Three Kingdoms Eschatology

When the army passed by the stone bridge continuously, a head appeared out of the reeds more than thirty battles away, and that head was wearing a headband made of reed leaves to hide its tracks.The man looked out to the shore without moving until the sun went down.He just squatted down, and it turned out that he was standing on a small sampan hidden in the reeds, and there were two other accomplices on the sampan.These three people are the scouts of the Linjiang Army Navy who are lying here specially to scout Liang Jun's whereabouts.

This person is obviously a leader, and he said to the other two: "We have figured out the situation, let's withdraw!".Hearing this, one of them quickly took out the bamboo pole on the sampan, and was about to push the boat out.The leader hastily stopped in a low voice: "Idiot, you want to die! Go out on a boat, won't you be discovered by Liang Jun immediately? We can only wade out, and there are ships in the distance to meet us."

The three of them cautiously jumped into the waist-deep water, and slowly touched outwards, trying not to make any big movements in the reeds.

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Somewhere in the center of Pengze Lake, there are more than a dozen large and small sandbars, and hundreds of ships, large and small, are moored beside these sandbars.In the cabin of one of the tall ships, Huo Jun, who was in command of the Linjiang Army Navy, lit the lights and previewed the pond reports presented by scouts from all walks of life.Based on this information, he can roughly determine the strength of the Liang army, the length and distribution of the marching ranks, and so on.Most importantly, he also deduced that Liang Jun brought enough food, grass and supplies for three to one week to travel with the army.

Huo Jun lowered his head and pondered. Liang Jun brought so many grains and supplies with the army, obviously he wanted the army to not have to transport grains and supplies back and forth after arriving in Nanchang City. The follow-up grains and supplies must be transported by water.So what should someone do?Liang Jun's march is so long, there is obviously an opportunity to take advantage of it.But there seemed to be Liang Jun's rangers patrolling and escorting the two wings.

Thinking of Liang Jun's almost invincible iron cavalry, Huo Jun couldn't help but gasped.In case of a sneak attack, you bump into the opponent's cavalry, even if you only come to a battalion, there is a high probability that all the infantry you landed will be wiped out.The risk is too great.But if you don't take the initiative to attack, you can't complete the task assigned by Liu Bei.

Huo Jun, who was in a dilemma, lay on the table and carefully studied the map with the help of the weak light.Huo Jun is originally from Yuzhang, and he is very familiar with the geography along the coast of Pengze Lake. Facing the map, he can basically visualize the topography of a certain place in his mind.Huo Jun's gaze suddenly landed on a point on the map, and his eyes lit up.He used a brush to draw a circle heavily on the point marked Huang Tiandang.Then he gave an order in a deep voice: "Pass on our military order, the whole army set off overnight and headed for the waters near Huang Tiandang!"

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Huang Tiandang is on the west bank of Pengze Lake, although there are no lake branches or big rivers here.But in the wet season, there are criss-cross ditches, dense water networks, and reeds everywhere.Although the water networks of these ditches are not wide or deep, they can be walked through on foot.But the war horse can't gallop on such terrain, it can only stagger.

At dawn, there was a rustling sound in the impenetrable reeds, and a large number of Huo Jun's soldiers rode sampans and bamboo rafts and walked through the reeds along the ditches and water networks.A few calls imitating water birds came from ahead, and the sampans and bamboo rafts stopped immediately one after another.This signal means that they are approaching the post road used by Liang Jun's march.

A few fast horses passed by the post road, they were Liang Jun's scouts.The leading leader reined in the reins and walked slowly.

Looking at the endless reeds on both sides of the post road, he couldn't help frowning and said, "There are so many reeds here, it's really a good place to lay an ambush. We need to pay more attention to observation." Several other scouts followed suit from the pockets on the horse's buttocks. Two Chuandong Mountain Hounds were released.

A few riders slowed down and walked across the post road, followed by two bulldogs, sniffing east and west, walking slowly south along the post road...

