"Dong dong" The sound of drums rumbled, and the sound of drums echoed in Handan City.
One hundred cowhide drums stood outside the city.
Each of the burly men in fine clothes held drumsticks and beat the cowhide drums hard.
Wave after wave of drum beats came out, making people's eardrums feel painful.
This scene was caused by Lu Meng's arrival in Handan.
On the city tower, Xu Huang looked serious and was patrolling back and forth with his hand on his sword.
Xu Huang has made countless preparations to defend Handan.
What Xu Huang has to do now is to stabilize the morale of the army and let the soldiers fight hard to face the enemy.
"General, the archers of the Shu army have come out."
Suddenly a soldier shouted, and rows of archers were seen walking out of the Shu army outside the city.
These archers all aimed at Handan City.
The long sword in Lu Meng's hand suddenly slashed down, and he shouted: "Fire the arrows!"
The order was given, and the bows and arrows, as dense as rain, came out of the strings, flying towards Handan City like meteors chasing the moon.
Xu Huang's pupils widened and he shouted: "Put up the shield, hold up the shield" Xu Huang held a shield in his left hand to block the incoming bow and arrow, but he still kept running on the tower.
He roared loudly, reminding the soldiers on the city to put up their shields to block the incoming bows and arrows.
"ding ding" Some bows and arrows hit the city wall, making a crisp and exciting sound.
"Duh duh" The bow and arrow shot into the shield made a dull sound.
Standing on the city and looking outside the city, I took a cursory glance and felt that the sky had turned dark and was covered by the bows and arrows that blocked the sky.
There was a feeling that the city was about to be destroyed by black clouds.
When the bow and arrow landed on the tower, a closer look revealed that there was a laughing note tied to the bow and arrow.
All the bows and arrows were like this, without any difference.
After several rounds of arrows, the archers stopped shooting.
Xu Huang looked up at the Shu army outside the city and found that Lu Meng had retreated with his soldiers.
Seeing this scene, Xu Huang felt even heavier.
When Lü Meng arrived with his troops, he did not attack the city immediately.
Instead, he used bows and arrows tied with notes to shoot into the city.
This was a tactic to attack the enemy's heart.
Although Xu Huang did not read the content on the note, he could guess that the content on it was nothing more than persuading to surrender and threats.
"General, the Shu army has hundreds of thousands of troops coming to kill them.
Can we defend Handan?"
"The Shu army will launch an attack in three days and prepare to attack the city."
Xu Huang listened to the words of each soldier and knew that these were Lu Meng's tricks.
Bows and arrows hurt few soldiers, but more affected people's hearts.
In particular, many bows and arrows were shot into the city, and the people also knew that the Shu army was going to attack the city, which made the people in the city unstable and easily led to mutiny.
"General, what should we do?"
A general came to Xu Huang's side.
This man was lean, with piercing eyes, a cold expression, and a faint murderous intent on his body.
This man's name is Zhu Wu, and he is a member of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.
Xu Huang led troops to Handan to resist the Shu army.
Cao Cao asked Zhu Wu and Xu Huang to accompany him, on the one hand to protect Xu Huang's safety, and on the other hand to assist Xu Huang in guarding Handan.
After hearing Zhu Wu's words, Xu Huang showed no signs of panic and said calmly: "Lü Meng asked the archers to shoot randomly.
The morale of the military in the city was floating and the morale of the people was unstable.
Naturally, this was to appease the people and stabilize the morale of the military."
After Zhu Wu heard this, his eyes showed worry.
In fact, Xu Huang had already thought that he would encounter various things and was prepared in his heart, so he was not in a hurry.
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After all, the morale of the military and the people has been affected, but the sky has not fallen yet.
Next, Xu Huang began to shuttle among the soldiers while stabilizing the people's hearts.
Three days passed in a flash.
The busy days of these days made Xu Huang noticeably thinner, and his eyes were slightly darkened.
However, there was a determined look in Xu Huang's eyes, and he was not afraid of the arrival of the Shu army.
Xu Huang and Zhu Wu stood on the tower, staring at the Shu army outside the city.
Lu Meng rode out with a nine-foot-long sword in hand, looked up at the city tower, and shouted loudly: "Xu Huang, Cao Cao has lost Youzhou, Jizhou is almost over, and Yuzhou, Yangzhou, and Xuzhou are also Shu."
