In May of the seventh year of Jianxing, when the spring ploughing of Shu was over, Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, swore an oath to kill Wu in Chengdu.

Zhuge Liang left Jiang Wan to stay in Chengdu, Xiang Pet went to Zhennanzhong, and Zhao Yun was in charge of Hanzhong. After that, he personally led 50,000 Shu troops and set off from Chengdu by land and water.

Ma Tan's statement is correct, because it is much easier to cut down Wu than the Northern Expedition.

Because Tianchi Daze was destroyed by an earthquake, the transportation in Shu was very inconvenient. The Northern Expedition of the Shu Army basically had to first store the materials in Hanzhong, and then take the Shu Road to transport them to Longyou.

The loss in the middle is not ordinary, and the prime minister in history is almost bald because of this road.

But to fight Soochow, it is not ordinarily simple.

The prime minister set off at the beginning of the month, and arrived in Yong'an in less than seven days. In less than ten days, the pioneer Wu Ban had already fallen to Yiling City.

This speed, the main thing is to be efficient.

Yiling is the gateway of Shu Han to the east, and it is also the most critical pass into Sichuan. Located at the mouth of the Three Gorges, it is an extremely important military base.

For the arrival of the Shu army, the Eastern Wu side had already prepared. Sun Huan, the general of Yiling, has already led his troops to defend the city and has been waiting for a long time.

"I am Wu Banye, the general of the Han Dynasty, and the Jiangdong rats will quickly open the door and surrender!"

Wu Ban looked at the familiar city in front of him, and his teeth were about to creak.

Back then, he followed the first emperor from here to crusade against the treachery of Eastern Wu.

At that time, he had several friends together, including Zhang Nan, Feng Xi, Fu Wei and others. In the end, he was the only one who escaped alive, and the rest died in battle.

When it comes to hatred for Soochow, Wu Banke is no less than Ma Yan. Many of his loyal subordinates were also killed in that battle, and when he returned to Chengdu, he almost became the commander of the light pole.

Fortunately, now that the prime minister has personally ended, the good days of Soochow have come to an end!

"Yo, isn't this the Wu rabbit back then?" Sun Huan glanced at Wu Ban, recognized his identity, and couldn't help but say in a weird way.

"If you hadn't run fast back then, you would have been a ghost under Naigong's knife."

"What? Today, you are bold again, and you dare to attack? ”

"Hehe......" Wu Ban glanced at Sun Huan coldly, waved his hand and ordered the generals to camp and prepare to lead the troops to attack the city.

For Wu Ban's actions, Sun Huan was not afraid. You must know that Yiling is located at the mouth of the Three Gorges Gorge, and the terrain is high, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Moreover, after repelling Liu Bei, Eastern Wu strengthened it again and built twin cities to defend against the enemy.

The best city in the Three Kingdoms era is the Twin Cities. Build another city on the basis of the old city, which can not only divide the enemy's army, but also stabilize the battle line.

Even if the old city is lost, you can retreat to the new city to defend it.

Liu Bei sent troops in July that year, and fought with the main force for nearly half a year before gnawing down. And Sun Huan is now sitting on a strong city, and he doesn't believe that the Shu army can defeat it.

For Sun Huan, it won't even take half a year, but only three months, and Lu Xun will bring a large army to support.

At that time, even if you Zhuge Liang is clever, you can only look at the city and sigh.

If you can take down Yiling City, I, Sun Huan, will eat this sword on the spot!"

Sun Huan's ideals were very full, but when the main force of the Shu army led by Zhuge Liang arrived, he was still startled.

The neat military appearance, strong morale and military flags stretching for hundreds of miles all show that the Shu army has long come out of the Yiling fiasco. Not only are they not the army of the defeated army now, but they are even a few points stronger than Cao Wei from the perspective of this army alone.

Of course, the surprise is still to come, because the prime minister brought a lot of siege equipment this time, specially to Yiling to popularize science in Dongwu.

In just a few days, the Shu army put up a lot of positions under Yiling City

Ladders, carts, catapults, wooden donkeys, arrow towers...... The Shu army laid out one siege machine after another on the narrow Three Gorges Road. Basically, each of them was improved by Prime Minister Zhuge and Huang Yueying.

I can't beat Hao Zhao, can't I beat you Sun Huan?

"What the hell is this? How many things did the Shu people make up? Sun Huan was so shocked that he almost fell headlong into the city, this change was something he didn't expect at all.

Subsequently, the Shu army, under the leadership of Wu Ban, launched a fierce attack on Yiling.

Wu Ban hated Sun Huan deeply, and the siege was very spicy. As if possessed by a horse, he personally led the team to attack the city as a rear general.

First, the ladder rushed into the car, and a large number of strong crossbowmen on the arrow tower were built behind them, sniping and shooting at the city. Basically, from the sky to the ground, the all-round attack of the Shu army gave the Wu soldiers the most perfect battlefield experience.

The Wu army guarding Yiling is also elite, but it is still close to the Shu army.

Sun Huan was stunned by this blow to the head and face, and in just one hour, Wu died hundreds of soldiers, and the ladders arched to the edge of the city.

"Quick! Resist!! Sun Huan was shocked, and he personally led his guards to go up, and killed several deserters on the spot.

Sun Huan killed the deserters, but he finally saved the decline. Wu Bing set fire to the cloud ladder with the strong crossbow of the Shu army, and it took a long time to barely block the offensive of the Shu army.

On the first day alone, the battle was fought and the division commander personally led the guard company to the end. The unprecedented offensive of the Shu army suddenly shattered Sun Huan's self-confidence, and he no longer had the pride he had before.

"Quick! Go to Gangneung and ask the governor for help! Sun Huan wiped the blood flowing from his head and yelled hysterically.

"If we don't send reinforcements as soon as possible, I'm afraid Yiling won't be able to stop the Shu army for half a month!"

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Just when the prime minister was showing the invention of the mechanism under Yiling City, Wu Jun of Yiting had some quiet years.

It is more than 100 miles away from Yiling, but there is no war. It was only responsible for supplying grain and weapons to Yiling, so there were not many garrisons.

There are only 4,000 soldiers, and the garrison is no more than a lieutenant.

"What are the barbarians in Shu going crazy again, it's only been a few days since they were stable, and they have to fight again."

A garrison soldier looked in the direction of Yiling and complained dissatisfied.

"Didn't you say we were already allies? Why do we have to fight again? ”

"Allies? When Lu Dudu attacked Gangneung, we were also allies. A local soldier in Jingzhou snorted lightly, and was very disdainful of the practices of Dongwu above.

"Eh, I can't say that." A fellow villager next to him hurriedly covered his mouth and looked left and right before breathing a sigh of relief.

"Don't die!"

"Originally, we were so majestic when we went on the Northern Expedition with General Guan. Like now, I feel like a mouse. ”

This Jingzhou veteran muttered a few words very dissatisfied, but he didn't dare to say it loudly.

If the officers from Yangzhou heard about it, they would all be beheaded.

When Guan Yu died before, all the Jingzhou soldiers under his command were laughed at by Eastern Wu. But after the 30,000 dozen 100,000 elites arrived in Soochow, they suddenly became soft-footed shrimps.

This made many veterans who fought with Guan Yu very dissatisfied, and felt that they had been insulted.

While they were discussing, in the mountains to the west of the pavilion, a soldier and horse had been in ambush for a long time.

(End of chapter)