Xiling City.

The young Zhu Ran stood at the head of the city, wearing iron armor, pressing the hilt of his sword with his hand, and looking up at the north. In fact, he couldn't see it, but Zhu Ran knew that the other party's infantry had already gone ashore.

His father, Jiangdong general Zhu Zhi, did not defeat Wang Wei, and he was unable to prevent the other party from going ashore.

He would have had the opportunity to launch a half-crossing attack when Deng Fang landed on the shore. But Zhu Ran didn't make such a choice, not only because Zhu Zhi sent someone to remind him, but also because he thought that the other party was not easy to mess with.

It's not that he's afraid of fighting head-on, but that Zhu Ran has too few soldiers in his hands.

If Zhu Ran was given 10,000 soldiers, 5,000 soldiers to defend the city, and 5,000 soldiers to attack, Zhu Ran would choose to attack without hesitation.

Now that the other side has come ashore, it may attack immediately. Zhu Ran's heart was very calm, there was no nervousness, fear, fear.

There is only calm.

Many people don't know one thing, this General Zhu Ran is the successor in history.

Whose position is it inherited?

Lv Meng.

Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Lu Meng, and Lu Xun are known as the four heroes of Jiangdong, and they are the governors of the same lineage, and Lu Xun even worshiped the prime minister in the end.

But few people know that Sun Quan asked Lü Meng before his death who would succeed him.

Lu Meng replied: "Zhu Ran is more than brave and stupid, and he thinks that he can do anything." ”

After the death of Lü Meng in history, Zhu Ran sat in Jiangling, gave a holiday, and became the commander of Eastern Wu in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

Before that, Zhu Ran had been in charge of the local government since the fifth year of Jian'an, leading the soldiers to suppress Shanyue, and being outstanding, and had accumulated a lot of practical experience.

At this moment, the wind is getting stronger, the cloak behind Zhu Ran is rolling, the "Zhu" flag on the city gate tower is rolling, and the Jiangdong soldiers who are constantly piling up the equipment to defend the city are around.

Archers, pikemen, sword and shield bearers, wrestlers, and soldiers are layered on top of each other, in an orderly manner, and morale is extremely high.

In the afternoon, the sun is in the middle of the day. In a burst of surging people, Deng Fang, Lei Xu, and Chen Lan led their troops to kill. Zhu Ran saw the enemy army in the city, drew the sword at his waist, wiped it with a cloth, and prepared to cut people.

Let's say that Deng Fang, Lei Xu, and Chen Lan are not subordinate to each other, if Jiang Wan is here, Jiang Wan will naturally be the commander. But Jiang Wan is not there, so someone needs to be the head.

Although Deng Fang's command is elite, Deng Fang's official position is no more than Sima. So Jiang Wan ordered Lei Xu as the commander.

Although Lei Xu is ordinary, he is also extremely rich in combat experience, he is a veteran, and he will not make any moths when he is idle.

After the three generals led their troops to the city, they gathered together to discuss. Lei Xu tightened the reins of his horse and looked at the defenders of Xiling City, the other party was extremely strict.

Lei Xu frowned and said: "The Zhu family is the general, although Zhu Ran is not very famous. But looking at the strict orderliness of the soldiers, it must not be underestimated. And it is adjacent to Changsha County, and Heqi is in Changsha. We need to be careful when attacking the city. Don't do your best all at once and ignore defense. The three of us took turns, each for an hour. The rest of the two armies, as a guard, were also trimmed. ”

"What Captain Lei said is very true." Deng Fang, Chen Lan agreed.

Wars such as Guan Ping's capture of Pan Zhang were extremely rare, because under normal circumstances, it was necessary to reserve troops as a mobile force.

And at this moment, the situation is also different from Pan Zhang, Zhu Ran sits on the sturdy Xiling City. So Lei Xu made this decent decision, Deng Fang and Chen Lan naturally agreed.

And in order to show that he had no selfish intentions, Lei Xu said: "I will attack first, Brother Chen second, Brother Deng, your soldiers and horses are the most elite, and the final word is final." I hope to be able to enter the city today. ”

"No."

Chen Lan, Deng Fangyingnuo.

said that after Lei Xu and the three of them set a strategy, they began to set up the formation. Lei Xu led his troops out of the formation first and crossed the river in a hurry, naturally without siege equipment.

The soldiers carried ladders and shields.

In this respect, it is also extremely disadvantaged.

"Knock Knock Knock !!!" In the midst of the drum noise, Lei Xu roared and killed, and more than 5,000 soldiers under his command roared and killed in unison, and rushed to Xiling City.

Chen Lan and Deng Fang were riding their horses in the rear, and the war horses under them neighed from time to time, and they were a little nervous.

The siege routine is basically the same layer. Lei Xu's more than 5,000 soldiers, the shield bearer was on the front line, and a heavy shield full of one person high was held, close to the city wall.

Behind the shield, there are archers.

