Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 133 The Battle of Xiapi (1)

"Berwen! Now how long will it take for our army to arrive at Xiapi?" Li Song's army was marching towards Xiapi, and Li Song asked Liu Bowen who was following the car.

"Our army still has a day and a half to go to Xiapi City!" Liu Bowen replied.

"What?" Li Song frowned, "Why did it take so long? How far is it from Xiapi?"

"My lord! It has nothing to do with the distance!" Liu Bowen said.

"Why? What does that have to do with it?" Li Song wondered, he was busy planning to travel from here to Xiapi, at most half a day's journey, how could it take an extra day.

"My lord! Our army's supplies and siege equipment are moving slowly! It makes the army march slowly! Therefore, it takes a day and a half to walk." Xu Maogong, who was driving on the left of the car, hurriedly explained.

"So that's how it is!" After Li Song figured out the matter, he hurriedly called the messenger to pass the order, "Send the order! Order the combat troops to advance at full speed! Be sure to arrive at Xiapi before dark!"

"Promise!" The messenger rode his horse and galloped among the army, delivering orders as he ran, "The prime minister has an order! The combat troops advance at full speed! Get to Xiapi before dark!"

Li Song's order was quickly conveyed to the whole army, and the combat troops immediately accelerated towards Xiapi City, leaving the baggage troops behind.

Outside Xiapi City, Li Song's vanguard camp had rangers running past from time to time to patrol the camp to avoid being taken advantage of by the enemy. In addition to patrolling rangers, there were light and dark sentries in the camp.

The vanguard troops were led by none other than Luo Cheng and Xiao Mohe who ambushed Lv Bu's reinforcements. After they ambush Lv Bu and defeated Gao Ya and Wei Yue's army, they returned to join Li Song. Li Song accepted them directly and led the cavalry As the vanguard, he pursued Lu Bu, but unexpectedly, Lu Bu entered Xiapi City one step ahead of him.

In one of the tents in the camp, Xiao Mahe said: "The soldiers and civilians in Xiapi City are rushing to repair the fortifications! Do we just watch like this?"

"What else can we do if we don't look at it? They just bully that we are all cavalry and can't attack the city! That's why they dare to build city defenses blatantly." Luo Cheng laughed.

"Besides, our army's siege troops are still on the way. Without siege equipment, what can our cavalry do?" Luo Cheng came to Xiao Mahe.

"It's getting dark soon! Let the soldiers be more careful! Prevent the enemies in the city from attacking!"

Xiao Mahe said: "Don't worry! I have already made arrangements! If they dare to come! They will definitely come and go!"

"Report!" At this moment, a shout came from far and near!Luo Cheng and Xiao Mohe looked around, only to see a spies rushing in, knelt down on one knee and said, "Report to the two generals! The Prime Minister led the army to come!"

Luo Cheng and two rushed to greet him, they never expected that Li Song would come so soon!

Luo Cheng and the others welcomed Li Song and others into the camp, and told Li Song the situation here in detail. After hearing this, Li Song had no choice but to do anything to Xiapi City!After all, the supply troops are still behind, and if they want to attack the city, they can only launch a full-scale attack when the siege equipment arrives.

But before that, it's okay to harass them, so Li Song ordered that the army approach the city and make a siege posture!
The army lined up in a black and dense area, stepping forward towards Xiapi City, the movement of Li Song's army alarmed the soldiers and civilians in the city.

When Li Songjun appeared, the defenders in the city immediately entered the fighting state, quickly came to their positions, held the weapons in their hands tightly, and waited for the enemy to attack, so as to give them a fatal blow!
Hou Cheng and Qin Yilu hurriedly boarded the top of the city and looked outside the city, only to see the enemy army outside the city in order, and the military flag was rattling in the wind!
The sound of war drums and horns resounded through the sky!The cavalry are located on the left and right sides of the army, and the shield bearers are in front to protect the archers behind them. The archers are divided into two rows, front and rear!The front row squatted on the ground, and the back row stood upright, pulling the strings of the crossbow in their hands to the full.

"Let go!" At the command of the commander!The archer let go of the bowstring in his hand, and the trembling bowstring threw the arrow into the sky, drawing arcs in the air, like a rainstorm, and shot fiercely at the defenders on the city.

The defenders hurriedly hid behind the wall piers, behind the shields, and wherever they could hide. From time to time, people were shot and fell down!

The archers outside the city repeated the same action!Draw the bow and set the arrow, and shoot the arrow into the city until all the arrows in the quiver are shot.

After the archers finished shooting, the defenders in the city dared to stand up, looked down the city, and saw the army outside the city retreating in an orderly and fast manner!
The defenders on the city looked at the enemy retreating like a tide with a dazed look on their faces!Could it be that they came all the way just to shoot arrows into the city!

Hou Cheng and Qin Yilu looked at each other, and they could see from each other's eyes that they were confused by what Li Songjun did!The two of them turned around and went down to the top of the city in a tacit understanding, and rode to find Chen Gong to discuss this phenomenon.

Hou Cheng and the two looked at Chen Gong who was walking back and forth, and no one dared to disturb him!
"It's true that the Li Song army outside the city just shot at the city indiscriminately and then retreated without any other actions?" Chen Gong asked.

Qin Yilu said: "Yes! Military division! After our repeated confirmation, the situation is indeed the case! Military division, do they have any conspiracy?"

"What kind of conspiracy is there! Thinking about it, it should be that their siege equipment has not arrived yet! The siege cannot be carried out!" Chen Gong guessed the real answer.

"You continue to build city defenses! I will take care of other things myself!"

"No!" Hou Cheng and Qin Yilu didn't care whether what Chen Gong said was true or not, building city defenses was the top priority, otherwise the enemy would launch an attack, what would they use to stop the enemy's attack.

After they left, Chen Gong hurriedly went to the backyard to look for Lu Bu, but was stopped by Lu Bu's personal guards!
"Hurry up and report to the general! Just say that I, Chen Gong, have something important to report to the general!" Chen Gong said to the guard who stopped him.

"My lord, please wait here! I'm going to report to the lord!" the guard politely said to Chen Gong, after finishing speaking, he turned and went inside to report to Lu Bu.

Not long after, the personal guards came out and asked Chen Gong to go in. Chen Gong hurried in, but saw Lu Bu's clothes were disheveled and smelled of alcohol. Looking at Lu Bu's face, he thought he had drunk a lot.

Chen Gong hated that iron cannot be made into steel, now that the enemy army is approaching the city, Lu Bu, as the general of the whole army, is still drinking and having fun!How can he not be angry.

"Gongtai! What do you want to discuss with me! Why don't you talk?" Lu Bu looked at Chen Gong who was standing still in front of him, feeling a little impatient. His concubine Diao Chan was still sick in bed.

How could he, Lu Bu, have the time to waste time with Chen Gong, an old man, and now he is so anxious!
After being called out by Lu Bu, Chen Gong came back to his senses!Just remembered the purpose of this.

(End of this chapter)