Chapter 649: Sweeping Jiangdong
"Lower the drawbridge and open the gates!"
In less than a moment, the high hanging suspension bridge fell, and the heavy city gate slowly opened, and Chen Dang's general slowly entered the city with five hundred cavalry, and when he passed through the city gate, a big man who looked like a soldier next to the captain nodded to the captain, with a smile on his face. The captain had a smile on his face that was uglier than crying, and he was nervous.
"Don't worry, since you have led General Ben into this quarry city, then Ben will naturally keep his promise and will not embarrass you." After saying that, the big man stepped off the war horse with a fierce clamp, waved the spear in his right hand, and roared: "Kill into the city, act according to the plan, seize the city gate, and capture the military camp!" Kill! ”
The guards at the city gate who had just opened the city gate did not understand what was going on, and several spears had already pierced them, and each of them had received a few shots before they fell down with a loud cry.
Five hundred cavalry had already been mobilized, and rumbling iron hooves rushed into the city from the hole in the city gate.
Several chirping arrows shot high into the air, and the crisp sound was heard for a long time.
The change at the city gate made Shen Fasheng, who was coming to the city gate from the city head, suddenly feel in his heart, his face changed, his two sword eyebrows were raised high, and he shouted: "The enemy attacked, closed the city gate, and it was not your own people who entered the city!" ”
Hu Hai laughed while rushing forward: "That's right, Lao Tzu is Hu Hai, the governor of Dachen Jiangxi, don't tell the wrong person when you go to the underworld." ”
After that, a spear had already stabbed at Shen Fasheng, and Shen Fasheng couldn't believe it. Isn't Hu Hai leading his men and horses to Ben Jiankang, hasn't he already mobilized 40,000 horses and horses in Siping Mountain to prepare to stop him? How could he suddenly appear here, and who are those people in Yuhang under the banner of Hu Hai?
Shen Fasheng fought all his life, and when he was a teenager, he followed his father Shen Ke to follow Chen Ba to fight first, and then went through several emperors of Southern Chen and many northern expeditions. After Sui destroyed Chen, he also led his people to raise troops against Sui. and then his brother Shen Faxing once again raised troops against the Sui until now. Basically, half of his time was spent in battle. But now. But he felt that he was getting old, and he was capsized in the gutter.
With a sideways roll, Shen Fasheng gave up a ferocious assassination. As soon as he pulled out his sword, he didn't block it a few times, but he was already rushed down by several knights. The stab fell to the ground. Several knights were about to shoot him, but the captain of the Wu military academy who was forced to take everyone into the city just now shouted: "Wait a minute, he is Shen Faxing's elder brother, Shen Fasheng, the king of Jian'an County, is the minister left behind this time." ”
Hu Hai was overjoyed when he heard this, but he didn't expect to catch such an important guy as soon as he came. Immediately shouted: "Tie him up!" ”
Several cavalrymen dismounted and tied up Shen Fasheng, and the Wu army over there reacted and rushed to this side to recapture the main general. But at this time, there was a shout of killing in the night outside the city, and the two thousand foot soldiers were already taking steady steps. He came into the city with a horizontal sword.
After Shen Fasheng transferred 20,000 people from the three quarrying cities and one village to deal with the Chen army who came from Yuhang, there were only 10,000 people left in the four quarrying cities. The quarry city is the main city, and the city of Dangtu is the acropolis. At this time, there were only 5,000 people in quarrying. Although these five thousand are all elites. But for Chen's army, which had already taken the city gates, 2,500 men were enough.
Although there are still 5,000 people in the three cities of Dangtu. But along the way, they took advantage of the darkness to sneak carefully under the quarry city, and the people of Tu Sanacropolis were probably still asleep.
"Shen Fasheng has been captured, why don't you abandon your weapons and surrender!"
Hu Hai shouted loudly, which made the guards on duty who had gathered in a hurry couldn't help but be shocked. Hu Hai's choice of attack time was very good, and when it was nearly four watches, it was the time when the soldiers slept the most. And because the city gate was opened by fraud, in addition to the more than 1,000 soldiers on duty, the other soldiers were still sleeping. The men and women who were temporarily recruited had already returned to their respective homes. …,
At this time, the city gate was opened, and the main general fell into the hands of the enemy again, and more defenders were still asleep in the barracks, and the quarrying defenders completely fell into the downwind.
