Jia Xu's statement is possible in terms of what has happened recently. Sun Ce was not appointed as the prefect of Lujiang, and he was holding a grudge and was ready to leave Yuan Shu alone. But in this way, Wu Jing and Sun Ben's approach were incomprehensible. If they wanted to support Sun Ce's independence and expansion of territory, they should fight to the second half of Lujiang controlled by Cao Zhi, hoping that the Cao army would occupy the entire Lujiang when it was full of its main forces. But he acted as if he was swearing to take down Hefei, and there was a contradiction in it.
After discussing for a long time, everyone couldn't figure out what Sun Ce, Wu Jing, Sun Ben and Yuan Shu were all thinking. What was their purpose in doing this?
It doesn't matter if you don't understand, but you are ready to attack Nanchang's army, transportation, ordnance, and military supplies. Cao Zhi thought it doesn't matter if he doesn't understand, fight! If you conquer Nanchang, you will have the chance to face Sun Ce directly, and you will know something at that time.
####### Cao Zhi is preparing for the war, and Zu Rong doesn't want to be free from fishing. Nanchang City has been busy for several days. Everything has been under military control, and everything will be dedicated to the next decisive battle. Zu Rong can't control his own rear at this moment. Sun Ce's small moves were there. His strength, energy, and ability were only enough to deal with Cao Zhi in front of him. Whether he could beat him is unknown! But Zu Rong never gave up easily. Those who waited for him and his subordinates could only give up.
The clear water of Poyang Lake is very wide, and it can't be seen at first sight. The water surface of the white mist floats, making the lake look a little turbid and making it impossible for the people on the boat to see how deep the lake is.
At this time, within hundreds of feet of unseen from left to right, hundreds of warships were coming with a cold wind, and a white mist blocked their figures. At the end of the water surface, the reflection of the magnificent Nanchang City rotating in the water flashed in the sight of the Cao army soldiers.
The first ship appeared on the lake surface, which was as bright as stagnant water. Behind it, it seemed endless. Many warships began to carry Cao's soldiers and weapons, and began to get out of the mist. In a blink of an eye, these fleets occupied most of the waters of the lake, densely floating in various places, and began to enter the sight of the Nanchang defenders.
"Two, how about it? Is it difficult to get the frontier positions on the river bank?" A man wearing bright light armor stepped on his feet and stepped on the side of the ship. He loudly asked the two Cao army generals Zulang and Taishici who were the vanguard in this battle, with a very proud tone. This person was Cao Zhi, the commander of the Cao army.
Zulang, who was originally studying military information, hurriedly bowed and replied: "My lord, there is no problem, it is exactly the same as what we originally thought! It will take some time to break the city later!" Taishi Ci lowered his eyes from the water and replied calmly.
"Okay, just say this to two of you. Your first goal is to land. That time, it doesn't take a few days to break the city. Don't worry, I have patience." Cao Zhi's voice sank.
"But you have made so much preparation this time, and the casualties will..."
Before Cao Zhi finished speaking, Zulang had already confidently said: "Don't worry, lord, occupying the shore and making room for the subsequent troops to make them land and gather. It is absolutely no problem. The casualties will be guaranteed to be at the lowest level!" Zulang stared at Cao Zhi like a dead fish, and said without any emotion.
"Don't worry, lord, the sailors under him have been trained repeatedly and proficiently, and with the lord's thief machine, they will never delay major events." Taishi Ciwei bowed and promised.
"Haha... Just have these words from you!" Cao Zhi laughed loudly, nodded to Zulang, Taishici and others, and after showing his affirmation and approval, he told them to start.
Then, with Zulang and Taishici's wave of orders, more than twenty large and flat ships rushed out. Judging from the busy figures on the ship, the soldiers were moving some strange objects and actually began to arrange catapults.
This catapult cart was used on the ship for the first time in Cao's army. He used the original catapult cart prototype and slightly modified it to become a catapult cart used on the ship. This catapult cart is set at the stern, and its head is smaller than the normal catapult cart and has a shorter range. It removes the axle, strengthens the four corners, and can be fixed with iron to make it integrated with the hull.
Due to inertia during launch, the ship is likely to be lifted up, so the bow of the ship is already full of Cao army soldiers or weapons and goods, and these are used to escort the bow to keep it balanced.
The heavy armored soldiers on the ship obviously practiced more than once. In just a cup of tea, small catapults with a diameter of two or three meters wide had been assembled and occupied almost the entire stern. The amazing aura emitted by these things in the fog seemed to tell the story of the Nanchang defenders. Because they were integrated with the stern, they were no longer divided by each other, causing the Nanchang defenders standing on a high place to see this thing, but they were not sure about its purpose for a while.
