Zhou Yu didn't pin the victory or defeat of this siege battle on any trebuchet.

After all, what kind of virtue is the thing he made, Zhou Yu couldn't be clearer.

Of course, it is best to be able to scare, but if you can't be scared, you have to attack the city and how to attack.

It was another day of offensive and defensive battles, and today's offensive and defensive battles somewhat made Zhou Yu see some hope of conquering Echeng.

In the past, although there were times when the city wall was attacked, soon, the Jiangdong army would be driven down by the defenders of the city, and it had to organize troops to attack again.

But today, Zhou Yu found that there was a part of the city wall in the south, and after the Jiangdong army attacked it, it had held out for about half an hour.

Although it was finally driven down by the Echeng defenders, this at least shows that the Echeng defenders' defensive strength is declining now, and they can no longer guarantee support at any time as they did a few days ago.

This is the thing that makes Zhou Yu the happiest in the past few days, which means that in the next few days, as long as Zhou Yu continues to attack according to today's intensity regardless of casualties, Echeng will soon be unable to hold it.

Once the city of Hubei is broken and the Yangtze River waterway is cleared, it can be driven straight in. The worst is that after the collapse of the river and the defeat of Yi County, it can also occupy the eastern part of Jiangxia, which is not without gain.

Therefore, the next day, Zhou Yu continued to send people to attack, and Zhang Xi's side became more and more uncomfortable.

The casualties of the soldiers were increasing every day, and if it weren't for the fact that the reinforcements were almost arriving in Yi County, these soldiers would have been unable to hold out for a long time.

Zhang Xi is also worried. I knew that I should have let Chen leave a thousand more people down, so that he would not be so passive now.

Seeing that reinforcements are just around the corner, if they are lost at this time. That's a big loss.

But the problem now is this, Zhang Xi's troops are getting smaller and smaller, and there are almost no ways to use them, except for fighting to the death, Zhang Xi and Wei Yankoufeng, none of them can think of a better idea.

Even Zhang Xi thought about it, but it really didn't work, so he gave up the outer city, shrank his forces and retreated to the inner city, and used the urn city to kill the enemy. As long as you survive these three days, when Chen's reinforcements arrive, maybe there will be a turnaround.

Wei Yan was still hesitant about this suggestion.

Abandoning the outer city is equivalent to a pure stubborn defense, handing over the initiative to the Jiangdong Army, and handing over your life and death to whether the reinforcements can arrive quickly.

This is what Wei Yan doesn't want to see, and he still feels that it's not time to abandon the outer city.

But the Jiangdong Army's siege of the city for two consecutive days also made Wei Yan see that the defense of Echeng had reached the point of being overstretched, so Wei Yan suggested that Zhang Xi should wait another day, and if he really couldn't bear it, then retreat to the inner city.

After the three of them finished their calculations, they prepared to part worriedly, but on the same night, the soldiers from the north gate came to report that there was movement on the river in the north.

When Zhang Xi heard this, he hurriedly got up and went to the north gate, and happened to meet Wei Yan who also heard the report halfway.

Neither of them spoke, and directly mobilized soldiers and rushed to the north gate.

Both hoped that Xiling's reinforcements had arrived in advance, but they were also worried that it was the Jiangdong Army that came late at night to defraud the city in the name of reinforcements.

Now in Echeng, the whole city is looking forward to the arrival of reinforcements, if the Jiangdong Army really pretends to be reinforcements, and it is late at night. Zhang Xi and Wei Yan must be cautious and carefully screened, if they are really mixed in by the Jiangdong army, this city will not have to be defended.

Therefore, the two of them not only mobilized the soldiers who could defend the city for the first time, but also went to the north gate together to check the movement by the river.

It is indeed an army, and it is also the banner of Jiangxia County, and when you look at it from a distance, you can vaguely see that the word "Chen" is on the flag, and it looks like Chen's army.

But Zhang Xi and Wei Yan didn't dare to be careless, and continued to stare at the river, watching the other party get off the boat and assemble and come to the city. At this time, Zhang Xi and Wei Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

Under the reflection of the torches, Zhang Xi and Wei Yan could barely recognize that the leading general was indeed Chen Dao, and he came to help two days earlier than expected.

At this moment, Zhang Xi's whole person relaxed, his legs were weak, and he sat down on the city wall.

Wei Yan glanced at Zhang Xi with disdain, but he turned around and went down to the city tower, arranged for the soldiers to open the city gate, and let Chen enter the city.

As soon as Chen Zhi saw Zhang Xi, he quickly explained the reason why he came to help so many days late.

It turned out that as early as more than a month ago, Xiling had already received a battle report from Zhang Xi and learned about the attack by Jiangdong's troops.

At that time, Chen Zhi advocated the first rescue.

But Liu Qi disagreed.

He believes that even if you want to send troops, you have to report to Xiangyang Liu Biao first, and then send troops after obtaining permission, which is the regular process.

As a local guard, he used the army without the order of the commander, what is the difference between this and Huang Zupifu?!

Before the Jingzhou Mu did not have an order, all localities should guard the city and rectify the defense.

As for Exian, with more than 20,000 sailors to help, Jiangdong could be attacked so easily.

Liu Qi's approach, not to mention Chen's arrival, even Su Fei was greatly taken aback. Is this boy having a bad brain?!

If it is in the prosperous era, Liu Qi's approach cannot be said to be right, but it cannot be said to be wrong, it can only be said to be cautious.

But now is a troubled time, if you really have to keep your duty, it is really not certain who this Jingzhou is, why is this prince so stupid and sweet? !

As for what Jiangxia Naval Army. Su Fei knew the Jiangxia Navy too well.

If it is said that when Huang Zu reigned in the early days, the Jiangxia Navy was indeed a strong army, but in the later period of Huang Zu, the Jiangxia Navy was already erosive, and it was not easy to maintain combat effectiveness, do you still expect them to win the Jiangdong Navy Army? !

Therefore, Su Fei also persuaded Liu Qi, but because of Liu Biao's relationship, Su Fei didn't dare to say too straightforward words to Liu Qi, so he could only persuade him to send troops to rescue Echeng as soon as possible, and it was not important whether Zhang Xi's life or death was important, but Echeng really couldn't be lost, and if Jiang Xia was lost, the door would be wide open.

Of course, the most important thing is that the Jiangxia naval army cannot lose too much, otherwise the entire Jiangxia will be finished.

Although Liu Qi sounded very excited, he still had confidence in the Jiangxia Naval Army, and insisted on doing his duty as a courtier, and waited for his father to give an order, and then sent troops in the name of justice.

Okay, now Su Fei has no persuasion, and he is disappointed in his heart.

Su Fei has nothing to say, what can Chen Zhi say to this guest?!

If he leads his troops to rescue Zhang Xi today, Liu Qi will be able to relieve him of his military power tomorrow.

As for the yellow shot, he watched the excitement on the side, and didn't say a word.

Then, Liu Qi wrote a letter and sent it to Xiangyang quickly, while he continued to sit in Xiling, waiting for orders.

In ten days, Liu Qi waited for a reply from Liu Biao in Xiangyang, and also waited for the retreating naval army led by Chen Qi.

Liu Biao directly scolded Liu Qi in the letter, and Liu Biao almost got angry because of Liu Qi's letter, giving himself a bad body.

Liu Biao really couldn't understand how he was so wise in his life that he gave birth to such a thing.

The major events of the military aircraft are already changing rapidly, as the commander of one party, he should respond to the situation on the spot, and if he asks for instructions on everything, what do you want him to do as a Jiangxia guard? !

Again, this is the Jiangdong Army Invasion Territory. Why don't you ask him Jiangdong, do they have any official documents from the imperial court allowing them to attack their colleagues, and do they abide by their duties as courtiers?!

Liu Biao drenched Liu Qi's scolded dog blood, and on the other hand, he asked Liu Qi to immediately reorganize the army, if Echeng was still in hand, he would immediately reinforce, and if Echeng had lost his rules, he would retreat to Xiling and Xiakou to hold on, and wait for himself to mobilize reinforcements from Nanjun to reinforce Jiangxia.

And Liu Biao's own side. Liu Xian's physical condition was already very bad, but he still forced his body to give the order, let Cai Mao rearm and fight, and planned to fight a battle for Jiangxia with Jiangdong.

At this time, Chen Qi, who retreated from Echeng to Xiling, also sent people to Xiling to deliver the letter.

Chen is responsible for this, and on the other hand, Chen can be regarded as doing Zhang Xi a favor.

Zhang Xi had no intention of forcibly blocking his retreat, so Chen would also send a favor to Zhang Xi, help Zhang Xi report to Liu Qi, and ask for reinforcements by the way.

Chen didn't dare to guarantee that he wouldn't succeed, but his mind was there, even if Zhang Xi couldn't defend Echeng in the future, he couldn't say that Chen would not be righteous after he came back.

As soon as Liu Qi heard that the navy had been defeated and retreated, and Zhang Xi was still holding on to Echeng, he was anxious and prepared to send reinforcements.

But at this time, Huang Zhu stood up.

