Zhuge Liang, who went to Jiangdong with Lu Su in May of the fourth year of Jian'an, finally came back a few days ago, which made Liu Bei secretly relieved in his heart.

As of June, Cao Jun still did not have the slightest movement, and Liu Bei and others did not doubt it, after all, the logistics of the 400,000 army could not be prepared overnight.

However, on the 14th of this month, Jiangling suddenly received an urgent report, saying that a day earlier, Cao's army had conquered Maicheng strongly, and the troops were sent to Hulu Valley!

Suddenly, the people in Jiangling were shocked, and before they could discuss the blame, Liu Bei and others got countless battle reports one after another, and only three hours later, they explored the Malay report outside the city, and found the traces of Cao Jun thirty miles northwest of Jiangling City.

Liu Bei, Liu Qi and others looked at each other silently.

The next day, Liu Bei and others heard that the Cao army outside the city was coming, climbed the city wall to peep, and saw that the head of the Cao army was surging one or two miles outside the city, and the black pressure was overwhelming, and there were no less than 100,000 soldiers and horses......

"March...... How fast!" Liu Bei looked at this scene with a shocked face, and he couldn't help it

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Somewhat bitter.

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Behind Liu Bei, Liu Qi's eyes were frightened and at a loss, and the rest of the civil and military generals were silent, only Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu were at a loss, looking at the many Cao troops outside the city with cold eyes.

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"It was put on the ......table," Xu Shu shook his head and said with a wry smile, "Ming Xiu plank road secretly crossed Chen."

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Granary...... This Jiang Zhe, tsk!"

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"Hmm!" Zhu Kaliang's eyes were a little dignified, and he pressed the feather fan lightly and was silent.

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"Hah!" Unlike everyone in Jiangling City, in front of Cao's army outside the city, Cao Cao laughed,

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stroked his palm and said, "Shouyi's hand, I'm afraid it will make Liu Bei and the others dumbfounded!"

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"What the lord said is," Cao Cao's side Cao Hong said with a smile, "They still think that our army is still rectifying its troops and horses in Xiangyang, but it might as well be that our army suddenly goes south, it seems that Liu Bei never expected Situ's move!"

"How could he have expected that?" Cao Cao laughed and said in a condensed voice, "Although Xiangyang has 400,000 troops, it is not necessary to advance and retreat together, just wait for 50,000, ah no, it is 100,000 soldiers and horses, it is enough to take Jiangling!" After that, Cao Cao looked at Jiang Zhe a little depressedly, and muttered, "Although this matter needs to be careful and strictly prevent the news from being revealed, Shouyi is really tightly covered......

Can it be regarded as tightly covered, even Cao Hong and Xiahou contempted the generals of the Cao army, but they only learned about this matter the day before they sent out the troops, and when they received the order from General Jiang Zhe, most of them were stunned.

In fact, Jiang Zhe has no choice, who called Cai Mao that guy said that if Cao Jun is familiar with water, I am afraid it will take a year and a half, a month, it is too hasty......

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A year and a half, not to mention that Jiang Zhe can't wait for a year and a half, even Cao Cao can't wait!

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At present, the army is going south to sweep away the Eastern Wu, and the pacification of the war is just around the corner, but it is necessary to stay in Xiangyang for a year and a half, which is ......

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The most important thing is that Jiang Zhe's beloved wives are in Xudu, and they are not in Xiangyang......

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Ahem, that's not right!

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It should be, Cao Cao's current big enemy, only Zhang Baiqi, Liu Bei, Sun Ce three, Zhang Baiqi is tired of dealing with Hanzhong, there is no time to take care of him, Liu Bei is trapped in Jiangling, maybe he has joined forces with Jiangdong, it is reasonable, Jiang Zhe naturally wants to destroy the enemy, and the battle is quickly resolved!

Therefore, on June 11, Jiang Zhe ordered Xiahou to suddenly command 50,000 troops to go first, and the troops were sent to Hulu Valley, Jiang Zhe, Cao Cao, and Cao Hongtong 50,000 troops were behind, and the two armies merged in Jiangling City.

