Chapter 100: The Rain Falls
Juyang is located in the plain surrounded by water, and when the city was built, Juyang was built on a high place, digging ditches to drink water around the city.
As long as the upper reaches of the river are blocked before the rain comes, and when the rain flows into the river and the river surges, the river will be dug up, and the river will wash away the entire plain.
And the place where the imperial army was stationed outside the city was the low-lying part of the plain.
Although flooding it with water will make Juyang City, which is already surrounded by water, also become an ocean.
But this is not even a price compared to defeating the imperial army.
At this time, it is the junction of spring and summer, and the rain is abundant, and as long as this heavy rain falls for four or five hours, the river will overflow the river.
Therefore, as long as they hold the city for a day, the imperial army will not know the terrain here, and they will definitely be defeated!
"Your Majesty, it's raining."
Liu Bei looked up at the sky and said to Lin Mu.
As soon as Liu Bei's words fell, the rain began to drip.
At first, it was still a light rain, but soon it began to get heavier.
Rainwater drops fall on the ground, wetting the ground and turning it into a mud pool, then into a pool of water.
Not only were the moats flooded, the roads muddy, and even the walls of the city would be slippery, which was not conducive to the soldiers climbing.
The rain drenched the mantle on the back of the tree and hung down on the horse's back.
"It's raining."
Liu Bei nodded and said.
"Yes, Your Majesty, let's go back to the camp to avoid the rain, if the soldiers are infected with the wind and cold, causing the plague, the army will inevitably suffer a lot of losses."
It's normal for rain to naturally cause colds, and colds don't seem to be the same, but they are different in this day and age.
In this era, there is a shortage of medical treatment, and many people die because of the cold.
If a soldier of a large army is infected with wind cold, it is extremely easy to spread among the army.
Liu Bei's consideration is not unreasonable, but it is not necessary.
"Pass my military order, push out the siege equipment, prepare for the siege, and naturally take shelter from the rain when you enter the city."
There is no problem that the rain will cause wind chill, but there is naturally a place to shelter from the rain when you enter the city.
Liu Bei looked at the woods, since the last time he suffered a loss because he didn't have siege equipment, the army would bring some trees with them when they marched, and they could be quickly built under a city.
But some siege engines were built, but not much.
But soon Liu Bei remembered the way Lin Mu attacked the city, and closed his mouth.
Due to the short duration of the siege equipment, only two types were prepared.
One is the moat bridge, which is also known as the flying bridge or the flying bridge.
It was used to cross a ditch outside the city, or to a moat.
This siege machine is the equivalent of laying sturdy planks on huge wheels.
When it was time to use it, the huge moat bridge could be pushed onto the trench or moat, and the soldiers could cross the moat on the moat.
This apparatus has already been documented in the Warring States period, so it was not difficult to build.
The so-called catapult was actually invented by Liu Ye a few years later.
Even if Lin Mu said it, no one would know at all.
Soon a huge trench bridge was dragged out of the battle formation by more than thirty soldiers.
When the soldiers dragged the trench bridge out of the military formation, Zhang Fei saw that Lin Mu wanted to step forward and hurriedly stopped Lin Mu.
"Your Majesty, let's do the siege today."
Lin Mu glanced at Zhang Fei and then at Liu Bei.
He knew in his heart that Zhang Fei wanted to atone for his crimes, and Zhang Fei himself was quite powerful, so Lin Mu nodded.
And there is another reason that although Lin Mu himself is strong, he still has to train his generals.
Otherwise, even if the forest is broken into eight petals, how many places can the forest guard.
In the end, just like Zhuge Liang, he is indeed strong, but he has no successor, and he has fallen into an embarrassing situation where no one is available.
By then, it will be too late to regret it.
Zhang Fei turned over and dismounted, came to the edge of the trench bridge, and pushed the trench bridge with the soldiers.
The trench bridge is already wide, and now that it is raining, this trench bridge is particularly difficult to push.
But when Zhang Fei stepped forward to push the trench bridge together, the soldiers saw that even Zhang Fei came to push the cart together.
Suddenly, an indescribable power erupted, and the speed was much faster than when the sky was clear.
Zhang Fei also knew how outrageous what he was doing, so he worked extra hard to attack the city today.
Four huge moats were pushed by hundreds of people from the army to the bottom of Juyang City.
After these four trench bridges, Liu Bei and Guan Yu followed with a large army.
