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It was this discovery that allowed Yangdi City to learn of the Jingzhou army's plan to attack at night in advance, and to make arrangements before the Jingzhou army attacked the city gate at night.This is the direct reason why Lei Bo appeared on the tower of Ximen, and there were two thousand defenders supporting Ximen with him.It's just that these 2000 people did not appear on the street. Instead, they went up to the city from the south and north towers, followed the female wall to the sides of the west gate tower, and then hid their whereabouts, temporarily not showing up until the city gate was in danger or the Jingzhou army At the moment of attacking the top of the city, he suddenly appeared again.Give the Jingzhou army a fatal blow.

At this moment, with the sound of "dong dong" war drums coming from the direction of the west gate, Sima Yi, Chang Lin, Ji Ling and Guan Yu, who were staying in the county mansion, changed their colors when they heard the sound.But seeing that after Sima Yi finished speaking, he gently stroked a small beard under his chin with a dignified expression, his eyes were deep and dim, and he looked thoughtful.Guan Yu, who followed him to Yangdi City, didn't have a smile on his face, his eyes were half-opened, and the pair of red phoenix eyes under the bushy tiger eyebrows were narrowed into a line.A sharp cold light shone through the narrow gap.

Anyone who is familiar with him knows that this is a sign that Guan Yu is about to kill.It's just that his current embarrassing situation determines that he will not take the initiative to invite Ying to fight, even if Yangdi City is in danger, even if the city gate is broken by the Jingzhou Army.Guan Yu will not take the initiative to lead troops to fight, because his mission on this trip is to protect the safety of Sima Yi and Chang Lin, the governor of Yingchuan County, and leading troops to defend the city or go out to fight is not within his mission.

at this point.Guan Yu has a high awareness and always abides by one principle.This is not seeking merit, but seeking no faults.Anyway, he never expected to make great achievements under Li Li's command.As long as you can maintain the status quo, you will be satisfied.

Compared with Guan Yu, Ji Ling who was standing beside him seemed very anxious, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was very anxious.With years of experience in the battlefield and his extraordinary hearing ability, he can roughly judge the number of soldiers and horses of the Jingzhou Army from the shouts of killing, the sound of horseshoes and screams from Ximen.A total of [-] steps, this is the approximate number Ji Ling got from the sound.And this number meant that the siege troops outnumbered the defenders by six times. The [-] defenders on the west gate tower alone would definitely not be able to defend the city gate, and the Jingzhou army would break through the city gate within half an hour.The war is so critical, how can Ji Ling not be in a hurry, how can he not be anxious, how can he sit in the county guard's mansion?

Just when Ji Ling was about to invite Ying to fight and lead the army to reinforce Ximen, he saw the prefect Chang Lin said calmly: "In the past few days, Sima Chang Shi Pixing and Dai Yue led the army to rush to help. This kind of deep friendship must be remembered by Chang Mou. Don't forget. However, the battle is urgent now, and Chang and General Ji Ling don't know the situation of the Jingzhou Army very well, so if Chang Shi is willing, I want to hand over all the soldiers and horses in the city to Chang Shi's command, and all the officials in the city, including me Including Chang Lin, everything is at Chang Shi's disposal." At this point, he paused, looked back at Ji Ling, and asked, "Does General Ji Ling have any objections?"

Ji Ling responded in astonishment: "Zhong Da is the commander-in-chief of the Southern Expedition Army. This time he was ordered to sit in Yingchuan, and he should be in charge of all the soldiers and horses in the city. Therefore, I have no objection and completely agree with the county guard's proposal. But at this moment Ximen is in danger, the Jingzhou army is six times larger than mine, I wonder if Changshi has a good strategy to retreat from the enemy?" Before he finished speaking, Ji Ling looked at Sima Yi with burning eyes to see how he would answer and how to retreat from the enemy.

It is obvious that Ji Ling doesn't care about military power at this time, and anyone can command the soldiers and horses, but whoever wants to take charge of the soldiers and horses must come up with a practical strategy to defend against the enemy. It is also necessary to ensure that the city gates will not be breached and the county will not fall.This is a necessary condition for taking over military power.If Sima Yi doesn't have the ability to quit as soon as possible, just like Ji Ling, he has self-knowledge, thinks that he is not sure to guard the west gate, and then surrenders his military power without hesitation. , and also affected 10,000+ people in the whole city.

