Chapter 185 (1/2)

Although Chen Ren said that he wanted to start the siege camp to attack Hangu pass the next day, by the next day, the siege camp was unable to start the attack. The reason was very simple. It took time for the siege camp to assemble the vessels, at least one day.

On this day, Chen Ren stayed in his camp completely, and never came out for a day. His excuse was that his injury was not healed and he needed to rest. However, all the generals know that Chen Ren made this low-level mistake to himself. I'm sorry to come out to meet you.

After a whole day's beating and beating, until the morning of the third day, a series of archery towers, a set of stone throwing machines, countless ladders, and two rush cars are neatly placed in front of the camp. Chen Ren, who had been hiding for a day and a night, finally came out of his big tent. He patted Xu Sheng and Chen Wu on the shoulder with admiration and said, ”today depends on your performance.”

Speaking of these siege equipment, when they set up the siege camp, Xu Sheng and Chen Wu were very troubled. They were both generals who could only fight. How could they know how to attack a city. But at that time, Chen Ren was already hiding at home and enjoying his leisure. No matter how flattered Xu Sheng and Chen Wu, Chen Ren did not kill them at all.

When Zhao's two men opened the silk cloth, they had to pay attention to one of the two men who had designed it. Huang Yueying, Chen Ren's first wife, originally designed them. Huang Yueying's heart was not as hard as Chen Ren's. seeing that Xu Sheng and Chen Wu were really pitiful, she handed these designed instruments to them through Zhao Yun.

They were overjoyed when they saw the detailed design drawings. They quickly gathered all the craftsmen of the eastern Wu Dynasty and began to make these siege equipment according to the design drawings. According to the suggestion of Zhou Yu and others, these instruments are designed to be disassembled and convenient for shipment. This is the first time that the siege battalion has participated in a large-scale siege. Both Xu Sheng and Chen Wu were nervous. Chen Ren's clapping made them relaxed a lot.

With the Jiangdong new army barracks spread out the sound of the horn, Hangu pass city also began to stir up. After a while, Lu Bu arrived at the head of the city with the generals of the Bingzhou army and the Xiliang army. Looking from a distance, he saw the new Jiangdong army marching towards Hangu pass with huge siege equipment.

Yang Feng looked at the huge siege equipment and said to Lv Bu in a daze: ”Wenhou! Don't let them attack like this! Although the walls of Hangu pass are high and thick, they are not iron walls. If they are so passive, they will be broken by the other party sooner or later. ” It seems that in order to verify Yang Feng's words, he heard a few loud noises, and the dozen or so stone throwing machines began to throw stones at the city head of Hanguguan.

Huge stones in the air across an arc, and finally hit the city wall heavily, the people on the head of the city immediately felt the strong vibration of the wall under their feet. All the generals were pale. No one thought that these siege equipment had such great power. Moreover, it was only one kind. There were the archery tower as high as the city head, and the countless cloud ladders carried by the enemy. With these instruments, the advantage of the city wall would no longer exist.

”Hou Wen! The only way to keep Hangu pass is to lead troops to defeat the enemy's siege equipment immediately Gao Shun also gave advice to Lv Bu.

Even his senior general said so. Lu Bu was moved. Just as he was about to issue an order to attack, fan Hou, who had been standing at the head of the city and looking at Jiang Dong army, suddenly said to Lv Bu, ”Wen Hou! Can't attack! Look! The other side has sent all the troops to defend it! ”

On hearing this, Lu Bu and others all quickly stepped to the edge of the city and looked at the slowly moving Jiangdong army. Sure enough, the armies that defeated Lv Bu's army two days ago all appeared. After a whole day's rest, although the number of troops of the other side was much smaller than that of two days ago, they had recovered their spirits and their morale had risen to the peak. At the front of the army, Chen Ren led a group of generals, who were heading for Hangu pass.

Seeing this scene, Hou Cheng, who came back from his injury yesterday, turned pale with fear and said to Lv Bu, ”Wen Hou! Can't fight! With the current morale of the army, I'm afraid that if we go out, we will only die! ”

Lv Bu also began to hesitate. If Hou Cheng had said so two days ago, Lv Bu tie would have dragged him down and killed him in anger, and then he would take the army to attack. However, after the defeat two days ago, Lu Bu had no confidence to defeat Chen Ren and the Jiangdong army led by Chen Ren. Lu Bu, who lost his confidence, had no courage as the God of war in Bingzhou.

Song Xian, one of the eight great generals, came forward and said, ”Wen Hou! Only now, we have to abandon the Hangu pass and retreat into the pass! ”