Seeing Zhao Yun's persistence, Xia Houlan sighed helplessly and said, "In this case, you and I will definitely meet on the battlefield in the future."
He was absolutely unwilling to be an enemy of Zhao Yun.
On the one hand, he and Zhao Yun grew up together.
To become an enemy, he really couldn't let go of this relationship.
On the other hand, it was precisely because he grew up with Zhao Yun that he understood how terrifying Zhao Yun was.
Not only did he inherit his master Tong Yuan's martial arts, he even surpassed his master in prowess.
Zhao Yun also inherited Tong Yuan's art of war.
In the last few years of his stay in Changshan County, Tong Yuan often led a small number of Changshan County youths to defeat bandits who came to cause trouble.
Speaking of Tong Yuan, who doesn’t praise him?
And Zhao Yun is only stronger than him.
He had previously followed Gongsun Zan with Xiangyong from Changshan County, and had experienced no less than ten battles, large and small.
Zhao Yun's bravery and strategy put him to shame.
Thinking of being an enemy of Zhao Yun, his scalp felt numb.
Unfortunately, no matter how he persuaded him, Zhao Yun just didn't want to join Cao Cao.
And he, in these troubled times, only took a fancy to Cao Cao.
As for Lu Bu and Yuan Shu, he felt that they were just bones in the grave and would die sooner or later.
Seeing this, Zhao Yun smiled and said: "If you and I meet on the battlefield in the future, if you are captured by me, I will save my life even if I risk my life. If not, I will live and die with you."
Xia Houlan then laughed, punched Zhao Yun in the chest and said, "This is what you said, a man's oath is more important than his life!"
Zhao Yun said naturally: "Of course!"
Xia Houlan pointed to the deer's feet and said: "That night, we will eat this! As soon as Jiangdong's army sets off tomorrow, we will follow them and have a look."
Zhao Yun hummed.
Time passed bit by bit.
That night, Lu Su watched Xu Sheng, Ling Cao and Zhou Tai successfully climb down the cliff with the dead soldiers and hide in the grass less than two meters east of Wutai City, and then rushed back to Dongyang County alone.
In the early morning of the next day, Cheng Pu took Han Dang, Huang Gai and other generals to the military camp to order troops and generals.
After Lu Yi finished breakfast, he took Lu Xun, Lu Ji, Zhu Ran, Ling Tong, Zhou Fang, Nangong Yan, Shi Huan and others to the military camp.
As soon as Lu Yi arrived, he mobilized more than 20,000 soldiers and marched directly to the polder.
At dusk, the army arrived outside the south of Xutai City.
Lu Bu had already received the news, increased the defense on the city wall, and rushed to the city wall with his generals.
Seeing that Lu Yi arrived with only over 20,000 troops and horses, Lu Bu sarcastically said: "My dear Lu Yi, if you want to tear down my polder with just a few troops, I'm afraid it's just a fool's errand!"
"I advise you to go back and rest early and don't bother."
"Don't you see what happened to Yuan Shu?"
"You really angered me. I will lead my army to kill you in the city. I will make you run away in embarrassment and lose your face!"
Lu Yi looked at the soldiers coming and going on the city wall and nodded.
Lu Su is worthy of being one of the four great governors of Jiangdong in the original history, and he is very talented.
Previously, he calculated the number of defensive soldiers at each gate in Lu Bu City based on the consumption in Lu Bu City.
Now it seems that there is not much access to the south gate of the city.
Lu Bu deployed nearly 6,000 soldiers at the south gate of the city.
If the city was attacked normally, it would be almost impossible for 20,000 people to capture a city defended by nearly 6,000 soldiers.
Even if you want to win it, you will have to use cunning tactics, and it will take a long time.
But, this time, something is different.
Lu Yi ignored Lu Bu's taunt.
Lu Yi temporarily handed over the Tiger Talisman to Lu Su, and Lu Yi asked Lu Su to command the siege, once again confirming that Cheng Pu was the deputy general.
And he himself led Yan Xiang, Liu Ye, Lu Xun and others to sit at the rear of the army.
Nangong Yan, Shi Huan and two hundred Danyang elites protected them in the middle.
Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan also arrived on horseback.
The two of them stood on a high ground in the distance, looking at everything.
After Lu Su took the tiger talisman from Lu Yi, he immediately divided his 20,000 troops into four square formations.
