The Summoning World of the Great Qin Empire

Chapter 891
Among the four gates, Jiazhou has the longest history. Although it is not the capital of Shu County, it is one of the richest places in Shu for producing salt, and it can be regarded as one of the economic lifelines of Chu.

Therefore, on the side of Shu Kingdom, defending Jiazhou is also the top priority.

The lord of Jiangyang City is called Duan Tian. His father used to be a low-level military officer in the Qin State. His greatest ambition in life was to become a general under the command of General Meng Tian. However, he was always just a small military officer in Shu. Son, his name is Duan Tian, ​​Tian was originally the name of the great general, he did this just to express his respect for the great general, but he didn't know what Meng Tian would think when he knew about it.

Fortunately, after his father died of terminal illness and passed away, Duan Tian finally lived up to his father's expectations and became a general guarding him.

"General! The Chu army is gathering outside the city again." The general hurried to the mansion and shouted loudly.

Duan Tian's expression was as usual, he just asked: "This time is Gan Ning leading the army, or Huang Gai leading the army?"

"Both of them are here!"

Duan Tian got up and frowned: "This is planning to fight to the death... It's just that this Jiangyang City is not easy to take down. Call everyone, climb up the tower and prepare to fight!"

The general left in a hurry, and Duan Tian went leisurely up the tower, looked at the warships on the river, and showed a bit of disdain on his face: "This barbarian from Chu State is really patient, this is the eighth Let's attack again."

The general looked at the unwashed dead bodies in the rolling river below the Jiangzhou City Tower, nodded and said, "It is indeed the eighth time."

"Chu people are really not afraid of death?" Duan Tian sneered, "As long as the battleship approaches, it will be burned with heavy fire and the archers will be ready, unless Gan Ning and Huang Gai grow a pair of wings from their ribs and fly up to the tower. "

"As a martial artist, I eat the emperor's rations. Now that I am on the battlefield, I should put aside my personal life and death and fight hard. The Chu army is standing on the water, at a disadvantage, and the siege is already at a disadvantage! As long as we are stable, the king's It won't take long for the reinforcements to arrive, and I will not be stingy about rewarding you for your merits, I will reward you for your merits, and what kind of title you can confer depends on your own ability."

Duan Tian walked around on the tower and spoke loudly, which can be regarded as a different kind of pre-war mobilization.

"A few days ago, how about the high platform built in the city?" Duan Tian stopped and looked at the warships that had approached outside the city.

"Report to the general, it has been built." A man with the appearance of a civil servant said loudly immediately.

Duan Tian said: "Okay! Get the trebuchet up. This is a method of warfare that the king told us generals at the state banquet before. As long as the trebuchet in the city is launched on a high platform at a certain height, it will You won’t be able to hit your own people on the tower, and there are warships on the river outside, throwing with heavy kerosene may not be accurate, so you order to go down and use a pot of golden juice, and after the aim is done, replace it with kerosene!”

"Also, try to meet the needs of the towers. After the warship is sure to hit, then throw the fierce oil. This thing has the highest effect on defending the city. If it is used up all at once..." Duan Tian sneered: "The old man is the same as you. You have to put your head on your trouser belt for hand-to-hand combat. There are many barbarians in Chu State, and they are desperate to fight. Once we fight hand-to-hand, I am afraid that we will not be opponents, so you tell Catapult If you want to sink a warship, you will be named Marquis of Qianhu. Although this general is only a local guard, as long as you sink a Chu army's warship, I can still make the decision."

"Here!"

The generals in the central army bared their teeth one by one, wishing they could command the catapults themselves.

Duan Tian naturally saw the expressions on these people's faces, and cursed: "Don't look like a dead mother, there are twenty trebuchets in the city, and everyone has a chance to play."

Only then did many generals smile, and followed Duan Tian with high spirits.

Standing on the warship, Gan Ning looked at Jiangyang City in front of him, gritted his teeth in his heart, the Chu army stayed here for four days, and lost [-] elites, all of which were used to attack the city.

Duan Tian, ​​the guard of Jiangyang, was born as a well-known scorpion before, but he never thought that this kid had many tricks, and he just blocked his own.

"General Gan, let me go this time. If we still can't take Jiangyang City, we will really fall short!" Huang Gai walked over from the side and gritted his teeth.

Gan Ning shook his head and said, "No, we can only use people to push forward. The fierce fire oil on the tower is not used up in a day, and anyone who goes up will be burned to ashes. Although General Huang is brave, this is not a decisive battle on the ground after all. Charge into battle."

"If this goes on, when will it be the end?" The longer our time drags on, the longer it will be to attack Chengdu. "Huang Gai couldn't help complaining, but the battle ahead had already begun.

Gan Ning said displeased: "When Jiangzhou was captured, I told you to divide the troops. You go by land, and I go by water. Both sides go forward together. If we divide our troops now, there is still time."