Sima Yi was so thoughtful, how could he fail to hear what Ji Ling said?His complexion changed slightly, his eyes rolled, he bowed his hands to Chang Lin, then looked at Ji Ling, and said with a light smile: "Thanks to the appreciation of the prefect, General Ji Ling is so understanding of righteousness that he killed more than [-] soldiers in the city. Ma handed over the full authority to my subordinates, and it is hard for me to refuse such kindness. Since Sima Yi is not talented, he will be disrespectful."

While speaking, the smile on Sima Yi's face faded away, and he turned to say seriously: "Ximen is the main attack direction of the Jingzhou army. There are more than [-] attacking troops outside the city. At this time, they have already crossed the moat. Launch an attack on the city gates and towers; in addition, the thieves have long been prepared, and have dispatched hundreds of elite soldiers to sneak into the city in disguise during the day, and join forces with the army outside the city to attack the city gate. Therefore, unless we take half of the city Otherwise, the [-] defenders alone will not be able to defend the west gate, and sooner or later they will be broken by the Jingzhou army.

However, we will not only guard the west gate tonight, but also dispatch troops to strengthen the defense of the north gate and east gate.This is because this solitary army of Jingzhou soldiers and horses going north was definitely not to attack Yingchuan, but to join Cao Ren's army here, so as to complete the alliance reached between the two countries.According to reliable sources, two days ago, when General Guo Jia led his army across the Yellow River to Hanoi County, Cao Ren, who was stationed in Zhongmou County, led his army south. covenant.It should be noted that the purpose of Cao Ren's army coming to Yingchuan was not only to hand over the Jingzhou army, but also to capture Yingchuan or Runan and open up the southern passage between Yanzhou and Jingzhou.Therefore, compared with the Jingzhou army outside the west gate, the upcoming Cao Ren army is a greater threat to Yangdi City. "

Speaking of this, Sima Yi paused, and said in a deep voice: "In view of this, what we are going to do now is not to increase troops to defend the west gate, but to mobilize troops to strengthen the defense of the north gate and east gate. In addition to the 2 soldiers, we now have 3000 defenders and the [-] cavalry I brought, as well as [-] young men recruited by the prefect overnight, making a total of [-] people. All available staff.

In my opinion, only 2000 soldiers will be stationed at the south gate. General Chen Lan will lead [-] defenders and [-] young men to guard the east gate. General Ji Ling will lead [-] defenders and [-] young men to guard the north gate. [-] troops were left to garrison; the remaining [-] soldiers, led by General Guan Yu, went to ambush on both sides of the main street of the West Gate, and gave them a head-on blow after the Jingzhou army broke through the city gate.At that time, if General Guan Yu can defeat the Jingzhou army, it will be the best. If he can't defeat the Jingzhou army, he must burn his food and grass, forcing him to fail to fulfill his covenant with Cao army.If this is the case, even if Yangdi City falls, our merits will still outweigh our demerits, and even if we lose, we will be honored.With such an arrangement, what do the three of you think? "

Chang Lin asked curiously: "At present, the Jingzhou Army and the Northern Wei Cao Army have joined forces to attack us in the Western Jin Dynasty. Even if the covenant cannot be completed, I am afraid it will not have much impact on the alliance between the two countries?"

Sima Yi nodded and said: "What the prefect said is correct. Even if the covenant is not fulfilled, the Northern Wei and Southern Han countries will still attack together until the Western Jin Dynasty is defeated. However, if the covenant is not fulfilled, it means that there is no direct interest relationship between the two countries. There are bound to be mutual suspicions and guards between us. Even if we join forces to fight against our Western Jin Dynasty, we will deliberately preserve our strength and will never do our best to fight our Western Jin Dynasty to the end.

This is exactly what we want to see, and it is extremely beneficial to our army. As long as we use it properly, we can break down one by one, and then win the entire battle.If this battle is won, the strength of the Northern Wei and Southern Han will inevitably be greatly damaged, while our Western Jin Dynasty will become stronger as we fight, laying a solid foundation for future unification of the world.Having said all that, do you have any questions? "

Ji Ling asked in response: "There are only a thousand defenders at the South Gate. Once attacked by surprise, wouldn't it be the same as giving up the South Gate? Once the South Gate is broken, Yangdi City will surely fall. By then, we will be the turtles in the urn. completely annihilated?"

