After Zhang Wu and Chen Sun raised their troops, they quickly controlled the empty garrison of Anlu and other subordinate counties, and then led the people to besiege the county to govern Xiling, but the resistance of the Xiling defenders was unusually fierce, and even the families and scholars in the city also sent men and slaves to help defend the city, Zhang Wu and Chen Sun attacked for several days in a row, but even the city wall could not be climbed once. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

As soon as the news of Huang Zu's return to the army came, Zhang Wu and Chen Sun did not dare to attack again, and while retreating overnight, they sent a letter cavalry to investigate the movements of the Chu army.

Fortunately, Zhang Wu and Chen Sun made the right bet this time, and they didn't choose to believe the wrong person. After Zhang Xun recovered Yi County, he led his army into Jiangxia County as promised to continue to attack Huang Zu, and Zhang Wu and Chen Sun finally did not have to worry about being used by the Chu State.

As soon as Zhang Xun's army arrived at Xiling City, Zhang Wu and Chen Sun led their troops to meet with the Chu army.

Zhang Xun also officially ordered Zhang Wu and Chen Sun to temporarily replace the Wei Lu General and the capture general of the Chu State, and as for the official name, he had to wait for Zhang Xiu's edict to appease Zhang Wu Chen Sun and the others, and he was ready to attack the fortification.

Regarding the siege of the city, the Chu army did not dare to delay and delay, on the one hand, the grain reserves in the city were sufficient, and it was not suitable for a long time to attack, on the other hand, Zhang Xun was also worried that Liu Biao would send the other half of the main force to come, so the victory and defeat trend of the Chu and Han battles was likely to be completely reversed.

Fortunately, at this time, whether it was the South Korean army on the south bank and the north bank or the South Korean army and naval division that was still intact on the river, they all lost the fighting spirit to take the initiative. Therefore, Lu Meng, who temporarily acted as the governor of the navy, had the opportunity to transport some siege equipment to Zhang Xunjun, so that the Chu army would not rush to attack the city too hastily.

Of course, there were no siege weapons like thunderbolts and overlord crossbows, which were specially made by the Chu army. These two newly manufactured instruments have all been shipped to Yuzhang to attack Zhang Xiu and attack Nanchang for use.

Speaking of thunderbolts, I believe many people have heard of it in later generations. It was supposed to be a large weapon used by Cao Cao in the Battle of Guandu, but in this life, because Liu Ye was used by Zhang Xiu, the technology of the thunderbolt was obtained by Zhang Xiu, so the trebuchet was used in a large version of this powerful version. And because the sound of the thunderbolt when it was fired was like a thunderbolt, it was named the thunderbolt car.

As for the overlord crossbow, although it is still made by Liu Ye, its idea is proposed by Zhang Xiu. In fact, Zhang Xiu also accidentally remembered the famous three-bow bed crossbow in later generations, so he told Liu Ye the general principle of it, and Liu Ye was still responsible for the development and manufacturing. The whole process is also quite painstaking, just the sketch of the ballista Liu Ye is to draw hundreds of pieces, and then select the bow wood material and the type of bowstring, it took several months to create a three-bow bed crossbow, fortunately, after its power test, it is as strong as Zhang Xiu said, and it is another weapon to destroy the strong. Moreover, because the materials and processes used in its manufacture are not very complicated, it is finally listed as one of the standard instruments of the Chu army.

And because the crossbow arrows used in this crossbow are the size of javelins, and the strength is extremely strong, just like the overlord throwing spears, it is given the name overlord crossbow. Moreover, in the process of developing and producing thunderbolts and overlord crossbows, because of Zhang Xiu's strong support and encouragement, Liu Ye gathered a large number of Mo family heirs and all kinds of skilled craftsmen, and asked Zhang Xiu to set up a technical equipment department under Sikong Mansion to develop all kinds of appliances and improve the manufacturing process of Chu State. Later, the establishment of the Technical Instrument Division not only improved the level of equipment in the Chu State, but also had a far-reaching impact on the Chu State and even the entire Han society. This is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.

There were no overlord crossbows and thunderbolts, and even ordinary trebuchets and bed crossbows were not very many, but Zhang Xun's determination to attack Xiling was undiminished, and he still ordered people to build a cloud ladder tower and prepare for a strong attack.

Seeing the Chu soldiers and men outside the city cutting timber day and night, Huang Zu in the city naturally refused to let the Chu army make siege equipment so easily, so he also sent scouts and light cavalry teams to attack and harass, anyway, the Chu army's strength did not have much advantage, and it could not form a siege situation.

Huang Zu's approach was undoubtedly correct, the messenger sent to Xiangyang for help had already set out, and the more he delayed the progress of the Chu army's siege of the city, the greater the chance of turning defeat into victory later. But what Huang Zu never expected was that his move just buried Jiang Xiacheng and his own life.

On the first day of sending light cavalry out of the city to raid and harass, bad news directly reached Huang Zu's case.

Gan Ning defected.

It is said that after Gan Ning fled back to Jiangxia by boat, he did not get Huang Zu's reward for his contribution to blocking the enemy's lag, on the contrary, Huang Zu wanted to investigate Gan Ning's responsibility for abandoning the city and fleeing as the magistrate of Yi County, but fortunately, his friend Su Fei came forward in time again to dissuade him, and finally let Gan Ning take the credit for shooting Chu General Zhang Min in Yi County, and stay in the army to listen to it.

