Chapter 175

The Locust Army did not shout slogans, but was silent. It just stared at the two pheasant tail feathers that were shaking from time to time on the city with its bright eyes. It was Lu Bu's position. Tens of thousands of people moved together, and with a whirlwind towards the city wall, they were greeted by overwhelming bows, stones, and rolling woods.

The city was also very lively. Lu Bu soldiers holding spears drove teams of temporary arrested men, constantly moving stones, wood, and large iron pots filled with boiling oil to the city. Wood and stones were not inexhaustible. Lu Bu Jun used local materials, demolished the houses closest to the city wall, and grabbed some valuable things, and didn't think about whether he would have the chance to use them after the battle.

There was almost no pressure on the other few gates, and there were only harassed by the bow and riders with only 4,000 people in total. These people would not ride on horseback and climb up the wall, so what else could they be afraid of! So Zhang Liao and Gao Shun chose to leave only 2,000 people without exception, and the rest were sent to Lu Bu to see if they could be useful.

The locust army has begun to climb the city!

In view of the lessons learned from the last time of attack on Pengcheng, Cao Cao realized that such a head-on battle would inevitably have sufficient long-range support, otherwise the condescending enemy would have a number of ways to deal with his army. Unlike the situation last time, with Lu Bu in charge this time, the morale of all the defenders was not comparable to that of Pengcheng.

The 10,000 archers on Cao Cao's side are not considered the main force. The most terrifying thing is the Ganning navy. Not to mention the large number of crossbows on their crafts, there are also several bed crossbows!

This kind of crossbow is huge and thick, with the crossbow arms as thick as ordinary people's thighs. Although it is not easy to install arrows or move, it is usually placed on the boat to fix it and used to attack the other party's hull. This time it is used to attack the city, there is undoubtedly a bit of a suspicion of cannons hitting mosquitoes. However, it plays the greatest role, but it is a deterrent!

The arrows as thick as a baby's thigh roared towards the city. Everyone in the city bowed their heads, and even Lu Bu dared not support them. They used a halberd to easily pick up such crossbow arrows. The light and strength are more powerful than machines. Facing its direct consequence, it is likely that they were shot to the head by a arrow, leaving only a headless corpse with blood like a fountain.

"Swish swish swish swish!" Dozens of cloud ladders were erected by the first batch of locust soldiers. Each two soldiers braved the arrows and rains of arrows on the city to help them stabilize. Later, the soldiers climbed up with a cold face, and the huge rocks were as if nothing had happened in their eyes.

They just need to fight! Without war, they themselves, all the sources of their lives will be exhausted.

There have been already begun to scream, with bows and arrows falling down with blood on their heads or hornets' nests, falling on their own people or on the ground, and they can't move for a moment. No one will take a look at them with pity. Maybe they are the ones at this moment, and who will sympathize with them at that time?

Fortunately, the loading was slow and the small number of crossbows made huge roars from time to time, so that the soldiers in the city would not be distracted to watch Gan Ning. If it weren't for the crossbows, I would be afraid that the losses of the Locust Army would be far more than this in front of me.

"Smash them! Kill them! Damn it," Lu Bu held the halberd and directed the soldiers to keep smashing the stones and wood into the city. A soldier hesitated and looked at the direction of the crossbow. Lu Bu kicked up, and the soldier was kicked down the city with a scream. With a bang, he was hit by the giant shield held by the locust army, shaking like rain hitting duckweed.

Seeing that the soldier was not yet dead, he opened his mouth and blew a few mouthfuls of blood. Then the giant shield formation under him looked like a huge man-eating flower. It opened a crack and the soldier was swallowed away. The soldiers on the city shivered, and while the rabbit died and the fox was sad, he gritted his teeth and tried hard to smash the stone down the city without looking at it. At this moment, the threat of the huge crossbow that might nail him to the city wall at any time was also ignorant.

In fact, the soldier will never die. If he didn't fall to death, don't forget that one of the sources of income of the Locust Army was the prisoners. Even if one had a missing arm and a broken leg, the price would be reduced to a discount. The soldiers of the Locust Army who were hit were stunned for a moment, and looked at the pie falling from the sky, but it was obvious that the pie was a little smaller, but so many monks were there.

The battle was very fierce. Under the threat of Lu Bu's tyranny and the sword and axe of the supervisory team served as the Lu Bu's personal soldiers behind him, the soldiers who had no way to retreat could only fight to the death, one attacked desperately and the other defended desperately. The two sides were tug at the war and did not advance or retreat. Except for the accumulation of corpses, the locust army did not even find a brick on the top of the city wall.

