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The soldiers from Qianjiangdong were divided into two, and one thousand were led by the deputy general Pan Zhang, and they drove dozens of warships to attack the water gate.

The other two thousand people were led by Xu Sheng himself, and rushed towards the city walls with more than a dozen bamboo raft ladders. The drums sounded like thunder and the shouts of killing were shocking the sky.

With a loud "dong", the siege hammer hit the iron fence hard, and several iron bars as thick as arms were immediately bent.

There were dozens of ropes tied to the siege ram, and ten people stood on each side. They pulled the ropes and hung the siege ram in the air. With shouts, the siege ram echoed and crashed into the iron gate. Another muffled sound, the siege ram hit the iron fence heavily.

Although the city kept firing arrows outward, the two iron gates became natural barriers of the Jiangdong Army, and most of the arrows were blocked by the iron fence.

Liu Jing frowned and looked up at the city. There were no defenders on it. He cursed himself in his heart and immediately turned around and said to a garrison leader: "Zhang Gan, take the first garrison and the second garrison to the city, and shoot arrows from above."

"Abide by the order"

Tunchang turned around and waved his hand, "Come with me"

He led his hands to the top of the city. After a moment, arrows on the top of the city were raining, and dozens of soldiers pulling the rope fell to the ground one after another.

Pan Zhang, the deputy general who was commanding the attack on the back of the ship, was furious and ordered: "Press the city with a bow and arrow, and then go to 60 people to hit the door."

Nearly thousands of soldiers from Jiangdong under the city were scattered with arrows, shooting at the top of the city, suppressing the crossbow soldiers on the top of the city and being unable to show up and shoot again.

Sixty people rushed forward, took the rope, waved the siege ram and hit the iron gate again. Liu Jing shouted in the urn city: "Shoot the ship with rockets."

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With a loud bang, a tall bamboo raft was heavily mounted on the city wall, and wooden boards were placed on the moat. Thousands of soldiers rushed across the moat and climbed up hard.

Arrows on the city were like rain, and rolling wood and stones were hit like hail. The soldiers in Jiangdong held up their shields to block them, but they were still smashed and rolled and fell.

The Jiangdong Army gathered ten bamboo rafts and attacked on the two-step city wall. More than a thousand soldiers under the city raised crossbows and shot arrows at the top of the city. Soldiers kept getting arrows and fell from the top of the city screaming.

The war between the two sides gradually became fierce......

Fires surged into the sky at the city gate, and seven or eight warships were lit by rockets one after another. The fire was burning. On the ship and on both sides of the Caohe River, there were corpses everywhere. The defenders at the top of the city also died and injured more than 40 people. The siege rams rolled on one side and the rope was burned by the fire.

At this time, the siege hammer had smashed the iron fence with a gap of two feet wide and could drill in sideways. Nearby, the soldiers from Jiangdong drilled into the gap and entered the water gate.

The Water Gate Cave is about 18 feet long and 100 feet wide. There is a stone step on the left. The corridor on the stone step has been blocked by huge rocks with Jingzhou military. If you want to enter the urn, you can only smash the iron gate on the other side.

Unfortunately, the attacking ram was unable to enter the Water Gate Cave, and the soldiers in Jiangdong could only use an axe to chop and knives to file, but they encountered a cruel blow from the soldiers of Jingzhou.

Liu Jing led his men to shoot densely into the Shuimen Cave with crossbows, leaving the Shuimen Cave with no foothold. The soldiers in Jiangdong could only soak in the water and hold shields to defend.

But without the powerful impact of the attacking ram, just cutting and filing with an axe and cutting knife can't cut off the iron bars as thick as arms.

There was nowhere to hide in the Shuimen Cave, and screams kept coming. The river water was stained with blood and was covered with corpses in the Shuimen Cave. The soldiers tried to block the iron fence with shields, but were ruthlessly split by the soldiers in Jingzhou.

In less than half an hour, the close-knit Jiangdong soldiers who entered the Water Gate Cave were almost killed or injured, and the remaining dozen Jiangdong soldiers also escaped to death. The entire Water Gate was filled with a pungent smell of blood.

However, compared with the successful defense of the Watergate Cave, the defense of the city wall is dangerous and in danger.

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The battle for the city walls has been fought for most of the time, and there are corpses on the city and under the city, and blood flows into a river.

