After beheading the soldier captain Xia Houji, Xun Yu sighed and felt a little tired.
He climbed onto the tower and looked south.
"Dark clouds are gathering in the south, and the sky is filled with murderous intent. I'm afraid General Xia Houyuan..."
Xun Yu shook his head and did not finish speaking.
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"The dog is really too shrewd!"
Bai Xiaowen sighed and exited the remote control state.
No wonder every time Cao Cao goes on an expedition in the novel, he entrusts Xun Yu with important rear responsibilities. It’s really reliable.
Xu Du was empty, but with only a few thousand old and weak soldiers, Bai Xiaowen was helpless.
In fact, this is also related to the city defense system of ancient China. In addition to moats, ancient Chinese cities had high walls and thick walls. They also had a series of city defense facilities such as towers, arrow towers, turrets, and urns, which were extremely beneficial to the defenders.
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Coupled with a leader who is good at defending the city, it is really impregnable.
When attacking a city, in addition to surrounding it on all sides and waiting for the food in the city to run out, the only other option is to take lives to replenish it.
"The plan to surprise Xudu was thwarted. We still underestimated the celebrities of the Three Kingdoms a little too much," Bai Xiaowen concluded seriously, "The aborigines are not easy to bully. Many celebrities of the Three Kingdoms are more resourceful and strategic than the Awakened! The Awakened
The only advantage is that your horizons are broadened and your knowledge is richer.”
"Fortunately, we made preparations before setting off..."
Bai Xiaowen looked to the northwest and sighed, "Now, all we have to do is wait for the Youzhou army to arrive and attack Xudu."
Bai Xiaowen took out a geographical map of mountains and rivers and checked the location of Jiao Chu.
The march of the 20,000 Youzhou Army went quite smoothly. After passing through Mengjin, they started a rapid march and accelerated southward. Now they have arrived at Xinzheng.
Xinzheng is in the north of Yingchuan County. After crossing Xinzheng, follow the Wei River to the east and you will soon reach Yanling Pass.
This is definitely good news.
Another good news is that the White Phoenix team surrounded the point for reinforcements and killed Xia Houyuan in an ambush.
Xia Houyuan is the prefect of Yingchuan, and is in charge of the defense of Yingchuan and even Yuzhou. Once he dies, the defenders of the local cities in Yingchuan will be leaderless, and their assembly speed will be slowed down a lot. Correspondingly, Chenliu, Qiaojun and other surrounding counties will
The time for the county to learn the news and come to the rescue will be even more delayed.
Bai Xiaowen estimated that it would take a day or two for the local defenders of Yingchuan to realize the crisis in Xudu; it would take even longer for other counties to gather troops.
In this way, the Youzhou army arrived much faster.
Bai Xiaowen ordered Cecilia to lead the hussars and divide them into two groups to rotate and maintain the harassment tactics, which made the Xudu defenders exhausted.
He himself borrowed Cecilia's Bai Yujing horse brand and rode Bai Yujing to speed towards Xinzheng, to be the first to join the Youzhou army!
Without a geographical map of mountains and rivers, such a convergence would not be advisable, because the Youzhou army was also constantly marching, and Bai Xiaowen might have taken a different route from the army if he went there alone.
But with the positioning function of the mountain and river geographical map, Bai Xiaowen can constantly correct the route!
After crossing the Wei River, in the wilderness in the middle section of Xinzheng and Yanling Pass, Bai Xiaowen finally joined the Youzhou army.
At this time, the Youzhou army had been marching hastily for three hours, and its physical strength was almost exhausted. The whole army was tired and morale was low.
Although Bai Xiaowen's appearance has slightly improved morale, the loss of physical strength cannot be made up for by mental will.
"Sir, the army needs to rest for at least two hours to regain its strength before it can continue marching." Jiao Chu said in a dilemma.
Two hours is already the time that Jiao Chu has compressed as much as possible. After all, the spirit world soldiers are no better than the awakened ones. Even though their physiques are stronger than ordinary people, they still have to eat and drink on time, otherwise the food and grass in the Three Kingdoms plane will not be so important.
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Bai Xiaowen shook his head and said, "No! You can rest for half an hour at most."
