In July of the fourth year of Jian'an, Yizhou assassinated the history, Zhuge Liang, the left army division, sent 70,000 troops, with Gan Ning and Huang Zhong as the vanguard, and marched to the city of Mianzhuguan.
In the past two months, Du Ji has gathered 20,000 or 30,000 elite exercises in the pass, but there are only 5,000 soldiers defending the city.
Arrived outside the pass, looking at the newly built Guancheng and the rejection of horses under the city, even the moat has been cleared, and the iron shields on the city are lined up, and there are many strong bows and crossbows hidden in the middle.
"Gao Pei and Yang Huai are two generals, but all the grain, grass and baggage of the fierce soldiers and horses in Baishuiguan for several years have been left to Zhou Yu and Du Ji."
Zhuge Liang stroked his beard with one hand and glanced at Huang Quan on his side, "Changshi thinks that how our army should attack the city" Huang Quan looked at the head of the city with a serious face, "Since I first fill in the moat, according to the practice of the Jiangdong Army, first suppress the head of the city with catapults and bed crossbows, and order the soldiers to line up behind the shield wall, and climb the city with well carts and ladders to break the pass." ” "Ganning."
"The end will be."
"Lead the Ru Xunyang battalion to cooperate with new chariots and catapults to attack the city."
"Whoa."
Gan Ning excitedly led his soldiers and horses to the front, lined up behind the sword and shield soldiers, and then, he heard the sound of a loose bowstring behind him.
"Boom, boom, boom" oil altars exploded on the city wall, and then a burst of flames rose from the city, and the screams were accompanied by a burning smell from the city.
Immediately afterward, arrows several feet long were shot at the head of the city, and blood gushed out, and even the soldiers with iron shields on the head of the city would be pierced through the shields by the arrows of the ballistas, piercing through the armor, and nailing to the city walls.
"Put the planks and cross the moat."
The water of Mianzhuguan comes from the tributaries of the Yangtze River, if the moat is filled, I don't know how much sediment is needed, under the wave of Gan Ning's hand, there are a large number of soldiers carrying wooden planks to put on the moat, and in a short time, the planks of more than ten zhang wide will set up a flat wooden bridge on the moat.
"Shoot arrows, use rockets, shoot at the planks."
At the head of the city, Du Yi's face was solemn, he knew that if he didn't destroy the wooden bridge at this moment, he was afraid that the well carts of the Jiangdong Army would come from the wooden bridge later.
The dense arrows wrapped in the tarpaulin were ignited by the flames and shot towards the wooden bridge, but the first group of sergeants to rush across the wooden bridge had already erected a shield wall in front of the wooden bridge, and then Du Ji saw the well carts several feet high being pushed towards the city wall by dozens of sergeants.
On the head of the "boom" city, there was a wave of shaking mountains, and the stone bullets that were continuously thrown, each of which was the size of a grinding plate, and those who hit it were almost certain to die.
"General, after two cups of tea, our army will have three or four hundred casualties, and the Jiangdong Army has not yet climbed to the top of the city."
After crossing the pontoon bridge, many sergeants boarded the well carts along the wooden planks behind the well carts, and a large number of archers squatted behind the iron shields erected by the well carts, raising their bows and throwing them, and with the height they were at, they could almost easily send arrows to the top of the Guanzhong army that was crowded on the city wall.
"Order the catapult in the city, aim at the well cart, and launch."
"Whoa."
After a while, a large black shadow suddenly flew out from behind the city, and in a burst of consternation outside the city, it suddenly fell on the top of the three well cars, and suddenly, the archer who was caught off guard was smashed down a large area.
"There are even catapults in the city" "Until now, Du Ji is to deal with our army's well cars."
Gan Ning's pupils shrank slightly, "This Du Qi is a little tricky. ” Subsequently, Gan Ning ordered Ding Zheng and Ding Niu to lead the army to attack Guancheng more than ten times, and collected the troops at dusk, and he lost more than 2,000 people, and when he withdrew the troops, he also looked at the city with reluctance.
Zhuge Liang squinted at the head of the city, "Huang Zhong." ” "The end will be."
"Give you 10,000 elite soldiers, break through the city pass, and I will invite King Wu to be the lord of you."
"Whoa."
Huang Zhong's face was full of ecstasy, he was already in the list of the first batch of marquis, but that was because Huang Wudie became the concubine of King Wu, as a general in the army, he naturally wanted to use the military exploits established on the battlefield to make the marquis.
At the head of the city, Du Yi looked at the Jiangdong Army that was coming back like a tide, and his eyes gathered on the big banner with the word "yellow", "I just left Ganning, and Huang Zhong came again, and the Jiangdong army is really a fierce general like rain." ” "General, ask the Metropolitan Governor for help."
"The soldiers of Guanzhong have gathered in the party, ready to conquer and merge the state, the soldiers of Xiliang, outside the Hanzhong Pass, can not be moved, the soldiers of the Northern Expedition of the Metropolitan Governor of Chuyang are only 20,000, if you ask for help, the Metropolitan Governor will return to the division to save but I definitely can't spoil the strategy of the Metropolitan Governor."
"General, how long will you stay here?"
Du Ji glanced at the north, "Wudu is going to Baishui Pass, and our soldiers asking for help are only afraid that they have arrived at the Qiang people's tent, and we only see if the lord will send troops, but it will take at least thirty or fifty days for reinforcements to arrive." ” "Thirty or fifty days, 20,000 new soldiers in that city, can you fight a battle?"
Du Ji stared out of the city, "From tomorrow, only one thousand old soldiers will be left in the city, and another two thousand old soldiers will be left on the city wall. ” The adjutant general of the "general" looked slightly shocked, "In this way, if the enemy attacks on a large scale, the rear of our army is afraid that it will not be too late to rescue."
He pointed to the city, "Just after Gan Ning attacked the city in four or five hours, he successfully attacked more than 20 times, if it were not for the general himself leading the army to guard here, I am afraid that our army's casualties would only be greater." ” "It doesn't matter."
Du Ji stared out of the city, "The Jiangdong Army can train a lot of reserve sergeants with the method of Tuntian, and we have no reinforcements since the pass into Guanghan, so we can only rely on us to save ourselves, if we can't hold the Mianzhu Pass, and stay until the city is broken, we can't live with the governor." ” "But if you hide it and don't report it" "I can't report it but the general said after the letter, within two months, there is no need for the metropolitan governor to send troops to rescue, two months later, the city is broken and dead, and the metropolitan governor can cross the mountains and mountains on his own and withdraw to Wudu."
The adjutant general sighed and didn't speak, Huang Zhong had already ordered his soldiers to start attacking the city, and the stone bullets of the Jiangdong Army outside the city were also continuously attacking towards the city.
"Zhuge Liang, I don't want us to rest."
Du Ji's pupils contracted slightly, and he squatted down, "Raise your shield and prepare to meet the enemy." ” At the same time, at the east gate of Chuyang, Pang Tong arrived in the city with Yang Ren and Zhang Wei of Hanzhong, joined Li Yan's department, and took the initiative to face Zhou Yu in Chuyang, while Hanzhong left Zhao Yun to guard.
Zhuge Liang, who was far away outside Mianyang City, also received a battle report at nightfall.
"Shi Yuan actually invited me to besiege and kill Zhou Yu together, in the past, Mr.
Shuijing said that the two of them, the dragon and the phoenix can settle the world, and now the two of them have joined forces to fight against the enemy Zhou Yu alone, and the strength of the army is four or five times more prosperous, how unfair."
Zhuge Liang showed a wry smile on his face, but his eyes became more and more determined.
This battle, but it must be fought, the Jiangdong Army next step is to seize Qingzhou and Sanfu land, if you do not recapture Dongchuan, you will not be able to go north and collect the land of Liangzhou to raise horses
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