Under the scorching sun, Wen Pin, who was wrapped in bandages on his head, sat motionlessly under the shade of a big tree, and squinted his eyes at the lonely fort in the distance.

Now, the casualties of every soldier in Jingzhou will increase his inner anxiety. It is not how deep he has to do with these soldiers, but that these soldiers are all precious assets of his lord Liu Biao. Therefore, he no longer dared to act rashly, but just asked Yicheng to call craftsmen to create special siege tools.

"How many soldiers do you think this fort can hold? Thirty, fifty, or one hundred?" Wen Pin suddenly asked the deputy general beside him.

The deputy general didn't know what he meant by his question, so he replied cautiously: "I guess, Datongpu, if you sleep next to others at night, there will be only a hundred people at the end of the sky."

"Even if he is 150 people, our two thousand troops will not be able to attack. It's embarrassing, it's so embarrassing!"

Wen Pin suddenly became excited. When the deputy general was about to persuade him, a soldier suddenly came to report: "Report! Yicheng Chief Cai Mao came to visit the general. He said that there was an envoy's military order to convey it." Wen Pin's heart sank and immediately guessed why Cai Mao came.

As expected by Wen Pin, Cai Mao was coming to take over his command. Liu Biao's order did not blame Wen Pin for his unfavorable attack, but said that because Wen Pin was injured on the battlefield, Cai Mao came to reinforce and temporarily replaced his command.

To a certain extent, Wenpin should thank Dian Qing for the arrow he gave him, which allowed him to retain a lot of face.

Wen Pin bowed and said to Cai Mao: "Thank you General Cai for coming to take on this important task. I wonder how many reinforcements General Cai brought."

Cai Mao smiled and replied to Wen Pin's return gift, "I'm not hiding General Wen, the last general came today without a soldier. He only brought one person to him."

When Wen Pin was puzzled, Cai Mao had already introduced Wen Pin to Wen Pin a middle-aged Confucian scholar with a robe with a rosy robe next to him: "This is Mr. Zhuge, who was the lord who was in the capital that year, and now he has come to Jingzhou to assist the lord. The lord specially asked him to assist the last general in this attack."

Wen Pin didn't care much about Mr. Zhuge, so he bowed and greeted him. He welcomed the two into the army's tent, ordered the generals to be summoned, handed over the procedures to Cai Mao, and introduced the specific details of the previous battle situation.

After Cai Mao and Mr. Zhuge returned to their tent, they said to each other: "Episode Wen Pin said just now, this fort cannot be taken by force. Even if we can attack it, the loss of its troops will make it less than worth the loss of Jingzhou."

The Mr. Zhuge, named Xuan, immediately echoed: "Yes, Jingzhou is actually still divided, and all the available soldiers are only more than 20,000. If the loss is too great in this battle, it will shake the foundation of my Jingzhou."

"So can Mr. Zhuge have a plan to defeat the enemy?"

Zhuge Xuan smiled and said, "General Cai, don't call someone a master again, this is a tragic death. Someone and the envoy, that is, your brother-in-law, are the best friends. If you call someone like this, wouldn't it be a mess of your generation?"

Cai Mao nodded embarrassedly. Zhuge Xuan then continued:

"The soldiers in the fort are very good, but there are very few people. They can defend the fort and rely entirely on the fort to be tall and strong. Therefore, General Cai asked hundreds of craftsmen to come here to patiently build siege equipment. He also transferred the navy to block the Mian River, and cooperated with the land attack, and used tall modified building ships to attack at the same time, which would definitely be broken in one fell swoop."

Cai Mao said with a disgust: "I know that sharpening a knife does not delay cutting wood, but now the situation in the south is getting tighter. I hope that the lord can pull out the nail in the north as soon as possible and build a barrier to the northern part of our Jingzhou."

Zhuge Xuan lowered his head and thought for more than ten breaths. He suddenly raised his head and said, "Then we can try it first with fire attack."

Cai Mao shook his head and said hesitantly: "This fort is made of hard stone and hard bricks, and it seems to be glued with rice mud. The gate is also made of steel plates and hardwood gates. They are not flammable things. This fire attack..."

Zhuge Xuan smiled and said, "Otherwise, the fort is built with non-flammable materials. But it is too small. In such a scorching summer, the fire is burned and baked on all sides. How can soldiers in such a small space survive with the help of it? As long as there is no heavy rain, there should be no accidents. But in case of a day when the official is not doing anything, General Cai would still transfer the craftsmen and navy to come as soon as possible."

Cai Mao's eyes lit up and he said with a praising tone: "Mr. Zhuge's plan is very good! I will do a two-pronged approach now and ask the soldiers to collect firewood and firewood. At the same time, he will transfer Yicheng craftsmen to come and make siege equipment, and let the navy go up the water."

At this time, a tent had been set up on the patio of the fort to cover the strong sunlight. There were air holes on the four walls, and convective air was passed through it from time to time, bringing a short and short comfort to the soldiers in the heat.

These scouts in the fort were drinking sour plum soup made of hawthorn sour apricots to relieve heat, and eating a pastry made of corn flour and bean powder mixed with honey to replenish energy. No one, including Dianqing, knew that a test of blood and fire would come again.

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At dawn the next day, the sound of drums and trumpets came from outside the fort. The scouts of Zhuyang Army in the fort became noisy, cheering each other up, chatting and talking:

"The turtle sons in Jingzhou have been quiet for two days, and they are coming to die again today."... "The last time I killed them, there were not five hundred people, and there were three hundred people. This time I killed him at five hundred heads."... "That's right, I haven't earned enough merit points yet, and now I have another chance!"

Only when Dian Qing stood in front of them did they stop saying something and waited for Dian Qing to give orders...

The hot sunlight shone on Dian Qing's black iron armor, giving off a metallic luster. He narrowed his eyes and looked into the distance. The soldiers of Jingzhou came again from three sides, but this time they did not carry the ladder in their hands, nor even the swords and guns. Except for some soldiers holding crossbows, they were all holding bundles of firewood.

Dian Qing instantly understood what they were going to do, but he did not look panic at all. He still drew out the arrows and set up a longbow to shoot at the opposite side. At the same time, he ordered: "Transfer our military orders, and the entire army will shoot in a hidden and free bow."

The scouts in the fort immediately squatted behind the battlements, only exposed their shoulders, and fired cold arrows from time to time. The crossbowmen under the city also threw the arrows at the top of the city like a sudden rain, but because the opponent was hidden in the battlements wall, the hit rate was greatly reduced.

In the air outside the fort, the sound of arrows breaking through the air kept roaring. From time to time, soldiers from Jingzhou who were piled with firewood fell to the ground by arrows, but the piles of firewood outside the fort were still piled up bit by bit.

Dian Qing was still unmoved, and one powerful arrow after another was shot out from the powerful longbow in his hand. The arrows were shot without any slightest, and more than a dozen Jingzhou soldiers had already died.
Chapter completed!