"Tai Shici, has the thing I asked your brigade to do is done?"

"Commander, don't worry, just dig a shallow ditch, the soil here is loose, effortless, and ready!"

"Okay, I'll listen to the situation later!"

Huang Zhong was a little excited when he saw the soil that had been dug up, I will fill in your trench and see what other means you have to stop us.

He sent the remaining 5,000 hoplites up, erected a large shield on the edge of the trench, and covered the others from pouring soil into the ditch, seeing that the trench was gradually filled, Huang Zhong loudly ordered them to speed up.

Zhu Ling saw that it was almost there, then turned to Tai Shici and said, "Let's do it!" How do I see how they crack this trick? ”

Tai Shi Ci turned to leave, and soon, there was a commotion from the trench on the hill on the other side of the avenue.

The Jingzhou army who was filling the ditch turned their heads to look, but saw a stream of water flowing down the hill and coming straight to the place where the soil was filled.

At first, the water flow was not large, but gradually the current increased, and the water had washed under the filled soil, and soon the soil was softened and softened.

I watched as more and more flowing water soaked the filled soil into mud, mud, and flowed downstream little by little, and finally there was a strong smell of fire oil in the water that flowed over.

By this time, it was already dark, and Tai Shici ordered his men to shoot a batch of rockets into the trench and set the mud mixed with fire oil on fire.

The firelight quickly formed a wall of fire, and Huang Zhong looked at the trench full of firelight, so he could only helplessly stop his futile actions and retreat ten miles back to camp.

He gathered several lieutenants together to discuss what to do next.

It was the lieutenant general who came up with the idea of cutting down a few trees that were more than two feet long, and fixing a large tree on one side of the hoplite's big shield to make a shield bridge similar to a ladder or stretcher.

In this way, put it on the trench, and you can rush through it by stepping on the big shield.

At the same time, the negative soil filling ditch can not be stopped, the water they attract is not large, presumably this water source is not a big river, the degree of influence is also limited, and after the oil is burned, the soil is compacted, not afraid of flooding.

Huang Zhong was immediately impressed by this deputy general, he knew that this person's name was Wen Ping, who was from Nanyang County.

He joined the army during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and then gradually transferred to his own command, and he usually had quite an idea, but he didn't expect to propose these good methods again this time!

"What Zhongye said is very true, just do it, cut wood, dig the soil, if you win this time, Zhongye should remember the first credit!"

Soon, everyone went down to prepare, and there was nothing to say that night.

Early the next morning, after breakfast, Huang Zhong urged the army to continue the attack, and the Central Army also entered the defensive position early.

Under the cover of the big shield, dozens of strong men built the shield bridge made of three big trees on the trench, and then dozens of people who dared to die took the lead in rushing across the shield bridge and set up a big shield at the other end to resist the crossbow shooting of the *** army.

Then more and more Jingzhou hoplites rushed through the trenches, began to form formations, and continued to advance to the last position.

At the same time, there were more people who poured the dug soil into the ditch, and Tai Shi Ci really didn't have more flowing water to impact the soil, and they just intercepted a small river ditch nearby.

How much water can be stored in a small river ditch, and the oil has long been used up, and the next battle still has to rely on real combat effectiveness.

Zhu Ling can only accept the reality, this method of shield bridge that Huang Zhong came up with is simple and practical, and it seems that he still has a bit of a brain.

Finally, when the hoplites of the Jingzhou Army and the hoplites of the Central Army collided together, and the big shield and the square shield collided together, a passage several zhang wide was successfully filled in the trench, and it was still extending to both sides.

This time, Huang Zhong invested 5,000 hoplites, 6,000 spearmen, and 6,000 crossbowmen, almost half of the entire army was used in this wave of attacks, and he also made a bloody investment.

The two sides engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat, and at this time, the protective advantage of chain mail was no longer there, and it was significantly inferior to ordinary armor when dealing with spear and horizontal knife stabbing and slashing.

Tai Shici once again sacrificed the tactics of rolling attack, intending to count the Jingzhou army into the trench, but fortunately, the Jingzhou army, which did not participate in the attack, did not stop filling the ditch with soil, so as to avoid the tragedy of falling into the trench.

Huang Zhong also noticed the problem that the forces of the Central Army were concentrated on one side, and he also invested 5,000 troops on the hill on the left and the avenue on the middle road, attacking on all three sides at the same time.

With the shield bridge, the trench was no longer an obstacle to the attack, and he now wanted to put pressure on the Central Army with his numerical superiority.

Half of the 11th and 12th Brigades of the 4th Division were helping the 10th Brigade hold their positions, and even the 12th Brigade was missing a regiment to defend Fangling County.

Therefore, the resistance and long-range attack of the Jingzhou army attacking on the left and in the center were far less than that of the right.

Of course, they generally did not have chain mail equipped, but they soon entered the hand-to-hand combat phase, and ordinary armor provided better protection.

Huang Zhong's numerical superiority was finally revealed, and Zhu Ling and Tai Shici began to be a little worried, their scouts had not yet made contact with any of their own troops.

If the Jingzhou Army persists in its current offensive posture, it will have to retreat for one more day at most, and it will also have to bear huge losses, and the hand-to-hand combat will also greatly reduce the strength of the Central Army.

At that time, Lu Bu was also anxiously hurrying, and after he set off from Nanzheng, he also failed to get in touch with Wei Xu in the middle and Zhu Ling in the east road.

I don't know where the two of them are heading, and I don't know what the battle situation between Fang Ling and Shangyong is?

He ordered the Special Operations Brigade to advance at full speed, and he himself led the Honor Second Brigade to follow behind the Special Operations Brigade, while Cheng Lian led two infantry brigades to follow behind at the speed of a rapid march, but they also had horses to travel, and they were not far behind.

It would be very difficult for any of the three people to fight the Jingzhou army alone, so Lu Bu was a little anxious.

Finally, Wang Quan sent someone to deliver the news that they had arrived at Shangyong City, Shangyong was still under Zhang Wei's control, and the Jingzhou army had indeed come to attack Shangyong and had occupied Fangling.

But I don't know why, the army was suddenly withdrawn yesterday, and Zhang had few guards, so he didn't dare to go out of the city to pursue, so he could only hold on and wait for help.

Wang Quan had already led the special combat brigade to chase down in the direction of Fangling, and told Lü Bu that the Jingzhou army had 50,000 horses, and the main general was called Huang Zhong.

Of course, Lu Bu knew Huang Zhong, and he also knew that Huang Zhong was under Liu Biao in Jingzhou before he followed Liu Bei, but he had always been unknown, and he was only a late bloomer after following Liu Bei, no, it should be said that he was an old man.

Unexpectedly, he has become the chief general of the 50,000 Jingzhou army now, and it seems that he has never been an ordinary person.

Lü Bu ordered Guan Hai to speed up the march, and soon, Lü Bu also led the army to sweep outside Shangyong City and go straight to Fangling.

(End of chapter)