The last three kingdoms

Chapter 659

Du Yu didn't rest at night, wrote a long letter, and sent a confidant to Wuguan to ask to see Wang Qi.

Among Deng Ai's three generals, Qian Hong was Deng Ai's best friend and obeyed Deng Ai's words. On the contrary, Yang Xin was loyal to the court and eventually died under Liu Yin's men, while Wang Qi was between the two. Among them, he is neither as loyal to Deng Ai as Qianhong, who will follow him to the death, nor is he willing to sacrifice himself for the country like Yang Xin. To persuade Du Yu to create an opportunity anyway.

Wang Qi received a letter from Du Yu. Du Yu, like Zhong Hui, was also a literati. It took a lot of thought.

However, Wang Qi just chuckled and discarded the letter on the case. No matter how good Du Yu's writing style is, it is impossible to impress Wang Qi's heart. There are dangers of mountains and rivers in Guanzhong, Liu Yin's army has basically pacified Liangzhou, and he can return to Guanzhong at any time. It can be said that the situation of Shu Kingdom in Yongliang is very good. In this case, Wang Qi has already eaten the weight of iron He wanted to follow Liu Yin with all his heart, but how could a letter from Du Yu be able to move him.

Wang Qi is quite familiar with Sima Yan. He is lenient on the outside and taboo on the inside, and he must be punished. He surrendered to the Kingdom of Shu. In fact, there is no turning back. Pei Xiu's fate is always a warning to Wang Qi. You must know that Pei Xiu is Sima Yan. His confidant, because he betrayed Sima Yan once, was later secretly removed by Sima Yan.

Although this was a secret, Liu Yin was well aware of the inside story, so Pei Xiu's death could not escape Sima Yan's involvement.Wang Qi asked himself that he was definitely not as close as Pei Xiu and Sima Yan, so even if Du Yu made a vow in the letter, it was far from being able to move Wang Qi's heart.

In reply to Du Yu's letter, Wang Qi also wrote only a few words: "Tomorrow, it will be a showdown."

The envoy returned to the camp of the Jin army with Wang Qi's letter. Seeing that Wang Qi was unmoved, Du Yu couldn't help sighing secretly. Logically speaking, people like Wang Qi should be weak-minded people. It is easy to fall with the wind, but when the army approached the city, Wang Qi resolutely refused anyway. It should be said that Sima Yan's bloody suppression of dissidents and rebels in Luoyang left a deep psychological shadow on Wang Qi, making the original wavering On the contrary, the capitulators turned to Shu with determination.

Since Wang Qi was determined to fight to the death, Du Yu had no choice but to prepare food at the fourth watch and send troops at the fifth watch, preparing to storm Wuguan.

Wuguan faces mountains on one side and water on three sides. The water is not a river in the ordinary sense, but a precipitous stream with high canyons and deep valleys. If you want to fight Wuguan, there is no opportunism, you can only take it by force.

Du Yu first ordered Shao Yuan to lead troops to the city to challenge, Shao Yuan immediately took the order, rushed to the city, and began to scold. Probably the female members of the eighteenth generation of Wang Qi's ancestors were greeted by the Jin army, swearing, and humiliating in every possible way. .

The Shu army on the city couldn't help being filled with righteous indignation, but Wang Qi's face was calm and unmoved at all. Du Yu's fierce fighting tactics were useless to Wang Qi. Make use of strengths and avoid weaknesses, and give full play to the key points of Wuguan. If you go to battle easily, it will be in Du Yu's arms.

Shao Yuan scolded him dryly, but no one in the city paid any attention to him, so he couldn't help feeling impetuous. Wang Qi saw clearly from the crenel, and seeing Shao Yuan completely unprepared, he picked up his bow and set up an arrow, and shot He went over, impartially, and just shot Shao Yuan's helmet, scaring him out of his wits and leaving him in a panic.

Du Yu saw clearly in the battle, knowing that Wang Qi would only defend and would not fight, so he ordered the Jin army to attack the city.

The Guancheng of Wuguan is in the canyon, and the width is only a few tens of feet. Although the Jin army has [-] people, they are completely unable to use it. They can only send hundreds of elite troops as death squads to attack first.

Such a narrow terrain is quite beneficial to the Shu army who is waiting for work. The tall and strong city walls make it very difficult for the Jin army to attack the city. The arrows rained on the city, but it took only a moment for the Jin army to suffer heavy casualties. .

Without large siege equipment such as catapults, it is very difficult to break through a fortified city like Wuguan. What's more, the city walls of Wuguan are not built of rammed earth like the walls in the plains. It was built with local materials and large stones. Even if it was attacked by a catapult, it would be difficult to blast the city wall.

To fight against such a fortified city, you can't play any tricks, and you can't play any tricks, just two words: strong attack!Du Yu knew that if he wanted to break through, there was no shortcut, and he had to rely on crowd tactics to exhaust the defenders.

In the back row, Du Yu mobilized hundreds of archers to shoot arrows at the head of Wuguan city in turn to cover the infantry attacking the city.The infantry who attacked the city held shields in their hands, braved the rain of wood, stone and arrows, and climbed up the bamboo ladder to the top of the city with all their strength.

When the people in front were killed or injured, the people behind would go up immediately. Although the narrow valley road can't accommodate many people, the Jin army has sufficient reserves. , On the front line of the siege, the Jin army has always maintained a full number of attackers.

Du Yu knew that the dangerous situation was difficult to fight, so he wanted to use this kind of continuous offensive to consume the strength and morale of the defenders. Anyway, he had a large number of people, and he was not afraid of casualties or attrition. He launched continuous attacks for twelve hours. Non-stop day and night, constantly creating pressure on the Shu army defending the city, and only in this way can it be possible to capture Wuguan.

Du Yu's aggressive style of play put a certain amount of pressure on Wang Qi. Although the city is strong, the shortcoming in the number of defenders is the biggest hidden danger. The number of Jin troops is superior, so they can not be afraid of casualties. , But the Shu army couldn't do it. For every casualty, the defensive strength weakened by a point.

What is even more difficult is that the Jin army's day-time lead and non-stop play style made the Shu army very tired. Although Wang Qi also adjusted his tactics in time and divided the defenders into two squads, which rotated day and night, but the Jin army did not stop. Under the attack, the pressure on the defenders was very high. Such a tense mental state could easily lead to the collapse of the army's morale.

The battle was going on stalemate, one day, two days, three days... The Jin army's attack momentum seemed to be quite vigorous, and they would never know the word of fatigue, no matter it was day or night, they were always attacking forever.Above and below the city, corpses piled up like a mountain, and the soldiers on both sides suffered varying degrees of attrition.

Unable to do so, Wang Qi sent a signal to Chang'an for help.

(End of this chapter)