Summoning the best emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 43
Dawn breaks, and night passes quickly in depression.But for Yongqiu, dawn does not mean hope and rebirth. Zhao Chong's five thousand soldiers outside the city are staring at him. I am afraid that the battle to siege the city will begin soon.

Song Lian and Zhang Teng stayed up all night, they looked at each other with dark circles under their eyes, smiled tiredly and did not speak.Zhang Teng took the rice porridge brought by his subordinates, then passed it to Song Lian, and said bitterly, "Mr. Song, if this continues, our people will collapse from exhaustion before the enemy launches an attack."

Song Lian's hands were cold, and he drank the steaming rice porridge to keep warm. He nodded and said, "This battle hasn't started yet, and I don't know how long it will last. It won't work if it goes on like this. According to the old man, you and I will lead each other in the future." A thousand soldiers take turns to rest in the middle of the night, and if there is an emergency, they will not be caught off guard and helpless."

Zhang Teng was about to clap his hands in agreement, when suddenly he saw a large army approaching from outside the city, holding high the banners of Chen Liu and Zhang Zhao, Zhang Teng suddenly shouted: "The enemy is coming, the whole army is ready for war!" The soldiers under his command immediately put down Food in hand, arms to defend.

Zhao Chong didn't just surround Yongqiu last night and ignore his peace of mind. They came because they marched in a hurry and did not bring siege equipment.So he seized the time and quickly ordered people to cut wood on the spot to build a siege weapon, the ladder hit the wood and rushed the car.One night is definitely not enough, and they only made a few ladders to pick up leaks.Zhao Chong never thought that he would be successful in his first siege, and he mainly focused on probing and harassing this time.

"Old thief Song Lian, hahaha, I didn't expect that I would personally lead troops to attack you Yongqiu. After seeing your shocked face, I don't know why, but I am very happy in my heart!" Zhao Chong Leading the soldiers to the city wall, he immediately saw Song Lian who was commanding the soldiers to set up defenses on the top of the city tower. Thinking of new and old grudges, he couldn't help but sneered.

"Zhao Chong, you are the Sima of a county, who gave you the courage to lead troops to besiege the fiefdom of King Chenliu! Provoking the royal family's prestige and punishing it as treason, can you bear the crime? When His Highness returns with his troops, Even if you have ten heads, it won't be enough to chop you off!" Although Song Lian is old, he is still a scholar who nourishes his energy and is still full of energy.

"Song Lian, why bother to play this kind of little tricks with the general. I'm not afraid to tell you that the crusade against Yongqiu this time was ordered by the prefect. If King Chen Liu stays obediently It's all right for Yongqiu to be a king with peace of mind, but he is unexpectedly ambitious, relying on his status as a prince to continue to lead the army to conquer everywhere. It would be fine if he wiped out the Yellow Turban bandits, but now he is attacking Jiwu and threatening the counties. You have seized the power of your subjects. For the stability of Chen Liu, the prefect must consult with King Chen Liu. Song Lian, you are a smart person, and you should know how difficult it is to compete with a large county that has accumulated for many years with the strength of a county. Don't say that I will avenge you and not give you a way out, as long as you let them lay down their weapons and go out of the city to surrender, I will definitely recommend your merits in front of the prefect." Zhao Chong looked at the people on the city wall who were actively preparing for battle. The Yongqiu soldier opened his mouth to persuade him to surrender, but there was unspeakable contempt in his eyes.