Chapter 261 Bloody Mountains and Rivers ([-])

"General Ji Ling, don't worry, this matter has been expected."

Sima Yi raised his hand to signal Ji Ling not to be impatient, and said with an inscrutable smile: "When I was ordered to come to Yingchuan this time, the general (Zhuge Liang) sent a message to His Majesty, asking Your Majesty to dispatch General Zhang Liao, who is stationed in Hefei, to lead the iron cavalry of the Wuwei Camp." Go north for reinforcements, and order Zhou Yu, the governor of Yuzhou, to lead the troops to Yingchuan.

Up to now, His Majesty's military order has been issued for two days.If there is no accident, wait for two days at most, and the iron cavalry of the Shuofeng Camp under Zhou Yu's tent and the [-] county soldiers will arrive, and three days later, the Wuwei Camp under the tent of General Zhang Liao will also arrive.Because of this, I predict that neither the Jingzhou army nor Cao Ren's army will attack the south gate, because they are worried that General Zhou Yu will appear behind them at any time.Therefore, as long as we try our best to defend the city, it should not be a problem to stick to it for two days.If the three of you have no objections, it's not too late. Let's split up. After finishing speaking, Sima Yi beckoned Guan Yu to come forward, and then told Guan Yu in a low voice.

The cold-faced Guan Yunchang nodded slightly after hearing the sound, and walked to Ji Ling expressionlessly, without saying a word, but Ji Ling knew that Guan Yu was waiting for him to send troops.After all, before Sima Yi's arrival, the [-] defenders in the city were all under Ji Ling's tent. Although Sima Yi is in command of the army now, Ji Ling has to go and give orders to mobilize the troops.Who let Sima Yi just arrive?

Seeing Guan Yu standing beside him, Ji Ling felt pressured, especially Guan Yu's ice-cold eyes narrowed into slits, which made him inexplicably terrified, frightened and uneasy.So he originally wanted to ask Sima Yi.Can Governor Zhou Yu really arrive within two days, but now that Guan Yu is standing beside him coldly, he feels uncomfortable.So without further ado, he took Guan Yu directly to the Nancheng military camp.Assign eight thousand soldiers to him, and send this plague god away as soon as possible.What's more, Ji Ling also knew that the battle at Ximen was critical at the moment, and there was no delay for a moment, and it was the right way to let Guan Yu lead the troops to reinforce as soon as possible.

As soon as Ji Ling left, the prefect Chang Lin and Sima Yi looked at each other, and then said softly: "Yangdi City will be handed over to Brother Zhongda. As long as there is still a chance, Zhongda must stick to this city, and don't say anything lightly. Withdraw the troops. After all, this is a county with 10,000+ people. But if the situation is critical and it is absolutely impossible to defend, you don’t have to hesitate, just lead the troops out of the city. Brother Yu is the county guard appointed by His Majesty. Once the city falls, I am duty-bound, and I should live and die with the people of the whole city, and die with no regrets." After speaking, Chang Lin's expression was determined and his eyes were firm.Obviously not hypocritical, but sincere words, dedicated to their duties, righteousness.

Sima Yi was startled when he saw it.My heart was quite restless, and I felt a little ashamed.As Chang Lin said, if things cannot be done.The city could no longer be defended, and Sima Yi really had the idea of ​​leading his army to retreat.But at this moment, after seeing Chang Lin's righteous and awe-inspiring demeanor.Sima Yi changed his mind instantly and made up his mind to defend the city.Even if he is not loyal to Li Li, he must do his best for the friends he makes sincerely.

"Brother, don't worry, I will stick to this city for three days no matter what, and wait for Zhou Yu to lead the troops to help. But the ugly thing is, if General Zhou Yu has not led the army to arrive after three days, even if the younger brother wants to garrison the city, I'm afraid there's nothing I can do about it. In this section, I ask my brother to learn from you."

Chang Linwen was very moved by Sima Yi's frank words: "It is enough to have a virtuous brother. Brother Yu is a scholar, and he can't help even if he climbs the tower, so I brought a group of officials from the county mansion overnight Recruit young men to assist the soldiers in defending the city, put aside this old face, I will definitely gather [-] young men for my virtuous brother before noon tomorrow. Brother Yu will go now, virtuous brother, take care." Just do it, Chang Lin said After finishing speaking, he turned around and walked into the lobby. After a while, the quiet Sheriff's Mansion became noisy, and all the staff members of the Sheriff's Mansion rushed to the lobby one after another.

