Although he had already made a judgment in his heart, Wang Zheng thought about it again and again, but still did not choose to express this level of worries in public.
He was certain that Sun Ce would start rotating his troops today to preserve his strength, but he was not yet sure how many fresh troops the opponent would leave behind.
In fact, this matter is not suitable for Zhou Hui and others to know.
Because this new force can not only surround the point to provide reinforcements, but it can also play a decisive role in the critical moment when the offensive and defensive sides are fighting!
If these people knew that Sun Ce was attacking so fiercely even though he did not use all his strength, wouldn't they be even more worried, frightened, and even have dissatisfaction?
The wind blew rain into the room, and the cold wind blew the candles that had just been lit, lengthening the shadows and allowing Wang Zheng to see the faces looming in the shadows.
There was solemnity and anxiety on every face, making this rainy evening darker and darker.
I can't say...
Sighing secretly, Wang Zheng forced out a smile and echoed Zhou Hui confidently:
"Yes, this heavy rain has been falling for many days. There are many places in the city where the water is so deep that if you step on it, your calves will be covered, let alone outside the city?"
"Under such circumstances, no matter how brave Sun Thief's soldiers are, they will definitely not be able to hold on for long. Wu Sheng is a tiger general under my command. It may take as little as a few days or as long as half a month to defeat Huang Gai, open the road, and rush to the aid of Shu County. If nothing happens,
The war will be over before the autumn harvest."
"With Zhou Mu's words, we can feel relieved."
"Yes, yes, yes."
Seeing that everyone's spirits were somewhat lifted, Wang Zheng stopped continuing the topic. Seeing that it was already dusk outside the hall, he asked Zhou Hui:
"Mr. Zhou County, who should take turns guarding the city tonight?"
Zhou Hui said: "It is the turn of Captain Wei Yan."
As the second most brave person in the city after Wang Zheng, and also a direct general of Zhou Hui, Wei Yan was quite important during this period, and it was considered very hard, but there is a saying that the sharp edge of the sword is sharpened, and under such fierce fighting
He grew up very quickly, and in just a few days he was already a commanding figure.
Wang Zheng was already aware of this man's future achievements, and he was both wise and brave. When he heard that he was responsible for guarding, he immediately felt relieved, nodded and said with a smile: "With Chief Wen guarding the city, I can sleep peacefully tonight."
Everyone on the side also laughed knowingly, and the laughter slightly dispelled the heaviness in the hall.
However, before the laughter could fall, there was suddenly a rush of footsteps outside the hall.
Wang Zheng and others almost unanimously looked up and looked over, but they saw a sentry rider trotting in with a cross-faced look on his face. He didn't have time to salute and shouted: "County Lord, it's bad, a city wall suddenly collapsed just now!"
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In the thick rain and twilight, Wang Zheng and others walked out of the mansion. Since the siege of the city, no pedestrians had been seen on the spacious streets. Instead, they could gallop straight to the front line. Seeing that the city was still far away, the shouts of killing had stopped.
It resounded again in the sky over Shu County.
While walking on the road, Zhou Hui asked about the specific situation: "Which section of the city wall collapsed? How many troops did Sun Thief send this time?"
"Jun Xian, this is a section to the west of the south city wall. Strangely enough, this section has not been bombarded by many stones before, let alone collapsed, and something like this happened suddenly for some reason."
Qiu replied: "But don't worry, Lord County. Although this happened suddenly, the brothers reacted quickly. Sun Ce's surprise attack was not that many. There were about a hundred or dozens of people. Before the villain came to report the news, Captain Zhou had already
Go to the front line in person, start organizing manpower, prepare for a counterattack, and drive them out again."
Zhou Hui knew that the Captain Zhou that the sentry knight was talking about was a brother of his own clan, named Zhou Zhi, who was also shrewd and capable. He couldn't help but feel relieved. Wei Yan on the side also said:
"It seems that this incident was not only unexpected for us, but the enemy was also caught off guard. It may be an accident, or it may be because the city wall has been in disrepair for a long time, and there have been continuous heavy rains in the past few days, so the area of the collapse is not large.
Young Master, there is no need to worry too much."
For the defenders, the most feared thing was naturally the collapse of the city wall, but if the collapsed area was not too wide, they could barely cope with it.
When everyone rushed to the edge of the city, they saw that the situation was just as the sentry said. The area where the city wall collapsed was not very wide, about ten steps long. Both sides and the ground were full of broken bricks. You could even see them in the rain.
The dust and smoke completely dissipated.
In the smoke and rain, there were really many figures fighting fiercely. The captain named Zhou Zhi was supervising the battle behind him. He was standing about twenty or thirty feet away from the gap. Four or five groups of soldiers had already gathered and were waiting silently.
By his side, ready to go into battle at any time.
Seeing that the situation did not seem to be deteriorating, Wang Zheng, Zhou Hui and others reined in their horses and stopped in the distance, just watching. After all, when the city wall collapsed and the enemy troops poured in, if they, the leaders, took the initiative to join the front line.
If it does, it may cause chaos.
Zhou Hui looked at it for a long time, frowned and asked: "What's going on with Zhou Zhi? Why didn't he pull up the wooden parapet?"
The so-called female wall refers to another thin retaining wall built on the city wall. It is used for internal protection and enemy barrier. It is an essential traditional defensive building for ancient city walls.
Because it is much shorter and weaker than the tall and thick city wall, it is called a parapet wall. The parapet wall built on the inner edge of the city top is called a Yuqiang. The parapet wall built on the outer edge of the city top is called a Duoqiang. As the name suggests,
, is a wall made of wood, usually with pulleys underneath for easy pushing. When the city wall collapsed in the past few times, it was usually the elites from the Tianzhu camp and the defenders who stopped the enemy from continuing to pour in, and at the same time pushed the wooden walls.
Female wall as a barrier.
Wei Yan said: "Young Master, please look over there."
Everyone turned and looked along his fingertips, and saw that there were dozens of soldiers on the other side pushing a wooden wall slowly towards the gap. This wooden wall was much taller than the previous ones, and it was even close to the inner city.
It is almost as strong as the height, so even if dozens of people pull and pull it, it is still very slow to push.
At this time, Bai Shisun Ce's army was the first to break into the city. Under the encirclement and annihilation of the defenders several times their own, they were almost dead and wounded. Then everyone saw that the Zhou garrison waved his command flag, and dozens of elite soldiers behind him immediately lined up.
Instead, he ran outside the city wall and gave him time to install the wooden parapet behind him.
It only took one or two cups of tea from the time of sentry cavalry communication, but both the offensive and defensive sides have now reacted. Of course, the defenders took action immediately, but what about Sun Cejun's side...
Tonight, the person supervising Sun Ce's army to attack the gap was none other than Sun Ce's general, Ling Cao, the father of Ling Tong, the future Twelve Tigers of Soochow. The sudden collapse of the city wall in the middle of the night was a God-given opportunity. How could he miss it, let alone sit back and watch the defenders?
Block it up.
Tonight, the person supervising Sun Ce's army to attack the gap was none other than Sun Ce's general, Ling Cao, the father of Ling Tong, the future Twelve Tigers of Soochow. The sudden collapse of the city wall in the middle of the night was a God-given opportunity. How could he miss it, let alone sit back and watch the defenders?
Block it up.
Especially when he just watched with cold eyes, although the wooden wall was gradually filling up the gap under his nose, Ling Cao was not depressed, but became excited.
Because he discovered something.
In this collapse tonight, we finally didn’t see the terrifying group of Xuzhou troops...or rather, Wang Zheng’s personal soldiers!
That group of brave elites could not be ordinary soldiers, and from their observations in the past few days, they also estimated that the number of this elite group was only four to five hundred. After thinking about it, it was most likely that they were Wang Zheng's personal soldiers.
This combat power.
Although even as the general's personal soldiers...the performance of this group of people was too exaggerated.
It is precisely because of this that even though Sun Ce desperately wanted to capture Shu City, he never led the charge personally like Liu Xun did when he attacked Wancheng, and even refused several invitations from Ling Cao, Han Dang and others to fight first.
Without him, it would be too risky.
This group of elite soldiers who are not afraid of death and have outstanding combat power is enough to pose a threat to their lives, especially if they attack the enemy first, it is not a field battle. Without the mobility of horseback riding, once they are dragged down by this group of people, they will lose their bows.
It's deadly enough!
But this time the group of people were not there, and Ling Cao was ready to make a move again.
That's right. No matter how brave Wang Zheng's soldiers are, after all, they are only small in number and they are made of flesh and blood. It is an exaggeration to fill the gaps in these three days. How can they continue to do it day and night?
Wouldn’t that really make him a monster?
Ling Cao finally made up his mind, gritted his teeth, let out a wild roar, and charged forward.
He fought fiercely for hundreds of rounds in Kaiyang Neng and Yu Jin that day. He was so brave that ordinary soldiers could not block his attack. He raised his sword and saw their heads rolled down. In a moment, more than ten defenders outside the city were killed.
The soldiers beheaded him.
Seeing Ling Cao's great display of power, his subordinates were favored, and the morale of the soldiers and other soldiers was greatly shaken. They all marched forward bravely, shouting for a vigorous attack. In the blink of an eye, like wind and clouds, the defenders left outside the female wall were killed.
Kill them all.
Seeing the wooden female wall filling the gap, Ling Cao looked back and shouted: "Smash it with me!"
After the general gave the order, the trebuchets that had just been transferred immediately threw huge stones. However, this wooden wall was not only taller than the ordinary parapet wall, but also seemed to be much thicker. Although the power of the trebuchets was great, their accuracy was not very high.
It became even more unbearable in the dark night, and there were occasionally three ounces of stones in the middle. Apart from making a few loud rumbling noises, it had no effect.
Seeing this, the anxious Ling Cao immediately grabbed the shield of a soldier and put it on his head to block the arrows fired from the city walls on both sides. He strode forward and chopped down directly.
His strength was considerable, and each knife struck not only three points into the wood, but also made the wooden wall rustle and shake.
