Under the suppression of Tushan archers, the Zhou army soldiers advanced to the bottom of the city calmly and set up the flying ladder on the Shuzhou tower.
The well-trained soldiers began to climb up the rock.
Zhu Lingyun held up a shield in one hand and roared, asking the soldiers to resist with the rolling stones and wood they had prepared.
Under his accumulated majesty, the brave soldier put down his shield, picked up a stone slab weighing more than ten kilograms with both hands, and prepared to throw it towards the city.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh", arrows flew through the air.
Those brave soldiers were all shot to death on the tower.
A trace of cruelty flashed in Zhu Lingyun's eyes, the other party really didn't give him any chance.
Thinking about it, on top of the mountain, in addition to the hundreds of archers who suppressed the defenders, there were also a dozen or dozens of sharpshooters. They did not participate in the suppression of the archers, but stared at the soldiers on the tower who had the courage to fight back.
Zhu Lingyun held up his shield, tilted his head slightly and looked towards Tushan. With only one eye exposed, he saw two arrows coming through the air.
The pores stood up, and he quickly shrank his head and moved the shield to the right.
"Duh duh" twice.
The pitch-black arrow penetrated the wooden shield, revealing two pitch-black arrows on the inside of the shield.
The arrow was in the shape of a willow leaf. It was an armor-piercing arrow specially designed to break through armor. A chill filled my heart.
Zhang Qiong on Tushan sighed: "Oh, he is lucky!"
Shi Shouxin, who was beside him, also had a look of regret on his face and said: "It seems that the wine I owe has not been paid."
This earth-mountain tactic can be condescending and allow one's own archers to gain a geographical advantage, but it also has a drawback.
The archer's suppression is spaced.
Tushan is not a city tower and cannot accommodate too many archers, so three-stage shooting is used to maintain suppressive power.
This will inevitably create a partial vacuum period, giving the defenders on the tower a short opportunity to counterattack.
Therefore, Luo Youdu specially arranged for the marksman to suppress the vacuum period.
It's just that marksmen are not common, and only Zhang Qiong under Luo Youdu can be a good one.
This guy is really good at shooting.
Luo Youdu once curiously asked him why he was so good at archery.
He gave a very Zhang Qiong-like answer: "My family is poor and cannot afford meat, so I have to make it myself."
Luo Youdu also remembered that the reason why they got acquainted was because he went hunting outside the city, which led to a lawsuit.
The power of foodies is really powerful.
Luo Youdu knew that Shi Shouxin was skilled in bow and horse. Although Shi Shouxin wanted to lead troops to attack the city, he was not willing to let his precious cavalry waste in the siege battle, so he made a bet with him. If he could kill Zhu Lingyun, he would not only avoid the debt he owed.
I drank a lot of wine and drank a lot.
Therefore, Zhang Qiong and Shi Shouxin led a group of soldiers with relatively accurate archery skills to act as snipers.
With the help of archers and the suppression of the sniper squad led by Zhang Qiong and Shi Shouxin, the Zhou army climbed onto the Shuzhou city wall with almost no damage.
"kill!"
Zhu Lingyun, who was filled with anger, found an outlet to vent his anger, shouted loudly, and waved his shield at the soldiers who had not yet jumped into the city as they stepped onto the battlements.
Zhou Bing, who had no way to resist, flew backwards and fell heavily to the bottom of the city, dying on the spot.
Other Zhou soldiers were also attacked similarly, and unfortunately they fell down at the foot of the city. Even if they did not die, their arms and legs were broken, and life was worse than death.
I had a little better luck and rolled down the stairs, carrying the people behind me with me on their backs, which made the people below me unable to take care of themselves, but I was fine and continued to climb up.
The advantages of experienced veterans are reflected at this time.
He did not stay on the battlement for long. Before he could stand still, he pounced on the enemy facing him, threw him to the ground, and rolled them together, forming a small vacuum zone.
The soldiers behind used the small vacuum zone to successfully ascend the city.
But they still faced the situation of using less to fight more.
At this time, the role of Tushan is minimal. When our own soldiers ascend the city, it is too easy to accidentally injure friendly troops due to the suppression of arrows.
Only soldiers who have a certain degree of confidence in their own archery skills dare to choose to shoot at the enemy on the tower.
Although Luo Youdu used the earth mountain to eliminate 70% of the disadvantage of siege, the battle for the large space on the city tower could only rely on soldiers to fight bit by bit.
With every step forward, a few more people would climb onto the city, but each step would come at a heavy price.
Just when seconds counted for the Shuzhou City Tower, the transport ship stationed by Zhang Xiong encountered an attack.
The person who attacked him was none other than Zhu Yuan, Li Jing's newly appointed supervisor of the northwest camp in Huainan.
Li Jing received Zhu Lingyun's request for help and arranged for Zhu Yuanxian to go north to rescue Shuzhou.
But after Zhu Yuan crossed the river, he investigated the situation in Shuzhou and did not choose to attack Shuzhou.
Instead, he said to his lieutenant Li Ping very bluntly: "If Shuzhou can't be defended, don't even think about rescuing it. Once we enter Shuzhou City, we will be trapped in the city, which is completely meaningless. This little Zhuge
, he really has the style of a prime minister, it seems that it is not easy to defeat him and become famous all over the world."
When Zhu Yuan was crossing the river, he had already begun to plan how to rescue Shuzhou, defeat the famous Luo Youdu, and become famous in one battle.
The situation he most wanted to think of was that Luo Youdu divided his forces and attacked.
The best way to attack a small city like Shuzhou City is to surround it on three sides, so that the defenders in the city cannot take care of both the head and the tail. This will make Zhu Lingyun unable to do anything, so he can find loopholes and conquer the city in one fell swoop.
Zhu Yuan was thinking that if Luo Youdu really fought like this, it would be great.
The division of troops means that the central army is weak, so he can cooperate with the soldiers in the city to attack the central army.
As long as the central army is defeated before the siege troops on all sides come to rescue, the situation will be overwhelming with more troops fighting fewer troops.
It will be decided in one battle.
It turned out that Luo Youdu seemed to be on guard against this move, focusing on attacking and not giving any chance at all.
In particular, the use of the Chao Lake water system to transport people and the incitement of people in the surrounding counties and towns of Shuzhou to work made Zhu Yuan understand something even more.
Even if he goes into Shuzhou City to rescue Zhu Lingyun, all he has waiting for him is for Luo Youdu to die bit by bit.
Zhu Yuan came here to make contributions, not to spend time with Luo You in Shuzhou with Zhu Lingyun.
As expected, Zhu Yuan gave up going to Shuzhou City to accompany Zhu Lingyun through thick and thin, and instead came to the vicinity of Taoxi Town.
He spread out the map and said: "Brother, do you know where Luo Youdu's current weakness is?" He pointed to a point on the map and said: "Luzhou, he plans to use the Chaohu water system to conquer Luzhou, Hezhou and him.
The defeated Shuzhou are connected together. This Luzhou is the hub... As long as we capture this hub, even if he captures Shuzhou, we can recover Hezhou and Shuzhou one by one."
Li Ping said: "Then let's go to Luzhou?"
"No!" Zhu Yuan shook his head and said: "It's too late. They currently control the Chaohu waterway. Even the cavalry can't outrun the boat here. What's more, we only have two legs? The only feasible way is to seize their boat and go directly down the river.
Then go down and go straight to Luzhou."
"I will personally lead the assault later. You can read my news. If I withdraw, you can run away and leave me alone. If I let off the smoke, you can rush out again and we can seize the ship together!!!"