During the seven days of attacking Yin Ling, as Yuan Shu’s first general, Ji Ling’s subordinate has been in charge of the main attack. His subordinates have suffered the most casualties and need to be supplemented urgently. I heard that Yuan Shu has sent reinforcements, and Ji Ling "Huo" So he stood up and asked loudly, "Which general is here, I'll have it soon,"
A person outside the tent had already laughed and said: "Liu is not a talent, come here to assist the three generals on the order of the lord, and wait for the three generals to send them."
When Ji Ling looked up, he was a man with white face and big ears. It was Liu Bei. When Liu Bei led the 50,000 Xuzhou Army to Yuan Shu, Ji Ling, Lei Bo and others led the troops out, so the two sides did not meet each other, but In the previous letters urging them to enter the army, Yuan Shu had already told them about Liu Bei's coming to vote. Therefore, when he saw Liu Bei, Ji Ling was not very surprised.
To be honest, Yuan Shu, who thought he was born noble, even looked down upon his half-brother, Yuan Shao, just because Yuan Shao was born to a concubine and belonged to a concubine. How could he look down on Liu Bei, who once made a living as a weaver and a trader. However, Liu Bei not only brought 50,000 horses, but also a large amount of food and grass. These are what Yuan Shu urgently needs now. Therefore, Yuan Shu welcomed Liu Bei with a smile.
However, although Yuan Shu took in Liu Bei, he was not at ease with him. Hearing the news that Ji Ling and others were blocked in the Yin Tomb, Yuan Shu made a plan and asked Liu Bei to lead the fifty thousand Xuzhou soldiers to come to help. Yuan Shu's intention was Obviously, it is necessary to use siege warfare to gradually consume Liu Bei’s strength in order to better control Liu Bei. How can these tricks be concealed from Liu Bei, but Liu Bei has no other way to think of now, so he has to lead his team to the Yin Ling. Then, along the way, Liu Bei was thinking about how to preserve his strength. This is the capital for his comeback.
After listening to Ji Ling’s introduction to the battle in recent days and the arrangements for the siege of the next day, Liu Bei had already thought about it. He arched his hands and said: “The three generals have been attacking the city for days, and the soldiers have suffered many casualties and are exhausted. , It is understandable that Liu, a new force, will be the main attacker,"
It turned out that Ji Ling and others were born with the desire to preserve their strength, so they found such a reason to let Liu Bei be the main attacker of tomorrow, and the other three would act as feints.
When Ji Ling heard something in Liu Bei's words, he couldn't help but sneered: "So, General Liu disagrees with Ji's arrangement."
Liu Bei laughed and said, "When I was bullied by Liu Xin's servant and desperate, I was fortunate to be taken in by the Lord, and he was just working hard to repay him. How could he think, but General Ji's plan to attack the city tomorrow is a bit wrong."
Lei Bo thought that Liu Bei was deliberately evasive, and he immediately furiously said: "Liu Bei, you are only a defeated general, so you dare to make irresponsible remarks here."
Liu Bei’s city mansion is quite deep, and he doesn’t care about Lei Bo’s cynicism. He said indifferently: "General Lei’s remarks are very bad, and here is just a matter of fact. If the three generals don’t want to listen, just don’t talk about it. Anyway, they can’t attack the Yin Ling. , The lord is not responsible for the next person to blame."
"General Lei, now General Liu is also the one who works for the lord. Everyone should be in the same boat. From now on, don't say anything that hurts feelings." Ji Ling looked startled, and quickly drank Lei Bo and said to Liu Bei, " I don’t know what general Liu has to attack the city, please state clearly,"
"Didn't the three generals ever hear that the trapped beasts are still fighting? What's more, there are still tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in this city." Liu Bei paused, seeing Ji Ling's eyes seem to be enlightened, and continued, "If you are like a general, you will be Yin Ling The city’s siege is overwhelming, and the soldiers and civilians in the city must fight to death. How can they be eagerly attacked? I think that we should leave one door unattended and let the defenders in the city a way out, so they don’t have to worry about leaving the city."
Siege of the Three Ques One is a common method of siege. Ji Ling and the others have been leading the army for many years, but how could they not know it, because it was too easy for them to capture those county towns. They were frustrated for a while in Yinling and didn’t think about it. After Liu Bei’s wake-up call, Ji Ling and others suddenly realized, and they praised in unison: "General Liu is really a clever plan,"
Seeing that these three people have changed their views, Liu Bei smiled and waved his hand and said: "The three generals, there is another plan in the next. Tomorrow will still be the main attack on the west gate, General Lei and General Chen will attack the south and north gates. General Ji went to set up an ambush ten miles east of the city, and waited until the Yinling garrison abandoned the city..."
Ji Ling caressed his palm and smiled: "General Liu's plan is great. If Yinling City is broken because of this, it will be a great achievement for the general."
At dawn, the stern horn sounded from Yuan Shu’s army camp that had been silent for a night again. The soldiers swarmed out from the camp, shouting and rushing towards Yinling City. Another day of siege war began. After discussion last night , Ji Ling made some changes to Liu Bei’s siege plan. Today’s siege is still carried out from four directions at the same time.
