The Jagged Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 431 The Battle of Jiangling
Zhou Tai knew that his mission this time was a failure.He was angry in his heart, and had no intention of continuing to negotiate, so he immediately turned his horse's head and ran back to the main formation.

Soon, Zhou Tai's army resounded with the sound of war drums.Then, the sound of war drums came from all directions in Jiangling City.It seems that Soochow's army is about to launch an attack.

In Yu Jin's heart, he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.He really had a feeling of congratulations. With his quick wit, he finally stopped the possibility that the army's morale might collapse.However, how long can the news of Guan Yu's death be concealed in the city?Of course Yu Jin had no confidence in his heart, but it was better to take one step at a time.

So Yu Jin immediately turned to face the Drum Tower and shouted loudly: "Beat the drums! The whole army is ready for battle, the enemy is coming to attack the city!"

Sure enough, soon, the Wu army under the city took the shield soldiers as the front, protected the ladder troops in a neat formation, and stepped forward across the frozen moat.Although they weren't moving fast, the way they approached the city wall step by step was really stressful.

At this time, Wu Jun finally entered the range of the archery team.The sunlight coming from the east pulled the rows of soldiers of the Wu army into a slanted and pointed shadow on the ground.

Yu Jin immediately nodded to Liu He, and Liu He immediately understood.He took two steps forward and walked to Yu Jin's side, but his figure was a little shorter than Jin's.

Liu He drew out his saber, held it up high, and shouted loudly: "All archers, hold on!" It seemed that the first wave of shooting by Liu He's archers was going to be a volley.

Sure enough, after Wu Jun's formation moved forward about ten feet, Liu He immediately shouted loudly: "Archer team, shoot four salvos, let go!"

As a result, the sound of the shaking of the bowstring and the sound of the long arrow flying out could be heard incessantly.The long arrows in the sky drew countless upward routes in the air, then turned around and rushed towards the enemy formation below.

Then, countless puffs sounded like a storm falling to the ground: countless long arrows shot at the shield.

Although the Yunti troops were guarded by shield soldiers, but because there were too many long arrows and too dense, some arrows still passed through the gaps between the shields and hit the human body below, causing a lot of screams.

But for Wu Jun, such a loss is actually very small, and it is impossible to cause any impact.Their array is still approaching the city wall resolutely and slowly, like a tortoise covered in shells.

In fact, before this, Wu Jun's attack method was not like this.They originally thought that Jiangling City should be unprepared for the sudden attack of their own army and the Jingzhou Army's focus on the front line of Nanyang County.Therefore, they wanted to attack quickly to exhaust the arrows in the city.

But in the ensuing battle, they suddenly discovered that the enemy army in the city seemed to have inexhaustible long arrows.Every time they attack, the enemy will first greet them with bows and arrows like a rainstorm, and they don't even want to use them sparingly.How did they know that Liu Chan had already stockpiled hundreds of thousands of long arrows in the city, waiting for their arrival.

At this time, Liu He saw four waves of bows and arrows, which was obviously not enough, and immediately added four waves of shooting.The bows and arrows on the city shot more and more urgently, and the casualties caused to the Wu army continued to increase.

Standing in the back, Zhou Tai saw the situation in front of him, and he saw it clearly. He felt that the enemy's bow and arrow team was shooting too fiercely.He immediately ordered all the strong bow troops in his army to go forward to suppress the enemy archers at the top of the city.Hopefully this should reduce the pressure on the Ladder Troops.

After receiving the order, Jiangdong's strong bow troops ran out quickly towards the city under the leadership of an army Sima.They all use reinforced longbows, the bow body is about a quarter longer than ordinary bows, and the shooting range is farther than ordinary bows.

This kind of longbow can only be pulled by a strongman in the army, and it can completely shoot at the archers of the Jingzhou Army at the head of the city, without giving the opponent an advantage in range because they are condescending.Therefore, there are not many personnel in the Strongbow Troop, only about 400 in total.

Then, under the order of the army commander, a rain of arrows flew from the strong bow troops and rushed to the top of the city.Yu Jin had seen the power of this strong bow army many times, and immediately ordered the swordsmen to step forward to protect the archers.

All I could hear was a popping sound from the top of the city.The long arrows of the enemy's strong bow troops shot into the shields in the hands of the soldiers at the top of the city, or fell on the top of the city, and only a few of them fell outside the city.

With the appearance of the strong bow troops, it is true that the shooting speed of the bow and arrow troops of the Jingzhou Army has been greatly affected.Correspondingly, the pressure faced by Wu Jun's ladder troops has also become much smaller, the speed of advancement has also become much faster, and the number of casualties has almost disappeared.

After the two sides exchanged shots for several rounds, Wu Jun's first ladder approached the city wall and was quickly erected.Then, the ladder troop began to climb up one after another along the ladder.

At this point, the strong bow troops of the Wu army had finally completed the task assigned to them by Zhou Tai. Under the leadership of the army commander, they divided into two columns and retreated from both sides of the battlefield to the rear.Therefore, at this time, Zhou Tai had already dispatched troops to advance from the front of the battlefield to support the Yunti troops.

Yu Jin's expression remained unchanged at this time, and his eyes even showed a strong fierce light because of this, it seemed that the enemy's offensive had aroused his murderous nature.

Yu Jin watched fearlessly, and Zhou Tai's side swarmed over to support the Wu army, shouting loudly: "The bow and arrow team retreats to rest, and the defenders step forward. Use thunder stones and rolling logs to attack!"

Upon hearing the order, the archery team immediately turned around with the sword players, and quickly retreated towards the female wall.

The soldiers on the city wall yelled loudly, moved the rolling stones and logs that had been prepared at the top of the city over the battlements, and smashed them down. A pile of cold corpses.

However, the soldiers of the Wu army were really brave, and those behind followed them imperfectly, stepping on the stones and blood stains all over the ground, struggling to climb up.

However, of course the Jingzhou army is not afraid, there are plenty of materials prepared in the city and at the top of the city.If the rolling stones and wood are not enough, according to Shizi, the houses of the common people near the city wall will be given reasonable compensation or rebuilt later, and then demolished and used as rolling stones!

But an hour later, Wu Jun still attacked the city with a surging attack.

Yu Jin snorted coldly in his nose. He had already made thorough preparations for this, and several teams of heavily armed melee soldiers behind him had been waiting for a long time to attack.

Yu Jin immediately waved his hand to Bao Xin, a lieutenant in charge of the army, and shouted loudly: "The melee troops attack, attack!"

Lei Shi's troops retreated immediately, while the melee troops rushed forward to fight the enemy.

Since there were not many enemy troops on the top of the city at this time, the melee troops of the Jingzhou Army had an absolute advantage in numbers.They slashed around the enemy army, and quickly destroyed the capital.However, the enemy army was always brave, and many people climbed to the top of the city.

Therefore, in the next more than an hour, Yu Jin replaced the melee troops twice, and even sent out crossbowmen to snipe and kill the officers of the enemy army, so that the Wu army still failed to occupy the city.

The fighting in other directions was equally fierce.

At this time, in the battle of the whole city, the Wu army had already lost nearly 1000 people, and the Jingzhou army had also lost more than 300 people. During such a period of time, the damage rate of both sides exceeded the level of previous siege wars since the siege.It can be seen the intensity of this war.

(End of this chapter)