Taishi Ci heard the shouts of General Yang on the top of the city. When he looked towards the city, he could not find Liu Bang anywhere, and he was shocked. He had promised Jushou to find an opportunity to shoot Liu Bang, but now Liu Bang But Bang disappeared, and because he was soft-hearted for a moment, he missed the opportunity and regretted it too late.
Zhang Fei didn't pay that much attention. He waved his strong bow to show off, then turned to Zhang He and said: "Fourth, let me borrow your trebuchet!"
Zhang He was stunned and asked warily: "What do you want to borrow the trebuchet for?"
Zhang Fei said without thinking: "What else can we do? Throw stones and attack the city!"
Zhang He was shocked and said resolutely: "No! The eldest son is still in their hands. If there is something wrong, how can you and I explain it to the eldest brother?" [
Zhang Fei said angrily: "If we hadn't brought the trebuchets from our army, who would have asked you for help? I think my elder brother is such a hero, but Liu Bang is a pustule. What qualifications do you have to be my elder brother's son? I, Lao Zhang, will be the first to look down on me." Him! Fourth brother, to tell you the truth, even without a trebuchet, I, Old Zhang, can still capture Lujiang City. But in that case, the casualties of the soldiers will inevitably increase, and I am afraid that both you and I will not be able to escape my brother's punishment. Don't worry, if we capture Lujiang City I'll give you some of the credit for getting to Lujiang City!"
As an important siege equipment, the trebuchet is equipped with all other legions except the pure cavalry Sixth Army. However, Zhang Fei came here over the Dabie Mountains, so it is naturally impossible to carry such a large equipment. But there is no trebuchet. It is not that the machine cannot attack the city. After Zhang Fei captured Hulou, he organized his soldiers to rush to make some simple siege equipment. With the well-trained soldiers of the Second Army, Lujiang City can be captured with these equipment. You must rely on a trebuchet.
Zhang Fei originally wanted to take all the credit for this great achievement, but after seeing Liu Bang, he suddenly changed his mind and wanted to borrow a trebuchet from Zhang He. In this way, the main credit for capturing Lujiang City was still his, but Zhang He was also dragged into the water. As the saying goes, the law does not blame everyone, but if Liu Bang died at the hands of Yuan Shu, Zhang He would not be able to escape his involvement.
Zhang He's head is getting big now. Others call this bearded guy Zhang Fei, but now Zhang He knows that this guy is smarter than a ghost. Lend him the trebuchet, then you will be his thief Ship. Don't lend him the trebuchet. He is also planning to attack the city. If he causes a large number of casualties to the soldiers, he will have no way to explain to Liu Xin.
Zhang Fei saw Zhang He's eyebrows frowning, and he laughed out loud and said: "Fourth brother, let's try attacking him. If Yuan Shu really dares to kill the eldest son, we will cut him into pieces." Revenge for the eldest son! I, Lao Zhang, am impatient. If you don't agree, I will order an attack on the city."
Zhang He gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Come here, bring the trebuchet!"
To be honest, Zhang He was very dissatisfied with Liu Bang's cowardly performance on the city wall, so he included a few words in his report to Liu Xin. Jushou also noticed that Liu Xin had read these few sentences. After saying these words, the expression on his face did not change at all, which aroused his alarm and made up his mind to get rid of Liu Bang. It is true that this piece of property now belongs to Liu Xin, but Jushou and the others have also put a lot of effort into it, Jushou can't He was willing to let this great country fall into the hands of a mediocre "successor". But Jushou didn't know that Liu Bang was not Liu Xin's biological son. Liu Xin naturally didn't take it to heart how he behaved. Also because he couldn't see it After getting used to Liu Bang's performance, Zhang He agreed to lend Zhang Fei a trebuchet.
Zhang Fei laughed loudly, patted Zhang He on the shoulder and said: "This is my old brother Zhang! With my general order, the bowmen and crossbowmen will march forward in formation!"
He didn't care why Zhang He agreed to lend him the trebuchet. All he needed was Zhang He's promise. Now, he couldn't wait for the trebuchet to arrive. He wanted to take advantage of the powerful crossbow to give Yuan Shu a decisive blow.
In fact, the arrow fired by Taishi Ci should be regarded as a show of force, but Zhang Fei didn't think so. Yuan Shu threatened him not to fire another arrow, so he would fire another thousand arrows and ten thousand arrows to Yuan Shu. Look, this is how General Zhang Yide, who took the first rank of general out of an army of ten thousand horses, should behave.
Yuan Shu was drinking tea and taking a breath in the tower when he suddenly heard the loud beating of drums outside the city. He couldn't help but jump up and asked loudly: "What happened?"
Before the confidants on both sides had time to answer, they could only hear the sound of "swish, swish, swish", accompanied by the screams of the city guards. After a long time, a soldier stumbled in and stammered. Said: "Your Majesty, something bad has happened. The rebels outside the city have begun to attack the city."
Yuan Shu said angrily: "Why don't you quickly organize a counterattack and shoot them to death!"
At this time, Zhang Xun rushed in and said: "Your Majesty, the Han army's crossbows are too powerful. Our bows and arrows can't reach them, but they killed and wounded many brothers. Please stay away for a while."
Yuan Shu couldn't help but became furious and shouted at Zhang Xun: "What! They really dare to shoot arrows? Go! Go quickly! Throw Liu Bang down the city for me!"
