Huang Gai's old hoarse roar echoed in the head of Wu County, inspiring the Wu soldiers to muster up the last courage to kill the Wei army who had ascended the city. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Arrows rained down, flying stones fell endlessly like meteors, heavy sasswoods, one by one, and forked rods ruthlessly overturned the ladders.

The screams came one after another, blood flew in the air, and in a moment, the first-line wall of the northern city was dyed red.

Although the Wei army's offensive was fierce, the Wu army, which was inferior in numbers, was quite tenacious in its defensive position, and it miraculously withstood the powerful offensive of the Wei army after attacking the city for half an hour.

In the Central Military Department, the pottery merchant who was watching the battle, seeing Wu Jun so desperate, his eagle eyes moved slightly, and a little surprise flashed in his eyes.

Wu Jun's resistance was more tenacious than he could have imagined, and he suddenly felt that he seemed to be despising Huang Gai's ability.

He did despise Huang Gai.

Although the Wu army was defeated to such an extent, the Wu army of more than 1,000 people under Huang Gai's command was a veteran of Huang Gai's lineage who had followed Huang Gai for seven or eight years.

Although the number of this army is small, they are all fierce Danyang soldiers, and their fighting spirit is not ordinary tenacity, although they are in a difficult situation, they have no fear at all.

What's more important is that these Danyang soldiers have been carefully trained by Huang Gai, and all of them are not only proficient in horse and foot swords, but also good at shooting.

That is to say, although Huang Gai only has 1,500 soldiers and horses, it is equivalent to 1,500 crossbowmen, 1,500 sword and shield men, and 150,000 spearmen......

Although this army seems to be only more than 1,000 people, it has several times the number of people and should have combat effectiveness.

In addition, Huang Gai, a veteran, is outstanding in martial arts, good at bow shooting, and his ability to command troops is quite good.

Under heavy conditions, the elite army commanded by Huang Gai actually broke out with a combat strength of more than 5,000 people, and it was precisely because of this that it was able to withstand the attack of the 30,000 army of potters.

Unconsciously, the siege had been more than an hour, and under the city wall, the corpses of the Wei army had been stacked in a thick layer, and half of the city wall was red.

The west gate of Wu County, but it is still standing.

Even, the news came back from the scouts in the front line that even the general Fan Xu was shot in the arm by Huang Gai himself with an arrow during the siege of the city, and he had lost his combat effectiveness.

Hearing this, the potter's brows suddenly froze, and his eyes burning towards the city burned with deep disgust.

"King, I didn't expect that Huang Gai, the ability to defend the city is so strong, this is a bit beyond our expectations, now the fighting spirit of the soldiers has been slackened, even Fan Da has been injured, it seems that it is unrealistic to break through Wu County today, it is better to ......"

Zhang Liang beside him persuaded, although he did not finish speaking, the meaning was obviously obvious, and he naturally wanted to persuade the potter to withdraw for the time being.

After a moment of silence, the potter took a light breath, whisked his knife and shouted: "Okay, today is a little underestimating Huang Gai, Mingjin should withdraw his troops." ”

Bell Bell Bell -

When the order was laid, the golden voice of the Central Army Department suddenly rose, and the letter flag of the withdrawal of troops shook like the wind.

The soldiers of the Wei army, who were attacking the city by themselves, although they were unwilling, did not dare to disobey the king's orders, and retreated from the city wall one after another, and retreated in an orderly manner against the rain of arrows at the head of the city.

The wounded Fan Hao, regardless of the injury on his arm, rode his horse to the potter's horse, covered the wound and shouted: "King, you ordered the withdrawal of the troops at the beginning, and I was shot by Huang Gai's old thing in vain!" ”

Cao Shen also arched his hand and said: "King, Huang Gai's resistance is indeed very tenacious, but our country has not yet reached the end of the strong crossbow, if the king gives us another hour, maybe he will be able to capture Wu County." ”

All the generals followed and shouted, but they were all dissatisfied and retreated.