At the front were six groups of thirty Thunderbolt vehicles.
Each group of Pili cars has five Pili cars.
There are all kinds of big rocks piled next to the Pili car.
Next to the stone, there were nearly a hundred soldiers standing.
These soldiers were responsible for the operation of the thunder carts and the transportation of stones.
Around these soldiers, there were four circles of soldiers.
The innermost circle is full of archers.
In the circle in front of the archers are pikemen or soldiers with long-handled weapons such as spearmen and halberdiers.
In the front circle, there are broadsword soldiers, long sword soldiers, and sickle soldiers.
The outermost circle is the shield soldiers.
Outside the shield soldiers, there were dozens of carriages and carriages surrounding them.
The carriages had been overturned.
Inside the carriage compartment, you can clearly see dozens of long guns hidden.
The tip of each spear is barely exposed.
From the city wall, you can't even notice it.
At this moment, soldiers were driving stakes beside the carriage, and then using ropes to secure the overturned carriage to the stakes.
Behind the Thunderbolt Chariot were infantrymen carrying cloud ladders and pushing siege ladders.
Each man wore a short-handled weapon at his waist.
Next to them were engineering vehicles and more than 400 soldiers.
After that, there were two square formations of infantry.
These infantrymen have all kinds of weapons.
However, very few wore armor.
There are also archers among them.
On the city wall, Lu Bu watched Jiangdong's army outside the city making no movement or reaction.
He has five thousand and five soldiers guarding the city!
There were more than 30,000 people in the city, and he pulled them all under the city wall to help defend the city.
Among them, he also had three hundred cavalry.
These three hundred cavalrymen had all fought with him in the north and south since the Bingzhou period.
Not to mention dealing with these Jiangdong soldiers outside.
Even facing Yuan Shao's cavalry, he was still able to defeat him!
Yuan Shu's 100,000-strong army was attacked by him, Zhang Liao's cavalry, and Gao Shun's trapped camp, and was unable to withstand the attack.
And these Jiangdong soldiers are just a bunch of rabble.
If it is a water battle, it may not be easy for him to fight.
However, in this open space, he was still defending the city, and the other party still had so few people, so he had no fear.
Lu Qiling and Liu Yu also wore armor and rushed to the city wall.
Looking at the large group of Jiangdong soldiers outside the city, the two women also breathed a sigh of relief.
They also saw Lu Bu leading his army against Yuan Shu's army.
The momentum of Yuan Shu's army was much stronger than the Jiangdong soldiers outside the city.
Lu Bu can win.
Defending the city this time should not be a big problem.
It was getting dark.
When the sun went down and the bright moonlight fell on the earth, beside Lu Su, Cheng Pu reminded him in a low voice: "We can attack the city."
Lu Su nodded and said to Cheng Pu: "Let's start, let the Pili Chao attack first!"
Cheng Pu roared: "Blow the horn and prepare for battle!"
The flag bearer next to him waved the flag vigorously.
Suddenly, the solemn horn sound soared into the sky.
On the city wall, Lu Bu, who was drowsy and impatient with waiting, suddenly woke up and roared: "Get ready to fight!"
Roaring sounds came and went.
Inside the city wall, amid the scoldings of the soldiers, the people either carried huge stones or carried boiling gold juice up the city wall.
Amid the roar of the generals, the archers squatted neatly on the edge of the city wall, bent their bows and nocked arrows, pointing their arrows at the sky.
Beside the crossbows, groups of soldiers were stringing heavy arrows.
As Lu Su burst out with an "attack", a high-pressure sound resounded over the entire polder.
Thirty boulders larger than an adult man cut through the night sky, roared past, and fell in six directions of the city wall.
Some boulders fell directly into the city.
Some boulders fell halfway outside the city wall.
But there are always huge boulders accurately falling on the city wall!
The screams were instantly deafening.
On the city wall, the sky collapsed!
Every time a huge boulder fell on the city wall, several, or even dozens of soldiers were smashed into pulp!
The common people carrying stones and gold juice up the city wall screamed in fright, and ran down the city wall regardless of the soldiers' scoldings.
The archers on the city wall all looked pale and frightened.
Such a long distance.
They couldn't reach the enemy at all.
But the enemy was able to injure them so severely!
As huge boulders fell on the city wall, the soldiers on the city wall couldn't bear it anymore. They gave up the attack and lay motionless on the city wall.
