Imperial Power Of Han Dynasty

Liu Ye immediately wrote a letter describing how Xu Huang defeated Cao Hong and forced Yan Liang to retreat into a three-hundred-li expedited military report and sent it to Luoyang.

"Great!"

Liu Ye laughed, his expression excited.

"No wonder the general wanted to leave General Gongming to guard Jizhou, but Jia only understood it today."

Guo Jia praised: "General Gongming's ability to use troops is really extraordinary. The flooding of Cao Hong forced Yan Liang to retreat. There is also the wind of Zhou Yafu."

Zhou Yafu was a famous general in the early Western Han Dynasty. At the time of Emperor Jing during the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu, Zhou Yafu remained motionless, but secretly cut off the food path of the soldiers and horses of the Seven Kingdoms, and hundreds of thousands of troops collapsed without fighting.

However, Xu Huangshui flooded Cao Hong and broke the enemy's horns, and Yan Liang naturally collapsed without fighting.

"Shenggongming became General Anbei, named Tongli Tinghou, and 200 households."

Liu Ye guessed: "In addition, Gongming blocked the river and built embankments. People on both sides of the Zhangjia River were afraid that they would be severely affected. It was said that Gao Chong transported five thousand stones of grain and grass from Luoyang granary to Jizhou for relief to the people."

"promise."

...

Lujiang City.

With strong winds and clear skies, more than 20,000 Jiangdong troops were standing outside the city of Shu County. The fiery red armor seemed to be burning flames, looking at it in the wilderness, quite dazzling.

The Jiangdong Army dug up the soil outside the west gate and built a two-foot-high, wide and wide earth platform. Zhou Yu stood on it, wearing a purple brocade robe, pressing the hilt of the sword, his white jade face was full of solemn color, and the wind was blowing. With the cap on his helmet, the whole person is like a fairy who wants to float up.

Kailang!

The sword was unsheathed, and Zhou Yu pointed at Lujiang City not far away, and shouted: "Siege!"

"Siege!"

All four walls were blocked by Jiangdong Army. Outside each of the walls, there were 3,000 Jiangdong troops standing in a formation, standing motionless outside the city. After hearing the order to attack, the sound of heavy drumming and The sound of the trumpet sounded, but there was no expression of excitement.

Most of these Jiangdong troops were sharp pawns who had followed Sun Ce to fight in Yangzhou. They naturally didn't care about a county seat in a district.

"kill!"

The Jiangdong Army archers outside the city took the lead. They stretched their bodies and pointed their bows at the head of the city. All of a sudden, thousands of arrows fell like rain, and fell on the head of the city.

"what!"

"Jiangdong Army's bows and arrows are so powerful, fast back to the female wall!"

The Jiangdong Army’s arrows fell like rain, covering almost every place above the city’s head. The defenders above the city’s head were frightened and shocked after being shot dead and wounded dozens of people. Hidden directly behind the female wall, for fear that the arrow would hit him.

"Damn it!"

Li Shu was dressed in a long sleeve armor, standing behind the head of the city to supervise the battle. Seeing that the defending army only dared to hide behind the female wall, he couldn't help being furious.

"Go forward to me! The swords, shields, hands and columns of shields resist the enemy's arrows, and the archers fight back. Go!"

Although the defenders in the city repeatedly agreed, their actions were slow, and they didn't dare to step forward. Li Shu suddenly looked sharp.

Sa!

"Well!"

The saber was unsheathed, and a guard screamed and fell to the ground, blood flowing from his neck, his body twitched a few times, and he couldn't move.

"Go to the battle immediately, if anyone dares to avoid the battle, it will end like this!" Li Shugao yelled, and the defenders in the city were startled, and as a last resort they had to stand up from behind the female wall.

Li Shu shouted: "The supervising team stepped forward, if anyone dared to escape, beheaded on the spot, with the right military method!"

"promise!"

I saw dozens of burly men with swords and axes in their hands and big waisted round faces walking forward with ferocious expressions, staring at these defenders, and they shuddered as they saw their hair standing on end.

Li Shu himself knew that these defenders would not work their lives, so he specially prepared a supervising team. As long as anyone dared to escape, he would slash up with an axe.

In desperation, the defenders of the city had no choice but to come to the top of the city. The shield man placed the big shield on the head of the city. The archer was behind the shield man and did not dare to shoot straight down. Instead, he hid behind the shield wall. , To launch a projectile.

The Jiangdong Army's archers all looked like torches, and when they pointed their bows and arrows at the head of the city, it was a surprise attack.

Tuk tuk! Countless arrows nailed to the shields, making a muffled sound, and some arrows passed through the gap between the shields, shot on the defenders of the city, let out a scream, and fell to the ground.

On the other hand, the archers in the Lujiang Army, even if there is a shield in front of them, they are still afraid, and they dare not go forward and shoot at the Jiangdong Army, but hide behind the shield and shoot. The Lujiang Army's archers, whose sight was blocked by the shield, didn't even look at the Jiangdong Army outside the city. They just threw their bows, so there were not many arrows that could hit the Jiangdong Army, and most of the arrows fell in the open space.

Veteran Huang Gai held an iron whip and laughed: "These rebels are really not as good as the Yellow Turban thieves! When Huang followed the Wentai Gong to fight the Yellow Turban thieves, although the Yellow Turban thieves had various weapons, they still had the intent to fight. , These rebels just throw arrows indiscriminately without even looking, really laughing at me."

Standing on a high platform supervising the battle, Zhou Yu was not moved by this scene, but continued to give orders: "Go forward, prepare to attack the city!"

Outside of the four walls, more than ten ladder trucks were slowly pushed forward by nearly a hundred Jiangdong army soldiers. They are old and skilled, so although the ladder trucks produced are slightly rough, the structure is more complicated, let alone attacking Shu County. , Even strong cities like Hefei and Yecheng are enough.

Tatata!

Li Shu saw the Jiangdong army dispatched a siege vehicle, and couldn't help but anxiously said: "Are you blind? Didn't you see the enemy troops dispatching a ladder truck? Shoot arrows!"

Upon hearing the order, the archer above the city head hurriedly aimed at the ladder truck, and hundreds of arrows flew down.

Humph!

These arrows shot on the ladder truck, making dull noises. These ladder trucks are of sturdy structure. Even a strong man with a blunt soldier in his hand will have to work hard to break the ladder truck. A layer of cooked cowhide was covered on the ladder car. Some of these arrows touched the cooked cowhide softly and fell on the ground, and some just shot the cooked cowhide and fell softly on it.

"What are you shooting a car for? Shooting people!" Li Shu said angrily.

The archers of the Lujiang Army hurriedly aimed at the Jiangdong Army escorting the ladder truck and shot away, but the effect was still not great. Because the Jiangdong Army archers under the city were trying to cover the ladder car, they all desperately put their arrows on the top of the city. Their arrows were much stronger than the Lujiang Army archers.

And Zhou Yu had expected it, so the Jiangdong army who ordered the **** to **** the ladder truck were all armored men, and arrows shot at them, most of which were hung on the leaves of the armor, preventing them from entering.