Lu Dynasty

Chapter 721 Jiangling City

Wenpin stood on the top of the city and watched Liu Bei's intensive preparations to attack the city, he couldn't help but want to laugh.Jiangling City is also a fortified city, which was originally the seat of Jingzhou.Liu Biao moved his government office to Xiangyang because of the fact that there are many powerful families here and it is close to Jiangdong, but the city defense of Jiangling has never been relaxed.Because the aristocrats regard this place as a place for material transfer and trading, they attach great importance to Jiangling's city defense.Back then, the yellow turban bandits swept through several states of the Han Dynasty, and Jingzhou was also plagued by banditry. Even an important military town like Wancheng had changed hands repeatedly, but Jiangling was impregnable.With only 6 or [-] people, Liu Bei wants to take down Jiangling City, which has the same force. Isn't it just a dream?Unless he has internal support in Jiangling City!

Does Liu Bei have internal support in Jiangling City?Have!At least Liu Bei thinks so.But the internal response in Liu Bei's mind is impossible to do things that cooperate with the internal response and the external!Although Dong He has a good relationship with Zhuge Liang, and even closer with Liu Bei, he is a loyal minister.It is impossible for him to surrender when he can stick to it, and it is even more impossible for him to betray his old master by cooperating internally and externally.In the period of the Three Kingdoms, there were many courtiers who would rather die than surrender, and some courtiers who surrendered were either forced to, or had already been optimistic about the other party, and then waited for the other party's captives.A courtier like Chen Deng and Chen Yuanlong who dealt with several princes, although capable, was looked down upon by others, thinking that he had no integrity and loyalty!
The siege battle was brutal. Under the command of the generals, Liu Bei's soldiers climbed to Jiangling City with weapons on their shoulders and ladders.The walls of Jiangling City are ten meters high, and even the ladders are not long enough.But the soldiers had no choice but to climb up the city desperately.The defenders on the city were not to be outdone, they used various tools to push out the ladders, rolled wood and lightning stones, and kept hitting Liu Beijun's head.A long arrow shot through and killed Liu Bei's soldiers mercilessly like raindrops.Of course, the Jiangling defenders also suffered heavy casualties under Liu Bei's onslaught.Above and below the city, there was mourning, everywhere there was the sound of the clash of weapons, the wailing of people, and the dull crash of heavy objects falling to the ground.

Looking at the tenacious resistance on the city, Liu Bei was a little surprised.He knew very well the level of the Jingzhou army, that is, a bunch of mobs.But now it is this gang of mobs who forcibly suppressed his [-] elite under the city of Jiangling.Although the Jingzhou army has the support of the city, in Liu Bei's mind, these pampered old soldiers should be vulnerable even in the city.Suddenly, Liu Bei saw Wenpin at the top of the city. Looking at Wenpin's tall and straight figure, Liu Bei seemed to understand what turned these vulnerable Jingzhou soldiers into tigers and wolves.

The battle became more and more fierce, and Liu Bei was very distressed when he saw his soldiers dying in battle. This was his wealth that he had accumulated for a long time.If this continues, before he takes Jiangling, his entire army will be wiped out.As Liu Bei's brothers, Shamoke and Wei Yan understood Liu Bei's thoughts very well, and they immediately understood Liu Bei's expression.Sha Moke and Wei Yan looked at each other and nodded. They got off their horses, picked up their weapons, and took a large shield. Under the guard of their own soldiers, they marched towards Jiangling City.

Sha Moke and Wei Yan are worthy of being fierce generals. Under the protection of their own soldiers, they easily climbed to the top of the city.When Wenpin saw someone boarding the city, he immediately led his troops to stop it.Can Wenpin be the opponent of Wei Yan and Sha Moke?In this way, Wenpin was in danger of being killed. If his personal guards hadn't fought with their lives, he would have died under the joint efforts of Wei Yan and Sha Moke.However, because of this, Wenpin can be regarded as holding back Sha Moke and Wei Yan.

Liu Bei looked at the scorching battle and hated Wenpin in his heart. If Wenpin hadn't come to guard Jiangling with many things, he would have already been sitting in Jiangling city.There were fewer and fewer soldiers around Sha Moke and Wei Yan. Liu Bei could lose troops, but he couldn't lose these two brothers. He sighed and asked Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.Hearing their side Mingjin, Shamoke and Wei Yan gave Wenpin a vicious look, and then jumped off the city wall.Of course, they didn't jump down directly, but they helped the ladder and jumped on the corpses below the city.Otherwise, if you jump off the ten-meter-high city wall, that's not retreat, it's suicide!

Back in the camp, Liu Bei, Shamoke, Wei Yan, and Zhuge Liang sat opposite each other. Shamoke and Wei Yan didn't even change their clothes, and there were bloodstains on their bodies. Only the armor was washed by the school.In the big tent, there was a strong smell of blood, coupled with the dull atmosphere, it made people feel a little suffocated.In fact, Zhuge Liang wanted to persuade Liu Bei to retreat, because he could see that Jiangling City had become a bone that could not be gnawed on. If he insisted on attacking, he would definitely lose his troops.But Samoke and Wei Yan were staring at each other, Zhuge Liang couldn't speak up, and let Liu Bei go back like this, Liu Bei was not reconciled, because Dong He hadn't shown up yet.

After being dull for a long time in the big tent, Liu Bei suddenly smiled and said, "Second and third brothers, let's see what you are like, go down and wash quickly, you don't look like a general with this blood and dirt!" Now that Liu Bei has ordered, Shamo Ke and Wei Yan looked at each other and went down to wash.Watching the two leave, Liu Bei smiled at Zhuge Liang and said, "Military Master, Wen Zhongye is worthy of being a general. Under the joint efforts of his second and third younger brothers, he was able to escape with his life. How about we contact General Dong He and ask him to cooperate internally and externally?"

Zhuge Liang knew Dong He's character well, and he was not optimistic about Liu Bei's strategy of coordinating internally and externally.But Zhuge Liang also had a little bit of luck in his mind. What if Liu Bei's status in Dong He's mind was higher than his degree of loyalty to Liu Biao, or Dong He felt that Liu Bei and Liu Biao were originally brothers, and now Liu Bei was assisting Liu Qi and dedicating Jiangling to Liu Bei Doesn't count as a betrayal of the master, but promises Liu Bei to cooperate with the inside and outside?Zhuge Liang thought for a while and said, "My lord, General Dong is loyal. If you want him to turn against you, it will be very difficult. However, with the relationship between the lord and General Dong, we can give it a try. It's just that we need to prevent him from doing whatever he wants. After all, we and General Dong Still the enemy!"

Zhuge Liang's opinion was very sound, and Liu Bei was very satisfied and said: "What the military adviser said is reasonable. Although we have contacted General Dong, we can't stop our strategy of attacking the west. It is not as safe as relying on others to send us off!"

Looking at the confident Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang suddenly left his seat and bowed to Liu Bei: "My lord, Liang has something to say, if I offend you, please forgive me!"

Zhuge Liang seldom talked to Liu Bei so seriously, Liu Bei knew that Zhuge Liang must have noticed something, so he said with a smile: "If you have something to say, the military master, just speak out, and be ready to listen!"

(End of this chapter)