"Report to General Qiyu, I found that the Han army was killed from the direction of Gong'an, and it is still about thirty miles away from Jiangling, please make a decision quickly."
Sun Bin led his troops out of the public security and approached Jiangling two days later, and the scouts under Sun Ce's command immediately reported to the city after spying on the information.
There were 18,000 defenders in Jiangling City, and the previous defenders were Sun Ce's uncle Wu Jing and the fierce general Xing Daorong from Lingling.
But when rescuing Sun Shangxiang in Changbanpo, Xing Daorong met Zhao Yun in the chaos and was stabbed under the horse with a shot.
After Xing Daorong's death, Wu Jing lost his lieutenant general, and Sun Ce sent his cousin Sun Ben to Jiangling to assist Wu Jing in defending the town.
The Han army pressed the border, and Liu Wei was in the public security one hundred and fifty miles away, Wu Jing and Sun Ben naturally did not dare to slack off, and sent many scouts to closely monitor the Han army's every move, but whenever there was a disturbance, it would be reported at any time.
"Close the city gates, and no one will be allowed to enter or leave until the Han army withdraws" Wu Jingru was facing the enemy, and ordered loudly with a wave of his big hand.
With Wu Jing's order, the four gates of Jiangling City slowly closed, and the suspension bridge was pulled up.
More than 18,000 defenders all climbed the city wall, prepared strong bows and crossbows, rolled stones and wood, and stood densely on the city wall with a radius of more than 20 miles, waiting for the battle.
An hour and a half later, the banner of the Han army was already looming.
Sun Bin ordered to tie branches to the horse's tail, lengthen the distance between the soldiers, and spread more flags to intimidate Sun Jun with a bluff.
Standing from a distance and watching, I saw that this team was covered with flags and dust, and it looked like there were 60,000 or 70,000 people, not to mention it.
Wu Jing and Sun Ben couldn't help but be startled after seeing it on the city wall, and gasped: "Hey, there are sixty or seventy thousand people, could it be that the Han army stationed in the public security has poured out, if this is the case, doesn't it mean that Zhang Fei's reinforcements have been withdrawn?"
Wu Jing said with a sad face: "The connection between Jingbei and Jingnan has been cut off by the Han army, and Bofu was trapped by Yue Fei in Xiangyang, if the reinforcements of Bashu retreat again, our Jiangling will really become an empty city."
Sun Ben pressed his sword in his hand, and looked at death with a face: "Death is death, why be afraid that there are 18,000 elite soldiers in our Jiangling City, and if the Han army wants to break the city without filling in the lives of 35,000 people, don't think about it."
After a pause, he continued: "There are many gentry in Jiangling City, so you can send people to these people's homes to recruit soldiers, and let them send servants to climb the city wall to help defend it.
With the scale of Jiangling City, more than 10,000 people can be recruited, and with their assistance, at least they can hold out for half a month and twenty days longer, maybe the Han army will run out of food and grass at that time, or Liu Bei will come to help again from Bashu."
"But the scholars in Jiangling have always agreed with Liu Biao, our Sun clan has controlled Jiangling for less than two years, and it would be good if the wealthy gentlemen in the city did not rebel against the Han Dynasty, how could they help us defend the city" Wu Jing frowned, full of worry.
Sun Ben patted his chest and said: "In troubled times, you need to use heavy codes, and at this time, you must use iron-blooded means, and you can no longer use the benevolence of a woman, uncle, to guard the city wall, and let the nephew go to the house of the wealthy gentleman to recruit soldiers." ” Sun Ben's voice fell, and he ordered 2,000 men and horses to go down the city wall, and began to smash the gate of the wealthy gentleman clan from the south of the city, requiring each family to send servants or clansmen to the top of the city to help defend the city.
According to the ratio of four to one, no matter the master and servant of a family, whether men, women, old or young, all according to the head of the recruitment, as long as there are forty people in the family, then it is necessary to appoint ten people to the head of the city to assist in the defense.
