Three Kingdoms Eschatology

Although the Jingzhou soldiers who climbed to the top of the city were constantly beheaded by the Zhuyang scouts.But the locust-like arrows and the frantic attack of Jingzhou soldiers also caused casualties to the scouts.Each casualty of a scout reduces the defense force.At the same time, because Wubao is too small, the casualties of the Jingzhou army will not affect the strength of the siege.

Although the Jingzhou soldiers who climbed up the wall were constantly beheaded by the Zhuyang scouts, the number of Jingzhou soldiers who could stand on the top of the city gradually increased. As long as this situation lasted for a while, the capture of Wubao would be a certainty.

"Let go of the rolling log!" Dian Qing shouted loudly after pulling the first knife from the neck of a Jingzhou soldier with blood on his face.Several scouts suddenly ran under several nearby beams and columns, stretched out their hands, and suddenly pulled the loose buckles of several ropes.

Three thick rolling logs five or six poles long, almost as wide as the Wubao city wall, more than a foot in diameter, nailed full of iron nails, and covered under sackcloth, suddenly fell from the six beams and columns.Roll down the ladder close to the city wall.

The sound of the giant wood hitting the bones was accompanied by howling and screaming. All the Jingzhou soldiers who were climbing and preparing to climb, and even the archers near the ladder were all covered in blood and blood.

Then the scene was silent for a while, and the scouts who had eliminated all the enemies at the top of the city started shooting again at the Jingzhou army standing dumbfounded below the city.The latter just woke up.Without a military order, they retreated out of control.More precisely, it should be collapsed.

Wenpin, who was watching the battle from a distance, was anxious and urged his horse to come closer to watch from time to time.Unknowingly, he has arrived at a location closer to Docking Fort.At this moment, when he saw this scene, he couldn't help but beat his feet and patted his thigh.He blamed himself for discovering that the three "beams" were actually three logs.

Just such a flash of effort.A powerful arrow with a piercing scream pierced into the gap in the side of his helmet and shot through his ear.If Wenpin hadn't beat his feet and chest so much just now, the arrow would have shot into his head through his eyes.

Wenpin was terrified before he realized that he had entered the danger zone.Enduring the severe pain, he pulled his horse and fled to the back of the battle.

At the head of Wubao City in the distance, Dian Qing said: "It's a pity." Then he drew out a special arrow again, bent his longbow, and looked for the next target.

The whimpering horn sounded again, and the Jingzhou army retreated like a tide. It is unlikely that they will attack again today.The three logs were winched again by the scouts in the dock.

When the sun was setting, two boats suddenly approached the Mianshui River.The Wubao scouts cheered when they saw the banners on the ship.That was the support from Zhuyang.

The ships docked at the back door of Wubao successively, transferred the wounded soldiers and dead bodies in the fort to the ship, and then added new troops and supplies.Only then did they calmly return to Zhuyang, the Jingzhou army patrolling on the river bank could only look at the river and sigh, shooting some arrows meaninglessly.

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At night, Yicheng is only [-] miles away from Xiangyang Battlefield.In the hall of a mansion, the oil lamps have been lit one by one by the servants.The lights shone on the first elegant middle-aged man in the hall.

He is Liu Biao, who came to Yicheng to supervise the battle in person.Just now, he has obtained the battle report of the frontline defeat.However, he didn't seem surprised by this, it seemed to be expected.

Liu Biao turned his head and looked at a young man: "Degui, you should know why I didn't let you lead the army to fight this battle by now."

The young man was Cai Mao, Liu Biao's brother-in-law, who bowed and said, "It turns out that my lord already knew that Wenpin would not be good for a teacher."

Liu Biao nodded: "From now on, you don't need to call me lord in private, just call me brother-in-law. We are a family."

He paused, and continued: "The first person I ran into when I came to Jingzhou was Feng Yu, so I naturally knew some details about him. Others thought that taking the credit for capturing Xiangyang was easy, but I knew it was not that easy."

