Jingxiang is thousands of miles away from Chengdu and the terrain on the way is steep, the traffic is extremely inconvenient, even if the two sides exchange news, it will take at least one or two months to go back and forth.

Guan Ping was worried that Zhuge Jin's success in persuading Zhuge Liang to rebuild the alliance would lead to the failure of his own defeat of Wu, in fact, the situation is estimated to have changed greatly in two months, and whether Zhuge Jin can return with the news of the alliance is a question.

Xiakou waters.

On the river, at this moment, the Jingzhou Navy Division was slowly arrayed in improved vehicles and ships, and the general Zhao Zhong was at the forefront of the boarding of the ship, and there was no defensive measure in front.

Without him, although the Wu people used the strategy of sinking the boat to resist the advance of the Jingzhou army, they also completely gave up the initiative to attack and turned to passive defense.

Above the huge vehicles and ships, a clearing was revealed at this moment, and above them were incomparably formidable siege weapons "thunderbolt cars".

After half a ring, Zhao Zhong, who was awarded the title of General Anyuan for his merits, couldn't help but come to the boat and said, "General Qiguan." The Thunderbolt has been reloaded, ready to strike at Xiakou Castle at any time. ”

"Good!" Hearing this, Guan Ping's spirit immediately lifted a few points, and then shouted: "Order, start a round of test firing first, and see if Xia Kou is within the range of the Thunderbolt." ”

"Whoa."

Zhao Zhong received the order and hurriedly retreated, and then began to command the sergeant to load the stone bullets and throw them towards Xiakou.

In the blink of an eye, one thunderbolt after another began to operate, and the stone projectiles flew above the river like a parabola and slid straight down in the direction of the Xiakou city wall.

On the city wall of Xiakou.

"Alas. Wu Wangxin's defeat at the Jingzhou army led to a great loss of strength and vitality, but now the enemy general Guan Ping did not give our army a chance to breathe, and did his best to attack, and he did not know whether Lu Dudu's sinking strategy could stop the advance of the Jingzhou army. ”

"I hope so...... I don't want to fight against the Jingzhou army at all now, and Guan Ping's use of troops is too terrifying......"

The Wu soldiers who were in charge of patrolling the city defense at the head of the city all looked at the menacing Jingzhou army standing in the distance and whispered and discussed, and their faces were also showing a trace of worry and fear.

"Yes......"

"Bang!"

It's just that at the moment when everyone was still discussing, there was a sudden explosion above the city, and the big stones fell down like flying saucers falling from the sky.

Change is coming in an instant!

Wu Jun, who was still talking about it, was suddenly caught off guard by a sudden blow.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack ......"

All of a sudden, some of the Wu people who were lucky enough to escape began to find cover to hide, and then shouted wildly.

In the next second, the whole city was boiling?

"Enemy attack? What's going on, didn't the sunken waters block the advance of the Jingzhou army? ”

At this moment, Lu Xun, who was stationed in the Xiakoushui camp, couldn't help but gasp when he heard the huge enemy attack, and groaned worriedly.

Although I don't know what happened in general, Sun Quan has already delegated full authority to Governor Lu Xun for the battle of the Xiakou defensive battle, and he doesn't dare to slack off? Hurriedly began to send troops to reinforce the city? Let's see what happens.

And at this moment on the river, the Jingzhou soldiers on the decks of the cars and ships have been looking through the river fog vaguely looking at the boulders thrown by the thunderbolt cars without exception when they fall in Xiakou City? The tense heart is not loosened.

Thinking about the beginning of your arrival? Looking at the entire body of water, when the boats were not blocking the waterway, the whole army was helpless and did not know how to break through this line of defense.

But what did they not expect? It turned out that his own general had already prepared.

Looking at the bursts of boulders now bombarding the head of Xiakou City infinitely like cannonballs, the defenders of the city seem to be scurrying around like headless flies in a disorderly manner? How can there be a neat appearance of the army? I was scared for a long time.

At this moment, a Jingzhou soldier who was responsible for loading stones was also loading and firing more and more diligently.

