There was no words for the whole night, except that Kurokami was almost hairless by a few curious girls.
The second day.
It is about seventy miles from Xintong County to Baichen County.
Logically speaking, if a large army were to move, it would be very difficult to travel seventy miles in one day, and even if they arrived, they would probably not have the energy to attack the city.
However, Lu Wu and others rode more than ten good horses. They set off in the early morning and trotted all the way. They arrived in Baichen County before noon and met up with Jiang Xingde who had arrived here.
The gates of Baichen County were closed, and the city walls were covered with soldiers and were heavily guarded.
"General, Baichen County has received the news and has blocked the city gate. General, you must not rush in forcefully." Jiang Xingde looked at Baichen County City carefully, his face changed slightly, and he said quickly.
You can see some dirt on the lower edge of the city gate. If you have good eyesight, you can see through the gap between the two gates that the back is filled with dirt and rocks.
Lu Wu nodded, indicating that he understood.
The fact that the other party blocked the city gate was not a surprise to Lu Wu.
It was yesterday that we broke down seven cities in one day, and each time we broke down a city, it only took a battalion of troops. This small number of people was enough to suppress the small town, but it was definitely not enough to block the entire city, so many people escaped when the city was broken. .
There were not more than 10,000 but 5,000 people who escaped from the seven cities. It was not surprising that the other party got the news that they had breached the city in a row, and it was even more natural to take targeted measures.
Black God walked out of the military formation, carried Luwu to the city, and said loudly: "A certain Luwu family has to wait for a quarter of an hour to open the city and surrender. If not, after breaking the city, kill the officials and destroy three big families!"
There was chaos on the city wall, and Lu Wu heard the sound of weapons clashing, but it quickly disappeared.
After a while, someone poked his head out from the top of the city and cursed loudly: "The Huangkou boy is cruel and cruel. He is just a brave barbarian from the Wu state. When my great Chu heavenly soldiers arrive, I will make you pay with blood!" "
Lu Wu nodded, turned his horse's head, and walked back to the military formation.
"General, what should we do?" Jiang Xingde asked sideways.
"Since we won't surrender, we will attack by force." Lu Wu glanced at him and said.
"This -" Jiang Xingde hesitated, with a look of embarrassment on his face.
There are no less than 500 defenders on the city wall that can be seen, and this is because the city wall is small and it is impossible to put all the soldiers on it.
However, since the opponent has blocked the city gate, there is no need to leave many troops under the city. In other words, the opponent has sufficient reserves to fight in rotation.
Baichen County is a large county, with a nominal garrison of 3,000. The city wall is three feet taller than an ordinary county seat, reaching 30 meters (6.9 meters). He only brought two battalions of men and horses, which added up to only a thousand people, and the siege equipment was also rudimentary. , If you want to capture such a county, I'm afraid it's not possible.
"You didn't prepare any siege equipment?" Lu Wuyi frowned.
"The general's power is invincible. Jiang thought it was still the general who could easily break into the city today - so he only prepared six ladders, which is better than nothing." Jiang Xingde was a little embarrassed.
The ladder is a large-scale engineering equipment invented by the public transportation team. There is an armored wheel at the bottom. The long ladder is divided into two parts, more than four feet wide, and can be retracted freely. The top two feet are covered with iron. There is a movable lock in the front section, which can lock any shape. Once the battlements are erected on the city head, it is impossible to knock them down and cut them off in a short time.
But the problem is that the ladders they have here are not the kind of large siege equipment, but real ladders, transported by carriages, but the front section also has simple buckles and iron wrapping, and is no more than three feet wide.
"That's enough. Set up the ladder and I'll climb up to the broken city first." Lu Wu didn't care, just waved his hand and ordered.
Jiang Xingde breathed a sigh of relief. It was his mistake this time - for a veteran like him, although he didn't actually go into battle many times because Chu State left him idle, he shouldn't have made such a mistake.
The main reason was that Lu Wu's victory over seven cities in one day was too shocking to him, and because the army was marching, there was not enough time. He just mobilized a battalion of men and horses and six ladders from the nearby Yuangeng County, and he hurried over with a battalion of elites.
