Becoming stronger from cutting Hu and Cao Cao

"The west of the city is on fire."

Cheng Puxin said, why do you still report, I have seen it on the city wall now, do you still need you to report, now there are fires everywhere.

Cheng Pu counted the heads of the messengers, there were five in total.The south of the city, the north of the city, the east of the city, and the west of the city, logically speaking, there should be four people, right, but there is one more person here.

Cheng Pu pointed to the last messenger who hadn't come to speak, and shouted, "What do you want to say?"

The messenger cupped his hands and said, "Vice Governor, the government office is on fire."

"What, the government office is on fire."

"It's broken, the governor is still in the government office." Zhou Tai was shocked when he heard this.

The main task Sun Ce entrusted to Zhou Tai was to protect Zhou Yu. Now that the mansion is on fire, Zhou Yu is still in the mansion, how can Zhou Tai not be surprised.

"Old General Cheng, keep an eye on the city wall to prevent the Qin army from taking the opportunity to attack."

"I'm going to save the governor!" Zhou Tai said hastily.

"Go, go, go."

"Don't protect yourself, Chief Governor." Cheng Pu said to Zhou Tai.

Chapter 386 I'll be there for you

The city of Chanling is now a sea of ​​flames, and there are soldiers fighting the fire in a mess.However, how can we save the city full of flames now that we only rely on well water to put out the fire.

It is very difficult to dig wells in this era, so naturally there are not many wells in this city, except for big families who can have their own wells.Ordinary people, dozens of families draw water from a well for food.

Nowadays, the city is full of fires, and the water from the well can only be pumped up bucket by bucket, which is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket.

Zhou Tai led a troop of troops on a rampage in the city, rushing towards the Fu Ya.Although Zhou Yu is not a scholar with no strength to restrain a chicken, but this is ruthless, and now the government is on fire, if something happens to Zhou Yu, Zhou Tai can't afford it.

In Chanling City, raging flames soared into the sky like a fire dragon, dyeing half of the sky red. Chanling City was not big at first, but now the fire completely spread throughout Chanling City.

Chanling City, Fuya.

"Governor, are you alright?" When Zhou Tai led his men to the mansion, he happened to see Zhou Yu directing the soldiers who stayed in the mansion to put out the fire.

Seeing that Zhou Yu was fine, Zhou Tai couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief.However, Zhou Yu looked extremely embarrassed at this time. Zhou Yu was sleeping in the house when the fire caught fire.Fortunately, Zhou Yu's martial arts skills are good, and he rushed to the open place as soon as he noticed the fire.

However, even so, Zhou Yu's robe was burnt out with many holes, and his face was dusty with a lot of ashes.

There is a well in the front and back yards of the Chanling County government office. Under Zhou Yu's command, the fire in the government office has been almost extinguished at this time.

"Youping, how is the fire in the city?" Zhou Yu knew that Zhou Tai had come down from the city wall, so he asked him about the fire in the city.

Hearing this, Zhou Tai's complexion also darkened.He just rushed all the way from the city wall, and half of the city was full of fire.Moreover, due to the inconvenience of fetching water in the city, the fire was somewhat difficult to contain.

In fact, the fire is a bit difficult to contain, it is not enough to contain it.

Seeing Zhou Tai's expression, Zhou Yu knew that the actual situation must be much more critical than what Zhou Tai said.

Zhou Yu hurriedly climbed to the roof in three steps and two steps. When he climbed up and looked into the distance, Zhou Yu's heart sank involuntarily.

The south of the city is full of flames.

The north of the city was full of flames.

The east of the city was ablaze.

The west of the city is full of flames.

Now, these four flames are almost connected into one.At that time, they will really become grandson monkeys trapped in the alchemy furnace of Taishang Laojun.

Zhou Yu knows the situation in Chanling City better than anyone else. It is rainy in the south, so the people living in the city have the habit of keeping large tanks at home to store water for use.

