The first general of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 338 Gan Ning Arrives
It has to be said that both Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu are the wise men of today. The two fought back and forth several times, but they were just evenly divided, and at most they suffered some small losses.

As for Jia Xu, after Wei Tao saw that Liu Bei could not be defeated quickly, he asked him to return to Xiangyang to guard against Cao Cao and Sun Quan.

After seeing that Wei Tao and Liu Bei were indeed tied this time, Cao Cao and Sun Quan also gradually confronted each other. Although the scale of the battle was not large, it was clear that this time Jingzhou was divided into two battlefields. One is between Wei Tao and Liu Bei, and the other is between Cao Cao and Sun Quan.

When the relationship between the various alliances is not very close, it is almost impossible to cross the attack.

Under such circumstances, Jingzhou has formed a strange balance.

"Zhuge Liang is really extraordinary. After several designs, he has never taken advantage of the slightest advantage. It is Yucheng's fault to let the lord be entrusted to this dilemma."

Zhou Yu sighed slightly.

"Why does Gongjin need to be like this? Our army has never gained the upper hand, but why did Liu Bei ever have the upper hand? But Zhuge Liang is indeed powerful. Under such circumstances, he still sent people to attack Jiangling. If it weren't for Gongjin If you are prepared, you will hit the mark."

Wei Tao just smiled at this. In fact, Zhou Yu has already done well enough, and other people may not be able to do better, but even so, Wei Tao still looks positive.

"However, Gongjin should also know that this is not enough. The reason why I decided to participate in the civil war in the Central Plains is that the first priority is to fight against the outside world. But if it takes decades to calm the Central Plains, then we will Why do you have the time to drive the foreign enemies north? If that is the case, then the Central Plains will not be disputed."

This is what Wei Tao said from the bottom of his heart. The purpose of Annei is to fight against the outside world better. If he can't do this, why does Wei Tao spend so much effort?

Zhou Yu nodded slightly, he naturally understood what Wei Tao was thinking.

"I understand what my lord means, and I should try my best to find a way to win my lord."

Wei Tao naturally believed in Zhou Yu's promise, so he didn't say much at the moment, just nodded silently, and let Zhou Yu act.

It is said to be thinking, but even with Zhou Yu's wisdom, it is not so easy to think of a clever plan to seize the city. Fortunately, Wei Tao only gave an order, but did not urge him any more.

But with Zhou Yu's temperament, he would not just lighten the matter just because Wei Tao didn't urge him, on the contrary, it would be even more disturbing.

A few days passed in a blink of an eye, and Zhou Yu told Wei Tao not to do anything for a while. After hearing Zhou Yu's words, Wei Tao stopped his movements and just stuck to his camp.

It has to be said that Wei Tao's actions made Zhuge Liang even more distressed. He obviously didn't know what Wei Tao's intentions were.

Of course, although it was said that the soldiers would not move, Wei Tao still ordered all the troops to go south, especially Gan Ning commanded Wei Tao's navy to come across the sea.

However, although the water army bypassed the sea, Gan Ning himself came from the land, and came to see Wei Tao as soon as he arrived.

"Gan Ning pays homage to the lord, if there is any task, please ask the lord to do it."

There was also some excitement in Gan Ning's words, which Wei Tao could understand.

In fact, Gan Ning can be regarded as a general who joined Wei Tao's command earlier, but because he is the commander of the navy, except for the occasional small battle, it is not his turn to show his skills at all.

And so far, when the northerners ride horses and the southerners sail boats, this is the time when the navy can show its talents!
How can this not make Gan Ning excited?
If Wei Tao hadn't asked him to detour to the sea to march, I'm afraid he would have followed Wei Tao to the south at the first moment. Now Xiangyang and Jiangling have been taken, but Gan Ning has nothing to do. Anxious?
So after just saying a few words of politeness, Gan Ning immediately talked about it.

"Raise soldiers for a thousand days and use them for a short period of time, but there is an order from the lord to let our troops gallop across Jingzhou. If there is a city that the lord wants to take but I can't, I would rather be punished!"

"Hehe...it's great that Xingba has such fighting spirit."

Wei Tao also knew that Gan Ning was eager to fight, but he didn't expect that Gan Ning was so urgent. However, Wei Tao had already handed over this battle to Zhou Yu, so he looked directly at Zhou Yu and let him decide.

After all, since his subordinates have the desire to fight, it is impossible for Wei Tao to annihilate them, but whether it is time to fight or not depends on Zhou Yu.

After all, Liu Bei's subordinate is Zhuge Liang, who is extremely cautious, Zhuge Liang, who has been forbidden by Wei Tao for several months.

"My lord, it's great that General Gan Ning has such a fighting spirit! To tell the truth, our army has not moved in recent days. Apart from slackening Liu Bei, Yu is still waiting for General Gan Ning. Although it is not close, it is also not far away, if one city is captured, with Zhuge Kongming's careful calculation, I don't know how much effort it will take, so I intend to take it in one fell swoop."