Chapter 577

The scout's bulldog suddenly barked at a patch of reeds.Several scouts hastily pulled the reins to stop the mounts, looked at each other, and jumped off the horses.Then they loaded their crossbows and arrows, held their swords and shields, and led the hounds into the reeds where the water was knee-high.

Unfortunately, shortly after entering the reeds, the hound stopped in front of a small empty puddle.There are no reeds in this puddle, indicating that the water level is relatively deep.Several scouts kept scanning the water surface and the surrounding reeds, but found nothing.Several wild ducks suddenly jumped up from the reeds.

Several scouts were startled at first, and then laughed.One of them said: "It turned out to be just a few ducks, brother, it's all trees and trees are soldiers."

Another person said: "Always be careful. If the enemy is really ambushing here, we will not be able to detect it, and we will be suspected of negligence."

Several people walked out of the reed marsh while talking, got on their horses again, and left in the dust.At this time, the water in the small puddle suddenly churned, and several people appeared, each with a reed pipe in their mouths.It turned out that they had been hiding underwater and breathing with reeds...

More than half an hour later, there was the noise of footsteps and horses at the end of the post road, and the dust was flying, and the flags were faintly visible.Soon Liang Jun's ex-soldiers rolled past Huang Tiandang's post road.

When Zhao Yun, who was at the head of the Chinese army, passed through Huang Tiandang, he was also amazed by the sky-high reeds, but he was still too confident in his scouts, thinking that since he had been scouted repeatedly by the scouts, nothing would happen.And even in case of an ambush, the iron cavalry wandering on the two wings of the Chinese army are not vegetarians.

The army continued to pass by Huang Tiandang in an endless stream. When the middle army stopped and entered the center of Huang Tiandang, there was the sound of dense arrows piercing through the air.Some heavy soldiers were caught off guard and were shot into their bodies by arrows.So Xin, they were equipped with excellent ring armor, which caused limited casualties.

"Enemy attack! There is an enemy attack!" The shouts were endless, and the heavy soldiers took off the shields on their backs one after another, and formed two lines of defense with each heavy cart as the center, protecting the left and right, and pointing their spears at the two sides. The reeds are in full swing.

They didn't panic, because under normal circumstances, as long as they persisted for a while, the iron cavalry on both wings would arrive and wipe out the enemy army ambushing in the reeds.It's just that the soldiers of the Liang Army didn't know that after the rangers on the two wings entered the reeds, they had to slow down their horses and march slowly because of the many ditches and puddles.I'm afraid it will take a lot of time for these Liang army war cavalry to rush over. Even if they can arrive in time, the advantages of cavalry in this terrain will not be fully utilized.

Shouts like a tsunami came from the reeds on both sides. Under the leadership of Huo Jun, the ambushes of the Linjiang Army rushed to the post road through waist-deep or knee-deep water.Among them, the crossbowmen opened their bows and released arrows while charging.

Although those soldiers of the Liang army had shields, they were different from the large shields of the spear and shield soldiers. They were only round shields with a diameter of three feet. It was impossible to block all the arrows so densely packed. , there is always an arrow that can penetrate the weak point of the armor and shoot into the body.Amidst the wailing and groaning, some soldiers of the Liang army were shot and fell to the ground.

In a blink of an eye, Huo Jun rushed to the post road with a large number of soldiers of the Linjiang Army, fighting with the heavy soldiers.The soldiers of the Linjiang army are weak soldiers, while the Liang army is a heavy soldier. The latter is still much more powerful than the former.

But the Linjiang army only concentrated its forces to attack a section of the hundred paces.The front and rear baggage soldiers only operate according to daily operations, guarding the baggage they want to take care of, and cannot leave their positions without permission to support the nearby baggage soldiers.The under attack can only wait for the cavalry to rush to the rescue.

Huo Jun led the soldiers to charge repeatedly, and he was also covered in blood. Finally, after paying a heavy price, he defeated the soldiers of the Linjiang Army who were about a hundred paces long.The soldiers of the Linjiang Army rushed forward, lit the torches and kindling objects that had been prepared long ago, and threw them on the Liang Army's baggage cart.Dozens of baggage trucks suddenly ignited raging fire, billowing thick smoke.