He took a sip of the tea soup and said, "So letting you go will do harm to establishing your prestige in the army. But letting Wenpin go first is killing two birds with one stone. Do you know which two are the benefits?"

Cai Mao replied: "De Gui is stupid in this respect, please Lord...please brother-in-law advise."

Liu Biao sighed, but he was very satisfied in his heart.He needs such a confidant who is talented in other areas but dull in tactics.Liu Biao opened his mouth and said:

"The first is to let Wenpin take the credit that seems to be at your fingertips first, and he will feel that he has been favored by us. The second is naturally that after he loses, you will take it again, so that others will know that this is not an easy task. Appreciate your achievements."

After Cai Mao listened carefully, he nodded approvingly.At this moment, the servant came into the hall and said to Liu Biao, "I would like to report to the emissary, the prefect Kuai Yue Kuai has something to see and is waiting outside."

Liu Biao frowned, wondering what he was doing so late?

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When Kuai Yue saw Liu Biao, the capital, he saluted and said, "My lord, I just received the news that the bandit Feng Yu is now attacking Dongsan County of Hanzhong County. My subordinate concluded that his ultimate goal must be Wu County. Why? It is to seize Yanquan. The subordinate just sent a messenger to inform Wu County to strengthen the defense, but I am afraid it is not enough. Please send a certain amount of troops to reinforce Wu County!"

Liu Biao didn't answer right away, he lowered his eyes and pondered...

Chapter 036

A bay of clear water flows between two high cliffs with thousands of battles. Although the cliffs are steep, they are lush and full of vegetation and vines.Suddenly there was the cry of the apes, and they seemed to be aware of something perched on the cliff.

Sure enough, after a while, bamboo rafts still floated out from the back of the canyon on the emerald green water.The bamboo rafts are full of soldiers with knives and spears, armor and shields.More and more bamboo rafts poured into this section of the gorge, and it seemed that they were going to cover the entire river.

"My lord, go through this deep valley and march down fifteen miles, and you will be Wu County." A soldier said to Feng Yu who was standing on the bamboo raft.

This soldier is a guide selected from among the local sergeants in Shangyong.This time, Feng Yu brought more than a dozen such guides.What they have in common is that they are familiar with Wu County and the roads between Wu County and Shangyong.Before the troubled times, they all worked as bodyguards for private salt dealers who often traveled to and from Wu County.

Although Feng Yu has a systematic and precise map, he also has mountain scouts.But in order to take Wu County quickly, it is still necessary to bring these guides.Because Wu County is not located on a relatively flat valley floor like Fangling and Shangyong.It is a city built on the mountain.

In the 21st century of the original world, if you don’t need navigation, you can drive around downtown Chongqing twice with only an electronic map.You will have a deep understanding of the cities or cities built on this terrain.

Feng Yu calmly issued the first military order for the Battle of Wuxi: "Order, as soon as you leave the canyon, the scouts will go ashore first, and go to carry out the task of scouting and removing the enemy's secret post."

An hour later, in front of a gravel beach, the bamboo rafts landed one after another.A little farther away from the river, there were more than [-] corpses lying down.This rocky beach was originally a natural pier by the Wuxi River, and more than [-] soldiers were stationed there daily.They were killed by the advance scouts before Feng Yu's fleet arrived.

After landing, the Zhuyang soldiers quickly climbed up the mountain road under the guidance of the guide, which is still three miles away from Wuxian City.The remaining twenty or so manned bamboo rafts continued to float downstream along the river.

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The east city wall of Wu County is built near the water and surrounded by mountains.It is both a city wall and a tall embankment.The top of the city wall and the streets behind the city wall are almost level and connected as one.

At this time, groups of soldiers were parading on this street.The leader of one of the soldiers inadvertently cast his eyes on the Wuxi River under the city wall, with a frightened expression on his face.

"An enemy is coming! An enemy is coming from Wuxi!" He pointed to the river at his feet and screamed loudly.

"Enemy attack! Close the city gate!"..."Quickly inform the captain, there is an enemy attack on the river!"...The rest of the soldiers also saw dozens of bamboo rafts on the river and the armor loaded on them.They all shouted in a hurry.

When they were in a panic, the soldiers of the Zhuyang Army had already abandoned their rafts and boarded the rocky beach by the river at the foot of the city, and arrows had already been thrown towards the top of the city.

The city gate hole is actually a stairway gate, and the gate at the cave entrance is slowly falling.But with a muffled sound, the gate stopped abruptly and got stuck in the air.

The Zhuyang soldiers pushed under the gate with two wooden stakes that had been prepared long ago.The other hundred gun and shield soldiers raised their shields and raised their guns and rushed towards the city gate.

Eight defenders waved their weapons and rushed down the stairway, trying to repel the enemy and let the gate fall.More than a dozen spear and shield soldiers who poured into the stairway stabbed upwards indiscriminately.In this case, the condescending person will definitely suffer a big loss.

The spear and shield soldier's sharp spear blade pierced the lower abdomen and crotch of the defender's soldier.The weapons in the hands of the defenders could only be waved chaotically in the air.The seven people fell down on the stairway amidst wailing sounds and blood spraying.Only one defender with a large shield blocked the fatal blow, but he was shot in the shin of the calf, rolled down the stairs, and was shot in the back.

A group of Zhuyang archers on the rocky beach outside the city continued to shoot at the top of the city, and the bamboo rafts were also pulled out of the water to be used as oar shields.Up and down the city wall, inside and outside the city, the sound of shouting and killing, the sound of mourning, the sound of weapons colliding and arrows piercing through the air are all mixed together...

In the Yamen of Wu County, Kuaijin, who was guarding the place, had received news of the enemy's attack. With the help of his own soldiers, he was panicking and put on his armor.

Kuai Jin didn't have a surname of Kuai, but was originally a slave of the Kuai family.Because of his strong body and powerful Kong Wu, he was chosen as the servant.He was promoted by the Kuai family because of his military achievements, rewarded him with changing his surname to Kuai, and even betrothed a woman from the Kuai family who was a collateral descendant to him as his wife.

In return for his master, he has been stationed in this isolated city far away from the core area of ​​Jingzhou for many years without complaint.Diligently guarding this salt-producing cash cow for the Kuai family.

"The enemy is approaching the city. Why didn't the soldiers stationed in Wukou intercept them? Didn't they notice the enemy's situation!?" Kuai Jin said angrily while putting the helmet on his head.

At this time, he still thought that it was Liu Yan from Yizhou who sent people to attack.Wukou is the entrance where Wuxi flows into the Wu Gorge of the Yangtze River. When Liu Yan comes to attack, he must first capture the Wukou Fortress on the Wanren cliff.Then enter from land or continue to enter Wuxian County by water.Otherwise, the rocks prepared long ago on the cliff will fall, and any warship you have will be buried in the belly of the fish.

The soldier who put on the armor for him murmured, "Captain, it seems that the enemy army did not come from the Yangtze River, but from the upper reaches of the Wuxi River."

Kuai Jin was startled, and said: "How is this possible!" At this time, he had put on his armor, and picked up his peculiar weapon-a long-handled machete.

Of course Kuaijin knew that the upper reaches of Wuxi was Shangyong, the territory of the Shen family.He understood Shen Dan, a conservative and unambitious person.Even if he vacated Wu County, Shen Dan would not necessarily come to occupy it. He would be worried that he would become the target of public criticism for occupying Yanquan.

Although Shangyong in Wuxian County is connected by a road, the road is steep and there is almost no human interaction between the two places except for the northern salt merchant caravan that comes every two or three months.Therefore, the key defense direction of Wu County has always been Liu Yan in Bashu, and there is almost no defense against the north.

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When Kuaijin came to the East Gate battlefield, the two sides were still confronting each other.The archers on both sides of the city and the city are coming and going to shoot at each other.The shooters of the Zhuyang Army under the city had erected the bamboo rafts horizontally and lined up a bamboo wall to protect themselves.One side of the bamboo raft was full of arrows.

At the exit above the doorway's stairway, lay the corpses of several Zhuyang Army soldiers who had just died. Their bodies were full of arrows, and blood was still gurgling from the holes of the guns.

The defenders dare not go down the stairs.The soldiers of the Zhuyang Army also did not dare to emerge from the stairway, otherwise the archers of the defenders who had already laid down at the exit above would not turn them into hedgehogs, and the spearmen of the defenders in a few circles around there would also turn them into hedgehogs. Poke into a honeycomb.

When Kuai Jin saw such a scene, he sneered and scolded his subordinates: "You are really trash, just one or two hundred people can't deal with it? If you can't do it, use your brains, first throw fire into the tunnel to burn them, and kill them." They drove out of the doorway, and rushed out to kill them all!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there were bursts of shouts of killing from the north of Wuxian County.

Chapter 037

While Liao Hua led two hundred soldiers to attack Wu County by water, Feng Yu personally led the main force to attack the north gate of Wu County by land.

The northern wall is built longitudinally on the hillside, unlike the tall eastern wall.The further up the hill, the shorter the city wall.In the end, the city wall was only a little higher than one person, which meant it only served as a defense against wild animals.

Under the leadership of the guide, the Zhuyang army found a mountain trail leading to the city wall without any difficulty.

On top of the low city wall, the two guards on duty had just let out a few screams before being pierced by random arrows.In the distance, a dozen or so soldiers who heard the warning ran towards this place, and dozens of mountain scouts climbed up the city wall made of mountain stones with their bare hands.Swing a knife and fight with them...

A moment later, the North City Gate fell into the hands of the Zhuyang Army.A large number of Zhuyang soldiers poured into Wuxian County from the north gate, and rushed towards the main street of Wuxian, which was close to the east city wall.

The spear and shield soldiers rushing forward lined up several shield walls and advanced steadily, and the rest of the soldiers followed behind. Mountain scouts and some spear and shield soldiers broke into suspicious buildings on the street or searched in small streets and alleys from time to time.

The small groups of defenders encountered along the way were all instantly defeated, some shouted and fled backwards, and some knelt down and begged for surrender.When they were about to reach the east gate, a large group of Wuxian soldiers suddenly poured out from the front of the street.

Judging by the number of banners, you can tell that this is the main force of the defenders in the city, and it was Kuaijin who personally led the troops to intercept it.After he learned that the enemy had entered Wu County from the north gate, he ordered a small group of soldiers to guard the exit of the east gate stairway to enter the city, while he brought most of his troops to attack the north gate.

In Feng Yu's system scenario, two streams of people are running in opposite directions.When the distance was less than forty battles, the Zhuyang Army stopped advancing and rearranged the slightly disordered army formation caused by the rapid march.

The shield wall remains the same, and the gun forest remains the same.The archers in the rear bent their bows and set their arrows, making a gesture of throwing at the enemy at any time.

When Kuai Jin saw that the opponent had set up his position, he also made a gesture to stop the advance of his army.Then he took two steps forward, stepped out to the front of the formation, and slammed the long knife in his hand on the ground with a bang, and the stone slab on the ground suddenly cracked several fine cracks.He shouted loudly: "Where are you bastards, dare to attack my Wu County!"

There was a gap three feet wide in the shield wall of the Zhuyang Army. Kuaijin saw a man walking out of the gap, carrying a big gun, and said straight to the point: "I am Feng Yu, General Hou Fenwei of Zhuyang County. Take this Wu county, put down your weapons quickly, surrender the city, and save yourself from dying on the streets!"