The country's territory is about to be destroyed.
If you insist on holding Handan, you will only drag more soldiers to die with you.
As long as you surrender, your majesty will reuse you and even give you a promotion. " When Xu Huang heard this, he sneered twice, showing disdain.
He responded loudly: "My son Lu Meng, how can I, Xu Huang, a dignified eight-foot-tall man, betray his master?
If you want Handan, then use your own ability to capture the city.
If you want this general to open the city and surrender, never do it."
Impossible."
Dianman galloped out and shouted: "Xu Huang, if you are stubborn, I will massacre the city of Handan."
Xu Huang's expression suddenly changed, his eyes widened, and he shouted loudly: "Ignorant boy, do you think the soldiers in the city are just decorations?
You want to massacre the people of Handan City, you want to ask me, Wei Jun Erlang, if I agree with the Shu army's intention to kill When you enter the city, step on my corpse first, otherwise I will never let you move forward."
Wei Yan rode out and said: "General Lu, Xu Huang is stubborn, let's attack the city."
Chen Dao shook his head and said: "Handan is the former capital of the Zhao Kingdom.
The city is solid and thick, and it is surrounded by a moat.
We only have 10,000 elites.
If we attack the city by force, it may not be easy to take it.
Besides, we are just a vanguard army.
We have no It is difficult to forcefully attack the city with catapults and other weapons."
A sneer appeared at the corner of Lu Meng's lips, and he said: "With gunpowder, it's enough to blow open the city gate."
At that moment, Lu Meng asked the soldiers of Langya Camp to take action and wanted to blow up the city gate with gunpowder.
This time, Lu Meng miscalculated.
The moat under Handan City blocked the advance of the soldiers of Langya Camp, so gunpowder could not be piled on a large scale at the city gate, and they could only be ignited and thrown out.
The gunpowder fell and exploded sporadically.
Even though the ground was blasted into craters, the thick and solid gate of Handan City remained unmoved and unaffected.
Xu Huang looked at Lu Meng's little trick and shouted: "Lu Meng, I have figured out your tricks a long time ago and have taken sufficient precautions.
It's impossible for you to blow open the city gate."
Lu Meng's face was gloomy, and he was even more unhappy.
Noriman said: "Boss, let's attack the city directly."
Lu Meng felt fierce in his heart and said: "Okay, attack the city directly, I don't believe you can't get in."
Chen Dao thought that attacking the city was not easy, and wanted to persuade him, but seeing Lu Meng's firm look and Dian Man's eagerness to try, he finally said nothing and acquiesced to the attack.
Lu Meng ordered 10,000 elite troops to attack Handan City by force.
When Xu Huang saw this situation, a smile appeared on his lips.
Although the Shu army was elite, it was far behind in attacking the city.
Aerial ladders were set up on the city wall, and the Shu army began a large-scale siege.
Xu Huang had already prepared.
Even if Lu Meng, Dianman and others took the lead, the effect would not be obvious.
Lu Meng couldn't bear the death of his soldiers, so he ordered to retreat.
The attack on Handan ended in failure.
Lu Meng led his army to retreat and returned to the camp.
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Xu Huang stood on the tower with a solemn expression.
Although he won the victory, the Shu army suffered few casualties, and Lu Meng only led the vanguard of the Shu army, not a large army.
Once Wang Can leads the army to attack, can he still hold on?
Zhu Wu felt Xu Huang's mood, and he felt heavy.
The setting sun was setting in the west, and the sunlight was shining down, giving it a twilight look.
After Lü Meng returned to the camp with his soldiers, the army was settled by its generals.
Lü Meng summoned Wei Yan, Chen Dao and Dian Man, and the four of them met in the big tent to discuss matters.
Lu Meng said angrily: "We led the army south, and all the counties we encountered were surrendering.
Now Xu Huang is holding on, tell me what to do."
Chen Dao said: "It is better to stay temporarily and wait for His Majesty to lead his army to kill us."
Lu Meng shook his head repeatedly and said: "No, we have 10,000 elites, can't we even capture a small city of Handan?
We can't wait, we must capture Handan."
Dianman and Wei Yan both frowned, thinking about ways to capture Handan
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