Chapter 157: war

Liu Bei assembled his soldiers and horses to capture Jiangling before the Jiangdong Army returned. After arriving in Jiangling, Liu Bei immediately invested in the siege. The 30,000 army formed a formation and took turns attacking Jiangling.
Cao Cao's army was newly defeated, and morale was low, but Liu Bei was morale-like, and he didn't take any tactics of three-in-one. First, there were not so many troops. Second, he concentrated his forces to attack a little. In a big place, there is no way to put troops in at once, and the difficulty of siege is naturally lower.
The soldiers and horses brought from Xiakou are not only well-trained, but also equipped with elaborate weapons made in Liu Yi's workshop. As soon as these men and women are put into battle, they put tremendous pressure on Cao Ren.
When Cao Cao left Jiangling to Cao Renshou in the defeat of Chibi, Cao Ren began to arm. The woods outside Xingyang City were all cut down by Cao Ren. All the obstructions within the range of bows and arrows outside the city were leveled, and the city was still outside the moat. Digged the moat ditch. This was when I first attacked Mocheng. I learned the method from Liu Yi. The bow and arrow projected had an arc. The soldiers squatted inside and shot down the arrows can greatly reduce the casualties.
In addition, there are many bed crossbows and trebuchets erected on the city head, and how many rolling stones are placed. The defense of the entire Jiangling City can be said to be comprehensive. Cao Ren is confident that whether it is Jiangdong or Liu Bei. Come, at least for one year.
It was just when Liu Bei really called, Cao Ren felt that he could not bear it.
The archers of the others stood under the city, farther than Cao Jun, who was in the forefront. The archers lined up to shoot arrows at the head of the city. In addition to the bed crossbow can also cause some threats to others, their archers are basically abandoned It was simply out of reach. It was only the first round of attack that he overwhelmed Cao Jun at the head of the city until his opponent attacked the city, added a trench, started to build a pontoon or bought the ladder directly. Start to fight back.
Cao Ren felt depressed when he played Mo City last time, but this time, when Liu Bei ’s soldiers and horses attacked, Cao Ren found that some of them were hurt. At first Mo City was small, but now the enemy is few In this case, the advantage of the equipment is too important.
"General, some can't hold it!" A general came to Cao Ren's side in embarrassment. The enemy's offensive was too fierce and the equipment was too good. Only after a while, he was washed up to the city wall several times. They pushed those people down in time, and the city wall lost its guard indefinitely. Even now, Liu Beijun puts too much pressure on them.
Cao Ren kicked a siege soldier off the wall and shouted: "If you can't keep it, you must keep it."
This was the first day. If he couldn't even hold it for one day, what other face did Cao Ren go to see Cao Cao, just wipe his neck.
Fortunately, Liu Beijun ’s bows and crossbows are not too many. Although hard, Cao Ren still kept it, but the cost is too high. Although he did not make a careful calculation, the war damage even exceeded Liu Bei. If it is repeated several times, it ’s just The loss of troops can use up the generals.
On the west side of the day, the sound of gold from Liu Beijun seemed to Cao Ren to be like a natural sound. Looking at Liu Beijun, who was receding like the tide, Cao Ren was like a prostration, sitting on the ground without a figure butt. As the soldier instructed the people to carry a corpse into the city, he felt a bad breath in his chest.
Since Xuzhou, it hasn't been against Liu Bei once or twice. This is the first time that Liu Bei has been so miserable, which makes Cao Ren's heart sullen.
On the other side, Liu Bei Daying.
Although he didn't break the city, Liu Bei was quite satisfied with today's victory. Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang and said: "Kong Ming, why didn't he just let the signal go and let Yun Chang take the opportunity to attack Shui Zhai?"
Zhu Geliang smiled and said: "Although the battle is going well today, the hero should find that Cao Jun did not concentrate all his strength on this. If General Guan came to attack at this time, he might not be able to break through the water village, but Cao Ren would be vigilant."
Generally speaking, some generals with combat experience can roughly estimate the approximate strength of the opponent as long as they look at the defense method of the opponent. Although Cao Ren is embarrassed today, he obviously still has the surplus.
"Hey ~" Zhang Fei said with a sneer: "Military division, if you want me to say, with our army's current equipment, you can break the city with a strong attack within three days. Why bother bother brother?"
"Three days?" Zhuge Liang shook his head and said with a smile: "The three generals are too small to look at that Cao Ren, and the three generals should be clear that Bo Yuan's equipment is not much, our army is equipped with Bo Yuan equipment soldiers, but only five Thousands of people, today's battle, the arrow clusters have been exhausted. If they continue to fight, the arrow clusters left by Bo Yuan will be exhausted, and it is not easy to think about how smooth it is today. "
"If I knew this, I should let Bo Yuan do more arrows." Zhang Fei was a little annoyed. He hadn't noticed it before, but today the battle started, it was really Tenetian's cool, Zhang Fei battled for a long time, It was the first time that the siege party did not occupy too much strength, and it pressed the defender to fight. Although Liu Yi had already experienced the power of Liu Yi before, now, Zhang Fei is really fortunate that Liu Bei ignored them. I opposed it. I personally invited Liu Yi. Isn't it Bailu Bu? A dead person, and apart from others, Lu Bu's ability Zhang Fei actually admired it, and worship, as long as Liu Yi is willing to continue to follow them, let alone Liu Beibai, let Zhang Fei follow him, now he Zhang Fei is definitely willing.
