Three Kingdoms: Starting from zero, a wealthy party

Chapter 154 The Battle of Jingzhou

The fierce battle at the head of Yiling City lasted for a long time, Liu Zhang's army arrived at noon, and it was almost evening now.

Only six of the nest carts and ladders were hit by stones, and they all leaned against the city wall one after another. On the platform at the top of the nest cart, the huge wooden planks hanging straight down fell straight to the top of the city, forming an air bridge.

The soldiers standing on the nest cart brandished their knives and spears and rushed towards the city head. Behind them, there was a steady stream of Jizhou troops climbing up the stairs.

The defenders in the city had destroyed all the climbing ladders with boulders, but these boulders were helpless against the nest carts.

The wooden body of the nest cart is wrapped in rawhide, so it is not afraid of rockets, and it cannot be destroyed by boulders. It can only be prayed to hit the wooden wheel to make it tilt and collapse.

All the remaining nest cars were close to the city wall, and six passages were formed on the top of the city. Countless Jizhou troops flocked to the top of the city along the passages.

Ling Cao ordered the archers to shoot wildly. The Jizhou soldiers who had just rushed up were covered by the rain of arrows and fell to the ground. The soldiers behind were still fearless and continued to move forward stepping on the corpses of their compatriots.

Now the top of the city was crowded with people, Ling Cao saw that the bow and arrow would not be of much use, so he took out his halberd and shouted loudly: "Soldiers, hold the top of the city and drive the enemy out!"

He led the remaining [-] defenders in the city to rush forward bravely, and launched a fierce bloody battle with Liu Zhang's army at the top of the city.

Ling Cao is worthy of being an older general in Jiangdong. Surrounded by more than [-] Jizhou soldiers, he is not afraid. When the Jizhou soldiers who went up to the top of the city saw how brave he was, they were so timid that they all yelled in fright, turned their heads and fled.

At this time, a personal guard shouted loudly: "General, there is a sneak attack behind you!"

Out of the corner of Ling Cao's eyes, he saw an enemy officer who was eight feet tall behind him. With a saber in his hand, he strode vigorously to the battlement behind him nimbly, turned around and rushed towards him. Come on, swing the knife straight to the back of his neck, if the knife is real, he will really meet Hades.

Ling Cao yelled, turned the halberd in his hand, and stabbed backward like lightning. The tip of the halberd pierced through the attacker's jaw from behind, piercing his head completely, and the bleeding tip of the halberd protruded from the sky.

He swung the corpse out violently, knocked over five or six Jizhou soldiers who were advancing, roared again, and rushed into the enemy group on the nest cart, like a tiger like a flock of sheep, or like a killing god reborn, The soldiers on the nest cart were killed crying and screaming, and there was a lot of screams. At his feet, there were already dead bodies, blood and flesh flying all over the place. car.

At this time, dozens of defenders in the city hooked the nest cart with iron hooks and ropes, and pulled it hard from the side. The nest cart began to tilt, gradually lost its center of gravity, and collapsed!
The Jingzhou defenders finally found a way to deal with the nest carts. Their morale was high for a while, and everyone followed suit. First, they concentrated their forces to suppress the enemy troops in the nest carts, and then used iron hooks to pull them from the side, causing the nest carts to overturn one after another.

Liu Zhang on the ship in the distance was in a panic when he saw this scene. There were only 1 defenders in the city.

He gave Zhang Ren an order to attack the city with all his strength, and he must take Yiling City down before dark.

After Zhang Ren received the order, he ordered the army to take out siege logs and prepare to storm the city gate.

Ling Cao saw that the Yizhou army under the city had changed tactics, and ordered the soldiers under the city to guard the gate so that they could not break through.

Suddenly, waves of arrows rained from the river, and the Yizhou soldiers under the city couldn't react in time, and they all went to see the King of Hades.

There was loud drumming on the river, and Ling Cao was very excited when he heard it. Tai Shici's reinforcements had finally arrived.

Seeing Tai Shici's boat on the river, Liu Zhang knew that the situation was over, so he had no choice but to withdraw his troops.

"Dang! Dang! Dang!" The withdrawal bell rang, and the Jizhou army finally withdrew like a tide.Ling Cao didn't miss this opportunity to beat the dog in the water, and let the soldiers continue to shoot arrows. The soldiers who walked slowly under the city naturally stayed here forever.

After everyone retreated to the boat, Liu Zhang ordered to return. Tai Shici didn't give him this chance, and wanted to leave after the fight, which is not so easy.

He has enough weapons now, but Liu Zhang's army has nothing left after this battle. Waves of arrows rained on the ship. The soldiers on the ship had just experienced a big battle, and now they are fighting another battle. I'm powerless.

Liu Zhang didn't care about the life and death of these soldiers, and ordered the ships to move quickly, and those lagging ships would be completely abandoned by him.

The ship behind was being chased all the time, and there were more and more arrows on board, and the speed of the ship gradually slowed down.Tai Shici ordered the soldiers to pull the boat over, and let the Jiangdong army under him board the boat and search for it. If they saw the Yizhou army, they would be executed without mercy.

In Yiling City, after an afternoon of fierce fighting, there were many dead bodies on the top of the city, and all the corpses of soldiers under the city.

Both sides suffered heavy casualties. Yiling defenders suffered nearly 5000 casualties, and Liu Zhang's Yizhou army also suffered more than [-] casualties, most of whom died under the boulder.

"The humble Zhang Ren was unfavorable in the first battle and suffered heavy losses. I hereby apologize to the lord!"

Liu Zhang's boat had escaped from Tai Shici's pursuit. On the big boat, Zhang Ren, naked to the waist, knelt in front of Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang's face was gloomy at the moment, and his heart was full of anger. He thought that with 2 people and sufficient preparations, he could take down Yiling City. Who knew that he lost the first battle, and nearly [-] people lost their lives.

If it wasn't for getting rid of the suspicion of Luoyang City, would it be necessary to take such a big risk?
It's useless to come to supervise the battle in person. It's abominable that the subordinates can't even fight a good battle.

Liu Zhang now hates Cao Cao, and also hates Sun Ce. He had nothing to do with him, but an incident happened in Luoyang City, which frustrated him so much.

Wait, Sun Ce couldn't have caused this incident in Luoyang City, could he?Yes, it must be him. In order to frame me and cost me more than 1 soldiers, he arranged the game in advance just to wait for me to take the bait.

Xun Yu has also gone back now, and he can't explain the matter to Cao Cao now, so let's wait for Zhang Song to come back and continue to discuss countermeasures.

Liu Zhang thought so, and ordered the army to return to the city quickly. He will not let this matter go easily, and he must plan carefully.

When Xun Yu and Zhang Song arrived in Nanxiang County, Cao Ren had been waiting here for a long time. Cao Ren was relieved to see Xun Yu returned safely, but when he saw Zhang Song, he was puzzled and asked Xun Yu who this person was. .

(End of this chapter)