"If this continues, there will be too much casualties?" Old Cao watched the battle from afar. His figure fell from time to time from time to time made him feel like a knife. These are all top-notch players. Everyone in the locust army has extraordinary combat power, otherwise Yuan Shao would not have suffered a big loss twice, and even his son almost lost one of them.

Now in Qingzhou, someone just says, "My second uncle's brother-in-law's third cousin is from the Locust Army." Then the people around him have a romance of admiration... The caravans who travel in Qingzhou don't need any guards. Just carry a big banner with the Locust Army logo to ensure that the passage in Qingzhou is absolutely unobstructed. There will never be any thief who is not open to the eyes to cut the path and fight the autumn wind, and even the mantis arm is going to be a chariot. In Qingzhou, the Locust Army is synonymous with a bull, which is much more effective than Liu Xie's imperial edict.

"Lord, but if we don't attack, not only will the three generals not have a chance, but Lu Bu will also suspect that there will be changes!" Guo Jia and Zhang Feng advised at the same time.

Zhang Feng knew that Lao Luo wrote about the rebellion of these three people in the Romance because Lu Bu issued a ban on drinking, Hou Cheng violated it and was almost killed, and then the generals rebelled. He was not sure whether the same thing would happen at this time, but judging from his understanding, Lu Bu would not keep a clear mind in an extremely harsh environment, and would occasionally explode the violent side of his character, causing the people around him to betray their relatives and betrayed by his subordinates and be captured. Now it seems that history is likely to be another amazing coincidence.

Two hours later, the Locust Army's military strength had dropped by 6,000 people, and even heavy armored soldiers suffered casualties. The crossbow arrows on the bed crossbow were exhausted, and the situation of the battle had not changed at all. Without the threat of the bed crossbow, Lu Bu's army felt that he would win the battle.

"Ming Jin, collect the army!" Seeing that except for the piles of corpses under the city and the blood dyed red from the land, Cao Cao decisively ordered the army to be collected, the soldiers were hungry, and there would be no result if they continued to fight like this.

Seeing the three Cao troops retreating like a tide, the soldiers of Lu Bu in the city hugged and cheered each other, and even the haze spread out on Lu Bu's face.

"Lord, although Cao's army has retreated, I'm afraid there will be an offensive in the afternoon. Why don't you ask your lord to go back to the house for dinner? I'll give it to me in the city."

Song Xian made a statement to test Lu Bu's reaction.

Sure enough, Lu Bu said, "No, it's not that he is worried about you. In fact, Cao Cao is cunning, afraid that he will attack the city while I am away. He will send lunch to the city and drink...a little bit!"

"Here!" Lu Bu didn't notice that Song Xian winked at the other two with surprise.

Not long after, the personal soldiers put the food on the Baimen Tower and set up four cases, one person and one seat, and there was a small jar of wine on each case.

"Hey, why don't you drink this time?" Lu Bu repelled Cao Jun and was enjoying himself drinking. He found that the other three were just eating vegetables and not drinking.

"I'm afraid that there will be a strong battle in the afternoon and will miss the big thing. Xian is not as good as the lord who is still invincible after drinking." Song Xian had already prepared to speak.

"Yes," Lu Bu did not doubt that he had him. He chewed and drank heavily. After a while, he felt dizzy. He lay on several tables, pillowing on the table with soup and water.

"It's done!" The three of them stood up, carefully approached Lu Bu, and shook it gently, but Lu Bu did not react at all.

"Hurry up and separate!" Wei Xu called Lu Bu's personal soldiers, saying that Lu Bu was too tired, so he fell asleep on the city tower and asked them to go downstairs to serve. Wei Xu was the most suitable for this, and his personal soldiers did not doubt that Lu Bu and his relationship would have any other thoughts. Hou Chengze went downstairs to gather the three of their personal soldiers together. Song Xian raised a white flag on the city, fearing that Cao Cao would not be able to see it, so he shook it hard.

"Lord!" Several people with good eyesight shouted, which made Cao Cao faint, "Look, there is a white flag on the city!"

Old Cao was short and pushed away the two giants in front of him. Dian Wei Xuchu, right? The white flag that seemed to be a soul-suming banner was still shaking left and right.

"Send the order to Ziyi! Siege the city quickly!" Old Cao was so excited that he made the little loli excited, his face was purple and red.

The Locust Army brigade, who had just turned around, rushed towards the city gate in confusion. From a distance, Song Xian shouted to him: "Lu Bu has been captured! Go into the city quickly!"

