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

Chapter 286 Tung Oil! (Thanks to Brother Tiezhu for the codeword tool and little thought~~)

As Sun Ce killed Pang De, fierce cheers broke out from the army in the rear!
On the other hand, there were dozens of guards under Pang De, and they were very close to Sun Ce.

At this moment, everyone looked horrified, and no one dared to attack Sun Ce or take back Pang De's body!

Sun Ce picked up Pang De's body with the tip of his spear and raised it provocatively towards the city wall.

Then he returned to his own army with a loud laugh.

Jia Xu, who was on the city wall, looked at this scene, his face had already become extremely ugly because of anger!
He never imagined that Pang De, who was in good health and vicious, would be lured and killed by Sun Ce, who had an injured arm!

Sun Ce looked young and reckless, but I didn't expect him to be able to come up with such a trick to attack people's hearts...

First, he deliberately revealed the cloth wrapped around the wound on his left arm to lower the vigilance of his strategist.

Then he scolded Pang De and induced Pang De to fight.

He then sowed discord between Pound and his guards, forcing the guards to stay away from Pound and unable to rescue him in time.

He then pretended to be defeated and lured Pound into pursuit, so that he could come into the shooting range of his own archers.

Finally, they suddenly attacked Pound's horse, causing him to fall to the ground and be shot into a hornet's nest by archers...

So interconnected and progressive... Is this the on-the-spot strategy of a top-level general? It really horrified him!

Sun Ce killed Pang De and brought his body back, hanging it high on the top of the banner.

The morale of Sun Ce's army reached its peak for a while!
Sun Ce breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at the corpse swaying left and right on top of the banner.

Finally, General He Yi was avenged... I believe that if He Yi knew about this in the afterlife, he would feel gratified.

One of the two goals in my mind has been achieved.

Next, he could concentrate on how to capture Xinzheng City.

Just by blocking the enemy's food supply, Zhu Jun could hold out for a few days.

But it is hard to say whether Yanling City can hold out for that long.

Sun Ce's army also lost a lot of food and supplies after the enemy's night attack that night.

Therefore, it is necessary to capture Xinzheng City and seize the food and grass therein in order to solve the food problem of one's own army and force Zhu Jun to retreat!

However, as a border city of Henan County, Xinzheng City is still relatively strong.

And the enemy's strength seems to be more than 5,000 troops.

With an army of 11,000 people on their side, even if they managed to capture the city by force, the losses would certainly be heavy!
However, seeing that the army's morale was high at this moment, Sun Ce immediately ordered the entire army to attack the city!

First test the strength of the enemy's ability to defend the city, and then make a judgment!

As the 11,000-strong army surged towards Xinzheng City like a tide, the shouts of killing shook the earth!
The morale of the defenders on the city wall was very low because they saw their famous general being killed by the enemy.

At this moment, facing the strong attack of the enemy with high morale, I was also frightened!
However, Jia Xu was well aware that his current situation was quite dangerous.

The more dangerous the situation is, the more powerful his instinct for survival will give him!
He immediately began to personally command the defense of the city in an orderly manner!

Jia Xu is worthy of being called the most vicious strategist in the Three Kingdoms. Not only is he vicious in heart, but the methods he uses are also extremely cruel!
Whether it was the arrows used by the soldiers defending the city or the boiling hot gold juice, they all carried deadly poisons!
A person who is shot by an arrow or burned by gold juice may not die at the time or suffer a fatal wound.

They will also die soon due to the toxins invading the body!
Therefore, even though the soldiers under Sun Ce were very brave.

However, facing this more lethal city defense equipment, the losses were far more severe than imagined!

Sun Ce, who was commanding the siege from the rear, saw this scene and glared fiercely at Jia Xu on the city wall.

Then, without saying a word, he immediately called off the attack!
This exploratory battle not only failed to have much impact on the enemy, but also resulted in the sacrifice of hundreds of our own people.

Half of them were killed because they were not treated in time after being injured, and were poisoned to death by the toxins mixed in the arrows or gold juice!
Sun Ce led the remaining 10,000 soldiers to retreat five miles and set up camp, and began to think about how to break through the city of Xinzheng... It's a pity that Gongjin was not around, otherwise he wouldn't have to use his brain.

He had already consumed too much of his brainpower when he was planning to kill Pang De.

Currently, Xinzheng City is guarded by the vicious old man Jia Xu, which makes it more difficult to guard than if it were guarded by ordinary military generals.

It’s a pity that his archery skills are not very good.

Otherwise, if he could shoot an arrow from the bottom of the city wall like my lord did, he would have killed Jia Xu instantly.

The subsequent siege will not be so difficult.

In this situation, we can only use our wits to defeat them, and we can no longer attack with force...

Just when Sun Ce was puzzled, Yang Hong, a former subordinate of Yuan Shu, came in and said to Sun Ce:
"Is the general considering attacking the city?"

Sun Ce looked up at the other party and replied unhappily:

"If I don't consider attacking the city, then how can I think about getting home?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Hong immediately stepped forward and said:
"This time our army has brought two Thunderbolt Chariots. And the plan to defeat the enemy lies in them!"

Sun Ce was stunned for a moment, then frowned and said:
"Although we didn't use these two Thunderbolt Chariots in the previous test, even if we did, we still wouldn't be able to break into the city..."

Yang Hong stroked his beard and smiled:

"That depends on what these two Thunderbolt vehicles throw onto the tower."

Sun Ce said in a trance:
"You mean... to use the bee-throwing strategy that the lord used when he attacked Xia Pi before?

"But it's only spring now, and the bees haven't started to move around yet. I'm afraid this plan won't work..."

Yang Hong immediately waved his hand:

"Of course it's not a copycat plan. This time our army won't attack the beehive, but... tung oil!"

"Tung oil?"

Sun Ce didn't understand what the other party meant:
"How does tung oil defeat the enemy?"

Yang Hong smiled and replied:

“Tung oil dries quickly, has strong adhesion, and burns instantly when it encounters fire!

“General, you can throw a lot of tung oil onto the tower, and then launch rockets to set the tower on fire!
“Then the entire city gate will be engulfed in flames, and the enemy will have no place to stand. How can they defend the city?
"Our troops took this opportunity to climb the ladders and rush in when the fire got smaller!

"The enemy will naturally be unable to defend, and Xinzheng City will be conquered!"

After hearing Yang Hong’s plan, Sun Ce’s eyes instantly brightened!
He immediately clapped his hands and said in surprise:
"This is a great plan! But... to implement it, I'll need a lot of tung oil, right?

“Where does our army get large quantities of tung oil?”

Yang Hong pulled out a map from his sleeve like a magic trick, spread it out on the bent-legged table, and said to Sun Ce:

“There is a village nearby called Tong Village.

“There are a lot of tung trees planted in this village, and villagers make a living by selling tung oil.

“If the general could lead an army to this village and force the villagers to hand over the tung oil, he could collect a large amount of tung oil in a short period of time.

"By then, it will be easy to capture Xinzheng City!"

(End of this chapter)