Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 91 Siege of Wu County
"My lord, be careful!" Seeing more than a hundred huge boulders flying towards them, most people were dumbfounded, but Jie Fanjun, who was Sun Quan's personal guard, reacted immediately, and rushed forward to block them with a big shield in his hand. In front of him.

"Bang bang!" Two boulders hit the shield, and the two soldiers who held up the shield swayed, and finally couldn't help but sat down on the ground, spitting out blood from their mouths.Although Sun Quan was safe and sound, he was horrified to see this situation.

"My lord, avoid quickly!" The rest of the guards hurriedly took advantage of the gap after the first wave of stone rain to protect Sun Quan and go down to the city.As soon as I reached the stairs, the second wave of stone rain came again.Sun Quan heard the whistling sound of boulders flying towards him, and in his busy schedule, he turned his head to look at the situation on the top of the city at the moment.Compared with being caught off guard when the first wave of stone rain hit, the defenders were finally on guard this time.Some blocked with shield weapons, while others began to dodge.But how much space can there be above the city?Several people collided with each other while dodging, but they were hit by stones before they could dodge in time.As for blocking, the situation is not too good.Even if they block the flying boulders, they often can't bear the huge force, and sometimes they vomit blood when they are shaken.

"Let's go!" Sun Quan turned his head and was startled. He didn't dare to wait any longer and hurried down to his residence.At the same time, after about seven or eight rounds of stone rain, the defenders on the city finally understood that no matter whether it was moving, dodging or blocking, relying on their personal ability could not resist the stones, and they were all in groups at present. The tortoise hides behind the parapet.It's just that what city is still guarding this time?Du Bo began to urge them to get up and prepare for the battle, but unfortunately there were very few responders.And after the soldiers were a little frightened and began to evade intentionally or unintentionally, these grassroots officers who supervised the battle began to become the main recipients of the stone rain.

In fact, in these seven or eight rounds of stone rain, only hundreds of stones were actually thrown on the top of Wujun City, and it is impossible to hit every shot, so the actual casualties caused are quite limited, only more than [-] people in total.But because this "dead appearance" is really shocking enough, they were all smashed into shape by stones, even veterans who have experienced many battles would be terrified when they saw it, let alone those soldiers from the county.

"Fill the river, let the arrows go!" Zhao Feng saw that the soldiers on the top of the wall were terrified, and then gave two more orders.Two other groups of people were separated from the phalanx of the Xuzhou Army. The first group rushed to the moat under the city of Wujun with bags full of sand on their shoulders, and threw the bags into the river.Another group of people pushed the crossbow carts up the slope built up last night, and fired arrows at the defenders on the top of the city.

"Why do their bows and crossbows have such a long range?" Quan Zong, who was in charge of commanding the guards on the top of the city, saw that the opponent's ballista could reach him from a long distance across the moat, and his eyes almost popped out.According to Zhao Feng's suggestion, the attack on Wu Jun this time is not the large ballista used to guard Shouchun, but a smaller model.There are no other reasons. One is that there is no condescending advantage, and the shooting range can be increased by changing the small arrows; the other is that shooting those giant arrows to Sun Quan is not an enemy, that thing can be used as a spear.

"Hey!" Quan Zong pushed aside a long arrow that was coming towards him. He wanted to call someone to fight back, but he knew that the range of his bow and crossbow was not as good as that of the Xuzhou army, so he had no choice but to retreat and let them attack the people who filled the river below the city. warriors.All of a sudden, arrows were fired from the top and bottom of the city. Although there was no hand-to-hand combat, the screams were already loud.

Zhao Feng had experienced this kind of high casualty siege battle before, but he used to rely on the high risk of the city wall and bully others with sharp bows and arrows.Seeing waves of soldiers carrying sandbags to fill the river with Qu as a unit, often when 200 people come back, at least dozens of people will be lost. This can only be achieved under the effective fire suppression of their catapults and ballistas. of.If they rely on Jing Lan to suppress the defenders like before, I am afraid that if this song passes, at least half of them will die.

Looking at Liu Bei and others around him, their expressions were relatively indifferent.They, who are used to killing, naturally don't care about this little casualty.Zhao Feng asked himself, it has been almost nine years since he came to this world, but he still retains some of the character traits of a later generation. He does not want to see such a tragic casualty, but he also knows that such things will happen again in the future. many times.The only thing we can do is to end this troubled world as soon as possible.

The siege battle on the first day was basically consumed by filling the river. After all, if you can’t even fill the moat, how can you take the ladder to the next step?When the sun was westward, the moat was finally basically filled in, at least to ensure that the next day we could take the ladder more calmly.

"Shiyuan, do you think it is possible to use the water from the moat to flood Wu County?" Before filling the river, Zhao Feng asked Pang Tong.

Pang Tong thought about it carefully, and finally shook his head and said: "General, this matter is a bit embarrassing. It is just spring and the river has not yet risen. What's more, the city of Wu County is built on a high place, and the city wall is dangerous. It’s also hard to be poured.”

"That's it!" Zhao Feng didn't hold much hope, seeing Pang Tong say so, he had no choice but to give up.Throughout the entire "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", only Cao Cao used water to flood the city when he attacked Xiapi and Yecheng. This method is rare.And once this is implemented, it will inevitably cause heavy casualties to all the soldiers and people in the city, and it will be difficult to appease people's hearts at that time.

As for breaking down the city wall with a trebuchet, this method is not impossible in theory.However, after looking at the solid city wall of Wu County, Zhao Feng estimated that it would take at least two or three months to smash it to bear fruit.

