Chapter 205: Gongtai, will Liu Xuande make his way to Lujiang?
"Use drums urgently to advance and attack the city."
Gao Shun ordered.
You can't stop now, otherwise the enemy general will most likely guess your intentions, and you can only turn the feint attack into an actual attack, keeping the enemy generals from guessing between the false and the real.
The drums beat loudly, and the soldiers carrying the ladder to the city began to stride forward. The shouts suddenly rose, and the breath they were holding in their hearts was immediately released, and they all rushed forward.
Jiang Qin knew that the enemy soldiers were really attacking the city this time, so he quickly ordered: "Shoot quickly and drive them back."
Thousands of arrows fell together, and many people under the city were hit by arrows and fell. However, the soldiers under the city also shot arrows upward to fight back. Jiang Qin saw that some of his own soldiers were hit by arrows and fell to the ground.
Gao Shun stood looking from a distance and saw his soldiers falling one by one, but they were not close to the city wall.
This time, Gao Shun hoped that his troops would be able to mount the city in one go and attack it.
His troops also wanted to take this opportunity to break through the city, and no longer wanted to be retreating soldiers. Even though the city was hit with arrows and rocks, they still rushed forward bravely, and finally rushed to the foot of the city and set up a ladder to climb the city.
Jiang Qin regretted that he should have ordered the shooting earlier, but he was not discouraged and commanded and supervised the battle on the city.
The people in the city also had experience. They lifted stones and threw them at the bottom of the city, picked up oil cans and threw them towards the stairs to climb the city, and picked up torches and threw them down.
The ladder to the city suddenly caught fire, and the soldiers who were climbing the ladder were covered in grease and jumped down immediately after being burned.
"Quickly, attack the gold and retreat the troops."
Gao Shun quickly ordered.
He saw that the guards on the city were cooperating very well with each other. Wherever there was a gap, others would immediately fill it. Moreover, they seemed not to be afraid of death. Some people even got arrows in their bodies and climbed up the battlements and jumped down to kill them.
The soldier who was climbing the ladder jumped down.
Such a city defense is difficult to defeat with a hard attack.
The soldiers who were attacking the city retreated one after another when they heard the golden sound of retreating troops. This also made Jiang Qin on the city heave a sigh of relief.
Gao Shun counted his troops and found that during this attack on the city, there were more than 600 casualties.
If we continue our attack like this, we will probably have to lose nearly ten thousand people before we can capture this city. It seems that the gains outweigh the losses.
When the news was sent back to the other side, Liu Beikong sighed and said, "Let Gao Shun stop attacking and go back and wait for the news from Ziyi."
Now my hope can only be placed on Zu Lang.
Zhou Ping hurriedly said: "You don't have to attack, but your troops and horses cannot retreat. Let them stay on the opposite side and be ready to attack the city at any time, which will make the enemy soldiers more tired."
The soldiers crossed the river and sent an order to Gao Shun not to attack again, but to rest and wait for orders, in order to tire the enemy.
In the warship on the river, Huang She and Chen Gong also learned the news that Gao Shun's attack on the city was unsuccessful.
"Gongtai, do you think General Liu can conquer Spring Valley?"
Huang She asked Chen Gong.
"Breakable."
Chen Gong had great confidence in Zhou Ping and felt that with Zhou Ping around, Chungu would definitely be able to break through.
"Do you think Zulang will be persuaded to surrender by them?"
They also knew that Zu Lang wanted to persuade him to surrender, and they also sent Tai Shi Ci, Cao Cheng and others ashore together.
"I don't know whether Zulang can be persuaded to surrender, but if Zulang is ambushed and defeated, reinforcements will be difficult to come, and the people of Spring Valley will have no hope of help, then his city will be destroyed." Chen Gong replied.
Huang She understood that Spring Valley City was currently under attack and relied on the arrival of reinforcements. If they knew that the reinforcements had been ambushed and there would be no reinforcements in Spring Valley, then their will to defend the city would not be firm enough, and the enemy would
If the soldiers attack continuously for days, it is inevitable to break the city.
