The first general of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 326

"Kill...kill..."

There were bursts of shouts and killings again, this was only the second day of the attack on Xiangyang, but the wave after wave made the whole of Xiangyang crumbling.

After all, there is too much difference between the soldiers of the two sides. Wei Tao's men are all brave men who have experienced hundreds of battles, but Jingzhou has been at peace for a long time and cannot bear a long war.

And there is one more thing that makes the combat power of both sides more obvious. Compared with the only general in Xiangyang City, Wenpin, Wei Tao directly sent several generals to attack from all sides, and some generals led the way, especially Dian Wei. Such a fierce general rushed directly to the upper city, immediately putting the entire Xiangyang city in jeopardy.

This is because Wei Tao was stimulated by Jia Xu's words, knowing that time does not wait for him, if he does not work hard, then it is very likely that he will fall behind other princes.

After all, Wei Tao knew that what Jia Xu said was not bad.

Especially Cao Cao, even if the ministers in Jingzhou already intended to surrender to Cao Cao, Cao Cao ordered Xia Houyuan to attack Fancheng directly without hesitation, but if he surrendered one day, he would attack for one day until Fancheng was captured.

At the same time, Jiang Xia is also like this. After many years of fighting with him, Jiang Xia's army is already weak, and Huang's grandfather and son are not Jiang Dong's opponents. Jiang Xia's overthrow is imminent.

In fact, Jingzhou's strength is indeed not weak if it is only viewed from the perspective of military strength, and it can be regarded as a rather powerful prince in the world, but it is a pity that this is only from the strength on paper.

Not to mention that the Jingzhou army has little training and slack armaments, but just saying that the morale of their army is terrible.

Liu Biao had been lying ill in Jingzhou for several months, and the power in Jingzhou was controlled by Cai Mao and others.

It is a pity that Cai Mao and others have the intention of taking power, but they have no intention of seizing power. They even want to take this opportunity to take refuge in one side in order to obtain high-ranking officials and generous salaries.

It will be the courage of soldiers, and those who go up will follow suit!

With the thinking of Cai Mao and others, how can other soldiers not think so?

Anyway, even if you win the battle, you will just surrender to the opponent in the end, why risk your life to go all out?

With this kind of thinking, most Jingzhou soldiers have no heart to fight at all, and deal with it early. As long as the opponent is tougher, they will retreat later, and they have no intention of fighting desperately at all.

"Xiangyang is worthy of being the important place of Jingzhou. Although it seems to be on the verge of collapse, it has never fallen. That Wenpin is indeed worthy of being a general of Jingzhou, with extraordinary talents. For this alone, I am afraid that only Wen Yuan and Gongming in our army can do it. compared to."

Wei Tao did not personally attack the city wall, after all, it is too dangerous to personally attack the city, even if he knew that Wei Tao was brave and invincible, his soldiers would not allow him to do so, after all, when attacking the city, one arrow might be taken Wei Tao's life.

Today's Wei Tao is the backbone of the army.

"If this battle continues like this, even if Wenpin loses to our generals, in the end, I'm afraid it will be the same as the previous day. It seems that he has no support, but in the end he has to retreat."

The siege battle is not that simple, especially the siege side, without paying a lot of casualties, even the city wall cannot be attacked. In fact, Wei Tao was able to create such a situation, thanks to the Jingzhou army's slack defense and morale. Not high reason.

"What your lord said is true. Although Wenpin has already run out of money, as long as he is still there, the city of Jingzhou will be safe. Even if he is not there, unless Cai Mao and others immediately abandon the city and flee, our army may not be able to survive. It is really impossible to take Xiangyang easily. Fortunately, our army still has Lu Ziming, as long as he strikes inside, his morale will be cut off, and it will be difficult for Xiangyang not to surrender."

Jia Xu nodded slightly. The reason why he worked so hard to let Lv Meng enter Xiangyang City was to make a decisive move. Five hundred soldiers are indeed not many, but as long as they can cause some chaos, under the combined impact of internal and external forces, today's Jingzhou Soldiers must be unable to resist.

With such a siege alone, Xiangyang was about to be taken. Neither Wei Tao nor Jia Xu had placed too much hope in it.

Wei Tao nodded slightly, and then his expression became straight, and he waved his hand abruptly, giving the order.

"Send signal!"

"Woo woo... woo woo..."

A burst of horns sounded, blowing back and forth in a pattern of three long and two short, which was naturally no problem to ordinary people, but Lu Meng in Xiangyang City understood after hearing it that Wei Tao was ordering him to move!
Lu Meng was very decisive, and he was prepared to lead people to the city wall. Naturally, Jingzhou generals noticed this along the way. If it was an ordinary time, even if Lu Meng was really a general of the Cao army, they would never allow Lu Meng. Go up to the wall, near the gate.

But this time was not an ordinary time. Hearing the other party had doubts, Lu Meng directly reprimanded him without any politeness.

