In July, Guan Yu built a pontoon bridge in the upper reaches of the water and began to prepare to cross the river.

The Sun Quan military camp located in the mouth of the water can only watch, let the generals of the Jiangdong Army go out of the camp to fight the enemy, not to mention whether they have the courage or not, even if they have the courage, there is no extra troops.

Therefore, the process of building pontoon bridges was extremely smooth, and in just seven or eight days, they built several pontoon bridges for 50,000 troops to cross the river.

In the rear, Liu Bei and Shen Chen also arrived at the front line of Anhuikou, dispatched grain and grass for Guan Yu, and personally supervised the battle.

By August, after more than a month of preparation, Guan Yujun had built more than 10 cloud towers, and there were countless other types of nest cars, rushing cars, wooden curtains, etc., and even more than 20 catapults.

The craftsmen, people, and auxiliaries in the army, plus 80,000 soldiers, had to have 1780,000 people, and they were working at full speed to make barracks and siege equipment.

On 7 August, Guan Yu officially launched the first assault, and more than 20 catapults went outside the northern camp under the cover of wooden curtains and began to throw stones inside.

At the same time, the mighty fleet on the river also began to start, and the sails of the Jiangxia sailors covered the sky and the sun, and after approaching the mouth of the water, they used the female wall and wooden planks on the ship as a cover to shoot at the Jiangdong army at the mouth of the river with bed crossbows and bows and arrows.

Ma Chao and other troops attacked from the north, and Guan Yu's army attacked from the west and the Yangtze River in the south, with an army of 80,000 troops, and 30,000 horses in the Weixukou area, inflicting a crushing blow.

Under the strong attack of catapults and crossbows, the Jiangdong army was miserable, and many high turrets, dock forts, water buildings, and earth mountains were broken by catapults, and the walled walls were also in danger.

In this case, the Jiangdong Army can be said to have only the strength to parry, not the strength to fight back. In the most difficult time, if the Jiangdong army wanted to defend on the outer wall, it had to appear on the wall with a shield and a bow and crossbow.

However, the catapults were not vegetarians, and under the day and night bombardment, some wooden fence walls collapsed, the dock fort was damaged, and the Jiangdong army suffered heavy losses.

If the generals of the Jiangdong Army were also mixed, with Zhou Tai, Lü Meng, Sun Jiao, Sun Huan, Cheng Pu, Song Qian, Quan Zong, and Zhu Cai being killed, and Xu Sheng, Ding Feng, and Jiang Qin being captured, now only He Qi, Pan Zhang, Zhu Ran, Zhu Huan, and Lu Fan are still reliable.

But it is also hard to support, extremely hard. Because under Liu Beijun's attack, the morale that was already low has fallen to the bottom, and there have even been several small-scale defections, which caused the army to be even more restless.

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"Bang!"

After a tower in the northwest corner was smashed by a catapult, Pan Zhang came down from the wall in disgrace, and the tower was smashed next to him, almost buried by the collapsed wooden frame.

The dust brought by the falling boulders covered the sky, making Pan Zhang almost invisible to the surrounding situation, but fortunately next to him was the general Sima Ma Zhong, who helped him to the rear.

"When will this day come to an end?"

"Yes, I have a fellow villager who was stoned to death before, and there is no corpse, I'm afraid it will be ...... if it goes on like this."

"I'd rather the enemy break the camp and surrender."

"I heard that Uncle Liu Huang treats the captives well and is also very kind to the people, last year we were captured so many people in Jiangdong, and I didn't hear that he was killed, but he was just farming in Jiangxia, and someone sent a letter back."

"Shhhhh

A few Jiangdong soldiers nearby were chatting, and suddenly saw Pan Zhang scrubbing his eyes behind the wall, and he was immediately silenced and hurriedly went elsewhere.

Ma Zhong was furious, and was about to call them and punish them for the crime of disturbing the morale of the army, Pan Zhang grabbed him and said: "Forget it, even we are in danger now, let alone the soldiers." ”

"General, it's not a way to go on like this."

Ma Zhong said: "The enemy throws stones and crossbows into the camp every day with stone carts and crossbows outside the village to shoot crossbow arrows, and the morale of the soldiers is declining. ”

Pan Zhang thought for a while and said, "I'll go to Nanying to find General He and discuss with them." ”

He shook his head and shook his head.

Although the catapult didn't hit him just now, the shock was still not small, and it was still buzzing.

"Report!"

At this time, the soldier came to report: "General, the northeast corner of our camp has been breached. ”

Pan Zhang was shocked: "Did they call in?" ”

"Not yet."

"Quick, take me there."

"Yes."

The soldiers led him to the northeast corner of the gap.

Over there, Pan Zhang's general, Sima Yang Cang, had already led the soldiers to ambush in the wall of the dock fort behind the barracks.

