"Why did you come back?" , Guo Jia looked at the man with a hippie smile a little angrily, it was Li Yu, who went all the way down the upper reaches of the Zhijiang River and returned to Nanjun Town; "The victory or defeat of this battle is directly related to the historical trend of the next hundred or even hundreds of years, how can I not come?" , Li Yu spread his hands, and suddenly became arrogant: "Victory, the two countries of Wu and Shu are defeated like a mountain, the foundation is completely damaged, and the time of destruction is just around the corner!" If I lose, there will be no peace in the world for a hundred years, and what I said back then will become a reality! ”

"Are you saying that if the Central Plains is confused, and you attack me, those aliens will grow stronger in a hundred years? thus inflicting fatal injuries on us", Guo Jia stood up, looked up at the bright moon outside the sky, and sighed:

"You're better than everyone else at first, and the more you think about it, the more terrified you become, you're right! Once these aliens grow stronger, the disaster will be great! No wonder you acted so violently in the northern frontier of Cyprus, and you wanted to kill so many people to give them a deterrent! ”； Li Yu rubbed his hands: "What is the use of shock?" People are always greedy, and their greed will soon be unleashed because we are weak! They are like wolves all the time, always trying to bite us when we are weak, and when we are strong they become dogs"

"This war seems to be winnable!" , Guo Jia sat down, closed his eyes as if he was thinking about something, and Li Yu was on the side: "I have already ordered Pang Tong to build a raft, are we also preparing some in Nanjun City?" At least a lot of people will survive! ”

"Makes sense! Too much iniquity has been created, and a little less is a little! Guo Jia chuckled, and Li Yu nodded: "Leave it to me!" In the past few days, I will stabilize it for the time being, and after the raft is built, I will tease Liu Bei and Zhou Yu and let them attack the city desperately! ”

"I'm afraid it's hard! Liu Bei said that it was in his greatest interest to break through Nanjun and kill us, but for Zhou Yu, they couldn't afford to toss in Dongwu, and the casualties in the siege battle were not acceptable to him! So we need to use some little tricks! ", Guo Jia; Li Yu raised his eyebrows: "That's true, Zhou Yu can't squander like Liu Bei, there are not many soldiers and horses in Eastern Wu itself, and only their national strength is the weakest among the Three Kingdoms, and his 200,000 soldiers and horses are already more than half!" If it's all folded here, hehe! ”

"I've already thought of a solution, and I'll implement it soon!" , Guo Jia smiled evilly, which aroused Li Yu's curiosity: "What do you mean? ”

"Since he doesn't want to fight, let's take the initiative! And we're going to fight Liu Bei! Ignore Zhou Yu, this will provoke the relationship between them, in order to show his heart and position, Zhou Yu will definitely want us to attack wildly! Guo Jia said unhurriedly; Every strategist has his own characteristics, Jia Xu's ruthlessness, the attitude that anything can be sacrificed, Guo Jia's understanding of people's hearts, and the prediction of people's various reactions are all unique to them, which is also a manifestation of their anticipation of the enemy's opportunities and their last resort; "Good way!" , Li Yu praised and turned around and walked out, found Wen Ping, and asked him to gather people to cut down all the trees in Nanjun City, but he encountered difficulties in this matter, Nanjun City has been attacking and defending for so long, and the trees that can be used as rolling wood here have long been cut down; "Sir! There are no trees that can make rafts in Nanjun Town for a long time! Li Yu didn't expect it to be like this, and he was depressed for a long time: "Didn't you recycle the rolling wood and stones that were thrown down outside the city?" ”

"Most of them are burned by the fire oil points, only a small part is recycled, these things are consumables, we are already very frugal, but unfortunately there is no way! There are a few places where there are quite a few ready-made! ", Wen Ping suddenly said in a flash of inspiration; Oh? Where? ", Li Yu; Wen Ping: "A few days ago, the Wushu coalition army cut down wood and soil to build a high platform at the four corners of the city, but was defeated by Mr. Fengxiao with a trick, and half of the high platform they built was also defeated, and there were many trees there!" We can get it at night! ”

