The war finally came, and the six thousand soldiers in Lushui Cang City were already solemnly waiting, watching the rapidly moving black shadows on the west bank of Lushui and the vast wilderness in the north, but the Nancang Gate also opened, and Li Jing personally welcomed the arrival of the five thousand Sui army. At this time, the general Zhao Liang, the leader, came forward and knelt down on one knee to salute, "I am humble to see General Li!"

Li Jing quickly helped him up, "General Zhao quickly invites him. It should be me who saluted the general to show his gratitude!"

Li Jing was indeed very grateful for Zhao Liang's support. He didn't expect Zhao Liang to come so quickly and to rush to Lushui Cang before he grabbed Luo Yi. Although he hoped that Zhao Liang could support Yuyang County, now that the people have arrived, he would not be able to mention the matter of Yuyang County again.

Zhao Liang seemed to understand Li Jing's thoughts and smiled: "General, don't worry, the main army of my general has already headed north. There are large waterway troops in Beiping County and Yuyang County, so they can definitely restrain Gao Kaidao's army."

Li Jing was immediately overjoyed and asked anxiously: "I wonder where His Highness King Qi has already arrived?"

"Hejian County!"

It’s not just Li Jing now. All the soldiers next to him were overjoyed. The main reinforcements were about to arrive, so what was the fear of Luo Yi’s army?

Li Jing is worthy of being a veteran of many battles. He immediately understood Zhang Xuan's strategy and secretly called out a clever plan in his heart. If Luo Yi knew that Zhang Xuan's main force had already reached Hejian County, he might not have come to attack Lushui Cang even if he was beaten to death.

He nodded immediately, "Since that's the case, we only strictly guard Cangcheng and drag Luo Yi to Lushui Cang."

The sky gradually became brighter, and Luo Yi's 20,000 troops finally arrived at the city of Lushui Cang. The walls of Lushui Cang were all renovated. The city walls were three meters high and there were several meters wide moats under the city. It was not easy to attack this city wall. However, Cangcheng was not a heroic city after all. Although the city wall was very high, its width was insufficient and even seemed a bit thin. The city wall was only one meter thick, so large throwing weapons could not be installed. Moreover, if Luo Yi carried heavy catapults and siege hammers, the powerful impact force would easily defeat the city wall.

Luo Yi also knew the weakness of Lushui Cang, but he had no way to adopt it. He could not carry either a giant siege or a siege ram. He only brought a hundred ordinary siege ladders. However, Luo Yi could still use some kind of local method. When he crossed the North Bridge, he cut down two hundred-year-old poplar trees on the east side of the North Bridge. Each of them needed two people to hug each other. It was about ten feet long. He sharpened one end and made two huge siege rams.

Luo Yi rode on his horse and stared at Lushui Cang City a mile away. He could see hundreds of huge warehouses in Cang City, one by one, with food and weapons he had longed for. Luo Yi gritted his teeth and waved his knife and ordered: "Prepare to attack the city!"

‘Dong!Dong!Dong!’ The earth-shaking sound of the offensive drums sounded. Luo Yi’s brother Luo Shou led 5,000 troops to fight for the first round of attacks, and rushed towards Lushui Cang like a tide.

Without a tentative attack, Luo Yi directly entered the siege. The troops of the Youzhou Army were completely different from Lu Mingyue, Dou Jiande and others. They were a strong brigade with extremely strong equipment. They were well-equipped, and each soldier was equipped with a short spear and a shield helmet, which was more suitable for fighting in the city.

The soldiers were very morale and had a very well-organized attack. More than a thousand people in front carried long wooden boards to lay moats, followed by fifty siege ladders, and behind them were thousands of attacking Sui soldiers, each wearing a shield helmet.

The shield helmet is a protective helmet specially equipped for siege soldiers. It is to inlaid the shield on the helmet. This equipment is very rough and has poor protection effect due to insufficient thickness. However, it is barely feasible to use it to siege. Soldiers climb ladders with one hand and hold spears with the other. There is no way to raise a shield to protect themselves, so pushing the shield on their heads can resist arrows shot from the top of their heads.

As soon as the attacking soldiers rushed into a hundred steps, arrows immediately shot at the top of the city, and the overwhelming arrows shot towards the Youzhou soldiers rushing towards the rushing Youzhou soldiers. The soldiers were constantly shot by arrows, but they did not stop the soldiers from running. With the rumbling sound of war drums, long wooden boards were placed on the moat, and the long nails at both ends were deeply nailed into the soil, causing bridges to appear out of thin air on the moat.

This is an effective means to restrain the moat that almost all siege troops will use. As a countermeasure, the best way is to widen the moat to more than ten feet, but in this way, the other party can also use the method of building a floating bridge to crack it. There are tricks, and there are tricks.

Siege ladders were erected, and the front iron hooks were placed on the city wall. The soldiers flocked to climb up. On the top of the city, general Duan Xianda led two thousand soldiers to smash countless wooden and rocks like hail. The soldiers who siege were constantly knocked down the ladder and screamed and fell down the city wall.

There were soldiers on the top of the city who used iron forks to lift the siege ladder, and the long iron forks overturned the ladder. More than a dozen soldiers on the ladder screamed and fell down with the ladder.

A thousand Qingzhou crossbowmen also shot arrows at both ends. After more than a year of intensive training, they equipped the crossbow quickly and accurately arched. The soldiers on the siege ladder were constantly being caught in arrows and rolled down. They posed a great threat to the Youzhou soldiers on the siege ladder from the side. Many soldiers had to take off their shield helmets and raise them in their hands to resist the powerful crossbow arrows shot from both sides.

Seeing that the counterattack at the top of the city was sharp, Luo Yi immediately ordered: "The crossbowman suppresses the enemy and attacks the city ram to prepare for the attack!"

Five thousand crossbowmen rushed up and listed powerful crossbow arrow formations in hundreds of steps. The overwhelming crossbow arrows shot towards the top of the city. A large number of casualties began to appear on the top of the city. Hundreds of soldiers were shot by crossbow arrows and fell on the top of the city.

The powerful crossbow arrows quickly suppressed the Sui army's counterattack at the city. The soldiers under the city began to accelerate to climb the city. Just as they were about to reach the city, the arrow formation under the city also lost its meaning, and the arrows shot up quickly decreased, giving the defending soldiers a chance to counterattack. At this time, the soldiers on the siege ladder and the soldiers guarding the city started a bloody battle for the city at the city.

At this time, fifty soldiers ran towards the city wall with a huge siege mallet. A hundred soldiers raised their shields on both sides to guard them. Zhao Liang on the top of the city saw this team like a centipede. He immediately shouted: "Don't let them get close to the city wall, shoot with arrows, and smash them with stones!"

Five hundred Sui army crossbowmen raised their crossbows and shot at the soldiers rushing towards them. The dense arrows immediately shot the dozen people in front like hedgehogs. As the soldiers in front fell one after another, a long hammer head was revealed.

But the siege ram did not stop running. They continued to increase their manpower to fill the soldiers who were shot down. They gradually resisted the arrow and rushed to the city wall. The rocks were smashed down above the city wall. The soldiers under the city were smashed to death and screamed wildly, and turned around and fled. In the chaos, two wooden boards on the moat were broken by the rocks. More than a hundred soldiers fell into the moat together with the siege ram, and were soon killed by the arrows shot from the city head.

At this time, more than two thousand casualties of soldiers in the siege were injured, and most of the fifty siege ladders were damaged, leaving only less than ten siege ladders. The Youzhou army was in a very passive situation, and it gradually became unrealistic to break through Cangcheng. In desperation, Luo Yi had to order the siege to stop.

‘Dang!Dang!Dang!’ The bell to withdraw the troops ran back, and thousands of Youzhou soldiers ran back like a tide, leaving behind more than a thousand bodies that died in battle under the city. A cheer suddenly sounded on the top of the city.

The reason why Luo Yi suspended the attack was not because the siege was not good for the moment, but because he found that the hundred siege ladders he carried were far from enough, and he lost half of the first attack, which would soon be consumed. Although the nearest woods were ten miles away, it was imperative to supplement the siege ladders. Luo Yi immediately sent 3,000 people to the woods to cut down trees and create simple siege ladders.

At noon, Luo Yi stood on the hill and looked at Cangcheng not far away, with a very serious expression. At this time, his brother Luo Shou walked up to him and whispered: "I think the best way is to build a heavy trench machine that can directly knock down the city wall. What do you think?"

Luo Yi looked back at him and slowly shook his head. Luo Shou was stunned, "Does your brother think he can't make it?"

"It's not a question of whether it can be created. As long as it is created, it's time!"

"time?"

Luo Shou asked in confusion: "Are you worried that Zhang Xuan will go north?"

Luo Yi said worriedly: "For some reason, I always feel that something is wrong with the Sui army in Hejian County coming to support, and I can't explain it clearly, but I have a intuition that Zhang Xuan's army may have gone north. We are attacking Lushui Cang here, but Ji County is empty!"

At this moment, a soldier rushed to report, "Report to the prince, General Jin sent someone to deliver a letter saying that Zhang Xuan's army arrived in Ji County, and the situation was critical!"
Chapter completed!