Taishici didn't know what Song Xian and the other two had to do, and he thought it was a fraud. The locust army didn't understand what plane they were doing and did not move for a while.

Seeing that the locust army was not entering the city, Song Xian was anxious and threw something from the city. There was a loud clang. Isn’t that Lu Bu’s Fang Tian Painting Halberd?

At this time, Lu Bu's personal soldiers under the city also knew something was wrong, so they shouted that they were about to rush up the city. The three personal soldiers led by Hou Cheng were holding the city tower while opening the city gate.

Seeing that the gate of the treasure cave of the forty thieves opened, the Alibaba people under the city could no longer remain silent, and rushed into the door with a shout. Zuo Zuo and Yang Feng were the first to lead the people to kill Lu Bu's personal soldiers. In the stunned shock of Song Xian and others, the two of them pulled Lu Bu and pulled each other to both sides: "My!"

"Fart! Mine!"

Brother Taishi is still smart. Lu Bu's credit for saying that it would not be his turn. It must be the undercover agents. He took someone and directly captured Chen Gong without saying a word.

When Cao Cao saw the brigade of soldiers pouring into the city, his voice became as sharp as his grandfather (his grandfather was Cao Teng, an eunuch): "Gongming, Zhiji, Wen Qian, Yongcheng, Zhongye! He hasn't entered the city with me! All the thieves brought them all, and I waited in the Baimen Tower!"

The news that the lava encountered solid ice, the news that the Cao army had entered the city caused the Lu Bu army, which had tens of thousands of combat power, to collapse without fighting. An hour later, even Gao Shun, who had a trap camp, was captured alive by Xu Huang.

Lu Bu was tied tightly from head to toe and placed flat on the ground. What's ridiculous is that he was still sniffing. When Gao Shun was taken to the Baimen Tower, Chen Gong and Zhang Liao were already there.

Seeing Gao Shun's expression without any fluctuations, Zhang Liao's face turned red, lowered his head and did not speak. It was right to choose a good bird and live in a tree, but compared with some people who "loyal ministers do not serve the second master", it seemed a bit less manly.

Although neither Chen Gong nor Zhang Liao were tied up, Zhang Liao was standing beside Cao Cao, which shows that he was already Cao Cao's person.

Or surrendered voluntarily.

However, Chen Gong stood facing Cao Cao, and the rope on the ground was obviously just untied.

"This time the three generals made great contributions to conquering Xia Pi! When the minister returns to Xuchang, rewards are naturally indispensable."

The three of them went over and clasped their fists and politely said, "Thank you Prime Minister!"

Liu Bei and the other two were among them. Looking at the three villains who sellers are seeking honor, they snorted coldly. The sound was too loud, which made the person involved blush.

"Come on, wake up Lu Bu!"

Several soldiers carried a bucket of water and brought it up from the city. As soon as they poured a can of water, Lu Bu woke up.

It seemed that he was still a little confused. Lu Bu struggled to sit up, looked down at the rope that looked like a trapped zongzi on his body, and looked at the three generals including Song, and suddenly realized: "Shameless villain, I treat you well, why do you do medicine?"

Seeing Zhang Liao, Lu Bu was also surprised: "Wen Yuan is...?"

Gao Shun was the only person tied up. Lu Bu saw him: "Hahaha, I, Lu Bu, only one person who never leaves me!"

Song Xian stood up and said, "Lu Bu is a man! He is cruel and unkind, and he only cares about women and does not listen to his subordinates. What is it that he is not too thin?"

Lu Bu said nothing.

"Aside from Dong, Wen Hou also made great contributions, so why did he go against the court?" Cao Cao sat and Lu Bu stood, and the two of them looked at me and I looked at you, just like potatoes looking at rice.

Lu Bu looked at the people on the Baimen Tower and sighed as if he had figured it out: "At this point, Lu Bu is willing to surrender, and the generals are in charge, and the whole world can be settled."

Cao Cao thought about it and was about to speak when he suddenly turned Liu Bei from behind: "Prime Minister must not! Lu Bu is interested in profit but has no plans. He values ​​women's sex and neglects righteousness. Xiang Ri has rebelled against Dong, Ding, Tao, will the Prime Minister want to raise a tiger and kill himself?"

Lu Bu's handsome face turned pale. Only then did he seem to think that what he did was not tolerated by these so-called Confucian thoughts after Confucius.

