The sky was cloudy and drizzling in the air.

The gloomy weather made the people in Wuchang City, who were already rare, even more nowhere to be seen. Only a group of soldiers in leather armor and raincoats, armed with weapons, were still carrying supplies to the city.

It's just that compared with three days ago, the spirits of these soldiers are a little more shaken, and their faces are a little more vibrant. The action is also more effective.

At this time, the south gate of Wuchang City was wide open. Several teams of soldiers escorted several baggage carts into the city slowly. The cart was loaded with logs, huge logs.

Jiangxia is a watery place, but it is not a mountainous place, and it is difficult to find things such as stones, and during this time, Huang Zhong ordered the forest to be cut down and log up.

Now the entire Wuchang City is not only full of all kinds of stones, cauldrons, and all kinds of logs are piled up on the side of the city wall, except for the necessary stone steps up and down, the rest of the places are piled up.

This is the benefit of getting the enemy's attack in advance, otherwise Liu Feng would not have eaten enough to support himself and cut down so much wood to defend the city.

The team didn't move fast, but it slowly made its way to the center of the city. At this moment, a baggage truck at the front suddenly slowed down.

The leader of this team is a middle-aged man, in his forties, named Chen Guan, and the official residence is Dubo. used to be Dubo under Huang Zu's tent, but later surrendered to Liu Feng, and Shangfeng appreciated his ability, so he continued to let him do Dubo.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that the front slowed down, his expression changed slightly, and he immediately trotted forward and asked.

The current baggage carts are equipped with a horse, but it is an old horse of the previous year, and the baggage cart loaded with many logs cannot be pulled by the old horse alone. At the same time, it was also equipped with several people recruited from the city.

Some of these people are young and some are old.

When an old man heard this, he immediately said: "My lord, Xiao Zhang's mother-in-law is about to give birth, and he is a little powerless. ”

The old man's Xiao Zhang is a young man, and he looks honest. At this moment, he looked at Chen Guan with some apprehension. It was a slip of his hand just now that slowed down the baggage cart.

"For the sake of your mother-in-law and children, you should work hard to help the lord defend the city." Chen Guan didn't scold him, but just said meaningfully.

Xiao Zhang's face changed and he nodded vigorously. Together with all the people, they pushed the baggage cart together and increased the speed.

What Dubo Chen Guan said has a deep meaning, Sun Quan once conquered Jiangxia three times and twice, and each time he captured the people, or simply slaughtered the city, and many people were separated from their wives. Some of Chen Guan's relatives also died in the war. If it doesn't work this time, I'm afraid Wuchang City won't be much better.

"You must help the lord to garrison the city." Chen Guan looked up in the direction of Dongcheng, and secretly made up his mind in his heart.

If it was three days ago, Chen Guan would definitely not have confidence, because Jiangdong's army had a psychological advantage in attacking Jiangxia, and Jiangdong had not failed once in attacking Jiangxia.

Huang Zu was either defeated or barely held the city, and did not win once.

But Liu Feng led the troops to exterminate the opponent's vanguard. This made Chen Guan feel a great increase in confidence. Chen Guan is just one of many soldiers.

Liu Fengsan said that the news of breaking Zhou Yu's vanguard before was exciting. At this time, it has begun to affect from all sides.

At the head of the eastern city, Liu Feng and Huang Zhong stood on the city gate tower together.

At this moment, it is the transition time of spring and summer, and the weather is still a little cold, especially on rainy days. Therefore, the clothes worn by Liu Feng and the others are a little thick.

"Not only has the morale been boosted, but the hearts of the people have become more cohesive. Unexpectedly, defeating Pan Zhang still has this effect. The soldiers around him shot respectful glances here from time to time, how could Liu Feng not feel it, he couldn't help but sigh.

"Huang Zu killed Sun Jian, and Sun Quan conquered Jiangxia. Under the strong, they plundered the people. Entangled with each other for more than ten years, the battle is endless. It's a feud. Not only Jiang Xia, this kind of hatred should be regarded as a feud between Jing Chu and Wu Yue. When I was in Changsha, I also led troops to plunder Jianchang, and later Sun Quan ordered Tai Shici to be the captain of Jianchang, I couldn't take much advantage, and then I never sent troops. Huang Zhong smiled, paused, and sighed: "It's just that the old man didn't expect that the hatred between Jiangxia and Jiangdong was so deep. But fortunately, if the lord can defend against Zhou Yu in this battle, the hearts of the people will definitely be attached, which will be of great benefit to future governance. ”

Liu Feng shook his head and smiled: "I can defend against Zhou Yu, and it can only prove that I am stronger than Huang Zu." The key is governance. Only when it is well governed can it be strong and deterring the peeps of Xiaoxiao. It's just that the population is too small after all, and there are only 100,000 people in Jiangxia alone. The army can only raise more than 10,000 soldiers, and there is more than enough defense, but there is not enough progress. ”

"Hehe, a county can also become a prince. Just like Gongsun Du of Liaodong, he was just a small official more than ten years ago, but since he sat in Liaodong, he has expanded his territory and plundered the population. Inside, the rulers are clear. Strong enough to compete with Yuan Shao and compete for Qingzhou. If the lord can develop with peace of mind, the achievement must be on top of it. Huang Zhong saw that Liu Feng was a little disappointed, so he gave an example, wanting Liu Feng to be excited.

