The Shuhan Empire of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 48

On the horizon of Yi Dao attack and defense at dusk, there was the last ray of light from the sun, which shone on the red armor of the Han soldiers. Bronzed skin.

"Report, General Admiral's moat has been completely filled, and the army can attack the city." The soldiers who filled the moat at the front came to report.

"I'll report to His Majesty," Zhang Fei immediately ran towards Liu Bei's place.

Liu Bei was sitting in his royal chariot at this time, listening to the reports from various parties, "Brother, the moat has finally been filled up. Hurry up and order to attack the city immediately." It took more than four hours, and it had already angered his warlike heart.

"Third brother, let's come here today, attack the city tomorrow, and the whole army will return to the camp!" Liu Bei did not agree with Zhang Fei's opinion. After all, the casualties of attacking the city at night are greater than those of attacking the city during the day, which is not allowed by Liu Bei of.

Accompanied by the drumming of retreating troops, the soldiers of the Han army began to retreat slowly, leaving only the flat moat and the excited eyes of Wu Jun.

When the day was about to be replaced by night, a group of people came out of the woods near Lingyang County, Wuling County, and the leader was Qin Shan. Zhuge Qiao also appeared in this group after a while Among the people, there seemed to be more than a thousand people, but why did they appear at night.

"Tun Commander, Lingyang County is ahead, bypassing Lingyang County and marching like this will reach Wuling County in seven or eight days." Qin Shan began to mutter in front of Zhuge Qiao when he got the news from nowhere.

"It's already the sixth day. Your Majesty has already started attacking the city of Yidao. Jufu doesn't know how it's going." Zhuge Qiao began to think about other military situations, mainly the siege of Yidao.

"Tun Chief, do you think His Majesty can attack Yi Dao?"

Zhuge Qiao shook his head, "No, Yidao is by no means the city that was captured before. It is a city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are tens of thousands of Wu troops guarding the city. It stands to reason that Your Majesty would not make such a mistake, nor I know if this is one of His Majesty's tricks."

"Tun Chief, you don't care how His Majesty attacks the city, you might as well think about our capture of Wuling, after all, this is what we should do." Seeing Zhuge Qiao thinking about the attack and defense of Yi Dao, Qin Hong immediately reminded him;
"As long as Jufu can hold part of the Wu army, we can sneak attack Wuling city. Only when Wuling city is broken can we show the usefulness of our amazing army, and we can extend the Wu army's defense line so that they can't look at each other from head to toe. It can produce variables." Zhuge Qiao explained the purpose of this march while walking.

"Tun chief, don't worry, when we get to Wuling City, I, Qin Lanyu, will definitely be the first to climb to the top of Wuling city, and mention the chief to win the first victory." Qin Hong didn't have any doubts about Zhuge Qiao's strategy, on the contrary, he was the last Loyal supporter.

"Tun Commander, if we sneak into the city, our weapons will be confiscated. If our entire army is deprived of weapons, how can we kill the Wu army?" Qin Shan was also worried about entering the city.

"I've thought about this a long time ago. At that time, I will lead Langya to attack their luggage and borrow their weapons." When Zhuge Qiao mentioned Langya, Qin Shan was also taken aback.

"Tun Chief, the lives of the 1000 people we entered the city were all put on the 36 Spikes. If an accident happened, wouldn't the entire army be destroyed under the city of Wuling?" Zhuge Qiao's words touched Qin Shan's cautious heart. Heart.

"Do you know the meaning of the Raiders? It is to attack the unprepared by surprise. The Spike is the dark night army that we spent more than a year training. Just this time, the winner lives and the loser dies."

"Then I will follow the head of the village, regardless of success or failure."

At three o'clock on the second day, tens of thousands of Han soldiers gathered outside Yidao City again. The front army was still more than [-] Langzhong soldiers led by Zhang Fei, and Liu Bei was still in charge of the central army.

Hundreds of catapults also arrived at the reserved positions. With Zhang Fei's order, the drums of the Han army suddenly rang throughout the battlefield, and the flying stones thrown by hundreds of catapults landed on Yidao. In the city tower, the soldiers of the Wu army who had no time to dodge, after being intimately contacted by the flying stones, left nothing behind, not even the only body intact;

Faced with the endless projections of the catapults, the generals of the Wu army were also awed and terrified by the tragic death of their own soldiers. They all hoped that the stones in the Han army formation would run out soon; , began to arrange strict defenses to wait for the Han army to attack, and Ling Tong personally sat at the gate of the city to direct the deployment.

As the catapult retreated to the position, it was replaced by the more than one hundred aerial ladder vehicles. This aerial ladder is not the other aerial ladder, but is folded and opened to build on the city tower. Wheels are installed under it to enhance its mobility. , the inclination is only [-] degrees, and the soldiers can run up the tower on the ladder with their own momentum, and the stability is good.

Afterwards, the Han army formed a well fence with a height of about three feet, carrying wheels under it, while the wall of Yidao was less than two feet high; the characteristic of the well fence is that soldiers can stand in it and shoot the enemy with bows Fangchenglou soldiers to suppress the enemy's defenders.

Afterwards, the Han army pushed a four-foot-high nest cart, also known as a building cart; there were four wheels under it for easy movement, and it was used to watch the dynamics of the enemy's city and city walls.

After that is the city-charging chariot, which is used to attack the enemy's city gate. There is a wide wooden block on the top, and more than ten people can stand inside it to hit the city gate.

After that, Linchong Lu Gongche appeared, which is a siege tower with eight wheels and five stories high.The lowest layer is the soldiers who push the cart forward, and the other four layers are loaded with about [-] combat soldiers for the siege.The cart is three feet high, one foot wide, and three feet long.The dashing chariot uses its own height to attack the city directly from the chariot, and it can also be used to approach the city wall and directly attack the defending enemy on the city wall.In addition to being equipped with various long weapons, the car is also equipped with bows and crossbows.

After that, more than a hundred three-bow bed crossbows were erected, which were extremely spectacular when fired. The arrows were like javelins, and they could be directly nailed into the city wall when fired at close range. The arrows were firmly nailed into the wall, so that the siege soldiers could climb up.

After that, there are five thousand Langzhong soldiers holding swords and shields, all kinds of equipment cooperate with each other to achieve the final effect of capturing the tower; It's a pity that they had not waited for the sound of their own battle drums, and they ushered in the arrows of the Han army's three-bow bed crossbow. The Wu soldiers who were shot took a few steps back with the remaining strength of the arrows before falling to the ground. on the ground.

At this time, the Han army had reached the attack range of the catapults in the city of Wu Jun, and the battle began!More than a hundred flying stones fell straight towards the attacking troops of the Han army, and the heavy crossbow on the city wall also began to shoot life-threatening arrows, flying towards the Han army mercilessly.

(End of this chapter)