However, after all, it was nothing more than a shake. Even Wang Zheng, not to mention him, might not be able to easily break the hard stubble that even a trebuchet could not break.
At this time, arrows were flying from the top of the city like rain, and they were nailed to the shield. In a moment, the shield was shot like a hedgehog. One of the arrows passed through the gap and hit Ling Cao's shoulder. However, he did not change his expression and drew it out.
The soldier next to him cut his dagger, and blood flowed all over his body. He refused to retreat. He just raised his eyebrows and shouted angrily: "Our army has been attacking the city for many days. Although the city walls have collapsed many times, they have all been captured by the Yellow Turban bandits.
If you block it, our dignified men have shown their cowardice in front of the thieves several times. This is a great shame and humiliation!"
Ling Cao's voice became louder and louder as he spoke. He stretched out his hand and pointed back: "Can you see, the general's flag is giving us orders? The enemy and our armies, tens of millions of troops and horses, are all looking at us now. You say, we are
To advance or to retreat? If you retreat, you will be worse than a bandit, but if you succeed, you will be a heroic husband!"
After these few words, the blood of all the generals and soldiers on the side boiled, and they shouted: "If you advance, never retreat!"
"Okay!" Ling Cao raised his sword to the sky: "Then let's risk our lives and move forward without retreating!"
"Send the order, send the car to crash immediately!"
The twilight was deep, the wind and rain hit the eyes, Ling Cao took the lead, but he refused to retreat half a step after losing the stone like a locust. Everyone of Sun Ce's soldiers worked desperately, one after another crashed, one after another, amidst the endless rumbling, the wooden wall finally couldn't bear it
After continuous heavy blows, cracks appeared.
At this time, Wang Zheng and others had already boarded the city. After discovering this situation, Zhou Hui immediately wanted to call in dead soldiers, planning to climb down the wall and destroy these cars.
But it was a step too late after all!
With another loud roar like thunder, the wooden wall was completely broken.
Ling Cao was overjoyed, picked up the long knife, and called to his subordinates. Hundreds of people came one after another, shoulder to shoulder, jumping over the crash car without caring about pulling it away, and crowded towards the reopened gap.
The gap is not wide, and those who rush at the front, because there are too many people rushing past at the same time, seem to be bundled together, and the swords and guns cannot be used at the same time.
But when he finally stepped into the city, Ling Cao's joyful expression faltered, when he saw a few dozen steps away, a military commander with a heavy-faced face looking at him with a sneer, it was Wei Yan.
But at some point, he had taken over the position of Zhou Zhi, and arranged for someone to build an awning not far from the gap. At the same time, he piled up large piles of firewood and grease. When he saw the enemy troops entering the city, he immediately ordered it to be set on fire.
When the fire broke out, smoke billowed and filled with the wind. Sun Ce's troops were caught off guard and couldn't open their eyes. A large number of archers and equipment were hidden behind the smoke, and they fired their ammunition. Only the screams were heard, and they charged.
Sun Ce's soldiers at the front fell to the ground forever with screams before they could see clearly what was inside the city.
Ling Cao swung his sword to block the bow, but the thick smoke could not be dispersed, and his vision was blurred by the lake. He had no choice but to lead his army out of the city with a look of resentment.
"Captain Lieutenant, the enemy has laid an ambush in the city and set fire and smoke. We can't see anything at all. Rushing into the city like this is no different than risking death."
Uncle Du next to him said: "How about sending someone to talk to the Major General and transfer the Danyang Camp?"
The influence brought about by Wang Zheng's time travel, on the one hand, made Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Yuan Shu and others far less powerful than in the same period of history, but on the other hand, it made Sun Ce's power much larger than in the same period of history.
Of course there is a reason for this.
In history, Sun Ce acted tyrannically after occupying Jiangdong and chose to forcibly suppress local forces. However, Sun Ce in this life chose to cooperate and even marry with the Jiangdong nobles. Therefore, he had the support and leadership of the Gu family, the first noble family in Danyang County.
In the above, Sun Ce, who had not long been independent, had nearly ten thousand Danyang soldiers to join his command.
As one of the three elite soldiers in the late Han Dynasty, the Danyang soldiers had outstanding combat prowess. Two ambushes against the Xuzhou army on the waterway and a fierce battle outside Hefei City caused a lot of trouble for Wang Zhenghe's Heavenly Army.
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Now there are two thousand Danyang soldiers under the city of Shuxian County, all of them are wearing iron armor. They are kept hidden by Sun Ce as one of his biggest trump cards, just to wait for the critical moment.
In Na Dubo's opinion, this was the critical moment for this heavy-armored infantry to take action, but Ling Cao was unwilling to pass on the credit of being the first to others at this time!
We must know that throughout the ages, being first to the top is the first achievement in a hundred battles!
"You want to make the other brothers laugh by calling those local people here as a last resort?"
In Ling Cao's eyes, those mountain natives were not his robe. He stared into the smoke. After a while, his eyes suddenly lit up. He moved forward with his long sword and said word by word:
"Pass my command to the general, cover your mouth and nose and charge again. This time, capture the flag first!"