During the seven days of the attack on Yinling, as Yuan Shu's first general, Ji Ling's subordinates had been responsible for the main attack mission. His subordinates also suffered the most casualties and were in urgent need of reinforcements. I heard that Yuan Shu had sent reinforcements. Ji Ling "Huo"
Then he stood up and asked loudly: "Which general is here? Please come quickly!"
Someone outside the tent already laughed and said: "Liu is not talented. He came here to assist the three generals on the order of the Lord and is at the mercy of the three generals."
When Ji Ling looked up, he saw a fair-faced man with big ears, it was Liu Bei. When Liu Bei led 50,000 Xuzhou troops to defect to Yuan Shu, Ji Ling, Lei Bo and others led the troops to go out, so the two sides did not meet each other. However,
Yuan Shu had already told them about Liu Bei's coming to surrender in his previous letters urging them to march, so Ji Ling was not very surprised when he first saw Liu Bei.
To be honest, Yuan Shu, who thought he was of noble birth, even looked down on his half-brother Yuan Shao, just because Yuan Shao was born from a concubine and was born as a commoner. How could he look down on Liu Bei who once made a living by weaving mats and selling shoes?
?However, Liu Bei not only brought 50,000 troops with him this time, but also brought a large amount of food and grass, which Yuan Shu urgently needed now, so Yuan Shu greeted Liu Bei with a smile.
However, although Yuan Shu took Liu Bei in, he was not at ease with him. Hearing the news that Ji Ling and others were blocked in Yinling, Yuan Shu came up with a plan and asked Liu Bei to lead the 50,000 Xuzhou soldiers to help. Yuan Shu's intention
Obviously, they want to use siege warfare to gradually consume Liu Bei's strength in order to better control Liu Bei. How can these tricks be concealed from Liu Bei, but Liu Bei has no other way to think of now, so he has to lead his troops to Yinling.
Along the way, Liu Bei was thinking about how to preserve his strength, which was the capital for his comeback.
After listening to Ji Ling's introduction to the battle situation in recent days and the arrangements for the next day's siege, Liu Bei already had a plan in mind. He cupped his hands and said: "The three generals have been attacking the city for several days. The soldiers suffered many casualties and were exhausted.
, it is understandable that Liu, a new force, should be the main attacker."
It turned out that Ji Ling and others wanted to preserve their strength, so they found a reason to let Liu Bei be the main attacker tomorrow, and the other three people would be the feint attackers.
Ji Ling heard something in Liu Bei's words and couldn't help but sneered: "So General Liu doesn't agree with Ji's arrangement?"
Liu Bei laughed and said: "When I was bullied by Liu Xin's guy and had no other way out, I was lucky enough to be taken in by my lord. I was just working hard to repay him, so how could he think about it? It's just that there is something wrong with General Ji's plan to attack the city tomorrow."
Lei Bo thought that Liu Bei was trying to shirk the blame, and immediately said angrily: "Liu Bei, you are just a general who has been defeated repeatedly, but you dare to make irresponsible remarks here!"
Liu Bei was a well-educated man in the city. He didn't take Lei Bo's cynicism at all and said calmly: "General Lei's words are wrong. I'm just discussing the matter. If the three generals don't want to listen, I won't say anything. Anyway, we can't capture Yinling."
, the master’s fault will not be borne by the next person.”
"General Lei, now General Liu is also serving the Lord. We should all be in the same boat. It is better not to say these hurtful words in the future." Ji Ling was startled, and quickly stopped Lei Bo, and then said to Liu Bei, "
I don’t know if General Liu has any secret method for attacking the city. Please tell me, General.”
"Haven't the three generals heard that a trapped beast still fights? What's more, there are tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in this city." Liu Bei paused, and saw that Ji Ling seemed to have some understanding in his eyes, and continued, "If you are like the generals, you will kill Yinling.
The city is so tightly surrounded that the soldiers and civilians in the city will fight to the death. How can we capture it in such a hurry? I think we should leave one gate unattacked and give the defenders a way to survive. I don't have to worry about them leaving without abandoning the city."
Encircling three and missing one is a common way to attack a city. How could Ji Ling and the others not know this when they have been leading the army for many years? It was all because it was too easy for them to capture those county towns at the beginning. They were frustrated for a while in Yinling and did not think about it. Now there are
After being reminded by Liu Bei, Ji Ling and others suddenly realized and praised in unison: "General Liu really has a brilliant plan!"
Seeing that these three people's views on him had changed, Liu Bei smiled, waved his hands and said: "Three generals, I have another plan. Tomorrow I will still attack the west gate, General Lei, and General Chen will pretend to attack the south and north gates.
General Ji went to set up an ambush ten miles east of the city, and waited until the Yinling garrison abandoned the city and left..."
Ji Ling stroked his palm and smiled and said: "General Liu's plan is a great one. If Yinling City is defeated because of this, it will be a great achievement for the general."
At dawn, Yuan Shu's military camp, which had been silent all night, sounded the shrill horns again. Soldiers swarmed out of the camp, shouting and rushed towards Yinling City. Another day of siege began. After last night's deliberations,
, Ji Ling made some modifications to Liu Bei's siege plan. Today's siege is still launched from four directions simultaneously.
