Naturally, Sun Quan and others in Guangling City did not know what happened in the small village. At this moment, Sun Quan, Zhou Yu and other generals were counting the losses in the day's battle, probably because of Ling's death.
Although the results during the day can be said to be very good, the atmosphere in the entire meeting hall seemed very depressing.
"In today's battle, our army suffered nearly 800 casualties! Half of them died under the attack of the enemy's catapults, and the other half died in close combat with the enemy in front of the city gate!" General Chen Wu said in a deep voice.
The day's battle report was read over.
After listening to Chen Wu's battle report, everyone was silent for a long time. Finally, Zhou Yu took a deep breath, turned to Sun Quan and said: "Lord! Although the enemy's catapult has been burned by us, this is just the beginning. The enemy's soldiers and horses
There are still more troops than ours! Starting from tomorrow, the enemy will definitely intensify their attack on Guangling City, and we must be prepared for a hard fight!"
Sun Quan nodded and said: "I understand this too! Brother Gongjin, I have given you full authority for this battle. Just tell me what to do! Even if it is an order, I can do it!" In order to defend
It can be said that Sun Quan completely sacrificed the inheritance left by his father and brother!
"I will do my best! Lord, don't worry!" Zhou Yu immediately saluted Sun Quan. He and Sun Ce spent the first half of their lives to create Sun Wu, and he would not allow it to fail like this. Then Zhou Yu turned around,
He shouted to the generals: "Starting from tomorrow is the key to this battle! The generals must obey my orders and make no mistakes! Those who disobey orders will be dealt with according to military law! No mercy!"
"Here!" Just after Zhou Yu finished speaking, all the generals shouted in unison. Everyone knew the importance of this battle. They were all loyal to Sun Wu and had no possibility of betrayal. If Sun Wu was destroyed, they would also
It will not end well. Besides, they also respect Zhou Yu very much. Of course they will not disobey the orders given by Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu was also very satisfied with the attitude of the generals, and immediately issued an order: "Sun Yi! Dong Xi! You two immediately lead 5,000 men and horses from the east city gate at night, march ten miles to camp, and be sure to catch up with the enemy.
Set up the camp beforehand! Ding Feng! Chen Wu! You two will also lead five thousand men and horses, set out from the west city gate, march ten miles to set up camp, and also set up the camp as soon as possible to prepare to defend against the enemy!"
Zhou Yu's two orders immediately stunned all the generals, including Sun Quan. Now that the army was approaching the border, they should have stayed in the city and waited for reinforcements. Why did Zhou Yu send his troops to the city instead?
Without the city wall to rely on, wouldn't the two troops sent out be sent to the enemy to kill? Zhou Yu did not explain, but opened his eyes, stared at General Sun Yi closely, and shouted: "You guys are still waiting?"
Don’t step forward to take orders!”
"Uh!" Zhou Yu shouted, and the four generals Sun Yi shrank their necks involuntarily, and then they immediately stepped forward to take over Zhou Yu's orders. No matter what Zhou Yu's intention was, Zhou Yu had already explained before,
They must obey his general orders. In this critical moment, they certainly believe that if they disobey military orders, Zhou Yu will definitely enforce military law.
After Sun Yi and others received the military order, Zhou Yu's expression eased slightly, and then he explained his intention: "The Western Qin army is good at fighting, and they have all kinds of strange siege equipment to help them. If they are to defend the city,
If you do, there is no guarantee that there will be no accidents! Although we succeeded in burning the catapult this time, the enemy will never give us such a good opportunity next time! So I asked the four of you to lead the troops out of the city, but we fought with Guangling City.
With this situation, the four of you may be in some danger, but it will not be lifeless! If we want to defend Guangling City, we have to make a bet! Bet that the enemy will not dare to rashly divide his troops to attack the three of us!
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After listening to Zhou Yu's words, although the faces of Sun Yi and the others became heavier, they did not show any fear. They were all veterans who had experienced many battles. How could they be afraid of death? Zhou Yu also nodded and continued to give instructions.
: "Remember! When you leave the city this time, you must raise more military flags and exaggerate your momentum so that the enemy cannot figure out the strength of your troops! In this way, you can delay it for a while! According to my estimation, I will leave here.
Pengcheng can take as long as ten days or as little as eight days. Reinforcements must arrive!" Zhou Yu made this calculation based on the previous conflict between Liu Bei and Sun Quan. According to the distance, Kuai Yue's journey from Guangling to Pengcheng would only take two days at most.
It took only three days for Liu Bei's army to rush from Pengcheng to Guangling. But at the beginning, Liu Bei would definitely not agree to send reinforcements. The stakes were high and Kuai Yue had to convince Liu Bei.
After hearing Zhou Yu explain clearly, Sun Yi and the four others also understood. At the same time, they cupped their fists and shouted: "The last general takes orders!"
Zhou Yu nodded, and at the same time turned his head and shouted to the other generals: "Stay and follow me to defend Guangling City. Don't let any enemy soldiers enter the city!"
