In Jiangling City, Gao Jichang's mood was a little depressed.

Yesterday, he mentioned in his letter to Kou Yanqing and Wang Zongshou asking for help that two of the five acropolis outside Jiangling City had fallen into the hands of Wu State.

However, in fact, the Acropolis was still firmly in the hands of the defenders at that time, and judging from the strength of the Wu army's siege, it should take some time for them to capture the Acropolis.

So at that time, the reason why Gao Jichang said that the Acropolis had fallen was just to exaggerate the enemy situation and let Kou Yanqing and the others send troops as soon as possible.

But who knows, it was only one day, and what he said in the letter for help became true, and even the acropolis that were taken by the Wu army were not two, but three.

After the three inner cities were conquered by the Wu army, the Wu army could then build pontoon bridges over the moat, and even try to cut the moat, and then launch an attack on the main city.

Of course, if the Wu army wants to complete the construction of the pontoon bridge or cut the moat, it will take a while, so as long as Kou Yanqing and Wang Zongshou quickly dispatch troops after getting the news, there will be time.

"These Wu soldiers are really powerful, they are so ruthless when they are crazy, they have won three acropolis in one day, no wonder they can run rampant in the world and sweep the south!" Gao Jichang muttered in his heart, and on the other hand, he asked the general to understand more specific battle conditions and the strength of the enemy army.

By this time, he could no longer maintain his composure, and the strength of the enemy army was obviously beyond his expectations.

If the enemy army broke through an acropolis today, another acropolis tomorrow, and then another one the day after tomorrow, then Gao Jichang would not be too shocked.

After all, if you break through an acropolis in one day, it can only show that although the enemy's strength is strong, it is only a little stronger than the Jingnan army.

But now the Wu army has taken three acropolis in one day, which shows that the strength of the Wu army is far beyond the defenders.

Prior to this, the Wu army may not have seriously launched a siege war, but only came to a "warm-up"; Today is the first day after the Wu army got serious, and as a result, three acropolis were breached.

After having this speculation in his heart, Gao Jichang naturally became more and more jealous of Wu Jun's strength.

"I don't know if Kou Yanqing and Wang Zongshou have sent troops, if they don't send troops, I'm afraid it's too late!" He was secretly worried in his heart.

However, on the surface, his expression was not obvious at all, but asked Ni Kefu: "General Ni, the importance of the loss of the three Acropolis today to Jiangling must be clear to you, this commander plans to send troops to launch a counterattack on the Acropolis tonight, and launch a surprise attack at night, what do you think of this plan?" ”

"Fight back overnight? I'm afraid it's hard to succeed, right? The Wu army captured three acropolis in the afternoon, and if the Wu army had launched a counterattack while the Wu army was still on hold, it might have been able to drive the Wu army out. ”

"But now that so much time has passed since the fall of the Acropolis, I'm afraid that the Wu army has already done a good job of defense, just waiting for our army to take the initiative to attack!" Ni Kefu shook his head and said.

Marching Sima Wang Baoyi also said: "Jieshuai, launching a counterattack at this time basically has no possibility of success. ”

Gao Jichang was a little disappointed when he heard this.

Although he has outstanding ability, he can become the current envoy of the party from the status of a slave, so he naturally has his own special handsomeness.

However, he is more manifested in cunning, and he is not good at specific military strategies.

Therefore, in military affairs, he mainly refers to the opinions of Ni Kefu and other confidant generals.

Since Ni Kefu said with such certainty that there is basically no chance of success in the counterattack tonight, he will naturally not ask for trouble.

However, he still asked a little unwillingly: "Three of the six acropolis fell in one day, can I just sit idly by?" Is there any other way to remedy this? ”

Ni Kefu thought for a moment, bowed down and said, "Jie Shuai, counterattacking at this time is just a sudden loss of troops. The most critical question at the moment is when reinforcements will arrive. If reinforcements have already been dispatched, then the focus of the Wu army will inevitably be on reinforcements, and the enemy army should not attack the city further until the reinforcements are defeated. ”

Liang Zhen also nodded in agreement: "What General Ni said is reasonable, the key is when the reinforcements will arrive, and whether the reinforcements can repel the Wu army. Even, our reinforcements don't actually need to defeat the Wu army, as long as they are not defeated by the Wu army. If the time drags on for a long time, the Wu army will fight for a long time without success, and their morale will inevitably decline, and they will naturally have to withdraw their troops at that time! ”

Gao Jichang nodded bitterly after hearing this, whether Jiangling can hold on to it is never about him, but on whether the reinforcements are strong.

