Song Xian saw Zhang Ding leaving and hugged him directly.
"what to do?
The soldiers rested overnight, built siege equipment in the morning, and attacked the city in the afternoon. Within two days, I will go to the city to drink."
Lu Bu punched the table directly. Now that he was here, and there were no reinforcements on the other side of the camp road, what he had to do was to take down the city in front of him with the force of thunder.
"promise."
Song Xian and Cao Xing clasped their fists together. It would not be difficult to capture Yingdao City within two days. As long as they did not consider the losses, there was definitely hope.
"General, this is the enemy's territory after all. Our new troops may have been detected by him. Do you think they will come out to attack the camp at night?"
Song Xian glanced at Lu Bu and directly expressed his guess.
"Haha, night attack?
Attack our 70,000-strong army with 30,000 city defense troops?
I'd like him to come over tonight."
Hearing Song Xian's worries, Lu Bu's eyes sparkled. He was not afraid that the enemy would come at night, but he was afraid that the enemy would not come.
If he really sends troops to attack at night, he can take the opportunity to counterattack and capture the opponent directly in the wild, which also saves him the trouble of siege.
"Then do you need to be on guard?"
Cao Xing on the other side also clasped his fists and saluted.
"It's loose on the outside and tight on the inside. You have to give them some thought, right?"
Lu Bu glanced at Cao Xing and directly issued his order.
"promise."
Just when Lu Bu's army was deployed and the outer pine area was nervously waiting for Zhang He's night attack, Zhang He's scouts also returned directly to Yingdao City.
"You said Lu Bu's men have arrived and are camping thirty miles away?"
When Zhang He heard the scout's words, a light flashed in his eyes.
"Well, that's absolutely true."
The scout nodded directly in confirmation.
"General, Lu Bu's army has recently arrived and has not yet established a stable foothold. Now is the time. I am willing to lead ten thousand troops to attack at night. I will definitely defeat Lu Bu."
Captain Li Mao was immediately excited when he heard the news. Lu Bu's army arrived, but the foothold was not yet stable. If he attacked at night, he would definitely take the lead and get the first victory.
"You think so, and others think so too."
Zhang He glanced at Li Mao and smiled directly at him.
Hearing Zhang He's words, Li Mao was also slightly startled, not understanding what he meant.
"Please let me know, General."
Kneeling down on one knee, he asked Zhang He. As the saying goes, he was not ashamed to ask. This was an opportunity to improve himself, and the captain did not want to miss it.
"Who is Lu Bu? He is the most powerful general of the Han Dynasty. He has traveled more roads than you have crossed bridges. Why can't he not see all the things you can think of? Maybe he is opening his pockets right now, waiting for us to lead his troops.
It's been in the past."
Zhang He nodded at Li Mao. If you don't understand, just ask him if he is a good classmate. If you want to become more capable, you should show off your face and ask more and listen more.
"General, what you mean is that Lu Bu has long thought that we would attack the camp at night. If we really go there now, we are likely to be ambushed by Lu Bu, and if the night attack fails, we will be killed?"
Since Li Mao could think of a night attack, he was certainly not stupid. When Zhang He said this, he immediately understood that the night attack might be an opportunity, but it might also be a trap.
"Well, now that our army is outside, there is no need to worry about whether Lu Bu is prepared. As long as we block his attack step by step, Lu Bu will be defeated when the military advisor and Zhao Yun's troops arrive."
Zhang He glanced at Li Mao and directly expressed his thoughts. Their current mission was to act as a bait. There was no need to take risks. As long as they waited quietly for Tian Feng to arrive with his army, they could defeat Lu Bu.
"Thank you, General, for your advice. My subordinates have learned from it."
After listening to Zhang He's explanation, Li Mao also learned the lesson and directly clasped his fists and saluted.
"Okay, we may face a tough battle next. Although the Jianzhong Army has been the main force since its formation, and its pay and supplies are no less than those of other armies, its performance is somewhat inferior compared to other armies. This
If anyone shits my pants during World War I, don’t blame me, Zhang He, who is engaged in military law.”
After explaining the reasons for not sending troops, Zhang He looked at the captains around him and directly scolded them.
"Following the general's order will definitely not disgrace the name of the Jianzhong Army."
All the captains looked at Zhang He and clasped their fists together in agreement.
"Okay, then go down and make arrangements. Lu Bu, come on, let me see how much you, the most powerful man, weighs."
"promise."
At dawn the next day, Lu Bu's army came out with all their troops and horses and went directly towards Yingdao City. At the same time, 30,000 troops spread out to cut down trees and build ladders, carts and other siege equipment. It took half a day to build ladders.
Two to three hundred were built, and three of them were built for low-end vehicles.
Seeing that the time was right, Lu Bu directly ordered the attack on the city without hesitation.
"Boom."
"Boom."
"Boom."
The continuous sound of war drums resounded through the camp, and the 70,000-strong army shouted together, carrying stairs and rolling carts, and began to attack Yingdaocheng.
"Every unit is ready to fight. Don't send out the trebuchets for the time being. Once the enemy begins to attack the city, attack the enemy's middle section. I want them to take a good look at how the Jizhou Army defends the city wall."
Seeing the charging Lu Bu army, Zhang He, who was sitting at the top of the city, directly ordered the troops to suspend the attack by the trebuchets and let Lu Bu's troops come over.
"The general has ordered that the trebuchet troops suspend their attack until the enemy approaches."
Zhang He gave the order, and the trebuchet troops immediately received the news. The captain in charge directly reached out to stop the trebuchet that was about to be launched, and waited for Zhang He's order.
