Chapter 442 Mianzhu Offensive and Defensive Battle
Early the next morning, Zhang Lu was fully armed and personally led his troops to Mianzhu City.
Zhang Lu was not in a hurry to attack, but instead set up a formation to intimidate the defenders on Mianzhu City.
"Where is Jia Wenhe? Let him come and answer quickly!"
Zhang Lu directly asked to see Jia Xu by name, and he still held on to the hope of persuading Jia Xu to surrender.
Once Jia Xu surrenders, Zhang Lu can at least reduce the casualties of thousands of soldiers!
Not long after, a person came out of Mianzhu City, it was Jia Xu whom Zhang Lu wanted to see by name.
"Zhang Lu, what do you want from me? Could it be that your conscience has discovered it and you want to tie yourself up in front of the battle?"
At this moment, Zhang Lu regretted it. He felt that he was doing nothing!
Who is Jia Xu? Can Liu Zhang rely on the mastermind to surrender in a few words?
But already at this point, Zhang Lu could only bite the bullet and continue to persuade.
"Jia Xu, Mianzhu is in danger, I will destroy the city today!"
"so what?"
Jia Xu looked down at Zhang Lu, not looking at him at all.
"God has the virtue of good life. As a successor of Tianshi Dao, I, Zhang Lu, naturally do not want to cause more killings! If you are willing to surrender the city, I will spare the lives of everyone in the city!"
"hehe..."
I thought Jia Xu would refute sharply, but unexpectedly he just chuckled a few times, which made Zhang Lu's mind active.
Could it be that Jia Xu also knew that the situation was over and wanted to surrender?
"Jia Xu, is the army behind me strong?"
Zhang Lu stretched his hand to the back, pointed at his army, and looked at Jia Xu with a proud look on his face.
Jia Xu chuckled and shook his head, then gave his own evaluation.
"Haha... broken walls and ruins..."
"Jia Xu, are the soldiers behind me elite?"
Zhang Lu still refused to give up and was still showing off to Jia Xu the army behind him.
Jia Xu smiled again, with disdain still in his eyes.
"Haha... it's in such a mess..."
Zhang Lu's face became more and more gloomy. Jia Xu was too arrogant and didn't take his army seriously at all!
"Jia Xu, do you know how many troops are behind me?"
"Hahaha... Even if there are millions of people, they are still just ants! I will use a little trick to turn them all into powder!"
Jia Xu's words were like a sharp blade, mercilessly piercing Zhang Lu's body.
Zhang Lu finally reached the limit of his endurance and pointed at Jia Xu with a livid face.
"Jia Wenhe! Why are you so arrogant! You are bullying me too much!"
Zhang Lu's sudden anger only made Jia Xu even more proud, with a smile on his lips, disdain in his eyes, and a look of ridicule on his face.
"Zhang Lu, I don't have time to waste words with you. If you have the ability, come to Mianzhu City!"
After saying these words, Jia Xu turned around and left without looking back, leaving only a regretful Zhang Lu roaring outside the city.
"ah!"
Zhang Lu was filled with regret. He secretly hated himself for doing something unnecessary and shouldn't take any chances.
Returning to the formation, Zhang Lu looked at Zhang Wei with anger in his eyes, and he immediately yelled out these two words.
"Siege the city!"
Zhang Wei looked serious, nodded heavily, and then raised the big knife in his hand forward.
"Bang the drum!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!...
As the war drums sounded, the soldiers of the Zhang-Lu coalition began to advance rapidly.
Ten ladders rushed out of the formation at the same time, and hundreds of soldiers rushed straight to Mianzhu City without fear of death.
On Mianzhu City, Huang Zhong and the Wushe Battalion had already been waiting in full formation. The moment the drums sounded, the soldiers of the Wushe Battalion had already fired their arrows into their bowstrings!
"Soldiers, aim at the enemy troops below the city and prepare to shoot!"
Huang Zhong gave an order, and the soldiers of the Wushe Battalion on the city wall immediately found their respective positions.
Some lay down on the battlements to shoot accurately, while others stood behind and prepared to launch.
All the bowstrings have been fully drawn, and sharp arrows are pointing at the soldiers running under the city!
One hundred steps...eighty steps...fifty steps...
Huang Zhong was silently calculating the distance between the enemy and the city wall in his mind, and he wanted to attack at the best position.
Finally, the enemy troops marching below the city reached about thirty paces.
"put!"
The martial arts battalion is famous for its elite archers, and firing arrows upon command is the most basic training.
Huang Zhong gave an order, and a thousand soldiers loosened their taut bowstrings at the same time.
Boo hoo hoo...
In an instant, thousands of arrows fired from the city, forming a dense rain of arrows, shooting directly at Zhang Lujun who was charging with the ladder.
"ah!...."
Waves of screams were heard, and the first batch of soldiers who attacked the city were shot into sieves, and they all fell to the ground and howled.
The soldier who was lucky enough not to be hit by the arrow was pulled to the ground due to the fall of his companion, and was hit hard on the ground by the ladder.
Zhang Wei was not moved by the tragic sight of the soldiers. On the contrary, he was used to seeing such scenes, and every time he attacked a city, the first batch of soldiers died.
"superior!"
With a wave of Zhang Wei's broadsword, hundreds of soldiers rushed out of the formation and ran towards the ladder under the city wall.
"kill!..."
When the hundreds of soldiers arrived at the city and prepared to carry the ladder, Zhang Wei issued a new order again.
"Second team of ladders, rush over!"
Ten ladders rushed out of Zhang Lu's formation again, and hundreds of soldiers roared and rushed towards the city wall.
However, Huang Zhong in the city would not let Zhang Lujun's unbridled attack, and the soldiers of the Wushe camp had already drawn their bowstrings again.
"put!"
Thousands of arrows were fired from the city wall again, and hundreds of soldiers were hit by arrows and fell to the ground again.
The death of two hundred soldiers did not have any impact on Zhang Wei. He still looked ahead with a calm expression.
"Team 3, 4, 5, 6, enter!"
Zhang Wei gave the order, and another four hundred people rushed out, all rushing towards the city wall, preparing to pick up the ladder on the ground and continue moving forward.
There was no accident this time. A dense rain of arrows was fired from the city again, and more than half of the 400 people were instantly killed!
Zhang Wei frowned slightly, but still did not change his strategy. He once again ordered the four teams to continue moving forward, and then sent four more teams of cloud ladder soldiers to attack the city wall.
Looking at his own soldiers who kept falling, Zhang Wei was also very upset, but he had no choice!
It was necessary to rely on a small number of soldiers to deliver the ladder to the city, and then Zhang Wei could order the large army to press on.
If the entire army had pressed forward from the beginning, and tens of thousands of soldiers had piled up under the city, all of them would have become the targets of the armed shooting battalion, the casualties would have been even more severe!
"Damn it, is Huang Zhong crazy today? He shoots arrows regardless of loss?"
Zhang Wei was very puzzled. He usually did not encounter such strong resistance when attacking a city, and Huang Zhong was reluctant to waste arrows like this. He usually only rained arrows after the troops and horses gathered together.
Huang Zhong was so abnormal today. Even in the face of a hundred troops, he still shot arrows regardless of losses.
"Second brother, this is not the way to go. Nearly a thousand of us have died, and the ladders have not even been moved under the city wall!"
Cold sweat gradually broke out on Zhang Lu's forehead. If this continues, how many soldiers and horses will be lost under Mianzhu City!