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Chapter 026

Bang bang bang!

"Whoosh whoosh!"

Under the city of Shouchun, catapults clanged and swayed, followed by huge boulders and kerosene jars being thrown towards the top of the city, causing stone chips to fly and sparks to fly.

There are also those crossbows that are stretched into half-moon shapes. With a burst of bow string vibration, dense rain of arrows rushes into the sky, and slides towards the defenders on the top of the city.

Not only that, there are thousands of soldiers below the city carrying simple ladders and putting them on the top of the wall, climbing and attacking one after another, trying to climb to the top of the city.Until he fell off the ladder, soared through the clouds and rode the fog, and at the moment of dying, he still dreamed of rewarding a hundred gold and sealing a thousand households.

The siege was very urgent and fierce, but all the siege weapons that could be used were used.

Under this sudden strong attack, Shouchun City, which had been quiet for several days, finally ushered in the expected siege battle.However, the siege of the city was so fierce and sturdy, but the guards of the Yuan army never expected it, it can be said that it was completely unexpected.

Fortunately, the defenders were well-prepared, and there were piles of defense weapons such as rocks, rolling logs, kerosene, boiling water, and arrows, which finally came in handy at this moment.Therefore, without waiting for the enemy who climbed the ladder to approach, many defenders threw down the rocks and logs piled up on the top of the city.Not to mention whether the hits were hit or not, the number and volume of these rocks and logs alone are enough for the enemy soldiers who attacked the city to drink a pot, and even walked around without finishing their meals.

But everything has advantages and disadvantages. It is not necessarily a good thing to prepare too many defensive weapons on the top of the city, and sometimes it will be counterproductive.For example, now: the kerosene pots and huge boulders thrown by the catapults on the top of the city one by one fell behind the tower.Forcibly ignited piles of fish oil that had been painstakingly boiled, and hit the stacked logs; as a result, many defenders were ignited by the fish oil, and the fire became more and more intense.The pain made them cry and run wildly, and the logs scattered on the tower exacerbated the spread of the fire, blocking the way for the soldiers who were covered in fire to escape.As a result, these soldiers who fled in panic caused great chaos and were ordered to be killed by the defending general.

War is cruel and siege battle is the cruelest battle in war.

After the war started, people died every minute and every second.Shouts of killing, screams of pain, screams, and the sound of weapons breaking.The sound is endless; the sound of arrows piercing the air, the sound of hitting stones and rolling logs, and the sound of boulders smashing.And the sound of the explosion of the earthen pot, bang, extremely noisy, lingering and agitated.Enduring.

Opportunities are equal for both attackers and defenders.However, geographical advantage is an objective fact that cannot be ignored.

Therefore, the cost of casualties paid by the attacking party is much greater than that of Yuan Jun who is defending the city.But even so, the siege continued, and the battle escalated violently, the offensive became more and more fierce, and more and more troops were invested.

In this thick smoke of war, either you die or I die, there is no other choice.The opposite of blood and fire is life and death.Just as the opposite of victory is failure, irreconcilable.Can't compromise.Only fighting to the death is the only way to survive, and it is also the wisest choice.

This unprecedentedly fierce offensive and defensive battle may be the first baptism that Shouchun City has encountered in decades, and it is also the most severe test.

As the symbol of the Zhong Clan's regime and the imperial capital of the Zhong Clan Emperor Yuan Shu, this city is definitely the most fortified city in Huainan, and it is a big city with more than [-] people and soldiers.

The entire city wall is three feet high and two feet thick, and its strength is comparable to that of the former Luoyang imperial capital, and compared with Chenliu City in Yanzhou, it is even worse.It is worth mentioning that the moat outside Shouchun City is very complete. The river is more than one foot deep and never runs dry all the year round.In addition, there are three trenches in front of the moat, which are also drawn into running water. The water is waist-deep and more than ten feet wide, making it difficult for war horses to cross.

