Farmer of Shu Han
Chapter 1230 The Battle of Xiangyang (3)
In May of the fourth year of Yanxi, General Zhuge Jin of the State of Wu died of illness while attacking Jingzhong. Later, Lu Xun took over the attack of the State of Wu in Jingzhou.
Cut off the Han River, clear the Xiangyang Water Village, and give way to the stall in the south.
Then it was to break through the periphery of Xianshan Mountain in the south of Xiangyang, and finally surrounded Xiangyang tightly.
It has been so long since the official attack on Xiangyang, it is already late July, and it is almost August.
When Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army, it was in August—the end of summer and the beginning of autumn in the Han River Basin that it rained heavily, called Qiulin.
So it is not surprising that there are flash floods.
Of course, the Hanshui River in Yanxi's four years was still normal, and the flood did not appear.
But after entering late July, it has rained a lot.
The water level of the Han River also rose a little.
The building ship Chang'an, which was originally much higher than the head of Xiangyang City, looked even taller with the help of the rising water.
At night, the moon at the end of the month, like a fishhook, is almost invisible in the night sky.
The Han River was covered with a layer of water mist, very thin and light, seemingly non-existent, floating in lightly, like a burst of fluffy dry soil, let the wind blow the sky and whirled, and it was gray and white.
Like the veil on the stage, it is half-bright and half-dark.
Coupled with the darkness of the night, the nearby mountains, rivers and trees could not even be seen at all.
Even the city of Xiangyang with its tall walls was also covered in the misty night.
In this moonless night, the Chang'an is like a giant beast lurking in the Han River.
Under the cover of night, slowly but firmly approached Xiangyang City.
This kind of behavior is an extremely dangerous behavior.
Because the draft of the Chang'an is too deep, if one is not careful, it is a trivial matter to run aground directly by the water.
It would be a major event if it bumped into a big rock or the like under the shallow water of the river, causing water leakage or even capsizing the boat.
Not to mention sailing in the dark in such a dark night.
Although the distance is not far, it is extremely dangerous.
That's why Lu Xun waited until today to do anything.
Xiangyang City is indeed built near the water, but such a huge ship as the Chang'an, it doesn't mean that it is okay to get close to the city wall at any time.
You can only try it when the Han River rises, and it must rise to a certain height.
Of course Lu Xun was not on the Chang'an at this time.
At this time, he was standing on the Izumo not far behind the Chang'an, quietly watching the Chang'an being submerged by the night.
No one could see his face.
At this time, no one was in the mood to speak.
Everyone is waiting in silence.
Wait for when the Chang'an will send back news.
For Wu Guoshui army, sailing at night is not too unusual.
However, at night, quietly approaching the Chang'an under the city of Xiangyang is a job that will test the skill of sailing.
The sailor in charge of the bilge clenched his teeth, puffed up his muscles, and kept paddling the oars.
In addition to using your hands, there is also a part of sitting and using your legs to exert force better.
They are the ones who control the direction and speed of the Chang'an.
As for the upper echelons, two thousand heavily armed soldiers of the Wu army had long stood with spears in their arms, ready to move at any time.
At the head of Xiangyang City, except for the turrets and the hidden places of the battlements, there are occasional flashes of fire, the rest of the place is dead silent.
On duty at night, except for the clear whistle and places where fires must be lit, no one would seek death and expose themselves to the lights.
Unless it is tired of life.
Although the Wei army guarding the city did not think that the Wu army on the Han River could play tricks on the northern city wall.
And with the tight fighting in the south, they didn't deploy many troops here.
But when the two armies are at war, for safety reasons, they should be vigilant, and they will definitely not be sloppy.
Not to mention that these days, Wu Kou used the building boats to shoot and kill some unlucky people.
In those few days, it was really scary.
If it wasn't for seeing that Wu Kou was still unable to attack the city from the Han River, the soldiers at the top of the city would not dare to breathe a sigh of relief.
"Boom!"
Holding a weapon and hiding in a certain corner, Wei Bing, who was nodding from time to time, seemed to hear something in a daze.
He opened his eyes subconsciously, and looked in the direction of the voice he remembered.
But not far away, the lights on the turret seem to be wrapped in water vapor, hazy, it seems that the light of the fire cannot penetrate the turret.
Wei Bing's eyes widened, and he tried his best to look forward, but no matter how big his eyes were, it was difficult for him to see a distance of one foot ahead.
Feeling uncertain, he couldn't help standing up straight, and pushed his companion who had fallen asleep on the city wall beside him:
"Wake up! There seems to be something moving over there!"