The sound was like thunder, the sound shook the sky, and the flying cranes on both sides of the Yangtze River couldn't help but listen to its vibration and were startled away by the sound of the wind and cranes.

The heroic scenes lasted for about half an hour before they came to an end.

After the bombardment.

I saw that the originally rock-solid Xiakou city wall is now full of devastation? Dog's breakfast? It's even more unsightly!

Above the city, there was a variety of bloody smells, bloody corpses, and bursts of compassion.

On the main ship.

The main general Guan Ping looked at the scene of Xiakou from afar, although it was not so clear due to the factor of river fog blocking the line of sight, but such a big momentum? He couldn't help laughing, "Hahaha." ”

"The generals listened to the order, and then bombarded Xiakou City every other day? I was going to make the enemy understand, even if he set up a defense in advance to block the advance of our army? But there will be a way to crack it! ”

As soon as the words fell, he shouted again: "Even going to let Sun Quan know? Must be the one who offended me? Although it is far away, it will be punished. ”

A note of words is imprinted in the hearts of the generals like a heart booster.

For a while? The generals said in unison: "General Guan is mighty!" ”

The roar was like a tide, spreading over the river.

Immediately afterwards, the officers and men of the three armies between the ships were all deeply inspired by the feats of the recent battle, and they also involuntarily shouted: "The prince is mighty, and the Han is victorious!" ”

"Victory, victory."

A burst of high-pitched roars overwhelmed everything, and it actually drowned out the slightest sound of water emitted by the flowing river.

In the next few days, the Jingzhou army did not launch a forced siege of the sinking area and advance under the city of Xiakou, but gathered on the periphery every other day to take advantage of the range advantage of the thunderbolt to launch a bombardment on Xiakou.

However, the Wu people found that their trebuchets did not have such a long range, and they could not threaten the Jingzhou army at all.

After several days of bombardment, the only remaining fighting spirit of the Wu people has long been gone, and now the whole army is trembling and trembling under the power of the thunderbolt.

On this day, Fu Wei, the chief general of the water division, couldn't help but propose: "General Guan." Xiakou City has been bombarded by our army for many days, presumably the defenders in the city have already been shocked to the heart of war, if at this time launch a strong attack to break through the sinking area and advance under Xiakou City, it will definitely be able to fight down! ”

After the words fell, Guan Ping smiled, but did not speak.

After a long time, he said: "This matter is not urgent, Xiakou is a strong city, the city is extremely tall, even if the morale of the Wu people is low, but there are still tens of thousands of people, if it is attacked, it will inevitably cause heavy casualties." ”

"Wait, Sun Quan can't go on."

Looking at the confident look on Guan Ping's face, Fu Wei also knew that he was not fighting an uncertain battle, since he said to wait, then he would immediately take the order to retreat!

"General Guan, Wei still has one thing to understand, why is it that with the same thunderbolt, the range of the Wu people can't attack our army?"

Before leaving, Fu Wei suddenly had a doubt in his mind, and he couldn't help asking.

Hearing this, Guan Ping frowned and said: "This matter is complicated, when there is enough time in the future, how about I explain it to General Fu in detail?" ”

"Whoa."

After he left, Guan Ping revealed a meaningful face.

In fact, Guan Ping really can't explain so much about the range of the Thunderbolt.

Because he recruited craftsmen to improve the thunderbolt, using the "spring principle" of later generations, the base of the launcher was installed with a spring-like operation, so that when the stone was thrown, it would be squeezed by the spring, and the ejection distance would be farther away.

This is exactly where Guan Ping's chassis lies.

Therefore, although he found out at first that the boat had sunk to the bottom of the river and blocked the target of his troops in the city, he did not panic at all, because he had already made arrangements in his heart.

That is to use the range advantage of the thunderbolt to bombard Xiakou City and hit the morale of the Wu people.

However, the "spring principle" is indeed extremely unfamiliar to this era, and it is inconvenient for everyone to understand it.

As for the strong attack, Guan Ping is not in a hurry at all, he only needs to drag down the main force of Jiangdong and hit the morale now!

Ten days later, the Wu people will take the lead in chaos.