Bang!

A rock hit the wall of Lingxian City hard, and the stone chips splashed.

Standing on the city gate tower, you can clearly feel the trembling of the city wall under your feet. Liu Chuang stood behind the female wall, with a solemn look on his chubby face.

Under the city, the drums of war rumbled, and the shouts of killing were shocking.

Teams of Haixi soldiers rushed towards Lingxian like a tide, and siege cars slowly approached in the distance.

Chen Deng's army arrived in Ling County and immediately launched a fierce attack.

He seemed to be trying to eradicate the shame of being defeated by Zhang Liao in Huainan, and recruited 30,000 troops from Haixi, and prepared a large number of siege equipment, preparing to take down Lingxian in one go.

Nearly thirty catapults kept throwing flints at the head of Lingxian County.

The three well railing cars were ready to go long ago, just waiting for Chen Deng to give the order...

Liu Chuang didn't expect that Chen Deng would be so crazy. Judging from his attitude, he clearly wanted to stave off all his might and siege Ling County.

Fortunately, Liu Chuang was not unprepared.

After arriving in Ling County, he forced three thousand young and strong people from Ling County to repair the city walls.

You should know that the walls of Lingxian County are not particularly high and thick. If they are not fully prepared, it may be difficult to withstand large-scale attacks.

Facts have further proved that Liu Chuang’s guess is not wrong.

Chen Deng seemed to be determined, but it was not easy to break through Lingxian.

"Arrowman, shoot the arrow!"

Gao Shun roared loudly, and a rain of arrows soared into the sky above the city and flew under the city.

The Haixi soldiers raised their shields to block the attack of the rain of arrows. When they rushed to the city of Lingxian, they encountered overwhelming wooden attacks.

One person needs to hug each other, and sharp nails are embedded on the nearly two-meter-long rolling wood.

After being thrown from the city, as long as it is scraped down, it will be covered with flesh... More importantly, these rolling woods are soaked in tung oil. When the rolling woods under the city gather into piles, people will immediately throw torches from the city, surrounding Lingxian in the sea of ​​fire to delay the attack speed of the troops in the west of the sea.

The air was filled with a burnt smell of human flesh.

There were even more corpses under the city, and there were corpses everywhere... Chen Deng attacked the city three times, but he returned in vain and failed to even attack the city.

Liu Chuang was not happy because he knew that Chen Deng had not used his next move yet.

Look, the dozens of siege cars finally set off, and three siege cars slowly approached. The archers on the siege cars were arrowing like rain, trying to suppress the defenders on the city.

The winter sun is quite cold.

Under the sunlight, a strange halo appeared, as if it was shrouded in the sky above Ling County.

"Uncle Emperor, I didn't expect Chen Yuanlong to be so crazy."

Liu Chuang raised his lips and said softly: "If you knew that there were more than 100,000 hu of grain in this city, you would definitely be so crazy. As far as I know, there is now a shortage of food in Haixi. Chen Deng and Xu Xuan may not be able to bear it, so they attacked so fiercely. He wanted to fight quickly, but I wouldn't let him do it..."

In history, when Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou and conquered Lu Bu, Chen Deng raised an army to help, approached Xia Pi from Guangling, and cut off Lu Bu's retreat.

Now, although Chen Deng still sends troops, his momentum is worse than that.

After all, he lost a large area of ​​Guangling's land, and the momentum he could only create with the Haixi and Quyang counties was naturally not as strong as the power of Guangling's county.

The sea is deserted and there is not much food or grass.

This time he forced his troops to conquer 30,000 troops and horses, and the shortage of food and grass can be imagined.

This is also why Chen Deng attacked Lingxian crazily since Quyang sent troops.

Although Ling County is the hub of Huaibei, the tens of thousands of hu of sorghum in the city also made Chen Deng feel jealous.

If he could have these food and grass, he could stabilize the morale of the army... Otherwise, he could only rely on Cao Cao's assistance. The question is, how much food and grass can Cao Cao help? The number of food and grass stationed in Xia Pi was absolutely amazing. Although Cao Cao had gained a lot in his three years of farming. However, in these three years, Cao Cao went on expeditions several times, and the amount of food and grass was also amazing... He could barely take care of 80,000 troops. But if he added 30,000 more people, it is still another question to say whether Cao Cao could hold on. More importantly, if Chen Deng accepted Cao Cao's assistance, it would be equivalent to completely relying on Cao Cao and losing the independence and transcendence of his Chen family in Xuzhou.

This is definitely not the result that Chen Deng is willing to see.

Of course, Chen Deng also knew that Liu Chuang was transporting grain and grass from the bottom and stocking up Huaiyin.

He can also send troops to attack Xia Xiang, but in that case, he will inevitably be attacked by Lingxian... In contrast, although Lingxian's food and grass are not as good as Xia Xiang, it is enough for Chen Deng to consume. At the same time, attacking Xia Xiang can also avoid the situation of being attacked from both sides. This also further strengthens Chen Deng's desire for Lingxian.

"Prepare for the catapult!"

When more than a dozen siege cars approached Lingxian, Gao Shun shouted in a deep voice.

There were three catapults in Lingxian Kufu Mansion, which were ordered by Liu Chuang to hide in a dead corner in the city to avoid being attacked by the Haixi soldiers.

"Photography!"

