Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 343
Wuyuan was captured by the second brother
When Liu Bei received the good news from the courier, Liu Bei had just repelled a wave of the Celestial Army's offensive.

He didn't even have time to be happy, because he didn't know when the thieves on the opposite side would attack again. He just ordered the craftsmen of the supply camp to step up repairs, and then he and the generals went to the attic beside him to learn more about the process of the battle.

Although the words relayed by the messenger came from Guan Yu's mouth, the process was simply understated. It was nothing more than soldiers approaching the city, making a little preparation, beheading the enemy generals, and then conquering the city to win.
It seems that this battle was won very easily.

But Liu Bei knew that although the five-day agreement was completed, the process was not that simple.

My second and third younger brothers are all genius generals. No matter how long the time is, the army and soldiers under this kind of general will be more or less imprinted with the style of the general. Therefore, Guan Yu's army must be arrogant and unruly. , while Zhang Fei's army is flying wild.

But looking at the messenger in front of him, as Guan Yu's personal soldier, the participant who experienced this battle was like a knife that had just touched a hard wall. Although it was still sharp, the edge was already full of gaps.

This time, the second brother also encountered a hard bone, right?

Just thinking like this, at this moment, there was a sudden commotion on the top of the city, and Zhang Fei even shouted loudly: "Brother, come and see!"

What happened?
Liu Bei was startled when he heard the words, and hurriedly let the messenger go down to rest, and then returned to the top of the city again.

It is now afternoon, and the heavy fog is still there. With the flying dust, it is too far away to see clearly what is in the enemy camp.

But the flagpole erected at the front of the array has changed!

The bright red general flag with the word "King" that was fluttering suddenly turned into a white flag!
what's the situation?
Just when Liu Bei and others were puzzled, white flags popped up one after another.

In the faint sound, it seems that the enemy is orderly arranging formations, and the horses and chariots are flowing like a river.

At this time, the fog gradually dissipated.
Not long after, when Liu Bei and the others were finally able to see clearly ahead, they saw forests of halberds and spears standing like a forest, and the three armies were completely untouched.

What came from the pavement was bone-chilling coldness!

"Who is this dead?"

Zhang Fei stayed at the top of the city before, and he didn't know the whole story of the first battle in Wuyuan, so he didn't really understand it. He just pointed to the camp of the Tianjun in the distance and looked puzzled: "Could it be that someone shot and killed the general among the thieves just now?"

Liu Bei and the others had solemn expressions on their faces, and they immediately reacted.

The inexplicable change of the enemy army is most likely because of Zhang Rao who died at the hands of Guan Yu, right?
just
My side just received the news not long ago, so why did Wang Zheng also know about it?

Should not be ah.

With the ability of the second brother, there must be an interception on the road, even if a defeated soldier escapes from Wuyuan, it is impossible to return to Xiapi safely by taking the main road, so as to report the news?
Although he couldn't figure it out, the fool also knew that Wang Zheng made such a posture. Although he hadn't launched an attack yet, it was already the calm before the storm.

Next, the thieves may attack at any time!
And this offensive will definitely not be the same as the waves in the morning.

Those waves only seemed violent on the surface, but it was obvious that Wang Zheng didn't try his best because he was concerned about death and injury!

Even so, Liu Bei and everyone lost their confidence in sticking to it.

Although he and Zhang Fei have plans to evacuate, there is a reason for retreat as well.

If the enemy chooses to retreat when the enemy is approaching the city and attacking the city, then the retreat will easily become a large-scale rout!
And this is definitely not acceptable to Liu Bei!

After giving up Xiapi and Xuzhou, this army has become his last capital. If he loses it again, it will be difficult to turn around in a short time.

"Pass down my general's order!" Staring at the situation below the city, Liu Bei said solemnly: "Everyone, step up the renovation work!"

"North Gate, West Gate, once again dispatch [-] soldiers each to go there!"

"Yide, you lead 5000 troops to defend the south gate yourself!"

The south gate already had more than half of the entire army there. When Yuan Shujun attacked the city before, the main attack was the south gate. It was the most damaged of the four gates. However, Liu Bei had a hidden worry. He not only asked the craftsmen of the supply battalion to speed up the repair of the city gate and that section of the city wall, but also prepared to arrange generals and heavy troops to guard it in advance.