After Gan Ning went back, he thought about it, but the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, how could there be such a bully, thinking that in Bashu back then, which official in the county dared to be so snub to me Gan Xingba? There are a few who don't open their eyes, but all of them are finally filled with the belly of the fish in the river. Even if Uncle Ben's temper has been restrained in the past few years, he is still a grandson who is not angry in vain, Huang Zu Pifu, I won't serve you anymore!

Gan Ning already had the intention of leaving, but this time he couldn't contain the anger that had been accumulated for a long time, so he made up his mind, but he had to leave Huang Zu no matter what.

Su Fei and Gan Ning have a good relationship, so good that they don't have anything to say. Su Fei also knew where Gan Ning's heart belonged for a long time, but he had always maintained an attitude of neither supporting nor opposing Gan Ning's ideas. What kind of goods Huang Zu has, I'm afraid no one knows better than Su Fei, who is also from Jiangxia and has always been Huang Zu's deputy, but as a native of Jiangxia, Su Fei, whose wife and children are all in Jiangxia, can't betray Huang Zu. So for Gan Ning's idea, Su Fei did not support or expose it.

But after this incident, Su Fei knew in his heart that Jiang Xia was afraid that he would not be able to keep Gan Ning, a tiger, so he took the initiative to find Gan Ning, but he saw that Gan Ning and his subordinates were secretly polishing their armor and preparing to pack. And Gan Ning also directly explained what he thought to Su Fei when he met, and Su Fei did not dissuade Gan Ning from changing his mind, but opened his heart to talk to Gan Ning, persuading Gan Ning to go out of the city to join the Chu army before the war, and not to defect during the war.

Su Fei's suggestion was half for Gan Ning's sake, after all, although the defection before the battle and the defection before the war were not good things, the plot of the former was much more serious than the latter, and it would also have an impact on Gan Ning's reputation in the future. And the other half of Su Fei is also thinking about himself, now the people in Jiangxia City know that they take care of Gan Ning, if Gan Ning turns against him before the battle, it is bound that all the resentment will focus on him, the guarantor who usually says good things for Gan Ning, and when the time comes, whether he wins the battle or not, he Su Fei will suffer a big disaster.

There was no need for Su Fei to arrange help, and soon there was a chance to get out of trouble and sent it to Gan Ning.

Take the initiative to go out of the city to launch an attack and disturb the war, and the troops sent will have the risk of being intercepted and chased by the Chu army or even the whole army if they are not careful, and none of the generals of the Jiangxia army who are used to straw bags are willing to take the initiative to ask for war anyway.

After receiving this general order, Gan Ning was the first to be ordered to fight, but after leaving the city, he went straight to the main gate of the Chu army camp.

Zhang Xun was unexpectedly surrendered here, so he was naturally relieved of Gan Ning, and there was no one in the army who knew anything about Gan Ning, and all the generals of the Chu army, including Lu Su, maintained a neutral attitude towards Gan Ning's sudden surrender, and they were less suspicious and more suspicious.

In fact, this is normal, on the eve of this war, but there are enemy generals who come to vote inexplicably, and it is the enemy general who has a grudge against his own army before, as the commander of the first army, Zhang Xun will not believe that it is because of his personality charm and prestige that he is attracted.

Gan Ning himself also knew that it was difficult to gain the trust of the Chu army, so after Chen Shuo came to surrender, he took the initiative to ask for battle, and used the troops he brought out of the city to meet the light cavalry sent by Huang Zu to attack and harass.

Zhang Xun naturally agreed to this request, anyway, he didn't use his own soldiers, so why not do such a good thing of sitting backstage and watching the play?

So Gan Ning borrowed a few old flags from the Chu army, which was to represent the Chu army in battle. But Gan Ning did not really fight in the face of the South Korean army's harassment team, because the Korean generals who led these raiding teams were all miscellaneous generals who were squeezed out by Huang Zu and his cronies like Gan Ning. I have sympathized with each other, how can I kill each other at this time because of my loyalty to Huang Zu.

There were a few relatively simple raiding teams that directly descended on Gan Ning, and some Han soldiers who had scruples because of their relatives just pretended to fight with Gan Ning's men and horses for a while, or they pretended to be defeated and retreated, and Gan Ning didn't chase too closely, just put them into the city.

In this way, there are people in the Chu army who are on the side that believes that Gan Ning is really coming to surrender. For example, Zhang Wu and Chen Sun, these two people have been under Huang Zu for a long time, and they know very well which generals are Huang Zu's personal confidants, and which are miscellaneous generals and colonels who have been slighted and excluded, like the part of the Korean army that Gan Ning recruited, but all of them are Huang Zu's subordinates who are not welcomed, and they don't have to choose!

If it was a trick to surrender, Zhang Wu and Chen Sun would never believe that Huang Zu had the ability to let these people be willing to use it for themselves!

And why did Zhang Wu and Chen Sun not stand up and say good things for Gan Ning at the first time when Gan Ning came to surrender, but these two people also had concerns in their hearts, knowing that Gan Ning and Huang Zu's right-hand man Su Fei had an old relationship, and thought that Gan Ning would use Su Fei to fly Huang Tengda, but combined with the situation that Gan Ning said, Zhang Wu and Chen Sun combined their understanding of Huang Zu as a person, but they thought that what Gan Ning said was true and true!

It was not enough to have Zhang Wu and Chen Sun talking, Zhang Xun was still suspicious, but Lu Su, who had been carefully observing Gan Ning at this time, stepped forward to solve this problem for Zhang Xun.

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