The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 28
The gate of Runan City was opened, and a group of soldiers and horses rushed out. Xu Zhu led two thousand soldiers and horses to Pingyu.

Half an hour later, a group of people wearing yellow scarves gathered in a forest south of Runan.

"Report to the chief, the two thousand soldiers from Runan have gone to Pingyu County." A subordinate came back after inquiring about the information and reported.

Liu Pi laughed loudly and said: "Everything is as expected by Mr. Xu, the soldiers and horses in Runan really fell into this plan of diverting the tiger away from the mountain."

"Liu Pi, now we must seize the time to attack Runan. If it is too late, the enemy may see through this plan." Xi Du suggested.

"Xidu, you have become more cautious after getting along with Mr. Xu for a long time. This is not like the usual you." Liu Pi laughed all over his face.

"Mr. Xu is a man of great wisdom. How can I compare with him? It's a pity that he doesn't want to stay in the mountains, otherwise let alone looting Runan, even if he took the whole Runan County." The gentleman's face immediately filled with respect.

Liu Pi also nodded in agreement, "That's right, Mr. Xu is a man of great wisdom. He is different from me and other wild men. Before he left, he told us to wait until Li Yuan was away before implementing this plan. , Li Yuan has already gone to Nanyang, and it is impossible to rush back in a short while, without Li Yuan, the combat power of Runan's soldiers and horses will be at least half."

"Having said that, let's act as soon as possible, so as not to have long nights and dreams." Xidu still thinks that according to what Mr. Xu said, it is most appropriate to attack after the Runan army and horses leave the city for half an hour.

"Okay, now we are going to attack Runan, but we still have to follow Mr. Xu's instructions. We only need to rob money and food, and we must not harm the people." Liu Pi still remembers Mr. Xu's words, in fact They also only need food, and are not interested in occupying the city.

Liu Pi and Xidu revolted with Zhang Jiao in the early years. With the death of Zhang Jiao's three brothers, the Yellow Turban Army was also defeated by the imperial army. Naturally, the two of them had no ability to continue to fight against the army, so they could only occupy the mountains in the Runan area. be king.A few days ago, the two rescued a scholar on the edge of the cliff. The scholar didn't want to give his name, but only said his surname was Xu, so Liu Pi and the two called him Mr. Xu.

Because the people's life is getting worse these days, Liu Pi and others haven't done business for a long time, and the food and grass in the cottage are about to run out. At this time, Mr. Xu offered a plan to repay their life-saving grace. Let them plunder Runan, but they can only plunder food, and they must not harm the people, so today's scene happened.

Both Xidu and Liu Pi knew that Mr. Xu was a man of great wisdom, and wanted to keep him on the mountain to help. Liu Pi also said that he was willing to give him the position of chief leader, but Mr. Xu was unwilling to say anything, and stayed on his body. After recovering from the injury, he left the cottage and went to Jingzhou.

Liu Pi and Xi Du led two thousand soldiers and horses out of the woods, and went straight to Runan.

"Brothers, as long as we enter Runan, we don't have to worry about our food for this year. Let me rush to the top of the city!" Xidu led a team of soldiers to set up a pre-made ladder and put it on the city wall. above the city wall.

Originally, they didn't know how to make ladders, but Mr. Xu taught them to make them. Ladders are powerful siege weapons, they can be placed on the city walls, and soldiers can climb the walls quickly by climbing the ladders.

Liu Pi and others made a total of ten ladders. They started preparations half a year ago. The ten ladders were erected on the city wall at the same time.

At this time, Xi Zhicai and Chen Qun were watching from the top of the city tower. Both of them participated in the city defense battle for the first time. Compared with Chen Qun's nervousness, Xi Zhicai was more calm.

"Zhicai, as you said, the enemy's soldiers are indeed within [-]." Chen Qun roughly judged that the number of soldiers of the Yellow Turban Remnant Party would never exceed [-], but fortunately there were only [-] soldiers, otherwise they would Absolutely overwhelming.

Xi Zhicai smiled slightly, and ordered to the [-] soldiers behind him: "The enemy army has already fallen into our scheme, Captain Xu will come back soon to attack, you only need to guard for half an hour, are you confident?"

"Confidence!" Four hundred soldiers replied at the same time.

