When Lu Bu led the army to ten miles outside the city, the defenders in Yidu City felt a deep chill. This doesn't seem like a tentative attack, it's a city take!

Coupled with the 800 to 0 terrifying battle loss ratio of the cavalry who went out of the city before, it means that this "mountain bandit" is by no means as simple as they thought before. Tens of thousands of people, soldiers are coming to the city, and no one can say whether they can defend it or not. So he sent people to ask for help from the nearest Gangneung City.

But obviously, Lu Bu would not give Yidu City a chance to ask for help. In terms of time, he has directly stuck Yidu to death. Three days, this is the maximum siege time that Lu Bu expected, even if Jiangling comes to help, he will not be able to catch up.

As soon as the Chinese army arrived, it took about half an hour to repair, and the siege team of the first echelon pressed up. The tragic offensive and defensive battle began.

This time, the main point of the tactics was "surprise attack", and the purpose was "aggression like fire". The speed of travel and the subsequent survival of strength are the key. Therefore, the lives of the soldiers were valued very seriously by Lu Bu. How to take Yidu in the fastest way under the premise of losing the least number of soldiers is what he needs to consider.

Therefore, the siege team of the first echelon was all militia, and after briefly testing the defensive strength of Yidu City, Lu Bu directly sacrificed a big killing weapon: Yama God Thunder.

Since a few years ago in the siege with Liu Zhang, the Yama God Thunder has made great efforts, and this kind of big killing weapon has been made by Liu Xie.

After seven years of accumulation, the reserves of Yama Divine Thunder have reached 5,600. And this time, the First Legion led by Lu Bu brought a full five hundred. But there weren't many trebuchets for launching. After being dismantled before, it was transported by a baggage team, and it was assembled three days ago, a total of 15 units.

Trebuchets are not uncommon for a long time, and there are no less than fifty trebuchets in Yidu City nowadays.

However, the trebuchet in Lu Bu's hand was not a simple product, it was a new type of trebuchet that was newly vacated after being instructed by Lord Yama. Not only can it carry more weight, but it can also be thrown farther and more accurately. The purpose is to ensure that the "Yama Divine Thunder" can exert its power from a safe distance.

"Woo, woo, woo......" A strange rhythm of the horn suddenly sounded. The militia of the Blood Banner Army besieging the city hurriedly stuck to the corner of the city wall, with the shield on their heads, and shrunk back, their faces were nervous, but their eyes were playful.

They were militiamen, but they had also received pre-war training and knew what the trumpet meant. One by one, they covered their ears, and their hearts were excited, knowing that the defenders would soon have a big iron fruit to eat.

The sound of the horn sounded for a full two minutes before it stopped, and the defenders also guessed that the Blood Banner Army that had suddenly retreated should have some tricks to play, and was waiting for it, but they found that a dozen catapults appeared in the distance on the position of the Blood Banner Army.

Is this the kind of trick? I've never heard of the catapult bombardment, and all my own people need to avoid it, right? What the hell? Besides, the trebuchet can be thrown so far?

Soon, the Blood Banner Army told the defenders of Yidu with practical actions: trebuchets can be thrown so far!

A dozen huge iron balls hugging one person were thrown, and the iron balls were full of tiny spikes, all black, and there seemed to be fire burning on them, bringing out black smoke trails.

This is the covering blow of the entire section of the city wall, a word that Lu Bu learned from Liu Xie's mouth. I think it's very appropriate. He even enjoyed watching this kind of scene of using the "Yama Divine Thunder" to carry out a large-area coverage attack, which gave him a sense of pleasure in using the power of the gods.

Yama Divine Thunder is equivalent to the power of the gods, and this statement is very marketable in the entire Blood Banner Army. It is also the biggest reliance that all soldiers think can sweep the world.

The big black iron ball flew in flames. The parabola is very high, and when it comes to the city wall, it falls almost vertically, and the accuracy is astonishing. But the deterrent effect was not very strong in the minds of the defenders. According to the old rule, hide behind the battlements, unless you are really unlucky, you will not be able to be smashed at all.

"Boom!" suddenly exploded when the black iron ball was almost a foot above the city wall. All at once, the defenders, who had never seen such a weapon, suffered heavy casualties in an instant. There were no living people within 10 zhang of the center of the explosion, and there were all injured within 20 zhang, and all of them were deaf. Thirty zhang away, no, thirty zhang away is the area covered by another Yama Divine Thunder.

In the first round, the defenders on the city wall instantly had no other words than screaming. And in less than a minute after the break, the second round of Yama Divine Thunder came again.

After two rounds of bombardment, the horn sounded again, and this time, it was the horn of an all-out attack. It was no longer only the militia who besieged the city, but the main force of the Blood Banner Army also threw 3,000 people into it.

Three hundred ladders were erected on the four city walls, and the sound of killing shook the sky.

Lu Buwei's strategy of missing one of the three was too lazy to use, the four walls of the entire Yidu City, and the two gates in front and back were all blood banner troops. He didn't want to let go of any of the soldiers or officials of Yidu City.

From noon in the morning to before the sun set in the afternoon, the city defense of Yidu City was completely torn apart. The city gate was opened, and Wu Yiqin led the main force of the 2,000 Blood Banner Army and 3,000 militia into the city. After entering the city, there was another killing, and it was not until the moon hung overhead at night that Yidu City, which had been noisy for a day, completely settled down.

When Lu Bu also walked into Yidu City with his own soldiers, the first thing he put in front of him was a scroll of bamboo slips, on which was a detailed report on the siege battle.

"On the tenth day of the second month of the twelfth year of Jian'an, one day and Keyidu. More than 2,300 enemies were killed and more than 1,600 were captured. Fifteen of the Blood Banner Army and five hundred and sixty-seven militia were killed. All the bodies were recovered, and they were sent back to their hometowns for burial and bereavement. In this battle......"

To fight a war is to kill people, and if one's own people die less than the enemy, it is victory, and vice versa, it is actual defeat. In the experience of Lu Burong Ma for half his life, this is just war, life and death number games.

Lu Bu did not stop or renovate in Yidu. His troops are different, and his resilience is far stronger than that of soldiers under the command of other forces. And the previous expectation of taking Yidu within three days actually took only half a day. This consumption is not worth mentioning at all, and on the contrary, it is a great boost to morale.

Early the next morning, Lü Bu left five hundred militiamen and a centurion to take over Yidu and wait for the follow-up army. And he himself had already rushed towards Wuling according to the established plan.

As for Jiangling, which was close at hand, Lu Bu directly chose to ignore it. That's not their own planned line, that's what Gao Shun and Zhang Liao need to consider. And the scheduled time of the attack is the same, on the tenth day of the first month of February, Yidu has been dealt with on their side, and Gao Shun and Zhang Liao must have started the battle against Xiangyang City.

The number of garrisons in Gangneung is only more than 20,000, and it is impossible to divide troops to rescue. The only option is to rescue Xiangyang, which is a little further away. However, in Lu Bu's opinion, it is estimated that Jiangling's reinforcements should have met Liu Biao who escaped on the way before they arrived in Xiangyang.

(End of chapter)