At this time, the cavalry in the rear had already received a report, but they could not get up to speed in the reed marshes. In a hurry, the general who led the troops ordered the cavalry to move closer to the post road, and rushed directly to the edge of the post road crowded with luggage vehicles. .

Huo Jun led a group of Linjiang Army soldiers and wanted to kill them along the post road to expand the results of the battle.There was a whirring sound in the air, and more than a dozen arrows shot through the air, shooting two or three Linjiang soldiers in front into hedgehogs.Huo Jun looked up and found that Liang Jun's Qingqi Feiyu had galloped towards him in a column, and quickly ordered: "Don't be afraid, the opponent's cavalry is coming in a file, and the archers gather and shoot at the front cavalry. Block them."

A large number of crossbowmen in the Linjiang Army heard this and quickly assembled.Arrows shot towards Liang Jun's war cavalry like a gust of wind and rain.Dozens of arrows were shot at the same Qingqi Feiyu densely at the same time, the effect can be imagined.The man screamed in the future, the horse screamed in the future, and the entire war cavalry was shot like a hedgehog and rolled into the reeds beside it.Immediately afterwards, another round of dozens of arrows shot towards the back...

Seeing this, the rider behind Liang Junzhan quickly reined in.But there were still a few riders who couldn't stop and bumped into the buttocks of the horses in front, and the horses were killed and injured immediately.Liang Jun's cavalry team was sweating profusely and shouted: "Get off your horse and fight!"

Liang Jun's heavy cavalry often dismounted and fought on foot, but this Qingqi Feiyu was the first to fight on foot.Hundreds of Qingqi Feiyu jumped off their horses one after another and scattered towards the reeds beside them. The bows and arrows in their hands kept shooting at the Linjiang Army.As he moved forward, he kept firing his bow and arrows.

Instead, these weak soldiers near the river were suppressed by Qingqi Feiyu's arrows, and large numbers of people fell under the rain of arrows.When the distance between the two sides was less than [-] battles, Qingqi Feiyu took off the two-foot small shields on their backs, brandished their sabers, and rushed towards the Linjiang army with shouts.

Huo Jun had already suffered a lot of casualties before, and nearly 200 people were killed or injured under Qingqi Feiyu's random arrows.Now, seeing the opponent's aggressive approach, he was already terrified, and quickly shouted: "Withdraw! The whole army retreats quickly!"

The remaining Linjiang army fled in a swarm of reeds, and those who ran slowly would naturally be chopped to death with a saber.Run fast and climb onto those sampans and bamboo rafts, and use bamboo poles to propel these sampans and bamboo rafts along the waterway of Shuiwagou towards Pengze Lake.

When Qingqi Feiyu waded in pursuit with a deep foot and a shallow foot, they had already run a long way and it was impossible to catch up.The post road was full of corpses of Linjiang Army soldiers, and of course there were many Liang Army corpses, as well as dozens of burning baggage carts.

Chapter 578

When Zhao Yun received the news that the rear had been attacked, he hurriedly turned his horse's head and rushed over. Before taking a few steps, he heard the continuous sound of huge explosions. flames.Zhao Yun even felt the earth tremble slightly.

It turned out that among the dozens of baggage trucks that were attacked by Huo Jun, all of them were explosive bombs used by ballistas.After roasting at high temperature, a violent deflagration finally occurred.Fortunately, the baggage soldiers who escorted the baggage truck were all told about the danger of the supplies they transported, so after the baggage truck was set on fire by the Linjiang army, no one dared to approach it rashly.Therefore, no major casualties were caused by the deflagration of these hot bombs.

When Zhao Yun rushed to the scene and took a look, it was already a mess.Dozens of delivery vehicles have been burned and only the skeletons remain.The ground was full of stumps, broken arms, and heads of corpses, most of which were of course wearing the uniforms of soldiers of the Linjiang Army.