Seeing this scene, Sima Yi's heart became hot, and he secretly praised, "Chang Bohuai is really talented!"

Chang Lin, courtesy name Bo Huai, was born in Wen County, Hanoi. When he was young, he came from a poor family. He was studious and intelligent. He was from the same town as Sima Yi. Sima Yi was three years older. The two had known each other for many years and had a strong personal relationship.In order to avoid the flames of war, Chang Lin once avoided disaster in Bingzhou, reclaimed the mountains by himself, and was self-sufficient. He served as the governor of Hedong.Because of his outstanding performance in the Battle of Jizhou, he was valued by Li Li. Two years later, he was appointed as the Biejia of Yuzhou and concurrently the prefect of Yingchuan. Now his term of office is about to expire, and it is said that he will go to Chang'an to serve in the court soon.

It is worth mentioning that Sima Yi once hid in Hedong County for half a year.During this period, he lived in Chang Lin's mansion, and then he insisted on going to Bingzhou to join Cui Yan. Chang Lin was worried that he would have an accident along the way, so he personally sent him to Bingzhou Governor's Mansion.This is the unknown personal relationship between Sima Yi and Chang Lin, which can definitely be called a fateful friendship.

It is precisely because Sima Yi and Chang Lin have a close personal relationship and love brothers, so when he discovered that Yingchuan County was very likely to be the contact point between the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Southern Han Dynasty, he took the initiative to ask Zhuge Liang to come to support the prefect of Yingchuan Chang Lin.Sure enough, Sima Yi's judgment was extremely accurate, and on the way to Yangzhai City, he ran into the Jingzhou army disguised and sneaked into the city. The strong Jingxiang accent, for the well-informed Sima Yi, as long as he heard these people speak Speaking, he can immediately know their origins.

It is gratifying to discover the enemy's whereabouts, but Sima Yi has no idea whether he can hold Yangdi City.So, after finalizing the plan to defend the city, he followed Guan Yu's army and rushed to the west gate.

Yangdi Ximen.

"Kill!" When the men in black hurriedly moved away the antler barricade, they saw their leader, a burly man in black, throwing away the dagger in his hand, grabbing the long gun on the ground and screaming loudly, while jumping After passing the roadblock, go straight to the city gate corridor and kill the general.This burly and strong leader in black is the brave general Jiujiang Zhou Tai and Zhou Youping under Xu Shu's tent.

It was precisely because Zhou Tai was ordered to sneak into the city as an internal response that Jiang Qin outside the city was willing to lead his troops to cross the river first and attack the city gate immediately.He and Zhou Tai are brothers who share weal and woe. They have been through life and death together since they were water thieves, fighting side by side, and then led their troops to seek refuge with Sun Ce. It has been more than ten years.

Ever since they heard the news of the marriage between Liu Biao in Jingzhou and the Sun family in Jiangdong, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin had been holding their breaths. Civil and military disharmony, internal and external troubles.This made the Jiangdong generals in the Jingzhou army feel confused about their own future and Jiangdong's future for the first time. An indescribable sense of loss filled their hearts, and there was a faint sense of loneliness that could not be greater than death.

As the second batch of 12 Jiangdong Army crossed the river to the north and were once again incorporated into the Jingzhou Army, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin clearly realized that the Jiangdong Army was really doomed and completely reduced to Jingzhou Liu Biao's vassal.As long as this Nanyang war is over, no matter what the result is, Jiangdong will be annexed by Liu Biao of Jingzhou, and the Sun family's foundation in Jiangdong will be passed to Sun Shao.This is because the Jiangdong Army has a total of [-] horses, and now it has sent [-] troops to the north to participate in the war twice, leaving only [-] troops left behind in Jiangdong.How can Jiangdong be stabilized with this small force alone, how can it resist the hundreds of thousands of troops under Liu Biao in Jingzhou, and how can it not die?

