In his eyes, the stone bullet roared towards him, flying closer and closer. (..Reading) At a certain moment, Zhuge Liang still held on to a glimmer of hope, hoping that the stone bullet would deviate from the track and hit somewhere else. Then, he could maintain a calm posture and retreat down the city to avoid the attack of the stone bullets. However, in the blink of an eye, Zhuge Liang found to his dismay that his expectations had been disappointed. The whizzing stone bullets seemed to have eyes, heading straight for his head. If he doesn't hide, his head will be blown to pieces. At that moment, an unprecedented fear passed through Zhuge Liang's heart. He no longer bothered to shake his feather fan, and behaved calmly like strolling in the courtyard. He instinctively squatted down with his head in his hands, making a rather inelegant gesture.
To avoid. The stone bullet flew over the head and hit the tower behind him with a "bang", directly blasting a hole. Sawdust and dust suddenly rose up, covering Zhuge Liang's face with gray, choking him and causing him to cough repeatedly, and his elegance was completely lost for a moment. Liu Qi, who was next to him, was also startled. He quickly pulled his head down and asked in panic: "Kong Ming, I didn't expect Yan Liang to have such a sharp weapon. What should I do now?" "Although this Thunderbolt Chariot is powerful, it cannot break through our Jiangling City Wall. Yan Liang just wants to frighten the morale of our army. There is no need for the eldest son to worry. He can just ask the soldiers to stay under the female wall and ignore it."<
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Zhuge Liang crouched, wiping the dust off his face and loudly comforting him. As soon as he finished speaking, another stone bullet passed by and directly smashed the skull of a soldier. The brains flew away and actually splashed onto Zhuge Liang's feather fan. Seeing the miserable state of the soldier's brain being shattered, and looking at the sticky gray-yellow liquid on the feather fan, Zhuge Liang felt his stomach churn, and he suddenly felt like nagging. Zhuge Liang's hand felt as if he had been electrocuted. He shook his hand quickly and threw away the feather fan that had been used for many years. Stone bullets continued to fall like rain, and the roar filled into the ears, making the eardrums numb. Zhuge Liang glanced around, his brows became tighter and tighter, and he cupped his hands and said: "Young Master, just hold on here, and leave first without wearing any armor." After saying that, Zhuge Liang hunched his body and fled down the city, leaning against the female wall. "Kong Ming..." When Liu Qi found out, Zhuge Liang had disappeared into the flying dust, leaving only a shadow in his green shirt. With no choice but to remember Zhuge Liang's instructions, Liu Qi told his soldiers not to be frightened and to hide under the female wall as much as possible. Under the city, more than a hundred thunderbolt vehicles fired endlessly, and countless stone bullets drew graceful arcs and continued to bombard down like meteors. The soldiers in the city were so frightened that they didn't even need Liu Qi's orders. They had already hugged their weapons and huddled under the female wall like mice, hiding in fear and praying to God to protect them and not let themselves be the unlucky ones.<
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Although this is true, the parapet wall is not as thick as the main city wall after all. Under the bombardment of stone bullets, the parapet wall was shattered from time to time. Among the soldiers hiding below, the lucky ones suffered head injuries, bloody injuries, broken limbs, and the unlucky ones either had their heads smashed, their brains flew out, or their internal organs were smashed to pieces. Beside Liu Qi, soldiers fell into a pool of blood from time to time, which only made the Lord of Jingzhou look pale with horror. "Kong Ming, didn't you say that defending the city was easy? How could it be like this..." Liu Qi, who frowned and looked fearful, gritted his teeth and complained secretly in his heart. Yan Liang and his 20,000 Yan family soldiers below the city were happily admiring the spectacle of rubble flying across the city, enjoying the pleasure of making the enemy tremble with fear. Unknowingly, the bombardment had lasted for more than half an hour, and more than thousands of stone bullets had been fired, raising the bottom of the city wall by one level. Looking at Gangneung City again, although the surface fortifications such as the parapet wall were severely bombarded, the main city wall is still standing. Except for some craters and impact marks, not even a crack has appeared. "I didn't expect Jiangling City to be so solidly built. Liu Biao really left a good city for his son. It's a pity that his two sons are incompetent. It's a pity for this good city." Yan Liang looked at the city and sighed. At this time, Lu Qiqi next to her said: "Brother, the Jingzhou army may have been frightened by us. If we don't take advantage of the situation to attack the city now, how long will it take?" As soon as Lu Qiqi generously asked for battle, the other generals could not suppress their murderous intent and called for battle one after another. But only one general did not get excited and remained calm. That person is none other than Zhang He. Yan Liang then asked: "Junyi, do you dare to lead an army to attack the city?" "If my lord has an order, I will be brave enough." Zhang He hurriedly raised his hand, but then said: "It's just that the general thought that now is not the time to attack the city by force." "Why?" Yan Liang asked. Zhang He said calmly: "General, the Jiangling City is extremely well built. Our army's thunderbolt chariots are not enough to shake the city wall, but it only affects the morale of the enemy. If we forcefully attack the city at this time, we are afraid there will be casualties."
