Chapter 81 Boring

"Lord, Mr. Zhao is here!"

Under the banner of the Chinese army, surrounded by generals, Cao Mengde rode his war horse and looked at the situation ahead with his sword in the distance. There were soldiers coming to report.

Cao Mengde was overjoyed when he heard this, and said to the left and right: "Mr. Zhao will definitely capture him if he goes out. No matter how slippery Sun Ce is, it will not help."

The generals were convinced, and then the Chinese soldiers and horses gave way, and Zhao Yu and Xu Huang came to the front of the formation.

"Mengde."

"Lord."

Say hello and meet him. Zhao Yu asked: "How is the offensive?"

Cao Mengde twisted his beard and said: "After all, the city has high walls and thick soldiers, and there are good soldiers and generals. Since the morning, I have attacked three times in a row. Although I have reached the top of the city every time, they have fought to the death and have not yet accomplished anything."

"How's the damage?"

"About the same."

Zhao Yu couldn't help but frown.

Siege warfare is the most brutal. If the elite level of the soldiers is similar, the loss between the attacker and the defender will be more than five to one. Therefore, there is a saying in the art of war: if it is ten times, it is to encircle it; if it is twice the number, it is to attack it. Excluding other factors, the force must be ten times more powerful to completely trap the defender. Only when the military strength is multiple, can one dare to attack a heavily defended city.

As for the current comparison of the enemy's and our own forces, Cao Mengde is at a disadvantage. There are 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses in Guangling City, and Cao Mengde's total is only 30,000. Not only was it not twice as large, it was only half the size of the defenders. Although in the siege battle, due to the elite soldiers, the death and injury ratio was one to one, but after careful calculation, Cao Mengde suffered a big loss.

If this exchange of lives continues, all of Cao Mengde's people will die, and there will still be 20,000 to 30,000 people in the city.

Next I heard Cao Mengde say: "The morale of the defenders is low. I attacked three formations, each one becoming more fierce than the other. They can't hold on for long."

That was the original idea.

Zhao Yu shook his head slightly: "Exchanging lives for lives is not a good strategy."

Cao Mengde chuckled and said with great anticipation: "Sir, do you have any strategies to teach me?"

Looking at Xun You, Xi Zhicai and others next to him, they all looked expectant. Zhao Yu couldn't help but laugh: "Oh, you are waiting for me here!"

Cao Mengde looked innocent: "Gongda, Zhicai, and Zhongde and I all have no good plans. What can we do?"

Zhao Yu said: "One burst of momentum will lead to another failure, and three times it will be exhausted. Although the morale of the defenders in the city is low, but you have not failed to attack three times in a row, the morale of the soldiers has also been affected. In this case... why not sink the boat?!"

Cao Mengde said: "The risk is too high."

However, he was looking forward to Zhao Yu.

Zhao Yu sighed and said, "I have never participated in your wars. Does Meng De know why? Now that I have captured Sun Ce this time, I already feel a little uncomfortable."

Hearing this, Cao Mengde straightened up his expression and said, "I know what you mean. You have the magical power of the immortal family, and a million-strong army is not looked down upon by you. If you join the war, what do you want my army to do?"

Zhao Yu nodded: "Mengde really knows what he is thinking. I will not participate in wars and military affairs. Once I do, Guangling, like this, will be destroyed with just a hand. So, what's the point? In this world, do I fight or you fight? Do you still need these soldiers? What do generals do? What do counselors and strategists do?"

The surrounding military advisors and generals were silent.

Then Zhao Yu sighed: "Mengde, it's just this once, and we won't do it next time, okay?"

Cao Mengde solemnly nodded: "If I only rely on my husband to defeat the enemy, how can I, Cao Mengde, have the dignity to conquer the world?!"

"That's good." Zhao Yu said: "You are indeed in a dilemma this time. Guangling must be destroyed, but Yuan Shao is making moves, so the soldiers cannot be too damaged... Later, you order the army to block the four gates, and I will go to the top of the city to get them. Enemy leader, let’s end this battle.”

Just as he was talking, the city gate in the distance suddenly opened wide, and a large iron cavalry rushed out. Amidst the shouts of killing, a roar came out: "Cao Mengde, Lu Fengxian is here!"

