Shuhan

Chapter 295 The last plan! (happy mid-Autumn Festival!)
For many days, the Han army launched a tenacious offensive against Xincai City, but the city seemed to be an indestructible fortress, and the Han army paid a huge price in capturing the city.

On the city wall of Xincai City, the Wei flag above the city head was fluttering in the wind. The city wall was filled with Wei soldiers, their armors flashed with cold light, and they held sharp blades in their hands, ready for battle.

The trebuchets in the city kept firing boulders, and the crossbowmen on the city followed closely, shooting dense rain of arrows. Every Han soldier risked his life during the charge.

"Come on!"

"Kill!"

The Han army's siege equipment came, the ladders were set up, and the huge catapults kept firing boulders. The Wei soldiers on the city wall struggled to resist, using shields to cover themselves, and using spears to lift the ladders, and defended the city tenaciously.

"Get out of here, old man!"

"Jingzhou rebels, why don't you surrender quickly?"

The Han soldiers under the city charged bravely and violently attacked the enemies on the wall with spears and lances.

However, the Wei soldiers on the city wall were guarded like a copper wall and an iron wall. They cooperated tacitly and closely to fight back the Han army's attack with bows, arrows and spears.

Blood gushed out like a fountain on the battlefield, and screams and cries of death intertwined together, just like the cries of ghosts in the Nine Netherworld.

The Han soldiers braved the rain of arrows and the bombardment of boulders to climb the city wall. The soldiers who fell under the wall were dripping with blood.

Soldiers from both Han and Wei sides inside and outside the city were killed in brutal fighting, and the battlefield turned into a sea of ​​blood.

However, it seemed that Xinchai City would never be captured.

Even though the Han army spared no effort to attack, it was still the same.

The Wei soldiers on the city wall were tenacious and guarded every inch of the land, no matter what the cost.

The Han army continued to charge, unwilling to give up. The soldiers risked their lives in order to capture the city.

"Ming Jin!"

Outside the city, Zhuge Liang sighed softly and said: "We have been attacking for three days. If we continue to attack, Xincai will not be defeated."

The Wei army had long been prepared to defend the city.

Even though Zhuge Liang performed various moves in turn, he was still unable to capture Xincai City. Instead, thousands of corpses were thrown under the city.

woohoo~
The sound of ringing gold sounded, and the soldiers of the Han army who were attacking the city retreated one after another like the ebbing sea water.

The Wei army in the city had no intention of leaving the city to pursue them.

Being so cautious and only defending without attacking made Zhuge Liang helpless against them.

Sometimes, the more you do, the more mistakes you make.

If you don’t do it, you won’t be wrong.

Just like the current Xincai City defenders, when he came out, Zhuge Liang could still find a way to ambush and eliminate the Wei army that came out.

But you have no intention of coming out at all, how can I use a trick?

"Can Shenyang and Ancheng send troops to help?"

Standing next to Zhuge Liang, Huo Yi shook his head and said, "Shenyang and Ancheng stayed still, and even Linyang, not a single soldier came out."

This is really a real bastard.

For a while, Zhuge Liang really couldn't do anything to them.

Unless all forces are concentrated to attack a city, it may be possible to capture the city.

But once all the troops are concentrated, will Pingyu, Nandun, and Zhuoyang still defend?
It makes no sense to gain one of the three cities but lose the other three.

"This plan is impossible!"

The resourcefulness sometimes also depends on the opponent.

If your opponent is on the same level as you, resourcefulness is of little use.

Pure struggle for national strength.

Obviously, the current national strength of Han China is far inferior to that of Wei.

Especially now that they have been fighting in Runan City for several months, in addition to military strength, Jingzhou's logistics pressure is increasing.

Even if His Highness's business alliance is able to increase revenue, it will be difficult to provide military rations for 10 people in a short period of time.

"Maybe it's time to withdraw our troops."

Liu Chan's original intention was to storm the two cities of Shangcai and Xincai, mobilize Shenyang's troops, and capture Shenyang.

However.
In the past few days, they have stormed Shangcai and Xincai. Not only did Shen Yang stand still, but the rest of the Wei army's city also stood still.

