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Chapter 409 Battle of the Lujiang River (3)

In the past half a month, both the people in the city and the Yangzhou army knew that without Zhang Liao's overall planning, Lujiang City would have been breached by the Jingzhou army outside the city.

After dealing with the enthusiastic people, Zhang Liao went straight to the East City Head, which was guarded by Wen Chou before, and it was also the most severely damaged among the four city gates.For this, Zhang Liao also felt very helpless.

Seeing Zhang Liao go up to the top of the wall, all the Yangzhou soldiers who had been resting at the top of the wall stood up and saluted Zhang Liao.These days, Zhang Liao has saved them countless times, and they are also extremely grateful to Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao just waved his hand and asked one of the low-ranking officers, "How is it? How are the casualties of the soldiers?"

The officer lowered his head and cupped his fists and replied: "Report to General Zhang! There were originally more than two hundred people on the city, but after today's battle, thirty brothers were lost! There are still thirteen brothers who were slightly injured. , but still able to go into battle and kill the enemy!" Zhang Liao heard the officer's words, but noticed that inside the armor on his chest, there was a white strip of cloth, which was still stained with blood.Come to think of it, those who were slightly injured in his mouth included himself!

Hearing the officer's report, Zhang Liao couldn't help but feel distressed. Although only dozens of people were lost, these dozens of Yangzhou Army can play a considerable role in the battle with the Jingzhou Army!In the city that Zhang Liao was in charge of, there were only more than 20 people lost in total in the past half a month. Wen Chou lost so many people in one day today, which is really an exaggeration.

Can't go on like this!Zhang Liao secretly made up his mind that Zhang Han's reinforcements would still be several days away from here, so no matter what, he had to hold on.

Slowly walking to the edge of the city wall, looking towards the barracks of the Jingzhou Army outside the city, it was already the first time when the lights came on, and as the night gradually fell, the barracks were slowly lit with torches and bonfires.Looking at the dense flames, Zhang Liao couldn't help frowning, and suddenly felt something was wrong.For the past half a month, Zhang Liao has been inspecting each city every day. The Jingzhou Army barracks outside the city are very familiar, but today Zhang Liao clearly felt that the barracks outside the city were different from usual.

What is the difference?Zhang Liao frowned tightly, leaning his whole body against the city wall to look out.The location of the barracks has not changed, it is still in the original place, as for the size and orientation of the barracks, there is no difference.And as usual, at about this time, the Jingzhou army started to bury the stove for cooking, and the fire in the barracks was lit up. Looking from the top of the city, it was so densely packed that it was shocking to see.

right!fire!It is fire!Zhang Liao stared wide-eyed at the barracks outside the city, but the flames inside the barracks were much brighter than usual!How could this be?An army is basically a bonfire lit in front of a tent at night, and the number of blazes is countless!But today there were so many fires in the Jingzhou army barracks, Zhang Liao thought about it, and there was only one explanation, that is, the number of Jingzhou soldiers in the barracks had also increased!

Zhang Liao's face suddenly became extremely ugly. Unexpectedly, his words became a lesson, and the Jingzhou Army really had reinforcements!There are about 3 Jingzhou troops surrounding Lujiang City these days, which is already far beyond the tolerance of Lujiang City.If Zhang Liao and Wen Chou hadn't fought the enemy bravely, Lujiang City would have been destroyed long ago. Now the number of enemy troops seems to have increased again, which made Zhang Liao feel a little desperate.

"Come on!" Although he was a little desperate in his heart, Zhang Liao immediately called out to the soldiers around him. Immediately before that officer ran up to Zhang Liao to listen to the order, Zhang Liao shouted to the officer, "Send someone to inform you immediately. Military Adviser Guo Jia and General Wen Chou! Tell them to come here quickly! Just say there is an emergency!"

In this situation, Zhang Liao didn't dare to tell the soldiers the truth. If it got out, it might have an impact on the morale of the defenders!

On the other hand, Zhang Liao looked at the barracks outside the city with a pale face, thinking hard, hoping to come up with a way to defeat the enemy.But what was placed in front of Zhang Liao now seemed to be a hole in a huge casserole. Zhang Liao only had a small piece of rag in his hand. It was basically impossible to block the casserole with this small piece of rag. matter.To use a common saying to describe it, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice!

After waiting for more than half an hour, Wen Chou was the first to arrive at the city. Apparently, when the messenger arrived at Wen Chou's house, Wen Chou had already fallen asleep.When he climbed to the top of the city, Wen Chou's armor was not fully dressed, and his face still looked sleepy.After reaching the top of the wall, Wen Chou first looked left and right, and when he saw Zhang Liao's figure, he walked quickly to Zhang Liao's side and asked, "Wen Yuan, what happened, why did you come to me in such a hurry? "

Before Zhang Liao had time to answer, he heard the sound of footsteps coming from behind, and it was Guo Jia who led a group of soldiers to the top of the city.Since the day when the Jingzhou army besieged the city, Guo Jia only visited the city occasionally.But after all, Guo Jia is a literati, and this city is too dangerous for him, so Guo Jia doesn't come here very often.

