Three Kingdoms, I'm really not a general!

Chapter 125 Before the decisive battle
The city wall is high and steep.

The Jiangling City was crowded with people.

Whenever Lu Meng thought of Xing Daorong, he couldn't help but blame Zhou Tai.

If Zhou Tai had killed Xing Daorong with a single blow back then, none of this would have happened!
But he couldn't just run back to Jiangdong and drag Zhou Tai out to question him about what he was thinking at the time. The only thing he had to do now was to fight to the death.

The first battle is the decisive battle!

Xing Daorong remained calm when he saw the Wu army swarming outside Jiangling City and catapults in the distance.

Although it was the first time he saw a catapult, as the commander-in-chief, he must not show any nervous expression.

In fact, catapults have existed since ancient times.

The cart was made of a large log as its bed, with four wheels placed underneath, a single log standing in the middle, and a nest at the front end filled with stones, which people pulled and threw.

Because of its loud sound, it is also called thunder chariot and thunder chariot.

The most famous one is the Thunderbolt Chariot invented by Liu Ye of Cao Wei to attack Yuan Shao’s tower.

But in fact, Liu Ye only improved the Thunderbolt Chariot to a certain extent, which does not mean that this thing was only available in Cao Wei.

Although the Eastern Wu's Thunderbolt Chariot may not be as good as Liu Ye's improved version in terms of distance, frequency and power, it is obviously a deadly force in siege battles.

Especially when the catapults roared past and bricks and stones on the city walls flew everywhere, the sense of destruction was especially terrified for the defenders.

And didn’t you see Mi Fang’s expression change?

Especially when the ladders were set up, Mi Fang became even more frightened when he saw the Wu army rushing towards the city wall like locusts without regard for their lives.

Even next to Xing Daorong, he asked in a trembling voice: "General, can we hold this?"

Xing Daorong cursed Mi Fang in his heart for being so useless.

Given his cowardly appearance, it's no wonder he surrendered directly back then.

But the key point at the moment is not to let his cowardly behavior spread to the whole army. Xing Daorong just sneered and said, "Back then, the 30,000-strong army of the Eastern Wu used the pass of the State of Guo as a pretext to attack, and General Zhou Yu personally led the attack on Jiangling. At that time, did General Mi know how many troops I had?"

Mi Fang had naturally heard this story before, and his expression immediately improved a little as he said, "I know that. There are only 3,000 soldiers and horses in the city."

Xing Daorong nodded slightly, and then said in his sneering and disdainful tone: "Not bad! Three thousand troops directly captured Gan Ning and killed Zhou Yu back to Jiangdong!"

"Right now I have 6,000 soldiers in the city, and there is only Lu Meng outside the city. He is coming with my defeated general Gan Ning to attack. How can I be afraid of him?"

"Kill him once more, and let Lü Meng follow Zhou Yu!"

After hearing Xing Daorong's decisive words, Mi Fang felt a lot more at ease.

Yes!

When Zhou Yu came to attack Jiangling, he returned empty-handed, let alone a mere Lu Meng now?
Besides, we now have twice as many soldiers and horses guarding the city as before, and there are still so many Wu troops outside. No matter how you look at it, there is no reason why we can't defend it!

Thinking of this, Mi Fang's fear immediately dissipated a lot, and his expression became much more relaxed.

But he said, "General Xing, I'll go check the fortifications. I'll leave the city to you."

Xing Daorong knew that Mi Fang was too timid to stay on the city wall, and that his claim of going to check the fortifications was purely an excuse for himself.

But he didn't care. There was no point in keeping Mi Fang in the city.

Besides, he wasn't telling the truth.

It is true that at the moment, he has more troops than when Zhou Yu first came to fight, but the situation is completely different.

He fought for a whole night, and Zhou Yu hurried back because his home in Chaisang was about to be robbed.

That's right. It was a very hard fight at the beginning. Even if it weren't for Chen Ying's sacrifice, Zhou Yu would have almost succeeded.

Not to mention that at that time, Zhou Yu did not have siege machinery such as catapults in order to pass through the state of Guo, which was completely different from the current situation.

Just saying these would only make Mi Fang more timid and would not inspire him to fight to the death.

In this case, it would be better to let this guy be at ease so as not to cause any hindrance.

He immediately waved his hand and told Mi Fang to leave, not caring where this guy went.
"General! The city over there can't hold out!" A shout brought Xing Daorong back to his senses.

Looking at the time, only half an hour had passed since Lu Meng launched the fierce attack, and the city walls were already unable to hold out.

His heart sank, and he personally went to kill the enemy.

...

But when Jiangling was fighting to the death, a troop of 4,000 men was heading towards Jiangling.

This is a military horse from Jingnan.

The leader was none other than Zhao Fan, the governor of Guiyang.

Logically speaking, Zhao Fan definitely didn't need to be so careful when traveling inside Jingzhou, but in fact, the closer he got to Jiangling, the more careful he became.

When they were still twenty miles away from Jiangling, scouts came to report that Jiangling was under attack by the Jiangdong army.

This news still shocked Zhao Fan even though he was prepared.

Jiang Ling was really beaten!

Although Zhao Fan was somewhat incredulous when he received Kuai Qi's letter, because it concerned Xing Daorong, he only hesitated a little and still led all the troops and horses out.

Unexpectedly, a fight really broke out in Jiangling!

Zhao Fan had never encountered such a situation before.

But he soon realized that his support force had become the key.

But if you ask him to lead the troops to fight, it would really be putting him in a difficult position.

So Zhao Fan stopped halfway and started thinking of a solution.

Think of a way to break the siege of Jiangling without actually going in and fighting with real weapons.
On the city wall, Xing Daorong had been killing for a whole hour.

"Kill! Kill all these Jiangdong rats!"

"Don't be afraid! The general is still ahead, what are you afraid of!"

"Where are the people? Is there anyone left?"

After an hour of siege, there were corpses everywhere on and under the city walls of Jiangling.

Of course, Jiangdong’s losses must have been greater than Jiangling’s.

After all, Jiangdong is the one attacking the city, so it will definitely suffer some losses.

But Lu Meng had no intention of stopping. When he saw that both sides were almost exhausted, he thought it was time for a fierce attack!

Just as he was about to give the order, Gan Ning came to report: "Commander-in-chief, the enemy is at the end of its strength. I will go to attack the city and will definitely be the first to reach the top of the city!"

Of course, Lu Meng could see that the opponent was no longer able to fight, but he still needed a sharp knife to pierce through the last bit of defense.

Of course, Lu Meng was well aware of Gan Ning's abilities.

Looking at Jiangling City from afar, it seemed as if I saw Zhou Yu’s high-spirited self when he had just taken over Jiangling.

Jiangling...is also the pain of all Jiangdong people.

It carries the wishes of too many people.

Taking a deep breath, Lu Meng's eyes flashed with an extremely determined look.

But he said: "Order all the soldiers and horses attacking the city to come down, and after one stick of incense, follow General Gan to fight to the death!"

"How many people are there? Go up!"

"Whoever steps down, I'll chop him down!"

(End of this chapter)