This night was destined to be a sleepless night. Zhou Tai and Gan Ning played trumpets and drums all night, which kept Zhao Ci and the other thieves awake all night. They stayed at the top of the city to watch for movement all night.
At the rear of the army, Zhu Kui saw the puzzled looks on the generals' faces, so he didn't explain much and directly ordered: "The camp has been set up. Let's all sleep hard tonight. We have worked hard all night, so go to bed."
He directly ordered the generals to disperse their tents and leave. He went to the sleeping tent and got on the couch to rest. He was tired. He had been marching all night, and even the gods could not withstand it.
After Huang Zu, Huang Zhong, Guan Hai and others came out of the tent, they were all confused. Huang Zu asked: "General Guan, General Zhou, do you know what the prince is planning? The front has been shouting to kill all day long, but it is a real attack between reality and reality.
Or is it a fake attack, with only 6,000 people, like the bandits in the city, they are fighting out, and the army in the middle is sleeping, is it not in danger?"
Guan Hai, Zhou Cang, and Sun Xia laughed at each other. The Marquis of Jinling was well versed in the art of war, and he had his own reasons for leading troops. We generals just obeyed orders and just fought and didn't care about anything else.
Seeing that the three of them were not worried about the military situation at all and trusted Zhu Kui, Huang Zu couldn't help but wonder. Although he also knew that Zhu Kui had achieved amazing results since his debut, his character was too assertive and he had everything figured out.
, in history, it was this personality that made him kill Sun Jian regardless of the consequences. Liu Biao felt deeply regretful and rejected the possibility of forming an alliance with Jiangdong. Otherwise, when Cao Cao conquered Yuan Shao, he could join forces with Sun Quan to go north together instead of each other.
Be prepared and have peace of mind.
"General Huang Zu, this is a plan for the general to tire out his troops in order to attack the city in the future and increase his strength. Zhongwu blames him. He thinks that the young man will act recklessly after becoming famous. It seems that there are no deceitful people under the great reputation."
Huang Zhong patted the other party's shoulder and strode away.
Early on the next morning, all the generals woke up, led by Huang Zhong, waiting outside Zhu Kui's tent for promotion.
After waiting left and right, it was not until three o'clock in the morning that Zhu Kui woke up and turned around, announcing that everyone had entered the account.
Zhou Tai's, Gan Ning's soldiers and horses stayed up all night last night and went back to the camp to sleep and did not participate.
"Sir, I felt a little sick last night, so I got up late today?" Huang Zhong was the first to ask. He always thought he had guessed Zhu Kui's intention. At dawn today, he took advantage of the enemy's fatigue to attack the city.
"Han Sheng was confused, why didn't he attack the city today?" Out of his love for Huang Zhong, he was happy to explain: "We pretended to attack all night last night, and early this morning, Zhao Thief and others must have understood that they fell into my plan of disturbing the enemy.
The soldiers were strictly ordered to prepare for battle and defend the city. It is not the best time to attack the city at this time, and there is still a group of reinforcements that have not arrived."
"Brother Qin Jie underestimated the enemy and was defeated. Zhu will naturally go all out and never underestimate anyone."
"Excuse me, sir, are there any reinforcements?" Huang Zu asked.
"In three days, I will naturally know. Tonight, I will change the troops and horses of Huang Zhong and Huang Zu, and continue to beat the gongs and drums." Zhu Kui took out two command arrows and threw them over.
"No!" The two caught the arrow and stepped aside.
"Guan Hai and the other three of you are doing your best to defend the camp and be careful to prevent the thieves from leaving the city to attack the camp. In the next few days, you and others will take turns to feign attacks. Remember not to let Zhao Ci and others have a good night's sleep."
"Yes, sir!"
For three consecutive days, the officers and soldiers blew trumpets and drums every night, which made Zhao Ci miserable. It would be very unfavorable if it continued like this. They also sent troops to attack the official camp, but the officers and soldiers were prepared for it. Zhang Hu's 10,000 thieves came out of the city and collapsed.
After gathering three thousand people, they were driven away without even approaching the gate of the stronghold. However, they finally found out the strength of the army and found out that the leader was Zhu Kui, a famous young general who conquered the Yellow Turbans and Western Qiang.
Zhao Ci was not afraid of this at all, thinking that he could defeat Qin Jie, so why should he be afraid of a young boy?
Faced with Zhu Kui's strategy of disturbing the enemy, he quickly thought of a countermeasure. He moved all the guards to the city and slept in their clothes. If the officers and soldiers appeared outside the city, they would wake up immediately. Under this arrangement, to a certain extent,
Solve the sleeping problem of soldiers...
At Xiakou Port, the day after Zhu Kui's troops arrived at Jiangxia, he sent Sun Xia with 6,000 troops to occupy it and guard it.
Three days soon passed, and four large warships came from the river and stopped at Xiakou Port. After Zhu Kui learned about it, he went there in person.
