Chapter 689 Lujiang Is in Danger

Liu Ye immediately wrote a letter and sent it to Luoyang as a three-hundred-mile urgent military report on how Xu Huang defeated Cao Hong and forced Yan Liang to retreat.

"good!"

Liu Ye laughed heartily and looked excited.

"No wonder the general wanted to leave General Gongming to guard Jizhou. Jia only realized it today."

Guo Jia praised: "General Gongming's ability in using troops is indeed extraordinary. The water flooded Cao Hong and forced Yan Liang to retreat. It was like Zhou Yafu."

Zhou Yafu was a famous general in the early Western Han Dynasty. During the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu during the reign of Emperor Jing, Zhou Yafu held his troops motionless, but secretly cut off the food routes for the soldiers and horses of the Seven Kingdoms. Hundreds of thousands of troops collapsed without a fight.

However, Xu Huang flooded Cao Hong and broke the enemy's all-horned attack. Naturally, Yan Liang collapsed without fighting.

"Promoted to Gongming General Anbei, granted the title of Tongli Tinghou, and granted two hundred households."

Liu Ye speculated: "In addition, when Gongming blocked the river and built embankments, the people on both sides of the Zhangjia River were afraid of serious disasters, so they ordered Gao Chong to transport 5,000 stones of grain and grass from the Luoyang granary to Jizhou to provide relief to the people."

"promise."

Lujiang City.

The wind was strong and the sky was clear. More than 20,000 Jiangdong troops stood in formation outside Shu County. Their fiery red armor seemed like balls of burning flames. It was quite dazzling at a glance in the wilderness.

Jiang Dongjun excavated the earth outside the west gate and built a tall and wide earth platform with a height of two feet. Zhou Yu stood on it, wearing a purple brocade robe, holding his hand on the hilt of his sword, his white jade face full of awe, and the strong wind blew With the tassel on his helmet hanging on his head, he looked like an immortal floating upward.

Minlang!

The sword came out of its sheath. Zhou Yu pointed his sword at Lujiang City not far away and shouted: "Attack the city!"

"Siege the city!"

All four city walls were blocked by Jiangdong's army. Outside each city wall, three thousand Jiangdong's troops formed a military formation and stood motionless outside the city. After hearing the order to attack, the sound of heavy drumming and The sound of trumpets sounded, but there was no expression of excitement.

Most of these Jiangdong troops were elite soldiers who had followed Sun Ce in the Yangzhou campaign. They naturally didn't pay attention to a mere county town.

"kill!"

The Jiangdong Army archers outside the city took the lead in attacking. They straightened their bodies and pointed their bows at the city head. In a moment, thousands of arrows rained down and landed on the city head.

"ah!"

"Jiangdong's army is powerful with bows and arrows, retreat behind the female wall!"

Jiangdong Army's arrows fell like rain, covering almost every place above the city. The defenders above the city were frightened by the shots. After being shot to death and injuring dozens of people, they were frightened. He hid directly behind the parapet, fearing that arrows would hit him.

"Damn it!"

Li Shu, wearing a razor-sleeved armor, personally stood behind the city to supervise the battle. When he saw that the defenders only dared to hide behind the female wall, he couldn't help but become furious.

"Come forward, everyone! Swordsmen, shields, and shields can resist the enemy's arrows. Archers can fight back. Go quickly!"

Although the defenders in the city repeatedly agreed, they took their time and did not dare to step forward at all. Li Shu suddenly looked stern.

Sa!

"Well!"

The sword was unsheathed, and a guard screamed and fell to the ground. Blood flowed from his neck to the ground. His body twitched a few times and then became motionless.

"Go to fight immediately. If anyone dares to avoid fighting again, this will be the fate!" Li Shu shouted loudly, and the defenders in the city were startled. They had no choice but to step forward from behind the parapet.

Li Shu shouted: "Come forward to supervise the troops. If anyone dares to escape, he will be beheaded on the spot to enforce military law!"

"promise!"

I saw dozens of strong men with swords and axes in their hands, big shoulders and round waists, walking forward with fierce expressions, staring at the defenders, making their hair stand on end and shuddering.

Li Shu himself also knew that these defenders would not sacrifice their lives, so he specially prepared a supervising team. Anyone who dared to escape would be chopped down with an ax without saying a word.

In desperation, the city defenders had no choice but to come to the top of the city. The sword and shield bearers lined up their large shields on the top of the city. The archers were behind the sword and shield bearers. They did not dare to shoot straight down, but hid behind the shield wall. , for ejection.

The archers of Jiangdong Army all looked like torches. They aimed their bows at the top of the city, drew their arrows, and unleashed a sudden rain of arrows.

Tuk-tuk-tuk! Countless arrows were nailed to the shields, making a muffled sound, and some arrows passed through the gaps between the shields and hit the defenders in the city, making a scream and falling to the ground.

On the other hand, the archers in the Lujiang Army, even though there were shields in front of them, were still afraid. They did not dare to step forward and shoot with the Jiangdong Army. Instead, they hid behind the shields and fired. The archers of the Lujiang Army, whose sight was blocked by their shields, did not even look at the Jiangdong Army outside the city. They just opened their bows and fired. Therefore, not many arrows could hit the Jiangdong Army, and most of the arrows fell in the open space.

Veteran Huang Gai held an iron whip and laughed loudly: "These rebels are really worse than the Yellow Turbans! When Huang followed Wen Taigong to fight against the Yellow Turbans, although the Yellow Turbans had various weapons, they still had the will to fight. , these rebels fired arrows randomly without even looking, I was really laughing to death."

Zhou Yu, who was standing on the high platform supervising the battle, was unmoved when he saw this scene. Instead, he continued to order: "Step forward with the ladder and prepare to attack the city!"

Outside the four city walls, more than a dozen ladder trucks were slowly pushed forward by nearly a hundred Jiangdong Army soldiers. They were experienced in the army, so although the ladder trucks they produced were slightly rough, their structures were relatively complex, let alone used to attack Shu County. , even fortified cities like Hefei and Yecheng are enough.

Tap tap tap!

When Li Shu saw Jiangdong's army dispatching siege vehicles, he couldn't help but said anxiously: "Are you blind? Didn't you see the enemy's ladder trucks? Hurry and shoot!"

The archers on top of the city heard the order and hurriedly aimed at the ladder truck, and hundreds of arrows flew down.

Thump thump thump!

These arrows hit the ladder trucks and made a dull sound. These ladder trucks were so strong that even a strong man holding a blunt weapon would have to work hard to break the ladder trucks into pieces. The ladder car was covered with a layer of cooked cowhide. Some of these arrows touched the cooked cowhide softly and fell to the ground. Some of them just shot through the cooked cowhide and then hung softly on it.

"Why shoot a car? Shoot a person!" Li Shu said angrily.

The archers of the Lujiang Army hurriedly aimed at the Jiangdong Army escorting the ladder truck and shot away, but still had little effect. Because the Jiangdong Army archers below the city were trying to cover the ladder truck, they all tried their best to shoot arrows at the top of the city. Their arrows were much stronger than those of the Lujiang Army archers.

Moreover, Zhou Yu had already expected it, so the Jiangdong Army who ordered to escort the ladder truck were all soldiers wearing iron armor. The arrows shot at them, most of them were hung on the armor leaves, preventing them from entering.