At the center of more than a mile behind, on a three-story giant ship, Ni Heng and Jia Xu stood side by side. Cao Zhi, who had a solemn face in front of them, stood in the wind, staring at the thunder of the vanguard's battle drum and the colorful flags fluttering.
In the fog on the other side, rows of fully armed soldiers stood full of their bows, each of whom had his hands placing on the shoulders of the man in front, and they were wearing them like candied haws, watching the prelude of the war with their toes.
Zulang stood before all the fog shadows, his expression was extremely calm, as if Nanchang City was already his belongings.
A black hole slowly flew into the air with the air column formed by cutting through the mist as the center, which was waiting for Nanchang defenders, and extended to their eyes at an extremely fast speed. However, because the surrounding mist was extremely thick, the shape of this whistling thing was extremely unstable and it seemed to fall off at any time.
Two "boom boom" sounds came, and the defenders on Nanchang City finally understood that they were round stone bullets.
"The enemy attacked, it was a catapult, a stone bullet from the legendary catapult..." A tragic and panicked shout rang out on the city on the verge of Poyang Lake. The Nanchang defenders didn't understand for a moment how this catapult they had heard of could come from the lake.
But at this time they could not help but think too much, breaking through the water mist, turning into black shadows, and smashing towards Nanchang City one after another.
The upper city of Nanchang City was attacked by more than twenty stone bombs for a time. After another earth-shaking loud noise, a corner of a city tower was completely coaxed away, and the falling stone tiles injured countless soldiers running in and out below.
At this time, the water ship arrays about ten meters wide in the fog were lined up and slowly approaching the Nanchang shore.
As Cao's fleet advanced, the Nanchang defenders stationed on the shore also saw in their sight the endless fleet of ships rushing out of the mumbus and forcing them.
They understood that these people would land, open the shore they were stationed, and after forming a passage, they went deep into the city of Nanchang. They tightened the spear in their hands and prepared to face the next battle. They were soldiers, and it was not important who they served, and fulfilling their duties was a mission that they could not escape.
Standing on the city tower, Zu Rong was surprised to see all this, but in order to deal with the enemy ships that kept emerging from Poyang Lake, he could only keep urging the generals around him to rush to various command posts to assist the soldiers in defending the Cao army that was constantly advancing.
At the same time, as the stone casting continued to grow, Zulang, Taishici and others began to urge the warships under their bodies, so that their landing troops could also continue to extend and land on the shore under the cover of stone bomb attacks.
"All attack with one place!" The commander Park Hu, who was in the second echelon, saw that Zulang and others had led their troops out, immediately replaced them and began to command the fleet loaded with catapults to concentrate on attacking the enemy's beachhead positions.
The person responsible for defending Cao Jun landing on the shore, beach, ferry and other facilities was a Sima from Zurong. He looked up at the stone bombs that were shot from the sky and could only stand still with a wry smile. They did not have such powerful corresponding weapons to control and resist such strikes from the air. The only thing they can use is to wait until the game is approaching and "flash!!!"
"See the landing point, don't run around..."
The landing troops of Cao's army had already formed a chaos before they could reach the shore and dike. Everyone squeezed me, and I hugged you, desperately dodging the falling spot of the stone bullet. No one wanted to be hit by that terrible thing. Even if it was splashed, it would be life-threatening.
But the subordinates who mastered the trajectory of the stone bullet were not yet on the way. In addition, the fog on the lake surface had not yet dissipated, and the stone bullet came quickly. When you heard the harsh whistling sound, the life-threatening stone bullet had already arrived in front of you.
If the stone bullets fall accurately into the camp of the defenders, they will be the landing points that Cao's army will attack. Although these stone bullets are not as powerful as those on land, they are really powerful. As long as they are hit by this gray stone bullet, the stone bullets will join other gravels on the ground and shoot around them, forming an irregular and continual attack that spreads. Even if they are not hit when they land, the stone bullets will jump and roll quickly and crush people or objects. During the rolling or shattering process, the soldiers standing far away will also be affected. The worst thing is to hit the harder ground or stone on the ground, which will cause the stone bullet to shatter and scatter. The lethality is definitely a bit like the legendary "Scattering Flowers".
The defenders were already lined up to deal with Cao's landing troops, so the personnel were relatively concentrated. They really wanted to run away, but they couldn't run away, and there were people on both sides.
This is better for stone throwers on far ships. They don’t need to aim at any accurate position, just control the approximate distance. If you hit a stone bomb, you will always capture enemy soldiers when you hit the shore.