Chapter 388: So Arrogant
Seeing Zhang Chong ascending the city wall of Hanzhong, Zuo Ci immediately turned over and dismounted, pulled out his steel knife and ran forward, and shouted to Shan behind him: "Put away the crossbow, draw the knife, and go to the city!"
Yuan Qi, who personally supervised the battle not far away, did not expect to attack the city of Hanzhong so easily, and it seems that the fire that Gan Jing put had an unexpectedly good effect. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info this fire, not only blocked the support of the defenders to the city, but also ignited the necessary military resources to defend the city, so that Zhang Chong's department successfully climbed to the city, which can be said to be burned just right!
Yuan Qi pulled down the dragon mask on his helmet and made the final preparations for the battle, and at the same time shouted in a deep voice: "Summons Wei Yan, lead his troops to rush up and support Zhang Chong and Zuo Ci!" Lead the army to approach the city gate and smash the city gate open! The rest of the people are ready, once they hit the city gate, they will immediately cover up and kill the past, and take Hanzhong in one go!"
Above the city. While waiting for the soldiers to go down to the city to dig in the sand, Huang Quan instructed the defenders around him to take off their robes, then wet them and use robes made of cotton cloth to extinguish the fire. Huang Quan is well-informed. Knowing that the effect of extinguishing the fire can be achieved by isolating the air, although he can't tell what kind of principle this is, but he knows this method of extinguishing the fire.
After that, the first sergeants who had dug up the sand in the lower city rushed back. They carried nearly a hundred buckets, all filled with moist soil. After a period of hard work, coupled with the fact that the flame resistance of spirits and oil has passed its peak, this fierce fire has finally been contained by Huang Quan, some parts have been extinguished, and the scope of the fire has been controlled, but the military resources for defending the city that have spent a lot of manpower, material resources, and financial resources have been reserved, but they can no longer be saved, except for some hard thunder stones, the rest have been turned into a pile of ashes.
Huang Quan didn't have the heart to feel sorry for the military funds that had been burned, and immediately commanded the follow-up troops to go to the city along the passages that were no longer flameless, to support Lei Tong and assist him in resisting the enemy troops who had already arrived in the city. Because his vision was blocked by the flames just now, Huang Quan didn't see that Lei Tong had been shot by Zhang Chong, and now that the flames were under control, Huang Quan only saw his own soldiers in close contact with Zhang Chong's troops, and in a hurry, he didn't pay attention to looking for Lei Tong's figure.
Ling Bao, who was in the middle of the city, immediately took the people of the headquarters to the battlements after the fire was contained, and looked up and glanced around, Ling Bao did not see Lei Tong's figure, and his heart immediately sank, he had realized that Lei Tong had been killed nine times out of ten.
With a sigh in his heart, Ling Bao raised his sword and shouted angrily: "Hold the city! Nearly 10,000 soldiers under the shout of Ling Bao, in the narrow city and Zhang Chong's enemy army launched a fierce battle, more than 20,000 people on both sides filled all positions at the head of the city, the front section of the city head was congested with water, fighting in such a dense environment, every blink of an eye, someone will be slashed by the sword, blood burst to the ground, and then stepped on the body by countless people, until the fallen people trampled into a pile of flesh, the cruel battle, it officially entered the white heat......
At a critical moment in the battle in Hanzhong, a big war was brewing in Jiangxia, thousands of miles away. Sun Ce, who was supposed to be in Jianye, unexpectedly came to Jiangxia's military camp, and came with Sun Ce, as well as Zhou Yu, the governor of the capital who had been deposed by him on the surface.
Sun Ce asked Lu Meng, who was guarding Jiangxia, "Ziming, are you all ready?"
