Chapter 78 The traitor dies
At the top of Shangliao City, more than a hundred soldiers holding sharp blades surrounded Zulang. The soldiers siege behind were blocked by soldiers guarding the battlements under the city and could not be rescued for the time being.
"Zulang, today I will use your cheap life to worship the three hundred heroes in my baggage camp." Lu Xun looked up at the sky, and a mist-like sad look appeared in his eyes.
Outside the city, Huang Gai, who had been watching the progress of the battle, saw that Zulang had climbed to the top of the city. After a long battle formation, he couldn't help but feel ecstatic and hurriedly ordered all troops to join the battle. As long as he could rush into the gap opened by Zulang, he could take down the city.
Amid the sound of the horns and the war drums, Sun Ce's soldiers who were swarming up like a tide trampled on their companions' bodies and shouted to approach the city.
Hearing the sound of killing behind him approaching, Zulang stuck out his tongue and added blood from the blade, and said with a smile: "Zu's life is here. If you, Lu Xun, have the ability, come and get it yourself!"
Lu Xun smiled faintly and said, "Why do you use to dirty my clothes when dealing with you despicable and reckless men?"
Zulang heard the contempt in Lu Xun's tone, and he couldn't help but change his color, but he was unwilling to fail. While waving his long sword, he looked around and saw that there were not many troops guarding the city walls except for the hundreds of soldiers surrounding him.
Zulang laughed and said, "Ha——, it turns out that your Lu Xun's troops are not strong enough."
Lu Xun looked at Zulang coldly and said, "No, there are actually only 1,500 defenders in Shangliao City, and the rest of the troops are on the road. These soldiers are enough to deal with you."
After saying that, he suddenly pulled out his sword with his right hand and made a slash. Then, the Lu Xun soldiers surrounding Zulang shot out a dense rain of arrows, hitting the stunned Zulang continuously. The powerful force raised Zulang's body high and flew out of the city wall for more than a meter away, and then he fell heavily to the top of the city.
In the blink of an eye, Zulang has become an arrow pig!
"Chop this guy and avenge your brothers!" The soldier who had already had red eyes rushed forward and chopped Zulang's body into a pile of meat paste.
Faced with Lu Xun's strange plan, the brave and treacherous Zulang could only end up in a desperate battle. As a betrayer, no one would feel sad about his death. Even Huang Gai, who is on the same front as him, was the same. The collapse of Zulang's troops consumed the arrows of the Shangliao defenders, and his death was just to eliminate a hidden danger beside him.
After discovering the weakness of insufficient troops in the city's defenders, Huang Gai launched a full-scale attack without hesitation.
There was a fierce battle on the city.
The few defenders struggled to push the ladders to the city with long wood. The seriously injured soldiers dragged their incomplete bodies to the enemy who was climbing the city, and jumped down to the city amidst shrill shouts.
Every battlement of Shangliao, an unbreakable city, is performing one shocking heroic deed after another. Huang Gai's troops have to pay a heavy price that is almost impossible to bear every step forward. This is a fierce battle to compete for fighting spirit and perseverance. Whoever supports it for a long time will be able to win the final victory.
Near noon, Huanggai's army finally failed. In addition to Zulang's 1,000 troops, Huanggai's two thousand troops also had 1,300 elite troops killed in the city. The Shangliao City Wall, which was flooded with blood, once again became a cemetery for burying Sun Ce's army. At the same time, the 1,500 soldiers of Lu Xun's army who participated in the defense of the city also suffered heavy casualties, and only less than 400 were left after the battle.
If Sun Ce then led a large army to kill, the consequences would be unimaginable. Fortunately, Lu Xun knew that Musha was leading three thousand elite troops from Yuzhang, and Xu Sheng's reinforcements should be on the way now.
On the way of Fanyang as the Shangliao, a large army was striding westward. Under the forest banner, Sun Ce's angry face appeared with vigor. Huang Gai's defeat was so abrupt that the morale of Sun Ce's army was unacceptable.
"I'm going to order all the soldiers of the army to take Shangliao first to remember the first merit!" Sun Ce shouted angrily.
"Bo Fu, should there be more troops stationed in Jingxian County? If Gao Chong forced himself to cross the Yangtze River, he could also rescue him in time!" Although Zhou Yu was surprised that Huang Gai was frustrated and went to Liaocheng, he was not mentally prepared like Sun Ce.
Sun Ce rode the horse and raised his whip, with a firm expression on his face, and said, "I have made up my mind. Please don't say more. If you can't take down Shangliao this time, what's the face I have to convince everyone? Gao Chong has Han Dangdang Likou, and Sun Jing is guarding Moling. It's not easy to cross the river. Even if you cross the river, there will be a second brother in Jingxian area, so there will be no problem."
