It was getting close to dusk, and those who were attacking the fortress were fighting endlessly.
"Shield array!"
"Hoo, ho!"
The Liang people's phalanx outside the city first put away the side shields supporting the ground, raised them again, and pressed forward step by step toward the city gate.
"Pull the strings full!"
The defenders at the top of the city and their bow hands were all weakened to the extreme.
"shoot!"
The whistling flying arrows were knocked down layer by layer. After only walking more than twenty steps, Liang Ren's side shield was covered with dense arrowheads.
"Brother Mu, I'm going out of the city to charge into the battle!" Si Hu yelled while carrying the giant axe.
"Go ahead." Xu Mu breathed a sigh of relief. Dong Wen spared no effort to attack. Under the powerful force of his troops, the entire Lucheng fell into a deadly battle.
But again, after holding on to this attack, the war dragged into the deep winter and was covered with heavy snow. Unless Dong Wen was stupid, otherwise, he would definitely return to Liangzhou.
"Yin Hu, go and notify the defenders. After a hundred steps, the Liang people's phalanx will be close to the trap, and they can show off their power."
Yin Hu took the order and hurriedly walked aside.
Previously, considering Dong Wen's counterattack, Xu Mu dug a secret trench early. In the secret trench, there were not only bamboo knives, but also buried kerosene.
This wave is enough to make the little crybaby suffer a big loss.
Of course, Xu Mu also understood that as far as this attack was concerned, all Dong Wen had to consider was to remove the bridgehead for the Shu army to enter Liang before the depth of winter and prepare for next year's war.
As for Shuzhou, how can we get out of the second city that we finally managed to conquer by surprise?
"Lord, we are close!"
Xu Mu raised his head and looked at it coldly. The marching phalanx of Liang people, like a growing wall, kept pressing towards the city gate. On top of the city, all preparations were made, including the hanging Yaksha wood.
"Longbow, you lead people to shoot fire arrows."
The Gong Dog standing by nodded and looked for more than a hundred people from the Shen Gong Battalion. They began to look for a location. As soon as the Liang people's phalanx stepped into the dark trench, they immediately shot fire arrows and set the army on fire.
Xu Mu was originally worried that Liangzhou would send out the thick armor battalion to investigate first. But apparently not. The Liang people were already going all out under Dong Wen's order to attack the enemy.
Outside Lucheng, in the battle of throwing stones and flying arrows, a Liangzhou general was leading his phalanx troops and came first.
This general must also be cautious. While shouting orders, he held his shield high and moved forward cautiously——
Boom.
At this time, the sand in front of General Pi in Liangzhou seemed to suddenly collapse. General Pi screamed in surprise and fell into the dark trench with his shield.
Behind him, the phalanx soldiers who were traveling with him were caught off guard for a moment and fell into the dark trench one after another. The sharp bamboo knives pierced the robes and armor of many Liang soldiers. Those who survived stood up in a hurry and clung to them.
The mud wall of the trench, trying to climb out.
On the top of the city, the bow dog lit the fire arrow, and a coldness oozed from his only eye for a moment.
"shoot!"
More than a hundred fire arrows were nailed down near the dark trench, igniting the buried kerosene. In an instant, fire snakes raised their heads from the trench and twisted and climbed wildly.
In the blink of an eye, the fire became more and more fierce, until it burned the entire sky in Lucheng and was shrouded in dark clouds.
Many soldiers in the Liangren phalanx caught in the fire let out piercing screams. Those who were connected to the rear tried to save them, but after finding that they were unable to do anything, they quickly retreated with their shields.
"This is a good opportunity for me to kill the thief! The slinging camp——"
The whistling stones fell near the trench. During the Liang people's retreat, huge stones fell one after another, knocking down many military formations.
Not long after, the sound of Ming Jin withdrawing his troops was heard outside the city.
The Liang people's phalanx, which was originally like a rising tide, slowly receded in the increasingly darker sky at dusk. Only several Liang people's phalanx that fell into the ditch were unable to be saved, leaving only corpses all over the ditch.
.Just waiting for the sandy wind to blow, the charred corpses were quickly covered up.
Xu Mu on the top of the city was not too surprised.
The function of the hidden trench is to block the enemy's attack. This time, he expected it. In addition, it was almost night, so Dong Wen could only wait for an opportunity to retreat.
In the future, I'm afraid there will be another battle to the death.
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"Tianjian, tell me, how long will it take before there will be heavy snow?" Dong Wen frowned while sitting on the temporary tiger leather chair.
After finishing speaking, Dong Wen did not forget to grab the wine cup and take a big sip.
The Heavenly Supervisor accompanying the army was an old official. Hearing Dong Wen's words, he hurriedly came out from the row of counselors beside him with clasped fists in his hands.
"King, the weather suddenly gets cold. In about seven or eight days, there will be heavy snow."
Sitting on the tiger-skin chair, Dong Wen's brows became even more irritated. After breaking Sima Xiu, he felt that none of the general's staff could speak.
"Inform the entire army to continue the attack tomorrow."
Lucheng cannot be captured before the winter snow covers it. Next year's war with Shuzhou will probably be even more difficult.
Dong Wen had a cold face and fell into deep thought.
…
Even at night, many civilians and soldiers were still repairing the city gates on the top of Lucheng. In Xu Mu's view, according to Dong Wen's temper, the wars during this period would probably continue one after another.
General Youbi proposed that the civilians go out of the city overnight and dig a trench, but Xu Mu rejected it. Firstly, the civilians would be shot dead by the patrolling Liangqi. Secondly, the trench had its first function, and the second time it would definitely be killed.
Be careful.
"Yin Hu, how is the condition of the wounded?" Xu Mu stopped and asked in a solemn voice.
"Don't worry, chief helmsman, the arrangements have been made properly. Many people in the city will come to help. However, there are also many people in the city who are responsible, and General Shen Gong has already gone to arrest them."
Lucheng was the territory of Liangzhou before. After attacking Lucheng, the Shu army did not commit any crimes in Qiu. Even if they mobilized civilians, they did not let them participate in the danger. Therefore, in the current Lucheng, the Shu army
The reputation is not bad.
"Chief helmsman, someone who knows how to look at the sky told me that in seven or eight days, there will be winter snow."
"Got it."
Looking back in the direction of Shuzhou, Xu Mu gazed into the distance for a long time.
The two cities on the border of Liangzhou, as Jia Zhou said, are the bridgehead for next year's expedition to Liang. With this bridgehead, the army of the expedition to Liang can advance and retreat, and will not become a lonely army.
After seven or eight days, with the onset of cold winter, the war should have ceased. We only have to wait for the coming year to start a full-scale war to defeat the cold.
Even for Chai Zong and Chao Yi, these two extraordinary soldiers, Xu Mu doesn't want to use them now. Instead, he will let them continue to lie dormant, waiting for the right time to deal a heavy blow to Liangzhou.
"Yin Hu, where is the military advisor?"
"No information has been received. Chief helmsman, will something happen?"
Xu Mu smiled and said, "No, the military advisor has his own clever plan."
Sima Xiu was dead, and there was no one in Liangzhou who could understand Jia Zhou's plan. Only then did Xu Mu understand how far-sighted Jia Zhou's plan was.
"Tomorrow, I will personally lead the army to fight. One hundred thousand cold dogs will not even step into the city gate!" Under the night, Xu Mu's face became full of fighting spirit.
One day, he will start by dominating the west and then conquer the world.