"Yes! No matter how much a little is a little, find someone out of the city to retrieve it! Wait a minute! Li Yu stopped Wen Ping, a little hesitant, and now some small things may expose the whole plan, Li Yu is a little undecided:

"Zhongye, you said that we should go out of the city to get wood, will the Wushu coalition army have other ideas?" , He thought halfway that they didn't know about this plan at all, and the conversation changed and put it aside; Wen Ping smiled: "Sir! Thinking too much, isn't it? These days we often go out of the city to collect arrows, rolling logs, and stones! Sometimes they send men against us! I think they'll think we're running out of gas! ”

"That's right!" , Li Yu smiled: "I may be thinking too much!" Organize the brethren to go out of the city to fetch wood, send cavalry to patrol everywhere, and tell them to be careful! Go ahead! ”

"No!" In the middle of the night, he called up the sleeping soldiers, of course these soldiers were not very satisfied, but when they heard that this was Lord Li's order, they were happy to celebrate, why? After disappearing for a while, Li Huaide is back! In their minds, this is the guarantee of victory! With him victory will soon come; Cao Jun gathered farm tools in the empty houses, slipped out of the city quietly in the night, and began to dig the large mound shaped like a grave bag, and every once in a while he would dig out a log, and then tie the log to a rope, and the soldiers at the head of the city would pull it up with force; The Wu Shu coalition army is the construction team, and the Cao army is now the demolition team, or the kind that takes advantage of the night to demolish it, these people are playing like gold shaves, and the Shu army on the other side has already gotten the news; Liu Bei has not eaten well and slept well since he came here, and he always feels panicked in his heart, which stems from his current situation, he was beaming when he came, but unfortunately, the fact is always developing in the other direction!

Liu Bei, who learned the news at the moment of Cao Cao's death, was overjoyed and very happy, but gradually, what he felt was not joy; On the contrary, there is a faint melancholy, which constantly lingers in my heart.

Cao Cao is a hero, and a hero of the world, Liu Bei has never denied this; Even, the ambitions of the two are very similar———— they both hope to calm the troubled times and stabilize the society.

From the very beginning, Cao Cao was a target, a target to catch up; Although this goal has repeatedly forced him to the end of the road; It was also in the process of competing with Cao Cao again and again that Liu Bei discovered his shortcomings and sharpened his will.

And now, the opponent is gone, the rival is gone, and only a pile of bones remains, but he still can't dominate the world; Who is the opponent of the heroes of the world? Cao? Liu? Should you give birth to a child like Sun Zhongmou? Yay (read one) The end is to underestimate the people of the world!

The times create heroes, and heroes cover a wide range, and it is not only emperors who can become heroes, anyone can do it, even if it is an ordinary person, as long as you do what others can't do, that's it; Why can't Li Huaide be called a hero and an opponent?

"Your Majesty! Mr. Kong Ming asks to see! The guard bowed down and whispered respectfully, Liu Bei pulled his thoughts back and sobered up: "Pass in!" ”

Zhuge Liang walked in, and after a salute, he poured beans into a bamboo tube and said, "Your Majesty! Cao Jun took advantage of the night to destroy the high platform we had built with earth, and dug up the huge trees and boulders and transported them to the city! ”

Is there any hidden meaning to this? Are you saying that Nanjun can't hold on anymore? Their war attrition has reached a great point? It's just that there are no more rolling logs and gravel? Liu Bei suddenly woke up and said in surprise; Zhuge Liang nodded: "Maybe that's the case, even if they are fully prepared in the dozens of days of war, they can't withstand such consumption, they are about to be exhausted!" The minister thought that it was time to speed up the pace of the attack, unite with Zhou Yu, and fight day and night, and the southern county city would be just around the corner; It is now the end of July, and once the rainy season comes, I am afraid that it will drag on, and the grain and grass supply line of our army and the grain and grass supply line of Wu's army are very long, which is our biggest weakness, and I am afraid that Cao's army will take the opportunity to act at that time."