He only wanted to fight a smooth battle. He had already regarded Baichen County as his own. The six ladders he brought here were all for fun, and he had no intention of attacking the city head-on.
The war drums thundered, and the crossbowmen fired at the top of the city under the cover of the shield bearers. The sergeants held up their large shields and pushed the carriage carrying the simple ladder forward.
The packhorses pulling the carts have long been untied, because if the packhorses are frightened by arrows, they will run around, which is not good. Therefore, they are always pushed by manpower in battle.
Arrows rained down from above and below the city, and from time to time someone screamed and fell down. Before the ladder was deployed and set up, three corpses fell below the city, and there were several times as many wounded people.
The soldiers on the city had a favorable location, but the soldiers below the city were more elite. In short, the soldiers below the city suffered more, but they were not without the ability to fight back.
The exchange ratio between the two sides is approximately two to one.
"Is this a real war?" Yulan couldn't help but say.
On weekdays, when Lu Wu takes them out to kill people and make money, they deal with gangs of gangsters. They are the only ones who kill, how can anyone kill them? After fighting too many battles downwind, Yulan felt a little uncomfortable seeing one of her own dead.
"It's just a few people dying. Third sister, don't worry about it." Qingzhu said.
Qiu Tong is naturally the eldest sister, and Mei Lan, Zhu and Ju are all sorted by age, so Yu Lan is considered the third sister among the five.
"If you are not good at learning and have a low status, you will end up like this if you let others push you around. The young master just didn't want to be pushed around, so he took us away from the Kingdom of Wu.
From now on, we must all work harder to practice - even the Black God surpasses us, can we still be able to help the young master in the future? " Qiutong said.
Are these soldiers willing to go up and fight for their lives? Maybe some soldiers are like this, but most soldiers have to follow military orders.
"Understood, eldest sister." Mei Lan, Zhu and Ju said in unison.
While the five women were talking, the first ladder finally reached the top of the city, and the second and third ladders also appeared to have already reached the top of the city.
Lu Wu hung his halberd on the victory hook beside Heishen's saddle, took off his long knife with his right hand and jumped off the horse. He patted Heishen's neck with his left hand, and Heishen trotted all the way to Qiutong's side.
Lu Wu leaned forward at sixty degrees and rushed forward, so fast that he almost left an afterimage in the blue sky and white sun. In just a moment, he rushed up to the second ladder.
Lu Wu's first step was still on the ground, but his second step was already on the upper rung of the ladder, which was only a few feet away from the crenel.
There was a footprint two inches deep on the hard soil.
"Sure enough, it is the bravery of an ordinary man, kill!" When Lu Wu started to charge, someone on the city shouted.
The archers who were shooting at the city wall and below suddenly retreated, and more than ten soldiers with crossbows stood up behind the battlements. One of them was facing the ladder where Lu Wu was.
"噌噌噌噌——" More than ten powerful crossbows came out from the string one after another, shooting from the front and both sides. The midpoint of the crossfire was Lu Wu.
"hey-hey--"
"hehe--"
Seeing this scene, Qingzhu Jinju sneered at the same time.
"Ever since Hei Shen grew up, it's rare to see the young master fighting on foot." Yulan said.
"The main reason is that the young master is too lazy. He doesn't want to walk by himself when he can ride the Black God." Hongmei also said.
The ladder under Lu Wu's feet made a "click" sound, and the one-inch-thick wooden plank broke, leaving only an afterimage on the spot. The sword turned into a rainbow and went straight forward to meet the incoming crossbow arrows.
More than ten powerful crossbows fired from both sides failed completely.
Only an oncoming crossbow was split in half by the long knife in Lu Wu's hand, and the two halves of the crossbow arrows flew out to both sides.
Lu Wu's sword did not dissipate the remaining force, and he opened the crossbow hand and the crossbow bow in two at the same time.
The crossbow string was suddenly broken, and as the crossbow arm was stretched, the crossbow arm bounced away, and the horizontal whipping that was difficult to distinguish with the naked eye almost completely severed the necks of the two soldiers around him.
"Eighteen slashes on top of mountains - thunder striking the top!"
