Chapter 781: Siege
The night is like ink, and the stars and moon are dark.
The needles in the camp of the Han Dynasty could be heard, and the soldiers stared blankly at the dozen or so heads on the ground, still like they were in a dream...... These are all unspeakably expensive lords?! His Royal Highness the King of Han actually said that he would cut them all!
Until King Han's voice sounded again, everyone couldn't help but hold their breath.
"A soldier bears, a nest of bears! This king must not let these incompetent people bring this king's invincible lion into a bear! ”
"Ladies and gentlemen! We have no way out, the lonely prince can only live one, break through Zhenjiang City, and we will share the wealth in the future! King Han paused, and then said in a deep voice: "If we can't take Zhenjiang City, we can only die!" ”
King Han's words were like a heavy hammer, striking the hearts of all the soldiers, and they had fully understood that this victory or defeat was related to the life and death of all people......
"Tomorrow, this king will personally command the siege!" King Han roared in the loudest voice: "You must fight to the death!" ”
"Fight to the death!" "Fight to the death!" "Fight to the death!" The tidal sound sounded again, and even alarmed the head of Zhenjiang City in the distance. King Han nodded with satisfaction, and returned to the Chinese military tent accompanied by his confidant generals......
In the Chinese military tent, Li Maofang, Zhu Zhanqi, Wang Bin, Zhu Heng, Wei Hu, Wei Hong, Wei Xing, Wang Yu, Li Zhi and other generals lined up and looked at His Royal Highness King Han, who was sitting behind the big case...... Obviously, the landing of Song Hu and the others on the ground also sounded a loud alarm bell for them -- Zhu Gaoxu has become a fierce tiger who chooses people to devour, and he will not show mercy to anyone.
"Tomorrow's battle, your respective positions are clear, right?" Zhu Gaoxu's gaze swept over the generals, and everyone he had seen straightened his chest desperately and nodded vigorously. I heard him say in a deep voice: "There is no main direction of attack!" Attack in all directions! There is no time to collect troops either! If you don't capture Zhenjiang for a while, you will have to fight it day and night! Until the city is broken! Did you hear that! ”
"Yes!" The generals will respond in unison.
"Go get ready!" Zhu Gaoxu said in a deep voice: "Eat at the end of the day, and attack at dawn!" ”
"Yes!" The generals once again commanded in unison, and then turned and left, leaving only Wang Bin alone...... This is Zhu Gaoxu's most trusted general.
"Hey......" There was only Wang Bin in front of him, and Zhu Gaoxu finally showed his true mood, which was a look of anxiety and confusion.
"The prince doesn't have to be like this, let's let those pustules take the lead," Wang Bin comforted softly: "Don't you just want them to make a fool of themselves, so that they can take the opportunity to take over the military power?" ”
"I'm not worried about ...... here," Zhu Gaoxu shook his head and sighed.
"That's ...... North? Wang Bin whispered.
"Yes." Zhu Gaoxu nodded and sighed: "My father will kill my ......"
"Isn't it arranged?" Wang Bin's voice was faint: "The emperor should die immediately, right?" ”
"Hmm." Zhu Gaochu nodded expressionlessly: "Originally, I wanted to wait for my father to die and start again, but in that case, it would give Zhu Gaochi a chance to prepare, so we launched it in advance." Zhu Gaoxu sighed and said: "Now the boss is difficult to fly, but Beijing doesn't know about it......"
"As long as they launch at the agreed time, the emperor will not know the situation in Nanjing, and if they are defenseless, they will definitely succeed in one fell swoop." Wang Bin is the king of Han, and he also cheered for himself: "That's a killing game!" ”
"Yes. It's just that if there is no obituary for a day, this king will not be at peace for a day. Zhu Gaoxu rubbed his face vigorously as he spoke, put his fear behind him and said, "No matter! Go all out to take Zhenjiang and kill the boss, half of the country is in hand, what else is there to fear?! ”
"What the prince said is so right!" Wang Bin said in a deep voice: "If we take Zhenjiang, we will be invincible!" Even if the emperor is still alive, he has to sit down with the prince to talk......"
Zhu Gaoxu nodded slowly, his face finally disappeared with sorrow, revealing a look of hesitation......
When the day finally dawned, the defenders at the head of the city were horrified by the horror they would never forget. I saw that hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses outside the city were jointly camped for dozens of miles, and the water surrounding Zhenjiang City could not be drained. Countless warships also appeared on the river.
When the sun rises, the armor and weapons of the soldiers shine with dazzling light, and the fluttering flags and sails on the river form a circle of breathless dark clouds, enveloping Zhenjiang City in all directions. Such a scene has never been seen even by a war-torn veteran, and just looking at it is enough to make people lose their fighting spirit......
The prelude to this battle was played by the naval fleet on the river, and the cannons on the warships took turns to fire, and the cannonballs whistled and smashed into the city, exploding above the heads of the officers and men of the prince, and smashing the siege equipment that they had easily put together overnight!
There was no transition after the prelude, the cannon sounded, and the general attack began, and the overwhelming Han Wang army, carrying siege equipment, rushed to Zhenjiang City from all the directions that could be attacked. Standing in the city, it looks like a tide is rolling towards the city wall!
