"Lord, Ruyin County can be said to be the weakness of our army. We should send additional defenders to Ruyin!" Chen Gong suggested.

Lu Bu laughed and said, "You are too cautious in Gongtai! Liu Bei's army has no room for fighting back in the face of our army's power. Moreover, our army has 5,000 defenders in Ruyin County. Even if Liu Bei's army wants to attack, it is impossible for him to succeed!"

Chen Chu nodded and said, "What Fengxian said is extremely true! But what Gongtai said is not unreasonable! He sent two thousand infantrymen back to defend Ruyin, and at the same time ordered Zeng Gang to be careful!"

"Lord, it's better to be careful!" Chen Gong advised.

Chen Chu rubbed his forehead, "I also know that Ruyin County is important, but our army is not very strong. If we disperse too much, it is not conducive to siege the city!"

Chen Gong frowned and nodded.

Before the early morning, Chen Tao escorted nearly a hundred trucks of Thunder to the sky back to the camp.

When the sun gradually rose, the gate of the Battle of the North Army camp opened, and then tens of thousands of soldiers of the Battle of the North Army rushed out like a flood that opened the gate. The black area was like a black ocean, with flags rolling around, and the neat footsteps were like a thunder rolling from the sky, thrilling.

Liu Bei, Huang Zhong and others hurried to the city gate tower of the Xicheng Gate. At this time, the west city wall showed a thick red and black color. The black was the traces left by the fire, and the red was the blood solidified in the flames. The city gate tower on the Xicheng no longer exists, leaving only a few bare black pillars.

"Lord!" A lieutenant next to the wall saw Liu Bei coming and clasped his fists.

Liu Bei rushed to the side of the wall and looked outside the city. His eyes were filled with surging soldiers and rolling flags. He couldn't help but feel trembling. The generals beside him were also heavy and frightened, except Huang Zhong. The soldiers of Liu Bei's army on the top of the city seemed very nervous.

Then everyone saw the army of the Northern Expedition Army that was slowly pressing over was divided into three parts, of which the left and right branches moved towards the west and east of the city. The size of these two branches was about 20,000 people.

"Chen Chu plans to attack together from three sides!!" Huang Zhong frowned.

"Guan Hai, Liu Yan, you two immediately lead your troops to reinforce the city walls on the east and west sides! Be careful to defend!" Liu Bei said in a deep voice.

Guan Hai and Liu Yan agreed in unison and left quickly.

At this moment, the sound of war drums from the Zhengbei Army suddenly rang out. The soldiers of Liu Bei's army on the city wall were all shocked and quickly looked in the sound. They saw that more than 50,000 troops in the Zhengbei Army had already stopped two hundred steps away. Then the catapult cart that Liu Bei and the others had seen yesterday was pushed forward.

There was a commotion on the top of the city, and even Huang Zhong could not help but be moved.

"Lord, you must immediately order the soldiers to stay under the city wall for a while!" Huang Zhong said anxiously.

Liu Bei came to his senses and quickly ordered: "Leave a thousand infantrymen to monitor the city wall, and the rest of the soldiers immediately retreated from the city wall!"

The city was immediately in chaos, and Liu Bei's soldiers rushed toward the city wall. The thousand invaders left on the city wall were all pale and desolate.

When Liu Bei's army had not completely retreated from the city wall, a terrifying whistling sound came into everyone's ears, and the soldiers of Liu Bei's army couldn't help but stand on their hair. Immediately afterwards, the rain of stone suddenly swept across the city. Some Liu Bei's army, who had not had time to retreat from the city, were flying in the stone rain, with screams and a huge and dull collision, which made people frightened. The reason why Liu Bei's army did not withdraw most of its military forces to the city from the beginning was because if the Northern Army adopted the method of light troops and fast attacks, Liu Bei's army would be caught off guard. The so-called "light troops and fast attack" was an elite soldier carrying a rope and carrying a whirlwind-like raid on the city with weak defense under the cover of a strong crossbowman. This attack method first appeared in the Qin army during the Warring States Period.

After the rapid and short rain of stones, every soldier could hear the clear and heavy breathing of his comrades beside him. The soldiers looked up at the city, waiting for the arrival of the second wave of stones.

"What's the movement of the enemy?" Liu Bei shouted with his head up.

A little scared voice on the top of the city replied: "Enemy, the enemy is reloading stones, and the assault troops are not moving!"

As soon as they finished speaking, everyone heard the familiar howling sound from far to near. Everyone couldn't help but tense their nerves, waiting for the moment when the stone rain fell.

