The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

637 Chapter 636 Filling up the moat

Outside the city of Nanchang, the Han army spread all over the mountains and fields, only separated from the Jiangdong army in Nanchang city by a moat. The torches erected outside the city at night were like a circling fire dragon, reflecting the surroundings of Nanchang city like daytime.

More than [-] Han soldiers blocked the siege of Nanchang City, and dug a deep ditch outside the moat to prevent people from raiding out of the city.In addition, at night, there are people patrolling around the camp of the Han army continuously, and the security is so strict that even a fly cannot fly past.

Faced with such a siege by the Han army, the Jiangdong Army in Nanchang City was also nervous for a while, but because of the victory last night, it also injected a boost to the Jiangdong Army. If the Shanyue people contacted by Lu Fan arrive again, it may not be possible. Unable to smash the siege of the Han army, turn defeat into victory.

However, there has been no news of Lu Fan so far, and Sun Quan is even more worried, but he has not shown it on the surface. He is now the backbone of the Jiangdong Army. If he wavers in his will, then Jiangdong Army will be even more worried. Needless to say.

So, Sun Quan summoned generals such as Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai, and Sun Ben, and asked these four generals to lead 5000 men each to garrison outside the four city gates, while he led the rest of the soldiers and sent reinforcements to the north. Door.

Although Sun Quan has ordered the blockade of the east, south, and west gates, the enemy has launched a siege. If an attack is to be launched, each gate must have defenders, otherwise, if the enemy invades In the city, the Jiangdong Army is finished.

At this time, Sun Quan was in the hall of the government office, with a map of city defense spread out in front of him. The Han army had a large force, and the area under attack in Nanchang City was too large. He was thinking, if he were Zhang Yan, he would first choose from Where to attack.Should we choose a place as a key breakthrough, or launch a full-scale attack to make the defenders overwhelmed?
"Lord!"

Suddenly, there was a shout from outside the door. Sun Quan looked up, but saw Cheng Pu coming from the door with a flustered expression on his face.

Cheng Pu is in charge of the defense of the east gate. Could it be that something happened to the east gate?

"Old General Cheng, why are you so flustered?" Sun Quan asked.

Cheng Pu clasped his fists and said, "My lord, a large number of reinforcements from the Han army have appeared outside the east gate. It is estimated that there are tens of thousands of them. They are under the banner of General Hussars!"

"It's Zhao Yun's army! I didn't expect Zhao Yun's army to come so fast... Then, with Zhao Yun's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, wouldn't there be 20 Han troops outside Nanchang?" Sun Quan exclaimed.

Cheng Pu nodded, and said: "Our army only has 5000 people, but the Han army is so many, which is several times that of our army. If we attack in the opposite direction, our army will be unable to resist at all. My lord, is there any news from Lu Fan?"

Sun Quan smiled wryly, and said: "The Han army has blocked the siege of Nanchang city. Even if there is news, it can't get in. However, Lu Fan has always been resourceful. If he sees such a situation outside the city, he will definitely try to get in touch with us and let us know. We know their movements. However, until now there has been no movement outside the city, presumably the Shanyue people have not arrived yet."

"It's been so many days. Nancheng is not very far from here, and Lu Fan should be back. After such a long time, there is still no news. Is something wrong?" Cheng Pu asked.

Sun Quan comforted himself and said: "No, no, Ziheng has always been smart, and nothing will happen. Shanyue is too scattered. It will take some time to gather an army. Ziheng has no news. It's because Shanyue still likes to gather troops, and if there is no news, isn't it the best news?"

Cheng Pu said: "I hope it is as my lord said. However, our army must not rely on foreign aid. If Lu Fan really cannot invite reinforcements, we must find a way to deal with the enemy's attack."

"My lord, there is a change in the Han army outside the city. General Huang sent his subordinates here, please come to the city quickly to watch, my lord!" A soldier ran in and said loudly.

Sun Quan then said to Cheng Pu: "Old General Cheng, you go to the east gate to garrison quickly, and I will go to the north gate to have a look."

As soon as the words fell, Sun Quan hurried out of the hall and hurried to the north gate.

On the tower of the north gate, Huang Gai was wearing a helmet and armor, watching the movement of the Han army outside the city with sharp eyes, but he didn't understand why.

There is also an urn outside the north gate. The gate of the urn is connected to the water in the moat, about five or six meters deep. The gate is also made of iron. Four thick iron chains lock the water gate. The other end of the chain is , placed on the wall of the north gate, there are several huge winches on it, by pushing the winches, the iron chains are retracted, and the water gate of the urn city is pulled up and down.

In addition, there are many strong crossbows and scattered archers on the tower of the north gate. If the enemy attacks the water gate, they will use arrows to fight back.Near the water gate, there are many water ghost legions who are proficient in water. They will jump into the water and use equipment to cut through the bottom of the warship, causing the warship to enter the water, and finally sink to the bottom of the water, and the attack fails.

