Chapter 147: The Battle of the Polder
Seeing that Zhao Yun was so persistent, Xiahou Lan sighed helplessly and said, "In this case, you and I will meet on the battlefield in the future." β
As for being an enemy of Zhao Yun, he was absolutely unwilling.
On the one hand, he and Zhao Yun grew up together.
To become an enemy, he really can't let go of this relationship.
On the other hand, it was precisely because he grew up with Zhao Yun that he knew how terrifying Zhao Yun was.
Not only did he inherit his master Tong Yuan by force, but he even came out of the blue.
Zhao Yun also inherited Tong Yuan's art of war.
In the last few years of Tong Yuan's stay in Changshan County, he often led a small number of young people from Changshan County to defeat the bandits who came to cause trouble.
Speaking of Tong Yuan, who doesn't praise?
And Zhao Yun is only stronger than him.
He followed Gongsun Chan with the townsmen of Changshan County before, and he also experienced more than a dozen battles of all sizes.
Zhao Yun's bravery and strategy made him ashamed of himself.
Thinking of being an enemy of Zhao Yun, he felt his scalp tingle.
It's a pity that no matter how he persuades him, Zhao Yun just doesn't want to take refuge in Cao Cao.
And he, in this troubled world, only took a fancy to Cao Cao.
As for Lu Bu and Yuan Shu and the like, he felt that they were just dry bones in the grave, and they would die sooner or later.
Seeing this, Zhao Yun said with a smile: "If you and I meet on the battlefield in the future, if you are captured by me, even if you risk your life, I will save my life." If not, I will live and die with you. β
Xia Houlan laughed at this time, punched Zhao Yun in the chest and said, "This is what you said, a man's oath is more important than his life!" β
Zhao Yun said as a matter of course: "Naturally! β
Xia Houlan pointed to the deer's feet and said, "That night, let's eat this!" Tomorrow, as soon as the Jiangdong army departs, we will follow it and have a look. β
Zhao Yun snorted.
Time passed little by little.
That night, Lu Su watched Xu Sheng, Ling Cao and Zhou Tai successfully climb down the cliff with the dead soldiers, hiding in the grass less than two meters above the east of the polder city, and then rushed back to Dongyang County alone.
Early the next morning, Cheng Pu took Han Dang, Huang Gai and other generals to the barracks to point out the generals.
After Lu Yi finished breakfast, he took Lu Xun, Lu Ji, Zhu Ran, Ling Tong, Zhou Fang, Nangong Yan, Shi Huan and others to the barracks.
As soon as Lu Yi arrived, he mobilized more than 20,000 soldiers, and the army went directly to the polder.
At dusk, the army arrived outside the south of the city.
Lu Bu had already received the news that the defense on the city wall had been increased, and he personally rushed to the city wall with his generals.
Seeing that Lu Yi arrived and only brought more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, Lu Bu sneered: "Lu Yi'er, just this little bit of people, if you want to gnaw down my polder, I'm afraid it's a fool's dream!" β
"I advise you to go back early to rest and don't toss."
"Don't you see what happened to Yuan Shu?"
"It really angered me, I led the army to kill the city, and I will teach you to flee in embarrassment and lose face!"
Lu Yi looked at the soldiers coming and going on the city wall and nodded.
Lu Su is worthy of being one of the four major governors of Jiangdong in the original history, and he is very talented.
Before, he calculated the number of defensive soldiers at each gate in Lu Bu City according to the consumption in Lu Bu City.
Now it seems that there is not much access to the south gate of the city.
LΓΌ Bu deployed nearly 6,000 soldiers at the south gate of the city.
If the city is attacked normally, it is almost impossible for 20,000 people to capture a city defended by nearly 6,000 soldiers.
Even if you want to take it, it will take a lot of tricks, and it will take a long time.
This time, however, something is different.
Lu Yi ignored Lu Bu's taunt.
Temporarily handed over the tiger talisman to Lu Su, Lu Yi asked Lu Su to command the siege, and once again made Cheng Pu the deputy general.
And he himself took Yan Xiang, Liu Ye, Lu Xun and others to sit at the rear of the army.
Nangong Yan, Shi Huan, and the two hundred Danyang elites protected them in the middle.
Zhao Yun and Xiahou Lan also arrived on war horses.
The two of them stood on a high ground in the distance, looking at it all.
