The deafening sound of galloping horses came from far and near, as if the whole earth was shaking.
Looking from the tower of Yiling City, all I could see ahead was flying dust swirling into the sky, numerous flags, silver armor shining with dazzling light, and straight spears and spears piercing the sky.
It is majestic and earth-shattering.
This is the military might of the Shu army.
"Your Majesty, our troops have been assembled. Do you want to order an attack on the city?"
A member of the flying horse flew into the whirlwind and came into the middle of the army. He cupped his fists and shouted to a middle-aged man in golden armor under the banner with Liu characters:
That person is Liu Bei.
"Let's see how the new army's siege progresses first."
Liu Bei was in high spirits at this time, and his eyes became colder.
The last time he attacked Yiling City, he was too careless. He didn't expect that Lu Xun would be so vicious that he buried kerosene on the ground under the city wall, causing his three thousand elite troops to fail in the attack and be devoured by raging fire.
This further deepened Liu Bei's hatred for Lu Xun.
Today, Liu Bei's 40,000-strong army is fully prepared to attack the city and will not take it lightly like last time.
Therefore, Liu Bei adopted Li Jun's suggestion and let three thousand new troops attack the city first to see if there was any ambush.
In short, Liu Bei must conquer Yiling to relieve his anger.
"Your Majesty, let the three thousand new troops attack the city? Don't you want to provide any protection and archers to suppress the Wu army on the wall? If so, wouldn't your lives be lost in vain?" Ma Liang saw that the three thousand new troops only relied on the human sea tactics to attack Cheng, feeling unbearable, asked Liu Bei,
Liu Bei looked indifferent and waved his hand to refuse, "They are just some surrenderers who are greedy for life and afraid of death. Besides, they were Wu people before. Death is not a pity, so let them kill each other."
Ma Liang's head was shaken and he looked at Liu Bei in disbelief.
He did not expect that Liu Bei had always been famous all over the world in the name of benevolence and righteousness. Now, in order to attack Yiling City, he would not hesitate to sacrifice the lives of innocent people. Even if they surrender, they may choose to surrender because they care about their families and do not want to lose their lives. , and, since people choose to surrender, they trust the Shu army and are also members of the Shu army.
But now, Liu Bei let the three thousand new troops attack the city without mercy. What did the three thousand new troops think?
Outside Yiling City.
Arrows flew like rain, and screams continued.
A New Army soldier who was rushing to the front saw a cold light suddenly flashed in the smoke. As a veteran, his intuition told him that this must be an arrow cluster shot by the enemy.
For the sake of his life, he threw himself to the ground regardless of his image, which immediately stirred up a burst of dust.
The moment he fell to the ground, an arrow cluster flashed with murderous intent and whizzed past his head.
"Puch!"
The arrow cluster missed him, but hit a New Army soldier who rushed behind him.
The veteran of the New Army who had just escaped the disaster took a long breath and saw the soldiers around him falling down one by one. He felt very uncomfortable, using the flesh and blood of soldiers to attack a city, except for the ten ladders used as attackers. For the purpose of the city, there is no protection or siege equipment. I really don’t know what the Shu army general is thinking.
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Yiling City, west gate.
The river is rolling and the waves are turbulent.
Compared to the siege at the south gate that shook the sky, the west gate close to the Yangtze River was calm and made no noise except for the sound of the river churning.
The general guarding the Wu army was Zhou Yin. This man was the son of Zhou Yu, who was famous at that time. He relied on his father's halo to marry the daughter of his grandson. He himself had no talent and was addicted to drinking and sex. Because of this, Lu Xun was afraid that he would get into trouble after drinking. , and gave the post of Ximen garrison to Zhou Yin.
Zhou Yin glanced outside the city lightly and ordered to a deputy general next to him, "Zhang Yuan, there is nothing to do here. Follow me downstairs to have a drink."
The deputy general named Zhang Yuan had a troubled look on his face, "General Zhou, the governor has given orders that you are not allowed to drink alcohol when the two countries are at war. You should consider military affairs as more important."
"Hmph!" Zhou Yin snorted disdainfully, "Lu Xun is just a scholar, what qualifications does he have to order me? I, Zhou Yin, can guard the west gate, I have given him enough face, and I am not allowed to drink. It's really ridiculous."
"General Zhou, the military orders are as follows. You should stop drinking. The Shu army is currently attacking the city at the south gate. The situation is critical, and it is not suitable to drink. You should be patient. After the Shu army is defeated, I will have a good drink with you." It’s a pleasure.”
Zhang Yuan is more calm than Zhou Yin, which is why Lu Xun placed him next to Zhou Yin.
Zhou Yin looked at Zhang Yuan angrily, "Here at Ximen, everything must be obeyed by me. Lu Xun is busy dealing with Liu Bei's army, so he has no time to take care of us. Let me ask you again, do you want to drink?"
A trace of anger flashed in Zhang Yuan's eyes, "General Zhou, if you want to drink, you can drink. I have said this. It is your own business to listen or not. In short, I will not go down to drink. I want to observe on the city wall." guard."
"Okay! Very good! It's really unreasonable." Zhou Yin's face flashed with murderous intent, and then he drew out the sword from his waist and pointed the blade at Zhang Yuan, "Since you don't know good from evil, then I will kill you."
Zhang Yuan has long disliked Zhou Yin, a dandy. If it weren't for his distinguished status as Zhou Yu's son, he wouldn't be so groveling to Zhou Yin.
At this time, Zhou Yin was pointing at him with a sword. He finally couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, and the long knife in his hand suddenly swung horizontally, "Zhou Yin, you embroidered pillow, give you some face, you really think you are a general. I, Zhang Yuan, am here. Do you have the guts to come and kill me?"
Zhou Yin was stunned for a moment, then his expression became extremely gloomy, "Damn evil thief, I, Zhou Yin, must kill you today to relieve the anger in my heart."
"Both generals are colleagues. Why should they go to war with each other in such a big way? Military affairs should be the priority."
The surrounding Ximen generals saw Zhou Yin and Zhang Yuan facing each other with swords and prepared to fight, so they hurriedly separated them.
Suddenly, a frightened voice broke the argument between Zhou Yin and Zhang Yuan.
"No, there are enemy watercraft."
The Soochow soldiers standing not far from the crowd looked horrified and pointed at the river not far under the city wall.
Zhou Yin's expression changed, he pushed away a Wu military captain, and walked quickly to the city wall.
I saw nearly forty or fifty warships appearing on the blue and turbulent water.
Among them, a bright red military flag with Chinese characters hung on top of the warship, flying in the wind.
This is the Shu army!
Zhou Yin was shocked. Is this Shu army crazy? They are so bold and want to attack Ximen in the river?
Isn't this a suicide?
Even so, Zhou Yin did not dare to take it lightly and ordered the Soochow soldiers to prepare for battle defense.
And at this moment,
Changes abound.
Under the city wall inside the west gate, there was a scream.
"what happened?"
Zhou Yin was shocked and looked horrified.