Kuai Jin said in surprise: "You are Feng Yu, how did you come out of Shangyong? Your Zhuyang is hundreds of miles away from here! ... Oh, I see, it must be that guy Shen Dan Let me lend you the way. In the future, I will take his head to avenge this."

Feng Yu smiled and said, "I'm afraid you won't have this chance." After finishing speaking, he retreated into the formation, and the shield wall closed again.Kuai Jin originally planned to find the opponent to fight one-on-one, but when he saw the opponent retreated, he had to urge the soldiers to come forward and fight.

Feng Yu could see clearly that Kuaijin was just a three-star blue general, but most of his attribute points were concentrated in the force value, which was as high as 80.Although Feng Yu still has full confidence that he can beat him in a one-on-one match, he won't do so.As a vassal, why should you show the courage of a man when it is not necessary.

Behind the Zhuyang army formation, arrows were thrown towards the enemy like locusts.Under the urging of Kuaijin, the Wuxian defenders rushed to the shield wall with arrows, where they crowded into a group.

The five-foot short spear between the shields continued to mechanically stab forward.Some Wuxian soldiers were stabbed into honeycombs, but their bodies were squeezed against the shield wall and could not fall to the ground for a while.The defenders of Wu County also swung their weapons vigorously to slash and stab at the opponent, but because of the shield wall, the killing effect was not as good as the opponent.

The two sides huddled together and slashed and killed, and fell into a stalemate.There were also shouts of killing from behind the Wuxian defenders.Another large group of Zhuyang soldiers arrived.A quarter of an hour ago, Feng Yu used the system to command some soldiers to go around to the enemy's rear from the rest of the block, first defeated the small group of Wuxian soldiers guarding the exit of the East Gate Stairway, and then joined forces with Liao Hua's troops to go to the rear of Kuaijin. kill.

In addition, some mountain scouts also boarded another higher street on the hillside.Condescending, he kept shooting cold arrows at Wuxian soldiers with bows and arrows.Kuaijin was under siege from three sides, and the only side without enemies was Wuxi under the city wall.

"Kaijin, you are the turtle in the urn. Surrender, you will be spared!" Feng Yu shouted, and tried to persuade him to surrender for the last time.

Kuai Jin stared at Feng Yu with red eyes, he knew that he had only one last chance to avoid being destroyed, which was to break through the frontal formation and kill Feng Yu in the chaos!

He yelled loudly, and rushed out of his own army with a knife. He wanted to take the lead to boost the morale of his side that was on the verge of collapse, and at the same time hoped to open a gap in the opponent's impenetrable army with his own power.

Several personal soldiers gathered in front of him in tacit understanding.The two running soldiers in front suddenly crouched on the ground.Kuai Jin stepped on their backs and jumped high into the air.

After he fell, he continued to step on the shoulders and heads of the huddled crowd, and jumped over the shield wall in two steps.The big knife in his hand has been raised high, and he will cut off a lot of heads when he falls down.The opponent's army formation will be disintegrated in an instant, and Feng Yu will also be beheaded by himself or his own soldiers.

However, in the end he caused only two casualties to the Zhuyang army, the two spear and shield soldiers he kicked down when he fell.

When he landed, he realized that the opponent's army was too densely packed, and the long-handled sword in his hand could not be swung horizontally.When he was forced to change to a vertical chop, a large gun blade pierced through the armor and sank into his chest.

That was Feng Yu's gun.The big knife that was suspended in mid-air fell to the ground with a bang, accompanied by falling blood.

Feng Yu pulled the gun out of his chest, and said something coldly:

"Remember to change weapons in your next life. This long-handled machete looks majestic. There are very few combat scenarios that are actually suitable for it. Apart from the psychological deterrent advantage against ordinary soldiers, there are not many other advantages."

Kuaijin's head was quickly cut off by the soldiers around Feng Yu, and he put it on his own long-handled sword.

