The stone bullets struck like meteors.

In Cao Cao's eyes, the stone bullet roared towards him, flying closer and closer.

For a moment, Cao Cao still held on to a glimmer of hope, hoping that the stone bullet would deviate from the track and go in another direction.

In this case, he can continue to maintain a calm posture, stand proudly at the top of the city, and boost the morale of the soldiers.

The next moment, Cao Cao's expectations were dashed.

The whizzing stone bullets seemed to have eyes, heading straight for his head.

If he didn't hide, his head would be blown to pieces.

At that moment, an unprecedented fear flashed through Cao Cao's heart. He no longer cared about the coach's calmness, and instinctively squatted down with his head in his hands, making an evasive move in a rather inelegant manner.

The stone bullet flew over the head and hit the tower behind him with a "bang", directly blasting a hole.

Sawdust and dust suddenly rose up, covering Cao Cao's face with ashes, choking him and causing him to cough repeatedly, and he lost all his grace for a moment.

Xun Yu next to him also lost his composure. He was so frightened that he quickly shrank his head and squatted next to Cao Cao.

"I didn't expect that the power of this thunderbolt car would be so great!"

Xun Yu was very shocked. He had been staying at the rear. He had not personally gone to the front line like Cao Cao and witnessed the terrifying attack power of the Thunderbolt Chariot.

"Although this Thunderbolt Chariot is powerful, it cannot break through our Jiangling City Wall. Yuan Fang just wants to frighten the morale of our army. You don't need to worry. Just ask the soldiers to stay under the female wall and ignore it."

Cao Cao crouched, wiping the dust off his face and shouting orders.

As soon as he finished speaking, another stone bullet passed by and directly smashed the skull of a soldier. The brains flew away and actually splashed onto Cao Cao's feather fan.

Seeing the miserable state of the soldier's head being shattered, and looking at the sticky gray-yellow liquid on his hand, even Cao Cao, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, felt nauseous.

Cao Cao's hand felt like he was being electrocuted, and he quickly wiped the disgusting brain matter on his body.

Stone bullets continued to fall like rain, and the roar filled into the ears, making the eardrums numb.

With no other choice, Cao Cao could only hide himself. He shouted to the soldiers not to be frightened and to hide under the female wall as much as possible.

Outside the city, more than 600 thunderbolt vehicles were firing endlessly. Endless stone bullets drew graceful arcs and continued to bombard the enemy city like meteors.

Cao Cao's soldiers in the city were so frightened that they didn't even need Cao Cao's orders. They hugged their weapons and huddled under the female wall like mice, hiding in fear and praying to God for blessings to prevent themselves from being unlucky.

That one.

That's true. But the parapet wall is not as thick as the main city wall after all. Under the bombardment of stone bullets, the parapet wall was shattered from time to time.

Among the soldiers hiding below, the lucky ones suffered head injuries, bloody injuries, broken limbs, and the unlucky ones either had their heads smashed, their brains flew out, or their internal organs were smashed to pieces.

From time to time, soldiers fell into a pool of blood beside Cao Cao, which only frightened the hero so much that he turned pale.

"Tie Yuan, how many stone bullets are there? Come and blast them. I'll see what you can do to me!"

Frowning his brows, Cao Cao secretly gritted his teeth and roared secretly in his heart.

Below the city, Yuan Fang and his 100,000 soldiers of the Qi army were happily admiring the spectacle of rubble flying across the city and listening to the frightened cries of the enemy.

Unconsciously, the bombardment had lasted for more than half an hour. More than ten thousand stone bullets were fired, which raised the lower part of the city wall to one level.

Looking at Gangneung City again, although the surface fortifications such as the parapet wall were severely bombarded, the main city wall is still standing. Except for some craters and impact marks, not even a crack has appeared.

"I didn't expect that Cao Cao would build Jiangling City so solidly..."

Yuan Fang looked at the city and sighed, secretly admiring Cao Cao.

At this time, Ma Chao next to him said: "Your Majesty, I am afraid that Cao Jun has been scared out of his wits by us. We have elephant soldiers and rattan armor troops. If we don't take advantage of the situation to attack the city now, how long will it take?"

As soon as Ma Chao generously asked for battle, the other generals could not suppress their killing intent and started calling for battle one after another.

But only one general did not get excited and remained calm.

That person was none other than Lu Meng.

Yuan Fangfang asked: "Ziming, do you think Jiangling can be attacked?"

"If your Majesty has an order, I will act bravely."

Lu Meng hurriedly cupped his hands, but then said: "General, the Jiangling City is very solidly built. Our army's thunderbolt chariots are not enough to shake the city wall, but only damage the enemy's morale. If we attack the city by force at this time,

, I’m afraid there will be heavy casualties.”

"Besides, although the elephant soldiers and vine armor soldiers are rare troops, after we used them before, Cao Cao must have been prepared. I think he must have prepared a fire attack on the city. Therefore, I think it is not a wise move to attack the city at this time.

."

After these words, Yuan Fang's lips raised a smile of approval.

Lü Meng is indeed Lü Meng. In history, the four great governors of Soochow really showed their calm judgment.

This is an ability that only a commander can have. This kind of ability is obviously beyond the reach of a simple general like Ma Chao.

The fact that Lu Meng could say these words was not in vain because Yuan Fang had the intention to train him and use him to command the navy instead of Taishi Ci who was also proficient in naval warfare.