Two thousand and five Chen army elites against five thousand Wu army elites, with one enemy and two, it is still a siege battle. If it was a regular battle, it would undoubtedly be impossible to win, not to mention that there were five thousand men and horses in the three acropolis around it.
However, the Chen army has always been good at fighting this impossible battle, and the 2,500 Chen army entered the city without the slightest chaos. According to the battle plan formulated before the battle, the officers of each battalion and each team rushed into the city and immediately rushed to their mission objectives with their subordinates as planned.
Seize the city gates, occupy the streets, besiege the barracks, capture the warehouses, and clear the resistance.
Chen Jun's movements were completely orderly and the division of labor was orderly. There was no indiscriminate killing, no robbery, and no adultery with women. With the battalion as a unit, they seized each important target, and the team and the army were divided into small units to act in small groups.
Under the leadership of the lowest-level officers such as the battalion commander and deputy battalion commander, who had all received non-commissioned officer training, Chen Jun was like a huge wolf pack that instantly divided into small wolf packs. Against the Shang Wu army, they all used three or five people as a tactical group unit, and their attacks were sharp and invincible. Even if there were occasional brave warriors in the Wu army, under the attack of a wolf pack like the Chen army, they would generally be quickly defeated.
After seizing the city gate, Hu Hai immediately closed the city gate, strictly forbidding everyone to leave the city, and asked all the people to stay at home and not go out. On the other side, Xu Shiji, who then led his foot soldiers into the city, immediately took Shen Fasheng's seal letter talisman after knowing that he had captured Shen Fasheng who stayed in Jiangdong, and selected a few surrendered officers from among the captives, and asked them to lead the way to the Three Acropolis to repeat the old trick.
Although the Three Acropolis is an acropolis of quarrying, it is still a long way away, and the battle of the quarrying city is not immediately known. Xu Shiji personally rushed to the Three Acropolis with a thousand men and horses, and things went smoothly as expected. With Shen Fasheng's military order, as well as the officers of Shen Fasheng's subordinates who surrendered, plus the armor of the Wu army on their bodies, the guards of the three cities did not have the slightest suspicion after hearing that Shen Fasheng had transferred them to lead their troops to quarry. All of them handed over the city defense as soon as possible, and led their subordinates to advance to the quarry.
Five thousand old and weak soldiers in two cities and one village were handed over to the city defense by Xu Shiji's military order. Then he rushed all the way to the quarry, and finally stepped into the quarry city and was surrounded by the archers of the Chen army, and finally surrendered very simply.
It didn't cost a single soldier, three acropolises, five thousand soldiers and horses. was solved by Xu Shiji.
When the sky is slightly bright. Quarrying and three acropolises, one of the two major towns on the Yangtze River defense line in Jiangdong, completely fell into the hands of Chen's army. In this war, even the Wu army in Jiankang City did not notice it at all.
Shen Fasheng's sons waited for a day in Siping Mountain with the patchwork of 40,000 Wu troops. But in the end, he didn't wait for Chen Jun's arrival. Wu Jun scattered scouts to scout horses, but in the end he found no trace of Chen Jun. In the end, Shen Fasheng's eldest son, Shen Zhong, led 40,000 men to advance cautiously south, only to find those captured cities along the way. There is not a shadow of Chen Jun. And when they asked the people in the city, they got the result that they had never seen the Chen Dynasty army, but only saw a Chen army of four or five hundred people.
Shen Zhong was frightened by the sudden disappearance of Chen Jun, so he had to slowly move south, recovering empty cities one after another, and looking for traces of Chen Jun's 20,000 or 30,000 troops everywhere.
By the evening of the second day, Shen Zhong had recovered dozens of towns in Wu County and Yuhang County, but he still couldn't find a trace of Chen Jun.
On this night, he captured Hu Hai, who had been quarrying for a day. Finally, I waited anxiously for the first batch of reinforcements to cross the Yangtze River. A patchwork force of 30,000 people composed of township soldiers and militia regiments from Jiangxi and Anhui provinces, plus a small number of Liyang defenders, and some marine divisions. …,
"It's finally here. The brothers are all here, right? ”
Under the darkness of the night. Hu Hai stood on the wharf by the quarry river, excitedly looking at the two generals Li Chengyi and Li Chengli, who had just jumped off the boat of the sailor. A few days ago, he sent people across the river to contact Chen Shan and Chen Feng. Propose this whimsical plan, hoping to get their support and send troops to reinforce him. However, Chen Shan was really unwilling to take risks against the emperor's wishes. In the end, Hu Hai promised to take the quarry city, the river crossing point, and Chen Shancai said that if he could really take the quarry, then he would consider sending troops to reinforce it.