As for the 200,000 soldiers and horses in Jingzhou, after the reorganization, Jiang Zhe asked Xun You to command 100,000 troops, and one day after Jiang Zhe raised his troops, he slowly rushed to Jiangling, and the two foreign 100,000 sailors, Jiang Zhe called Cai Mao to lead them, and went down the river in batches along the Xiangjiang River.

As for the shipbuilding outside Xiangyang City, they are still struggling to build warships, and every time they build a batch, they will inform Cai Mao and ask Cai Mao to allocate some manpower to join Jiang Zhe and others along the river.

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This millet seems to be the assembly line of later generations, but the key point is that Gangneung must be attacked as soon as possible

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Under!

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After all, Gangneung is a springboard for the Jiangdong army......

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I have always heard that Jiangling is a heavy investigation in Jingzhou, but when Cao Cao saw it with his own eyes, he couldn't help but wrinkle

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Eyebrow.

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Not to mention that the city wall is tall and strong, and there are 80,000 Jiangling soldiers in the city, it is only said that there is a moat of four or five zhang outside Gangneung City, which is an obstacle that is difficult to overcome.

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"Shouyi," raising his hand and whip to point in the direction of Jiangling, Cao Cao frowned and said, "Jiangling City Defense,

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No less than Xiangyang, it is very difficult to do! I don't know how to take this city if I want to keep righteous? ”

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"Heh," Jiang Zhehui smiled, turned around and instructed Cao Hongdao, "Zixiao, order you to get one."

Army, collect boulders here and there, and return here around noon!"

"No!" Cao Hong hugged his fists and saluted, led 35,000 soldiers and horses under his command, and went backwards.

"Boulder?" Cao Cao was stunned and said in surprise, "What is the intention of Shouyi to ask for a boulder?" ”

"Mende forgot? I ordered the ...... to be made in Xiangyang," Jiang Zhe said with a smile,

Seeing that Cao Cao was still a little puzzled, he reminded again, "Thunderbolt ......"

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"Thunderbolt!" Cao Cao had an epiphany in his heart, exclaimed, and then looked back at the Jiangling city wall, stroked his palms and laughed, "Wonderful! Wonderful! the day!" After saying that, Cao Cao suddenly remembered something, looked at the army beside him suspiciously, and said in surprise, "All the way, I don't seem to have seen that thunderbolt."

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"Meng De is not bad at what he said," Jiang Zhe nodded and said with a smile, "Thunderbolt is still,

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I guess I am afraid that it will be around noon before General Li Dian can transport it here!"

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"Li Dian?" Cao Cao seemed to understand a little, nodded and said, "No wonder you called him Youwu."

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Let the troops come out together, it turned out that Yuan Rang was asked to cover for him......"

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"Hehe," Jiang Zhe chuckled, looked at the Jiangling city wall and said lightly, "If Liu Bei and the others know that we are sending troops, it will be difficult to get rid of them, but now Liu Xuande is shrinking into the city, but it is just the end!"

"It's good to be righteous, but in my opinion, if Liu Bei sees that the overall situation is not good, he will flee elsewhere!" Cao Cao laughed, clasped his palms together and said in a condensed voice, "So what about now...... What am I waiting for?"

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"Wait!"

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"Wait?" I saw Cao Cao turn his head in astonishment, looking at Jiang Zhe with a strange face, but saw Jiang Zhe calmly said, "I'll wait all the way to prepare for the battle, and I also want to tell the soldiers to rest for a while."

"Right now? Outside Gangneung City? Liu Bei is under his nose? Cao Cao was stunned.

Jiang Zhe smiled, turned his head and ordered, "Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao obey orders!"

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The two stepped forward in response, clasped their fists and shouted, "The end will be!"

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"Order you to lead 5,000 cavalry each, and Hou will use the two wings of my army as a cover, if Liu Bei's army comes out.

The city comes, and you will lead the army to attack it!"

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"No!" The two clenched their fists and retreated.

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"The rest of the people wait, rest on the spot!"

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"......" Cao Cao looked at Jiang Zhe puzzledly, watched his soldiers sit and rest one by one, and then looked at the direction of Jiangling, and suddenly realized, "Isn't guarding righteousness a trick to lure the enemy?"

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"Definitely!" Jiang Zhe shook his head and said self-deprecatingly, "It's true that the soldiers are resting."

