Three Kingdoms: My father-in-law is Lu Bu

Chapter 163 Runan War
Xiahou Dun was in a very upset mood. According to Xun Yu's calculations, the first conflict with Yuan Shu should have been Ye Xiao, and they sent more troops to Runan a few days later.

Outside the city of Runan, under the orders of Xiahou Dun, the [-] Cao Jun subdistrict, urgent mobilization began.

Although Xun Yu agreed, but seeing that Xiahou Dun had already begun to reorganize the army regardless of other things, it was too late to say anything now.

If you stop attacking the city rashly, it will definitely deal a big blow to morale. The fighting spirit shown by the [-] Cao Jun now is worthy of use.

"General, my lord sent someone to send three Thunderbolt chariots, remember to use them." Xun Yu came to Dianjiangtai and reminded Xiahou Dun in a low voice.

Xiahou Dun didn't forget that Cao Cao specially sent the newly developed siege vehicle, he nodded to Xun Yu, "Don't worry, sir, although this Runan City is strong, I don't believe that only that brat can stop me. "

Xiahoudun is a veteran on the battlefield, and Dui Le, who came from such a poor family and is a little-known young player, naturally wouldn't look up to him.

With a cautious attitude, Xun Yu reminded Xiahou Dun again.

"A lion fights a rabbit with all its strength. I know the general is brave, but you must never underestimate the enemy."

Xiahou Dun stroked his beard, nodded in response, turned around and started mobilizing on the platform.

After a while, the [-] troops began to surge away, coming towards Runan City. This time it looked completely different from the previous probing attack.

Especially in the army formation, three huge trebuchets were slowly pushed closer. Before the battle started, the atmosphere in Runan City became extremely dignified.

Le received the news and immediately appeared on the top of the city. He also saw the trebuchet and felt a little anxious.

"Push out the catapult too! Quick!"

Yuan Shu has been in business for many years and has a lot of money, but he spent a lot of defensive equipment in the army.

There are several small catapults hidden in the gatehouse of the Runan city wall. They belong to the simple type of the lever principle. They can only launch stones of about [-] catties, and they need ten big men to operate at the same time.

"The catapult is aimed at the opponent's stone machine, and hit me hard after entering the range!"

At the time of life and death, there is not so much emphasis on music.

Xiahou Dun saw it from a distance below the city, and originally wanted to go up to persuade him to surrender, but he didn't dare to get too close with the trebuchet.

"The whole army obeys the order. After five rounds of shooting from the thunderbolt chariot, the first to attack the city will be rewarded with a thousand gold!"

Xiahoudun set out a reward first. The thousand gold here is just a prettification, but it is actually [-] baht. If you are lucky, you can buy ten acres of fertile land.

"Those who kill and enjoy themselves will be promoted to a higher level and rewarded with ten thousand dollars!"

Seeing that the soldiers were ready to move, Xiahoudun once again released lures. Now all the generals in Cao's army, big and small, became active, and military exploits were the fastest way for them to climb up.

The three Thunderbolt chariots stopped slowly, and more than 40 soldiers operating them began to get busy, quickly loading boulders under the command of the uncle.

In the corner of the city tower in the distance, Mr. Wu saw this scene from a hidden corner, and thought in his heart that Ye Xiao spent countless money and food in Xiapi to study the trebuchet, isn't that the case?
"Cao Cao has built a trebuchet, and the news must be passed back to the Lord as soon as possible."

Seeing Xiahoudun and Le, Wu Lao Si had already started fighting, and when he came up, he sacrificed a big killer, there was no room for relaxation, knowing that the war was about to break out, he hurriedly walked down from the city wall.

At this moment, many refugees on the streets began to become chaotic, running around, and some even took advantage of the chaos to start plundering the residents of the city.

There were cries and cries everywhere in the city, and there was turmoil in Runan City before the battle.

On the city wall, Chen Dao also saw the trebuchet and fifty thousand soldiers pressing down on him. He didn't want to sacrifice his life for Yuan Shu, and when he saw the commotion in the city, he immediately ran to Lejiu's side.

"General, there are thieves making trouble in the city! The end general, please go to the front of the battle to maintain order, so as not to cause fire in the city."

It was the first time that Le commanded such a large-scale offensive and defensive battle, and he was already very nervous. He also knew that there was chaos in the city, but he didn't dare to send troops to suppress it with only [-] regular troops.

Not to mention the Volunteer Army, they were pulled to the city wall, and when they saw Xiahou Dun's [-] soldiers approaching, they were so frightened that they couldn't even hold their weapons steadily.

At this time, Le realized that he was a little too optimistic, and riding a tiger to get off was his current situation.

"General, please order the last general to go! The city is on fire, and I only need to take 100 people from the headquarters!"

Chen Dao saw Lejiu's hesitation, and felt even more determined to get out of this quagmire.

When Le saw the smoke in the city, he gritted his teeth and made a decision: "Okay, you go, take 100 people from your headquarters."

When Chen Dao heard the words, he cupped his hands and took the troop transfer token, seeing the trembling bodies of the Huainan disciples on the city wall, he couldn't bear it.

"General, my subordinates have another suggestion. Now that Xiahou Dun is still preparing, we can take advantage of the large number of troops and send elites out of the city to fight decisively, so as not to be suppressed by the opponent's catapult, and eventually the morale will collapse and be powerless."

Le suddenly interrupted Chen Dao's words and said angrily, "Get out, are you teaching General Ben how to do things? Hurry up and put out the fire. If there is still turmoil in the city, you are the only one to ask."

Chen Dao glanced at Le in a daze, finally realized the reality, bowed silently and retreated from the tower.

"My men and horses come with me. The general has an order. If there are people making trouble in the city, follow me to suppress it."

Chen Dao held up the command arrow that he would send out when he was happy, and returned to the formation to take away his 500 people.

That's right, Chen Dao directly took away his own part, otherwise he would only take away 100 people, and don't worry about handing over the remaining 400 people to other superintendents. At this point, Chen Dao has nothing to look forward to from Le up.

If Le would ask again afterward, Chen Dao even thought of an excuse, the military situation urgently needed more manpower to suppress it.

500 people rushed down from the city, and the chaos in the streets was temporarily restored. Although many people were still fleeing, after Chen Dao killed a few mobs who were smashing and looting, no one dared to run rampant anymore.

At this moment, Chen Dao suddenly saw a huge boulder jumping over the city wall and falling on the residential houses, and violent dust and pieces of wood flew everywhere.

"Pay attention to concealment, save people!"

Chen Dao couldn't do nothing but direct his brothers to rush to the ruins to save people.

On the other side, the confused Wu Lao Si hastily wrote a secret letter, summoned pigeons with a whistle, and sent Ye Xiao the message that Xiahou Dun was on Runan and the power of the catapult.

"I hope the lord can react quickly. This trebuchet can throw stones into the city at such a long range. It would be fine if there were [-] equally elite soldiers. It is too difficult to defend Runan now."

Seeing the city wall being continuously hit by trebuchets, Wu Lao Si knew that the tens of thousands of people would not be able to hold it, so he hurried to the south gate among the refugees.

Walking halfway, he thought of Chen Li's family and the loyal and patriotic Chen Dao, so he gritted his teeth, changed direction and ran towards the familiar street.

On the top of the city, the Volunteer Army has never seen such a battle.

Huge stones hit the city wall, and the entire wall trembled.

Accidentally, a huge boulder hit the battlement, and a dozen volunteer soldiers screamed and turned into a rain of blood, and their bodies and gravel flew into the inner city together.

(End of this chapter)