"What you said makes sense. How can I waste my elite soldiers? Meng Qi, it won't be too late to save your fighting spirit in a few days and explode again." Yuan Fang agreed with what Lu Meng said.

Yuan Fang has no shortage of food and grass, and there are no external threats, so there is no need to rush to attack Jiangling.

What he wants to do now is to use thunderbolt chariots to bombard Jiangling City for ten days and a half, so that the city's defenders are shrouded in fear every day, and first destroy their fighting spirit.

During the period of time when the enemy's fighting spirit is broken down, it is not too late to come up with a plan to break the city.

After the violent bombardment that day, Yuan Fang ordered his troops to withdraw. The 100,000-strong army left Jiangling after leaving scars all over the city.

In the next ten days, Yuan Fang continuously launched saturation attacks on Jiangling City.

In ten days, he fired as many as 100,000 stone bullets into the city, blasting the north gate to pieces. Except for the city wall that remained, the surface of the city was almost flattened.

But just when Yuan Fang and his counselors were thinking about how to besiege Jiangling for a long time, a piece of latest intelligence forced him to change his strategy.

Jiangdong Sun Ce finally sent troops.

"I don't know whether Sun Ce accepted Cao Cao's request or was too worried. Now he has led 30,000 naval troops from Jianye and galloped upriver. It seems that he clearly wants to aid Cao Cao."

In the Chinese army's tent, Fa Zheng read out the intelligence from Jiangdong.

"Thirty thousand naval troops is not a small number." Yuan Fang's eyebrows narrowed slightly.

Although Yuan Fang now has 30,000 naval troops brought by Lu Meng and has captured hundreds of warships from Cao Cao's Xiangyang navy, the number of warships is still insufficient.

Yuan Fangyuan pointed to the capture of Jiangling. Only when Zhuge Liang brought the warships from Yizhou could he form a decent naval force and sail eastward along the river to challenge Sun Ce.

Under the current situation, Lu Meng's navy is no match for Cao Cao's Jiangling navy, let alone Sun Ce's Jiangdong navy.

"It seems that we must capture Jiangling before Sun Ce intervenes, otherwise the situation will make us very passive..." Yuan Fang thoughtfully

However, that is what they say, but Jiangling City is too strong and can only be captured by the elephant soldiers breaking the city hammer.

It's a pity that the elephant soldiers are afraid of fire. Cao Cao had Wancheng's experience and lessons and must have prepared in advance. The elephant soldiers could not be used smoothly at all.

All the counselors had no plan, and Yuan Fang could not think of any clever plan for a while.

Just as I was thinking about it, a report came from outside the tent saying that a labor force of Xiangyang gentry had arrived at the camp with a large amount of chickens, ducks, wine, meat and other labor supplies. Huang Yueying, the representative of the Huang family, was outside the tent asking for a meeting.

The labor force of the Xiangyang gentry?

Yuan Fang was startled at first, and then a smile appeared on his face. It seemed that his performance in the Eighth Formation that day impressed Huang Chengyan, a famous Xiangyang gentleman, and actually sent his daughter to lead the Xiangyang gentry to work for the army.

This was an obvious signal, meaning that the Huang family took the initiative to express support for Yuan Fang. This was definitely a heavy blow to Cao Cao's popularity in Jingzhou.

Yuan Fang was overjoyed, and the gloom in his heart was swept away for a moment, so he called for Huang Yueying to come in.

A moment later, Huang Yueying, still wearing a yellow shirt, walked in calmly, bowed down and said, "Meet Your Majesty."

"Miss Huang has worked hard all the way here to reward my soldiers. I am really grateful. No need to be polite, just sit down and sit down." Yuan Fang smiled happily.

Therefore, Yuan Fang treated him as a distinguished guest and said some formal remarks.

Although Huang Yueying is a prostitute, she is worthy of being a lady. Facing the emperor Yuan Fang, she has no stage fright at all and responds calmly and calmly.

This temperament seemed to be no less than that of Zhen Mi, which made Yuan Fang secretly admire him with admiration.

"Jingzhou is in danger. It won't take long. Jiangdong Sun Ce will lead his army to help soon. Your Majesty has hundreds of thousands of troops. Why not capture Jiangling City before Jiangdong's army intervenes?" Huang Yueying suddenly commented on the current war.

Yuan Fang's eyes moved and he couldn't help but wonder: "How does Miss Huang determine that Sun Ce will definitely send troops?"

Huang Yueying smiled faintly and laughed at herself: "Although civilian girls don't understand military matters, they also know the truth of losing their lips and teeth. If Jingzhou is lost, Jiangdong will not be able to survive alone. Therefore, the civilian girls guess that Sun Ce will definitely send troops to aid Cao Cao."

Although Huang Yueying laughs at herself for not knowing much about military affairs, how can she really not know much about military matters if she can say such words as "the lips are dead and the teeth are cold"?

"This woman is extremely resourceful and not an ordinary woman..."

Yuan Fang sighed in his heart, but did not conceal the military situation. He only told Huang Yueying about the disadvantages that Jiangling City was strong and his elephant soldiers were afraid of fire attacks and could not be used.

Huang Yueying was very resourceful, and Yuan Fang revealed the truth to him just to see if, as an outsider, she could have any fantastic ideas or help him make plans.
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