Obviously, since the capture of Jianye, the self-confidence of the generals has reached the sign of bursting, and in their eyes, the remaining Wu army has become a lost dog, which is not worth mentioning at all.

In this battle against Wu County, they all confidently thought that the Wu army was only 1,500 people, and they could not resist the onslaught of their 20 times the army.

But as a result, their attack was seriously frustrated, and even Fan Xu, a general, was not lightly injured.

The self-confidence of the generals was hit head-on, and they were annoyed in their hearts, and some were carried away by anger, so they insisted on continuing the battle.

The potter's mind remained sober, and he only said lightly: "You have underestimated Huang Gai, this person is not a general, and it is necessary to pay a price for underestimating the enemy. ”

The potter used his calmness to suppress the anger of the generals, turned his horse, and returned to the camp.

The generals could only temporarily suppress their anger, and they also led their troops and horses to return to the camp.

At dusk, the 30,000 Wei army slowly retreated, leaving only blood and corpses everywhere.

At the head of the city, more than a thousand Wu army commanders breathed a sigh of relief, all of them were in good spirits, and shouted at the retreating Wei army, showing off their might.

The morale of the Wu army was greatly boosted for a while.

Since the start of the war with the Wei State, today's battle can be regarded as a rare small victory for the Wu army, and it can not make them crazy with excitement.

Above the city, Huang Gai, who stood proudly with a bow, was immersed in the cheers of the soldiers, and his old face couldn't help but burn with a hint of pride, and he sneered in his mouth: "Tao thief, you have won consecutive battles, you really think you are invincible, you think that I have no one in Dawu, today, my Huang Gai finally let you taste the taste of the halberd under the city, haha——"

Huang Gai's proud laughter echoed in the sky above Chengxian.

This rare small victory greatly stimulated the fighting spirit of Wu Sergeant, and Huang Gai, in order to inspire people, immediately repaired a book, sent people to Pegasus to Qiantang, and reported the victory to Sun Ce.

Huang Gai even confidently declared in the battle report that he had a head guarantee that he could definitely hold the Wei army in Wu County for a month.

……

Three days later.

In the course of three days, the Wei army launched nearly seven attacks on Wu County, all of which ended in defeat without exception.

The main reason for the defeat of the Wei army, in addition to Huang Gai's extremely strong ability to defend the city, is actually the main reason for the Wei army itself.

Because the pottery merchant expected that the morale of the Wu army had collapsed, the troops were weak, and they were vulnerable, so they only led 30,000 cavalry to chase all the way forward, and most of the main infantry army, as well as siege weapons such as heavenly thunder cannons and city-breaking hammers, were left behind.

With the thickness and height of the city wall in Wu County, as long as the potters gather hundreds of thunder cannons and bombard them day and night, the city wall will be broken in less than three days.

And now, with only 30,000 troops, the potters are a little helpless in the face of Wu County, which Huang Gai guards, without heavy siege equipment.

In desperation, the potters could only attack the city on the one hand, and on the other hand, they ordered the main force of the rear army to rush to Wu County as soon as possible to come to rendezvous.

Huang Gai also took advantage of this time to forcibly mobilize men, women, and children in the city to carry soil and stones day and night, desperately carrying soil and stones, and building city defenses to cope with the thunder and artillery bombardment of the Wei army soon after.

The battle has developed to the present, and it seems that the potters can only have a chance to capture Wu County by waiting for the arrival of the follow-up army.

It was evening.

Another siege failed, and after leaving more than 500 corpses behind, the Wei army returned to the camp again.

After returning to the camp, the potter couldn't sleep a little, standing in front of the screen, staring at the hanging map, and silent.

His eyes are not in Wu County, but in Qiantang.

Although Huang Gai is tenacious, the potter is not anxious, he is confident that he will be able to break through sooner or later, and his real target is Sun Ce, who fled to Qian Tang.