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Well...... Although Liu Bei may not dare to go out of the city, it is natural to be on guard!"

"Shouyi deceives me," Cao Cao laughed, and suddenly whispered in his ear, "But if you want to lure the enemy, you might as well ask the soldiers to disarm and rest, Liu Bei will come out of the city when he sees it, and when the time comes, I will kill the cavalry on the left and right."

Sure, defeat Liu Bei!"!

Helplessly glancing at Cao Cao, Jiang Zheyuan said, "Meng De, I have said it again and again, it is indeed to let the soldiers under your command rest!"

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In fact, it was not Cao Cao who was stunned, Liu Bei and others in Jiangling City saw that nearly 100,000 Cao troops would not attack the city, and they rested on the spot one or two miles outside the city, and they were also shocked.

"What trick does Cao Jun want to use?" Huang Zhong, the general next to Liu Qi, frowned and said, obviously right

Yu Caojun's approach was extremely incomprehensible.

"Childe!" Wei Yan walked in front of Liu Qi and hugged his fist, and said in a condensed voice, "According to the opinion of the last general, it must be the Cao army that has been attacking for a long time, and the troops are lacking, so he is resting outside the city, and the last general is willing to raise a force of soldiers and horses to break Cao Cao's army to relieve the siege of Jiangling!"

"No!" Before Liu Qi could speak, Wen Ping came from not far away, frowned and said, "Wen Yuan has never looked carefully, this is Cao Jun's plan to lure the enemy!" As he spoke, he walked to Wei Yan's side, pointed to the outside of the city and said, "Although Cao Cao's army is resting on the ground, you can see that in the forests on both sides of Cao's army, there is a cavalry hidden in it, if you lead the troops out, they will be captured!"

"What General Wen said is extremely true," Huang Zhong also nodded, looked at the outside of the city and said with a solemn expression, "Moreover, although the Cao army rests on the spot, the soldiers do not remove their armor and their hands do not leave the blade, if they rashly go out of the city to attack the enemy, the Cao army will suddenly attack!"

"That's right," after listening to what Huang Zhong and Wen Ping said, Liu Qi nodded and said in an astringent voice, "Since ancient times, a hundred miles of long attacks, but under the enemy city to let the army rest, unheard of, I am afraid that this matter is very likely to be Jiang Zhe's plan to lure the enemy, Cao Cao is a good fighter, Jiang Zhe needless to say, leading the army for three years, after countless battles, never defeated, how can such a flaw be exposed?" It must be a plan! General Xiao can't be rash!"

"Tsk!" Seeing that Liu Qi also said the same, Wei Yan could only respond in a muffled voice, hugging his fists and unwilling to speak

"No! The last will obey!"

Liu Bei, who was on the side, listened quietly to the conversation between Liu Qi, Huang Zhong, Wen Cheng, and Wei Yan, but he was still a little suspicious in his heart, and muttered to himself, "That said, it's just ...... Is it really a ploy? As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang understood, took a step forward, shook his feather fan and looked at Cao Jun outside the city, and said indifferently: "Lord Qi, according to the following opinion, Jiang Zhe's intention is nothing more than to wait for the siege of the city, to let the soldiers under his command rest for a moment or two, just because Jiang Zhe is cautious, so he was covered by two cavalry, in order to tell us to dispel the idea of leaving the city, if it is really a plan, how can he send cavalry in front of us?" It must have been hidden in the forest early......

Moreover, the lord and the forest can even see that even the banners of these two cavalry can see that Jiang Zhe's move is nothing more than telling me to wait for a rat to be jealous and dare not go out of the city!"

"You know again?!" Zhang Fei beside Liu Bei muttered, but when he saw Xu Shu, he explained with a smile, "Three generals, just imagine, Cao Jun came all the way to Jiangling, and when he arrived in Jiangling, he was already exhausted, how to attack the city?" It is inevitable that Cao Jun under his command will take a rest and cultivate enough strength!"

"According to what you say," Zhang Fei frowned and said in a deep voice, "Since it is not a ploy, why don't we fight?" Looking at the Cao army here, there are only about 100,000, and I also have 80,000 soldiers and horses in Jiangling, Lao Zhang, I only need to lead 20,000 soldiers and horses out of the city, and I will be able to defeat the 100,000 Cao army here!"

Seeing Zhang Fei say this, Wei Yan's face was overjoyed, and he hugged his fists and said, "What General Zhang said is extremely true, no matter whether Cao Jun is a plan or not, he has been exhausted all the way, and the last general will ask for his life and kill with General Zhang, so that Cao Jun looks good!"

・This ......" Liu Qi hesitated, turned to look at Liu Bei and said, "What does your uncle think?"

"I also have no clue," I saw Liu Bei staring at Cao Jun outside the city, shaking his head and saying with a wry smile, "I don't know what Jiang Situ means, but according to my thoughts, Situ has always been cautious, how can he really rest under the enemy city?" I'm afraid there's a deception!

In addition, when Cao Jun left for Jiangling, we have not received any news, so naturally it is impossible to calculate whether Cao Jun arrived here in a few days, whether Cao Jun is tired, and we do not know, if Jiang Situ is planning and deliberately sending troops and horses under our noses, but secretly Mao is a group of soldiers and horses, then ......"

"What the lord said is," Xu Shu nodded, and said solemnly, "What I am worried about is this matter, Cao Cao and Jiang Zhe have no less than 400,000 soldiers and horses, but there are only 100,000 here, excluding 100,000 sailors, Cao's army still has 200,000 soldiers and horses missing...... If the 100,000 Cao troops outside the city are bait, then r"

Beside him, Zhuge Liang also sighed and frowned.

"Bait?" Wei Yan sneered and said mockingly, "For my Jiangling, he has a good job."

Ruthenium!"

"Huh?" When Zhuge Liang heard this, he looked intently at the outside of the city, shook the feather fan lightly, and was silent.

What is Jiang Zhe's idea? There are many doubts......

First, Jiangling City has a large number of strong soldiers and sufficient grain and grass, and Guan Jiangzhe only led 100,000 soldiers and horses here, even if he besieged Jiangling for two or three months, I am afraid that he will not be able to capture this city.

Second, a few days ago, the Cao army marched fast, one day to conquer Kemai City, and then day after day, rushed to this place, if you want to say that you are waiting for work, I am afraid that yesterday is a good opportunity...... However, Jiang Zhe is cautious and "must be prepared...... The strange thing is that Cao Zi came to Jiangling City early in the morning, and did not divide his troops to besiege the city, "but instead of attacking the city strongly, he rested outside the city, and deliberately told me to see through his ambush......

Third, there are 400,000 Cao soldiers in the Cao army at the moment, but there are only 100,000 Cao soldiers here, so where are the remaining 300,000? Is there fraud in it? Or is it not deceitful, Jiang Zhe thinks that 100,000 soldiers are enough to take Jiangling?!

I don't understand this person's layout!

It stands to reason that Jiang Zhe intends to move his army eastward, and he must not want to delay a lot in Jiangling, so he should fight quickly and make a quick decision...... can't do it, Jiang Zhe likes to attack the most!

Why, then, did he wait so long outside the city?

No shouting, no siege, no siege......

"Cao Jun has moved!" Guan Yu in the city shouted in a deep voice.

Everyone looked at it, but saw a group of soldiers and horses slowly retreating, divided into two armies, retreating to the rear, in addition, the two wings of Cao's army also slowly retreated, retreating into the forest on both sides, and the cavalry hidden in the forest slowly came out, as the two wings of Cao's army......

"What exactly is Cao Jun doing?" Wei Yan stared at it for a while, but he still couldn't see the slightest head

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Guan Yu, Huang Zhong, and Wen Ping, frowned and looked out of the city, silently, not far from them, Zhang Fei sat on the ground, holding the wine jar and drinking, humming twice from time to time.

Not to mention the generals in Jiangling, even Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu were at a loss, frowning and watching the movements of Cao's army outside the city.

And Cao Cao, who was outside the city, was overjoyed.

"The plan to keep righteousness out of nothing and play tricks is to bluff the 80,000 soldiers and horses in Jiangling City

It's funny!"

"Meng De sees it?" Jiang Zhe said with a smile.

"Since I know that you have no intention of luring the enemy, where can I not see it?" Cao Cao laughed and helped

"They never imagined that Shouyi deliberately delayed time......