While supervising the formation, the soldiers outside the city who were overhauling the damaged part of the city wall suddenly rioted. Liu Bei suddenly stood up and asked, "What's the matter?"

"The state shepherd is dead!" Someone shouted loudly: "The thieves are attacking!"

There was even more commotion on the top of the city, Liu Bei's heart tightened, and while he hurriedly walked to the top of the city, he shouted: "Send the order, get ready to fight!"

When going up to the top of the city, looking from a distance, you can see how many soldiers have killed them, raising dust all over the sky. When Liu Bei came to the observation tower, the first batch of thieves had already approached the moat!

"The thieves are coming in a menacing manner." At this moment, the general said: "Zhou Mu, why don't you go down to the city first, we are here to support you."

"Absurd!" Liu Bei said in a cold voice, "Bei is the commander in chief. How can there be any reason to retreat when a big war comes?"

"But this place is too dangerous, just in case" someone continued to warn: "It was almost dangerous before"

The man said that in the morning, when the enemy Xiandeng briefly climbed to the top of the city, Liu Bei personally stepped forward to fight the enemy general, although he was finally killed and retreated, he was also slightly injured.

"It's okay." Liu Bei looked around at the crowd, moved his arms, and said with a smile: "A little flesh injury, it's not a problem."

He turned his head and looked out of the city again.At this time, the vanguard of the cavalry of the thieves had reached the bank of the moat, but they stopped advancing. Looking from the top of the city, there were densely packed black spots everywhere outside the city.

Seeing a group of people start to tidy up the flying bridge used to cross the moat, Liu Bei held down the hilt of his sword and said in a deep voice:

"Send the order to release arrows when the thief crosses the river!"

"Here!"

In fact, there was no need for Liu Bei's order. When they saw the enemy approaching, all the archers at the top of the city instinctively raised their bows and set up their arrows.

Time passed minute by minute.

When the flying bridges were erected extremely quickly, the city fell into a moment of silence, and the next moment, a cry broke out suddenly, and then all the enemies rushed over, and the black spots quickly merged into black torrents , quickly approaching the city gate through the pontoon bridge!

Almost at the same time, arrows rained down on the top of the city as if they had received an order.

The group of heavenly soldiers who charged didn't seem to have expected that Liu Beijun's movements would be so uniform. Some waved their swords, guns and shields to block them, but how could they stop them?Not long after he landed, his body was already full of arrows.

Several waves of arrows rained down, leaving behind dozens of enemy corpses.

Cheers came from the top of the city.

Such scenes often appeared in the morning. The vanguard of the thieves was frustrated, and then they would suspend their offensive and charge again later, while Liu Beijun would take advantage of the gap and switch to rockets to burn down those pontoon bridges first.

Then the thieves continued to build the pontoon bridge, and then continued to charge.

Repeatedly like this, although the lethality is not great, but most of the time it defends against the enemy, and its own home is not damaged, but the enemy occasionally approaches the city gate and attacks the top of the city, but the number is not large, and it can't do much. progress.

But Liu Bei was not as optimistic as his subordinates. The first reason was that Wang Zheng was not in the army at this time, and he was about to play for real.

Secondly, what Xiapi City lacks the most is the supply, and the arrows are even more scarce. Before Yuan Shu's army attacked the city, most of them had already been consumed. Killed nearly a hundred enemies, but shot thousands of arrows!

If thousands of arrows can only kill more than 100 people, how many arrows will the tens of thousands of troops outside the city need?
More importantly, Liu Bei could tell from the very beginning that every time the thief would make such reckless attacks before the real main attack, it seemed that they were deliberately consuming the long-range equipment of the defenders. .
Thinking of hearing people say that when several bands of Yellow Turban bandits attacked Linzi that day, they used refugees as their means, Liu Bei's heart suddenly moved.

Could it be that the stick used some people in the army as if they were refugees?
But why are you so cruel?You must know that new soldiers will also become old soldiers.

Although it is said that compassion does not control soldiers, isn't it afraid of losing people's hearts that some people in the army are turned into pure victims just to consume the equipment of the defenders?

