After Princess Leyang left, Zhao Bin and others still thought this was incredible.
But after thinking about it carefully, it seems that there is no conspiracy in this. It is impossible to jointly attack Xixiguan with the Jie people.
Zhao Bin wrote a letter and asked the escort to be sent to Xiguan. The letter detailed the agreement with Princess Leyang, but Zhao Bin did not emphasize what Lu Biao must do. He just clearly expressed his agreement with Princess Leyang.
Three days ago, the 50,000-strong army stationed in Luzhou had already set off northward. As they were only relying on their legs to march, it would probably take them another ten days to reach Xiguan.
Lu Biao stood on the city wall, holding three letters in his hand, one from Prince Yan's Mansion, and the other from Hou Tai, who was blocking the Jie tribe in Daijun Canyon.
After several days of trekking, a few soldiers finally climbed over the rolling mountains and returned the military report from Daijun Canyon to Xiguan.
The last letter came from the Luzhou Army. It was just delivered this afternoon. The letter mentioned that a 50,000-strong army led by General Tai Shihong of Guide was heading towards Zijingguan and Xiguan.
Lu Biao looked at the three letters in his hand and couldn't help but smile. With his current army of tens of thousands, it would be no problem to defend Xiguan, but it would be difficult to eat the Jie tribe's 100,000 troops. Arrived.
Now that Hou Tai has blocked the enemy in Daijun Canyon and ensured the safety in the direction of Zijingguan, he no longer has any worries.
And if Princess Leyang's 30,000 cavalry can successfully enter the upper valley, it shouldn't be a big problem to eat up the 100,000-strong army.
At this time, a scout ran up from under the city wall.
"Report to the general, the Jie tribe's army has been stationed outside the valley entrance, and the Jie tribe's figures have also appeared on the mountains on both sides."
Lu Biao replied calmly: "I know."
It seems that these Jie tribesmen have gained wisdom by learning from the experience. For fear of being attacked again, they sent soldiers to climb the mountains on both sides in advance for defense. It seems that there will be a big battle tomorrow.
Lu Biao led a group of generals along the city wall. On the eve of the battle, he wanted to make a final inspection to let the soldiers see that their generals were with them this time.
The next morning, the sun rose slowly in the east.
The Jie soldiers pushed huge carts and catapults slowly towards the Xiguan City Wall.
The horn sounded, and countless Jie soldiers began to rush towards the city wall carrying ladders, with several carriages mixed in between.
The archers arranged in two square formations behind him raised their bows and arrows high, and with an order, countless arrows were shot towards the city wall. After the archers, five catapults also fired huge stones at the city wall.
On the city wall, several orders sounded loudly: "Defense with wooden platoons"
The soldiers raised wooden rafts the size of door panels one after another, and the city wall seemed to be covered with a wooden shield. This wooden raft was specially made to defend against the arrows of the Jie tribe.
The arrows fell rapidly, piercing into the wooden raft with a clanging sound. It's a pity that these wooden rafts can only block the arrows, but they can't block the huge flying stones. Some soldiers were hit by the stones, and the people around them were also knocked to the ground, bloody and bloody.
"Fire the crossbow with arrows!" In the interval after the arrows fell, a second order was issued from the city wall.
The wooden raft was lifted instantly, and Zhuge Liannu shot aimlessly out of the city. In three breaths, all ten arrows in the quiver were shot out.
The raft was then lifted up again and placed overhead to withstand the second wave of arrow attacks. At the same time, stones thrown by one or two catapults were thrown against the city wall.
The stones hit the city wall, and a piece of broken bricks immediately exploded. Some of the stones fell into the pass and hit the houses in the pass. The stones fell on the roof, and a big hole was instantly made.
"Fire the arrow!" was the third command.
Under the cover of archers and catapults, the faster-running Jie soldiers had rushed to the bottom of the city, and long ladders were quickly placed against the city wall, one or two. . . cross.
The Jie people below the city shouted: "Kill!"
"Push down the ladder!" the order was given again.
The soldier raised the long pole and pushed the ladder leaning against the wall outward.
The arrows from the Jie people were still coming. At this time, the soldiers guarding the city had to defend themselves against the enemies rushing up from the ladders, while at the same time they had to avoid the arrows as much as possible.
"Archers, keep firing arrows and shoot these beasts to death!" The Zhuge Liannu team in the back row couldn't care about anything else at this time. They just kept shooting arrows in their hands outside the city, and missed one. quiver, immediately replace it with another quiver.
A heavy rain of pear-like arrows hit the charging Jie soldiers. Under the influence of a large number of arrows, many Jie soldiers fell to the ground after being hit by arrows. However, none of this could stop them from charging.
Rolling logs and thunder stones on the city wall kept hitting the Jie soldiers who were climbing. Along with some ladders, they were smashed and broken.
Some tall Jie soldiers threw the ropes with flying claws hard onto the city wall, trying to climb up the ropes to the city wall. Some ropes even hooked the soldiers guarding the city, and the flying claws were deeply embedded in them. into the soldier's body.
"Quick, quick, cut the rope!" a captain shouted.
Wang Dayong led his troops to hide under a remote battlement. Through the holes in the city wall, they used binoculars to observe the Jie people's phalanx.
They are looking for their target, and their mission is to kill the leader of the Jie tribe with a three-bed crossbow.
"Have you found it?" Wang Dayong shouted to several people on the side.
"No, Captain!"
