Chapter 273 Great Disparity

Lu Bu stopped when his army was still twenty miles away from Xingyang.

"Repair on site and wait until nightfall." He looked at the sky and ordered.

If the city gate is open now, he has a certain chance of breaking into the city, but Lu Bu can't bet on this probability. If he fails, Xingyang will definitely be on guard, so he plans to make a sneak attack after dark.

"Here!" All the soldiers dismounted one after another and did not set up camp. They simply ate the dry food they brought with them and drank water to replenish their strength. Some of them carefully wiped their weapons and adjusted their repeating crossbows.

Lu Bu called Ma Chao and Wei Yan over and used tree branches to draw the layout of Xingyang on the ground. He had spent a lot of time in this place. To Lu Bu, the layout of Xingyang City was as if it was engraved in his mind and he had completely forgotten it. Don't fall off.

Nowadays, Lu Bu actually regrets having super memory. After experiencing too much, forgetting is sometimes a good thing.

"These three places, even if Xingyang City is later rebuilt, will still be weakly defended. We will divide into three groups. No matter which way enters the city, there is no need to make too much noise. We only need to hold on to the city walls and wait until dawn before we start to seize the city. City!" Lu Bu chose three weak points of defense.

"Lord, after all, this is a map from ten years ago. Can it still be used today?" Wei Yan felt that it was a bit unreliable.

"Some things will change, but some things will not change. Just follow my orders." Lu Bu gave the order directly without explaining anything.

It's not that there are no people in these three places, but that these three places are like blind spots. It is difficult to detect any movement in a plate. In such a big city, there will always be places like this. Even if Xingyang City has been repaired later. , these shortcomings cannot be corrected. For Lu Bu, who is proficient in craftsmanship, he can easily find out where the shortcomings of the city are.

As for why they only occupied the city wall but did not enter the city? Street fighting is the most taboo in night battles. Before the city was breached, the city wall was their biggest obstacle, but after the city was breached, the city wall was their greatest protection. Lu Bu did not want his most elite soldiers to die in meaningless street fighting. What he wanted was In Xingyang City, annihilating the enemy was the next best thing.

The time stretched infinitely while waiting. Lu Bu chose a place leeward and sat down to meditate, while the others were busy with their own business.

While Lu Bu was waiting for nightfall, Guan Yu rushed to Xingyang to see Wen Chou.

"Guan Yu?" Wen Chou frowned a little when he heard Guan Yu's name, and finally asked someone to bring Guan Yu in.

After all, Liu Bei is the only prince who came to join Yuan Shao in this alliance. The two sides are not bordering each other and there is no conflict. There may be opportunities for cooperation in the future. Of course, these are not things Wen Chou should consider. He just feels that Guan Yu is the same Known for his martial prowess, he somewhat wanted to fight, but it was obviously not the time now.

After a while, Guan Yu came in led by Yi Ming's soldiers, hugged Wen Chou and said, "I've seen General Wen."

"General Guan is polite." Wen Chou returned the courtesy and asked doubtfully: "General, why did you come to me if you didn't follow Duke Xuande to attack Yique Pass?"

"I'm here to warn you." Guan Yu said solemnly.

"Oh?" Wen Ganyan looked at Guan Yu and waited for the next words.

Guan Yu calmed down his thoughts and detailed the process of their confrontation with the Flying Cavalry Army. He was upright by nature and disdained to deceive himself and others, so he did not elaborate more. However, this had a different meaning to Wen Chou.

"General Guan is saying that a band of thief cavalry defeated Xuzhou's 20,000-strong army with just crossbows while the general was well prepared, and caused heavy losses to Xuzhou's army?" Wen Chou looked at Guan Yu as if he were a fool again, but The insulting words were not uttered in the end.

It does sound fake.

Guan Yu also knew that this was hard to believe, but it was the truth. He said solemnly: "I know the general doesn't believe it, but it is true. The bandit army can fire their crossbows continuously, but our army cannot resist the enemy and is defeated." Come."

This still doesn't say how much is left. If he did, I guess Wen Chou wouldn't believe it.

"General, I know." Wen Chou nodded. In his opinion, this was clearly Liu Bei's excuse for not wanting to fight at Yique Pass. He didn't take it too seriously. Originally, he didn't expect much from Liu Bei in this battle, but for Liu Bei , but he took it a bit lightly.

Guan Yu knew from Wen Chou's expression that he didn't believe it, so he frowned and said, "General, you don't believe it?"

"I believe it." Wen Chou said casually.

When Guan Yu heard this, he couldn't help but feel a knot in his heart. He had a thousand words of explanation on his lips, but he couldn't say them anymore. He just snorted coldly: "When the general was in trouble, don't blame us for not reminding him!"

Wen Chou was noncommittal. How could anyone believe such things? Besides, even if it is true, is it possible that the cavalry can still ride on the city wall?

Seeing this, Guan Yu snorted coldly, turned around and left, but did not leave the city. The sky had darkened, and Guan Yu was also worried about Xingyang's loss. Although Guan Yu was quite dissatisfied with Wen Chou's attitude, he still stayed to take precautions.

As dark night fell, Guan Yu sat in front of the door, silently wiping his sword, but the imagined night attack did not happen.

Could it be that the other party's goal is not to go to Xingyang but simply to go to Hulao Pass?

