Along the long Chuzhou River coastline, at this time, a navy rushing ashore did not encounter any effective resistance and stepped firmly onto the river bank.
tread.
Xu Mu stopped and tied his cloak again. Although he did not lead many men and horses, the entire Dongling defense line had slowly collapsed. At most, some county soldiers had received the death order and guarded the city gate.
"Longbow, do you have any information?"
Gongou nodded, "Don't worry, my lord. The people who were sent out earlier have returned. Of the seven big towns in front of Chuzhou, only three have county soldiers guarding them. I guess they have gathered their forces to hold on to key areas."
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"Several people?"
"Judging from the camp flags, each of these three towns has less than 3,000 people. But the lord only needs to capture one of the towns to advance straight in."
"The long bow is very good." Xu Mu smiled. His little clan brother already looked a bit like a general.
"Little Gonggou, are you thinking of this all by yourself?" Si Hu next to him leaned over with an envious look on his face.
"Brother Hu, just want steamed buns." Gong Gou rolled his eyes. The puppies next to him, Fu and Li Xiaoyao, also started laughing.
Xu Mu rubbed his forehead and looked up into the distance. The war was urgent, and marching forward had both advantages and disadvantages. In other words, it would be a great good thing for his little military adviser to be able to defend Liancheng. On the contrary, if they could not, they would only number in the tens of thousands.
The troops will soon fall into the siege of Dongling.
Xu Mu chose to believe.
"Long Gong, go and deliver the order. The army will rest for half an hour and then attack the nearest town!"
Gonguo accepted the order with his hands, and finally thought of something.
"By the way, my lord, there is another piece of information...many people in Dongling suddenly hate our Xishu army for some unknown reason. I heard that many rebels have gathered in the southern area of Chuzhou."
Xu Mu frowned.
Unlike Cangzhou, as a foreign enemy, it is normal for the people of Ling to feel hatred. But they usually flee to avoid disaster, so why did they suddenly gather a rebel army?
Xu Mu had a vague feeling that it was probably Ling Su's treacherous plot again. But these were not enough to stop Xi Shu's progress.
"No need to pay too much attention to it, just act according to the original plan."
Although Zuo Shiren fought in the south and north, in fact, the three states of Dongling had been away from the war for a long time. This time, their hometown was taken over by Xishu. Furthermore, Zuo Shiren, like Chang Silang, except for the Shanyue people, was very big.
To a certain extent, they all relied on the noble families in Jiangnan, so they rose rapidly.
If Xishu enters the mausoleum, he will definitely not be liked by these noble families.
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"Counting the time, the Lord's side should have already entered the tomb." Dongfang Jing said calmly at the top of Lian City. As long as a siege is formed, Zuo Shiren has only two choices. One is to continue to rescue Li Du City.
The other one immediately turned back and rescued the three states of Dongling.
The navy led by Kang Zhu failed to break through the defense line of Xishu, and Dongling's defeat was vaguely doomed.
Of course, from Dongfang Jing's perspective, Ling Su Ling Qide must have persuaded Zuo Shiren to make a desperate move to break Liancheng.
"Little military advisor, the Dongling people have begun to attack the city again."
Dongfang Jing raised his head and glanced at the sunlight above his head. There was not much change on his face. In the past few days, Dongling people have always been like this, always feeling like they are waiting for something.
The whizzing stones were thrown towards the enemy formation outside the city under the command of the stoning battalion general.
"Fill the rocks, fill the rocks quickly!"
Unlike the three states of Dongling, the people in Liancheng did not originally have much attachment to Zuo Shiren. On the contrary, King Xu of Western Shu made them yearn for him more.
For a time, many young and strong civilians helped the soldiers guarding the city to fill the huge stones into the animal skin pockets.
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"Send the order to stone the camp and fill the corpses with animal skins." Ling Su stood on the high ground, his eyes like a hungry wolf, "It's almost time."
"Military advisor, could it be that I made a mistake in telling you to stuff the corpse?" The general who gave the order was shocked.
"Exactly, fill the animal skin pockets of the catapult with corpses. In addition, immediately send people to get the golden juice, without boiling it, pour it directly on the corpses, and throw them into Liancheng together."
"I heard that the lame man used a plague strategy when he was in Hezhou, so here, I will treat him in his own way."
As he spoke, Ling Su laughed lightly.
"When I think of the lame man struggling to cope, I can't help but feel happy."
"Go ahead, it's half a stone and half a corpse in the animal skin pocket, maybe you can throw it further."
General Pi nodded silently. This time, he did not ask Zuo Shiren again. His lord seemed to have completely delegated power to the grain king's military advisor.
"The military advisor has ordered, half-stones, half-body corpses... pour them with gold juice and throw them into Liancheng! Let the defenders of Liancheng get into chaos!"
Outside the huge Liancheng City, there would be no corpses of Shu people anywhere. The only ones were their colleagues who died in battle. Of course, there were more people from Minfu Camp.
Although they didn't understand what Ling Su meant, under the military order, many Dongling camp troops put the corpses one by one into the animal skin pockets. When the golden juice was poured on them, the foul smell spread everywhere in an instant.
"The slinging camp——"
Hoo ho ho.
Countless twisted black shadows fell from the sky. As soon as the stiff corpse landed on Liancheng, it was immediately torn into pieces. Broken limbs and white blood intestines were splashed everywhere.
Ma Yi, the commander, looked horrified, "Quick, the people from Wu Ziying collected the broken corpses, piled them together and burned them immediately. The damn Aventurine dogs are going to use a plague trick!"
"General Ma, the siege phalanx is getting closer and closer, and the enemy's assault vehicles are also pushing over!"
Ma Yi gritted his teeth and said, "Listen to my military order. Except for Wu Ziying, the rest of the people don't need to worry about throwing corpses. They can guard the city gate for me!"
"Gunmu, hang down!"
Under the city wall, the rollers with iron ropes hung on them finally moved out. Following the rumbling sound of rolling down, not long after, they crashed into the Dongling phalanx that was getting closer and closer.
"Bamboo mantle, bamboo mantle!" an Dongling general roared.
The bamboo curtain that was set up seemed to be strong, but it was vaguely unable to stop the rolling waves. Under the collision, the bamboo curtains cracked layer by layer. The Dongling army who set up the bamboo curtains was so shocked that they kept retreating.
Two assault vehicles were pushed to the front line, and hundreds of soldiers were on guard. They abandoned the assault vehicles and ran away without even looking back.
Boom.
The two ramming vehicles were rolled over and ground into sawdust before they could complete their mission.
On top of the city, Ma Yi suddenly sneered.
"These Dongling people, even with his 100,000-strong army, can't capture the city guarded by a small military advisor!"
"Come on!"
"Come!"
On top of the city, this wave of boosted morale caused countless Western Shu defenders to raise their swords and roar.
Only Dongfang Jing, who was not far away, remained silent and did not speak. If Ling Su was so simple, his lord would never write a letter to remind him.
At first glance, it seems that the attack on the city is disadvantageous. But the meaning is not that simple.
Whether it was Zuo Shiren or the Liang Wang, the desperate fight should be like Kang Zhu's, knowing that there was no way out, so he could only fight his way out.
Lingsu's real layout may be about to begin.
Dongfang Jing's eyes were calm, and the fists hidden in his sleeves were clenched tightly.