Zhou Yu was shocked when he heard this. Sun Ce's words were not wrong. What the general needs is the courage to make decisions. If you want to recover the impact of Huang Gai's defeat, it is necessary to win Shang Liao. If you hesitate because of concerns about the future, you may lose the opportunity to win.
July 6, 3rd year of Jian'an, dusk.
Sun Ce led the main elite troops to the Shangliao City. In addition to the defeated Huang Gai tribe, there were also generals such as Cheng Pu, Chen Wu, Lu Fan, and Sun Ling.
During these two days, almost all the forces of Yuzhang were gathered in Shangliao City. Musha did not care that the illness had just recovered, so she came to Shangliao to command the battle. Xu Sheng's troops, who had received an urgent request for help, also arrived in time.
The forces against both sides are: 6,000 to 20,000.
The disadvantages of the defenders have not fundamentally changed in terms of quantity.
Only in terms of morale, the soldiers of Gao Chongjun, who were killed by Lu Xun and became famous in the battle to defeat Huang Gai. After losing the commander, the soldiers of Gao Chongjun once again saw the leader who led the victory.
The young Lu Xun became the commander of this 6,000 defenders without hesitation.
The situation he faced was no better than Gao Chong two years ago.
The opponent he faces is even stronger.
Standing on the Shangliao City Tower, looking at Sun Ce's continuous camp, Lu Xun was wearing white clothes in the night wind and was about to fly. He stretched out his hand and gently touched the Southeast wind that was sent by lightly. He felt excited. He knew that no matter what the outcome of this battle was, the name Lu Xun would be mentioned by the world.
"Boyan, General Wenxiang and I will wait for your order!" Musa's fiery red battle robe was like a ball of blazing flames, igniting the confidence that every soldier guarding the city would win.
Gao Chong is not here, Musa, who is the mistress, said it is an order.
"Tomorrow, Xu Sheng requests to fight!" Xu Sheng, who was covered in dust, remained arrogant.
Lu Xun smiled and said, "Brother Wen Xiang is the only brave general in Shangliao City who can fight against the enemy. Xun needs to rely on a lot!"
A smile appeared on the corner of Xu Sheng's mouth and said in a deep voice: "With the princess and Bo Yan here, Shang Liao will never fall!"
Lu Xun stared at Xu Sheng's eager eyes and shouted: "Xun Decided to live up to the entrusted entrusted by the princess and the general. The flags flying high above the Shangliao City will wait for the coach to come back!"
Musa's eyes were already wet, and Lu Xun looked like a person at this moment.
Suddenly, what appeared in front of Musa was the man who was determined to fight and make achievements, the hateful and cute man named Gao Chong who had occupied all his heart day and night.
"Shaochong, where are you? Do you know that someone is worrying about you?" Musa's eyes were hazy.
The stars are sparse.
The lights of fire on the ground set off the stars in the world.
The evening breeze gently blew, wiping a strand of hair in Sun Ce's palm. The hair that was supposed to be black actually had a silver color. Sun Ce let go of his clenched fists and murmured to himself: "Can I really not break that fate? No, no, I, Sun Bofu, never believe in ghosts and gods, and that ghosts and gods can't do anything to me either."
Destiny - I don’t know when, maybe when it was when I returned to the army in Wancheng, a folk proverb began to circulate in Jiangdong: "Go away the veil, the dragon flies to the nine heavens, there are several types of talismans, and the tiger pattern is the best, dragons fight against each other, and the tiger fights against each other." Gao Chong's character "Go" removes the treasure veil on it, which is exactly the word dragon, and the word "Go" in the two characters "Bo" is in line with the military order of the Warring States Period and the pre-Qin period - Tiger Talisman, one dragon and one tiger, and the struggle is endless. In the eyes of some people who are speculating, this coincidence has no other reason besides the will of heaven.
"Bo Fu, the scouts who have inquired about the enemy's situation have returned. The latest news is that Xu Sheng of Pengze has sent troops to Shangliao. In Yu's opinion, we can face Shangliao's siege and not fight, and send elite troops to take down Pengze and strive to unite the Li Shu team in Wancheng." Zhou Yu walked out of the tent, his eyes flashed with the light of wisdom.
Sun Ce stared at the city walls that were looming in the distance, then turned around, looked at Zhou Yu's eyes and said, "Gong Jin, do you say——, do I have any other choices besides taking the city in front of me? Dragons and tigers fight each other, ha————I, Sun Ce is a tiger, but Gao Chong may not be a dragon."
