Three Kingdoms: My father-in-law is Lu Bu

Chapter 101 Counting out the spirit wall
After the conversation between Ye Xiao and Ji Ling, the two armies fell into a quiet preparation stage, and the atmosphere became more and more dignified.

The city wall of Guangling City is nine meters high. Although it is a rammed earth structure, this height and width of nearly four meters accommodate a large number of defenders, and it is very difficult to easily take it down.

Moreover, Ye Xiao also saw that there was a sheep and horse wall temporarily built by Ji Ling outside the city wall, which was about half a person high.

Outside the sheep and horse wall, there is also a canal filled with dry diesel fuel, which can be ignited by rockets if someone approaches the archer, causing great damage to the attacking party.

Ye Xiao looked at the sand table in front of him, frowning.

"My lord, I know that you cherish the lives of your soldiers, but there is no trickery in siege warfare. I wait here to besiege the city, and the daily consumption is huge."

Zhang Liao thought for a while, and said what he thought in his heart.

In the camp of the Chinese army, Xu Fu, Lu Bu, and Gao Shun all nodded in agreement.

Gao Shun saluted solemnly and challenged directly.

"My lord, I am in the camp and I am willing to go to Guangling first for my lord."

"The last general is also willing to win Guangling for the lord, let my troops be the vanguard."

Mi Fang followed Gao Shun to ask for a fight. He didn't have many suggestions during the discussion, but when it comes to asking for a fight, Mi Fang will never fall behind.

"Don't worry, this battle is about the fate of our army. If we retreat to Pi, our situation will become very difficult." Ye Xiao's eyes were still on the sand table.

Ye Xiao can directly send Gao Shun to attack the city, and then consume all the killing points to extract group status cards. This can increase the success rate, and it is inevitable that his own strength and damage will not be low.

Therefore, under the premise of having time to find lower losses, Ye Xiao will not easily adopt the era of cold weapons to pile up the results with human lives.

"Ma'am, how is our trebuchet going?" Ye Xiao asked. In order to break the city, he found a civilian worker who was familiar with machinery in the military logistics to build the trebuchet according to his imagination.

Lu Qiling spent all this time and energy on testing the trebuchet for Ye Xiao, but the effect was not good.

"Husband, trebuchets and other engineering tools are very complicated in structure. It is too difficult for us to sharpen our guns in front of the battle. We can build a small one, which is of average power and cumbersome to operate. A ten-pound stone can only be shot at a distance of fifty steps. "

Ye Xiao thought that the catapult with wheels could be assembled by a carpenter, but he didn't expect it to be so difficult.

"My lord, it is unlikely to temporarily build a trebuchet, let them prepare a ladder and a large shield."

Xu Fu stood up and suggested, "If the siege of the city is inevitable, why don't we go to the Lingbi, my lord?"

Xu Fu's suggestion raised Ye Xiao's vision from Guangling City to a larger perspective of local battles.

"As expected of Yuan Zhi! I almost got into a dead end here!"

Ye Xiao showed a hint of excitement, and immediately expanded the scope of the sand table, several generals saw this and rushed to help.

A moment later, a complete battle sand table appeared in front of him, and Ye Xiao opened his mind to look at the battle situation.

"Yuan Zhi, do you think this is feasible?" Ye Xiao suddenly looked behind the battle line.

"Guangling City relies on Yuan Shu to continuously import supplies from Jiujiang to fight against our army. If we break through the Lingbi and take a detour to cut off Ji Ling's supplies, Guangling will be in our pocket!"

Xu Fu smiled, nodded and said, "Very kind."

"My lord, capturing the Lingbi is indeed the key, but going deep into the enemy's rear to cut off supplies, I feel that I need to think about it again." Xu Fu added, and then rearranged the flags of the troops on the two fronts.

"If we cut off Ji Ling's back, he will definitely send troops to attack frantically. If we join Yuan Shu's troops in Jiujiang, our troops deep behind the enemy will be encircled. In this way, our encirclement will be surrounded by Ji Ling."

Ye Xiao's excitement cooled down slightly. He thought of forcing Ji Ling to surrender by besieging the city without food, but he didn't expect that Lingbi City was connected to Guangling and Jiujiang. Yuan Shu realized that he would not stop there.

"Yuan Zhi is right, but it's a pity, do we have to attack by force?" Ye Xiao asked again.

Seeing that everyone was thinking about the same, Xu Fu clicked on a few positions on the sand table.

"My lord, my subordinates have seen it. The road from Guangling City to Lingbi was only two days ago, and one of them passed in front of us. This Ji Ling must not dare to attack rashly when he sees us surrounded here."

Xu Fu once again drew a line with his hand. It was the official road leading to Guangling [-] miles outside Lingbi City, which could directly reach Jiujiang.

"The other road is their current logistics supply line. This high slope on both sides of the government is a good place to ambush. If Ji Ling's army can pass through here"

Ye Xiao clapped his hands and smiled, admiring Xu Fu's strategy.

"Yuanzhi, I probably understand. Liang Gang can't defend Lingbi now, how sure are you that you can take it?"

Xu Fu was stunned, and immediately realized that Ye Xiao was authorizing him to seek Lingbi City, so he quickly bowed his hands.

"My lord, the walls of Lingbi City have been in disrepair for a long time, and I have given my five thousand elite soldiers to take them down."

Ye Xiao smiled slightly, and a bold plan rose in his heart.

"Yuanzhi, I'll give you Gao Shun's camp and Mi Fang's troops. In addition, you can also go with my father-in-law. The success rate of the ambush will be higher if there are cavalry to help."

Lu Bu was overjoyed when he heard the words, and it was finally time for him to play. However, cavalry siege is not his strong point, and he has to wait for Gao Shun to win the Lingbi before he can show his skills.

"Breaking the Lingbi must be fast, so that Liang Gang has no time to react. Even if they escape back, you must quickly set up an ambush here. The supply line is threatened. Ji Ling must either send troops or wait to die in Guangling!"

Ye Xiao patted his palm on a certain position on the sand table, showing a confident look.

At this time Zhang Liao raised his doubts.

"My lord, we are not afraid of defeating Ji Ling's army outside, but General Lu and General Gao have only 6000 or [-] people. Can they handle Ji Ling's continuous reinforcements?"

Zhang Liao still mentioned the essential problem at the beginning, there were only so many troops, if Ji Ling transferred troops, it would be useless for Ye Xiao to guard here.

Thinking of this, Zhang Liao suddenly widened his eyes, looked at Ye Xiao and said, "My lord, you don't mean to...!"

Seeing that Zhang Liao had already thought of the key point, Ye Xiao explained: "The strengths of both sides are similar. If we want to keep Ji Ling passive, we must take a risk."

"Don't worry, I will guard here, and I will definitely not make Ji Ling suspicious. But when you are on the frontal battlefield, you must continue to consume Ji Ling's combat power. Anyway, I will help you watch Lingbi, no need I'm worried that the back road will be cut off, at worst we will come back to Guangling to face it!"

Ye Xiao ruthlessly put down the flag in his hand, and all the generals looked eager to try Ye Xiao's bold plan.

(End of this chapter)