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Chapter 23 Race against time to grab the site

When Sun Ce's army aggressively attacked Yangxian, Liu Gan's army had quietly marched to Wuhu.

Wuhu had just been breached by Sun Ce's army. At this time, there were few soldiers and the city was broken, which was not enough to resist Liu Gan's army. Therefore, as soon as Liu Gan's army arrived, the county magistrate of Wuhu City opened the city and surrendered.

Wuhu was attacked, and Wu Jing, who was stationed in Shicheng with a large army, couldn't sit still.

Wu Fen advocated taking advantage of Liu Gan's army going south to attack Moling.

Wu Qi thought that Danyang Town should be captured nearby, this is the place where Liu Gan recruited troops, taking down Danyang Town could temporarily cut off Liu Gan's main source of troops.

When Wu Jing was hesitant, he quickly reported that Liu Gan's army had already marched south into Wanling.

It was the food and supply ground for Sun Ce's army, and there was no room for loss!
Wu Jing made a decisive decision and sent his army south to pursue Liu Gan's army.

On the second night after Wu Jing's army left, Danyang suddenly sent out an army of 3000 people to attack Shicheng.

The name of this Danyang soldier is: Shenfengying.

Wu Jing was taken aback when he received the news, and quickly divided up 2000 troops, and asked Wu Qi to lead the army back to reinforce Shicheng, while he personally led an army of 3000 to continue southward.

This division of troops happened to fall into the trap designed by Liu Gan.

Wu Qi's army hastily went north to return to the army, Zhou Tai did not capture Shicheng, that sneak attack was originally a feint attack mainly based on temptation, Zhou Tai's real purpose was only one: to encircle the spot and fight for reinforcements.

When Wu Qi's soldiers arrived at the outskirts of Shicheng, Zhou Tai had already ambushed his troops here. Xue Tong led 1000 troops on the left side, Mei Cheng led 1000 troops on the right side, and Zhou Tai personally led 1000 people to block the enemy. Wu Qi was defeated by three sides and fled. Zhou Tai chased and captured him, winning a complete victory.

At the same time, Liu Gan's army was in full swing. Wherever they passed, all counties and villages, big and small, surrendered. It didn't take long before they came to Danyang County, Wanling!
At this time, Liu Gan's Shenji Battalion had expanded to 8000 people, plus Tai Shici's 1000 recruits, a total of [-] people besieged Wanling.

There were only more than [-] soldiers in Wanling capable of fighting, and the rest of the soldiers were all taken away by Sun Ce's army.

Liu Gan led his troops to encircle three areas and one, feigning attacks on both sides and storming on the other side, causing heavy casualties.

"My lord, going on like this is not an option. The casualties are too great. We have already missed the best time to attack the city. The opposing generals are not easy to defend the city. They have rich experience in defending the city. We have no chance. Even if we take down Wanling, we will not be able to defend it. "

The person who spoke was Xu Sheng, a man from Langxie, who came to vote under the name of Liu Gan. Liu Gan admired this person very much and promoted him to be the deputy general in charge of the Shenji Battalion.

Liu Gan sighed helplessly: "Zhou Yu is Zhou Yu, so I really shouldn't take it lightly. It seems that I am still too anxious."

Xu Sheng asked, "Who is Zhou Yu this time? Isn't Danyang prefect Zhou Shang?"

Liu Gan said slowly: "This man is Zhou Shang's son, and Sun Ce is a life-and-death friend. Sun Ce's food, grass and military supplies after crossing the river are all provided by this man. If we can get rid of this man, it is tantamount to breaking Sun Ce's life." arm!"

Tai Shici said in a deep voice: "Ci would like to ask the general to kill this person!"

Liu Gan was overjoyed at first, then shook his head and said, "Stop joking, Ziyi, the city of Wanling is more than three feet high, our army can't even beat the city wall, how can we kill Zhou Yu?"

I saw Tai Shici took a bow and an arrow for himself, set up the bow and shot the arrow, all in one go.

"Whoosh!" sounded.

Not far away, a sparrow soaring in mid-air and spreading its wings landed on the ground, piercing with an arrow!
"What a handsome arrow! General Ziyi is hiding something!"

Xu Sheng couldn't help clapping his hands in praise, he also learned archery, of course he could see how powerful Tai Shici's arrow was just now.

It was only then that Liu Gan remembered that he had a sharpshooter with ape arms who was good at shooting. If Zhou Yu could be shot to death on the city wall with one arrow, it would be a major blow to the Wanling defenders.

"From this point of view, whether we can successfully take down Wanling depends on the power of Ziyi's magic arrow!" Liu Gan looked forward to it.

Tai Shici cupped his hands and left, and galloped to the foot of Wanling city.

At this time, Wanling City was full of flames of war, and there were countless corpses lying under the high city walls. The bloodstains of these people gathered into piles and turned into pools of blood.

"In the name of divine machine, kill all the enemies!"

A corporal leader of the Shenji Battalion shouted loudly, commanding one soldier after another to climb the ladder, climb the high wall, and then kill and be killed.

On the city wall, Zhou Yu stood with his hands behind his back, commanding the guarding soldiers calmly: "Mumu, prepare the stones, let them go!"

As the words fell to the ground, many soldiers of the Shenji Camp who climbed the city wall were smashed to the bottom of the city wall, mourning over and over again.

Zhou Shang came to Zhou Yu and asked, "Gong Jin, have you sent the request for help out of the city? The enemy army is numerous and our army is limited. I am afraid that Wanling City will be destroyed in a few days!" "

Zhou Yu said: "Uncle, don't worry, I have sent a message to Wu Jing on a flying horse, reinforcements will definitely come!"

Zhou Shang looked worried: "Why don't you ask Sun Ce for help?"