Now the outer fence wall has been broken, only the inner circle of rammed earth wall is barely supported, and now it is the rammed earth wall in the northeast corner that has collapsed.

Behind the wall there were no defenses, there were some dock forts, interior walls, high-rise buildings and other buildings, and the soldiers hid behind them and waited solemnly.

Anyway, they didn't dare to approach the fence wall and rammed earth wall in front, and the corpses of the flesh and blood lake on the ground and the collapsed wall were telling the Jiangdong soldiers one thing - whoever went outside to defend would be a dead end.

"How's it going?"

When Pan Zhang came over, he saw that the sky was dusty and gray outside, and he couldn't see anything clearly.

Yang Cang said: "I don't know, there is no movement outside. ”

"Send a dead man to see?"

Ma Zhong said.

"I'll go."

Pan Zhang still had the courage, and rushed out of the rear dock fort with his waist and ran behind the gap in the rammed earth wall outside.

Then he hid behind the wall and stuck his head out to look out of the wall.

Just this glance made him feel the fear that went deep into his bone marrow.

I saw that the sky was full of dust outside, and through the dust and mist, I could vaguely see the vast plains outside the rammed earth wall.

Columns of Han soldiers wearing red military uniforms and armor jackets lined up in several phalanxes, holding shields and spears, and walked slowly towards the gap.

In the dust and mist, their figures are like ghosts, and the queue is not visible at a glance, as if a rolling torrent has swept everything on the earth, which is chilling!

"Enemy attack!"

Pan Zhang let out a terrible scream, then turned around and ran back to the rear dock fort.

Since the enemy has chosen to launch a strong attack from the gap, a bloody battle is no longer inevitable......

......

......

At noon and early day, in the city of Zheqi, Sun Quan walked anxiously and restlessly on the city wall.

Last month, Zhang Liao replied that the King of Wei was reorganizing his troops and horses, and had sent Cao Chun, the general of the capital guard, to bring some men and horses over to help, so that they could hold out for a month.

As a result, now a month and a half has passed, the reinforcements have not arrived for a long time, and the attitude of Zhang Liao's side has become more and more perfunctory, and Cao Jun has almost no news.

This made Sun Quan anxious like an ant on a hot pot.

Because the situation at the front was already very bad, and every day there were reports of the battle from the north bank, how many people were killed and wounded today, and where the fortifications were broken tomorrow, and the bad news almost followed.

What made Sun Quan even more impatient was the southern line, where Sun Quan set up several commanders in order to pacify Shanyue, of which the southern commander's department was in Changshan County, Huiji County.

Now he no longer has the ability to deploy troops and horses in the mountains of the southeast hills, but he still has some scouts in the south.

According to the report from the scout of the southern governor in Changshan County, Liu Beijun's spies have appeared in the area of Dingyang and Xin'an, although the shadow of a large-scale army has not yet been seen, but this shows that the enemy is not far away.

And that's not all.

The western part of Xinshi County was also breached by the Shanyue people, and now his power in Yishan (Huangshan) has been completely cleared, which makes Sun Quan suspect that the Shanyue people have colluded with Liu Beijun.

A series of news made Sun Quan anxious, and what worried him the most was the situation on the southern front.

Because Changshan County is Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province in later generations, and Dingyang County and Xin'an County are Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province in later generations.

Later generations of Zhejiang people should know that it is only 200 kilometers from Quzhou to Hangzhou, and even if you walk 20 kilometers a day, you will arrive in 10 days.

Such a close distance, coupled with the rebellious Shanyue people, just relying on the 8,000 defenders of Qiantang District on the southern front, really made Sun Quan feel worried, worried that Qiantang would be broken and the rear of Jiangdong would not be protected.

So in the past few days, he has been urging the messenger to go to Hefei for help, but unfortunately the letters have been sunk into the sea, and Zhang Liao is only a perfunctory messenger, saying that the king of Wei is preparing, please be patient and wait for Wu Hou, and the reinforcements will arrive in Yunyun soon.

"Alas!"

Sun Quan watched Guan Yu's army attacking the mouth of the river in the distance, and couldn't help but slap the city wall hard, and sighed: "Lone shouldn't pin all his hopes on Cao Pi's guy!" ”

Next to him, Zhuge Jin, Kan Ze, Gu Yong and others had their hands in their sleeves, and the expressions on their faces were all sad, and no one dared to anger Sun Quan's moldy head at this time.

Or Yan Jian said: "Wu Hou is not discouraged, it is reported that since the death of King Wu of Wei, the Qingzhou soldiers have launched a rebellion, and the new king has just stabilized the domestic situation, it is not easy, maybe the reinforcements are already on the way, just be patient and wait." ”

"Wait......"