However, what came immediately was not the familiar scene they were familiar with. Black spheres as big as wine jars fell down, and sparks were sprayed on one end of the rope. Everyone was staring blankly. A small school picked up the black sphere in front of them and looked up and down. A group of soldiers surrounded them with a curious look.

Suddenly, a thrilling flame burst out from the black sphere in the small school's hand, and a striking loud noise at the same time. What scared everyone was that the small school and more than a dozen soldiers around were flying in the fire, and they didn't even have time to scream.

Liu Bei's soldiers were stunned and Liu Bei was stunned on the spot. Without waiting for everyone to react, huge explosions sounded one after another, and terrifying huge fireballs continued to rise up and down the city wall. Many houses near the city wall collapsed in the explosion.

After the smoke of gunpowder, the scene was in chaos. In fact, there were not many Liu Bei's soldiers who died under the thunder of the sky, but the unprecedented scene just now made everyone's hearts and minds break. Many Liu Bei's soldiers fell to the ground, trembling all over, and the fear in their eyes was like substance. Even a little timid actually lay on the ground, holding their heads and trembling with their butts raised, and they looked like wild boars in a transition of fear. Even Huang Zhong, who had always been brave, showed a look of fear.

When the second wave of thunders swept through, Liu Bei's soldiers who came to their senses were in a panic. Many people left their weapons and ran to the city in panic. Liu Bei and others yelled to stabilize the troops, but they did not have any effect at all.

At the critical moment, Huang Zhong rode his horse to the group of soldiers who were leading the escape, and shouted: "The ones who are cowardly in the battle will be killed without mercy!"

The escaped soldier was stunned, and then a small school yelled hysterically: "Fighting with the Northern Army is simply a death sentence, we will not do it! Brothers ignore him!!" He said, and continued to run towards the city. However, he had just taken a few steps and his head flew into the sky.

The soldiers who were about to continue to escape were startled and then looked at the blood-spraying headless corpse falling down with fear.

At this time, Huang Zhong raised the blood-dropping Panshan Knife and shouted with a murderous look on his face: "I will say it again, those who are cowardly in the battle will be killed without mercy!"

The soldiers looked at each other in shock, looking at each other with a look of at a loss. At this moment, Liu Bei rode his horse to the army and sang with a worried look on his face: "As a soldier, we should defend our country. Are you willing to see your Yangzhou family in the Northern Army?"

The soldiers were moved when they heard this. A lieutenant knelt down and said, "Lord, I am aware of the crime, please allow the general to kill the enemy when he is guilty!" His tone was very excited. Then the soldiers who originally wanted to escape knelt down one after another and said in unison: "Lord, I am a villain!" For a moment, the crowd seemed extremely excited.

Seeing this, Liu Bei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and sang: "Soldiers, go back to the city and prepare for the battle!"

"Yes!" the generals roared in unison, then turned around and ran towards the city wall.

Huang Zhong came to Liu Bei, looked at the soldiers surging towards the city wall, looking at the rising flames up and down the city wall, and frowned and asked, "Lord, what exactly is the Battle of the Northern Army using?"

Liu Bei murmured with a serious expression: "I have heard that there is a powerful weapon in the Northern Army that can suck the flames and spit out the glory of the flames. I used to think it was a false rumor, but I didn't want to have such a terrifying weapon!"

Liu Bei's army climbed to the city wall through the sea of ​​fire made by thunder. From time to time, Liu Bei's soldiers flew into the air in violent explosions, or were thrown down from the city wall by air waves. The remaining limbs and broken arms flying in the sky were accompanied by the explosions, which made people frightened.

Liu Bei's army, who climbed to the city, found that the assault troops of the Northern Expedition Army were only thirty steps away from the city wall. There were flying towers and cloud ladders. The cars rushing to the city made a huge roar, and the morale of more than 10,000 soldiers were stern!

Liu Bei's army was shuttled back and forth on the top of the city, crossbowmen gathered at the side of the wall, and soldiers were transporting boiling oil to the top of the city.

Liu Bei's army endured the loud noise and fire waves of the sky-bombing thunder. From time to time, Liu Bei's soldiers were engulfed by the sea of ​​fire of the sky-bombing thunder, and almost everyone's expression was broken. Suddenly, the terrifying howling sound of the sky-bombing thunder stopped abruptly.

A lieutenant shouted in a hoarse voice: "The enemy has attacked the city!"
Chapter completed!