It's very disastrous, and our army's strength is only twice that of the enemy. It's obviously not wise to attack the city without sacrificing soldiers." After these words, Yan Liang's lips turned into a smile of approval. Zhang He is worthy of being Zhang He. What the Five Sons of Good Generals possess is not only superior martial arts, but also calm judgment. Zhang He's ability is obviously beyond the reach of simple generals such as Lu Lingqi and Hu Che'er. "Junyi's words make sense. How can we waste our elite soldiers on these rats? Lingqi, it won't be too late to save your fighting spirit for a few days before it explodes." What Zhang He said coincided with Yan Liang's plan beforehand. Yan Liang has no shortage of food and grass, and there is no foreign invasion, so there is no need to rush to conquer Jiangling. What he wants to do now is to use thunderbolt chariots to bombard Jiangling City for ten days and a half, so that the city's defenders are shrouded in fear every day, until the day when their fighting spirit is wiped out, he will make a big move
When to attack. After the violent bombardment that day, Yan Liang ordered the troops to withdraw. Tens of thousands of troops left Jiangling with scars all over the city. In the next ten days, Yan Liang continuously launched saturation attacks on Jiangling City. In ten days, he fired tens of thousands of stone bullets into the city, blasting the north gate to pieces. Except for the city wall that remained, the surface of the city was almost flattened. In addition, the houses close to the front line of the city wall were also unfortunately implicated. Not only the defenders on the city, but also the civilians in the city also experienced the terror of the enemy. Yan Liang wants to scare them, make them afraid, and tear their will to resist into pieces. At the same time as the thunderbolt car was bombarding, Yan Liang took a two-pronged approach and also engaged in psychological warfare. In the name of Liu Cong, he copied tens of thousands of copies of the "Complaint to the Army and the People of Jiangling", listed Liu Qi's crimes, and claimed that Liu Qi's self-proclaimed Jingzhou pastoralist was illegal and that he had betrayed the last wishes of his late grandfather Liu Biao and was disloyal and shameless.
The soldiers and civilians of Jiangling should no longer be threatened by Liu Qi. They should rise up to resist, kill Liu Qi, and open the city to surrender. While shooting Shu into the city, Yan Liang also asked Zhou Cang to escort Liu Cong and show up at various gates in Jiangling from time to time, asking him to call on the defenders in the city to surrender and submit to him, the real Jingzhou shepherd. Half a month later, Yan Liang’s psychological warfare began to bear fruit. There is no shortage of Liu Cong's old troops in Jiangling City. The reason why they surrendered to Liu Qi is just because of the situation. Now that Liu Cong has returned to Jiangling and has brought in Yan Liang as a big supporter, his old supporters are starting to make moves. For several days, several riots broke out in the city. The rebels tried to capture the city gate to welcome Yan Liang's army. The most intense one was when 500 rebels attacked the North Gate at night and almost succeeded. If Huang Zhong had not arrived in time to suppress the rebellion, the city gate would have fallen. There were constant bombardments outside the city, and people inside the city were in panic. Liu Qi, the state shepherd, was having a very difficult time. In the evening of that day, Yan's army finally retreated after half a day's attack. Liu Qi's tense nerves finally relaxed, and he returned to the military mansion with a lot of fatigue, and summoned his colleagues to discuss countermeasures. "Jiangling City is facing internal and external troubles now. Do you have any creative ideas to solve this predicament?" Liu Qi looked around the officials and asked with a solemn expression. Everyone was silent. When Liu Biao was here, he had more than 100,000 soldiers, but he couldn't do anything to Yan Liang, let alone the current situation where the power of strength has reversed. Everyone thought that they were not the god who could turn things around. Instead of offering advice, it would be better to keep their mouths shut, lest Yan Liang would resent the punishment after the city was destroyed in the future, knowing that he had given advice to Liu Qi. Looking around at the silent crowd, Liu Qi felt a secret hatred in his heart. He wished he could draw his sword and kill all these idle chatters. Liu Qi could only endure it. If he really did that, he would not be far from death. "Kong Ming, you urged me to stick to Jiangling. Now that it's reached this point, don't you have any clever ideas?" Liu Qi's eyes turned to Zhuge Liang, and there seemed to be a bit of resentment in his tone. How could Zhuge Liang not hear the complaint in his words, and Liu Qi's complaint made Zhuge Liang frown secretly. Zhuge Liang was still shaking the feather fan lightly. Although the feather fan in his hand was a new one, it was still not as smooth to use as the old one. Everyone's eyes were turned to the young man who had been acting as Liu Qi's behind-the-scenes military adviser, but had never wanted to serve as an official. There was a bit of disdain in their eyes, wanting to see what this self-righteous young man could do.
What a strange plot. After pondering for a moment, a sarcastic sneer appeared on Zhuge Liang's handsome face. "Yan Liang wants to recruit Liu Cong's old men in the city. Liang thought, why don't we take advantage of the situation and give him a trick?" Hearing Zhuge Liang's confident words, Liu Qi's gloomy face immediately shined with a ray of sunshine, and he asked excitedly: "How do you use the trick to make a plan?" "This is a strategy that requires the use of a key person." Zhuge Liang's tone was a bit strange. "Who?" Liu Qi asked curiously. "That's him." Zhuge Liang pointed his feather fan diagonally. Everyone was following what he wanted, and their eyes were all focused on the scribe in the corner who had a puzzled look on his face. That person is none other than Kuai Yue. To be continued. (..), your support is my greatest motivation.)
