The newly built catapult slowly stopped five hundred steps away from the city gate. Wei Yan looked back at the direction of the catapult, ordered the warriors to make some adjustments and shouted: "Array, wind!"
Equipment can also use the power of military formations, just like arrow formations, but special military formations are needed to integrate the power of military formations into equipment.
Bows and arrows are relatively easy to use. Heavy siege equipment such as catapults not only requires military formation position, but also special craftsmen and strong men to control them. Not everyone can control catapults.
The arrow formation that Cao Xing is in charge of is further back. With the arrow formation blessed by the military formation, even ordinary generals can increase the shooting range by more than three times. A more talented person like Cao Xing can probably extend the shooting range by three to three times.
Wuli, as for Huang Zhong, who can use the arrow formation as a cannon formation, let alone one, you won't be able to see anyone in many cases.
The wells and ladders in the front row formed a special military formation and began to slowly approach the city wall. The army's military formation did not set off accordingly. The engineering army would not officially go into battle until the first round of equipment attack had results, otherwise casualties would be high.
It will expand, and the soldiers are not willing to charge directly like this.
The method of ant attachment is rarely used right away.
Although Chu Nan has fought many battles, this is the first time he has experienced such a serious siege battle. Looking at the sky above the city in the distance, the green air is soaring into the sky, which is vaguely consistent with the luck above the city, but that
Luck is a bit bleaker than before.
The luck of the military formation is golden. At this moment, it is slowly falling from the top of the city, covering the city wall.
"put!"
Wei Yan waved his hand, but heard the sound of a catapult creaking, and then more than a dozen stone bullets hit the city wall like meteorites.
This is no exaggeration at all. The power of the stone bullet blessed by the military formation is no less than that of ordinary artillery shells, and it appears on the city wall almost instantly.
"Boom~"
In Chu Nan's sight, the golden light wrapped around the city wall stirred violently. After penetrating that layer of golden light, the stone bullets seemed to be overwhelmed and shattered, turning into countless fragments and falling towards the soldiers at the top of the city, but they had already lost their
The lethality.
Wei Yan was not discouraged. After one round of stone bomb attack, he began to prepare for the second round. However, the preparation time of the catapult was too slow. The arrow array at the top of the city took advantage of this time to start targeting Jing Huan who was moving forward.
They rushed the car, launched arrows from the ladder, and some of them brought rockets and landed on the leather-wrapped car body. The fire lasted for a long time before extinguishing. Obviously, the rockets were still attached to kerosene, and once ignited, they were difficult to extinguish.
"Fire the arrow!"
At the back of the formation, Cao Xing gave the order to release arrows, and rows of arrows fell towards the city. Under the dense rain of arrows, holes appeared in the golden light of the city from time to time, allowing the arrows to be shot in, although their power was greatly reduced.
, but it can still penetrate the bodies of ordinary soldiers.
It seems that they are fighting separately, but the entire battlefield is a whole under the command of Lu Bu. When Chu Nan is in it, in addition to the majesty of the battlefield, what Chu Nan feels is that the entire battlefield looks like they are fighting separately, but in fact they are interacting with each other.
Coordinated cooperation.
Under Lu Bu's command, the Jianghuai Army was like a giant war machine. The armies led by each general were like important parts, cooperating with each other but not affecting each other.
Chu Nan remembered that his teacher said that Lu Bu's ability in commanding on the spot was no worse than his ability in martial arts.
The rhythm of the battlefield is gradually advancing under Lu Bu's command. Although the two sides are fighting now, they are still in the warm-up stage. Chu Nan knows that he can't get in the way, so he obediently stays by Lu Bu's side, feeling the changes in the battle formation and Lu Bu's movements.
The art of conducting.
In Xuchang City, just as the two sides were engaged in battle, Kong Rong and others in Wengcheng looked at Dong Cheng's body that had not had time to clean up, and they all looked gloomy.
"The minor injuries Wen Ruo mentioned seem to be different from what we know." Wang Zifu looked at Dong Cheng's body, then looked at Xun Yu, and shouted: "Xun Lingjun, Cao Cao is dead, you still think that this Xuchang is
In the past, you could not cover up the sky with one hand!?"
"Everyone, no matter what, should we give priority to defending against the enemy at this time?" Xun Yu sighed, not wanting to argue with these people anymore. The testing between the two sides has begun. The Confucian scholars need to go to the city as soon as possible to strengthen the city wall, otherwise even with Xuchang
The city wall is strong and protected by military formations, but it cannot withstand repeated attacks by the enemy.
As someone who has fought head-on with Lu Bu, he has a clear understanding of Lu Bu's abilities. Lu Bu's ability to attack and destroy is not inferior to his ability to command cavalry.
"Defend the enemy?" Kong Rong sneered and said, "Wen Ruo, this edict in your hand is your Majesty's edict ordering Lu Bu to enter the city. If you hadn't killed Dong Cheqi so unscrupulously, Lu Bu probably wouldn't have attacked the city!"
"Lü Bu being sealed into the city and Lü Bu conquering Xuchang are two different things!"
When Lu Bu entered the city under the imperial edict, he entered the city under the order of the emperor, which could show the emperor's majesty. However, if Lu Bu entered Xuchang, no matter what the reason was, it would be a violation of the emperor's majesty.
Kong Rong was about to say that he would go out of the city to persuade Lu Bu to retreat temporarily, but suddenly he frowned and looked back towards the direction of the city, his face gradually darkened.
