Chapter 693

Liu Ye immediately wrote a letter about how Xu Huang defeated Cao Hong and forced Yan Liang back into an urgent military newspaper of 300 Li and sent it to Luoyang.

"Good!"

Liu Ye laughs and looks excited.

"No wonder the general wanted to keep general Gongming to guard Jizhou, but Jia understood it today."

Guo Jia exclaimed: "general Gongming's military ability is really extraordinary. When Cao Hong was flooded and Yan Liang was forced back, Zhou Yafu had the style."

Zhou Yafu was a famous general in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty. During the reign of emperor Jingdi, Zhou Yafu did not move when the seven states of Wu and Chu were in turmoil. However, he secretly cut off the food supply for the soldiers and horses of the seven countries. Hundreds of thousands of troops collapsed without fighting.

But Xu Huang drowned Cao Hong and broke the enemy's momentum of joint attack. Naturally, Yan Liang was defeated without fighting.

"Promoted Gongming to Anbei general, and granted Tongli tinghou, 200 households."

Liu Ye speculated: "in addition, Gongming blocked the river and built a dike. People on both sides of the Zhangjiahe River were only afraid of serious disaster. Gao Chong was ordered to transport 5000 stones of grain and grass from Luoyang granary to Jizhou to relieve the people."

"No

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Lujiang city.

The wind is cold and the sky is clear. More than 20000 troops of the east of the river are standing outside the city of Shuxian. The flaming armour seems to be a burning flame, which is quite dazzling in the wilderness.

Outside the Ximen gate, Jiang Dongjun dug earth and set up a tall and wide earth platform. Zhou Yu stood on it, dressed in purple robes and pressed his sword handle. His white jade face was full of solemnity. The strong wind was blowing the hat tassel on his helmet, and the whole person was like an immortal who was about to float up.

Langlang!

The sword came out of its scabbard. Zhou Yu pointed to the city of Lujiang not far away. He ordered: "attack the city!"

"Attack the city!"

All the four walls were blocked up by the Jiangdong army. Outside each wall, there were 3000 Jiangdong troops in formation, standing motionless outside the city. After hearing the order of attack, heavy drums and trumpets sounded, but there was no expression of excitement.

Most of these Jiangdong troops were sharp soldiers who had followed sun CE in the battle of Yangzhou. Facing a small county, they naturally did not pay attention to them.

"Kill!"

The archers of Jiangdong army outside the city took the lead. Their bodies were straight and their bows were aimed at the city head. At one time, thousands of arrows fell like rain and fell on the top of the city.

"Ah

"Jiang Dongjun's bows and arrows are so powerful that they should retreat behind the women's wall!"

Jiang Dongjun's arrows fell like rain, covering almost every part of the city. The guards above the city were afraid of their hands and feet. After being shot dead and wounded dozens of people, they were scared to hide behind the women's wall for fear that the arrows would hit them.

"Damn it!"

Li Shu, dressed in his sleeve armor, stood in front of the city to supervise the battle. When he saw that the garrison only dared to hide behind the women's wall, he was furious.

"Come to me! The sword shield and the hand shield can resist the enemy's arrows, and the archers will fight back. Go

Although the city garrison repeatedly agreed, but the action was tardy, did not dare to go forward, Li Shu immediately looked fierce.

SA!

"Oh

The saber came out of its sheath. A guard screamed and fell to the ground. Blood flowed from his neck. His body twitched a few times, and then he did not move.

"Go to war at once. If anyone dares to avoid the battle again, it will end up like this!" Li Zhu drank loudly, and the garrison in the city was startled and had to step forward from behind the women's wall.

Li Zhu cried out: "the governor troops come forward, if anyone dares to escape, beheaded on the spot, to correct the military law!"

"No!"

Ten strong men with swords and axes in their hands, big and round waisted, came forward with a fierce look and looked at the defenders, and their hair stood on end and shivered.

Li Shu himself knew that these defenders would not work hard, so he specially prepared a team of supervisors. As long as anyone dares to escape, he would cut them down without saying a word.

In desperation, the guards in the city had to come to the top of the city. The swordsman and shield man listed the big shield on the city head, while the archer did not dare to shoot down directly behind the sword and shield hand, but hid behind the shield wall to shoot.

The archers of the Jiangdong army were all dazzled and aimed at the head of the city to pull their bows and arrows. It was a sudden rain of arrows.

Good luck! Numerous arrows were pinned on the shield, making a muffled sound. Other arrows pierced through the gaps between the shields and shot at the defenders in the city. They made a terrible cry and fell to the ground.

In contrast, the archers in the Lujiang army are still afraid even though they have shields in front of them. They don't dare to go forward and shoot at Jiangdong army at all. They hide behind the shield and shoot. The archers of Lujiang army, whose sight was blocked by shields, did not look at the Jiangdong army outside the city. They just threw their bows. Therefore, there were not many arrows that could hit the Jiangdong army, and most of them fell into the open space.

Huang Gai, an old general, burst out laughing: "these rebels are not as good as yellow scarf thieves! When Huang followed Wen Tai Gong to fight the Yellow turban thieves, they had various weapons, but at least they still had the intention of fighting. These rebels threw arrows at random without looking at them. I was really laughing at me. "Zhou Yu, who was standing on a high platform to supervise the battle, was not moved. Instead, he continued to order: "step up the ladder and prepare to attack the city."

Outside the four walls, more than ten ladder cars were slowly pushed forward by nearly 100 Jiangdong army officers and soldiers. They were old in the army. Therefore, although the ladder cars were slightly rough, the structure was more complex, let alone used to attack Shu County, even for such strong cities as Hefei and Yecheng.

Step on it!

When Li Shu saw that Jiangdong army had sent out a siege vehicle, he could not help but say: "you are blind, don't you see the enemy troops sending out the ladder car? Shoot

The archers on the top of the city heard the order and quickly aimed at the ladder car. Hundreds of arrows flew down.

Thump! Thump!

These arrows shoot on top of the ladder cars, making dull noises. These ladder cars are of strong construction. Even if a strong man holds a blunt soldier, he has to work hard to break the ladder car. The ladder car was covered with a layer of cow hide. Some of these arrows fell on the ground when they touched it. Some of them just shot through the ripe cow leather and fell on it.

"What are you doing? Shoot Li Shu was in a bad mood.

The archers of Lujiang army quickly aimed at the Jiangdong army escorting the ladder car to shoot, but the effect was still not great. Because the archers of Jiangdong army under the city tried their best to cover the ladder truck, so they shot their arrows at the top of the city one by one. Their arrows were much better than the archers of Lujiang army.

Moreover, Zhou Yu had long predicted that Jiang Dongjun, who had ordered to escort the ladder car, were all armour clad warriors. Most of the arrows were on their bodies, and most of them were hung on the armor leaves and were not allowed to enter.