Chapter 97: Hematemesis(1/3)
Three hundred steps.
Two hundred steps, the range of the crossbowman on the city wall had reached the range of the shooting range of the crossbowman on the city wall, but there was still no response in the city.
The generals watching from afar couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
But Zhou Yu's eyes were still staring at Jiangling City.
"Don't be anxious first!"
"The Cao army in the city doesn't take action, maybe it's just waiting for our army to get trapped."
Zhou Yu signaled everyone to calm down.
One hundred and fifty steps.
One hundred steps.
Fifty steps.
Under Jiangling City.
Five hundred brave soldiers arrived in front of the city gate at this time and breathed a sigh of relief.
Then he walked over and tried to push the gate of Jiangling City.
"Hold from the inside."
The five hundred men quickly reacted and then hurried back to report to Zhou Yu.
"Push the cart and knock open the city gate."
As Zhou Yu ordered it, a heavy rusher was pushed out.
With just a few impacts, the west gate of Jiangling was directly knocked open.
Five hundred brave men entered one after another, and after a simple investigation, they climbed up to the city wall.
After they arrived on the city wall, they were surprised to find that the Cao army they had just seen was not living people at all, but straw men wearing Cao army armor.
When five hundred people came down to the city and went back to report the news to Zhou Yu, the generals of Jiangdong all looked a little strange.
After a long time, they were actually scared by a bunch of straw men?
Zhou Yu's face was also a little hot. He was worried that Su Jijiu would design to trick him. He kept acting cautiously, but he didn't expect to fight wits and courage with the air for a long time.
As a result, Su Jijiu had already run away.
And relying on some of the straw men on the city tower delayed him for at least half an hour.
"This person doesn't stop even after he leaves, it's really hateful."
Zhou Yu snorted coldly in his heart.
But in this way, he was sure that Cao's army really abandoned the city and fled.
Otherwise, he would not have set up so many suspicious soldiers to delay time and prevent him from entering the city to investigate.
Isn’t this clearly trying to get away?
"Send an order to make Zhou Tai defeat Cao's army and capture Cao Ren and Nasu Jijiu."
Zhou Yu ordered the scout a few words, then raised his hand and laughed, "I have worked hard for several months and finally took Jiangling. I have given a explanation to my lord~~."
"All the generals, follow me into the city!"
Zhou Yu took the lead and led Jiangdong troops toward Jiangling City.
Enter the city.
When Zhou Yu looked at the outer city of Jiangling, he couldn't help but sigh: "It is worthy of being a heavy city in Jingzhou. The siege of this city is so wide, and I don't know what the scene is in the city!"
"Hahaha, Grand Governor, after we stationed in Jiangling, you will know that you will go in and take a look."
"Yes, Grand Governor, let's garrison first. Brothers can't wait to drink with Grand Governor."
The generals said with a laugh.
"Okay, Lu Meng, you can quickly arrange the city defense, take over the four doors, and put my Jiangdong flag in it."
"Then we go and drink!"
Zhou Yu was full of energy.
When they were speaking, the army had entered a small half, with about seven or eight thousand people.
Lu Meng smiled and was about to command the front army to deploy defense first.
Suddenly.
Countless torches lit up in the dark.
In an instant, Zhou Yu and others' faces changed drastically.
"No, there is an ambush." Lu Meng shouted in fear.
Zhou Yu also quickly spoke: "I've been trapped."
"Quickly, withdraw your troops, and retreat in an orderly manner, don't be in chaos!"
As soon as Zhou Yu finished speaking, Zhao Ba's laughter came from afar.
"Zhou Yu, my priest has prepared a big gift for you, so enjoy it."
After saying that, Zhao Ba shouted angrily, "Light the fire and shoot the arrow!"
Rumble!
Countless rockets shot from afar and directly lit the wood and straw placed in the city siege.
There was a fire-induced object on it long ago, and once it was ignited by the flames, it immediately started to burn.
Seven or eight thousand Jiangdong soldiers were trapped in the fire in an instant. The horses were frightened and rushed into the fire, knocking weeds and wood all over the ground, the flames were boiling, and I don’t know how many Jiangdong soldiers were burned to death.
In addition, there were countless soldiers and horses in Jiangdong who died under arrows and thick smoke.
Zhou Yu's eyes were so angry that he suddenly pulled out the sword in his hand, wishing he could kill Su Chen immediately.
"Su Thief, I'm irreconcilable with you."
Zhou Yu's mind was spinning wildly.
First, the suspect soldier who was arranged by Su Jijiu was frightened as frightened by the frightened birds and did not dare to enter the city, which delayed half an hour in vain.
Later, when he heard that Cao Ren and Na Su retreated and led their troops to flee north, he relaxed his guard because the grass man suspected his troops.
In the end, the troops entered the city, and all the front troops fell into the ambush of Cao's army, and were buried under the fire and arrows.
As soon as he thought of this, Zhou Yu felt a flame burning in his chest.
"puff!"
In a hurry, Zhou Yu directly spit out a mouthful of blood and fell from his horse.
"Grandmaster!"
Lu Meng, Ding Feng and other generals on the side were still commanding the troops to retreat, but when they saw this scene, they had to put down their tasks and rushed over immediately to protect Zhou Yu.
"Don't worry about me, hurry up... lead the troops to retreat. If you don't withdraw these seven or eight thousand front-line troops, you will be buried here."
Zhou Yu grabbed Lu Meng's arm and said loudly.
"yes!"
Lu Meng nodded with red eyes and handed Zhou Yu over to Ding Feng's care. He immediately continued to command the army to put out the fire while retreating.
But it is not that easy for a large army to retreat, and the speed is extremely slow.
In addition, the front army was in chaos and lost its size, which made the city gate even more messy. Everyone wanted to squeeze out desperately, but the city gate was so big that suddenly crowded so many people in, which made the speed slower.
Lu Meng directly launched a massacre and killed dozens of stubborn soldiers who did not obey orders, which was considered to have calmed the morale of the army and retreated to the outside of the city in an orderly manner.
On the other side.
Seeing that Zhou Yu's former army had left the range of the crossbowman and the fire was almost extinguished, Zhao Ba immediately said to his confidant beside him: "Go and send a message to Zhou Tai quickly and ask him to return to the army to rescue Zhou Yu. Remember to be fast, otherwise Lord Jijiu and General Cao will be in danger."
"promise!"
The confidant, wearing Jiangdong's armor, immediately got off the city, rode a fast horse, and headed straight for the north gate.
Seeing this, Zhao Ba directly abandoned the bow and arrow in his hand, took out his big sword, and raised it high: "Brothers, Zhou Yu vomited blood. Follow my entire army to charge, capture Zhou Yu alive, and offer it to Lord Sacrifice."
"Clash with me!"
He shouted angrily.
Zhao Ba led the way and jumped directly from the wall building more than two meters high.
After landing steadily, he rushed towards the Jiangdong Army formation.
The soldiers and horses in Jiangdong were already panicked. Seeing Cao's army coming, the morale of the army was even more in chaos. The soldiers had no fighting spirit and hurriedly avoided.
Zhao Ba rushed all the way but did not encounter decent resistance. The soldiers of Jiangdong were all defeated by him when they turned around and ran away.
"Vulnerable."
To be continued...