Liu Biao has ruled in Jiangling for many years, and he is a descendant of the royal family, and he mostly uses benevolence to manage the place, coupled with the marriage with the Jingxiang clan Cai, and the Jingzhou clans such as the Kuai clan and the Jiangxia Huang clan, so that the gentry of the Jiangling clan have a great sense of identity with Liu Biao.
After Sun Ce forcibly occupied Jingzhou by force, the gentry in Jiangling did not buy it very much, and Wu Jing's ability was average, so the gentry in Jiangling City did not have much good impression of Sun Ce.
Just like Wu Jing said, it would be good if these gentry of the noble clan did not defect to the Han Dynasty, not because they didn't want to, but because they didn't dare.
After all, the Sun army in the city is close to 20,000, and if an ordinary family fights against the army, it is indispensable to destroy the rumors if the news leaks.
The gentry did not have the courage to betray Neiying, but they dared to gloat.
Hearing the sound of killing outside the city, Sun Jun was like a great enemy, so every house closed the door, every house covered the window, and hid in the house one by one to pray that the Han army would break the city as soon as possible, but he didn't expect Sun Ben to bring people to smash the door to recruit soldiers.
"General, my family is full of old and weak women and children, where can I go to give you people to defend the city, and ask the general to raise his noble hand" After learning the purpose of Sun Ben's smashing the door, a gentleman surnamed Cao ordered all the sturdy men in the family to hide, and led a group of old women and children to the door to negotiate with Sun Bing, "In the past few years, there have been frequent wars, and the men of my Cao family have been conscripted seven or eight out of ten, except for the sixty-year-old man and the drooping children, there are really no soldiers to recruit."
"Honest and Honest" Sun Ben was furious, the sword flashed, and he immediately cut off one of Cao Yuanwai's heads to the ground, and ordered loudly: "This inferior gentleman dares to deceive General Ben, I think he is clearly a spy of the Eastern Han Army, and I will behead the Cao family all over the house, and no one will be left."
Under Sun Ben's order, hundreds of wolf-like soldiers drew their swords out of their sheaths, and slaughtered more than 30 old and weak women and children in the Cao family.
He searched around the courtyard again, and sure enough, he found seventeen or eighteen sturdy men in the cellar, including servants, doormen, and members of the Cao clan.
"Burn them all to me" Sun Ben's eyes breathed fire, and he gave his life mercilessly.
Sergeant Sun found dry firewood and withered grass, mixed with sulfur and fire salt, and ignored the men's pleas for mercy, ignited a fire and threw it into the cellar.
In the midst of the howl of ghosts and wolves, the smell of burnt human flesh spread over Gangneung City.
Sun Ben took the soldiers to destroy another gate surnamed Zhang, and the other gentry of the scholar clan were intimidated by Sun Ben's ruthlessness and viciousness, although they were unwilling, but they could only send servants to climb the city wall according to Sun Ben's request to assist Sun Jun in guarding the palace.
However, after an hour or two, more than 10,000 people were forcibly recruited.
Sun Ben also knew that he was too ruthless, for fear of a mutiny among the wealthy gentlemen in the city, so he ordered his lieutenant to lead 2,000 soldiers to patrol the streets and alleys.
Seeing the dense defenders on the city wall, Sun Bin admired Liu Wei's strategy in his heart: "Although Jiangling City is not as strong as Xiangyang, it is not easy to capture.
There are nearly 30,000 troops and civilians on the city wall, and there are no 70,000 or 80,000 people attacking the city, and I am afraid that it will not be able to take it for half a month and 20 days, and even if the city is broken, it will have to pay a huge price.
If His Majesty's plan can take effect, he will be able to take Gangneung without much effort."
Sun Bin ordered a feint to attack the city, Cheng Yanjin and Yang Yansi led their troops to bluff according to the plan, and launched several small-scale attacks on Jiangling City.
The Han army retreated five miles and set up camp, preparing to fight again tomorrow.
The next day, as soon as the sky was hazy, Sun Bin once again led his troops to shout and kill under the city of Jiangling. 30,000 soldiers and civilians, under the leadership of Wu Jing and Sun Ben, bent their bows and arrows one after another, prepared rolling stones and wood, and waited for battle.
Suddenly, a group of soldiers and horses came from the direction of Shangyong, looking like about 15,000 people, and when the team came closer, they could see that they were all waving the banner of Shu soldiers, and the banner of the word "Guan" was waving in the wind.
"Haha, great, nine times out of ten, Liu Bei's sworn brother Guan Yu led the army to help," Wu Jing stood at the head of the city and was overjoyed.
Sun Ben was very cautious: "See it clearly first, so as not to deceive" Guan Yu led his troops forward to approach the Han army, and when they were more than 100 zhang away, they fired arrows in unison and shot at their feet.
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The two armies faced each other, Guan Yu held a green dragon broadsword, and the horses came out of the column and shouted loudly.
The spring breeze blew across his face, blowing his long hair fluttering, and his red face looked more like a ripe red date under the scorching sun.
Seeing Guan Yu calling for the battle in person, Wu Jing laughed loudly and said to Sun Ben: "I once saw Guan Yu when I participated in the Eighteenth Road Princes' discussion of Dong with Wentai, and at that time he and Liu Bei followed behind Gongsun Zhan, and he was this red-faced and long-haired man."
Sun Ben still looked cautious: "This Guan Yu didn't come to the rescue early or late, why didn't he come to the rescue when the Han army arrived, let's see him fight with the Han army first."
"I am Hedong Guan Yunchang, who dares to fight with me" Guan Yu immediately stabbed and shouted loudly.
"You can go out to fight" Sun Bin pointed at a general named Feng Yi with a whip in his hand, and ordered him to go out of battle.
Although this person is a little brave, he is lawless, and often whips his soldiers, deducts military salaries, and even does things like arson and plunder.
Sun Bin wanted to bring him to justice after learning about it on the road, but in order to confuse Wu Jing and Sun Ben, he couldn't bear to have a seizure, and today he borrowed Guan Yu's hand to get rid of him.
This Feng Yi drank a pot of wine early in the morning, and at the moment his head was hot, and he shot out: "Lao Tzu doesn't care if you Guan Yun is long or Guan Yun short, come and die under Feng's gun."
The two horses intersected, and there was no three-in-one, Guan Yu raised the knife and beheaded Feng Yi under the horse, and returned with his head.
"Hey, it seems that this Guan Yu is really coming out of the siege" Sun Ben's defensive psychology finally relaxed, and quietly asked the soldier next to him, "Can anyone know if this person is Guan Yu?"
Many people who have seen Guan Yu replied: "General, don't worry about it, this person is definitely Guan Yu, how can an ordinary person have such martial arts, and he can't look like this."
Guan Yu dropped Feng Yi's head, and urged the horse to come out again and call out: "Who dares to come and send him to death" Yang Qilang shot his horse and shot out: "Guan Yuxiu wants to be rampant, let Yang Yansi come to meet you" At the moment, the two generals showed their own martial arts, fighting with knives and guns for fifty or sixty rounds, Guan Yu saw the opportunity to relax the ape arm, grabbed Yang Yansi's ribbon, and captured him alive from the horse.
The horn sounded, the two armies engaged in a scuffle, and the Han army was defeated and retreated south.
Guan Yu Mingjin collected his troops and led his troops to Jiangling City to call the door: "The Han army has been temporarily repulsed, please ask Wu Jing and Sun Ben to go out of the city to talk" Wu Jing ordered to fall off the suspension bridge, open the city gate, and personally go out of the city with Sun Ben to greet him: "The soldiers are pressing the border, and if you miss the distance, General Guan must not be surprised" t1706231537: