The speed of the Wu army's troops and horses under the siege of the city was a little faster than Sima Yi expected.

"Report to the general, the Wu army in the east has approached Pingling Mountain!"

"Report to the general, the Wu army in the south is stationed on the Savage Gully in the early hours of this morning!"

"Report to the general, in the west this morning, the battle has begun, the Wu army is attacking fiercely, and General Wu Lan has led his soldiers and horses to defend the west city gate!"

In the camp of the Chinese army, news came from the mouths of the scouts, and Sima Yi's calm face also had a hint of gloom.

He didn't expect that the offensive and defensive battle of Xia Biancheng would soon start.

"Have you figured out the number of Wu Jun in the west?"

"Report to the general, if our news is correct, besieging the West City Gate in the west, but the 14th Army of the Wu Army's War Elephant Legion, the army commander Meng Shu, the chief of staff Zhu Rong's wife, and the Nanban king and his wife who surrendered to Cheng in the past!"

A young man sitting in the middle of the camp said.

He is the new hall master of the southwest hall of the ghost pawn, his name is Gao Rou, he used to be a lieutenant colonel in the army, and after being conquered by the ghost pawn, he was appointed as the head of the southwest hall to reorganize the southwest network intelligence.

He had been in Bashu before, and only returned to Wudu after the outbreak of the Great War to assist Sima Yi.

"Meng Huo?"

Sima Yi's eyes were slightly cold: "It is rumored that this is a rare warrior, wild and unmatched, good at strong attacks!" ”

"That's right!"

Gao Rou said: "The 14th Army is all Southern Barbarians, these people are stronger than our Central Plains people, and the overall attack force is very strong!" ”

"The Wu army has obtained a good knife, and the West City Gate is the main battlefield."

Sima Yi's expression became solemn.

And at this time, the West City Gate of the lower argument has already been fought.

"Kill!"

"Rush up, the commander has an order, enter the city first for the first credit!"

"Sons, there is no retreat, follow my charge!"

"Bow and arrow cover, give me a hard blow, hit the city in one go!"

The 42nd, 43rd, and 44th Divisions under the command of the 14th Army, with a total of nearly 27,000 soldiers, were now directly pressed by Meng Shu on the battle line under the city and charged forward.

The battle was like fire, and it was white-hot and fierce as soon as it came up, forcing the Wei army to retreat step by step.

"These Wu soldiers are really ruthless!"

The general of the Wei army defending the city is Wu Lan, the first general under Zhang Ren, who led the remaining more than 10,000 Zuohu guards and horses, and is defending every battlement of the city wall.

They were well prepared, and the city was full of rolling wood, stones, and oil.

"Give me continued archery, full coverage, and block the Wu army from entering the city!" Wu Lan pointed the war gun in his hand at the outside of the city and shouted.

"Yes!"

The head of the city continued to shoot rounds of arrows, overwhelming, trying to block the attack of the Wu army from a distance.

"General, the Wu army is too fierce, if they follow such a ferocious attack speed, I am afraid that it will only take half a day at most, and they will be able to push their forces under the city and officially storm the city wall!"

A lieutenant walked up and looked at Wu Lan with a solemn expression and said in a low voice.

"Half a day?"

Hearing this, Wu Lan shook his head and smiled slightly bitterly: "I'm afraid we will hold on for three hours at most, our bow and arrow attack is not as strong as we imagined, Wu Jun's shield is very hard, we can't stop them!" ”

"Pass on my military order, within three hours, the 43rd Division and the 42nd Division must push the vanguard forces under the city, and the bow and arrow regiments and strong crossbow battalions must cover with all their might!"

Under the city, Meng Huo's burly body stood in the military headquarters and temporarily set up a command office, holding a telescope, carefully observing every part of the city wall, and said coldly: "The 44th Division prepares a ladder, as long as it advances to the city, it will be attacked immediately!" ”

"Yes!"

After receiving the order, the staff officers of the military headquarters hurriedly went down to deliver the military orders to the division commanders of the divisions.

