Conquering Myriad Worlds from the Mythical Three Kingdoms

While Du Yu was deep in thought, the battle on the front lines continued, although Chen Dai and Zhu Ming had both returned to their camps.

However, the junior officers at the front continued to carry out Du Yu's orders and relentlessly attacked Xiangyang.

"Airbridge ready!"

After the Jin army's siege towers were wiped out by the Changshui guerrillas and the catapults failed to gain an advantage in their exchange of fire, the frontline commander ordered more siege equipment to be pushed up.

The defenders on the city wall clearly sensed the Jin army's determination to take Xiangyang in one fell swoop.

But what they felt was a stronger determination to defend the city.

"Open the top of the arrow tower and attack with the heavy ballistae!" Fu Tong shouted the order.

The Jin army's attack was so intense that he had to use more defensive equipment to cope with it.

Less than an hour has passed since the start of the battle, and without any build-up, it has gone straight into a heated phase.

The Jin army's momentum grew stronger as they prepared to crush the defenders in one fell swoop. Fu Tongchong fought valiantly on the front lines, but he still couldn't suppress the seemingly endless waves of attacks from the Jin army.

In many places, Jin soldiers had already climbed onto the city walls.

The flying bridge is essentially a ramp, a deadly weapon against relatively low city walls. This siege weapon allows attacking infantry to charge directly up the flying bridge.

Fu Tong had several vehicles smashed, but the problem remained unsolved. Du Yu's preparations were thorough, and he had a large reserve of supplies.

Du Yu knew Xiangyang City best, so the flying bridge posed the greatest threat, a fact Du Yu was well aware of.

He had, of course, prepared countermeasures within Xiangyang City, namely the heavy ballistae mounted on the arrow towers.

Fu Tong ordered the top of the arrow tower to be opened, allowing the heavy ballistae to unleash a devastating attack on the siege equipment.

The large-scale ballista bombardment greatly restricted the use of flying bridges. A single heavy crossbow bolt, upon hitting the siege weapon, would ignite and etch itself, enough to shatter the flying bridge instantly. Then, a dozen or so more were fired in succession, and the flying bridge was smashed to pieces.

The Jin army's offensive was halted for a moment. After a brief adjustment, they introduced a new batch of siege equipment, but this time they did not rush to advance.

"The positions are basically correct. It seems they haven't changed too many settings!" Du Yu glanced at the location of the heavy ballista and compared it with his city defense map. He immediately recognized the match.

"Prepare the catapults! Smash all these heavy ballistae!"

Du Yu knew how to destroy the defensive siege equipment he had set up himself.

After advancing the catapult to a position 100 meters, they immediately launched a catapult attack on the arrow tower on the city wall.

Under such circumstances, even though the tower was built very solidly, it could not withstand the catapults and was eventually crushed without any surprise.

The arc was calculated by Du Yu. Without Ma Liang and the others making any changes, the height and position specified by Du Yu allowed the catapult to easily destroy the heavy ballista on top of the arrow tower.

The catapults were also used as targets and bombarded because they were too close.

By the time the heavy ballistae on the city walls had all been removed, they had only a few catapults left to advance.

Du Yu's expression didn't change much; these were all necessary losses.

No one knew better than him how difficult the city defenses he had built were to deal with.

The exchange of equipment between the two sides was already an advantage for Du Yu in terms of understanding the city's defenses; otherwise, their losses would have been even greater.

The war intensified, and Jin soldiers climbed the city walls several times, only to be driven back by the defenders.

The two sides went back and forth, neither willing to back down an inch.

"General, the enemy's siege equipment seems to be more advanced than ours. Most of our siege equipment is now inferior to theirs!"

The scout handed the collected heavy crossbow bolts to Du Yu. The etched patterns on them made Du Yu nod in approval. He had to admit that the other side's etching technology was more advanced.

"Have we lost that much technology?" Du Yu pondered, holding a heavy crossbow bolt.

He had previously thought that the people opposite him were undead crawling out of history, but now it seemed that they had come from somewhere else.

This technology is definitely not from the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

"Continue the attack; the enemy shouldn't have many reserves left!" Du Yu said calmly.

No matter how amazing the opposing side is, they can't escape one problem: they have few soldiers and few generals.

No matter how advanced the technology is, time is still a factor. The other side could not possibly have stockpiled a large amount of war supplies. Most of what they have stockpiled will likely still be their own, with only a portion modified at most.

Therefore, Du Yu is not worried about the technological gap at all.

It's nothing more than using cannon fodder's lives to fill the gaps.