"Heh," Jiang Zhe shook his head and said with a wry smile, "I would prefer Liu Bei and the others to be born in their hearts."

Suspicious, abandon the city and leave, so that we can only cover up and kill later......"

"Shouyi thinks it's beautiful," Cao Cao smiled and shook his head, looking coldly

said, "Liu Bei and others have 80,000 soldiers and horses under their command, and they don't wait to be in a desperate situation. Today is inevitably a fierce battle...... I would prefer that Liu Bei and the others lead the army out of the city, and save me from waiting here!"

"If Meng De is tired, it is better to call Liu Xuande to talk a few words." Jiang Zhe quipped.

"Hey!" Cao Cao smiled helplessly, and was about to speak, when he suddenly saw a scout hurrying over, and clenched his fists and said, "Lord Qiqi, General Li Dian has arrived, and it is less than ten miles away from here. ”

"It's finally here!" Cao Cao stroked his palms and smiled, and then ordered the guards beside him, "Quickly recruit Cao Hong to lead the army to come and restore his life!"

"No!" Beside him, several guards retreated with their fists clenched.

Soon after, Cao Hong came to restore his life.

"So...... Righteousness!" Cao Cao turned his head to look at Jiang Zhe, Jiang Zhe nodded in understanding, raised the order flag and said, "Xiahou Bi, Cao Hong, Zhang Jaw, Yu Ban Listen to the Order!"

"The last general!" The four generals stepped forward and responded with their fists clenched.

"Xiahou Bi, Cao Hong, order you to wait for 10,000 troops to besiege the north gate of Jiangling and make a feint!"

"No!" Xiahou Bi and Cao Hong hugged their fists and retreated.

"Zhang Jaw, Yu Ban, also ordered you to raise 10,000 troops and besiege the south gate of Jiangling to feint!"

"No!" Zhang Jaw and Yu Ban hugged their fists and retreated.

"Order Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao, rectify the cavalry under your command, and take the West Gate with me!

"Mounted!" The herald beside Jiang Zhe hurried away.

"Cao Chun obeys orders!"

"The last general!"

"Order you to lead the tiger and leopard cavalry to ambush in the east of Jiangling City, if you see Liu Bei escaping, kill!

"The last general obeys!" Cao Chun clenched his fists and retreated.

"Lejin, prepare to attack the city!"

"No!" Le Jin hugged his fists and saluted, and immediately ordered his subordinate Cao Jun to prepare for the siege of the city, for example, to prepare wooden planks to force the moat......

On Jiangling City, he was surprised to see Cao Jun's series of actions, and he was confused.

Cao's army went outside the city for more than two hours, and it was not until he was here that he attacked the city?

Reluctantly pressed the suspicion in his heart, Zhuge Liang also began to assign generals to fight.

The west gate, obviously the main attack of the Cao army, Zhuge Liang called Guan Yu, Huang Zhong, Zhang Fei, the three of them guarded, in addition, Wei Yan guarded the north gate, Wen Ping guarded the south gate, as for the east gate, Zhuge Liang also expected that Jiang Zhe was the method of encircling three missing one, but for the sake of profundity, Zhuge Liang allocated two thousand soldiers to Xu Shu and ordered him to guard the east gate, after all, Zhuge Liang was also afraid that Jiang Zhe would go the opposite way and attack the east gate.

As for Liu Bei and Liu Qi, Zhuge Liang asked the two to sit in the locked city!

Zhuge Liang's assignment was naturally extremely proper, but he obviously underestimated Jiang Zhe's siege.

Around noon, Zhuge Liang at the east gate of Jiangling looked at the layout of Cao's army, but suddenly saw a soldier and horse coming slowly in the distance, and he was suspicious, and when he wanted to think about it, he saw that 60,000 or 70,000 Cao's army had been in a good phalanx under the city, and he was vigilant in his heart.

Naturally, it was Li Dian who came, and I saw him riding his horse in front of Cao Cao, turning over and dismounting, knocking on the ground and clasping his fists and accusing him, "The end will be late, delay the fighter, please surrender the lord!"

"It's time!" Cao Cao chuckled, raised his hand and said, "Get up, Thunderbolt."

Li Dian struck his body, clenched his fists and said respectfully, "Lord Qi, sixty thunderbolts, twenty rushing cars, the last will be transported to the end!"