It was precisely because of this aggrieved situation that when Xu Shu sent Zhou Tai to lead an army to sneak into Yangdi City in disguise, he agreed without thinking about it.Because he has no choice, he can't and dare not refuse, and he must have the consciousness to obey the drive when he is under the fence.Although he couldn't accept the fact that Jiangdong was annexed by Liu Biao, he himself was just a general who led the army to fight. Even if he had the heart to turn the tide, he couldn't change the world.What can I do?

It was this unprecedented confusion that made Zhou Tai not know who he was fighting for, who he was fighting for, let alone what he could win for Jiangdong after winning this battle, and what he could gain.But the reality forced him to take one step at a time and rush forward, so he knew that one step back was hell, but he didn't know that one step forward was an abyss.

"Seize the city gate, follow me!" Leaping over the roadblock, Zhou Tai held up his spear, and loudly ordered the three hundred soldiers behind him to rush into the corridor, trying to open the city gate.However, the moment he stepped into the tunnel, the instinct of years of fighting and fighting forced him to stop, and an unprecedented sense of crisis came to his heart, prompting him to stop the charge abruptly, his eyes like a eagle's. Looking around the corridor sharply.At this moment, he saw the densely packed honeycomb-like small holes on the wall of the corridor, and there was light shining through the gaps.

"Not good! There is an ambush!" Just as Zhou Tai screamed out, the small holes of the honeycomb that were originally shining with light suddenly went dark, followed by a scream piercing the air: "Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

"Bang puff puff puff!" The bow string burst, and the thunderbolt string was startled, densely packed arrows shot out from the walls on both sides of the corridor, instantly piercing through the body of the black-clothed warrior.At this moment, the nearly one hundred black-clothed men rushing to the front didn't even make a scream, and were pierced into hedgehogs by the arrows that were as dense as locusts, but all the arrows that shot out were all coming straight to the door. , As a result, the black-clothed warrior was caught off guard by an arrow in the face, and had no time to dodge, and didn't even have time to wave his weapon to resist, he was shot in the head and died immediately.

If the hidden arrows shot from these honeycomb-shaped holes are blood-sealed throats, then the crossbow arrows bursting from both sides of the wall are killing weapons for chasing souls.But seeing the crossbow arrows about four feet long and as thick as javelins crossing the corridor, the powerful and overbearing impact made the arrows shoot out from the wall on the left, and then penetrated all the obstacles blocking the way forward until they penetrated into the wall on the right until.The same is true for the crossbow arrows in the hole on the right wall, only the direction is different.

Therefore, when the crossbow arrows appeared in the passage, all the men in black who entered the passage no longer stood up.In the blink of an eye, nearly [-] men in black who rushed into the corridor of the city gate were all killed by arrows. Among them, as many as [-] people were pierced by crossbow arrows and nailed to the wall like meat skewers.

Chapter 262 Bloody Mountains and Rivers ([-])

The "bang bang" of the city gate resounded through the night sky, and the bang sound seemed to knock on the hearts of the people in the city, making their hearts beat with the rhythm of the rushing cars outside the city.After the previous impact, their hearts also rose to their throats. They took a deep breath and held their breath until the moment when the rushing car hit the city gate again, they took a long breath and their hearts beat violently. For a while, when the impact subsided, the heart that had just fallen was raised again.

Going back and forth like this is really tormenting people, and it's really scary, life is worse than death.But the reason why they were worried was because they didn't want to die, for fear that the army outside the city would rush into the city to kill and loot wantonly, which would endanger their own lives.Ants are greedy for life, let alone humans?

Just as they were paying attention to the knocking sound outside the West City Gate, there was a knock on the door outside the window, not only from their own door, but also from the neighbors' doors, and the streets and alleys were full of door knocking.

The moment they heard the knock on the door, all the people living in Ping'an Lane in Nancheng were shocked. Almost all the heads of households (man in charge) climbed to the lattice window and peeped out from the walnut-sized hole.Immediately they saw the prefect and a group of officials in the county government office, and then the old Zhang's family on the street bravely opened the door, and then the prefect said a few words to him, Zhang Da turned back home without saying a word, After a while, he came out with a shovel and followed behind the prefect.

After seeing this scene, the people who were peeping from the window understood that the prefect came here with a group of subordinates to recruit strong defenders of the city.In recent years, this kind of situation has been relatively rare, because Yingchuan County is under the jurisdiction of Jin State.Since the third year of Jian'an, there has been no war in Yingchuan and even the whole territory of Yuzhou.But before this, it was not uncommon to knock on the door in the middle of the night to recruit young and strong defenders.Almost once every three days or so.Therefore, the people of Yangdi City are no strangers to this.

