The Rise of the Song People of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 287 Xu Capital City Chaos
But the situation is different now. King Chen Min and Liu Chong brought tens of thousands of troops into the city, and if he didn’t take any action to wait for King Chen Min to break into the palace, Liu Bei didn’t deserve half of the credit. half point.

But sending troops now is an indispensable part of the credit. Even if the plan fails and Xuchang is in such a mess, with the bravery of Guan, Zhang, and Chen, plus hundreds of confidants, Liu Bei is confident of escaping from Xudu!

Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Chen Dao led a hundred people all the way to the palace. On the way, they met South Gate guard Liu Dai and deputy general Liu Ruo, who were rushing to the palace with about [-] people.

Xu Du is not a square, but an irregular rectangle. The south gate is the nearest army to the palace among the four gates. It is also for this reason that they ran into Liu Bei and others who hadn't left for a long time.

Liu Dai and Liu Ruo have been under Cao Cao's command for a long time, and even worked with Liu Bei and others for a short period of time when they went to Lu Bu.

Liu Dai thought that Liu Bei was a colleague who rescued the palace together, so he immediately stepped forward and invited Liu Bei to go to rescue the palace together in an emergency.

Liu Bei also approached Liu Dai pretending to be acquainted, and when they were only a foot away, Liu Bei made a sudden move, and the double-pronged sword pierced Liu Dai's chest directly, and the latter stared at Liu Bei with wide eyes.

"You! You!" Liu Dai fell to the ground and died.

The sudden change made everyone in Cao Jun dumbfounded. Seeing that the general was killed by Liu Bei, Liu Ruo just raised his gun and stabbed Liu Bei when a green blade flashed in front of his eyes, and his body began to fall to the ground uncontrollably.

While Liu Bei was fighting, Guan Yu was on the sidelines accumulating strength. As soon as Liu Ruo hit the blade of Qinglong Yanyue Dao, Liu Ruo was sent to the west.

Zhang Fei and Chen Dao were not vegetarians. They killed Er Liu's personal guards fiercely, and the main general died without a leader.

But after all, this team has a large number of soldiers, and Liu Bei only has a few hundred people. The scattered army began to shout: "Liu Bei is rebellious! Liu Bei is rebellious!"

"Second brother, third brother! Uncle and nephew! Hurry up! Let's rush to the palace and join King Chen Min!"

Liu Bei and others ignored the scattered Cao Cao army and rushed to the palace. Before Xu Du's third support army arrived, they lost one of them. Perhaps Xu Du was Cao Cao's headquarters after all. Liu Dai and Liu Ruo called for the retreating troops Let other Cao Ying soldiers know that Liu Bei has also turned against him.

Although Liu Chong has many soldiers and horses, they are not the fastest. Although the imperial palace is the tallest building in Xudu, as the capital city, there are many mansions of aristocratic families in Xudu. Although Song Jiang led the way, the speed of the march was somewhat delayed.

But Liu Bei, Kong Rong and other ministers, who have been in Xudu for many years, are familiar with the way of the palace, and they left the palace to approach and naturally join Dong Cheng first. The palace stood at the top of the city.

Dong Cheng, who had suffered a loss once, no longer blindly attacked the city, but waited for Liu Chong's army. As mentioned earlier, Xu was an irregular rectangle. Liu Dai and Liu Ruo at the south gate were killed, and the guard at the north gate Wang Zhong and his lieutenant Liu Zhu received Xun Yu's order to rush to the palace.

Seeing Dong Cheng and the others, Wang Zhong fought again. Dong Cheng and Wang Zifu, including the newly joined Kong Rong, Jin Yi, and Zhi Xi, seemed to have a large number of people, but the army they led was not an army at all, but private soldiers and servants. Except for Dong Cheng, this group of people can write articles with pens, but they can lead soldiers. As for Dong Cheng, he is also half-baked.

Being stuck and killed by Wang Zhong all the way, Dong Cheng and others also desperately prevented Wang Zhong and other reinforcements from entering the palace. There were no casualties on both sides, and there were heavy casualties and blood flowing into rivers.

Until Liu Bei led his men to kill, relying on the bravery of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Chen Dao, the two armies fought to kill each other. Wang Zhong and Liu Zhu fought fiercely together.

A moment later, Liu Chong and Song Jiang finally arrived with their troops. Hua Rong saw that the two armies were fighting. When he saw a general, regardless of whether he knew him or not, he just shot an arrow with his bow. The general immediately screamed and died on the ground.

Seeing that Song Jiang had such a good shooter under his command, Liu Bei's eyes lit up while Guan Yu looked slightly sideways at Hua Rong.
It was Wang Zhong's lieutenant general Liu Zhu who was shot and killed by Huarong. The lieutenant general was killed and Liu Chong led an army to kill him, defeating Wang Zhong's kills one by one. Wang Zhong joined forces and almost wiped out the whole army.

Liu Chong, Liu Bei, and Song Jiang worked together to kill Wang Zhong and Lu Zhao. When they met Dong Cheng and others, Liu Chong only saw a few names on the bloody clothes and didn't know everyone. There are many blood edicts.

Liu Chong was overjoyed for a while, the big man still has loyal ministers!There are still many people loyal to the Han Dynasty!

Time was running out, and now was not the time to apportion credit. Liu Chong raised his head and frowned when he glanced at the palace. The entire palace was divided into three levels: the Guo City, the Inner City, and the Palace City. The walls were several feet high, and they were all made of rammed earth. , there are towers at all four corners, full of archers, covering a radius of more than ten miles.

A strong attack on such a palace is no worse than taking down the city walls of Xudu. The only easy thing is whether there is a moat!
Liu Chong naturally saw the bamboo ladders and thick tree trunks brought by Dong Cheng's miscellaneous soldiers. Using these things to capture the palace is just a dream come true!
Dong Cheng also blushed when he saw Liu Chong looking at the bamboo ladder and the thick tree trunk, but what could he do?
Under Cao Cao's strict supervision, build siege equipment to rush cars and wells?As soon as the wood was collected, Man Chong brought Ting Wei to kill him!

Liu Chong thought about it for a while, and understood Dong Cheng's situation. Looking at the palace, he wanted to attack by force, but in order to speed up his march, Liu Chong didn't bring any large siege equipment at all, but only a cloud ladder (a long ladder with a hook, which can hook The city walls are not easy to be overthrown).

Luo Jun also saw the soldiers and servants of Dong Cheng, Kong Rong and other ministers, and when he saw that the siege was not going well and the equipment was insufficient, he immediately remonstrated.

"My lord, it's better to let these private soldiers and servants make more ladders, otherwise with the current equipment, even Cao Cao's returning troops will not be able to defeat this palace."

Luo Jun's words were naturally heard by Dong Cheng and others. It is true that these private soldiers and servants are useless for attacking the city. It is better to hurry up and build more ladders.

Liu Chong led an army of 7 troops to fight Xudu for a day and a night, and lost a lot, but there were still more than 7. However, the road inside the palace gate was narrow and only a few feet wide. There are not so many ladders, so they can only attack the palace day and night in batches.

There were 1 Imperial Forest Army in the palace, plus nearly 8 soldiers dispatched by Man Chong and Mao Jie. In the end, Xun Yu personally summoned [-] reserve troops.

Simply, Wang Zhong and Lu Zhao's armies in Xudu, together with Liu Dai's defeated army, totaled nearly [-] troops. Although they lost to Liu Chong's army, they also harassed Liu Chong from time to time to attack the palace.

(End of this chapter)