Sun Ce's yellow cover, building boat, and car drove into the gate of Jiangling on the front foot, and there was a building boat and several fighting ships on the back foot to the west. According to Sun Ce's instructions, Zhuge Jin went to Shu to ask for help, but he didn't mention Qiao Ren's plan as soon as he came up, but moved the camera to find out what Liu Bei's attitude was.

Because of the battle of Yiling between Eastern Wu and Han first, the Han army was defeated and lost, not to mention the loss of soldiers, and lost nearly half of the territory; Now, Sun Ce's claim to be the emperor is also equivalent to beating Liu Bei, the self-proclaimed successor of the Han family, so Zhuge Jin must first find out Liu Bei's attitude before he can speak, but in Qiao Ren's opinion, Fa Zheng is dead, and now Shu Han is the main government of the Jingzhou faction and the main army of the Xuzhou party, and the joint faction of Yizhou and Yongliang Dongzhou has adopted a non-violent and non-cooperative attitude at this time.

And because of the death of Fa Zheng, Meng Da's rebellion and the Yongliang Party, although Liu Bei named Ma Chao as a hussar general after the emperor, but in fact it was only a nominal official, and the real military power was all in the hands of Guan and Zhang, and even Hanzhong was guarded by Zhao Yun, and he Ma Mengsheng actually played a role in deterring the Qiang people.

In the face of such a wrong and complicated situation in Shu, whether Zhuge Jin can succeed immediately In fact, Qiao Ren, the initiator, has no plan in his heart, so he can only give it a try, at least put some pressure on Cao Pi in public opinion!

Sun Ce and his more than 40,000 soldiers and horses arrived in Jiangling three days before the Wei army. However, three days later, the main force of 100,000 Wei troops arrived to the east of Xiangyang, and the company camped along the river for more than ten miles, with banners covering the sky and a huge momentum.

"I didn't expect this Xiangyang City to meet again!" Three thousand tigers and leopards rode out to guard a black-armored and black-robed general, and behind him were also surrounded by a group of generals, judging from the generals' banners, there were Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Wenpin and other main generals. It can be said that the main generals of the 100,000 Cao Army in the middle road are all gathered together.

Cao Xiu was once the governor of the tiger and leopard, and was called the thousand-mile horse of my family by Cao Cao. But he has become famous in the past few years, especially in the Battle of Hanzhong, Cao Xiu defeated Wu Lan and forced Zhang Fei to retreat. Because he is famous, and his own age is between the older generation of Cao Ren and the younger generation of Cao Zhen, he is in the year of fighting, and he does seem to be a suitable candidate for commander.

But in fact, it is not at all, Cao Xiu has never commanded a large-scale army, and his qualifications are too low, and his official position is not high, whether it is the general Cao Ren or the general Cao Zhen of the upper army, and the official position of the hussar general Cao Hong is above him, and he is just the general of the expedition to the east or because Cao Pi originally wanted to use him to go to the eastern front to replace Xiahoudun for the reason that he worshipped, and did not think that the 30,000 army went to Yuzhou to learn the news that Shouchun was broken by Dai Gang, and after several turnovers, he was finally appointed as the chief general of the 100,000 Cao army in the middle road.

The famous generals of the middle road army include Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, and Wenpin, but Cao Jun has never had a general with a foreign surname as the main general. And the general Cao Ren of the family is not young and his health is not very good, I am afraid it will be difficult to take on this heavy responsibility, and Cao Hong, another veteran of the clan, this brother and Cao Pi have not dealt with each other, Cao Pi doesn't want to rectify him, even if it is good, do you still want to be the boss? Didn't you see that he didn't even have to fight a horse in this expedition? As for Cao Zhen, he is even more of a junior character, and his qualifications are shallower than Cao Xiu, and he succeeded Cao Xiu and became the governor of the tiger and leopard. And Xiahou Boren is not military-oriented, so he excludes.

So think about it. Cao Wei's most suitable for this mid-lane general is actually Cao Pi's brother Cao Zhang, the Cao family's Huang Xu'er of the northern Xinjiang has long-term command qualifications and abilities, and because of his status, the generals have more or less served under him for a short time, and it is not a problem to command the middle lane at all. But Cao Pi, does he dare? Does he dare to let Cao Zhang take charge of the army?

In the end, he had to settle for the second best thing and set Cao Xiu's middle commander, and Cao Xiu said that the pressure was great. So on the first day of his arrival in Xiangyang, he brought all the veterans to survey the city.

"yes!" Xu Huang stared at Xiangyang City with a pair of tiger eyes, eager to pierce it. He and Cao Ren were stationed in Xiangyang at the beginning, and it was the two of them who handed over the city. Now it's time for him to take it back.

"I never thought that in just a few months, the Wu army would strengthen Xiangyang City, and it seems that the city tower also has a giant crossbow of the Wu people." Zhang Liao's eyes were solemn, he had seen the power of the Wu people's giant crossbow.

"Giant crossbow?" Hearing this, Cao Xiu looked at the wood-colored machinery on Chengtou Mountain, and he still remembered that Cao Hong was almost wiped out by this thing. But to say who is most familiar with the Wu army's ballistae and ballistae is Xiahoudun, who has been attacking Hefei for several days, but he has already died of illness, and the second is Zhang Liao, who has fought a lot in Huainan.

