Chapter 124： The embarrassing capture of Qiushan Castle

In the next few days, Lu Feng made the army tentatively attacked twice. The best result was on the city wall, but he was shot down by a crossbow before he got a foothold.

In the end, many soldiers were lost, but the city wall had not been attacked yet.

This also made Lu Feng very helpless.

However, in the past few days, Xun Yu and Jia Xu have led people to explore Qiushan City, trying to find a way to break the city.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a plan!"

On this day, inside Lu Feng's military tent, Xun Yu ran in excitedly.

Lu Feng was happy, and hurriedly said: "Wen Ruo, come on, talk about it quickly, what are your plans?"

"Your Majesty, these days, Wen He and I have taken people to explore the terrain around Qiushan City and found something outside the South Gate!"

"What did you find?"

"Your Majesty, the south gate of Qiushan City is Qiushan, but because of the loose soil in that place, the city wall is not very strong. Normally, there will be collapses. If we attack with water, we will definitely be able to break through the city gate in one fell swoop!" Xun Yu said.

Lu Feng frowned slightly and asked, "Water Attack? Qiushan City is half a day away from Yushe River, and it will pass Xiaolingdu on the way. How can we attack by water?"

"Your Majesty does not need to worry, I have found the water of the water attack!" Xun Yu smiled.

"Where?"

"Behind the Qiushan City, there is a waterfall on the Qiushan River. It is huge and flows directly into the Yushe River, but we can intercept the water. We only need to draw the water from this waterfall and soak the south gate of Qiushan City. Within ten days, the south gate will break. , Qiushan City must be broken!"

Lu Feng listened, pondering slightly, and said, "There is no reason why Zhang Pengyi and Hou Lin in Qiushan City don't know this. After all, they have spent much longer in Qiushan City than us. They should have considered it!"

"Your Majesty Mingjian!"

Xun Yu said: "As your Majesty said, when Wenhe and I were investigating where we saw the soldiers of Qiushan City, they also noticed the waterfall, but there was no way to block it, so we had to keep the waterfall! But because the waterfall is some distance away from the south gate of Qiushan City, if we want to use this method, we need to send an army to dig the channel, and wherever it is in the mountain, even if the 50,000 troops are working together, it will take about two days!"

"At this time, as long as there is a sneak attack, we can interrupt our plan. So..."

"cavalry!"

Lu Feng took the words and said, "Let the cavalry gather outside the south gate. If the soldiers in Qiushan City attack, there will be no mercy!"

Xun Yu nodded, and said: "Your Majesty's opinion, Wen He and I also think the same way. This method is currently the only way we can do it. It's a try!"

"Okay, just follow this method and notify Lu Bu's cavalry to get ready, and at the same time set out 50,000 troops and start groundbreaking!"

Xun Yu responded and immediately went down to make arrangements.

With an order, the fifty thousand troops quickly assembled, and under the leadership of Lu Feng, they went to dig channels.

When these people arrived at the waterfall, when the ground broke, the people arranged by Zhang Pengyi and Hou Lin had already passed the news back.

Zhang Pengyi and Hou Lin met immediately.

"Brother Zhang, you also got the news, what are your plans?" Hou Lin looked at Zhang Pengyi with a heavy face.

Zhang Pengyi's face was also ugly, he naturally knew the threat of the waterfall to Qiushan City, but there was no way to solve it.

"If you send troops to make surprise attacks, you must not let this channel be dug out by Lu Feng!" Zhang Pengyi said solemnly.

Hou Lin smiled bitterly and said: "I have received the news. In order to prevent us from sending troops, Lu Bu was waiting outside with 30,000 cavalry. If we open the city gate, I am afraid that we will not wait until we rush out. Rushed in!"

Zhang Pengyi's face was even more ugly, he groaned slightly, and said in a deep voice, "The army has withdrawn into the inner city!"

"Withdraw into the inner city?"

Hou Lin was startled, staring at Zhang Pengyi, and said, "Brother Zhang, this is not to say. Once you give up the outer city, although the inner city has strong walls, there is no chance to break through. Think clearly!"

Zhang Pengyi smiled bitterly and said: "Why don't I know? I just know what else can be done? Could it be possible that we are just here waiting for Lu Feng to release water to soak the South Gate, causing the South Gate City to collapse, and waiting for the army to come in?"

"Withdrawing into the inner city, we can fight a protracted battle with Lu Feng. The rations in the inner city are enough for our army to eat for a year. However, Lu Feng’s army has come from afar, and the rations will definitely not be able to keep up! In addition, the prince’s general over the years Most of the army’s military rations were transferred to the border, and the royal capital did not have much military rations, and the royal capital was unable to give him much support. After a long period of time, we must withdraw our troops. Then our opportunity will come!"

Hou Lin sank slightly, looked up at Zhang Pengyi, and said in a deep voice, "Brother Zhang, have you already decided?"

Zhang Pengyi nodded and said: "I have decided, Brother Hou, if you don't want to do this, you can lead your 100,000 troops to continue to defend the outer city, and I will lead the army to defend the inner city!"

Hou Lin smiled bitterly. If Lu Feng ignored the life and death of the soldiers and forcibly attacked regardless of loss, the 200,000 army would not be able to defend Qiushan City, let alone the 100,000 army.

He nodded, agreed to Zhang Pengyi's suggestion, withdrew the army into the inner city, and fought a protracted battle with Lu Feng.

However, even though it was a decision, the withdrawal of troops is also a science. Once Lu Feng sees the clues and the army is attacking the city, everything will stop!

Under the arrangement of Zhang Pengyi and Hou Lin, the army evacuated into the inner city in an orderly manner, leaving only 20,000 people with flags on the wall, as if the army was still there.

On Lu Feng's side, the army continued to dig the channel. Two days later, the channel was finally about to be dug through, and the south gate of Qiushan City was broken, just around the corner.

"Your Majesty, there is news from Jin Yiwei that there is movement in Qiushan City."

Just when Lu Feng was about to order to dig through the last paragraph, Jia Xu came to him, his face a little ashamed.

Lu Feng looked at him and smiled: "Wenhe, what's wrong with you? His face is so ugly!"

"thump!"

Jia Xu suddenly knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is incompetent, and he failed to get the first information about the operation of the Qiushan City army. I hope that you will come down!"

Lu Feng frowned and asked, "What the **** is going on?"

Jia Xu handed the letter from Jin Yiwei to Lu Feng.

After Lu Feng looked at it, his face was cloudy and sunny. After a while, he sighed and said: "It seems that we still underestimated this Chongyi and Hou Lin's determination to defend the city!"

Zhang Pengyi and Hou Lin's army retreated into the inner city. They retreated yesterday, but Jin Yiwei only discovered the situation this morning.

This is Jin Yiwei's dereliction of duty.

Jia Xu is the commander of Jin Yiwei, and this matter can't be separated, so he is pleading.

Looking at Jia Xu, Lu Feng helped him up and smiled: "Wen He, although Jin Yiwei's dereliction of duty, but the responsibility is not with you. After all, I did not expect that Zhang Pengyi and Hou Lin would completely give up the idea of ​​breaking through. Lead the army to retreat to the inner city! You don't need to blame yourself for this matter!"