Although Huo Jun did not deal a serious blow to Zhao Yun's army in this attack, it also forced Zhao Yun to slow down his march into Nanchang City.When passing through some places with special terrain and landforms, the scouts must be repeatedly scouted before the army can pass.Two days later, Liang Jun's former army finally arrived at the foot of Nanchang City, and immediately set up camp far away from the Ganshui River.

At this time, Liu Bei and others were on the Nanchang city tower, watching Liang Jun's every move closely.Zhang Fei asked from the side: "Why did the Liang army camp far away from the Gan River? Wouldn't it be inconvenient to get water?"

Xu Shu continued, "It's easy to explain. Liang Jun's navy must not be able to enter Pengze Lake for the time being. They were attacked by Huo Jun's navy the day before yesterday, and they were devastated. So if they camped on the shore, they would worry about our water. The sneak attack of the teacher."

Liu Bei snorted coldly: "In this way, they can't besiege the city for the time being. If they want to occupy Nanchang in a short time, they can only attack by force. How is our city defense preparation going? We can stock up enough food and grass in the city."

Jian Yong, who was in charge of conscription and logistics, responded immediately: "Your Majesty, the conscripts in Yuzhang County, including their immediate family members, totaled more than [-] people, all gathered in Nanchang City. After rushing to work day and night, the early stage All kinds of city defense facilities are in place. Up to now, the city defense fortifications are still being strengthened and expanded. At present, the entire Nanchang City has not only become a huge fortress, but also a huge trap according to the king's orders. Even Feng's bandits To be able to attack and keep them alive, they have to be skinned! At the same time, the food and grass of the whole county of Yuzhang were also concentrated in Nanchang City, and the civilians in the city, except for the young and strong who served as conscripts, the old and the weak were all driven out of the city. .In this way, the grain and grass are enough for half a year."

Liu Bei nodded approvingly, but immediately thought of another question, and asked worriedly: "The family members of these conscripts are all outside the city, which will disturb the morale of the soldiers."

Jian Yong said with a strange smile: "Your Majesty, don't worry, this minister knows well and has already dealt with it. The minister issued a notice to these soldiers, falsely claiming that their relatives were concentrated in our army's stronghold in the mountains on the upper reaches of the Gan River. Come on, the soldiers can feel at ease, and because their young and old are in our hands, they don’t dare to do anything wrong!"

Liu Bei's complexion changed suddenly: "If these people are captured by Liang Jun, and they shout for generals in front of Nanchang City, won't it disturb our army's morale?"

Jian Yong's heart trembled, Liu Bei's implication was obviously to blame him for "disposing" of these civilians in secret, so as to avoid future troubles.It's not that Jian Yong didn't think of this, but if he were to slaughter tens of thousands of old and weak, he wouldn't be able to do that.

Jian Yong thought for a while and replied with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't worry, you must know that the food in the rest of the cities and villages has been looted by the officials. How can Liang Jun get so much food and grass to help these tens of thousands of civilians?" I'm afraid they will kill these civilians by themselves in order to prevent changes. In this way, it will also prevent my Linjiang Kingdom and the king from getting a bad reputation. Take ten thousand steps back and say that even if Liang Jun wants to use them, he will use them I can’t get up. There are tens of thousands of people, standing in a mess in the distance below the city, who in the city can recognize their family members so coincidentally?”

Only then did Liu Bei feel relieved, looking at the Liang army camp in the distance outside the city, he sighed: "Nanchang is already a city of death, and it depends on whether the heavens will favor me, Liu Bei, and let us cross this threshold."

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While Liu Bei and others were discussing at the top of Nanchang City, Zhao Yun and other generals who arrived in Nanchang City earlier rode horses around the city to inspect.This look surprised them.Nanchang City did not know how much manpower was used to strengthen the city defense.

They even built a barrier trench outside the city wall. The ditch was three lines wide and five feet deep, and the wall was five feet high and three lines wide.Such a thick and short barrier, whether it is a ballista or a counterweight trebuchet, it is impossible to blow it down.If a springboard was used, a trench three battles wide and a barrier five feet high would require at least a four-foot-long ultra-long springboard to cross.Such a long springboard cannot be produced with simple processing of some wood, and it is also a problem to transport them to the trench.

