Under the astonished gazes of everyone, Ruda bent down and picked up an earthen jar filled with kerosene. After weighing it briefly, he suddenly straightened up, raised his arms, exhaled and said, "Here!" He suddenly reached forward, and with the inertia, he immediately raised his arm and threw the earthen pot like a stone towards the outside of the city.
Only then did everyone understand his intention, and subconsciously their eyes followed the jar. All I could see was that the earthen jar drew a wonderful arc in the air, crossed the wide moat, and hit the trench bridge more than twenty feet away. With a bang, the jar shattered, and the contents inside The kerosene immediately splashed out, most of it splashing on the support behind the bridge, and some of it splashed on the surrounding Liao soldiers, causing them to scream and dodge.
This time, the soldiers all over the city were really shocked, because Ruda's throwing the earthen pot with his bare hands was so unexpected. You must know that the earthen jars here are not only huge in size, but also filled with kerosene. They weigh about seventy or eighty kilograms. Even if an ordinary soldier throws it with all his strength, he can throw it ten feet. Far away, let alone accurately hitting targets outside.
This one hand alone shows how amazing Luda's strength is and how terrifying his vision is. Even Sun Tu was stunned for a moment, and then he saw Luda moving non-stop, picking up another can and throwing it at the trench bridge, hitting the target again. Only then did he quickly come to his senses, and immediately shouted loudly: "What are you still doing? Why don't you hurry up and launch rockets!"
With this reminder, the soldiers on the side recovered from the shock. They immediately shouted excitedly, lit fires and fired arrows. Even Dong Kuang also cheered: "Okay, General Lu is really a warrior! This time I, Zhuozhou, can Keep it, you should take the lead!"
While talking, several more cans were thrown out, and rockets flew out in large numbers, quickly igniting the trench bridge below. Finally, the most threatening weapon was destroyed before the enemy could erect the bridge. At the same time, the arrows below were denser than before, and they were shot straight at Luda, who was constantly lunging forward. Obviously, the Liao army also saw that he was the biggest threat and wanted to take the opportunity to kill him.
Fortunately, there was another person beside Luda at this time. It was Wu Song who had two swords in his hands and was as quick as a cheetah. He saw his sword curling like the wind, flying up and down, and deflecting all the arrows aimed at Ruda with his own strength, giving him the opportunity to continue throwing earthen jars. Other soldiers also devoted themselves to the battle to suppress the Liao army under the city. The bows and arrows of the ever-victorious army also shot down like raindrops in waves without flinching.
At this point, this round of fierce attacks by the Liao army finally came to an end. As those trench bridges turned into torches and burned, it was no longer possible for them to bring many siege weapons forward. Even as Ruda continued to throw kerosene pots, even these weapons themselves were in danger. In danger of being burned at any time.
Seeing this, the Liao army's central army finally stopped beating the drums and stopped urging them to march. A moment later, another burst of golden sound came, and they chose to be on the safe side and retreat. Since the victorious army is tightly defended, Zhuozhou cannot be captured quickly. In order not to cause more unnecessary damage, it is better to retreat and fight again later. After all, choice is also a basic ability of a general.
Seeing the Liao army retreating, the garrison at the top of the city suddenly cheered. Especially when they saw the various weapons that were left by the enemy in front of the moat and were still burning, the soldiers were even more excited. They had previously expressed their feelings towards the Liao army. The panic finally faded away
Most of it.
I don't know who suddenly shouted again: "Always win, we must win!" Then the same slogan spread at the top of the city, and finally spread to the entire Zhuozhou City. Tens of thousands of people shouted "Always win, we must win!" Win! Win!" came the slogan, and this time the sound was like a roaring mountain and a tsunami. Both the confidence and movement were much stronger than before. Just because the enemy was defeated in this battle, the soldiers finally had enough confidence in their own abilities, and the morale of the ever-victorious army was greatly boosted and consolidated.
Although Sun Tu knew that this battle could not mean anything and was far from saying a word of victory, he did not say anything negative at this moment. He just said loudly: "Today's victory is just the beginning. I believe that next, we will be able to defeat the Liao army in front of us." , use their blood to comfort the former emperor! Victory will be written by our own hands!"
"Ouch, ouch, ouch..." The cheers from the top of the city were blown by the south wind and poured into Xiao Qian's ears. This made his face become more and more gloomy, but at the same time, his heart completely calmed down. I still made the mistake of underestimating the enemy and advancing rashly. Knowing that the current commander-in-chief of the Ever-victorious Army has much better methods than the original Guo Yaoshi, I really shouldn't look at them with the same old eyes anymore. After arriving in Zhuozhou, He launched an attack hastily.
Now it seems that although Zhuozhou City does not have too many troops, it is still an extremely difficult nut to crack. It is difficult to succeed by just relying on a frontal attack. We must find other loopholes to win.