"Here!" All the generals shouted in unison, which somewhat cleared the solemn atmosphere in the hall. Zhou Yu and Sun Quan looked at the generals who were full of fighting spirit and nodded secretly. In this way, at least the military morale can be used.
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At the same time, in the Western Qin Army camp outside the city, Gan Ning also summoned his two generals to discuss tomorrow's siege plan. Liu Ba, the adviser who had been following Gan Ning all these years and assisted Gan Ning in governing Jiangdong,
But he didn't follow him to Guangling. Firstly, Liu Ba was a scholar after all, and he was no longer young. Liu Ba's body couldn't bear such a long journey. Secondly, although Liu Ba had gone out for Gan Ning several times before,
Strategy, but Liu Ba's strength is not in strategy after all. This time his opponent is the famous Mizhou Lang. Liu Ba admitted that he was not Zhou Yu's opponent, so he did not follow.
In the military tent, Zhou Tai immediately muttered: "Captain! What are you thinking about? At dawn tomorrow, I will lead a team of troops to kill directly! The gate of Guangling City has been breached!"
"Shut up!" Gan Ning glared at Zhou Tai's words and cursed: "You still have the nerve to say it! If you hadn't acted impulsively today, how would the enemy have the chance to burn down those catapults? I think you are.
You need to get a good education! When this battle is over, I will kick you to Qingcheng Academy right away!"
After being scolded by Gan Ning, Zhou Tai's arrogance immediately subsided and he did not dare to say anything anymore. Although he knew that Gan Ning could not really send him to Qingcheng College to lose face, he also knew that Gan Ning was currently
He was angry, but he had no need to give Gan Ning a kick. On the other hand, Jiang Qin stepped forward and said to Gan Ning: "Captain, in fact, I am mainly responsible for today's loss! He and Youping are not
What does it have to do with it! It was I who was fooled by those Wu thieves that caused those catapults to be burned down!"
Gan Ning was not biased towards Jiang Qin. In the battle during the day, Jiang Qin was indeed responsible for improper command. However, Jiang Qin defeated an enemy general today. Although he made mistakes, he also had achievements to offset them. Gan Ning pointed out
He nodded and said in a deep voice: "Let's remember this mistake for now! Next, you can fight hard and try to make up for it!"
"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief! General, I will take your orders!" Gan Ning said this, and Jiang Qin naturally did not act ungratefully. He immediately saluted Gan Ning and gave him a drink, which was regarded as acknowledgment of punishment.
This can be regarded as an explanation of today's war. As for the losses of today's army, except for the seven catapults, the Western Qin Army did not suffer much losses. This is also related to the fact that today's battle between the two armies was not too fierce. Next
, the most important thing is the battle that starts tomorrow! Gan Ning finally led his army to get here, there is no way he can just stay outside the city like this. Moreover, the previous order from Chang'an also allowed Gan Ning to fight in the shortest time.
Capture Guangling City within the time limit, without giving Liu Bei time to assist Guangling.
But the problem is that the city defense of Guangling City is very strong and cannot be conquered casually. This point was specially strengthened when Gan Ning stayed in Guangling ten years ago. After ten years, Sun Quan even made Guangling more powerful.
The city's defenses have improved a lot on the basis of Gan Ning's original one. If the catapults were still there, it might be possible to bomb the city defenses continuously for a day, but now there are no catapults.
City defense is not that easy.
Gan Ning took a deep breath and said to Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai: "From tomorrow onwards, we will attack Guangling City, and with Zhou Yu's intelligence, he will definitely come up with some tricks to hinder our attack tomorrow! You guys
Do you two have any suggestions?" Although Gan Ning was asking Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai, in fact, he was probably asking Jiang Qin alone.
Jiang Qin lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then said: "Captain, my lord's order is to capture Guangling as soon as possible at all costs. Although we don't have catapults on hand, we still have two powerful siege weapons, the ladder and the ram.
Our army has more soldiers and horses than the enemy. It is not impossible to break through Guangling under a strong attack! But the problem is this Zhou Yu. My subordinates really can't guess what tricks this person will use!" As the saying goes!
In the shadow of the famous tree, Zhou Yu's ability has been deeply feared by Gan Ning and others. Although the battle has not started yet, they are already very worried about what kind of strategies Zhou Yu will use.
"Report!" Just when Gan and Ning were scratching their heads and unable to think of a reason, a shout suddenly came from outside the camp, and a sergeant walked quickly into the camp and faced Gan Ning.
Ning and the others clasped their fists and saluted, and then shouted: "This is to inform the Governor! General Zhang Liao, the governor of Yangzhou, has sent a secret message!"
"Wenyuan?" Hearing this, Gan Ning's eyes lit up, and he immediately walked up to the sergeant, stretched out his hand and snatched the kit from the sergeant's hand, took out the secret letter and checked it. When Gan Ning waited
After reading the secret letter, the sadness on Ning's face had completely dissipated. He laughed loudly and shouted: "God is really helping Western Qin!"