Cao Cao closed his eyes and did not speak for a long time. There were at least a few hundred people on the Baimen Tower, but they were so quiet that they could hear ants crawling. Everyone was calm and waited to listen to Cao Cao's judgment on Lu Bu, the first person in the Three Kingdoms.

After a long time, Cao Cao finally spoke, but his eyes were not opened: "I have been thinking about it for a long time. It is undeniable that Wen Hou has made contributions to the country, but what he did, I cannot guarantee whether he will be eaten by you in the future. Come on, take Lu Bu downstairs and behead him and show his head to the public!"

Lu Bu stared at Liu Bei: "It's the most despicable!" He pulled Lu Bu left and right to prepare to go downstairs, Zhang Feng turned out from behind and knelt in front of Cao Cao: "Wait a minute, let me say something!"

"Second brother..." At this time, only Zhang Feng came out to plead for him. The big man who had never shed tears several times in his life could not help but be moved.

"Knowing the news..." Cao Cao also knew that Zhang Feng would come out to plead, but it seemed that he could not convince him.

Lu Bu is really too dangerous. It is capricious, which is the most filthy person among scholars and the disliked by the boss at that time.

"The elder brother was not from the Central Plains. He was born in the grassland since childhood. He was good at archery and horses, and was good at riding and shooting, but he did not learn the way of Confucius and Mencius. He only knew that he had himself, but he did not know that he had a king, a relative and a teacher. Later, the elder brother followed Ding Yuan and was not valued. He was once despised because he was a mixed race. He had personally heard about Ding Yuan's words. The elder brother valued his wife and was known as a father and son with Dong Zhuo, but Dong Zhuo was lustful and debauchery and humiliated his sister-in-law while his brother was away. Therefore, the elder brother hated Dong Zhuo to the core, and as for Tao Qian, he wanted to use his elder brother first."

"Now my brother is left alone, and there is no place for him to live in the world except the lord. Yuan Shao had long wished he could get his brother and kill him. Liu Biao was honored and would never be able to accommodate his brother. However, Liu Zhang, Ma Teng, and Han Sui, were out of reach in Yizhou."

Speaking of this, Cao Cao was also quite moved. Lu Bu was almost 40 years old and had a bad reputation. It seemed that no one was willing to take him in except himself.

Sun Ce from Jiangdong? It should not be possible.

Seeing Cao Cao hesitating, Liu Bei was a little anxious: "Prime Minister, I know my own wisdom and kindness, and Lu Bu will never keep it. He is a wolf-like man, and he must be aware of his ambitions. It is better to eliminate it to eliminate future troubles."

Seeing that Liu Bei was thinking about his death quickly, Lu Bu angrily scolded him: "Big ear thief, I have no grudges and no grudges with you, why is it so urgent to harm you?"

Liu Bei was determined to make a statement for the country and the people: "It is not for personal gain, but for the great righteousness of the country!"

Zhang Feng crawled two steps on his knees, took off the sword in front of his waist, and raised his hands over his head: "Feng is willing to guarantee his family's life, and his brother will never betray him again!"

Cao Cao looked at the sword in shock, remembering one of the two conditions when Zhang Feng joined him: "In the future, his subordinates used this sword to show the lord, even if they wanted to protect the life of others, they would not even be able to kill the lord."

Cao Cao clearly remembered that he said at that time: "This is easy to say." Although this sword is as good as that of another sword, the broken sword that Cao Cao used back then had long been broken, so Cao Cao gave Zhang Feng another one.

Cao Cao took the sword and gently stroked it with his hands. His eyes were looking at the sword, but his mouth was saying to Lu Bu: "I think Fengxian has already understood the feelings of knowing the situation. I hope that I will not let my brothers down again!"

Lu Bu was overjoyed and hurriedly swearing: "If I, Lu Bu, rebel against the Prime Minister, I, would like to die in this way and have no place to bury my whole family!"

The severity of the oaths made in ancient times was far greater than what I said to coax the mm into bed now: "I swear to only like you!" So everyone believed it for the time being.

Liu Bei was still preparing to say something again, Cao Cao had stopped him: "If you have faith first, you have to do it. Don't mention Xuande again."

On the Baimen Tower, Zhang Feng finally saved Lu Bu's life. Gao Shun was willing to follow Lu Bu. Cao Cao thought that he had let Huang Zhong go anyway, and he didn't care about another Gao Shun, so he agreed to let Gao Shun be the general of Lu Bu's family. Chen Gong, like in history, spent his whole life with Cao Cao, and finally he was desperate to die. Cao Yunzhi.
Chapter completed!