Huang Jie has no enmity with Zhang Xi, and it is not that he does not want to rescue Exian, but Huang Jie put forward a bold plan.

Huang Zhu first affirmed the decisiveness of the Zhangxi shipwreck to intercept the river, and at the same time said that Echeng is the gateway to Jiangxia, and his father Huang Zu had specially strengthened the city defense when he was there, so he would not be captured by Jiangdong so quickly, so there was no need to be too anxious to save it.

On the contrary, now that the Jiangdong army is blocked under Echeng, the pheasants and Qichun in the rear must be empty.

"Why don't you let Echeng hold on, a certain is willing to take 10,000 soldiers and horses from the headquarters, join Chen on the water army to cross the river, raid the two counties of Xia Pheasant and Qichun, burn the grain and grass of the Jiangdong army, and then cut off the back road of the Jiangdong army with the water army. At that time, Tai Shouqin led a large army and fought to the death with Zhou Yu in Echeng, and he would be able to win easily. ”

This is the idea that Huang Shot gave Liu Qi.

Sounds good.

When the Jiangdong Army came across the river, the grain and grass definitely needed to be put in place, and the most likely place to put it was in Xiapheasant and Qichun counties.

If Huang Jie really raided the Jiangdong Army's grain storage place, the Jiangdong Army would definitely fall into chaos after the lack of food, and the army's morale would be in turmoil.

At that time, the son Liu Qi could lead the army to easily defeat the Jiangdong Army led by Zhou Yu head-on, which was a great opportunity for Liu Qi to earn military merit and gain prestige.

Just bar. In Su Fei's opinion, this idea is simply a lack of morality.

How do you know that Jiangdong will definitely put grain and grass in these two counties, and it is difficult to find a dangerous place to build a temporary granary?!

Zhou Yu, as the commander of Jiangdong and the hero of the father who assisted Sun Ce in laying down Jiangdong, would he not know the importance of logistics support? !

Taking a step back, even if Ling Huang really captured Xia Pheasant and Qi Chun, he also burned the grain and grass of the Jiangdong Army, but so what?!

There are not enough water troops, what are you going to use to cut off the back road of the Jiangdong Army?!

Chen Zhi's sailors, the boats have been scuttled under the city of Exian County, although Sha Xian has a ship, but it is only a spare one, and the number is too small. Although there are also 3,000 reserve sailors, you Huang Jian will not think that just relying on these people and boats can cut off the retreat of the Jiangdong Army, right?!

If the Jiangxia Navy has this ability, it would be good to directly defeat the Jiangdong Army head-on, why should it sink the ship and intercept the river and retreat to Shaxian.

Finally, and the most immoral place, let the son Liu Qi personally lead the army to a decisive battle with Jiangdong. You really treat Jiangdong Zhou Yu as a miscellaneous fish, don't fail in the decisive battle when the time comes, but experience a big defeat.

In the end, Gongzi Liu Qi made a fuss, but it was you who successfully recovered the two counties, and your prestige soared.

The Jiangxia Huang clan did not completely give up the idea of controlling a place.

Su Fei, as the person who Liu Biao installed in Jiangxia, naturally saw these ways clearly, but Chen Zhi, who was not familiar with water warfare, and Liu Qi, who did not understand military affairs at all, were really blinded by Huang Biao, and felt that this idea seemed to be good.

At this time, Su Fei didn't want to say anything in such a situation, he was already very disappointed in Liu Qi.

Originally, this matter was like this, Liu Qi was ready to fight Zhou Yu with a strong fight, fantasizing that he would become famous after defeating Zhou Yu, and he would become a pastor in Jingzhou in the future by virtue of this achievement. But Chen Zhi is still relatively calm after all.

Although Chen Zhi does not understand water warfare, Chen Zhi knows how to defend the city, and knows that there are few small soldiers in Exian County, and he cannot defend it for a long time, and he will lose if he defends it for a long time.

Therefore, Chen Zhi suggested that even if Echeng is to hold on, it is necessary to let Echeng see the hope of holding on, therefore, in case of emergency, reinforcements still have to be sent, and in case Echeng cannot be defended, there will be no "decisive victory".

Therefore, Chen Zhi persuaded Liu Qi to lead the 3,000 men and horses led by himself as the first batch of reinforcements, set off overnight, and galloped to aid Echeng under the stars, while Liu Qi sorted out the rear army and led the main force of Xiling to march slowly, and waited until Huang Shot captured Pheasant and Qi Chun, and then fought a decisive battle with Zhou Yu.

Therefore, although Chen Zhi was delayed for some time, he finally hurried up and successfully supported Echeng.

(End of chapter)