When the besieging troops rushed within range of their bows and arrows, a sharp whistle sounded at the head of the city, and countless archers came out from all over the city, drew their bows and arrows, and shot the first arrow as fast as they could. They didn't aim at all, because there was no need to aim - the enemy forces under the city were too dense......
Bows and arrows rained down, and countless officers and soldiers of the Han Dynasty fell in response, but just like the waves in the tide, it would not weaken the momentum of the tide at all!
The officers and soldiers of the Han King raised their shields, blocked them overhead, and continued to push the siege equipment forward. When the chariot was in place, the archers of the Han army climbed up, and the soldiers below shook the turntable desperately to raise the chariot to the same height as the city wall, and the archers of the Han army launched a counterattack at the first time!
The archers of the city did not care about themselves at all, and their task was to destroy the enemies under the city. As for the archers on the building car, they were the target of the bed crossbow in the city - several crossbowmen turned the crossbow to the building car outside the city, shook the winch desperately, wound the strong crossbow on the crossbow, and then slammed it hard, smashed open the machine, and a hammer-headed strong crossbow with a thick arm whistled out, and crashed into the carriage of the building car in the blink of an eye, and the carriage disintegrated violently under the violent impact, and the archers on the carriage fell to the ground with screams and screams......
But this is just a tidbit of the battlefield, the tide of offensive has reached the city, the rolling stone wood at the head of the city has also poured down, the losses of the Han army's army have skyrocketed, and countless officers and soldiers have been crushed into meat cakes by the rolling stone and wood. And the boiling oil poured down from above, each basin would make a dozen officers and soldiers roll on the ground screaming!
However, the Han Wangjun was unusually fearless of death, and simply ignored sacrifice! With red eyes and roaring, they set up ladders on the walls, and the more advanced siege engines were in place one by one...... These siege engines have a staircase that allows your soldiers to run up the city. And the protection is perfect, not only can it protect the soldiers besieging the city, but it is not afraid of fire, it is much more powerful than the ladder.
Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty focused on the development of cavalry, and the amount of such equipment was very small, otherwise hundreds of siege vehicles were pressed on the city at the same time, and this battle would not be able to be fought at all!
But it was these dozens of siege vehicles that had already put a lot of pressure on the defenders. Those Han Wangjun who climbed from the ladder didn't go up yet. The officers and soldiers on the siege vehicle are already fighting with the defenders at the head of the city!
The defenders naturally knew that these siege engines were the biggest threat, and invested their greatest forces to desperately prevent the enemy from landing on the city! Therefore, where the siege vehicles were, they all became bloody Shura fields, and waves of siege soldiers rushed up and killed with wave after wave of defenders, and both sides did not give an inch, and in the blink of an eye, the blood flowed into a river......
When the Han army on the ladder also climbed to the top of the city, the battle started in every inch of the city wall, and those Han army fought like crazy, slashing with knives, kicking with feet, biting with teeth, fighting for their lives and attacking madly!
The soldiers of the prince's army were obviously paralyzed by yesterday's victory, thinking that the Han army was nothing more than that, so when facing their crazy attack, the situation was very passive, and they lost a section of the western city wall in less than half an hour after the battle!
This shocked Mo Wen, who had a general view of the overall situation, he never underestimated the enemy, but he still underestimated Zhu Gaoxu! He didn't expect Zhu Gaoxu to reunite the scattered military spirit overnight, bring out the most ferocious side of the Han Wang Army, and exert the greatest attack power at the first moment of the battle!
There is no denying that compared to His Royal Highness the King of Han, who descended from the god of war, he is still too tender...... Mo Wen sighed secretly in his heart. But the next moment, his ice-like face was full of excitement! As a natural general, he was born in peace, and it is difficult to encounter a big war, which is the greatest sorrow!
At this moment, the strongest enemy, the most brutal battlefield is in front of him, and he no longer has to sigh that he was born at the wrong time!
'Come, His Highness the King of Han! Mo Wen felt that his blood was about to boil, he waved his hand violently, and the flag officer beside him raised a red flag and waved it twice in the air.
After receiving the order, a battalion of officers and soldiers hiding under the city wall immediately climbed to the top of the city under the guidance of the red flag, and a moment later, there was a loud burst of gunfire on the top of the city! The Han army, which had just captured the city, was shot and fell to the ground like wheat harvesting...... The dense guns and bullets hit the siege vehicles and sawdust, and forcibly blocked the torrential offensive of the Han army. The prince's army took advantage of the situation to regain that section of the wall......
The dense gunfire also attracted the attention of the Han King under the city. Wang Bin on the side said strangely: "Didn't the Shenji Battalion go to Beijing with the emperor?" ”
"Ji Gang said that the Beizhen Fusi and the avant-garde of the government army are secretly building firearms," King Han frowned and said, "I didn't expect that it had already formed a scale." ”
"It doesn't matter," Wang Bin said, "They have guns, we have guns." ”
"Yes, a few broken guns are useless, and you still have to rely on real knives and real guns to fight!" King Han sneered and said, "It's Zhu Heng who is commanding over there, right?" Sue him, if you can't take back the city wall before noon, come to me! ”
"Yes!" Wang Bin replied in a deep voice.