Outside Xiangyang City, nearly 100,000 troops led by Lu Meng were stationed outside.
In the big tent, Lu Meng looked solemn and said in a deep voice: "Our army of one hundred thousand people is stationed outside Xiangyang City, but it is difficult to break the city. Do you have a way to break Xiangyang?"
Lu Meng's eyes passed over Guo Jia, Xu Shu, Pang De and others one by one, waiting for everyone to speak.
However, the civil and military officials in the big tent were all lost in thought.
The city of Xiangyang City is extremely strong, even more difficult to attack than Chengdu.
First of all, there is a moat outside Xiangyang City, forming the first line of defense to protect Xiangyang; secondly, a urn city was built outside Xiangyang City to specifically protect Xiangyang City. Once Lu Meng was ready to attack Xiangyang, he must first build a pontoon crossing
Cross the moat, then attack Wengcheng outside Xiangyang City, and finally attack Xiangyang head-on.
In fact, it is relatively easy to cross the moat. As long as you use bows and arrows to suppress the defenders on the tower of Wengcheng, you will have the opportunity to build a long ladder to cross the river. However, even if you break the gate of Wengcheng after crossing the river, you will be surrounded by enemies on all sides, and you will be completely passive.
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It was precisely with the two lines of defense that Liu Bei had the confidence to defend Xiangyang and wait for Cao Cao and Sun Jian's rescue.
Lu Mengsi thought about it but couldn't find any way to break the city, so he called everyone to discuss.
Guo Jia and Xu Shu looked at each other with a look of embarrassment on their faces.
Finally, Xu Shu said: "Little general, if we want to attack Xiangyang, there must be many ways, such as poisoning, cutting off the water source of the moat, besieging Xiangyang, etc. But these are difficult to take, especially when the lord is still in the city and we cannot surrender.
The poison is poisonous, and Sun Jian and Cao Cao are coming with their troops. We don’t have time to spend with Liu Bei, so we can only attack by force. There is no other way."
"Snapped!!"
Lu Meng punched the desk with his fist, a look of anger on his face.
This was his first time leading an army, but it always didn't go well, so naturally he couldn't be happy.
He murmured: "Since we are attacking by force, we can only rely on the strength of weapons."
Immediately, Lu Meng raised his head, looked at the generals below, and ordered: "Although the lord is planning to break the city in the city, we cannot put all the burden on the lord. As ministers, we should share the lord's worries. If we
The sooner we can attack the city, the sooner we can gain the advantage. Pass on the order, reward the three armies today, build up enough energy, and attack the city tomorrow."
Lu Meng waited for several days, and finally had no choice but to attack by force.
As soon as he conveyed the order, the curtain of the camp opened and a soldier walked in.
The soldier was holding a bow and arrow in his hand, with a letter tied to the arrow shaft.
The soldier knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists and said, "General, these are the bows and arrows that were suddenly shot out of the city. There is a message on them. Please take a look at it, general." Lu Meng took the bow and arrow from the soldier's hand, took off the note, and quickly browsed the paper.
The more he read the contents of the note, the happier he became, because Wang Can ordered him to attack the city tomorrow.
By then, Wang Can will also start an uprising in the city, so tomorrow will be the key.
After seeing this, Guo Jia said with a smile: "Attack the city tomorrow, destroy the city tomorrow!" Xu Shu also smiled. He didn't expect Wang Can to move so quickly and already formed a team.
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At night, Xiangyang City is quiet.
In the palace, Liu Bei was lying on the bed, unable to sleep for a long time.
Tossing and turning, he always felt a little uneasy in his heart, but he couldn't figure out where this feeling came from. Liu Bei got up, put on his clothes, walked towards the yard of the pregnant dancer, and looked at the dancer's slightly bulging belly.
After wandering for half his life, Liu Bei had his own heir.
Nowadays, Liu Bei is not only striving for the glory of his ancestors, but also for himself and his descendants.
Liu Bei stayed in the dancer's room for a while and then returned to the side hall to handle political affairs.
At some point, the oil lamp in the side hall went out, and Liu Bei fell asleep on his desk. While he was still asleep, a rumble of war drums suddenly sounded outside the city, and the passionate horn sound that soared into the sky echoed endlessly in the city.
When Liu Bei heard this, he woke up from his dream and hurriedly asked people to prepare armor and weapons.
He washed himself, put on his armor, and led the soldiers up to the tower.
After Liu Bei went up to the tower, Zhuge Liang hurried to the tower and ordered the soldiers to form an array. Zhang Fei stood beside him carelessly, very excited and wanted to go out and fight.
