Chapter 240: Preparing to Slaughter the City
There was indeed silence at the head of the city, and most of the soldiers of the cavalry battalion and the guerrilla battalion, except for some who continued to defend the first line of the city, rested there against the city wall, taking advantage of the gap between battles to do a short rest.
Cao Liang walked quickly to the edge of the city wall, and looked out of the city through the battlement, except for the corpses of Wu soldiers in one place, there was no trace of a living person under the city, and the attack of the Wu army was really suspended.
This made Cao Liang a little surprised, according to Zhuge Ke's crazy style of play, after dawn at this moment, it should be the high tide of the Wu army's attack, but he didn't expect that the Wu army's attack would come to an abrupt end, was Zhuge Ke retreating knowing the difficulty, or was he holding back his big move?
Cao Liang really couldn't guess.
Ren Ran rushed over and explained to Wang Ji and Cao Liang that in fact, the attack of the Wu army had just stopped, and at dawn, the Wu army had also launched a large-scale attack, but in the face of the rock-solid defense of the Wei army, they still returned in vain.
It was the repulsion of that attack that forced the Wu army to suspend the offensive.
This morning is extraordinarily quiet, giving people a feeling of being absent in a long time.
However, this should only be a short lull before the big war, Cao Liang believes that Zhuge Ke is determined to win Anfeng City, so after yesterday's attack was frustrated, today will definitely launch a more fierce attack, and the Wei army should seize this opportunity to make defensive adjustments.
The cavalry battalion and the guerrilla battalion have completed their tasks brilliantly, and it is time for them to be laid off, and in order, it is time for the third batch of troops of the Southern Army to change their guards.
However, the county soldiers on Wang Ji's side have also rested and have the strength to fight again, and they have to discuss with Wang Ji about which army to send.
Cao Liang's shift change defense method, Wang Ji is also very much in favor, the reason why he can't follow suit is because the strength of Anfeng County's soldiers is limited, not to mention three shifts, even two shifts, Wang Ji is also stretched, and there is no flawless division of troops at all.
The consequence of a flawless division of troops can only be that the more they fight, the more tired they become, and in the end, it is often difficult to continue.
Fortunately, there is a reserve of the Southern Army, otherwise with the attack of the Wu army, Anfeng City may be really difficult to defend.
Seeing that the southern army had fought all night and was still so comfortable, Wang Ji threw himself to the ground for Cao Liang's admiration. The reason why he didn't dare to use the southern army lightly yesterday is not that Wang Ji has any intention of grabbing merit, it has reached the critical moment of life and death, what military merit is still talking about?
It is precisely because An Feng City is in a critical moment that Wang Ji has to be cautious, although the Zhengnan Army is the army in the imperial court and one of the strongest combat forces of the Wei State, but attack and defense are two different things, those who are good at attacking may not be good at defending, Wang Ji does not dare to pin the safety of An Feng City on the body of the Zhengnan Army, so he would rather let the soldiers of An Feng County hold more time, rather than easily let the Zhengnan Army fight.
In the end, Wang Ji really had no choice, after all, no one expected that Zhuge Ke would fight at night and continue to attack the city, Wang Ji's county soldiers really couldn't move, so they handed over the city defense to the southern army.
To tell the truth, Wang Ji was still a little apprehensive, after going down to the city, he also sent his henchmen to secretly observe the performance of the southern army, and as a result, the southern army fought very beautifully this night, and never let the Wu people succeed, so Wang Ji could rest with peace of mind.
Wang Ji also knew that the Wu army's offensive would not stop in a day or two, and that this battle would be a difficult tug-of-war, and the Wei army must be prepared for continuous combat.
Cao Liang's battle plan was undoubtedly the best tactical plan, which could ensure that the army defending the city had sufficient physical strength and energy, so Wang Ji and Cao Liang discussed that the Anfeng County soldiers and the Zhengnan Army would be mixed into three squads and take turns to fight to ensure the sustainability of the Wei army's combat capability.
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According to Zhuge Ke's original plan, it was to use continuous attacks to drag down the defenders of Anfeng City, so that they would be exhausted and exhausted to deal with it, so that the Wu army would have the opportunity to take advantage of it and take Anfeng City in one fell swoop.
Unexpectedly, the Wei army was not dragged down, but the momentum of the Wu army was sluggish, the morale plummeted, and the repeated attacks made the Wu army anxious, which spread in the military camp and had a lot of negative impacts.
However, the arrival of the Bu Qi army made the Wu army's weather change abruptly, and the Bu Qi led the original Zhuge Jin as the main general, the number of people and horses on this road is the largest, even after repeated wars, there are at least 70,000 people, plus more than 40,000 people in Zhuge Ke's army, the number of Wu troops has increased sharply to nearly 120,000.
Taking an army of 120,000 against a small Anfeng City is simply a small test.
However, in order to avenge Zhuge Jin, no one felt that there was anything inappropriate about this, and Zhuge Ke suspended the attack, just to discuss with Bu Qi how to fight.
Since there are enough troops, even if it is to use the tactics of a sea of people to pile up, it is enough to pile up the Wei army, so the top priority now is how to completely surround Anfeng City, and make sure that no one escapes, especially not Cao Liang can escape, this culprit must be captured no matter what.
With Zhuge Ke's previous troops, the siege was more than enough, but it was a little powerless to send troops and horses to block the retreat of the Wei army.
Zhuge Ke's goal is to slaughter the city, kill him without leaving a chicken dog, as long as Anfeng City is broken, there is no need for this city to exist in the world, Zhuge Ke will completely destroy it, there are no tiles, no grass left.
Now there is no suspense about breaking the city, it's just a matter of time, Zhuge Ke has ordered the Wu army to prepare for the slaughter of the city, once the city is broken, the Wu army is allowed to plunder for three days, and whoever grabs it is whoever.
This order made Wu Jun even more excited, although there was a huge reward for killing Cao Liang, but among the 100,000 troops, I am afraid that there is only one lucky person, and the vast majority of people are afraid that they are only greedy.
And the city is different, it is a matter for everyone, whoever is in front, gold and silver treasures and beautiful women are who's, such a reward is the most affordable, and it can also make the Wu soldiers feel the most excited, not only the brave and good Danyang soldiers, even the other Wu troops, they are also secretly holding their breath, wanting to rush into Anfeng City first.
Therefore, after Zhuge Ke gave the order to siege the city, the Wu army rushed to Anfeng City like a flood that broke the embankment.