Chapter 429: Soldiers are in the construction industry
When their own people appeared on the opposite wall, the Jingzhou soldiers crowded in the culvert of the city gate finally couldn't stand it anymore and collapsed to the ground one by one! If these reinforcements come a stick of incense later, these people around Guan Yu are afraid that they will be wiped out. More than 1,000 people entered the city, and now there are less than 200 left, and the defenders have descended to the urn city to prepare for the fight. Good thing it's not too late! Everything is under Guan Yu's control!
In fact, Guan Yu also broke out in a cold sweat, before entering the city, he sent a hundred people to quietly follow the scout into the secret passage, and he led a thousand people to be used as bait, if the enemy did not ambush, then a thousand people were enough to occupy a city gate, then the rest of the people entered the city calmly. If the enemy had an ambush, more than a thousand plus those who had followed the scout into the city earlier would be enough to attract the defenders of the city.
In fact, the ambush of the defenders in the city can be regarded as carefully prepared, originally there was no urn city in Danyang County, and the stone wall built up when facing it was a clear proof of the defenders' efforts, and the scout was still inexperienced, and when he saw the Jingzhou soldiers and Guan Yu and others he brought in enter the encirclement, he couldn't wait to launch an attack signal to the defenders in the city. And forgot about his own body, forgot to send someone to watch the secret cave!
It was through that secret passage that both sides knew that the few and a half people who had followed the scouts into the city did not enter the encirclement, and more than a hundred people who followed behind quickly seized the east and west city gates, and thousands of Jingzhou had already gathered outside the city. Under the internal and external attacks, the east and west city gates were quickly broken!
The original besiegers and reapers changed their identities in an instant, and became the surrounded, when the Jingzhou soldiers continued to appear in the city head, the Danyang soldiers defending the city finally collapsed, they originally only had three thousand people, and there were already some casualties after holding out for several days, plus the remaining three city gates were scattered four or five hundred people, and the people who were ambushed at the south gate tonight were only two thousand, they thought very well, as long as Guan Yu's troops entered the city were surrounded, even if it was three thousand people, it was possible to severely damage the enemy, and it was difficult for the enemy to organize a strong resistance in a panic, Even if you are escaped in the end, you can kill and damage the enemy to the maximum. When they saw that Guan Yu had only brought a thousand people, they thought that they could completely annihilate the troops entering the city.
And the developments at the beginning also went in the direction they envisioned! But it fell short! There were enemy reinforcements in the city, and the defenders began to be chaotic, and Mi Zhu outside the city finally found an opportunity to take people to remove the earth and rocks blocking the city gate, and began to cooperate with the soldiers in the city to open the city gate!
In this battle, Guan Yu almost came out of the nest except for leaving 500 people to guard the camp! Such a bold action was also unexpected by the defenders of Danyang. even deceived Mi Zhu and Guan Yu and many people around them! However, it is precisely this that has had an unexpected effect. Seven or eight thousand people swarmed in, and Danyang said that it was lost in an instant after holding on for several days!
After a night of counting, most of the more than 2,000 soldiers defending the city were killed, and a small number of surrendered prisoners were also thrown into prison by Guan Yu. By the time the grain, grass and baggage were moved into Danyang City, it was already dark, and after a busy night, Guan Yu had to order the whole army to rest for a day, although Xu Ming was about to arrive in Jianye, but Guan Yu's successful victory in Danyang was also a key victory!
As for the scout, Guan Yu naturally did not relent, thinking of his embarrassment when he was in the culvert of the city gate, Guan Yu immediately ordered someone to show his head to the public! The scout no longer begged for mercy, he knew that his life was at stake, but he didn't dare to escape, just because he was born in a big family in Danyang, and his wife and children were all there. Therefore, voluntary death. It's just that after his death, whether Guan Yu will let go of his family and clansmen is no longer something he can control!
A moment later, the scout's head was cut off and hanged, and the anger in Guan Yu's heart eased slightly. The news of Danyang being captured quickly spread to Liu Cong's camp outside Jianye City, and Xu Ming, who was on the way to Jianye, also got the news, and of course, Zhu Zhi, who was trapped in Jianye City, also got the news soon after! He knew that he was about to face Lu Su's kind of dilemma!
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Ten miles southeast of Jianye City, a team, more than ten people, is walking through a hidden path, although the number is small, but they are all elite. Although they are dressed in ordinary military uniforms, the horses that sit down are all high-quality horses. It was Xu Ming who was the leader, he had already brought almost all of Qu'a's soldiers to Jianye, turned the cup to surround Jianye, and camped thirty miles southeast of Jianye, and now he is coming to explore the road with a few personal guards!
Soon the group arrived close to Jianye County, and when they saw the heavily guarded Jianye County, Xu Mingliang sighed for a long time: "I really didn't expect that this old thief of Zhu Zhi would insist on it like this, and even bring out the old book...... It seems that this time he is going to stick to Jianye. "Xu Ming's family was destroyed by Sun Ce, and Zhu Zhi is the most staunch supporter of the Sun family. In Xu Ming's eyes, those who still insist on being by Sun Quan's side at this moment are the diehards of the Jiangdong Sun family, and they are the ones he wants to eliminate!
"My lord, I would like to go to the front to find out the situation." At this time, one of the people took the initiative to ask: "Let's see if we can still get in touch with the previous shadows." ”
"Wei Chang, be careful." Xu Ming nodded in agreement. The reason why he was able to start an incident in Qu'a was that in addition to his father's operation in Wu County back then, the Jinyi Wei arranged by Liu Cong in Jiangdong was not a little helpful, and he naturally knew the role of the shadow son in the siege of the city.
