Chapter 1076 As always
Jiangling has become a "city that never sleeps".
Nightlife is about fighting, fighting all night long.
At the time of Yin, Tao Bin was awakened by a sound of drums.
After working hard for a few times, I couldn't fall asleep again, so I got up and put on my clothes, and then walked out of the mansion.
It was late in the first lunar month, and a few days after leaving spring, fine snowflakes floated in the sky.
Tao Bin subconsciously stretched out his hand, allowing the snowflakes to fall into his palm and slowly melted.
It looks a bit like tears.
He raised his head and looked into the night sky. For some reason, I suddenly felt a little poetic, but in the end I shook my head without the mood to write poetry.
But I don’t know who this snow is crying for!
Many soldiers squatted on both sides of the street. It’s not that they have no place to live, but they are ready to reinforce the city at any time, and they have to do so.
Tao Bin even heard a low cry. After a little inquiry, it turned out that it was reinforcements transferred from Xiangzhou.
The Xiangzhou soldiers originally had 2,000, which was basically the only troops to join Jiangling recently. In fact, they have suppressed bandits and fight against refugee troops in Xiangzhou counties. They are not without combat experience, but as soon as they go to the battlefield, they are driven off the city by the fierce offensive of Liang's army, and almost make a joke: Even the small city was able to defend for a long time, and Jiangling was almost defeated because of the retreat of Xiangzhou soldiers.
In the end, there was no choice but to mobilize the troops in Jingzhou to fight. Relying on the advantage of the advantage of the advantage of the advantage of the large number of people, he defeated the Liang army with great casualties.
Yesterday, Tao Bin did not dare to transfer Xiangzhou troops to reinforce the water camp, which shows that he had completely lost confidence in them.
But these people cannot be ignored. After all, there are still a thousand people left. They can only mix them with the servants of the rich and powerful family to form a unit of two thousand people. From time to time, they will go to the city to rotate for a long time to fight the tired Jingzhou soldiers. After all, they There are not many people, less than 2,500.
Tao Bin did not deal with the crying soldier and continued to walk forward.
When they got to a place, their personal soldiers suddenly stopped him.
Tao Bin was stunned and looked into the depths of the darkness ahead.
There was once a military camp where there was only a few dim oil lamps lit up, and the faint flames swayed in the wind and snow.
There seemed to be someone in the camp because there were occasional coughs.
There seemed to be no one, because most of them lay on the hay and reed mats as if they were dead.
He remembered that it was an injury camp.
Those who were injured in combat and fell ill were basically not distinguished, and they were all stuck here.
Most of the people who took care of them were the Jiangling people who were forced to recruit. They were very resistant and had no rewards, so they took care of them very sloppy, which could be seen from the faint smell of the wind.
The wounded and sick even lost their strength to hum a few times, and they were all waiting to die...
Tao Bin did not dare to move forward, but turned to another direction. Before leaving, I secretly said that I might recruit more people to come tomorrow, but these things in front of me are a little too much.
He quickly moved to the base of a city wall.
Through the earthen wall, he could feel the vibrations coming.
He knew that the Liang people were bombarding the city wall with thunderbolt chariots.
But in fact, there is no effect. The main reason you can't imagine: it's extremely difficult to find so many stones.
At the beginning, the defenders were still busy for a while. In order to destroy their thunderbolt chariot, people were sent out of the city to rush out several times, but they suffered a great loss. They lost more than a thousand people several times, so they pretended to be dead and let you smash it.
Before we knew it, Tao Bin and his group arrived in the North City.
There are also many soldiers sitting here.
Only a few people were wearing tattered cotton clothes, and most of them leaned against the brazier, constantly simmering on their hands, or standing up and stamping their feet.
The wet Jiangling will be particularly uncomfortable once it encounters rain and snow.
Some braziers gradually dimmed, and soon someone numbly carried an axe and removed the door panel.
I don’t know where the door panel was obtained, but the process should not be very peaceful.
Tao Bin walked up the steps on both sides of the horse path.
It was very slippery after the snow. He walked carefully and soon came to the top of the city.
What a spectacular scene with bright lights!
From the north of Jiangling City to the far north, camps are connected by one, and torches, braziers and lanterns are dotted on the entire earth like stars.
Tao Bin didn't know what the soldiers guarding the city would think when they saw this scene, but he was very shocked when he first saw it.
The pressure brought by so many soldiers gathered outside the city is very huge.
Especially when they launched a tide-like attack and hit Jiangling City one after another, they couldn't help but feel unresistible.
From this point of view, Jingzhou soldiers are really good.
I stopped and was not scared. I could still rely on the city wall to be prudent and go out of the city from time to time to harass me. This combat power is very strong.
But they were ridiculed by locals before, saying that their Guanxi accent was very strange, or that they were not good at Jin language. Since the founding of Liu Hong, the Jingzhou Army has used the barbarians of various counties, the refugees of Bashu, the people who fled to Guanxi, and the people who fled to Guanxi. Some locals in Jingzhou are composed of.
If it weren't for them, Jiangling would have been defeated by the Liang army at this time.
But their number was not large, with only about 2,500 left, with two thousand Xiangzhou soldiers and wealthy servants from Jiangling trying their best to defend.
