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

Chapter 474 Animal Skins!

After listening to the method provided by Zhou Yu, Sun Ce immediately followed the plan.

Let Cao Chun and Cao Ang lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to patrol back and forth along the grain road.

Cao Chun and Cao Ang felt a little regretful because they could not stay to attack the city from the front.

But they understand that protecting the food supply is also a top priority.

It is enough for them to just get this matter done, while Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and others have to consider a lot more.

Sun Ce watched the two men lead 5,000 soldiers and horses back along the original route, and he ordered the army to set up camp on the east side of Daijiagou.

In order to prevent possible ambushes, Zhou Yu personally led 5,000 soldiers and horses to be on full alert.

But until the camp was built, no enemy troops arrived.

Zhou Yu then felt relieved and immediately led his 5,000 troops into the camp to rest.

After Zhou Yu had a good rest, Sun Ce summoned him to discuss the specific plan for attacking Xiabian City.

“There are 35,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and the city walls are high, so the Thunderbolt Chariot needs to be closer to the walls to throw the gunpowder cans onto the towers.

“Because it is close to the Han River, the moat of Habyeonseong is wide and long.

"It will also be much more difficult for the soldiers to cross the moat..."

After listening to the problem raised by Sun Ce, Zhou Yu pondered for a moment and suddenly came up with a plan:
“Tomorrow, Bo Fu will personally lead the army to attack the city.

“If the situation is not good, you can pretend to be shot by an enemy arrow and fall off your horse.

"I will rescue you as soon as possible, and then pretend that you were shot to death.

"I will raise a white flag in the camp to mourn for you and lure the enemy out of the city to rob the camp."

Sun Ce showed an expression of "I see," but then asked:
“But the enemy army still has the strategist Feng Ji, and I heard that another strategist Xu You is also in the city.

"With the two of them helping Yang Feng with his plans, I'm afraid Yang Feng may not fall for it."

Zhou Yu obviously thought of this and said with a smile:

“Feng Ji is suspected by Yang Feng, so he shouldn’t worry about his opinions being adopted.

"It can even be said that Feng Ji might have the opposite effect, prompting Yang Feng to send troops.

"As for Xu You, according to the news from Zhang Song, he seemed to have had contact with Xu You before he left...

“So I think that attacking Xiabian City this time may not be as difficult as we imagined.

“Of course, in order to further lure the enemy out of the city and rob the village.

“We can pretend to withdraw our troops that night and deliberately make some noise to catch the army in the city.

“Yang Feng knows that our army wants to retreat secretly, so he will most likely be tempted to leave the city and pursue us.

"That will be the time for our army to strike back!"

Sun Ce's doubts disappeared, he nodded and smiled:
"Leave the brainwork to Gongjin, I just need to execute it."

After saying that, both of them laughed.

the other side.

Yang Feng, who was on the city wall, watched as Sun Ce left the camp while someone led five thousand soldiers to Daijiagou for inspection.

Afterwards, another person led 5,000 soldiers to the camp and stood ready. He smiled proudly at Feng Ji and Xu You:
"Look. This general guessed that the enemy would also notice the existence of Daijiagou.

"Fortunately, we didn't ambush there, otherwise we would have been in big trouble."

Hearing the undisguised smile in Yang Feng's words, Feng Ji frowned and said nothing.

Instead, Xu You boasted cheerfully:
"You are indeed worthy of being Governor Yang. You are both wise and brave!"

Seeing Xu You was so good at talking, Yang Feng laughed and trusted him more.

But the next moment, Yang Feng restrained his smile and said:
“Because Guo Tai took away 10,000 soldiers, there are only 25,000 people in the city now.

“And Sun Ce should have as many as 40,000 men available to attack the city.

"I'm afraid there will be a tough battle tomorrow..." Xu You comforted:
"It doesn't matter. Our army just needs to build a high barrier and hold on.

"It's not easy for the enemy to get close to our city."

Yang Feng looked at the moat below which was ten meters wide, and he felt a little relieved.

The next morning.

Following Sun Ce's order, the army launched an attack without any communication with Yang Feng.

After all, he hadn't had a good fight for a long time, and even the stray dogs passing by had to be slapped by him.

Even if Yang Feng offered to surrender now, he would have to stab the other party before he agreed.

Not to mention that the other side was defending in a strategic location and it was impossible for them to surrender.

Therefore, unnecessary negotiations seemed meaningless to Sun Ce!

As shouts of killing shook the sky, Sun Ce's 40,000 troops charged towards the enemy city from the south.

Knowing that the enemy's moat was wide enough, he had his soldiers carry small boats to cross the river.

Of course, before that, the Thunderbolt Chariot also followed the army into the range.

Yang Feng on the city wall was also facing the gunpowder jar for the first time.

But he had long heard of Lu Bu's army's unstoppable tactic of throwing gunpowder jars and slingshots together.

However, they are not completely without a solution.

It would undoubtedly take too much time to withdraw from the city wall and then go back up again.

The gunpowder can only explode after colliding with a hard object.

Under normal circumstances, it will only explode if it hits the inner wall of the city or the ground.

If the soldiers on the city wall were wrapped in thick animal skins and hid behind the city walls.

If they were lucky enough not to be killed by the stones, the power of the explosion of the gunpowder cans alone would have made it difficult for the soldiers to be killed directly under the protection of the animal skins.

In this way, as long as the soldiers can stand up and attack the enemy under the city wall in the gaps between the thunder chariots throwing the weapons, a good defense can be formed.

The difficulty for Sun Ce's army to climb the city wall will also be greatly increased!

Therefore, when he saw Sun Ce's army preparing the Thunderbolt Chariots, Yang Feng immediately ordered 5,000 soldiers to stay on the city wall and wrap themselves in thick animal skins.

Although these soldiers were nervous, they had no choice but to hide behind the city walls as the rewards for military merits and pensions had been discussed in advance.

I just hope my luck isn't too bad and I can survive this battle...

Boom boom boom——

As the ten Thunderbolt chariots were fired one after another, the defenders on the city wall hurriedly squatted down and wrapped their bodies with smelly animal skins, especially protecting their heads.

Then all you can do is sit in the darkness and wait quietly for the judgment of death.

Rumble!
Bang bang bang!
Stones and gunpowder jars were thrown at the city walls.

The soldiers clinging to the wall felt that the entire city was shaking!

The soldiers who were lucky only felt countless pieces of gravel hitting the animal hides.

But the flexible hide blocked most of the force and thus did no harm to them.

The unlucky soldiers were hit by stones on their heads and turned into meat patties in an instant.

If you die suddenly like this, it won't be painful.

But there were those who were even less lucky as the stones bounced back from the wall behind them and hit their bodies wrapped in animal skins!

Although animal skins can reduce the damage caused by gunpowder jars, they can hardly provide any protection against such heavy stones.

Some soldiers were either crushed from the gaps in the animal hides or had their limbs or bodies crushed by huge rocks, and could not die immediately.

I can only live in constant torture of severe pain...

(End of this chapter)