Sure enough, Lu Bu crushed the Fufeng paper in his hand and said coldly to Xu Rong: "General Xu, prepare to attack the city."
Lu Bu only had 10,000 infantry, and the remaining 30,000 were Bingzhou wolf cavalry.
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As for Xu Rong's men, among the seven thousand soldiers and horses, there were also two thousand cavalry.
Both of them knew that using cavalry to attack Qiaowu was a bit fanciful.
This is not to say that the cavalry cannot attack the city.
In fact, most of the siege battles are settled by the cavalry's indomitable charge.
But this requires a premise, that is, the city gate has been breached or is about to be breached.
Otherwise, the knights on horseback would look at the enemies on the city wall several feet high, and they would have no other function besides being swimming targets, unless these cavalry had excellent running skills to shoot at the enemy troops on the city wall.
But in fact, all the generals knew that the Han people were indeed inferior to the nomads who grew up on horseback in terms of riding and shooting.
Not only is it difficult to aim at the target when riding on horseback, but the single-sided stirrups of the Han Dynasty also made it difficult for soldiers to maintain balance on horseback.
For this reason, whether the Han people were dealing with nomadic tribes such as the Qiang, Xiongnu, Xianbei, and Wuwan, they always used military formations that mixed infantry and cavalry to learn from each other's strengths.
Therefore, Lu Bu immediately ordered Wang Yun's patchwork of private soldiers under him to form an siege force to test the defense of Qiaowu.
With the whip pointing forward, the siege vanguard shouted in unison, the drums thundered, and a team of a thousand men began to advance with shouts.
Everyone held a shield and a ring-headed sword, protecting the many ladders and rushing towards the city wall.
In ancient times, it was very convenient to make ladders during battles.
They usually used local materials and cut down trees to make them.
Although the quality is difficult to guarantee and the safety is very low, when in the war have these trivial matters been taken into consideration?
After escaping the dense rain of arrows fired from the city, these thousand people finally leaned the ladders against the city wall and began to climb up, after paying two hundred casualties.
Twenty or thirty people came pushing the carts.
When they reached the city gate, a huge crash overwhelmed the sound of war drums and horns.
But not a few hits.
War drums sounded on the city, rolling logs and rocks rained down, and the ladders were also pushed down by the rods.
Sergeant Lu Bu's body fell from mid-air, his flesh and blood mangled.
The rush car was also smashed to pieces by huge rocks.
Seeing these scenes, both Lu Bu and Xu Rong looked extremely calm, not nervous at all.
Then there was a sound of gold, and the sergeants gradually retreated: most of the sergeants had not yet climbed up, and there were not as many injured as imagined.
This is just a little appetizer at the beginning.
Lu Bu, Xu Rong, as well as Ma Chao, Li Ru, Gao Shun, Man Chong, Han Feng and others standing on the wall of Qiaowu all know this. really.
In less than a moment, Lu Bu's army's second wave of siege began again.
Just like the first siege, Qiaowu City also began to fight back.
This is a trial.
They went back and forth more than 20 times, but only briefly, and Ma Chao on the city was also very cautious and did not abuse wood and stone.
It was almost dawn when Lu Bu's army launched a fierce attack.
The offensive was in full swing, and the soldiers risked their lives to climb up.
They actually climbed onto the city wall and started a bloody battle on the city.
However, in the end Gao Shun was trapped in the camp and guarded.
Lu Bu's army was still defeated.
However, the expression of Gao Shun, who was always staring at the battlefield, changed.
He was by nature the most calm among Ma Chao's generals.
At this time, he couldn't help but said with a trembling voice: "Lord, look, they actually threw stones." car" Ma Chao's face turned cold, then he became indifferent and said, "Liu Xie, Liu Xie, I really underestimated you."
Seeing that Ma Chao was not in the mood to answer his question, Gao Shun couldn't help turning his head to look at Li Ru.
