Under the city of Shuxian County, where Lujiang is governed, the sound of killing shook the sky, and arrows flew one after another. 40,000 Yuan Shujun under the banner of "Cheng" surrounded the Lujiang River, attacking day and night, under continuous pressure, the resistance in the city became more and more sparse, and there were gradually signs of breaking the city.
There were only 4,000 soldiers in Shu County, and in the face of an enemy army ten times larger than himself, they resisted stubbornly for three days and three nights.
At this moment, except for some full-time crossbowmen who still have feathered arrows in their quivers, the quivers of ordinary soldiers have long been empty.
The situation was critical, and the soldiers had no choice but to sharpen the hard wooden branches such as white wax and wicker as arrows, although the lethality was limited, they were finally able to slightly delay the attack of the "Cheng" army, as long as they could delay for a moment longer, there was hope for reinforcements.
Driving the scholars and the people to the head of the city to assist in the defense is the basic common sense of defending the city, and the kind-hearted Lu Kang is not exempt from vulgarity.
At the moment before the siege of the city, the army had already ordered the tribe to organize nearly 10,000 people and scholars to climb the city to help defend it, if it were not for the help of the people, the Lujiang City at this moment would have been broken by the army ten times its own.
Lu Kang has been in the position of Lujiang Taishou for a year, because he has a clean sleeve and loves the people like a son, so he is deeply supported by the people of Lujiang.
On the occasion of this crisis, the people of Lujiang "follow the Taishou in order to repay the city", from the beginning of 10,000 strong and gradually developed to the whole city soldiers, regardless of the old and weak, women and children, up to the seventy-year-old Haoshou old man, down to the eight-year-old drooping children, have climbed to the head of the city to assist in the defense, how much strength with how much strength.
Although the army and the people were united, under the continuous onslaught of the Cheng army, the whole city finally fell into a desperate situation of lack of supplies.
Not only were there not enough arrows, but almost all the stones larger than eggs were smashed.
Looking at the waves of enemy troops under the city, the eyes of the people were blank and afraid Seeing that the crossbow arrows on the city wall were becoming more and more sparse, Lei Bo, who was carrying a mountain axe, led a hundred and ten people to gallop down the city, specifically killing the soldiers who were cowering.
"The whole army is trying its best to attack the city, and whoever dares to cower will be killed" Under Lei Bo's strong supervision, more than 30,000 Yuan troops shouted again, blew their horns, and raised their spirits, launching another wave of fierce offensives to break the city in one fell swoop.
"Sons, even if you fight for your life, you have to stick to the arrival of reinforcements, but the rebels have sworn a ruthless oath, and the day the city is broken will be the time to slaughter the city."
A seventy-year-old white-haired man remembered the fierce shouts of the rebel generals, and stood on the head of the city with a wine jar in his hand to cheer up the young man.
When the rebels had just besieged the city, an enemy general with a scar on his face galloped back and forth under the city, shouting loudly at the city wall, encouraging the people to open the city gate and welcome the divine soldiers of the "Emperor Dacheng Wu Degao" into the city, and when the time came, every household would be exempted from labor and taxes.
The people of Lujiang had long heard that Yuan Shu had extorted tyranny under his rule, forcibly conscripted the common people to serve in forced labor, and wantonly plundered women; Naturally, they scoffed at the shouts of the enemy generals, and responded with the wooden and rolling stones in their hands, and smashed the army screaming for a while.
The enemy general showed a hideous face in annoyance and anger, shouting around the city, who dares to assist the county soldiers to defend the city, when the door is broken, they will slaughter the Lujiang River, and the chickens and dogs will not be left The enemy's fierce words are still in their ears, and the people in Lujiang City naturally dare not forget it, so they must fight everything and stay up until the moment when reinforcements arrive When the stone was gone, he demolished his house and carried his wine jar and clay pot to the top of the city.
After throwing the wood, he carried his own purlins, carried his own beams, and smashed down the city wall, as long as he could prevent the rebels from attacking the city, he would not hesitate to do anything "Old man, beg for death" A ladder was placed on the female wall, and a nimble soldier climbed up with a shield on his head. raised his head suddenly, but in front of him was an old man with a bright head, who couldn't help but show a hideous smile.
With a "poof", the steel knife in his hand pierced the old man's chest at once, and blood gushed out.
"Even if you want to die, you have to accompany you" The old man looked completely unaware of the pain, the wine jar in his hand was raised high, and smashed on the helmet of the thug, accompanied by the sound of broken porcelain, the thug suddenly had stars in his eyes and his brain was dazed.
"Still deceive me about my old age" The old man let out a wild laugh, wrapped his arms around the soldier's neck with all his strength, and fell down under the city wall together.
At the same time, the old man's unhesitating laughter sounded, and the desperate struggle of the soldier before he died.
"Resist" Seeing the people working so desperately, Lu Kang's heart was dripping blood.
Squeezed out of the crowd of guards, with swords in hand, he loudly instructed the soldiers and civilians to push down the ladder that had been erected on the top of the city.
Under the encouragement of the old man's desperate efforts, the defenders at the head of the city shouted in unison despite the arrows like flying locusts, and overturned several ladders on the city wall, and the Yuan army on the ladder screamed miserably.
But the rain of arrows shot from under the city wall also caused many soldiers and civilians to be hit by arrows, and even the shoulder of Taishou Lu Kang was lost, and a piercing pain made him bend down.
"Is there any serious problem with Lord Taishou, hurry up and go down to the city to find a doctor for treatment."
Seeing Tai Shou's arrow, dozens of pro-soldiers surrounded him, surrounding the shields in their hands to protect Lu Kang.