Sure enough, it was Wang Cheng who arrived, bringing with him thirty catapults and a specially made simple assault vehicle.
"A Cheng, is it going well on this journey?" Zhu Kui asked with concern while holding the other person's hand.
"Thank you, Third Brother, for your concern. Who dares to attack the ships of our World Escort Bureau on this Yangtze River waterway?" Wang Cheng said proudly. Except for the imperial navy, no other water bandits can compete with Zhu Kui's water fleet.
"Okay, it's been a hard journey. I'll remember you for your merits. It won't cost you much. Let's go back to the Jiangxia camp first. After the city is broken tomorrow, we will discuss the merits and reward you." He greeted the two thousand crossbowmen who were passing by and returned to the military camp.
In the early morning of November 6, 187 AD, the first year of Zhongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhu Kui personally led his troops for the first time and appeared at the gate of Jiangxia City.
This time, the officers and soldiers moved together. A large number of ladders were placed in front. The cavalry and infantry stopped in front of the city wall in neat steps. There was a slow and oppressive atmosphere, as if they were trying to knock down the city wall.
Looking at Zhao Ci walking back and forth on the city tower, making arrangements for deployment, he obviously knew that the officers and soldiers had arrived early today and were launching a general attack. This is what he wanted, otherwise the noise would continue to allow the soldiers to adapt to the rhythm of the night.
, disturbing the enemy will not succeed, but waving the flag and shouting will require more energy.
"Zhao Ci looks younger than you, Han Sheng, doesn't he?" Zhu Kui and Huang Zhong laughed and talked.
"Younger than the last general, I heard that he is good at martial arts, but it's a pity that he has never fought." Huang Zhong wiped the sword in his hand and responded.
To be able to defeat Qin Jie, he should probably be similar to Yan Baihu in the past.
At this time, a junior high school officer came on horseback and reported: "Sir, all the troops are ready."
"Yeah" he said he knew, Zhu Kui turned to Huang Zhong and said: "Han Sheng has some doubts about how I have arranged my troops in the past few days. I have only been calculating the aftermath of the city's defeat and enemy clearing. Now I'll let you take a look.
How did Zhu break the city?"
"Order Wang Cheng to push out the crossbow chariots and rush the chariots, while Zhou Tai leads the shield and crossbow troops to cover."
"The order is given." The commander bowed and ran out, the flag waving.
Thirty repeating ballista carts with thick sharp arrows were shining brightly, which was very shocking. Behind them, a two-foot-long assault cart slowly came forward and formed a row with the repeating ballista carts.
Shield soldiers were guarding the front, and two thousand crossbowmen were at the rear. Wang Cheng gave the order: "Shoot!"
"咻咻"
Thousands of crossbow arrows were not aimed at the city wall. Zhao Ci was shocked when he saw a large number of crossbow soldiers and heavy crossbow vehicles. He quickly ordered his men to avoid and block the arrows.
The target of the attack was not the thieves on the city wall, but the two-foot-wide city gate.
The two wooden doors were immediately shot like hedgehogs, especially when the crossbow arrows from the catapults passed through the doors and were on the verge of collapse. As soon as the wave passed by, they were almost destroyed.
There was an unexpected wave of shooting, and before Zhao Ci could react, the crossbowmen and the crossbow carts retreated.
Wang Cheng pointed forward with one hand: "Rush forward!"
Hundreds of infantrymen, with the cooperation of shield soldiers, pushed hard towards the city gate with all their strength.
Zhu Kui of the Chinese army saw the effect of the crossbow carriage lock and smiled with satisfaction. The city gate was made of wood. With such a shot, the wooden door could be easily penetrated by just a slight impact from the carriage.
"Guan Hai, Sun Xia, Huang Zhong, and Huang Zu, the four of you order your troops and horses to carry ladders to attack the city."
"Gan Ning, Zhou Tai gathered the remaining troops and horses. Once the city gate is broken, follow me and fight into the city."
"Bang!" There was a loud noise. After only three collisions with the car, the wooden door was smashed into pieces. Hundreds of soldiers immediately rushed in with their swords raised, preparing to seize the city gate.
Zhu Kui raised the Xuanyuan Sword to the sky and shouted: "The city will be destroyed today, the Han army is mighty, kill!"
Tens of thousands of officers and soldiers rushed toward the city.
The city is broken.
Without the obstruction of the city wall, the two sides soon entered the stage of street fighting.
Originally, the number of thieves was greater than that of the officers and soldiers, but the thieves lacked generals, and the soldiers fought independently. It was not as good as Zhu Kui's command of many fierce generals who led the charge, and their combat power was far superior.
Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, Huang Zhong, and Guan Hai were all enemies of ten thousand people, and no one could defeat them. Soon the bandits were retreating steadily, and they all knelt down and surrendered.
By nightfall, the city was basically under Zhu Kui's control.