Chapter 120 Siege
September 7th.

West Gate of Changsha County.

After two days of fighting, Qu Xing discovered that the East Gate was bluffing, so he sent reinforcements to the West Gate, because Sun Jian's side seemed to have a lot of people as well.

Jin Mao is a young warrior on the battlefield, and he was the first to notice the abnormality of the lack of people in the front.

He summoned Sun Jian's four generals.

"Demou, according to the plan, we have to launch a feint attack from the front."

Jin Mao asked Cheng Pu: "As the Art of War says, if the enemy is weak, then make him strong, and if he is strong, then make him weak. Why can't we make a feint attack and then turn it into a main attack?"

Cheng Pu pondered in silence. As Sun Jian's deputy general, Sun Jian did not ask him to preserve his own strength before leaving. Instead, he asked him to assist Jin Mao with all his heart.

But Cheng Pu disagreed. He felt that Jin Mao was young and had no experience, and had relied on eunuchs to rise to power. He wondered if he had any real ability and was probably another Zhao Kuo.

Jin Mao was unaware of this and continued to talk: "There are heavy troops at the east and west gates, so I will break through from the north and south!"

"Now, I have four ladders in my hand. Demou and Junli (Zhu Zhi's courtesy name), you two take two each. If Qu Xing doesn't react, you can work together with the archers to break through the city!"

Zhu Zhi responded: "Yes."

Cheng Pu did not answer.

Jin Mao frowned and said in a slightly heavier tone, "Why? Is it that only Senior Brother Sun Wentai can command Derun?"

"The battle situation is changing rapidly, and the opportunity is fleeting. Why don't you hurry and execute it?!"

Cheng Pu was originally dissatisfied, and now he was provoked. He snorted angrily and said, "So what?!"

"Han Yigong, you will go to fight in place of Cheng Pu!"

Han Dang looked at Cheng Pu and remained silent again.

Jin Mao was completely furious: "Zu Mao?"

Only Zhu Zhi obeyed. Jin Mao was furious: "Then please trouble Jun Li to take everyone to the South Gate."

Unexpectedly, even Zhu Zhi refused to give in. "We should not start a war out of anger. Please calm down before discussing this."

Zhu Zhi's reason was correct, but Jin Mao was not interested in listening and shouted, "Great! It's really great!"

I never expected that Sun Jian's rule would be so lax, and his subordinates treated the orders he gave as nothing.

"Bai Shi, let's go!"

Since Sun Jian's men are unreliable, Jin Mao decides to take action himself.

After Jin Mao led his men away, Zhu Zhi said worriedly: "If this matter is known to the Lord..."

Cheng Pu interrupted, "Zhu Junli! You don't have to pretend. I will take all the blame!"

Zhu Zhi shook his head and sighed. Among the four generals, Zu Mao had followed Sun Jian the longest, and Han Dang and Cheng Pu joined halfway. This team was not much longer than Jin Mao's debut time, and there were many problems.

but!
This is not a reason to disobey military orders.

On the other side, Jin Mao led six hundred personal guards pushing ladders towards the South Gate.

The bandits on the East City Gate saw the Jinmao army flag moving and immediately went to report to Ou Xing.

When Jin Mao and his men had laid the pontoon bridge and were preparing to set up the ladder, rocks and logs were thrown at the city gate. It turned out that Qu Xing had arrived with his men.

Helplessly, Jinmao called off the attack.

Unexpectedly, shouts and screams were heard from the west gate. As soon as the personal guards returned, Qu Xing and his men abandoned the city and fled.

Jin Mao decisively ordered: "Crossbowmen, shoot freely!"

...

Time goes back to half an hour ago.

Under the west city gate.

During these two days, Sun Jian had been very busy. He led his troops in four feint attacks, each time attracting a large amount of firepower from the defenders, causing continuous reinforcements to arrive at the east gate.

The first time had the best chance, but Jinmao's men were not good at attacking cities.

Sun Jian was pleasantly surprised that his troops followed orders and was not in a hurry, so he launched the next three feint attacks.

Although there were considerable non-combat casualties, Sun Jian felt that everything was under control.

But Dong Xi, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin did not think so privately.

"Fifty-two people have been injured!" Jiang Qin was the most heartbroken, and said angrily: "The Sun guy doesn't treat us as human beings!"

After the last duel, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, who had made great contributions, temporarily led 500 people, and Dong Xi led 900 people and temporarily served as Sima, the commander-in-chief of all people.

As warriors, Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai quickly integrated into the group and were particularly saddened by the casualties of their brothers.

Zhou Tai's troops were in a similar situation, but Zhou Tai did not show his emotions on the surface like Jiang Qin did.

"Sima Dong, if you continue like this, I won't be able to convince my brothers."

Zhou Tai said: "If you die on the battlefield, everyone will have nothing to say, but the enemy hasn't even seen one of you, so you can't go to the battlefield. How frustrating!"

