The Shu army intercepted all the ships that were trying to evacuate in the ferry, and no ship could be withdrawn in time. The Shu army soldiers jumped onto the ship one after another, killed all the boatmen, and quickly controlled the situation at the ferry.

However, what disappointed Jiang Wei was that these ships were all empty ships, and all the food and supplies on the ship had been transferred by the Wei army. Although Jiang Wei's raid was fast and hidden, it was obvious that the Wei army had already noticed the movements of the Shu army and took action in advance, causing the Shu army to pounce on the air.

In a rage, Jiang Wei ordered all these ships to set fire to the fire. Although these ships were seized by the Shu army, these ships were actually useless to the Shu army. It would be better to burn them clean, so as not to fall back to the Wei army in the future.

The Shu army launched a total of 50,000 troops this time. In addition to the troops that blocked the aid, the troops that besieged Xiangwu alone reached 30,000, while the Wei army had only about 7,000 defenders in Xiangwu. Such a huge gap in military strength gave Jiang Wei great confidence in taking Xiangwu.

After taking the ferry, Jiang Wei ordered the Shu army to attack Xiangwu with all their might. For a moment, the crowds were surging, and the Shu army was everywhere in the mountains and fields, with great momentum. They carried the ladder and launched an attack on Xiangwu with a rainbow.

Yang Xin personally stood at the top of the city to supervise the war. Although the power of the Xiangwu defenders was obviously at a disadvantage in terms of numbers compared with the Shu army, the tall and solid city walls and perfect city defense facilities in Xiangwu City gave Yang Xin a lot of confidence. Whether it was the reserve of military weapons or the accumulation of food and grass in Xiangwu City, it was enough for the 7,000 defenders and the people in the city to spend a year and a half, so Yang Xin had no worries.

Moreover, Yang Xin was not fighting alone. The letters Deng Ai had delivered to him before the Shu army besieged the city. Deng Ai asked Yang Xin to stand firm in Xiangwu and he would lead reinforcements to arrive soon.

With Deng Ai's guarantee, Yang Xin undoubtedly had a reassurance. It would take only ten days at most from Chang'an to Xiangwu. Even if the Shu army is strong, Yang Xin would have been under pressure for more than ten days to guard Xiangwu.

What's more, the Shu army is best at mountain combat, not attacking battles. It does not have powerful siege weapons like the Wei army. It is obviously not so easy for the Shu army to take down Xiangwu.

The battle was going on very fiercely, and Jiang Wei also knew that time was urgent. If we could not take Xiangwu as quickly as possible, a large number of reinforcements from the Wei army would arrive soon. When the Shu army was trapped at the city of Xiangwu, they would inevitably fall into the dilemma of being attacked from both sides. Therefore, taking Xiangwu was an important part of the Shu army's northern expedition and could not be missed.

Therefore, from the beginning of the battle, Jiang Wei concentrated almost all his strength and launched a fierce attack on Xiangwu City. In addition to the waterway in the east, it is not suitable to launch an attack, the Shu army invested a large number of siege troops in the north, west and south directions. The Shu army rushed forward and the offensive was like a tide.

The Shu army raised up ladders and climbed towards the city under the cover of bows, arrows and crossbows. Yang Xin led the defenders to fight to the death. The bows and arrows, rolling wood, rocks, boiling water, boiling oil, gold juice, all the defensive weapons that could be used were sacrificed one after another. Shu soldiers kept falling from the ladder and screaming in pain.

However, this scream had long been destroyed by the loud noises. Shu was constantly falling down in front of him, but this did not affect the offensive momentum of the Shu army. They continued to launch round after round of fierce attacks on Xiangwu City. The fierce battle situation was eye-catching.

Jiang Wei and Sima Lun stood side by side, and they all knew that the importance of this battle was that if they could not defeat Xiangwu, the Shu army's northern expedition would fall into a passive position again, but if they could conquer Xiangwu, they would definitely reverse the situation in Longxi.

But there is really not much time left for them now. Deng Ai's reinforcements will arrive in Xiangwu at any time. They must take advantage of this time difference to fight a beautiful battle so that they can win Xiangwu.

During this expedition, the ratio of Shu army to Sima army was half to half. In terms of preventing aid, Zhong Hui led 10,000 Sima army to Nan'an County, while Jiang Wei sent Xiahou Ba to lead 10,000 troops to Didao. Therefore, the proportion of Shu army and Sima army to participate in the attack on Xiangwu was still about one to one.

In this regard, Jiang Wei's arrangements were relatively balanced. He and Sima Lun personally commanded the siege. The Shu army and Sima army each attacked one place. The two sides were also secretly competing to see who could take Xiangwu first.

However, the Wei State's battle was extremely tenacious. They did not have any fear when facing the enemy army that was several times higher than theirs. Instead, they became more and more courageous in the battle, and successively repelled the Shu army's multiple attacks.

You should know that the only guarding Xiangwu was the garrison of the Wei army, not the main field force of the Wei army, but the combat effectiveness of these county soldiers seemed to be no worse than that of the regular field army.

The reason why the Wei army can maintain such strong combat power is obviously because it is inseparable from Yang Xin's command. Yang Xin led the way, braved the arrows, and always stood on the front line. As a leader, being so fearless, naturally, it can inspire his soldiers to fight to the death.

This fierce battle lasted for a whole day from sunrise to sunset. The city of Xiangwu was filled with corpses of the Shu army, and countless injured people, but despite this, the Shu army still could not cross the thunder pool.

Due to the extremely tenacious defense of the defenders, the Shu army failed to make any breakthroughs for a day of fierce battle. Although it was almost impossible for the siege to capture a city with full defense in one day, Jiang Wei was obviously a little anxious. It seemed that the defense ability of Xiangwu City was somewhat beyond his expectations. If the Shu army's current siege method was based on the Shu army's current siege, the possibility of taking Xiangwu in a short period of time was almost zero.

It was about to dusk, and Jiang Wei had no choice but to order the Jin to withdraw the troops. The tired Shu army could finally take a breath and retreat slowly. The first day's siege came to an end.

Yang Xin on the city also breathed a sigh of relief. The fierce attack of the Shu army also brought great pressure to Yang Xin. Fortunately, he and his subordinates were lucky enough to have fulfilled their fate and finally held on.

But this is just the beginning. Yang Xin knew that Jiang Wei was so mobilizing this time, so he would naturally not give up. He would still launch an attack tomorrow, so the real fierce battle is still to come.
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