But he said that Cao Mengde's attack on the city was too fierce. Although he could not defeat the three formations, he beat the soldiers defending the city to the point of losing their temper. Lu Bu and others saw that this was not an option. If the situation continued a few more times, the soldiers might collapse and be unable to defend.

Lu Bu is good at attacking, especially cavalry combat, he is the best at it. On the contrary, defending the city is not its strong point. So it was suggested to attack instead of defend, take the opportunity to leave the city, kill Cao Jun's arrogance, and restore some morale.

Tao Qian, Liu Bei and others thought about it and thought it was reasonable. So Ling Guan and Zhang followed Lu Bu out of the city and charged for a while.

The momentum of the cavalry charging into battle is indeed shocking. Thousands of troops and horses trampled the ground, rumbling like thunder and raging, suppressing Cao's army's attack on the city!

Cao Mengde couldn't help but clapped his hands and praised: "Although Lu Bu is a villain, he does have good skills in fighting."

Zhao Yu said: "If he is captured, what is Meng De's plan?"

"I take it for my own use."

"Aren't you afraid of his capriciousness?"

"Does he dare when Mr. is here?"

Zhao Yu laughed: "That's all."

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Yu was nowhere to be seen on the horse.

The next moment, three armored generals suddenly appeared in front of Cao Mengde's horse and lay on the ground.

All the generals around were frightened. Cao Mengde rolled his sleeves and said, "There is no need to panic."

Looking again, if these three people are not Lu Bu, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, who are they? !

But it was like a dead corpse, although it was glaring with anger, it could not move at all.

"Tied."

Cao Mengde was extremely calm.

Then he said: "Xu Huang, lead five thousand troops and horses to the north gate quickly."

"Yuan Rang, lead five thousand soldiers and horses to the south gate quickly."

"Le Jin, lead five thousand soldiers and horses to the east gate quickly."

"No one in Guangling City can escape!"

"Here!"

"Dian Wei, Ming Jin."

With the sound of gold ringing, the soldiers attacking the city retreated like a tide. But the group of cavalrymen who had just come out of the city were in chaos.

Zhao Yu stood in the sky, the space under his feet seemed to be rippling with water, and he was wearing a Taoist robe with long sleeves fluttering: "Lü Bu, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei have been captured by me. Why don't you abandon your weapons quickly, dismount and surrender!"

"God...god!"

"Stop! Demon!"

"Shoot him, shoot him!"

Zhao Yu frowned, the overhaul rolled, and a hurricane blew up out of thin air, knocking many cavalry off their horses, and then walked away looking at the city.

Cao Mengde, however, was more surprised than happy at this time. After all, he did not panic. He quickly ordered his soldiers to collect their weapons and gather the surrender troops without mentioning them.

Upstairs at the city gate, Liu Bei was so stunned that his eyes almost fell off the city wall. Tao Qian's face turned pale, and Chen Gong sighed repeatedly. For example, Guangling Chen Deng, Chen Gui, etc. all had pale faces.

"This, this, this..."

When Liu Bei saw the Taoist walking towards the city, his teeth chattered and his muscles twitched: "This is the Taoist named Zhao!"

Chen Gong ignored him, just straightened his clothes, and took two steps forward. Zhao Yu happened to step onto the city gate tower and landed in front of him.

"Mr. Zhao."

Chen Gong paid his respects.

Zhao Yu nodded slightly: "You have come this far, Gongtai."

Chen Gong said: "You can't help yourself."

Zhao Yu stopped talking. With a flick of his sleeve, the roof of the city gate tower was immediately wiped away without even a trace of fly ash, revealing more than ten people including Tao Qian and Liu Bei.

At this time, the soldiers on the city had already abandoned their weapons and fell down like dominoes. Only two generals, one on the left and one on the right, rushed towards the gate tower from the walls on both sides.

Zhao Yu glanced at Liu Bei and others: "Follow me out of the city."

Liu Bei pursed his lips and said, "Sir..."

Zhao Yu pointed his finger, and the space rippled, erasing Liu Bei from the world, and then said: "You are the most ambitious, so I won't keep him."

Everyone was as silent as a cicada.

Zhang Liao and Gao Shun rushed to the city gate tower and were silent when they saw what happened.

Zhao Yu looked at the two of them: "Let's go."