Volume 1 The East China Sea Dilemma Chapter 84 The Siege and Water Draw (3)
The farce on the city wall, Jiang Fu watched it with relish.
"Your Highness, give the order to attack the city, the Jinjia Army is coming!" Zhi Guangmao stepped forward and said to Jiang Fu.
Jiang Yu nodded and said loudly: "As a minister, you should be loyal to the monarch and share worries for the monarch." With the Hou Nangong clan, he has lived in the East China Sea for generations, and has received the grace of the East China Sea, and he does not want to repay the monarch, and he does rebellious things, which is disloyal! For the sake of selfishness, defected to Linzi and abandoned the septuagenarian mother, this is unfilial! Occupy the land of the three cities, let the heirs plunder the people's wealth, and cause the people's resentment to boil, this is unkind! Killing generals in battle, this is injustice! Such a disloyal, unfilial, unkind and unrighteous person is above the inner city! Now the prince leads the loyal and brave people of the East China Sea to beg this traitor, who wants to be the pioneer of the siege? ”
"General Cui Yue is willing to go!" Riding out behind him, he was the general of Yangyang City, and one of the four infantry commanders under Lu Ping.
"General Cui is mighty! Please lead your headquarters with 5,000 soldiers and attack the city first! Jiang Yu smiled, now that Nangong is fighting against the water, the first to send must be the most elite soldiers around him, Cui Yue is a general, and his subordinates are also soldiers who surrendered, just enough to consume part of Nangong Sui's strength.
If it was on the plain, the two armies would open up in formation, and his 40,000 soldiers could rush up and instantly defeat Nangong Xun's 3,000 soldiers. But the siege war is different, the inner city of Jishui County has been strengthened a lot by Nangong Sui, the fortifications are all the latest, and there is not much consumption, and the first wave of those who rush up must be the cannon fodder who is sent to death.
And Cui Yue can recognize the current affairs as Junjie, and under the defeat of Lu Ping, he surrendered in time, and his brain can be regarded as flexible.
Of course, he knew that Jiang Cheng needed some cannon fodder to rush to the inner city tower.
The reason why he took the lead in the battle was to make meritorious contributions! What does it matter if some soldiers die? As long as he can climb the tower first, then his own merit is guaranteed.
The sound of war drums sounded, and the people under Cui Yue's men had already prepared siege equipment such as ladders and rushing cars, and they could rush straight to the siege city after an order.
Cui Gao raised the gossip Xuanhua axe in his hand and said loudly: "Soldiers, the time has come to make meritorious contributions!" Rush with me! The first to rush to the city wall will be rewarded with ten gold! Whoever kills one of Nangong's rebellious officials will be rewarded with fifty gold! Kill the Nangong Servant and get a reward of 500 gold! ”
"Kill!" The lure of heavy money, coupled with his high-spirited voice, made five thousand soldiers let out a deafening roar and attacked the inner city with great vigour.
killed Zhang Xue, who took the lead in saying surrender, and no one under Nangong Xun's command dared to say surrender again.
"Geng Changjun, prepare to meet the enemy!" Nangong Sui said to his henchmen.
A siege battle kicked off, Cui Yue led the soldiers to rush under the city wall, ordered the rushing car to hit the city gate, set up a ladder, and supervised the battle on the side.
Why didn't he go and siege the city? Just kidding, people are generals, and it's good for small soldiers to do this kind of thing? Only when the soldiers climbed the walls and killed most of the living forces did he climb the ladder and go up the walls to kill the enemy.
Otherwise, he couldn't wait to climb the ladder and rush up at the beginning of the war, but he was killed by random arrows and couldn't row.
Sure enough, arrows rained down on the city wall, most of the soldiers in the first wave were killed by random arrows, and some climbed halfway, the ladder was pushed down by the soldiers on the city wall, fell from the air and died, and some people were burned alive by the fire oil flowing down from the city wall, and the scene was terrible.
After the cost of more than a thousand soldiers' lives, the resistance on the walls began to weaken a little, and more than half of their arrows and garrisons had been consumed.
Finally, one of the soldiers climbed the wall, holding a broadsword and shouting happily: "I have rushed up the wall!" I'm the first! I've got ten gold bounties! ”
However, he was only three seconds into his excitement when a spear pierced his heart.
Although the soldier who rushed to the city wall was quickly killed, the hole had been torn open, and a steady stream of cannon fodder rushed onto the city wall.
Soon, the soldiers who rushed to the city walls already numbered in the hundreds.
Geng Changjun, as Nangong Xun's henchman, has already decided to go all the way to the dark. He originally thought that he would be able to resist for a while, and buy a little time for Nangong Sui to wait for the reinforcements from Beimeng to come.
But I didn't expect the enemy to rush to the city wall so quickly.
In addition to commanding the soldiers to defend the continuous siege army, they also had to clear the enemy troops who climbed the city walls.
It's just that the troops in his hands are too small to resist such a fierce attack.
"Your Majesty, there are already a lot of people pouring onto the city wall, Geng Changjun can't hold out for long, or let's flee to the northern city! Go to Beimeng, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood! Yu Guanghua admonished worriedly.
When Nangong Sui saw a steady stream of soldiers rushing up to the city tower, he had already had the intention of retreating in his heart.
He sighed helplessly and ordered, "Retreat north!" ”
Yu Guanghua and the ministers breathed a sigh of relief, they were afraid that Nangong Sui would drag them to death together, so everyone began to be escorted by a part of the soldiers, left the city tower, and fled north.
