The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 111 Deterrence with Arrows
At the beginning, Li Yuan made a plan to let Sun Ce get injured and return to Lujiang. However, after fighting with Ji Ling and Le, he found out that their combat power was so poor that they were beaten and fled back to Lujiang directly.

"General Wang doesn't need to think this way. As the saying goes, people plan things and Gods make things happen. There are often many things on the battlefield that we didn't expect. Although we made a mistake this time, Sun Ce still had a chance to do it. The outcome was not what we expected. There are not too many deviations." Xi Zhicai said with a smile.

Cheng Yu suggested: "My lord, why don't I pretend to attack the city tomorrow to attract Yuan Shu's attention, so that Sun Ce will have a chance to attack Yuan Shu."

"I don't agree with Cheng Junshi's strategy. The city of Lujiang is high and thick, and it is not easy to attack. Even if it is a feint attack, our army will definitely lose a lot. It is better not to attack the city than to spend unnecessary. We have soldiers outside the city. It is enough to deter Yuan Shu."

Chen Dao objected to Cheng Yu's suggestion, because he brought the least number of soldiers from Guangling, only 3000. If they were to attack Lujiang, they would be exhausted in a few days, and how could he guard Guangling by then.

"General Chen's words are wrong. Although attacking Lujiang will consume troops, the most important thing is to cooperate with Sun Ce. If Sun Ce can't attack, then there is no point in waiting for Chen soldiers outside the city. Our army received a lot of troops in the battle yesterday. Soldiers, let them attack Lujiang to save our troops." Cheng Yu put his mind on Jiang Bing.

As soon as Cheng Yu finished speaking, Zhao Yun said: "No, I have already promised that the soldiers who surrendered will never make things difficult for them. The family members of these surrendered soldiers are all in Lujiang. They will definitely not want to attack Lujiang, and they will lose their hearts. , It may even arouse their rebellious heart, and then it will be counterproductive."

Li Yuan felt that what they said made sense, and he didn't know how to choose for a while, so he asked Xi Zhicai, "What does Zhicai mean?"

Xi Zhicai clasped his fists and said, "My lord, we really need to cooperate with Sun Ce, but feigning an attack will deplete our troops. If we use surrendered troops to attack Lujiang, it will indeed be counterproductive as General Zhao said, so the best way is to attack Lujiang." The sound is loud and the rain is small."

Li Yuan was puzzled and said, "Why is there so much thunder and little rain?"

"That is to say, when our army attacked Lujiang, we had to attack instead of fight. Let the soldiers take up their shields and rush to the bottom of the city in groups. Vice, in this way, casualties can be reduced as much as possible, which can not only put pressure on the enemy army, but also minimize casualties." Xi Zhicai spoke out the strategy in his mind.

After everyone listened to it, Li Yuan clapped his hands and praised: "This plan is very clever, just do what Zhicai says."

The next day, Li Yuan arranged for soldiers to attack the city. Because the number of shields was limited, there were only about 3000, so Li Yuan could only arrange 3000 people to attack the city at a time, but he was very clever and asked the first [-] soldiers to take shields Charge, and arrange thousands of people behind to pretend to be a reserve team, giving the enemy an appearance that they will not stop until Lujiang is captured.

The momentum of thousands of soldiers attacking Lujiang is not insignificant. The enemy soldiers defending on the top of the city quickly took up their bows and arrows to shoot. Countless arrows flew down from the city, but Li Yuan had already ordered the soldiers to use shields to resist the bows and arrows, so there is no need to rush To attack Lujiang, as long as you arrive at the city safely, you can retreat immediately after the enemy puts down the rolling stones and trees, and then he arranges for the next group of soldiers to charge, which can save troops and allow the soldiers to take turns to rest.

Yuan Shu, who was still sleeping, was startled awake by the shouts outside the city, got up and dressed quickly, and then went to the top of the city to check with the officials and generals.

After reaching the top of the city, Yuan Shu looked down and saw thousands of soldiers attacking the city. Although the arrows slowed down their attacking speed, the enemy soldiers below the city were still advancing slowly, as if they would not stop until Lujiang was captured.

"Ji Ling, can our army be able to defend?" Yuan Shu asked Ji Ling. He was not at ease. Yesterday he sent troops out of the city to fight against Li Yuan. As a result, nearly [-] soldiers were lost, and the seven generals under his command were even more seriously injured. In the end, only Ji Ling and Sun Ce escaped, which made him very annoyed. If it hadn't been for Lejiu who took the initiative to ask for a fight, he would definitely not send troops out of the city.

Yuan Shu had already listened to Ji Ling's report. If Le was not attacking without authorization, they could still rely on the camp gate to hold on.

"My lord, don't worry. Li Yuan's army is only about 3. Although our army was damaged yesterday, we still have [-] troops in the city. It is not difficult to defend the Lujiang River. No matter how bad it is, the people in the city can help. As long as we wait If you don’t make mistakes, you can definitely defend the Lujiang River.”

Yuan Shu nodded, "With you here, I feel relieved."

Although Li Yuan was not close to the Lujiang River, he had already seen Yuan Shu appearing on the top of the city. He walked up to Huang Zhong and said, "Han Sheng, can you shoot Yuan Shu down with a bow and arrow?"

Huang Zhong squinted his eyes and looked at Yuan Shu on the top of the wall, "If you get closer, you can enter my shooting range, but there are many soldiers around him, so it may be difficult to shoot him."

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter whether you can shoot it or not. He must never have imagined that someone can shoot an arrow at such a long distance. Even if he misses, he can be scared back into the city. If he patrols the top of the city all day, then Sun Ce will not have it." Opportunity to strike." Li Yuanyi wanted to scare Yuan Shu back.

"I will try my best." Huang Zhong picked up the three-stone strong bow and slowly approached Lujiang City. Although Huang Zhong's arrows shot very far, because they shot from bottom to top, they had to be closer to the city to shoot. Upper city head.

After walking within a hundred steps of the Lujiang River, Huang Zhong immediately picked up his bow and arrow and pointed it at Yuan Shu on the city. He saw that his bow was drawn like a full moon. Toli flew towards Yuan Shu.

Before Yuan Shu realized that the danger was approaching, several soldiers beside him had already picked up their shields and stood in front of him.Ji Ling's reaction was quicker. Before the arrow arrived, he heard the sound of wind howling coming through the air. He immediately stretched out his hand and pulled Yuan Shu aside and threw him to the ground.

Yuan Shu didn't know what was going on, he thought that Ji Ling suddenly became "beastly", he was about to scold, when he raised his head, he saw several soldiers who had just guarded were pierced by an exaggeratedly long arrow, Even if he had a shield in his hand to block it, it didn't help. This scene made him pale with fright.

"What a long range, what a great archery skill." Ji Ling was also very frightened. He didn't expect that there would be such a good archer under Li Yuan's command. He glanced down the city and saw a general holding a crossbow. , His face was full of regret.

(End of this chapter)