The Rise of the Song People of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 36
Lu Heng's army continued to smash Yuzhang City with stone catapults, which caused Sun Ce's army to suffer heavy losses and their morale was even lower.

At first, Zhou Yu's corresponding method of using large sculls, iron shields, and door panels was quite effective, reducing a lot of casualties, but it only reduced the damage of soldiers, and all the defensive equipment was completely damaged.

The bed crossbow and archery tower were all smashed before an arrow was fired, and a lot of fire oil was overturned. Thanks to Lu Heng's stone throwing machine, the remaining boulders were piled up like a mountain.

But Lu Heng didn't attack by force, he just used a trebuchet to smash it. No matter how many logs and radium stones are thrown at you, it's useless.

After Zhou Yu defended with an iron shield and a big roll, Lu Heng observed for a day and ordered half of the catapults to release giant stone bombs, and the other half to put stones of various sizes.

Two days later, Zhou Yu saw the heavy losses and had no choice but to order some people to hide in the female wall to observe the movements of Lu Heng's army.

As soon as they are assembled, they are ready to defend the city. If there are no soldiers to defend the city after such a loss, it is better to preserve their vitality.

In fact, it's not that Zhou Yu didn't think of a way to crack Lu Hengjun's catapult, but Zhou Yu himself denied all the strategies!
For example, Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, and Lu Heng fought against each other many times during the night attack. They knew Lu Heng's ability to command troops well, and he was an opponent that should not be underestimated.

Seeing that the losses were so heavy, Sun Ce proposed to attack Lu Heng at night three times and four times. Out of an attitude of trying, he asked Sun Ce to take [-] daredevils to prepare for the night attack on the third night.

However, he was spotted by scouts just before he got close to Lu Hengjun's stronghold after leaving the city gate, and lost half of his body after tasting a wave of arrow rain.

Being pursued and killed by the Thunder Cavalry Battalion led by Hu Yanzan, Zhou Yu had no choice but to abandon the last soldiers and shoot indiscriminately to escape back to the city, losing hundreds of soldiers and horses in vain.

As for Zhou Yu, he also thought about using a trebuchet to smash it against each other, but Sun Ce's occupation of Yuzhang was too short. There were not many craftsmen in Yuzhang who knew how to make trebuchets, let alone the materials needed, so he had to give up.

The material requirements for making a trebuchet are also very strict, not just wood!

The body is fine, but the trunk must be a whole body of intact long wood or hard bamboo!

All the processed wood is unusable, and the processed wood has cracks, and it was crushed and broken before the giant stone bomb was loaded.

While Zhou Yu was racking his brains to think about how to deal with Lu Heng's catapults, Sun Ce, who was patrolling the city, suddenly saw a group of remnants appearing from the east gate and rushing towards Yuzhang City, and they were chased by a group of Lu Heng's soldiers. .

I saw this group of remnant soldiers, nearly dozens of them were all infantry, not even generals on horseback, everyone was dressed in rags and dusty, the first few members looked like generals, some with broken armor even hung their arms, and ran towards the city as if fleeing for their lives .

This remnant army was Huang Gai, Han Dang, Chen Wu and others. When they set out from Moling, there were [-] elites.

After landing, they were ambushed by Hu Yanzan and Dong Xi, some fled, some died, and now there are only dozens of people left!
Huang Gai, Han Dang, Chen Wu, Lu Fan, Zhu Zhi, Sun Ben, Sun Hao, Xu Kun, Deng Dang and other generals and soldiers were also thrown away. It can be said that this army was almost wiped out.

Sun Ce was surprised and delighted to see Huang Gai and others, but he saw that Huang Gai and others were still being hunted down by Lu Heng's army.

Although he was filled with righteous indignation, he did not dare to open the city gate rashly, fearing that Lu Heng's army would follow the remnant army and seize the gate, so Sun Ce yelled at Huang Gai and others to run quickly and get within the range of the bow and arrow to help them break the rear.

After using a hanging basket to bring Huang Gai and his group into the city, seeing Huang Gai and the others in such distress, they secretly felt ominous. Fearing that the already low morale would affect the morale of the defenders even more, let Huang Gai and the others go to the prefect's mansion first. talk about.

