Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1154 Return the favor
On the first day of the Jiangdong army's siege, hundreds of people rushed onto the city walls. Although they were eventually killed under Wu Yi's personal command, the high momentum and results still boosted the confidence of the Jiangdong soldiers.

That night, Meng Da personally led 2,000 soldiers to raid the camp.

However, Zhou Yu had anticipated this and set a trap beforehand, causing Meng Da to lose many soldiers and nearly be captured alive. In the end, he barely escaped back to the city with the desperate protection of hundreds of his personal soldiers.

As a result, the morale of the Jiangdong army became even stronger.

On the second day, when the sky in the east just began to turn pale, Cheng Pu had already led his troops to charge to the city of Nanzheng. The soldiers were full of murderous intent and their eyes were bloodshot, and it was obvious that they could not wait any longer.

"Soldiers, charge and capture this city!"

Following Cheng Pu's order, the 3,000 men in the vanguard rushed up the city wall in an orderly formation.

Rolling stones, logs, and rain of arrows all fell towards the Jiangdong soldiers. For a moment, wailing sounds were heard everywhere, and figures fell from the city walls one after another. The scene was indescribable.

A few hours later, corpses had piled up like a mountain outside the city of Nanzheng. Although most of them were soldiers from Jiangdong, there were also many bodies of the Han army in the city.

"My lord, three of the heavy crossbows on the city wall have been destroyed. The remaining ones are not as powerful as before. I think they don't have many arrows left. It's just past noon now, and the soldiers on both sides are exhausted. In my opinion, my lord should order General Cheng to retreat and have people light fires and cook. Seeing this, the enemy will surely relax. Then my lord can personally lead the soldiers who have not participated in the battle and attack the city with all their strength. In this way, we can capture Nanzheng before sunset."

Zhou Yu's suggestion was obviously very much to Sun Ce's liking, and he was delighted to hear it.

"Gongjin's plan is exactly what I want. Pass the order down, call back the troops, and then light a fire and cook!"

The defenders in the city were already exhausted, their arms aching from fighting for so long, and they only held on thanks to their willpower and the intimidation of General Wu Yi's military orders.

Now that they saw the other side withdrawing, everyone felt relieved, and the soldiers who had been so mighty just now instantly collapsed.

Wu Yi frowned when he saw this. There was really a huge gap between these Yizhou soldiers and the elite troops that His Highness Liu Zheng brought from Luoyang. He was about to scold them but was stopped by the deputy general.

"General, you see, the enemy's rear troops are already lighting fires. It seems that they are really going to withdraw and rest. However, I think they will continue to attack the city in the afternoon. Our army should eat as soon as possible to recover their strength and deal with the subsequent battle situation."

Wu Yi nodded slightly: "Well, pass the order down, the whole army will be divided into two groups, take turns to eat, and the city defense must not be relaxed."

Although he gave such an order, the daily training of the Yizhou army was far less strict than that of the Han army in Luoyang. The four words "obey orders and prohibitions" could only be achieved by 70% or 80% in the Yizhou army.

Therefore, of the half of soldiers left on the city wall, only a small number were still standing and looking outside the city. Most of the others put down their weapons, and some even took off their armor, took out their water bags and drank from them in big gulps, looking very casual.

"General, you should also eat some dry food."

The deputy general handed over two multi-grain cakes and a bowl of millet porridge. After Wu Yi took them, he stuffed the multi-grain cake into his mouth, chewed it with the millet porridge, and swallowed it.

He stared at the Jiangdong military camp outside the city with his eyes fixed, his brows full of confusion.

"Your Highness and that kid Kong Ming often mentioned that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were by no means ordinary people, and that Lu Su was also quite strategic, and they told me to be careful in dealing with them. Now it seems that although the Jiangdong Army is brave and well-commanded, they are not invincible. However, Your Highness has fought against that villain Sun Ce many times, so it is reasonable not to speak nonsense and encourage the enemy's morale..."

