It was getting close to dusk, and those who were attacking the enemy were fighting endlessly.
"Shield formation!"
"Hoo, ho!"
The Liang people's phalanx outside the city first put away the side shields supporting the ground, raised them again, and pressed towards the city gate step by step.
"Pull the strings full!"
The defenders at the top of the city and their bow hands were all weakened to the extreme.
"shoot!"
The whistling flying arrows were knocked down layer by layer. After only walking about twenty steps, Liang Ren's side shield was covered with dense arrowheads.
"Brother Mu, I'm going out of the city to charge into the battle!" Si Hu yelled while carrying the giant axe.
"You have an egg." Xu Mu took a breath. Dong Wen spared no effort to attack, and under the powerful force, the entire Lucheng fell into a deadly battle.
But again, after holding on to this attack, the war dragged into the deep winter and was covered with heavy snow. Unless Dong Wen was stupid, otherwise, he would definitely return to Liangzhou.
"Yin Hu, go notify the defenders. After a hundred steps, the Liang people's phalanx will be close to the trap, and they can show off their power."
Yin Hu took the order and hurriedly walked aside.
Previously, considering Dong Wen's counterattack, Xu Mu dug a hidden trench early. In the dark trench, there were not only bamboo knives but also buried kerosene.
This wave is enough for the little crybaby to suffer a big loss.
Of course, Xu Mu also understood that as far as this attack was concerned. All Dong Wen had to consider was to remove the bridgehead for the Shu army to enter Liang before deep winter and prepare for next year's war.
As for Shuzhou, how can we get out of the second city that we finally managed to conquer by surprise?
"Lord, we are close!"
Xu Mu raised his head and looked at it coldly. The marching Liangren phalanx formed like a growing wall, pressing towards the city gate. On the top of the city, all preparations have been made, including the hanging Yaksha hammer.
"Longbow, you lead people to shoot fire arrows."
The Gong Dog standing by nodded and searched for more than a hundred people from the Shen Gong Battalion, and began to find their position. As soon as the Liang Ren phalanx stepped into the dark trench, they immediately shot fire arrows, setting the army on fire.
Xu Mu was originally worried that Liangzhou would send out the Houjia Battalion to investigate first. But obviously not. The Liang people's momentum of attack, under Dong Wen's order, was already going all out.
Outside Lucheng, in the battle of throwing stones and flying arrows, a Liangzhou general was leading his phalanx troops and came first.
This general should also be cautious. While shouting orders, he raised his side shield high and moved forward cautiously——
Boom.
At this time, the sand in front of General Liangzhou seemed to suddenly collapse. General Pi screamed in surprise, and threw himself into the dark ditch with his shield.
Behind him, the phalanx soldiers who were accompanying him were caught off guard for a moment and fell into the dark trench one after another. The sharp bamboo knives pierced the robes and armor of many Liang soldiers. Those who were not dead stood up in a hurry and climbed on the mud wall of the trench, trying to climb out.
On the top of the city, the bow dog lit the fire arrow, and his only eye oozed coldness for a moment.
"shoot!"
More than a hundred fire arrows landed near the dark trench, igniting the buried kerosene. In an instant, fire snakes raised their heads from the trench and twisted and climbed wildly.
In the blink of an eye, the fire became more and more fierce, until it burned the entire sky in Lucheng and was shrouded in dark clouds.
Many soldiers in the Liangren phalanx caught in the fire let out ear-piercing screams. The people behind him tried to save him, but after finding that they were unable to do anything, they quickly retreated with their shields in hand.
"This is a good opportunity for me to kill the thief! The slinging camp——"
The whistling stones landed near the trench. During Liangren's retreat, huge stones fell one after another, knocking down many military formations.
Not long after, the sound of Ming Jin withdrawing his troops was heard outside the city.
The Liangren phalanx, which was originally like a rising tide, slowly receded in the increasingly dark sky at dusk. Only a few phalanxes of Liang people who fell into the ditch were unable to be saved, leaving only corpses all over the ditch. Just waiting for the sandy wind to blow, the charred corpses were quickly covered up.
Xu Mu on the top of the city was not too surprised.
The function of the hidden trench is to block the attacking enemy troops. This round was as he expected. In addition, it was almost night, so Dong Wen could only wait for an opportunity to retreat.
In the future, I'm afraid there will be another battle to the death.
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"Tianjian, tell me, how long will it take before there will be heavy snow?" Dong Wen frowned while sitting on the temporary tiger leather chair.
After finishing speaking, Dong Wen did not forget to grab the wine cup and take a big sip.
The Heavenly Supervisor accompanying the army was an old official. Hearing Dong Wen's words, he hurriedly came out from the row of counselors beside him with clasped fists.
"King, the weather suddenly gets cold. In about seven or eight days, there will be heavy snow."
On the tiger-skin chair, the irritability between Dong Wen's brows became even worse. After defeating Sima Xiu, he felt that none of the general's staff could speak.
"Inform the entire army to continue attacking the city tomorrow."
Lucheng cannot be captured before the winter snow covers it. Next year's war with Shuzhou will probably be even more difficult.
Dong Wen had a cold face and fell into deep thought.
…
Even at night, many civilians and soldiers were still repairing the city gates on the top of Lucheng. In Xu Mu's view, according to Dong Wen's temper, the wars during this period may continue one after another.
General Youbi proposed that the civilians go out of the city overnight and dig a trench, but Xu Mu refused. Firstly, the civilian husband will be shot and killed by the patrolling Liangqi, and secondly, the trench will be used for the first time, and the second time will definitely be strictly guarded.
"Yin Hu, how is the condition of the wounded?" Xu Mu stopped and asked in a solemn voice.
"Don't worry, chief helmsman, things have been properly arranged. Many people in the city are coming to help. However, there are also many people in the city who are responsible, and General Shen Gong has already gone to arrest them."
Lucheng was previously the territory of Liangzhou. After entering Lucheng, the Shu army did not commit any crimes in Qiu. Even if they mobilized civilians, they did not let them take part in the battle. Therefore, in the current Lucheng, the reputation of the Shu Army is not bad.
"Chief helmsman, someone who knows how to look at the sky told me that in seven or eight days, there will be winter snow."
"Understood."
Looking back in the direction of Shuzhou, Xu Mu gazed into the distance for a long time.
The two cities on the border of Liangzhou are, as Jia Zhou said, the bridgehead for next year's expedition to Liangzhou. With this bridgehead, the army fighting Liang can advance or retreat without becoming a lonely army.
After seven or eight days, when winter entered, the war should cease. Just wait for the next year to start a full-scale war to conquer the Liang Dynasty.
Even for Chai Zong and Chao Yi, these two extraordinary soldiers, Xu Mu doesn't want to use them now. Instead, he will let them continue to lie dormant, waiting for the right time to give Liangzhou a heavy blow.
"Yin Hu, where is the military advisor?"
"No information has been received. Chief helmsman, could something happen?"
Xu Mu smiled and said, "No, the military advisor has his own clever plan."
Sima Xiu is dead, and there is no one in Liangzhou who can understand Jia Zhou's plan. Only then did Xu Mu understand how far-sighted Jia Zhou's plan was.
"Tomorrow, I will personally lead the army to fight. One hundred thousand cold dogs will not step into the city gate!" Under the night, Xu Mu's face became full of fighting spirit.
One day, he will start by dominating the west and then compete in the world.
