Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 499 Situation in Qiantang County

"No, it's a trick! There's no ambush at all, it's just that Zhu Wei's army in that battalion is about to withdraw! Quick, quick, go around the fire and chase after him!"

Just when the army that had withdrawn to steal the camp was puzzled, Zhou Yu also noticed something strange, so he sent someone to inquire about the situation. As a result, after hearing such a description, Zhou Yu blinked his eyes, and soon saw through the reason.

This was not an ambush by Zhu Wei's army at all, but the Zhu Wei's army who stayed in Zhu Wei's stronghold used this to delay time and escape Zhou Yu's army.

As for the so-called ambush soldiers who shouted to kill and shoot arrows, at most it was a small part of Zhu Weijun's night duty bluffing. The most important thing was that the alarm bell reminded them, and then they would take the initiative to set fire to block Zhou Yu's army's advance.

Of course, all of this must have been a method prepared by the remaining soldiers in the Zhu Wei army. They wanted to use this method to deceive Zhou Yu's army who attacked the village when Zhou Yu's army came to attack, and then buy them time to evacuate from this Zhu Wei army camp.

Under Zhou Yu's urging, Zhou Yu's army hurriedly turned around the burning camp in front of Zhu Weijun's stronghold, trying to chase after Zhu Weijun's soldiers and horses, but naturally a lot of time was wasted in this way.

When Zhou Yu led his troops around the burning Zhuwei camp, and then charged forward, there was no sign of Zhuwei's army, only some old sheep tied with ropes were frightened and struggled from time to time , Then he pulled some roller mallets and beat gongs and drums to make the sound of drums and gongs.

Originally, there should not be many soldiers staying in the Zhu Weijun stronghold. In addition to the dense surrounding tents inside the Zhu Weijun stronghold, in fact, many places inside are empty, so now with the withdrawal of the soldiers in the Zhu Weijun stronghold, there are no remaining soldiers. How many things can be captured by Zhou Yu.

Of course, before Zhu Wei's army left, they also set fire to the military camp. At this time, the fire was blowing with the strong wind, igniting the entire military camp.

So at this time, Zhou Yu had no choice but to look at Zhu Weijun's stronghold engulfed in flames and Zhu Wei's army that had already retreated. This time it was clearly a waste of work.

Before being able to accurately determine the movement of Zhu Wei's army, Zhou Yu did not continue to pursue the attack. After all, such an impulsive pursuit may be caught in an ambush or something, so Zhou Yu simply withdrew his troops and returned to the camp.

Then Zhou Yu sent a large number of scouts to search for the whereabouts of Zhu Wei's army, especially the whereabouts of Zhu Wei's main army led by Pang Yan.

Soon, scouts came to report that there were only a few thousand of Zhu Wei's army who stayed in Zhu Weijun's stronghold before, and now they have retreated to Wu County, and some river boats were found on the side of Wu County connecting Zhenze Lake, so They can retreat to Zhenze Lake at any time.

It's just that the main force of the Xiongba Battalion brought by Pang Yan had obviously lost track before, so Zhou Yu's scouts naturally couldn't find any traces.

Then Zhou Yu seemed to have thought of something, and immediately ordered the army to pack up and prepare to rush to Qiantang County. He didn't care where Pang Yan led the troops. For Zhou Yu, now he has captured Qiantang County and entered Kuaiji County. That's the first priority.

So Zhou Yu was going to lead the army to Qiantang County, join Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin's army, and forcibly attack Qiantang County.

Well, let’s not talk about Zhou Yu’s actions for the time being. In fact, Pang Yan and the main force of the Xiongba camp have used the two days of deceiving Zhou Yu to come to Yuhang County by water, and rushed to Qiantang County to kill Zhou Yu. go.

Of course, the battle in Qiantang County is indeed at a critical moment at this time.

Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin brought nearly [-] troops to Qiantang County. Although [-] of them were young and strong men from Wu County, under the threat of recruits brought by Zhou Yu from Danyang, they were still defeated. Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin urged them to attack the city wall of Qiantang County like cannon fodder.

After all, these people from Wu County are strong and young. After cutting down trees and making them into shields or rafts against arrows, they can still rush to the city wall against the feathered arrows shot by Qiantang County.

Then the moat of Qiantang County was buried, and then they could climb to the city wall and start storming Qiantang County.

However, it is also thanks to the lack of training of these Wujun young men, who often rely on their strength and numbers to attack. Therefore, under the defense of the Kuaiji army defending the city, once the siege encounters any obstacles, these Wujun young men will involuntarily retreat. , so the pressure on Qiantang County is not too great.

After fighting like this for more than two days, Qiantang County is still stable for the time being.

However, under the guidance of these young and strong in Wu County, the materials for defending the city in Qiantang County have been consumed a lot, and when Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin drove those young and strong to attack the city, they also sent archers to shoot arrows on the city wall. In this way, the Kuaiji army defending the city naturally suffered some losses.

It can be said that Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin are now using the young and strong Wujun to consume the supplies of the Kuaiji defenders in Qiantang County, and they did not think that they can use these young and strong Wujun to capture Qiantang County.

At this time, even Zhou Tai, the fierce general who always liked to rush to the front, just waited and stayed behind to drive the young and strong of Wu County to die, and commanded the siege battle with all his strength.

Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin were originally one of the Twelve Tiger Officials of the Eastern Wu Dynasty in history, and now they have followed Sun Ce through the previous battle of Danyang City. Naturally, they are very familiar with the method of driving cannon fodder to attack the city. They are waiting for the Qiantang County Guard When the army is exhausted.

More than 2 young and strong in Wu County were driven to attack the city continuously, and more than 6000 people have died so far, but these people are indeed not dead in vain. Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin have already seen Kuaiji on the wall of Qiantang County The defenders are exhausted, and they will soon find their opportunity to break through the city.

Regarding the current situation, Zhou Xin and Kan Ze, who are in charge of commanding in Qiantang County, are helpless.

This method of siege is the most primitive life-saving tactic, so for the defenders, they can only rely on manpower.

But Qiantang County is not a big city after all, the height of the city wall is only two or three storeys high, so if a ladder is erected on the city wall, well-trained soldiers only need ten breaths to climb it to the ramparts.

Therefore, with the help of the hand shield to resist the rolling logs thrown from the city wall, and as long as it is not splashed with boiling water and golden juice, there is still a chance to climb to the city wall.

The more than 2 young and strong people in Wu County before did not mean that no one could climb the city wall, but they were killed by the Kuaiji defenders in Qiantang County and returned in time, but even ordinary young and strong people could climb up. If it was Zhou Yu If the generals in the army climbed up, the Kuaiji soldiers guarding the city might not be able to retreat.

And after the fierce general climbed to the city wall, as long as he persisted until the follow-up army came up, he would naturally be able to capture the city wall of Qiantang County, and then break the county seat.

At present, both Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin can be regarded as fierce generals of the Eastern Wu. Zhou Tai can at least be included in the ranks of first-rate generals, and Jiang Qin is also a third-rate general. If the two of them lead troops to attack the city in person, it will be Qiantang It's time for the county to break...

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