if they fell straight to the ground.

But these logs will roll out once they are bumped when they fall.

In the case of a siege, one piece will be smashed.

The long ladder began to be built towards the city wall of Xiangyi, and the front part of the long ladder had a hook, once it was put up, unless the ladder was lifted by divine power, it was impossible to overturn the long ladder in a short time.

Liu Bei looked at the grief on his face, and in Liu Bei's opinion, this was simply letting the soldiers go to death.

Liu Bei has seen these soldiers these days, as long as Lin Mu gives an order, it is a sword mountain and a sea of fire, and these soldiers will never frown.

Such a good soldier was wasted uselessly under the city walls.

At this moment, Zhang Fei pointed to Lin Mu and said.

"Big brother, what do you think Your Majesty is doing? Why take off your clothes? ”

Liu Bei turned his head and found that Lin Mu seemed to be stripping.

Guan Yu was also confused, since they surrendered, except for the battle at the ferry, they saw Lin Mu rushing in.

But because of the layers of soldiers, they only saw the forest rushing in, but did not see how the forest was fighting.

And since Liu Bei joined the army, because of the reason for his venerability, Liu Bei did not dare to take the initiative to inquire about Lin Mu.

After all, you, Liu Bei, as a close minister of the Son of Heaven, inquire about the situation of the Son of Heaven, what do you want to do?

"Your Majesty, what are you doing here?"

A hint of something was wrong flashed in Liu Bei's heart, but the soldiers around him were too calm.

At this moment, Liu Bei saw Lin Mu and rushed into the city wall of Xiangyi.

"Ah?!!h

Liu Bei's three brothers hurriedly unsheathed their weapons and rushed in the direction of Xiangyi City.

As for Lin Mu's rush, the rest of the soldiers didn't need to issue orders at all, they all frantically followed behind Lin Mu and rushed towards Xiangyi City.

Some of them rushed faster, even faster than the trees.

Liu Bei watched the soldiers around him desperate one by one, and then he understood, why did Lin Mu dare to be so reckless, with such a group of soldiers, it didn't matter if the world was the enemy.

At this time, the forest trees had come to the city wall and began to climb the city wall.