Zhou Yu looked into the distance: "If my prediction is correct, Bofu should have defeated Yangxian at this time. With his character, the next step must be to enter Piling, and then go straight to Qu'a! If Liu Yao is not captured, he will not be able to do so." I will let it go. I can't put more burden on him, the next is the most critical moment, we must withstand the pressure, as long as Bofu takes Piling, Liu Gan will definitely withdraw his troops to help!"

After a pause, Zhou Yu gritted his teeth and said, "I didn't expect that there would be such a powerful person in Jiangdong. I thought Liu Wushuang would fight Wu Jing in Shicheng to the death, but I didn't expect this person to march south quietly. Are you sure that we have no soldiers in Wanling?"

Zhou Shang sighed: "There are so many heroes in the world. I used to think that if Sun Bofu wanted to unify Jiangdong, the first one to deal with would be Liu Yao. Liu Yao rode into Yangzhou alone, but he was able to clean up the four great families in Wuzhong. You have to be obedient, his methods and scheming are really clever, Liu Yao might be able to become a capable official in the prosperous age, but unfortunately the whole world is not peaceful now, Liu Yao is not good at military affairs and will undoubtedly lose!"

At the same time, Liu Gan's army under the city suddenly rushed towards the city wall like a chicken blood.

"Splash the grease!"

Zhou Yu saw how powerful the enemy was, so he couldn't help shouting loudly and giving orders.

"Be careful, Gongjin!" Zhou Shang shouted, and suddenly threw Zhou Yu to the ground.

Before Zhou Yu fell to the ground, he heard a "whoosh" piercing through the air.

"Uncle, what's the matter with you?" Seeing that Zhou Shang didn't move for a long time, Zhou Yu's face was shocked, and when he looked carefully, a streak of blood slowly flowed from Zhou Shang's mouth.

Zhou Shang was shot through the heart with an arrow and died!

"Uncle!" Zhou Yu burst into grief, holding Zhou Shang in tears.

When Zhou Shang died, Wanling was in chaos, and Liu Gan's army took advantage of the situation to attack from three sides. Facing the continuous siege soldiers, Wanling's army lost its mind, and many of Liu Yao's old officials began to waver.

A restaurant in Wanling City.

Zhu Huan was from Wu County, and he came to Wanling to fetch tea because of his family business, and he brought [-] servants under his command to make sure that there was a war in Wanling, and the gate of the city was closed, so the tea leaves stayed in Wanling and could not leave the city.

In his spare time, Zhu Huan brought people to the restaurant, and when more than [-] people came, the whole restaurant was full. When outsiders wanted to come to drink, they saw a group of strong and powerful men sitting in the restaurant, and they dared not enter.

"Xiaoer, come to the altar to wait for daughter Hong."

This bearded strong man was an exception, and everyone in the restaurant seemed to have nothing to do with him.

Zhu Huan saw that this man was different from ordinary people and drank freely, so he couldn't help thinking of making friends.

I saw Zhu Huan slowly approaching the strong man and asked, "What is the name of this strong man?"

The strong man didn't raise his eyes, and said calmly: "If you don't want to change your name, if you sit down, you won't change your surname, that's true for Pan Zhang."

Zhu Huan sat beside Pan Zhang familiarly, and said with a smile, "I'm Zhu Huan, a member of Wu County. I occasionally see a strong man with a good temperament, so I'm here to make friends."

Pan Zhang laughed loudly: "Even if you have vision, Pan has no other hobbies in his life. As long as he has wine, he is a friend."

Zhu Huan raised his glass and said, "That's it, I'll do it first as a respect."

But Pan Zhang raised his hand to stop him, put a bowl in front of Zhu Huan, and said loudly: "How can a man drink without a bowl? It's okay to use such a small cup." After speaking, he drank a bowl of strong wine by himself. tripe.

Zhu Huan said: "Okay, I will give up my life to accompany the gentleman today!"

The two of you have a bowl, and I have a bowl. After a while, the daughter Hong in the restaurant was drunk by the two.

"Xiao Er, why is there no daughter Hong?" Pan Zhang said angrily.

"Guest officer, my daughter's red wine is sold very well, but it is not a local wine, and the nearest merchant here is only sold in Danyang Town, but now Wanling is surrounded by Liu Gan's army, and the city gate can't get out. , this girl Hong naturally can't come in, and we can't help it either!" Xiaoer smiled wryly.

"Hmph, I don't care, if I don't bring my daughter Hong to drink to my fullness today, I'll smash your dilapidated shop!" Pan Zhang said arrogantly.

"Uncle Pan, calm down, the shop really has no more daughters, and the last jar has been brought out for you!" Xiaoer said.

"Then tell me, where is Nurhong?" Pan Zhang grabbed Xiao Er's collar and shouted loudly.

"Brother Pan, don't worry, I heard that this wine was brewed by Liu Gan. Now that Liu Gan is leading an army to attack Wanling, as long as Wanling is broken, Daughter Hong will definitely be there." Zhu Huan held Pan Zhang, and said slowly: "Now Danyang prefect Zhou Shang is dead, the morale of the army is uncertain, and the hearts of the people are panicked. Wanling City will be destroyed sooner or later!"

"How did Brother Zhu Huan know so clearly?" Pan Zhang asked.

"You and I met by chance, but I hit it off right away with Brother Pan. I see that Brother Pan walks steadily and has a strong figure. He must be a man of great skill. There will be a big fortune in the future. I wonder if Brother Pan will dare to take it?" Zhu Huan Stern way.

"Why don't you dare, I immediately felt that you are extraordinary, brother Zhu, and you are very rich, come and tell me!" Pan Zhang couldn't wait.

"Offer the city!" Zhu Huan said in amazement, endlessly.

(End of this chapter)