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Chapter 491 Xu Zong
However, it is said that the Jingzhou army set up a large camp at Panshuikou in the northeast of Chaisang. After resting overnight, Liu Jing sent civilians to cut off the water source of the chaisang moat and fill the moat with earth and rocks.

Of course, the Chaisang defenders would not just watch the moat being filled up by the Jingzhou army. The crossbowmen hid behind the female wall and fired wildly at the peasants and soldiers who were carrying earth and stones and heading straight for the city.

Not to be outdone, the Jingzhou army either climbed the earth mountain, gathered and shot at the city head, or rode light boats, and approached the city. Every round of salvo, thousands of arrows will be poured on the city of Chaisang.

Although Chaisang's defenders were small, they were backed by the city wall. Not only were they not suppressed by the Jingzhou army, but they fought back and forth with them.

Liu Jing didn't pay too much attention to the battle under Chaisang city, because it was meaningless, and Chaisang could not be defeated with a bow and crossbow. He sent a group of peasants to the Lushan Mountain south of Chaisang to cut trees and build siege tools .

In the evening, the scouts sent by Liu Jing to Pengze to investigate the situation yesterday returned to the Penkou camp one after another to report Pengze's information to Liu Jinghui.

The number of Peng Ze's guards was far less than that of Chaisang, at most only a few hundred. The main direction of defense was the west and north.

The choice of Peng Ze's defender was not unexpected by Liu Jing. After all, Peng Ze's troops were limited and it was impossible to cover everything. Since the west and north faced the Jingzhou army directly, they must focus on defense.

The east and south belong to the hinterland of Jiangdong, so naturally not too many troops will be invested.In the south, facing Poyang Lake, you can still stare at it more or less, and in the east, with Danyang as your back, it is almost undefended.

After discussing with Pang Tong, Li Yan, Cui Jun and other confidants, Liu Jing decided not to delay the matter. Tonight, he will send an elite group to take a boat down the river and go around to Peng Zedong. Ze launched a surprise attack, trying to win the battle.

Seeing that Liu Jing had made a decision, Gan Ning immediately took the initiative to ask for a fight: "General, Gan Ning is willing to personally lead the trilogy, go down the river and capture Peng Ze."

Liu Jing shook his head and refused without thinking: "Xingba is a general in the army, how can he be taken lightly."

Among Liu Jing's six generals, only Han Guang and Gan Ning followed him to Chaisang. Han Guang has divided his troops to garrison south of Chaisang, and now there is only one general in the army, Gan Ning. Risk, if something happened to Gan Ning, wouldn't he lose a big general?Who will command the army for him then?
Wenpin thought he was a surrendered general, his status was embarrassing, and now he desperately needed military exploits to prove himself. This night attack on Peng Ze, he was sure to win. He got up and said to Liu Jing: "Since I have been hired by the general, I have not made an inch of merit, but I have been treated favorably by the general. I often feel ashamed, and I am willing to capture Peng Ze for the general, in order to repay my kindness, and I hope the general will agree."

"Huh?" In Liu Jing's impression, Wenpin was not the kind of fierce general who attacked the city first and defeated the enemy, so he was not considered at the beginning, but Liu Jing could understand that he, as a surrendered general, was eager to With the mood of making meritorious deeds and self-restraint, after thinking about it, he agreed to his request.

Liu Jing then appointed Feng Xi again, and asked him and Wenpin to attack Peng Ze with a thousand soldiers each.

After dark, Wenpin, Feng Xi and two thousand soldiers had a full meal in the camp, and drank the strong wine respected by Liu Jing, assembled their armor and armed forces, went out of the camp to Panshuikou, and boarded a boat.

Currently Peng Lize and the mouth of the river are in the hands of the Jingzhou navy, so Wenpin and Feng Xi don't have to worry about encountering enemies on the water.Dozens of light boats went down the river, and it was only halfway through the night, and they had successfully circled to the east of Pengze.

The two searched for a leeward place to land, and left their soldiers to guard the ship. They each led a thousand men and went straight to Pengze. During the period, they sent scouts to investigate first. The result was the same as the previous information. There were only a few guards on the huge city wall. Countable, it is no different from defenseless.

Although Peng Ze's defenses were very lax, Wen Pin and Feng Xi were cautious and did not approach the city rashly. Instead, they hid in a valley in the eastern suburbs and ordered the troops to take the time to rest and recover their strength.

When the rooster crowed, Wenpin and Feng Xijian had already made ten ladders, and immediately gathered their troops and sneaked out of the valley.

Before dawn is the time when people sleep the most, and it is also the time when they are most prone to sleepiness. There is not a half of guards in sight at the top of Pengze City, and the soldiers of the Jingzhou Army rushed to the bottom of the city with almost no effort.

Feng Xi was frivolous and courageous, he always took the lead, he was the first to climb up the ladder, followed by Wen Pin, he climbed to the top of the wall, seeing this, the morale of the two tribes was boosted, and everyone scrambled to be the first.

Soon, hundreds of powerful soldiers followed Feng Xi and Wenpin to the city wall. The two men had a clear division of labor. One led people into the gatehouse and obliterated the sleeping defenders. city ​​gate.

I don't know if they were lucky or their opponents were too bad. In short, their actions were not completely exposed until the Jingzhou army began to pass through the city gate and pour into the city.

At this time, facing the elite Jingzhou army of more than 2000 people, even if Peng Ze's defenders wanted to resist, they were powerless.

"The Jingzhou army has entered the city, the Jingzhou army has entered the city..." A shrill cry woke up the entire Pengze County in an instant.

Xu Zong, chief of Peng Ze, seemed to hear something in his sleep. He suddenly woke up and listened carefully. The sound gradually became clear from blurred. When he heard that the Jingzhou army had entered the city, his face changed drastically. At this moment, he couldn't care less about comfort The terrified wife said a few words, hurriedly put on her clothes and held a sword, and went out to check the situation.

Before long, the sect master and the thief Cao Chuan brought people to guard the official house one after another, but this did not bring any sense of security to Xu Zong, because in just such a short time, the enemy had already invaded the county temple, shouting all over the sky. Amidst the killing sound, they approached him rapidly.

Xu Zong's hand holding the sword trembled uncontrollably, and he suddenly found that when facing the threat of death, he was not as fearless as he imagined.

Xu Zong was born in the Xu family of the crown family in Yuzhang. His ancestor Xu Wei was erudite in the Five Classics, as well as astronomy and calendar. He was known as "Nanzhou Gaoshi". Xu Wei did not go to the post, and was indifferent and self-confident throughout his life, and was deeply admired by the world.

His father, Xu Yin, was also famous. When Hua Xin was the prefect of Yuzhang, he invited him to meet him politely, but Xu Yin was unmoved and refused on the grounds of illness.

Xu Zong did not have the integrity of living in seclusion from his ancestor Xu Wei and his father Xu Yin. He rarely moved Yuzhang with his talent, and was promoted by Hua Xin as Xiaolian. Later, Xu Zong followed Hua Xin and surrendered to Sun Ce. Peng Ze County Magistrate.

A few months ago, Sun Quan appointed Xu Sheng as the lieutenant of Dangkou, and supervised the two counties of Chaisang and Pengze.Xu Zong was very dissatisfied with Sun Quan's decision. What qualifications does Xu Sheng have to supervise him as a mere exile soldier?He believed that Sun Quan did not know people well.

Xu Zong smiled wryly in his heart, now it seems that Sun Quan has not misjudged the person, he is not as good as Xu Sheng when the enemy is in trouble and he is desperate.

(End of this chapter)