At night, Sun Ce and a group of generals in the prefect's mansion were in the meeting hall.

Huang Gai described how he fought fiercely with Jiang Qin on the Yangtze River, how he blocked the Yangtze River, how the ships of Lu Heng's navy were weird, how they were attacked after landing, and how they fled to Yuzhang City.

The strong man finally knelt down on the ground and cried bitterly: "The last general is incompetent! The last general is incompetent! Such a big defeat of [-] elite troops wiped out the entire army, and it even damaged the two generals Wu Jing and Sun Fu , the final general is ashamed to be with Bofu!"

The man has tears but never flicks his heart. A man like Huang Gai feels deep self-blame for this loss. A hero who kills the enemy without blinking an eye is now full of guilt and emotion in his heart. Breaking down and crying.

Sun Ce was stunned when he heard that Wu Jing and Sun Fu were killed in battle. These two were not ordinary generals but clan generals!

Among them, Wu Jing is the younger brother of Sun Jian's wife, and after Sun Ce left Yuan, he was the first person to support him besides exchanging Yuxi for his father's Qubu. It can be said that Wu Jing was Sun Ce's biggest hero in the early stage.

Sun Ce's two early heroes were not Huang Gai, Cheng Pu, and Han Dang, his father's qubu, let alone Zhou Yu, but Sun Jing and Wu Jing. Wu Jing took Sun Ce in and tried his best to help Sun Ce, providing a The place to stay can plan to go south.

And Sun Jing said before that at the most critical moment, the people who led the last Sun family in Jiangdong helped Sun Ce defeat Liu Yao.

It can be said that these two people made Sun Ce what he is now, but now all these two clan heroes died in battle and died in a foreign country, and Wu Jing didn't even find their bodies.

And Sun Fu is the second son of Sun Jian's elder brother Sun Qiang, and Sun Ben's younger brother, who was raised by Sun Ben since he was a child, and the two have a very good relationship!
Sun Ben was also on the battlefield at that time. When he heard his younger brother's death, he instantly remembered the moment Sun Fu died in battle, his eyes turned red, and he said through gritted teeth: "Jiang Qin, Lu Heng, I swear not to avenge this revenge." Human!"

Sun Ben's face was gritted too hard, and his face was distorted to look extremely ferocious, while Sun Ce didn't say a word at this time, exuding a murderous look all over his body.

The martial arts practitioners present were very sensitive and accustomed to murderous aura, but they were overwhelmed by the murderous aura in Sun Ce.

Especially Huang Gai, who was kneeling on the ground, he was even more unbearable when he was already emotionally broken.

At this moment, Zhou Yu's voice came: "The time limit is not reached. The defeated general will cause the loss of the army and the entire army will be wiped out. According to the military law, he will be beheaded. Come here, drag Huang Gai down and behead him!"

When all the generals heard that Zhou Yu was going to kill Huang Gai, they all knelt down and begged for mercy, especially the old brother Han Dang said: "This battle should not be entirely blamed on the public, the enemy's warships and equipment are all superior. It is not a crime of war, if there is no justice, we will all die on the river if we are proficient in water warfare!"

Chen Wu, Lu Fan, Sun Ben, Sun Hao, Deng Dang, Zhu Zhi, Xu Kun and others also knelt down and begged for mercy.

A few soldiers were waiting for Sun Ce's release at the door. Under such a scene, Sun Ce gradually came to his senses, and his murderous aura instantly dissipated, waving to the soldiers to wait.

Sun Ce looked around at all the generals and said: "Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. If you fail, you will beheaded. The first one to be beheaded is the head of a certain Sun Ce. I don't know how many times I will die when I lose to Lu Heng. Forget it once!"

Zhou Yu said with a frosty face: "The fault of the defeated army can be forgiven. If the time limit is not reached, you must be punished. If you spare Huang Gai lightly, what is the military law! According to the military law, those who have not reached the time limit will be executed!"

Huang Gai was silent, but Zhou Yu's words angered Han Dang!

They Han Dang, Huang Gai, Cheng Pu, and Zu Mao are veterans following Sun Jian!

Zu Mao was killed by Hua Xiong when the eighteen princes attacked Dong Zhuo, and the remaining three were brothers and loyal to the Sun family. But now Cheng Puyuan is in Danyang, Zhou Yu insists on killing Huang Gai, how can Han Dang not be angry!
Han Dang was furious and got up and shouted: "It's summer now, and the monsoon is impermanent. How would you know, Huangkou? I didn't hear Gongfu say that the monsoon blows for several days. Are you trying to kill us by sailing against the monsoon?" "

Seeing Zhou Yu's appearance, Sun Ce was a little confused. Zhou Yu was not unreasonable in spite of his strict military management.

This time, Huang Gai's delay was not reached. In addition to being entangled by Lu Heng's navy, the monsoon caused it to take five or six days to set off. This cannot be entirely attributed to Huang Gai.

Sun Ce could only persuade: "Now that the Danyang army has suffered heavy losses, Ce is also very heartbroken. How could Gong Jin not know that monsoons are impermanent? The so-called planning is up to people and things are up to heaven. You really can't completely blame Gong Fushu, Gong Jin will be punished lightly."

Zhou Yu reluctantly said after hearing Sun Ce's words: "Death crimes can be avoided, but life crimes cannot escape the military order like a mountain. Don't let the people drag Huang Gai down and beat him again."

Sun Ce wanted to say something else, but Zhou Yu interrupted, "Bo Fu doesn't need to persuade him any more. Sparing his life is already an extrajudicial favor. Don't repeat it again and again. Otherwise, what will be the military discipline and how will the three armies be convinced!"

"Bo Fu, there is no need to intercede for a certain one. The whole army was annihilated due to the disadvantage of a certain army. Gai should be punished."

After Huang Gai finished speaking, he walked out of the big tent with his own soldiers.

All the generals in the big tent, who had experienced ups and downs with Huang Gai, stared at Zhou Yu angrily. Their eyes wanted to tear Zhou Yu to pieces, and Han Dang clenched his fists furiously. .

Zhou Yu ignored these gazes and said self-consciously: "Now the morale is low and the reinforcements are gone. You waited for Lu Heng's son to be deliberately put into the city, just to hit the morale of my defenders!
If it doesn't happen as Yu expected, the news will surely be spread in the army tomorrow, how will the army keep their confidence. "

Everyone looked at each other, Han Dang and others didn't know the situation here when they first arrived in Yuzhang City, and they didn't know what to do when they heard Zhou Yu's words.

Sun Ce said angrily: "Gong Jin, is there no way to save us? Are we just sitting there waiting to die? Let Lu Heng's son come up and take off our heads?"

Zhou Yu shook his head slightly and said to Sun Ce: "There is another strategy, but the success of this strategy is less than [-]%, if it fails, the fortune will be lost. How dare Bofu take a gamble?"

Sun Ce stared at Zhou Yu and confirmed, "Less than [-]% sure?"

Zhou Yu said with certainty: "Yes, less than [-]% sure!"

Sun Ce patted his chest and said boldly: "Thirty percent confidence is enough. I can't help Sun Ce's order. Gong Jin, tell me what do you want me to do?"

"You don't need to do anything!" Zhou Yu walked out of the camp without looking back.

"Huh! Huh?"

At the same time, Lu Heng was about to sleep when he heard a systematic reminder in his head: "The system reminds the host that Han Dang, Huang Gai, Sun Ben, and Sun Hao have hatred for the host, gain 15 points of hatred, and currently have 45 points of hatred.

Sun Ben and Sun Hao's individual attributes do not exceed 80, so they cannot get hatred points!
It seems that the hatred value is much more difficult to obtain than the reputation value. The height of a single attribute of 80 is already at the level of a fierce general and capable minister, and only the hatred value can be generated!Forget it, don't worry if you have too much debt, let's go to bed first! "

In the middle of the night, Huang Gai, who had been battered by [-] army sticks for a whole night, lay on the bed recuperating from his wounds. His entire backside was beaten to pieces, bloody and bloody. The resolute Huang Gai passed out several times without saying a word.

The military doctor was bandaging Huang Gai's wound and applying golden sore medicine. Sun Ce and Zhou Yu quietly came to Huang Gai's bedroom.

As soon as they entered the bedroom, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu waited quietly for the military doctor to treat Huang Gai, and only after the military doctor finished treating Huang Gai did they leave with Sun Ce.

After the military doctor was gone, Zhou Yu bowed to him and said, "General Huang has suffered. If the current situation did not force Yu, Yu would not have made such a bad move. Yu Te came to apologize to General Huang. If the general has any grievances, feel free to take it out on Yu. , at this time Bofu has no idea!"

Huang Gai was about to get up reluctantly, but Sun Ce pressed him on the bed and signaled that there is no need to be polite.

However, the current Huang Gai's attitude towards Zhou Yu is a little unclear, while Zhou Yu in the big tent before was looking like he wanted to kill him.

Zhou Yu continued: "General Huang, don't be overwhelmed. Now our army is in danger. The situation is very critical. General Huang doesn't know. Lu Heng's army smashes the city with catapults every day. Our army suffers heavy casualties and morale is low. There is no reinforcements outside. It is really dangerous. already."

Zhou Yu's words reminded Huang Gai that the reloading speed of Lu Heng's crossbows and bed crossbows was several times faster than that of ordinary weapons, and they suffered losses on weapons in two consecutive battles.

Huang Gai said worriedly: "Bo Fu, Gong Jin, this Lu Heng is not only good at training troops, but also must have studied equipment. Gai and Lu Heng have fought many times and found that the reloading speed of bows and bed crossbows is several times faster than that of our army. , I think it must be the same for the catapult vehicle.”

Sun Ce nodded and said, "Yes, this catapult is powerful. It can throw hundreds of catties of boulders, and no one will survive if it hits a soldier. Now our army's morale is low, and our army has no cavalry. I have nothing to do."

Zhou Yu interjected and said: "General Huang retreated today, and Yu designed General Huang to feign surrender to Lu Heng and lure Lu Heng into the city. Once Lu Heng enters the city and closes the city gates to hide and kill him all the way, the danger of Yuzhang can be solved.

However, this strategy is extremely dangerous, and Yu is only [-]% sure of it!
Lu Heng's army is not incompetent, if they don't really fight the generals, they will definitely not be able to hide it from those resourceful men under Lu Heng's command, even if they are found out like this, they will die. "

Huang Gai was not worried about his own safety and said: "In order to repay Sun's kindness and Bo Fu's reliance, Huang is willing to surrender!"

Seeing Huang Gai, Zhou Yu agreed and said: "Although this strategy is a gamble, the winner will be counted as the loser before the big event. We still need to prepare a retreat, in case the Yuzhang City cannot be defended, and our army has a place to go." Comeback.

As Ruoyu expected, now that Moling is surrounded, isolated and helpless, Yu lost this game! "

Sun Ce heard Zhou Yu's words and said in a deep voice, "Damn it, isn't Uncle Demou in danger!

What Gongjin said was the southern part of Yuzhang, Ningdu, Yudu, Ganxian and other places, but if Yuzhang City could not be defended.

Lu Heng followed me all the way to the south, how can we defend the south, how can we save Uncle Demou. "

Zhou Yu said, "General Cheng Pu has [-] elite troops and there is no shortage of food and grass, so it will not be a problem to defend the city for three to five months.

It's time for our titular lord to do his part. With him sending troops to the north, not only will he be able to save General Cheng Pu, but it will also relieve the pressure on Yuzhang. "

Sun Ce shook his head and said, "Yuan Gonglu is not a man of success. The year before last, he plotted against Xuzhou and refused to go south, let alone now."

Zhou Yu analyzed: "This moment is also, and that moment is also!

Although Yuan Shu is fatuous and incompetent, now that Lu Heng is about to rule Jiangdong, if we are wiped out by Lu Heng, he, Yuan Shu, will be the next threat.

Yuan Shu will still be able to distinguish which is more important, but let Ziheng (Lu Fanzi Ziheng) detour to Jingzhou to Huainan, and Yuan Shu will take action if he understands the reason.

You can also send Sun Ben and Sun Hao back to Ningdu to guard to ensure our army's retreat. At the same time, you can lobby Zhang Jie to fight against us. "

PS: It is recommended to add a new chapter, there will be another chapter tonight, the goal of 300 collections is a bit hanging
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