Liu Bei stared outside the city with doubt in his eyes.
He looked at Zhuge Liang and asked: "Kong Ming, you said that the Shu army has prepared cloud ladders to attack the city and long ladders to cross the moat. But now they are just beating drums and trumpets and not sending troops to attack. Why?"
Zhuge Liang said: "Looking at the Shu army, they will definitely attack the city, but I don't know how they will start."
At the first sight, Lu Meng stood on horseback in front of the formation, surrounded by more than a hundred soldiers from the Langya Battalion.
The more than 100 soldiers of Langya Camp had the required gunpowder placed beside them, and the fuses for each pack of gunpowder to ignite the fire ensured that the gunpowder would not explode in the air after being thrown out.
Lu Meng shouted: "Throw gunpowder as hard as you can and blow the gate of Wengcheng loose."
With an order, more than a hundred soldiers from the Langya Camp lit the fuses of the gunpowder and threw it out with all their strength. These soldiers from the Langya Camp were very powerful and easily threw the gunpowder at the gate of Wengcheng. The gunpowder fell to the ground, and after a while,
There was an explosion, and more than a hundred people were thrown out one after another. The sound of gunpowder explosions was heard continuously from the tower.
"Boom!"
Deafening sounds came from below the city. Although the gate of Wengcheng was not blown up, it was still shaking.
Gunpowder is not very powerful, but it still plays a certain role.
Liu Bei felt the shaking coming from downstairs, frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Xianhe, is this the thing you are talking about? This thing is indeed useful, especially if it is thrown into the army suddenly, it can easily defeat the army.
It caused a commotion and caused a commotion. But the power was still not enough to blow up the gate of Wengcheng."
As he spoke, a look of pride flashed in Liu Bei's eyes.
Even though the Shu army had powerful secret weapons, they were still blocked outside Xiangyang City and unable to move forward.
Liu Bei laughed loudly and was very proud. However, before Liu Bei's laughter could stop, the sound suddenly stopped because Liu Bei saw several giant ballistae carts coming out of the Shu army's formation, which looked very domineering.
Liu Bei looked at it carefully and saw that the crossbow was equipped with a crossbow arrow as thick as an arm. This made Liu Bei feel incredible. Because such a sharp and thick crossbow arrow could make a hole on the city wall. If the crossbow arrow hit the city gate,
Especially the city gate that has just been bombarded by gunpowder, I am afraid that the gate of Wengcheng will be difficult to save.
Lu Meng looked at Liu Bei, sneered twice, and shouted: "Shoot!"
Immediately, the craftsman in charge of operating the giant ballista aimed at the city gate and shot the crossbow arrow as thick as his arm.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!!"
The crossbow arrow was shot out, like a bolt of lightning streaking across the sky, and in the blink of an eye it had reached the gate of Wengcheng.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!!"
The huge crossbow arrow hit the gate, like a giant hammer knocking, which shocked people's hearts. The continuous collision sounds from the tower below seemed to hit Liu Bei's heart, making his face turn pale and scary in an instant. Liu Bei passed
Jian Yong learned that the Shu army had crossbows and gunpowder, and now he discovered that there were more powerful weapons, and his hands and feet suddenly became cold.
Giant crossbow arrows were shot out one after another, constantly hitting the shaking city gate.
"Crack! Crack!"
The gate of the urn city could not withstand the repeated attacks of gunpowder and giant crossbows, and collapsed.
In fact, if it were the gate of Xiangyang, it would not be so easy to break through. Because the Wengcheng was only to protect Xiangyang's fortifications, and there was a moat outside, so the gates were not particularly thick and tough.
Zhuge Liang's heart was heavy, but his expression remained unchanged, and he said: "Don't worry, my lord, even if the gate of the Wengcheng is broken open, we still have the Wengcheng and the moat as a defense, and the gate inside the Wengcheng is the strongest. Their giant crossbows
Gunpowder and gunpowder cannot be transported into the Wengcheng for shooting."
Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.
As long as Lü Meng sent troops to attack, he would let the archers on the tower attack. Therefore, even if Lü Meng broke open the gate of Wengcheng arrogantly, the situation was still under Liu Bei's control.
"No, there are fireworks in the city!"
Just when Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief, a soldier shouted. Liu Bei looked back and found that thick smoke was indeed burning in the south of the city, followed by thick smoke in the west, north and east of the city.
When Liu Bei saw this, his heart was lifted again.