In Jiangling, Liu Biao was deeply jealous of Su Zhe's strength, and at Xu Shu's suggestion, nearly 40,000 soldiers and horses all withdrew into Jiangling City, in a vain attempt to rely on the strength of Jiangling City Wall to defend the city.

Jiangling City is the second largest city in Jingzhou after Xiangyang, which is already extremely strong, and Liu Biao used the people's strength to double the construction of the city wall in order to prevent Su Zhe, and built the entire city as strong as iron.

In addition, Jiangling City is also the place where the grain of Jingnan counties is accumulated, and the grain and grass accumulated in various granaries in the city are piled up like mountains, which is enough to support the military and civilians of a city for a year.

Liu Biao and Xu Shu both firmly believed that with the solidity of Jiangling City and the backing of sufficient grain and grass, as long as they could not hold out, it was enough to defend the old city of Su Zheshi, and the grain and grass were exhausted and they were forced to withdraw their troops.

Liu Biao's stubbornness was naturally expected by Su Zhe.

He has 50,000 cavalry and horses, only 10,000 more than Liu Biao, although he is in the field, he is confident that he has an absolute chance of winning, but if it is used to attack the city, this point of soldiers and horses is a bit insufficient.

Su Zhe knew the truth of attacking the city, so when the army entered the city, he only set up camp, but did not immediately launch a fierce attack, but divided his troops and horses to capture the Zhijiang, Yongxiang, Yiling and other counties around Jiangling, cut off the outer wings of Jiangling, and turned Jiangling City into a lonely city hanging on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

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The seventh day of the siege.

At dawn, nearly 50,000 Soviet soldiers all went out of the camp and lined up outside the north gate of Jiangling, with banners covering the sky and the sun, and the army was mighty.

The Soviet army put on a posture of attacking the city, and the sound of gongs and warnings at the head of the city was loud, and tens of thousands of Jingzhou soldiers were driven to the head of the city by Liu Biao, ready to fight.

A group of uneasy Jingzhou soldiers looked at the huge Soviet army outside the city, and they all sweated.

Once upon a time, they did not pay attention to the Soviet army outside the city, but after experiencing repeated tragic defeats, the Soviet army has planted the seeds of fear in their hearts.

How can they not be terrified in the face of a ferocious, invincible enemy.

In the center of the city tower, Liu Biao stood with his sword in his hand, and his old face pretended to be fearless and calm, but he couldn't hide the uneasiness in his heart.

Left and right, in addition to Huang Zhong, Cai Mao, Wen Ping, Kuai Yue and other Jingzhou civil and military officers are all jealous.

Only Xu Shu was indifferent and did not take the Soviet army outside the city in his eyes.

"Su Zhe's soldiers and horses are only more than 50,000, but Liu Jingzhou has 40,000 soldiers and horses, only 10,000 numerical advantages, it is impossible for him to capture Jiangling, Liu Jingzhou should be calm." Xu Shu comforted softly.

After listening to Xu Shu's relief, Liu Biaofang breathed a sigh of relief, and snorted coldly at the Soviet army outside the city: "Su Zhe traitor, if you have the courage, you will come to attack the city, and the old man will accompany you to the end!" ”

The Jingzhou soldiers on the left and right, seeing that the lord was full of confidence, couldn't help but be infected by his confidence, and their uneasy mood also calmed down a little.

Woo woo ~ ~

In the midst of the Soviet formation, the horn sounded, and the formation changed.

Liu Biao thought that Su Zhe was going to attack the city, his nerves immediately tensed, he drew his sword in his hand, pretended to be energetic, and shouted: "The soldiers of the whole army obey the order, follow the old man to defend Jiangling, and never let the enemy thieves set foot on the first step of my city!" ”

Under his encouragement, the Jingzhou soldiers at the head of the city plucked up their courage and shouted the sound of war, and the momentum was great.

Outside the city, Su Zhe looked at the screaming city, but the corners of his mouth raised a sneer, "Liu Biao, do you think I will be so stupid to let my soldiers give you a head for nothing." ”

After the taunt, Su Zhe glanced at Hu Che'er.

Hu Che'er immediately gave the order to go, and the red letter flag shook like the wind.

When the order was passed, the army formations were immediately separated, and hundreds of war horses, dragging behemoths, entered the front of the army formation.

Trebuchet!

It was more than 300 trebuchets, which Su Zhe spent several months and carefully built for today's use.

He also planned to launch another meteorological attack and use thunderstorms to blast through Gangneung City, which was simple and rude.

It's just that according to the detailed report, Liu Biao doubled the thickness of the city wall, which made Su Zhe a little worried about whether the thunderstorm could still work.

Today, he will use the bombardment of trebuchets to test the solidity of the Gangneung city wall.

In a matter of moments, the trebuchet placed Anbi, and hundreds of huge stone projectiles were also loaded.

At the head of the city, Liu Biao and the others gasped when they saw the rows of trebuchets, and their high morale was suddenly hit.

Xu Shu also frowned slightly, and a trace of jealousy flashed in his eyes.

Just when they were uneasy, Su Zhe gave an order, hundreds of trebuchets were launched at the same time, and in the loud sound of the sky and the earth cracking, countless stone bullets rose into the air, like falling stars, towards the overwhelming bombardment of the enemy city.

Liu Biao stood still.

He tried to keep his composure, to maintain his tall, calm image, hoping that he was lucky enough that the stone bullet wouldn't come at him.

The next second, he realized that his luck was terrible.

In the front, a stone bullet soared into the sky as if it had an eye, and swooped down towards him.

If he pretends to be tall again, it would be strange if he didn't blow him into a pulp on the spot.

The horror instantly hit the whole body, Liu Biao couldn't care about any image anymore, and shrank his head to the ground with his head in his hands.

Rumble!

The stone bullet grazed overhead and hit the castle tower, directly smashing the door panel made of thick wood into pieces.

The unsplashed sawdust fell off Liu Biao's head and face, making him gray and embarrassed, where is there any celebrity demeanor.

Immediately after, hundreds of stone bullets fell into the sky.

Boom Boom!

The dull sound of impact, one after another, was mixed with the incessant screams.

Dozens of soldiers had no time to dodge, and were hit by stone bullets and were blown into pulp on the spot.

Even, just beside Liu Biao, a pro-soldier was smashed into his brain, and the splash* even splashed on his face.

The smell of blood and stench almost made Liu Biao vomit.

"Liu Jingzhou, although this stone-throwing maneuver is quiet, it can't cause substantial damage to our city wall, just get through it, don't mess with yourself." Xu Shu's voice of relief sounded beside him.

Liu Biao turned his head to look, but saw that Xu Shu was also squatting beside him at some point, but he was squatting calmly and much more elegant than himself.

Liu Biao had no choice but to shrink under the city wall like a turtle with a shrunken head, shouting at the soldiers not to panic.

The Soviet trebuchet, with its endless bombardment, sent the stone bullets in the air to the head of the city.

Tens of thousands of Jingzhou soldiers could only huddle under the battlements like their lords, secretly praying that they would have good luck and not be smashed into meatloaf by stone bullets.

It's just that the power of the trebuchet is too strong, and the battlements that can't be penetrated by sharp arrows are easily destroyed by stone bullets, and hundreds of Jingzhou soldiers are unfortunately hit by stone bullets, either crippled or directly blasted into pulp.

Liu Biao squatted under the broken battlements, but fortunately, his own soldiers were strong and big, and they did the second layer of blocking for him, so he survived.

It's just that he looked left and right, and there were soldiers who were constantly dying miserably, but he was frightened and pale.

In this short period of time, for Liu Biao and his soldiers, it was like hell descending.

Su Zhe in front of the city, but with his soldiers, admired with great interest the wonderful picture of the enemy being ravaged by his own stone bullets.

Half an hour after the bombardment of the city, tens of thousands of stone bullets were sent to the head of the city, and the stone bullets piled up under the root of the city were more than half a person high.

The originally perfect Jiangling city wall was also bombarded to the point that it was unbearable, the battlements were basically destroyed, the city tower was full of holes, and the main body of the city wall was also full of potholes.

Fortunately, the city wall was doubly thickened to the point of fright, and the bombardment of stone bullets only scratched it, but the entire wall did not move at all, not even a single crack.

"This Jiangling city wall, sure enough, Liu Biao repaired it like iron, fortunately I didn't use the weather attack, otherwise I wasted an opportunity, but I may not be able to break through ......the city wall," Su Zhe muttered with emotion.

Hu Che'er beside him couldn't stand it anymore, and shouted: "Lord, I was already frightened when I saw Liu Biao's old dog and his soldiers, what are we waiting for, hurry up and attack his mother's city!" ”

Hu Che'er called for battle, and the generals were enthusiastic and eager to fight.

Su Zhe's eyes looked at Wei Yan and asked, "Wen Chang, you are guarding Xiangyang, the closest to Jiangling City, you should know best, do you think our army can attack it?" ”

Wei Yan said calmly: "Our trebuchet is so powerful, but it has only caused superficial damage to the Jiangling city wall, it seems that Liu Biao has been prepared for a long time, and our army is only 10,000 more than the enemy army, if we forcibly attack the city, except for the loss of the lives of the soldiers, I don't see any chance to break the city." ”

Sure enough, it was worthy of Wei Yan's insight.

Wei Yan's judgment also hit his heart, and he was just using Wei Yan's mouth to suppress the impulse of the generals.

At that moment, Su Zhe flicked his hand and sneered: "Wen Chang's words are reasonable, today we are just a temptation, there is no need to let the soldiers give their lives in vain, wait for the first time to suppress your fighting spirit, and when you start killing." ”