Guo Jia had just set foot on the top of the wall, but he just happened to see the bloodstains on the top of the wall that hadn't been cleaned up, and his face turned pale. After all, such bloody scenes are not common for him.Seeing Guo Jia, Zhang Liao and Wen Chou also brought the Yangzhou army on the top of the city to salute Guo Jia.

At this moment, Guo Jia looked tired, and said slowly: "Wen Yuan, what's the matter for calling me so urgently?"

Zhang Liao stopped talking, and asked Guo Jia to push back the Yangzhou army on the left and right, and then quietly told Guo Jia and Wen Chou what he had discovered and guessed.After listening to Zhang Liao's words, Wen Chou's face changed. They were still waiting for the reinforcements sent by Zhang Han. Who knew that the reinforcements from their own side did not arrive, but the enemy's reinforcements came. This battle is even more difficult. !
"Wait, Wenyuan, don't rush to make a conclusion, let me observe the enemy camp." After Guo Jia finished speaking, he walked to a relatively clean battlement, overlooking the entire camp of the Jingzhou Army.

When Guo Jia saw the dense flames in the Jingzhou Army barracks outside the city, the faces of the two became more serious.But then Guo Jiayou suddenly laughed, and said to Zhang Liao: "Wen Yuan, don't worry, the enemy has no reinforcements."

"Military Master, how did you see it?" Zhang Liao asked.

"I understand Zhuge Liang's intentions. The purpose of the Jingzhou army's attack on the city every day for the past half month was just to kill our army's energy. Judging from the number of torches tonight and the atmosphere of the Jingzhou army's camp, Zhuge Liang will start mobilizing troops. That’s right, the soldiers who were hiding in the tents have also come out one after another, so those of us on the tower will think at first glance why the enemy army has so many more soldiers and horses.”

"Then military advisor, what should we do now?" Zhang Liao asked.

"There is no special way. In my estimation, the Jingzhou army will grind with our army for a few days, and then suddenly launch a full-strength attack in an attempt to capture Lujiang City in one fell swoop. So we can only defend to the death. Whether he is a feint or a fierce attack, we will You must guard here. Wenyuan, starting tomorrow, let the soldiers of the other three gates of the Shijun camp come to the west gate to garrison! The other three gates do not need too strong guards. With the ability of the Jingzhou army, it is most effective to attack one gate head-on. of."

"No!" Zhang Liao nodded, turned his head to look at the Jingzhou Army barracks outside the city, and clenched his hands vigorously.Now that it was the critical moment of life and death, Zhang Liao did not dare to slacken the slightest slack, and must defend the Lujiang River before Zhang Han's reinforcements arrived.

The night passed in the blink of an eye, but Zhang Liao seized the time to have a good night's rest. Not only that, he also made all the soldiers on the wall to rest well.Because Zhang Liao knew that after the real battle started in a few days, he might not have time to rest!

However, in the next three days, the Jingzhou army did what Guo Jia expected, fighting and retreating every day, and did not show the state of wanting to capture the city.

But at dawn on the fourth day, the situation changed.The sound of war drums sounded outside the city, and Zhang Liao was already on the top of the city, waiting in full force.Looking at the size of the Jingzhou Army outside the city, Zhang Liao narrowed his eyes subconsciously, and said, "Sure enough, as expected by Feng Xiao! The Jingzhou Army is going to storm a city wall and take Lujiang City in one go!"

Wen Chou, who was on the side, rarely showed a hint of helplessness when he heard this, and said, "Even if we knew this for a long time, there is nothing we can do! The opponent will attack a little harder. For us, although we don't need to disperse our defensive strength, the defense The pressure has also increased greatly!" Although helpless, Wen Chou's face was not as dignified as last night.It turned out that Wen Chou was only surprised by the sudden strength of the Jingzhou Army yesterday, but after returning home, he realized that the Jingzhou Army he had seen before was not like a regular army at all, and now is the time for the real decisive battle.So early this morning, Wen Chou came to the city head full of energy to prepare for the battle.

But of course Zhang Liao is not as optimistic as Wen Chou,
Today, there are some more things on the tower. Looking at the pile of things piled up in the corner of the city, Zhang Liao forcibly resisted his urge. These things are not ready for use yet.If my guess is correct, the Jingzhou army will definitely not use those elite troops at the beginning, but let the ordinary Jingzhou army come to test it out!These things are the trump cards specially prepared by Lujiang Qiaojiazhuang for Zhang Liao, and they must be used wisely.

At this moment, the Jingzhou army outside the city had already attacked under the city wall, and as expected, the ones rushing to the front were still the ordinary Jingzhou army who had been attacking Lujiang City for the past half month.When Wen Chou saw it, he grinned and said to Zhang Liao, "Wen Yuan! Just these Jingzhou troops, even if tens of thousands more come, we won't be afraid! Otherwise, the city will be handed over to you, and someone will go down and kill him once!"

Hearing Wen Chou's words, Zhang Liao quickly stepped forward and grabbed Wen Chou's arm, and said in a deep voice, "Wen Chou! Don't be impulsive! The Jingzhou Army is just testing now! I believe the main force of the Jingzhou Army has not yet been dispatched!"

(End of this chapter)