"Very well, divide 100 people to shoot the enemy with bows and arrows, and divide the rest into ten groups, 30 people in each group, to deal with ten ladders respectively. Remember to push down the ladders as much as possible, and at the same time put the prepared hot oil Throw rolling stones and trees down, don't panic when defending the city, we will be condescending and have an absolute advantage, as long as Captain Xu comes back, it will be time for us to counterattack."

Although it was the first time to participate in the city defense battle, Xi Zhicai arranged everything in an orderly manner. A group of soldiers split up under his orders, and a hundred soldiers began to shoot freely with bows and arrows. The soldiers have received good training in the past six months. Among them, bow and arrow shooting is an item that must be practiced, so the arrow skills of these one hundred soldiers are not inaccurate.

Hundreds of arrows rained continuously from the city. Although it was not as imposing as thousands of troops shooting at the same time, it was quite spectacular. Many members of the Yellow Turban Remnant Party under the city had already been shot by arrows, and the unlucky ones even had several arrows in their bodies, which was so painful. He called his father and his mother.In fact, in a war, it is not necessary to kill all the enemy's soldiers, as long as the opponent is injured and loses combat power, it is considered a success.

Seeing that more and more soldiers on his side were injured, Liu Pi couldn't help feeling a little anxious, and cursed: "Your uncle, didn't you say that the soldiers and horses from Runan have already gone to Pingyu County? Why are there so many soldiers guarding the city?"

Xi Du glanced at the soldiers guarding the city wall, and said, "Runan should have sent most of the troops to Pingyu County, but there must be some troops left to defend the city. I think there are only 400 people on the city at most. As long as we can successfully climb to the top of the city, the rest will be much simpler."

Xidu struggled to climb, picked up the big knife in his hand and kept parrying the arrows falling from the city.Xi Zhicai looked down and saw that Xidu and Liu Pi climbed the fastest among the ten ladders. He couldn't help saying: "Those two are quite brave. Ordinary arrows are useless against them. Soldiers obey orders." , put down the rolling stone and wood when they have climbed more than half of the ladder!"

"Order!"

Seeing that Liu Pi and Xidu were about to climb to the top of the wall, some soldiers quickly pushed Rolling Stone down.The so-called rolling stone is to pile up stones of appropriate size and push them down when the enemy attacks, which is very lethal.The 檑木 is a garden tree with branches removed, cut into certain lengths, and placed on a higher ground. When the enemy attacks, push it down and roll over the enemy.

Both Liu Pi and Xidu were very clever. Seeing that the soldiers and horses above were about to put down the rolling stones, they hurriedly slid down the ladder. He and Xi both saw that they jumped down so quickly that some soldiers who couldn't dodge were instantly crushed into meat paste.

As the rolling stones continued to fall down, the soldiers who managed to climb up had to choose to jump down and run backwards. Those who ran slower were immediately smashed into serious injuries. I am afraid that death would be less painful at this time.

The attack of the ten ladders was broken at once. The Yellow Turban Remnant Party not only failed to attack the city after consuming more than 300 soldiers, but even more than half of the ten ladders they had finally made were destroyed, and the morale of the soldiers was hit. It's not easy.

"Damn, I didn't expect Runan to be so well prepared, even Rolling Stone and Wood, it's going to be difficult to attack now." Liu Pi couldn't help cursing again, thinking that Runan could be captured easily, but Now it seems to be much more difficult than imagined.

"No wonder the book of war says that ten times as many troops as the defenders are required to break through the city. It is true that the ancients did not deceive me. It seems that Mr. Xu miscalculated. Liu Pi, why don't we retreat for now."

Although Xidu was not reconciled, even if they put all their troops in, they might not be able to take Runan. He already regretted that he chose to attack Runan instead of Pingyu County. Runan City has high walls and thick walls. Even if there are not many troops, they cannot easily win.

"No, if I retreat like this, wouldn't my men die in vain? I don't think they have many troops. As long as I can charge up, I will definitely be able to capture Runan. There are still three ladders that can be used now. As long as we attack hard If you strengthen it, you will be able to attack." Liu Pi didn't want to go back like this, and he gathered his men and horses to climb the ladder again.

Xi Du looked at Liu Pi's stubborn back, wanted to say something but still didn't say it, so he could only grit his teeth and follow him up the city wall.

(End of this chapter)