The companion who was woken up by him was a little impatient, rubbed his eyes, and muttered a few times:
"What movement? At this time, what movement can there be? Could it be that Wu Kou can grow wings and fly up?"
"Shut up!" Wei Bing swallowed, and clenched the weapon in his hand, "Go, go and have a look."
"This is the north side, what can happen?"
The companion didn't want to move, but he had to follow, but there was some complaints in his mouth.
It was time for me to take a good rest, so what to do with so many things?
Haven't played enough in the south?
Over the past few days, almost every soldier in the city has guarded the southern city wall.
Anyone who can be transferred to another place to watch is considered a rotation.
Not to mention the city wall on the north side is right next to the Han River, and the root of the wall is the Han River.
If it is said that there are swamps on both sides of the east and west, it is still possible to say that someone wants to climb up from it.
What can happen to the north?
The companion murmured and followed to the edge of the female wall.
"What did you see?"
"No."
The cool breeze of summer night, with water vapor, makes me feel very comfortable.
After standing for a while, there was no other sound except for the calls of well-known and unknown insects and the sound of the Han River flowing.
"Let's go, it seems that I heard wrong."
"Just say..."
The two turned around and were about to go back.
At this moment, Dan saw that not far from the city wall, a light suddenly lit up in the sky.
The two of them turned around again.
"what is that……"
Under the illumination of the lights, a ferocious giant beast exposed its head from the night, and looked down at the city of Xiangyang with its eyes open.
"one!"
"two!"
"put!"
On the highest floor of the Chang'an, the female walls and other defenses against the enemy that were originally built have been demolished.
The two thick gun shafts are three feet long, and one end of them has been polished into a spiral shape.
On the other end, there is an iron sheath.
The screw-shaped rod head is put into the iron sleeve, and the two gun rods can directly form a long rod of more than six feet.
Several long poles are bundled side by side, and then reinforced at the joints to form a simple and practical bridge deck.
Put the bridge deck on a special wooden frame equipped with pulleys, and use the principle of leverage to assemble a bridge that can be directly erected to the head of Xiangyang city.
This type of bridging method is extremely convenient, especially in this case, it can launch a surprise attack by surprise.
It only took tens of breaths for the Chang'an to turn on the lights and set up an air bridge.
"boom!"
Fu Qian and Luo Xian commanded the people under their hands to twist the pulley and put the other end of the bridge on top of Xiangyang City.
"It's done! It's done!"
Although I couldn't see what the city on the opposite side looked like, I knew the bridge was successful just by hearing the sound and the fact that the bridge didn't fall down.
The two punched each other hard and shouted excitedly.
Ding Feng, who couldn't wait for a long time, waved the long knife in his hand and shouted:
"Follow me!"
With that said, he strode onto the bridge and rushed towards Xiangyang City.
The two Wei soldiers who were the first to discover something was wrong, because they were too close, they were directly knocked to the ground by the ferry bridge released from mid-air, and their life and death are unknown.
Hearing the shouts of killing from Xiangyang City, and the continuous lighting of torches.
Lu Xun, who had been tense all the time, ordered:
"Hold the lamp!"
"Congratulations to the great general. Judging from this, the soldiers have captured the top of the city!"
Martin, who was by Lu Xun's side, seemed relieved, and said to Lu Xun with a smile.
Lu Xun let out a long breath, turned his head, and looked at Martin, who was not very clear under the dim light, his eyes flickered:
"Looking at the situation, it's just that they have just ascended the top of the city. It's too early to say joy."
After a pause, Lu Xun's tone couldn't help but be amazed:
"If it wasn't for Mr. Ma's help this time, I'm afraid I would never have thought of using this method to climb to the top of Xiangyang City."
Martin shook his head, without any intention of taking credit:
"This technique is called the Bridge-Building Spear Technique. It was created by the Prime Minister. I was fortunate enough to be taught by the Prime Minister in the early years, so I only know a little bit about it. I didn't expect that with a little modification, it can be used at this time."
Lu Xun nodded, his tone full of admiration:
"The prime minister is so talented that it is not an exaggeration to call him a heavenly man. I often regret that I cannot ask him for advice in person."
While the two were talking, the city of Xiangyang was already brightly lit, with torches lit by Wei Jun himself, and torches held by Wu Bing, leaping up to the top of the city.
The shouts of killing became more and more intense.
Ding Feng, the general who was the first to climb to the top of the city, did not encounter much resistance.
First of all, there are really not many defenders in this section.
Secondly, even if there were defenders, Wu Bing would never have thought that Wu soldiers would attack the city in this way, so there was no preparation at all.
