Chapter 114: Surrounding the Nest

Lujiang County, Ju Cang.

After Zhou Yu led his troops to join the Kwantung Alliance, Jiang Qin became the supreme military commander of Juchao. With the assistance of Yuan Huan, Zhang Cheng brothers, Kan Ze and others, he organized a large number of civilians to strengthen and raise the walls of Juchao, dredged the moat, with a depth of three meters and a width of five meters. He followed Yuan Huan's plan and built two earthen cities in the southeast and southwest corners of Juchao City, which were connected to the main city through tunnels, becoming a pincer force, greatly enhancing its defensive ability.

Under the leadership of Yuan Huan and the assistance of Pei Song, Kan Ze and others, everything was carried out in an orderly manner. For a time, Ju Chao's territory was truly harmonious, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and all industries gradually flourished.

Whenever news of Zhou Yu's victory was heard in front of him, there was a thunderous joy in the county government, and Pei Xuan even ordered people to write the news as a good news and post it around the city gate to inspire the people and let them see more hope.

Zhou Yu was also paying attention to Juchao, the foundation of the marching, and there were constant documents. Zhou Yu repeatedly reminded him in his letter to send more scouts, and if there is any disturbance around Juchao, he should respond quickly.

Although Jiang Qin was a military general, he was very meticulous in his work. He strictly followed Zhou Yu's instructions and made arrangements for many details. Therefore, when Sun Xia surrendered to Dong Zhuo and then raised his troops and went down the mountain, Jiang Qin knew about this immediately. In addition to sending a quick horse to quickly notify Zhou Yu, after discussing with Yuan Huan and others, he immediately summoned the left-behind generals to come to the meeting. At the meeting, he agreed to plan to face the enemy.

First, the people around Juchao quickly moved into the city, and all the food, livestock and other items were transported back, strengthening the walls and clearing the fields, which cut off the idea of ​​Sun Xia's bandits' robbery.

Secondly, collect more food, supplies, crossbows, arrows, bows, arrows, rolling wood, stones, manure, and fire oil for the purpose of defending the city.

Third, quickly train soldiers, especially the skills of defending the city. The elite warriors have been led by Zhou Yu to go out to fight. The soldiers left behind must quickly enter the state. After experiencing the battle to defend the city, they will also become veterans and elite soldiers!

In a few days, Gan Ning led 500 Jinfan Army to escort more than 9,000 Xiyuan Army prisoners and more than 1,000 war horses to Juchao. On the way, he had already received a letter about Sun Xia's attempt to attack Juchao. After marching in a hurry to meet Jiang Qin, Gan Ning led the Jinfan Army back to Chaohu Water Army's village and was ready to fight. Once Sun Xia attacked Juchao, he would send troops to attack Sun Xia from the side and behind.

Before leaving, Jiang Qin discussed with Gan Ning: "General Xingba, there are already 1,500 Xiyuan Army soldiers in Juchao City. Although they surrendered voluntarily, they have not yet integrated into our army. Now there are more than 9,000 Xiyuan Army soldiers. If they are not properly placed, they may be a problem."

"Well~" Gan Ning pondered: "Dong Yi, what you said makes sense. These more than 9,000 people cannot take up weapons, otherwise they will be in danger if they counterattack. But... in order to increase their defense, they still have to use them. I think this is better. I will take two thousand people back to Chaohu Water Village and slowly merge with them. For the rest, you can arrange them as servants to help defend the city. As long as they don't have weapons, there is no need to worry about it."

"I have to do this. I'm busy with business, so I won't send the general." Jiang Qin replied with his fists.

Gan Ning suddenly saw two young generals standing behind Jiang Qin. One was tall and handsome, with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, and the other was well-proportioned, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. He asked hurriedly: "Dong Yi, who is behind you?"

Jiang Qin looked back and hit his forehead with his hand, saying, "Look, I'm so busy. Come on, let me introduce it. These two young players came to join us because they admired the name of their lords. They happened to be used by our recruitment hall. They are currently all guards."

Jiang Qin pointed to the long-standing young general and said, "This is Ding Feng, whose courtesy name is Chengyuan, and a native of Anfeng, Lujiang." After that, Jiang Qin pointed to the young general with thick eyebrows and big eyes and said, "This person is Xu Sheng, whose courtesy name is Wenxiang, and is from Ju County, Langya."

Ding Feng and Xu Sheng stepped forward to salute Gan Ning. Gan Ning laughed and said, "General Ding and General Xu are both talented, young and brave. In our army, the future has a broad future."

"Thank you for your cultivation, General!" Ding Feng and Xu Sheng replied in unison.

In June of the first year of Chuping, the troops of Sun Xia, the former general of the Yellow Turban Army who had been lurking in Yefu Mountain, were recruited by Dong Zhuo and named the general of the bandit. He led more than 6,000 troops in the mountain village to conquer more than ten other bandits in Lujiang, and combined more than 10,000 troops. First, he captured the nearest Linhu County, plundered a lot, obtained a lot of food and weapons, and then conquered tens of thousands of people, claiming to be 50,000 troops, and rushed to Juchao in a mighty manner.

When he looked at Juchao's not very majestic city, Sun Xia stopped his horse and whipped it and said to Jiao Si and Wang Liu beside him: "Little Juchao is just around the corner. I wonder what expression should Zhou Yu look like when he learned that his old nest was taken over by us? Haha~"

Sun Xia's laughter was very unpleasant, just like an owl crowing in a summer night. Jiao Si and Wang Liu looked at each other and thought to themselves that our elder brother was good at everything. Why did the sound of laughter become more and more ugly? I just couldn't listen to his laughter.