Zhou Yu looked at the flames of revenge that were beating in Sun Ce's eyes and felt a trembling heart. Although the proverb of dragon and tiger was just a false statement, it had left a shadow in Sun Ce's heart.
July 7, 3rd year of Jian'an.
In Shangliao City, the sun shines on the earth early, as if laying the ground for the upcoming battle. Sun Ce’s army outside the city lined up into a scattered army formation all over the mountains, and hundreds of cloud ladders were lined up in the middle formation.
In front of the formation, there were one thousand cavalry teams watching the left and right wings. These two thousand cavalry were definitely luxury enough in Jiangdong, which lacked horses. They were Sun Ce’s bets for the future advance to the Central Plains. Now Sun Ce, who is desperate to gamble, brought them all to Shangliao. Behind the cavalry are two thousand shield players with extraordinary arm strength. Their task is to protect the 1,500 ladder hands in the middle formation to arrive at the city safely.
Behind the Cloud Ladder Array, there were more than 15,000 fierce warriors wearing leather armor and holding long swords, with dazzling blade light. The siege warriors waved the weapons in their hands and made a tidy and yelling sound, rows of sounds hit the city wall like waves, as if they were about to swallow up Shang Liao.
The first ones to attack were the ladder and shield players. Sun Ce's soldiers braved the rain of arrows and persevered in approaching the city wall. Although their companions who died in battle fell from time to time, these soldiers at the bottom still continued to move forward and bravely moved forward.
"Running--!" When he saw the cloud ladder crossing the trench, Sun Ce gave the order, Chen Wu, three thousand elite soldiers who were ready to go rushed straight towards the broken city wall like sharp arrows.
Facing the Shangliao City, which is surrounded by mountains on three sides and only one side, Sun Ce knew that besides strong attacks, he was also strong attacks, so he sent out the elite of the side - Chen Wu team.
The two thousand Peng Ze children of Xu Sheng from Langya were the two thousand Peng Ze children. This morning, Xu Sheng led his troops to replace the city guards with heavy casualties. Facing the bloody city wall, Xu Sheng fought with the will of Mao Yang.
"Hold the trunk and don't let an enemy soldier come up!" Xu Sheng's voice was calm and firm.
The guards' neat and high-pitched shouts sounded from the head of Shangliao City, mixed with a strong Pengze voice, "Yeah-hell!"
Amid the shouts, dozens of giant butter-covered squats were carried onto the battlements of the city walls and smashed Chen Wu soldiers who had set up ladders to attack the city.
During the rapid fall, the huge skull was ignited by several rockets shot down from the city, and then rolled up the surging flames and smashed the ladder that had just been raised unstoppable. Chen Wu's soldiers who had no time to dodge could not dodge. In the screams, the skull was pressed under the city, and blood and hideous marks appeared immediately.
"Damn it, Langya man, I've gotten to fight with my grandfather alone!" Chen Wu cursed in anger at the defeated soldiers.
Seeing that Chen Wu was frustrated in the attack, Sun Ce's face gradually became ugly. His eyes flashed and he said to Cheng Pu beside him: "Demou, go and take the place of Zilie!"
Before he finished speaking, a man had already urged the horse out of his arms and shouted: "Brother, let me go with General Cheng!"
When Sun Ce heard the sound, he looked at it, but it was Sun Ling, the fourth brother.
"Brother, I've been here to take Lu Xun's head to see you!" Sun Ling hissed proudly.
Sun Ce was silent for a while, and finally nodded. Sun Ling was overjoyed and rushed out of the formation with Cheng Pu.
Cheng Pu cut off a retreating Chen Wu army soldier with a knife and cursed angrily: "Coward, if you don't want to die, just rush me!"
In another wave of charge, Cheng Pu and Sun Ling's seven thousand soldiers entered the battle.
During the bloody battle, Shangliao City Wall finally couldn't withstand the heavy blows of wood, cloud ladders, and swords and guns. Several city walls were on the verge of collapse. At these gaps, Xu Sheng's troops and Cheng Pu and Sun Ling's troops were entrenched back and forth, with countless casualties on both sides.
Seeing the emergency situation, Lu Xun led all the remaining troops to reinforce the city. The victory and defeat occurred in this final battle.
The drum sounded.
The hammer point is accurate and powerful.
Combining strength and softness.
On the city tower, Musa is like a standing goddess, covered with red makeup, particularly enchanting. Beside her are war drums covered with cowhides. Amid the shouts of killing, Musa's drum beats are as bright and shrill as the lightning and thunder before the summer rain, which makes people unable to help but take it.
Chapter completed!