Chapter 303: Ignorance and Fearlessness Create Miracles
I don't know if I don't see it, and I'm shocked when I see it. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 The surface of the info river was full of huge warships, fluttering flags covering the sky and the sun, like dark clouds driven by a strong wind, black and oppressive surging towards the sky above Hongdu, and the warhorses with golden saddles and iron bridles on the ship wriggled back and forth in the dark clouds like small specks. Each boat rocks with the waves and splashes a few feet high. Not to mention the neatly lined up soldiers standing on both sides, the screams from their mouths shook the heavens and the earth, and the shining armor and weapons shook people's eyes.
Especially at night, the lights and candles on the entire ship are bright, reflecting the surrounding day, and the waves flashing with countless crystal cold lights make the soldiers guarding Hongdu feel more and more cold. Even if everyone didn't say anything, the gray faces and hesitant eyes had already revealed the timidity in their hearts.
Seeing that the morale of his generals was low, Zhu Wenzheng said: "Although the enemy army has a large number of troops, far beyond our army, our army is defending, the enemy army is attacking, and our army still has firearms to help. I'm here to warn you, if anyone is cowardly, don't blame me for being ruthless! Speaking of this, he looked hideous, glanced at everyone murderously, and shouted: "Pass my order, the city survives and survives, the city dies and dies, and swear to defend Hongdu to the death!" ”
"The city survives and survives, the city dies and dies, we will defend Hongdu to the death!" The generals hurriedly restrained their expressions and swore in unison, even if they had other thoughts in their hearts, they would not show them at this time. Seeing those bloodthirsty eyes, no one would think that Zhu Wenzheng, a weak-crowned young man, was joking with everyone. Whoever called someone's father-in-law was Zhu Yuanzhang, if he really wanted to die in his hands, he would die in vain!
This military oath made several veterans of Deng Yu also change their minds, no longer regard Zhu Wenzheng as a gentleman, and said in unison: "The governor of the capital is brave, and his subordinates are very admired, and they will do their best to guard Hongdu." ”
"Come on, serve tea!" Seeing that these veterans were finally willing to really obey the order, Zhu Wenzheng was in a happy mood, eased his face, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I have already asked people to send a message to Ying Tianfu, I believe that the reinforcements of the Duke of Japan will arrive, and it will depend on everyone to persist during this time." There will be war tomorrow, and we can only replace wine with tea here, and the governor of Pontus will first salute you with a glass, and I hope that everyone will work together with me to fight the enemy together. When we win the next day, I'll have a drink with you......"
Even after seeing the strength of Chen Youliang's entire army, Zhu Wenzheng still planned to fight with Chen Youliang, but he concealed the fact that he did not ask Zhu Yuanzhang for help in time. He remembered that his stepmother Ma Xiuying once said, "Don't think that miracles are arranged by God, in fact, many miracles are transferred by human will and created by human strength!" ”
Now Zhu Wenzheng plans to create a miracle of winning more with less to prove his worth, otherwise he will become a benevolent if he does not succeed!
When everyone heard that Zhu Wenzheng had sent the message, their nervous mood relaxed slightly, and they believed that Zhu Yuanzhang would immediately send troops to help when they heard that Hong was in danger. Wealth and wealth are in danger, as long as they survive this time, what awaits them is to be promoted and make a fortune. Anyway, Hongdu has been surrounded by Chen Youliang, and now that it is too late to escape, everyone is thinking about how to hold the city and how to drag the reinforcements to arrive. Some people suggested that the grain should be stockpiled and that it should be held tightly, and some people suggested that it should be negotiated first......
However, Chen Youliang did not give Hong Jiangshi a chance to delay at all, as soon as he arrived in the city, he personally supervised the troops to attack Fuzhou Gate, and all the Han soldiers held a shield with a hat, went up to the arrow stone, and dug the city wall below.
Fuzhou Gate is the main gate of Hongdu, which is open on all sides, which is very suitable for attacking, and Zhu Wenzheng has already arranged Deng Yu to defend.
