When Liu Bei woke up the next day, it was already bright. Last night he worked among the wounded soldiers until midnight, and did not fall asleep until three quarters past midnight. He slept very lightly that night, and it seemed that there were burning firewood under the bed, making his mattress full of sweat. When he woke up, his head felt swollen and painful. It seemed that the tent was too closed and made people feel stuffy.
He raised the tent door and let the morning breeze blow in. Liu Bei saw the sun shine through the majestic wall holes of Jinyang City and shine directly on yesterday's battlefield, and his headache became more severe.
Guan Yu had just returned from bathing in Jinshui. He was bare-chested, carrying a long spear, revealing his cast-iron body. The water droplets on his skin that had not yet evaporated gave off psychedelic colors in the sunlight, making him look like he was catching a dragon in ancient times. The God of Jiao. Seeing that Liu Bei looked bad, he hurriedly stepped forward to help his brother and said, "Brother, please rest for a while."
Liu Bei shook his head and refused. He took out his hands and straightened his back, trying to get rid of the discomfort in his body. He asked Guan Yu: "How is the morale of the army?" Guan Yu looked gloomy and sighed: "Brother was busy for a long time last night to appease the soldiers. The soldiers in the army were very touched by the rescue and treatment of the wounded soldiers, but the injuries of about 40 more people worsened and they have died of their injuries."
"Where is the Montenegrin Army? How did they react?" After Liu Bei said this, he sighed to himself: "Yesterday, I made a mistake. They should have gone to the city first. Now our army has lost the first battle and is afraid of poison. Afraid of war, the soldiers of the Montenegrin Mountains did not make enemies with the barbarians, but instead fought timidly. Today's battle will be even harder to drive him to wait."
Speaking of this, Liu Bei suddenly thought of Chen Chong, and then recalled the battle formation of Julu, and the wail of the Han army slaughtering the city at Qianqiu Pavilion. He couldn't help but feel a little sentimental, and said with all his strength: "Yun Chang, the survival of Bingzhou depends on the outcome of this battle. If we can't capture this city and force the main force of the Huns to return for reinforcements, Tingjian's plan to force the Huns to surrender will be in vain. You and I will decide Can't let this happen!"
Guan Yu nodded in response. He thought for a moment and said to Liu Bei: "In that case, my brother asked me and Yide to go to the Black Mountain Army. Today we can attack the city from both sides. My brother will attack from the east wall first, and I will attack from the south wall first. The Montenegrin army has a fighting spirit, and then we can talk about how to break the city.”
"Okay!" Liu Bei showed a smile, caressed Guan Yu's unhealed arrow wound, and said with care to him: "Yun Chang, your injury is not healed, don't force it. If you haven't achieved victory today, then take it easy. Ting Jian often said , Where there is a will, there is a way. You and I swear to help the world, how can we stop here?"
Guan Yu could not help but be moved when he recalled the time when they were sworn friends. He packed up his knives, bows and arrows, fixed his armor and pouches, said goodbye to Liu Bei, and then called Zhang Fei and a dozen soldiers to go to the Black Mountain camp together. Naturally, Liu Bei did not dare to slack off. Today he specially inspected all the siege equipment and explained the key points of the siege to the soldiers one by one.
Liu Bei was originally a man with great ambitions. Yesterday's failure made him temporarily discouraged, but now the more he prepared, the more confident he became. The worries and hesitations in his heart turned into smoke after a short pause. In this regard, he smiled and said to the soldiers: "I have been waiting in Qingxu to suppress bandits and bandits for several years, with few defeats. I have never encountered a city like this. After this battle, I will use a knife to carve my name, Liu Xuande, on the top of the city."
Seeing him talking and laughing freely, all the soldiers in the army cheered up and prepared for war. Until Chen time, the Han army came back with a force, and everyone above and below the city were ready to fight.
Different from yesterday, Liu Bei erected ten huge drums in front of the formation. Each drum was two feet high. The drum heads were made of fine green cowhide. The drummers were all carefully selected nine-foot drums from the army. A strong man, with one blow of the hammer, the sound of the drum can be heard in a radius of three miles. Hearing it from above and below the city, everyone will feel a splitting headache and find it difficult to concentrate.
Afterwards, the Han army continued to fill the mountains in front of the city. Huyan Yuledu saw this and continued to order the people on the wall to shoot from a long distance. However, today there was no north wind like yesterday, and the number of casualties was greatly reduced. Upon seeing this, the Han army's morale Da'an, continue to fill in the soil and build the platform. Because of Chen Chong, Liu Bei was different from the rest of the Han army. In addition to weapons such as bows, crossbows, and swords, Liu Bei also had a large number of chariots and equipment. They could form chariot formations to defend in the field, and they could also help build fortifications during sieges. It took about an hour. On the left and right, two two-foot-high earth platforms were completed.
Liu Bei arranged for people to set up a wooden canal on the earth platform, and at the same time summoned the good archers in the army to board the earth platform. Finally, he took out the fire arrow prepared the day before. After lighting a bonfire, the archers climbed onto the earth platform and fired at the oil altar on the city.
Although it was difficult to shoot with their heads raised, the Huns did not know how to deal with it, so they could only let the Han troops under the city shoot at them. After three rounds of shooting, the Han troops hit an altar, and smoke immediately rose from the city wall. The oil jar was hit by five arrows in a row, breaking it into pieces. The hot oil was sprinkled directly between the firewood, and a raging fire ignited in a short time. Huyan Bu'an repeatedly called for people to use sand to put out the fire, but there was no such preparation on the wall. Can't put out the fire.