As soon as he pushed the moat bridge into the attack range of Juyang City, arrows rained down like arrows.
Xiahou Yuan knew that this trench bridge would definitely be built on the moat, but now he could kill as many as he could, as long as he could delay time.
The rain had fallen, and it only took late at night for the imperial army to turn into fish and shrimp.
A soldier behind Zhang Fei was hit by an arrow and fell to the ground, and soon a soldier was on top and followed Zhang Fei.
Along the way, I don't know how many soldiers fell, but the moat did not stop for a moment, until the moat was erected.
As soon as he approached the city wall, the city wall began to roll logs frantically towards the city.
The area under the city walls is already limited, and many times although you see the rolling logs falling, you can't avoid it.
Just then, the ladder began to be lifted out of the army.
This is the second type of siege machine, the ladder is very simple, but extremely useful.
After all, the bearing capacity of the moat bridge is also limited, and if it is a large siege machine, the moat bridge cannot withstand such a weight at all.
"Throw me the rolling logs!"
Xiahou Yuan began to patrol the city wall, and commanded the soldiers to throw the rolling logs downward.
From time to time, he took out his bow and shot down the soldiers lying on the long ladder.
Xiahou Yuan was already good at shooting, and shooting soldiers at the city wall was as simple as shooting a target.
In addition, Juyang has an extremely wide city wall, unlike a small city like Xiangyi, where both sides of the city wall can attack the siege soldiers on the other side.
In a short period of time, there was really no way for the imperial army to rush up to the city wall.
Lin Mu glanced at the sky, and the rain was getting heavier and heavier at this time.
When the rain fell to the ground and was blown by the wind, it made waves like small waves.
And Zhang Fei couldn't attack it for a long time, and the rain was like the sky was broken.
Even if Liu Guanzhang and the others personally led the army forward, they could not break through Juyang.
But this look made Lin Mu see some doorways.
There were so many arrows in this Juyang City that Lin Mu saw that the rain of arrows was almost like rain, and the piece on the city wall was almost blackened.
This Xiahou Yuan almost spared no room for the arrows in the city to consume wantonly.
Lin Mu even saw some of the soldiers throw arrows down the city with their hands.
It's like deliberately delaying time, but if it is consumed like this, even if the defenders in the city still have arrows, I am afraid that they will not be able to continue to shoot their bows.
Why is that?
By the time Zhang Fei returned with the army, the time had already come to the afternoon.
The morale of the army led by Lin Mu was naturally sufficient, so even if it was not captured, it held out for so long.
The wounded soldiers were carried down to heal, and then the army began to eat.
After thinking for a while, Lin Mu came to Juyang City again.
After walking around Juyang City, looking at the rain under the moat bridge that was only slightly increasing, Lin Mu immediately understood why this Xiahou Yuan was delaying time so much.
Lin Mu hurried back to the camp, and at this time Lin Mu found that many places in the camp had begun to accumulate water.
Hurriedly mobilized the army, and it was already evening.
However, because of the rain, it was unusually dark, like late at night.
"Your Majesty, you will return in vain at the end of today, and please ask Your Majesty to surrender."
Liu Bei was below the forest tree, taking Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to plead guilty.
Lin Mu naturally wouldn't blame Liu Bei, but now was not the time to greet Liu Bei.
"Xiahou Yuan may be going to be flooded, it's too late, you will notify you at this time, so that the soldiers can prepare to fight to the death."
"Huh?!"
Liu Bei was shocked when he heard this, and remembered that there were already several places in the camp that had begun to accumulate water, and his face suddenly changed greatly.
Guan Yu was also nervous, but he didn't dare to say more.
"However, if Your Majesty is like this, it will definitely cause the soldiers to panic, and it is better to hide ......"
Before Liu Bei could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Lin Mu.
"If it's someone else's army, you still need to do this, but my soldiers don't need to do this, you tell them the truth, tonight is the time to fight to the death, either hit Juyang City, or drown, let them choose for themselves."
Liu Bei hurriedly rode his horse to the front of the battle and began to shout, and the army suddenly became noisy.
But soon there was no more silence, because Lin Mu asked Zhang Fei to wear it and gave the soldiers a word.
That is, the forest will climb the city with them.
When this word was spread to the army, there was no more silence.
Even if disaster is coming, as long as the Son of Heaven is with them, they will have no complaints.
"Siege!"
