The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 326 Water Attack
After the Jingzhou military catapult projected continuously for ten days, Zhang Wu ordered a tentative siege to test the morale and defense strength of the defenders in the city.

As a result, the defenders in the city resisted very resolutely, and the soldiers did not panic. The various defense links were orderly, and one could tell at a glance that there must be an experienced general in command.

"As far as I know, Sun Quan has only one general under his command, Zhou Tai. Although Zhou Tai is extremely brave, he has always been Sun Quan's personal guard. He rarely leads troops alone. It is impossible to command the army so smoothly. Although Sun Quan himself I have a little knowledge of military affairs, but it is impossible to personally go to the city wall to command operations, could there be other Jiangdong generals in the city?"

In the past two days, only Zhou Tai was seen on the city wall, and there was only the word "Zhou" on one side of the banner. Zhang Wu wondered if Sun Quan had secretly transferred He Qi or Lu Xun into Wu County.Because not all generals are proficient in commanding operations, and some generals are good at leading troops to charge, but it is a headache for him to command an army and coordinate and dispatch various military affairs.

Strong generals like Zhou Tai, Xu Chu, and Zhang Fei are really useful if they are used to cut generals and capture the flag and charge into battle, but if they lead the army alone to complete a strategic goal, the effect is a bit poor.Of course, it is still possible to let them lead thousands of soldiers as forwards. If they are asked to lead tens of thousands of troops, it is really better to use others.

Therefore, commander-in-chief talents are very rare, especially those who can command an army of 10,000+ or ​​hundreds of thousands, which is very rare at any time.

Cao Cao has many commanders under him, such as Cao Cao himself, several generals from the Cao family and the Xiahou family, as well as Yu Jin, Zhang Liao, Sima Yi, etc. It can be said that Cao Cao really has too many talents. There is no shortage of talents.

Now Zhang Wu's Guan Yu, Xu Shu, and Zhuge Liang can command the army, Gan Ning focuses on commanding the navy, and Wei Yan can be competent no matter how hard he exercises.

There are also many commanders in Jiangdong, but they were either killed or captured.Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were both top commanders back then, and later Cheng Pu, Lu Meng, and Lu Su were also capable, and now there is only one Lu Xun.

Now Wu County has closed the city gates, no one can enter or leave, and it is difficult to inquire, so Zhang Wu ordered Zhao Yun to attack Qiantang to see if He Qi and Lu Xun were still in Kuaiji.

Zhao Yun led [-] cavalry and brought many former Jiangdong soldiers who had surrendered and knew He Qi and Lu Xun to Qiantang County, pretending to attack the city.

After some testing and identification, Zhao Yun found that both He Qi and Lu Xun were in Qiantang County.

Zhang Wu asked curiously: "I don't know which Jiangdong general in the city is in charge of defense, is it another rising star?"

Pang Tong seemed to have thought of something, and said with a smile: "My lord, has he forgotten that there is indeed a Jiangdong general in Wu County. It was used by Sun Quan."

After what Pang Tong said, Zhang Wu suddenly remembered, "It turned out to be him! Han Dang, the only surviving veteran in Jiangdong, I haven't heard of it for a long time, and I almost thought he was dead!"

Since there is a veteran defense like Han Dang in the city, it will be a bit difficult to fight.Although Han Dang's commander is much worse than Zhou Yu's, he is also a veteran who has fought for many years. He has rich combat experience and has a high prestige among Jiangdong soldiers. Under the current situation, Han Dang can be regarded as the highest-ranking general in Jiangdong.

It doesn't take any tricks to defend the city, as long as there is food to eat, there are walls, and the soldiers don't give up, that's fine.When Moling was first attacked, there were not many defenders in the city, and the city wall was not as tall as Wu County, but the Jingzhou army had no choice but to take it down by blowing up the city wall with explosives.

In the current Wuxian city, the lord Sun Quan is stable, Han Dang is in command of the army, and Zhou Tai is brave and brave. It must be more difficult to fight than Moling.

Judging from the situation in the entire Jiangnan, Zhang Wu was already invincible, so he shouldn't be in a hurry. Anyway, it was the last battle to destroy Wu. He didn't have to worry about his old nest being attacked, nor that Sun Quan would have reinforcements.

Although the front is long, the pressure on the supply of grain and grass is not great. Danyang County is a grain-producing area, and grain transportation in Yuzhang and Luling is also convenient by land and water. Even if you spend two years with Sun Quan, there is no pressure.

Sun Quan would definitely not be able to last for two years, and the food in the city would definitely not be enough for two years.

But Zhang Wu knew that Cao Cao was about to attack Hanzhong, and he wanted to quickly solve Sun Quan, so that he could draw the main force to deal with the battle for Hanzhong.

Since ancient times, there have been only a few methods of siege, either by force or by tricks.

A strong attack will definitely kill many people, Zhang Wu is not willing to part with it now.

So Zhang Wu began to think about the famous methods he knew to break through the city.

Not long ago, Pang De, the general of Xiliang, pretended to retreat, secretly led troops into the city of Chang'an, and finally broke Chang'an with Ma Chao.This method is not easy to use here, because Sun Quan and Han Dang are definitely not Zhong Yao's kind of scholars, and they will definitely prevent foreign enemies from sneaking in.

At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, Kublai Khan led the Mongolian army to attack Fancheng and Xiangyang, and it took six years to win them. In the end, he just used the return artillery to defeat the morale of the defenders, but it was too time-consuming!
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng attacked Kaifeng three times and suffered heavy losses. In the last breath, he dug the Yellow River and flooded Kaifeng.

By the way, attacking cities with water is a common strategy in history. For example, during the Warring States period, Qin State flooded Chu State with water, Cao Cao flooded Xiapi, flooded Yecheng, and Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army.

The famous military strategist Sun Tzu emphasized: "The attacker who uses water as an assistant is strong."

The prerequisite for flooding the city is that the tall city walls cannot withstand the blisters.Most of the city walls in ancient China were built of rammed earth, which would collapse after soaking in water for a long time.This kind of city wall is made of wooden planks, filled with clay or limestone, and built layer by layer with wooden poles.The advantage of the rammed earth wall is that it is easy to obtain materials for construction and maintenance, and as long as the construction quality is guaranteed, it is strong enough to resist the actions of enemy infantry and cavalry.

Wujun is located in the Jiangdong Plain. There are not many mountains around it, so it is inconvenient to build a city with stones, so the city walls are also built with rammed earth.

This kind of wall is thick and durable, and can effectively resist the attack of various cold weapons, but its fatal flaw is that it is afraid of blisters, rain and cold.

Zhang Wu led people to conduct field surveys around the city of Wu County, and found that the terrain of Wu County was relatively flat, even a little low-lying, surrounded by a plain that sloped slowly from west to east, and the altitude was not high.

There is sufficient rainfall in the south of the Yangtze River. It is said that Suzhou’s terrain will often encounter floods or seawater intrusion. However, the waters near Suzhou are developed and have a strong flood discharge capacity, so the water is basically drained away and will not stay for a long time.

Moreover, due to frequent rains in the south of the Yangtze River, in order to prevent the rain from damaging the city walls, the city walls in Wu County are covered with paste and tiles.

Pang Tong said: "If you want to flood the city with water, you must build a wall around Wu County, so that the water will stay around Wu County and soak its city wall."

Zhang Wu said: "Building a wall to encircle the city is easy, but it will take a long time to soak the city wall of Wu County to collapse. Is there a way to save time?"

(End of this chapter)