"Damn it, is this Jie Clan's Great Khan so afraid of death?" Wang Dayong couldn't help but cursed.
The battle has been going on for a while, and they have never found the figure of the Jie Clan's Great Khan.
They didn't know Shile, the great Khan of the Jie tribe, and they didn't know what he looked like. They could only judge him by his clothes.
However, after searching for a long time, they did not find anyone with particularly gorgeous clothes. Although they also found a few people who were dressed differently from ordinary soldiers, their condition did not look like a Jie tribe's Khan.
What they didn't know was that Ousa Chaha, who had followed Sharzhu to attack Yancheng, had already told Shi Le about their large bows and arrows.
Shi Le only then thought that this should be a mechanical device similar to a trebuchet, so he was now only wearing ordinary soldier clothes and mingling among the crowd.
"Captain, look over there. The carriage is approaching the city wall. The carriage is fixed with iron plates and the rocket cannot ignite. Do you want to use a heartless cannon?"
"Don't worry about him. If they can't knock down a truck, they might as well surrender." Wang Dayong said depressedly.
As the building truck approached, some ignited kerosene tanks were thrown towards the building truck. The kerosene cans that hit the building truck shattered instantly. The kerosene flowed down the iron plate of the building truck and landed on the cart below. on the soldiers.
Although the body of the carriage could not be ignited by kerosene, the base underneath the carriage was ignited by the action of kerosene. With the apparent push of the Jie soldiers, the carriage was still placed on the city wall.
The door of the warehouse on the building was opened, and several Jie soldiers, covered with long hair and slovenly, were about to charge up the city wall, brandishing their swords.
However, the dozen or so spear soldiers who were waiting here stabbed their spears at the open warehouse door. Before several Jie soldiers could react, their bodies were pierced by their spears.
The Jie soldiers kept rushing out, and the soldiers on the city wall kept stabbing with their spears.
A soldier threw a lit can of fire oil into the barn door: "Burn you barbarians to death."
The cup shattered and burned so fast that the fire instantly rose up. The Jie soldiers around the warehouse door and inside the warehouse who were stained by kerosene were also ignited. They kept struggling to fight the flames on their bodies.
With the addition of two other fire jars, the warehouse door was completely ignited, and some Jie soldiers who were not afraid of death still wanted to rush out despite the flames.
It was just that the pikemen guarding nearby kept stabbing inward, making it impossible for them to rush out of the warehouse door.
Shi Le stood in the camp of the Jie tribe, watching the fighting at the city head in the distance.
"Send the order, have all the catapults launch towards the city wall on the left, and open a gap there for me."
"Yes, Khan!" After receiving the order, the soldier turned and left in the direction of the catapult.
After a while, all the catapults were launched towards the left city wall where Wang Dayong was.
Huge stones hit the city wall, making a rumbling sound, and some of the city wall stacks were smashed into pieces.
"Holy shit! Use three crossbows to shoot the soldiers operating the catapults to death." Dayong cursed angrily.
"Captain, why don't you use heartless cannons?" a soldier replied
"Run with your conscience, there isn't much of that stuff, you have to save it for critical moments." Dayong scolded
The soldiers dispersed and headed towards the three crossbows that had been arranged. Several of them were unfortunately hit by catapults and had to be used.
Then twenty or thirty huge arrows from three crossbows flew towards the five catapults, and some of the arrows directly pinned the Jie soldiers to the ground.
Some arrows pierced into the frame of the catapult with a clanging sound, and the huge impact force shook the catapult continuously. Some arrows even shattered weak parts of the catapult, rendering the catapult no longer usable.
Dozens of Jie soldiers surrounding the catapult were frightened and fled in all directions.
When Shi Le saw the scene near the catapult, he couldn't help but walk out of the crowd. He strode towards the direction of the catapult, wanting to see what kind of arrow it was.
As the commander-in-chief of the Jie people, Shi Le has extraordinary courage and courage.
Just as Shi Le walked out of the queue, a dozen Jie soldiers holding shields hurriedly surrounded Shi Le and protected him.
This scene happened to be seen by Wang Dayong on the city wall. Wang Dayong couldn't help but wonder softly? There was a sound.
Then he looked in that direction again. A dozen people holding shields surrounded the man wearing ordinary soldier clothes, for fear that there would be any danger approaching this man.
Although I don’t know if this person is the Great Khan of the Jie tribe, he is definitely an important figure.
"Go quickly, tell everyone, shoot at the person in the middle of the shield formation moving towards the catapult, and be sure to kill him." Dayong hurriedly ordered the two soldiers around him.
The two men responded and ran towards the soldiers controlling the three crossbows.
However, before the three crossbows were launched, Wang Dayong saw through the telescope that Shi Le, who was originally walking towards the catapult, was surrounded by people and pulled towards the camp.
Among the dense crowd, it was soon impossible to tell who was Shi Le. Wang Dayong couldn't help but curse secretly.
The battle continues. Whenever someone wants to control the catapult, the three-bed crossbow will shoot arrows at the catapult.
Wang Dayong wanted to use the heartless cannon to blow up those catapults, but Lu Biao said no. The remaining heartless cannons could not be used until Princess Leyang's cavalry arrived and launched an attack on the Jie tribe.
The battle lasted for a day, but the Jie people failed to attack the city wall and finally withdrew after leaving thousands of corpses behind.
Lu Biao ordered the soldiers to immediately repair the city defenses. Since they were always facing attacks, each pass was equipped with masonry materials for repairing the city walls all year round.