According to Jinyi Nanwei's report, Sun Ce had gathered nearly 5,000 soldiers and horses there, and more than 100 warships in Qiantang Bay.

Sun Ce's recruitment of new soldiers was expected, and there was nothing surprising, but his move of recruiting more than a hundred warships made the potters a little puzzled.

Huiji is not the Yangtze River, water warfare is useless, even if Sun Ce has thousands of warships, it will not be of any use, so why bother with this useless work?

Unless......

The potter's eyes lit up suddenly, and a novel idea suddenly burst out of his mind.

As soon as this thought flashed, the curtain of the tent was lifted, and Jing Ke held a letter in his hand and walked into the tent excitedly.

"King, there is a messenger in Shicai City who sneaked out of the city and entered my camp, and wanted to present this letter to the king." As he spoke, Jing Ke handed over the letter.

Messengers in the city?

Epistle?

The potter's heart moved, his eyes rolled a few times, and a hint of premonition surged up, as if he had guessed something.

He sat down on his throne, took the letter, opened it, and swept it away.

After a few seconds, the potter smiled.

In the big tent, the wild laughter of the potters echoed, laughing happily and proudly.

"Sure enough, it's really timely......"

The laughter stopped abruptly, and the potter put the silk book in his hand, slapped it on the case, and shouted happily: "Pass the order to the generals, gather the troops out of the camp in two hours, and this king will break Wu County at night!" ”

Break Wu County at night?

Hearing this edict, Jing Ke's spirit was shocked, but his eyes revealed doubts, I don't know where the potter's confidence came from, he couldn't attack Wu County during the day, but he had to attack again at night.

Jing Ke also guessed that the self-confidence of the potter must have come from that secret letter, and he did not dare to hesitate at the moment, and hurriedly went to pass it on to the generals.

When the generals received the king's order, they all felt novel, but they did not dare to disobey the order, and each of them had suspicions, so that the soldiers of each department should eat as soon as possible and rest first.

I don't realize that two hours have passed, and the bright moon has passed the middle of the sky.

In the Wei camp, the sound of the assembled horn rose to the sky, breaking the silence of the night.

The potters had already put on their horses, opened the camp gate, and led a group of tiger guards to leave the camp with their heads held high, and went straight to the north gate of Wu County.

The rest of the camps also opened their doors widely, and thousands of Wei soldiers left the camp in an orderly manner and marched in the direction of the enemy city.

In less than half an hour, nearly 30,000 troops were assembled again and lined up in front of the enemy city.

Countless torches, countless flames, and dazzling firelight illuminated the night sky, illuminated the towering military array of the Wei army, and also illuminated the head of Wu County.

Within a radius of seven or eight miles, they were all shrouded in firelight, shining like day.

The banner of the king of Great Wei flew proudly in the firelight, and the potter immediately crossed his sword, standing proudly, and the eagle eyes pointed directly at the head of the city.

"King, attacking the city at night is even more unfavorable to us, why do you think of attacking the city at night?" Fan Hao rode his horse and asked at the potter.

The potter smiled and asked rhetorically, "What, don't you dare to fight at night?" ”

"I don't dare to fight at night?" Fan Hao was stunned for a moment, and then said with a pout: "Who is my old Fan, I am not afraid of heaven and earth, I will also be afraid of night battles, you order, your king, Lao Fan, I will take the lead." ”

The generals also mustered up their fighting spirit and shouted after Fan Xu.

The potter flicked his hand and suppressed the excitement of the generals, and the corners of his mouth raised a mysterious but confident sneer, "You have worked hard enough in the past few days, and I won't bother you to attack the city today." ”

"If we don't need to do it, how can we break the city?" Fan Xu looked dazed.

The potter's eagle eyes shot at the enemy city, and sneered: "Don't worry, this king has his own clever plan, which can make Wu County break itself without a fight, let's watch a good show here." ”