After filling the moat outside the south gate, Cai Huaiyuan ordered the catapult to attack first. However, the Jiangling city wall was both high and thick, and the catapult to pull with human power was more effective than nothing.

The catapult cart is invalid and the rushing height is not enough, so only the ant siege attacks the city.

The front army launched an attack under the cover of a crossbow, but because the city wall was too high, some ladders could not even be built on the wall, and arrows fell like rain on the city. After more than a thousand soldiers were killed or injured, they had to give up the idea of ​​attacking forcefully.

After losing his troops and losing his generals, Cai Huaiyuan took the initiative to apologize to the Central Army. Wu Mingche had the idea of ​​giving it a try, so he was not harsh on him, but just asked him to make meritorious contributions to atone for his guilt.

Wu Mingche thought hard about the method of breaking the city but failed. When he was in trouble, Xiao Yining, the leader of the navy army, came out and reported:

"At the end, generals heard that when Huan Sima Zeng built Jiangling, he combined the old city with the city built by Guan Yu of Shu into one. However, after the two cities were connected, the city walls were not demolished, so a partition wall was formed in the city. Now the city was divided into two cities in the east and west, which was divided by using the original partition walls in the city."

"According to the last, even if our army breaks through the city, the enemy can still use the partition walls in the city to launch a blockade, and such casualties will definitely be heavy."

Every general in the tent knew the situation in Jiangling City very well. Wu Mingche heard that he could not tell the main topic, so he said impatiently: "It is well known that Jiangling is difficult to attack, so you can tell me what good strategies you have. If you don't have any plans, you don't have to say more about it."

Xiao Yining bowed and said, "The last general thought that our army was not good at attacking the city, but he was good at naval forces. At this time, it was time to play to its strengths and avoid its weaknesses. Jiangling was adjacent to the river and could divert the river water from the city. When the water was together, the navy ships could approach the city wall with a stick. In this way, the attacks day and night, Jiangling would be broken without a few months."

When Wu Mingche heard this, his eyes were already lit. After thinking carefully, he felt that this plan was feasible, so he immediately ordered the troops to move the camp to a high place and dig dike the city.

In just half a day, a large mouth was dug by Chen Jun. The river water rushed into the outside of the dike. In just two hours, all the mile outside Jiangling City was flooded.

However, after a day, Wu Mingche found that the water outside the city was still less than ten feet long. At such a depth, even a slightly larger 300-stone ship would be stranded if it was accidentally driven to the city wall.

The plan to use the pole on the ship to hit the city wall was dashed, but Wu Mingche still had great expectations for diverting water to flood the city.

The Jiangling City Wall is a rammed earth wall. It is soaked by water for a long time. After the rammed earth is soft, the city wall will easily collapse. Once the city wall breaks, the river water will form a flooding momentum, and the whole city will be swallowed by the flood in an instant.

In Wu Mingche's view, the fact that the city can still be destroyed by just digging the river and water alone is nothing more than spending more time.

Didn’t it take the Qin army to flood Daliang, Wei capital?

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Han Duan stood on the hills five miles east of Jiangling City, and looked at the surging rivers flooding Jiangling and raging Jiangbei, and his heart was filled with sighs.

During this flood, I don’t know how many people have been displaced and become victims.

If he were the commander of the army, he would never use such a way to harm the people to break the city.

No matter how high or thick the Jiangling city wall is, it is always made of rammed earth. Just build dozens of counterweight catapults to bombard day and night, which is faster and better than the method of diversion of water and flooding the city.
Chapter completed!