The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 325 Siege of Wu County
After Zhang Wu led the army to surround Wu County, he ordered Zhao Yun to lead the cavalry to cut off the connection between Wu County and Kuaiji, and ordered Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to lead [-] soldiers to surround the north gate of Wu County.

Before starting to attack the city, Zhang Wu sent a letter of persuasion to Sun Quan to persuade him to give up resistance and leave the city to surrender.Zhang Wu promised that if Sun Quan was willing to surrender, not only would the Sun family's lives be safe, but their prosperity and wealth would also be guaranteed.

Anyway, Zhang Wu was rich, so he could still afford to support a few idlers, and if Sun Quan was willing to surrender, he would not have to die so many soldiers and waste so many supplies, and the money saved would be enough to feed them.

But Zhang Wu felt that there was a high possibility that Sun Quan would not surrender. After all, he was a well-known hero in the world. He had been the leader of Jiangdong for nearly ten years. How could he willingly surrender to others as a subordinate and put his life and death in the hands of others?

Sure enough, when Sun Quan saw the letter of persuasion, he said angrily, "I am Marquis of Wu, General Hussars, and my family has been a prince for generations. How can I surrender to Zhang Wu, a lowly born martial artist! Come on, take this man down and cut him down!" , throw its head outside the wall!"

Kan Ze said quickly: "Lord, the two armies are fighting, don't kill the envoy!"

Sun Quan seemed a little crazy at this time. He hated Zhang Wu deeply. It was Zhang Wu who put him in this desperate situation. Without Zhang Wu, he would be the master of the entire Jiangnan.

That Zhang Wu defeated him time and time again, encroaching on his territory step by step, and now he still wants to recruit me?Even if I die, I will not surrender to that humble warrior who was born as a thief!
"The envoy Yi Mingzhi! I want to fight Zhang Wu's dog thief to the death. I don't believe that he can kill all 10,000+ people in my city? I want to consume him to death under the city of Wu County!"

Kan Ze didn't dare to persuade him any more. He also found that Sun Quan was a little different from before.

As a result, the emissary of the Jingzhou Army was beheaded by Sun Quan, and the head was thrown outside the city together with the letter of surrender.

Zhang Wu was furious, Sun Quan, you bastard is seeking your own death, I wanted to save you a way out, but if you don't surrender, don't surrender, why kill my envoy?Do you want to show some face?If so, go to hell!

Subsequently, Zhang Wu ordered to attack the city.

The pre-built counterweight catapults were pushed outside the city wall. After calibrating the distance, they began to fire stone projectiles at the city wall and inside the city.

Because Wuxian County is backed by Taihu Lake and has sufficient water, the moat is deep and wide, and it is impossible to dig holes and bury explosives under the Wuxian County wall like during the attack on Moling.Moreover, more than half of the explosives in stock had been used when blowing up the Moling city wall, and the rest might not be effective.

Charcoal for explosives is easy to obtain, but saltpeter is really difficult to mine, and the saltpeter ore mined from Wuximan is not pure, so you have to find a way to refine it.

However, Zhang Wu also felt that this was the only city Sun Quan had left. How long could he defend it?Generally, a city that can hold on for a long time must meet two conditions. The first is that there is enough food in the city, and the second is that there is hope for the arrival of reinforcements.

Wu County, as Sun Quan’s hometown, must have stored a lot of food, but there are not only civil and military officials and soldiers in the city, but also 10,000+ people. With so many people wanting to eat, no matter how much food you store, you can’t handle it.

As for reinforcements, it is basically impossible to have them.Although Sun Quan still has Wujun and Kuaiji counties, and there are still more than 20 counties in name, but after Wuxian was besieged, Sun Quan had lost contact with the outside world, and his orders could no longer be conveyed.

In this case, how many of those county officials dared to organize reinforcements to come to the rescue?

Even if someone came to the rescue, they would not be able to enter Wu County.

Then there are He Qi and Lu Xun who are stationed in Qiantang County, Kuaiji County.If Lu Xun was the coach and had tens of thousands of elite troops in his hands, Zhang Wu might still have some scruples, but now that he is He Qi's subordinate, and his elite troops only have more than 1 points, it's hard to say whether he dares to come out.

