As long as Zhang Xi can defeat Zhou Yu, he will definitely lead his troops into battle. It is a pity that he will burn down the siege equipment. He really can't defeat him.
If you want to go out of the city to burn the siege equipment, you must first have enough courage to break through the obstacles of the Soochow Army at the critical moment. At the same time, you also need to have strong enough emergency response capabilities. Before Zhou Yu commands the Soochow Army to attack, Retreat safely.
But now, there is really no such person in Jiangling City.
Without him, in terms of personal force value, the four people in Jiangling City are all weaklings.
Zhang Xi and Wang Ji were two standard literati who commanded soldiers in battle. Both of them could compete with Zhou Yu, but charging into battle when facing the enemy was not their specialty.
As for Zhong Limu and Zhou Tai, they are still somewhat deficient in commanding on the battlefield. They are no match for Zhou Yu. Although they have some personal bravery, they are not the kind of people who can single-handedly defeat the enemy.
Anyone who takes the initiative to lead troops out of the city to burn siege equipment is somewhat unsafe.
Therefore, although Zhang Xi really wanted to go out and fight, reality forced Zhang Xi to continue to be trapped in the isolated city.
And now, Zhou Yu should have a headache again.
What is fake is fake after all and cannot become real. There are only so many siege bed crossbows. If Zhang Xi cannot be lured out of the city in a short time, then Zhang Xi will inevitably see the flaw after a long time.
Now Zhou Yu is also hesitating whether to repeat his old tricks and continue to create pressure on Zhang Xi.
Although I think there is a high probability that this matter will be meaningless, I still want to try again.
Just like this, after another five-day interval, another batch of more than 20 "bed crossbows" arrived from the Soochow Army.
This time, Zhang Xi finally realized that this was so fake.
It's not that I saw any flaws, but simply from a rational point of view, I felt that this was too fake.
If Zhang Xi had more than forty crossbows in his hand, he would have already set them all out and stormed the top of Jiangling City.
Bed crossbow, the crossbow arrows are as thick as an adult's arm. Once the arrow is shot, the masonry of the city wall may directly break apart. If it hits a person, it may even directly cause the effect of piercing the candied haws.
There is no reason to hide such a thing that is so lethal and so powerful in deterrence.
Is Zhou Yu so kind-hearted that he leaves more than forty bed crossbows unused and puts out ten or so of them every day just to show off? !
This shows that Zhou Yu is probably just bluffing. He doesn't have that many bed crossbows at all.
If this is the case, then let it go. Anyway, in the siege battle, the defenders take advantage, and it is not a bad thing for Zhang Xi to continue to delay.
Not to mention anything else, the logistical supply problem for the 100,000 Soochow troops outside the city is enough to give Soochow a headache.
As long as it takes three months, it will probably be able to eat up all the grain reserves in the four counties of Jiangxia and Jingnan.
So just stick to it.
Zhang Xi strengthened his belief in defending, and Zhou Yu was suddenly at a loss.
Zhou Yu really didn't want to attack hard. One hundred thousand people attacked a city defended by 30,000 people. Without some unexpected variables, it would be difficult to conquer the city.
When Guan Yu led 90,000 men to attack Wancheng, which was guarded by Sima Yi with 30,000 men, had it not been for the variables of Wang Ping and Wudang Feijun, Guan Yu would have been unable to do anything against Sima Yi if he had attacked head-on.
And the variable thing really appeared.
But unfortunately, the emergence of this variable is not beneficial to Soochow.
When Zhou Yu was at a loss to defend Jiangling City, he received a battle report from Quan Cong.
In this battle report, it was mentioned that Zhu Huan disobeyed the commander, did not abide by the strategic arrangements, violated military discipline, and beat and scolded the soldiers without authorization. Although Zhou Yu was also very annoyed, considering Zhu Huan's status in Soochow, he also No intention of pursuing it.
Just when Zhou Yu was about to reply to the letter, asking Quan Cong not to pursue the matter for the time being, allowing Zhu Huan to make meritorious deeds and carry out his own strategy as soon as possible, Quan Cong's second battle report arrived.
The defenders of Fancheng took the initiative to attack, with more than 10,000 troops. Quan Cong was forced to meet the enemy. The two sides fought fiercely for less than an hour before each retreated.
This is the case on the surface, but the problem is that Zhou Yu is keenly aware of what Quan Cong is really saying - the suspected soldiers in Xiangyang have been exposed, and if they continue to stay on the north bank of the Han River, they may encounter encirclement and suppression by the Xiangyang defenders.
This battle report is not so much a battle report as it is Quan Cong's application to withdraw his troops.
Zhou Yu didn't expect that things would turn out like this.
He really didn't expect that Zhu Huan would take the initiative to stir up trouble with Quan Cong at this time, and at the same time violate military law, making it impossible to implement his plan to divide his troops and build momentum.
Similarly, Zhou Yu did not expect that Xiangyang would dare to take the initiative and send out 10,000 troops at a time. As a result, Quan Cong had to fight with the main force, which exposed the true and false strength of the troops.
Xiangyang suddenly dispatched ten thousand troops. After Zhou Yu thought for a while, he knew that the Shangyong soldiers had arrived.
Otherwise, with Wenpin's military style, it would be impossible for him to make such a reckless move.
