Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 445 The first face-to-face
Now outside the west gate of Moling County, close to the moat, Zhou Yu has set up two outer fortresses, and placed more than 2000 soldiers in each of them, which can be regarded as a triangular defensive formation with Moling County.

If Zhu Wei's army attacked the two outer villages first, Zhou Yu could command the soldiers to shoot arrows on the city wall to assist the two outer villages in defending the Zhu Wei army's attack.

If Zhu Wei directly attacked Moling County, Zhou Yu's generals in the two outer villages could also rush out with soldiers, destroy the siege equipment of Zhu Wei's army, and kill the siege soldiers of Zhu Wei's army.

Of course, Zhou Yu's commander-in-chief flag with the word "Zhou" was of course erected on the city wall of Moling, but general flags with the characters "Chen" and "Han" were also erected at the two outer villages outside the city of Moling.

Judging from the military generals currently serving under Sun Ce's account, these two generals are likely to be the veteran Han Dang left by Sun Ce by the relatively young generals Chen Wu and Sun Jian among the so-called Jiangbiao Twelve Tiger Ministers in history.

Apparently, Zhou Yu divided his troops to fight Zhu Wei's army this time, and Sun Ce also sent several people to assist Zhou Yu. In addition to Chen Wu and Han Dang, Zhou Yu actually had a veteran Huang Gai following him.

It's just that Huang Gai was temporarily guarding the east gate of Moling County, and erected the flag at the east gate, which was to defend Zhou Yu's retreat in the direction of Danyang, so his banner could not be seen at the west gate.

It was precisely by relying on these old and new generals of the Sun family under his command that Zhou Yu could force the private soldiers of various ethnic groups who were almost a mob and the young men who had been coerced into them into the aura of recruits.

But Zhou Yu's formation on Moling's side did bring some difficulties to the Zhu Wei army who came from afar, so it would take a lot of troops to capture Moling County.

After Wang Yuyan found out about the situation in Moling City, she found a place about three miles away from the west gate of Moling City and set up a camp, and did not make a gesture of rushing to attack Moling City.

In fact, Wang Yuyan doesn't have a lot of troops now, especially more than 8000 troops belong to the original Jiangdong Liu Yao's soldiers, and their combat effectiveness is not very strong.

Then, the [-]-sword shield hand beside Wang Yuyan was also carefully trained, a special unit that mainly defends and protects the eight-diagram tortoise armor array, so naturally it will not be wasted on siege battles at will.

In addition, there are archers and crossbowmen from the Divine Arrow Battalion, so there are only more than 4000 in total, and they are not very willing to spend on siege battles.

In this way, if Wang Yuyan only sent [-] Jiangdong Liu Yao soldiers commanded by Yu Fan and Chen Heng to attack Moling County, which is in such a defensive formation, even facing the mob that Zhou Yu improvised, it might not be able to gain much advantage.

In the previous battle where these Liu Yao soldiers broke through the defense lines set up by Zhou Yu, we can see the combat effectiveness of those Liu Yao soldiers commanded by Yu Yu and Chen Heng. The defense line of recruits has already weakened a bit.

Wouldn't it be more difficult for them to attack the city now?

Therefore, Wang Yuyan actually had other plans in mind when she came to attack Moling County this time. Otherwise, she would not have sent Cai Mao's navy directly to Wu County, and made other arrangements for most of the Shenjian Battalion commanded by Tai Shici. .

Of course, in order to reduce the difficulty of the siege battle, when Wang Yuyan built the temporary military camp outside Moling County this time, she seemed to deliberately leave some loopholes to give Zhou Yu a chance to sneak attack.

Obviously, Wang Yuyan once again had a plan to lure Zhou Yu out of the city to fight.

But although Zhou Yu discovered Wang Yuyan's camp-building loophole in the first place, Zhou Yu didn't have any idea of ​​sending troops to attack at night that night. It seems that Zhou Yu also understood that this was probably the chief general of Zhu Weijun's trick to lure the enemy.

So on the first day, Wang Yuyan led Zhu Wei's army to set up a military camp outside Moling County, but neither side had any intention of starting a war, but spent the peaceful night before the war.

On the second day, after Zhu Wei's entire army had a full meal, Wang Yuyan left three thousand soldiers of Liu Yao and another three thousand auxiliary soldiers from Shuai Yu to guard the camp. A formation was opened, and it seemed that they were preparing to launch an offensive against Moling County.

Wang Yuyan formed a solid square formation with nearly 5000 troops, with [-] Liu Yao soldiers commanded by Chen Heng at the front, [-] archers and [-] crossbowmen commanded by Huang Zhong behind, and finally It was Wang Yuyan's Central Army Command, which was guarded by five thousand knives and shields.

While the banners were waving, Zhu Wei's army seemed to be majestic and majestic, releasing a strong military spirit.

And Zhou Yu's defenders in Moling County couldn't help but feel a little uneasy when they saw the formation of Zhu Wei's army. This is because the new army, which has not undergone much training, lacks confidence.

However, under the restraint of generals such as Zhou Yu, Chen Wu, and Han Dang, the defenders on the Moling County side quickly cheered up, and also put on a fighting posture on the city wall and in the military camp.

On the other hand, Zhou Yu was on the gate tower of Moling County, looking at the formation of Zhu Wei's army from a distance, his brows were slightly frowned. Although there are tens of thousands of people, it seems to be boundless, and it is already difficult to count the number of enemy troops. .

But Zhou Yu, as a military advisor and general, can still roughly feel the number of Zhu Wei's army. The number of Zhu Wei's army seems to be smaller than he imagined.

Zhou Yu didn't know whether the commander of the Zhu Wei Army had left part of his troops in the barracks to train and prepare for the battle, or if there was some other conspiracy. Anyway, Zhou Yu already felt something strange in his heart.

Soon Zhou Yu seemed to have thought of something, and he couldn't help turning his head to look in the direction of the east gate of Moling County. If Zhu Wei's army had any hidden means, it might be to deploy troops to take a detour and prepare to attack Moling County from both sides.

Or, will Zhu Wei's army dispatch troops to bypass Moling County and go directly to support Danyang City?
Although now Zhou Yu also knows from Sun Ce of Danyang City that Sun Ce's attack on Danyang City has reached a situation where he can break the city at any time, but even if Sun Ce leads the army to break through the city wall, Liu Yao can continue to lead the army to fight in Danyang City. .

Therefore, before the news of Sun Ce's capture of Danyang City was clearly obtained, once Zhu Wei's reinforcements arrived at Danyang City, the situation on Danyang City's side would undergo a major change.

Even if Zhou Yu guessed that the coach of Zhu Weijun might not have the intention to rescue Danyang, Zhou Yu still had to consider various possibilities.

Therefore, Zhou Yu immediately summoned a messenger under his command and asked him to go to the east gate of Moling County to inform General Huang Gai that he should be careful about Zhu Wei's army raiding the east gate and not neglect the defense of the east gate.

Although the terrain outside the east gate of Moling County is complicated, and Zhou Yu has also set up peripheral defense lines in some places, Zhou Yu still has to be cautious. Zhou Yu is also a little jealous of the current commander of Zhu Wei's army...

(End of this chapter)