A military prince stood beside Jiang Qin and asked.
Xu Kun has abandoned Xiang'an and fled. Liu Bei's army is about to cross the river to attack Spring Valley. Jiang Qin only has 3,000 men to defend the city. He knows that with his 3,000 men, he will never be able to defend Xiang'an unless Sun Ce can defend it in time.
Send someone to help.
According to the fast horse sent by Sun Ce just now, Zu Lang has led 3,000 people to Spring Valley, but it will take them two days to reach Spring Valley.
According to reports from the detectives on the river, Huangshe's navy in Jiangxia, Jingzhou, had joined forces with Liu Bei and was preparing to cross the river to attack the city.
"Retreat? Unless I die!"
Jiang Qin glanced sideways at the military commander next to him, and then said: "General Sun asked Zu Lang to bring troops to help, just to let us defend Spring Valley. Xu Kun can abandon the city and retreat, but we cannot retreat. Pass the order and let the people in the city
All the people will go to the city to defend together. As long as we hold on for three days and wait for Zu Lang's troops to arrive, Liu Bei will not be able to break through Spring Valley."
Three thousand people may not be able to defend it, but if there are 6,000 people and there are still two or three thousand people in the city who can go to the city to guard it, Jiang Qin is confident that he can hold on to Spring Valley until Sun Ce leads the army.
Spring Valley is very close to Jinkou by the river, and the road leading to Jinkou passes by the city. If you stand on the city and shoot with a crossbow, you can block the road.
It would be easy for Liu Bei if he only wanted to pass hundreds or thousands of people, but it would be difficult for tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to pass because the food, grass and baggage may not be transported, and soldiers without food will be defeated and killed.
Therefore, Spring Valley must be captured before entering Danyang.
Zhou Ping once crossed the Lujiang River from Danyang. At that time, he crossed the river at the mouth of Spring Valley, and he knew the importance of Spring Valley.
The person currently guarding Spring Valley is Jiang Qin, who is also a very capable man. Unlike Xu Kun, he is unlikely to abandon the city and retreat easily.
"Tomorrow we have to cross the river to attack the city. I don't know what to do!"
Under the afterglow of the setting sun, Liu Bei and Zhou Ping stood by the river, looking at Spring Valley City on the other side of the river.
Xu Chu, Zhang Wu and other guards stood behind them.
"My lord, are you afraid that you won't be able to capture the city, or are you afraid that the soldiers will suffer too many casualties?"
"If you don't care about the cost, of course this city can be broken. But this city is built along the river and stands beside the road. It is really an important place. If you don't attack, it will be difficult to cross the river. If you attack quickly, you will lose too many troops. I sometimes think
, shouldn’t we be in such a hurry to cross the river?”
Liu Bei was thinking that he gave up Yuan Shu and hurriedly crossed the river, which was a bit eager for success. Based on the current strategy, it seemed that it would be appropriate to capture Lujiang River and capture both Jiangxi counties before considering crossing the river.
When things got to this point, he could no longer change the order overnight, but he was also worried that if Chungu could not be captured for a long time, too many troops would be lost, and his work would be in vain.
"When the battle is approaching, my lord should not think like this. If the lord's will is not strong, the soldiers will be insufficient. If we break through the Spring Valley and open up a way to cross the river, even if Sun Ce cannot be destroyed now, as long as we defend the two cities of Xiang'an and Spring Valley, what's the point?
Don't worry about Yangzhou." Zhou Ping advised.
"Hahaha..." Liu Bei suddenly laughed and said, "What you said is absolutely true. You should not hesitate at this time. Spring Valley City must be captured!"
The next day, before it was bright yet, Liu Bei's camp was already brightly lit, soldiers and horses were gathered, and all the generals were also gathered in the tent.
Liu Bei was wearing armor and standing at the top holding his sword, while the generals were standing below.
"Sun Ce's reinforcements are coming. Within two days, no matter what the cost, we must break through Chungu. Today we have to cross the river to attack the city. Taishi Ci, you will lead 6,000 people in the front line. Gao Shun, you will lead 5,000 people in the back line."
, General Yu will be on standby with me. As soon as Spring Valley City is defeated, we will immediately cross the river with our entire army."
Liu Bei ordered loudly.
"promise."
All the generals responded in unison.
Liu Bei has collected hundreds of ships, and Huang She's ships are responsible for sending troops and horses to the other side, while guarding against Sun Ce's navy coming to attack.
