Tai Shici heard the shouts of General Yang at the head of the city, and when he looked towards the city, he couldn't find any trace of Liu Bang, and he couldn't help but be shocked. He promised to find an opportunity to shoot Liu Bang, but now Liu Bang is missing, and because he is soft, he missed the opportunity and regretted it.

Zhang Fei didn't pay so much attention, he waved his strong bow to show off, and then turned to Zhang He and said, "Fourth, borrow your trebuchet for a while!" ”

Zhang He was stunned for a moment, and asked vigilantly, "What are you going to borrow a trebuchet for?" ”

Zhang Fei said without thinking: "What else can you do?" Throw stones, siege the city! ”

Zhang He was taken aback and said resolutely: "No! The eldest prince is still in their hands, if there are three long and two short, how can you and I explain to the eldest brother! ”

Zhang Fei said angrily: "If it weren't for the trebuchets in our army that didn't bring them, who would have begged you?" I want the eldest brother to be such a hero, but Liu Bang is a pustule, what qualifications do you have to be the son of the eldest brother, I am the first to look down on him! Fourth, to tell you the truth, even if there is no trebuchet, I can still conquer Lujiang City. It's just that in that case, the casualties of the soldiers will inevitably increase greatly, and I am afraid that you and I will not be able to escape the punishment of the eldest brother. Don't worry, if you lay down Lujiang City, I will share some credit with you! ”

As an important siege weapon, the trebuchet is equipped with all the other major legions except for the Sixth Army Corps of pure cavalry, but Zhang Fei came here over the Dabie Mountain, so it is naturally impossible to carry such a large equipment. But without trebuchets is not impossible to attack the city, Zhang Fei after the capture of Yanlou, he organized the soldiers to make some simple siege equipment, with the training of the soldiers of the second legion, with these equipment can completely capture Lujiang City, and do not necessarily have to rely on trebuchets.

Zhang Fei originally wanted to monopolize this great achievement, but after seeing Liu Bang, he suddenly changed his mind and wanted to borrow a trebuchet from Zhang He. In this way, the main credit for capturing Lujiang City is still his, but Zhang He was also dragged into the water. The so-called law does not blame the public, in case Liu Bang dies in the hands of Yuan Shu because of this, Zhang He will not be able to get out of it.

Zhang He's head is big now. Others call this bearded guy reckless Zhang Fei, but now Zhang He knows that this guy is more refined than a ghost. Lend him the trebuchet, and you will be on his thief ship. Don't lend him the trebuchet, he is also going to attack the city, if he causes a large number of casualties among the soldiers, he has no way to explain to Liu Xin.

Zhang Fei saw Zhang He's eyebrows frowning, and laughed unconsciously and said: "Fourth, don't be a mother-in-law, let's attack it, if Yuan Shu really dares to kill the eldest son, we will break him into thousands of pieces to avenge the eldest son!" My old Zhang is an anxious man, if you don't agree, I will order the siege of the city. ”

Zhang He gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Come on, transfer the trebuchet here!" ”

To be honest, Zhang He was also very unhappy with Liu Bang's cowardly performance in the city, so he added a few words in his report to Liu Xin. It was precisely because he noticed that after Liu Xin read these words, the expression on his face did not change in the slightest, that he became vigilant and made up his mind to get rid of Liu Bang. Now this foundation belongs to Liu Xin, but they have also put a lot of effort into it, and they don't want this great river and mountain to fall into the hands of a mediocre "successor". Frustrated, he didn't know that Liu Bang was not Liu Xin's biological son, and Liu Xin naturally didn't care about his performance. Also because he couldn't get used to Liu Bang's performance, Zhang He agreed to borrow a trebuchet for Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei laughed, patted Zhang He's shoulder and said, "This is my old Zhang's good brother!" Pass on my general's order, and the crossbowmen will be in the front line! ”

He didn't care what reason Zhang He agreed to lend him a trebuchet, all he needed was Zhang He's promise, and now, he couldn't wait for the arrival of the trebuchet, he wanted to use the powerful bow and crossbow advantage to give Yuan Shu a dismount.

In fact, the arrow sent by Tai Shici should be regarded as a dismount, but Zhang Fei himself didn't think so. Yuan Shu threatened him not to release another arrow, so he would put another thousand arrows, 10,000 arrows for Yuan Shu to see, this is the performance of General Zhang Yide, who took the rank of general in the 10,000-horse army.

Yuan Shu was drinking tea and gasping in the city tower, when he suddenly heard the sound of drums outside the city, and couldn't help jumping up and asked loudly, "What's wrong?" ”

Before the cronies on both sides could reply, they could only hear the sound of "whooshing", accompanied by the screams of the soldiers defending the city. After a long time, a personal soldier stumbled in and stammered: "Your Majesty, the big thing is not good, the rebels outside the city have begun to attack the city." ”

Yuan Shu said angrily: "Why don't you organize a counterattack and shoot them to death!" ”

At this time, Zhang Xun rushed in and said: "Your Majesty, the bows and crossbows of the Han army are too powerful, our bows and arrows can't reach them, but they have killed and injured many brothers, and please take shelter for a while." ”

Yuan Shu couldn't help but burst into a rage, and yelled at Zhang Xun: "What! Do they really dare to shoot arrows? Go! Just go! Throw Liu Bang down the city for me! ”

General Yang hurriedly persuaded: "Your Majesty, don't do it!" If Liu Bang is killed, the Han army will have no scruples, and Weichen thinks that it is better to tie him to the city gate tower to see who else in the Han army dares to mess around? ”

Zhang Xun sneered: "Although Lord Yang is reasonable, Liu Bang'er is clearly at the head of the city, and the Han army is not wrong, so it can be seen that the Han army doesn't take him seriously at all!" Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that it is better to quickly recruit the people to go to the city. ”

Yuan Shu always thought that with Liu Bang in hand, he could sit back and relax, although the Han army was in the city, the defense of the city was very lax, and even the people were not recruited.

