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Chapter 272 Wei Yan

"Huh...huh...huh..."

A black figure died in the dark and cramped tunnel filled with thick smoke.

Intense exercise in an extremely hypoxic environment, coupled with anxiety, made him gasp violently like a bellows, and there was a lingering sense of anxiety on his face.

His surname is Wei, his name is Yan, and his style name is Wenchang. He is from Zhangling County. He is just in his early twenties. He has been a knight-errant since he was fifteen or sixteen.

However, due to his humble background and high personality, he is not valued by heroes from all over the world, so he has not done much for many years.

Cai Mao was defeated by Liu Jing in Jingnan last year. It is said that nearly half of the warship was damaged and tens of thousands of people were killed. However, this news has not been officially recognized by Jingzhou officials.

But not long after, the Jingzhou Governor's Department publicly recruited soldiers in Zhangling, Nanyang, Nanjun and other places on the grounds of aiding the Southern Army. The conditions offered were very generous, which indirectly confirmed the authenticity of the news.

Wei Yan applied to join the army at that time, but he didn't know that his decision completely changed his "original" life trajectory. He was supposed to meet the Ming Lord next year, but because of Liu Jing's change, his fate changed drastically.

Wei Yan did not join the army alone at the beginning, but applied with more than [-] rangers, and he himself was not an unknown person, so as soon as he joined the army, he was appointed as a general in charge of a hundred people.

Unlike Liu Jingjun's full-time sailors, there were basically no regular sailors in this era. The people on board who were in charge of sailing oars, although they were called sailors, were actually just ordinary boatmen.

The soldiers in charge of combat on the ship are not limited to fighting on the water. They usually "go ashore to fight bandits, wash their feet and enter the ship."

Therefore, after Wei Yan came to Jingnan, he was transferred ashore to participate in the siege operations.

In the battle of Linxiang, he performed very bravely. As the first to ascend several times, he attacked the top of the city and beheaded many times.

Above Qu Zhang is the Sima of the other department, and above the Sima of the other department is the capital and the school lieutenant.With pride in his heart, Wei Yan went south to Ling County with the army, preparing to make another military exploit and become a commanding general with thousands of troops and attracting attention.

Even an hour ago, he was still fantasizing like this, but soon, Liu Jing gave him a blow to the head.

He watched his comrades rush out of the tunnel, struggling and howling crazily in the sea of ​​flames. At that moment, Wei Yan's scalp was slightly numb, and there was only one thought in his mind - to escape.

Especially when the flames and thick smoke were drawn into the tunnel, he even accelerated his escape speed. He would kill anyone who dared to block his path without hesitation, even if these people were his subordinates.

At the juncture of life and death, he couldn't tolerate anything other than himself.

During the rapid running, Wei Yan felt more and more difficult to breathe, and gradually felt suffocated. Just when he was dizzy, there seemed to be a light in front of him, looming in the dark and smoky tunnel.

"Heaven will never perish me..." Wei Yan was overjoyed, then gritted his teeth, rushed out of the tunnel with billowing black smoke.

The moment Wei Yan saw the sun again, his knees gave way and he collapsed on the ground, breathing in the fresh air greedily.

"Haha... Heaven never dies, Wei Yan..."

After Wei Yan, dozens of people rushed out of the tunnel one after another, less than one-twelfth of the people who entered, and those who did not come out naturally all died inside.

The scattered dozens of people in front of him are the only remaining troops in Wei Yan's hands. From Qu Chang who was in charge of more than [-] soldiers, he suddenly fell to the rank of captain. It is not as good as when he joined the army. This is really going back. ...

Wei Yan glanced at the brightly lit city of Ling county with hatred, a man repays kindness with kindness and revenge with revenge, he will definitely repay the great humiliation he received today, in the future.

Wei Yan's route suffered heavy casualties, and the other three routes were not much stronger either.

In short, the ground assault plan of the Jingzhou Army completely failed, and the price was that thousands of elite soldiers died in the tunnel.

Not so many elite soldiers died in the siege battle in the past few days, which shows how bad Kuai Yue's mood will be at the moment.

Kuai Yue couldn't help heaving a long sigh, rushing the car, the well fence, the earth hill, the tunnel...all the methods that can be tried have been tried.

As for the siege of the city, internal and external conditions did not allow him to do so. Inside, Liu Biao wanted to seek the Central Plains, and he was urged very urgently. The soldiers had been away from home for a long time, and they all wanted to fight quickly.

Externally, Liu Jingshui's army defeated the Jingzhou navy several times, and the water surface of the Xiangjiang River south of Lingxian County was all under the control of Liu Jingshui's army. As long as Liu Jingshui's army is still there, the siege of the city is meaningless.

So, after a lot of tossing around, I finally returned to the path of the ladder ant attachment.

"My lord..." Kuai Qi cautiously called out from the side.

"Let's go." Kuai Yue shook his head.

"promise."

The Jingzhou army slowly retreated to the rear camp, but Liu Jing's army had no time to celebrate the victory. After the fire in the tunnels was completely extinguished, Liu Jing immediately recruited civilian husbands to transport the enemy's corpses out of the four tunnels and cremate them together.

After disposing of the enemy's corpses, Liu Jing asked the peasants to transport soil to bury the tunnels. After all, the tunnels passed through the city, and if left alone, the city walls would easily collapse.

In fact, there is a method of tunnel warfare: dig to the bottom of the city wall, then use wooden piles as pillars to withstand the foundation of the wall, and finally burn the wooden piles, causing the city wall to collapse.

Yuan Shao used this method last year to conquer Gongsun Zan's impenetrable Yi Jing, forcing a generation of hero Gongsun Zan to kill his sisters and wives, and then set himself on fire.

Liu Jing didn't return to the house to rest until the cock crowed, and only slept for two and a half hours before getting up again.

When he came under the southern city wall again, he found that the four tunnels had basically been filled.However, the Jingzhou army closed the camp gates tightly.

Liu Jing speculated that the Jingzhou army would rest for a day or two before attacking the city.This time, it's not the kind of small fights like before, the Jingzhou army will definitely attack with all their strength.

The real test is coming.

The next day, just as Liu Jing guessed, the entire Jingzhou army attacked, with tens of thousands of infantry marching in formation, followed by Min Zhuang pushing ladders, well rails, and carts.

The front of the Jingzhou Army arrived at the city of Ling County one after another, while the rear continued to march out of the camp.

Standing on top of the city tower, Liu Jing could see red and black everywhere he looked.

Ordinary people would be overwhelmed when they saw such a scene, but Liu Jing didn't take it seriously. He had already seen through the Jingzhou army. As long as the meteorites didn't knock down the city wall, it would be tantamount to nonsense for the Jingzhou army to invade Ling County.

(End of this chapter)