Thinking of this, Liu Bei, who has always regarded himself as benevolent, couldn't help shivering, and became even more disgusted with Wang Zheng.

"Notify the archer, the next time the thieves attack." He turned around and said, "Be sure to aim and shoot again."

He has no choice but to reduce the useless consumption of archery as far as possible.

But the heavenly army did not attack again, but saw the big banner in the formation waved, and the heavenly army outside the moat slowly retreated.

Amidst the cheers beside him, Liu Bei didn't dare to be careless. He didn't think that everyone on the other side had assumed the posture of a mourning army, and he would deal with it so easily today.

Unexpectedly, until the climax of the moon, the thieves still did not move. They just set up a formation under the city and stopped attacking.

Seeing that everyone around him looked tired and depressed, Liu Bei ordered everyone to go down to the city to rest and put on troops to garrison, but everyone just said that he was the commander-in-chief and that they couldn't feel at ease. Liu Bei had no choice but to , I could only order the lights to be turned on, and then went down to the top of the city with all the generals.

He just returned to the county mansion, but he dared not fall asleep until the cock crowed, he couldn't bear the drowsiness anymore, just after taking off his heavy armor, he suddenly heard the shouts of killing in the distance, rumbling!

The thieves attacked the city at this time?

Liu Bei was taken aback, and jumped up from the couch, the wound was affected, and there was a little pain at this moment, but he didn't care about it anymore, and ran all the way to the top of the city, and saw that in the faint morning light, the city was already dark. The number of people far exceeds the previous several times, at a glance, there are already over ten thousand people!

"Meet Zhou Mu."

Liu Bei ignored the voices one after another, and just stared straight at the city, with a rare look of anger on his face: "What's going on!"

Pointing to the location of the moat, he shouted and asked: "How did you let the thieves get on so many pontoon bridges!"

"Zhou Mu, I don't know what trick the thieves have used to build so many in the dark." The general explained in a low voice: "But it's okay, anyway, even if we get to the city, it's nothing more than becoming our arrows." target."

"Ru..." Liu Bei was furious when he heard the words, and stared at that person with cold eyes. He was about to lose his temper when he saw commotion around him, and another person suddenly exclaimed, "What is this?"

Everyone followed the prestige and were startled at the same time. Liu Bei felt a thump in his heart when he saw it.

However, during the change of the enemy's formation under the city this time, the soldiers who lined up at the front once again formed a team in an orderly manner.

Each team has about 30 people, not to mention the most special one.
But at the outermost edge of each team, there are soldiers holding a shield in one hand and a corner of a boat-like object in the other!
"These people have so much strength." Seeing this, someone couldn't help but sighed and said, "It seems that they used the elite this time?"

That boat-like object can envelop dozens of people, even if it is made of wood, it is not light, and the key is that the soldier who lifted it is still holding a shield in the other hand. Clearly.

But Liu Bei's heart was awe-inspiring, but what this thing was for, he almost guessed it at a glance!

The point is, judging by the quantity, it must not be done in a hurry, it is clearly prepared!
Then
Why didn't Wangzheng take it out when he attacked the city during the day?
The more I thought about it, the more frightened I became, the teams of heavenly troops, already under the cover of the wooden boat, stepped on the pontoon bridge again and started to cross the river
The charge has begun!

This time, arrows rained down from the top of the city again, but were easily blocked by those wooden boats. There were still people falling down and screams, but the number was very small!

"Get ready to fight!" Liu Bei took a deep breath, it was useless to think too much at this time: "Everyone be careful!"

He knew that this time it was really going to be a hand-to-hand combat!
And since Wang Zheng showed his hole card at this time.
It will definitely not be as easy to deal with as before!

After crossing the river and coming under the city wall, those people immediately threw down all their shields and boats, and began to climb up to the top of the city with ladders!

And when they got this close, as the defender of the city, they also had more effective weapons than arrows.

That is the falling stone and golden juice!

The bricks on the top of the city fell like raindrops, and from time to time someone fell down the city and turned into a puddle of meat, but as Liu Bei and the others watched helplessly, those yellow scarf bandits who had been impressed by their failures when they were frustrated, now showed Showing perseverance and fearlessness that is more terrifying than the officers and soldiers, no matter what kind of screams and images appear around them, they will fight one by one.
There is no fear!