Dong Xi was no exception. He had the most casualties, nearly a hundred of them! But Jin Mao's order was for them to obey Sun Jian's command, so he could only grit his teeth and say, "Continue to follow the order!"

Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin were extremely angry, but they could only go down and do ideological work on their subordinates.

There is no other way. As Jinmao said, you must seize the opportunity given to you, otherwise, just be a soldier honestly.

A general who cannot manage his subordinates is definitely unqualified.

In fact, Sun Jian saw all of this, but did not stop it or explain it.

In his opinion, as long as they can succeed, everything is worth it. Besides, such soldiers will be the most brave when the real battle comes.

It can only be said that Jin Mao was too kind to his subordinates, making this group of soldiers not quite adaptable to being commanded by a normal general of this era.

Fortunately, Jinmao attracted Ou Xing to defend over there.

Sun Jian seized this opportunity and beat drums and blew trumpets.

"Attack the city with all your strength!"

Finally waiting for this opportunity, Dong Xi, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin were all holding their breath, wanting to be the first to grab the credit and give Sun Jian a good slap in the face.

Unexpectedly, Sun Jian ran faster than anyone else.

He crossed the floating bridge in three or two steps, as if he had mastered martial arts. When the ladder was set up, Sun Jian took three or four steps at a time and jumped up to the city wall.

At this time, Zhou Tai, the fastest of the three, had just crossed the floating bridge and climbed up the first level of the ladder. Jiang Qin was second and was still on the floating bridge.

Dong Xian was the slowest because he was wearing heavy armor and holding an iron shield. In addition to his own weight, Dong Xian was very cautious when crossing the pontoon bridge, fearing that he would fall into the ditch and be unable to get out.

"kill!"

Zhou Tai finally climbed up the city wall, and when he looked up he saw a brutal and bloody man rushing towards him.

"Sun Jian!"

The person who came was Sun Jian, and this roar also cleared up a misunderstanding.

Zhou Tai looked at Sun Jian in disbelief as he was like a meat grinder, unstoppable, chopping as he walked!
You have to know that the place he chose to climb the city wall was dozens of meters away from Sun Jian, and he was killed by Sun Jian in just a few seconds?

However, Zhou Tai did not want to show weakness, so he rushed in the opposite direction of Sun Jian, shouting as he ran: "Zhou Tai! Zhou Tai!"

Soon, Zhou Tai met up with Jiang Qin, but Zhou Tai continued to kill without looking back, while Jiang Qin followed behind him to expand the victory.

Then, he reunited with Dong Xi.

Dong Xian wanted to be the spearhead, but Zhou Tai disliked Dong Xian for being too slow and was afraid of being outdone by Sun Jian, so he rushed to be the spearhead himself. Dong Xian was also unwilling to fall behind, and the two of them chased each other, leaving Jiang Qin behind to take advantage of the gap.

All of a sudden, two bulldozers on the west city wall advanced rapidly to both sides.

The bandits were so frightened that some even jumped off the city wall when they heard the names of Sun Jian or Zhou Tai, preferring to die from the fall rather than be chopped into pieces.

Under the city wall, Jin Mao just happened to see Sun Jian killing his way through the west wall and coming to the south wall, leaving the main force following behind far behind.

"The tiger of Jiangdong is so terrifying!"

Jin Mao immediately ordered his personal guards to attack the city and support Sun Jian.

Never thought.

Sun Jian only shouted his name twice, and the bandits on the south city wall were so scared that they jumped off the building like dumplings.

At this time, the Royal Guards were still setting up the ladder!

Jin Mao was stunned: "Is it so fierce?"

There’s more to come.

The hundreds of trusted confidants around Qu Xing were not frightened and stood ready for battle.

Unfortunately, the south wall is much narrower than the west wall and can only accommodate four people side by side.

Sun Jian held an ancient ingot knife in one hand and a spear in the other, and shot with both hands, but no one could match him!
Jin Mao could see clearly from below the city wall that Qu Xing's personal soldiers could only slightly hinder Sun Jian's advance but could not really stop him.

When the main force of the Jinmao Army arrived, the real show began.

The sword and shield soldiers of the main camp were seen guarding Sun Jian on both sides, allowing Sun Jian to chop down trees freely.

Suddenly, dumplings started to fall on the south city wall.

In just a few minutes, General Qu Xing's flag was cut down and he was beheaded.

"Qu Xing is dead!"

"Qu Xing is dead!"

As Sun Jian's roar spread throughout the city, the bandits surrendered.

"Kill the general and seize the flag! Be the first to attack the city!"

Jin Mao refreshed his understanding of the military commanders of this era: "What would happen if I fought against Sun Jian?"

He shuddered violently: "No, I'm still too weak!"

(End of this chapter)