During the whole process, the soldiers in the city did not shoot arrows. Because most of the arrows are wasted. When the shieldmen hold their shields and escort the archers to a certain position, they stop.

The archers of both sides began to fight.

At this distance, the archers in the city and the archers under the city can hurt each other. And in the midst of the archers hurting each other, the soldiers then acted.

The first to go up were the soldiers carrying sacks, and the moat had to be filled.

Of course, the process was extremely tragic, and the soldiers carrying sacks were basically cannon fodder. Despite the cover of their own archers, they fell in rows.

But if you are shot by an arrow, you may not die. For example, if they are shot in the shoulder or arm, in such a situation, the soldiers will fall down and pretend to be dead, or crawl back in a low-key manner.

Because it's riskier to run back.

Many of Lei Xu's soldiers fell on the way forward or fell on the moat. There were corpses floating on the moat, and blood stained the moat red.

After the moat was filled in as a place where it could be crossed, under the order of Lei Xu, the soldiers carrying the ladder and the swordsmen rushed up.

The real siege began.

That's the horror of a siege.

In the previous battles of Guanping, there were very few strong sieges of the city. Cao Cao didn't even dare to fight such a new field.

But sometimes, it is not good to not show the sword.

You can't have both. If you want Xiling, you have to work hard.

At this moment, the generals of the Guan family have the courage and capital to work hard.

Lei Xu and Zhu Ran fought fiercely for an hour, without taking any advantage, but just filling in the moat, paving the way for Chen Lan and Deng Fang later, and their own archers shot and killed some of the opponent's men.

The casualties could have been three times as many as Zhu Ran's, or even more.

If there are ladders and well trucks, it will be different, and the casualties will be much lower. At least the ladder truck, which can be erected directly on the city wall, does not need to fill the river.

Soon after, Lei Xu Mingjin withdrew his troops. Because it's time for Chen Lan to go.

Zhu Ran, who won the city and the soldiers under his command, did not cheer, and they knew that it was not the time to cheer.

"While they are retreating, the archers see the right time to shoot the opposing soldiers, but be careful. Don't waste arrows on your shield. ”

"The rest of the soldiers, hurry up and drink water and eat something."

Zhu Ran wiped his sword just now and planned to cut people, but he didn't cut people, because very few soldiers from the family climbed the city wall. Zhu Ran instead held his bow and shot some of the opponent's soldiers.

Zhu Ran was extremely calm and commanded in an orderly manner.

"No." The soldiers all agreed in unison, the archers who picked up the heads at the right time, and the ordinary soldiers who hurried to rest.

Sure enough, after Lei Xu retreated, Chen Lan went up, and Chen Lan was followed by Deng Fang, and each department fought fiercely for an hour. Although Deng Fang's department is elite enough, the armor rate is very high.

But in such a situation, it would not be wise for a soldier to fight in iron armor.

The walls are too high, and it is too difficult to climb. There were too many casualties, and they were also given to the other party's iron armor for nothing. Even if you want to attack the city with ironclad soldiers, you need to be sure of the odds.

For example, Guan Ping's attack on Pan Zhang was also the final word.

Overall, Zhu Ranshou is very beautiful. The casualties of Chen Lan, Lei Xu, and Deng Fang's soldiers were three or four times that of Zhu Ran's army.

Before dark, Chen Lan, Lei Xu, and Deng Fang also collected their troops and went back to the northern camp to repair.

The three of them sat together and discussed for a while, feeling that it was not a way to fight like this, so Zhu Ran was too capable of guarding. A rough calculation is at least three times the number of casualties.

According to the intelligence, there are 5,000 elite soldiers in Xiling City, and they are only 16,700. If it is light, it may not be able to enter the city.

It's too much of a loss.

So the three of them jointly wrote a letter and sent someone to send it to Jiang Wan, hoping to stick to the camp and wait for changes.

The so-called change is naturally a matter of Shanyue.

Shunshan Castle.

This is a small county town located in the west of Xiling, which is not a strategic location and certainly has no economic value. But to occupy this city, firstly, to let the Guan family have a city south of the Yangtze River and east of Xiangshui as a stronghold.

Second, to collect food from the hands of the nearby people, it can also be used as military food.

Jiang Wan led more than 5,000 soldiers, and even if the recruits arrived outside the city, they could easily occupy the city.

When Jiang Wan came, he brought some money, and opened the county treasury to collect a lot of money, so he used the money to buy food in the hands of the people.

It is now the time of the autumn harvest, and it is still a bumper harvest, and every household has food.

Jiang Wan also ordered that grain should not be forcibly snatched.

All in all, it is not possible to let Jiang Wan lead his recruits to fight, but it is more than enough to do these logistics work.

Jiang Wan governed the army and military discipline well, and there was no disturbance to the people.

After entering the city, Jiang Wan chose a mansion in the city as a temporary place to stay. After a while, the joint letter of Chen Lan, Lei Xu, and Deng Fang arrived.

Jiang Wan sat in the study, picked up the lamp and read the letter, and sighed: "There are so many talents in Jiangdong. ”

Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Pan Zhang and other famous generals are too many to count. Zhu Ran, a person who is not very famous, even guards Xiling City as impregnable.

The art of war is cloudy, and the siege is the next, and the sages do not deceive me.

Jiang Wan thought about it for a while, agreed to the request of Chen Lan and the others, wrote a letter to them, and ordered them to stick to the camp and receive military rations from Jiangbei when Zhu Zhishui's army lost its combat effectiveness.

Wait and see.

So far, with the power of the Guan family, they have done their best. The fights were good, Guan Ping attacked and destroyed Pan Zhang, and Ma Liang attacked the three counties and forced the mouth of the oil river.

Wang Wei led the naval army to fight against Zhu Zhi, and he did not suffer losses, but lost both.

Without external forces, relying on the current strength of the Guan family, it is really difficult to drive the Jiangdong people away.

"Yamagoe." Jiang Wan put on a big coat, pushed the door and walked out of the study, and the two soldiers at the door saluted Jiang Wan and called him an adult.

Jiang Wan nodded and looked up at the sky.

Tonight, the bright moon is in the sky, and the hall is very bright.

What about the future of the Guan family? Is it bright?

Will Yamagoe act as they speculated?

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Yamagoe.

There is no need to mention how stubborn Shanyue is.

Just talk about Shanyue's way of action, if the east wind of the river is smooth and the rain is smooth, the mountain people can also eat a full meal, and Shanyue will not be too lazy to move. On the contrary, Yamagoe will inevitably move.

In recent years, Shanyue has been operating almost every two years, causing great trouble to Sun Quan's rule.

This year, the east wind of the river is smooth, and the harvest is abundant, so it stands to reason that Shanyue will not move.

But there are no impermeable walls in the world, and there are no absolutes. Sun Quan raised as many as 130,000 soldiers and went to Jingzhou, which can be said to be the army of the whole country.

Although Shanyue is in the mountains, Jiangdong also kept a low profile and did not take the initiative to spread the news of Sun Quan's troops. But gradually, some Yamakoshi learned the news.

But most did not dare to act rashly.

Until Ma Liang sent people to Jiangdong and spread the news wildly. It is said that General Zuo, Jingzhou Mu, and Hanshou Marquis Guan Gong led the army to hold Sun Quan, and Shamoke sent troops to attack Wuling, Lingling, and Guiyang.

Jiang Wan, the governor of Jiangxia, led tens of thousands of troops to cross the Yangtze River to the south and cut off Sun Quan's back road.

Sun Quan is currently in Jingzhou, and he can't advance or retreat.

As soon as this news came out, it was like a wildfire burning the prairie fire, and many Shanyue were also moved.

The mountain is a branch of the hundred Yue, and the mountain has a hundred heads. The Han family gathers thousands of people to go up the mountain, and it is also a mountain.

Shanyue is a rebellious person, otherwise he would not have robbed it without eating.

But greed is big and small. Some people just want to eat well, and some people want more.

Now that Sun Quan is in Jingzhou, it seems that we can take advantage of the fire to rob? Many Shanyue handsome, so they had such thoughts.

Jiangdong territory, Wu County is the core location, is the land of Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period.

But Huiji County should not be underestimated, it is a land of Yue Guo.

On the mountains around Huiji County, there are also many mountains. One of them, the surname Zhang. The person at the head is called Zhang Han, who used to be an official and a general under Wang Lang.

Later, Sun Ce annexed Jiangdong, and Wang Lang led his troops against him, but of course he was defeated. Zhang Han did not submit to Sun Ce, but led the clan, the old department, into the mountains and called himself Shanyue, for the disaster of Ji County.

Sun Quan repeatedly sent troops to attack Zhang Han, but they were unsuccessful.

This man is a greedy man.

Zhang Han led his troops to a mountain called "Danshan", with a population of several thousand and seven or eight hundred soldiers, and he could make up fifteen or six hundred soldiers if he got together.

When Zhang Han heard the news, he summoned the leaders of the village to discuss major matters.

Zhang Han sat on the main seat, with tiger head and leopard eyes, strong body, and very powerful. He told the news first, and then said: "Now that Sun Quan is out of ground, we are lonely ghosts and ghosts, and we can make waves. I intend to gather all the strong men in the stockade and make them fifteen hundred. What do you think about robbing food and women? ”

The big and small leaders were quite excited and agreed. One of them, a man named Liu Chong, was quite calm, he touched his beard and said: "Dashuai, although Sun Quan transferred a large number of elite soldiers, I heard that Zhang Zhao ordered each county to train new soldiers. With our forces, we are really alone. It is better to contact people with lofty ideals and attack Huiji in a big way. ”

Zhang Han agreed when he heard this, and said, "Okay, then I will contact everywhere and agree to crusade against Sun Quan together." At this time, we train the army a little. ”

"No."

Big and small bosses made a big promise.

And this scene is playing out everywhere in Jiangdong.