Deng Yu joined Zhu Yuanzhang's army at the age of seventeen, and made many achievements in many battles, and his combat experience was very sophisticated.
At first, the Han army used shields to cover boulders and boiling oil, but the shields were made of bamboo, and they could not resist the boulders thrown from high altitudes, and the worst thing was that when the boiling oil was poured on the shield, and then it was shot by a rocket, it immediately burned when it caught fire, and the soldiers who reacted quickly immediately threw away the shields, and the soldiers who reacted slowly were burned to a pulp, but the soldiers without the shield cover became the live targets of the soldiers on the wall. After several times, the Han army suffered heavy casualties, and everyone gradually lost their morale and gradually regressed.
Chen Youliang stabbed to death several retreating Han soldiers in a row, and roared angrily: "Whoever takes a step back, these corpses will be your fate!" He never imagined that a small city gate would be so difficult to capture, and in his imagination, the Fuzhou city gate had already been breached at this time, and his army had already entered the city and looted wantonly.
There was no way to retreat, the Han army could only rush to the city wall like an outlaw desperately to cut and cut down, and it didn't take long to hear a loud "bang", and the city wall collapsed more than 20 zhang.
Chen Youliang was overjoyed and was preparing to lead the troops to rush in.
Suddenly, the sound of fire guns sounded inside, and many sparks erupted from the fire guns, densely gathered like the karmic fire of hell, taking away lives in an instant.
Chen Youliang knew the firebolt, but he didn't expect the firebolt to be so sharp, he always thought that the firebolt was like a chicken rib, the lethality was more powerful than the bow and arrow, but the use efficiency was too low. However, today's battle had changed his mind about the firebolts, and the piles of corpses at the gates of the city had told him that the firebolts were far more powerful than he had imagined.
Taking advantage of Chen Youliang's daze, Deng Yu ordered people to quickly erect a fence to act as a collapsed city wall.
Chen Youliang came back to his senses and ordered his subordinates to continue to rush forward without their lives.
After all, the firecrackers had time to reload their ammunition, and at this moment, the Han army had already rushed over one after another. The Hongdu army fought nearby, and without the city walls and fences, they had to throw away the fire and fight with flesh and blood.
Deng Yu and the soldiers fought bloodily, killing the tiger's mouth and turning the blade over, but the Han army continued to pour in like locusts.
Seeing that Li Jixian, Niu Hailong, Zhao Guowang, Xu Qi, and Zhu Qian, all of whom had been killed in the past, Deng Yue's eyes were broken, and he roared: "Kill!" People are in the city! People are dead, and the city is dead! Brothers, don't be afraid of death, it's a big deal to be a companion on the Huangquan Road! ”
At the critical juncture, Zhu Wenzheng drew troops from other city gates to support, especially his 2,000 elites, all of whom were good at playing with firearms, and could take turns shooting at the enemy troops attacking the city without deliberately aiming.
The Han army fell one after another like ears of rice under a sickle, and the rest of them were very frightened and unwilling to step forward when they saw that the lethality of the fire guns was more powerful than at the beginning. In the end, under the tough counterattack of the army led by Zhu Wenzheng, the Han army could only withdraw outside the city.
The walls of Hongdu were breached in many places. While personally encouraging the soldiers to fight, Zhu Wenzheng ordered the craftsmen to quickly fill the gaps in the city wall.
The enemy soldiers outside refused to stop, and they entered and were killed again and again.
In this way, the attacking and defending sides stepped on the corpses to fight, and when the city wall was repaired, the corpses inside and outside were already countless, Chen Youliang saw that the siege was hopeless, so he had to temporarily withdraw his troops.
The casualties on both sides of this battle were incalculable, but in the end, Zhu Wenzheng held Hongdu as the victory.
This battle showed the confidence of the defenders of Hongdu, they firmly believed that reinforcements would come, and they firmly believed that they could hold this city! They used normal thinking to consider the problem, and they all thought that Zhu Wenzheng had already sent someone to Zhu Yuanzhang for help, and they forgot Zhu Wenzheng's ignorance and fearlessness.