"Can't Die" Lu Kang let out a heavy wheezing sound, and broke the arrow, letting the arrow embed in the flesh, "Even if the old man dies in battle today, you must do your best to hold on, and in half a day at most, the reinforcements from Jiangdong will arrive."
"Lord Taishou, look, reinforcements, reinforcements are coming" A sharp-eyed soldier suddenly saw that the east was dusty, and the sky was only a light pale yellow at first, but it slowly became heavy, from light yellow to black and brown, and the dust covered the sky and the sun, like a dark cloud pressing down on the city, what was it if it was not reinforcements When Lu Kang heard this, his spirit couldn't help but perk, he got up with the support of his sword, and shouted to boost morale: "Jiangdong's reinforcements have arrived, and the thieves will be able to break through the thieves and wait for the sons to defend desperately, and the siege of Lujiang will be solved today."
Seeing the arrival of reinforcements, the spirit of the soldiers and civilians on the city wall was greatly shaken, and the few crossbow arrows and rolling stones in their hands beckoned to the Yuan army, and finally repelled the onslaught of the Yuan army at the precarious juncture, so that Lujiang City could not fall.
The Jiangdong Army hunted under the banner, and Zhou Tai took the lead, charging ahead, and everywhere he went, he was invincible.
As soon as the Jiangdong reinforcements arrived, Yuan Shujun did not dare to attack the city with all his strength, turned around and fought with the Jiangdong army for an afternoon.
The two sides were killed and wounded by each other, and when they saw that the sky was getting dark, they each called gold and withdrew their troops.
Just when the Jiangdong army was reinforcing Lujiang on a large scale, Yuan Shu also got a report and ordered his only son Yuan Yao to bring a strong martial arts general, plus Ji Ling, to lead 30,000 elite soldiers through the valley between Runan and Lujiang, and came to assist Zhang Xun against the Jiangdong army.
This team happened to arrive at the foot of Lujiang City at dawn, and soon merged with Zhang Xun's men, and the momentum increased greatly.
Zhou Tai's vanguard army was only 10,000, which was far inferior to Yuan Shu's army, so he did not dare to use troops at night, and retreated ten miles back to set up camp.
Seeing that the sky was bright, Zhou Tai was no longer afraid, and ordered the whole army to pull out the camp and shout battle forward.
"General Youping, according to the report of the spies, another 30,000 Yuan Shu troops arrived at the foot of Lujiang City last night, and the thieves were huge.
According to Hua Rong's opinion, it is better to stand still and wait for the arrival of the follow-up army before making a decision" Regarding Zhou Tai's decision to send troops to challenge, Hua Rong put forward different opinions.
Zhou Tai patted his chest and said: "The vanguard is the first to take the lead, to explore the reality of the enemy army, and to strengthen the voice of the army, how can you be held back Although there are many thieves, but the rabble, what are you afraid of If you are not willing to fight, I will give you 5,000 men and horses to guard the camp, and you will fight by yourself."
Since Zhou Tai said this, Hua Rong was embarrassed to retreat, and suggested: "What is the general talking about, since you are determined to call the battle, how can Hua Rong cower and be willing to help the general, but it must be stated first, if the enemy army is strong, it must not be in love, when the general retreats, wait for the arrival of the main army, and then make a decision."
"Haha, that's right, when the time comes, I, Zhou Tai, will go out to fight, and General Hua will directly take charge of the battle for me" Hua Rong agreed to send troops to call the battle, Zhou Tai was in a good mood, patted Hua Rong's shoulder and laughed loudly.
Flags were hunting on the battlefield, and the smoke and dust rolled up covered the scorching sun.
Zhou Tai and Hua Rong led 10,000 horses forward to call for battle, Yuan Yao ordered Lei Bo and Chen Lan to continue to attack the city, and he brought Ji Ling, Zhang Xun, and the recently recruited fierce generals, and raised 20,000 elite soldiers to meet the battle.
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After a rain of arrows, both sides stopped firing.
Zhou Tai carried a tiger-headed sword, flew a black-maned horse under his crotch, and went straight to the center of the battlefield to call the battle: "The traitor Yuan Shu dared to encroach on the emperor, it was simply an insult to the ancestors and others who dared to help the abuse, I really don't know whether to live or die, quickly put down the weapon and kneel, maybe I can avoid waiting for a death to the end, and regret it too late."
"This guy is crazy nonsense, who dares to dedicate his head to his father" The crown prince Yuan Yao was dressed in a brocade robe and jade belt, draped in a golden cloak, and pointed with a horsewhip in his hand, and asked who would dare to fight.
"Let a certain Ji Ling meet him" The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and Ji Ling, who was holding a three-pointed double-edged halberd, rushed out of the formation, and without answering, he fought with Zhou Tai.
The two generals fought together on the battlefield, you came and went, swords and halberds flew, the smoke and dust of the war horses trampled on flew up, and the flickering cold light was even more dazzling.
After fifty rounds, Ji Ling gradually lost his strength, knowing that he was invincible, and he was defeated.
"Do the thieves still want to leave, leave the head" Zhou Tai slapped his horse and danced with a knife, chased after him, and was determined to kill the generals before the battle, and made great achievements.
Suddenly, I heard the sound of horses' hooves in the Yuan army's array, accompanied by a crisp bell, a member of the nine feet tall, broad-faced, with two dragons playing with pearls on his head, two big red feathers in his hair, wearing fish scales and gold armor, and holding Fang Tian's halberd, blocked the way, and shouted majestically: "The Han generals are going to be rampant, but you can know whether the number one general under Emperor Dacheng Wude" "Who is here, who dares to pretend to be Lu Bu" Zhou Tai thought it was Lu Bu at first, but when he looked closely, he turned out to be an impostor, and he couldn't help but feel angry in his heart. t1706231537: