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Due to the limitation of terrain, Jingzhou could only invest 2,000 people to attack Ping'an Fort at one time, divided into east, middle and west directions. The five defenders on the castle were also divided into line defense. They were condescending and occupied all the geographical advantages, causing heavy casualties in the Jingzhou army, but they were still difficult to capture the fort.

The generals of the Jingzhou Army who were responsible for the attack on the Western Front were a military marquis named Zhao Qian. They were the first batch of Jingzhou Army to be invested. Most of the two thousand soldiers before them had been killed. This time, Li Yan issued a death order and took the castle and rewarded them. If they could not get the castle, they would all be killed. This put the military marquis Zhao Qian under great pressure.

Behind a broken wall of a burnt shop, Zhao Qian summoned five treasury chiefs to discuss countermeasures. One treasury chief said angrily: "The easiest thing to capture the castle is the east side. It is the hardest to fight here. We can't even capture the east side. How can we fight on the western front?"

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Zhao Qian cursed angrily: "You have the affair to say, don't say these useless nonsense in front of the old man. You can't get the castle before dawn tomorrow. If the old man's head falls to the ground, you can't live."

Everyone was silent. At this time, a thin Tun Chang said, "I'm wondering if we can have a try from the south."

"But the south side is backed by a cliff, and there is not even a place to stand. How can I try it?" Another village chief immediately opposed.

"Just because it is almost impossible to attack, there are no defenders in the south. In fact, the tall and strong castle is not a problem. The key is that the defenders are fierce."

"Stop tugging, it's impossible to climb up, but I was found by hitting all of them with just one stone."

Everyone opposed it, and Zhao Qian also felt it was impossible, but other than that, he had no choice but to ask Chief Tun who proposed the plan and said, "Do you think you can climb up?"

"I grew up in the mountains. I followed my father to collect herbs since I was a child. I climbed over the cliffs that were steeper than this. I just had to bring five brothers into the fort and wait for an opportunity to do it."

Zhao Qian thought about it and it didn't matter even if they died. He finally agreed, "If you can succeed, I will give you half of the bounty. In addition, I will attack from the front and cooperate with your actions."

Ping'an Fort is backed by a cliff more than ten meters high, and the Yangtze River is surging under the cliff. Although there is a gap about one foot long between the castle and the cliff, it is almost impossible to go from the front to the back of the castle. You can only take a boat to the bottom of the cliff and then climb up the cliff.

The head of the Tun who performed this task was named Ren Ping. He was from Zhixian, Nanjun. He grew up in the mountainous areas and has lived by collecting herbs for generations. Ren Ping also followed his father to the mountain to collect herbs since he was six years old. He joined the Nanjun Army at the age of eighteen. It has been seven years since then, and has been promoted to the head of the Tun.

Ren Ping has always belonged to Liu Bei's army. Last year, he was captured by the Jiangxia army when he followed Wang Wei to attack Xiangyang. He officially turned into Liu Jing's Jiangxia army with the army.

Ren Ping was thin and had few opportunities to make contributions. This time he knew that his chance had come. Although he knew that the risk was high, the promotion and wealth prompted him to take the risk.

He selected five warriors to follow him from the five soldiers, all of whom were as quick and good at climbing as he did.

They were lucky tonight, with red clouds covered by stars and moons. The sky and earth were pitch black and there was no sign of people just a few steps away. This was a great opportunity to attack at night. Under the cover of night, Ren Ping led five men to take a boat to the cliff and climbed the mountain with bare hands.

Although the cliff was steep, it was covered with thick vines, which made their climb very smoothly. In less than half an hour, they climbed up the cliff, with their backs tightly against the castle, standing in a gap of one foot wide, and climbing upwards was not easy.

The castle is made of huge rocks, with tight thighs between the huge rocks, and climbing upwards is not difficult, but for Ren Qun and others, it is not difficult to climb up. The difficult thing is that they cannot be discovered by the enemy. They did not rush to take action, but were patiently waiting for the opportunity.

Li Yan also personally arrived at Ping'an Fort. He had just received news from Xinling County that scouts on the other side found more than 10,000 Liu Bei's troops gathered at the docks on the other side, preparing to cross the river after dawn.

This made Li Yan very nervous. He was no longer worried about how to explain to Liu Jing. Instead, once Liu Bei's army successfully crossed the river, their Bashu strategy would be severely hit. Even as long as Liu Bei guarded Zigui City, he could enter Shu calmly, but they were powerless.

Only by taking the Ping'an Fortress can they snipe Liu Bei's army across the river. At this time, Li Yan also knew the information about the six warriors climbing the city from behind. He calculated the time and could attack. He immediately ordered: "Transfer my order and attack the castle on the whole line."

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong" Jingzhou sermon drums sounded loudly, and more than two thousand soldiers launched an attack from Ping'an Fortress, shouting and killing sounded shook the sky. The running crowd seemed to rush into the tide, arrows were like rain, shooting overwhelmingly towards the city.

The five defenders on the city were all going to the city to defend themselves. The stones rolled down the city, and the big rocks rolled into the crowd, and they instantly smashed seven or eight people. A siege ladder hit the city and was immediately forked out of the city. The long ladder flipped backwards, and dozens of soldiers on the ladder screamed long.

