Outside Xiangyang City, nearly 100,000 troops led by Lu Meng were stationed outside.
In the tent, Lu Meng looked solemn and said in a deep voice: "Our army of one hundred thousand people is stationed outside Xiangyang City, but it is difficult to break the city.
Do you have any way to break Xiangyang?"
Lu Meng's eyes passed over Guo Jia, Xu Shu, Pang De and others one by one, waiting for everyone to speak.
However, the civil and military officials in the big tent were all lost in thought.
The city of Xiangyang City is extremely strong, even more difficult to attack than Chengdu.
First of all, there is a moat outside Xiangyang City, forming the first line of defense to protect Xiangyang; secondly, an Wengcheng was built outside Xiangyang City to specifically protect Xiangyang City.
Once Lu Meng was ready to attack Xiangyang, he must first build a pontoon bridge to cross the moat, then attack Wengcheng outside Xiangyang City, and finally attack Xiangyang head-on.
In fact, crossing the moat is relatively easy.
As long as you use bows and arrows to suppress the defenders on the tower of Wengcheng, you will have the opportunity to build a long ladder to cross the river.
However, even if the gate of Wengcheng was broken after crossing the river, it was surrounded by enemies on all sides and was completely passive.
It was precisely with the two lines of defense that Liu Bei had the confidence to defend Xiangyang and wait for Cao Cao and Sun Jian's rescue.
Lu Mengsi thought about it but couldn't break the city, so he called everyone to discuss.
Guo Jia and Xu Shu looked at each other with a look of embarrassment on their faces.
Finally, Xu Shu said: "Little general, if we want to attack Xiangyang, there must be many ways, such as poisoning, cutting off the water source of the moat, besieging Xiangyang, etc.
But these are difficult to take, especially when the lord is still in the city and we cannot surrender.
Poison, and Sun Jian and Cao Cao are coming with their troops.
We have no time to waste with Liu Bei, so we have no other choice but to attack by force. " "Pa" Lu Meng punched the table with his fist, a look of anger on his face.
This was his first time leading an army, but it always didn't go well, so naturally he couldn't be happy.
He murmured: "Since it is a forceful attack, we can only rely on the strength of weapons."
Immediately, Lu Meng raised his head, looked at the generals below, and ordered: "Although the lord is planning to break the city in the city, we cannot put all the burden on the lord.
As ministers, we should share the lord's worries.
If we If you can attack the city earlier, you will gain an advantage earlier.
Send an order to reward the three armies today and build up enough energy to attack the city tomorrow."
Lu Meng waited for several days and finally had no choice but to attack by force.
As soon as he conveyed the order, the curtain of the camp opened and a soldier walked in.
The soldier held a bow and arrow in his hand, with a letter tied to the arrow shaft.
The soldier knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists and said, "General, these are the bows and arrows that were suddenly shot out of the city.
There is a message on them.
Please take a look at it, general."
Lu Meng took the bow and arrow from the soldier's hand, took off the note, and quickly browsed the paper. content on the strip.
The more he watched, the happier he became, because Wang Can ordered him to attack the city tomorrow.
By then, Wang Can will also start trouble in the city, so tomorrow will be the key.
After seeing it, Guo Jia said with a smile: "Attack the city tomorrow, destroy the city tomorrow."
Xu Shu also smiled.
He didn't expect Wang Can to move so fast and already formed a team.
At night, Xiangyang City is quiet.
In the palace, Liu Bei was lying on the bed, unable to sleep for a long time.
Tossing and turning, he always felt a little uneasy, but he couldn't figure out where this feeling came from.
Liu Bei got up and put on his clothes, walked towards the yard of the pregnant dancer, and looked at the dancer's slightly bulging belly.
After wandering for half his life, Liu Bei had his own heir.
Nowadays, Liu Bei is not only striving for the glory of his ancestors, but also for himself and his descendants.
Liu Bei stayed in the dancing girl's room for a while and then returned to the side hall to deal with political affairs.
At some point, the oil lamp in the side hall went out, and Liu Bei fell asleep on the desk.
While he was still sleeping, the rumble of war drums suddenly sounded outside the city, and the passionate horn sound that soared into the sky echoed endlessly in the city.
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When Liu Bei heard this, he woke up from his dream and hurriedly asked people to prepare armor and weapons.
He washed himself, put on his armor, and led the soldiers towards the tower.
After Liu Bei climbed up the tower, Zhuge Liang hurried to the tower and ordered the soldiers to form an array.
