Chapter five hundred and seventy fourth insurance
Guan Ping was outside with his helmet exposed and looked at him for a while. On the arrow towers in the outside of the city, the sharp-eyed Cao army archers discovered him.
So several arrows shot over. Fortunately, they were far away and were not accurate. Most of the arrows passed the scepter and flew into the city, and there was also a rammed earth city headed several feet to the right side of Guanping.
In order to boost the morale of his subordinates, Guan Ping leaned out and held the arrow that was still trembling in his hand. He offered bows on his left and right, and he set off the bow and shot at the city.
The soldiers on several nearby city walls watched the Cao army densely with arrows flying. Seeing one of them falling on their backs, they all cheered loudly: "The little general is mighty!"
Guan Ping himself was a little embarrassed. He could see clearly that his arrow missed, and the fallen Cao soldier was hit by another flying arrow. But he cooperated with him and raised his long bow in his hand and signaled to the soldiers that even if the archers of Cao's army began to shoot densely at this side, he would not avoid it.
Until Zhou Cang, wearing heavy armor, ran from a distance, grabbed Guan Ping and pressed him behind the wall.
"Frankly, you're desperate!" Zhou Cang roared in a low voice.
Zhou Cang is tall and has a curly beard. He is a personal general around Guan Yu. Guan Yu often ordered Zhou Cang to protect the flag when he went out to fight. On weekdays, Zhou Cang protects Guan Yu's personal bodyguard, like Guan Ping's family.
Guan Ping patted Zhou Cang's arm, indicating that he didn't have to be nervous, he just wanted to boost the morale of the soldiers. He turned sideways and looked at Cao's movements. Guan Ping shouted, "What are you doing when you are back? Go to the east of the city!"
Zhou Cang was still hesitating, and Guan Ping emphasized: "This time Cao's army is coming in full force, Feibinber is in the east of the city...you go and help him!"
Duke Xuande entered Shu last year and took away no less than 30,000 main forces of the Jingzhou army. Later, after the decisive decree of Yizhou, he gradually transferred the Yizhou army to fill the defense of Jingzhou. The first group of Wu teams, 3,000 troops under Lei Tong's troops, belonged to General Fenwei and Yidu prefect Lei Yuan; the second group was mainly Shu County, Guanghan County, Jiangyang County, and Jianwei County, with a total of more than 10,000 troops. Fei Guan was responsible for commanding this force.
Fei Guan was from Jiangxia. Because he was Liu Zhang's cousin, he entered Shu when he was young and later became Liu Yan's son-in-law. He was the former General Zhenwei joined the army, and at the age of twenty, he became Liu Jiyu's confidant general.
However, Fei Guan had a close relationship with the people of Jingzhou who lived in Yizhou. When Xuande Gong entered Shu, he was persuaded by Fazheng, Li Yan and others. He stood on the side of Xuande Gong during the Fucheng Incident and helped control Liu Jiyu. Then he also said that he would surrender many Yizhou generals as Liu Jiyu's relatives and made contributions.
A few months ago, Mi Fang, the prefect of Nanjun appointed by Duke Xuande, privately engaged in an armed transaction with the enemy country, and wanted to invade the people, causing a storm. Duke Xuande Guan was all over his subordinates, thinking that Fei Guan was a relative of Liu Zhang and a native of Jingzhou. He had literary talent and martial arts, and had experience in managing the breeding industry. So he regarded Fei Guan as a general and the prefect of Nanjun.
As the second group of Yizhou army chiefs who supported Jingzhou, Fei Guan also took over Mi Fang's position.
After Guan Yu received more than 10,000 troops, he left thousands of elite warriors in Jiangling and continued to belong to Fei Guan. This time, Cao's army went south, and Guan Yu himself personally led the navy to fight. The important task of staying in Jiangling fell on Guan Ping, Zhao Lei and Fei Guan.
After half a month of fierce fighting, the guards in Jiangling City were killed or injured. It was fine if the Jingzhou army was under Guan Yu's command. Many generals and schools followed Xuande Gong for many years, and even Xuande Gong's fellow villagers in Zhuo County, and they experienced many bloody storms together over the years. Even though the Cao army was powerful, they were not afraid at all.
But the Yizhou army under Fei Guan's troops was a little weaker.