The city is still recruiting young and strong people, with more than 2,000 new people. They are currently undergoing training, but Tao Bin also knows that they are not reliable.
Perhaps, in a while, it is time to give up the outer city and retreat to the inner city, but this also means that they completely lost the opportunity to escape. Tao Bin was a little hesitant about this.
His wife, children, brothers and sisters are all in the city. Are they allowed to live and die with Jiangling?
Tao Bin was unwilling to accept it and was unwilling to see such a thing happen. But he also knew very well that once he took his family outside the city to take advantage of the situation where the outer city was not lost and evacuated, the morale of the Jiangling defenders would collapse.
Nothing can be kept secret for a long time. As long as you do it, it will always be known, it is just a matter of time, but Tao Bin couldn't help but want to do this.
A dilemma choice!
The rhythmic drum sounded again in the wind and snow.
Tao Bin looked around and saw countless black shadows flashing in the place where the lights could not shine.
Their movements were very fast, and they seemed to be ruthless and tragic, rushing towards Jiangling City in a desperate manner.
Where the lights are brightly lit, a well-equipped unit is standing, staring at the "comrades" who are launching the attack.
The back team beats the front team, which is an old trick, cruel but practical.
Tao Bin knew that he would be sleepless again tonight.
Blood is destined to flow into a river.
No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!
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In the Liang army camp, Jiang Ke also climbed up to the platform and overlooked Jiangling.
Teams of archers had already arrived at the bottom of the earth platform and climbed quickly.
There are three earth platforms in total, all located in the north of the city. They were built by the auxiliary soldiers and young soldiers in half a month.
Each unit can accommodate dozens of archers and even place several powerful crossbows, launching attacks on Jiangling day and night.
The archers are just the first batch.
After they went up, there would be a large number of Ding Zhuang pushing up the huge and heavy crossbows, erecting them, and bombarding the enemy from a high place. Yes, the Tutai was built with rammed earth, which was taller than the Jiangling City Wall, and had the advantage of being condescending. .
If the Jin army dares not leave the city, then shoot with confidence. If you try to go out of the city to destroy the Tutai, seize the opportunity and try to annihilate more defenders - killing an enemy on the top of the city is very difficult, but it will be much easier to kill in front of the field.
There was already a fight in front of him, but Jiang Ke got off the platform and didn't want to see it any more.
The emperor has gone south to Xiangyang. Although he is mainly busy with various aftermath affairs, he will definitely devote some of his energy to closely monitor the two battlefields of Jingling and Jiangling.
After Xiangfan surrendered, a large number of people moved south one after another.
As far as Jiang Ke knows, more than 8,000 surrendered troops in Xiangyang led by Deng Yue had arrived at the city of Jingling, and then went straight to the east to attack the Yangkou army.
I heard that Tao Kan had sent his general Chen Xiu to lead thousands of troops to help, so I must not let these two places fall.
And this army was transferred east, obviously it could not provide much support to Jiangling. This was a good thing for him, but it was also a pressure.
He had a rare opportunity in this war, and if he failed, his life would end here.
"Buzz..." There was a huge noise when the crossbow was fired in front of him.
"Buzz..." A sound also sounded on the second platform.
The crossbow is bulky, slow, and slow to launch, but it is very powerful.
The large crossbow arrow shot out was thicker than the gun bar, almost as fast as the strait. When they shoot towards Jiangling with a tremendous force, they often cause huge movements.
Sure enough, a huge noise sounded in Jiangling North City, which seemed a little confused.
But it didn't take long, and the exclamations gradually subsided, leaving only roars, scolds and screams.
Jiang Ke smiled and said, this was just the beginning.
This time, he was more prepared than when attacking Ji Nancheng. He never tires about it and spends much money. He doesn't mind trying any of the ways he can use it.
No one can endure crossbow arrows and feather arrows falling on the head for a long time.
When you were patrolling the city, several crossbows shot towards you, directly slashing the cliffs, and the debris flew across the corners of your forehead, causing blood to fall on your forehead.
Or maybe it is nailed heavily on the city tower, making your head and face covered with dust.
The arrows also broke through the air, making you worried every moment. If you are not careful, you will be shot by the arrow. There is news in your ears that someone was shot dead and injured by Liang people while walking.
It may not be able to kill many people, but the blow to morale is very huge. As it accumulates slowly, the enemy may not be able to bear it one day and completely collapse.
This is a competition of will and a competition of capital. If Tao Bin cannot deal with it effectively, Jiangling City will not last long.
The siege battle lasted all night.
After dawn, a group of people continued to go up, without giving the enemy any chance to breathe.
On this day, Zhou Fu, the chief of the Jingzhou shogunate, led his army to the east of Jiangling City. Two thousand barbarians came ashore and attacked the earth platform directly, trying to destroy the crossbow chariot above and kill the archer.
However, halfway through the journey, he was defeated by the Silver Gun Left Camp and Youzhou cavalry, with more than half of them killed or injured.
The navy of Jin and Liang sides fought another battle in the east of the city, and the king's army lost.
The Yi army was moving west of the city and forced a Jin navy to retreat because they dared not send people to land.
Overall, as always.
The two sides continued to attack and defend, fight wits and courage as always, and persisted as always until someone could not hold on and fell down with a bang.
(This chapter ends)