"If Spring Valley is broken, if Liu Bei defeats Sun Ce and Yuan Shu again, Gongtai, do you think Liu Xuande will give up Lujiang to us?" Huang She asked again.
Chen Gong didn't know the answer to this question. Based on his understanding of Liu Bei, he would definitely not be willing to give up Lujiang. However, this also depends on how the situation develops later.
Huang Zu was willing to send troops to help this time, and his purpose was also to use Liu Bei's power to gain control of Lujiang.
If there is Lujiang River, Jiangxia will become safer.
"Whether Liu Xuande is willing to give up Lujiang depends on how much effort we are willing to make." Chen Gong replied.
Huang She smiled, indeed, if he just helped them cross the river and asked Liu Bei to give up the Lujiang River, he would definitely not be willing.
The sun was turning to the west, and Zulang hurried for days, and finally he was only more than twenty miles away from Spring Valley.
"Brothers, please walk faster. When we reach Spring Valley, we can drink wine and eat meat."
Zu Lang shouted to everyone.
"Commander Zu, we are going to defend the city, where can we have leisure time to drink wine and eat meat?" A soldier responded loudly.
Although Zulang now follows Sun Ce as a general, his subordinates still call him commander.
"Haha, when we arrive at Spring Valley, will Liu Bei still dare to attack the city? If we don't drink wine and eat meat, what else is there to do, don't you think? Hahaha..."
"It's true what Master Zu said. When we reach Spring Valley, Liu Bei will definitely retreat and will not dare to attack the city again."
"Master Zu, are there any women in Spring Valley City?"
"It's not your fault to have a woman. Don't think too much. It's good to have wine and meat to eat."
"I don't need a woman, but Zu is so handsome. When we get to Spring Valley, let Jiang Qin find some women to serve our Zu Shuai, don't you think so?"
"This is necessary, hahaha..."
Zu Lang and his brothers walked away in a hurry, talking and laughing all the way.
While we were talking and laughing, we didn't know how long we had been walking when suddenly someone shouted urgently: "Commander Zu, there is someone in front of us blocking the way."
Zu Lang stopped in a hurry, looked up, and saw a horse parked far ahead, with a man sitting on it, wearing armor and holding a halberd, looking at them with a smile.
"Commander Zu, isn't this Ziyi, the Grand Administrator of Danyang?"
When Zu Lang still felt that this person looked familiar and could not recognize him for a moment, someone shouted out.
Zu Lang took a closer look and found that it was really Tai Shi Ci.
However, seeing Taishi Ci at this moment did not make Zulang happy, but made him feel uneasy.
Taishi Ci was blocking the way here on a single horse with a halberd, and he was now Liu Bei's man, so he must have come for himself.
Zulang held the sword in his hand, clapped his horse and moved forward slowly. When he was sixty or seventy steps away from Taishi Ci, he stopped and shouted: "Taishi, are you here to block my way?"
Taishi Ci smiled and said, "No, I'm here to treat you to a drink."
Zu Lang responded: "How about I invite you to drink wine and eat meat?"
"Do you want to invite me to Spring Valley City for a drink?"
"good."
"Of course that's good, but I'm not alone, and there are many brothers with me. I wonder if you would like to invite us to go together?"
As Taishi Ci spoke, he raised his halberd, and immediately many soldiers rushed out from both sides, blocking Zulang's path.
Zu Lang was shocked. Although he knew that Tai Shici could not be here alone, he was still shocked when he saw the soldiers and horses appearing.
"Ziyi, what do you mean?" Zulang asked loudly.
"Commander Zu, if you are still willing to serve me as the governor of Danyang, why not join forces with me and follow General Liu Xuande to pacify the world and make great achievements. If you agree, help me capture Spring Valley and make great achievements, General Liu will definitely think that
