Three Kingdoms: I choose Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao, why are you crying, Diao Chan?

Chapter 232: Lure the enemy deep into our territory! (Thanks to X plus and Sky Wing for their monthly ticket support~)

Seeing the enemy suddenly open the city gate, the cautious Zhang Liao hurriedly ordered the ships to stop approaching!
He stared at the water city gate, but did not see any enemy ships coming out. He could not help but tighten his grip on the hilt of the sword at his waist in confusion.

In order to prevent the enemy from making a deception, he would naturally not easily send ships into the city.

After entering the range of the Kanglou ship's catapult, Zhang Liao, unwilling to wait any longer, directly ordered the catapult on the ship to attack the enemy city!
As huge rocks were thrown at the city wall, Yan Yan calmly ordered his soldiers to hide behind the city walls.

Although there were two catapults on Kanglou's ship that continuously launched large stones, most of the stones were blocked by the tall and solid city walls.

A small number of them smashed onto the city wall, but they could only kill some people.

Nearly a hundred hurled stones were launched, barely killing or injuring a few hundred people.

According to their previous investigation, there were nearly six thousand defenders in the city!

This amount of casualties alone will not have much impact on the enemy.

After all, it had only been a short time since Lu Bu developed the Kanglou ship, so it was impossible to mass-produce it.

If we could have one more Kanglou ship, the siege effect would be much better than it is now!
Zhang Liao looked at the wide-open water gate, fearing an ambush and not daring to approach easily.

But in this case, other small warships will not be able to play an effective role.

Just when Zhang Liao was at a loss, Chief Clerk Lü Fan suddenly stepped forward and said:
"General, the enemy opened the water gate, there must be an ambush behind the gate!
"But if our army charges into the city with warships loaded with firewood and ignites it just before entering the city, it will surely attract the attention of the enemy's ambush troops.

“Then we will lead a fleet from the rear to attack the city, and let the rest of the warships attack the city from outside.

"If the enemy can't take care of the upper and lower parts, then the East Gate can be breached!"

After listening to Lü Fan's plan, Zhang Liao pondered and nodded slightly:
“This plan is feasible, but it is still very dangerous for the fleet behind the warship to rush into the city.

"Which general is willing to take the risk?"

As soon as Zhang Liao finished speaking, a man quickly walked out. It was the captain Qu Xing who had appeared before.

Qu Xing had launched a rebellion in Changsha several years ago and was defeated by Sun Jian.

After that, he hid in Changsha.

While Zhang Liao was stationed in Jingzhou, he continued to discover talents, and thus he got this general.

The fact that he was able to escape from Sun Jian's hands shows that Qu Xing has some capabilities.

Zhang Liao was pleased when he saw that the general he had discovered volunteered to take the lead.

"Okay! Then I will order your five thousand soldiers and five warships to follow the warship into the city.

"The moment the warship enters the city gate, you must immediately set it on fire!
"Then we saw an opportunity to enter the city and hold back the enemy troops inside.

"I will lead a large army to support you from the rear!"

Qu Xing immediately took the order and left!

Zhang Liao continued to order the Kanglou ships to throw stones to attack the enemy, forcing the enemy to hide behind the city walls and unable to check the situation below the city walls in time.

At the same time, more than a dozen warships and five battleships were sent out to rush towards the enemy's water gate!
Yan Yan, who was on the city wall, raised a bronze mirror and saw the scene below. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

He immediately said to a messenger beside him:
"Quickly inform General Sun Zhao that the dozen or so warships in front of the enemy are all on fire, so let him go straight through.

"Attack the five battleships behind with all your strength!"

"Here!"

The messenger responded and immediately ran down the city wall.

At this moment, Qu Xingzheng and a group of soldiers were squatting in the cabin of the fighting ship.

Under Zhang Liao's cover, although some soldiers were still throwing stones and shooting arrows at them, it did not have much impact on them.

Due to limited vision, Ou Xing did not notice that the enemy on the tower was attacking their warships and ignored the warships in front. But Zhang Liao in the back noticed this keenly, his face changed instantly, and he hurriedly shouted at Ou Xing's warships:
"Something's wrong! Captain Qu, withdraw quickly!"

However, Zhang Liao's fleet was too far away from Ou Xing's fleet, and his voice alone could not reach the ears of Ou Xing and others.

When Zhang Liao ordered the soldiers to shout together, Qu Xing, who had just set fire to the warship in front, finally reacted.

When I wanted to retreat, it was too late!
Suddenly, a large amount of gold juice and rockets poured down from the enemy's city wall, directly blocking their retreat.

In addition, the water flow of Gaofeng River is from east to west, and they were rushing too fast before, so it is difficult to stop the boat at this moment.

The five fighting ships crowded together and entered the city gate!

The moment they entered the city, a metal water gate weighing dozens of kilograms fell down above their heads and directly cut the last battleship in half!
The thousand soldiers on the fighting ship were immediately separated into the inside and outside of the city gate, and dozens of them were directly killed by the metal water gate!
When Zhang Liao in the back saw this scene, his hair and beard stood on end and his eyes became slightly bloodshot with anger!

He immediately drew out his sword, swung it forward fiercely, and gave the order to launch a violent attack!

At the same time, Qu Xing, who was forced to enter the city, was immediately subjected to crazy attacks from soldiers on both sides of the river.

Under the command of General Sun Zhao, the soldiers on both sides of the strait each held a three-meter-long spear and continuously stabbed at the soldiers on the fighting ships.

The soldiers on the fighting ship naturally could not carry weapons that were too long, and in the panic, hundreds of them were stabbed to death immediately!
The blood instantly dyed the river water under the boat red.

But Qu Xing was no ordinary person. He had led an army of tens of thousands to fight against Sun Jian in the past.

Although the army was defeated, there has been considerable progress in recent years.

He immediately shouted to his soldiers:
“The enemy has only a thousand men, and we still have nearly four thousand men!
"Follow me and rush ashore to perform great deeds!"

After saying this, he immediately grabbed the long spear that was stabbing towards him and pulled it back violently.

He directly dragged the soldier on the shore into the river, snatched his spear, and stabbed the soldier on the shore!

Under Qu Xing's command, our soldiers continued to seize the enemy's weapons.

Others controlled the boat and moved it quickly towards the shore.

Before the boat reached the shore, Qu Xing struggled to push away the enemy troops on the shore and jumped onto the shore first.

Seeing how fierce their leader was, the other soldiers quickly calmed down from their initial panic and followed Qu Xing to the shore!

But what Qu Xing did not expect was that the enemy general Sun Zhao had already led 500 archers and crossbowmen waiting here.

When he led more than 3,000 soldiers ashore, Sun Zhao immediately ordered the archers to shoot arrows!

Qu Xing was quick-witted and agile, and immediately hid behind a soldier on his own side, thus avoiding the most deadly first wave of attacks.

Then he held the soldier's body as a shield and continued to lead the remaining 3,000 troops to attack Sun Zhao.

Sun Zhao was not panicked and quickly led his thousand soldiers to flee to the residential area.

Qu Xing originally wanted to climb up the city wall to help Zhang Liao outside the city open the city gate.

However, there were already hundreds of archers on the steps of the towers on both sides, drawing their bows but not firing.

Qu Xing didn't dare to get close at all, and could only lead his soldiers to chase after Sun Zhao!

Soon, Qu Xing led the soldiers to the civilian residential area.

Just as he led his army to chase for another two streets, hundreds of archers suddenly emerged from the thatched houses on both sides.

Countless arrows shot towards Qu Xing and his soldiers like black raindrops.

One of the arrows even hit Qu Xing's temple!

(End of this chapter)