Chapter 465: Capture of Jingling
Sun Ce knew in his heart that the originally inconspicuous Lexiang suddenly became important in Liu Feng's plan. But even so, it cannot change the shortcomings of Lexiang's city walls, no moat, and are located on plains, making them easy to attack and difficult to defend.
But he resolutely recommended himself and volunteered to guard Le Township.
The reason why Sun Ce made this decision was, on the one hand, because he was eager to take this opportunity to make great achievements and prove his abilities; on the other hand, he was also to protect the thousands of former Sun Jian subordinates under his command.
In the chaotic world, only by making contributions can we gain a foothold in this changing situation, and these thousands of former subordinates of Sun Jian are the foundation for his achievements.
If there were no Yuan Shu's old subordinates who had returned to his father a few years ago, how could he have swept across Jiangdong within one year?
After more than a year of frequent contact with Liu Feng, Sun Ce has already had a clear and profound impression of this lord.
Liu Feng's eyes are long, his ambitions are lofty, his vision is grand, and his mind is far beyond ordinary people.
In Sun Ce's eyes, Liu Feng is definitely not the kind of narrow-minded, jealous and capable person. He even felt that Liu Feng did not care about his contributions, but was quite encouraging, and he never feared using it. Own.
Since his previous experience of going on a mission to Linxiang, Sun Ce even made him firm in his thoughts.
It was this trust and cognition that prompted him to make up his mind and take over the seemingly difficult hot potato of Lexiang without hesitation.
After hearing Sun Ce's self-recommendation, Taishici and Zhao Yun looked at each other, and a hint of agreement appeared in their eyes.
The two of them tend to agree with Sun Ce's request, and both of them think that Sun Ce is the best candidate at the moment.
After all, the four thousand old soldiers under Sun Ce were all Sun Jian’s former subordinates. These people have been through the battlefield for a long time and have good combat power. With Sun Ce’s leadership and command, their combat power and loyalty are trustworthy. More importantly, these people are nominally affiliated with Zhang Xian of Linxiang City. Even if they suffer losses in the battle, they will not feel too distressed. If these people were able to make military achievements, Liu Feng would have always been generous and would naturally never be stingy with rewards.
Taishi Ci made a little weighing the matter, and immediately nodded and agreed, "Okay, Bo Fu has such ambition, I should be willing to fulfill your wishes."
He pondered slightly, after a moment of consideration, he slowly said, "The 4,000 people in your department are all brave men in Jingnan. Most of them are well versed in water, good at maneuvering boats, and traveling on the water like walking on flat ground. Since that's the case, I'll do it for extra time. We will allocate 500 sets of leather armor, 3,000 long and short soldiers, 200 bows and crossbows, and 50 arrows. Finally, we will allocate 100 warships and transport 50 ships for you. Are you satisfied with this arrangement?”
Sun Ce heard this and thought in his mind that the weapons and materials in front could undoubtedly greatly enhance the combat power of his troops and give them more advantages on the battlefield; while the warships behind him were facing him It provides a retreat in danger, ensuring that you can calmly retreat by water at critical moments.
From these arrangements, Sun Ce deeply felt that Taishi Ci had no idea of treating him as cannon fodder at all, and he felt even more grateful. He immediately knelt down, gave a big gift, and said gratefully: "For the lord and general, Ce must repay him with death. But with Ce, Lexiang will never fall into the enemy."
Seeing this, Taishici quickly stood up, walked quickly to Sun Ce, helped him up with both hands, and said earnestly: "Why did Bo Fu say this? Lexiang is important, but how can you compare to your safety? Letter from the lord Zhong, he also specifically reminded him not to stay in Lexiang. How could I give up your life for Lexiang? If so, why should I arrange a boat for you? If Lexiang can be kept, please ask Bo Fu Keep it for me; if the situation cannot be defended, please be sure to protect yourself and not take risks lightly."
Sun Ce was grateful and excited after hearing Taishi Ci's heart-wrenching words. .
Taishici personally sent him back to the table, and the friendship between the two seemed to have increased a little more.
Once the defensive problem in Lexiang is solved, the arrangements for subsequent matters will become simple and clear.
The public security area is still handed over to Xu Ding's troops to guard it.
Zhao Yun's troops were left behind Xu Ding to lead the remaining troops to station in Jiangling City, while Dong Xi led his troops to station in Jinxiang to support the situation in the middle, while the rest of the main troops set out on the way to the east.
However, Zhao Yun and Xu Ding's troops are only temporarily stationed here. After Zhou Yu successfully captured Xiakou, he will immediately lead the main force to advance westward and come to change defenses.