Lu Meng slapped his chest and replied loudly, "Please rest assured that everything is ready." The 50,000 sailors of our army were ready to go, and the 3,000 people who had disguised themselves as merchant travelers in the early stage had all changed into white clothes and had already crossed the river to Xiangyang, without attracting any attention from Guan Wei. ”
Listening to Lu Meng's answer, Zhou Yu smiled and said: "Guan Wei has always been arrogant, this is his advantage in fighting righteousness and rampant in the world, but it is also his fatal shortcoming, after he learned that he was deposed by the lord, he will definitely despise Ziming, and it is not surprising that the guard is not strict, not to mention that the war in Hanzhong is about to break out, and his attention is biased towards Hanzhong and ignores Jingxiang's defense, which is also human nature." ”
Lu Meng excused himself and said: "What the Metropolitan Governor said is right, since the Metropolitan Governor was ostensibly deposed from the military power, Guan Wei removed thirty percent of the guards, but set up a beacon every ten miles to serve as a warning, and now our army has 3,000 soldiers who crossed the river in the early stage." has taken control of the beacon, Guan Wei is now almost blind and blind. ”
Listening to the conversation between Zhou Yu and Lu Meng, Sun Ce smiled and said, "Anyway, Guan Wei is a super-first-class military general in Megatron after all, he can despise us, but we must not despise him. In this battle, it is necessary to defeat the enemy with one blow, control Xiangyang as soon as possible, and cut off Jingzhou's communications. Take Xiangyang, and the other counties will no longer talk about it, but everyone should pay attention to it and try not to kill Guan Wei, this is what the regent meant. ”
Zhou Yu and Lu Meng glanced at each other, and there was a smile of relief in their eyes. The current Sun Ce, after being assassinated by Xu Gong's family. has learned to hide its edge, and it is no longer the Jiangdong tiger that always shows its hideousness, but has become a tiger that is good at lurking in the shadows and patiently waiting for the opportunity to hunt its prey. Now Sun Ce has become more mature and stable, and it is more terrifying, Yuan Qi's transformation of Sun Ce. Finally got the desired effect. This is really a happy thing for Zhou Yu and other Jiangdong civil and military personnel.
At the same time, Xiangyang Fuzhong. Ma Liang said to Guan Wei with some trepidation: "Prince, the land of Jingxiang is the foundation of the king's beginning, and it is also the bridgehead for the king to march into Jiangdong in the future, how can the prince and the prince take back thirty percent of the guards so hastily? Moreover, I didn't discuss it with a certain person in advance, once the Jiangdong army took the opportunity to launch an offensive, our army rushed to deal with it, I am afraid that the war will be unfavorable!"
In the face of Ma Liang's impatience, Guan Wei was calm, holding a Spring and Autumn Period in his right hand, his eyes never left the book, his left hand stroked his long beard, and said loudly: "The only hero in Jiangdong is Zhou Yu, except for this person, the rest are mediocre and not afraid, if they dare to attack Jingxiang, Guan will let them know that they are powerful, and they don't have to worry about joining the army." ”
Ma Liang was about to say something, a rush of footsteps suddenly came into his ears, Ma Liang from this rush of footsteps, a premonition that something bad was going to happen, Huo Ran turned around and looked at the owner of the footsteps.
The person who came was Guan Wei's eldest son Guan Ping, Guan Ping's face had an anxious look, and he didn't listen to the footsteps to stop, so he said hurriedly: "Father, join the army, the Jiangdong army suddenly launched an attack at night, and the defense arranged by our army by the river has been lost on all fronts, and it is estimated that in less than half an hour, they will kill the city and besiege Xiangyang!"
Guan Wei was furious when he heard this, threw away the Spring and Autumn in his hand, and asked: "How could Mi Fang and Fu Shiren guard the beacon tower, how could the Jiangdong Army cross the river so easily?"
Guan Ping replied: "Father doesn't know, the team of white-clothed merchants who crossed the river during the day today turned out to be the Jiangdong Army in disguise, Mi Fang and Fu Shiren took heavy bribes from them, and did not carefully inspect their ships at all, and let them anchor by the river, and when night fell, they suddenly rose up and arrested Mi Fang and Fu Shiren, and the beacon tower fell into their hands. ”
Hearing Guan Ping's words, Ma Liang's heart chuckled, and he suddenly felt cold, what should have come has come after all, and the proud Guan Wei finally paid the due price for his pride. It's just that now is not the time to hold accountable, the most important thing now is to organize the army as soon as possible to resist the Jiangdong Army that is about to invade the city.
"Junhou, now that the situation is critical, we should summon reinforcements to other counties as soon as possible and hold on to Xiangyang!" Ma Liang sent Guan Wei his countermeasures, but unexpectedly, the arrogant Guan Wei did not take his suggestion, but narrowed his Danfeng eyes slightly, and said coldly: "A certain Jiangdong Xiao is as small as rotten grass! Why bother asking for help? Guan Ping, light up the military horses in the city, let's go and kill the arrogance of the Jiangdong rats!"
Instead of adopting his own opinions and asking for help from other counties, Guan Wei gave up defending the city and wanted to go out of the city to fight the Jiangdong Army? Ma Liang suddenly felt dizzy, and when he came to his senses, he was the only one left in the hall, and the figures of Guan Wei's father and son had disappeared on the way to the barracks.
Ma Liang let out a long sigh and muttered, "How can you be so arrogant... ”