As he was thinking about this, he suddenly heard a soldier shouting anxiously.

"The enemy...the enemy is attacking again!"

Wu Yi was suddenly startled. He had just lost his mind, but he quickly came to his senses and looked outside the city.

Sun Ce actually led the Jiangdong army, which had not participated in the battle for two days, and rushed towards the city wall with murderous intent.

Wu Yi was so frightened at this moment that his scalp felt numb.

"What a thief! He actually planned his attack so well! Quick, arrange defenses for the city..."

After all, Sun Ce's injuries had not yet healed, so he did not lead the troops at the beginning. However, Zhou Tai personally led the team to attack the city. The morale of the Jiangdong army was high, and the soldiers defending the city had just let down their guard. They were naturally difficult to resist if they rushed into the battle at this moment.

Even though Wu Yi personally wielded his sword and killed many enemy soldiers who climbed up the city wall, he was still unable to stop the Jiangdong army from climbing up in an endless stream.

After an hour of fierce fighting, Cheng Pu and his soldiers had finished their meal and rested, and joined the battle again. As a result, the city defenders were even more stretched.

By the time the sun was setting and gradually approaching the top of the western mountain, thousands of Jiangdong soldiers had arrived on the city wall to fight.

"Hold on, and kill the enemy with me!"

Wu Yi fought hard and shouted to boost morale, but before he could make any achievements, he suddenly heard a loud noise coming from the city gate below, which made his face turn pale.

"Haha, great! The city gate has been broken, follow me and charge in!"

Sun Ce was extremely excited. He had been unable to contain himself any longer. He waved the Overlord Spear and rushed out himself.

"My lord, no!"

Lu Su suddenly stood in front of Sun Ce, which seemed to pour a bucket of cold water on Sun Ce's enthusiasm and made him very unhappy.

"Why did Zi Jing stop me?"

However, Lu Su's face was full of worry: "My lord, I'm afraid there is an ambush in the city. Zhuge Liang is so wise, but our army has been attacking the city for two days and he has never shown up. Isn't this strange?" After hearing this, Sun Ce was a little hesitant at first, but his hesitation was quickly covered up by excitement.

"Humph, Zhuge Liang is just a young boy. It's not surprising that he doesn't dare to show up in the face of such a mighty army. What's more, he is just a scholar. What can he do if he goes up to the tower in person? Zijing, you are worrying too much."

Lu Su still stood in front and refused to leave: "My lord, don't be careless. The more critical the moment, the more cautious you should be. Otherwise, the work of more than a month will be ruined in an instant. Isn't it a pity?"

Zhou Yu also stepped forward and said, "Although what Zijing said may not be true, it does make some sense. Your Majesty is a precious person and should not take risks lightly. General Cheng and I should lead the army to attack the city. If we fail, your Majesty and Zijing can also support us outside the city."

Sun Ce shook his head repeatedly: "No, no, Gongjin's arrow wound has not healed yet, and your martial arts are not as good as mine, so I'd better go."

Lu Su looked at Zhou Yu with a sad look and was about to persuade him again, but was interrupted by Zhou Yu.

"My lord, do not hesitate. I am not as good as you in charging into battle. But you are not as good as me in dealing with emergencies. I am the most suitable person to handle this matter. That day, that unknown soldier shot me with an arrow. It was such a great humiliation that I, Zhou Yu, must avenge. My lord, please do not stop me."

Seeing that he was determined, Sun Ce stopped arguing and said, "Since that's the case, Gongjin will go there in person. I will lead 20,000 soldiers and horses and support them outside the city at any time. After we capture this city, Gongjin will be the first to achieve the credit. The person who shot the arrow that day, as well as Wu Yi, Zhuge Liang and others, will all be in your hands to avenge our previous humiliation."

"Thank you, my lord. Don't worry, Hanzhong will be yours today. Hahaha!"

