Chapter 122 - Sun Fu's Plea for Help

When the 100,000 army led by Lu Xun came to Xichang City and set up camp, Jiang Qin asked Lu Xun about the battle plan after that.

Who knows, when Jiang Qin's words fell, Lu Xun's eyes were closely looking at Xichang City not far away, a smile lifted on the corner of his mouth, and he said twelve words to Jiang Qin:

"No hurry! Besiege but not attack, suffocate him! ”

As Lu Xun's words fell, although Jiang Qin was puzzled, he still turned around and walked to the camp, preparing to issue Lu Xun's orders to the soldiers who were camping.

In Jiang Qin's opinion, what is it to besiege but not attack, and at this time, Xichang City should not be brought down earlier, right?

If Xichang City cannot be captured as soon as possible and the rebellion in Luling is quelled, I am afraid that Cheng Pu, who stayed behind in the rear to pacify Shanyue, should speak to Sun Quan again.

After all, Lu Xun's prestige in the army at this time was insufficient, and if he wanted to gain a firm foothold in the Sun Group, he had to come up with his own achievements as soon as possible.

And quelling the Luling rebellion was an opportunity.

Once Luling is quickly pacified, then this feat will be enough to slap the faces of most of the people under the command of the Sun Group.

The soldiers who were camping were disdainful in their hearts after hearing the order conveyed by Jiang Qin.

A little doll can know what to march and fight, but that's fine.

Siege without attack, at least let them save their lives, after all, in every siege battle, it is necessary to die a large number of soldiers to climb the tower and take the entire city.

Therefore, although most of the soldiers disdained Lu Xun's order, they still agreed.

On the tower of Xichang City, Sun Fu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw Lu Xun's army set up camp.

He was really afraid that Lu Xun would be impatient to launch a siege battle as soon as he came.

You must know that when he got the news that Lu Xun led the army to quell the rebellion, he had just begun to collect the equipment to defend the city, and until this moment, the equipment prepared on the tower of Xichang City was not complete.

What's more, Lu Xun led an army of 100,000 in his hands, and the defenders stationed in Xichang City were only 10,000 at this time.

How can the one-to-ten gap not make Sun Fu frightened.

Fortunately, after Lu Xun arrived, he chose to set up camp instead of attacking the city directly, which gave Sun Fu a longer time to prepare the city defense equipment.

And once he had sufficient equipment to defend the city, Sun Fu didn't believe that he couldn't hold a high city.

After all, you must know that the besieging side will always have much higher casualties than the defending side.

If you want to climb the tower and capture the city, if the besieging side does not have several times more casualties than the defending side, then don't even think about it.

With a long sigh slowly, Sun Fu turned his head and ordered to the lieutenant general beside him: "Hurry up and let people prepare more thunder stones and rolling wood, if the inventory is not enough, just demolish the house near the city gate for me, don't have to guarantee that not a single enemy army will climb the city tower!" ”

After hearing Sun Fu's words, the adjutant general standing next to Sun Fu immediately agreed.

Seeing that the deputy general nodded in agreement, Sun Fu was relieved, turned around and walked down the city tower, and returned to his mansion, never paying attention to the army outside the city again.

He was confident that his lieutenant would keep an eye on the movements outside the city.

However, the fact was that Sun Fu was given a big slap in the face.

When Sun Fu came to the city tower again in the early morning of the second day, he found that it was only one night, and the military camp of Lu Xun's army surrounded the entire city.

There were troops stationed here at the east gate, troops at the west gate, and the same was true at the north gate and the south gate.

After Sun Fu ran around the four gates of the city on the city wall, he could finally be sure that he was surrounded by Lu Xun.

Although the dispersion of troops is extremely unfavorable for the siege, Lu Xun did not intend to attack the city when he put on such a position at this moment.

Jiang Qin looked at Lu Xun who was standing in the middle of the Chinese army, and his brows couldn't help frowning: "Lord, it's not good for me to wait like this!" You know, if you give the other party enough time to prepare, I'm afraid that we will suffer heavy casualties when we attack the city! ”

Lu Xun heard Jiang Qin's words, turned his head, looked at Jiang Qin on the side, and couldn't help chuckling: "Gongyi, then the defenders in the city have to have the strength to defend the city!" ”

"You take a closer look at this Xichang City, because there is a natural river outside Xichang City as a moat, which can not only block the enemy army, but more importantly, this is also the place where Xichang City takes water."

"Because it is extremely convenient, there is no well in this city, and most of the water in the city is taken directly out of the city!"

"However, now that the outside of the city is surrounded by our army, how can the people in the city be willing to risk their lives to run out of the city to get water?"

Turning his head to look at the river not far away, the corners of Lu Xun's mouth twitched slightly, revealing a smile: "Look, in this case, it won't be long before the defenders in this city will not be able to support it!" ”

"At that time, the morale in the city is low, and we can take it down in one fell swoop!"

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In fact, as Lu Xun said, under the siege of the city for seven consecutive days, the morale of the defenders in Xichang City was already low at this time.

Not only did they have to be constantly vigilant about whether Lu Xun would attack the city, but they also had to endure the torture of hunger and thirst.

Yes, in the absence of sufficient reserves of water, Xichang City was also completely cut off from water three days ago, and now many people often cut their throats when they eat brown rice, and when they cough lightly, they will be covered in blood.

In this situation, Sun Fu was also very anxious, because even he hadn't tasted water for a long time, which also made his lips dry and chapped.

It's not that he hasn't tried to let people go out of the city to get water, but often when the soldiers who go out of the city are just approaching the river, they are directly shot to death on the bank by the archers arranged by Lu Xun in advance.

Although I also tried to get people out of the city to get water, the ending was not much better.

The bows and arrows were not fired, but each time there were only a few people, where was the water they fetched, and they were often robbed by the soldiers guarding the city gates before they could enter the city.

Many more had to endure hunger and thirst, while the people who were ordered to go out of the city to fetch water were at least able to drink enough water first.

After all, there is such a good opportunity, who will let it go.

It's just that if it goes on like this, I don't have to wait for Lu Xun to attack the city, and the city will collapse before the inside.

Sun Fu couldn't bear the hunger and thirst in his mouth, and couldn't help swallowing, but he only felt that his throat hurt.

He knew that he couldn't go on like this, and he had to break the current predicament!

Now he had to call for help......