In the two cities of Shangcai and Xincai, the Wei army has simply built them into iron walls. If they want to attack them, it will not only cost a huge price, but also take a long time.

Difficult!

"That's it for now. Let's reply to the letter of commendation first. I want to say a few words to His Highness personally."

Zang Ba was in civil strife, Jiangdong attacked Wei, and Cao Pi marched south.

This is indeed a good time to plan for Runan.

In order to achieve his goal, His Highness even managed to get Cao Zhang to rebel and seize the throne of Wei King, which once put the Wei state into decline.

Cao Pi even left Runan with the large army of Wei State.It looked like the Han army was about to win.

But it's only apparent.

Cao Pi took away an army of [-], but in Runan, the Wei army still numbered tens of thousands.

Compared with the Han army, there were indeed fewer people.

But with such a small number of people, they don't want to win the battle, but only want to defend the city. If they are a tortoise with a shrunken head, it will be really difficult for the Han army to break through this tortoise shell.

If we delay it any longer, I'm afraid there won't be any changes.

Jia Xu, Sima Yi
These two people will definitely be my big man’s biggest worry in the future!
"The military advisor wants to persuade His Highness to withdraw the troops?"

Zhuge nodded.

"This expedition to Runan is not without gain. Several cities south of Nanru River, plus Xinxi, are already under our control. The people of Pingyu, Zhuoyang, and Nandun are all under our control. , with a total of ten thousand households, it would be a gain if they could move to Jingzhou."

Anyway, there is a shortage of people in Jingzhou now. Even if Runan is captured, it will be difficult to build Runan as a front line.

More people will go to Jingzhou and build Jingzhou into a land of fish and rice. When we have food, grass and soldiers, it will not be too late to attack Runan!

You have to eat the food one bite at a time, and if you walk too long, it’s easy to pull off the eggs.

This attack on Wei has gained enough benefits, and it's time to stop.

Xinxi City.

Lobby.

Liu Chan looked at the military report coming from the front and frowned more and more, but in the end, he laughed out loud.

"Hehehe."

"Your Highness?"

Fei Yi looked at Liu Chan worriedly, thinking that his Highness's mood had changed drastically because of the bad situation on the front line!
"Are you OK?"

"I'm fine."

Liu Chan shook his head with a wry smile, but soon his wry smile turned into relief.

"Maybe it's time to withdraw from Runan."

Fei Yi thought he heard wrongly.

"Your Highness, what are you talking about?"

"The words spoken by His Highness are Liang's thoughts."

Outside the hall, Zhuge Liang strode into the hall.

Zhuge Liang's face was full of dust, and he was obviously on the march.

This hairstyle is messed up.

"Why is the military advisor back?"

"Both Jia Xu and Sima Yi are among the best advisers in the world. They only focus on guarding the city. There is nothing we can do against them. We are here today to persuade His Highness to withdraw his troops."

If we hadn't gone to Zhuoyang and Nandun before, we might still be able to have a decisive battle with them.

Zhuoyang Nandun was captured, but it became a shackle that restricted the Han army.

"Retreat the troops. We will gain several cities, more than [-] people, tens of thousands of elite soldiers, and win the hearts of the Runan nobles. Your Highness has already won, a great victory."

What a great victory!

But unfortunately.
Not a complete victory.

"If that's the case, then we'll withdraw our troops, but..."

Liu Chan is not his mother-in-law, and the current situation is that it will be of no use to the Han army if it continues for a long time, so they must withdraw as soon as possible.

But if there is a glimmer of hope, he will fight for it!
"Perhaps we can use one last strategy. If this strategy can lead the Wei army out of the city, there is still hope of conquering Runan."

The last resort?
Zhuge Liang was stunned for a moment and immediately understood what Liu Chan meant.

"Your Highness means"

Liu Chan nodded heavily.

"That's right, it's exactly what the military advisor thought!"

ps: Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to everyone, I wish you all a happy family, good health, and all the best.

No. [-] should be able to be updated.

What you owe will be paid back quickly.

The bright moon hangs high like a jade plate, and tomorrow will be a sunny day!
No amount of troubles can stop tomorrow.
The Sun Also Rises!

Gentlemen.

mutual encouragement.

(End of this chapter)