After daybreak, Taishi Ci, wearing armor and holding a halberd, led six thousand soldiers to board the ship first and rowed to the other side.
"Jiang Sima, the enemy troops have crossed the river to attack."
The detectives guarding the riverside saw Liu Bei's troops crossing the river and hurried back to the city to report to Jiang Qin.
In fact, Jiang Qin could see the scene in the river while standing on the city. Although he could not see clearly, he also knew that Liu Bei had begun to cross the river to attack the city.
"Send orders and prepare for war."
Jiang Qin gave an order, and the crossbowmen lined up on the city wall. There were several bundles of arrows piled next to almost every crossbowman.
There are also many stones and rolling logs piled up beside the female wall on the city, which are used to smash down the enemy soldiers when they attack the foot of the city wall and prepare to board the city.
Jiang Qin had been guarding Spring Valley for two years. He had some prestige in the local area and the people did not dare to disobey his orders. They could only obey his orders and stood on the city at this moment, waiting for the enemy soldiers to attack the city so that they could throw stones at the city.
After Xu Kun abandoned Xiang'an and retreated, Jiang Qin had already expected that Liu Bei would cross the river to attack, and prepared defensive materials in advance.
Holding a broadsword in hand, he patrolled the city to see where things were not ready.
At the same time, I watched thousands of boats on the river crossing together and gradually docking.
"Don't be afraid. We are on top of the city and the enemy soldiers are below the city. We can kill the enemy, but the enemy soldiers can't do anything to us."
"Don't shoot the arrow in a hurry. Wait until the enemy soldiers are within range before shooting. Don't waste the arrows."
"Be careful and shoot one enemy soldier to death, and you can scare the courage of five enemy soldiers. The more you shoot, the greater the reward will be."
"Fellow folks, you may have heard that Liu Bei was benevolent and treated the people extremely well. Shit, that's all a lie. You may have heard that as soon as Liu Bei's troops entered Shu City, they started killing and looting indiscriminately. Liu Bei gave way first.
When a soldier does evil, he returns what he has plundered, just for the sake of his name. You must not be deceived by him."
"If Liu Bei is allowed to attack this city, not only will I die, but you and your families will also be slaughtered by him. Therefore, we must work together to guard Spring Valley and protect your families. If the enemy soldiers attack the city
, you just lift the stone and smash it down hard. The harder you hit it, the safer your family will be."
Jiang Qin encouraged the soldiers and people in the city. At this time, facing the surging enemy soldiers, confidence was extremely important.
"Jiang Sima, enemy troops have landed."
A soldier shouted.
Jiang Qin looked around and saw the ships on the river docking. Enemy soldiers began to land ashore with shields in hand.
Immediately afterwards, more and more enemy soldiers landed ashore.
The river bank was 300 steps away from the city. Bows and crossbows could not shoot directly. They could only watch the enemy soldiers land on the bank one after another and then assemble.
Jiang Qin stood on the city and looked at it. He saw several rows of soldiers in front of the enemy soldiers, all holding tags, followed closely by thousands of crossbowmen, and then came the spearmen and halberd soldiers carrying the ladder to the city.
Obviously, they wanted to use shields to block their advance, let the crossbowmen counterattack and suppress them, and then the spearmen and halberds climbed up the ladder to climb the city.
Looking at its flags, in addition to the flag with the word "Han", there is also the flag with the word "Liu", and there is also a general flag with the word "Tai Shi" written on it.
It can be seen from the words on the flag that the general of this army is Taishi Ci.
Jiang Qin was slightly shocked. He had heard of the name Taishi Ci. He once fought to a draw with Sun Ce and later killed Chen Wu. He was a very brave man.
But Jiang Qin was only slightly frightened, and he was not going out of the city to fight with him, so there was nothing to be afraid of.
Even if he fights with him, Jiang Qin feels that he will not necessarily lose. After all, he is not that weak.
At this time, more and more enemy troops were landing on the beach, and they seemed to have been assembled.
"Dong dong dong dong dong..."
As the drums beat, the enemy soldiers slapped their shields with their swords and shouted in unison: "Kill! Kill! Kill..."
He shouted more than a dozen times in a row, and the sound was shocking. Mixed with the sound of swords and shields, the soldiers and people on the city couldn't help but feel secretly afraid.