The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 67 The Battle of Jiangxia Begins

Two days later, Sun Quan and Zhou Yu became even more strange. They searched very far, but they still didn't see any trace of Jiang Xia's navy. Where did they go?Can I still go to Xiangyang? !

Isn't the duty of your Jiangxia navy to be stationed in Jiangxia, to resist the invasion of the Jiangdong navy, and to prevent the Jiangdong navy from attacking Xiangyang or Jiangling along the waterway?You are dereliction of duty now, if you are not blocking the Jiangdong navy in Jiangxia, are you not afraid that I will really attack Xiangyang or Jiangling?

Zhang Wu is really not afraid, not only is he not afraid, if Sun Quan really gave up Jiangxia and stopped fighting, and turned his head to fight Xiangyang or Jiangling, Zhang Wu would not only not stop him, nor would he stab Sun Quan's chrysanthemum in the back, but would also shout "good job!" Beautiful!" "666!"

Because he is not Huang Zu. Huang Zu, as Liu Biao's confidant, of course has to stand in front of Liu Biao. Now you, Liu Biao and Cai Mao, not only don't trust me, but Cai Mao wants to harm me, fools stand in your way!

But Sun Quan and Zhou Yu didn't dare to gamble. If they went to attack Xiangyang or Jiangling without capturing Jiangxia, the chrysanthemum would be exposed to Zhang Wu, and the logistics and transportation could not be guaranteed.In case the front does not go well, and Zhang Wu leads the Jiangxia navy to attack from both sides, the Jiangdong army is in danger of being wiped out.

Therefore, Sun Quan decided to attack Jiangxia City. Since Jiangxia's navy ran so far, it doesn't matter, just send some people to watch from afar.With such a distance, even if Jiangxia's navy came to sneak attack, Jiangdong's army would have enough time to deal with it.

In the autumn of the seventh year of Jian'an, Sun Quan led an army of [-] to attack Jiangxia.Jiangxia guard Zhang Wu implemented the strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the country, and concentrated his troops on the defense of Jiangxia city.After Jiangdong Army repaired for a few days and built some siege equipment, they began to besiege Jiangxia City.

Standing on the city wall, Zhang Wu looked at the Jiangdong army attacking densely. Instead of feeling afraid, he became very proud and shouted in his heart: Come on, Jiangdong army, let me see your third-rate siege skills!
Although Zhou Yu is the top naval commander in the world, he will lose a notch when going ashore and land battles. What's more, the commander of the Jiangdong Army this time is Sun Quan. How can it be so embarrassing?You have to take the boss's face into consideration.

No matter how clever you are, Zhou Lang, I won't play with you those scheming head offices, I'll stay here, and if you have the ability, you can come to attack the city, and say nothing to go out and fight with you!

Faced with this kind of opponent, Zhou Yu was also very helpless, because war is like this. With the warfare methods of this era, the siege can only be filled with human lives, and it depends on who can stand it first.If people can’t make up their minds, no matter how tricky you are, it’s useless. In the original book, after the Battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu attacked Nanjun City, which was guarded by Cao Ren.Later, Zhou Yu feigned death and defeated Cao Ren, but Zhao Yun seized Nanjun City!

Looking at the densely packed pits, ditches, fences and other defensive facilities on the open space to the south of the city, Zhou Yu knew that the attack on Jiangxia City would be very troublesome. Down.But if you mobilize people to come here, you can't leave without fighting, and you won't be ridiculed by the world!

The Jiangdong army spent a lot of energy clearing various obstacles against the rain of arrows on the city wall. After being shot to death many soldiers, they finally began to touch the edge of the city wall.This is also impossible, because the west of Jiangxia City is close to Jushui, and the east and north are the Dabie Mountains, which are not conducive to the deployment of large armies. If you attack the city from these two sides, you can only send a small number of soldiers to attack each time, and you will be beaten. After a battle, even if all the soldiers die in the end, it may not be possible to capture the city.

The Jiangdong army came from afar, and they didn't expect that the Jiangxia navy would avoid fighting. They didn't carry large siege equipment. In the past few days, they only built some siege ladders and the like, and began to attack the city with ants attached to them. The ladder climbed up to the city wall of Jiangxia.

The Jiangxia defenders on the city wall began to feel the pressure. Under the command of their generals, they kept shooting arrows, pushing ladders, throwing stones and large logs, and pouring boiling water down. For a while, the Jiangdong army They died tragically.The various dead bodies under the city wall reveal the cruelty of war.

On the first day, Jiangdong’s army only tentatively attacked the city, but the result was not good. Zhou Yu could see that the opponent was well prepared and their morale was high. I didn’t expect Zhang Wu to be so good at leading troops. Jiangxia’s army is now the same as before. Comparing, it's like a cloud of mud.What he didn't know was that as long as Zhang Wu stood on the city wall, the defenders on it would not only increase their morale, but also increase their various attributes, as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

"My lord, this battle is not easy. The opponent is not only well prepared, but also very determined to resist. If they forcefully attack the city, many soldiers will be lost." Zhou Yu said to Sun Quan.

"Measure how many defenders there are in the small city of Jiangxia. I have conquered Jiangxia in Jiangdong for more than ten years, and I have never failed. I don't believe that Zhang Wu can use this city to withstand my army of [-]. I vow to catch Zhang Wu, this thief, and break it. Let the corpse be cut into pieces to relieve the hatred in my heart!" Whenever Sun Quan thought of being blackmailed by Zhang Wu, his hatred could not be subdued.

"In this case, tomorrow we can send people to feign attacks on the east, west and north sides of the city to distract the attention of the defenders in the city, and then use elite troops to attack the south of the city from the front. If an enemy loophole is discovered on any side, we can quickly send reinforcements to see if we can We will capture this city in one go."

"Okay, according to Gongjin's plan, tomorrow Lu Meng and Pan Zhang will lead the army to attack the east, Dong Xi and Jiang Qin will lead the army to attack the west, Huang Gai and Xu Sheng will lead the army to attack from the north of the city, and Han Dang and Ling will lead the army. Attack in the south of the city, follow Gongjin's plan!" Sun Quan ordered.

All the generals responded one after another: "The last general takes orders!"

The next day, the Jiangdong army began to besiege Jiangxia City from all sides, attacking the city desperately from the beginning, regardless of casualties.Although Zhang Wu knew that the south of the city was the main direction of attack, he could not ignore the other three sides. If the enemy accidentally occupied the city wall, Jiangdong Army would follow behind him in a steady stream.No matter which side of the city gate is opened, Jiangxia City will inevitably fall, because Jiangdong Army has the upper hand after all.

Therefore, Zhang Wu ordered Chen Sun to guard the east, Wei Yan to guard the west, and himself to guard the south. He had to send a fairly capable infantry captain to defend the north.The remaining three sides sent [-] elite infantry to assist in the defense, and the remaining [-] elite infantry defended the south.

Han Dang and Ling led the troops to attack fiercely. They both wanted to take the lead in breaking through Jiangxia City and capture Zhang Wu alive, so they ignored the casualties of the soldiers and kept urging the soldiers to carry the ladders to climb up.Ling Tong took the lead and attacked the city with the ladder himself, but the defenders on the city wall pushed the ladder down. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and did not fall.

(End of this chapter)