Just when Liu Bei wanted to say something and didn't open his mouth, there was a commotion outside the camp, and Liu Bei was furious: "What's the matter? Yes? Not long after, Zhang Fei came over: "Your Majesty! Cao's army suddenly attacked the camp and was repulsed by our army! ”

Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief: "The key is still Zhou Yu!" He doesn't move now, and I can't force him too much, if he can't attack Nanjun City with us, I won't dare to attack the city with all my might! Now this ally of his has me stabbed in the back and elbowed me."

How to deal with Zhou Yu and let him send troops obediently, this is a difficult problem, because this matter has been delayed for a long time, Zhuge Liang thought for a long time and gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty might as well invite him, and then ask him during the banquet, why the Cao army only attacked our army and not them"

"Yes! That's a good idea! Liu Bei smiled, spread out the book, the dragon and snake danced wildly and wrote an invitation letter to send to the Dongwu military camp, Zhou Yu on the other side shook his head with a wry smile after learning about Cao Jun's several actions, this time it is not possible to send troops! But

The next day, the messenger of the Shu army couldn't wait to come to the camp of the Wu army in the early morning, and presented the letter, after Zhou Yu read it expressionlessly, he took Gan Ning and Han Dang out of the camp and ran to the camp of the Shu army. Liu Bei still politely invited him to eat and drink, and then pretended to be half drunk and half awake, stood up abruptly and pointed at Zhou Yu and asked, "Zhou Yu!" Do you think our Wushu Alliance should work together? Why didn't you send troops to help me? Are you going to betray our cooperation treaty? ”

Zhou Yu's face turned cold, he stood up, and arched his hand: "The lord of Shu is angry, it's not that I am unwilling to send troops, but because the national strength is weak and I dare not act recklessly."

"Don't talk about the useless! I! And ask you! Why did the Cao army raid many times, and each time it was our Shu army? In terms of hatred, you Wu Guo are the murderers who killed Cao Cao, why didn't they beat you? Say! Do you have any agreement with Cao Jun? Kindness? ”； Liu Bei asked like crazy, some of the generals in the banquet were already ready to move, Gan Ning and Han Dang's faces changed greatly, and they almost drew their swords to make a move, Zhou Yu gently pushed them away and pressed their hands: "Don't be impatient!" ”

"As the Lord of Shu said, we are the enemies of life and death who killed Cao Cao, how can we have any agreement with them?" , Zhou Yu replied to Liu Bei's question with a smile, Liu Bei was a little speechless, Zhuge Liang said: "The relationship between countries has always been about interests, who knows you"

Zhou Yu calmly looked at these scoundrels of Shu, and sat down slowly: "Fight!" You can play! However, you also know the situation in our country! I need something to keep the crowd in check, don't make it hard for me! ”

"Fifty thousand war horses!" , Liu Bei seems to have become the wise and calm one again, Zhou Yu rolled his eyes when he watched it, and he couldn't be so fake when he acted, right? After considering the 50,000 war horses and at least 100,000 casualties, Zhou Yu said again: "Our army's supply line has been pulled from Dongwu to Jingzhou, and it is already very difficult!" I need food and grass! Million stones! ”

"Million stones! Why don't you grab it? The grumpy Zhang Fei roared directly, and Liu Bei waved his hand: "It's okay!" I agreed! Holding Shuchuan, the granary of the world, plus the two counties in the south of Jingxiang, he has this confidence!

"So! It's time to get started! My soldiers are ready to storm the city! Zhou Yu arched his hand and walked out, he had already prepared, and so did the army of Shu!

