"The Grand Governor, Ren lost the first battle, and please ask the Governor to punish the crime." In the military tent of the Wu army outside Jiangling City, Zhou Yu sat in the first place, and the generals were listed below. And Qiao Ren is half kneeling in the middle, all the way Qiao Ren is smooth sailing, at the age of seventeen as the chief bookkeeper, and moved to the captain of the overseer army, and then it took Changsha without a single soldier, and then it was several times to exterminate Shanyue, it can be said that Qiao Ren has not been defeated for several years.

Now, after the Battle of Chibi, he attacked Jiangling as a vanguard, but was caught off guard by Cao Ren. Although his losses were not large, thousands of people were beaten back five miles by Cao Ren's hundreds of people, which was already a great humiliation. This made Qiao Ren unacceptable for a while, and then there was a scene of pleading guilt in the account.

Speaking of which, Zhou Yu is also on fire now! First, he received a report from Di that Sun Ce had withdrawn from Hefei because the enemy's reinforcements had arrived, and because of his lack of food and grass; Then Qiao Ren's army was defeated in Jiangling, and he was caught off guard by Cao Ren, you must know that Qiao Ren's headquarters alone has nearly 10,000 escort troops, and Cao Ren only has 7,000 people guarding Jiangling. This defeat is a great blow to the morale of the Wu army, but there are disadvantages and advantages, Qiao Ren's most good land combat troops were defeated, it can be said that after these Chibi victory, the Wu army generals who underestimated the heroes of the world poured cold water, which can make them calm down and soberly recognize the strength of Cao Cao's elite Northern Army.

Sure enough, Zhou Yu helped Qiao Ren up, looked at the generals present with blazing eyes, and said: "Ziyan, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and there is no need to be obsessed. Generals, do I know that you think that the victory of Chibi is your credit? In fact, no, the Battle of Chibi was just a situation miscalculated by Cao Cao, and the northern army came to the south and did not accept the water and soil and had an epidemic, which caused the army to have no fighting spirit. Since Chibi, one by one, you have raised your tails to the sky, thinking that Cao Cao is nothing more than this, and the Northern Army is nothing more than this. Hmph, how do you think your troops compare to the Qiao Protectors? ”

Everyone shook their heads, joking that Qiao Ren's troops were known as the best at land warfare in Jiangdong, with 800 cavalry, second only to Sun Ce's horsemen.

Looking at the generals who shook their heads, Zhou Yu didn't want to fight anymore, and said: "Now Cao Ren leads an army of 7,000 troops to garrison Jiangling, and Nanjun is the place where the governor must take. Yu hopes that all the generals will work together to take Gangneung. ”

"Whoa!"

Zhou Yu got up at this time, raised the sword in his hand and said: "Tomorrow, I will personally supervise the army, and the generals hope to work together to break through Jiangling and capture Cao Ren." ”

Early the next morning, Zhou Yu really went into battle in person, wearing silver armor and carrying a sword, and came to the front of the battle. Behind him, the 70,000 army of sheng flags covered the sky, and all kinds of ge, spears, and ring-headed knives reflected a bright metallic luster in the morning sun. Officers at the rank of lieutenant and above all have their own battle flags, and there are dozens of battle flags on the side of Soochow, and there is no shortage of names of Jiangdong Huchen. Cao Ren, who could see the city tower, was dazzled, Rao was a tiger general like Cao Ren, and when he saw such a battle, he was still in Guandu.

"The Wu people really have a good army." Chen Jiao on the side sighed.

Cao Ren didn't care why this master always liked to say frustrating words, looking at the situation of the Wu army, Cao Ren knew that he might not be able to do well today, so he hurriedly ordered a few captains to go to the arsenal and bring all the bows and crossbows and arrows to the city tower.

"The Metropolitan Governor, you need to attack from all sides." Lu Meng, the governor of the left capital on the side, asked.