Only the large households in the city would hire someone to dig a well at home.Otherwise, the government digs public well water in various streets.

On weekdays, large tanks are used to store water, and when it rains in ten days and a half a month, the water is enough for daily use.But now that there is a big fire, how can there be enough water in this tank.There are not many wells in the city, and it is too late to fetch water.

Zhou Yu stood on the roof and looked at the fire in the city. He knew that if the fire could not be contained, Chanling City might turn into a city of ashes.

"Zhou Tai, quickly order people to open the city gate and fetch water from the moat outside the city." Zhou Yu climbed up and down from the roof and ordered Zhou Tai.

"Governor, if the city gate is opened at this time, if the Qin army takes the opportunity to attack, there will be a fire in the city. I am afraid that internal and external troubles will be difficult to resist?" Zhou Tai said with a serious expression.

"The Qin army wants to take my chaling without scrapping a single soldier. Don't hesitate, order people to get water in the moat quickly. If it is later, I am afraid that our hundreds of thousands of troops will all be buried in the sea of ​​flames." It's gone." Zhou Yu said in a deep voice.

Zhou Tai also understood the seriousness of the matter. There was not enough water in the city, and the fire could not be controlled.Then everything that can be burned in the entire city will be burned first. In this case, with the population density of Chanling City.I'm afraid that even if these people are not burned to death by the fire, they will be roasted to death and smoked to death.

Zhou Tai hastily gathered a team of tens of thousands of people, and drove the carriage full of water tanks and buckets, and was about to open the city gate to take them from the moat.

At this time, this moat is the place with the most abundant water source in the entire Chanling City, but, will the Qin army outside the city let the Soochow troops draw water from the moat so easily?

The answer is obvious.

"and many more!"

"I'm afraid that the Qin army will lie in ambush on the other side of the moat and bring some crossbowmen and shieldmen there." Zhou Yu hurriedly added thousands of crossbowmen and shieldmen to Zhou Tai.

The fire at this time can be said to be extremely urgent, Zhou Tai led his men and horses to open the city gate, and rushed to the moat outside the city.

"fire."

Seeing the Soochow soldiers and horses going out of the city to fetch water, when the Soochow soldiers and horses had just arrived at the moat.At the command of the artillery commander of the Qin Army, dozens of cannons roared, and dozens of explosive shells shot towards the opposite bank.

Zhou Tai had already seen the power of the Qin army's artillery, so when he left the city, he was already on guard against the Qin army's artillery.The entire water fetching team was very scattered. Although Qin Jun's artillery fire smashed more than a dozen of Wu Jun's water fetching trucks, overall, it was harmless.

The shields of the Soochow Army held the standing shields at the forefront to fight for the opportunity for the rest of the soldiers to fetch water.

This kind of iron shield is naturally unable to defend against the frontal fire of the Qin army's artillery, but it can resist the fragments ejected from the flowering projectile.

However, Rao is so.After bursts of artillery fire roared, there were still many soldiers of the Wu army behind the shields who were shot by shotguns, screaming and rolling on the ground.

Qin Jun didn't care about so many, more than a hundred artillery pieces were firing crosswise, hindering the process of Wu Jun's water intake.

Today, soldiers and horses of Soochow are simply exchanging their lives for water sources.Every time a water tanker was filled, at least a dozen Soochow soldiers had to die.

"The car backs up!"

"Barrel! Keep the barrel!"

Watching the water carts being smashed to pieces one by one by the Qin army, Zhou Tai ordered his soldiers to pull the carts back, and someone fetched water with buckets, and poured it into the carts.

In this way, the water carts were kept, and the amount of water that could be transported to the city increased.However, more Wu troops died under the artillery fire of the Qin army.

By the moat, Zhou Tai and his brothers risked their lives to fetch water. Every shell from the Qin army's artillery would immediately take the lives of a few lucky soldiers.Let alone these ordinary soldiers, even Zhou Tai himself has been hit by stray bullets several times.

