Liu Bei gathered troops and horses, in order to capture Jiangling before the return of the Jiangdong army, after arriving in Jiangling, Liu Bei immediately engaged in the siege, and the 30,000 army formed a formation and took turns to attack Jiangling.

Cao Cao's army was newly defeated, and the morale was low, but Liu Bei was as morale as a rainbow, and he did not take any way of encircling the three ques, first, there were not so many troops, and second, he concentrated his troops to attack a little, and the city wall of Jiangling City was so big that there was no way to put troops into it at one time, and the difficulty of attacking the city was naturally lower.

The soldiers and horses brought from Xiakou were not only well-trained, but also equipped with sophisticated weapons made in Liu Yi's workshop, and as soon as these horses were put into battle, they brought great pressure to Cao Ren, who was defending the city.

When the Red Cliff was defeated and Cao Cao left Jiangling to Cao Ren, Cao Ren began to set up defenses, the woods outside Xingyang City were cut down by Cao Ren, and all the obstacles within the range of bows and arrows outside the city were bulldozed, and the city also dug a moat outside the moat.

In addition, there are also a lot of bed crossbows and trebuchets set up on the head of the city, and there are as many rolling wood and stones as there are, and the defense of the entire Jiangling City can be said to be comprehensive, Cao Ren is confident that whether Jiangdong or Liu Bei calls, he will be able to hold it for at least a year.

It's just that when Liu Bei really called, Cao Ren felt a little unbearable.

People's archers stand under the city, farther than the condescending Cao army, the archers line up to shoot arrows to the city, in addition to the bed crossbow can also cause some threats to people, their own archers are basically useless, simply out of reach, just the first round of attack, will be the head of the Cao army at the head of the city to press the head of the Cao Army, until the other party waved the army to attack the city, add a ditch, began to build a pontoon bridge or directly buy the ladder, Cao Jun began to counterattack.

Cao Ren felt that he was already very aggrieved when he fought Mocheng last time, but this time, when Liu Bei's soldiers and horses attacked, Cao Ren found that Mocheng was a small number of people at the beginning, and now when the enemy is outnumbered, the advantage of equipment is too important.

"General, some can't hold it!" A general came to Cao Ren's side in embarrassment, the enemy's offensive was too fierce, and the equipment was too good, just such a short period of effort, he was rushed on the city wall several times, if they hadn't driven those people down in time, the city wall might have been lost, even now, Liu Beijun brought them too much pressure.

Cao Ren kicked a besieging soldier off the city wall with one kick, and shouted: "If you can't defend it, you must defend it." ”

This is the first day, if he can't hold on for even a day, what face does he Cao Ren have to go to see Cao Cao, just wipe his neck.

Fortunately, there are not too many such bows and crossbows in Liu Bei's army, although it is hard, but Cao Ren still holds it, but the price is too great, although it is not calculated, but this battle loss is even more than Liu Bei, if this comes a few more times, the loss of troops alone can exhaust the generals.

Looking at Liu Beijun who receded like a tide, Cao Ren's whole person seemed to be prostration, sitting on the ground without an image, watching the soldiers command the people to carry a bloody corpse down the city, only to feel a bad breath in his chest.

Since Xuzhou, it has not been once or twice since he fought with Liu Bei, and this is the first time he has been beaten so miserably by Liu Bei, which makes Cao Ren feel depressed in his chest.

On the other side, Liu Bei's camp.

Although the city was not broken, Liu Bei was quite satisfied with today's results, Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang and said: "Kong Ming, why didn't you release the signal just now and let Yun Chang take the opportunity to attack Shuizhai?" ”

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "Although the battle is going well today, the lord should find that the Cao army has not concentrated all its forces here, if General Guan comes to attack at this time, he may not be able to break through the water village, but it will make Cao Ren vigilant." ”

Generally, generals with some combat experience can roughly estimate the approximate strength of the opponent as long as they look at the opponent's defensive methods.

"Hey~" Zhang Fei sneered when he heard this: "Strategist, if you want me to say, with the current equipment of our army, within three days, even a strong attack can break the city, why bother the second brother?" ”

"Three days?" Zhuge Liang shook his head and smiled when he heard this: "The three generals can't help but underestimate that Cao Ren, and the three generals should know that Bo Yuan's equipment is not much, and the soldiers in our army equipped with Bo Yuan's equipment are only more than 5,000 people. ”

"If I knew this was the case, I should have asked Bo Yuan to make more arrows." Zhang Fei said with some annoyance, I didn't realize it before, but as soon as this battle started today, it was really cool, Zhang Fei fought hard for a long time, or the first time that the siege side did not occupy too much advantage in troops, pressing the defender to fight, although he had already experienced Liu Yi's power before, but now, Zhang Fei was really glad that Liu Bei ignored their opposition and personally invited Liu Yi, isn't it Bai Lu Bu? A dead man, and aside from anything else, Lu Bu's ability Zhang Fei is actually quite admired, worship it, as long as Liu Yi is willing to continue to follow them, don't say Liu Bei, let Zhang Fei follow, and now he Zhang Fei is definitely willing.

