The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 68

There were several arrows stuck in Ling Tong's body. Thanks to the thick armor on his body, which protected his vital parts, the rest of the body was not seriously injured.

"Old general, the enemy's defense is too tight, and the city is raining arrows, so it's not easy to attack!" Ling Tong said to Han Dang after returning.

"I can see it too, but the lord has strict orders, and we both have the shame of defeat, so we have to fight hard today! I will send archers to shoot arrows at the city wall for cover, and you will organize a wave of soldiers to attack! "

"Okay, then I'll go!"

Han Dang dispatched [-] archers to line up in the south of the city, and Ling Tong led his army to attack under the cover of the archers.Although not many defenders on the city wall were shot to death, they fled one after another. For a while, soldiers from Jiangdong climbed onto the city wall.

Zhang Wu immediately led [-] elite infantry to personally kill the Jiangdong soldiers who climbed up the city wall, preventing them from gathering together.Han Dang in the rear was overjoyed when he found that a soldier had climbed up, and ordered the archers not to stop, and then sent more men to attack.

Zhang Wu saw a large number of soldiers gathered on the other side, and immediately issued an order, and then the phalanx of catapults in the city were launched one after another, and big round stones were thrown out of the city roaring.Since the shooting range had been calculated in advance, these stones accurately hit the crowd of Jiangdong soldiers gathered outside the city. Array.

All of a sudden, the Jiangdong army in the south of the city suffered heavy casualties. There were mutilated corpses all over the ground, and blood flowed like rivers. step back.

When Han Dang saw this, he almost spat out blood. He didn't expect that there was such a big killer in the opponent's city, and how could the stone be thrown so far!Seeing this, Ling Tong also knew that there was no way to attack by force. The support from the rear could not keep up. And the boiling hot dung juice!
The boiled dung juice is also known as "golden juice". It is really a powerful weapon for defending the city. Not far from death.

The fighting was fierce on the south side of the city, and the other three sides were also under fierce attack. However, Jiangdong Army was unable to send a large number of soldiers to attack the city, so the defense was not difficult.Although Chen Sun was not very capable, he was Jiang Xia's lieutenant general and Zhang Wu's sworn brother after all. With him guarding the east, the soldiers didn't need to panic.On the other hand, Wei Yan in the west was strong, skilled in martial arts, and had a thousand elite soldiers at his disposal, so there was no pressure on him.Only the captain in the north was having a hard time facing the attack of Huang Gai and Xu Sheng, the two Jiangdong generals, so he asked Zhang Wu for help many times, so Zhang Wu had to arrange for another captain to lead five hundred elite soldiers and one thousand Zhangling reinforcements. support.

Zhou Yu, who was in command behind, saw that the main attacking force had suffered a heavy blow and their morale had plummeted, so he had to ask for money to withdraw his troops and retreat back to recuperate.

"I didn't expect that there were so many catapults in Jiangxia City. If we continue to attack like this, our army may suffer heavy casualties. It is better to delay the attack and build more siege equipment before attacking." Zhou Yu suggested to Sun Quan.

Although Sun Quan really wanted to break through Jiangxia City as soon as possible, he couldn't ignore the casualties of the soldiers. The military system of the Jiangdong Army was a little different from that of other places. Every general had his own private part, which was private property, and no one wanted to I used up all my songs.

Therefore, most of the soldiers who attacked the city at the beginning were not the real elites of the Jiangdong Army. They should belong to cannon fodder and risked their lives to attack the city under the leadership of a few elites.But even if it is cannon fodder, it is still a human being, a Jiangdong soldier, and it is not easy to make up for it if there are too many deaths. Besides, after all the cannon fodder is dead, the elite will have to die.

There is no way, the siege war is like this, you have to pay more casualties, in this era, the battle loss ratio of the attacking side and the defending side is generally more than one to three, it depends on who can't hold on first.

Moreover, siege warfare is often done in one bang, then declines, and exhausts three times.Regardless of whether it was the attacking side or the defending side, morale was high and tension was high at the beginning. The offensive and defensive battles in the past few days were the most casualties.After a few days, seeing that there is no chance of a quick victory, the siege party will become a slow siege, unwilling to risk death.Under the siege of the enemy, the morale of the defending side will gradually decline. If there is no reinforcements, they will even gradually become pessimistic and disappointed.

During the famous Battle of Handan during the Warring States Period, Qin’s army of 60 besieged Handan, the capital of Zhao State, for three years. In the end, Lord Xinling of Wei State stole amulets to save Zhao, and Chu State also sent troops to rescue. The coalition forces of Zhao, Wei, and Chu defeated Qin’s army. , The Qin army suffered 30 casualties.During the defense of Xiangyang at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, Kublai Khan sent troops to besiege Xiangyang. The defenders of Xiangyang persisted for six years, and finally fell due to the isolation of the city.

Zhang Wu's plan is to withstand the Jiangdong Army's crazy attack a few days ago, and wait for the morale of the Jiangdong Army to fall and change to besiege Jiangxia City before implementing the next plan, which is to counterattack.It is very difficult to win by only defending and not counterattacking, because the besieged side has to bear greater psychological pressure. As long as they can find an opportunity to win a counterattack, it will greatly boost their morale.

Of course, if there are reinforcements, the defenders will always hope and always hold on to the defense.So, does Jiang Xia have any reinforcements this time?

The Jiangdong army began to build large-scale siege equipment. They cut down nearby trees and built catapults, and dismantled heavy crossbows from naval warships. Zhang Wu knew that a more serious test was coming, although Jiangdong army would suffer a lot of casualties on the city wall. However, Jiangxia's defenders will definitely suffer heavy casualties. There is no one who is undead in a war, but the more afraid of death, the faster he will die.

Zhang Wu started mobilizing again. As a college student majoring in ideological and political education, there is no problem in doing ideological work. As long as you understand what your subordinates want, it will be easy to handle.

What the officers wanted was to be promoted based on their military exploits, so Zhang Wu began to appoint them as officials and make a wish; Cash in, never in arrears.

As the saying goes, "Under heavy rewards, there must be brave men." Jiangxia soldiers looked at the rewards, and their morale was high. After fighting for so many years, they had nothing to be afraid of.After surviving a catastrophe, you can enjoy it with money. Even if you die in battle, the pension will be sent to your family. General Zhang said that he will personally distribute the pension, and anyone who dares to withhold it will have his head chopped off.

(End of this chapter)