The Great Wei Empire in the Warring States Period

Qufu City

Prime Minister Sun Fu was commanding the army to defend on the city wall. Thousands of soldiers carried the city defense equipment to the city wall. A soldier ran over and said, "Prime Minister, our city defense equipment has been out of repair for a long time. I'm afraid the range is not far!" Sun Fu walked over and checked the city defense crossbow. The crossbow mechanism of the city defense crossbow had long been rusted. Sun Fu asked the soldier next to him, "How far can this crossbow be fired now?"

"Prime Minister, this crossbow can only shoot 300 steps." The soldier replied. Sun Fu sighed.

A general came over and said, "Prime Minister, the scholars of the academy have come to the city wall to see you! They said they want to live and die with Lu! I saw that they were all scholars, so I didn't call them over."

Sun Fu heard it and immediately went to the city wall. When he was halfway up the stairs, the scholars below saw the prime minister coming, knelt down and said, "Prime Minister, please promise us that we are willing to live and die with Lu!"

Sun Fu was very excited when he saw all the Confucian scholars asking to join the war. He said with tears in his eyes, "Okay, good, you are worthy of being our Confucian students. Let's use our swords to defend our Lu and live and die with Lu!"

A Confucian scholar stood up and said, "Everyone, follow me to the city to defend!" Thousands of Confucian scholars stood up and went up the city wall and began to move the city defense equipment.

Kong Fu wiped his tears, and suddenly he saw an ugly scholar in green clothes moving stones, and hurriedly shouted: "Chun Yu Kun, come here!" The scholar hurried over and saluted: "Prime Minister, what do you want from me?"

Kong Fu said dissatisfiedly: "Chun Yu Kun, your talent is up to the position of Prime Minister, why do you come here to defend the city! If you still recognize me as your teacher, leave Lu!"

Chun Yu Kun explained: "Sir, I am also a Lu countryman, you want to make a contribution to Lu!"

Kong Fu sighed and said: "Chun Yu Kun, your achievements are not limited to defending a small city here, you have to use your talent to stir up the world! Lu can't be defended, use your talent to avenge Lu, you quickly pack your bags and go to Qi. Let's go, let's go!"

Chun Yu Kun knelt down crying and said: "Sir , I won't leave! I want to be with you!"

Kong Fu touched his head and said, "Chun Yu Kun, let's go. We are responsible for the safety of Lu. You still have a long way to go. I know your talent. You should not stop here. Go to Qi as soon as possible and use your talent to help Qi become stronger and avenge Wei's destruction of the country!"...

At night, Kong Fu was sorting books. A servant walked in and said, "Sir, the generals want to see you."

Kong Fu put down the bamboo slips: "Please let them in."

After the generals came in, Kong Fu smiled and said, "Please sit down!" The generals bowed and said, "Thank you, Prime Minister!"

Kong Fu asked, "Everyone, how is the city defense of Qufu going?"

A general stood up and said, "Prime Minister, all the city defense equipment has been moved to the city wall. Rolling logs and arrows are enough for two years, and the food is enough for the whole city for three years. The wells outside the city are full of water.All the houses will be demolished and will not be used by the enemy army!"

Kong Fu nodded and said: "Order the whole city to be under strict discipline tomorrow. No one is allowed to enter or leave at will. Soldiers must patrol every street to prevent spies!"--Yes!

Another general stood up and said: "Prime Minister, the enemy army has only 50,000 people. I think our army will rely on the city wall to defend first. When the enemy army is tired and morale is low, our army will go out of the city to attack the enemy at night."

Kong Fu thought for a while: "Okay, let's do it! First resist the enemy, wear down the enemy's morale, and then attack the enemy at night!"

The next morning, the Wei army had arrived in Qufu City. Wei Cuo looked at this world-famous city, his eyes full of the scene of breaking through Qufu City. The deputy general Shi was asked: "General, should we set up camp first?"

Wei Cuo smiled and said: "Order the whole army to set up camp immediately and surround Qufu without attacking! "——Yes!

On the tower, Prime Minister Kong Fu watched the Wei army cutting trees and building horse walls. A general said: "Prime Minister, the Wei army is setting up camp and is not prepared. Do you want me to lead the troops out of the city to attack the Wei army? If successful, our army's morale will be high, which is beneficial to our defense of the city."