Huang Gai shook his head: "We can't divide the troops. Our navy is like a fist. If we squeeze them together and hit them, we can hurt the enemy. But once we divide our troops, we will be defeated by the Shu army one by one."

Gan Ning said: "The general has such concerns, so he should be patient and attack Jiangzhou. Didn't the news from the north say that the king has captured Shangyong? Now we have opened up a second battlefield to attack Shu. The important purpose is to disperse the Shu army in the north and create an offensive goal for the king. It is naturally the best thing to reach Chengdu, but if it cannot be achieved, as long as our side is undefeated, it is also very good."

Huang Gai was about to speak when he suddenly saw a rolling stone flying out of Jiangyang City, thinking that the warship he and Gan Ning were in was smashed over!

"No! Get out of here!" Huang Zhong yelled, thinking of jumping to the side, Gan Ning was also startled, and jumped to the side, when he heard a loud noise behind him, Sawdust splashed, and there were screams from unlucky soldiers.

"He, mother, when did the Shu army have a trebuchet, and they still used it!" Gan Ning cursed, and immediately shouted to the surroundings: "Back! Back up!"

"Shhhhh-"

As soon as Gan Ning's words fell, many stones flew down from the sky, and they all landed steadily on the flagship.

"Who is this, how did he hit it so accurately?"

Gan Ning cursed loudly, at this time the chant in the cabin rang, and the river flowed eastward, but the trebuchets in the city seemed to have eyes, fixedly staring at the place where Gan Ning and Huang Gai were. The flagship was thrown over frantically.

But in a short time, the golden juice jar and the fire oil jar were thrown out together.

Fortunately, Gan Ning ran fast and was not hit. Otherwise, even if the battleship would not be burned, it would still suffer great damage.

He retreated beyond the throwing range of the trebuchet, and before Gan Ning's men could say anything, they heard a scream of screams from afar.

The most worrying thing still happened, a warship was set on fire!
"What are you doing in a daze, drive back quickly, if you destroy my battleship, I will chop you up!" Gan Ning hissed, and ordered all the soldiers on board to get on the assault boat, ready to put out the fire on the battleship .

"Not good! This must be a suspicious strategy!" Huang Gai said suddenly: "When we attacked a few days ago, we didn't see the trebuchet, but it appeared today, and it caught us off guard. The whole army obeyed the order and went up. Assault boat, go to attack the city."

All of a sudden, all the assault boats on the warship were pushed into the water. The soldiers took off their armor, put on their clothes, paddled frantically, and headed towards Jiangyang City.

Gan Ning wiped the river water from his face, returned to the deck, and said viciously: "It's so refreshing to rush up and fight together!"

"Who is this Duan Tian? We gave him money, but he refused. We promised high-ranking officials a lot of money, but he was still rejected. It's better for Li Linfu, who opened the Three Gorges Pass directly, and surrendered Jiangzhou City to me. Wait." Huang Gai sighed.

Gan Ning didn't speak, and stared fixedly at the soldiers of the Chu army who were constantly being burned by the flames and fell into the river, still burning with flames.

"No way! Divide the troops!" Gan Ning clenched his fists, "I will lead an army of [-] people and go on foot, and pass Jiangyang. You disperse the defenders on the waterway. When you attack the city again tomorrow, you will still look good on me. , so as to confuse the Jiangyang defenders."

"Dividing troops is the worst policy!" Huang Gai shook his head.

"Huh!" Gan Ning was angry, pointing at the Shu army on the tower, "If there is no division of troops, how many people will die here? When Lord Wang Meng asked you and me to lead the army, he didn't say so. You alone can judge military discipline, and I have the right, if you don't have the guts to go dry, I'd rather go!"

As he spoke, Gan Ning turned his head and roared, "Retreat!"

General Pi saw Huang Gai's gloomy face and said nothing, so he shouted loudly: "Retreat!"

At the same time, the sound of Mingjin also sounded everywhere on the warship.

The soldiers of the Chu army charging Zhoushan immediately retreated after hearing the sound.

Back in Jiangzhou, Gan Ning directly led the army out of Jiangzhou City, landed on land, counted the troops and prepared some supplies for the army, and immediately went west along the road.

Seeing that he could not stop Gan Ning, Huang Gai had no choice but to send out Duoduo to keep in touch with Gan Ning's army. According to Gan Ning's impatience, he should be able to reach Jiangyang City in two days.

In addition, Xu Shu, Han Yu and others led the army to the south, and after crossing the mountains, they finally reached the Qujiang River Basin. The Qujiang River is often called the Jialing River in later generations, and it is a tributary of the Yangtze River on the north bank.

In the upper reaches of the Qujiang River, large ships cannot sail, but in order to hurry, Xu Shu ordered the local officials to mobilize the people, together with [-] troops, to make many rafts. It took only two days to arrive near Jiangzhou City, dormant in the mountains.

(End of this chapter)