Faced with this situation, Zhang Ying was already a little numb. He mechanically directed the soldiers and civilians on the front of the city to shoot arrows, throw stones, and pour gold juice down the city, repelling waves of attacks by Yuan Shu’s army. Persevere until noon,
Usually at this time, the siege battle against Yuan Jun has to be suspended for a period of time. After all, after half a day of fighting, both the offensive and the defenders are very exhausted, and many of the weapons of the offensive are also damaged in the battle, and need to be repaired, but today The situation was a little abnormal. The siege troops under the city showed no signs of stopping. Instead, they attacked more and more fiercely.
Suddenly, there was a sound of war drums from outside the west gate, and the attack there suddenly intensified. Zhang Ying had just patrolled the north gate at this time, and saw the fearful pro followed rushing over last night, and said with his hands. : "General Qi, the enemy army on the west side of the siege seems to have changed,"
Zhang Ying grabbed her heart and asked in a deep voice, "What's the change?"
The relative frowned and said: "These people's armor and banners are a little different from those of the people who attacked the city a few days ago. They seem to be newly transferred reinforcements from the enemy."
The latest wave of attacks that occurred at the west gate of Yinling was carried out by the fifty thousand Xuzhou army led by Liu Bei. Yuan Shu expanded his army aggressively, and money and food became a big problem. Naturally, Liu Bei and the others who came to defect were not replaced. The banner, so Liu Bei and the others still used the Xuzhou Army's uniform banner, so the sharp-eyed Zhang Ying's subordinates could see some clues.
Hearing that the enemy had reintroduced troops at Ximen, Zhang Ying couldn't help being shocked. She was about to go to Ximen to have a look. He suddenly saw another soldier rushing over and said, "Thanks to the general, you are attacking the city outside the east gate. The enemy began to retreat, turning to the north and south gates respectively."
Zhang Ying was at the north gate. He held the battlements in his hand and looked down. Sure enough, he saw the smoke and dust on the east corner, and countless people rushed over here.
As the soldiers and horses withdrawn from the east gate joined, the pressure on the north gate increased. Under the continuous attack, enemy troops climbed up at several city heads, even though the defenders died. She resisted and drove the enemy down again, but Zhang Ying was also shocked in a cold sweat. Soon, news of Ximen's emergency and Nanmen's emergency came one after another, but Dongmen gradually returned to calm, and it was no longer visible outside the city. An enemy army, everyone withdrew cleanly,
Knowing that there were no enemy troops outside the East Gate, the professional felt that the opportunity was indispensable, and quickly persuaded: "General, if you don't leave at this time, I'm afraid there will be no chance again."
Zhang Ying shouted in a deep voice: "Shut up, this is the enemy's trick. If I wait to get out of the east gate and hit the enemy's ambush, I will send an order to transfer part of the east gate to the south and north gates. I must resist. The enemy's offensive,"
The entourage did not convey Zhang Ying's order, but gritted his teeth and continued to persuade: "General, you should not be too careful. The enemy clearly wants to take advantage of the new reinforcements and wants to break through the gates of our city, but the general You see, the enemy’s siege forces at the southern and northern gates are obviously insufficient, so the troops from the east gate are deployed to strengthen the offensive here. They will not give up until they achieve their goals."
Zhang Yingzheng wanted to slap this pro-follower, and suddenly felt that his words also made sense. Judging from the situation of the enemy's attack in the past few days, the North and South Gates were obviously feigning attacks. Today, not only did the enemy outside the west gate have added reinforcements, but the north and south gates were also in a state of urgency.
After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Ying looked down at the city again. The offensive there was still fierce, and the army that had withdrawn from the east gate was seen with his own eyes. Now they are already on the offensive. Due to the increase in troops, the enemy is attacking the city. One ** rushed towards the city wall in turns, and did not give the defenders any chance to breathe. Zhang Ying can be sure that if he continues to fight like this, Yinling City will not be defended for three days.
Zhang Ying finally became cruel and turned around and said, "Let me go to the east gate."
Just as the fighting was going on at the three gates in the south, west and north, the east gate of Yinling City was quietly opened. Zhang Ying took the lead and rushed out of the city. Although he abandoned the city and left, Zhang Ying could not take more. He also needs to use the defenders of the other three gates to hold the enemy for him and buy time for his retreat.
Not long after Zhang Ying left the city, Yuan Shu's army attacking the city suddenly shouted in unison: "Zhang Ying has left you and ran away, surrender to avoid death,"
The soldiers and civilians on the city, who were already overwhelmed by the continuous attacks of the enemy, were even more panicked when they heard the shouting. At this time, news that Zhang Ying opened the east gate and left the city also came. The soldiers and civilians who defended the city suddenly exploded, and even the main general ran away. How strong were they. Many people abandoned their knives, guns, bows and arrows and fled to the city. In a blink of an eye, three city gates fell one after another. Liu Bei , Lei Bo, and Chen Lan led their troops into Yinling City.
Zhang Ying had anticipated the ending of Yinling City when he led the army out of the east gate, but he could no longer take care of this. He just wanted to get to Shouchun and meet Liu You as soon as possible. Shouchun was stronger than Yinling. Much, there is the last hope to resist Yuan Shu’s attack,