Kong Fu thought for a while, shook his head and said: "No, if it is a trap set by the Wei army, it will be troublesome. Our army only needs to defend the city now, and there is no need to take risks. Order the entire army not to leave the city without permission. Anyone who leaves the city to fight without permission will be killed!" ——Yes!

Report~~, a soldier ran over and said: "Prime Minister, our army found that the enemy also set up a camp in the east of the city. I don't know what the enemy is planning. ”

Kong Fu was thinking with his hand on his beard. The general beside him said, "Prime Minister, the enemy set up two camps. Could it be that the enemy wants to attack from two sides, or the enemy wants to besiege us?"

Kong Fu shook his head and said, "Impossible. The Wei army has only 50,000 soldiers, 5,000 Wei Wuzu and 10,000 cavalry. The troops are not many. If they are divided, their strength will be reduced, which will only benefit our army to defend the city."

Kong Fu said to the generals, "Order the whole army to carefully investigate the movements of the Wei army. Once the Wei army has any movement, tell me immediately!" ——Yes!

The tent of the Wei army commander

Shi was puzzled and asked, "General, why do we divide our troops! Our army is not large in number, and we suffered a great battle not long ago, and many were killed and wounded. If we divide our troops, we may be defeated one by one by the Lu army! "Wei Cuo smiled and said: "The purpose of dividing the troops is to confuse the enemy. In battle, we must seize the initiative, not give it to the enemy!"

After hearing this, Shi Bei suddenly realized and said: "General, your move of dividing the troops and setting up camps is to make the enemy defend according to our thinking, and also to let the armies on both sides attack separately. The armies on both sides are divided into two armies. For example, today our army is responsible for attacking the city, and tomorrow another army will be responsible for attacking. The two armies take turns to attack the city, which can make the enemy tired, while our army can still maintain a high combat effectiveness. "

Wei Cuo nodded and said: "Yes, you are half right. This attackThe city can only be defended for five days. After five days, catapults will be used to attack the city. When the time is right, it will be the time to break the city!"

Shi Bei hurriedly said: "General, you want to make the enemy exhausted first, and then use catapults to confuse the enemy, and then take the opportunity to attack at night!" Wei Cuo smiled and said: "Okay, go and prepare!" ——Yes!

The next day at noon, because the Wei army arrived at the capital, Kong Fu had been living in the tower and had not returned home once. Kong Fu changed his usual scholar appearance and wore military uniforms and armor with a sharp sword on his waist. Kong Fu stood on the tower and looked at the Wei army camp. At this time, the Wei army wearing dark red military uniforms and black armor came out in a line, with battle flags and spears.

Kong Fu secretly said: What is coming will come! He said to the messenger beside him: "The whole army is ready for defense! "——Yes!

The Wei army set up two military formations, with more than a dozen ladders standing in front. Wei Cuo stood on the chariot, looking at Qufu City, and ordered: "Attack the city!" Dongdong~~

The Wei army attacked the city. The Wei army approached Qufu City step by step. When they were two hundred steps away from the city wall, the archers of the Wei army fired arrows together, and the arrows rained down in an instant. Kong Fu shouted: "Raise your shields!"

The soldiers of the Lu army raised their shields together. The first wave of arrows was blocked by the Lu army, but more than a hundred soldiers still fell. Kong Fu looked at the neat and uniform Wei army and sighed: The soldiers are good soldiers, worthy of being the army of the world's most powerful country!

When they were one hundred and fifty steps away from the city wall, Kong Fu raised his sword and shouted: "Archers shoot arrows!" The Wei army looked at the rain of arrows shooting at them without fear. The generals of the Wei army shouted: "Raise your shields! "The Wei army raised their shields above their heads in unison, as if they had a telepathic connection. The arrows were blocked, but the Wei army did not stop.

When the city wall was less than a hundred steps away, dozens of crossbow carts behind the Wei army began to fire. In an instant, each crossbow cart fired ten arrows, and powerful arrows more than one meter long were shot at the Lu army. Kong Fu knew the power of the crossbow carts, and hurriedly hid behind the parapet and shouted: "The whole army, hide quickly! "Some soldiers didn't know the power of the crossbow cart and used shields to block it. As a result, the arrows more than one meter long penetrated the shields and hit the Lu army. Some arrows even pierced the bodies of several Lu soldiers.