Zhao Yun asked people to raise a hot air balloon again, and he and his generals took to the sky to observe, and found that there were also many fortifications at the top of the city and in the city.This is a trap that can be seen but not seen. Liu Bei doesn't know how many traps he has set up inside and outside the city.Seeing this, Zhao Yun came to at least one conclusion—Liu Bei was determined to defend Nanchang City to the death.

Zhao Yun, who had just come down from the basket of the hot air balloon, immediately ordered the soldiers to say: "Pass down the commander's order, transfer an infantry battalion of Xu Rong's army, and one each of the light and heavy cavalry battalions, and try to attack the outer barriers of Nanchang City. In addition, tell Xu Rong General, it is just a test attack, if the difficulty is too great, stop it immediately, so as not to cause unnecessary casualties."

The inspection just now only allowed Zhao Yun to see the fortifications of the Linjiang Army, but he still didn't know the strength of the Linjiang Army in Nanchang City, so he wanted to make a tentative attack.

With the sound of drums and trumpets, the three battalions formed a formation at the south gate of Nanchang City with a total of more than 500 steps.Xu Rong went out and rode his horse to twenty battles before the barrier, which was nearly forty battles away from the city wall.Xu Rong raised his voice and shouted, and began to scold the city.

Liu Bei and others in the south gate tower looked out of the city with their probes, and found that there were only more than a thousand people.

Zhang Fei's eyes were like copper bells, and he begged Liu Bei for his life: "Your Majesty, let me go out and shoot him, which can be used to boost the morale of our army."

Liu Bei said expressionlessly: "Yide, you forgot, now our army only needs to do one thing well, and that is to defend Nanchang City to the death."

Xu Shu, who was on the side, said, "Let General Yide go for a while. General Liang Jun came here with so many soldiers and horses, it must be just to find out the reality of our army. If General Yide goes out to fight, he can mislead Liang Jun. The recognition of our army's strength. If we can kill the enemy generals before the battle, it will improve our army's morale even more."

Chapter 579 Tentative Offensive

After listening to Xu Shu's words, Liu Bei said to Zhang Fei: "In this way, Yide will go out of the city and face the enemy generals for a while. But, don't forget, everything is about defending the city. Don't chase after the poor, lest you You have fallen into a trap. In addition, if you find something is wrong, for example, when the other party takes the opportunity to urge an army to attack the city, you must not be obsessed with fighting, and you must return to the city in time!"

"Oh, brother... My Majesty, just rest assured! Yide has firmly remembered your words." After Zhang Fei said, he said to the guards around him: "Go! Count a thousand The soldiers will meet the enemy general Xu Rong when they go out of the city."

But Liu Bei suddenly said, "No! What you want to take out of the city is not a thousand soldiers, but two thousand soldiers, and you also take out all the lonely white-eared guards."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.It should be noted that after allocating some soldiers to Huo Jun's navy, there are currently only less than 2000 soldiers in Nanchang City.This gives Zhang Fei more than [-] people including the white-eared guards, and there are only a few hundred soldiers left in the city!If something happened to Zhang Fei, the entire city of Nanchang would have to rely on less than [-] peasant soldiers who had just been able to use swords and guns and had never been on the battlefield to defend.

Zhang Fei naturally knew what this meant. He cupped his fists and said to Liu Bei, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, Yide will definitely not lose any of these 2000 soldiers and horses!"

With the sound of drums and trumpets, the south gate of Nanchang City was opened wide, and the suspension bridge was also blocked.Zhang Fei led more than 2000 "elite soldiers" out of the city, then passed through the outer barriers and appeared in front of Xu Rong.The two thousand soldiers behind him quickly formed four rows behind him, and the white-eared elite soldiers surrounded him.

Zhang Fei rode his horse out of the battle, and pointed at Xu Rongyi with his gun: "Son Xu Rong, someone is Zhang Yide from Yan, come out quickly and take your life."

