The western soldiers at the head of the city were stunned, and even the guard Ma Weixin was speechless.

In just a few moments, the people and horses all over the mountains had advanced to a distance of three miles from the city.

What is a sea of people, rolling like a tide, is not enough to describe the number of people.

The soldiers of the western army stood at the head of the city, and as far as the eye could see, the earth seemed to be covered with a gray cloth, and there was a crowd of people.

In this sea of people, flags fluttered, and there were flying bridges, long ladders and other objects standing in the crowd.

Ma Weixin saw that the enemy army stopped three miles away, and when he heard the noise coming like a wave, his expression was instantly solemn.

And at this moment, in the direction of Dongcheng, there was suddenly a "dangdang" alarm bell, and the western sergeant on the city tower leaned out half of his body while beating the gong, and shouted, "The enemy is attacking, and the east is also coming!" ”

Outside the eastern city of Jingzhou, thousands of horse troops rolled up the rolling yellow dust and galloped to look at Jingzhou.

The defenders at the head of the city, hearing the shouts, looked up to the east one after another, and couldn't help but change their faces.

Countless people and horses just came outside the west city, and more than 10,000 troops were killed in the east of the city, which made the defenders of Jingzhou panic immediately.

Ma Weixin hurried to Dongcheng again, and heard the sharp and loud horn echoing in the wilderness, and the Tiger and Horse Army galloped in front, and more than 10,000 troops in the back, rolling and killing Jingzhou.

"General, what now?" The generals were panicked and completely unnoticed.

Ma Weixin complained in his heart, what could he do in the face of the enemy troops coming from the wilderness.

"Send someone to inform the king, we will only defend the city!" He was silent for a while, and slammed his fist on the city.

At this time, the galloping horse army did not stop in the distance, but rushed to the city with great might, and from time to time shot a few arrows at the city, and the defenders' faces turned pale.

Gao Yihuan rode on the black horse, stopped at a distance, and under the support of hundreds of cavalry, he took out a clairvoyant mirror to observe the city defense.

Jingzhou City, the city is more than three zhang high, surrounded by a moat, with a circumference of nearly 20 miles, and it is indeed a relatively difficult big city.

Several generals were controlling the war horses while observing the city, and Zhao Zhuzi spat on the ground, "Dashuai, this city is not small, it's not easy to get it!" ”

It is indeed very difficult to build a sample city. However, there are big and big shortcomings, Gao Yihuan pointed to the head of the city with a horsewhip, and said left and right: "Although this city is big, it is not without shortcomings." The siege of such a large city would require at least hundreds of thousands of people, and now we are more than that. Similarly, such a large city, with a circumference of nearly twenty miles, was under great pressure to defend, and the defenders had to be sufficient to cover the walls. Now Sun Kewang is not in the city, and the defenders of Jingzhou are only a few thousand, let's surrender first, and then the ants will attack the city, and the commander does not believe that the defenders can take care of such a long defense area! ”

Hearing Gao Dashuai's words, everyone immediately felt that this Jingzhou was not too difficult to fight.

"As soon as the big marshal said this, I had confidence in my heart." Zhao Zhuzi immediately smiled.

"This time, Ben Shuai led 300,000 people, and he must break through Jingzhou City. If you get Jingzhou, the north of Huguang, a high-ranking official, Jiang, and the east of Wuchang, it will be all in my hands. The territory of our Wei Wujun will be doubled, almost equivalent to monopolizing a province. Gao Yihuan looked at Jingzhou, said loudly, then pulled the reins of the horse, and shouted: "Go, go back and prepare to attack the city!" ”

After listening to Gao Yihuan's words, the generals knew his determination to take Jingzhou, and everyone's spirits immediately lifted.

At that moment, the Wei army temporarily retreated from the city, Gao Yihuan first asked people to shoot a letter of surrender to the city, ordering it to surrender within a day, and then sent scouts to monitor the surrounding movements, to prevent soldiers and horses from suddenly rushing to Jingzhou, affecting him to attack the city, and finally ordered the armies to prepare more equipment overnight, if the defenders did not surrender, they would prepare to attack Jingzhou City.

At night, in the camp, most of the Wei soldiers were resting, recuperating and preparing for the siege.

The camp of the homeless people is brightly lit, and the men are busy making more equipment.

In the battle of Jingzhou, Gao Yihuan attached great importance to it, and if the duck did not eat it, it would be difficult for him to feel at ease.

At this time, Gao Yihuan wore armor, pressed a knife on his waist, and accompanied by several generals, came to the camp of the exiles.

"You have to put a hook on the front of the ladder!" Gao Yihuan watched the homeless people busy, and instructed: "Tell the brothers, don't be afraid of trouble, a small detail, maybe a critical time can save your life." ”

Why are the firearms of the Ming Dynasty so bad, in addition to bureaucratic corruption, it is also because many people have this similar mentality, and if there is no restraint, they will not be strict with themselves.

"Dashuai is really heartbroken for the sake of the brothers!" Wang Guangen hurriedly spoke.

Gao Yihuan said: "If you don't worry about it, you can't do it!" The brothers followed Ben Shuai, and Ben Shuai had to be responsible for the brothers. As he spoke, he pointed to a long ladder and said, "Such a long ladder is still easy to overturn, so the brothers can nail two ladders side by side to make a row of ladders, so that when the brothers ascend the city, it will be easier to climb and dodge." And the flying bridge should also be made wider, don't be afraid to be tired now, and when the siege comes, the brothers will know the painstaking efforts of Ben Shuai. ”

"Don't worry, Dashuai, you will be ordered to go down!" Wang Guangen hurriedly clenched his fists and bowed.

Gao Yihuan looked at it, ordered to check it for a while, then left the camp of the displaced people on his horse, and then went to the next place.

On the edge of the Yangtze River, six miles downstream of Jingzhou, nearly 1,000 people and craftsmen renovated 20 large ships overnight, one of which was He Tengjiao's boat.

These large stern buildings, all have two to three floors, very tall, three can be level with the Jingzhou city wall, as long as the wooden bridge is hung at the head of the city, the soldiers can directly enter the city, the rest is slightly shorter, but the angle of inclination is enough to make the defenders' rolling stone sasswood invalid.

Any large equipment, once close to the city wall, will form a fatal threat to the defenders, so these giants, must be the defenders' key targets, many huge equipment, because of the slow movement, destroyed on the way to the siege, not only failed to provide help for the siege, but made their own casualties huge.

Once these ships appear in the moat, they will inevitably become the target of the defenders' attacks.

Therefore, Gao Yihuan left the fleet out of the field of vision of the defenders of Jingzhou and reformed the ships to prevent the defenders from preparing in advance.

At this time, Gao Yihuan stood on the shore and ordered: "The trebuchets and rockets in Jingzhou City can pose a threat to the ship, you must do a good job of protecting the side of the ship, whether to install wooden planks, or pounce on wet quilts and cowhides, you have to think of more ways by yourself!" ”

The person in charge of renovating the ship was Gao Yihuan's nephew Li Hu, who hugged his fists and said: "Don't worry, the marshal will guarantee to put on a layer of armor for the ship, so that the ship can get close to Jingzhou City." ”

Gao Yihuan nodded when he heard this, and explained that after improving one side, he had to put some ballast stones on the other side to maintain the balance of the hull before returning to the camp to rest.

When it was dark the next day, Jingzhou sent personnel to express their willingness to surrender, but asked Gao Yihuan to give them three days to prepare before going out of the city to surrender.

The mother-in-law chop Ben Shuai gave you a chance, but you were a fool and played a strategy to delay the army, Gao Yihuan didn't say a word, and asked the guards to directly escort people to the city and cut them down.

It was night, in the big tent of the Wei army, more than a dozen Wei army generals gathered in one tent, and everyone showed excitement on their faces, and they finally waited for the moment to capture Jingzhou~

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