Rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 461 Anti-Sneak Attack
Sun Ce swung the ancient ingot knife and cut off seven or eight crossbow arrows that were coming towards him, but he was inexplicably shocked. Needless to say the range of these crossbow arrows, but their strength was so great that his arms went numb.

Another round of attack was forced to end, and Wu soldiers suffered heavy casualties, especially the huge arrows fired by the machine crossbow, which brought great lethality, so frightened Wu Jun, who has always been strong, did not dare to move forward, and directly shot through the killing machine. , although the number is not much, but the deterrence is amazing.

The two attacks were ineffective, which dealt a great blow to the morale of Wu soldiers. Only less than a hundred people rushed under the city wall, and four or five solitary and broken ladders were placed on the city wall, which had no effect.

Sun Ce's face was ashen, and he took a hard look at Huang Zu in the city, and sent an order to be suppressed by the catapult again, preparing for the next attack.

Countless stones flew towards Xiling City again. Sun Ce was discussing with Lu Fan and others how to break the city, when he suddenly heard the sound of killing behind him and the screams of soldiers.

Sun Ce knew something was wrong, so he hurriedly urged his horse to come to the rear camp. He saw that an enemy army was killed at some time in the rear left, and the soldiers in the rear camp couldn't react at all.

After Sun Ce came to the city, he was eager to launch an attack. The elite soldiers were fighting in the front, and the cooks and recruits camped and cooked in the rear. How could they stop these elite soldiers.

It was the troops led by Hao Zhao who killed in the rear. Taking advantage of the battle ahead, he attracted the attention of the Wu army.

Hao Zhao led his troops to rush through the back camp and set fires everywhere. At this time, Wu Jun's luggage was still piled up together. Once ignited, Yingfeng burned up.In an instant, a sea of ​​flames was formed, and thick smoke billowed.

When Sun Ce rushed over with fireworks, Hao Zhao had already led his troops away, leaving only a mess, a fire and screaming soldiers.

Sun Ce was furious and chased Hao Zhao alone, but was blocked by a burst of arrows. He could only watch helplessly as Hao Zhao led his troops back into the earth city calmly.

Lu Fan and the others hurried to catch up, and the soldiers behind were busy fighting the fire. The Wu army's lineup was in complete chaos, thick smoke was billowing, most of the tents and supplies were destroyed, and morale was low.

Lu Dai frowned and said, "I don't want Huang Zu to dare to separate soldiers and horses in the earthen city. The two cities echo each other, so we must first destroy the earthen city."

Sun Ce said in a deep voice, "If you can't take down Xiling, can't you take down a small earthen city? Take it down immediately, and let no one in the city be spared."

Soon the Wu army was reorganized, Huang Gai and Sun Yi guarded the camp and monitored the movement of the Xiling defenders. Sun Ce ordered all the equipment to be moved under the Tucheng, preparing to vent his anger.

In the afternoon, outside Tucheng in the northeast of Xiling, the Wu army formed an formation again, with loud drums and horns.

Sun Ce came to the city in person, pointed at Hao Zhao on the city and cursed: "You are so despicable, you dare to sneak attack, how dare you go out of the city to fight?"

Hao Zhao looked at Sun Ce coldly in the city, indifferent to his attack, but ordered the soldiers to prepare for defense, and the archers and crossbowmen stood ready.

Sun Ce yelled and cursed for a while, seeing that the city was indifferent, he had no choice but to order people to attack the city immediately. This earthen city didn't even have a moat, and the city walls were low, which greatly boosted his confidence.

Wu Jun still had a lot of horses and equipment, which were placed around Tucheng, aggressively, but Hao Zhao remained calm, knowing that Wu Jun would retaliate wildly, but he did not panic at all.

Hao Zhao said to several lieutenants: "Although Tucheng is small, we are well prepared. The Wu army came here with hatred. You should not relax. You only need to hold on for half a day."

Originally, their general order was to stick to it for one day, but now it has become half a day. Everyone's confidence has increased a lot, and they all agreed in unison, and prepared according to the pre-arranged.

For defending the city, Hao Zhao has his own new set. Although the Wu army is aggressive, as long as they block their first two waves of attacks, coupled with the contusion of the previous series of defeats, morale will soon drop. , There is no problem sticking to it until dark.

Wu Jun was still suppressed by catapults, covered by archers, and launched a fierce attack on Tucheng again. Finally, after several cross-covers and attacks, more and more Wu soldiers rushed to the city.

At this time, the archers on the city could no longer suppress them, and they had to guard against the bows and arrows of the Wu army in the distance. The Wu army who rushed to the city finally set up a ladder and fought against the city.

The defenders, who had been prepared for a long time, smashed the prepared rolling stones and oak trees at the enemies who climbed the city. They poured boiling water and boiling oil on the city walls, and screams continued one after another.

After pouring kerosene on the ladder, it was immediately ignited by torches and rockets, and the city wall almost turned into a wall of fire. Thick smoke billowed, and the stench of burnt flesh wafted in the wind.

Sun Ce thought he could capture the earthen city in one go, but he was unable to ascend the city for a long time. Not to mention the lethality of the crossbow, just talking about the boulders and boiling oil caused heavy damage to the soldiers.

At this time, it was evening, the setting sun was about to set, the top of the mountain was red, and the small earthen city was completely covered by black smoke, as if a stone that had been smoky by fire was about to burst at any moment.

The drums sounded one after another, and the shouts of killing never stopped.

Sun Ce was so angry that he had nowhere to vent his anger. He divided his troops into three groups and took turns to attack. He didn't give the defenders a chance to breathe.

The dilapidated and small Tucheng seemed to be in danger and was about to be captured at any time, but it remained standing, which made Sun Ce's teeth itch with hatred.

The top of the city has become dilapidated, with gravel all over, bloodstains, flags falling apart, black smoke billowing, and the soldiers were exhausted, but fortunately they persisted until dark.

It was getting late, and the morale of the Wu soldiers' attack had long been exhausted. They stormed all day and didn't eat lunch. The soldiers only ate the dry food they carried with them.

Under the persuasion of Lu Fan and others, Sun Ce temporarily withdrew his men and horses. More than half of the luggage in the rear was destroyed and the tents were insufficient. Sun Ce decided to let the soldiers and horses rest for an hour, and after a short rest, they attacked the city overnight.

There were mountains of corpses outside the city, dripping with blood. Although it was not as tragic as that in Xiling, it still suffered a lot of damage. More than [-] soldiers were lost. They were even attacked once by their opponents, and they were caught off guard.

Sun Ce walked around the camp like a trapped animal. How had he ever suffered such a defeat when he swept Jiangdong?
All the generals looked gloomy, and there was nothing they could do at this moment. They sat around in a circle, the night wind howled, and they didn't want to swallow the dry food in front of them.

Suddenly, Sun Ce stopped abruptly, and said in a deep voice, "Send an order to select five hundred dead soldiers from the army, and I will go to the city myself!"

"My lord, absolutely not!" Lu Fan was shocked, and quickly persuaded him, "My lord's body is in danger in the east of the Yangtze River. How can you take such a risk?"

Sun Ce roared angrily, "If I don't destroy this city, I swear I won't be a human being!"

Lu Fan hurriedly said: "My lord, please stay with the Chinese army, and my subordinates and Jia Hua will go ahead and promise to take Tucheng tonight."

Sun Ce took a deep breath and said slowly, "Okay, I'll take the two of you as the vanguard, and someone will personally lead the troops to respond, there must be no mistakes!"

(End of this chapter)