In fact, before it was completely light, at the darkest moment before dawn, the Jiangdong Army outside Guangxin City had already begun to assemble.
Chen Dao observed at the top of the city that the 30,000 Jiangdong Army formed a formation like ants and slowly moved closer to the city wall.
They walked very slowly. Calculating the time, the sun should have just come out when they were approaching the city wall.
In this way, the sky was dark while Jiangdong's army was marching, which was not conducive to Chen Dao's strong crossbow aiming. However, once they arrived at the city and the sky became brighter, Jiangdong's army could attack the city at dawn.
"It's really dawn."
Chen Dao relaxed his wrinkled forehead. It's strange to say that he followed Liu Bei around the world and fought against the wind with less and more. Now he was forced to temporarily join Beifu General Cao Wu. He thought that Cao's army was powerful, but he didn't expect to fight. It's still a headwind.
But no matter what kind of battle it is, it will eventually be faced.
Chen Dao has experienced many battles and will not flinch due to the precise timing of the opponent's coach.
Because he performed well enough in the previous defense, Le Jin gave him the initiative to command the defense equipment at will.
Chen arrived first and told the soldiers under his jurisdiction to wait for instructions. He selected a crossbow, pulled the bowstring, and aimed at the enemy.
After the last siege, the Jiangdong Army was frightened, and the generals could no longer expose themselves. Chen Dao searched carefully for a while, because the light was too dark and he could not identify the enemy generals from the crowd.
He decisively gave up the idea of beheading, aimed at an enemy cavalry, and directly released the bowstring.
The sharp arrow flew out with a "swish" and drew a very long distance in the air. A cavalryman landed on the ground, leaving only the horse still running wildly.
At the same time, Chen Dao let out a shout, and a "shot" spread throughout the city wall on this side.
According to the tactics that had been practiced long ago, more than ten powerful crossbows were launched at the same time, and the crossbow arrows went straight towards the opponent's cavalry.
The Jiaozhi soldiers led by Jiangdong people were almost all infantry, but there were still many generals on horseback to supervise the battle. Chen Dao was targeting these backbone generals.
The first arrow that Chen arrived caught Jiangdong's army off guard, but when the following arrows came again, Jiangdong's army was on guard, either raising their shields or leaning on their horses.
Even so, the powerful killing ability of the crossbow still knocked six or seven cavalry to the ground in an instant.
Under Chen Dao's arrangement, the city wall crossbow was cocked again, but there was no rush to launch it.
Instead, the repeating crossbow fired first.
The repeating crossbow has a short range and low power, but its rate of fire is much denser. It shoots at the infantry at the forefront.
In one round of shooting, nearly a hundred people fell.
But these Cochin soldiers seemed to have received some promise. They were not as cowardly as the previous sieges and were still charging forward.
"Swish swish!"
The crossbow arrows came again. Due to the interruption just now, the cavalry was negligent and was shot by Chen Dao.
More than ten people fell to the ground like snowflakes.
There was a brief commotion in the Jiangdong formation, and their central army suddenly raised a new flag, which was difficult to distinguish in the night.
It was only at this moment, after three rounds of shooting by Chen, that Jiangdong's army entered the shooting range of ordinary soldiers.
The Guangxin garrison had given them the best response, and Le Jin directed the soldiers to launch a volley.
This time the arrows were raining like locusts, but they were not very lethal.
The experienced generals in Jiangdong just couldn't deal with the new weapons on the city walls, but they had plenty of ways to deal with the old-fashioned arrow rain.
They raised shields made of vines, grass and other materials and made a final charge towards the city wall.
The attackers who had survived this round of volleys were only a few dozen steps away from the city wall. Under the urging of the war supervisor behind them, the soldiers rushed straight towards the city wall.
Jiangdong's commander's calculation was clever. When Chen Dao saw the sky turn white, it happened to be the first round of Jiangdong soldiers' charge.
"What a plan."
Chen Dao directed others to put up the wooden planks, and in his busy schedule, he looked back and saw that the newly raised flag among the enemy troops had the character "LV" in it.
"Let's go, Lu Meng."
Chen Dao snorted coldly, knowing that defending the city today would not be easy.
…
In the Jiangdong Army, Lu Meng clenched his fists and stared at the first wave of soldiers ascending the city.
He has never been able to command as calmly as Zhou Yu. This comes from his life experience.
Lu Meng was originally a military commander, but he read very little. He was encouraged to study by Sun Quan, and he came up with the idea of studying. Later, he became friends with Lu Su, and was appreciated by Sun Quan and Zhou Yu, so he was reused.
Later generations discussed the heroes of Jiang Biao, and often referred to the twelve brave and skilled generals at the beginning of the establishment of Soochow as Jiang Biao's tiger ministers, while Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Lu Meng, and Lu Xun were collectively called the Four Heroes.
Among these four heroes, only Lu Meng is the real strong general who can lead the charge. The other three are all literati leading the troops. Even Zhou Yu only stays in the center and will not go to dangerous places in person.
Therefore, when Lu Meng considered the problem, he started from the perspective of his identity as a military commander.
This time Zhou Yu asked him to lead 30,000 people, gave him his own sword, and gave him the power to command Han Dang, Jiang Xin, and Ling Tong. This was the first time that he independently commanded an army.
After worrying about gains and losses, he finally calmed down, searched repeatedly and carefully, and decided on today's attack strategy.
"The most important cities in Jiaozhou are Longbian and Guangxin. Longbian is already in our hands. If we can capture Guangxin, Jiaozhou will be in our hands when the outcome of the encounter between the governor and the Cao thief comes out."
Lu Meng raised Zhou Yu's sword and stared at the soldiers in front of him to attack the city.
Although the supervising team was desperately trying to get people to climb up the city, only the most core members of the army knew that the 30,000 soldiers who climbed the city were only auxiliaries, and Lu Meng's move was not here.
In the other three gates where there are fewer troops defending the city, Jiangdong's rangers are scouting the movement.
Once these three gates are lost, he can enter the city from now on.
The fortress is impenetrable, but it can be opened from within.
He didn't have to wait too long. The rangers from the south gate were galloping towards the central army at a high speed. The rangers waved the flags in their hands. Before he could get closer, Lu Meng could see clearly that the number of defenders at the south gate had decreased.
Lu Meng was overjoyed and finally swung his raised sword down.
The 30,000 people who attacked were led by Han Dang, but suddenly a small group of more than 1,000 people broke out and headed towards the south gate.
Lu Meng could not restrain his emotions.
It's finally coming, he, Lu Meng, will be the second protagonist in this battle of Jiaozhou.
Break the city, break the city!
…
Le Jin was directing soldiers to defend everywhere on the city wall.
Among the famous generals with different surnames in Cao's army, Le Jin and Xu Huang were the ones who liked to take the lead the most. Opening Le Jin's credit book, it was filled with "break" and "big break". However, it was only when he was responsible for defending the city that he understood deeply. The difficulty of defending the city.
"Master here!"
Le Jin pointed to a place, and just as he finished speaking, he suddenly realized something was wrong.
He was on the city wall and could not see the situation of other sections of the city wall, but he saw some of the defenders under the city heading towards the south gate.
The south gate is the city gate that Yang Ling was guarding before.
"not good!"
Le Jin and Chen Dao on the city wall felt cold at the same time.
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Meng Nai began to study. When Lu Su passed by Xunyang, he discussed with Meng. He was shocked and said: "The talent you have now is not the same as returning to Wu Xia Amen!" Meng said: "We have been separated for three days, and we treat each other with admiration. How can I see this? It's too late!" Su then paid homage to Meng's mother, made friends and said goodbye.
"The Biography of Jiang Biao·The Biography of Lu Meng"