Guan Yu immediately put aside this idea. If this was the case, the other party could go directly from Guanzhong to Hangu Pass, why bother to go around in such a big circle to come here? Lu Bu's plan must be Xingyang, so he and Hulao are at odds with each other.

After thinking about this clearly, Guan Yu shook off his sleepiness and continued to keep vigil.

On the other side, Lu Bu, Wei Yan, and Ma Chao each led a group of men and horses to approach the city wall. According to the route determined in advance, their soldiers who were good at climbing quickly rushed up the city wall with their hooks and lowered the rope.

The three places Lu Bu mentioned looked the same during the day, but at night, they were easily ignored. Only after more than ten people went up did the guards notice that something was wrong.

But more than a dozen soldiers from the Flying Cavalry Battalion are enough to defend a section of the city wall, not to mention the endless stream of soldiers from the Flying Cavalry Battalion coming up.

"Enemy attack!!" With stern shouts, a large group of people and horses gathered towards this side, but saw that the twelve Flying Cavalry Battalion soldiers who had climbed to the top of the city quickly fixed their flying claws so that those who followed could continue to climb up. , and then each unhooked their repeating crossbows and fired a burst of fire at the Yuan Jun who was coming towards them. In groups of six, they quickly shot out a web of arrows with their repeating crossbows.

Yuan Jun's soldiers tried to charge forward several times, but were blocked by sharp arrows.

At the same time, more flying cavalry troops climbed up and quickly took over. The soldiers of the flying cavalry army who had exhausted their arrow boxes continued to charge forward.

Although they noticed that the enemy troops were approaching the city and responded quickly, the city wall was quickly captured by the flying cavalry, and almost all the defenders on the city wall were killed.

At the same time, the sound of fighting here naturally alerted the defenders in the city. Wen Chou was woken up from his sleep. After learning that thieves had entered the city, Pi Jia quickly led his army to recapture the city wall.

But when he rushed to a city wall, he saw a general commanding his troops to drive down the city defenders. Wen Chou was furious, took a shield from his subordinates, and rushed up against the rain of arrows, hoping to use his bravery to conquer the city wall. Take it back.

"A fierce general is coming!" On the city wall, Wei Yan couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he saw someone could charge up. He danced with his long knife and slashed at Wen Chou.

Wen Chou felt a strong force coming from his arm holding the shield, and at the same time the arrows shot from all around stopped. He immediately tried his best to shake the opponent's sword away, and at the same time he took a step forward, pointed the spear in his hand at Wei Yan, and stabbed him.

Wei Yan shouted loudly, swung his sword to stop the opponent, and then cut down the opponent's spear shaft. If it was sharpened this time, Wen Chou's spear-holding hand would probably be destroyed immediately.

Wen Chou shook his spear and fought away the opponent's sword.

The two of them fought three moves back and forth on the steps of the city wall. Wei Yan struck again with his sword. Wen Chou raised his spear to hold the opponent's sword. It was only at this moment that Wen Chou had a chance to see his opponent's appearance.

At this moment, the sky was already bright, and under the morning sun, seeing the other party facing him like a jujube, Wen Chou subconsciously said: "Guan Yu!?"

Wei Yan: "???"

Wen Chou also quickly discovered that both parties had the same complexion and were not the same person. At least in terms of grade, Wei Yan was much younger than Guan Yu. Could he be his son?

Without any time to think, the spear shook, knocking the opponent away, and then the shield full of crossbow arrows shot towards Wei Yan.

Wei Yan quickly drew his sword in front of him to block the opponent's shield, but was knocked back by the huge force. Immediately after, at least four sharp arrows shot at Wen Chou. Wen Chou quickly blocked it with his shield, seeing that it was difficult to charge forward. , can only retreat against the wall.

It was already dawn, and the Flying Cavalry Army began to advance into the city. Wen Chou tried to break the formation several times, but was killed by the opponent's repeated crossbows. His soldiers were getting fewer and fewer, so he could only groan angrily and turn back. The city is preparing to gather troops for another battle.

On the other side, Guan Yu's situation at the east gate was similar to that of Wen Chou, but his opponent was Ma Chao. The two fought three times, but Guan Yu could not defeat him due to his martial arts skills, and was eventually forced to retreat.

Although there are 20,000 troops in the city, they are obviously not enough in front of the flying cavalry army.

After emptying a box of crossbow arrows, the Flying Cavalry Army had no arrows to use. Wen Chou and Guan Yu originally thought it was time to counterattack, but then, when the Flying Cavalry Army put away their repeating crossbows and rushed down with their weapons, they realized that they wanted to too much.

Rhino leather armor is extremely rich, and now it is only equipped with the trapped camp equipment. However, the leather armor of the Flying Cavalry Army is double-layered cowhide armor, which is quite thick. Although it is not as good as rhinoceros leather armor, its defensive power is not much worse than that of heavy armor. It is even more The important thing is that the cooperation of the flying cavalry army is no worse than that of the trapped camp.

Less than a moment after the two sides were in close combat, the Yuan army that rushed up completely collapsed.

In the rebellious army, Wen Chou was furious and wanted to fight, but when he saw Guan Yu leading his troops, he pulled Wen Chou away and said, "You should be useful now, otherwise when this army reaches Yuan Gong's tent, If you are not prepared, will you put Mr. Yuan in trouble?"

While talking, Guan Yu took Wen Chou and left. Wen Chou didn't struggle anymore. He followed Guan Yu and led the army to escape from the north gate. Xingyang was conquered!