Chapter 259 The enemy of the Nujiang River
Zhu Luo's army followed the Nujiang River and invaded Yongchang again. Zhang Biao, the prefect of Liang State in Buwei City, had already received a letter from the scout.
At this time, Buwei closed the city gate day and night, and at the same time, as Zhuge Liang's previous instructions, he also interrupted the logistics transportation to Longweitan. However, the materials and food stored in Longweitan Castle were enough for all Liang troops along the Dulong River to pay for four months.
The Zhuluo army came with three thousand infantrymen and five hundred war elephants. They also set up a large camp on the banks of the Nujiang River. They used the Nujiang waterway as the food channel and obtained supplies from the rear.
On this day, the drums and horns outside the city of Buwei were noisy, and a large number of Zhu Luo troops listed attack formations outside the city of Buwei. With the order of the main general Sumoda, hundreds of human catapults lined up began to continuously shoot stones at the head of Buwei City.
The bombardment lasted for a whole morning, and only the city walls were broken and bricks were broken, and the soil and wood were splashed. The battlements of the city walls were smashed. This trencher could not destroy the city walls, but Sumoda's purpose was to knock out these battlements because they could provide cover for the defenders.
There was another rapid drum sound, and the Zhuluo army slowly advanced forward. When approaching the city wall, the shield wall stood up, and the arrows behind the formation shot towards the city like locusts.
At this time, the Liang army's infantrymen had nowhere to hide. They could only retreat to the edge of the city wall, squat down and hold their shields to avoid the shooting of arrows.
Outside the city wall, the specially made light stairs of the Zhuluo Army were erected like a forest, crossing the moat directly and climbing up the edge of the city. The Zhuluo soldiers rushed over like a torrent, and then quickly climbed up the top of the city along dozens of stairs.
At the same time, Zhu Luo's crossbowman showed no sign of stopping, and dense arrows continued to shoot towards the city. If the Liang army infantry was not careful, they would be at risk of being shot by the arrow.
Several Zhu Luo soldiers who rushed to the front climbed to the top of the city. When they poked out half of their bodies from the top of the city, the bows under the city stopped. At the same time, the Liang army spearmen hiding behind the shield of their companions stabbed their spears at the other side. Three of the Zhu Luo soldiers were immediately stabbed seven or eight gun holes.
The other few people used all their strength to jump onto the top of the city. One of them saw a spear stabbing, and grabbed the other party's gun with his hands. Then he pushed the gun aside, but did not let go, slid along the gun to the other party, and stabbed it into the other party's abdomen with a rapid knife.
But he immediately felt a sharp pain in his right chest. Another Liang army camp soldier stabbed his right rib with a dagger. Immediately afterwards, the camp soldier was knocked to the city by another Zhuluo soldier and fell to death on the spot.
The sound of killing on the top of the city was shocked by the sky, and the two sides fought fiercely. In the end, the Zhu Luo army occupied a section of the city at a considerable cost of casualties.
When they were about to attack on both sides and the city along the corridor at the top of the city, the Liang army spearmen in the other sections of the city wall launched a counterattack. Two gun forests, dense as pine needles, came along the city wall toward the Zhuluo army.
Seeing this, the crossbowmen of Zhu Luo's army under the city tried their best to shoot at them, but the crossbowmen were already sore and numb at this time, and the firing rate was very slow and their strength was reduced. Therefore, although the Liang army's spearmen suffered a large casualties, they failed to stop the Liang army's counterattack.
Two dense long spears and guns repeatedly stabbed the Zhu Luo soldiers in the middle, and the Zhu Luo soldiers on the top of the city naturally could not resist it. After a moment, they were driven down by the other party.
At this time, at the foot of the city, the moat was filled with the bodies of soldiers on both sides. Sumoda's mouth twitched twice, and reluctantly ordered: "Get off the troops!" The sound of Zhu Luo's cymbals resigning followed...
After Sumoda knew that Buwei City was unlikely to be conquered, he followed Galava's established strategy and while monitoring Buwei City, he used elephant cavalry to cruise between Buwei and Longwei Beach, in an attempt to cut off the logistics supply of the Liang army's southern expedition army.
However, after many days, Sumoda did not see any movement in Buwei City, nor did he see Liang Jun who had escorted the baggage in other directions coming. The three waves of scouts who went to Longwei Beach to inquire were going but not returning.
These situations made Sumoda both terrified and puzzled. Sumoda was determined to go to inquire about the military situation in Longweitan himself.
As the chief general, it is indeed ridiculous to investigate the enemy situation personally. But it is normal for Sumoda. Sumoda was originally a scout, and because of his merits, he was promoted to a general of the small army. It was also his usual thing to spy on the enemy situation himself.
This time, Sumoda took thirty confidants and traveled lightly and quietly to Longwei Beach. After a day and night of rapid journey, they arrived in front of Longwei Beach.
Dozens of people slept in the mountains and forests near the castle for two hours. After a while, they took a break and then touched the Dulong River next to the castle. However, none of them knew that although the smell of mosquito repellent grass burning while sleeping drove away mosquitoes, they also attracted the hunting dogs of Liang Jun's scout.
Thirty personal soldiers of Sumoda divided into three gangs and went to three locations according to his arrangement to investigate the situation. He personally led a small gang to sneak to the bank of Dulong River and lay on a huge rock with six or seven battles. Here you can see the castle and the situation on the Dulong River.
It was already the day when the sun was rising. Sumoda saw with his own eyes that the Liang army's unique Viking ships were coming and going on the castle dock on the surface of the Dulong River. It was obvious that there was a large amount of supplies in the middle of Longweitan Castle.
Seeing these scenes, Sumoda suddenly realized and said to himself: "No wonder Liang Jun stopped transporting the baggage."
A hawk roar suddenly came from the sky. Sumoda looked up and looked into the air. Two black shadows fell vertically from the air and rushed straight. Then there were a thunderous sound and two screams. The two close friends around Sumoda covered their faces and wailed. Blood oozed out from the gaps between their fingers.
"No! We were discovered!" Sumoda immediately reacted and was about to escape with his guards beside him. He was attacking them with a scattered arrow. Three Sumoda's guards fell to the ground with arrows. Two others fled and fell to death under the huge rock.
When Sumoda ran down the boulder and escaped dozens of battles, only two confidants were left beside him. However, the Liang army in the rear was still chasing him. Sumoda didn't know how many pursuers were, but he heard a lot of barking dogs.
Sumoda was known as a scud in the Zhuluo army. At that moment, as soon as he lifted his breath, his legs ran up like a hot wheel, and he immediately threw his two personal guards behind him. In this way, he ran for nearly a hundred battles, and in front was where their elephant mounts were located.
Sumoda climbed the elephant in two or two steps and said to the soldiers who were driving the elephant: "Go quickly!" The elephant immediately moved its legs and ran as fast as possible. At this time, Sumoda's heart was put back in his throat.
But before they could get out of dozens of battles, Sumoda saw three "big cats" chasing him like arrows.
"Quick, hurry up and speed up." Before Sumoda finished speaking, several cheetahs pounced on the elephant's back, bit off the elephant soldier's neck in one bite, and the other two attacked Sumoda...
Chapter completed!