Lu Bu's army took the lead with their carriages. There was no river around the camp road, so there was no moat. Therefore, Lu Bu's troops did not prepare a suicide squad to fill the river and directly attacked the city wall.
"Fire the arrow."
Zhang He gave an order, and tens of thousands of arrows were fired from the city wall. Arrows like dark clouds soared into the sky, nailing the charging Lu Bu troops to death one by one on the way to the charge.
"Keep rushing, don't be afraid."
Cao Xing rushed to the front of the large army, watching the soldiers and horses fall to the ground one by one, but he showed no mercy. The siege battle was originally meant to be filled with human lives, but now he was not following.
One by one, the soldiers carried Paoze's ladders and continued to attack the city wall, but were soon killed by arrows again on the way to the charge.
Not long after, corpses littered the fields outside Yingdao City, rivers of blood flowed, and countless soldiers fell on the charging road.
"kill."
After stepping on countless corpses, Lu Bu's soldiers and horses finally carried the ladder to the bottom of the city wall. As the ladder was set up on the city wall, the soldiers began to climb up with their steel knives in their mouths.
"Keep shooting arrows to kill the following soldiers and horses."
"Enter the axe team, cut off the iron hook of the ladder."
"Rolling logs and rocks, let go."
"Prepare the golden juice, pour it."
Following the command of the captains of each department, the brutal siege began instantly.
Stones fell from the sky one after another, smashing the brains of each Lu Bujun, who was wailing as he fell from the ladder.
The rolling log covered with barbs moved from top to bottom along the ladder, directly knocking down the entire soldiers on the ladder.
The cauldron of golden juice that was boiling and emitting green smoke tilted violently. The hot golden juice fell from the sky and was poured directly down the ladder. Everyone who was poured into it covered their faces with their hands and fell down from the ladder.
The soldiers were not spared, and they kept rolling on the ground and wailing.
Even if Lu Bu's army escaped one wave of attacks after another and actually managed to survive all the attacks on the city wall, what was waiting for them would be the spearmen who were ready to stab them down the city wall.
The first wave of 20,000 Lu Bu's troops had no effect at all. They were immediately beaten and lost their armor and fled backwards, leaving behind corpses on the ground and abandoned ladders in embarrassment.
"General, the first wave of attacks has been defeated."
The captain looked at the remnants of the retreating soldiers, his eyes full of depression.
"It's okay. This is expected. It would be strange if they could attack the city wall in one wave. Order the second wave to continue attacking."
Cao Xing had long been mentally prepared for the first wave of defeat. After all, compared to the Yangzhou Army under Lu Bu's command, these Jiaozhou Army were just new recruits. It was normal for them to be unable to withstand the fierce offensive and defensive battle.
.
"The general has orders to continue the attack with the second wave."
"Dong dong dong."
The continuous war drums continued to beat. This time the attackers were the veterans brought by Lu Bu from Yangzhou. Although these soldiers and horses were not as elite as the Jizhou army, they had experienced the tragic battle of Yangzhou. Compared with these new soldiers from Jiaozhou, they were
Much stronger.
Shields were erected one after another, and 20,000 Yangzhou troops began to march towards the city wall to the beat of drums.
"Fire the arrow."
For a moment, arrows rained like locusts, flying directly towards the Yangzhou Army under the city. However, it was obvious that the Yangzhou Army was more elite than the Jiaozhou Army. Facing the rain of arrows falling from the sky, the shield hands covered each other to protect those behind them.
Soldiers are immune to bows and arrows.
In this way, after a wave of arrows, countless Yangzhou Army soldiers fell into a pool of blood, but the remaining Yangzhou Army turned a blind eye and continued to advance towards the city wall.
"The soldiers coming this time should be veterans brought by Lu Bu from Yangzhou. Fight well."
Zhang He took one look at the well-organized enemy and immediately understood that these must be the veterans brought by Lu Bu from Yangzhou, and they were also Lu Bu's absolute elite. Only by giving them an absolute blow could Lu Bu bleed and shed tears.
"Archer, don't stop, keep shooting."
After hearing Zhang He's words, the captain nodded and directly ordered the soldiers around him to fire arrows with all their strength to attack the enemies below the city.
The archers who were still a little leisurely for a while did not hesitate, and used all their strength to rain arrows down to the city. Even if the Yangzhou army was elite, it suffered heavy losses.
Even though the losses were considerable, the Yangzhou army quickly rushed to the bottom of the city wall and began to attack the city wall along the ladder.
A fierce offensive and defensive battle began again. Facing the Jianzhong Army, which had superior numbers and sufficient defensive equipment, the soldiers of the Yangzhou Army fell from the ladder one after another like dumplings, falling to the ground in bloody pieces.
But the elites still look like elites. Even if the Jianzhong Army suppresses them, Yangzhou soldiers will continue to climb the city wall and fight to the death with the Jianzhong Army.
"The Yangzhou army is very tenacious."
Zhang He was sitting in the city tower, looking at the slightly tough Yangzhou army, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.
During the Battle of Yangzhou, these Yangzhou troops were not so strong. It seems that Lu Bu still has a good way of managing the army.
"If they are not tenacious, our fight will not be enough."
When the captain on the side heard Zhang He's words, he couldn't help but laugh. If the enemy is a idiot, defeating them will not bring any sense of achievement at all. The elite should be the elite, that is the fun.
"Well, since they are elites, they must show their value, order the trebuchets to prepare shotguns, and teach Lu Bu a good lesson."