They were in Yizhou, and in the past, they only heard about the power of Prime Minister Cao to unify the north. After fighting hard these days, as casualties gradually arise, they saw that Cao's army was as strong as mountains and seas, and their morale was inevitably declining. More than ten days ago, Guan Yu led the navy to leave Jiangling, and then Cao's army advanced and completely surrounded Jiangling City... This situation became increasingly doubtful to the generals and schoolmen in Yizhou.
Guan Ping once heard that someone complained to Fei Guan privately, was Guan Yu who escaped first when he saw that the situation was not good? Of course, this statement was immediately refuted by Fei Guan, but since there was such a statement, it proved that the team had begun to shake.
Guan Ping had to give them special snacks. He ordered Zhou Cang to go there to support him before, but in fact it was also a sense of supervision. If anyone in Yizhou general was shaken in front of the battlefield, Zhou Cang, as a relative of Guan Yu, could be killed immediately.
Zhou Cang also understood the truth, so he gritted his teeth and stood up: "Abide by the order!"
He didn't even get off the city, so he took more than a hundred soldiers from his family and rushed east along the trail at the top of the city wall.
Guan Ping kept his back against the wall, took a short rest, and said to his companions on both sides: "Don't panic, wait, wait until the enemy approaches!"
Before he finished speaking, a strange wind swept across his head, and several stone bombs crossed the city wall and smashed into the city. With a loud bang, several houses and houses were smashed. Then countless arrows covered the sky, and thousands of Cao troops roared like thunder and began to attack.
Guan Ping cursed, curled up suddenly, and hid under the shields raised by several entourages. A crackling arrow sounded by, and he lifted the shield. Many soldiers who were standing on the city wall just now were killed and injured on the spot. The blood of the dead was flowing all over the ground. The injured tried his best to endure the pain and moved his body behind the wall. Fortunately, he arranged the subsequent troops in advance, and they were running up along the horse path in a hurry.
The situation in this section was quite good. A stone bullet hit the pier hundreds of steps to the left, and half of the pier collapsed. The soldiers on the platform flew everywhere. Immediately after the rain of arrows, the screams came one after another.
There is no way. The construction of Jiangling New City started a year ago and was not completed at this time. The city walls have been formed, but the piers and horse faces along the city walls are temporarily made of wood, which is really not solid enough. This has caused great trouble to defending the city.
Guan Ping cursed.
"Ma Yu! Ma Yu!" he shouted.
A brave general jumped out: "I'm here!"
"You take the headquarters and kill to the west, arrive at Gengzichengtai, help them fight back this attack, and then turn back!"
"Abide by the order!"
The man named Ma Yu was with Zhou Cang and a relative of Guan Yu. This man had a face like black iron, wide shoulders and long arms, and had been with the battle for more than ten years. He was brave and good at fighting. As soon as Guan Ping issued a military order, he danced in the air with a knife, immediately summoned the soldiers of the headquarters and rushed towards the pier that was hit by a stone bullet.
"Come again, go and ask Zhao Lei!" Guan Ping shouted: "Where is our stone cannon? Let him move!"
Several personal guards ran down wildly.
Guan Ping no longer paid attention to other things. He held the wall, poked out half of his helmet, and carefully observed Cao Jun's movements.
Maybe it was because the weather was hot or nervous, his head and face were full of sweat, and the blood and wounds flowed through the blood and wounds on his face, and a burst of burning pain.
He noticed the general flag in the direction of Cao's army. Originally, there were only Cao Ren's general flag in the south, but today there were a few smaller lieutenant flags. The distance was too far, and I couldn't see the size of the flag clearly, but there was no doubt that Cao's army had entered the new force. No wonder today's offensive was much more fierce than the previous few days!
Guan Ping retreated to the bottom of the wall and suddenly thought of the scene when his father left.
At that time, Guan Yu entrusted Jiangling City defense to his eldest son and asked him to be prepared to persevere for fifteen days. Guan Ping and all the generals also swear... At that time, he really felt that Jiangling's danger was enough to deal with a strong enemy.
Thinking about it now, I am really frivolous. In the past few days, Micheng was lost, Zixudu was lost, Jiangjin Port was lost, and the old city of Jiangling was lost the day before yesterday... Although Cao Ren is good at fighting, there are too many Cao's army!
To this day, if you want to defend Jiangling, the generals who lead the troops must fight with their lives!
The rammed earth on the wall was moving, and a ladder was built up. Then the heavy sound of footsteps and breathing sounds grew from low to high, getting closer and closer.
Chapter completed!