With Gao Shun's order, the catapult cart in Lingxian made a squeaking sound, followed by three huge fireballs, flying out of the city and falling outside the city.

Pan, Pan, Pan...

The fireball fell to the ground, making a series of sounds, and the flames soared into the sky.

It turned out that the fireball thrown by Lingxian was actually a tung oil can wrapped in hay. One tung oil can weighed more than 20 kilograms.

After the tung oil tank landed on the ground, it immediately shattered, and the tung oil inside scattered all over the ground, ignited by burning hay, immediately burned, and thick black smoke rose.

When more than thirty tung oil cans were thrown out, outside Lingxian City, it had become a sea of ​​fire.

Two siege cars were hit by tung oil cans and started burning on the spot.

Seeing this, the carriage in Jinglan quickly retreated and did not dare to approach forward.

Looking at the Haixi soldiers who were struggling and wailing in the sea of ​​fire, Liu Chuang's face did not show any unbearable expression and ordered the archers to shoot the Haixi soldiers under the city.

A day passed quietly in this fierce battle.

At night, the Haixi Army stopped attacking, and scattered flames were jumping outside Lingxian City.

Liu Chuang was eating rice on the city tower, and the same sorghum rice and beef bone soup as all the soldiers.

This also made the soldiers feel good about Liu Guang... The general who was able to fight side by side with them and share the joys and sorrows made them feel more at ease.

"Uncle Emperor, although he repels Chen Yuanlong today, he will definitely not give up.

It is probably difficult to hold on to the small town of Lingxian for too long... Today, it only took one day to consume more than 30,000 arrows, killing and injuring more than 200 people."

Gao Shun sat next to Liu Chuang and whispered.

Xiahou Lan patrolled the city with more than a hundred flying Xiong Guards.

Liu Chuang picked up a big bowl, drank the thick beef bone soup, then applied a handful of his mouth, and stood up.

"How many arrows are there in the city?"

"About 80,000 pieces, more than 2,000 rolling wood, and five thousand sand and stone..."

Gao Shun remembered Lingxian's supplies in his heart and came to him immediately.

After Liu Chuang took him to patrol the city tower for a while, seeing that the soldiers were in good morale, he felt relieved and sent an order to strengthen the garrison to prevent Chen Deng from attacking at night.

"Let everyone save some money, I guess they can last for a few more days.

Reinforcements will come soon, and Chen Deng will inevitably retreat at that time. To be honest, I am not worried that Chen Deng will attack Lingxian. If he only attacks for a strong force, even if he is fierce, it will be difficult to last. What I am worried about is Chen Deng’s plan. This person is profound and broad, and has a bit of courage. You can never guess what he wants to do next, so it will be particularly difficult to guard against..."

When Gao Shun heard this, he couldn't help but look at Liu Chuang with admiration.

He was about to remind Liu Chuang to be careful of Chen Deng's use of tricks. But now it seems that Liu Chuang was prepared for a long time and did not take Chen Deng lightly.

"What, I think I will underestimate Chen Deng?"

Gao Shun smiled and did not answer.

Liu Chuang said: "How could I underestimate this person... Although Chen Deng was defeated by Zhang Wenyuan before, it was not his fault. Wenyuan was brave and good at fighting.

Chen Deng was trapped in the lonely city and had no reinforcements to help him, so he retreated to Haixi. However, Chen Deng was very famous in Guangling. It was precisely this reason that I had to send Hao Zhao and Wen Xiang to Huainan to ensure the smooth road. If this is not the case, Huainan will be in chaos.

To deal with such people, you need to be careful and not negligent.

In this way, you and I will separate the first and second nights tonight... It is already quite hard for you to command during the day, so I will go to rest first. Wait for the second half of the night to prevent Chen Deng from attacking. But I think he may not necessarily attack at night. Night attack is not the best choice for him. What I worry most is that he has arranged for some subsequent moves. In that case, it will be really dangerous and you need to be more careful."

After hearing this, Gao Shun nodded repeatedly.

He didn't bother with Liu Chuang, so he went to rest by himself.

Liu Chuang stayed at the city, looking at the camp of the Western Haimen in the distance in the night, showing a meditative look.

I don’t know what kind of means will Chen Deng use?

Outside Lingxian Town, the Haixi Army Camp.

Chen Deng was extremely surprised and welcomed Liu Bei and others into the central army's tent.

"Duke Xuande, how could he come here?"

Liu Bei's face was still a little pale, and he looked quite scary.

However, he seemed to be in good spirits. Although he traveled a long distance, he did not show any fatigue.

Zhang Fei and Guan Yu stood behind Liu Bei, holding their arms without saying a word. Chen Daze led the elite Bai Xu soldiers to settle in the camp and did not come.

For some reason, looking at Zhang Fei and Guan Yu beside Liu Bei, Chen Deng couldn't help feeling a little sad.

Thinking of Liu Bei's help from Jian Yongsun Gan, and later recruited Mi Zhu. But what about now? Jian Yongsun Gan all died at the hands of Liu Chuang, and Mi Zizhong was left, and he actually defected to Liu Chuang. When Liu Bei came to Xuzhou, he was considered full of talents. But now, he was just Guan Zhang and Chen Da, and there was no adviser to follow him, but it was really deserted. Thinking of this, Chen Deng couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

To be honest, Chen Dengting values ​​Liu Bei and believes that Liu Bei can accomplish great things.
To be continued...