So now, he really has nothing to do except wait for reinforcements and preserve his strength.

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In the Wu military camp, the atmosphere was much warmer.

Three acropolis were breached in one day, and this result was not expected by Yang Wu and the others.

After all, there has been no major progress in the siege for many days before; And yesterday, the enemy army has just been replaced by a group of fresh troops, and it stands to reason that today's battle should be difficult after all, but who knows that in the end, it will be so smooth to capture the three acropolis.

Especially Wang Maozhang's side was the first to succeed, although Wang Maozhang garrisoned the North Camp, and now stays in the camp to preside over military affairs, and does not come to the East Camp, but Yang Wu still imagines the pride in his heart.

However, Hou Zhan, who was the only one who failed to break through the enemy's acropolis today, felt a little ashamed when facing Yang Wu.

Fortunately, all the generals knew that he was a cavalry general, and in the past, he led the cavalry to attack the enemy formation, and he had never done anything like this siege, so it was normal to behave a little bit.

After being appeased by the generals, Hou Zhan's face was much better.

Today has achieved a big victory, and the generals will naturally rejoice in their hearts.

However, in order to prevent the enemy from attacking out of the city tonight, all the generals did not drink to celebrate, but returned to their respective camps early to prepare.

Unfortunately, until dawn the next day, the enemy showed no signs of a counterattack.

The enemy did not fight back, which saved a lot of trouble.

The purpose of the Acropolis is to prevent attacks on Gangneung from outside, so many defensive facilities such as horse faces, chopping walls, and arrow towers have been built on the three outer walls, but in the direction of facing the main city of Gangneung, there are not many defensive facilities.

If the enemy had launched a counterattack last night, it would have been possible to take advantage of the imperfection of the defenses to retake the Acropolis again; But if yesterday's opportunity is missed, after the Wu army stabilizes, it will not be so easy for the enemy to recapture the acropolis.

Therefore, the enemy did not launch a counterattack, which of course lost an opportunity to hit the enemy army, but in general it was a good thing.

However, at this time, Yang Wu was a little bad.

It turned out that when supervising the battle yesterday, the sky was fine at first, but when the Acropolis was about to be breached, it suddenly began to pour down.

At that time, it was the critical time when the city was about to be broken, so naturally the troops could not be easily retreated; And Yang Wu, as the commander-in-chief, of course, can only stand in the rain and command the battle.

Originally, Cheng Xun and other guards were going to give him an umbrella to shield him from the rain, but Yang Wu felt that many soldiers in front of him were fighting to the death, and when other soldiers were also silently drenched in the rain, he was holding an umbrella, although everyone would not have any ideas in his identity, but he still felt that it was unnecessary.

After all, he is still young, energetic, and in good health, so he naturally doesn't take a little rain to heart.

So in the end, when the soldiers fought in the rain, Yang Wu also accompanied them in the rain.

What I didn't expect was that when I got up early this morning, Yang Wu found that he had a cold, not only a little blocked nose, but also a headache.

Although after being diagnosed by the imperial doctor of the army, he took a few more doses of medicine, but Yang Wu was still a little uncomfortable.

At this time, looking at Qin Pei and other generals who came to inquire about the condition in front of him, Yang Wu said: "Lone's condition is not a big deal, but it was a little rain yesterday, and I occasionally felt cold, and I can get better in a few days, so the generals don't have to worry." By the way, there are no signs of enemy reinforcements yet? ”

His voice was a little out of shape, apparently affected by his condition.

When the generals heard his voice, they became even more worried.

Fortunately, Yang Wu's body has always been very good, and he is young, so some minor illnesses will not be a big deal; Second, the imperial doctor also said that as long as you recuperate for a period of time, take medicine on time, and don't get tired, it won't take long to get better.

"The king, the general and others will naturally deal with the military situation, and the king does not need to worry about it; As for the reinforcements of the enemy army, there is no new information yet. However, our army only captured the Acropolis yesterday, and the news will not reach Guizhou and Xiangzhou so quickly. Wait two more days and there should be news. Qin Pei replied.

"In that case, then the military affairs will be left to you. It's really not the right time for Lone to get sick this time; But in retrospect, Lone hasn't been sick for several years, and it seems that he was a little careless yesterday. ”

Yang Wu squinted, he didn't expect that his cold this time would be so serious, and he didn't have any energy at all, so the military affairs could only be handed over to the generals to deal with.

Fortunately, there are many famous generals in the army, and they can rest assured that they can recuperate with peace of mind when they hand over general military affairs.