Seeing that a gap was opened, the Han soldiers all cheered and cheered. With the deafening drums, their morale was greatly boosted. Liu Bei finally ordered: "Our army will attack the city from here!" The soldiers who climbed the city were recharging their energy. Then they all came out. Lu Bu thought that this was a great opportunity, so he volunteered, "I will be the first to climb!"
After yesterday's failure, today's ladder was reinforced twice, and several diagonal braces were added to the back of the ladder. When the Han army repeated its old trick and installed ladders under the city, the Huyan tribe on the city still had not put out the fire. Lu Bu prepared his armor, wrapped two soaked linen towels on his head, tied a long sword on his back, and put three knives on his waist. He said to the soldiers behind him: "I am very heavy, wait for me." After going to the city, go up the ladder."
After saying that, Lu Bu clenched the ladder body with both hands, exerted force suddenly, and galloped up the ladder like a fierce tiger. In just a few blinks, he had climbed three feet, and the entire ladder was swaying.
Seeing that the fire could not be extinguished for a while, Huyan Yule had already arranged archers to draw their bows on both sides and wait. Before the clinker archer could see the figure from the oil smoke, there was a sudden sound of wind, and everyone was stunned and saw a long sword. The halberd pierced the shooter's neck and punctured an artery. The bright red blood dripped along the halberd's blade, like smashing a basket of red plums.
Just when the barbarians were shocked, Lu Bu jumped up, drew a knife in the air, passed through the smoke and threw down a shooter, then grabbed the prey, turned over on the ground, and used it to block the shooter's first round. volley. Before Huyan Bu'an could draw his bow again, he threw the barbarian who had trapped the hedgehog in his hand to the bottom of the city, pulled out his halberd, and shouted: "Kill!"
The sound of killing was so loud that the Han troops under the city got the news and climbed up the stairs one after another. Huyan Bu'an saw this and quickly sent three of the tallest warriors in his army to stop him. A dozen people held wooden shields and formed a formation behind them. The shooters retreated to After waiting for an opportunity to shoot again after the shield formation, Lu Bu took some time off, took off the linen scarf on his head, pulled out the halberd thrown in front of him, kicked the corpse aside, and said with a smile: "Who will fight with me to the death?"
Having said that, Lu Bu's bravery is only the bravery of one person. Three strong men wearing iron armor plundered from the city's arsenal, swung their axes and axes together, and blocked Lu Bu in a corner like a huge boulder. Even if Lu Bu had the ability to carry a cauldron, he could only carry it. You can welcome me without giving in to each other.
Fortunately, at this time, the Han army gradually climbed up the tower, and the east wall attracted a large number of troops from the barbarians on the wall. The resistance of the Montenegro army on the south wall was naturally weakened a lot. Zhang Fei mobilized the Montenegro army for half a day: "I'll wait for you. They are all Han people. When the former Han Dynasty defeated Hu Hou, he said: One Han is like five Hus! Although we are all born in poverty, how can we lose the martial name of our predecessors? After entering the city, Jinyang's wealth can be divided among you!"
The Montenegrin army finally managed to muster up their fighting spirit, and divided tens of thousands of people into five groups. Yu Dubairao led four groups, and handed them over to Zhang Fei and Guan Yu. They then placed ants on the city at five places on the south wall.
Zhang Fei climbed up the city wall with the arrow in his hand. The Hu soldiers raised their swords to cut off Zhang Fei's fingers. However, Zhang Fei used the momentum of the last climb to knock the blocking Hu soldiers to the ground. Several Hu soldiers followed closely. He came to stop him, but Zhang Fei shouted low, leaned over and knocked the Hu pawn over with a sweep of his legs. He pulled out a knife from his waist and split one person's forehead. The white brains were squeezed out along with blood, and the other Hu pawns Also timid.
At this time, there have been two gaps in Jinyang's city defense. Although it can be said that there is still a stalemate, compared with yesterday, the situation is undoubtedly very good. At this moment when Hu Zu was frustrated, Huyan Yuledu was quick to think. He shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Throw the firewood over! Throw it over!"
As he was talking, Lu Bu suddenly noticed that a strongman turned around to expose the gap between his armor. He immediately inserted the knife straight into the iron plate. As the anointed blood flowed out of the broken intestines, it seemed that he was no longer alive.
In the excitement, Yu Ledu brought the firewood. Several Hu soldiers threw it at Lu Bu's head, hitting his armor and forcing Lu Bu to take three steps back. Only then did he realize that it was a burning beam. column.
The firewood in the city was often made of beams, pillars and door panels. The material was not only strong and resistant to burning, but also large in size. After receiving this blow, he felt his armor was hot. Without hesitation, Hu soldiers piled the firewood in front of him into a wall of fire. Lu Bu wanted to take the opportunity to expand the victory, but the burning firewood filled the air with yellow-white gray smoke, which was more than choking. Nose, it also fascinated the Han soldiers to tears. Not to mention taking half a step forward, it is difficult to even stay in place.
Zhang Fei could only maintain his offensive for two moments on the southern wall. Although the Black Mountain Army tried its best to send troops, except for a few generals, most of the soldiers did not even have the poorest quality dog-skin armor. They could only fight in short brown coarse clothes and endured the rain of arrows. , only 23 out of 10 were able to fight on the city, with huge casualties and difficulty in providing backup. Even if there were not many defenders on the south wall, Zhang Fei was powerless. No one could follow him, so he could only retreat back the same way.
The offensive encountered another setback on the second day. Liu Bei ordered the troops to retreat, but the drums still kept beating. He replaced a group of drummers and said to them: "Although we have fought repeatedly without success, as long as you beat the drums day and night, we will wait for the enemy." When our mind and body are exhausted, that’s when we wait for victory.”