Lu Bu and the general hid directly in the corner under the city wall.
Even Lu Bu was so frightened that his lips turned white.
He originally thought that the thirty behemoths were just ordinary catapults.
Who knows, it’s not a catapult at all.
Such power!
Such accuracy!
How to prevent it?
They can only rely on the strength of the city wall to let them finish throwing the boulders!
Lu Yi watched as thirty Thunderbolt vehicles suppressed the defenses on the city wall. On the city wall facing the Jiangdong soldiers, there was not a single soldier, only on both sides of the city wall. Soldiers wanted to rush over, but were frightened back, with expressions on their faces. Show a smile.
This Liu Ye's Thunderbolt Car is indeed useful.
Unfortunately, it's not strong enough.
He thought of an anti-Japanese TV series he once watched: Push Up My Italian Cannon!
If there is an earthen cannon, it can directly blow down the city gate. Why is it so complicated?
Although the Thunderbolt Chariot is powerful, these boulders are still unable to do much damage to the city wall.
They still have to be piled up with people.
Sure enough, Lu Su saw that the Thunderbolt Chariot had suppressed the enemy troops on the wall in front, and hurriedly said to Cheng Pu: "Second Square Formation, advance!"
Cheng Pu said to the flag bearer beside him: "Ladder, put up the moat!"
The flag bearer waved the flag.
The sound of fighting suddenly increased again.
At the front of the second square formation, Jiangdong soldiers carried the ladder and rushed towards the moat!
On the city wall, Lu Bu and other soldiers were about to raise their heads.
But they were still faced with huge boulders being thrown at them, and they had to suppress their bodies again.
As the ladder was put up on the moat, the second row of phalanx siege ladders was pushed up.
Lu Bu and others were about to raise their heads again.
Jiangdong is about to attack the city. This is like a catapult attack. It has to stop, right?
What they didn't expect was that the Thunderbolt Car was still throwing boulders!
The difference is that as the flag bearers continue to change their flags, the Thunderbolt Chariots, which were originally focused on attacking at six points, dispersed into thirty points and began to scatter in wider locations throughout the city wall!
It turns out that the soldiers on both sides of the city wall are not safe either!
However, this time, the boulder thrown by the Thunderbolt Car lost its accuracy.
Some fell on the city wall, still terrifying.
However, some boulders even fell on the siege ladder that had been erected on the city wall!
Some Jiangdong soldiers who had just climbed up the city wall screamed and were smashed into pulp and fell down.
But even so, there are still more Jiangdong soldiers climbing up the city wall without fear of death.
On the city wall, Lu Bu's soldiers, who were originally suppressed and unable to raise their heads, saw that Jiangdong's soldiers had already attacked the city wall, so they had to bite the bullet and face the enemy.
On the city wall, fighting continues!
Lu Bu looked gloomy as he watched the steady stream of Jiangdong soldiers attack the city wall so easily. Moreover, outside the city, the siege engines had already crossed the moat and were heading towards the city gate.
If this continues, the city wall will no longer be able to hold!
This new master of Jiangdong is also ruthless.
In order to suppress the defense on the city wall, they even used something like a catapult, even their own people were not spared!
That catapult-like thing is too threatening.
If they are not cleared away, once the city walls are suppressed and the city gates are rushed open, it will be their own death!
Thinking of this, Lu Bu asked Song Xian, Hou Cheng and other generals to continue to guard the city wall, while he flew down the city wall.
Gathering his three hundred cavalry behind him, Lu Bu held a painted halberd and rode a bloody horse, and ordered the city gate to be opened.
Instead of sitting back and waiting for the city gate to be breached, it is better to take the initiative!
As soon as the city gate opened, Lu Bu rushed out first.
Behind him, three hundred cavalry followed.
This cavalry is too fierce.
Wherever they passed, Jiangdong's soldiers screamed and were knocked out!
Lu Bu led 300 cavalrymen directly across the moat and rushed to the front of 30 thunderbolt chariots.
As Lu Bu pointed his halberd to the right, the cavalry behind him immediately divided into two groups.
One group, led by him, detoured to the left, divided into three teams, and killed three groups of fifteen Thunderbolts on the left.
One group detoured to the right and was divided into three small groups. Like the swift wind, they attacked three groups of fifteen Thunderbolts on the right!
(End of chapter)
