Chapter 993: Street Fighting

As more Wuya ships entered the battle, the northwest corner of Xiangzhou was quickly breached, of course, the main reason may be because Jiang first held the position on the dock, and the Nan Chen soldiers did not drive him down the river in the end, and the result was that a steady stream of Shu Han soldiers and horses went ashore through this pier, and quickly swept away the enemies above and below the city wall.

Maybe Chen Shujian shouldn't have left the Water Gate in the first place, if he was still there, the Southern Chen army might still be able to recapture the dock, but Chen Shujian chose to go to the North City Gate, and now the North City Gate is preserved, but the Water Gate has become a breakthrough for the Shu Han army.

It's just that at that critical juncture, Chen Shujian didn't have much choice, right······

Jiang Xian had already been hit by three arrows in his body, and this was only an arrow wound, and even he was afraid that he didn't know how many knife wounds there were. From holding the dock with dozens of soldiers, to later counterattacking with reinforcements all the way, this general, who was once criticized for his poor performance in the Battle of Yiling, finally proved himself.

At the water gate of the hole, ships are rapidly transporting soldiers and horses, and the iron cables and thistles on the river have been dismantled. The dock inside the water gate is very large, and because of the blockade of iron cables and so on, there is actually only a small section of the entrance that can be used, and now it is finally all released.

Even some of the smaller ships are starting to move equipment and men into the process, after all, the battle is not over yet!

Soon after the water gate was conquered, Chen Shujian and Chen Shushen led their troops to retreat from the city gate, but Xiangzhou City is not only a city wall, the inner city is the former regent palace, that is, Chen Ji presided over the Jingzhou war when he was stationed, and later increased the city wall, and even the city wall is arranged with a corner tower to form the inner city.

Although this inner city is not big, but it is different from the palace in the Jiankang Mansion sitting in the north and facing south, Chen Ji at that time in order to show that he has no coveting of the throne, so this palace is located on the southeast side, and the city wall is tall, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

What's more important is that Chen Shujian and Chen Shushen did not intend to simply rely on the city to defend it, but laid out a large number of ambushes and traps in Xiangzhou City as early as possible, and their role was naturally to use Xiangzhou City to fight street battles with Li Xinchen and drag it down as much as possible.

With a dogtail in his mouth, Su Jian, the lord of Shu Han, looked at the empty alley.

This small alley connects the dock to a warehouse not far away, and the warehouse is further south of the inner city where the enemy is now guarded, as one of the vanguards of the army entering the city, Su Jian did not choose to advance along the main road like most of his colleagues - it turns out that the enemy's ambush soldiers are mainly concentrated in the mansions on the left and right sides of the road, and the high walls and deep houses have brought great trouble to the cleaning work of the Shu Han soldiers, so that many times they have to simply burn down the house.

Su Jian chose such a winding alley, he was not sure if he could get to the warehouse that needed to be seized if he continued to walk forward, but as a Jiangnan native, Su Jian knew very well that as long as there was a warehouse, there must be water, first, he could put out fires in an emergency, and second, he could use the waterway to easily transfer materials.

Now the end of this small alley is the river.

Su Jian took a deep breath, but did not walk directly into the alley, many years of battlefield experience made him feel that it was impossible to be so calm here, you must know that a few streets away are now killing rivers of blood, Chen Shujian has been in Xiangzhou for many years, there are still many reliable old subordinates, and he did not arrange all these people on the city gate, but mainly concentrated in the streets and alleys.

In other words, in the face of Li Xinchen, who was very good at siege and had all kinds of perfect large-scale siege equipment, Chen Shujian did not intend to block him with a wall from the beginning.

Only by fortifying layer by layer and delaying layer by layer can Li Xinchen be stopped here as much as possible, as for whether reinforcements will arrive in the future and when he will defend it, I am afraid that even Chen Shujian himself does not count.

Since he came to Xiangzhou, he has only done his best.

Therefore, as an old pawn, Su Jian felt that he had seen through Chen Shujian's plan, and because of this, standing in front of this empty alley, Su Jian did not dare to move forward rashly. Chen Shujian has been running Xiangzhou for so many years, and it is impossible to let go of this flaw.

"Kick the door!" Su Jian decided to at least see if there were any ghosts in the surrounding houses.

After all, the inner city and warehouse near the rear, and the people around here who are qualified to live are all dignitaries, and the heavy Zhumen was lifted by the soldiers and the siege wood creaked. And Su Jian held his breath as he watched the door burst open after the last impact.

"Whoosh!" The cold wind is blowing!

The two men at the head of the platoon were shot and fell to the ground almost at the same time. The Shu Han crossbowmen, who had been waiting for a long time, hurriedly shot arrows inside, and after a round of arrows, the sword and shield hands rushed in quickly, leaving the enemy no chance at all.

Several Nanchen soldiers came out of the darkness, but there were too few of them. Su Jian didn't care at all, and waved his hand: "Clean house by house, you can't let go of any of them!" ”

As he spoke, he looked around.

Sure enough, there were seven or eight ladders placed on the wall on one side of the alley, and there were many stones placed under the ladders, so you can imagine what kind of blow Su Jian would suffer in the first place if Su Jian directly led people into the alley just now.

The sound of fighting in front gradually subsided, and Su Jian looked at Nan Chen's pawn who was lying in a pool of blood and shook his head.

There were actually only more than a dozen people in this huge mansion, but none of them surrendered, and these guys knew that they must all be Chen Shujian's cronies, and even said that they were ······ Dead man. It seems that this battle can be fought.

"Fire Bolt!" At this time, on the avenue not far away, several Shu Han soldiers were hiding at the corner of the street, and a battle lord shouted loudly.

Several fire arrows shot out quickly, and finally ignited the debris blocking the road in front of them, watching the fire burning, separating the entire street, these Shu Han soldiers who were almost all injured breathed a sigh of relief.

The enemy piled up a lot of debris in the middle of the road, blocking the road by force, and after that, there were deer and horses, and the crossbowmen were scattered between these obstacles, constantly shooting arrows at the Shu Han soldiers who rushed forward.

At the same time, one or two would pop up from time to time in the deep streets and alleys behind him, although there were not many of them, but at least the Shu Han soldier who bore the brunt of the battle had almost no chance of survival.

It can be said that they are more willing to form a neat line and charge towards the city wall than to play this kind of street battle with the enemy here.

Cheng Feng took a few guards to lie on the street corner not far away, and the street fighting was undoubtedly cruel, especially for this era, the continuous houses needed to be fought for house by house, and they were all cold weapons. It is also reasonable that the advance of the Shu Han army was blocked.