Outside Xiangyang City, nearly 100,000 troops led by Lü Meng were stationed outside. ***

In the big tent, Lu Meng looked solemn and said in a deep voice: "Our army of 100,000 people is stationed outside Xiangyang City, but it is difficult to break the city, do you have a way to break through Xiangyang?" ”

Lu Meng's gaze swept over Guo Jia, Xu Shu, Pang De and others one by one, waiting for everyone to speak.

However, the civil and military forces in the big tent all fell into deep thought.

The city of Xiangyang is extremely strong, and it is 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, an urn city was also built outside Xiangyang City to protect Xiangyang City. Once Lü Meng was ready to storm Xiangyang, he must first build a pontoon bridge to cross the moat, and then attack the urn city outside Xiangyang, and finally attack Xiangyang head-on.

In fact, it was easier to cross the moat, and as long as you suppressed the defenders on the tower of the urn city with bows and arrows, you had the opportunity to build a long ladder to cross the river. However, even if the gate of the urn city was broken after crossing the river, it was surrounded by enemies on all sides, and it was completely passive.

It was with two lines of defense that Liu Bei had the confidence to defend Xiangyang and wait for Cao Cao and Sun Jian to rescue.

Lu Mengsi thought about it and had no way to break the city, so he called everyone to discuss.

Guo Jia and Xu Shu looked at each other, and their faces also showed embarrassment.

In the end, Xu Shu said: "Little general, if you talk about attacking Xiangyang, there must be many ways, such as poisoning, cutting off the water source of the moat, besieging Xiangyang, and so on. But these are difficult to take, especially since the lord is still in the city, we can't poison it, and Sun Jian and Cao Cao came with troops, we don't have time to consume Liu Bei, we can only attack, there is no other way. ”

"Smack!!"

Lu Meng slammed his fist on the desk, his face showing indignation.

This is the first time he has led the army, but it has always been unsmooth, and it is naturally difficult to be happy in his heart.

He muttered, "Even if it is a strong attack, you can only rely on the advantages 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 can't put everything on the lord. As courtiers, we should worry about the lord, and if we can attack the city one day earlier, we will be able to gain an advantage one day sooner. Pass the order, reward the three armies today, raise enough energy, and attack the city tomorrow. ”

Lu Meng waited for a few days, but in the end he could only attack.

No sooner had he given the order than the curtain of the tent was lifted, and a soldier entered.

The soldier was holding a bow and arrow, and letters were tied to the shaft.

The soldier knelt on one knee, clenched his fists and said, "General, this is a bow and arrow suddenly shot from the city, with a message on it, please take a look." Lu Meng took the bow and arrow from the soldier's hand, and after taking the note, he quickly scanned the contents of the note. The more he looked, the happier he became, because Wang Can had ordered him to attack the city tomorrow.

At that time, Wang Can will also cause trouble in the city, so tomorrow will be the key.

After Guo Jia saw it, he said with a smile; "Attack the city tomorrow, break the city tomorrow!" Xu Shu was also smiling, he didn't expect Wang Can's movements to be so fast, and he had already pulled up a team.

……

At night, the city of Xiangyang is quiet.

In the palace, Liu Bei lay on the bed and couldn't sleep for a long time.

Tossing and turning, he always felt a little uneasy in his heart, but he couldn't understand where this feeling came from. Liu Bei got up and got dressed, walked towards the courtyard of the pregnant Mai Ji, and looked at the Mai Ji's belly, which was already slightly bulging.

After wandering for half a life, Liu Bei had his own heirs.

Today, Liu Bei is not only fighting for the glory of his ancestors, but also for himself and his children.

Liu Bei stayed in the dancing girl's room for a while, and returned to the side hall to deal with political affairs.

I don't know when, the oil lamp in the side hall went out, and Liu Bei fell asleep on the desk. While he was still asleep, the rumbling war drums suddenly sounded outside the city, and the rousing trumpet sound echoed endlessly in the city. After Liu Bei heard this, a spirit woke up from his dream and hurriedly asked people to prepare armor and weapons.

He washed up, put on his armor, and led his soldiers up the tower.

After Liu Bei went up to the city tower, Zhuge Liang also hurried to the city tower and commanded the soldiers to line up. Zhang Fei stood next to him with a grin, very excited, and wanted to go out and fight.

Liu Bei stared at the outside of the city, with a look of doubt in his eyes.