These trenches and moats caused great trouble to the siege allied forces, and greatly delayed the attack speed and strength of the siege soldiers.In order to fill up the trenches, the allied forces took the opportunity to send troops late at night on the second day when the winter snow came. After paying the price of thousands of people, they finally filled up the trenches outside the east, west, south and north gates of Shouchun. Siege battles clear the way.

As for the moat, which was more than two feet deep and about three feet wide, the Allied forces were helpless.The moat was too close to the top of the city, completely within the range of the archers at the top of the city, so that the Allied soldiers could not approach at all.Therefore, the allied forces had no choice but to set up wooden boards to contain the defending Yuan army when launching an attack on the city, and then filled the river with sandbags, branches and dry grass, so as to ensure that the follow-up soldiers and horses directly attacked the city, and then launched a strong attack.

Even so, in order to fill the trenches and moats under Shouchun City, the Allied forces paid a heavy price for this, with tens of thousands of casualties.Fortunately, the allied forces were numerous, and there were [-] infantry troops besieging the city gates of Shouchun alone, and there were [-] cavalry standing ready to fight.Once the city gate of Shouchun City is breached or a gap is opened, the war cavalry will rush in immediately, thus taking down the entire city in one fell swoop.

The south gate of Shouchun City.There is a temporary tent three miles away from the city gate. This is a temporary military tent ordered by Jiangdong Sun Ce to command the army to attack the city.

"Pan Zhang listened to the order and quickly brought three thousand soldiers to reinforce the East Gate. He was allowed to advance and not allowed to retreat. No matter what, he must destroy the crossbow on the tower of the East Gate. There must be no mistakes!"

Following Sun Ce's stern order, Pan Zhang bowed to accept the order, but when he turned to leave, Zhang Hong stopped him with his hand and motioned him to wait a moment and not rush to send troops.

After stabilizing Pan Zhang, Zhang Hong quickly walked up to Sun Ce, and said in a heartbroken voice, "My lord, we can't increase the number of siege troops! Since the siege yesterday, more than 1 of my Jiangdong disciples have been killed or injured. Just now, more than 3000 soldiers died in the city. In just two days, our army suffered as many as [-] casualties. If the fighting continues like this, before Shouchun City is broken, our Jiangdong soldiers will be wiped out!" As he spoke, Zhang Hong's voice turned into crying, with tears in his eyes, which was unbearable to witness, and he couldn't help being moved.

This is not the first time Zhang Hong discouraged Sun Ce.Just last night and this morning, he had twice advised Sun Ce to postpone the siege.Or change the strong attack to a feint attack, in any case, you can't continue the strong attack regardless of casualties.In order to seize the two counties of Lujiang and Jiujiang, Sun Ce successively mobilized more than half of the soldiers and horses from the four counties of Jiangdong.He led [-] soldiers across the river to attack Yuan Shu.In the previous battles, tens of thousands of soldiers were lost, and some soldiers were added later, so Sun Ce still has [-] soldiers and horses under his command.However, since the attack on Shouchun this time, nearly [-] soldiers have been lost in just two days, almost half of the loss.

Faced with such huge casualties.Hugh said that Zhang Hong was heartbroken, and even the commanders of the battalions were secretly anxious and worried about it.For this reason, they persuaded Sun Ce to suspend the attack one after another.Otherwise, the casualties would get bigger and bigger. It is a pity that Sun Ce didn't listen to persuasion at all, and he couldn't listen to anyone's words, and he still went his own way.Repeatedly increased troops to attack the city.

Siege.Siege the city again, lose a group of soldiers and horses, and then send another group up, except for a strong attack or a strong attack.After two days, Sun Ce sent at least three to five groups of troops to attack the city every day, causing more than [-] casualties every day.Perhaps the casualties of more than [-] soldiers were nothing to the strong Xiliang Army, but to Sun Ce and Jiangdong Army, they were hurt and suffered heavy losses.

The casualties were too great.The Jiangdong army can't afford to be hurt!

In the final analysis, Jiangdong under Sun Ce's rule is no more than four counties.Although the population is large, it is far less than Jingzhou, Yizhou and Jizhou and other counties.Each of the four counties in Jiangdong has a population of more than [-] at most, and the population decreases as you go south, and the population of some counties is even less than [-].Therefore, the number of Jiangdong Army is not more than [-], at least there are only so many soldiers and horses right now.Even so, the people in Jiangdong have been greatly disturbed. In many places, there is a shortage of males, and there are fewer and fewer young and strong males engaged in farming.

In addition, the territory of Jiangdong was not peaceful. The Wuxi Nanman often plundered the border villages, which made the chickens and dogs restless.

Therefore, every Jiangdong soldier is very precious. If one dies, one less, and there are only so few people in total, how can it withstand the huge casualties of tens of thousands.As it is now, there will be [-] casualties in two days, and in two days, the Jiangdong Army will be wiped out and wiped out. (The soldiers and horses of the Wu State in later generations have always remained at about [-]. The fundamental reason is that the population is limited. Even in the strong period when Sun Quan was king, he occupied half of Jingzhou, and his infantry, navy, and cavalry combined were no more than two More than [-], of which Jingzhou soldiers and horses accounted for more than half. It can be seen that the population of Jiangdong during the Three Kingdoms period was extremely limited, which greatly restricted the development and growth of Soochow forces. It is for reference only and does not need to be true.)

If ordinary people listened to Zhang Hong's earnest advice, they would almost follow the good advice, withdraw their fate, and make a new decision.But Sun Ce is not an ordinary person, not only that, he is also a man of great character, he promises a lot, once he makes up his mind, it is difficult to make him change his original intention.

The same is true for Sun Ce at this moment.

After listening to Zhang Hong's words, Sun Ce waved his hand without thinking, signaling to Zhang Hong that there is no need to say more, he has made up his mind, and there is no need to persuade him.However, when Sun Ce looked up and saw tears in Zhang Hong's eyes, his face changed suddenly, and he turned his head to look outside the tent, remained silent, but did not urge Pan Zhang to leave.Obviously, at this moment, he also moved his heart of compassion, which made his rock-solid heart start to shake.

At this moment, Zhang Hong choked with sobs and said, "My lord, after all, my land in the east of the Yangtze River is in a remote corner. Whether it is financial resources, material resources or manpower, it is far inferior to the princes of the Central Plains. The only thing we can rely on is the Yangtze River natural moat. It is enough to separate the territory and rule the roost, and let the lord become a vassal. The heavy casualties like now are tantamount to a catastrophe for Jiangdong. I implore the lord to take back the order, suspend the siege, or feign the attack, and leave some for Jiangdong. Bloodline!"

Sun Ce's expression changed when he heard that, and his expression was moved, so he told Pan Zhang, "Lead the troops to the east gate quickly. Don't hesitate, but just feign an attack." Pan Zhang accepted the order happily, turned and left.

Watching Pan Zhang leave, Sun Ce said in a low voice, "It is because I live in a corner in the east of the Yangtze River that we have to gain a firm foothold in the north of the Jiangxi. But if we want to gain a foothold in Huainan, we must show a convincing record. Only in this way can Li Li's excuses be blocked, so that he can't find any excuse to ask for Lujiang, let alone attack our Jiangdong army rashly. Right now, Shouchun City is in danger, and Yuan Gonglu has become a turtle in a urn, waiting to die. So we can break Shouchun It's not difficult, as long as the soldiers use their lives, the defenders will be timid, and the day when the city will be destroyed is just around the corner."

Speaking of this, a gleam of light flashed in Sun Ce's cold eyes, he paused, and then said: "At this critical moment, if our army does not seize this opportunity and take the lead in attacking the city, then we will take the lead." Losing the name of righteousness, which was the first to break the city, followed by the intimidation and persecution of Li Li's army.