Zhou Yu naturally understood the meaning of Wei Tao's look, and then smiled slightly, nodded and said, but then Zhou Yu's expression became upright again, and he stared at Gan Ning sternly.

"General Xingba, whether you can win this battle is entirely up to you, do you have confidence in this?"

"But there is an order, and there is everything!"

Gan Ning was elated when he heard what Zhou Yu said, and immediately assured Zhou Yu and Wei Tao.

"I'd rather issue a military order. If nothing happens, I'd rather ask my lord to behead someone!"

"it is good."

Zhou Yu echoed, and immediately got up, then bowed to Wei Tao, and said with cupped hands.

"My lord, now that the time and place are favorable and the people are harmonious, I dare to ask my lord to order the storming of Changsha City."

Attacking the city by force would be very costly for the attacking side, and the soldiers in Changsha City were not as weak as those Jingzhou soldiers, and they would not let people easily go up to the city wall.

Before that, Wei Tao had always agreed with Zhou Yu to stand still. One of the reasons was that he wanted to build siege equipment as much as possible, and the other reason was that he didn't want his soldiers to be lost in the siege battle.

But if you don't want to, it doesn't mean you can't. For the final victory, some sacrifices are inevitable. Wei Tao still knows about this.

In the early morning of the next day, following Wei Tao's order, various armies immediately moved and rushed towards Changsha City.

The east, west, and north sides stormed Changsha, and each siege ladder was erected directly. Later, the general led the army and ordered the catapults to throw countless stones on the city wall without hesitation, causing huge damage to Liu Bei's army.

If it was the Jingzhou army, it must have been suppressed by Wei Tao at this time, but at this time it was Liu Bei who led the army.

After Liu Bei personally boarded the city gate, countless arrows rained down, and the catapults in the city were also merciless. Countless stones the size of millstones were thrown out, and half of them had not rushed to the city wall. People are going to die.

Even if they rushed under the city wall, there would still be boiling oil and golden juice pouring down. Under such circumstances, only a small number of people could rush to the top of the city wall.

But even if he rushed to the city wall, he might not be able to hurt the opponent, and he was beheaded and killed, and some of Wei Tao's men were even injured by stones thrown by his own side.

But even so, under Wei Tao's order, countless soldiers risked their lives and rushed to the upper city desperately.

This is the cruelty of siege warfare. If you want to take Changsha by force, you can only fill it with your life.

This battle lasted from sunrise to sunset when Wei Tao ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops. In this day alone, Wei Tao had already injured over ten thousand soldiers.

It can be described as extremely tragic.

Such a battle damaged Wei Tao's army and also shocked Liu Bei.

Just as Zhou Yu, Jia Xu and others said to Wei Tao, Liu Bei has no shortage of advisers and generals, and he has Xichuan, but he is the only one who has not enough soldiers.

The Wuxi barbarians were indeed accepted by Liu Bei, but it took a long time to become an army, and even Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang dared not say whether there was some ambush scheme by Wei Tao.

Therefore, it is impossible for the Wuxi barbarians to form an army immediately. Liu Bei's army is all soldiers he brought from Xichuan, each of whom is his confidant.

In Wei Tao's charge regardless of the cost, the casualties on Liu Bei's side would not be too many. After a day, the cost of the casualties really made Liu Bei heartbroken.

At this time, even Liu Bei had to take the initiative to urge Zhuge Liang.

"Kong Ming, although Changsha's defense is not weak, it is not as good as a real big city after all. If it is a long battle, I am afraid it will inevitably fall. I don't know if Kong Ming has a way?"

Facing Liu Bei's question like this, even with Zhuge Liang's deep conspiracy, he couldn't help but shook his head with a wry smile.

"My lord, this kind of method is difficult to attack directly, and it may not be easy to break it, and if the general occupies the north to compete with our army, I am afraid that our army will only be defeated. "

Hearing Zhuge Liang's words, Liu Bei's face was very ugly. Fortunately, Liu Bei was also a hero for a while, so he still understood the reason why he should not be too harsh at this time, so he just asked.

"Is it impossible?"

"My lord, I have to do what I can."

Hearing Liu Bei's repeated question, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but smile wryly.

"If we want to defeat Wei Tao now, the only way is to take risks!"

Zhuge Liang is cautious by nature, and his favorite is to use scheming, and he can use all kinds of tricks, but he is most unwilling to use dangerous strategies.

"My lord, if you take risks, you can win a big victory, but if you fail, I'm afraid even Changsha will have to give up. This is why Kong Ming has been hesitant."

Fazheng on the side naturally understood why Zhuge Liang was like this, and immediately said with a wry smile.

"It's not that Kong Ming didn't plan for the lord, but that this matter is difficult to resolve!"

For Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei can still trust, not to mention that even Fazheng said so at this time, naturally there will be no falsehood, but Liu Bei is still a little hesitant.

The two counselors under his command said this, obviously it was really dangerous, but if he did nothing, it would make Liu Bei feel even more uncomfortable.

After all, Liu Bei is an outstanding man of his generation. Although he hesitated, he finally made up his mind.

"I'll leave this to Kong Ming!"

(End of this chapter)