Zhou Yu didn't answer directly, but asked Xiang Qiaoren, the right governor, "Ziyan, what do you think?" ”

Qiao Ren thought hard all night yesterday, and finally eased his emotions, and when he heard Zhou Yu's question, he hurriedly said: "The art of war is cloudy: 'Siege the master must be que'." Our army is ten times more than the enemy, but the Jiangling Cao Ren won a small victory yesterday and the army is stable, and the arsenal and Cangbin are full, and they are not afraid of our army's long-term attack, but it is better to encircle three and lack one, so that the enemy army thinks that there is a glimmer of life and gives up the determination to fight to the death. ”

"Hmm." Zhou Yu nodded and said, "Yes, the generals are ordered." Qiao Ren obeyed. ”

Qiao Ren hugged his fists on the horse and said, "The last will be." ”

"You lead the soldiers and horses of your headquarters and besiege the eastern city."

"Whoa"

After receiving the order, Qiao Ren immediately led the troops away, and Zhou Yu continued: "Where is Lu Meng? ”

Lu Meng came out and said: "The last general." ”

"You will take 10,000 from the headquarters and besiege the northern city."

"Whoa"

What Zhou Yu said is that there is a lack of one of the three in the encirclement, and now the two roads are gone, leaving only the south and the east, "Where is Gan Ning." ”

Gan Ning immediately hit the horse and said: "The end will be." ”

"Then you take your troops and horses and go to the east to set up an ambush. To be prepared for a long time, Cao Ren will not withdraw his troops in just a few days if his mind is strong. ”

"Whoa"

Zhou Yu looked at the more than 40,000 soldiers behind him and said, "The rest of the soldiers will follow me to attack the city." ”

Jiangling is an important town in Jingzhou, the city wall is thick and tall, each side of the city gate, can accommodate nearly a thousand soldiers, and the city wall on each side has a moat, the river is full of horses, traps and other things, so the huge Jiangling city only four gates can be used as the object of siege.

Outside the city, the generals of the Wu army organized soldiers to push the chariot to the city gate, which is a large siege tower wearing armor, which can not only be used to hit the city gate from below but also shoot directly into the city from the car, and can also be used to approach the city wall, destroy the female wall (battlement wall), and directly attack the defenders on the city wall. Of course, there are also those who carry simple siege equipment ---- ladders. There are many ways to frame the ladder, which can be put on the shelf directly from outside the city, or it can be erected from the wall with soil as a wall.

Of course, the simplest and crude method used by today's Wu Jun is used. Countless soldiers carried ladders in one hand and shields in the other, and behind them there were crossbowmen with shields in one hand and crossbows in the other, and finally the stormtroopers with ring-headed knives. When the besieging troops came within a meter of the enemy's range, the captain shouted, "Raise your shield." With a bang, all the soldiers raised their wooden shields, and half a minute after raising their shields, arrows rained down from the upper floors. Immediately, many soldiers who had not raised their shields were shot to the ground, and then they were unable to move due to their injuries, and were shot into hedgehogs by arrows.

"The troops marched quickly, rushed the car and returned fire." Leading the charge today were Ling Cao, the vanguard captain, and Chen Wu. It was Chen Wu who gave the order, the Wu army was close to the moat, and if you wanted to fill the moat, you had to suppress the vitality of the city, and if you wanted to do this, you had to return fire at the crossbowmen on the cart.

With Chen Wu's order, the wooden board that originally protected the crossbowmen was opened at once, and the bows and crossbows inside had been on standby for a long time, ready to return fire immediately after the wooden planks were opened. However, Cao Ren deserved to be a well-guarded general, and as early as when the rushing car approached, he ordered all the crossbowmen to stop shooting and aim at the rushing car, leaving only the archers still shooting. Sure enough, Cao Ren's move received good results, after the baffle was lowered, Wu Jun's crossbowmen received a baptism of crossbow arrows, and more than half of the casualties were killed and injured for a while.

As for those infantry, they were all targets, and sure enough, half an hour later, the Wu army had not yet approached the city gate, looking at the Jiangdong soldiers who were scattered all over the field. Zhou Yu sighed and said, "Mingjin retreats." ”