Chapter 175: Strategies for Danyang (21)

Under the city of Moling, a large army gathered. After Zhou Yu and Gao Shun joined forces, there were more than 12,000 troops, not many, but they were all elite soldiers and powerful generals.

Due to three battles and three victory in a day and the soldiers were exhausted, Zhou Yu ordered the army to rest for two days. During the rest period, in addition to asking the female soldiers in the female barracks to quickly rescue the seriously injured and take care of the minor wounded, Zhou Yu also ordered the generals of each battalion to go to the prisoner-of-war camp to select some strong young men to supplement the losses in the battle.

Fortunately, these soldiers themselves did not reject Zhou Yu and even admired him. They had long heard that Zhou Yu, the prefect of Lujiang, was a person who was very good to the people. They were originally from ordinary people and joined the army just to make a living. They also served in the army under Zhou Yu, and their treatment was much better than before. Therefore, many prisoners of war actively asked to join Zhou Yu's army. This made the generals who went to the prison camp to select personnel and were happy on their faces, so they could choose well.

After adjustment and enrichment, the situation of Zhou Yu's army's troops is as follows:

The main general of the camp, Gao Shun, deputy generals Chen Wu, and Dong Xi, had a total of 8,000 troops.

Zhou Tai, the chief general of the Feilong Army, had a total of 3,000 troops.

The scout camp leader Zang Ba had a total of two thousand troops.

The commander of Niuzhu Camp, Xu Sheng, had a total of 5,000 troops.

Zhao Yun, the head general of the Hurricane Camp, only expanded one hundred people, totaling 300 people due to limited equipment of heavy cavalry.

The female barracks chief general Deng Yu, deputy generals Yang Ci, Lu Qian, and Deng Chan, because there were no female soldiers among the prisoners of war, there were no expansion this time, and there were still five hundred people.

Pan Hu, the captain of the personal soldiers, had a total of 200 troops.

The army had a total of 19,000 troops in each battalion, and the rest of the prisoners of war were all dismissed. Although nearly 7,000 new recruits were added, these recruits were soldiers with combat experience, but their morale was not high. Zhou Yu mixed these soldiers with veterans from the original battalions, and promoted many veterans to ten-hun commanders and centurions. Relying on the leading role of these grassroots officers, these recruits could grow up quickly. It can be said that the reason why Zhou Yu's troops are so strong is closely related to this grassroots officer system.

A day later, Zhou Yu was summoning all the generals to discuss matters in the tent. When the door of the tent was lifted, Chen Wu walked into the tent over and saluted Zhou Yu and said, "Greetings to the lord! Wu Xing has not humiliated his orders, and has sent the siege equipment, food, supplies and other items to the city."

Zhou Yu stood up and waved to Chen Wu, and said with a smile: "Thank you for this trip to Zilie. Come on, sit down and rest."

Chen Wu sat on the ground on the side of Zhou Yu, and then a heroic female soldier presented a cup of fragrant tea. Chen Wu couldn't help but lit up, staring at the female soldier and glanced at it a few times. After the female soldier left, Chen Wu took back his eyes.

Zhou Yu smiled and pulled Chen Wu's thoughts back, "Does Brother Zilie know this female soldier?"

"Uh~~", Chen Wu's face suddenly turned slightly red, and his mouth became dull, "I do know... Uh... I once scratched my arm during training. It was her... the medicine she applied to me."

Zhou Yu teased and said, "Do you know her name?"

Chen Wu twisted and whispered: "I've asked in private, her...her name is Hu Dongyun."

"Hu Dongyun~ What a beautiful name!" Zhou Yu's smile became even stronger and he said to Chen Wu: "What's the matter with Miss Deng Yu another day?"

Chen Wu's face turned redder, like a ripe persimmon, with fine beads of sweat coming out from his forehead. Chen Wu hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, don't worry, let's discuss the matter."

Zhao Yun knew that Zhou Yu just wanted to use Chen Wu to make the atmosphere liven up, so he changed the topic and said, "I heard that General Zilie brought back a few mysterious weapons. Why don't you take us to have a look?"

"Okay~~" Chen Wu felt relieved and stood up with a relaxed face. He led everyone to the baggage warehouse. He pointed at a dozen giants covered with specially sewn cowhide cloth and said, "This is a mysterious weapon. To be honest, I have never seen it before."

Zang Ba and others hurriedly surrounded those things, patting left and touching them right, but still couldn't guess what kind of weapon was for siege. Facing the curious gaze of everyone, Zhou Yu smiled slightly and said, "Don't be anxious, everyone, we will start siege tomorrow. We need to know the true face of Mount Lu, and we will know the difference at that time."

The next day, early morning.

Outside the south gate of Moling City, a large army gathered, and Zhou Yu's soldiers arranged in several huge square formations, standing quietly.

On the city tower at the south gate, Wu Jing led several major generals in the city to observe the enemy situation. Liu Yao's illness had not yet recovered, so he simply handed over the important task of defending Moling City to Wu Jing. Currently, there are 20,000 soldiers in Moling City. Although the morale is not high, with the tall and strong city walls, it can support food and grass for half a year, which is enough to create great difficulties for Zhou Yu.

The breath of spring is getting stronger and stronger. On the grass outside the city, wild flowers are blooming brightly. From time to time, hardworking bees fly around and work among the flowers. The trees have drawn out tender green branches, and even the wind blowing on their cheeks looks warm and gentle.

But Wu Jing's mood was as cold as the cold winter. Looking at the dense soldiers under the city and the morale was high, looking back at the frightened look of the guards on the city wall, Wu Jing's eyes changed again and again, and he muttered in his heart: "Is Zhou Yu finally... going to start the attack? How long can we... defend?"

"Dongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdong", a dense drum sounded from behind the Zhou army's formation, knocking Wu Jing in chaos.

"Our army will win~~our army will win." Next time, the soldiers of Zhou army in Moling City shouted loudly, and the fierce waves of sounds stormed and rolled between the sky and the earth for a long time. A strange burning heat ignited instantly from their eyes, and even the blood in their bodies began to boil.

In order to hide the helplessness in his heart, Wu Jing hurriedly ordered loudly: "Shoot the arrow quickly and shoot them to death!!"

A general leaned into Wu Jing's ear and whispered: "Sir, the enemy is far away from the range of our bows and arrows. Let's fire when they attack the city."

"Oh..." Wu Jing felt extremely uncomfortable and his face looked a little ugly. He tried to calmly say, "Tell everyone, you must cheer up! If anyone neglects his duties, I will kill him first!"

Just as Wu Jing was commanding the city to defend the city with a fierce look on the city tower, dozens of soldiers were pushing six giants hard, and after reaching the designated position, they immediately pulled down the cowhide cloth covered on the object.
Chapter completed!