"Send these things back so the court can study them carefully!" Du Yu ordered the new legion to take over the battle while also having secret techniques prepared for the night battle to continue. Stopping was absolutely out of the question.

Regardless of the outcome, let's attack him for three days and three nights first.

Du Yu gazed at the city not far away, a city that was once as impregnable as a fortress, now bearing many scars.

"General Fu, how is the situation?" Ma Liang, under protection, climbed the city wall to inquire about Fu Tong's condition.

"The situation is not optimistic. Although our army repelled the first wave of the enemy's attack, the enemy's morale has not declined in the slightest. They are probably planning to launch a strong attack overnight!" Fu Tong reported truthfully.

He withstood the initial wave of attacks from Chen Dai and Zhu Ming, but the subsequent attacks continued relentlessly. He was forced to personally take to the battlefield, where he personally killed over a hundred people in order to barely maintain the city's defensive advantage.

"General Fu, you've worked hard!"

Ma Liang's expression became much more serious. If things continued like this, they were likely to run into serious trouble.

"I hope General Fu will hold on for one more day tonight. I will draw two thousand men from other directions to serve as reserves!"

"Prefect, please give me a straight answer. How many days do we have to hold out before we get reinforcements?" Fu Tong wasn't sure either. After a day of fighting, he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.

After all, the enemy kept coming in like a tide, and there was no one in Xiangyang who could hold the city back.

He knew himself that he was just an average general, and it would be too difficult for him to take on the responsibility of defending Xiangyang.

"General Fu, rest assured, the first wave of reinforcements will arrive within three days!" Ma Liang reassured Fu Tong.

"Since that's the case, then I'll just go for it and hold on a little longer!" Fu Tong felt a little more at ease.

The most frightening thing in war is being isolated and helpless. As long as there are reinforcements, one can feel more at ease.

After calming down, Fu Tong immediately realized that she shouldn't have questioned Ma Liang, since Ma Liang was the governor of Xiangyang.

"Please forgive me, Prefect. I am merely unsettled and have no intention of fearing battle!"

"It's alright. With a formidable enemy at hand, I understand your concerns, General, which is why I've come here specifically to offer my advice!"

After reassuring Fu Tong, Ma Liang returned to the city. The Jin army's siege consisted of a main attack, a feint attack, and a rearguard action that remained hidden.

The pressure from this psychological warfare is indeed immense.

"Shamoke, whether it will succeed or not depends on tomorrow!" Ma Liang returned to the command post, looking at the markings on the map, his heart filled with disappointment.

Despite his nonchalant demeanor in front of Fu Tong, he was actually quite uncertain about the situation.

From the moment the enemy launched their fierce attack, he was grateful that he had heeded Ma Su's advice and sent Shamoke out beforehand as a surprise attack. Otherwise, they would be like trapped beasts, constantly being worn down by the enemy until their army was defeated and the city fell.

Meanwhile, Shamoke, who was being talked about, was currently carrying out a super flanking maneuver, intending to cut off the Jin army's supply lines and attack their rear at the same time.

When the Jin army came from the north, their transport troops could only come from the north as well.

In order to exert pressure and guard against the Yangtze River, Du Yu adopted a crescent-shaped encirclement.

The pressure on the city was immense, but it also provided Shamoke with a stage to perform on.

Led by Shamok, thousands of people made their way to the vicinity of the northern grain route. There were transit camps along the way to transport the grain, as taking turns to transport the grain would save more time and effort.

Du Yu certainly had people protecting him, but Shamoke was not someone anyone could stop.

"Break it for me!"

Shamoke blasted open the gate of the grain transport camp with a single blow, and then led his troops in a powerful charge into the camp, which had been awakened by the roar and was now in chaos.

After shattering the camp gate with a single blow, Shamoke was enveloped in a powerful light. He then slashed fiercely at the patrol team before roaring and launching an attack on the entire camp.

In an instant, the entire camp was thrown into chaos.

Shamoke took the lead, unleashing his ferocity from the moment he stepped into the camp. His swirling mace turned any soldier who dared to stand in his way into a bloody mist.

After breaking through the patrolling soldiers blocking his way, Shamok went on a killing spree within the camp.

"You worthless traitor! Prepare to die!"

Just as Shamoke was rampaging recklessly, a Jin army general roared and led more than a dozen cavalrymen toward Shamoke.

It is magnificent, like a runaway train.

"I am Shamoke, the barbarian king of the Five Streams! Watch me kill you!" Shamoke's inner energy erupted with flames, and his legion talent covered all the barbarians of his tribe.

All the barbarians felt a tremendous force surge from their bodies, and they roared as they charged at the soldiers around them.