Ding Feng led his men and cut down a dozen people who came to stop Wei Jun, and he led his men directly to the turret that had been lit all the time.
As long as you occupy that commanding height, you will gain a firm foothold in the city.
At this time, on the surface of the Han River, Wu Guo's ships were no longer the original silent appearance, but after receiving the signal, they lit up their lights one after another.
Looking around, the entire water surface is like a brilliant star.
With the Chang'an leading the battle, the warships of the Wu Army, which had been prepared long ago, kept moving towards Xiangyang City.
Some of them are to be connected to the Chang'an to project troops.
Some of them want to build another air bridge next to the Chang'an.
The hustle and bustle on the Han River soon alarmed Fancheng.
"What happened?"
Guan Qiujian, who was sleeping in his clothes, ran to the top of the wall immediately after hearing the movement.
"General, we also don't know."
Looking at the brightly lit Hanshui, Guanqiu Jian's face was as gloomy as this upturned night.
Wu Kou made such a big commotion in the middle of the night, it was definitely not for fun.
Thinking of the tall ships that appeared between Xiang and Fan a few days ago, Guanqiu Jian felt a little ominous in his heart.
It's just that it's really too difficult to know what Wu Kou is doing at night without making any preparations.
At this time, someone pointed to the south and exclaimed:
"General, look!"
Xiangfan is one body, if you stand at the top of Fancheng city in daytime, you can see the top of Xiangyang city.
The fighting in Xiangyang city was getting more and more intense, which naturally attracted the attention of everyone in Fancheng.
"This is...someone attacked Xiangyang City at night?"
"impossible!"
It's not that it is impossible to attack Xiangyang City at night, but it is impossible to attack Xiangyang City at night from the north!
How to attack a city from the water?
You can't even talk about siege, but you still want to attack at night?
Wu Kou's buildings are indeed very tall, some even taller than Xiangyang City.
But even if Xiangyang City is on the edge of the Han River, such a huge building boat has an extremely deep draft.
Even on a big river, in a place where you are not familiar with hydrology, you dare not easily go to the shore.
Otherwise, the ship will capsize and people will perish.
Let alone on the Han River.
He refused to believe that Wu Kou could attack the city with a boat, but everything in the distance to the south was something that Guan Qiujian couldn't explain.
Xiangyang City, what happened?
...
"We still don't fully know what happened in Shangdang County. It would be rash to talk about an immediate counterattack."
In addition to Sima Yi personally leading the army into the Shangdang and Guo Xun's support, Feng Duhu believed that there must be the support of the local nobles.
Otherwise, Wei Yan would not have fallen into a situation where his life and death were unknown.
If you can't get used to Wei Yan, you can't get used to it, but Feng Duhu still admits to this person's ability to lead troops in combat.
It's fine to lose the Shangdang carelessly, and he lost to the eldest son Chengxia with the engineering battalion, which shows that Sima Yi's preparations for the Shangdang are very sufficient.
Faced with the plan proposed by Zhang Bao, Zhang Yi and others, Feng Duhu did not fully agree.
His hand draws a circle on the map:
"The battle of Changping between Qin and Zhao took place in this area. If we really want to counterattack Shangdang from the eldest son, it means that we will also have a battle of Changping with Sima Yi."
In the first half of the Battle of Changping, Lian Po led the Zhao army to build three lines of defense in the Changping area, but they couldn't hold out, but the Qin army also suffered a lot.
Otherwise, how could they find a way to alienate Zhao Guo and transfer Lian Po away?
How could Bai Qi have to be transferred secretly in order to deal with Zhao Kuo?
"Sima Yi is not Zhao Kuo, and our current situation is no match for the Qin army."
During the Battle of Changping, the Qin army had already controlled Zhiguan and even Hanoi.
But now, Sima Yi's son, Sima Shi, is still in Gaodu City.
If you really want to counterattack Shangdang from Changping, it would be fine if you can win it all at once.
If it can't win, it will really become a confrontation like the Battle of Changping. The situation that the Han army has to face is much more severe than that of the Qin army.
After all, the area from Gaopingguan to the eldest son is mostly dangerous mountains and high mountains, and there is no way to give full play to the full advantages of cavalry.
Sima Yi, an old tortoise, really wants to defend against danger, but Feng Duhu is not sure that he can win.
Although Jiang Wan had tried to find a way to temporarily requisition food and grass, it could only be an urgent need.
The big man really didn't expect to launch a big war at this time.
The troops, food and grass are all insufficiently prepared.
PS:
The lungs are about to cough out!
This thing is really not as simple as a big flu.
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