"Shut up! Is it the king's land in the whole world? Is it the king's minister on the shore of the land? The Li family has poisoned me for many years, and is suspected of besieging His Highness's personal guard general. Such a rebellious act, His Highness's crusade is famous, why not! If you stay, how can you be looked down upon by His Highness? Now there are treacherous ministers in power inside, and Hu people invade the pass outside. As Han officials, you don’t want to serve the country and solve the disturbance for the king. As a great Han general, have you ever resisted the Hu people going south for the people? Prefect Zhang Miao , The mouse is short-sighted, the life is a Han official, and he is actually a Han thief. He even sent a large army to attack my Yongqiu because of his own selfishness. If you know your mistakes and correct them, you are still worthy of my righteous teacher! Your Highness has already taken down Jiwu and led the victorious army to triumph. If you don’t retreat quickly, don’t you think you have lived too long!” Song Lian didn't give Zhao Chong a chance to interrupt at all, and directly used his energy, but Zhao Chong's army was very excited and whispered non-stop.As the saying goes, it is a thief to grow old and not die, but Song Lian was the one who wrote such famous essays on persuasion of learning as "Send Dongyang Horses to Live" that have been handed down to later generations.

"Song Lian, it seems that you have chosen a dead end! No matter how much you talk, it's of no use. In the end, it's just to see whose fist is stronger. Since you are so ignorant of praise, then don't blame me for not keeping him. Love. Pass my order and attack the city with an army!" Zhao Chong was livid at first when Song Lian said it, but in the end he smiled. He was about to die. Why should he care about him?

"Boom, boom, boom!" The war drums were beating loudly, and Zhao Chong's army immediately protected the newly completed ladders and launched an attack.Fortunately, Zhao Chong only launched an attack on this one gate. If all four gates attacked together, not to mention Yongqiu's military strength would be dwarfed by comparison. But now they only have Song Lian and Zhang Teng in command. There will definitely be times when the command is inadequate and omissions occur.

But despite this, Song Lian did not dare to be careless. It is impossible for the other three sects to have no defensive power at all, so the strength here is only eight hundred.There are five thousand troops under Zhao Chong's command, the disparity is too great.

Fortunately, Zhao Chong now has no other sharp weapon that can threaten the city wall of Yongqiu except for a few simple ladders. Zhang Teng braved arrows and rushed to the front command to firmly guard the entrance of the city. Smash it down.Although Zhao Chong had a lot of people, but there were only a few ladders, and many people piled up under the ladders. When the rolling stones and wood beaters hit one target, Zhao Chong who was behind was so enraged that he hurriedly asked the deputy general to step up and take command. Improved.

"General Zhang, our rolling stones are exhausted too fast and too much, and we won't be able to last long if we continue like this." Although Song Lian was guarded behind and did not personally participate in the defense, he saw the problem clearly.Yongqiu is now tightly surrounded, and these resources will be used less. It has not been long since the beginning, and so much has been consumed. What can we do in the future. "General Zhang, pour tung oil on their ladders, and then set them on fire. Without the ladders, their attack is nothing to worry about!" Song Lian hurriedly shouted to Zhang Teng.

"Pour the tung oil quickly!" Zhang Teng quickly ordered his subordinates to fetch the tung oil, took it with one hand, and then aimed at a torch and threw it down. The whole ladder immediately burst into flames, directly burning the ladder and the people on fire. Zhao Chong's soldier fell down hard with a scream, and just hit the companions below, immediately setting them on fire. The wailing and screaming continued, and the ladder burned faster and faster, and was burned with a "boom" It fell down, and I don't know how many people were crushed to death.

Seeing that the effect of tung oil was surprisingly good, Zhang Teng quickly asked his subordinates to use the same method to burn down the remaining ladders. Zhao Chong could see clearly from behind, it was too late to order to save the ladders, and he was so angry He whipped his horsewhip hard in the air.

"General, the ladders are all burned. They occupy the advantage of the city wall. We can't suppress the enemy now." Seeing that the battle was going badly, the deputy general ran back to report to Zhao Chong.

"Forget it, I was just trying to test it out today, and I never thought that I would succeed in a single battle, and I will withdraw my troops. When the ladder rushing car is ready, I will definitely make these thieves look good!" Zhao Chong saw everything clearly It was clear, and he did not lose his mind due to anger, and immediately ordered the army to retreat, and wait for the siege weapon to be prepared before fighting again.

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