"Knock knock", the drums of war are roaring, and the war is finally coming to the most tragic and cruel period of time! The Shu-Wu coalition army, which was as dense as an ant colony, frantically stormed the city, and the bloody corpses smashed by trebuchets could no longer make them feel afraid, because they were used to it; One after another cloud ladders turned up to the city, and there were special hook claws on the top of the cloud ladder to prevent Cao Jun from pushing down a few days ago. Defending the city is becoming more and more difficult, Li Yu once again ascended to the top of the city, this is the first time he has appeared in dozens of days, and it is also the first time he has appeared in Liu Bei's eyes, dispelling all their thoughts, this is also the effect that Li Yu wants to achieve, he needs to use himself to attract the attention of these people and slow down his attention to other places!

"Liu Bei! Zhou Yu! Long time no see! It's all very good! Yes? Hahaha! Li Yu stood at the head of the city with a long sword and roared arrogantly, a cold arrow shot at Wen Ping, who was beside him, and quickly dropped it with a knife, Li Yu didn't blink his eyelids, this kind of thing is used to him, although he can't protect against this kind of cold arrow, but he believes in the people around him; Turning his gaze, Li Yu looked at the archer, an unknown general, Li Yu stretched out his middle finger with a look of contempt: "What! I'll say hello to you bosses, do you want to steal the show? ”

Sneered twice, Wen Ping took the bow and twisted the arrow, calmed down, and shot an arrow, the man was startled, stirred the spear in front of him in front of him in an attempt to avoid Wen Ping's bow and arrow, but unfortunately Wen Ping's target was not him, but his mount with a bigger target, Wen Ping observed that there were a lot of broken guns, arrows and other things around him, and the person who was shot at the horse fell to the ground, as Wen Ping thought, he couldn't get up again!

"Mighty! Mighty! Mighty! Cao Jun's momentum is like a rainbow! roared madly, Liu Bei's face was pale outside the city, and he roared angrily: "The one who beheaded Li Yu will be crowned the former general!" Bounty 10,000 taels! Kill ——! ”

With such a rich reward, the soldiers are crazy, and who wouldn't want to climb to the sky in one step?

On the other side, the army of Wu also launched an attack, the Shu army attacked on two sides, and the Wu army attacked on one side, forming an enlarged version of the siege of three missing one, and compared to the wild fighting style of the Shu army, the Wu army will be more difficult to deal with, especially Zhou Yu! He's a veteran of conquering cities, the best of the old!

Zhou Yu has a wealth of experience in defending the city, he knows where the weakest part of the city is, this stems from the fact that when he followed Sun Ce from the beginning, when he was crisscrossing Yangzhou, Yangzhou is also Jiangdong, densely populated, there are many cities, and the wars they fought are basically water battles and siege warfare, so they have honed a good skill; Let the Wu army attack the city first, disturbing the Cao army's audio-visual, and on the other side, Zhou Yu's eyes fell on the city gate, yes, any city, the city gate is its weakest point, it is its cover door, and the city defenders also know the weakness of the city gate, so they designed a moat and a high suspension bridge, and the suspension bridge is like the outer armor of the city gate; If you want to attack the city gate, you must first break the drawbridge, and the hub that controls the drawbridge is at the head of the city, which is two huge iron chain winks, and two wrist-thick iron chains pull the drawbridge high, but no matter what kind of armor the city gate wears, it is never as heavy as the city wall, it is always the weakest point of the entire city!

Under the cover of the dense Wu army, a group of heavy armored infantry quietly ambushed it, this is an elite that Zhou Yu has built for a long time! He came to a conclusion from the repeated losses in the battle with Cao Jun, that is, there must be something that can turn the tables at all times! Heavy infantry and hoplite cavalry are both powerful weapons that can turn the tide of battle!