The city walls were dyed with red red. Seven of the siege bamboo rafts had been destroyed, but new bamboo rafts were constantly put into battle.

Five people were killed and injured in the two thousand Jiangdong Army, and more than seven people were killed and injured in the defenders at the top of the city, most of whom were civilians who assisted in defense. They did not have leather armor defense and would often die after being shot by arrows.

At this time, the defenders began to use the city-defying iron fork. This type of iron fork is meter long and weighs more than pounds, and is specially used to deal with city-siege ladders.

The iron fork crossed a bamboo raft, and more than a dozen people pushed out hard. The bamboo raft swayed and squeaked, and began to leave the city wall and straightened outward. With the shouts of the defenders, the bamboo raft finally turned outward, and dozens of Jiangdong soldiers on the raft screamed.

Xu Sheng, who was watching the battle not far away, could no longer suppress his anxiety. The Water Gate attack made no achievements and the city wall attack suffered heavy casualties. If he continued to fight like this, his thousands of troops would not last long.

Xu Sheng raised his gun and shouted: "Surprise the city with me"

He swung his spear and ran towards the top of the city. When several soldiers behind him saw the commander in person, they immediately became very motivated and followed Xu Sheng to fight for the first place.

Xu Sheng rushed onto a bamboo raft and ran up seven or eight steps in one breath. More than a dozen wooden rocks on the top of the city smashed him head-on. Xu Sheng raised his shield with his left hand and waved his spear with his right hand, lifting huge rocks and rolling wood from above his head.

Xu Sheng was very skilled in martial arts and extremely powerful. He enjoyed a reputation in Dongwu. He was not only skilled in martial arts but also proficient in strategy. He was a famous general of martial arts in Dongwu and was highly valued by Sun Ce and Sun Quan brothers.

He knew that morale could not be extinguished. When the Jiangdong Army repeatedly attacked unfavorably, he would definitely be able to boost morale by leading by example.

Xu Sheng blinked into the city, and at this moment, seven or eight spears stabbed him at one after another. He raised his shield to resist, and the spear in his hand stabbed in the gap. In a moment, five or six defenders were stabbed to the ground by him.

A dozen steps away, Sang Ming saw Xu Sheng extremely brave and was about to climb to the top of the city. He was furious and shouted loudly, slashing at him with a knife.

“Good come”

Xu Sheng shouted, threw away the shield, waved his gun with his arms, and heard a loud bang, and the sword and gun were in line with each other. The huge force made Sang Ming's arms numb, and the big sword almost flew out.

Sang Ming was shocked and turned around to escape. Unexpectedly, Xu Sheng's spear was fast. He flipped his hand and pierced Sang Ming's neck with a spear and pulled it out with great strength.

Sang Ming screamed muffled and flew out of the city. Xu Sheng jumped onto the city and stabbed the spear. In an instant, four soldiers were stabbed by him, and the soldiers were so scared that they retreated one after another.

At this moment, Wang Tai shouted loudly and waved his sword to slash at Xu Sheng.

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Liu Jing arranged his soldiers to deploy rockets in Wengcheng. Rockets are undoubtedly a powerful tool to deal with the Jiangdong Army's water attack. Last night and today, they defeated the Jiangdong Army twice, relying on fire attacks.

At this moment, a soldier rushed over and shouted in horror: "Mr. Jing, General Sang was killed, and the enemy attacked the city."

Liu Jing's face changed drastically. If the Jiangdong Army occupied the city, it would mean that Chaisang had lost. He yelled and turned around and ordered: "Leave one person, come with me."

He led the two soldiers to the top of the city, and met two other soldiers led by Zhang Gan in the corridor. The two armies merged and turned into four people, shouting to kill the top of the city.

On the top of the city, the soldiers of the Jiangdong army had already rushed over to the rest of the people and were fighting fiercely with several defenders on the top of the city. Liu Jing suddenly saw Wang Taizheng fighting with a Jiangdong general.

This Jiangdong general was very skilled in martial arts and killed Wang Tai and retreated step by step. He was forced to retreat to the city wall. Wang Tai was in danger.

It was too late to rush to rescue. In desperation, Liu Jing took the bow and shot an arrow at the enemy general. This was his first time shooting an arrow at someone. It should be said that his archery skills were far from reaching the level, but sometimes he was lucky. Xu Sheng was caught off guard and hit Xu Sheng's left arm with one arrow. Xu Sheng shouted, covering his arm and retreated several times.