"Kaijin has been punished, and those who surrender will not be killed! If you resist stubbornly, the three clans will all be destroyed!" Soon, Zhuyang soldiers shouted like doggerel one after another...

The gate of a compound covering an area of ​​tens of acres was opened.The yard is not a garden, only a few.There is also a workshop with stoves along the courtyard wall.

Feng Yu entered another room, and took out a small piece from a pile of pale yellow crystals piled up like a hill and looked at it carefully.Over the past few days, I have gone through untold hardships and traveled thousands of miles just for this thing—salt.

A day later, the five hundred defenders of Wukou Fortress also surrendered to Feng Yu.At this time, Kuai Yue's messenger had just arrived in Wu County, but was captured by the soldiers as a spy and sent to Feng Yu.Feng Yu saw that it was Kuai Tong, an old acquaintance.

Chapter 038

Under the scorching sun, Wenpin with a bandage on his head sat motionless under the shade of a big tree, squinting at the lonely dock in the distance.

Now, every casualty of a soldier in Jingzhou will increase his inner anxiety.It's not that he has deep feelings for these soldiers, but that these soldiers are the precious assets of his lord Liu Biao.Therefore, he no longer dared to act rashly, but asked craftsmen from Yicheng to make special siege equipment.

"How many soldiers do you think this Wubao can hold, thirty? Fifty? Or a hundred?" Wen Pin suddenly asked the lieutenant beside him.

The lieutenant general didn't know what he meant by the question, and replied cautiously: "The general estimates that in Datongpu, people sleep next to each other at night, and there will be only a hundred or so people in the sky."

"Even if he has 150 people, our [-]-strong army is invincible. What a shame, what a shame!"

Wenpin suddenly became emotional.When the deputy general was about to persuade him, a soldier suddenly came to report: "Report! The captain of Yicheng, Cai Mao, came to visit the general. He said that there was an envoy's military order to convey." Wen Pin's heart sank, and he immediately guessed why Cai Mao came. .

Sure enough, as Wenpin expected, Cai Mao was coming to take over his command.Liu Biao's warrant did not blame Wenpin for being unfavorable, but said that because Wenpin was injured on the battlefield, Cai Mao was asked to come to reinforce and temporarily take over his command.

To a certain extent, Wenpin should thank Dianqing for the arrow that saved him a lot of face.

Wen Pin cupped his hands and said to Cai Mao: "Thank you, General Cai, for taking over this important task. I wonder how many reinforcements General Cai has brought."

Cai Mao smiled back at Wen Pin and said, "To tell you the truth, General Wen, the last general didn't bring a single soldier with him today. He only brought one person with him."

When Wenpin was puzzled, Cai Mao had already introduced to Wenpin the middle-aged Confucian student in a shawl and ocher robe beside him: "This is Mr. Zhuge, who is the lord's best friend in the capital, and has come to Jingzhou to assist the lord. My lord Let him assist the last general to participate in this attack."

Wenpin didn't pay much attention to this Mr. Zhuge, he bowed his hands and exchanged some polite words.Then he welcomed the two into the big account of the army, ordered the generals to be summoned, handed over the procedures to Cai Mao, and introduced the specific details of the previous battle.

After Cai Mao and Mr. Zhuge returned to their tents, they said to each other: "Listen to what Wenpin said just now, this Wubao cannot be taken by force. Even if we can take it down by force, the loss of its troops will cost me Jingzhou. The gain outweighs the loss."

This Mr. Zhuge named Xuan immediately echoed and said: "Yes, Jingzhou is actually still torn apart, and all the soldiers available to you are only more than [-]. If the loss is too large in this battle, Jingzhou will be shaken. root."

"Then does Lord Zhuge have a plan to defeat the enemy?"

Zhuge Xuan smiled and said: "General Cai, don't call me the public anymore, that's a shame. You and the envoy, that is, your brother-in-law are close friends. If you call me like this, you will not mess up your seniority."