Zhang Dingbian also knew that Yuan Yao used troops, although it seemed that he always won by surprise, which seemed very dangerous, but in fact, Yuan Yao had already made a full consideration and made multiple preparations before starting a war, and Yuan Yao only started a war with the enemy when he had a good chance of winning after calculation.

Now attacking the land of Jingzhou, this is a major event related to whether Yuan Yao can completely rise and the power of Cao Cao's department, Zhang Dingbian believes that with Yuan Yao's mind, he must have made a comprehensive plan. Since Yuan Yao can be very calm at this time, it means that Yuan Yao is still very confident in his heart, and he must have the certainty of victory to be able to be so calm.

The three counties of Jingnan are a huge flaw!

Liu Biao's forces may not know how many troops can be mobilized under Yuan Yao's command, and whether Yuan Yao still has the strength to open up another battlefield, but as a general under Yuan Yao, this matter naturally can't be hidden from Zhang Dingbian's eyes, Zhang Dingbian knows that Yuan Yao still has the soldiers and horses of the two major military regions have not been mobilized, especially the Shanyue Theater, and now the Shanyue tribe has been weakened to the extreme by Lu Xun's troops and horses, as long as Yuan Yao is willing, he can completely transfer most of the soldiers and horses in the Shanyue Theater to Jingzhou.

If Yuan Yao wants to open up another battlefield in the three counties of Jingnan, it is just an easy matter, and the three counties of Jingnan have such a big flaw, can Yuan Yao not find it? Zhang Dingbian doesn't believe it!

Zhang Dingbian saw that Xu Shu wanted to go with him, and he was more sure of his judgment in his heart, and said: "It seems that Yuan Zhi also thinks that the main guild has sent troops to enter the land of the three counties of Jingnan?" ”

Xu Shu smiled slightly, and said: "Now Liu Pan gathers the soldiers and horses of the four counties of Jingnan and the area of Linxiang City, this move seems to have allowed the soldiers and horses of the four counties to gather and avoid the possibility of being broken by each one, but the Jingzhou army is different from our army, the Jingzhou army is full of mountains, and all the Taishou generals have their own selfish intentions, as long as their fundamental place is captured by our army, then the Jingnan coalition army will immediately disperse, or even directly serve our army." The four counties of Jingnan are all one, and the other three counties are lost, and a single Changsha county will not be able to defend it for a long time! ”

"As long as the four counties of Jingnan are captured, there will only be one southern county left in the land of Jingzhou, and then the Jingzhou army will definitely shake wildly, and our army will be able to establish a victory in one fell swoop, so I don't need to compare the city with other places, I only need to hold on for a longer time than the four counties of Jingnan." Our army is an elite division, everyone has the heart to fight and die, this Jingzhou army is far inferior, even if the moat outside the city is filled, the Jingzhou army and Xinye soldiers and horses want to storm and take my Jingling City, it is definitely not possible to do it in a short time. ”

"Therefore, the general doesn't have to worry at all, just sit back and wait for the Jingzhou army and Xinye soldiers and horses to attack the city!"

"What Yuan Zhi said is reasonable, since this is the case, then we can't stick to it!"

Zhang Dingbian nodded with a smile, then looked left and right, and said: "Come on, the flying pigeon passed the book to General Zhou Yu, ordering him to defend the Shuizhai Pass City, and he must not fight easily!" ”

"No!"

The military order hurriedly went to send Zhou Yu's heart, Zhang Dingbian and Xu Shu also stood on the city wall and watched the sinking of the Jingzhou Navy Division blocking the moat, Zhou Yu is also a talented person, he originally did not want to go out of the city to intercept the enemy's warship, after getting Zhang Dingbian's order, naturally he would not go out of the city.

……

The Jingzhou army was soon ready to attack and fill the moat, and with Liu Qi's order, all the soldiers and horses immediately began to reorganize.

"Knock knock!! Knock knock knock!! Knock knock knock!! ”

"Knock knock!! Knock knock knock!! Knock knock knock!! ”

"Knock knock!! Knock knock knock!! Knock knock knock!! ”

……

The earth-shattering war drums rose to the sky again, although the annihilation of Liu Bei's 2,000 soldiers and horses affected the morale of some Jingzhou troops and Xinye soldiers and horses, but after the Jingzhou Navy Division blocked the moat with a sunken ship, and it really worked, the morale of the Jingzhou army and Xinye soldiers and horses was raised again.

With the sound of war drums, the soldiers and horses of the Jingzhou Army and the Xinye Army formed a military formation again, and went straight to Jingling City, Jingzhou Army and Xinye Army stopped again after coming to Jingling City not far away, and the generals of the two armies gave an order, and saw countless sergeants holding a shield in one hand and a bag full of sand in the other, and went straight to the moat of Jingling City.

After the soldiers and horses outside the city reached the shooting range of the archers in the city, the defenders of the city immediately shot round after round of feather arrows at the crowd of soldiers and horses who filled the moat, but the siege soldiers and horses of the Jingzhou army and the Xinye army had already been prepared, and the archers of the two armies also came to the front of Jingling City under the protection of the shield array, and immediately countless feathered arrows flew straight towards the defenders of the city.

In addition, the bed crossbows, trebuchets and other long-range offensive weapons in the Jingzhou army and the Xinye army were also launched in unison, and launched an attack on the city wall of Jingling City, but the defenders on the city were also unrelenting, and the bed crossbows on the city wall and the trebuchets installed in the city were also launched together, and countless crossbow arrows and boulders also went straight to the enemy army outside the city.

Taking advantage of the time when the crossbowmen shot at each other, the soldiers and horses of the Jingzhou army and the Xinye army who filled the moat hurriedly covered their bodies with their shields and flew towards the moat outside the city. These soldiers and horses arrived at the edge of the moat, dumped the sand in the bag into the moat, and immediately retreated back, of course, on the way back and forth, naturally some casualties were indispensable, but the number of siege soldiers and horses was huge, and it was completely possible to divide into several teams to take turns to fill the moat, which also gave the siege soldiers and horses some respite.

Feathered arrows and boulders on the battlefield are like the wind, and teams of siege soldiers and horses below the battlefield are constantly rotating to fill the moat, although the Jingzhou Army and the Xinye Army have a large number of casualties, but the progress of filling the moat has also been maintained at a relatively fast speed.

The battle lasted until sunset, and after the Jingzhou army and Xinye soldiers and horses had dinner outside the city and rested for a while, they continued to fill in the moat, and there was no intention of Ming Jin to withdraw the troops at all.

The night also has a certain protective effect on the siege soldiers and horses, and under the night, the lethality of the feather arrows of the defending soldiers and horses is immediately much smaller, so the soldiers of the Jingzhou Army and the Xinye Army are also willing to continue to fill the moat at night, which is also a strategy for them to save their lives.

Zhang Dingbian and Xu Shu saw that the enemy army outside the city wanted to fight at night, and they could only deal with it helplessly, and the two agreed that one person would patrol the sentry in the middle of the night, and after replacing the soldiers and horses defending the city, one person would also have spare money to rest.