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Chapter 642 Night Attack on Changli

In the next month, Lu Cheng successively captured Liaodui and Xiandu in the north of Fang County, and Zhou Cang also led his troops to capture Fuli in the north. After that, the two of them joined forces with the remaining troops and attacked Changli.

Changli City was the seat of the Liaodong vassal state. The city was larger than Tuhe, Bintu and others. There were more than 2,000 defenders in the city, including 500 Wuhuan cavalry.

In fact, Wuhuan was originally a branch of the Donghu tribal alliance. Later, the Xiongnu defeated the Donghu and the tribe was forced to migrate to Wuhuan Mountain, so they changed their name to Wuhuan.

During the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, the Han army drove the Xiongnu northward and drove them out of the south of the desert. The Wuhuan people submitted to the Han Dynasty from then on.

Because of the changes during the reign of Wang Mang, the Wuhuan rebelled against the Han Dynasty again. During the reign of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, the Wuhuan were bribed with gold and silk, and they surrendered one after another and were dispersed and relocated to various counties in the north.

There are many Wuhuan people living in Changli City, and naturally there are also Wuhuan cavalry here.

When Lu Cheng and Zhou Cang joined forces and led two thousand soldiers to the city of Changli, the gates of Changli were closed and no one dared to go out of the city to fight.

During this period of time, Lu Cheng captured several cities in succession. His violent siege method had already spread throughout Liaodong, making everyone in the cities of Liaodong terrified.

In order to prevent Lu Cheng from breaking in, after discovering Lu Cheng's army, the defenders in the city immediately blocked the city gate from the inside with stones and rolling logs, determined to defend it to the death.

Anyway, it is winter now, and Liaodong may usher in the first heavy snow at any time. By then, Lu Cheng's troops will retreat without a fight.

However, the defenders in the city did not expect that Lu Cheng had already figured out the situation in Changli City and had made some preparations this time.

After taking a look at the situation on the city wall, Lu Cheng was not in a hurry to order an attack on the city. Instead, he first ordered people to cook so that the soldiers could have a full meal and have a good rest.

It was not until the afternoon that Zhou Cang began to direct the engineers to unload some wooden boards and sticks from the carriages, and asked other soldiers to cut down some longer trees from the surrounding areas to make ladders for siege.

The prime minister of Liaodong stood on the top of the city wall and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the enemies outside the city making siege equipment. "Lu Cheng broke into the city many times before, but that was because Tuhe and Bintu were small cities, and our Changli city has high walls and thick walls. I don't think Lu Cheng has the ability to fly into the sky or hide in the ground."

Upon hearing this, the two military officers on the side immediately agreed: "What the Prime Minister said is very true. We just need to defend the city. When the heavy snow falls, Lu Cheng will retreat."

“Don’t let your guard down.”

"Yes!"

As night fell, the guards on the city wall, who had been tense for most of the day, breathed a sigh of relief. They didn't have to worry about the enemy attacking the city today.

However, at this moment, a marching drum sounded suddenly outside the city, scaring the soldiers on the city wall so much that they hurriedly stood up and looked outside the city. They saw that there was no movement outside the city and the enemy was still in the barracks.

The military guards on the city gate observed carefully again, and then breathed a sigh of relief: "It's just a tactic to tire out the army. The Yellow Turban Army has obviously run out of tricks and can only resort to this method. I expect that after a while, they will pretend to beat drums and march again to disturb our rest."

Another military officer also nodded in agreement: "Marquis Li's words make sense, should we just ignore him?"

"That's not right. The strategy of wearing out the army is real and fake. Who knows, they might actually do it someday. We still have to be prepared. Let's order the soldiers to split into two groups and take turns to rest. Those who are resting can plug their ears with cloth strips so that they won't be disturbed."

"This is a great plan. I will go and pass on the order right away."

After a while, the drumbeats outside the city stopped. After another half an hour, the drumbeats outside the city started again.

