Gao Fei easily boarded the south bank of the Han River, and was rewarded for his merits. He Xia was appointed the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy and Du Xi was the Deputy Commander-in-Chief. He continued to command the Han Navy while his Chinese army crossed the river one after another.
Inside, countless camps were set up on the south bank, stretching for more than a hundred miles, with great momentum.
The news that He Xia and Du Xi surrendered, and that Tian Yu's whereabouts were unknown soon spread to Xiangyang City. All the ministers were shocked, and Liu Bei was even more furious. He ordered He Xia and Du Xi's family members to be killed. However, He Xia's
The family members are not in Xiangyang City at all, but in Jiangling City, and Du Xi’s family members
He moved out of Xiangyang City very early. He raised the butcher's knife but did not kill anyone. Liu Bei was so angry that he killed Han Song, Fu Xun and other people who were close to Hexia, and ordered the city to be sealed off.
The gate was closed, and no one was allowed to leave the city without permission. Fifty thousand troops huddled in Xiangyang City.
At the same time, a war broke out in Jiangling City. The Wu army besieged the city with 150,000 troops and attacked Jiangling City from all sides. Zhou Yu assigned Jiang Qin and Xu Sheng to attack the west gate, Dong Xi, Pan Zhang to attack the south gate, He Qi and Song Qian to attack the north gate.
He himself led Ling Cao and Chen Wu to attack the east gate.
Ling Cao took the lead, holding a hundred-forged steel sword, wearing thick armor, carrying a sack on his shoulder, and went to the moat. Braving the rain of arrows, he filled the sack into the moat. The soldiers behind him were also brave, and the most powerful ones were all brave.
He carried two bags, threw all the sacks filled with loess, and then ran back. After going back and forth several times, thousands of sacks accumulated, filling up a road in the moat.
The road was filled in here, and Ling Cao once again took the lead, leading three thousand men who dared to die. Each of them held a sword in his right hand, a shield in his left hand, and a repeating crossbow in his waist. He quickly rushed to the bottom of the city wall from the filled-in road.
Three thousand soldiers held shields and formed a line of defense under the city wall.
Outside the moat, Chen Wu commanded the catapult to hit the city wall of Jiangling City. A large square stone flew in the air and hit the tall and large wall of Jiangling City. The broken stone debris moved with the wind and filled the entire city wall.
, so choked that the Han soldiers could not open their eyes.
Zhou Yu rode on a horse and looked at it from a distance, feeling very happy in his heart.
After a while, the soldiers carried the ladders and gathered towards Ling Cao. They set up the ladders at the base of the city wall. The soldiers took advantage of the wall to prevent the Han army from opening their doors and climbed up one after another.
At this moment, the four gates were attacked at the same time. Zhuge Jin, who was in the prefect's mansion, immediately panicked and hurriedly called for people to beat the war drums. The soldiers in the city rushed towards the four gates. Zhuge Jin rode out and met Sima Lang, so he called
He said: "Boda followed me to the east gate, and the Wu army began to attack the city."
Sima Lang was also stunned for a while. The answer he originally got was that the Wu army would not attack the city until spring, but it was unexpectedly a month or two earlier. The cold morning was immediately filled with the flames of war, and the people beside the city wall moved closer to the city. Although there was no more rain,
It's snowing, but it's still cold.
Not long after, Zhuge Jin and Sima Lang arrived at the east gate. As soon as they arrived at the city tower, they saw the overwhelming Wu army outside. A large group of black people on the white snow. The Wu army wearing blue uniforms was walking back and forth on the snow.
Running around, Zhou Yu was commanding the entire army to fight under Wu Jun's banner. Wu Jun was all under the city wall. The offensive was quite fierce. Huge boulders flew in the air and hit the city wall with a muffled sound. Suddenly, stone debris flew everywhere.
The city wall of Jiangling City is very thick. The impact of such huge rocks is like a mosquito tickling. The Han troops on the city wall, led by the city gate guards, are also brave. These people are from the four counties of Jingnan.
The mountains and forests are tall and strong, and they are as light as a swallow when climbing rocks and walls. At this time, they are used to defend the city, and they also show their bravery. They brave boulders and rain of arrows, and knock down ladders one after another, so that no soldier of the Wu army can climb.
Coming up.
"Fire arrows! Shoot them to death!" Zhuge Jin commanded his men and shouted to everyone in unison.
At this time, the city gate reinforcements arrived to reinforce the four city gates and defended the city head with an absolute advantage. Not a single Wu army was allowed to climb the city wall.
Zhou Yu saw that the Han army's defense was extremely tight, but the Wu army's strong attack had no effect, and the siege troops suffered many casualties, so he ordered the army to withdraw.
An hour after the Wu army retreated, they attacked the four gates again. This time the attack was more severe than the previous one. Zhou Yu changed the siege plan and concentrated all the catapults on the east gate. There was a fierce bombardment at the city gate.
, smashed the east gate until it was covered with bruises, but the wall of Jiangling City still stood there.
The infantry of the Wu army once again carried ladders to attack the city, stepping on the corpses of those killed in the previous battle. Everyone's eyes were red and they wanted to kill all the Han troops.
However, the walls of Jiangling City were very high and the Han army was tightly defended, so the Wu army retreated again.
After two battles to defend the city, Zhuge Jin asked people to carry the injured soldiers down for treatment, and at the same time asked people to carry away the dead soldiers and bury them together. He personally went among the soldiers to inspect their conditions and all their deeds.
The soldiers guarding the city felt warm and warm.