In the middle of these heavy infantry, there is a five zhang long, more than three feet in diameter of the ramshell, this is from Yuzhang County harvested from the millennium iron wood, weighing thousands of catties, the front end is equipped with a stainless steel bumper, the lower end of each side is equipped with two hundred grippers, must use two hundred heavy infantry to lift it, this kind of ramming ram has ten thousand catties of gravity under a blow and any city gate can not support its impact.

The order flag in Zhou Yu's hand swayed three times to the left and right, and many people scattered among the Wu army surging towards the southern county town, each of them carried an urn of fire oil, stuck it under the wall, and unloaded the fire oil from his body without making any quick move, and two of them climbed the suspension bridge like apes.

The drawbridge was the key to the siege, and only by lowering the drawbridge could the city gate be rammed, but the drawbridge was wide and heavy, with strong planks up to half a foot thick, and two arm-thick iron chains stretched down from the head of the city, firmly holding the drawbridge and dragging it high in the air.

Everything has weaknesses, and this suspension bridge is no exception, its weakness lies in the iron chain that fastens the two iron wedges of the suspension bridge, the iron wedges are deeply inserted into the wooden planks, and a pig iron ring is also tied outside, and holes are punched in the pig iron rings so that the iron wedges pass through the holes, so that even if the wood decays, the iron wedges will not fall off.

However, the East Gate Suspension Bridge in the southern county town has been worn out of time, and the hole in the iron hoop has been worn out, so it is possible to pull the iron wedge out of the suspension bridge, and the veterans of the Jiangdong Army have discovered this small loophole.

The veterans climbed the drawbridge, they used a short iron rod to slowly pry the iron hoop, the iron hoop moved up a little bit, out of the iron wedge, without the support of the iron hoop, the two iron wedges could not buckle the heavy suspension bridge, made a creaking sound, and the suspension bridge shook slightly.

As soon as the two scouts turned over, they got under the drawbridge, hooked the drawbridge with their feet, and took out the shiny saw, one of the scouts turned around and made a gesture to signal that the others could move, and the rest of the soldiers slowly poured the oil through the gap at the lower end of the city gate, and a wooden board blocked them from flowing out, and the fire oil flowed into the city along the gap.

At the same time, the two scouts under the drawbridge gradually sawed a crack in the planks on the edge of the iron wedge, and the cracks appeared so that the iron wedge could no longer hold the heavy drawbridge, 'Boom! With a loud bang, the iron wedge came out, the long, thick chain flew into the sky like a long snake, and the drawbridge tilted to the left.

All this happened in the midst of the chaos, and the Cao army at the head of the city did not notice it at all, until 'Boom! There was a muffled thud on the ground, and the drawbridge fell heavily, and in the midst of the shaking, the surface of the moat splashed and rippled; "Cover!" , with a loud roar, Han Dang, who was among the heavy infantry, shouted and commanded them to push the city chariot to attack the city gate! This is the first time they have approached the city gate in dozens of days, or the first time they have opened the drawbridge, it is really not easy, Cao Jun's defense is too tight!

"Sir! The Wu army has broken through the drawbridge! ", Old Man Huang Zhong came to Guo Jia's side panting and said; Oh! Guo Jia replied lightly: "Zhou Yu is indeed a civil and military all-rounder, much more powerful than us!" ”

"Oops! My husband! What a word! I'm worried that Zhou Yu will break through the city gate! Huang Zhong's anxious shouting was exchanged for Guo Jia's chuckle; Don't worry! Give them a few pots of hot oil first! Guo Jia: "Then let them in!" Let the cavalry assault go! Counter assault! ”

"No!" , Huang Zhong arched his hand, and the old man, who was nearly seventy years old, walked down to the city and began to drink; On the city tower, Guo Jia shook the feather fan and stood up with difficulty, looking at Zhou Yu in the distance, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and the feather fan pointed far away

As if sensing that someone was looking at him, Zhou Yu raised his head, and a ball of fireworks burst out where the two of them looked at each other!

(To be continued)