Hu Hai was anxious for a day today, things have come to this point, if Chen Shan refuses to send troops to reinforce him, then the actions in front of him will be useless. Fortunately, Chen Shan did not let him wait in vain, and only one day later, 30,000 soldiers and horses had already crossed the Yangtze River at night to the quarry river.
The two brothers, Li Chengyi and Li Chengli, saluted Hu Hai and Xu Shiji, "The general with 3,000 people, first broke Jiujiang, then Xuancheng, and now he has captured the quarrying town, this Su Wu really makes me and other juniors admire." The 30,000 soldiers and horses have all crossed the river, and then I will wait under the command of the general. ”
Hu Hai was also very excited when he saw these two brothers coming. The three Li Chengyi brothers are the grandsons of Marshal Li Benlei, and the three of them are known as the three masters of the Li family. and the four heroes of the Xue family, the five tigers of the Zhang family, and the three heroes of the Luo family are the most dazzling young generation of several major generals.
"This operation has not yet been approved by His Majesty, and we are all acting without authorization, and if Your Majesty is to blame in the future, the responsibility will be borne by Ben General." Hu Hai said loudly.
Li Chengyi smiled and said: "Since my brothers have already crossed the river, then my brother will have a share in this matter." If it happens, we will be a general. If things don't work out, we will naturally have to take responsibility together in the future. ”
Hu Hai nodded, this operation did not get the emperor's consent at all, but because it was to fight Jiankang, and it was also under the banner of rescuing the emperor, Chen Shan and Chen Feng would support his action, and it was precisely because of this that the two young heroes of the Li family would personally lead the troops across the river.
"Good. With the help of these two brothers, we are even more powerful. There are only 20,000 old and weak people in Jiankang City at the moment, and now we have 30,000 soldiers, and the two Feng Dudus of Lingnan have also brought 20,000 troops to arrive. We have 50,000 horses against 20,000 old and weak in Jiankang City, and before Shen Luoyan rushes back, we still have three days to take Jiankang and rescue the Emperor Taishang. Hu Hai was excited when he said this.
He seemed to have seen success beckoning him, although of the 30,000 reinforcements sent to him by Chen Shan, only the Liyang defenders and the Marine Corps were elite veterans, and the rest were mostly village soldiers. But even so, they have more than 20,000 elites, not to mention a large number of firearms that cross the river with the boat.
Even if you don't count the 20,000 native soldiers of the Feng family's father and daughter, Hu Hai feels that he can take Jiankang City in three days.
"In the last tense, Governor Chen Shan has already sent a flying pigeon to General Lu Shishen and Marshal Zhang Zhongjian in Jiangling, asking the two adults to hold Shen Luoyan one or two when they are critical, so as to buy us some more time. General Chen Feng is also making an emergency transfer, once the Wu army in Jingkou moves back to aid Jiankang, General Chen Feng will lead the soldiers and horses of Jiangdu to launch a battle to cross the river and contain the Wu army in Jingkou. ”
"Good. And so it goes. This time, we are the five armies joining forces, and with this support, we will definitely break through Jiankang in one fell swoop. Rescue His Majesty the Emperor. ”
Li Chengli was even more anxious than Hu Hai, and said directly: "Governor, directly order to attack Jiankang!" Let's also have a devastating meal! ”
"The order goes down. The whole army set off, the goal is to build health, and march quickly! ”
"Let's go!"
Woowoo————
Like a thunderclap, in the sound of the horn, the 30,000 Chen troops, who had just landed in the south of the Yangtze River not long ago, were already lined up neatly, and galloped towards Jiankang at a rapid pace according to the neat marching columns. …,
On both sides of Zhejiang between Yuhang and Huiji, the two armies were facing each other across the river at this time.
Shen Zhong led a motley army of 40,000 patchwork all the way south to find Chen's army, but he recovered Yuhang and Wujun Zhucheng one after another. Chen Jun's whereabouts have not yet been found. Just as Shen Zhong was about to withdraw to Siping Mountain, an army suddenly approached quickly, and then two soldiers and horses suddenly encountered.