In less than half an hour, the Wu army launched a third fierce attack. This time, the Wu army only attacked three city gates. They diverted the troops that attacked the west gate and stormed the east gate.
The east gate of Jiangling City was in a tight situation, so Zhuge Jin quickly mobilized troops from the west gate for reinforcements.
Zhou Yu was riding on a tall horse. After taking a look, a smile appeared on his lips, and he hurriedly ordered: "Immediately order Dong Xi, Pan Zhang, Song Qian, and He Qi to use all the troops from the north and south gates to attack the west gate."
The herald went to deliver the order, and Zhou Yu ordered another herald: "Give Ling Cao the order and let him hold on for a while!"
"promise!"
Ling Cao and others were all wearing heavy armor and holding shields, and they guarded extremely tightly under the city wall. Every time he charged, the 3,000 armored and shield soldiers he brought were at the forefront, although Wu Jun was always at the forefront.
They carried out a forceful attack with a majestic attitude, but relatively few soldiers were killed or injured. Basically, everyone used shields to protect themselves under the city wall and attacked here and there. Although their costumes were constantly changing, there was always only Ling Cao.
A group of people.
Zhuge Jin saw on the city wall that the Wu army below the city wall was like an ant nest, gathering more and more, each holding a shield, and arrows could not penetrate, and the huge rocks flying in the air were still destroying the city gate. For a while,
There is nothing you can do.
After a long time, the guard of the west gate sent someone to report that the west gate had been violently attacked by a large number of Wu troops. Zhuge Jin then realized that the Wu troops were attacking from the east and west, and hurriedly ordered the troops from the north and south gates to allocate one gate each for defense.
From morning to night, the Wu army launched a total of seven attacks. Although none of them were successful, they threw the Han army into chaos at the city gate. Sometimes they attacked the south gate, sometimes they attacked the north gate, sometimes they attacked all four gates, and sometimes they attacked both gates.
The people in Wu's army who were responsible for running back and forth were all soldiers of the Shanyue tribe. Their running ability was very fast. They shot east and west, which made the city gate defenders dizzy.
In the evening, Wu Jun's eighth attack retreated, and the sky gradually darkened. The four gates of Jiangling City were in a mess, and there were dead bodies around the gates. The white snow on the ground was dyed red with blood, and the moat was full of mud and
Floating bodies.
The soldiers of the Han army who were guarding the city were already exhausted, and they breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the Wu army finally retreated.
Zhuge Jin ordered the soldiers in the city to be given good food and wine, which won unanimous cheers from the soldiers.
After nightfall, Wu Jun did not take any offensive. Zhuge Jin was also tired from the whole day and his voice was almost hoarse. Although he knew that Wu Jun was consuming the physical strength of his soldiers in the city, he could not think of any good way for a while.
There are only elite soldiers inside, no
The only way for a good general is to hold on to the city, and Jiangling City is relatively rich. The money and grain of the four counties of Jingnan are hoarded here. It is also the county seat of Nanjun. It can be said that half of the money and grain of the Han Dynasty are hoarded here, so the city defense is also
It is thicker than ordinary city walls.
In the prefect's house, Zhuge Jin and Sima Lang were sitting across from each other. They were drinking alone. After drinking for three rounds, Zhuge Jin first said: "Zhou Yu attacked Jiangling City eight times today, but only more than 2,000 soldiers were damaged.
His purpose is not to attack the city, but to drag us down. The soldiers can tolerate it for a day or two, but after a long time, they will be exhausted to death. Brother Boda, do you have any good strategies?
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Sima Lang thought for a while and said: "Zhou Yu has always been a person that your Majesty values highly. His Majesty once said that Zhou Yu is a dragon and a phoenix among people. From the fact that he led troops to attack Shanyue and then pacified Shi Xie's Yue Kingdom, we can see that his
Ability is outstanding. Tzuyu-hyun
Although I am also very intelligent, I am afraid I am only slightly inferior to Zhou Yu. In addition, there are no good generals in the city. If it goes on for a long time, it will really be detrimental to my virtuous brother Ziyu. However, I have a plan. As long as Ziyu is virtuous,
Just nod your head."
Zhuge Jin asked: "What's the plan?"
Sima Lang smiled and said: "It's very simple. There is an alliance between Huaxia and Soochow. As long as the Chinese army's flag is hung in Jiangling City, Wu will have to withdraw its troops."
Zhuge Jin frowned and said with a smile: "Brother Boda, you are plotting against me. I haven't agreed to my younger brother's conditions yet. Why are you so anxious? I think it's better to wait for news about my younger brother."
Sima Lang said: "It's up to you, that's what I mean anyway. However, I can't guarantee what kind of strategy Zhou Yu will make next. If this continues, I'm afraid Jiangling City will really be destroyed.
Break through. Today I saw that although Zhou Yu asked people to attack fiercely, it was just a feint attack, just a show, and did not use all his strength. If something like this happens again tomorrow, I will see how you deal with it."
Zhuge Jin frowned and said, "Let's just take it one step at a time. Anyway, my younger brother will surrender sooner or later. Why are you anxious?"
"It's not that I'm anxious, it's Zhou Yu who is. Otherwise Zhou Yu wouldn't have attacked Jiangling so quickly."
While the two were talking, they suddenly heard loud gongs and drums outside and shouts of death from all around. Zhuge Jin was so shocked that he dropped the cup to the ground and hurriedly left the prefect's mansion.
Sima Lang sat there, just sneered, and thought to himself: "You are asking for trouble, and you can't blame others. Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu, I really want to thank you. Without you, how could I have obtained this Jiangling City at my fingertips?