After Lu Su took over the tiger talisman from Lu Yi, he immediately divided the 20,000 soldiers and horses into four phalanxes.
At the forefront, there are six groups of thirty thunderbolts.
There are five Thunderbolts per group.
The side of the thunderbolt is piled up with all kinds of large stones.
Next to the stone, there were nearly a hundred soldiers.
These soldiers were responsible for the operation of the thunderbolt cart, as well as the carrying of stones.
Around these soldiers, there were four circles of soldiers.
The innermost circle is full of archers.
In front of the archers, there are pikemen or spearmen, halberders and other long-armed soldiers.
In the front circle, there are broadsword soldiers, long sword soldiers, and sickle soldiers.
In the outermost circle, there are shield soldiers.
Outside the shield soldiers, dozens of carriages were surrounded.
The carriages had been overturned.
Inside the carriage, more than a dozen spears can be clearly seen.
The head of each spear can be exposed.
Judging from the city walls, it is not noticeable at all.
At this moment, on the side of the carriage, there are soldiers driving wooden stakes, and then using ropes to fix the overturned carriage carriage to the wooden stakes.
Behind the thunderbolts, there were infantry carrying ladders and pushing siege ladders.
Each wears a short-handled weapon around his waist.
On their side, there were engineering vehicles and more than 400 soldiers.
After that, there were two phalanx of infantry.
These infantry have all kinds of weapons.
However, very few wore armor.
There are also archers mixed in.
On the city wall, Lu Bu looked at the Jiangdong Army outside the city and did not move, and he did not react.
He had five and a half men to defend the city!
There were still more than 30,000 people in the city, all of whom were pulled under the city walls by him to help defend the city.
Among them, he also had three hundred cavalry.
These 300 cavalry are all from the time of the annexation of states to fight with him in the south and the north.
Not to mention dealing with these Jiangdong soldiers outside.
Even in the face of Yuan Shao's cavalry, they will not fall behind!
Yuan Shu's army of 100,000 was overwhelmed by him, Zhang Liao's cavalry, and Gao Shun's trapping camp.
And this Jiangdong soldier is just a group of rabble.
If you fight on the water, it may not be easy to fight yourself.
However, in this open space, he is still guarding the city, and the other party is still so manial, so he has no fear.
Lu Qiling and Liu Yu also wore armor and rushed to the city wall.
Looking at the large number of Jiangdong soldiers outside the city, the two women were also a little relieved.
They had also seen LΓΌ Bu lead his army against Yuan Shu's army.
The momentum of Yuan Shu's army is much stronger than the Jiangdong soldiers outside the city.
Lu Bu can win.
This time to defend the city, it should not be a big problem.
It was getting dark.
When the sun went down and the bright moonlight fell on the earth, beside Lu Su, Cheng Pu reminded in a low voice: "It's time to attack the city." β
Lu Su nodded and said to Cheng Pu: "Let's start, let the thunderbolt attack first!" β
Cheng Pu roared: "Blow the horn and prepare for battle!" β
The flag-bearer next to him waved the flag vigorously.
Suddenly, the solemn sound of the horn soared into the sky.
On the city wall, Lu Bu, who was drowsy and had been waiting impatiently, instantly woke up and roared: "Prepare to fight!" β
The roars came and went.
Inside the city walls, the people climbed the city walls with boulders or boiling gold juice to the shouts of the soldiers.
The archers crouched neatly on the edge of the city wall amid the roar of the generals, bent their bows and arrows, and pointed their arrows diagonally at the sky.
At the side of the bed crossbow, groups of soldiers wound heavy arrows.
As Lu Su broke out with an "attack", the sound of pressing and squeezing resounded over the entire polder.
Thirty boulders, larger than an adult man, pierced the night sky, whizzed by, and fell in six directions to the city wall.
Some boulders fell directly into the city.
Some boulders fell halfway outside the city walls.
But there are always boulders that fall accurately on the city walls!
The screams were instantly deafening.
On the city wall, the sky is cracking!
Every boulder fell on the city wall, and several, or even a dozen, of soldiers smashed into flesh!
The people who carried stones and gold juice up the city wall screamed in fright, and rushed down the city wall one after another, despite the soldiers' reprimands.
The archers on the city wall turned pale and frightened.
Such a distance.
They simply can't reach the enemy.
But the enemy can inflict such a heavy blow on them!
