Over Lucheng, the smoke rose for a long time. In the sky full of dust and fog, it is rare to see a different kind of scenery.
Of course, in Xu Mu's eyes, it is a landscape that symbolizes death. Jia Zhou, who went to call for reinforcements, had already set off, leading tens of thousands of troops gathered by Dou Tong and Fan Lu to conduct an ambush along the stone forest.
Regarding Jia Zhou's attack, Xu Mu was willing to believe that with the advantage of the favorable location, it would be a hearty victory.
"Inform the three armies to continue attacking the city without making any mistakes!" Xu Mu's voice was solemn.
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The whole Lucheng was crumbling.
Under the bursts of sand and dust, even though the veil was covered, the fighting of the defenders was far less than usual.
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The whizzing stones continued to fall on the city gate with loud roars. Every time the stone-throwing offensive stopped, the defenders hiding behind the parapet ignored the sand, dust and gunpowder smoke. They only raised their heads and quickly poured boiling water, opened their bows and arrows, and shot down like crazy.
"Fire back, fire back! Shoot these Sichuan dogs to death!" One by one, the generals guarding the city followed the city and commanded everywhere.
Click.
The monster-like ladder truck finally approached the city gate. Relying on the extension of the ladder, countless Shu soldiers raised their shields and held their swords, leaping onto the city wall.
"Use a spear and halberd! Stop the Shu people!"
The city-defense spears, which were almost half a foot long, formed a large row and kept stabbing towards the place where the ladder truck was set up. Some Shu soldiers who did not land were stabbed and fell from the air, and their bodies fell into the ravine under the city.
"Heavy crossbow, only hit the approaching ladder truck!" Rong Gong's body was trembling. It was only the first day, and this battle was extremely difficult. The Shu people used the sand and dust to approach the city gate, but as defenders, they had lost the opportunity.
From now on, we can only passively defend at the city gate.
"General Rong, the people from Shu climbed in first!"
"Reserve battalion, bring up the reserve battalion too!"
"General, there are too many soldiers at the gate of the city, and there may be a crowd! If there is a rain of stones and arrows, many people will not be able to escape at all."
"I can't care less." Rong Gong gritted his teeth, "Deaths and injuries are inevitable. If we block the Shu people this time, we might still have a chance."
After blocking the first round of attack, they hoped that the reinforcements from Wenlang City would arrive quickly and attack the Shu army outside the city.
Under the order of Rong Gong, the reserve camp of three thousand people behind the due north gate had no choice but to pick up weapons and rush to the top of the city.
The enemy has set up a city shield, and the crossbow battalion is close to the city wall. The power of direct fire has been exhausted. He had no choice but to retreat under General Pi's order, replace his crossbow with a bow, plucked the string of the bow, and used the flying arrows to draw parabolas and then land on the enemy group on top of the city.
The more than a hundred Shu soldiers who climbed first formed a shield formation with shields in hand, buying time for the rear troops to climb the wall.
"Throw fire oil on them and burn them to death." Rong Gong said expressionlessly. He was not covered with gauze, and his face was dyed yellow-brown under the wind and sand.
Just after the fire oil was poured on it, several fire arrows fell in the city, and the originally neat shield formation suddenly burst into flames. The shield-holding Shu army of more than a hundred people, under severe pain, simply went to die, abandoned their shields, roared at the enemy with the fire on their bodies.
Riding on his horse, Xu Mu looked at the fire in the corner of the city wall, and his heart suddenly became heavy.
Even with the power of sand and dust, the difficulty of attacking the city is still not easy. Throughout the ages, the brutality of the attack has always been shocking.
"Push the city car again." Xu Mu ordered coldly.
"My lord has an order, the city rush vehicle will be pushed over immediately!"
"My lord has an order——"
The military orders were passed down one after another, and not long after, Si Hu, who was wearing thick armor, led a long team of more than a thousand city rushing vehicles and charged forward again.
The previous one only rushed to the city gate before being smashed into pieces by the huge boulder thrown down.
"General Rong, the city rush vehicle is here again!"
"Five hundred people are assigned to each side of the city gate! Even if I block it with my body, I will block it!" Rong Gong pressed the knife and took a hard breath.
The war situation is getting worse and worse. The civilian thieves outside the city have no intention of truce. They just want to conquer the city in one go.
If the city gate is broken, not to mention waiting for reinforcements, they themselves will also die here.
"Damn it, these treacherous Shu people! And Xu Buyi, his methods are despicable! How can he be worthy of being the successor of Lord Yuan——"
"General, be careful!" several of his cronies shouted, quickly raising their shields.
There was an explosion that cracked to the extreme, making Rong Gong's ears hurt. Only when he came back to his senses and looked again did he realize that at some point, four or five of his cronies had been stoned to death in order to protect him, and no bones were left.
"Common thief——" Rong Gong raised his head and roared.
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Outside Lucheng, the sky darkened.
The battle that lasted for a day was far from stopping. Occasionally, the sound of rock falling and exploding could be heard faintly.
Jia Zhou sat on the ground in silence, turning his head from time to time to glance in the direction of Lucheng.
He knew that his lord was still fighting hard to capture Lucheng as soon as possible within a few days. As for him, he acted as an ambush for reinforcements, intercepting and killing Wenlang City's reinforcements.
If it weren't for the lack of troops, he would definitely not have used this strategy. But there was no way, the troops dispatched by Shuzhou had reached their limit. As for Muyun State, he had discussed it with his lord, and the final decision was not to use the troops there.
If the Demon Queen forms a secret alliance with Liangzhou again, and takes advantage of Muyunzhou's large army to attack, it will definitely be a catastrophe.
"Commander, it's still early, why don't we take a rest first." Gongou came over and said carefully.
"Longbow, don't be careless on the battlefield. I would rather work harder than waste any opportunity." Jia Zhou frowned, "There is an ambush in the stone forest. I estimate that there will be thousands of soldiers in the enemy's front line." Ride. We are eager for urgent help and are unlikely to take a long detour."
The long and roundabout way around the stone forest would require at least dozens of miles of walking.
"Military advisor, there are already ambushes on both sides of the stone forest."
Jia Zhou was silent for a while, "After being frightened, the enemy army retreated halfway across the river. Long Gong, you lead two thousand people and ambush at the entrance of the stone forest. Just wait for the reinforcements to arrive, and then block the retreat with huge rocks. This is not easy. , if it is unlucky, you are likely to fall into encirclement and suppression."
"Xu Changgong takes the order!" Gongou said without any hesitation.
Jia Zhou nodded happily, "Of all the generals in Shuzhou, you are the only one who can truly break out of your cocoon and turn into a butterfly."
In front of Jia Zhou, the little Luo Guo with a divine bow raised his head resolutely and smiled in return.
Destiny is innate, whether it is tragic or sad for half a lifetime, but those who can change their destiny against the will of nature, and those who break out of their cocoons and transform into butterflies, are often called heroes.
He straightened up his body and walked steadily. To this day, he is no longer a dogger living for bread, but an upright general who follows his lord to conquer the world.
"Shen Gong Camp!" Gong Gou looked up to the sky, his voice carrying a sonorous heroic tone.
"I would like to follow General Xu! In this life, I will defeat the enemy with arrows, use the white-feathered night bow, and those who control the string will bring peace to the world!"