It took only one day to fill the moat, which is relatively smooth progress.The number of casualties at one o'clock in the evening was probably nearly 2000 people lost, basically all the soldiers who filled the river were killed by the defenders on the city. "It's not easy to fill the moat with only 2000 casualties!" Liu Bei was quite fortunate after learning the number of casualties, as did Huang Zhong and others who were discussing together. Usually, a moat of this size wants to be filled. It is unrealistic not to put nearly [-] people on the ground, and now it is not easy to only have [-] casualties.As for the reason, they also knew that the defenders were passively suppressed by the firepower of the ballistas and trebuchets, and could not shoot arrows at the soldiers who filled the river.

It was night, and the Xuzhou army still set up camp in an orderly manner, inspected the guards, and at the same time sent people out to collect the stones needed for the trebuchet the next day.In fact, Zhao Feng really hoped that Sun Quan would have the courage to send someone out to attack him, so that he could take the opportunity to bite him, but unfortunately this guy still failed to make him do what he wanted.

Contrary to the rejoicing of Liu Bei and others, Sun Quan and others in Wujun City felt a little heavy at this time. "Xuzhou Army, has the moat been filled?" Sun Quan asked with a frown.

'Exactly! ’ Lu Meng, who was lowering his head, bowed his head and replied.The last time the three of them were defeated and returned to Wu County, Tai Shici and Jiang Qin were assigned by Zhou Yu to guard Poyang and Chaisang. Lu Meng's rank was not high, so Sun Quan simply left him to guard Wu County. He didn't want to encounter such a thing today.

"How are the casualties of the defenders today?" Sun Quan asked another more critical question.

"The casualties of our army are only a few hundred." Lu Meng replied honestly.Although the stone rain at the beginning was quite frightening, the defenders saw that the Xuzhou army was just filling up the river, so they were more or less doing foreign work, dodging more and fighting back less, and the casualties were not great.

"Tomorrow Liu Bei will attack the city with his troops. You should work together to defend the city." Sun Quan thought for a while and had nothing else to say, so he could only explain the scene.At this time Zhang Zhao came out to ease the atmosphere and said, "Don't be alarmed, everyone, Liu Bei's army is only 8 people, and our Wujun garrison has removed 7 elite soldiers. We can still gather thousands of people by sending out some private soldiers from each family. Even if No matter how great the Xuzhou army is, it is also delusional to want to rely on [-] people to break through a city guarded by more than [-] people."

"Exactly, what Zhang Gong said is not bad!" Pan Zhang nodded again and again after hearing this, and the rest of the civil servants who were not very familiar with military strategy felt a little relieved when they heard the words.It's just that when it's time to recruit your own soldiers, it's basically the end of the mountain.After hearing Zhang Zhao's words, several people exchanged eyes with each other inadvertently. They knew exactly what it meant, but Sun Quan and others didn't notice this little abnormality for a while.

In the early morning of the second day, the Xuzhou army began to attack the city on a large scale.Group after group of soldiers ran down the city carrying the ladder, and after setting it on the top of the city, they began to climb up the ladder.It's a pity that the defenders won't let them climb up so easily, shoot arrows, hit stones, even if they can't hit him, wait until he climbs to the top of the city before stabbing him with a spear.At the same time, jars filled with kerosene were smashed down one after another, and then set ablaze. Many soldiers who attacked the city were immediately engulfed in a sea of ​​flames.

However, the Xuzhou army is not just being beaten and not fighting back. The crossbow carts and trebuchets on the slope are still faithfully performing their duties, smashing waves of arrows and stones at the top of Wujun City, covering each wave of arrows. At least dozens of lives will be harvested.

"It's so tragic!" Zhao Feng was shocked as he looked at the city of Wu County, which was already a purgatory on earth.Waves of Xuzhou soldiers rushed forward one after another, and then turned into corpses and were thrown down. These were soldiers trained by him and Gao Shun so hard, and they just disappeared.But the shock was the shock, Zhao Feng still reminded himself to concentrate and command the siege at any time.

"General Zhao, the Jiangdong Army will never retreat, and our army has suffered heavy casualties!" At this time, Huang Zhong came running out of breath.Early this morning, Huang Zhong took the initiative to call for a battle, trying to lure the opponent out of the city to fight.I don't think Sun Quan is determined to stick to it, and he is indifferent to this half-century old man's shouts, so he has to attack by force.

"Old general, don't be impatient, Wu Jun will not be able to break through in a day!" Zhao Feng said in a deep voice, seeing that the defense of the Jiangdong army on the left side of the city wall was a bit weak, he quickly turned the trebuchet towards that side for two rounds, and then made a surprise attack The team took the opportunity to kill.

"It's a pity!" The commando had only killed a hundred people, and the Jiangdong Army, which had always been clearly a reserve team, suddenly surrounded and strangled them, with at least three or four times as many people as the commando.The commandos were outnumbered, and in the end, except for more than 30 people who withdrew with injuries, the rest stayed on the top of the city.

The Jiangdong defenders lost nearly 2000 people in the siege on this day, but the Xuzhou army also suffered nearly [-] casualties.If the battle continues like this, both sides will be dead in a month.That night, Liu Bei called everyone to discuss the matter. Both Pang Tong and Lu Su said that it is not appropriate to attack again, and the siege is the best.Wait until the defenders relax, and then make calculations.Liu Bei heard everyone say this, and the casualties of such a hard fight were indeed too great, so he had no choice but to nod in agreement at the moment.

At the same time, in the Jiangdong army tent on the west bank of the Ganjiang River, Zhou Yu also suddenly summoned all the generals to discuss matters. "Everyone, I intend to lead troops back to aid Wu County!" Zhou Yu said suddenly, and the crowd would be in an uproar when he made this statement.

(End of this chapter)