At this moment, Shamoke's momentum reached its peak, his arm muscles bulged wildly, and his physique became even taller than the officer on horseback.

"boom!"

Like Mount Tai falling, Shamoke grabbed his spiked club and smashed it fiercely against the Jin army officers.

The unparalleled power utterly crushed all obstacles, and in an instant, both man and horse were shattered. The blood mist stained Shamoke's entire body crimson, making his already rugged appearance even more terrifying.

No one in the Jin army dared to step forward again; Shamoke destroyed all obstacles with his absolute, ferocious power.

Shamoke and his men had a hearty meal in the camp, then burned it down and rushed towards the rear of the Jin army without stopping.

However, the Jin army's intelligence was much faster. Du Yu had set up a flawless network that could accurately monitor intelligence within a 50-mile radius of Xiangyang.

Even though Shamoke personally acted as a scout and wiped out all the scouts who discovered them, sometimes losing contact is also a form of contact.

"The grain transport camp has lost contact, and more than thirteen squads in the north have failed to report within the stipulated time..."

"Is the enemy advancing this way?"

Looking at the intelligence gathered in his hand, Du Yu immediately guessed what had happened.

"This is getting a bit troublesome..."

Du Yu was a bit of a headache. He had planned everything perfectly, and had arranged for someone to use their internal energy to transport grain. This person was already considered a brave and fierce general in the Jin army, but he was killed just like that.

Although there is no definite information yet, Du Yu knows very well that the time it takes to reach the camp with the speed of internal energy leaving the body will be very fast. Since he has not seen the other party yet, there is an 80% chance that he is already dead.

"Could it be that secret force that we couldn't find no matter how hard we looked, which infiltrated our rear to cut off our supply lines and attack our rear?"

"The idea is good, but it's a pity it was exposed too early!"

Du Yu estimated Shamok's advance speed and immediately determined Shamok's location.

"Are they hiding in the dense forest because they're afraid of our cavalry?"

Du Yu frowned slightly. If he paid attention, the other side could advance and retreat freely; if he ignored them, who knew what kind of trouble they might cause.

If they were really attacked from behind, they simply couldn't handle it.

"Hmph, it's just a trick after all. I'll crush it with my regular troops!"

Du Yu mobilized 30,000 men to surround the direction where Shamoke might be.

It won't fight you, it'll just squat down next to you and watch you.

Deep behind enemy lines, even if they manage to seize some food, they are destined to have little stored reserves. As long as they hold out, they will inevitably force Shamoke to retreat.

Shamok led his troops in a charge, but finding the enemy forces overwhelming, he decisively retreated northwards and returned to their positions near the supply route.

A message was sent to Ma Liang that they had cut off the supply route.

"Great!" Ma Liang exclaimed excitedly as he slammed his hand on the table after seeing the intelligence.

Shamoke's cutting off of the supply lines gave them a much-needed reprieve, and Ma Liang quickly arranged for people to distribute the printed leaflets to the Jin army.

"What a bluff!"

When Du Yu saw the flyer, he knew something was wrong; the other side was actually playing this kind of deceptive trick.

They didn't lack food to begin with, and it was harmless for Shamoke to cut off the supply lines. Besides, Shamoke had already been driven away, and the supply lines would be restored soon.

But in Ma Liang's words, it was as if the army was about to run out of food.

"Those who capture Xiangyang within three days will each be rewarded with one hundred gold pieces!"

Du Yu opened the granaries to distribute grain, stabilizing morale with facts. At the same time, he offered a large sum of money, which made the Jin army attack the city even more fiercely.

Shamoke's victory gave a strong boost to the morale of the barbarians and soldiers in Xiangyang.

A major battle is all about morale, and now that Shamoke has won outside, it is naturally a huge boost to the morale of those inside the city.

On the other hand, the Jin army, after two days of fierce attacks, failed to capture the city and was further demoralized by Ma Liang's rumors, which made them seem to lack momentum.

Du ordered his deputy to continue the siege, while he himself would only lead a few elite troops to lure and kill Shamoke.

Since morale was boosted by Shamoke, he only needed to kill Shamoke to demoralize the city of Xiangyang.

But Du Yu did not expect that Shamoke, relying on his beast-like intuition, would directly evade the trap he had set and escape from the encirclement.

After all that effort, aside from driving Shamoke north, they gained very little.

But just as Ma Liang would spread rumors, so would Du Yu.

He shot the ornaments of the slain barbarians into the city and sent messengers to announce that the Jin army had defeated Shamoke. (End of Chapter)