Transmigrating to the Three Kingdoms as Lu Bu: I Have a Pseudo-Apocalypse System

Lü Bu led his men back to the main camp, his expression calm and without any sign of frustration.

"As expected, you were prepared." Lu Bu sat down and said to his generals, "Yuan Shao is not stupid. Since he knows that I have a divine granary that can produce catapults out of thin air, he will naturally find a way to deal with it."

Xun Yu said, "Today's probing has shown that all four walls of Ye City are arranged in this way. Even if our army crosses the river from other directions and reaches the city, we will face the same problem."

Yu Jin reported: "I have ordered scouts to search the north bank of the Zhang River upstream and downstream, but Yuan's army is heavily guarded, with sentries every fifty paces and torches burning brightly at night. If we try to find a loose section of the river to build a bridge to cross, as we did at Anyang Ferry, we will surely be discovered."

Le Jin added: "Furthermore, the riverbank on the north side is fortified with deer antlers and traps, making it difficult for cavalry to charge. Even if they manage to cross the river, they will be attacked while they are still crossing."

Zhang Fei asked anxiously, "Are we just going to let it go like this?"

Guan Yu pondered, "My lord must have a brilliant plan."

Everyone looked at Lü Bu.

Lu Bu closed his eyes and pondered for a moment. When he opened them, he had already made up his mind: "Let's rest today. Tomorrow, I'll show Yuan Shao what it truly means to be superior."

Although the generals were puzzled, seeing that Lü Bu was confident, they did not ask any further questions.

On the night of the 24th of the eleventh lunar month, the central command tent was brightly lit.

Lü Bu sat alone at his desk, tapping his fingers lightly on the surface.

In ancient warfare, high ground was of paramount importance. Gaining a height advantage allowed one to suppress enemy firepower.

The city wall of Ye City was eight zhang high, which was an insurmountable height in this era, making it a truly formidable city.

However, he has storage space, and it's an infinite space.

The supplies stored in the space far exceed what anyone in this era could imagine.

The most numerous items were stones of various sizes and shapes that he had directly taken from the rocky mountains and stored in his space. Some of them weighed over a thousand kilograms and were originally intended for building city walls and official roads, but now they had a new purpose.

"Build a platform," Lu Bu murmured.

He planned to build a high platform, even higher than the walls of Ye City, and then deploy catapults and ballistae on it. Then, he could command the enemy from his superior position, rendering Yuan's wall catapults useless.

The space has plenty of materials for building the platform.

The 25th day of the 11th lunar month, early morning.

On the south bank of the Zhang River, a square area of ​​about 100 zhang in diameter was cleared in front of Lü Bu's army camp.

On the city wall, Yuan's troops looked around curiously.

"What is Lü Bu going to do?"

"Are they going to set up catapults again?"

"Wait, there's no equipment..."

Yuan Shao was also alarmed and, accompanied by Ju Shou, Tian Feng, and others, ascended the arrow tower of the south city.

"What is Lü Bu up to?" Yuan Shao frowned.

Ju Shou squinted and looked closely, then his expression suddenly changed: "He... he's building a stone platform!"

On the open ground on the south bank, Lü Bu stood on his horse in the center. He raised his hand, and a huge rock appeared out of thin air and crashed to the ground.

The boulder was five feet long and wide, three feet thick, and weighed over a thousand pounds. When it landed, the ground trembled.

Then, the second piece, the third piece...

Lü Bu stacked the boulders one by one, like building blocks. After each layer, he would ride around to check and ensure it was stable.

On the city wall, Yuan's soldiers stared in disbelief.

"What...what kind of sorcery is this?"

"To take stones out of thin air and build a platform?"

"How high will he build it?"

Ju Shou's face turned pale: "This is bad! Lü Bu is going to build a high platform to look down on us!"

Tian Feng urgently said, "My lord, quickly order the catapults to bombard them and stop them from building their fortifications!"

Yuan Shao immediately ordered, "All catapults, aim at Lü Bu, fire!"

The catapults on the city wall were started again.

The stone projectiles whistled through the air and hurtled towards the south bank.

But Lü Bu was prepared; he built platforms while observing the city walls.

Upon seeing the incoming stones, they either spurred their horses to dodge or deflected them with their halberds. Occasionally, a stone would strike the already-built stone platform, but the massive stone was heavy and stable, and only the surface would crack slightly, leaving the whole platform undamaged.