Faced with such a scene, Zhang Ying was already a little numb. He mechanically commanded the soldiers and civilians on the top of the city to draw bows and arrows, throw stones, pour gold juice, and repelled the waves of attacks from Yuan Shu's army.
Hold on until noon.
Usually at this time, the siege battle against Yuan's army would be suspended for a while. After all, after half a day of fighting, both the offensive and defensive sides were very tired, and many of the offensive equipment were also damaged during the battle and needed to be repaired. But today
The situation was somewhat unusual. The siege troops below the city showed no signs of stopping, but instead attacked more and more fiercely.
Suddenly, there was a sound of war drums from outside the west gate, and the attack there suddenly intensified. Zhang Ying had just inspected the north gate at this time, and saw the person who was afraid of him last night hurried over, raised his hands and said:
"General Qi, there seems to be a change in the enemy forces attacking the city at the west gate?"
Zhang Ying's heart tightened and she asked in a deep voice: "What's the change?"
The personal attendant frowned and said: "The armor and flags of these people are a little different from those who attacked the city a few days ago. They seem to be newly transferred reinforcements from the enemy."
The latest wave of attacks at the west gate of Yinling was carried out by the 50,000 Xuzhou Army led by Liu Bei. Yuan Shu expanded his army aggressively, and money and food became a big problem. Naturally, he did not change the clothes and armor of Liu Bei and others who came to defect.
flag, so Liu Bei and the others still used the armor flag of the Xuzhou Army, which actually made the sharp-eyed Zhang Ying's men see some clues.
Hearing that the enemy had sent reinforcements at the west gate, Zhang Ying was horrified. He was about to go to the west gate to have a look when he suddenly saw another soldier running over in a hurry. He cupped his hands and said, "General Qi, the enemy is attacking the city outside the east gate."
We started to retreat, turning to the south and north gates respectively."
Zhang Ying was at the north gate. He held his hands on the battlements and looked down. Sure enough, he saw smoke and dust rising at the east corner, and countless people and horses were running towards it.
As the soldiers and horses withdrawn from the east gate joined in, the pressure on the north gate became even greater. Under the continuous attacks, enemy troops climbed up on several city walls. Although the defenders fought desperately
He resisted and drove the enemy down again, but Zhang Ying was also shocked and broke out in a cold sweat. Soon, news of the emergency at the west gate and the emergency at the south gate came one after another. Only the east gate gradually returned to calm, and could no longer be seen outside the city.
One enemy force, everyone retreated completely.
Knowing that there were no enemy troops outside the east gate, the personal attendant felt that the opportunity was too late and quickly advised: "General, if you don't leave now, I'm afraid you won't have another chance."
Zhang Ying shouted in a deep voice: "Shut up! This is the enemy's trick. If we go out from the east gate and are ambushed by the enemy, send an order to move part of the defenders at the east gate to the south and the north gate. We must resist it."
Enemy attack."
The personal attendant did not convey Zhang Ying's order, but gritted his teeth and continued to persuade: "General, don't be too careful. The enemy is clearly taking advantage of the arrival of new reinforcements to break through my city gate in one go. But General,
You see, the enemy's siege forces at the south and north gates are obviously insufficient, so they sent troops from the east gate to strengthen the offensive here. They will not give up until they achieve their goals."
Zhang Ying was about to scold this personal attendant, but suddenly felt that his words had some truth. Judging from the enemy's attack on the city in the past few days, the north and south gates were obviously feint attacks, and the real main attack direction was at the east and west gates. However,
Today, not only did the enemy outside the west gate add reinforcements, but the north and south gates were also in emergency.
After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Ying looked at the bottom of the city again. The offensive there was still fierce. He had seen the troops withdrawing from the east gate with his own eyes, and they were now engaged in the attack. Due to the increase in troops, the enemies attacking the city were all attacked.
Bobo took turns charging towards the city wall, not giving the defenders any chance to breathe. Zhang Ying was certain that if the attack continued like this, Yinling City would not be able to hold on for three days.
Zhang Ying finally became cruel, turned around and said, "Follow me to the east gate."
Just as fierce fighting was going on at the south, west, and north city gates, the east gate of Yinling City was quietly opened, and Zhang Ying took the lead and rushed out of the city. Although he abandoned the city and left, Zhang Ying could not take more with him.
He also needs to use the defenders of the other three gates to hold off the enemy and buy time for him to retreat.
Not long after Zhang Ying left the city, Yuan Shu's troops attacking the city suddenly shouted in unison: "Zhang Ying has abandoned you and ran away, surrender to avoid death!"
The soldiers and civilians on the top of the city who were already overwhelmed by the enemy's continuous attacks became even more panicked when they heard the shouting. At this time, the news that Zhang Ying opened the east gate and left the city also spread, and the defenders
There was an explosion among the soldiers and civilians in the city.
, even the generals ran away, how could they defend? Many people abandoned their swords, guns, bows and arrows, and fled down the city. In the blink of an eye, the three city gates fell one after another. Liu Bei, Lei Bo, and Chen Lan led their respective
The men and horses rushed into Yinling City.
Zhang Ying had already predicted the outcome of Yinling City the moment he led his army out of the east gate, but he couldn't care about it anymore. He just wanted to rush to Shouchun as soon as possible to join Liu Yao. Shouchun was stronger than Yinling.
Much, there is the last glimmer of hope to resist Yuan Shu's attack.