It was under Feng Wan's persuasion that the 40,000-strong army of the Wu army was encountered. Feng An's father and daughter, who sent troops eastward. Lingnan is now divided into four provinces. The Feng family and the Xian family each served as the governors of the two provinces, and this time the 20,000 hundred Yue soldiers led by the Feng family's father and daughter. It is the tribal native soldiers of the four provinces of Lingnan.
The 20,000 Baiyue native soldiers who marched all the way east and the 40,000 Wu troops who went south met each other on the edge of Zhejiang, and no one expected such a thing.
The Baiyue native soldiers suddenly encountered the Wu army, but they did not panic much, they marched all the way east, from Jian'an to Yongjia and then to Huiji, and they encountered several empty cities along the way, and they did not even fight a decent battle. The native soldiers of the Baiyue tribe made a lot of money along the way, just like locusts crossing the border, passing through a city and washing a city, and when they came here, each native soldier almost made a lot of money. Right now, they are heading towards Jiankang City, the richest city in the south of the Yangtze River, and there is no one who is afraid of the Wu army, which is twice as large as them, in front of them.
On the contrary, after the Wu army suddenly encountered the Baiyue army, it was panicked. They were originally patchwork miscellaneous cards, and they were looking for Chen Jun who suddenly disappeared along the way. At present, Chen Jun did not find it, but suddenly encountered 20,000 Lingnan Baiyue troops, which made many Wu soldiers feel that they had stepped into Chen Jun's trap.
The Baiyue Army suddenly appeared in front, and the Chen Army of more than 20,000 people must be behind them. Surrounded by an ambush.
"Kill them, enter Jiankang City, grab money, food, and women!" Seeing that the opponent's formation was faintly chaotic, Feng An, the commander of the Baiyue Army, did not hesitate at all, and immediately pulled out the horizontal knife at his waist, pointed forward, and roared.
Feng An's battle cry was shouted very bluntly, and even made Feng Wan frown a little when he heard it, but when it was heard by the big men of the Baiyue tribe and the local army, it was extremely stimulating to their nerves. The faces of the big men turned red with excitement, and many swarthy strong men even directly tore open the animal skin robes on their chests, and roared while clenching their fists with both hands.
Countless roars rang out one after another, and one by one the strong men slammed their chests and looked up to the sky and roared, which made the Wu army array on the other side cause chaos again. These barbarian barbarians, like wild beasts, made many of the old and weak Wu soldiers in Jiangnan have weak legs and cramps.
"Kill into Jiankang City, grab money, food, and women!" Countless voices converged like bursts of thunder. The native soldiers of the Baiyue tribe don't care who they give their lives to or who they fight, the only thing they care about is money.
Fighting for the clan leaders is also a great opportunity to earn money. When the native soldiers fought wars, they always cut off their heads to discuss their exploits, and finally divided the spoils. Therefore, when I saw the 40,000 Wu troops on the opposite side, in the eyes of the native soldiers, it was 40,000 glittering copper strings and silver ingots. And as long as they are defeated, they can enter Jiankang City and loot the most prosperous and magnificent capital city in the entire south.
In the early winter of October, the water of the Zhejiang River is dry and shallow, and there is no need for boats and boats to wade.
A sound of horns sounded, and 20,000 fierce Baiyue soldiers wearing animal skins, carrying scimitars, and holding spears were like hungry tigers out of the cage, roaring ghosts, there was no formation at all, and there was no offensive sequence, just like a swarm of bees, scrambling, and moving forward towards the Wu army on the opposite bank.
"Poof!"
Facing the rain of arrows falling on the cowhide shield, a sturdy slang man who rushed to the opposite bank first, raised his knife and fell, and he had already neatly cut down a half-hundred-skinny old man of the Wu army. Subsequently, the man did not immediately inherit the killing, but stopped and knocked off the helmet on the corpse of the Wu Jun who had just fallen, and then grabbed the gray hair with one hand, held the knife in the other, and chopped off the head with a violent wave.
Blood spurted out, but the man didn't care at all, wiped the blood paddle from his face, and then pulled the head around his waist. Looking at the head on his waist, the man grinned a few times, glanced at Wu Jun, who was constantly fleeing, picked up the big knife and rushed forward again.
The 40,000 improvised patchwork of old and weak cards met the fierce native soldiers of the Baiyue tribe, and after only a moment of fighting, they had already collapsed. Then, an encounter becomes a one-sided hunt. One by one, the Wu army fell, and one by one the heads were cut off and hung on the waists of the barbarians.
The sun sets, the remnant sun is like blood, the corpses are like the sea, and the heads are like mountains.