"The Wu people's giant crossbow has an extremely long range, nearly a mile, and the wooden spear shot is huge, and the wooden spear shot can be coherent for several people, and its strength is still alive." Zhang Liao described to the generals.

Although Cao Xiu has seen it, what he has seen is just a mess after being ravaged, how can Zhang Liao's soft experience be detailed and vivid.

Unconsciously, because the Wei army has rarely attacked the Wu army's city in recent years, Cao Xiu and others have unknowingly entered the range of the Wu army without self-examination, and it is also thanks to Zhu Ran and Sun Huan, who are stationed in Xiangyang, do not know the allusion of Xiao Tzulin.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, Xiao Tzu Rin, the king of Lanling of the Liao Kingdom, invaded the Song Dynasty with the Empress Dowager Xiao and Liao Shengzong in the south, Xiao Tzu Rin was the chief general of the Liao army, and led the light cavalry to survey the terrain in the battle of Lanzhou, and was killed by Zhang Gui, the head of the Song Army's mighty tiger army, who shot a big arrow with a bed crossbow and hit his forehead, and the Empress Dowager Xiao dropped out of the dynasty for five days, forcing the Liao army to negotiate peace with the Song Dynasty and sign the alliance of Lan Yuan.

If Cao Xiu was killed by a crossbow arrow at the head of Xiangyang City, it would be a lot of fun, even if he didn't shoot Cao Xiu, with the current situation of Cao Jun, as long as he shot a few arrows, he could casually kill a few generals.

However, it is a pity that Zhu Ran and Sun Huan have arranged a number of soldiers and resources in the city, and there are indeed a lot of materials in Xiangyang City, but there are only a little more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and they are somewhat weak in the face of Cao's 100,000 army.

"Where is Sun Shengbu?" Sun Shengbu stationed troops behind Xiangyang and guarded the horns with Xiangyang City, so Zhu Ran would ask.

"Here!" Sun Huan pointed to a dangerous terrain, it is the bank of the Xiangshui River, where the river is the narrowest and is the easiest place to swim across, Sun Sheng came here to prevent the Wei army from crossing the Xiangshui, because Xiangyang only renovated the north and west due to lack of time, the south and east not only did not renovate, even the ballista was not placed.

"Okay, General Sun Sheng really acted quickly. Uncle Wu, let's give you the bottom, do you think Xiangyang can be defended? Zhu Ran's eyes were like torches, shining with inexplicable light.

"Yes!" Sun Huan replied without thinking about it: "Xiangyang City is strong and solid, and it is blessed with ballistas, the defense system is natural, and our army is also full of generals and soldiers. ”

Sun Huan was very open-minded and optimistic. But Zhu Ran didn't think so, he thought more comprehensively, but since Sun Huan was so confident, he didn't have much to say about discouragement, so he could only encourage: "Then so-and-so will raise his prestige with the general!" ”

"Whoa!"

In the early morning of the next day, the horn of Cao Jun resounded throughout the world. To the northeast, facing the dazzling sunlight, it was black, and the 40,000 Cao army began to attack the city at this time. The 30,000 Cao troops in front of the Shengcheng troops marched neatly and swarmed in. And in front of them were dozens of huge wooden frame machines.

Thunderbolt - The Wei army also likes to use the thunderbolt to bombard the city for a lap or two, which is in line with the strategy of the Mongol army to break through the battle of Xiangyang.

"The people will obey! Let the Wei army taste the benefits of cannons (ballistas)! Sun Huan roared, but the right hand of the sword involuntarily clenched tighter, although he had heard that the range of the bed crossbow was above the thunderbolt, and the range of the ballista was also above the effective range of the thunderbolt, but he had not personally experienced the inevitable nervousness.

"Whoa!"

Outside the city wall, the Wei soldiers pushed the thunderbolt cars one after another, and the Wu soldiers on the city wall were manipulating the ballistas and bed crossbows one by one to adjust the Zhu Yuan.

The attack range or range of the traditional catapult is only 500 meters, which can be said to be a long-distance attack weapon at that time, but it must be a lot worse than the bed crossbow made by the Wu army with the technology of the Song Dynasty, and the best range of the bed crossbow can reach 1,000 meters, even if the range is shorter, the ballista has a range of 500 meters, and the accuracy is not the same. The Thunderbolt's effective range is even lower, and the accuracy is a win as long as it's not ridiculously biased.

A quarter of an hour later, the Wei army's thunderbolt was finally about to enter the range of the bed crossbow, but the Wu army on the city tower still did not react, two hundred meters, one hundred meters, the thunderbolt car was getting closer and closer to the range of the ballista, and for the Wei army, the city wall was getting closer and closer, and Zhang Liao, who was the governor of the city, slowly showed a smile.

"Humph! Don't think that only you have a ballista in Dongwu, now let you take a look, the thunderbolt car transformed by Mr. Liu and Master Ma! After finishing speaking, Zhang Liao slowly raised his left hand, and the herald beside him signaled the snare drum on the chariot, and the rhythm changed suddenly, and at the same time, more than a dozen captains of each battalion heard the drum and raised their hands to signal the team to stop.

"Thunderbolt launch!" "Thunderbolt launch!" The two lieutenants and junior officers at all levels who were in charge of the siege equipment shouted one after another, passing down the orders layer by layer.

The Wei army actually fired artillery outside the range of the Thunderbolt. (To be continued......)