The first wave of arrow rain stopped, and Kong Fu also stood up to check the number of casualties in the army. He was shocked to see that there were hundreds of soldiers lying on the wall, and one or two hundred were seriously injured. Kong Fu's heart was bleeding. These were the last soldiers of Lu! Kong Fu hurriedly shouted: "Hurry up and carry them down for treatment!" ——Yes!

The Wei army's cloud ladders had been set up on the wall during that gap. Some Lu soldiers saw the cloud ladders on the wall and were very scared, but Kong Fu's face was calm and he said to the generals: "Push the cart and overturn the Wei army's cloud ladders for me! ”

Several Lu soldiers operated a cart and hit the ladder with force. The tall ladder was instantly shaken. When the Wei army saw the Lu army pushing the ladder, they quickly shot with crossbows.

But there were still several laddersAfter being overthrown, the Wei army also began to climb the city. The Wei army soldiers rushed to climb the city, and the Lu army kept using rolling logs and bows and arrows to stop the Wei army, but unfortunately they still couldn't stop the Wei army's attack.

Behind the Wei army, Wei Cuo looked at the battlefield in front and said to the messenger beside him: "Fire the crossbow carts! Cover the army to attack the city!"

Kong Fu was leading the soldiers to desperately resist the Wei army. Kong Fu's face was also full of blood. His left shoulder was also hit by an arrow. It was unknown which Wei soldier shot him. Kong Fu stabbed a Wei soldier to death. He accidentally raised his head and saw another wave of arrows coming. He quickly hid behind the parapet and said: "Hide, it's the enemy's crossbow carts!"

The Lu army's defense was instantly stagnant for a while. Dozens of Wei soldiers took advantage of this gap to climb the city wall. The Lu soldiers watched the Wei army climb the city and were a little overwhelmed. Kong Fu rushed forward, stabbed a Wei soldier to death, and shouted, "Kill!" The Lu soldiers reacted and rushed to the Wei army to start fighting.

There were already countless corpses lying on the city wall, and the Wei army was still attacking the city continuously. Suddenly, clang clang clang~~ The troops were called back! The Wei army retreated in an orderly manner. Kong Fu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the Wei army retreating, and said, "Tear down all the remaining ladders of the enemy army!" - Yes!

Just as that Wei army retreated, the sound of war drums sounded again, and another Wei army began to attack. A dense rain of arrows appeared in the sky again. Kong Fu saw that it was another continuous arrow blocking the traffic, and hid behind the parapet and shouted, "Hide!" The Lu army hid in the tower or behind the parapet, but the rain of arrows did not seem to stop, and kept shooting. When the Wei army was less than a hundred steps away from the city wall, the rain of arrows stopped.

Kong Fu hurriedly stood up and shouted: "Defend the city! Shoot arrows!" Kill kill ~ ~ The Wei army attacked the city wall again through the cloud ladder. After the Wei soldiers climbed up the city, they raised their swords and slashed at the nearby Lu soldiers.

After half an hour of fighting, the Wei army called off the troops again. When Kong Fu thought that the Wei army would not come, the Wei army had just retreated. The war drums sounded again, and the Wei army, which had just rested, rushed up to attack the city again!

After several consecutive times, the Lu army was exhausted. The Wei army finally retreated! Kong Fu finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the Wei army retreat.

The next day, the Wei army in the east of the city began to attack again. The Lu army in charge of the east of the city was also beaten by the Wei army. On the third day, Wei Cuo led the army to attack Qufu head-on. In this way, the Wei army followed this tactic and fought with the Lu army for five days, and the Lu army was exhausted by the Wei army!

Kong Fu was very anxious. If the Wei army continued to fight like this, Lu would not be able to hold on in less than a month. But Kong Fu's worries were unnecessary because the Wei army stopped fighting.

One day, Kong Fu thought that the Wei army was going to fight again, but the Wei army launched thousands of catapults from the barracks. Kong Fu was shocked, and what he was thinking in his mind instantly made his mind go blank!

The Wei army put the stone bullets on the catapults, and Wei Cuo smiled at Kong Fu on the tower. Kong Fu already understood what the Wei army was going to do!

Wei Cuo smiled and said, "Release!"...

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