Unexpectedly, he will not retreat even if he dies!

Never back!

Unknowingly, at the same time as countless people fell, part of the heavenly army was getting closer and closer to the top of the city.

Three sides are approaching at the same time.

A lot of heavenly troops have already begun to appear on the top of the city, and they began to fight against Liu Bei's army.

Only the south side is still calm.

Because the defenders here are Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide.

Those heavenly soldiers dodged many falling stones and gold juice, and when they finally climbed to the top of the city, they would be stabbed by the enemy's general with a seemingly random spear, and they would fight in groups in an instant. , all fell out!
The commander is so invincible, the morale of the other soldiers is naturally high, so up to this moment, not a single heavenly army from the south can stay on this section of the city for even a moment.

But even Zhang Fei, although he looked carefree on the outside, was inexplicably surprised in his heart.

It is simply that the more you kill, the more surprised you are.

It's nothing more than the fighting strength of these bandits who ascended first.
The point is that this is too brave and unafraid of death, right?

When I killed a group of heavenly troops again, I glanced casually, but saw those figures falling straight down, all of them staring at me with wide eyes at this time, there was no fear in their eyes, only hatred, which made the newly emerged The morning light seemed a little cold.

Hey..
Zhang Fei smiled nonchalantly, but a thought flashed through his mind.

The yellow turban bandits under Zhuzi's command are so vicious and fearless.
If things go on like this, no matter how good Zhang Fei can fight, he won't be able to change the general situation after all.

The fall of Xiapi was indeed a matter of time.

Now it seems that the eldest brother still has the foresight.

At the same time, the city on the other side of Xiapi was already in danger.

This time, the Heavenly Army easily broke through the moat and the interception of the Arrow Rain. Everyone on Liu Bei's side could immediately see that this time the enemy was dispatched by elites!

Often, one person can go up to the top of the city, and he can support it for half a day under the struggle of a dozen soldiers. This cycle repeats, and as time goes by, gaps in the city defense will inevitably be torn.

And this gap will get bigger and bigger.

The south side guarded by Zhang Fei does not have this hidden danger, and the east side guarded by Liu Bei himself is also safe for the time being, but the north side cannot survive.

Especially the Heavenly Army on this side, apart from Pan Zhang as the vanguard, they are all second-tier elites from the Tianzhu Battalion!

Just at dawn, amidst the shouts of killing from all directions, there was a sudden burst of cheers, the tide-like momentum, at this moment, it was like a catastrophe, and immediately attracted the attention of the entire battlefield.

After a brief silence, everyone heard the cheers clearly.

"Take it!"

"Taking the top of the city!"

At this time, Liu Bei had just chopped down an enemy, and he was startled when he heard this. Looking around, he saw countless black spots rushing towards the north at the same time.

The top of the city has been taken, besides consolidating the results of the battle, the next step is naturally to seize the city gate.

Then the city gate was opened and the suspension bridge was lowered!

The enemy was so serious that he didn't even last a day?
Even if there are many factors involved, such as the exhaustion of the soldiers after repeated battles, and the fact that most of the elite soldiers were taken by Guan Yu to attack Wuyuan.
And the lack of equipment under the isolated city, low morale, etc.
But no matter what, Liu Bei still smiled wryly to himself because of his unbearable record, but he couldn't allow him to think about it at this moment. He looked around and immediately drank:

"Send the order and prepare to retreat!"

This was a long-awaited plan. The fall of Xiapi was a matter of time. Liu Bei knew this well. Active retreat was the only way out, and the corresponding preparations were made many days in advance.

It's just that he never expected
Wang Zhenghui learned the news of Wuyuan's fall so quickly, and will attack with all his strength in the first place!
However, if you choose to retreat when the city is broken, you will completely lose the room to maneuver, and now you are in a very passive situation.

Then the retreat plan will have to be adjusted.

In such a situation, break out of the encirclement.
It is necessary to leave some soldiers to cut off the rear!

　(Sorry, I was accidentally overwhelmed yesterday, so I stopped updating without asking for leave, and I will add it after the chapter on the 13th)
　　
　
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