Chapter 302 The fierce battle in Wancheng in the third front battle
Groups of soldiers climbed towards the top of the city. Although Cao's army on the city wall had begun to organize a counterattack, they shot arrows downward one after another. Unfortunately, the arrows were shot too sparsely and had no impact on the people below.
Liu Beijun couldn't do much damage.
Zhuge Liang was at the rear, looking at the Wancheng city wall in front of him from a distance. Although it was not very clear under the night, he could vaguely see his own soldiers scrambling towards the top of Wancheng city.
Wancheng can be captured.
Zhuge Liang smiled. He felt relaxed from the bottom of his heart at the moment. Ever since he became Liu Bei's military advisor, he had been working hard for the growth of Liu Bei's power every day.
But it is too difficult to achieve this goal. No matter how talented he is, after all, it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. Liu Bei's foundation is really bad, a mess. Basically, as long as he is a prince, he must be strong.
As for Liu Bei, it would be as difficult as ascending to heaven if Liu Bei could successfully separate one side and even compete with the rest of the world!
Fortunately, when a miracle finally happened, a great opportunity was now in front of him! As long as he could capture Wancheng, Liu Bei would have a brand new foothold.
Although Liu Bei also had Xinye before, Xinye is really not the same as Wancheng. Not to mention the small scale of Xinye city and the weak defense of the city wall, Wancheng is connected to Sili to the north, Jingzhou to the south, and Yuzhou to the east.
The importance of the land connected to all parts of the world cannot be compared to that of Xinye. Now that the three armies are attacking Cao Cao, even if Cao Cao's power is not destroyed, I am afraid that the best result can only be to preserve the land of Ji, You, and Bingzhou.
After Liu Bei's army captured Wancheng, with the tens of thousands of troops and horses in hand, it was probably impossible to continue marching north to compete for the emperor. But no matter whether it was Ma Teng or Sun Jian who finally occupied Sili, they would not be able to conquer the city just now.
After going through a big war, you always have to rest and recuperate for a while, so you have no time to covet Wancheng.
Of course, no matter whether Ma Teng or Sun Jian occupied Sili, Liu Bei did not have the ability to grab the territory. After taking Wancheng, Zhuge Liang's next target was Liu Biao's Jingzhou.
Liu Bei's army was attacking Wancheng, but Liu Biao's army was attacked by Cao Jun. He was afraid that the entire army would be annihilated. As a result, Liu Biao's vitality would be severely damaged, and it would be difficult to recover within a few years. And if Liu Bei captured it
Wancheng is at its peak. Although there are not many troops now, Zhuge Liang believes that with his ability, it will only take a year or two to train an elite army of at least 30,000 people.
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At that time, he would first capture Xinye and other cities outside Jingzhou, and then advance step by step to encroach on Jingzhou. Zhuge Liang believed that one day, the master of Jingzhou would change from Liu Biao to Liu Bei.
If he can win Jingzhou, then Liu Bei will have the foundation to become the king!
All of this must be thanked to Guo Jia in Wancheng. If he hadn't been eager to win a battle and sent most of the soldiers in the city to attack Liu Biao's camp, how would he have such a good opportunity?
Zhuge Liang could also understand Guo Jia's actions. If he were in his position, he would probably do the same thing. It's just God's will. Guo Jia didn't know that there was another person in Liu Bei's camp who was as resourceful as him.
existence, thus putting Wancheng in danger of falling.
—————————————————————————————— Zhuge Liang showed a rare relief, but in Wancheng City, Guo Jiake’s expression was
Looking sad.
There are less than five thousand defenders in the city, and it is estimated that they will not be able to defend it for a long time.
After such a short period of defense, the general initially estimated the number of enemy troops outside the city to be in the thousands, but definitely not less than 20,000.
Although this number originally put a lot of pressure on the defenders in the city, it was not so large that it was desperate, and Wancheng was not so critical that it would fall in an instant.
However, according to Guo Jia's original expectation, after tonight, this war will end with a great victory for his side. This sentiment has also been spread to the entire army, and everyone believes that their army has a chance to win.
Under such circumstances, a powerful team suddenly emerged to attack the city, which would inevitably cause panic among the soldiers in the city. The soldiers defending the city began to think wildly, why did the enemy suddenly attack? Who was the 30,000-strong army that left the city?
Hasn't it already been defeated?
The result will inevitably be a drop in morale!
In addition, after the past few days of offensive and defensive battles, Wancheng's city defense has been weakened, and now that our own morale has dropped, we have to say that the situation in front of us is really extremely dangerous!
It is probably impossible to repel the enemy attacking the city with the defenders in the city. If you want to defeat the enemy, you can only wait for the army sent out to return.
However, the task he entrusted to Xu Huang at that time was to completely annihilate Liu Biao's army. Liu Biao's army numbered 70,000. Even if some of them were lost during the siege in the past few days, minus the troops who attacked the city, there would probably be only a few left.
There are more than 40,000 of them. If you want to annihilate them all, it will definitely not be achieved in an instant. I am afraid that by the time Xu Huang and Gao Shun lead their troops back to Wancheng, Wancheng has been lost for a long time, and the enemy will have to fight again.
To lay an ambush or something, all of Xu Huang's men would probably have to be called in.
No, I will never allow this to happen!
"Order the soldiers to set fire to the city!" Guo Jia said, his tone colder than ever before.