Wei Chang kicked the horse's belly and urged the horse to go in the direction of Jianye County.
And this small team, waiting in a nearby remote place, could not make a fire at this time, and everyone took out the dry food from the horse bag, which was fried rice and dried meat. Even if you take a temporary break and let the horses eat and drink, you are still vigilant at all times. Obviously, these people are people who have followed Xu Ming for many years, and they are not at all like those recruits in the southern battalion.
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was two hours, and finally Wei Chang's figure appeared from the front, one person and one horse, and quickly came to everyone.
"My lord, I'm still in touch. Jianye County now has 14,000 soldiers, including 2,000 recruits. Wei Chang turned over and dismounted, and told himself what he had seen: "The lord and General Gan will launch a small-scale siege every day. And after collecting troops every day, Zhu Zhi would force the people to repair the city, so so far the loss of the city wall is not large. ”
"That being the case, send someone to Danyang to report the news, and order the rear troops to continue marching, we must arrive at Jianye before General Guan, and we have already formed an encirclement of Jianye." Xu Ming nodded and gave an order: "Wei Chang, since you are an explorer, it is up to you to inform General Guan and ask him to come quickly." ”
"No!." Wei Chang responded, this is a military order.
After resting for a while, the expedition team continued to speed towards Jianye City.
Jianye City, thick smoke billowed out, the sound of killing was at its peak, this sound could be seen even from miles away, countless people rushed up through the ladder and arrow tower, and kept falling, turning into a mass of broken flesh under the city, and blood splashed. This is another time that Liu Cong's army is attacking Jianye!
Another tidal wave of attacks stopped. It's just that standing in Jianye City and looking out. The entire outside of the city was densely covered with banners to wave the army, the retreating enemy soldiers, sorting out the soldiers and weapons a stone's throw away, and the craftsman Ding Ding Dangdang who accompanied the army was assembling and repairing siege vehicles and ladders.
The front is noisy, the back is immovable, quiet and indifferent, and at a glance, you can know that Gan Ning has managed the army well.
At this time, Jianye City was already in a busy mess. A battle had just ended, and the wounded soldiers were being treated. From time to time people die. ** Screams, screams. On the castle tower, there are endless ears.
The dead soldiers were dragged flat and burned, and although it was already autumn, the temperature was still a little high during the day, and the corpses were left to pile up and rot. Not only will it hit morale, but it will also bring plague.
Zhu Zhi's nephew, Zhu Li, returned to the hall with a gloomy face after inspecting the city, looked for a seat, and threw his body up.
In the past few days, there has been a lot of fighting. Both sides suffered heavy casualties, although Zhu Li was a fierce general, but in the face of the main general Zhu Zhi, he was still under great pressure, and the 1,500 people in his hands had already lost 20% in just a few days.
"If it continues like this, it may not be able to support it in less than a month."
"I wonder what my uncle's countermeasures are?" Pick up and place the teacup, raise your head and drink, the tea will have cooled down early, who cares about so much at this time? The hot bubbles in his mouth had already made him angry.
At this time, even if you drink a cup of agar jade liquid, you can't taste the wonderful taste, this herbal tea. But it calmed down the restless fire a little. The premature fall of Danyang made Zhu Zhizaoji fall into passivity, and he thought that Liu Cong would be the same as when he besieged Chaisang.
But he had to choose Jianye as an attack, the city walls of Danyang and Wuhu counties were less than one-tenth of Jianye, and if Jianye was abandoned, Liu Cong's army would crisscross the river and go directly to Qu'a, and then attack Wu County from Qu'a, and it would be meaningless for him to block in Danyang and Wuhu.
"It's better to ...... Hiss! Zhu Li wanted to speak and stopped.
When Zhu Zhi, who was tired, saw Zhu Li, his eyes noticed Zhu Li's injured left arm.
"Li'er, are you injured?" Depending on the situation, the injury is not light.
"Yes, when the enemy attacked the city today, the enemy accidentally drilled into the eye." Zhu Li said lightly.
Knowing that his nephew is always charging ahead, he is never greedy for life and afraid of death, and he has resisted and attacked vigorously in the past few days, not inferior to the general, although Zhu Zhi did not say anything, his face was already satisfied.
"Now that you're injured, you can rest!" Zhu Zhi said comfortingly.
Hearing this, Zhu Li immediately said: "Uncle, my nephew's injury is nothing, and he can still solve problems for his uncle." The tone was very serious.
Zhu Zhi has a son, Zhu Ran followed Lu Su in Chaisang and never returned, and the remaining two biological sons are a little mediocre and even a little weak in Zhu Zhi's opinion, this is not an era of peace, Zhu Zhi thinks that men should know a little bit of martial arts to be able to spill blood.
Zhu Li has always been enthusiastic about this position, plus he and Zhu Zhi are close relatives, and he has some talents, when it comes to showing loyalty, Zhu Li is never stingy. Zhu Zhi likes this very much, and has always thought that this son is loyal to him, and he can be cultivated as his heir's right-hand man in the future, and he doesn't feel that this brave general will have any eyes in front of him.
Hearing Zhu Li's words, Zhu Zhi rarely showed a smile: "Do you still want to be strong in front of your uncle?" It's just to let you rest for two days, this city is defended, but it is a protracted war, and the generals who go into battle will not be consumed like this all the time? There's always a rotation, you just rest! ”
Hearing his uncle say this, Zhu Lifang no longer insisted, and he saluted respectfully: "Yes, I listen to my uncle's order......"