Liu Bei's army was condescending, shooting arrows, rocks, and rolling wood, and counterattacked sharply, causing heavy casualties and injuries to the attacking Jingzhou army. However, Li Yan did not allow the soldiers to retreat. He kept ordering to continue to increase troops and attack the city desperately at all costs.

The six warriors waiting in the south of the castle were this opportunity. The Jingzhou army sieges fiercely, leaving no defenders in the south, leaving only two guard posts. Moreover, their attention was focused on the battle ahead, and they did not notice the abnormality behind them.

Ren Ping is experienced. He has made tools for climbing cliffs since he was a child. They slowly raised bamboo poles several meters long. The front end of the bamboo poles was equipped with a large iron hook, which hooked the top of the city. The six people were divided into groups and climbed up quickly along the bamboo poles.

Ren Ping was the first to climb to the top of the city. He held the battlement with one hand and slowly showed his eyes. There were indeed no patrol soldiers on the south side. Only two sentries stood at the turn of both sides. They were focusing on the battle ahead, not realizing the danger behind them.

Another subordinate also climbed up to the top of the city. The two nodded, took off the military crossbow from their backs, held the crossbow with one arm, and crossed the two sentries. The tips of their arrows were painted with poison and blood was sealed with throats. The two of them pulled the hanging knife almost at the same time. With two clicks, two crossbow arrows shot towards the sentries like lightning.

The two sentries let out a muffled cry and fell softly to the ground. Ren Ping was overjoyed and jumped onto the city. Another soldier also jumped onto the city with him. The two of them took action separately and threw the two bodies down the Yangtze River. The other four people climbed up to the city. The six of them were wearing Liu Bei's military uniforms and quickly ran towards the city ahead.

At this time, the battle ahead was extremely fierce. Although several people had been killed or injured in Jingzhou, they also broke through the enemy's huge rock rolling wood formation and put dozens of siege ladders on the top of the city. The soldiers of Jingzhou soldiers climbed up the city with shields and swords, and fought fiercely with the defenders on the city.

Ren Ping led five subordinates to mingle into the defenders. In the chaos, no one would pay attention to whether they were different. Before going to the city, Ren Ping discussed a solution with his boss.

He led five subordinates to the northwest corner, which was a blind spot. The corner of the attacking town was very small, and only a few people could guard this corner.

At this time, there was no ladder for attack here. The six of them guarded this corner. Ren Ping pulled out a torch from the top of the city and smashed it down the city.

The torch drew an arc in the air and fell into the Jingzhou soldiers under the city. This was a signal. Zhao Qian, who had been waiting under the city, saw the torch thrown it down. He was overjoyed and immediately reported to Li Yan, "Report to guard, our brothers have succeeded."

A glimmer of hope arose in Li Yan's heart, he nodded, "It's up to you."

Zhao Qian waved his hand and said, "Follow me."

He led more than one person to rush towards the northwest corner with a ladder. The ladder was on the top of the city. Zhao Qian took a giant shield and a spear to climb to the top of the city first. At this time, a tooth general saw the siege ladder and shouted: "Defend the northwest corner."

Ren Ping shouted in response: "Brothers, please keep it and never let the enemy go up to the city."

The six of them sealed all the horns and blocked the dozen people who were running to help the battle behind them. Six spears blocked the entrance of the city. They did not throw down the wood and huge rocks, nor did they push the ladder out with steel forks, but used the spear to pry out the ladder meaninglessly.

This passive defensive posture made the head general furious and cursed: "Those idiots in the northwest corner, let them get out of here."

More than a dozen military soldiers rushed over with sticks and hit them in the face. Seeing that they were not defending well, the soldiers behind them pushed them one after another, trying to push them away. At this time, the two soldiers carried a pound of wood and squeezed forward, preparing to smash the wood down.

The situation is very critical, Ren Ping suddenly yelled, "Take it"

The six men turned against each other and used spears and swords to kill the defenders. The spear pierced the back of the wooden soldiers and stabbed the two men to the ground. The remaining defenders were killed four or five, which scared everyone backed away. The sudden change caused chaos on the city.

Shocked by the general, he immediately realized something and hissed: "Kill them quickly."

Dozens of soldiers rushed towards the six people with spears, and the six people fought to the death. At this critical moment, the military marquis Zhao Qian jumped up to the city, stabbed the enemy with his spear, and stabbed a leader towards the face.

The soldiers behind rushed to the city one after another, and the solid castle was finally torn a line of defense, from dozens of people to people, from a siege ladder to a city to more than a dozen siege ladders to climb to the city, and more and more soldiers attacked the city.

Half an hour later, the castle gate made of pig iron opened, and the flood-like soldiers of Jingzhou rushed into the castle. The Jingzhou army's banner was flying high at the top of the city, and the Ping'an Fortress was lost. The Jingzhou army finally controlled the dock.

Although the Jingzhou army did not capture Zigui County, they conquered Ping'an Fortress and occupied the wharf, built fortifications with mud bags, and threw thousands of soldiers to defend Liu Bei's army from landing with bows and crossbows.
Chapter completed!