The two military officers on the city wall looked at each other and couldn't help but smile knowingly: "Marquis Li, why don't you and I take turns to rest."

"That's just right!"

However, what they did not notice was that Lu Cheng had already changed into black clothes at this time, and quietly came to a corner of the city. He jumped over the moat and came to the base of the city wall.

Taking advantage of the drumbeats outside, Lu Cheng found a place where the guards were lax, took out a rope with a flying claw, and threw the flying claw onto the city wall. After fixing it, he pulled the rope and stepped on the city wall, and quickly rushed to the top of the city.

After reaching the top of the city wall, Lu Cheng retracted his flying claws and quietly approached the two guards. Before they could discover him, he knocked them out cleanly and neatly.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Cheng used the same method to quickly knock down all the guards on the nearby section of the city wall.

Since some of the guards on the city wall had just withdrawn, the remaining guards were scattered, so even if one of them was knocked down, the guards on both sides would not notice it.

Afterwards, Lu Cheng picked up a torch on the city wall and waved it outside.

Soon, a team of soldiers in black clothes came to this section of the city wall, placed two logs on the moat, and put a few wooden boards on top to make a simple bridge.

Immediately afterwards, dozens of soldiers quickly crossed the moat along this simple bridge and came to the bottom of the city wall.

At this time, Lu Cheng had already lowered a rope ladder from the top of the city wall and let the soldiers climb up along the ladder.

This group of soldiers were specially selected elites, and they had undergone certain climbing training, so climbing a rope ladder was not a problem at all.

Soon, there were fifty or sixty more soldiers on the city wall.

Then, Lu Cheng led his men straight towards the city gate.

When Lu Cheng and his men were about to approach the city gate, they finally attracted the attention of the guards near the city gate: "Who is it?"

"kill!"

Lu Cheng took the lead and rushed towards the guards on the city gate. The soldiers behind him immediately followed, and the surroundings immediately became chaotic.

At the same time, Zhou Cang outside the city gate immediately led his troops to attack the city.

Since the city walls were in chaos, it was impossible to organize archers to shoot arrows outside the city. This allowed Zhou Cang and his men to cross the moat safely and immediately lower the drawbridge to allow subsequent troops to pass faster.

Immediately afterwards, a series of simple ladders were placed on the top of the city wall, and Zhou Cang took the lead in leading his men to attack the top of the city wall.

At the same time, Lu Cheng had people shout towards the city: "The city gate has been breached, the enemy is coming in."

"The city is broken!"

For a moment, the city was in chaos.

After clearing out the guards on the city gate tower, Zhou Cang immediately led his men down the city to clear out the stones and battering rams blocking the inside of the city gate.

Lu Cheng led dozens of soldiers and headed straight towards the Prime Minister's Mansion in the city.

A quarter of an hour later, the city gate was completely cleared, the city gate was fully opened, and Changli City was breached.

Immediately afterwards, more than two thousand Yellow Turban soldiers poured into the city, and the sound of shouting and killing rang out.

Many soldiers in the city surrendered before they could figure out the situation.

As for the five hundred Wuhuan cavalrymen, they were blocked in the camp and could not get out.

At this point, the entire six counties of Liaodong fell into Lu Cheng's hands. In addition to the Liaodui City under Liaodong County, Lu Cheng already had seven cities in his hands, with a total population of over 100,000 and more than 12,000 troops.

Just three days after Lu Cheng captured Changli City, a heavy snow fell on the entire Liaodong, and the war in Liaodong came to an end.

At this time, Lu Cheng, who controlled the entire Liaodong vassal state, also blocked the connection between Liaodong County, Xuantu County, and Lelang County and the Central Plains, closing the western gate of the Liaodong region.

Of course, the Liaodong region can also send people to take a detour from outside the Great Wall, or cross the sea by boat to contact the Central Plains.

However, this winter is enough time for Lu Cheng to digest the seven cities in his hands...