Lin Mu strode forward and rushed towards Juyang City.
Liu Guanzhang and the three of them followed behind Lin Mu, and then an army of 50,000 attacked Juyang with great momentum.
At this time, Xiahou Yuan, who was in Juyang City, was happy.
If it is dark today, and the rain is abundant, but the river is full in four hours, now it is only necessary to dig the river, and the imperial army will naturally turn into fish and shrimp.
"General Cheng, the time has come, you can dig the river."
Xiahou Yuan watched as the water in the moat began to grow visibly with the naked eye, and he understood that the river might have been overflowed.
Cheng Yu nodded, and mobilized five hundred soldiers on the spot, preparing to go upstream of the river.
At this moment, the shouts of killing began to sound, and the sound of military trumpets and war drums in the distance sounded like thunder.
The sound of rain and river water is superimposed on the sound of military horns, war drums, and shouting and killing, which suddenly gives people a feeling of turmoil.
In addition, now that Xiahou Yuan has won the victory, he has a pride in his chest.
"Zhongde doesn't need to worry, just go and dig the river, I can resist the army under the city!"
With that, he strode away towards the city wall.
After Cheng Yu glanced at Xiahou Yuan, he left with his soldiers.
All it takes is to dig up the river, and the army under the city will naturally dissipate.
Xiahou Yuan stood at the head of the wall and picked up the hard bow in his hand, but found that it was too dark today to see the enemy clearly.
He could only order the army to be covered with a rain of arrows, and the soldiers on the city walls to meet the enemy with rolling logs and stones.
At this moment, the heavens and the earth were bright, and Xiahou Yuan saw the army of locusts under the city.
The army rushed madly towards the city walls.
Although it had not yet rushed to the edge of the city wall, this crazy morale made Xiahou Yuan frightened.
Seeing that this imperial army is not like this during the day, these people don't want to die?
The offensive was much more ferocious than it had been during the day.
During the day, if this army was in good order, now their momentum is crazy, crazy to the point of desperation.
Darkness once again enveloped the entire battlefield, but Xiahou Yuan's heart began to be a little worried.
A rumbling thunder came, suppressing all sounds, and after a moment the thunder dissipated, and the sounds of the battlefield resounded.
The soldiers of the imperial court had already understood that Xiahou Yuan wanted to attack by water, and there was only one way to avoid his own death, that is, to climb the city wall with the Son of Heaven.
As for escaping, no one will choose to run away, no matter how fast you run, can you still be faster than water?
The water spread across the plains, and even the soldiers could not escape on eight legs.
However, since you can't run, you have to fight to the death.
This has become the trend of the backwater, coupled with the fact that Lin Mu went to the front of the battle, and the momentum of the backwater coupled with the presence of the Son of Heaven in the battle array, the morale was naturally extremely inflated.
Xiahou Yuan dared to relax the slightest when he saw this scene, although he couldn't see where the enemy army had arrived at all now.
But he kept letting the soldiers drop the rolling wood, no matter who saw the people or not, as long as they held the city and waited for Cheng Yu to dig up the river, the victory or defeat would naturally be known.
At this moment, a snapping sound sounded on the city wall.
It was the sound of a ladder on the wall, and now the soldiers didn't care if there was anyone on it, but threw the log down the ladder.
The tree was climbing on the ladder at this time, and a piece of rolling wood fell on the head of the tree.
Hit on the head by this rolling log, the skull was almost cracked.
Blood flowed down the face of the wood, staining the tree like a demon, but it was soon diluted by the rain.
In the midst of such chaos, no one noticed that the trees were shot down by the rolling logs.
Everyone was desperately trying to climb the long ladder, but they were quickly knocked down by the rolling logs.
Lin Mu rushed into the crowd again, took the double axe in his hand, and climbed up the long ladder.
Xiahou Yuan wanted to take a closer look at the situation under the city, but he couldn't see it clearly.
Just then, another flash of lightning struck, and the light illuminated the entire night sky again.
Only then did Xiahou Yuan see that a naked person with his upper body had climbed up the long ladder.
Xiahou Yuan stretched out his bow and shot at this person.
But when the arrow came out of his hand, it was dark again.
Xiahou Yuan didn't see what was going on with this person, but he heard the sound of sharp arrows entering the flesh.
His bow was a hard bow, and if it was pierced by this arrow, it would be crippled even if he did not die.
And in this case, crippling means death.