"The prime minister wants to save Jingxiang, but it takes a long time to dispatch the army. Besides, the general is also a world-renowned general. If he is like me, he can directly lead the tigers and leopards to the south, but if the prime minister wants to send the army down , but still have to fight with the general. With the strength of the Jingzhou army, when the prime minister arrives, I am afraid that Xiangyang will have to change his name. So, what is the point of the prime minister sending me here?"

Hearing what Lu Meng said, those generals who had doubts suddenly showed shame and did not dare to say more.

But Lu Meng understood the truth even more, and he understood that this alone is not enough. These words can scare ordinary generals, but they may not be able to scare Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue and others. continued.

"However, do you know why I led the troops to attack the general before I had established myself for a long time? Didn't I know that the general is best at attacking with fire and attacking camps? Even if I was unprepared for a while, the general's arrangement must be counterproductive." It is because if it is not like this, how can Xiangyang resist the offensive of the general? If it is not for your cowardice, at least ten days will be achieved!"

These words left Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue and others who came here to persuade them speechless.

The facts are at hand.

"General Cao, the tiger and leopard cavalry under your command are indeed the best in the world, but the number is still insufficient after all, not to mention the ability of the general hired by Wen, I believe that he will be able to defend Xiangyang."

Cai Mao still said so until this time.

This was not because Cai Mao didn't believe that Lu Meng was General Cao, but because Cai Mao and others surrendered in order to get better treatment, so naturally they didn't want to lower their impression in Cao Cao's heart.

And they don't think that only a few hundred people can do anything, plus 'Cao Chun', if something happens, it's even worse for them to explain to Cao Cao.

This is the reason why they came to dissuade them.

"Huh! It's really ridiculous. The general's subordinates have already hit the city wall, and you are still grinding here, as if you don't worry about it. Xiangyang is an important place in Jingzhou. If the prime minister didn't attach great importance to it, why would you send me to go first? Come?"

Lu Meng directly accused him without any politeness, as if he was really 'Cao Chun'.

"I also know that you still have the Jingzhou navy, just in case. You can advance or retreat at that time, but do you think that if you keep your money, you can keep your wealth? When the time comes, the world will have a place for you ?”

Hearing this, even Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue were speechless for a while.

The Jingzhou navy can be said to be a back route for the Jingzhou family, and it is precisely because of this that Cai Mao and others are unwilling to use it.

"What the general said is very true. Xiangyang must not be lost. I will order the whole army to stick to it and never lose Xiangyang!"

After all, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun were different from Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue. Hearing what Lu Meng said, they immediately reacted and prepared to defend Xiangyang to the death.

After all, Cai Hao and Zhang Yun were in charge of the military. At this time, they made up their minds, and even Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue couldn't stop them.

What's more, Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue were also persuaded by Lu Meng.

There are quite a few soldiers in Xiangyang, and even though Jingzhou has been at peace for a long time, Xiangyang is the hometown of Jingzhou soldiers after all. As long as Cai Mao can personally lead the army to defend, then Wei Tao will never be able to go to Xiangyang in ten days and a half months, not less than a few months Fierce battle.

This is not what Wei Tao wants, and it is not what Lu Meng wants to see. The reason why Lu Meng sneaked into the city is for this reason.

"The strength of Jingzhou's army is still there. Not to mention other things, it is just a matter of gathering the generals. Even if the soldiers under the command of the general have the ability to outnumber ten, they are still on par with Jingzhou's army."

Lu Meng knew that the heat had come, so he spoke slowly.

"The biggest weakness of the Jingzhou army today is that there are no generals who can compete with the guards, which leads to low morale. General Wenpin is powerful, but how can he take care of all sides? Although in terms of strength alone, I may not be able to fight alone. Victory under the command of the Great General, but with the help of Jingzhou soldiers, I think I can still guard Xiangyang."

Having said that, Lu Meng's meaning is already very obvious, that is, he hopes that the Jingzhou Army can obey his command.

Of course there is no need to say how difficult this matter is, but Cai Hao just hesitated for a while, and seeing that Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue didn't mean to object, he immediately nodded and agreed.

"Okay, the remaining elite soldiers in Xiangyang City are under the command of General Cao Chun. As long as Xiangyang can be kept, then we are all willing to obey the general's orders!"

Lu Meng was taken aback for a moment, although he thought he had gained the trust of everyone in Jingzhou, but he still didn't expect that the other party would hand over all the military power so easily.

However, he was just in a daze, and at this point, Lu Meng understood that it wasn't that he had gained the other party's trust, but that the people in Jingzhou, who had surrendered to others from the beginning, were already ready to hand over the power in their hands. Prepared, naturally I don't think it's inappropriate to hand it over to Lu Meng at this time.

Thinking of this, Lu Meng couldn't help showing a slight smile, and nodded confidently.

"Everyone, don't worry."

(End of this chapter)