General Yang hid in the city tower with Yuan Shu, and he didn't know much about the current situation in the city, and he was a little hesitant after listening to Zhang Xun's words, frowning and saying: "General Zhang, can you see it really, then Liu Bang also fires arrows as usual on the city?" Could it be that Liu Bang hid behind the battlements? Oops, not good! ”

Yuan Shu said unhappily: "Yang Aiqing, why was you surprised? ”

General Yang arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thought of a possibility, the Han army under the city fired arrows randomly, even if Liu Bang was shot, it was difficult to find out who did it." When the time comes, the lord of the city will be able to pull out a scapegoat at will......"

The situation is critical, how can Yuan Shu have time to listen to General Yang slowly analyze and reason here, "snap" a few cases in front of him, and said loudly: "Quick, go and drag Liu Bang in!" ”

Zhang Xun turned around and hurriedly walked out, and after a while, he went into the city tower again, and arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, it's not good!" Liu Bang is gone. ”

"It's gone!" Yuan Shu "Huo" stood up and roared, "What did you say! Liu Bang is gone! Where did it go? What about Liu Bei? Didn't he say he would take good care of Liu Bang? Go, call Liu Bei in! ”

Zhang Xun hesitated for a moment, leaned over and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen has already searched around just now, but he has not seen any trace of Liu Bei. ”

"What!" Yuan Shu was really panicked at this time, and said continuously, "Quick, dispatch people and horses to search and arrest the whole city, and be sure to arrest Liu Bei and Liu Bang back!" This Liu Bei is really bold and reckless, he dares to betray me at this time, if he is caught, I will never spare him! ”

The Han army's bow and crossbow salvo was obviously about to prepare for the siege, and at this juncture, Yuan Shu didn't think about how to defend, but was busy capturing Liu Bei and Liu Bang. Zhang Xun couldn't help but have black lines on his face, and was about to persuade again, when he suddenly heard a loud "boom", the city gate tower shook suddenly, and then "fluttered" and fell a lot of dust, making everyone here disgraced.

Yuan Shugang wanted to ask what was going on, but he heard a series of loud noises, the entire city gate tower was full of black smoke and miasma, and a large hole the thickness of a fist was cracked in the wall. This surprised Yuan Shu a lot, and he didn't care about understanding what was going on, let alone searching for Liu Bei and Liu Bang, so he hurriedly took General Yang back to the city from the city tower.

was shocked, but saw Zhang Xun chasing after him, and arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen has figured out that the Han army outside the city used a new type of instrument to throw a large number of stones into the city, which caused such a big movement. ”

Although Yuan Shu didn't believe it, from where he was standing, he could still see that there were large and small stones flying towards the city outside the city. Yuan Shu couldn't help but be dumbfounded, how could this kind of battle be fought when he could only be beaten passively, but without the slightest chance of counterattacking?

Before he could come back to his senses, he heard another loud "boom", and the brick and wood gate building was finally overwhelmed by waves of stone rain and collapsed, and many soldiers who had no time to dodge were suddenly buried in the rubble.

Suddenly, the stone rain outside the city stopped, and the war drums of "dong dong dong" sounded instead, and the Han soldiers rushed towards Lujiang City with shouts. A long ladder was erected on the moat, and the Han soldiers ran over the long ladder as if they were walking on the ground. Immediately afterwards, another long ladder was erected and leaned against the city wall of the Lujiang River. In the training base in the western suburbs of Xiangyang, they don't know how many siege training like this have been carried out, and they have long been familiar with it, and all the actions are done subconsciously.

On the long ladder, the Han soldiers went forward one after another, and the arrows kept falling, and some people continued to climb up. By the moat, the crossbowmen shot arrows at the top of the city, suppressing the defenders of the city and providing cover for the soldiers who climbed the city.

The rain of arrows and stones just now had already caused the defenders at the head of the city to be in a mess. However, those who remained in Lujiang were the most elite troops under Yuan Shu, and when the trebuchets stopped attacking, these defenders quickly reacted, quickly threw themselves into the various posts at the head of the city, and began to organize a counterattack. The crossbowmen of the Yuan army were busy shooting at the city, and the rolling logs and stones were not kept pushing down from the city. This tragic siege battle lasted until sunset, and the Han army rushed the city several times, but soon retreated under the counterattack of Yuan's army.

Seeing that it was getting late, Zhang He frowned and said, "Third brother, let's let the brothers rest and recuperate, and fight again tomorrow." ”

Zhang Fei said categorically: "No, we must take Lujiang tonight!" Come on, light torches, bring drumsticks! ”