An attack by the army in the city caused huge losses to Huang Gai and them.

Huang Gai couldn't understand Zhang Yu's arrangement at this time.

"Old General Huang, even if this Hefei City is empty, I'm afraid we won't be able to defeat it for a month." Jiang Qin said.

Huang Gai nodded, according to the calculation of the strength in the city just now, even if it was the enemy's entire strength, it would not be able to attack in a short time.

In fact, there were far more soldiers and horses in the city than Huang Gai and they estimated.

Because some of the troops going south were disguised before, they disguised themselves as people to transport grain and grass, but in fact, the weapons and equipment were all placed in the baggage.

Huang Gai discussed with Jiang Qin and said: "We will immediately attack Chao County, Chao County is more important, and we must test the true intentions of the enemy. ”

Huang Gai and the others still haven't been able to figure out Zhang Yu's intentions, which really gives them a headache.

Jiang Qin agreed, and the two packed up their soldiers and horses and left immediately.

Thousands of soldiers were left in vain, but there was no way to do it.

Chao County, if you march quickly, you can reach it in one day, and they arrived at Chao County in the afternoon of the next day and surrounded Chao County.

Chaoxian County has been reinforced, but the city has not been expanded, and it is not very large, but unlike Hefei City, this Chaoxian County has been built into a military town.

When Huang Gai and the others came to Chao County, they immediately felt that this Chao County was not easy to fight.

Chaoxian County is near the lake, and there are many water systems passing by, so there are two moats here, and the wide suspension bridge on the moat has been put away.

It's a military town, and it's not easy to attack.

"Old General Huang, I'm afraid it will take a day to fill the moat alone." Jiang Qin said helplessly.

Huang Gai shook his head and said: "The second moat is only more than forty meters away from the city wall, and the bow and arrow can already reach it, I'm afraid it will take longer." ”

The two were helpless, there was a moat to block them, and they could only fill it slowly.

Sun Ce's soldiers and horses began to fill the moat, and no one stopped the first moat, leaving them to fill it.

It was more than an hour after nightfall that night that they filled in the moat.

Fill in the first moat, they didn't immediately fill in the other one, and it was easy to be attacked in the dark.

At dawn the next day, they began to fill the moat again, this time with their shields.

One carried a shield, and the other carried sacks of sand to fill it.

In this way, the efficiency is naturally much lower.

The soldiers in the city naturally interfered with them with arrows, but they did not interfere all the time, and some soldiers used them to practice archery, and occasionally fired a salvo.

When Huang Gai wasted time in Hefei City and Chao County, the siege of Lujiang County was about to begin.

After more than a day of preparation, Jiangdong's soldiers and horses have prepared a large number of ladders.

When a new day came, the Jiangdong soldiers and horses left the barracks after breakfast.

The four walls of the city are heavily arranged, and the soldiers in front carry ladders in a neat arrangement.

Several young generals have already reached their respective walls, and they will be in charge of one wall and will launch a strong attack.

The soldiers were lined up neatly, and an aura of murder permeated.

"What a soldier." Zhu Zhi watched from the top of the city, and also sighed for the soldiers in Jiangdong.

Although the soldiers in Jiangdong behaved well, Zhu Zhi was not worried.

After the army on the Jiangdong side was ready, the offensive began.

Four walls attacked at the same time.

"Archer, projectile."

The first to attack were the archers, who ventured into range and fired at the enemy on the walls.

The dense array of arrows arrived, so that the soldiers on the head of the city did not dare to poke out of the battlements easily, and the soldiers who attacked the city wall at this time quickly attacked.

As soon as the ladder leaned against the wall, the soldiers began to rush up like a tidal wave.

The ladders are very dense, there is one more than one meter, and the city walls are densely arranged.

The soldiers began to rush wildly, and were knocked down, and the ones behind followed.

"Quick, let the soldiers below hurry up and transport the rocks and rolling logs."

"If the soldiers come up, don't go down, let the people help transport them."

As soon as he started attacking, he felt the pressure on the city, Zhu Zhi wrinkled his brows, but he didn't expect that Jiangdong's attack was not in accordance with the rules at all.

The so-called chapter method is to encircle three and lack one, and no matter what, several rounds of tentative attacks are required.

However, Jiangdong's soldiers and horses did not have it, and it was the most fierce attack.

And the archers, risking huge casualties, fired at the soldiers under the city.

You know, the archers in the city have the protection of the city walls, and their range and attack power are increased, and they don't seem to know this truth.

In fact, there is not much advantage for shooting on the city.

After all, the space on the head of the city is limited, and it is necessary to leave space for soldiers to attack the city, and also to leave a passage for the people to transport supplies.

The casualties on both sides are about the same, and it depends on who has the courage at this time.

In the end, of course, the soldiers of Koto had the courage to never retreat without an order, regardless of casualties.

The archers in the city gradually gained the upper hand.

By this time some of the soldiers had already climbed the top of the city, but the soldiers defending the city could poke their heads out and attack them with their spears.

However, the archers below were keeping a close eye on them, and after they poked their heads out to attack, they didn't have time to retract them, and a few arrows would come to the city.

Often, it is the soldiers at the head of the city who kill a soldier who climbs up, and then they are killed by the archers below the city.

It's really a life for a life, and the two sides used a way of fighting for their lives soon after the start of the fight.

Zhu Zhi patrolled back and forth around the city a few times, and there were not many mistakes in the defense, but the situation was relatively serious.

Things have exceeded Zhu Zhi's expectations.

"Once the county town is lost, this Poyang Lake is in danger, several generals must understand this truth, as long as I hold on for more than half a month, I will have a chance."

Zhu Zhi secretly assessed and estimated how far he needed to go.

It doesn't take half a month for support to arrive, but the enemy won't give up the attack as soon as support comes, and I'm afraid it will have to go through a bloody battle.

Zhu Zhi walked down the city wall, he was going to find the families in the city, so that their families could also be organized, and they could help when necessary.

Letting the family's guards participate in the defense of the city is that many people have done this, and Zhu Zhi is prepared.

The Jiangdong soldiers and horses attacked wave after wave, and they did not stop in the middle, and the army also changed batch after batch.

Such a fierce attack was also relatively rare in the battle in Jiangdong.

Several young generals even led people to charge, which was very crazy.

These young generals trained by Zhang Yu have brains and enthusiasm, and they are extremely loyal to Zhang Yu.

They are also eager for military merits, and Zhang Yu has always been stingy with rewards.

The frenzied attack caused huge losses on both sides.

At the end of the first day of the attack, both sides suffered about the same number of casualties, losing more than 6,000 men.

(End of chapter)