Just as Xu Rong was about to step forward, Zhao Yun, who was watching the battle from behind the formation, saw that Zhang Fei had come out and knew that Xu Rong would not be able to defeat him in a single duel, so he rode out already, and now stopped Xu Rong and said, "General Xu Rong, This person is very skilled, let me come in person." While speaking, Zhao Yun gave Xu Rong a wink.

When Zhang Fei saw that it was Zhao Yun, he shouted, "So it's you! Are you still working for Bandit Feng? Take a shot from Lao Zhang." Before he finished speaking, Zhang Fei's long spear stabbed at Zhao Yun quickly.Zhao Yun didn't dare to be negligent, so he swung his silver spear and fought with Zhang Fei.Both sides come and go, and there is no winner or loser for a while.

Xu Rong, who was behind, suddenly urged more than a thousand war cavalry to kill in front of the formation, followed by five hundred infantry including spear shield soldiers and longbowmen.First of all, Qingqi Feiyu shot hundreds of dense arrows at the army formation behind Zhang Fei, and the sword players in the Linjiang army also raised their shields to cover them.

With the sound of arrows piercing the air and the sound of arrows plunging into the flesh, the soldiers of the Linjiang army fell to the ground amidst the screams one after another.But then the crossbowmen in the Linjiang Army also opened their bows and counterattacked.

Zhang Fei, who was fighting, said angrily to Zhao Yun: "If you are singled out, you will be singled out. Why did you push the army forward." Zhao Yun sneered and replied: "Who promised you that this is a singled out? Let's face each other for a while."

One or two thousand soldiers and horses are nothing to Liang Jun, but to Liu Bei they are lifeblood.Liu Bei asked Zhang Fei to bring so many soldiers and horses out just to confuse Liang Jun and Zhao Yun.He didn't want to lose this precious soldier in a field battle.

Anxious and angry Zhang Fei roared, desperately swung the snake spear in his hand and stabbed wildly, completely coming with the posture of dying with Zhao Yun.Seeing this, Zhao Yun didn't dare to fight hard, so he had to avoid the sharp edge for a while, and stepped back on his horse.

Zhang Fei saw this opportunity, pulled his horse and walked back, shouting: "The enemy is playing tricks, withdraw troops, all retreat into the city!" Import and export poured.

At this time, Liang Jun's [-] heavy armored cavalry had also arrived under the leadership of Xu Rong, and attacked the Linjiang Army who was retreating in a panic.Xu Rong started a few shots, and within a dozen breaths, he picked and killed three Linjiang soldiers in succession.

After the two thousand Linjiang troops finally retreated into the barrier, the simple suspension bridge erected at the entrance and exit of the barrier was instantly closed, and the gap was immediately blocked by a huge specially-made plug car.

Xu Rong, who was leading the horse, almost couldn't stop the horse's hooves and fell into the ditch.The rest of Liang Jun's heavy armored cavalry also braked their horseshoes amidst the whistling and neighing of their horses, and suddenly dense arrows were shot from the barrier, which were shot by the soldiers crossbowmen ambushing behind the barrier.

These arrows are completely inaccurate, but they can't stand the large number and density.Like a hailstone, it hit the armor of the heavy cavalry, making a tinkling sound.There are always a few arrows that the blind cat hits the dead mouse and shoots on the legs of the horse that is not covered by heavy armor, causing the horse to roar and knock the knight off the horse.

These arrows were even mixed with crossbow guns about six feet long and as thick as a wine cup. They were shot from the bed crossbow on the city wall.A heavy cavalry rider couldn't dodge in time, was pierced through the chest by the crossbow spear, fell off his horse and died.

"Withdraw! All the warriors retreat!" Xu Rong shouted loudly while blocking the random arrows.The heavy cavalry quickly turned the horse's head, followed him and retreated hastily, out of the range of the Linjiang army's shooting.The Qingqi behind had already stopped in their tracks, and they all retreated more than a dozen distances after being ordered.

But the four hundred gun shield soldiers were still lined up in four neat rows, forming a shield wall and advancing forward.There is also a refitted baggage car in the army formation, which is loaded with a special springboard that lasts four battles.

The arrows of the Linjiang Army became more and more dense, and it was obvious that more crossbowmen were gathering at this section from behind the barrier.From time to time, crossbow spears passed over the heads of the spear shield soldiers.

After the battle, Xu Rong said to Zhao Yun: "Wouldn't it be fun if you used a ballista to fire explosive bombs up the barrier?"

Zhao Yun shook his head and said: "Most of our hot bombs were destroyed in the last attack on Huang Tiandang, and the rest must be used sparingly. In addition, I need to see the real strength of the enemy, so there is no need to use them."

While the two were talking, the longbowmen standing in the row behind had already opened their bows and shot.Those Linjiang army crossbowmen behind the barrier before could not be sniped.Because when shooting, they lie on the slope behind the barrier, without even showing their heads, and completely rely on intensive coverage and projectiles to injure the enemy.But now that Liang Jun's gun and shield soldiers are approaching, they must show their heads and shoot directly at close range.

This gave the longbowman a chance, although the target was fleeting, but behind the barrier was a slope formed by rammed earth.The longbowmen can then estimate the position and have a chance to hit these crossbowmen.Sure enough, the screams of crossbowmen being hit by arrows could be heard from time to time behind the barrier.

The arrows of the Linjiang army suddenly thinned out.Four hundred spear shield soldiers had also approached the trench, and there were two loud bangs, and the two crossbow guns shot at the shields of two soldiers one after another like a blind cat hitting a dead mouse, and the blades of the guns instantly pierced through the shields and the soldiers. The ring piece of armor shot the two of them to the ground.At the same time, there was a bang, and the springboard on the baggage truck hit the barrier...

Chapter 580

Under the city of Nanchang, hundreds of spear shield soldiers lined up along the springboard on the trench barrier.Behind the barrier is a group of Linjiang military servicemen.Among them, the spears held by many of them trembled slightly with fear and tension.

As soon as the soldiers of the Liang Army appeared in the sight of these soldiers, they couldn't wait to rush out and stab their spears out.The crossbowmen on both sides also fired arrows at close range.

Facing the dense forest of guns that suddenly attacked, the large shields of Liang Jun's gun shield soldiers at the front were pierced like funnels by the spear points.The shields of two of them were even pierced through. Fortunately, their ring armor used up the last bit of strength of the spear, so they could not let the spear blade penetrate into their bodies.However, one of Liang Jun was still injured by the dense arrows shot from both sides, and an arrow shot straight from his armpit into his chest, and he died immediately.

The commander of Liang Jun's gun and shield soldiers on the spot shouted loudly, and the gun and shield soldiers immediately dragged their companion's body and retreated a few steps towards the springboard.Then their spears were thrown into the barrier like a torrential rain, and blood rained down at the densely populated area of ​​Linjiang's military soldiers, screaming again and again.But this has no effect on the soldiers facing the river who are close to the barrier.Because only the spear and shield soldiers in the first two rows can throw the javelin within the range close to the barrier, this range is a throwing blind spot for the spear and shield soldiers in the rear.

When Liang Jun advanced again, spears and spears as dense as a forest of thorns, mixed with hundreds of arrows, attacked them again.Several hot air balloons rose behind Liang Jun, and several longbowmen in hanging baskets kept condescendingly shooting at the Linjiang soldiers, almost one arrow at a time.But their sniping is no different from a drop in the bucket.Because within the barrier, from other places, a steady stream of Linjiang soldiers are rushing here.

The gongs of Liang Jun's retreating troops from behind rang out, and the Liang Jun soldiers who were still coming and going with the Linjiang Army on the springboard immediately retreated in an orderly manner and withdrew from the springboard.The soldiers of the Linjiang Army did not dare to chase.

After this battle, Zhao Yun and the other generals came to the conclusion that although the opponent's soldiers were mobs, they were extremely numerous.In field battles, these mobs are useless no matter how many people there are, because once they are defeated, no matter how many soldiers and horses they have, they will be wiped out.

But it is different in this kind of city defense battle, because if the defending side has enough food and grass, under the strict control of the general, even if the defenders are gangsters, it is difficult to disintegrate their morale to the point of collapse.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhao Yun said to the generals: "It seems that our army can only start attacking the city after we have enough hot bombs in place, giant springboards, and counterweight trebuchets. It is very difficult for us to break through that trench barrier."

Xu Rongdao: "We just have to wait two more days. As long as the waterway at the mouth of the lake is opened up, our navy will be able to bring a large amount of supplies."

Zhao Yun thought for a while, and then ordered the soldiers: "Go quickly to the mouth of the lake to pass on our military orders. Let Gan Ning not need to load too much supplies when he arrives. It is enough for our army for a certain period of time. Keep Send out a certain number of ships to form a combat escort fleet, and travel lightly. Because someone estimates that the navy of the Linjiang Army will harass our navy. In addition, he must also ask him to bring the captured Liu Bei's family. "

After ordering the soldiers to go out, Hua Xiong thought of something and reminded Zhao Yun: "Commander, even if my tens of thousands of troops do not attack Nanchang City for the time being, there is no need for all of them to sit idle in the camp. Since Liu Bei has so many guards in Nanchang City The rest of the cities in Yuzhang must be empty. Our army should immediately divide our forces and send generals to occupy these counties. Especially the cities located in the key points. lest the Wei army get there first!"

Zhao Yun nodded and said: "Brother Gongwei is right, this commander has exactly the intention. All generals obey orders!" Then, Zhao Yun made arrangements one by one, and sent generals to attack the other cities and fortresses of Yuzhang.

Two or three hours later, teams of war cavalry and columns of infantry left the Liang army's camp, carrying food and grass enough for two days, and rushed in different directions.In less than two days, they captured Shanyang, Xingan, Nancheng, Yichun, Aixian, Haihun and other counties around Pengze Lake almost without bloodshed.

At dawn, the red sun rises.Yan Yan led the two thousand cavalry from the headquarters to appear on the western horizon of Yuhan County.He was ordered by Zhao Yun to take Yuhan and Poyang County on the east bank of Pengze Lake, south of Yuhan County.These are the last two cities in Yuzhang County that Liang Jun planned to occupy.

Two thousand war cavalry lined up in four rows, with light cavalry in front and heavy cavalry in the rear, galloping toward Yuhan City with shouts.Yan Yan thought to himself, if there were no major accidents, there should be a few old and weak soldiers on Yu Han's city wall holding up white flags to welcome Liang Jun in.

But under the backlight of the rising sun, Yan Yan saw a large number of people pouring out of Yuhan City, and the black silhouettes came towards his cavalry team.This surprised Yan Yan, who did not expect that there were so many defenders in Yuhan City, and they dared to fight his cavalry with infantry.

"Qingqi Feiyu, prepare the bow and arrow!" Yan Yan shouted.The galloping Qingqi Feiyu took down their bows one after another, drew out arrows and put them on the bowstring, and waited for Yan Yan's order to shoot at the hostile people who didn't know what to do.

But when the distance between the two sides got closer, Yan Yan realized that something was wrong. The other party seemed to have no weapons in their hands.Moreover, these "enemy soldiers" were of different heights, and they marched in a slow and abnormal posture.Yan Yan suddenly understood, and shouted again: "This is not an enemy army, but a civilian. Attacking is prohibited! Slow down!"

The speed of the entire Liang Jun cavalry team slowed down, and the two sides were now closer.Even with the backlight in the early morning, Liang Jun soldiers can clearly see that the opponent is a man with old and young, staggering forward, and ragged people.Yan Yanmao estimated the number of these people, there are more than 3000 people.

When the opponent was less than ten battles away from Liang Jun's cavalry formation, under the leadership of the old man with white beard and hair, they all knelt down on the ground.These disheveled people kowtowed to Liang Jun non-stop, chanting words in their mouths.