Liu Bei gathered his troops and captured Jiangling before the Jiangdong army returned. After arriving in Jiangling, Liu Bei immediately joined the siege, and 30,000 troops formed a formation and launched a series of attacks on Jiangling.

Cao Cao's army was defeated and his morale was low, but Liu Bei was so motivated that he did not adopt the method of surrounding three quarts and one. First, the troops were not that many, and second, he concentrated his troops to attack one point. The Jiangling City wall was so large that he could not put troops in at one time, so the difficulty of siege was naturally lower.

The soldiers and horses brought from Xiakou were not only well-trained, but also equipped with excellent weapons made in Liu Yi's workshop. As soon as these men and horses entered the battle, they put huge pressure on Cao Ren who was guarding the city.

When Cao Cao left Jiangling to Cao Renshou when he was defeated in the battle of Chibi and Cao Ren began to set up defenses. The woods outside Xingyang City were cut down by Cao Ren. All the blockages within the range of the bow and arrow outside the city were flattened. The moat moats were dug outside the moat under the city. This was the method I learned from Liu Yi when I was attacking Mocheng. The bow and arrows were shot in a arc. The soldiers squatted inside and shot arrows to greatly reduce casualties.

In addition, there were also many crossbows, catapults, and rolling wooden stones on the top of the city. The defense of the entire Jiangling City can be said to be comprehensive. Cao Ren was confident that no matter whether it was Jiangdong or Liu Bei, he could be able to defend for at least one year.

But when Liu Bei really called, Cao Ren felt a little unable to withstand it.

The archers of other people stood at the city, farther than the condescending Cao army. The archers were shooting arrows in rows to the top of the city. In addition to the crossbows that could also pose some threats to others, their archers were basically useless and could not reach them at all. In the first round of attack, the Cao army could not raise their heads until the opponent rushed to attack the city, leveled the trenches, started to build a floating bridge or directly bought a ladder, and the Cao army began to fight back.

Cao Ren felt that he was already very frustrated when he attacked Mo City last time, but this time, when Liu Bei's troops attacked, Cao Ren felt a little distressed to find that Mo City was short at the beginning, but now that the enemy was large and we were small, the advantage of equipment was too important.

"General, I can't defend it anymore!" A general came to Cao Ren in a mess. The enemy's offensive was too strong and his equipment was too good. In just a moment, he was washed up on the city wall several times. If they hadn't chased those people down in time, the city wall might have been lost. Even now, the pressure brought to them by Liu Bei's army would have been too great.

Cao Ren kicked a siege soldier from the city wall with one kick and shouted sternly: "If you can't defend, you must defend."

This is the first day. If he can't even hold on for a day, what's the face of Cao Ren going to see Cao Cao and just wipe his neck.

Fortunately, there were not too many such crossbows in Liu Bei's army. Although it was difficult, Cao Ren still defended it. However, the price was too high. Although there was no detailed calculation, the damage to the battle was even greater than that of Liu Bei. If he did a few more times, the loss of troops alone would be exhausted.

When the sun sets westward, the sound of gold from Liu Bei's army is really like the sound of nature for Cao Ren. Looking at Liu Bei's army retreating like a tide, Cao Ren felt as if he was exhausted. He sat on the ground without any image. Seeing the soldiers commanding the people to carry bloody corpses down the city, he felt that he could not calm down his chest.

Since Xuzhou, it has not been a fight with Liu Bei once or twice. This is the first time that he has been beaten so miserably by Liu Bei, which makes Cao Ren feel so frustrated.

On the other side, Liu Bei's camp.

Although the city was not broken, Liu Bei was quite satisfied with the results of today. Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang and said, "Kong Ming, why didn't he send a signal just now and let Yun Chang take the opportunity to attack the water camp?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Although the war is going smoothly today, the lord should have discovered that Cao's army did not concentrate all its forces here. If General Guan attacks at this time, he may not be able to break through the water camp, but instead makes Cao Ren feel alert."

Generally, generals with some combat experience can roughly estimate the opponent's approximate force by looking at the opponent's defense method. Although Cao Ren was embarrassed today, he obviously still had the strength.

"Hey~" Zhang Fei sneered from the side: "Military advisor, ask me to tell me that with the current equipment of our army, even if we have a strong attack, we can break the city in less than three days. Why bother me?"

"Three days?" Zhuge Liang shook his head and smiled when he heard this, "The Third General is too underestimated by Cao Ren. Moreover, the Third General should know that Bo Yuan's equipment is not much. Our army has only more than 5,000 soldiers equipped with Bo Yuan's equipment. In today's battle, the arrow clusters have been used up. If we continue to fight, it will be difficult to think that it will be so smooth today."

"If I had known this, I would have asked Bo Yuan to do more arrows." Zhang Fei said a little annoyed. He hadn't noticed it before, but today the battle started, it was so exciting. Zhang Fei had fought hard for a long time. It was the first time that the siege team did not have too much military advantage. He suppressed the defending team to fight. Although he had already experienced Liu Yi's power before, Zhang Fei was really grateful that Liu Bei had personally invited Liu Yi despite their opposition. Wasn't it just a worship of Lu Bu? A dead man, and putting aside other things, Zhang Fei actually admired Lu Bu's ability. Just worship him. As long as Liu Yi was willing to continue to follow them, let alone Liu Bei, let Zhang Fei follow him. Now he is definitely willing.

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang looked at Zhang Fei speechlessly, saying that it would cost money. Didn’t you say that you had experienced it yourself? Liu Bei, a craftsman with one hundred people, can only barely support him. No matter how much, where can I get the money for Liu Yi? What should I do if I don’t have money?

No longer paying attention to Zhang Fei, Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang and said, "Kong Ming, come and report it carefully. Zhou Yu's army is already coming here and will arrive in three days at the latest. If our army cannot capture Jiangling within three days, I am afraid that it will make wedding dresses for others at that time."

This is also the reason why Liu Bei was eager to break through Jiangling. If Zhou Yu came and wanted to steal Jiangling, Liu Bei really didn't have the confidence to refuse Zhou Yu.

"Don't worry, lord, you can strengthen the siege tomorrow. When Cao Ren saw that our army was coming to attack, he would definitely draw the water camp troops to help first. At that time, General Yun Chang would only appear in time. According to the benefits of Bo Yuan's new warships, he would definitely attack the water camp in one fell swoop!" Zhuge Liang smiled. One day was enough for him to see through the reality of Jiangling City. Cao Cao walked in a hurry. The defenders left in Jiangling City were between 6,000 and 10,000. If it was normal, it was really not easy to attack the city. But now with the equipment provided by Liu Yi and the Guan Yu navy prepared on one side, it would be really not difficult to take down Jiangling before Zhou Yu's army arrived.

"Okay, I'll order someone to notify Chief Yun." Liu Bei nodded, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and took down Jiangling, Nanjun was basically in hand. I felt excited even if I thought about this kind of thing.

Liu Bei's army rested peacefully this night, but Cao Ren was strengthening the city wall overnight. Liu Bei's army's equipment was too strong. If the city wall was not strengthened, Cao Ren was really not sure whether he could defend it tomorrow.

The next morning, just dawn, Liu Bei's army, who had been repairing all night, was already in formation under Jiangling City to prepare for siege.

Cao Ren did not sleep all night and forced himself to command the defense. Not to mention the others, the shield was first pushed up and protecting the archers. With yesterday's experience, today's fight was a lot easier, but he was still frustrated, especially after the siege war began, the soldiers in armor rushed up, and felt like crazy cows rushed in. They didn't care about defense, and they chopped down when they saw people, often chopping down one, and three or five of them could die on their own.

Last night, Cao Ren studied the other party's armor. It looked not much different from his own. He was just very resistant to chopping and didn't know how it was done.

"General, there are not enough people here." A Cao army general rushed to Cao Ren with an arrow on his back and said hysterically: "Call the soldiers from other city walls here!"

"No!" Cao Ren shook his head and said, "Then Liu Bei did not do his best. If we draw troops, he will immediately divide his troops to attack other city walls!"

When Liu Bei came yesterday, Cao Ren had already found out that Liu Bei had 30,000 troops to attack this time, and now only a few thousand people have been put into the battlefield. If he really dares to draw troops from other directions, Liu Bei will probably strengthen the offensive immediately and divide his troops to other city walls to start attacking. At that time, Cao Ren had no moves.

"But if this continues, I'm afraid this side will be broken today!" said the deputy general hoarsely.

Cao Ren pondered for a moment and said, "There were not many soldiers and horses before. Most of the 30,000 soldiers and horses were borrowed from Liu Qi. There should be no naval army under his command. He sent our military orders to draw the soldiers of the water camp to defend the city!"

Liu Bei used to recruit soldiers in Xiakou and took out 10,000 yuan to die. Now, there are so many soldiers and horses all at once. According to common sense, most of them are borrowed from Liu Qi. Some of them are from Jingxiang soldiers who were defeated by Chibi. Liu Bei has never used them. I am afraid that they know that those people are not useful. As long as they can withstand the fierce attack of these elite soldiers, it will be easy to defend the city when the opponent's aggression is released.

"Here!" The general ran to pass the order without caring about the arrows inserted on his back.

"Lord, the time has come!" Zhuge Liang, who was watching the enemy formation, suddenly realized that Cao's resistance had become much stronger and immediately looked at Liu Bei.

"Okay!" Liu Bei had been waiting for this moment and immediately ordered people to light the beacon fire prepared in advance. In order to avoid Cao's army discovering it, it was naturally impossible to hike arrows on the other side, so he could only use the beacon fire as a horn.

Someone had already used a torch to light the prepared beacon tower, and the rolling smoke rose into the sky.

Cao Ren frowned and looked at the scene on the city. His heart was dark. He had just waited for a long time but could not see Liu Bei react. He relaxed a little for a while. In addition, Liu Bei's offensive became more and more fierce, so he could only let go of his doubts and continue to wander around the city to defend the city.
Chapter completed!