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang glanced at Zhang Fei speechlessly, then you have to ask for money, didn't you say that you have experienced it personally, one person has a hundred dollars a day, and Liu Bei, a craftsman with a hundred people, is only barely able to support it, no matter how much, where will the money come from for Liu Yi? What to do if you don't have money?

Ignoring Zhang Fei's foolishness, Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang and said: "Kong Ming, make a detailed report, Zhou Yu's army is already rushing here, and it will arrive in three days at the latest. ”

This is also the reason why Liu Bei is eager to break through Jiangling, if Zhou Yu comes and wants to rob Jiangling, Liu Bei really has no confidence to refuse with Zhou Yu.

"The lord can rest assured, tomorrow can strengthen the siege, Cao Ren sees that it is our army to attack, he will inevitably draw Shuizhai soldiers and horses to help, then as long as General Yun Chang appears in time, according to the benefits of the new warship made by Boyuan, he will be able to attack the water village in one fell swoop!" Zhuge Liang smiled and said, one day's time is enough for him to see through the reality of Jiangling City, Cao Cao left in a hurry, the defenders left in Jiangling City are between 6,000 and 10,000, if it is ordinary, it is really not easy to attack the city, but now with the equipment provided by Liu Yi, plus the Guan Yu army prepared on one side, it is really not difficult to take Jiangling before Zhou Yu's army arrives.

"Okay, I'll order someone to inform Yun Chang." Liu Bei nodded, suppressed the excitement in his heart, took Jiangling, Nanjun is basically in hand, this kind of thing, I feel excited when I think about it.

Liu Beijun rested quite peacefully this night, but Cao Ren was reinforcing the city wall overnight, Liu Beijun's equipment was too strong, if he didn't strengthen the city wall, Cao Ren was really not sure if he would be able to hold it tomorrow.

Early the next morning, just after dawn, Liu Bei's army, which had been repairing all night, was already in battle under Jiangling City and preparing to attack the city.

Cao Ren didn't sleep all night, and commanded the defense with a strong spirit, not to mention the others, the shield went up first, protecting the archers, with yesterday's experience, it was a lot easier to fight today, but it was still aggrieved, especially after the siege began, after those soldiers wearing armor rushed up, it felt like a mad cow rushing in, and they didn't care about defense, they cut down when they saw people, often cut down one, and they could die three or five on their side.

Cao Ren studied the other party's armor last night, and it didn't look much different from his own, but it was very resistant to cutting, and he didn't know how to do it.

"General, there are not enough people here." A general of the Cao army with an arrow stuck in his back rushed to Cao Ren and said hysterically: "Transfer the soldiers of the other city walls!" ”

"No way!" Cao Ren shook his head and said, "Then Liu Bei didn't do his best, if we send troops and horses, he will immediately divide his troops to attack other city walls!" ”

When Liu Bei came yesterday, Cao Ren had already found out clearly, Liu Bei waved his troops to attack this time, there were 30,000 soldiers and horses, and now there are only a few thousand people on the battlefield, if he really dares to transfer soldiers and horses from other directions, Liu Bei is afraid that he will immediately strengthen the offensive, and at the same time divide his troops to other city walls to start attacking, at that time, Cao Ren did not even have a move.

"But if it goes on like this, I'm afraid this side will be broken today!" The adjutant said hoarsely.

Cao Ren pondered for a moment and said: "Then Liu Bei didn't have many soldiers and horses before, most of these 30,000 soldiers and horses were borrowed from Liu Qi, and his command should be a waterless army, pass on my military order, and go to transfer the soldiers of Shuizhai to defend the city!" ”

Liu Bei used to recruit troops and horses in Xiakou, and took out 10,000 to the death, but now there are so many soldiers and horses at once, according to common sense, I am afraid that most of them are borrowed from Liu Qi, and some of them are Jingxiang's soldiers who fled from Chibi, Liu Bei has not used it, I am afraid that he also knows that those people are not useful, as long as they can resist the onslaught of these elite soldiers, and wait for the other party's spirit to vent, it will not be difficult to defend the city.

"Whoa!" The general didn't care about the cluster of arrows stuck in his back, and ran to give the order tremblingly.

"My lord, the time has come!" Zhuge Liang, who was watching the enemy formation, suddenly keenly noticed that Cao Jun's resistance was much stronger, and immediately looked at Liu Bei.

"Good!" Liu Bei had been waiting for this moment for a long time, and immediately ordered someone to light the beacon fire prepared in advance, and Guan Yu's navy hid on the opposite bank in order to avoid Cao Jun's discovery, and it was naturally impossible to sound the arrow, so he could only use the beacon fire as the number.

Someone had already lit the prepared beacon with a torch, and billowing smoke rose into the sky.

Cao Ren frowned at this scene in the city, his heart was dark, he just waited for a long time, and he didn't see any reaction from Liu Bei, he relaxed a little for a while, and Liu Bei's offensive became more and more fierce, so he could only let go of the doubts in his heart and continue to wander around the city to defend the city.