Zhou Yu's troops experienced many fierce battles in the early and middle periods, and successfully captured the extremely strong fortress Xiakou.
Although the overall losses of the army were not too heavy, the soldiers were already exhausted after continuous battles. It just happened to take advantage of this defense change to let them station in Jiangling and have some rest.
At the same time, there is a heavy army group led by Kuai Yue on the other side of Jiangling City, and it is necessary to pay attention to and take care of it at all times.
With Zhou Yu's outstanding talent and Jiangling's strong troops, even if Kuai Yue takes the initiative to launch an attack, they will be able to deal with it calmly, not only will they not lose the disadvantage, but their chances of winning are far higher than those of the opponent.
The dispatch process of troops was very smooth.
After Sun Ce brought three thousand civilians to Lexiang, he began to strengthen the city defense without stopping.
The people were clear in division of labor. Some were responsible for digging trenches, while some were busy diverting river water as moats, and some were high and reinforced the city walls.
Although Lexiangcheng does not occupy a large area, the project to strengthen urban defense is quite large.
Fortunately, Sun Ce’s headquarters has 4,000 troops, and these 3,000 civilians can rotate and have four or five thousand strong laborers into the work.
Taishici also granted a large amount of supplies to Sun Ce's troops, including a lot of meat and grain.
The navy of Dong Xi's troops was not idle either and fished on the river, which greatly improved the food of the soldiers and improved several levels. Besides, Sun Ce was generous and generous, and he would give all the supplies and goods seized in every battle to his soldiers without hesitation.
It is precisely because of this that these soldiers willingly actively participate in labor and do not feel resentful.
With the efforts of everyone, Lexiang’s defense facilities are getting stronger day by day.
At the same time, Pan Zhang's troops under Taishi Ci and Zhao Yun left Jiangling first and took Liu Qi, Pang Tong and others to Sha Xian to meet with Liu Feng.
When Taishici's troops arrived in Shaxian, three exciting good news came one after another.
The first good news is that Jia Kui's troops have arrived downstream. The department is well-equipped, and has been replenishing its energy for a long time. Although there are many new recruits, after training, they have good combat power and can be fully engaged in the battle.
The second good news comes from the upper reaches of the Han River. Ganning's march was unstoppable, and it successively captured important strategic locations such as Zengshan, Hengsangkou, Zhukou, and Yangkou. The front of the army had advanced to Zhangshan.
However, due to limited troops, Gan Ning temporarily let Jingling City go.
The military strength in Jingling City was also short of power, but the local gentry and powerful people were loyal to Liu Biao. They gathered up a troops of two or three thousand people and mobilized two thousand young men to participate in the defense of the city. In the face of Gan Ning's persuasion to surrender , they chose to ignore it.
Ganning lacks military strength and can only be put on hold for the time being.
The third good news is that Xiakou has been successfully captured, and the defending general Lu Jie was killed in battle. More than half of the three thousand defenders in the city were injured and killed, and the battle was extremely tragic.
Fortunately, Zhou Yu's casualties were not high, with less than a thousand people. In the final analysis, Liu Feng gave Zhou Yu enough preparation time and provided new siege vehicles, catapults and other advanced attacking equipment.
As soon as Xiakou is taken down, the Han River will be completely blocked.
In this way, except for Yizhou, the source of the entire Yangtze River Basin, all other river surfaces fell into Liu Feng's hands.
When the troops gathered, Liu Feng held a meeting and swore a oath, and immediately led his troops into the Han River to the north.
Zhou Yu's troops left three thousand elite troops to station in Xiakou, and the remaining more than 10,000 people went west to Jiangling to deal with the defense.
Liu Feng personally led the entire army of the Burning Army, Pan Zhang's troops of the Wanlan Army, Jia Kui's troops, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin's troops entered the Han River north and headed towards Xiangyang. At the same time, due to the fact that all the elite troops were exposed, Liu Feng also sent a letter to Liu Bei, asking him to allocate 10,000 troops to station in the north and south of the Yangtze River, and to the east of Jiang.
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As soon as dawn broke, the dull sound of war drums echoed like rolling thunder, roaring and echoing between the earth.
Outside the city, the siege army surged like a black tide, and dense soldiers carried the ladders and pushed the siege cars, approaching step by step towards the city wall.
Because of the tight time, there was no counterweight catapult except for a small number of cannons that accompanied the army, but even this cannon was enough to suppress the archers in Jingling City.