Sun Quan sighed and said, "When do you have to wait!" ”

"Report!"

It was at this time.

A messenger hurriedly ran up from the city tower and reported to Sun Quanyu: "Wu Hou, Zhang Liao has replied. ”

"Quick, take a look."

Sun Quan hurriedly didn't care about the messenger and ran over, so he walked up and took the letter.

He couldn't wait to unfold it, and then his heart perked up, and his face was overjoyed: "Good news, Cao Chun has arrived in Hefei, and he will be able to help us immediately, Zhang Liao said that the king of Wei in the rear is still on the way, and I hope we will hold on for another month." ”

"If Cao Chun can come, it should be okay to hold on for a month, but I don't know how many people Cao Chun brought this time."

Zhuge Jin stroked his beard and pondered.

Sun Quan said: "Since it is the front army, there are always twenty or thirty thousand people, as long as we can relieve our defensive pressure, we will definitely be able to wait for the reinforcements of the King of Wei to arrive!" ”

Anyway, he looked to the north hopefully, and it was extremely unlikely that he would win this war on his own.

But if Cao Pi can arrive in time, the chance of winning will be greatly increased.

......

......

"Ahh

In Yecheng Wei Wangfu, Cao Pi sneezed.

He wiped his nose, naturally not knowing that someone was thinking about him at this time.

"The widow sent the general to lead three thousand tigers and leopards to ride, plus five thousand foot soldiers, a total of eight thousand people went to Hefei, pretending to be the front army, it should be able to scare Liu Bei."

After Cao Pi finished sneezing, he said to Sima Yi and the others beside him.

Sima Yi said with a smile: "The King of Wei also sent a tiger and leopard to ride over, as long as General Duhu can take the tiger and leopard to appear in front of Liu Beijun and hang around, Liu Bei will naturally worry about our arrival." ”

"Hmm."

Cao Pi nodded: "This can be regarded as buying some time for Sun Quan, I heard that the enemy on the other side of Nanyang has also moved?" ”

Chen Qun said: "It is impossible for Liu Bei not to threaten us in Henan, but now that the south is tired, it is not easy to send a large army to attack Jiangdong, and the army in Nanyang is probably to deter us and dare not attack." ”

"That's the best."

Cao Pi said: "Let General Wei be careful, and don't rashly engage the enemy in Nanyang." ”

"Yes."

The entourage next to him wrote down this order and prepared to send it to Yingchuan.

Now there are very few generals that Cao Pi can rely on.

Cao Chun, the general of the capital protection, died in the fifteenth year of Jian'an in history, and died of plague.

But now in the fifteenth year of Jian'an, he followed Cao Cao to attack the senior cadres of Bingzhou, and did not return to Qiaojun to get sick and die as in history.

So he escaped a catastrophe, and now he is fifty years old and one of the few veterans in Cao's army.

And then there was Xiahou Yuan.

With the death of Cao Ren, Cao Hong, and Xiahou Dun, Cao Cao's original four veterans were the only one.

Therefore, he was entrusted with an important task by Cao Pi and awarded the post of General Wei, replacing Cao Hong's position in history, guarding Henan and guarding against Liu Beijun in Nanyang.

As for the Guanzhong region, it was in charge of the Anxi general Xiahou Nan, who was the son of Xiahou Nan, and Xiahou Mao had a close relationship with Cao Cao, and this relationship naturally continued to the next generation.

Because Cao Pi and Xiahou Nan grew up together since childhood, they had very close relationships, so they had high hopes for him and let him guard Guanzhong.

It's a pity that he doesn't know that this guy is a straw bag, greedy for money and lustful, and his personality is relatively low-key and cowardly. Collecting money is a good hand, and it will be really difficult for him to lead the army.

However, at present, there is no war in Guanzhong, Yizhou is still recuperating, and it is not easy for Liu Bei to occupy Xiliang, and he is really unable to send troops to attack Chang'an.

Therefore, Xiahou Nan's luck is still good, and he can live his small life in Chang'an peacefully.

The rest of the words are Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, Xiahou Shang and others.

At present, they are either sitting around Yecheng or deployed in the north, the territory is too large, there are enemies on all sides, there are too many places to guard, which is exhausting, and Cao Pi has no way to rescue Sun Quan.

After giving an order to Xiahou Yuan and telling him to be careful of the enemies in Nanyang, Cao Pi said to Sima Yi again: "Now that Liu Bei has cut down Wu, looking at the current situation, Sun Quan may not last long, and our progress will be accelerated." ”

Sima Yi said: "The persuasion table has been prepared, and the altar has been almost built, first wait for Hua Xin to bring the jade seal, and then the king of Wei can personally go to the court to sing and accept the Son of Heaven." ”

"Hmm."

Cao Pi nodded thoughtfully: "Okay." ”