"How many days until Xu Sheng's Chaisang Army arrives?"
Facing the pressure of Guan Yu's army, the Zangba guarding the Lujiang River felt extremely stressed.
Damn, this is an army of 300,000 people!
How many people does he have under Zang Ba's command? Even if he tries hard, he only has a garrison of 30,000 people.
How to keep this?
Although Lujiang was reinforced many times during the Yujin garrison, it could not stop the Jingzhou Army's desperate attack!
Yes, the Jingzhou Army has been attacking Lujiang for three full days.
During these three days, Guan Yu did not care about the cost at all, but ordered his soldiers to continuously attack the head of Lujiang City.
Just because Guan Yu also knew it in his heart.
Now, it’s time to grab time!
Although Guan Yu didn't know Lu Meng's movements, he was currently advancing alone, and Guan Yu still knew this.
If he couldn't capture Lujiang before Chu could respond, he would be in trouble even if there was a confrontation.
After all, the Lujiang front line is too close to Pengcheng, the capital of Chu State.
If King Xiang Ji of Chu thought so, he would probably be able to arrive in less than two days just by relying on his light cavalry.
Although Guan Yu was distracted and Guan Yu was arrogant, the shadow in his heart was still infinite when facing Xiang Ji.
After losing to Xiang Ji too many times, Guan Yu felt really embarrassed when he was asked to face Xiang Ji again.
That's why Guan Yu was so eager and wanted so strongly to capture Lujiang.
As long as Lujiang is captured, a gap will appear in Chu's defense line in Yangzhou, and Guan Yu will also gain a bridgehead.
Guan Yu still has great confidence in his eldest brother.
Although he has not received any information yet, Guan Yu knows.
As long as he makes a move, his eldest brother Liu Bei will definitely send troops to cooperate, sending troops to the north of Chu or elsewhere to create pressure on Xiang Yu.
This is also the reason why Guan Yu dared to send troops rashly.
After all, the three brothers sleeping on the same bed for more than ten years were not in vain.
"Send an order and tell Yu Jin and Wei Yan who are attacking the city that Lujiang City must be captured within three days!"
Guan Yu now has a lot of talents at his disposal.
The civil servants were headed by Ma Liang, who also had a group of old ministers left behind by Liu Biao from Jingzhou.
As for the generals, they are comparable to those of the princes and kings a few years ago.
Gan Ning, who is also one of the Five Tiger Generals, is the commander of the Jingzhou navy. He is currently wandering around the Hukou area with his navy, just waiting for an opportunity to lead the navy into the interior of Yangzhou to cooperate with Guan Yu's army.
The remaining generals are even more powerful.
After surrendering to Jin, former Jingzhou generals Wei Yan, Wenpin, Liu Pan, Xing Daorong, Chen Ying and other generals assisted Guan Yu.
This is where Guan Yu's confidence lies.
Lujiang is a mere place with only Zangba as the defender and only 30,000 defenders. How can it resist the Jingzhou Iron Division?
Shu said, inside Lujiang City.
After being violently attacked by the Jingzhou army for another day, the Zangba's appearance gradually became haggard.
Damn it, this Guan Yu is a lunatic. He didn't care about the casualties at all and launched a frantic attack on the Lujiang City Wall as if he was desperate.
The most abhorrent thing is the traitor Yu Jin.
This guy has been stationed in Lujiang for many years, and he knows the layout of the Lujiang city wall very well. He will always command his soldiers to attack the weak points of the Chu army's defense, which makes it even more difficult for the Tibetan hegemons to defend Lujiang.
"Overlord! Marshal Lu! It's not that Zangba didn't try his best, it's just that the enemy is too crazy!"
The Zangba knew that with the current posture of the Jingzhou army, Lujiang would surely be lost within two days at most.
As for the waiting reinforcements from Xu Sheng, it is estimated that they will not be able to arrive in time.
"Come here, send an order and tell all the soldiers that we will break out tonight and go to Shouchun!"
The war has just begun, and Lujiang must have been unable to be defended. Only a fool would stay here to bury Lujiang City, which cannot be defended.
Although Zangba's current position in the Chu army is rather embarrassing, as a minister of the elders, he is neither above nor below.
Compared with Lu Meng, Tai Shi Ci, Zhao Yun and others, they are definitely not as good as others, but compared with Xu Sheng, Gao Lan, Ding Feng and other rising stars, they are still a bit more senior.
However, Zangba also has his own ambitions and ideals.
You don’t want to reach the status of Lu Meng and others, but at least you want to be in the court class, right?
Therefore, the Tibetan hegemon will never be reconciled to his glorious death at the beginning of the war.
After holding on for a whole day, they finally made it to midnight, when the aggressive Jingzhou army gradually retreated.
"Open the west gate, let's break out!"
Lujiang is now surrounded by the Jingzhou Army on all sides.
However, compared to the south gate and east gate where Guan Yu mainly attacked, the west gate's defense was much weaker.
This is also the reason why the Tibetan tyrants chose to break out from the west gate.
"rush!"
"Kill!"
Just as they retreated back to their camp to rest, the Jingzhou army was awakened by loud killing cries.
Seeing the countless torches shining in front of him, as the general besieging Ximen, Xing Daorong immediately understood the Chu army's plan.
"Don't panic! Form a formation! Meet the enemy! Hold back the Chu army! Don't let them break through!
Come here! Go to the central army quickly and inform the general that the Chu army is about to break out!"
In war, what is fought is consumption, and what is competed is national strength.
Guan Yu's strategic purpose for Lujiang was to completely annihilate it here.
Only in this way can the Chu army's defensive strength in Yangzhou be reduced, and the Han army be able to add a weight to the scale of victory.
If in the end we only captured Lujiang without retaining the Chu army, it would be nothing more than a piece of cake.
"The Hidden Tyrant of Mount Tai is here, the enemy generals dare to fight!"
Holding the Ghost Head Sword, Zangba took the lead and charged towards the Jingzhou Army's central army position guarding the west gate.
Although they wanted to break out of the encirclement, Zang Ba also knew that if they did not quickly defeat the Ximen defenders, they would only be entangled by them until Guan Yu's main army arrived.
The best way to defeat the defenders is naturally to kill the generals in front of the formation.
As long as the Ximen Guardsman is killed, his army will be in chaos.
"Wow! You dare to challenge me, Xing Daorong? Zangba, you are looking for death!"
As the number one general in the four counties of Jingnan, Xing Daorong was naturally extremely brave.
Now that Guan Yu has placed him in a position of great importance, and even allowed him to lead an army to guard the west gate, Xing Daorong has long wanted to attack for Guan Yu, to show everyone that he is worthy of Guan Yu's promotion.
Now, this Tibetan tyrant actually dares to take the initiative to give someone his head. How can Xing Daorong not accept the gift?
Swinging the mountain-breaking ax in his hand, Xing Daorong chopped off the oncoming Tibetan Ba on the head with the light from the torch.
"idiot!"
A loud shout full of ridicule was heard, and Xing Daorong, who was wielding an axe, realized something was wrong.
Damn, why does the sound come from the side?
It turned out that the person Xing Daorong chopped was actually a corpse, and the real Tibetan tyrant had already jumped off his horse and sneaked to Xing Daorong's side.
Just kidding, this guy's brave Zangba learned a lesson when he was defending the city. If you don't have full confidence, how can you dare to challenge him?