This is a complete set of defense system. The reason why Sun Quan chose the north gate for defense is mainly to take advantage of the advantages here. The east, south and west gates are all flat land. Once the enemy troops cross the moat, the gate will be closed. Directly exposed to the enemy's attack, there is no danger to defend.But the north gate is completely natural, the moat is like a small natural barrier, which increases the difficulty of the enemy's attacking the city, and attacking the city from the water is much more difficult than attacking from the land.

Sun Quan soon came to the tower at the north gate, and as soon as he got on the tower, he couldn't wait to ask: "General Huang, what happened?"

Seeing Sun Quan approaching, Huang Gai saluted hastily, then pointed to the Han army outside the city, and said to Sun Quan: "Look, my lord, the warships of the Han army are retreating, and there are tens of thousands of Han troops on both sides of the strait, all of which are scattered around the city. On both sides of the strait, I don't know what the intention is!"

Sun Quan took a closer look and saw that the water army led by Huang Zhong was retreating in boats from the moat to the Ganshui River. However, at the intersection of the moat and the Ganshui River, both sides were full of soldiers from the Han army. It was not a weapon, but something like a shovel.But what the Han army intends to do, he can't see why.

It wasn't until Huang Zhong's naval forces withdrew from the moat that the Han army on the shore began to move. They began to dig the soil two meters away from the moat, and then special soldiers took the dug out soil away and made it Go to an open place, tamp the soil to make a solid piece of rammed earth, and then expose it to the hot sun.

In addition, many soldiers of the Han army brought loess from afar and concentrated in this place to make rammed earth.

After Sun Quan saw such a scene, he was taken aback immediately. He could vaguely guess what the Han army wanted to do, and he couldn't help saying: "Oops, the Han army made rammed earth. Could it be that they want to fill up the moat?"

The moat is more than ten meters wide and six meters deep. It will indeed take a lot of manpower to fill the moat.However, the Han army has 20 people. If all of them participate in filling up the moat, the moat can be filled up in less than three days.

At this moment, two or three soldiers in succession ran up the tower, coming from the east, south, and west gates respectively, and reported to Sun Quan the movements of the Han army. Just like the Han army outside the north gate, they are digging soil and making rammed earth, but they don't know what they want to do.

"As expected...as expected..." The reports of the three soldiers just confirmed Sun Quan's thoughts. At this time, Sun Quan's face was already full of worry, "If the moat is really filled by the enemy If so, then Nanchang City will be directly exposed to the enemy's attack, and the enemy's 20 troops only need to attack day and night, and we will be exhausted to death in this city!"

After Huang Gai heard Sun Quan's words, he immediately cupped his fists and said, "My lord, instead of sitting and waiting for death, it is better to attack the enemy at the same time. The four gates attack the enemy at the same time, harass the enemy, and prevent them from succeeding!"

Sun Quan shook his head, pointed to a neatly lined team by the moat outside the city, and said, "Look there! The Han army has been prepared for a long time, and we will definitely not let us hinder them. If we take the initiative to attack, it will only cause trouble. Unnecessary casualties."

Huang Gai looked over, and there was indeed an army wandering around, patrolling, and the number of this army was about 1, all armed with bows, arrows and strong crossbows, it seemed that they were guarding against their harassment.

"It's neither fighting nor defending, so what should we do now, is it possible that we really sit and wait to die?" Huang Gai said.

Sun Quan said: "The Han army makes rammed earth during the day, and at night they must rest because of fatigue, and when it gets dark, under the cover of night, if our army wants to leave the city, the Han army may not know. It's better to wait until night before we go Sneak attack and destroy the rammed earth they made."

Huang Gai said, "That's all."

The Han army outside the city is in full swing, but the Jiangdong army inside the city is recharging its energy. Sun Quan has also conveyed his order to let Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai, and Sun Ben choose 3000 elite soldiers each. People, carried out raids in the middle of the night to destroy the rammed earth of the enemy.

However, the development of things far exceeded Sun Quan's expectations. The Han army's manufacturing of rammed earth was not as simple as filling up the moat.

In the evening, the Han army transported all the rammed earth to the outside of the north gate, and then threw it directly into the confluence of the moat and the Gan River.After a bang, the rammed earth thrown into the moat quickly blocked the channel of the moat, directly dividing the moat and Ganshui into two. The intention of the Han army was not to fill the moat, but to block the moat. Stay at the source and prevent water from flowing into the moat.

Once the source of the moat outside the north gate was cut off, the Han army over there sent a signal, and the trenches they dug during the day also began to show their ingenuity. Soldiers connected the moat with these trenches, and the water flow in the moat was diverted. came out, and flowed down to the low-lying place in the distance along the excavated trenches. In just a short while, the bottomless river in the moat was drained suddenly, revealing a wide and deep river. Dagou comes.

Immediately afterwards, many Han troops brought loess from a distance, and threw the loess filled with sacks directly into the moat, and gradually the wide moat was filled up.

In just one day, the Han army filled up the moat outside Nanchang City, making Nanchang City no longer dangerous to defend, and the Han army stationed outside the city was able to directly attack the city.

When Sun Quan heard the news, he was very surprised. He hurriedly boarded the city tower and looked at the scene outside the city. , Nanchang City will be attacked from all sides.

(End of this chapter)