"General Qiebu also said that the main force of the bandits in the city has now been deployed to the south and southeast."

After hearing the report, Lu Xun's expression did not change, he just nodded slowly and ordered:

"Send my military order to the two generals Zhu Bu and ask them to continue to increase the intensity of the siege and not to relax even a little bit."

"Here!"

After receiving the military order sent by the general, Bu Zhi could not help but mutter in his heart:

"This kind of offensive has been done with all our strength from the beginning. As the saying goes, it will be full of energy, then weaken, and then it will be exhausted. If we continue to attack like this, the soldiers will probably become exhausted."

"The city has not yet been conquered by then, but it will damage the morale of the army officers and soldiers. They will not be able to advance or retreat. Are you afraid that they will have to retreat again?"

"How could the General make such a decision when he knows the strength of the army so well?"

But since Bu Zhao agreed to Lu Xun and let the Jingzhou army cooperate fully to capture Xiangyang, no matter how many doubts he had in his heart, he could only bury them in his heart for the time being.

After several more days of this, the Wu army was just as expected by Bu Zhi. After all the soldiers attacking the city had taken turns, they suffered a lot of casualties.

In addition, after the excitement passed, I finally calmed down.

The offensive was no longer as desperate as it was at the beginning.

Seeing this, Bu Zhi finally couldn't sit still anymore and told Lu Xun his worries.

Lu Xun heard this and asked:

"In the army today, are the soldiers afraid of war?"

"No, but the morale is not as good as it was at the beginning."

"Then boost morale, motivate the soldiers, and continue to attack the city!"

"Here!"

A few more days passed like this.

The Wu army has been attacking the city for days and days, and has not stopped for more than half a month.

Even Zhu Ran couldn't help but send someone over to ask Lu Xun:

"General, the soldiers have been sieging the city for a long time and have suffered too many casualties. Can we suspend the siege for three days and then fight again?"

Lu Xun's face was not angry but happy, and he even smiled:

"General Zhu has said so. The soldiers must be exhausted and have no intention of fighting anymore. Let the soldiers rest for three days first."

After the order was completed, he ordered his guards:

"Go, take your people with you immediately, go there in person, tell General Ding, and ask him to lead his army immediately!"

"Here!"

The so-called General Ding was none other than Ding Feng, who was then the partial general.

At this time, Ding Feng, who had been ordered by Lu Xun from the beginning, had been leading the army to station on the Han River in Yicheng, downstream of Xiangyang City.

After receiving Lu Xun's military order, he immediately asked people to set sail.

The main force of the navy led by Ding Feng was only four ships.

But these three ships may be the four largest warships in the world: Izumo, Feiyun, Gaihai, and Changan.

These four large ships are all building ships.

The largest of them, the "Chang'an", was the ship of the Emperor Wu.

There are five floors in total. Each floor is surrounded by parapets. There are a number of sword holes and spear points on the parapets and battle grids, which can be used for long-distance attack and close defense.

There is a lot of space on the ship, which can carry three thousand soldiers, and horses and carriages can be driven on the deck.

The hull of the boat floating on the water is thirteen to fourteen feet high.

Such a tall ship can float smoothly on the water without capsizing because Wu State used a secret weapon: the boat anchor.

In fact, they are anchors and ballast stones.

This kind of water fortress used the wind to drive to the foot of Xiangyang City. The originally tall Xiangyang City Wall finally lost its height advantage in front of this five-story ship.

Lu Xun moved to the building ship Chang'an and climbed up to look at Xiangyang City. He could even see that the garrison of Xiangyang City, which was originally out of strength, had to transfer some of the defenders to guard the northern city.

Let the Chang'an approach the city of Xiangyang as much as possible,

Lu Xun showed a calm smile on his face and ordered:

"Pass my military order, shoot arrows!"

The tall building boats, like chariots approaching a city, shoot arrows at the top of Xiangyang City from a high position.

The guards at the head of Xiangyang City had to hide behind the battlements and bend down while holding up their placards.

Seeing this, Wu Jun on the boat couldn't help laughing.

Puzhong had less than three days of respite. He did not expect that such a large warship would appear from the north where there would be least problems.

After hearing the report from the soldiers below, he was so frightened that he quickly went to the northern section of the city wall to inspect it himself.

Looking at the Wu warship which was more than one foot and nearly two feet higher than the city wall, his face turned a little pale:

"Wu Kou's navy is the strongest in the world, and he truly deserves his reputation!"

Fortunately, such a large building ship cannot directly approach the city wall to attack the city like Linche and Yunlai. Otherwise, how can we defend it!

Several of Wu's largest ships appeared on the Han River. Not to mention Xiangyang City, even Fan City on the north bank was so frightened that they stopped moving.

Looking at the darkness that reaches the top, it looks like a towering, extremely oppressive water fortress.

The soldiers of the Wei State on both sides of the Han River couldn't help but think of Emperor Wu's battle where hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers were lost in Chibi.

"General, what should we do?"

The people on the left and right asked calmly.

"Don't panic!" Pu Zhong forced himself to calm down. "Although the traitor's warships are huge, they can only show off their power on the water. How can they attack the city?"

"As long as the bandits on board cannot borrow the boat to board the city, what is there to fear?"

"Instruct the soldiers at the top of the city not to fight back, so as not to waste arrow feathers. It is business to use these arrow feathers more to the south."

After hearing this, I felt a little at ease.

But when no one was paying attention, Pu Zhong's face became even uglier than half a month ago:

Wu Kou is putting pressure on you!

After all, if you want to defend the city, in addition to the city being strong and the city being deep, you must also make the soldiers in the city willing to defend it to the death.

How to strengthen the determination of the soldiers in the city to defend the city?

Naturally, he wanted to let them know that the imperial court would send reinforcements.

However, given the current situation, the reinforcements sent by the imperial court have arrived, but if they are blocked to the north of the Han River, they will not be able to cross the water.

Then the morale of the soldiers in the city will become even lower!

Now that Wu Kou has sent such a large ship to float on the Han River, it is clear that he wants to completely cut off any hope of reinforcements from the north.

Lu Xun saw the Wei bandit commander's flag appear in the north and ordered:

"Send the order and let General Zhu and General Bu continue to attack the city from tomorrow."

"Here!"

The Wu army resumed their offensive in the south, leaving Puzhong no time to stay on the northern section of the city wall near the Han River. He hurried back to supervise the battle.

Let alone have any thoughts to consider what Lu Xun intended by putting up this formation.

Even because of the emergency situation of the war, after he saw that there were no other threats to the high-rise ships on the Han River except for the daily suppression of arrows against the city, he transferred the defenders sent back to the south.
Chapter completed!