Chapter 199 Lu Bu, who has been defeated repeatedly
Chapter 199 Lu Bu, who has been defeated repeatedly
Seeing Zhuge Liang next to Zhao Feng, Cao Cao showed admiration. He was worthy of being that man's son. In just two days, he found a great talent from the mountains.
Zhao Feng glanced at Cao Cao with a strange expression. Cao Cao seemed to be too concerned about him these past two days.
However, he didn't say much about this and still pretended not to know.
"My lord, you came just in time. I wonder how the navy training is going?"
Cao Cao nodded, showing a satisfied look.
"Already, nearly 50,000 people are not afraid of the water and can move freely on the ship without any adverse reactions."
Zhao Feng nodded. The biggest difficulty for the northern soldiers to capture Jingzhou was the water battle.
Then Sun Quan and Lu Bu will definitely stick to the natural dangers of the Yangtze River and fight Cao Cao without giving him any chance to go south.
However, most of the soldiers in the north were not familiar with the nature of water, and even suffered from seasickness on ships. It was impossible to fight against the naval forces from Jiangdong who were well versed in the nature of water.
Therefore, if you want to go south to Jingzhou, you must train a navy.
Zhao Feng nodded, fifty thousand navy was already a considerable number.
"Tomorrow, Lu Bu will definitely attack Changsha County, so we will take the opportunity to directly capture Nanjun!"
Zhao Feng was well aware of the actions of Lu Bu's army. Under Tongque's intelligence network, no slightest movement could escape his eyes.
Cao Cao nodded, showing a hint of expectation.
The next day, Lu Bu arrived in Changsha County with an army of 50,000 men.
The garrison of Changsha County was only 20,000, and the garrison was a veteran, so Lu Bu didn't take it seriously.
Lu Bu, who had been frustrated by Cao Ren, came here and shouted loudly: "I am Lu Bu, and I have come to recover Changsha County in the name of Liu Qi, the shepherd of Jingzhou. I will not kill anyone who surrenders!"
Fifty thousand troops are stationed here, which is very majestic.
I saw a man coming to the city gate. The man was wearing battle armor and had a white beard. He squinted his eyes like an eagle and gave Lu Bu an extremely sharp look.
"Little Lu Bu, how dare you come to invade our Changsha County? I, Huang Zhong, don't recognize Liu Qi, the shepherd of Jingzhou!"
"If you want to take down this Changsha, you can send your horse over here!"
Huang Zhong's tone could be described as arrogant, and he didn't pay any attention to Lu Bu.
And there was nothing to discuss. Lu Bu's expression changed. He regained the three counties of Jingbei with great success.
I didn't expect this veteran to be so ignorant of praise.
"Are you that Huang Zhong?" Lu Bu stared at Huang Zhong and said coldly: "I have given you a chance, don't be ungrateful!"
"Have you seen my 50,000 soldiers and horses? If they don't surrender, they will be killed without mercy!"
In his opinion, it would be easy for the 50,000 troops in his hands to conquer Changsha.
Obviously, he wanted to threaten Huang Zhong with his troops.
And Huang Zhong actually burst out laughing: "Haha, in my opinion, you, Lu Bu, are just a vain person. It's useless to talk too much. If you have the ability, just send troops to attack!"
Chen Gong on the side did not expect that the recapture of Changsha had already begun to suffer setbacks.
After hearing Huang Zhong's words, Lu Bu's face turned ugly. Huang Zhong did not give him any face. How could he endure it with his temper?
"kill!"
I saw him roaring angrily.
"Today, I will destroy your Changsha city and kill everyone!"
The 50,000 soldiers marched towards Changsha City without any reservation.
There was a glint in Huang Zhong's eyes, and he said calmly: "For a mere fifty thousand, I'm afraid you look down on me, Huang Zhong, too much!"
I saw that the city gate was filled with archers in just an instant. When everyone reacted, they only heard a buzzing sound.
There were 20,000 garrison troops in Changsha, and the archers occupied 7,000.
The soldiers at the front were hit by arrows one after another, and those who were hit were bound to fall. Moreover, Huang Zhong was the most familiar with these soldiers.
These are all Liu Biao's old troops, and we know best how much combat power they can have.
Under countless arrows and countless soldiers, they could not even climb the ladder.
The city wall is under the protection of Wengcheng, so it is difficult to break through it.
There was also a trace of panic in Chen Gong's eyes. Changsha's city defense might be much stronger than he imagined.
The first place countless armies poured into was the Wengcheng in Changsha. As the name of the Wengcheng suggests, the enemy troops entering were like turtles in an urn, surrounded by enemies on all sides!
At the same time, there were countless crossbow towers all around, and countless arrows rained down.
Jingzhou is already rich, and arrows are extremely abundant. The dense arrows flying over are almost terrifying.
Lu Bu also looked extremely sad. Changsha could not be defended, and it would be difficult for him to attack the city with 50,000 soldiers.
In the urn city, as soon as the army poured in, countless amounts of kerosene poured down from the sky. Along with a rocket, monstrous fire broke out instantly, and Lu Bu's soldiers could not resist it at all.
Only 20,000 people were able to be so calm in the face of 50,000 people.
Moreover, the arrows on the city defenses and crossbow towers never stopped, and Lu Bu's soldiers seemed to be dying one by one.
No one can climb up those climbing ladders that were finally put up.
I saw several huge rolling logs pushed down from high above the city defense.
The wood was covered with sharp weapons, causing numerous casualties wherever it went.
Jingzhou is a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and under Liu Biao's governance, Jingzhou developed steadily and was even able to resist Sun Ce's invasion.
How could Jingzhou’s city defense be weak?
Apparently, Lu Bu had reconquered the first three counties too easily and underestimated Jingzhou's city defense.
In addition, Huang Zhong's soldiers were good at crossbows, which increased the advantage of defending the city. In just a few rounds of attacks, Lu Bu had already lost nearly 10,000 troops.
Looking at Changsha in front of them, Lu Bu's expression became even more grim. They didn't even have a chance to fight back.
There is no need for him to go into battle at all. Even under his countless arrows, he may not be able to survive alone.
"The situation is unfavorable, withdraw troops!"
Chen Gong on the side said quickly.
They just recaptured Liu Biao's old troops, and the soldiers in their hands were extremely important to them.
Since Lu Bu's escape, apart from attacking Zhang Xiu, he has suffered repeated defeats and encountered obstacles everywhere.
After hearing what Chen Gong said, Lu Bu could only agree, but Huang Zhong still shouted on the city defense.
"Haha, Lu Bu is nothing more than that!"
At the same time, an arrow shot straight towards Lu Bu from Huang Zhong's hand.
Faced with Huang Zhong's taunt, Lu Bu paid no attention to it, but the arrow was extremely fast and hit his previous position so accurately from a hundred steps away.
Lu Bu broke into a cold sweat. Huang Zhong was so good at bowing, but he had underestimated him.
All the troops were withdrawn. This battle was extremely frustrating for Lu Bu. He was somewhat brave, but how could it be that the battlefield was based on individual strength?
The remaining 30,000 people evacuated towards Nanjun. Since Cao's army had not moved in the past few days, he should take advantage of this opportunity to capture Changsha.
Now that they were frustrated in front of the veteran general, the army had no choice but to withdraw.
At this moment, Lu Bu didn't realize that Cao Jun, who had been quiet in Xinye for a long time, had already sent troops.
The mighty Cao army is heading towards Nanjun. The two armies are adjacent to each other and can arrive in less than half an hour.