Before doing it, the common people were not keen on this kind of thing.After all, people die in war. Once the men in the family are handed over to help defend the city, it will be fine if they can be defended. If the city falls, everyone who participates in the defense of the city will die, and no one will be spared.In addition, they had nothing at that time, the family was poor and had no overnight food.If you don't eat your last meal, you don't know where tomorrow will be after today.Therefore, they don't care whether the city will fall or not. Anyway, no matter who occupies the city, they will not have a good life, so it doesn't matter who occupies the city.But tonight is different from the past, or today is different from the past.

Now, after four or five years of stable life, they have been allocated fields.Almost every household has built a new house, living a good life without worrying about food and clothing, and the family has savings even if they don't farm for a year.Nor will you starve to death.Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that whether the city falls or not is closely related to their wealth and life.

after all.The present good days are hard-won, and the common people cherish them very much.It can be said that it is cherished like life. Someone attacked the city at this time.It's like not wanting them to live a stable life, and wanting to take away the food they have saved so hard. How can they agree?For these civilians who have come from hard times, whoever wants to take away what they have, they will fight desperately.

Therefore, when the common people saw that the prefect came to recruit strong men in person, almost every household took the initiative to open the door, and let the strongest man in the family take the iron guy that was handy to go out and follow the prefect to defend the city.Since then, the prefect Chang Lin's task of recruiting strong men has gone very smoothly. He recruited hundreds of young men just by knocking down two rows of houses in Ping'an Lane.And then without him personally coming forward, these young men can act on his behalf, contacting the surrounding young men, and then like a snowball, the scope gets bigger and bigger, and there are more and more young men.

In less than half an hour, the young and strong in the whole city were mobilized.This is an extremely powerful force. The number of people has far exceeded that of the defenders in the city. The enthusiasm and fighting spirit are as strong as those of the defenders who are fighting on the tower at the moment.

Compared with the enthusiastic civilians, the gentry, aristocratic families, and powerful gentry's houses in the city were extremely quiet, closing their doors one after another, and there was hardly a ray of light around the huge courtyard.Obviously, before the situation is clear, they would rather stay on the sidelines and sit on the sidelines than act rashly.Although they have no affection for Emperor Jin, are dissatisfied with the current situation, and do not fully approve of the rule of the Western Jin Dynasty, they are equally disinterested in the unknown forces attacking the city at this moment, and they are extremely unfavorable to them.Because the current situation has shown that the Western Jin Dynasty is the most powerful force among the three vassal states in the world, and its strength is far superior to that of the Southern Han and Northern Wei.

Since Yingchuan County was included in the territory of the Western Jin Dynasty, although the major families and powerful gentry have been suppressed to a certain extent, the land, retinues and maids have been ordered to be reduced, causing them to suffer huge losses; The business is getting better and better, and they have made up for their previous losses in the past few years.It's just that the land has been turned into gold and silver, so that the land in their hands has decreased, but the wealth they own has not diminished at all, and they still live a life of wealth and wealth. Will be suppressed again, and will not suffer losses for no reason.So they have gradually accepted the rule of Li Li in the Western Jin Dynasty, got used to the current life, and realized the superiority of the current law, which is both restrictive and protective, and they are not blindly suppressing the gentry and powerful as the outside world rumors say.

Because of this, in recent years, many big families and tycoons in the city have received olive branches from the Southern Han and Northern Wei countries, but they have not accepted the wooing.Take tonight's surprise attack on the city as an example, some of their families received a letter from the Southern Han in advance, promising to make a profit, and wanted them to send out the family guards to cooperate with the Jingzhou army who sneaked into the city to attack the city gate.But now the battle for the city gate has started, but they are not there.

The sound of "bang bang" still continued, and the battle outside the city gate intensified, and the fierce battle was in full swing.

The city rushing vehicles hit the city gate again and again, and hundreds of ladders were built on the city wall. Thousands of Jingzhou soldiers climbed up the ladders one after another, trying to reach the top of the city, and fought hand-to-hand with the defenders.However, the space under the city wall is limited, and the moat is not far behind, making it impossible for more than [-] Jingzhou troops to attack the city at the same time.