At the foot of Jiangling City, Lu Meng, who had rested for four days and received a new round of food supplies, summoned his generals and began to arrange another offensive against Jiangling.
This time, Lu Meng did not play any more tricks, but bluntly told the generals in the camp that Jiangling City would be captured even if it was a deadly fight regardless of casualties.
Of course, Lu Meng knew that just by saying this, the generals in front of him might not listen.
Therefore, Lu Meng added another condition - after the city was defeated, all the gold, silver, grain and grass in Jiangling's treasury would be given to the army generals and soldiers.
This is nothing new. Liu Bei used this trick when he attacked Chengdu.
It's gold and silver from the treasury, not permission to plunder the people. There is a big difference.
Lu Meng knew that if these generals, or the families behind these generals, were not given enough benefits, they would not attack desperately.
But at the same time, Lu Meng also knew that if he took Jiangling and looted it, he would also offend Jiangling's aristocratic families. After all, Lu Meng didn't plan to take a batch of property and leave after taking Jiangling. He also wanted to station in Jiangling to ensure that he occupied the entire As for Nanjun.
Therefore, the only way to do this is to distribute the property from the treasury to the generals.
As the county seat of Nanjun, Jiangling has always been a prosperous place. It may not be as good as Chengdu's treasury, but it should not be too far behind. The gold, silver, money and food in the treasury are enough to motivate the generals under them to work hard.
As for how to govern Lu Meng in the future, he had no choice but to leave it to his lord Sun Quan to deal with the headache.
After all, only when we defeat it can we have a way to govern it. If we cannot defeat it, there is no need to talk about governance.
Sure enough, after Lu Meng said this, the generals immediately became excited. The person who requests the order to be the vanguard and the first to break the city will definitely get the most gold and silver.
Lu Meng was very happy with this situation, but at the same time, Jiangling City was not easy to fight. We couldn't attack in such a swarm, otherwise we wouldn't be able to save lives no matter how many people were piled up.
Lu Meng still formulated a siege strategy.
The focus of siege is not on the traditional city wall.
Although the city wall attack also needs to be carried out, it is just a cover. Some soldiers are arranged to carry out daily operations of climbing the city wall to attract Wang Ji's attention and distract the deployment of Jiangling City defenders.
Lu Meng decided to put the real focus of the attack on the city gate.
Covering the ram chariot with cowhide, covering the soldiers approaching the city gate, and using the ram chariot to destroy the city gate, this was the focus of Lu Meng's attack.
In fact, whether you climb the city wall or attack the city gate, you will suffer a large number of casualties. But Lu Meng has no choice now. He does not have the time to consider the issue of casualties.
There are currently insufficient soldiers in Jiangling City. If the soldiers are placed on the city wall for defense, there will not be enough soldiers to go out of the city to burn down the carts and protect the city gates. Relatively speaking, this is the most cost-effective way to attack.
The attack must be launched when the troops in Jiangling City are insufficient. Otherwise, once the Xiangyang reinforcements arrive and the Jiangling City defenders are replenished and there are enough soldiers to go out to fight, the strategy of attacking the city gate will be ineffective.
By that time, I'm afraid we will really have no choice but to pile up lives.
Therefore, Lu Meng ordered his generals to launch a feint attack on the city wall, and asked the two brothers Sun Yu and Sun Huan to command the Chinese army to attack the city gate.
In fact, this can be regarded as taking care of the generals in the camp.
The attack on the city wall, whether urgent or slow, can be arranged independently by the generals, as long as the enemy troops are pinned to the city wall for defense.
However, the attack on the city gate must be a continuous attack regardless of casualties. Otherwise, even with the help of rush vehicles, it may not be possible to break through such a large city gate.
Not to mention that when attacking the city gate, you have to face stones and arrows thrown from the city tower at all times. This is the attacking force that really suffered the most casualties.
In this way, Lu Meng arranged the attack plan and waited for another five or six days until the ram was completed before officially launching the siege.
Jiangdong Army generals commanded their soldiers to launch an siege using the lengthened hook ladders and ladder convoy walls.
Wang Ji also assigned manpower, with Shi Bao and Deng Ai as the leading generals, to guard two walls. He and Guan Xing were stationed in the city, leaving a reserve team of 3,000 people to respond, ready to attack the sections of the city wall that were short of manpower. support.
This attack lasted all morning. After several rounds of attacks and rests, Lü Meng finally sent out his own charging troops.
As soon as Lu Meng's charging troops appeared, Shi Bao and Deng Ai immediately sent more men to the city tower. At the same time, they notified Wang Ji that if possible, they hoped Wang Ji would send troops out of the city to burn these charging cars.
But Wang Ji really has no soldiers left.
There are reserves, but these reserves cannot be used easily. After all, the battle on the city wall is not optimistic.
What if Jiangdong’s attack on the city gate was just a pretense and the real killing move was on the city wall? !
Besides, for a field battle out of the city, even if the reserve force of 3,000 people can burn down the vehicles, the losses will certainly not be small. If they charge a few more times, they may not even have the final reserve force left.
As for Lu Meng, he did nothing for half a month. God knows how many rush cars he prepared.
So Wang Ji gritted his teeth and decided to stand still, relying only on the soldiers on the tower to throw stones and wood to attack the rushers and Jiangdong Army's siege soldiers.