More importantly, Lü Bu built the platform at an extremely fast speed.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the stone platform had been piled up to a height of three zhang (approximately

Two quarters of an hour later, it reached a height of five zhang (approximately 10 meters).

Half an hour later, the stone platform had grown to a height of ten zhang, exceeding the height of the city wall.

The catapults firing from the city wall could no longer reach Lü Bu—the catapults followed a parabolic trajectory, their highest point after being launched from the city wall was about above the river, and by the time they fell, they were too weak to hit Lü Bu, who was standing on the top of the ten-zhang-high platform.

"Raise it higher, keep raising it!" Yuan Shao roared.

But it's no use now.

An hour later, the stone platform was twenty zhang high, more than twice the height of the city wall.

Lu Bu stood atop the platform, overlooking Ye City. The Yuan army soldiers on the city walls looked as insignificant as ants, and the catapults and ballistae were all within his sight.

With a thought, a hundred catapults and fifty ballistae appeared out of thin air on the platform. These machines were larger than those on Yuan's city walls, with longer launchers and heavier counterweights.

Then, Lü Bu took out his powerful bow with a ten-stone weight.

Nock the arrow and draw the string.

The bow is fully drawn.

Lu Bu's perception attribute is as high as 140, and his eyesight is far beyond that of ordinary people. Even standing on a platform twenty feet high, more than two hundred steps away from the city wall, he can clearly see the faces of Yuan's soldiers on the city wall ramp.

Aim, release the string.

"Whoosh—"

The arrow pierced the air with lightning speed.

On the city wall rampart, a Yuan army sergeant operating a catapult suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest. Looking down, he saw an arrow piercing his leather armor and lodging in his chest. He opened his mouth to scream, but no sound came out, and he fell backward.

"An arrow!"

"Be careful!"

Yuan Jun panicked.

But the arrows came from high above, at a tricky angle. Many soldiers hiding behind the parapet, thinking they were safe, were still hit by the arrows falling from the sky.

Lu Bu kept firing his bow.

One arrow severed the winch rope of a ballista.

Another arrow pierced through the connection point of the catapult's boom.

The third arrow pierced the window of the arrow tower, and screams came from inside.

He specifically targeted soldiers operating machinery, and occasionally killed officers as well. Every arrow hit its mark; he never missed.

On the city wall, the operators of Yuan's catapults and ballistae suffered heavy casualties. Those who survived dared not show their faces again and hid in shelters.

"Fire arrows! Fire arrows back!" Yan Liang roared from the city wall.

The archers fired upwards, but the arrows, having reached a height of twenty zhang, were already at the end of their power and fell lightly to the ground, posing no threat whatsoever.

Upon seeing this, Lü Bu ordered his soldiers, who had already climbed up the stone platform via the steps reserved at the rear, to operate the catapults and ballistae and open fire.

"put!"

On the high platform, more than a hundred catapults and ballistae were launched simultaneously.

Stone projectiles rained down on the city walls like meteors.

This time, the stones fell from the sky, their trajectories perpendicular. Many Yuan soldiers, who had taken cover behind the parapet and thought themselves safe, were struck by the falling stones and died instantly.

The giant arrows fired from the ballistae were even more accurate, hitting the catapults and ballistae on the city walls, piercing through the wooden frames and destroying the equipment.

In less than half an hour, most of the Yuan army's counterattack force on the south city wall had been destroyed.

Yuan Shao, inside the arrow tower, saw this scene through the observation port and turned pale.

"My lord, we can't hold on!" Ju Shou said in a trembling voice. "Lü Bu has high ground, and all our weapons and fortifications are within his firing range. We can't counterattack him. Continuing to hold on will only increase casualties."

Tian Feng gritted his teeth: "Order the soldiers to retreat into the city and fight in the streets!"

"Street fighting?" Yuan Shao laughed bitterly. "If even city walls can't hold them off, what use is street fighting? Lü Bu has a divinely granted granary, capable of taking things out of thin air. He built a bridge at Anyang Ferry overnight and captured Pengcheng in half a day. Now he has the upper hand; how long can street fighting last?"

Just then, another wave of stone projectiles came crashing down.

A stone hit the top of the watchtower, shattering the tiles and sending dust falling.

"My lord, run!" A guard rushed in. "It's dangerous here!"