Dong dong dong!
The deafening sound of the drums was as rapid as raindrops, shaking the ears of every soldier.
Wuchang was already a scene of fighting. Both the city walls and the city walls were in chaos.
The sound of weapons clashing and the screams of the soldiers before their deaths struck the hearts of everyone.
Although he had expected Zhou Yu to launch a general attack, Huang Zhong did not expect it to come so quickly.
This morning, Zhou Yu's army once again arrived at the city gates.
What was different from before was that this time, Zhou Yu's army did not curse. Instead, they attacked like a tidal wave.
At this moment, the city walls of Wuchang were filled with long ladders. The fearless Jiangdong Army climbed up the city walls along the ladders and continuously attacked the defense line of the Jiangxia Army.
This kind of attack was too fierce, giving the Zhou army the advantage. Huang Zhong also relied on Wuchang City to resist Zhou Yu's fierce attack.
Zhou Yu's 15,000 soldiers were attacking from all directions, attacking the four gates of Wuchang City at the same time.
Huang Zhong knew very well that it was impossible for 15,000 soldiers to attack all four gates at the same time, so there must be a feint and a real attack.
However, the battle situation on all sides of Wuchang City was very intense. It was impossible to guess which side was the main point of attack.
If one of the city gates could not withstand it, the feigned attack would turn into a real attack and become the breakthrough point for the Zhou army.
Fortunately, Wuchang City had more than 10,000 soldiers, and each city wall had more than 2,000 soldiers. They could temporarily resist the Zhou army's attack.
However, Huang Zhong was worried that if this continued, Wuchang City might not be able to hold on.
Therefore, what he needed to do now was to boost the morale of the soldiers as much as possible and drag it out until the moment Liu Jue arrived.
"Children! The Jiangdong people were cruel. If Wuchang City was breached, Zhou Yu would order a massacre! If Wuchang City is lost, the Jiangdong Army will march straight into the counties of Jiangxia to plunder. At that time, your parents, wives, and children will become their prisoners. Do you want to see such a scene?”Huang Zhong raised his saber and roared.
In the past, when the Jiangdong Army attacked Jiangxia, they had indeed massacred the city. However, that was Sun Quan's order. Zhou Yu would not usually do such a thing.
However, how would these soldiers know?
Many of them had lost their families because of this. When they heard Huang Zhong's words, the hatred and fear in their hearts towards River East instantly erupted.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
"Kill all those Jiangdong people!"
"Chase the Jiangdong people out of Jiangxia!"
With Sun Quan's massacre of the city as a warning, these soldiers who had gone red with bloodlust immediately became excited when they heard Huang Zhong's words.
If Wuchang City was breached, the people in the city would face the butcher's knife. Jiangxia would also be covered in blood, and their parents, wives, and children would become captives.
This was something that no man wanted to see!
Huang Zhong's words were effective. The morale of the soldiers in Wuchang City was greatly boosted, and they became fearless.
Even those soldiers who were heavily injured and missing arms and legs gritted their teeth and continued to fight the enemy.
Huang Zhong did not stop there. Instead, he sent his soldiers to spread his words throughout Wuchang City. The news that Zhou Yu was going to massacre the city quickly spread to the ears of every citizen.
Countless people's expressions changed drastically. The elderly, women, and children were trembling, and their faces were pale. Even the men were the same.
However, the men of the Han family were still alive, not the slaves of the Qing Dynasty.
After a short period of panic, countless young people picked up their farming tools and participated in the defense of the city.
This was the result of Sun Quan's conquest of Jiangxia and his repeated massacres.
As long as Liu Jue could defeat Zhou Yu this time, he would definitely gain the support of the Jiangxia people, and his reputation would rise to a higher level.
In front of the Zhou army camp.
Zhou Yu looked at Wuchang City from afar. He could hear the sounds of fighting, but he had a faint smile on his face.
Everything was going according to his plan.
After half a month of feint attacks, the morale of Wuchang's soldiers had suffered a huge blow, but his own soldiers were full of morale. It was almost a matter of time before they took down Wuchang City.
Unfortunately, Wuchang City was tall and heavy. It might take three to four thousand soldiers to take down this city.
However, in Zhou Yu's eyes, as long as he could take down Wuchang, this price was not worth mentioning.
Wuchang City had a population of tens of thousands. If they could take down this city and add in the surrendered soldiers of Wuchang City, they would be able to make up for this loss very quickly.
"Pass down the order. All the drums are to be beaten to boost morale to the greatest extent. We must take Wuchang in one battle!”Zhou Yu quickly passed down the order as if victory was in his hands.
Very soon, a drumbeat like rolling thunder sounded in the Zhou army's camp. It shook people's eardrums until they hurt, and they could be heard from a few miles away.
However, Zhou Yu did not expect that there was an army approaching behind him. The deafening drumbeats happened to cover the sound of the enemy's footsteps.
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"Young General, the drumbeats from Wuchang City are so intense. It seems that Zhou Yu is already attacking the city with all his might!”Gan Ning said worriedly when he heard the drumbeats.
At this moment, Liu Jue and his soldiers were less than five miles away from Wuchang City and two to three miles away from the Zhou army camp.
Such a close distance was almost a blink of an eye for the cavalry. At the same time, it was easy for them to be discovered by the Zhou army.
Liu Jue understood that it was time to attack. He pulled out the Green Sparrow Saber and shouted at the crowd,"Soldiers, today is the day to make contributions. Follow me to defeat Zhou Yu!”
"Here!" The five thousand elites roared in unison, like ferocious tigers descending a mountain.
Gan Ning led the cavalry to break up the formation of Zhou Yu's army, while Liu Jue led the infantry to follow closely behind. As soon as the formation of Zhou Yu's army was disrupted, they would immediately attack.
Its iron hooves clattered and it galloped like a tiger!
The five thousand tigers and wolves instantly turned into a flood and swept towards the back of Zhou Yu's army.
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