Chapter 43: The Battle of Jiangxia
Sun Jian's camp remembered with a trumpet. Tens of thousands of soldiers began to run madly towards Jiangxia City. As Zang Ba had predicted, Sun Jiang also focused his offensive on the south, facing the mainland. It was an open space, and the men and horses were scattered, and the black pressed against it. On the left is Cheng Pu, on the right is Huang Gai, in the middle Han Dang, and Sun Jian is leading an army behind.
On Jiangxia City, thousands of arrows were fired. The soldiers who ran in the front line instantly slowed down, fell, and were trampled into pulp by those behind. Siege engines, ladders, boarding locks, and all kinds of siege equipment were crowded under the city.
Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Han Dang all risked the arrows and stones, rushed to the front, and took the lead in the city. Huang Gai was the fastest, and he was the first to rush to the bottom of the city, carrying double whips on his back, and began to climb up the ladder that had been supported. All kinds of city-guarding equipment at the head of the city fell like raindrops. Cheng Pu carried a big knife in one hand and a ladder in the other, and used the knife to block the things thrown down from the city.
On this section of the city wall, Liu Biao's garrison soldiers were obviously very well prepared, stones, ash bottles, cannons, rolling wood and stones, and all kinds of things seemed to be inexhaustible. Hundreds of soldiers died in an instant.
Sun Jian was very annoyed and kept urging the soldiers to continue the attack. The archers kept shooting arrows at the city. The city gave a favorable counterattack. Such sieges were fought from morning to evening. Although Sun Jian's attack was very strong in this regard, he did not achieve any results at all.
Li Hui asked Zang Ba: "Brother Zang, Sun Jian's attack is so sharp, why didn't he even climb the city wall?" ”
Zang Ba said: "Sun Jian only cared about attacking and didn't grasp the opportunity, if he can do the opposite, he will definitely receive unexpected results!" ”
"The opposite?" Li Hui was puzzled.
Zang Ba said: "We watched it all day, Sun Jian's attack was only on this side, there were four walls in the whole city, Sun Jian put the other three sides and did not attack, so that all the defenders of Jiangxia gathered on this section of the city wall, even if he had more soldiers, I am afraid it would be useless!" ”
"The other three?" Li Hui said: "The other three sides are all water!" How can I siege a city? ”
Zang Ba smiled: "It is precisely because the other three sides are all water, the Jiangxia City guard thinks that Sun Jian will not come from those three sides, in order to achieve a surprise effect, the construction of a big city, it is impossible to be close to the river, there will always be a large open space, and the soldiers can use these open spaces to attack!" ”
Li Hui nodded: "Brother Zang is right, let's go, go back and see if Sun Jian will change his arrangement!" ”
Coming to Sun Jian's Chinese army tent, Sun Jian was furious! Sun Jian said angrily: "Today, I lost so many soldiers, and the three generals couldn't even capture a small Jiangxia, and I have to fight hard tomorrow, whoever wants to slack off will not be spared!" ”
None of the generals spoke. Li Hui smiled and said: "General Sun, don't be angry, I watched your siege today, and I don't know if General Sun is willing to listen to some opinions?" ”
Sun Jian smiled: "Virtuous nephew, resourceful, there must be a high theory, please speak quickly!" ”
Li Hui said: "It's not my opinion, it's this." Li Hui pushed Zang Ba to the front desk and introduced to everyone: "This is Zang Ba who just defected to me, Zang Xuangao, brave and strategic, he told me some insights, I think it is feasible, so tell you, Brother Zang, let's talk about it!" ”
Zang Ba said a few polite words, and then said the words he told Li Hui to Sun Jian's civil and military affairs. Sun Jian listened, his brows tightened, and he kept thinking in his heart. After a long time, he said: "What this Brother Zang said has some truth, but we have too few troops, if we divide the troops, I'm afraid!" ”
Li Hui said with a smile: "General Sun, don't worry, Zhengnan is a feint attack, just a bluff, the other three sides are the main target, just send a fierce general, enough to take it!" Just take a section of the wall, and the rest will be much easier! ”
didn't wait for Li Hui to finish speaking. Sun Ce stepped forward: "Father, the child's wish!" ”
Sun Jian looked at Sun Ce and smiled: "Haha, my son is brave and brave, he is the best candidate, but there is a better candidate in his father's heart!" Sun Jian looked at Li Hui and smiled at Li Hui: "I wonder if my nephew can help me?" ”
Li Hui smiled: "Dare not obey your fate, this time I came to help the general, and now I have a place where I can be used, I will do my best!" ”
Sun Ce heard his father say that Li Hui was a better candidate than himself, so he didn't worry about the fire in his heart, and glared at Li Hui viciously. Li Hui just didn't see it and said this to Sun Jian. At this time, a child of about fifteen or sixteen years old suddenly ran into the big tent of the Chinese army. Everyone looked at it, this child was called a strange one, with red hair and blue eyes, and a high nose, although strange, but heroic.
The young man ran to Sun Jian's side: "Father, I am willing to go with Brother Li Hui, and I also want to learn from Brother Li Hui's skills!" ”
Sun Jian laughed: "My son has this intention, and he is very happy for his father, okay, his father agreed!" ”
Sun Jian walked to Li Hui with the child, and said with a smile: "This son is my second son, famous, and has some wisdom at a young age, I don't know if the virtuous nephew can teach him!" ”
Li Hui nodded in agreement. Sun Ce was even more angry now, his eyes were wide open, and he was panting heavily. Sun Jian allocated 10,000 soldiers and horses to Li Hui to attack the North City Gate. He also ordered Cheng Pu to lead an army of 10,000 to attack the east gate, Huang Gai to lead 10,000 troops to attack the west gate, and he led the rest of the soldiers to make a feint at the south gate.
The next day, the fourth watch cooked, and the fifth watch sent troops. Li Hui led the men and horses to quietly bypass Jiangxia City and came to the north gate. Jiangxia is bordered by the Yangtze River in the north, and the river flows less than 500 steps away from Lijiangxia City. Behind is the rolling flood, and in front of you is the towering high city. Li Hui asked Zang Badao: "Brother Zang, how to attack, such a distance, it is completely within the bows and arrows of the defending soldiers!" ”
Zang Ba looked at it and said, "You can't attack hard, you can only outwit it!" ”
Wen Chou smiled: "You people! I always like to be opportunistic, in my opinion, wouldn't it be nice to kill directly to the city! ”
Zhao Yun patted Wen Chou: "Second brother and Brother Zang are talking, you talk a lot, wait quietly, there is a time for you to exert your power!" ”
Li Hui shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Third brother, tell me, how to outwit?" ”
Zhao Yun was stunned, but he didn't expect Li Hui to suddenly ask himself. I didn't say anything about it for a long time. Sun Quan on the side said: "We divide our troops and attack, Jiangxia defenders will definitely not check, and when my father's side starts, Jiangxia defenders will think that we are still using yesterday's tactics, and after the transfer of troops, we will attack again and take Jiangxia!" ”
Li Hui and the others were all stunned and looked at Sun Quan. Sun Quan was a little embarrassed and said, "Did I say something wrong?" ”
Li Hui gave Sun Quan a thumbs up: "Little Brother Sun, what you said is very good, let's do what Little Brother Sun did, let the army hide, and wait for General Sun Jian to start, and then we will wait for the opportunity to move!" ”