Geng Changjun had already seen Nangong Sui flee with the officials, and a feeling of loss rose in his heart.
Nangong Sui fled and didn't take him with him! Or, forget about him! Or maybe they want him to resist for a while!
"Your Majesty, you can only repay Chang Jun's kindness with your life!" Looking at Nangong's figure fleeing in embarrassment, he said silently in his heart.
"Then let Changjun buy you the last time to retreat!" Geng Changjun drew his long sword, raised it high, and shouted: "The reinforcements from Northern Mongolia have arrived!" The king himself led a hundred officials to greet us, as long as we resist for a while, as soon as the Northern Mongolian army arrives, the enemy army will be defeated! Now, with my life, I will forge a wall of flesh and blood, and keep the enemy outside the tower! With the King's Guard! Kill the enemy with me! ”
"Now with my life, I will forge a wall of flesh and blood, and resist the enemy outside the tower!"
"Now with my life, I will forge a wall of flesh and blood, and resist the enemy outside the tower!"
The elite of Nangong on the city wall roared excitedly, making the blood of those ordinary city guards boiling, and their morale rose to the extreme, instantly killing the hundreds of soldiers who rushed up to the city tower.
Cui Yue, who was under the city wall, frowned and said loudly: "Continue to charge!" Keep going! ”
In the East China Sea, Jiang Fu looked at the scene on the city wall, with a surprised look on his face, and then an intriguing smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he asked lightly: "Who is the general defending the city?" ”
Zhi Guangmao also said: "That young man in white, at a young age, can have such a great appeal!" Nangong Sui obviously abandoned the city and fled, but he was forced by him to welcome the reinforcements from Northern Mongolia! It's a rare wisdom! ”
Jiang Fu nodded approvingly.
"Your Highness, this person's name is Geng Changjun, and he is Nangong's henchman who is drawing water. In the early years, Nangong Sui had been kind to him, so he was very loyal. The 1,000 guards under his command were personally trained by him, and they were all hot-blooded men on the border! Another general answered their doubts in a timely manner.
"Oh? Nangong is kind to others? Jiang Fu smiled, it was the funniest joke he had ever heard.
"Call Cui Yue back to his hometown!" Jiang Fu said to the herald beside him again.
After a while, Cui Yue returned to his own formation, turned over and dismounted, knelt in front of Jiang Fu, and said loudly: "After so long, I haven't been able to capture the city wall, Cui Yue has the trust of His Highness!" Please punish Your Highness! ”
Although I don't know what Jiang Wei means by calling him back to his main formation, it must be right to ask for the guilt first, and maybe he can save his own life.
Jiang Fu didn't mean to blame him, smiled slightly, and said, "General Cui, please get up!" This inner city is indeed difficult to capture, it can be attacked once, and it can be attacked a second time! The soldiers who attacked the city wall just now were all killed, and your decision to let the soldiers continue to charge the battle was extremely correct, so why is it guilty? ”
"The morale of the enemy is high, and if you give the order to retreat, it will give them more confidence! It is too late for this prince to reward you, so how can he punish you! ”
Cui Yue was overjoyed, he was originally afraid of being punished, so he ordered the soldiers to continue to attack the city, and he didn't expect to go up at this level at all. I didn't expect to make the right decision by mistake.
He hurriedly replied, "Thank you, Your Highness!" ”
"Yes! I asked you to go back and forth to the main formation, because it has now reached the most critical stage of the siege, and with the 3,000 troops under your current command, it is still a little difficult to break the city! Xu Xiang nodded, "This prince will allocate you another three thousand feather forest guards, and they will be under your command!" Do you have the confidence to break through the city? ”
Cui Yue felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart, and hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him, "Your Highness, rest assured!" If you can't break the city this time! Subordinates come to see you! ”
"Good! General Choi is mighty! Jiang Fu let out a hearty laugh and said, "There is one more thing that you need to pay attention to!" ”
"Your Highness, just give orders!"
"That young man in white on the city wall, Prince Ben... To live! ”
"The last general will capture the white-clothed young general in the city alive and present it to His Highness!"
"Go ahead!"
Cui Yue got up excitedly and left, leading three thousand Lin Wei to continue to attack the city tower.
"Cui Yue, this person, mediocre ears! Looking at His Highness's behavior, it seems that he has the intention to promote him? After Cui Yue left, Zhi Guangmao asked with some puzzlement.
"Mediocrity can sometimes be useful." Jiang Fu smiled faintly and did not explain to Zhi Guangmao.
For Donghai, defeating Nangong Sui this time, although the prestige of the royal family can be greatly improved, it will not change the situation more.
The people of the Five Monarchs of the East China Sea are all over the important positions in the East China Sea, and a border city like Jishui is basically the power of the Nangong clan, even if they want to install people over, it is difficult to occupy an important position, otherwise how can the three cities of Jishui, Hancheng, and Haoyang fall into the hands of Nangong Sui so easily.
This annihilation of Nangong Sui is an opportunity, in addition to controlling these three cities, it can also promote some generals, and after returning to Linzi, it can restrain the five monarchs of the East China Sea and slowly eat away at the power of the five monarchs of the East China Sea.
Therefore, he has the intention to let some generals make meritorious contributions and use military merits to block the opposition of the five monarchs of the East China Sea!
The premise is that these people must be loyal to themselves, so he treated Cui Yue like that just now.
Even if Cui Yue is a mediocre talent? As long as you can be faithful, you will be fine!