He looked at Zhuge Liang and asked, "Kong Ming, you said that the Shu army had prepared a cloud ladder to attack the city and a long ladder to cross the moat, but now it is just a drum and a trumpet, and no troops have been sent to attack, why?" ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Looking at the appearance of the Shu army, it will definitely attack the city, but I don't know how they started." ”

In front of the eyes, Lu Meng stood in front of the formation on horseback, surrounded by more than a hundred soldiers from the Wolf Tooth Battalion.

The more than 100 soldiers of the Wolf's Tooth Battalion had the necessary gunpowder placed beside them, and the fuses for each package of gunpowder to ignite also ensured that the gunpowder would not explode in the air after being thrown.

Lu Meng shouted: "Throw gunpowder at me vigorously, and blow up the gate of the urn city for me." ”

At the sound of an order, more than a hundred soldiers of the Wolf's Tooth Battalion lit the fuse of gunpowder and threw it with all their might. These Wolf Tooth Battalion soldiers were so powerful that they easily threw gunpowder at the gates of the Urn City. The gunpowder hit the ground, and an explosion occurred after a while, and more than 100 people threw it out continuously, and the sound of gunpowder explosion sounded one after another under the city tower.

"Boom!!"

A deafening sound came from below the city, and although the gates of the urn city were not blown up, they were constantly shaking.

The gunpowder was not very powerful, but it still played a certain role.

Liu Bei felt the shaking coming from the city tower, his brows furrowed, and he said in a deep voice: "Xianhe, is this what you are talking about?" This thing is indeed useful, especially if it is suddenly thrown in the army, it is easy to cause an uproar in the army and cause a commotion. However, the power is still not enough to blow up the gates of the Urn City. ”

As he spoke, a look of smugness flashed in Liu Bei's eyes.

Even though the Shu army had a powerful secret weapon, it was still blocked outside Xiangyang City and could not move forward.

Liu Bei laughed loudly, very proud. However, when Liu Bei's laughter had not stopped, his voice stopped abruptly. Because Liu Bei saw several giant ballista carts launched in the military formation of the Shu army, they looked very domineering.

Liu Bei looked carefully, and saw that the crossbow cart was equipped with crossbow arrows with thick arms, which made Liu Bei feel incredible. Because such a sharp and stout crossbow arrow can also make a hole in the city wall, if the crossbow arrow is shot at the city gate, especially the city gate that has been bombarded by gunpowder just now, I am afraid that the city gate of the urn city will be difficult to keep.

Lu Meng looked at Liu Bei, sneered twice, and shouted: "Shoot!" ”

Suddenly, the craftsman in charge of the operation of the giant ballista aimed at the city gate and shot the crossbow arrows with thick arms.

"Whew! Shout! Shout!! ”

The crossbow bolt was shot like a bolt of lightning swept through the air, and in the blink of an eye, it was already in front of the gate of the urn city.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!! ”

Huge crossbow arrows shot at the gate like a giant hammer strike, shocking people's hearts. The continuous collision sound from under the city tower seemed to hit Liu Bei's heart, making his face turn pale and terrifying in an instant. Liu Bei learned through Jian Yong that the Shu army had crossbow arrows and gunpowder, and now he found that there were more powerful weapons, and his hands and feet were immediately cold.

Huge bolts of crossbow arrows were shot at the shaking gates.

"Click! Click! ”

The gate of the urn city could not withstand the repeated attacks of gunpowder and giant crossbows, and collapsed with a bang.

In fact, if it is the gate of Xiangyang, it is impossible to be breached so easily. Because the urn city was only to protect the fortifications of Xiangyang, and there was a moat outside, the city gate was not particularly thick and tough.

Zhuge Liang was in a heavy mood, but his expression remained unchanged, and said: "Don't worry, my lord, even if the gate of the urn city is broken, we still have the urn city and the moat as a resistance, and the gate inside the urn city is the strongest, and their giant crossbow arrows and gunpowder can never be carried into the urn city to shoot." ”

Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

As long as Lü Meng sent troops to attack, he let the archers on the city tower attack, so even if Lü Meng broke the gate of the urn city arrogantly, the situation was still under Liu Bei's control.

"Oh no, there's a fireworks in the city!"

Just as Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief, a soldier shouted. Liu Bei looked back and found that smoke was indeed burning in the south of the city, followed by smoke in the west, north, and east of the city.

Seeing this, Liu Bei's heart was hung up again.

PS: Three more completed;