"Husband, now we don't have many siege equipment in our hands, all of them are just ladders and hooks, large siege vehicles and trebuchets, none of them, which is causing us a lot of trouble for siege!"

Mrs. Zhu Rong, the chief of staff of the Fourteenth Army, walked up, looked at the key Cheng in front of her with beautiful eyes, and said in a low voice.

"We don't have it, but the Tenth Army definitely has, as the first attacking army under the command of the Bashu Legion, the siege equipment in their hands can equip two armies!"

Hearing this, Meng Shu put down the telescope in his hand, thought about it carefully, and said: "Now the Tenth Army is estimated to have advanced to the Savage Ditch, which is only twenty miles away from us, madam, you personally take a regiment to the Tenth Army garrison and borrow some siege equipment from them!" ”

"Husband, they are the Bashu Legion, and we belong to the War Elephant Legion, what if they don't borrow it? We can't help it! Mrs. Zhurong said worriedly,

"Not borrowing?"

Meng Shu smiled coldly: "Then you tell them that if we don't have a trace of progress here for ten days and half a month, they don't blame me Meng Shu for not having to work hard, there is a sentence in the Central Plains, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and I will not use the lives of my sons to pile up this victory!" ”

"Okay, I'll run now!"

Mrs. Zhurong nodded, and after leaving the command camp of the military headquarters, she immediately turned over and got on her horse, and then took a regiment of soldiers and headed in the direction of the east.

……

Savage ditch.

The 10th Army of the Bashu Army is stationed here, is camping and resting, recuperating, waiting for the siege battle, the commander of the 10th Army is the chief of staff of the Bashu Army, Fa Zheng, he stands on the highest mountain, with a telescope to watch the movement in the west.

"It's a fight!"

The corners of Fa Zheng's mouth raised a satisfied smile: "This Meng Shu is not simple, dare to think and dare to do, his actions are not muddy, who dares to say that he is just a brave and unscrupulous general!" ”

Meng Huo started the war a day earlier, this is a careful thought.

If Meng Huo waited until the troops and horses in the southeast and southeast were encircled, and then attacked the West Gate, no matter how fierce he fought again, he would not be able to highlight the merits of his 14th Army.

At this juncture, he took the lead in fighting for a day, although it would attract the attention of the Wei army, but it would not affect the defensive strategy of the Wei army, and would not trigger a concentrated attack by the main force of the Wei army, but it was not only in line with the strategic deployment of the headquarters.

At the same time, the 14th Army won the first prize in this battle.

"Chief of Staff, Mrs. Zhu Rong, Chief of Staff of the Fourteenth Army, asks to see you!" At this time, a personal guard came to report.

"Mrs. Zhurong is here?"

When Fa Zheng heard this, he was a little surprised, but he was not surprised.

He walked down the hill and met Mrs. Zhurong on the hill where the camp was temporarily stationed.

"Zhu Rong, chief of staff of the 14th Army, meets the chief of staff of France!" Mrs. Zhu Rong looked at Fa Zheng and hurriedly bowed and saluted, she was the chief of staff of the military department, but anyway, she was the chief of staff of a legion, and she was also the commander of an army, which was much higher than her.

"Mrs. Zhurong doesn't need to be polite!"

Fa Zheng sat down and squinted slightly: "As far as I know, now that the Fourteenth Army has started the siege battle of the West City Gate, and the fight is very fierce, most of the soldiers and horses have pressed up, Madame didn't assist Commander Meng in the battle, why did she come to see me instead?" ”

"Chief of Staff, I'm actually here to help!" Mrs. Zhurong said calmly.

"Salvage?"

Fa Zheng frowned and said: "Our Tenth Army is about to attack the South City Gate, our troops are weak, the 37th Division was sent back to Chengdu to rest, I only have two divisions, but there are no soldiers and horses to lend you!" ”

"I don't want the Tenth Army to borrow troops, but to borrow siege equipment from the French chief of staff!" Mrs. Zhurong said.

"Siege equipment?"

Fa Zheng thought for a while: "You want to borrow siege equipment from our Tenth Army?" Your 14th Army's siege equipment is not weaker than our 10th Army, why do you want to borrow it from us! ”

"Chief of French Staff, in order to march north in a hurry, our army's siege equipment was basically not transported, it was all made temporarily, and it was slightly insufficient for this kind of fortified city!" Mrs. Zhurong explained.

"That's it!"

When Fa Zheng heard this, he thought about it in his heart, for siege warfare, siege equipment is very important than soldiers, if you don't want to use the lives of soldiers to pile up, you have to look at siege equipment. He thought for a moment and said, "My Tenth Army is much more generous in this regard, and I can allocate a batch to you, but they are all light!" ”

"I want trebuchets and siege engines!"

"Trebuchet?"

Fa Zheng gritted his teeth: "Yes, give you ten, I don't have more, as for the siege vehicle, I can give you twenty cars!" ”

"Thank you, Chief of Staff, for your donation!" Mrs. Zhurong breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, and bowed: "This favor has been recorded by our Fourteenth Army!" ”

"You're welcome!"

Fa Zheng hurriedly said: "We are all fighting for Dawu, and as friendly troops, we must cooperate with each other!" ”

"One more thing, I want to ask the Chief of Staff of France, when will the siege be launched in the east!" Zhu Rong thought about it and said.

"You can rest assured, the 14th Army is the main combat strength of the Bashu Army, we will never let the 14th Army bear the pressure of Xiabi City alone, this evening Commander Chen will arrive at Pingling Mountain, tomorrow morning, all the soldiers and horses of our Bashu Army will launch a strong attack on Xiabian, and strive to take Xiabian within five days!"

Fa Cheng said with a solemn face.

……

Following.

As the battle of the West City Gate started a day later, this battle of attack and defense of the city officially broke out in full swing, and the main force of the Wu army under the leadership of Chen Zhi's leading soldiers, directly pressed up from the southeast and southeast directions.

"Order all the armies to give this commander a hard beating, the main thing is not to attack and defend the next army, but to kill and injure the Wei army, to destroy his new force, kill one by one, and kill if you don't surrender!"

Chen Zhi issued a military order from the headquarters, and the murderous intent soared to the sky.

"Kill!"

"Sons, form a team of daredevils for me and break through the city gates!"

"Ladder, ladder!"

"Where's our archers, cover, cover!"

The battle between the south gate and the east broke out at the same time, and the entire city of Xia Wei was suddenly in full swing, and the sky was dark.

"General, the south gate is in an emergency, Captain Sima Kui has asked for reinforcements three times!"

"General, the Wu army in the east is attacking fiercely, and Captain Yang Xuan is also asking for reinforcements!"

The offensive of the Wu army was too strong, and the battle was fought tightly for two days, and the Wei army in the city was a little unable to bear it, and there was an emergency everywhere.

"Wu Lan can defend the West City Gate, where the Wu army is attacking the most, can't they hold it?"

However, Sima Yi, who sat firmly in the city and commanded the camp, was very calm: "Pass on my military order, the generals of all departments defending the city, no matter what, must support it for ten days, and those who withdraw without permission will be killed!" ”

"Yes!"

A personal guard went down to convey his unwavering military orders.

"General, Dongcheng and Nancheng are in some danger, I'll go and take a look and boost the morale of the army!" Yang Xiudao.

"It's good!"

Sima Yi nodded: "You can properly remind them that we don't necessarily defend the city of Xiabian, but we must hold on for at least ten days, and then consider the strategy of retreating!" ”

"I understand!"

Yang Xiu nodded, and then walked out of the camp.

"Zhang Ren, now that I can do everything I can do, it's up to you!" Sima Yi raised his head silently, the light of his eyes staring at the blue sky, and there was a hint of hope in his expression.

He pinned this battle on Zhang Ren. (To be continued.) )