Chapter 1039: Zhuge escapes
It was still early in the morning, and it was still a little hazy and blurry. οΌ_οΌ
"Boom! Boom! Boom! β
The roaring war drums suddenly sounded, mighty and mighty, like a fierce tiger. Immediately afterward, the sound of the trumpet continued to enter the city from far and near. The two voices intertwined with each other, breaking through the clouds and echoing in Xiangyang City.
On the castle tower, the soldiers were already in full array.
Zhuge Liang stood on the city tower and looked into the distance, a touch of coldness flashed in his eyes.
The siege began.
After the Shu army appeared, the black and oppressive figure gradually approached the urn city. Lu Meng took the lead and rushed to the front. When the army stopped outside the city, twenty small boats drifted down the moat and quickly moved down. In a short time, twenty small boats stopped at the moat outside the gate of Wengcheng, and all of them broke anchor
Subsequently, four small boats were placed in a row, and five small boats were lined up.
In the blink of an eye, the boat built a path over the moat.
With a smile in his eyes, Lu Meng waved his big hand, and immediately a soldier ran up with a wooden plank and set up on the boat. Hearing only the sound of thumping, the soldiers nailed the planks to the boats, and connected the twenty boats together, forming a wide and flat road that led to the city of Urn.
These small boats were recruited by Lu Meng overnight, and they were all recruited from the surrounding people, so that twenty small boats were collected overnight, otherwise it would be difficult to build a wide and flat wooden bridge.
After Zhuge Liang saw it on the city tower, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, revealing the color of the wind, but he did not give the order to shoot.
He waited quietly, waiting for the Shu army to attack the city.
A moment later, one by one, the Shu army stepped on the fixed planks to cross the river and rushed towards the urn city. Although the soldier still felt a little swaying when he stepped on the plank, it was enough to carry the soldier to run over.
At this time, Zhuge Liang ordered: "Shoot arrows, shoot directly at the Shu army that crossed the river." β
Next to Zhuge Liang, a captain asked aloud: "Military advisor, the Shu army has wooden planks on the moat, and there are small boats under the wooden planks, we can use rockets to ignite the wooden planks and burn their boats." In this way, the Shu army could only use ladders to set up in the narrowest part of the moat, so as to cross the river tremblingly. β
After the lieutenant finished speaking, he looked quite proud.
Zhuge Liang shook his head and said: "I don't know your opinion, it's just that I have my own arrangements, just use ordinary long arrows." β
The captain looked puzzled, and he didn't understand what Zhuge Liang was thinking.
However, even if the defenders on the city tower did not use rockets, just ordinary bows and arrows, it also had a huge impact on the Shu army, many Shu soldiers were shot into the water, screaming loudly, and some Shu soldiers were killed and wounded by bows and arrows.
When Shu crossed the river, catapults were pushed out.
These catapults were modified by Pu Yuan, and their power was several times stronger than the previous catapults, and the stones thrown were all hundreds of catties of boulders, and the range was long, enough to be projected from outside the moat to the urn city. As soon as Lu Meng gave an order, one catapult after another quickly started running, and all the catapults aimed at the city wall at the gate of the urn city and quickly smashed over.
"Boom !!"
One after another, hundred-pound boulders were smashed out and hit the city wall, making a deafening sound.
The boulder hit the city wall, and immediately a large hole appeared.
All the catapults aimed at one position, and after a few rounds, with a bang, the walls of the urn city were smashed down, revealing a large hole three zhang wide. In this way, there was a large gap in the urn city for the Shu army to pass through.
After Zhuge Liang saw it, the corners of his mouth hooked up with a smile.
Seemingly, this is a good thing.
By this time, it was already dawn, but it was still a little drowsy.
The private soldiers in the city had already reached the gate of the city, and Wang Can led people to attack. Zhuge Liang arranged the defense of the urn city, and quickly rushed to the city tower, standing on the city tower to observe the situation in the city. I saw Wang Can leading people to kill, went straight to the city gate, wanted to open the city gate, and at the same time divided his troops to climb the city tower and attack the Han soldiers defending the city.
In this way, attacks were launched both inside and outside the city.
Zhuge Liang sneered, and after inspecting everywhere, he didn't know when he couldn't see a trace.
However, with Zhuge Liang's arrangement, the rest of the Han soldiers are still resisting.
LΓΌ Meng let the catapult smash the wall of the urn city, and immediately sent troops to push the catapult, carry ladders and other weapons to kill the moat, and attack the gate of Xiangyang City as concocted. Although the city tower is constantly shooting arrows, as long as the soldiers are holding shields, they can still maintain the situation and attack Xiangyang City steadily.
In the end, the city gate was breached by LΓΌ Meng in the most brutal way.
And Wang Can also led people to kill the city tower and successfully controlled Xiangyang City.