Looking at the sun gradually turning towards the west, Xiao Qian slowly had an idea in his mind. Since Beicheng is well defended, there is no need to fight head-on. You can start elsewhere. Judging from the fact that there were traps on the east and west sides just now, this is not only a difficulty, but also reveals that the victorious army is actually insufficient in strength, and the walls on the east and west sides must be empty. Precisely because the two sides were empty and he did not dare to allow his own army to attack fiercely, he deliberately set traps to scare himself.
So in the final analysis, if you want to break the city, you have to fall on these two sides, and if you want to launch a real offensive on these two sides, you must first clear out the terrible trap. But, where should I start
Xiao Qian's eyes fell back to Zhuozhou City in front of him again, scanning back and forth to its left and right. He slowly came up with a plan in his mind. He just had to wait until he tries it tomorrow to know the result.
When Xiao Qian's eyes came over, Sun Tu on the top of the city also looked back as if he had some feeling: "Xiao Qian, you are the two most powerful soldiers of the Liao Dynasty, and you are also good at using troops. I think this defeat will not make you discouraged. , I want to see how many tricks you have."
At the same time, the voice of a general beside him pulled him out of his thoughts: "General, I thought we could take this opportunity to attack the Liao army at night and kill them by surprise. After all, they have just arrived here, and they are new again." Defeated, both prepared and psychologically deficient, this is the time to show off the power of my ever-victorious army!"
Obviously, today's victory has led the victorious army to another extreme, turning them from being afraid of the enemy to eager to win. Even Dong Kuang was eager to try, but hesitated a little: "Isn't this too risky? After all, the enemy coach is Xiao Qian..."
"Then Xiao Qian also had two shoulders and one head, and he was defeated by us. Can't he be defeated again?" Another soldier said excitedly: "General, this is indeed an avenge for us. This is an excellent opportunity to take revenge and completely defend Zhuozhou. If the Liao army really gets a chance to breathe and establish a firm foothold outside, then think again
Defeating them is difficult. "
This statement attracted the approval of other generals, all of whom were gearing up to kill the enemy with meritorious deeds. Today's victory gave them too much confidence. With less than 200 casualties, they killed nearly a thousand enemies and burned countless enemy siege weapons. These results are indeed enough to make people feel excited and even faint. Head.
Fortunately, Dong Kuang did not lose his head in the end, and immediately looked at Sun Tu: "What do you think, General Sun?"
Sun Tu pondered for a moment, and then suddenly asked: "Where do you generals think our victory lies today?"
"Of course the victory comes from the sacrifice of the whole army and the proper tactics." Someone replied without thinking.
"No, in my opinion, these two points are not the most critical. The most critical thing is that we are in the city and have a favorable geographical location, so we can defeat the strong and defeat the Liao army. But if we leave this If you have an advantage and take the initiative to go out of the city to fight with the Liao army, the consequences will be hard to predict." Sun Tu still saved a bit of face in his words. If he really wanted to follow his thinking, he would have said that if he went out of the city to fight, the ever-victorious army would be defeated. No doubt.
"General Sun, you are too alarmist." A general named Shi Hui immediately retorted: "I admit that the Liao army is indeed very strong, and Xiao Qian is a rare and powerful person, but no matter how strong the general is, he There are times when you can’t take care of it, and there are times when tigers take a nap, right
"Before, our Ever Victorious Army was indeed inferior to the Liao Army, and we suffered many losses at the hands of Xiao Qian, but things are different now. The elites of the Liao Army were all there at that time, and they were naturally able to kill us without the ability to fight back. , but now the Liao army has to contend with the Jin people in the north and the Song Dynasty official army in the south. It's hard to say how many elite soldiers Xiao Qian has available. In this case, we have the possibility of defeating him, and we have a chance of winning. Not since I was little.
"And more importantly, even Xiao Qian would never have imagined that we would dare to go out of the city to attack him at night. This actually increased our chances of winning by several points. General, what do you think?" This last question was of course directed at Dong Kuang. , after all, in the final analysis, he is still the leader of the ever-victorious army.
This time, even Dong Kuang began to have some thoughts, because the current facts were exactly what he said. What's more important is that, having just killed Yaoshi Guo and seized military power, he really needs a big victory to completely stabilize his position in the army. And what victory can be compared to defeating the Liao army
Sun Tu immediately saw what he was thinking and frowned deeply: "General Dong, this matter is of great importance. We can't let Zhuozhou suffer in our haste to get things done!"
"I have my own idea. General Sun, don't worry too much. In fact, it is good for us to try to take the initiative. At least this will prevent the enemy from attacking with all his strength. Using offense as defense can make our defense more stable!" Dong Kuang quickly said After giving a rationale, it was obvious that he had made up his mind.
Seeing this, Sun Tu's expression changed several times, but he didn't say anything more after all. After all, he is the coach of the victorious army, and it is useless no matter how much he says. This Dong Kuang is a bit young and too radical after all!
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Ahem, would you believe it if I said I traveled through time from tomorrow... After all, I was a shameless passerby who asked for a ticket yesterday under the pretext of Chinese Valentine's Day. . . . How embarrassing. . . I even asked you how your Chinese Valentine's Day was last night. . . . Cover your face. . . .
So passers-by are really too embarrassed to ask for votes today. . . . .