For five days in a row, Liu Cong was resting and recuperating. After all, the elephant herd that night had a big psychological impact on the soldiers.
On the navy side, Cai Mao and others didn't think of any good way to break through the iron lock across the river.
Liu Cong could only attack the city tentatively. Of course, he did not let his soldiers swarm to climb such a high wall.
Instead, ten trenches were filled in to see if the catapults could work.
"Lord, we are less than 500 steps away from the city wall. The enemy's ballistae can already hit our army. Any closer would be detrimental to our army."
Liu Cong sighed and said, "Then install the catapult here. Even if it cannot be bombarded, it is good to put some psychological pressure on them."
"promise!"
"My lord has ordered us to stop advancing and install catapults!"
The catapult's range was only 400 steps, and Liu Cong didn't know whether it could hit the city wall here.
On the city wall, Zhou Yu squinted at Liu Jun's actions outside the city, "Can our army's ballistae reach there?"
Beside Zhou Yu, Ding Feng replied, "It's possible, but it's the longest range. Even a powerful crossbow has little damage to the enemy. You can even block a giant crossbow with a shield."
Zhou Yu nodded, feeling a little relieved, "Let's see what they want to do."
In this era, the ballista is the pinnacle of range. If even the ballista can't work, then don't even think about other weapons.
"Installation completed!" the soldier came back and reported.
"Lord?" Pang Tong looked at Liu Cong.
Liu Cong nodded, and Pang Tong ordered, "Load and launch."
"promise!"
Following Pang Tong's order, the soldiers pushed the stone bullets forward, loaded them on the catapults, and fired towards Yuzhang City!
"call……"
A dull machine sound sounded, and then huge stone bullets flew into the sky!
"What?" Zhou Yu stood at the top of the city and looked at the flying stone bullets in disbelief.
He could never imagine that there could be such a catapult in the world that could launch such a huge stone projectile so far!
"Captain, get out of here!"
"Bang! Bang..."
"Dong...dong..."
Only a few scattered stone bullets hit the city roots, and most of the rest fell into the moat, causing splashes of water.
Zhou Yu pushed away Ding Feng who was supporting him and said, "It's okay. If they want to hit the city wall, I'm afraid they have to move forward some distance."
Ding Feng nodded and said, "This should be the reason why Pang Tong was able to conquer Wancheng in one day."
"Chengyuan (characterized by Ding Feng), I'll leave this place to you. I'll go and inspect it. Liu Cong's methods only show that his skills are exhausted. If he advances again, shoot him with a ballista!"
"Don't worry, Commander-in-Chief."
There are still three generals in the city, Jiang Qin, Chen Wu, and Dong Xi, who are enough to defend the city. As for sending Xu Sheng and others out to die together, Zhou Yu has no trouble in his heart. Ci does not have the troops, so letting them go together is just a gamble.
Luck and gambling can work wonders, and the result was obvious: he won the bet.
After a round of inspection, Zhou Yu saw that there was nothing serious, so he returned to the prefect's mansion. These days, the soldiers in the city were very energetic. But he himself was too nervous. Now that he was relieved, he wanted to have a good sleep.
Outside the city, after several rounds of bombardment by Liu Jun, Liu Cong ordered to stop this useless effort. Apart from wasting stone bullets, there was no effect at all.
"Shiyuan, can you replace these stone bullets with smaller ones?"
"I'm afraid not. According to the craftsmen of the Research Institute, a stone bullet of this weight is just right. If it were replaced with a catapult, it would be scrapped. My lord, this thing is not easy to make, so please think twice."
"Can we move forward a little further?"
"My lord, if we move forward further, the enemy's ballistae will be able to penetrate the shield."
Liu Cong was a little anxious, "It won't work this way, that won't work either. Can't we just let this city block Gu's army?"
"Lord, calm down."
"It's not that I'm angry, but that I'm anxious. In the war to attack Jiangdong, the longer the night, the more dreams there will be. The longer it takes, the worse it will be for us. Cao Cao won't just look at it like this."
"My lord, now that things are going on, it is even more important to stay calm and wait for the opportunity."
"Hey, withdraw your troops."
"promise."
"My lord has an order, withdraw your troops and return to camp!"
After Liu Jun dismantled the catapult, he slowly retreated. Recently, no one in Liu Jun's army dared to neglect him anymore. Since that day, no one dared to look down on Jiang Dong anymore.
After Sun Quan of Wu County received the news that Zhou Yu sent people to attack Liu Jun's camp at night and won a small victory.
All the long-term stress disappeared, a long-lost smile appeared, and he even pampered Xina's concubine.
After feeling refreshed, he decided to summon his ministers, share the news with civil and military officials, and then tell all the Jiangdong soldiers and civilians to relieve the pressure he had felt since hearing that Liu Cong had sent troops.
"Gong Jin is truly a talented person from Jiangdong, and his reputation as Mei Zhou Lang is well-deserved! I am very pleased!"
After reading the battle report to the civil and military officials, Sun Quan praised Zhou Yu with a smile.
"Congratulations, lord!" The civil and military officials said in unison.
"Lord, in my opinion, it won't take long for Governor Zhou to defeat Liu Cong and bring peace to Jiangdong."
Zhang Zhao, who usually looked so unpleasant to him, seemed so kind to Sun Quan at this moment, "Hahaha, what Mr. Zibu said is exactly what Gu Xiang said."
"Lord, Liu Cong only suffered a small defeat, we still need to be more vigilant." Seeing Sun Quan being so complacent, Lu Su couldn't help but remonstrated.
Sun Quan glanced at him and kept scolding Lu Su in his heart, but he still had a smile on his face, "Zijing is right. We really can't relax our vigilance. We have Lao Zijing to go to the front line and reward the front line."
Soldiers, boost their morale. Is Zijing willing?"
Lu Su cupped his hands and said, "If you share your worries with me, why should I die?"
"good!"
Then, Sun Quan asked, "Over the mountain, what's the progress of Lu Meng and Zhuge Jin?"
Zhang Zhao frowned and said, "The situation is not optimistic."
"How can a mere barbarian give Lu Meng and Zhuge Jin a headache?" As for defeat, Sun Quan would not even think about it.
Don't be ridiculous. Since the end of the Han Dynasty, even if the world is in chaos, which prince can't beat the barbarians to the point of calling them daddy?
Gongsun Zan blasted Wuhuan, Cao Cao blasted Wuhuan and Xianbei, Ma Teng and Han Sui blasted Qiang people, Gongsun Kang blasted Goguryeo, Liu Bei blasted Nanman, Dongwu blasted Shanyue.
Which princes will be persecuted by barbarians? Isn't it natural that I can defeat you?
For Jiangdong, Shanyue means sending money, people, food, and various ores. Although a rebellion every two years annoyed Sun Quan, he would never take it to heart.
How can a mere barbarian break through the sky?
"It's not that I have a headache. Although there were as many as 60,000 barbarians who rebelled this time, after being defeated by Lu Meng and Zhuge Jin for a while, they huddled in the mountains and could not come out."
"Lü Meng originally wanted to retreat, but as soon as he retreated, these barbarians ran out again. They could only stay there. The veteran estimated that they had heard the news about Liu Cong's attack on Jiangdong and were waiting for an opportunity."
Sun Quan sneered, "They are just barbarians, but they still dare to play tricks with us. Once Liu Cong is retreated, he will definitely destroy his clan! Where is Cao Jun? Is there any movement?"
"No."
"That's good." What Sun Quan was most worried about was that at this time, Cao's army suddenly moved south, and Jiangdong could not withstand a double attack.