In this way, Xiangyang City was broken.
But the strange thing is that Zhuge Liang disappeared mysteriously, and no one knows where Zhuge Liang went. When Wang Can took Xiangyang, on the moat outside the southern city, a small boat entered the river around Xiangyang City along the moat and quietly left. Although the boat was not large, it was accompanied by dozens of soldiers.
On the bow of the boat stood a young man dressed in white and holding a feather fan.
This person is Zhuge Liang.
After arranging the defense of the soldiers on the city tower, he quietly left with dozens of Liu Bei's henchmen and got on the boat arranged in the south of the city. Liu Bei's wife was already waiting on the boat, and after Zhuge Liang got on the boat, he immediately drove away. Zhuge Liang looked at the gradually blurred Xiangyang City, and immediately looked at the soldiers beside him, and asked, "Did the two hundred soldiers last night arrive at the predetermined position?" β
The soldier replied: "Strategist, they have already arrived, and this time Wang Can will definitely not be able to eat and walk around." β
Zhuge Liang smiled, but shook his head slightly.
Suddenly, Zhuge Liang's cheeks were cold, and it began to rain.
"Tick! Tick!!! β
After a while, the light rain turned into a torrential downpour, and the raindrops splashed on the water, and the misty mist quickly rose.
Seeing that Zhuge Liang was still standing in the rain, the soldier persuaded him: "Strategist, go to the boat to shelter from the rain, the lord entrusts his wife to you, if you have three long and two short, we don't know what to do?" "The soldiers left by Liu Bei are absolute dead soldiers, not only to protect Zhuge Liang, but also to protect Liu Bei's heirs.
Zhuge Liang nodded, turned around and walked towards the cabin, laughing as he approached the cabin.
The laughter was bleak, but it seemed very happy.
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After the battle in Xiangyang ended, the aftermath began to be dealt with. Wang Can, LΓΌ Meng, Guo Jia, Xu Shu, Pang De, Zhang Xiu, Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue gathered in Liu Biao's palace. Wang Cangao sat on the throne, promulgated the decrees one by one, and conveyed the decrees that needed rewards and pensions, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
After Wang Can finished speaking, Guo Jia immediately said: "Lord, when I attacked the city today, I felt a little strange because everything was too easy, and there were almost no difficulties. Even if there is a lord in the city to contain the Han army, it should not be so easy. And Zhuge Liang suddenly disappeared, which is also a hidden danger. β
Lu Meng smiled and said: "Guo Junshi, Zhuge Liang knows that Liu Bei and Zhang Fei were killed, and he has no intention of fighting, so it will be smooth." As for Zhuge Liang's disappearance, this is his sneaking away, which is also normal and not to be worried. β
Wang Can nodded in agreement.
Xu Shu also agreed with Lu Meng's opinion, after all, it was impossible for Zhuge Liang to stay.
At this time, the people of the Xiang family asked: "Dare to ask the King of Shu, now that Xiangyang has been pacified, how should the officials of Xiangyang arrange?" β
This is the issue that the Xiangyang clan is most concerned about.
People from the Cai family, the Kuai family, the Ma family, the Xiang family, the Xi family and other large and small families all looked at Wang Can, waiting for Wang Can to speak, with expectations and fears in their hearts. If Wang Can crossed the river and demolished the bridge, turned his face and denied the account, and redispatched an official from Chengdu to govern Xiangyang, they would not dare to oppose it openly, because Wang Can had already taken Xiangyang.
Wang Can smiled and said: "What I said is still counted, where is Kuailiang?" β
"The minister is here!" Kuai Liang stood up and answered.
Wang Can commanded in a deep voice: "You have both ability and political integrity, and you are familiar with Jingxiang affairs, so you will serve as the assassin of Jingzhou and act as the governor of Jingzhou." As for Zhang Yun and Wen Ping and others, they stayed in Xiangyang to listen to them. β
Kuai Liang arched his hand and said, "The minister obeys the order." β
After a pause, Kuai Liang said: "My lord, Xiangyang is adjacent to Cao Cao and Sun Jian, and the land of the four wars is in danger at all times, so I sincerely ask my family to be sent to Chengdu to solve my worries, and ask my lord to agree." "The so-called reciprocating the peach, Wang Can asked Kuai Liang to serve as the assassin of Jingzhou, and Kuai Liang also automatically sent his family to Chengdu.
This is also a disguised expression of his will to Wang Can, leaving his family as a hostage.
As soon as Kuai Liang said it, Zhang Yun and others were like this, and they all learned from Kuai Liang to send his family to Chengdu to show his loyalty to Wang Can, and Wang Can agreed one by one, with a smile on his face.
He glanced at Kuai Liang approvingly, and secretly praised Kuai Liang for being worthy of being from everyone, knowing advance and retreat, and knowing the general situation.
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