"Mr. Wen Ju?" Zhong Ji looked at Kong Rong doubtfully.
"Someone is causing trouble in the city!" Kong Rong said solemnly: "Popular popularity is constantly being weakened!"
Everyone's expressions changed when they heard this. The weakening of popular popularity means that the ability of Confucian scholars is greatly reduced. Without the blessing of popular support, even famous Confucian scholars like them will not be able to hold on on the city wall for long, and their awe-inspiring aura will be exhausted.
After Kong Rong became a sage, he was more popular among the people, and therefore he was more sensitive to the popularity of the people. When the popularity of the people in the city changed, he immediately felt it.
Xun Yu felt a little heavy in his heart. Lu Bu's tactics seemed to be different from before. In the past, Lu Bu only knew how to fight fiercely based on his own ability, but now he was using internal tricks to divide people's hearts and incite public opinion. After this trick, Xuchang's defensive power
It will inevitably be weakened.
"Everyone, please go to the city to support me. I'll go to the city to deal with this matter!"
"Go and ask all the famous scholars to come to the city to come to the city for help. Let's hold on for today first and then talk about anything else." Zhong Ji sighed and asked people to gather people. With just a few of them, they may not be able to stop Lu Bu.
"Damn it, we have already reached a reconciliation with Lu Bu, who would have thought that something like this would happen again." Wang Zifu scolded angrily: "Then these arrogant soldiers under Cao Mengde are only doing bad things."
"Mr. Wenju, do you think that if Lu Bu's attack on the city was related to the death of General Dong Cheng, then how did Lu Bu know that General Dong Cheng was dead?" Zhong Ji suddenly thought of a question, how did Lu Bu know that Dong Cheng was dead, and how did Lu Bu know that General Dong Cheng was dead?
The one who launched the attack?
Kong Rong, who was walking, was suddenly startled, and then shook his head: "Maybe there is some way. Lu Bu has been in the Central Plains for many years, and he also has some strange people under his command."
Having said that, everyone is not a fool, and the time connection is too tight, and it feels like it is designed.
Although they have their own political demands, if Lu Bu is too strong, he may become the second Cao Cao. This is not what they want to see, especially the new policies Lu Bu introduced in Xuzhou.
Thinking of this, everyone felt a little nervous. Although Lu Bu was the person they selected to help them suppress Cao Cao's old tribe, the reason for choosing him was that he was easy to control. Just like when he went from Luoyang to Chang'an, Lu Bu was successively defeated by Dong Zhuo and Wang
Yun's control was average. They were confident in controlling Lu Bu, so they prepared to welcome Lu Bu into the city.
But what if Lu Bu is out of control?
Everyone had never thought about it before. After all, many people here had come into contact with Lu Bu. They knew very well what kind of virtue Lu Bu was, but now they had to think about this issue.
Once they reached the top of the city, everyone immediately began to use their spiritual power to strengthen Xuchang's defenses.
Next to Lu Bu, Chu Nan watched as the green energy at the top of Xuchang City quickly merged into the city wall, followed closely by the catapults, which greatly reduced the damage caused to the city wall.
At this moment, he could intuitively feel the Confucian principle, which is to mobilize the green energy belonging to the will of all people for his own use, but how much he can mobilize depends on the person.
Shi A has been preparing for so many days, but I don’t know what the result will be!
Just when Chu Nan was thinking about these problems, Lu Bu also obviously noticed that the city's defensive capabilities had greatly increased. He was about to say something to Chu Nan when he suddenly saw several pillars of smoke rising from the city, and his eyes lit up!
"Zi Yan, is he one of yours?" Lu Bu asked.
Chu Nan was observing the changes in luck and did not notice the few wisps of black smoke. He only became aware of it when he heard Lu Bu's culture.
He shook his head: "I don't know my son-in-law, but my father-in-law will wait a moment while I contact the demon ants!"
After saying that, he closed his eyes and shared the monster ant's vision through the strange connection with the monster ant.
In Xuchang City, after receiving the written notification from the demon ant, Shi A was surprised that this little beast could actually write, but the meaning conveyed by Chu Nan was also obvious.
He immediately changed his clothes, contacted the officials who had been secretly coerced by him in various ways in the past few days, and promised them that they would be rewarded after Lu Bu broke through the city. The city had already banned pedestrians from entering and exiting. At this time, even if he wanted to spread and incite, it would not work.
In order to inflame people's hearts, Shi A led his people to set fires everywhere and drive people out of the house.
Then the people arranged by the officials began to spread rumors everywhere. For a time, rumors spread all over Xuchang City. In Chu Nan's eyes, the green energy was dissipating at an extremely fast speed.
"Father-in-law, the time has come for the city to be broken!" Chu Nan withdrew his thoughts, looked at Lu Bu and said, "The people in the city are in chaos, it's time to launch a general attack!"
Lu Bu nodded upon hearing this and waved his flag. The tempo of the siege suddenly accelerated. At the same time, the generals also began to move towards the front. As the ladder hooked the enemy's wall, Song Xian, who had been preparing to attack, Wei Yue roared and led the army.
They led their troops and horses up the ladder and headed straight for the city.
A group of Confucian scholars felt that their popularity was rapidly disappearing, and they were panicking. However, they saw that Lu Bu's army's offensive suddenly became fierce, and they panicked for a while.
However, Cao Peng and others were not afraid in the face of the enemy troops that kept coming up from the ladders. They commanded the soldiers to fight with the enemies. As the green energy of Xuchang City faded, it began to become precarious!