As the boulders fell on the city wall, the soldiers on the city wall could not bear it, and they gave up the attack one after another, lying motionless on the city wall.
Lu Bu and the generals hid directly in the corners below the city walls.
Rao is Lu Bu, and his lips turned white with fright.
He had thought the thirty behemoths were just ordinary catapults.
Who knows, it's not a catapult at all.
This power!
This accuracy!
How to prevent it?
They can only rely on the strength of the city walls to let them throw the boulders to the end!
Lu Yi looked at the thirty thunderbolts that suppressed the defense on the city wall, and on the city wall facing the Jiangdong soldiers, there was not a single soldier, only the two sides of the city wall, and the soldiers wanted to rush over, but they were frightened back, and a smile appeared on their faces.
This Liu Ye's thunderbolt is really useful.
Unfortunately, it's not strong enough.
He thought of an anti-Japanese TV series he once watched: Push my Italian cannon up!
If there is an earthen cannon, it will directly collapse the city gate, why is it so complicated?
The Thunderbolt was a formidable force, but the boulders were still unable to do much damage to the walls.
You have to use people to pile it up.
Sure enough, Lu Su saw that the thunderbolt had suppressed the enemy troops on the front city wall, and hurriedly said to Cheng Pu: "The second phalanx, up!" β
Cheng Pu said to the standard-bearer beside him: "Cloud ladder, take the moat!" β
The flag bearer waving the flag.
The sound of fighting instantly increased again.
At the front of the second phalanx, the Jiangdong soldiers carried the ladder and rushed to the moat!
On the city wall, Lu Bu and other soldiers were about to raise their heads.
But in the face of the boulders, they continued to throw them, and they had to suppress their bodies again.
As the ladder set up the moat, the second phalanx siege ladder was pushed up.
Lu Bu and the others are about to raise their heads again.
Jiangdong wants to attack the city, this is like a catapult attack, you have to stop, right?
What they didn't expect was that the thunderbolt was still throwing boulders!
The difference is that as the flag bearers continue to change their flags, the Thunderbolts, which originally focused on attacking at six points, are scattered into thirty points and begin to scatter in a wider area around the city wall!
The soldiers on both sides of the original city wall were not safe either!
This time, however, the boulder thrown by the Thunderbolt lost its accuracy.
Some fell on the city walls, still terrifying.
However, some boulders even fell on the siege ladders that had already been built on the walls!
Some Jiangdong soldiers had just climbed the city wall, and they were also smashed into flesh and fell down screaming.
But even so, there are still more Jiangdong soldiers who are not afraid to climb the city wall.
On the city wall, the soldiers of Lu Bu, who had been suppressed so much that they couldn't raise their heads, saw that the Jiangdong soldiers had already attacked the city wall, and had to face the enemy hard.
On the city wall, the fight continues!
Lu Bu watched the steady stream of Jiangdong soldiers attack the city wall so easily, and outside the city, the siege vehicles had already crossed the moat and came towards the city gate, his face was gloomy.
If you continue like this, the walls will not be able to hold it!
This new master of Jiangdong is also a ruthless person.
In order to suppress the defenses on the city walls, they even used things like catapults, and even their own people were not spared!
That catapult-like thing, too threatening.
If you don't clear it, as soon as the city wall is suppressed and the city gate is washed open, it will be your own death!
Thinking of this, Lu Bu asked Song Xian, Hou Cheng and other troops to continue to defend the city wall, while he rushed down the city wall.
Gathering his three hundred cavalry behind him, Lu Bu held a halberd in his hand, rode a blood-colored war horse, and ordered the city gate to be opened.
Instead of sitting back and waiting for the city gates to be breached, it is better to take the initiative!
As soon as the city gate opened, Lu Bu rushed out first.
Behind him, three hundred cavalry followed.
This cavalry was too fierce.
Everywhere they passed, the Jiangdong soldiers screamed and were knocked out!
LΓΌ Bu led three hundred cavalry to rush directly across the moat and rush to the front of thirty thunderbolts.
As Lu Bu pointed the halberd in his hand to the right, the cavalry behind him immediately divided into two.
A group led by him made a detour to the left side, divided into three squads, and killed three groups of fifteen thunderbolts on the left.
A detour on the right side, also divided into three squads, like a swift wind, killed three groups of fifteen thunderbolts on the right!
(End of chapter)