But once our army takes the lead in breaking through the city, the news will spread throughout the country and become known to everyone in the world.At that time, Li Li will definitely have some scruples if he thinks about attacking us. He has to consider the public opinion in the world, and the serious consequences and adverse effects of fighting against us.In this way, he must be cautious and had to give up the Lujiang River occupied by us, and then withdraw his troops and return to the Central Plains.This is the purpose of my storming Shouchun regardless of casualties.You must first give what you want, Zigang doesn't understand this truth, right? "When he said these words, Sun Ce looked extremely calm, with deep eyes, wisdom and courage.

After Zhang Hong heard the words, his cheeks were slightly hot, and he said respectfully: "My lord has a strategic strategy, and his intentions are far-reaching, and he is extremely wise. I am ashamed. I don't know what is going on and stop it rashly. It is really unwise. Please punish me, my lord." Zhang Hong bowed to the end. , the old face was flushed, fearing that he would resolutely dissuade him if he didn't know the truth, delaying Sun Ce's major event, and causing all the previous huge price to be wasted.

Sun Ce shook his head lightly, forced a few blunt smiles on his face, and said calmly: "No, Zi Gang's words are serious. You reminded me in time. After two consecutive days of strong attacks, you must be stationed at the south gate and east gate. The defenders are already exhausted and timid. If this is the case, our army's goal of storming has been achieved, and there is no need to attack in the next few days, just a feigned attack. When the defenders are completely relaxed, we will take advantage of it If you are not prepared to sneak attack and attack the city, you will surely succeed in one blow and capture the city!"

Just when Sun Ce led the Jiangdong army to launch a fierce attack on the south and east gates of Shouchun, Lu Bu led the army to besiege the north gate and Xu Huang led the troops to besiege the west gate, and Sun Ce's troops launched an attack at the same time. .The only difference is that Lu Bu and Xu Huang both chose a bluff feint attack, focusing on harassment, instead of a fierce attack regardless of casualties.Therefore, their troops and horses did not suffer much damage, and the two groups of soldiers and horses combined had less than 5000 casualties.

When the war in Shouchun was in full swing, Li Li, the leader of the alliance, rode up the mountain, and accompanied his wife and concubine to rest in the tent on the top of the mountain for a few days.However, every hour, there would be sentry riders going up the mountain to report the situation ahead, so while Li Li didn't move, hugging left and right, he knew the situation of the siege battle like the palm of his hand.

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Chapter 027

After the snow clears up, climb high and look far away, and you can have a panoramic view of the infinite scenery.

In the camp tent on the top of the Beishan Mountain, the melodious sound of the zither floated through the tent and drifted into the wild mountains and rivers.

Li Li, who was taking a break from his busy schedule, was lying on a soft couch with his eyes slightly squinted, resting on the lap trainer's fragrant knees, drinking wine while listening to songs and dances, intoxicated without knowing where he was going.

The singing and dancing are delightful.

Under the tent porch, Chen Yu plucked the strings, the catkins were dexterous and light; Xiao Qiao's long sleeves fluttered, dancing lightly, with a light and graceful figure.Lu Lingqi, who was dressed in women's clothes, stood beside her pretty and looked at Xiao Qiao's graceful and comfortable dancing posture with concentration, her eyes were full of envy, and her heart couldn't stop moving.

For three days, Chen Yu taught her how to play the piano, Xiao Qiao taught her dancing skills, and the step trainer guided her from the side. They were also the only audience who cheered.

The four of them get along very well, talking about everything, communicating smoothly, and their relationship is getting warmer day by day, as close as sisters.

During the two days when Li Li was stranded in Daying, Lu Lingqi's piano and dancing skills improved rapidly, she was graceful and unabashed.But ever since Li Li put down his military affairs and went up the mountain, Lu Lingqi couldn't let it go, she was shy and reserved; the few tunes she had learned before became extremely unfamiliar at the moment, she was easy to get out of tune when playing the piano, bumped into Xiao Qiao when she was dancing, and even caused her death. Sitting next to him, Li Li couldn't help laughing out loud.

After Li Li saw the joke, Lu Lingqi became more cautious and nervous, she dared not play the piano or dance, she could only stand aside and watch, her eyes full of envy, and carefully pay attention to Li Li's expression manner.