On the city wall, the soldiers guarding the city hid behind the battlements, holding the weapons in their hands tightly, sweat slid down from their foreheads, their faces pale, but they had no time to take care of them. "Shoot the arrow!"
No mistakes, one song, one song, one content, one book, one book, one bar, one reading!
With a command, arrows on the city walls were fired, and they sprinkled like raindrops on the enemy troops rushing towards the city walls.
But these arrows have different strengths, and some fell to the ground halfway through, and the soldiers siege the city raised their shields to block them.
For a moment, the rain of arrows hit the shield, making a dense "bang" sound.
The siege car slowly approached the city wall, and the huge hammer hit the city gate one after another. Each impact made the city gate make a painful "creak" sound, as if it would collapse at any time.
The cloud ladder was also quickly raised, and the soldiers siege the city shouted and climbed up the cloud ladder.
Under the command of the officers, the soldiers guarding the city fought back with boiling oil and huge rocks. The hot boiling oil poured down, causing the soldiers on the ladder to scream.
The huge rock rolled down from the city wall, smashing the soldiers under the ladder to make them bloody.
On the battlefield, the shouts of killing and screams were intertwined, and blood stained the earth red.
Liu Feng stood on the high platform, looking at the soldiers in the distance and was deeply injured, and sighed in his heart that this was really a success of one general.
This Jingling City refuses to surrender, but his position is very important. If it cannot be taken down, not only will the subsequent supply fleet face the threat of this city, but also at critical moments, the guard here The army can also block the Han River.
This will bring a catastrophe to Liu Fengjun.
So, Liu Feng had to make up his mind and conquer the city without hesitation of casualties.
Pan Zhang waved the long sword in his hand and shouted loudly, inspiring the morale of the soldiers.
Wrapped in two layers of heavy armor, he had already arrived at the front line. If the officer below had not stopped him, he would have rushed to the front line to try to climb the city.
Pan Zhang's reputation in this life is much better than in his previous life.
First of all, Pan Zhang is now a confidant promoted by Liu Feng, and has been with him for a long time. He has made great progress and is no longer as greedy as in his previous life.
Although he still lives a luxurious life, enjoys money and enjoys wealth, Liu Feng rewards him with various warnings and many warnings, which made Pan Zhang never have any crazy things like killing his wealthy soldiers again. Now.
Pan Zhang is already quite capable of leading troops. A scumbag in the original time and space can bring out elite soldiers from Youjiangdong. The soldiers led by Pan Zhang in this life are obviously even more elite. , and his reputation in the army also increased.
So, seeing Pan Zhang on the front line of motivation, the Wanlan army under his command seemed to have taken medicine, fearless and launched an attack on the Jingling City Wall again.
Compared with this, the generals defending the city were much inferior.
Looking at the Wanlan Army, which was as clear as the tide but also surging, the general Jingling actually felt fearful. Even the command and response were bumpy, and soon, danger appeared on the city wall.
This cruel siege battle has just begun, but it seems that it has reached the end.
Soon, the first Liu Fengjun climbed the city, and then, soldiers of the Wanlan Army continued to rush to the top of the city.
Immediately afterwards, the soldiers of the Wanlan Army rushed up the city wall like a surging tide. Their figures spread rapidly on the city wall, with an unstoppable momentum.
In just half an hour, the Jingling defenders were like leaves swept by the wind, and were defeated like mountains of fallen.
On the city wall, Liu Feng's soldiers were completely occupied by the soldiers wearing red military uniforms. The flag of victory sounded violently in the wind, and their power began to expand rapidly towards the city.
When the gate of Jingling City was opened and Liu Feng's army swarmed in like a flood breaking through the dam, the end of the war was settled.
Originally, the people in Jingling City thought that the end of the world had arrived, and they were all frightened and could only hide at home, tremblingly waiting for the unknown fate, and their hearts were full of despair.
However, what shocked the people was that after Liu Feng's army entered the city, the military discipline was strict and there was no offense.
No soldier dared to break into a private house without authorization. They just controlled the traffic roads in the city in an orderly manner, chased the defeated enemy troops, confiscated the weapons of the surrendered soldiers, and sealed the records of the treasury.
The people were worried until the next day, they did not find any soldiers breaking into their homes. Then they gradually realized that the situation seemed to be very different from what they imagined, and their hearts were full of doubts and glory.
Of course, Liu Feng's kindness towards the people does not mean that he is a weak person who can be bullied, nor does it mean that the local gentry and powerful people in Jingling can also be forgiven like the people.
(This chapter ends)