Liu Fu said: "I don't know if it's a talent, but I know that the Jiujiang family wants to get rid of it as soon as possible." ”

Xiahou Yuan didn't care, he said: "I just didn't expect Zhang Yi to have such a story, it seems that he can take Yangzhou, and it doesn't all rely on martial arts alone!" ”

Liu Fu said: "Of course, Zhang Yi not only governs the army strictly, but also has a strategy for governing the government. He had a lot of very strange laws and regulations, which in a short time had an effect and made the people respect. When the general is attacking the city, you have to be careful, Xia Cai City has gathered all the people of Xia Cai, there are tens of thousands of people, the general should be careful, I am afraid that Wang Jian may mobilize the people of the whole city to defend. ”

Xiahou Yuan was stunned for a moment, and looked at Liu Fu strangely: "Why did Lord Yuan Ying say this?" ”

Liu Fu said: "Before the war, I had some understanding of Yangzhou, and Xia Cai was a military city in the hands of Wang Jian, and the men in it were all half-cultivated and half-army, and they had to be trained for two or even three months every year. ”

Xiahou Yuan asked, "Isn't that the same level of training as our recruits?" And every year? ”

Liu Fu nodded, "That's right, although the training is some city defense training, but if tens of thousands of people defend the city, we may not be able to attack it." ”

When Xiahou Yuan heard this, his expression became solemn, he came here to capture Xia Cai, and then coerce Shouchun to force Zhang Yi to retreat. If he can't capture Xia Cai, he will also have to wait for Huaishui to freeze and attack Shouchun.

This time the troops were sent to fight the attention of Wei Wei to save Zhao, if it could not be successful, then Meng De could only come by himself.

Xiahou Yuan asked people to build siege equipment, and then prepared to attack the city. Ten days later, after building a lot of crashes and rushing cars, as well as wells, Xiahou Yuan began to attack the city.

Wang Jian sat on the city tower, calm and composed, constantly commanding the soldiers to line up on the city wall, and set up a wall shield.

These wall shields were created by Wang Jian and set up on the women's wall. Turns the gap in the female wall into a square hole, obscuring the threat of arrows behind the wall.

The soldier stood at the square hole, motionless and looking out of the city, the approaching siege equipment. And next to the square hole, there are many soldiers, ready to replace them at any time. These soldiers held bows and crossbows in their hands, and the bows occupied a lot of space, but there were also a lot of crossbows, and they were also large crossbows fixed on the shelves, which were city-guarding ballistae made by Shouchun craftsmen.

After Wang Jian saw the crash and rush to a similar position, he ordered: "Bow and arrow shoot and crash, crossbow arrow shoot and rush car." ”

"No!"

The soldiers shouted in unison, and then the heralds shouted all the way over, conveying Wang Jian's order as they ran. The city wall of Xia Cai is not long, but it is more than three miles, and it will not take a moment to spread to the past.

The ballista immediately fired arrows, and the arrows that went beyond ordinary arrows directly shot through some of the soldiers on the roof of the rushing car. Some of the soldiers were still holding shields, and as a result, even the shields were shot through.

The soldiers on the rushing car looked at their companions and were a little stunned, when had they ever seen such a murderous weapon? If the shields weren't safe, would they be safe?

But no matter how afraid of death is, it's useless, they get into the rushing car, and it's hard to go down. Although there are stairs in the rushing car, it is very narrow, and you can only climb straight up and down, which is very difficult to climb up during the exercise.

Moreover, Cao Jun's military rules are strict, if he dares to escape from the battle, it will be a dead end. Why don't you spell it! If you're lucky not to die, you might be able to save your life.

However, the chariot moves slowly, and if you want to get to the city wall, you don't know how many arrows you will have to shoot. But fortunately, the well in the back has already followed, and can help share a lot of attacks.

There were not many ballistae in the city, and the speed of firing was not fast. However, there are many archers in the city, and they take turns shooting, and the rate of fire is very fast.

Xiahou Yuan saw that the soldiers besieging the city had lost a lot before they approached the city wall, and he couldn't help frowning, and he asked Liu Fu: "Lord Yuan Ying, are all this Wang Jian's men sharpshooters?" ”

Liu Fu shook his head and said, "How is it possible?" How difficult it is to train a marksman, the general should know. ”

Xiahou Yuan nodded: "Also, if it weren't for the marksman, then Xia Cai would have a crossbow." It's just that this crossbow is not easy to make! ”

Liu Fu said: "Has the general ever heard of something? ”

"What's the matter?"

Liu Fu said quietly: "In the battle of Wancheng back then, Zi Yu Gongzi and Dian Wei were shot to death with crossbows. Some people say that this person is Zhang Yi. ”

Xiahou Yuan's eyes froze, "Isn't this a rumor?" ”

Liu Fu pointed to the city, "It doesn't seem to be a rumor." ”

Xiahou Yuan immediately became angry, "Okay, you Zhang Yi, you actually killed Ziyu." I will definitely catch Zhang Yi and hand it over to the lord with my own hands! Come, beat the drum for me, and attack the city with all your might! ”

The drums intensified, and the besieging soldiers immediately pushed their carts to speed up their approach to the walls.

But the closer they got to the walls, the more fierce the attacks became, and as they got closer, the more accurate the attacks became, and the more casualties among the soldiers increased.

Wang Jian also frowned in the city, what happened to this Xiahou Yuan? It stands to reason that there are hundreds of casualties, shouldn't he feel abnormal? Why are they stepping up their siege?

If you don't understand, you don't want to, since you Xiahou Yuan are not considerate of the soldiers, I am also afraid of a few. "Don't let the enemy get close to the walls, shoot accurately."

As soon as the drum beat on the castle tower changed, the crossbowmen immediately changed their attack methods, and they all aimed and fired again.

The besieging side was already in a weak position, and the wall shield had blocked a lot of arrows, so that the city was basically not affected by arrows, and it was in order to defend how to defend it.

After attacking for two hours, Xiahou Yuan had to retreat. Because he found that the casualties were really a bit high, and after retreating to count, the casualties exceeded five hundred.

Cao Xiu came over to report: "In this battle, two hundred and eight corpses were counted, and nearly four hundred were wounded. ”

The casualties exceeded one percent, and Xiahou Yuan couldn't help but ponder. This is only the first day of siege, even if the casualties are 10%, the death toll is close to half of them. If this is an attack for ten days and half a month, won't it have to break up the army?

What can I do? Xiahou Yuan thought for a while, so he could only send a letter asking for help to the lord first, asking the lord to send more reinforcements. If Xia Cai is allowed to develop for a few more years, it will be even more difficult to attack.

However, the attack cannot be abandoned, but the strategy must be changed, from strong attack to attrition. It mainly consumes the arrow resources in the city and issues shields to the soldiers.

At the same time, Xiahou Yuan handed over Cao Xiu, "You will take a thousand people to attack the water village, see if you can wait for the opportunity to break through the water village." ”

Cao Xiu immediately surrendered his hand, "Obey the general's order!" ”