One-eyed Jiao Siqiang held back and said to Sun Xia: "Brother, my eyes were shot blind by Zhou Yu's people. One day I caught Zhou Yu, I will kill him with my own hands!"

Wang Liu comforted Jiao Si and said, "Fourth brother, now we have defected to the current Prime Minister Dong. With this big backer, how can the little Zhou Yu be troubled?"

Sun Xia also gritted his teeth and said, "Zhou Yu's revenge must be avenged. Today, I will beat Juchao down first!"

Living in the city.

Looking at the large crowd of people under the city, as if the tide was coming, Jiang Qin's eyes were cold. Today, you are afraid that you will never come back!

A gust of wind blew, flags flew, and the corners of flags swept across Jiang Qin's face, making a rustling sound. Seeing that Sun Xia's troops who were sieging the city had gradually approached the city wall, Jiang Qin stretched out his right hand to signal, and Sima in the army shouted loudly: "Archesters, line up!"

"Da~Da~Da~", a thousand archers held long bows and hung several archers around their waists. They lined up the city walls, pulled the bow diagonally, pointed the arrows in the sky, waiting for orders.

Among them were veterans from the camp and new recruits from the Xiyuan Army. Although the recruits had fought several battles, they could not help but tremble when they saw the soldiers as dense as ant colonies under the city. The veterans set an example, with a calm expression and even cold expression, and steadily setting their bows and arrows.

"Prepare~~release~~"...

"Prepare~~release~~"...

"Prepare~~release~~"...

Sima in the army ordered loudly.

There were also soldiers shooting arrows from the other two directions on the two dirt cities on both sides of the city. After three rounds of shooting, most of the first wave of 5,000 troops sent by Sun Xia to attack the city were lost!

"General, hurry up and scream gold. Our equipment is too poor. Everyone has a sword, gun, sword and halberd, but only a few people have leather armor. Most of them go to attack the city with their shirtlessness. I didn't expect that the enemy had so many bows and arrows. If they didn't retreat, these five thousand people would be told here." Wang Liu persuaded urgently.

These five thousand people were forced to join the army. Sun Xia did not feel sorry for the tentative attack. However, seeing that the power to defend the city was so strong that it far exceeded his imagination, he suddenly felt embarrassed.

Sun Xia can also be regarded as a general in the Nanyang Yellow Turban Army who has experienced many battles. After following the commander Zhang Mancheng, he fought along the way. He has a deep understanding of the size of the Yellow Turban Army, which is often known as 100,000 and hundreds of thousands of troops, and has a deep understanding of the combat effectiveness of those who are threatened to the people.

Sun Xia waved his hand with a calm face, and a sound of "Dangdang" gong sounded, and the troops siege suddenly retreated like a tide.

On the Tucheng, Xu Sheng opened his eyes wide and stared at the retreating soldiers.

On another earthen city, Ding Feng stood long, and the oncoming wind blew his hair fluttering. He thought to himself, are these bandits just as powerful as that? If it is true, it is really not worth worrying.

The night is as dark as paint.

Two mutton fat torches shine brightly in the tent.

Sun Xia sat alone in front of the desk, blinking his little eyes, and fell into deep thought. He didn't move much about the wine and food placed on the desk in front of him, and it was already cold.

As soon as the curtain door was lifted, several people came in one after another. They were all the leaders of Sun Xia. In addition to Jiao Si and Wang Liu, there were Hu Laohu and Ruan Xiaomao. They were all loyal to Sun Xia and fled from Nanyang to Yefu Mountain with Sun Xia.

"General, we are here!" Hu Laohu said in a muffled voice.

Sun Xia seemed to have not heard it, and his thoughts were immersed in the scene set by his mind.

"General!!" Ruan Xiaomo yelled in Sun Xia's ear.

Sun Xia felt his eardrums shake suddenly, and itched slightly. He unconsciously put his little finger into the ear hole and dug it a few times. Sun Xia said to several confidants while cleaning his ears: "Sit down."

After everyone sat down on the ground, Sun Xiafang said in a deep voice: "Brothers, it seems that Juchao City has been prepared for a long time, and the number of defenders is far beyond our estimates. If we forcefully attack it, the cost will be very high."

Jiao Si emitted his eyes and said, "Dajuchao is what Dong Xiangguo means..."

"According to reports, there are nearly 10,000 defensive soldiers in Juchao, and there are 10,000 prisoners of the Xiyuan Army who are working as servants. Have you noticed that Juchao's city wall was reinforced just now, I'm afraid Zhou Yu and the others have prepared for it." Sun Xia interrupted Jiao Si coldly and said.

"If you don't hit Juchao, where will we fight?" Hu Laohu's impression was that he would hit him in addition to fighting.

"Shu County!" Sun Xia said firmly: "Although Shu County is the county seat, the city wall is taller than Juchao, there are only more than 2,000 people in Shu County. It is very difficult to prevent our siege."

"Also, Zhou Yu's family is in Shu County. When we catch his family, he will crawl in front of us like a dog to beg for mercy!" Sun Xia said coldly.

"Okay! Then turn around and hit Shuxian!"

"There are many wealthy families in Shu County, and we are going to make a fortune, haha!"

"I heard that the home of the Virgin Mary of the Wudou Rice Sect is in Shu County, and there must be many beauties there!"
Chapter completed!