The wind has stopped and everything around is calm.
The loud beating of drums has stopped, and the smell of burnt corpses from up and down the towers permeates the city, highlighting the brutality of the battle.
Cao Bin repelled Lu Mengjun's attack again. Before he could take a breath, he comforted the injured soldiers on the tower and bandaged their wounds himself.
He doesn't have many soldiers at hand, so he can't go down to the tower unless he's seriously injured.
"General Cao!"
A middle-aged Confucian scholar came up.
The person Cao Bin knew was Luo Youdu, who often dealt with him in Hezhou. His name was Yuan Rong, the leader of the gentry in Hezhou. He once served as a right servant in the center of the Southern Tang Dynasty. He did not get along with Li Jing's favor and trusted the five ghosts, so he abandoned his official position and returned to his hometown.
"Mr. Pingzhang!"
Cao Bin was covered in blood and said apologetically: "Bin is covered in blood, I bumped into Mr."
Yuan Rong looked at the young and polite young man and admired: "What a handsome young man. With Mr. Youdu and General Cao in Zhou Dynasty, how can Jiangnan be the enemy."
"Thank you, sir!" Cao Bin said politely: "Let's go down to the city and talk. The other party will attack at any time. Don't disturb sir."
Yuan Rong shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter, I have seen the world. How can I be intimidated by a group of troops who are about to be defeated? I am here to be entrusted by the gentry in the city to fully support the general in defending the city. If you need anything, the general can tell you directly.
.We have prepared the commonly used boulders, kerosene and other materials in the city and will bring them to the city from time to time."
As the Southern Tang army pressed on, the gentry in the city gradually came to their senses.
It seems that Luo Youdu was tricked.
Luo Youdu said very politely, "I don't have any extra money. If you can trust Luo, I will sell the Huai salt for you, and the profits will be given to the court. You and I will split the money between you and me. You will get seven, and I will give it to the government."
The government charges some transportation fees.”
This kind of transaction of picking up the goods first and paying later is not surprising as long as the owner has sufficient credibility.
Luo Youdu was famous all over the world, and Luzhou also had this trading model, so they readily agreed without thinking too much.
But when the Southern Tang army pressed the enemy, some people immediately reacted.
What should we do if Hezhou falls?
Will Luo Youdu send their money?
Even if it is delivered, how can they dare to take it?
Faced with this situation, Hezhou has become what they need in their interests. But it is naturally inappropriate to sacrifice the fate of the family for money, so they can only wait and see what happens.
However, the blocking battle at Wujiang Ferry allowed the gentry in the city to see the power of Cao Bin, a young general, and to hear his strategy of defeating the enemy. They also felt that Hezhou could be defended. The advantages increased several times, and they made their choices one after another.
As for Lu Mengjun, who received the news outside Beicheng, he was also shocked and broke into a cold sweat.
Cao Bin's move was indeed a bit difficult to deal with, but he did not want to give up the advantage of attacking the city from three sides.
In his subconscious mind, he had realized that the young player on the opposite side was at a higher level than him.
If you gather your forces to attack only one gate, you may not be his opponent.
The longer this went on, the last person who came to support was not Pan Mei, but Luo Youdu.
To be cautious, Lu Mengjun sent a large number of scouts to Luzhou.
This time he did not dare to be careless. Not only were more scouts dispatched, but the scope of their activities was also much wider.
At the same time, Lu Mengjun further accelerated his offensive against Hezhou City.
For four consecutive days, Hezhou City still stood in front of him.
The fierce fighting lasted for another four hours that day.
Cao Bin received the support of the gentry and had a steady stream of war preparation materials behind him.
Needless to say, I didn't even bother to use the stone rolling wood, and I even bothered to use the golden juice. I replaced it with vats of hot oil.
Pour the boiling hot oil, then turn on the fire a little, and the flames below the city will burn into pieces.
The soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty needed great courage to approach the city.
The whole battlefield was filled with a burning smell.
Seeing the dead and wounded soldiers being carried down one after another, Lu Mengjun was also at a loss. The more he attacked, the harder it was to attack Hezhou City. At first, he could still see hope, but gradually it became as difficult as an iron barrel to attack.
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Thinking about the thrill of defeating Wu Yue, Lu Mengjun never imagined that Hezhou, a small city, would be so difficult to defeat. He would not have accepted this mission if he had known better.
At this moment, there was a burst of exclamation from the front. It turned out that the gate of Hezhou City was wide open, and a group of troops came out and easily dispersed the exhausted Southern Tang soldiers below the city.
They moved quickly, each holding a torch, and set fire to all the siege equipment under the city.
Looking at the flames in front of him, the siege equipment he had worked so hard to transport by waterway turned into a ball of fire.
Lu Mengjun really didn't expect that at this point, the other party would dare to open the city to fight.
Lu Mengjun shouted angrily: "Do you really think I'm dead?"
After saying this, he patted the horse very seriously and rode forward to meet him.
The personal guards behind him did not dare to be careless and followed him one after another.
At this time, more than a dozen earthen jars were thrown down from the tower, and the yellow liquid splashed in all directions when they hit the ground.
Lu Mengjun's eyes shrank and he quickly pulled the reins, not daring to step forward.
Torches fell from the sky, and the flames blocked their pursuit.
Lu Mengjun suddenly felt tired. The opponent's various methods of defending the city were really clever, and one after another left people at a loss.
All these routines and tactics cannot be learned. A general's son like Cao Bin has many handbooks written by his elders in his family, which contain various experiences, and their value is no less than those legendary military books.
Lu Mengjun looked at the young general who had returned to the tower and suddenly had the idea of retreating in his heart.
But it's too late!
The sound of horse hooves accompanied by "tap, thud, thud" came into my ears.
Lu Mengjun's whole body was filled with horror.
Model worker Shi Shouxin led the cavalry to the battlefield.
Cao Bin's so-called reinforcements from Pan Mei are complete nonsense. Others don't know how many troops Pan Mei has in hand, how can he not know?
Reinforcements can only come from the direction of Shuzhou in the west, not Luzhou in the north.
Lu Mengjun naturally ignored the reconnaissance in the direction of Shuzhou.
After all, at the previous military meeting, Zhu Yuan's five thousand soldiers had already rushed to Ruxukou to support Shuzhou.
There are 4,000 defenders from Shuzhou City, plus Zhu Yuan's 5,000 reinforcements, which is enough to hold on for a while.
He never thought that Zhu Yuan, a general of the Southern Tang Dynasty who was obsessed with fame, was not willing to accompany Luo Youdu at the gate of Shuzhou City. He had no intention of rescuing Zhu Lingyun.
Countless cavalry swept through his rear like the wind.
Don't worry about this matter. After attacking the city for four consecutive hours, how can the soldiers still have the strength to resist the elite cavalry suddenly attacking from behind?
Lu Mengjun thought about the tactics leaked out of Hezhou City, and looked back dullly!
really!
The closed city gate opened again.
Cao Bin led the soldiers in the city, jumped over the flames that were about to burn out, and cooperated with Shi Shouxin's surprise attack.
Lu Mengjun's heart was filled with fear. Even if he died, he would still have someone to support him. He pointed his spear and rushed towards Cao Bin.
Cao Bin stretched his bow and shot two arrows at Lu Mengjun.
Lu Mengjun dodged the first arrow, but he rose into the air and fell heavily to the ground.
Cao Bin's second arrow shot his horse, and the slender arrow penetrated deeply into the horse's right eye...