Wang Tai was saved in danger, and rolled around and avoided Xu Sheng's gun ring. At this moment, Liu Jing and several of his men shouted and rushed into the enemy group.

Among the four subordinates, some of them were Tao's soldiers. They were all skilled in martial arts and had fought. Their entry caused the critical situation on the city wall to reverse.

The soldiers of Jiangdong were killed and retreated step by step, leaving the city and descending down the city along the bamboo raft. Seeing that Xu Sheng failed, he felt unwilling to accept his efforts and roared loudly, wanting to fight Liu Jing, but several of his personal soldiers forced him to drag him off the city.

The Jiangdong Army's attack was frustrated and its morale was sluggish. It finally retreated like a tide.

This siege battle lasted nearly an hour and ended with the failure of the Jiangdong Army. Nearly a thousand soldiers were killed and injured, more than a dozen ships were burned, and more than a dozen siege bamboo rafts were also lost.

The Chaisang defenders and civilians also paid more than a thousand people, and even Sang Ming, who had just become a military marquis, died tragically at the hands of Xu Sheng.

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"Don't you think it's God's will?"

During the battle interval, the soldiers leaned against the wall to rest. Liu Jing and Xu Shu, who were unanimously elected as new teeth generals by the soldiers, walked slowly on the top of the city.

Xu Shu smiled and said, "Zhou Ling's death paved the way for the Duke to take control of Chaisang. I originally wanted to persuade Duke to find an opportunity to kill this person, but God is in harmony with each other, giving him the charge of affair with the Jiangdong Army, so that Duke can successfully take over the Chaisang army."

"yes"

Liu Jing also sighed: "I came to Chaisang just to pay my birthday. Unexpectedly, God's will coincide with the attack of Chaisang, which made me accidentally seize the military power of Chaisang, and I could only explain it by God's will."

Liu Jing walked to the top of the city and stared at the Jiangdong Army fleet in the distance, saying a little worriedly: "But if the city is broken by the Jiangdong Army, I will still have nothing."

"Didn't the Jiangdong army show that there are only a thousand troops? It can be seen that Jiangdong does not intend to attack Jiangxia on a large scale. He just wants to sneak attack Chaisang and succeed, and then turn Chaisang into a springboard for Jiangdong to attack Jiangxia. Therefore, it can be seen that Sun Quan's determination is not firm."

"Na Yuanzhi thought, how to deal with the current crisis, I mean, how to defend the city of Chaisang," Liu Jing asked again.

Xu Shu stood beside the city wall and smiled, "In fact, it is not difficult to defend the city. Chaisang City is tall and sturdy, easy to defend but difficult to attack. The reason why it is dangerous today is that there are few defense methods. Apart from bows and arrows, it is just rolling wood and stones. In fact, the effect is not great. If there are stone cannons and catapults, it will not only kill the enemy in large quantities, but also prevent their ships from approaching the water gate. It will be a heavy blow to the morale of the Jiangdong Army. Why don't you use it?"

"There are these civilians"

Xu Shu pointed to a large row of civilians lying at the base of the city wall and sighed: "It is actually a mistake to allow these untrained people to be on the front line of combat. They cannot play their roles. They should be allowed to fight in the rear, such as letting them use step bows, shoot arrows under the city behind, or training them to manipulate catapults, so that they can act as a soldier."

Xu Shu's analysis was very thorough and he could always see the key points of the problem. Liu Jing nodded, saying that he was indeed Xu Shu, and he was indeed well-known. He said a little ashamed: "Yuan Zhi is right, so I will order people to find a carpenter."

Xu Shu smiled, looked at the vast Yangtze River again, and said slowly: "Actually, the key is reinforcements from both sides. If it is not as expected, the Huangshe reinforcements from Wuchang will definitely come, and the reinforcements from Jiangdong may also arrive. If the Jiangdong army defeats the Jiangxia army, then the key to this battle is whether Gan Ning can arrive in time. Gan Ning is outside, the Duke is inside, and the inside is inside and outside, and the Jiangdong army will undoubtedly be defeated."

Liu Jing felt a little moved. In fact, the will of heaven in the dark was not just to become the chief general of Chaisang, but to Xu Shu come with him, making him become his military advisor.

Xu Shu entered Cao's camp without saying a word. This common saying cannot be given birth to him any longer.
Chapter completed!