"Good!" Cao Cao stroked his palms and smiled, turned his head to look at Jiang Zhe, but saw Jiang Zhe raise his hand and said, "Man Cheng, I can't use the car today, quickly send someone to set up a thunderbolt car to help me attack the city!"

"No!"

The thunderbolt car in Jiang Zhe's mouth, more than one zhang high, more than two zhang long, detachable, the law is in the hands of Guo Jia, the book of heaven, "A Hundred Battles" in the "Lu Gong Secret Record" recorded, is when Jiang Zhe was stationed in Xiangyang, heard that Jiangling Chengjian was strong, so he sent people to Xudu, asked Guo Jia to copy a copy and send it to Xiangyang.

After all, the thunderbolt is very powerful, and it is used to attack the city and surrender the wall, which is not only handy, but also can deter the courage of the enemy army in the city, how can it not be used?

Therefore, Jiang Zhe originally asked Cai Mao to recruit Jingxiang craftsmen to build siege equipment, in addition, Jiang Zhe personally supervised the construction of ten building ships, and converted the thunderbolt car to the building ship, but the effect was ...... It doesn't seem too good......

The accuracy is too poor, if it is on the river, it is difficult to control! However, it is used to attack the city at this moment, so it is naturally a no-brainer...... "Knock knock!"

The war drums in the Cao army formation under the city were slowly beating, and all the Cao army shield soldiers had arrived in front of the moat, holding their shields high, and the soldiers of Jiangling City were also taking bows and arrows.

The thirty wells in the rear of Cao's army also slowly stepped forward, and only waited for Cao Cao or Jiang Zhe to give an order, and the battle for the city began.

"It's best to take Gangneung before the 100,000 army of Gongda arrives here!" Cao Cao said in a condensed voice

Xun Yu got Jiang Zhe's order, led 100,000 soldiers and horses behind Jiang Zhe for a day, and slowly marched to Jiangling, "However, among the 100,000 soldiers and horses he led, most of them were Jingxiang soldiers and horses, Cao Cao's meaning was nothing more than to use the battle of Jiangling to deter the Jingzhou soldiers under his command, after all, the soldiers and horses under his command were of different factions, and it was easy to produce gaps, which is why Jiang Zhe used 100,000 Cao soldiers to take Jiangling.

Sometimes just because there are more soldiers doesn't mean that the strength is strong......

Seeing Cao Cao looking at him, Jiang Zhe waved his flag and said in a low voice, "Command the generals, attack the city!"

"Drink!"

"Woo woo ......" As the horn sounded, the Cao army finally began a large-scale siege of the city, and Gangneung City

, countless Gangneung soldiers raised their bows and mounted rockets, and the target was naturally the thirty wells.

In the hearts of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhuge Liang and others, the siege equipment is only limited to the wells, ladders, and rushing cars, but after today, it is not difficult for them to know one thing.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, the eastern city wall of Jiangling actually collapsed a little, and in the frightened eyes of all Jiangling soldiers, the morale of Cao's army rose again and again.

"This is ......" Looking at the boulder tumbling down the city, Zhuge Liang was moved.

"Huh?" Le Jin and Li Dian glanced at each other, a little is, they didn't expect to be sealed, and obeyed Jiang

The philosophical meaning is that it is just a test shot, and it hits the Gangneung city wall directly.

"Hiss......" Looking at that kind of power, Cao Cao gasped, and suddenly issued a deep voice

"Anyone who leaks the Thunderbolt Method, there will be no mercy!"

"Heh," glancing at the head of Jiangling City, Jiang Zhe chuckled, then smiled, and said solemnly, "Just a flick, although it is a fluke...... Li Dian and Le Jin, smash this wall for me!"

Li Dian and Le Jin glanced at each other, licked their lips, and clenched their fists and shouted, "No! I never thought that Cao Jun would have such a siege weapon, it would be difficult to do! For the sake of the future, we must not compromise our troops and horses today...... Stubborn? Or do you want to retreat? Frowning and looking at the strange siege equipment of Cao Jun outside the city, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but show a little worry on his face: The bow that Huang Zhong was half as tall as mentioned earlier was a short circuit in his head for a while, and it should be one person high.