Besides, Zhang Wu ordered Zhao Yun to lead his cavalry to stand between Kuaiji and Wu Commandery. If Lu Xun really dared to lead his troops to help, let them experience the power of Zhao Yun's cavalry in battle on this flat Jiangdong plain.

Therefore, Zhang Wu didn't care what He Qi and Lu Xun in Kuaiji County would do, because no matter what they did, they would not be able to restore Jiangdong's imminent demise.

As long as Wu County is captured and occupied, He Qi and Lu Xun will have no choice but to surrender, otherwise they can only flee to the deep mountains and jungles in the south to fight guerrillas, or go to sea to become pirates.

But Lu Xun's family is still in Wu County. At the beginning, he did not hesitate to seek refuge with Sun Quan for the sake of the continuation and prosperity of the family. It is unlikely that he will give up the family and resist to the end in the future.

Zhang Wu knew that Sun Quan was in a hurry to jump over the wall. Since he refused to surrender, he would definitely resist desperately. If it is a city, it will definitely suffer heavy losses.

Although Sun Quan's counselors and generals have lost almost all of their losses, Kan Ze, Gu Yong, Zhang Zhao and others are also quite resourceful. Zhou Tai is also a top-notch general. He is brave in battle and is not afraid of death. At the beginning, Moling was still difficult to fight.

Therefore, Zhang Wu just ordered the catapults to keep throwing stone bombs and poisonous smoke bombs into the city, only besieging but not attacking.

Sun Quan has been on many expeditions with his father and brother since he was a child. He also has some martial arts and has personally led troops on many expeditions. Therefore, he is very familiar with military affairs. He did not panic at all when he saw this situation. Anyway, it is impossible to knock down the city wall with a catapult. If you want to occupy my Wu County, you will eventually have to send troops to attack. I will see how many soldiers you are willing to let die under the city.

Cao Ren, who was stationed in Wancheng, also got the news that Zhang Wu was besieging Wu County, but he was helpless because he couldn't cross the river.

Gan Ning was stationed at Chaisang, Ding Feng was stationed at Jianye, and his water army was on patrol all the time. Cao's army did not dare to cross the river at all, so they could only hope that Sun Quan could hold out by himself.

At this critical moment, Jiangdong veteran Han Dang, who had been living in seclusion at home, suddenly asked to see Sun Quan and asked to go into battle to resist the Jingzhou army.

Sun Quan was overjoyed. In the current situation of lack of generals, Han Dang, a veteran and important minister, can stand up and play a big role.The reason why Han Dang lived in seclusion at the beginning was because Sun Quan was somewhat dissatisfied with him, but the biggest reason was that he himself felt ashamed to face others.

Now that Jiangdong is at a critical moment of life and death, and it's time to hold on to the last city, Han Dang, as a veteran of the three dynasties, naturally cannot continue to live in seclusion at home.

Otherwise, after the city is broken, will he be a prisoner again?

Sun Quan also knew that Han Dang's loyalty to Jiangdong and himself was unquestionable, but his two captures that year caused him to lose a lot of important things, so he was a little dissatisfied with him.

Now that Han Dang can stand up, although he can't change the current situation, having him in charge can at least stabilize the morale of the army.

Sun Quan wanted to make Han Dang the governor of Jiangdong, but Han Dang refused.

Han Dang said: "Back then, four of us followed General Wentai to fight north and south, and now I am the only one who is still alive. At this moment, if I am still hiding at home, what face will I have when I die to see General Wentai and Demou?" , Gong Fu and others? Please live and die with Wu County!"

Sun Quan sighed: "Yigong is really a loyal minister!"

So he ordered Han to be the abbot to guard the city and command the soldiers and horses in the city.

Although Zhou Tai was Sun Quan's confidant general, he was still a junior in front of Han Dang, so he naturally had no objections, and he was also very happy to have Han Dang, a veteran and important minister of Jiangdong, commanding the defense of the city.

The Jiangdong army in the city felt a little more at ease seeing Han Dang coming out to lead the army to defend the city.

(End of this chapter)