Wang Ji also had his own confidence in doing this.
Although the city gate of Jiangling City is also made of wood, the edges are covered with copper and iron. There are six door bolts from top to bottom. There is no way for a car to open the gate in a short time.
And even if the city gate is really opened, there are still four hidden caves inside the city gate, which can accommodate nearly a thousand people. They can regain control of the city gate immediately and close the city gate again.
Even if we go back and forth like this, if the position of the Zangbing Cave cannot be maintained, Jiangling City still has an inner city, which means there is still a city gate.
Really, Wang Ji felt that as long as he didn't take the initiative to surrender in Jiangling City, otherwise Jiangdong would have no chance of conquering Jiangling without fighting for several months.
And in a few months, no matter what happened to Xiangyang, it would be time to send reinforcements.
In fact, Lu Meng was also worried about Jiangling City's solidity in Chengdu.
After attacking for three consecutive days, it was okay to not be able to attack the city wall. After all, it was just a feint attack.
However, after destroying seven rams, the Jiangling City Gate was still not loosened even a little bit, which made Lu Meng feel a little depressed.
How did Guan Yu build Jiangling City? ! Made so strong? !
Lu Meng was very anxious now.
It has been almost two months since I sent out troops in November, and I still haven't captured Jiangling City.
They might have taken advantage of the sneak attack in the early stage, and Xiangyang didn't know about it for the time being, but now that the fight has been going on for almost two months, Guan Yu in Xiangyang should have known about the siege of Jiangling for a long time.
At this time, Guan Yu, even under the huge pressure from Cao Jun, would send reinforcements back to Jiangling. Judging from the distance and regular marching speed, Xiangyang's reinforcements would arrive in Jiangling in mid-to-late January.
In other words, there is still half a month left for him to attack Jiangling. If he can't attack Jiangling within half a month, he really has to think carefully about what to do.
The more he thought about it, the more depressed Lu Meng felt. In addition, the arrow wound on his shoulder showed no sign of improvement. Lu Meng had to endure it and not let outsiders know.
Otherwise, a bunch of people will have to persuade you to retreat.
The attack on the city was not going well, but good news came from Lu Xun in Yidu. Lu Xun had surrounded Liu Bei's Yidu prefect Meng Da and was attacking fiercely. He might break the city and occupy Yidu at any time.
As for the Gongan Ferry, Xu Sheng basically stabilized the defense line at the Gongan Ferry after receiving his own reinforcements. Wenpin and Xu Shu on the opposite side did not have many troops. They only had five or six thousand people in total to attack, so they were not needed for the time being. Worry.
Therefore, I should still have time.
Lu Mengqiang supported his body and began to continue planning the siege strategy, striving to break through Jiangling City as soon as possible in the remaining half a month.
But then, Lu Meng received extremely unfavorable news for him.
On the fifth day of the first lunar month, which was the eleventh day after Lu Meng launched a formal attack on Jiangling City, Lu Meng received news from Xizuo in the north of Jiangling that more than 10,000 reinforcements from Xiangyang, led by Zhou Tai, had crossed Dangyang County. , heading towards Jiangling City.
Dangyang County is only five or six days' march from Jiangling City.
In other words, the Xiangyang reinforcements led by Zhou Tai could reach Jiangling two days faster than Lu Meng expected.
At this time, the Jiangling city gate that Lu Meng attacked had just been loosened, giving Lu Meng a little hope of breaking through the city gate.
After thinking about it, Lu Meng still felt that he had a chance.
On the one hand, the reinforcements from Xiangyang have not arrived yet. In five or six days, God knows whether he can capture Jiangling City. What if he succeeds? !
On the other hand, the number of reinforcements provided by Xiangyang was only more than 10,000 men, which was much less than what he expected. It can be seen that Cao Cao in the north is putting a lot of pressure on Guan Yu. If only these 10,000 men come to support Jiangling, even if the reinforcements arrive , he may not have a chance to fight.
So he temporarily concealed this information and let the generals in the army continue to attack the city.
But just one day later, Xu Sheng, who was at the public security ferry, sent another urgent report.
A large number of reinforcements arrived from Wuling, and they had already arrived at Gong'an City, estimated by visual inspection to be more than 10,000. Xu Sheng urgently asked Lu Meng for help.
Lu Meng suddenly felt his eyes go dark, and his chest felt breathless. It took him a long time to adjust, and then he felt a little better.
At this time, Lu Meng fell into hesitation and confusion again.
Is there really any chance of winning this sneak attack on Jingzhou? !
Jiangling reinforcements are about to arrive. This is not a big problem. After all, there are only 10,000 people. The defenders in the city must have suffered one or two thousand casualties in the past few days. Even if these 10,000 reinforcements are added, the Jiangling defenders will still not exceed Twenty thousand people.
The police behind him, although Xu Sheng said that Wuling had 10,000 reinforcements, but calm down and think about it, Wuling's standing force is only five or six thousand, so where did the 10,000 reinforcements come from? !
The only explanation is that Wuling recruited new soldiers and temporarily formed 10,000 soldiers. It is really hard to say how effective such soldiers are.
Therefore, sending two to three thousand reinforcements to Xu Shengzai should be able to block the attack launched by the police, right? !
As long as Xu Sheng can persist, there is still hope for his side to break through Jiangling. That should be the case, right? !
(End of chapter)