This was also a place where mediocrity was unexpected, and it came too quickly.
But the matter has come to this, and Zhou Yu's complaints will not change the situation. It is better to think about how to respond now.
After the suspected military plan was exposed, Quan Cong definitely could not stay on the north bank of the Han River and must withdraw immediately, otherwise it would be too dangerous.
And Shangyong soldiers arrived in Xiangyang. Xiangyang had enough troops, and it was confirmed that the attackers in Xiangyang were suspicious soldiers, so they would inevitably choose to mobilize their troops and go south to support Jiangling.
The support army cannot be allowed to reach Jiangling smoothly, otherwise Jiangling will be even more difficult to fight.
For this reason, Zhou Yu immediately ordered Quan Cong to lead his soldiers to retreat from the Han River. After retreating to the Hanjin Ferry, he disembarked again and led his troops to move towards Dangyang County, intercepting the Shu army that might be heading south to support Jiangling. .
You must give yourself time to conquer Gangneung.
As for the main battlefield of Jiangling, Zhou Yu became very angry.
If he doesn't act cruelly, he really has no chance.
The entire army was ordered to step up the offensive regardless of casualties and must conquer Jiangling as soon as possible.
As Zhou Yu became more aggressive, the pressure on Zhang Xi increased sharply.
If the Soochow Army's previous attack was relatively relaxed, if the attack failed, they would withdraw to rest and reorganize the siege.
So now, the Soochow Army's attacks are like waves, one after another, never stopping.
The first attack failed, and before the front army retreated, the second wave of attacking teams from behind had already launched a second attack with hooks and ladders, pushing ladders. In the rearmost military formation, the third batch of attacking teams were already in Prepare for attack.
Zhou Yu maximized the strength advantage of the Soochow Army, and also maximized his overall command ability.
Among them, the east gate of Jiangling City was under the greatest offensive pressure.
Yes, it was not Zhou Yu but the south gate of Jiangling City that Lu Xun was attacking. It was the east gate of Jiangling City that was under the greatest pressure.
That is the side where Zhuge Ke is responsible for the main attack.
The reason for this is actually very simple. Zhou Yu is now commanding at Dongmen.
The South Gate is indeed the focus of the Soochow Army's attack, but again, the person responsible for actually commanding the attack here is Lu Xun. Zhou Yu's stay at the South Gate is actually not of great help to Lu Xun. It is even possible that Lu Xun was under Zhou Yu's command. Under the influence, he is still unable to fully exert his commanding talents.
After all, there is still a big gap between Zhou Yu's combat style and Lu Xun's. If Zhou Yu is responsible for commanding at the South Gate, Lu Xun can only be an ordinary general executing military orders, which is a complete waste of Lu Xun's talents.
Therefore, Zhou Yu directly gave up the command of the South Gate to Lu Xun, allowing him to exercise freely, while he personally led an army of 30,000 people, bypassed the East Gate, and took command in Zhuge Ke's place.
The reason why he chose this place was that, on the one hand, Zhuge Ke was too inexperienced and had no previous experience of being on his own, so Zhou Yu was a little uneasy.
On the other hand, Zhou Yu also wanted to try to see if changing the main attack direction would cause Zhang Xi to be unable to respond and create a breakthrough from the east gate.
With this move, Zhou Yu really almost succeeded.
Zhang Xi thought Zhou Yu was at the south gate. After all, among the three gates, the south gate has the most violent attacks, the most rigorous attack routines, and the most diverse attack methods.
Zhang Xi subconsciously believed that Zhou Yu was still commanding the battle outside the south gate. For this reason, he and Wang Ji even guarded the south gate to guard against Zhou Yu.
After Zhou Tai, who was guarding the east gate, got used to Zhuge Ke's attacking rhythm, he suddenly encountered Zhou Yu's personal command. He was a little overwhelmed for a while, allowing Zhou Yu to seize the opportunity and command the Soochow soldiers to board the tower.
Fortunately, although Zhou Tai was panicked, his basic general qualities were still there and he quickly asked for help from Nanmen.
After Zhang Xi received the emergency call from the east gate, he did not hesitate at all. He personally led a part of the reserve team to the east gate for support. After a fight between soldiers, he finally stabilized the front and drove the Soochow army off the city wall again. .
Then, Zhang Xi discovered that Zhou Yu didn't just stay at the south gate, but came to the east gate.
As a result, Zhang Xi immediately did not dare to be careless, and immediately decided to stay at the east gate for defense for the time being, and did not dare to leave lightly.
But this seems to have triggered Zhou Yu's inspiration.
Five days later, Zhong Limu of Ximen suddenly sent someone to report that Zhou Yu's banner had appeared in Sun Sheng's army outside the city. Zhou Yu had transferred to Sun Sheng's army and might be planning to attack Ximen.
But when Zhang Xi heard the news and led a large reserve team to the west gate to prepare to support the defense, Zhou Tai at the east gate became anxious again, saying that the Soochow Army, under the command of Zhou Yu, had once again launched a strong attack on the east gate.
Zhang Xi was so angry that he had to lead his team back to the east gate to direct the defensive operations.
As for Zhou Yu, who tortured Zhang Xi so much that he ran around the city, the price he paid was just to have two more large banners made.
(End of chapter)