And Li Ru pulled his beard and said: "There is Beiyuan in the palace, where the imperial army is stationed.
There are only ordinary weapons and equipment there, and there cannot be such siege equipment.
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But two miles away from the palace, there is the royal Shanglin Garden, where there are It's the Ordnance Manufacturing Department.
From this point of view, Lu Bu's back and forth testing is just to delay the arrival of these trebuchets.
Lu Bu and Xu Rong really have some tricks."
After hearing this, Ma Chao's expression remained unchanged.
He stared towards the distant west: "Fazheng, Lu Bu has wasted more than an hour.
If I find that you have not arrived at Yuwu within the next hour, then you will completely break away from the core of the Ma family."
The dozens of catapults were clearly not hastily manufactured.
Listening to the rumbling sound, one could guess that they were the products of Shanglinyuan's craftsmen who spent a lot of time working on them.
When they were almost three hundred steps away from the fortress, the catapults stopped.
Lu Bu gave an order, and huge boulders rose into the air and hit the city wall heavily.
Although the city built by Fatty Dong in Qiaowu was high and deep, it was comparable to the first fortress of the Han Dynasty.
However, under the sudden blow of such a siege weapon, it seemed to shake slightly: although the city wall several feet thick did not shake at all, the scene of gravel flying on the city tower and people running and howling in pain always made people think that the city wall was indeed solid.
Trembling in the roar.
At this time, Ma Chao's eyes narrowed slightly.
He saw the flesh and blood flying everywhere under the impact of the boulder.
Then the defenders on the city wall braved the arrows and began to use crossbows to shoot turpentine-ignited rockets at the enemy.
Ma Chao knew that this was actually his luck.
Because although his ancestral home is Maoling County, Fufeng, in the eyes of these surrendered Xiliang soldiers, he is actually from Xiliang, and it is easier for him to accept himself emotionally.
In addition, long ago, due to Li Ru's strategy and Dong Zhuo's connivance, these Xiliang soldiers had a hidden hatred against Lu Bu's Bingzhou Army.
If other people came to attack Qiwu, they might not be so dedicated.
But just in the direction of the opponent's general, a big flag with the character "LV" was flying.
From this, they learned that even if there was no way out, they didn't need Ma Chao to deliberately win over and encourage them, so they risked their lives to fight with the enemy attacking the city. fight.
It's a pity that although the crossbow on the Qiaowu city wall is powerful, it is not the improved mountain-destroying crossbow of the Ma family.
Coupled with the difficulty in aiming, only less than half of Lu Bu's army's trebuchets were destroyed.
However, under the blazing fire, the fierce Xiliang soldiers still shot the front positions of Lu Bu's army to pieces.
Their flesh and blood were charred black, and their bones were piled in piles.
Under the cover of the catapult, Lu Bu's army pushed the arrow tower and carried the ladder to attack the city again.
Although the height of the arrow tower was not as high as the city wall, it could barely withstand the counterattack of the powerful crossbows.
Sharp arrows from both sides streaked through the air.
The beautiful arc passes through the strong body, splashing out dazzling blood flowers.
Blood was spilled in front of the city wall.
When Lu Bujun climbed onto the city wall again, Ma Chao said in an emotionless tone: "Let Zhang Liao and Xu Huang prepare to attack."
Gao Shun originally wanted to give some more warnings, but he saw that there were not many soldiers who could stand on the city wall at this time, and Lu Bu's side was attacking like a fire without leaving any room.
He had no choice but to grit his teeth and escape from the city wall with the trapped camp, preparing to set up a simple battle formation at the city gate after Zhang Liao and Xu Huang sent troops.
Although, he also knew that the battle formation would have little effect on the tens of thousands of cavalry that suddenly came.
But he resolutely chose to do this: because he was a soldier who was truly loyal to his duty and honor, and his men were trapped in the camp.
It is also because of this that he is still remembered by people thousands of years later. s: Thanks to Nasora Aoi for the reward yesterday.
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