General Yang hurriedly advised: "Your Majesty, you must not do it! If you kill Liu Bang, the Han army will be even more scrupulous. I think it is better to tie him to the city gate tower to see who else in the Han army dares to mess around." ?”
Zhang Xun sneered and said: "Although what Mr. Yang said is reasonable, Liu Bang's son is clearly at the top of the city. The Han army has not hit him accurately. It can be seen that the Han army does not take him seriously at all! Your Majesty, I think it is still Hurry up and recruit civilians to the city."
Yuan Shu always thought that with Liu Bang in hand, he could rest easy. Although the Han army came to the city, the defense on the city was very lax, and even the people were not mobilized.
General Yang hid in the city tower with Yuan Shu. He didn't know much about the current situation on the city wall. He hesitated a little after hearing Zhang Xun's words. He frowned and said, "General Zhang, you can see it clearly. What about Liu Bang?" They also fired arrows on the city top as usual? Could it be that Liu Bang hid behind the battlements? Oops, no!" [
Yuan Shu said displeasedly: "Yang Aiqing, why are you so surprised?"
General Yang raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I have thought of a possibility. The Han army under the city fired a volley of arrows. Even if Liu Bang was shot and killed, it would be difficult to find out who did it. At that time, the general under the city can recruit anyone at will. Come out as a scapegoat..."
The situation was critical. Yuan Shu had no time to listen to General Yang slowly analyzing the cases here. He slapped the cases in front of him and said loudly: "Quick, go and drag Liu Bang in for me!"
Zhang Xun turned around and hurried out. After a while, he got into the tower again, raised his hands and said, "Your Majesty, it's bad! Liu Bang is missing."
"Gone!" Yuan Shu stood up and roared, "What did you say! Liu Bang is gone! Where did he go? Where is Liu Bei? Didn't he say he would take good care of Liu Bang? Go and call Liu Bei. Come in!"
Zhang Xun hesitated for a moment, then leaned forward and said, "Your Majesty, I have just looked around and found no sign of Liu Bei."
"What!" Yuan Shu was really panicked now, and said repeatedly, "Quickly, send troops to search the whole city, and be sure to capture Liu Bei and Liu Bang! This Liu Bei is really bold, he dares to betray me at this time , if I catch him, I will never let him go easily!"
The Han army fired a volley of bows and crossbows, obviously preparing to attack the city. At this juncture, Yuan Shu didn't think about how to defend, but was busy capturing Liu Bei and Liu Bang. Zhang Xun couldn't help but have black lines on his face. He was about to persuade again, but suddenly he listened With a loud "boom", the city gate tower shook violently, and then a lot of dust fell down, making everyone here look disgraced.
Yuan Shu just wanted to ask what happened, but he heard loud noises one after another. The entire city gate tower was filled with smoke, and a large hole as thick as a fist opened in the wall. This surprised Yuan Shu. , did not bother to understand what was going on, let alone search for Liu Bei and Liu Bang, and hurriedly led General Yang back from the tower to the city.
Just as the shock subsided, he saw Zhang Xun chasing after him, cupping his hands and saying: "Your Majesty, I have figured out that the Han army outside the city used a new type of equipment to throw a large number of stones into the city, which caused such a huge disaster. movement."
Although Yuan Shu didn't believe it, from where he stood, he could still see large and small rocks flying towards the top of the city from outside the city. Yuan Shu couldn't help but be stunned. How could this kind of battle where he could only be beaten passively without any chance to fight back? beat?
Before he could recover, he heard another loud "bang" sound. The city gate building with brick and wood structure was finally overwhelmed by the attacks of waves of stone rain and collapsed. Many people had no time to escape. The soldiers were immediately buried in the rubble.
Suddenly, the stone rain outside the city stopped, and then the sound of "dong dong dong" war drums sounded. The Han soldiers shouted and rushed towards Lujiang City. Long ladders were set up on the moat, and the Han soldiers rushed to Lujiang City. They ran across the long ladders as if they were walking on level ground. Then, another long ladder was erected and leaned against the Lujiang city wall. At the training base in the western suburbs of Xiangyang, during siege training like this, they I don’t know how many times I have done it, and I have already become familiar with it, and all the movements are done subconsciously.
On the long ladder, Han soldiers went forward one after another. Some people kept falling down after being hit by arrows, and others kept climbing up. By the moat, the archers and crossbowmen desperately shot arrows at the top of the city, suppressing the defenders on the city in order to climb the city. soldiers taking cover.
The rain of arrows and stones just now caused chaos among the defenders at the top of the city. However, those who stayed behind at Lujiang were Yuan Shu's most elite troops. When the trebuchets stopped attacking, these defenders responded quickly. They came over and quickly moved into various sentry posts at the top of the city, and began to organize a counterattack. The archers and crossbowmen of the Yuan Army were busy shooting at the people under the city, rolling logs, and beating stones all the time from the top of the city. This tragic siege battle continued. At sunset, the Han army rushed to the city several times, but soon retreated due to the Yuan army's counterattack.
Seeing that it was getting late, Zhang He frowned and said, "Third brother, let the brothers rest for a while and fight again tomorrow."
Zhang Fei said flatly: "No, we must capture Lujiang tonight! Come here, light the torch and bring the drumsticks!"