In fact, Liu Feng has no loss, from having nothing to being too guarded by a county. He's ambitious now. What's more, Huang Zhong took Gongsun Du as an example, and Liu Feng was quite unimpressed.

Gongsun Du Na and Liu Biao have a virtue, although in Liaodong as a prestige and blessing, so that the hundred tribes surrendered, but in the war against the Central Plains, it was a miserable loss. I remember that in the end, the Gongsun clan was destroyed by Sima Yi. The whole clan was killed.

How can you learn from him?

However, Huang Zhong's words, Liu Feng also quietly wrote them down.

At present, Jiangxia's population is too small, and too little means that too many troops cannot be raised, otherwise it will be a reckless army. Although Liu Feng felt that the Battle of Chibi soon after was his chance, it would be too late to build an army by then.

The sooner a strong army is built, the better.

Plundering the population? Liu Feng quietly put it to heart. If Jiangxia has a population of 200,000 and an army of 20,000. That Zhou Yu's move to Jiangxia again, he has to weigh it.

I thought to myself.

But Liu Feng also knows that it is more important to get Zhou Yu at present. If you don't get Zhou Yu, everything will be closed.

"Woohoo." At this moment, a long horn sounded in the air. Liu Feng immediately dispersed the distracting thoughts in his heart and looked ahead.

In the drizzle, I saw a large number of soldiers appear in the distance. And quickly began to set up camp.

Today, Liu Feng received a report from a spy that Zhou Yu was less than thirty miles away from Wuchang, so Liu Feng and Huang Zhong stood on the city wall and waited.

Originally, Liu Feng still didn't believe it, and it was very risky for the soldiers to march in the rain, and if someone contracted the wind cold, it would cause the whole army to be defeated.

"In order to be in a hurry, he did not hesitate to let the soldiers march in the rain. Zhou Yu is really a tough soldier in Jiangdong. Liu Feng sighed.

sighed, Liu Feng looked solemn, and said: "Staring at night, don't let your guard down." ”

"No." Huang Zhong responded.

The most tragic war began, and at the same time as the horn sounded, Liu Feng's heart was extremely clear.

Not only Liu Feng was observing the movements of Zhou Yu's army, but Zhou Yu was also the same. After he ordered a general to be in charge of setting up camp, he personally took Zhu Zhi and some generals to a place about 300 steps outside Wuchang City.

Wuchang City, as one of the few important cities in Jiangxia, was developed and operated by Huang Zu without blood. The final result was the creation of Wuchang City, which was tall and thick.

It is a major city that rules half of Jiangxia south of the Yangtze River, one-third of the territory, and population.

In the drizzle, Zhou Yu, Zhu Zhi and others stood under the big umbrella held up by their own soldiers. Carefully observe Wuchang City.

The height of the city is only secondary, and the city is full of defensive materials. Zhou Yu frowned. It was really completely prepared, even if the quality of Liu Feng's army was not very good, but relying on this kind of preparation, coupled with the arrogance to defeat Pan Zhang.

This city is not easy to attack.

Zhou Yu sighed in his heart.

If you really miss the lead, you will be restrained step by step. If Pan Zhang's battalion of soldiers and horses was still there, he could use two or three thousand people to capture this city at any cost.

But now, it's harder.

Not only did Liu Fengjun's morale greatly boost, but his army's morale also plummeted slightly. You have to find a way to boost morale first. And to boost morale, there is nothing more than using tactics.

Looking at the city not far away, Zhou Yu made a decision in his heart.

"Set up camp and wait for the sky to clear before attacking the city." Zhou Yu waved his hand, turned around and walked in the direction of the camp. The soldiers around him, as well as Zhu Zhi, hurriedly followed.

At the head of the city, Liu Feng looked at the few figures that appeared three hundred steps away, and guessed that there must be Zhou Yu among them. These extremely capable people will observe the enemy city before fighting.

"Zhou Yu." Liu Feng's eyes flashed.

In today's solar terms, the weather changes the fastest. Yesterday it was drizzling, but today it is already clear.

Although Liu Feng secretly cursed God in his heart, he also had to put on armor and stand at the head of the city with Huang Zhong.

He and Huang Zhong both knew that since Zhou Yu dared to march in the rain, he would definitely attack the city when the sky was clear, and it would be a waste of time not to attack the city.

Sure enough, not long after Liu Feng set foot in the city, a roaring drum sounded in the other party's camp.

"Knock knock.

With the roaring sound of drums, about a thousand steps away, a large number of men and horses were killed in Zhou Yu's camp, which had just been set up yesterday.

Flag as "square". The number of people is about 1,000.

Although Liu Feng had never heard of any generals surnamed Fang, the number of enemy troops was not large. But he and Huang Zhong still didn't dare to slack off, and ordered the soldiers to be on guard.