Zhang Fei stood nearby carelessly, very excited and wanted to go out and fight.
Liu Bei stared outside the city with doubt in his eyes.
He looked at Zhuge Liang and asked: "Kong Ming, you said that the Shu army has prepared cloud ladders to attack the city and long ladders to cross the moat.
But now they are just beating drums and blowing trumpets and not sending troops to attack.
Why?"
Zhuge Liang said: "Looking at the Shu army, they will definitely attack the city, but I don't know how they will start."
As he came into view, Lu Meng stood on horseback in front of the formation, surrounded by more than a hundred soldiers from the Langya Battalion.
The more than 100 soldiers of Langya Camp had the required gunpowder placed beside them, and the fuses for each pack of gunpowder to ignite the fire ensured that the gunpowder would not explode in the air after being thrown out.
Lu Meng shouted: "Throw gunpowder as hard as you can and blow the gate of Wengcheng loose."
With an order, more than a hundred soldiers from the Langya Battalion lit the fuses of the gunpowder and threw it out with all their strength.
These Langya Camp soldiers were very powerful and easily threw gunpowder at the gate of Wengcheng.
The gunpowder fell to the ground and exploded shortly after.
More than a hundred people threw it out one after another, and the sound of gunpowder explosions was heard continuously from the tower.
"Rumble" Deafening sounds came from under the city.
Although the gate of Wengcheng was not blown up, it was still shaking.
Gunpowder was not very powerful, but it still played a certain role.
Liu Bei felt the shaking coming from downstairs, frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Xianhe, is this the thing you are talking about?
This thing is indeed useful, especially if it is thrown into the army suddenly, it can easily cause the army to panic.
It caused a commotion, but it was not powerful enough to blow up the gate of Wengcheng.”
As he spoke, Liu Bei's eyes flashed with pride.
Even though the Shu army had powerful secret weapons, they were still blocked outside Xiangyang City and unable to move forward.
Liu Bei laughed loudly and was very proud.
However, before Liu Bei's laughter could stop, the sound suddenly stopped.
Because Liu Bei saw several giant ballistas rolling out of the Shu army's formation, which looked very domineering.
Liu Bei looked carefully and saw that the crossbow was equipped with a crossbow arrow as thick as an arm, which made Liu Bei feel incredible.
Because such a sharp and strong crossbow arrow can make a hole in the city wall, if the crossbow arrow hits the city gate, especially the city gate that has been bombarded by gunpowder just now, I am afraid that the gate of Wengcheng will be difficult to save.
Lu Meng looked at Liu Bei, sneered twice, and shouted: "Shoot!"
Immediately, the craftsman responsible for the operation of the giant ballista aimed at the city gate and shot the crossbow arrow as thick as his arm.
"Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh" The crossbow arrow was shot out, like a bolt of lightning streaking across the sky, and in the blink of an eye it had arrived in front of the gate of Wengcheng.
"Bang bang bang" The huge crossbow arrow hit the door, like a giant hammer striking, which was shocking.
The continuous collision sounds from the tower below seemed to hit Liu Bei's heart, making his face turn frighteningly pale in an instant.
Liu Bei learned through Jian Yong that the Shu army had crossbows and gunpowder, and now he discovered that there were more powerful weapons, and his hands and feet suddenly became cold.
Giant crossbow arrows were shot out one after another, constantly hitting the shaking city gate.
"Crack, click, click, click."
The gate of the urn city could not withstand the repeated attacks of gunpowder and giant crossbows, and collapsed.
In fact, if it were Xiangyang's gate, it would not be so easy to break through.
Because the Wengcheng is only to protect Xiangyang's fortifications, and there is a moat outside, the city gates are not particularly thick and tough.
Zhuge Liang's heart was heavy, but his expression remained unchanged, and he said: "Don't worry, my lord, even if the gate of the Wengcheng is broken, we still have the Wengcheng and the moat as a defense, and the gate inside the Wengcheng is the strongest.
Their giant crossbows Gunpowder and gunpowder cannot be carried into Wengcheng for shooting."
Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.
As long as Lü Meng sent troops to attack, he would let the archers on the tower attack.
Therefore, even if Lü Meng broke open the gate of Wengcheng arrogantly, the situation was still under Liu Bei's control.
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"No, there are fireworks in the city."
Just when Liu Bei was relieved, a soldier shouted.
Liu Bei looked back and found that thick smoke was indeed burning in the south of the city, followed by thick smoke in the west, north and east of the city.
Seeing this, Liu Bei's heart was lifted again. s: The third update is completed;: