"The two will ...... Checkmate. Pang Tong waved his hand with difficulty, and said to Zangba and Zhang He, "I have something to say to the lord below." ”

Zangba and Zhang He didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly helped Cao Ying to Pang Tong, seeing Tong Pang's miserable appearance covered in blood and his lower body being smashed into flesh, Cao Ying couldn't help but say miserably: "Shiyuan! ”

"My lord." Pang Tong took Cao Ying's hand with difficulty and said, "The commander is mediocre, and the lord will not give up the important task of entrusting him with a military advisor, but it is a pity that the sky is not a holiday, and he will suffer this misfortune, and I am afraid that he will no longer be able to give advice for the lord in the future, alas." ”

Cao Ying howled and cried: "Lonely and lost Shiyuan, like a strong man breaking his wrist, who can seek in the future, who can seek it?" ”

"Don't worry, my lord." A strange look flashed over Pang Tong's ugly face, and he said, "Jing Xiang Ben Duo Qishi, the one who is better than Pang Tong does not know how many, and he will not be in command for a long time, and he is willing to recommend four classmates and friends to the lord." ”

"Oh?" Cao Ying's eyes showed a look of anticipation and asked, "I don't know who it is?" ”

Pang Tong said: "This first surnamed Cui Mingzhi, the word Zhou Ping, was originally the young son of Taiwei Cui Lie, and later the family fell in the middle of the road, and turned to Jingxiang to worship under the family uncle Pang Degong to study, Cui Taiwei and the lord have an old, the state usually thinks about serving the lord but did not succeed in his studies, the previous Jingzhou affairs were actually entrusted by the state Ping to come to help the lord. ”

Cao Ying sighed with emotion: "It turned out to be after the old man." ”

Pang Tong said: "The second surname is Meng Mingjian, the expression is Gongwei, the third surname is Shi Mingtao, and the expression is Guangyuan. ”

Cao Ying said: "I don't know who the fourth one is? ”

Pang Tong said: "The fourth compound surname Zhuge is named Liang, the name is bright, the word Kong Ming, is a native of Xuzhou Yaoya County, when he was a child, he came to Jingzhou with his father to avoid chaos, and worshiped his uncle for 12 years. Tong originally wanted to introduce Kong Ming to the main public account after the felling of Sichuan, but now it seems that he can't. ”

Cao Ying frowned and said in disbelief: "This Kong Mingguo has such a talent? ”

"The ruler is a dying man, so why should he lie to the lord?" Pang Tong said this, the look on his face gradually faded, and his tone began to become difficult, and then said, "After Tong dies, these four classmates and friends will come to mourn, and now there is a plan to make the four classmates use all the lord's office." ”

Cao Ying said: "Will the plan be released?" ”

Pang Tong leaned into Cao Ying's ear and whispered a few times, Cao Ying nodded again and again, and praised: "Wonderful, this plan is very wonderful!" ”

After Cao Ying finished speaking, he didn't see Pang Tong respond for a long time, and when he looked back, he saw that Pang Tong's seven orifices were bleeding and he had already died of anger.

……

Huainan.

Gao Shun's army on the left and Fang Yue's army on the right were met with stubborn resistance from the Wu army at Qingniu Pass and Huaiyin respectively, and only the army on the middle road under the command of Ma Yue himself was like a bamboo, driving straight in, advancing hundreds of miles south in less than a month, and the troops approached Shouchun.

Shouchun North Effect, Ma Yue's military tent.

Jia Xu said to Ma Yue: "My lord, General Gao Shun told Ma to report that the Wu army had built a strong checkpoint at the Qingniu Pass, the terrain in that area was complicated, the mountain roads were narrow, and the advantage of our army in strength could not be brought into play at all, so we could only rely on a small group of elite soldiers to forcibly knock on the pass, and the resistance of the Wu army was very tenacious, and it seemed that there would be a protracted and vicious battle." ”

"Well, that's to be expected." Ma Yue nodded, "So how is Fang Yue's right flank army progressing?" ”

Jia Xu said: "The right army has successfully captured most of the three counties of Huaibei, Pengcheng, Donghai and Xiapei County, but when it continued to attack Huaiyin in the south, it was met with fierce resistance from the Wu army. ”

Ma Yue said: "It seems that in a short period of time, you can't expect the left and right armies to detour to the back of Shouchun." ”

Tian Yu said: "There is only one Shouchun City, why do you need to be attacked by the left and right armies?" The last general is willing to lead 30,000 Youzhou elite soldiers in the headquarters as the front of the prime minister, and he will definitely break through Shouchun within half a month! ”

Ma Yue said: "There is no joke in the army! ”

Tian Yu said: "The last general is willing to make a military order." ”

"Good!" Ma Yue shouted, "Tian Yu listens to the order." ”

"The end will be."

"Lead the headquarters of 30,000 Youzhou elite soldiers as the front and attack the north gate of Shouchun!"

"The last general commands."

Tian Yu suddenly agreed, turned around and walked away.

……

Shou Chun, Zhou Yu's military account.

Zhou Yu said to Sun Quan: "My lord, Gao Shun's left army has been blocked by Major General Ling Tong at Qingniu Pass, Fang Yue's right army has also been blocked by the three generals in Huaiyin, as for the middle route army under the command of Ma Butcher himself, our army has completely adopted the tactics of luring the enemy into depth according to the strategy planned by Zhao in advance, and now the 200,000 Xiliang army has entered thirty miles north of Shouchun City!" ”

"Oh?" Sun Quan's expression moved, and he asked, "The horse butcher's army has already entered thirty miles north of Shouchun City?" ”

"My lord, please see." Zhou Yu pointed to the map and said to Sun Quan, "This is Shouchun City, the Huai River passes through the city, within a radius of 100 miles is a low-lying land, due to the backflow of Huai water year after year, a large number of lakes have been formed in this area, and there are waterways connected between the lakes, especially important, the lakes and waterways are full of reeds, grass and trees, and the water army is haunted by boats, which can make the Liang army unable to prevent it." ”

"Okay." Sun Quan said, "The horse butcher led an army of 200,000 horsemen to step into this land, just like stepping into the swamp of death, and will be endlessly harassed by the Dongwu naval army!" The Liang army is strong, if our army fights hard, it will be defeated, only by giving full play to the advantages of the water army, making full use of the favorable terrain around Shouchun, can we turn defeat into victory! Haha, as long as the horse butcher's mid-lane army is defeated, Gao Shun and Fang Yue's two partial divisions are not worried. ”

Zhou Yu turned around with a smile, stood on the side of the case and shouted: "Zhou Tai, Xu Sheng, Ding Feng, and Sun Jiao listen to the order!" ”

Zhou Tai, Xu Sheng, Ding Feng, and Sun Jiao stood side by side in the tent and shouted: "The last general will be." ”

Zhou Yu said: "Each led 2,000 sailors, all of them set out on a fast boat, and the generals should remember that during the day, they should be broken into pieces and lurk in lakes and waterways, and at night they will go ashore to assemble, burn their grain and grass, burn their baggage, kill their soldiers, and steal their horses. ”

"The last general commands."

General Zhou Taisi took the order and left.

Zhou Yu said again: "Lu Meng listens to the order!" ”

Lu Meng hurriedly stepped forward and responded, "The last general." ”

Zhou Yu said: "Lead the main force of the water army to inspect the Huai River, and strictly prevent the Liang army from erecting pontoon bridges to cross the river!" As long as the Huai River barrier is not lost, Ma Butcher's Xiliang army will never be able to pose a threat to the east, west and south gates of Shouchun, and our army can concentrate its forces to defend the north gate! ”

Lu Meng shouted: "The last general is ordered. ”

"Woo woo woo ......"

Lu Meng's voice fell, and a long horn suddenly sounded outside Shouchun City, and then a junior colonel Wu Jun hurriedly stepped into the tent, knelt on the ground and said: "Governor of the capital, the Liang army has begun to attack the city!" ”

Zhou Yu smiled, turned back to Sun Quan and said, "Why doesn't the lord move the enemy tower to watch the battle to inspire the fighting spirit of the three armies?" ”

Sun Quan said happily: "Lone Zheng has this intention. ”

……

Shouchun North Gate.

Tian Yu's 30,000 Youzhou troops had already set up a battle, only to see the flags fluttering in the Beixiao wilderness, covering the sky, tens of thousands of spears piercing the sky, and the cold light of the cold forest almost reflected half of the sky.

In the main formation of the Chinese army, Tian Yu rode out under the support of Zhang Nan, Su You, Mao Kai, Xin Ming and other old generals in Youzhou.

Looking from afar, Shouchun City is like a huge giant beast crouching on the Huai River, the Huai River passing through will divide the entire Shouchun City into two, Wu Jun is obviously prepared, the height of the city wall in the north of the Huai River has been increased from the original three zhang to five zhang (about 10 meters), every twenty steps (about 30 meters) and build a corner fort, the corner fort protrudes outward, divides the whole straight city wall into a "concave" shape.

"It's amazing, you can build a city wall like this!" Tian Yu looked carefully and then turned back to the generals and said, "Such a city wall design is simply unheard of, and this general has never seen it in the military book, but it is certain that the difficulty of our army to attack the city is bound to increase greatly!" Based on this alone, it is enough to see that Zhou Yu, the governor of the Wu army, is indeed not an idle person! ”

"yes." Xin Ming nodded and agreed, "Due to the existence of these corner forts, when our army attacks the city, it will have to withstand blows from three directions at the same time, the front city wall and the corner forts on both sides, and it will be too difficult. ”

"But we have no choice." A trace of twitching passed over Su You's face, and he said, "The general has made a military order in front of the prime minister, and we can only fight to the death and strive to break Shouchun within half a month!" Moreover, we should also take this opportunity to prove to the invincible Mobei cavalry that the reason why our Youzhou army chose to surrender was not because it couldn't defeat them, let alone because it was afraid of them! ”

"Well said!" Mao Kai waved his fist viciously, and said in a deep voice, "If the strength of the two armies is equal, if we really let the Youzhou soldiers and the Mobei cavalry fight with real swords and guns, it is not certain who will win and who will lose, hum." ”

"Be careful." Tian Yu's face sank, and he shouted, "Where is the difference between the Mobei cavalry and the Youzhou soldiers now?" Everyone is the prime minister's army, they are all the army of the Han Dynasty, and they should all work together to defeat the Wu army, these superfluous thoughts, you must not have them in the future, and now these words must not be mentioned to others, if not, then blame the general for not remembering the old feelings. ”

The generals were silent.

Tian Yu's eyes were cold, and he shouted in a deep voice: "Xin Ming." ”

Xin Ming hurriedly stepped forward and said, "The last will be." ”

"Lead 3,000 elite soldiers to take the lead and test the strength of the Wu army's defense."

"Yes."

"Zhang Nan."

"The end will be."

"Lead 5,000 light cavalry to guard against the counterattack of the Wu army out of the city."

"Yes."

……

Shouchun City Head.

Sun Quan and Zhou Yu climbed the enemy tower under the support of Huang Gai, Tai Shici, Song Qian, and Jia Hua's generals, and before they could sit down, they heard the drums outside the city and the horns sounded in unison.

Sun Quan's expression began to become solemn, and he asked Zhou Yu: "Gongjin, this is the Mobei Iron Cavalry under the command of the horse butcher?" ”

Zhou Yu smiled slightly and replied: "Lord, this is just a Hebei army, not a horse butcher's Mobei Iron Cavalry. ”

Sun Quan's expression became more and more solemn, and he said, "Wouldn't the horse butcher's Mobei Iron Cavalry be more elite?" ”

Zhou Yu said loudly: "The lord doesn't have to worry at all, no matter how brave and good the horse butcher's Mobei iron cavalry is, no matter how sharp and difficult it is, it can only be majestic on the northern plains, as for the south, it is still the world of our Eastern Wu naval army, in Yiyu's opinion, the horse butcher led hundreds of thousands of cavalry and infantry troops to Huainan to attack Shouchun, which is simply to send to death." ”

Sun Quan saw that Zhou Yu looked confident, and couldn't help but put his mind at ease, and praised: "You are lonely and fair, but you can sit back and relax." ”

As he was talking, the formation of the Liang army outside the city changed again, and a group of infantry wearing bronze armor came out of the formation and slowly pressed towards the north gate of Shouchun.

Zhou Yu smiled slightly, turned back to Huang Gai and said: "General Huang, immediately order the archers of the whole army not to release arrows without permission before the enemy army approaches the moat, and those who violate the order will be killed!" ”

"Yes."

Huang Gai suddenly agreed and took the order.

Sun Quan was puzzled: "Gongjin, as far as Gu knows, the range of our army's longbow is a hundred paces, why wait for the enemy army to rely on the bin moat before you can release arrows?" Wouldn't it be more effective to fire arrows to stop the enemy when they are just within range? ”

Zhou Yu said: "My lord, this is just an attack by the enemy army, and our army does not have to waste arrows at all." ”

"I see." Sun Quan nodded happily and said, "It's worthy of justice, every move of the enemy army is under your control, and the horse butcher meets an opponent like you, which is also his misfortune, hehe!" ”

……

Thirty miles north of Shouchun City, Ma Yue's military tent.

Jia Xu solemnly took out a silk book from his arms, carefully flattened it on the table, and then beckoned Kuai Yue and Lu Su and said, "Yidu, Zijing, come here." ”

Kuai Yue and Lu Su didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly took two steps forward and gathered around the table.

Jia Xu pointed to the pattern on the silk book and said: "This is the pattern of the siege vehicle designed after refinement and refinement according to the idea provided by the lord, you take a closer look." ”

Kuai Yue, Lu Su looked down, only to see a tall wooden tower painted on the silk book, the tower is a six-sided three-dimensional trapezoid, the front surface is perpendicular to the bottom surface, the two walls are slightly inclined inward, but the back surface is a gentle slope, the gentle slope is densely covered with many parallel thin lines, and the text is indicated next to it, that it is clearly a staircase that can be passed.

Guardrails are placed on both sides of the staircase to protect soldiers from falling from both sides, and to defend against arrows from both sides.

The bottom of the whole tower is also installed with dense wooden wheels, especially to Kuai Yue and Lu Su is the structure of the top of the tower.

The top of the tower is a platform, the platform is placed on both sides of the guardrail, the rear edge is connected with the stairs, and the front edge is locked with a hinch to a liftable suspension bridge, just like the suspension bridge at the city gate, but the two nooses of the suspension bridge are connected to the two columns on the left and right of the platform, there are pulleys on the columns, and there are winches under the columns, and the suspension bridge can be lifted freely through the pulleys, winches and nooses.

If the siege vehicle was allowed to get close to the city walls, as long as the suspended drawbridge descended down and set up the battlements, a terrifying passage between the tower and the ground could be set up in an instant, along which the besieging infantry could easily kill the city head without having to climb up the ladder at the risk of rolling logs, stones, fire oil and arrows.

In fact, this is an improved version of the bamboo siege ladder that the horse butcher came up with when he attacked the Tiger Prison Pass.

However, the bamboo structure was replaced by a wooden structure, compared with the bamboo structure, the advantage of the wooden structure is that the size has become smaller, but the strength has increased, so that the threat of the defender trebuchet to the siege tower has been greatly weakened, and before the appearance of the counterweight trebuchet, it is difficult to pose a threat to this improved siege tower with only a lever trebuchet pulled by manpower.

But there are pros and cons.

Although the strength of the wooden siege tower has increased, the relative weight is also much larger than that of the bamboo siege tower, even if the bottom is crowded with people, it is impossible to lift the whole siege tower, so it is necessary to install wheels at the bottom and then push forward with manpower, so that the requirements for the flatness and strength of the ground of the wooden siege tower are much more demanding than that of the bamboo siege tower.

"Genius, this is simply a genius idea!" Lu Su turned around and glanced at Ma Yue with reverent gaze, and sighed, "The lord can actually come up with such a sharp siege weapon?" It's incredible, holding such a sharp weapon in your hand, why worry about longevity? is no longer afraid of the strong city in the world, but I am afraid that in the future, this city defense tactic will also have to change dramatically. ”

Ma Yue said modestly: "Although this siege tower is sharp, it is not as powerful as Zijing said, but Wu Jun doesn't know that our army has such a sharp siege weapon, which can just catch him off guard." ”

Kuai Yue's expression showed a slight look of excitement, and asked Ma Yue: "Lord, I don't know when this siege vehicle will arrive at the camp?" I can't wait to see what he really looks like. ”

"Hehe, Xenomorph doesn't have to be in a hurry." Jia Xu waved his hand and smiled, "This thing is stupid and heavy, but it is not so easy to transport, so it can only be cut and made on the spot, and the lord sent someone to invite the two to come, just to invite the two to be overseers, and urge the craftsmen and servants to make a batch of siege trucks out!" You have seen the approximate style of the siege vehicle, the design height should be the same as the height of the Shouchun city wall, about five zhang high, as for the manufacturing process if there is any problem, you can always come to find the next, you can also go to the lord, in addition to any requirements, such as materials, personnel, craftsmen can also be put forward, in the next must do everything possible to meet. ”

"Understood." Lu Su was eager to try, "Please rest assured that it will be handed over to the lower and different degrees, and it will not disappoint the lord and the military advisor." ”

Ma Yue said happily: "Then please leave it to the two of you." ”

"Farewell."

Lu Su waved his hand to Ma Yue and Jia Xu, turned around and wanted to leave, only to find that he had forgotten to take the drawings after walking two steps, he slapped his forehead sharply, turned around and picked up the drawings from the table and left the account in a hurry.

Jia Xu shook his head and smiled, and said to Ma Yue: "This Lu Zijing is really acting in a hurry, hehe." ”

Ma Yue also smiled and said, "Therefore, this overseer belongs to him." ”

Jia Xu said: "No matter how good he Zhou Yu is at using his troops, he never expected that our army would have such a sharp siege weapon!" He thought that it was time to start thinking about how to cross the Huai River and the specific strategic deployment of continuing to move south. ”

[There are many readers who always have a wrong view, always thinking that Jia Xu, as a super military division, should strategize and win a decisive victory thousands of miles away, and have already calculated everything before the battle is fought, in fact, this is simply impossible, and a truly wise commander will only formulate a clear strategic goal, and then adapt to the rapidly changing battlefield situation, and constantly adjust strategy and tactics. ]

"Be gentle and don't be careless." Ma Yue shook his head solemnly and said, "Although this siege vehicle can kill Wu Jun by surprise, it may not be able to break through Shouchun City, although Zhou Yu is young, he is definitely not to be underestimated!" Back then, in Anhui City, Lone almost used a trick to trap him, but in the end he was seen through and fell short. ”

"Hmm." Jia Xu nodded, and said thoughtfully, "Being able to judge the situation and adjust tactics accordingly according to the rapidly changing battlefield situation is indeed the basic quality that a commander must have. ”

(To be continued)