Chapter 409: Attacking Ji Xu

Three days later, under the leadership of Old Man Lin and other guides, Lu Su's infantry troops crossed mountains and ridges and suddenly appeared outside Beidai City. Although the defenders in the city were prepared, they were still caught off guard. Beidai City was captured by Lu Su's army in one fell swoop.

The vanguard troops of the Dongcheng Camp captured the northern belt. They quickly posted a notice of peace and ordering soldiers to disturb the people. The people in the northern belt quickly came down. Afterwards, Lu Su led the central army to arrive and ordered Zulang to lead the Shanyue Camp to march to march immediately.

At this time, Jiaozhi's army was ready. Shi Xie took General Wu Ju as the head coach and his son Shi Wu as the deputy head coach. He led a 25,000 army and entered Jixu in a mighty manner, blocking Zulang's way.

The two armies fought fiercely in Ji Xu for several days. Because they received Shi Xie's instructions in advance, Wu Ju refused to fight to the death of the local command. Zulang was unable to succeed for a while, and lost many people. He had no choice but to wait for Lu Su's main force to come and meet.

Two days later, Lu Su's army arrived at Ji Xu. Zulang came to the central army tent with a sad face. He had seen Lu Su and told him in detail about the tenacious resistance of the enemy. After experiencing many wars, especially in the past two years of fighting in Lingnan, Lu Su became much more steady. He stroked his beard and smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, General Zu, I have my own concerns about attacking Ji Xu City. You can lead your troops to rest."

Seeing that the coach was so calm, Zulang felt much more restless. He immediately clasped his fists and said, "Abide by the coach's order!"

Afterwards, Lu Su commanded 15,000 troops from Dongcheng Camp to surround Jixu City, the east, west and north sides, leaving the south gate without surround, and no soldiers were placed. Wu Ju and Shi Qi stood on the city tower, watching the Yangzhou army covered with flags from afar, siege the city in an orderly manner. Shi Qi said with some concern: "From the situation of the enemy, they are all elite soldiers who can recruit accustomed to fighting. The commander is well-organized, so our army is probably not its opponent."

Wu Ju's face was as cold as a piece of ice. Shi Xie did not tell him the truth, so he did not know the true thoughts of the governor. Shi Xie's order was to block the enemy's army desperately and prevent him from passing Ji Xu. But at this moment, facing the high fighting spirit of the Yangzhou army and the careful dispatch of Lu Su, he no longer had confidence.

Wu Ju murmured to himself, "What a terrible opponent~~~Second Young Master, look!" Shi Yu looked at Wu Ju's finger and saw a long group of archers quickly forming formations. They were all wearing distinctive armor and carrying a giant bow on their backs. These archers took off the giant bow from behind and easily pulled the bow into a full moon shape.

Shihu exclaimed, "What bow do they use? Why are they so huge?"

Wu Juruo had some insight and said, "Although the bow used by the enemy's forward when siege the city a few days ago looked ordinary, the range was half farther than ours, and the accuracy was much higher. I was wondering at the time why everyone in the Yangzhou army was sharpshooter? Now it seems that the weapons they used have been improved. They can easily pull up such giant bows by themselves, which is really daunting."

While the two of them were talking, the archers in the city opened their bows and shot arrows, and giant feathered arrows dragged the shadows into Jixu City. Wu Ju and Shi Wei's personal guards rushed forward and shouted, "General~~ Be careful!" They protected the two firmly in the middle.

The giant feathered arrows were not aiming at them, but they drew a graceful arc in the air, walked around the city wall, and shot into Jixu City. A guard had a sharp eye and pointed his hand and shouted: "General, General~~ There are things tied to the arrows!"

Wu Ju looked closely and saw a soft thing tied with a thin line at the tail of each arrow. "Select someone to pick up all the arrows and see what is tied on it!" Wu Jusheng ordered.

Amid the sound of footsteps, dozens of guards ran down the city wall and quickly searched for arrows falling into the city. After a while, soldiers ran up the city tower panting and presented Wu Ju with a few arrows. Wu Ju took off the short knife at his waist, gently partitioned the hemp rope at the tail of the arrow, picked up the soft cloth tied to it with his hand, and opened it. It was a notice to safeguard the people, meaning that the Yangzhou army was the king's army and the benevolent and righteous army, and came to quell the rebellion in the name of the court. I hope that the people in the city would repent, open the city gate to welcome it, and those who were enthusiastic would be rewarded, etc.

Wu Ju snorted coldly and said, "This is a trick of a carving insect!"

Shi Qi thought for a while and said, "We should not be careless. Maybe there are enemy spies in the city, and with the help of the people, we will have nowhere to escape."

Wu Ju still needs to listen to Shi Yu's words. After all, he is the second son of his immediate boss, so he always has to give him some face. Be careful of sailing for ten thousand years, and there is no harm in being more careful. So Wu Ju ordered the whole city to be on guard against the people and strictly prohibited from going out without permission. Violators were asked to be executed.

As the sun sets, the dusk fades, Shi Wei's eyes unconsciously look south, where there are no Yangzhou troops. Once the emergency comes, you can escape from there.

As Shi Xie's second son, Shi Fu naturally knew his father's overall plan, but he could not tell Wu Ju at this moment, because Wu Ju would need to lead his troops to fight with the Yangzhou army in the next few days, and use the lives of the Jiaozhi soldiers to pave a channel for peace talks between the two sides to gain more benefits for the Shi family.

Just as the city of Jixu was fully strengthening its vigilance, Lu Su ordered that the entire army would not be attacked for the time being and the entire army would rest. Wu Ju and Shi Wei were both arrogant and looked at the Yangzhou army in the camp in the distance, busy practicing and repairing siege equipment, and did not attack the city for three consecutive days, which made it very strange.

Especially Shi Qi felt that the situation was different. Before he set out, Shi Xie reminded him to fight the invading Yangzhou army fiercely. The more fierce they fought, the greater the results they could achieve in the subsequent peace talks. A few days ago, when the enemy vanguard troops attacked the city, they encountered stubborn resistance. Shi Qi was secretly happy. As such, he could complete the task soon. Unexpectedly, after Lu Su's central army arrived, except for constantly firing arrows into the city, the arrows were tied to the letter of persuasion, there was no sign of siege. What was the medicine sold in his gourd? His father should have not sent an envoy to negotiate yet...

Although Shi Qi was suspicious, he never thought of the answer, so he could only climb up the city tower every day and observe the Yangzhou army carefully. The more he looked at Shi Qi, the more he suspected that there was something wrong with it, so he sent a quick horse to inform his father of the information.

After Shi Xie received the report, he began to feel suspicious, but soon, he thought of a fatal problem, the navy! Zhou Yu's infantry was fighting in Jixu at the moment, what about their navy and cavalry? Did they disappear out of thin air?

I know what happens next, and listen to the next chapter to explain it.
Chapter completed!