With Liu Feng's order, the soldiers on the city either bent their bows or put their hands on the logs and stones, intending to wait for the Zhou army to strike after entering the effective attack range.

Five hundred steps, three hundred steps, two hundred steps, one hundred steps, eighty steps. Everyone, including Liu Feng and Huang Zhong, was silently calculating the pace of the enemy's approach.

It is said that it is a hundred steps through Yang, but in fact, the lethality of the general bow and arrow is about sixty or seventy steps, and the person who is hit by the arrow in this range will die.

When the enemy is approaching quickly, it looks like it is about to enter the killing range. Liu Feng raised his hand, wanting to shout out the two words drumming.

However, at this moment, the Zhou army, which was still aggressive and ready to attack the city, suddenly retreated like a tide. Walked clean in a moment.

Suddenly, Liu Feng and Huang Zhong's faces became a little ugly. The two glanced at each other, and they both saw the word difficult in each other's eyes.

This method is poisonous enough.

The besieging side and the defending side are two completely different concepts, the besieging side is active, while the defending side is completely passive. You don't know when the besieging side will attack. Therefore, the soldiers defending the city must be patient and tenacious.

Liu Feng's army was already of poor quality, and even if the morale was greatly boosted because of the defeat of Pan Zhang, it could not hide this fact.

And now Zhou Yu is playing such tricks again.

Three times in a row, the generals who changed three banners were a thousand people each time. In the roar of drums, the siege was violent, but when it was about to enter the attack range, it came to an abrupt end.

This was nothing to the Zhou army, because the soldiers knew very well whether this was a real attack or not, so they were very relaxed.

But for the soldiers defending the city, they had to face pressure every time, a kind of pressure from the enemy to attack. The archer pulled the bowstring nervously.

The rest of the soldiers were also bent over, ready to pick up stones, logs, etc. together.

After Zhou Yu did this three times, the shortcomings of Liu Feng's army were completely exposed. Some people begin to lose their mental focus.

"I don't want to die in the city, I don't want the city to be breached, and the people who let Zhou Yu plunder the city raise their heads and stare ahead." Although Huang Zhong kept walking around the city, so that his personal soldiers constantly urged the soldiers to be vigilant and vigilant, some of the soldiers still lost their minds.

After three times, some people began to disbelieve. Anyway, it's another feint.

But soon, they tasted the bitter fruit.

When the fourth time, the drums sounded in the camp of the Zhou army, and another thousand people were killed. The soldiers were accustomed to thinking that this was a feint, and a large number of people relaxed their vigilance.

But this time, the soldiers of Zhou quickly crossed the range of the attack, seventy steps, fifty steps. Thirty steps. It was fast, and some of the guards didn't even come to their senses.

"Kill, shoot." When Huang Zhong's roaring voice sounded, the soldiers came back to their senses, drew their bows in a panic, and shot arrows.

But it was too late, and at this time the Zhou army under the city had already put down the ladder and quickly crossed the moat. Straight to the city.

The archers shot in a panic, and they were weak. The Zhou army was directly under the city. Set up a ladder and prepare for the siege.

"Calm down and continue to shoot enemy troops in the distance. Ordinary soldiers climbed up, picked up logs, boulders, and smashed them down. "I have long noticed Zhou Yu's conspiracy, and I have observed that something is wrong with my own soldiers. Huang Zhong was very calm at the moment, and he commanded the soldiers to defend the city in an orderly manner.

With Huang Zhong's calm command, the soldiers quickly calmed down. Follow the steps of training, shoot arrows quickly, and throw logs. Stones.

The soldiers of the Zhou army who climbed up to the city were quickly killed, and many of the soldiers under the city were smashed into pulp amid the screams. Not far away, the soldiers of the Zhou army, who were still heading towards the city, were shot by bows and arrows.

Zhou Jun, who was still arrogant just now, was quickly suppressed.

"Ding, ding, ding." Unfortunately, there was a sound of gold in the camp of the Zhou army, and in the crisp sound, the soldiers of the Zhou army quickly retreated.

At the gate of the camp, Zhou Yu glanced at his own soldiers who had returned. Then look up in the direction of the city, and only look at the head of the city.

Under the banner of the word "Liu", there was always a general wearing golden armor, and he couldn't see his face clearly, but Zhou Yu instinctively felt that this person was Liu Feng.

At the same time, there is also Huang Zhong, who is even more eye-catching, who kept roaring just now and ordered his soldiers to kill the enemy. A strong voice, a thousand paces away, can still be heard clearly.

"Huang Zhong is not easy to deal with." Zhou Yu sighed and said, but Zhou Yu quickly lifted his spirits, this time after all, it was just a temptation, not a siege, when the time came, Huang Zhong also had to bow down.

"Next, under the command of Junli, this method of warfare will be maintained within twenty days. The decision was made twenty days later. Zhou Yu's spirit was a little weak, he reached out and stroked his forehead, and explained to Zhu Zhidao.

"No." Zhu Zhi answered loudly.

(To be continued)