"Half an hour? It's just enough time to bury the pot and cook." Jiao Chu said in surprise.
Bai Xiaowen shook his head and said: "The lone army penetrates deep into the enemy's important territory, and the soldiers are very fast. You came all the way from Mengjin, and you passed through the areas under the jurisdiction of Cao Jun. I think Cao Jun must have heard about the movements along the way! If you delay any longer, you will be killed by the king of Qin in the four realms.
If we are surrounded by our divisions, it will be too late to regret it by then."
"Everything is as the young master said, but I am worried that the soldiers rushed to Xudu in such a hurry. They are already at the end of their war effort and have no strength to fight."
Bai Xiaowen shook his head: "You don't have to worry about this!"
Jiao Hu, Zhang Nan could only do as he was told.
After resting for half an hour, they could only bury the pot to make rice and not sleep. When the order was given, the soldiers of Youzhou suddenly complained.
However, complaints are complaints, and the soldiers could only seize the time, eat dry food, drink water, sit on the ground and seize this precious hour to rest.
Half an hour later, the Chinese army gave the order to move out.
The soldiers of Youzhou stepped forward with their sore legs, needless to say, they were filled with resentment.
However, a ray of cyan light spread out from the Chinese army. Every soldier who passed by felt that their bodies were much lighter, as if they were pushed by an invisible force and walked faster!
Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan's personal troops shouted in unison:
"Young master's magic, God bless our army!"
"Young master's magic, God bless our army!"
The Youzhou soldiers suddenly realized that this was the magical Taoist technique of the second young master Yuan Xi.
After all this effort, although there was no "thundering of joy", the morale of the Youzhou Army was actually improved.
Bai Xiaowen also ordered to attack Xudu. The first one to climb the city would be rewarded with a thousand gold coins and be promoted to three levels in a row!
After using the "military transition strategy" and the promise of official promotion and bounty, the Youzhou Army's low morale was finally lifted.
The army marched towards Xudu with an extra 40% acceleration! The remaining journey, which was originally expected to take two hours, was successfully reached in just over an hour.
Twenty thousand troops and eight hundred winged cavalry merged, and their reputation was greatly enhanced.
Seeing that his morale was ready, Bai Xiaowen immediately ordered the drums to be beaten and launched a strong attack on Xudu!
This time, with a large army as backing, the role of the Awakened as the vanguard was fully demonstrated.
Li Shuyi climbed up on the clouds and flew through the air, then swooped down and killed herself on the top of the city.
Bai Xiaowen's fixed-point airdrop dropped all the melee summoned creatures, and they also landed at the top of the city.
Then, Li Shuyi used the arrow as the arrow, summoned creatures to guard the two wings, and fought all the way to each arrow tower, killing the enemy's archers and removing the firepower points.
Twenty thousand troops, carrying ladders, attacked the city.
The Xudu defenders have been harassed for days and have not even had a good night's sleep. Their combat effectiveness is certainly not at its peak. What's more, they are old, weak and remnant soldiers, and cannot be called elites at all!
The boiling oil and rolling wood and rocks prepared by Xun Yu in advance did not work.
Because Bai Xiaowen activated deterrence at the critical moment!
A deterrent that lasts for a little more than a minute at most is inconspicuous in a siege, but when used at critical moments, it can have a terrifying effect!
This effect is...
The first batch of Youzhou soldiers climbed to the top of the city using ladders!
The city fell into a melee, and the defenders' advantage no longer existed. Then, the second and third batch of Youzhou sergeants came to the city.
At this time, Bai Xiaowen's mental force field was removed and the defenders woke up, but it was too late!
Xun Yu drew his sword in his hand and shouted to kill the thief.
"Your Majesty, let's go quickly!"
They forcibly held Xun Yu on his left and right sides and retreated towards the city.
The northern city wall of Xudu was declared to have been lost! Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan led the first batch of Youzhou troops into the city and started street fighting with the old and weak defenders in the city. The battle line was advancing rapidly.
Soon, the earth, stone and sandbags blocking the door were removed, and with the Hussar as the forerunner, most of the Youzhou Army entered the city in large numbers!