After saying this, Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu each led their troops and rushed towards the city gate.

On the city wall, Wu Yi and his soldiers were in a panic. They could no longer stop Zhou Tai from attacking the city wall, so they had to fight and retreat towards the bottom of the city wall and the other two city gates on both sides.

Zhou and Cheng quickly led the entire army into the city gate. Zhou Yu ordered his generals to take 3,000 people to the city wall to surround Wu Yi, while he and Cheng Pu ran towards different directions of the city.

"Hmm? Something seems to be wrong."

Zhou Yu noticed the abnormality at the first moment.

"Why is there not a single citizen in the city?"

The streets and houses were empty, with no one in sight, which gave Zhou Yu a bad feeling.

"Search the entire city and don't let any enemy go!"

Seeing that Wu Yi was being chased and blocked with no place to escape, the Jiangdong army seemed to have won the game. However, they suddenly heard bursts of shouting and killing coming from the direction of the other two city gates, which startled Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu.

Two teams of soldiers suddenly came towards the East Gate from the north and south gates. The Jiangdong Army, which had just been aggressively chasing Wu Yi, was now attacked from both sides and became panic-stricken.

"Fire arrows!"

The Han troops coming to support from both sides were dozens of feet away. They stood still, formed a battle formation, and then shot forward with crossbows.

Wu Yi and others were at the rear of the Jiangdong army. If they used longbows to shoot, there would inevitably be accidental injuries. But there would be no such concerns if they used crossbows to shoot directly.

Zhou Yu looked up at the scene and felt something was wrong, but after all, he was a famous general from Jiangdong and would not panic easily.

"Quick, pass the order down, let General Cheng lead the troops to control the city gate, and the rest of the soldiers, follow me to attack the towers from both sides and kill the enemy!"

Originally, Cheng Pu's qualifications in the Jiangdong army were far superior to Zhou Yu's, and Zhou Yu could not give him orders, but the situation was critical at the moment and he could not care less.

Cheng Pu naturally understood this, so he did not care about it and directly followed the instructions. He led his troops to turn around and rush back to the city gate that they had just rushed in.

However, just as he was about to reach the city gate, he suddenly heard a rumbling sound, and saw a heavy gate above the city gate slowly falling down, sealing the city gate.

Cheng Pu also reacted quickly: "Go up to the tower, control the mechanism, open the city gate, and let the lord lead the army to support us!"

Cheng Pu was about to charge towards the east gate, while Zhou Yu and his deputy general led their troops to the south and north respectively. The three parties worked together to try to seize control of the city gate and then surround and kill Wu Yi and the group of Han army reinforcements that had just appeared.

However, as they were still fighting to the death on the stairs that led up to the city wall, a hearty laugh suddenly rang out.

"Hehe, Zhou Gongjin, how are you?"

When Zhou Yu heard this, he was startled.

"Zhuge Kongming!"

Sure enough, he looked in the direction of the voice and saw Zhuge Liang, who had disappeared for two days, finally appearing in front of Zhou Yu on the south city wall not far away, surrounded by more than a dozen guards.

Along with him appeared a row of archers surrounding the three city walls, all pointing their bows and crossbows at the Jiangdong army in the city, but the arrows were all covered in flames.

Zhou Yu was shocked when he saw this and shouted: "Quick, withdraw from the east gate and join General Cheng, break through the city gate and withdraw from the city as soon as possible, quick!"

"Hahaha..." Zhuge Liang laughed and said, "Zhou Gongjin, you used fire attack to trick General Guan Yu and his Purple Gold Dragon Cavalry that day, and I will use the same method to deal with you today. General Su Wen is not only proficient in water battles, but also good at using fire attacks. As the saying goes, give them a taste of their own medicine. Today, I would like to ask the general for his comments."

After saying that, he waved his feather fan, and thousands of rockets were fired at once, like fire from the sky.

(End of this chapter)