Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 146
And Zhoucheng.

The wind has stopped and everything around is calm.

The thundering drums had stopped, and the smell of burnt corpses permeated the city, setting off the brutality of the battle.

Cao Bin repelled Lu Mengjun's attack again, and before he had time to catch his breath, he comforted the wounded soldier on the tower and bandaged the wounded soldier himself.

He didn't have many soldiers in his hands, and he was not allowed to go down the tower unless he was seriously injured.

"General Cao!"

A middle-aged Confucian scholar came up.

Cao Bin knew someone, and Luo Youdu often dealt with him in Hezhou. He was called Yuan Rong and the leader of the gentry in Hezhou. He once served as a right servant in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

"Mr. Pingzhang!"

Cao Bin was full of blood, and said apologetically: "Bin is covered in blood, and he offended Mr."

Yuan Rong looked at the young and polite young man, and exclaimed: "What a handsome young man, there is Mr. Youdu in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and General Cao, how can Jiangnan be against him."

"Mr. Congratulations!" Cao Bin said politely: "Let's go down to the city and talk about it. The other party will attack at some time, so don't disturb Mister."

Yuan Rong shook his head and said: "It's okay, the old man has seen the world. How can he scare off a group of troops who are about to lose? This old man is entrusted by the gentry in the city to fully support the general's defense of the city. If you need anything, the general can tell you directly We have already prepared the commonly used boulders, kerosene and other things in the city, and we will send them to the city from time to time."

The army of the Southern Tang Dynasty came under pressure, and the gentry in the city gradually reacted.

It seems that Luo Youdu has been cheated.

Luo Youdu said it very politely at the beginning, "I don't have any extra money in my hands. If you can trust Luo, I will sell the Huaiyan for you, and the profits will be deducted from the court. You and I will split the bill. You get seven, and I will pay for you." The government charges some transportation fees."

This kind of transaction of picking up the goods and paying later is not surprising as long as the owner's reputation is sufficient.

Luo Youdu was famous all over the world, and Luzhou also had this type of transaction, so they didn't think too much about it, and readily agreed.

However, someone immediately reacted to the pressure of the Southern Tang army.

What should we do if Hezhou falls?
Luo Youdu will also send their money?

Even if it is delivered, how dare they take it.

In the face of this situation, it has become their interest to keep harmony with the state.But it is not appropriate to lose the fate of the family for the sake of money, so we can only wait and see.

However, the blocking battle at the Wujiang Ferry allowed the gentry in the city to see the power of Cao Bin, a young general, and after hearing his strategy to defeat the enemy, they also felt that Hezhou could be defended. After several advantages, they made choices one after another.

As for Lu Mengjun who got the news outside Beicheng, he was also in a cold sweat.

Cao Bin's move is indeed a bit difficult to deal with, but he does not want to give up the advantage brought by the three-sided siege.

In his subconscious mind, he has already noticed that the teenager on the opposite side is above him.

Gathering troops to attack only one gate, he may not be his opponent.

The longer this time dragged on, the one who finally came to support was not Pan Mei, but Luo Youdu.

For the sake of caution, Lu Mengjun sent a large number of scouts to Luzhou.

This time he didn't dare to be careless. Not only were there more scouts dispatched, but the scope of their activities was also much larger.

At the same time, Lu Mengjun further accelerated his offensive against Hezhou City.

For four days in a row, Hezhou City still stood in front of him.

The fierce fighting continued for another four hours that day.

Cao Bin has the support of the gentry, and there is a steady stream of war preparation materials behind him.

Needless to say, the stone and the log, the golden juice was not used, and it was replaced by a tank of hot oil.

As soon as the boiling hot oil was poured, and then the fire was turned on, the flames under the city burned up in pieces.

It took great courage for Southern Tang soldiers to approach the city.

The whole battlefield was filled with a burning smell.

Seeing the dead and wounded soldiers being carried down one after another, Lu Mengjun was also at a loss. The more he attacked, the more difficult it was for him to attack Hezhou City. At first he could see hope, but gradually it became like an iron barrel, extremely difficult to attack. .

Thinking of the exhilarating feeling of beating Wu Yue, Lu Mengjun never thought that the little Hezhou would be so difficult to fight, so he would not have accepted this mission if he had known.

At this moment, there was a burst of exclamation from the front.It turned out that the gate of Hezhou City was wide open, and a group of men and horses came out, easily dispersing the exhausted Southern Tang soldiers under the city.

They moved quickly, everyone held torches, and ignited all the siege equipment under the city.

Looking at the raging flames in front of him, the siege equipment he had laboriously transported by water turned into a big fire.

Lu Mengjun really didn't expect that at this step, the opponent would dare to open the city to fight.

Lu Mengjun shouted angrily: "Do you really think I'm dead?"

After saying that, he patted his horse upright, and went forward alone.

The guards behind him did not dare to be careless and followed behind one after another.

At this moment, dozens of earthen pots were thrown from the tower, and the yellow liquid splashed on the ground.

Lu Mengjun shrank his eyes and pupils, and quickly pulled the reins, not daring to go forward.

Torches fell from the sky, and the flames blocked their pursuit.

Lu Mengjun suddenly felt exhausted, the other party's various defensive methods to deal with the city were really clever, one set of one set made people helpless.

All these tactics cannot be learned. For a general like Cao Bin, there are many letters written by elders in his family, which contain all kinds of experience, and their value is no less than those legendary military books.

Looking at the young general who had already returned to the tower, Lu Mengjun suddenly thought of retreating.

But it's too late!

Accompanied by the sound of horseshoes of "clack, clack".

The pores of Lu Mengjun's whole body were terrified.

Lamor Shi Shouxin led the cavalry to the battlefield.

Cao Bin's so-called Pan Mei's reinforcements are completely nonsense. How can he not know how many soldiers Pan Mei has in his hands?

The reinforcements can only come from the direction of Shuzhou in the west, not Luzhou in the north.

Lu Mengjun naturally ignored the reconnaissance in the direction of Shuzhou.

After all, at the previous military meeting, Zhu Yuan's five thousand soldiers had already rushed to Ruxukou to support Shuzhou.

With the [-] defenders of Shuzhou City and the [-] reinforcements from Zhu Yuan, it was enough to last for a while.

How could he have thought that Zhu Yuan, a Southern Tang general who was devoted to fame and fame, would not be willing to spend time with Luo Youdu in the city of Shuzhou, and he had no intention of helping Zhu Lingyun.

Countless cavalry swept across his rear like the wind.

Don't forget about this matter, how can the soldiers who have attacked Shihezhou City for four consecutive hours have the strength to resist the elite cavalry who suddenly attacked from behind?

The tactics that flowed out of Hezhou City emerged in Lu Mengjun's mind, and he looked back dully!

really!

The closed city gate opened again.

Cao Bin led the soldiers in the city, jumped over the burning flames, and cooperated with Shi Shouxin's sudden attack.

Lu Mengjun's heart skipped a beat, even if he died, he would have to take a back seat.He pointed his spear and rushed towards Cao Bin.

Cao Bin opened his bow and shot two arrows against Lu Mengjun.

Lu Mengjun dodged the first arrow, but his whole body rose into the air and fell heavily to the ground.

Cao Bin shot his horse with the second arrow, and the slender arrow pierced deeply into the horse's right eye...

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