Liu Bei and Zhu Geliang glanced at Zhang Fei without saying a word. Then it costs money. Did n’t you say that you have personally experienced it? One person has a hundred dollars a day, and one hundred people ’s craftsman Liu Bei is just barely able to support it. The money from Liu Yi? How to do without money?
No longer ignoring Zhang Fei's fool, Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang and said: "Kong Ming, make a careful report. Zhou Yu's army has already arrived here, and he can arrive at the latest three days. If within three days, our army cannot break through. Jiangling, I am afraid that they will make wedding dresses for others. "
This is also the reason why Liu Bei is eager to break through Jiangling. If Zhou Yu comes and wants to grab Jiangling, Liu Bei really has no confidence to refuse Zhou Yu.
"The protagonist is assured that the siege can be strengthened tomorrow. When Cao Ren sees that our army is attacking, he will first mobilize the Shuizhai soldiers to assist him. At that time, only General Yun Chang will appear in time, and the benefits of the new warship made by Bo Yuan In one fell swoop! "Zhuge Liang smiled and said that one day was enough for him to see through Jiangling City's reality, and Cao Cao's haste. The guards left in this city were between 6,000 and 10,000. If it is unusual, think It is really not easy to siege, but now with the equipment provided by Liu Yi, and the Guan Yu Marines prepared on one side, it is really not difficult to take Jiangling before Zhou Yu ’s army arrived.
"Okay, I ordered someone to inform Yunchang." Liu Bei nodded, suppressing the excitement in his heart, and taking Jiangling, Nanjun was basically in hand. This kind of thing was exciting to think about.
Liu Beijun rested quite peacefully this night, but Cao Ren was strengthening the city wall overnight. Liu Beijun's equipment was too strong. If he did not strengthen the city wall, Cao Ren was really not sure whether he could hold it tomorrow.
Early the next morning, it was just dawn, and Liu Bei ’s army, who had been repaired overnight, was ready to attack the city in Jiangling City.
Cao Ren has not slept all night, struggling with his spirit to direct the defense. Let ’s not mention the other. The shield goes up first to protect the archer. With yesterday ’s experience, today ’s fight was a lot easier, but it still suffocated, especially the attack After the city war began, the soldiers in armor rushed up, and it felt like a mad cow rushed in. No matter what the defense was, if you saw someone, you chopped one, often chopped one down, and you could die three or five here.
Last night, Cao Ren studied the armor of the other party, and it looked not much different from his own. It was very resistant to cutting, and he didn't know how to do it.
"General, there is not enough manpower here." A Cao Jun general thrust an arrow on his back and rushed in front of Cao Ren, hysterically said: "Transfer the soldiers from other walls!"
"No!" Cao Ren shook his head and said: "Then Liu Bei did not do his best. If I wait for the transfer of soldiers and horses, he will immediately divide the troops and attack the other walls!"
When Liu Bei came yesterday, Cao Ren had made it clear that Liu Bei sent troops to attack this time. There were 30,000 soldiers and horses. Now there are only a few thousand people on the battlefield. If you really dare to transfer the soldiers from other directions, Liu Bei I am afraid that the offensive will be strengthened immediately, and at the same time, the troops will go to other city walls to start the attack. At that time, Cao Ren did not even move.
"But if it goes on like this, I am afraid that this side will be broken today!" The lieutenant said hoarsely.
Cao Ren pondered for a moment and then said: "Then Liu Bei did not have many soldiers and horses. Most of these 30,000 soldiers were borrowed from Liu Qi. Under his command, he was a waterless army. city!"
Before Liu Bei recruited horses in Xiakou ~ EbookFREE.me ~ tens of thousands of soldiers, now there are so many soldiers and horses, according to common sense, I am afraid that most of them are borrowed from Liu Qi, and some of them are the escaping red cliffs. The soldier of Xiang, Liu Bei has never used it. I am afraid that those people do not use it. As long as they can resist the fierce attacks of these elite soldiers, it will not be difficult to defend the city when the other party is vented.
"Well!" The warrior, regardless of the cluster of arrows inserted on his back, ran to the trembling order.
"Princess, the time has come!" Zhu Geliang, who was watching the enemy formation, suddenly keenly realized that Cao Jun's resistance was much stronger, and immediately looked at Liu Bei.
"Good!" Liu Bei had been waiting for this moment. He immediately ordered the beacon prepared in advance to ignite. In order to prevent Cao Jun from discovering that it was hidden on the other side, it was naturally impossible to ring the arrow.
Someone had used a torch to ignite the prepared beacon, and the thick smoke was rising into the sky.
Cao Ren frowned at this scene in the city. His heart was dull, but he waited for a long time, and did not see Liu Bei ’s reaction. After a while, Liu Bei ’s offensive became more fierce, and he could only let go of his doubts and continue to swim. Walk on the city to guard the city.