The left arm, abdomen, back, and Zhou Tai's body were all stuck with shrapnel, and blood was flowing, but he seemed to be unconscious, and he was still leading the soldiers to grab water.

Chapter 387 Responding to Ten Thousand Changes

By the moat, Zhou Tai was desperately trying to grab water, while the artillery of the Qin army on the opposite side was bombarding wildly. It could even be said that the bucket was not water, but the blood of Soochow soldiers.

The fire started in the middle of the night and continued to burn until the sky was bright.Although Jia Xu's plan of attacking with fire caught Zhou Yu by surprise, Zhou Yu was still calm in the face of danger and directed the firefighting.

The east and north of Chanling City, where the fire is most serious, have been completely burned to ashes at this time. At this time, there are still open fires and dark fires burning.

In the south and west of the city where the fire was relatively light, under Zhou Yu's command, most of the fire had been extinguished.

After saving the south and west of the city, Zhou Yu simply didn't care about the two directions of the east and north of the city where the fire was serious.The fires in these two places were so intense that it was no longer necessary to fight the fire.

However, the situation in Chanling City is also said to be very serious, and all the soldiers are gathered in the south and west of the city.At this time, the south and west of Chanling City were already crowded with people.

Outside Chanling City, on top of the earth hill,

At this time, the Soochow army was no longer drawing water from the moat, so the Qin army's artillery was no longer roaring.However, after this night's high-intensity bombing, these artillery pieces of the Qin Army have been fired red, and even the barrels have been shot limply.

"Hey, this Zhou Yu is not easy, since he has saved the two places in the west and south of the city."

"It seems that Chanling City has to be taken by force." Jia Xu said with a sigh.

A big fire did not achieve the expected effect. Of course, it has already caused heavy losses to the Soochow army and horses in Chanling City.

"This week, Zhou Yu can command Jiangdong's land and water armies. If he doesn't even have this commanding ability, he will pretend to be the governor of the Eastern Wu."

"It can be said that the fire of the military division has burned the army of the Eastern Wu army. Now most of the city of Chanling has been reduced to ashes. Compared with the Wu army's food, grass and military equipment, it must have fallen into the sea of ​​​​fire. Now most of the Wu army is afraid to think about it. It is even more difficult to find a place to lie down." Chen Qingzhi stood on the dirt hill and looked into the city.

"King Qin, here!" At this moment, a loud shout came, and Li Chen stepped up the dirt hill.

"Military division, celebrate."

"The fire in Chanling City was set by the two of you?" Li Chen asked the two of them.

"This plan was made by the minister, it has nothing to do with the commander in chief, please ask the king of Qin to punish the minister alone." Jia Xu said hastily.

Hearing this, Li Chen thought to himself, why should I punish you, this fire may have killed many soldiers and horses of Eastern Wu.This is a great achievement, so what is the punishment.

"Why did Wen He make such a statement, and where did he come up with the theory of punishment?" Li Chen asked puzzled.

"King Qin, you have to punish me for this matter, and it would be best if you hit me with dozens of army sticks." Jia Xu said with a straight face.

Li Chen was very surprised by Jia Xu's words, he said that he had done a great job, but in the end he had to let himself punish him, it would be best to beat him up.

Good guy, this Jia Wenhe is not a jerk, right? I have to let myself beat him hard with a small leather whip, right?

Thinking of this, Li Chen couldn't help feeling a chill in his heart.

"Wen He, you will be rewarded for your meritorious deeds, and you will be punished for your faults. If you ask me to punish you, there must be a reason anyway, right?" Li Chen asked Jia Xu.

Jia Xu explained: "King Qin, although the fire caused heavy losses to the soldiers of the Eastern Wu. But there are not only the soldiers of the Eastern Wu in this city, but also some people who stayed in the city."

"It's an ominous killing. What's more, today's fire has accidentally killed many people in Dongwu. If Jia Xu is not punished, I'm afraid that people will be criticized in the future."

Jia Xu is also thinking about Li Chen, who is going to ascend the throne and become emperor in the future.Since you want to be the emperor, you have to set up a generous and benevolent person.If not, I'm afraid that even if he becomes the emperor, he will have his spine pierced by these poor scholars and sour scholars.

Just like in the history of the previous life, during the period of disputes between the Three Kingdoms, in terms of territory and power, when Soochow and Shuhan were at their peak, he might not be able to compete with Cao Wei.

From this point of view, Cao Cao, who holds Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty in his hand, is also orthodox.

But even so, people still widely believe that the Shu Han who lived in the land of Bashu is orthodox.

This is the charm of the character design. Although Liu Bei ran around and achieved nothing in the first half of his life, he has set up a generous and benevolent character.Although Cao Cao is the strongest and has the largest territory, he is a hero who coerces the emperor to make the princes.

The reason why Jia Xu was unwilling to tell Li Chen when he planned to burn the tomb with fire.His purpose is to entrust these subordinates to do all the dirty work that requires infamy.

But Li Chen needs to sit on the throne for the future, and leave a reputation of loving the people like a son in advance.

What Jia Xu said is indeed good, but who is Li Chen?

In Li Chen's view, there is nothing wrong with saying that he loves the people like his son.But those people in Chanling City, whose people are they?Those are the people of Soochow Wu, and only after the Chanling is taken down, these people are the people of his Great Qin.Since he is a citizen of Soochow Wu, what does it matter whether he lives or dies?

Those who have stayed in the city at this time and have not fled are all hardcore supporters of Wu.From Li Chen's point of view, it's not too many to die.

"Wen He thinks too much. I, Li Chen, was born as a bandit, so I don't understand so many important principles."

"I only know one thing now, and that is the confrontation between the enemy and us. Either you die or we live. Before the Soochow Army in the city surrendered, it would not be an exaggeration to use any means."

"It's not necessarily a good thing that more people died in Chanling City." Li Chen said coldly.

Many people died in Chanling City, letting Wu Jun know that Daqin is irresistible. If the first battle can destroy the willpower of the enemy, then there will be a lot of strength left for subsequent attacks.

"What do you think the commander-in-chief should do in the next battle?" Jia Xu looked at Chen Qingzhi and asked.

Chen Qingzhi thought for a moment, and said: "The military division's fire completely reduced half of Chanling City to ashes, and the food, grass, and military equipment in the city suffered heavy losses. With so many soldiers and horses of the Eastern Wu Dynasty in the city, the food and grass consumed by the city is one day. A lot of numbers."

"In my opinion, change should be kept constant. Let's besiege and not attack now. When the food and grass in the city are exhausted, this Chanling city will be destroyed without attack."

From Chen Qingzhi's point of view, the Qin army had already taken the absolute initiative on the battlefield.That being the case, there is no need to spend troops and horses to forcibly attack the city.

If the city is forcibly attacked, although Chanling City can be taken down as soon as possible, it will inevitably consume a lot of soldiers and horses.In this way, it will affect the subsequent offensive rhythm.

That being the case, it is better to wait and see what happens, and wait until Chanling City is destroyed without attacking, and then use the superior force to directly take the land of the six counties in the east of the Yangtze River.

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Chapter 388 Hurry up and invite Mr. Zhuge

Chanling City can be said to be in a mess at this time, and the cries and wailing of the people are everywhere.

The people left in the city are all lucky people who cannot leave their homeland.Now, it can be regarded as a completely buried homeland.

The number of casualties in the city yesterday has not yet been fully counted, but judging from the charred corpses all over the place, the casualties must not be a small number.

Not to mention the ordinary people, even the soldiers of the Eastern Wu, all of them were blind at this time, as if they had lost their three souls and six souls.