Chapter 177: Take the Next Gate

The mound lasted from morning to evening, and after more than 20,000 cavalry took turns to rest and eat, it took only one day to pile up the soil to almost the same height as the city, getting closer to the city, and the casualties were increasing.

Yuwen Chengji's troops were blocked by Luo Shixin and Cheng Yanjin, and after they could not advance an inch, they gave up the last struggle and returned to the city early to defend the city. Cheng Yanjin's martial arts have improved after the previous battle with Yuwen Chengji, and Luo Shixin is even more flexible, and the two have a slight upper hand against Yuwen Chengji, which is also one of the reasons why Yuwen Chengji's cavalry cannot advance half a step.

"Dingfang, when you lead five thousand cavalry to attack the city wall in one fell swoop, and show the might of our cavalry, this is a battle destined to go down in history, and you will lead it!"

"General! This~"

"Needless to say, Ben will be old, and the battlefield in the future belongs to your younger generation, don't let the old man down!" Zhang Xutuo patted Su Dingfang on the shoulder, thinking that an elder pinned his hopes on his juniors, he also knew the reason why Yang Jian arranged for Su Dingfang to follow him, not to mention that he was not the kind of person who stifled the rise of juniors.

"Go, I'll go talk to the prince!" It is impossible for all the cavalry of 20,000 people to be able to rush to the head of the city, even if they rush up, they can't stand, not to mention, they will lose their mobility when they rush up, and they will become a live target, so they must have foot soldiers to follow them, after all, in the battle of the city head, the foot soldiers are the protagonists, so Yang Jian is also required to equip foot soldiers to follow the siege.

The sky is almost dark, in the late autumn season, as long as the sun sets, the sky will get dark very quickly, there are already sporadic torches lit at the head of the city, and the faces of every Jiangdu soldier guarding the city are extremely heavy, and the arrows and crossbows and swords and guns in their hands are all held in their hands, because they all know what a tragic battle they will face next.

"This is a battle that will go down in history, you are lucky, because you were chosen from 20,000 men to witness the moment when the miracle happened, you should also be proud, the pride of all the cavalry, because you will accomplish what they never dared to imagine, can you fight the majesty of our cavalry?!" Su Dingfang selected more than 5,000 people from the 20,000 cavalry to maintain the best physical strength, and when he was doing the pre-battle mobilization, the breathing of thousands of horses and soldiers was extremely thick.

"Yes! Yes! Yes! ”

"Defend the majesty of the cavalry to the death! Step through the Jiangdu City! ”

The roar of 5,000 men and the neighing of horses shook the earth.

"Target, Jiangdu City, kill!" Su Dingfang's bloodiness burst out at once, and he took the lead and rushed towards Jiangdu City.

"Kill!!" The torrent of 5,000 cavalry also surged away, and this posture seemed to be able to poke a hole in the Jiangdu City.

"Rolling stone logs are thrown towards the slope, archers shoot freely, bars are erected, pikemen are ready!" Yuwen Chengji suddenly calmed down at this critical juncture, calmly commanded the movement of the troops, and either fought to the death or retreated, there was no other choice.

"Trebuchet smash me!" Qin Shubao couldn't take care of the few stones left, and in order to cooperate with the siege troops, he ordered the trebuchet to fire at full strength.

"Once it will be successful, I don't know how many lives will be taken from it, alas!" Yang Jun looked at the bloody battlefield and couldn't help but sigh.

"The prince is merciful, but this is also a last resort, kindness to the enemy is cruelty to himself, I just hope that the prince can be kind to the world in the future." Zhang Xutuo bowed to Yang Xuan, it is the luck of the world and his luck to have such a benevolent master.

"Success or failure turns empty, the green mountains are still there, and the sunset is red several times!" Yang Xuan stiffly accepted Zhang Xutuo's bow, chanted this sentence in the Three Kingdoms, turned around and walked into the account, the battle situation was doomed, the defeat of the Jiangdu defenders was decided, and they were powerless to return to the sky, and they just didn't know what the price to pay.

"Who else?! Come and fight me! Su Dingfang was riding on horseback with blood all over his body, he was hit by an arrow in his left shoulder when he was attacking the city just now, and his body was also stained with the blood of the enemy.

"If you don't fall now, wait for when!" Seeing that no one was approaching any longer, Su Dingfang, who had red eyes, began to regain clarity in his eyes, knowing that the light killing was not very effective, and the surrender could end the battle faster.

"Bang Dang~"

"Bell ~ Bell ~" With the sound of a weapon falling to the ground, the rest of the people also threw down the weapons in their hands, the commander has not been seen during the war, it is conceivable that they have been abandoned, and now there is only a dead end if they don't surrender, who is not selling their lives, but their lives are their own, and now it is the desire to survive to overcome everything.

Seeing the surrender of the Jiangdu soldiers, the Qingzhou soldiers who followed the cavalry hurriedly came out from behind to escort the soldiers and collect their weapons.

Almost all the cavalry were wounded, and they were definitely heavy losses, not besieged in battle, but attacked as targets, and most of the fallen cavalry fell on the bows and arrows that suddenly burst out.

Under the faint light of the torches, the faces of each cavalry soldier were unusually hideous. Suddenly, the spear in Su Dingfang's hand pointed towards the sky.

"Roar! Roar! ~”

The surviving cavalry all shouted with all their might, venting the remaining anger in their hearts and the pride that belonged to them!

"Go, put the bodies of my brothers in place, I want to let them go with dignity!" Su Dingfang said to the remaining cavalry soldiers, the loss of this battle is estimated to be more than 2,000 cavalry, which greatly exceeds his expectations, which shows that the tragedy is extraordinary.

"Lord Wang!"

"Lord Wang!"

Yang Yong walked at the head of the north gate of Jiangdu, looking at the battlefield that had not yet been cleaned up, his mood was quite heavy, and the soldiers may have also noticed it and made way for Yang Yong one by one.

"Great work! All of you are heroes! It's a good son of my Qingzhou! After Yang Jun finished speaking, he bowed deeply to all the soldiers who participated in the battle, representing his respect for the martyrs.

"Cremate all the bodies of the deceased heroes, bring the ashes back to Qingzhou, we can't leave him in a strange place, in the same way, Jiangdu City must also build a heroic monument, engrave their exploits, and let them live forever!" Yang Yun's tone was heavy, even if he was used to seeing life and death, he could only endure the sadness in his heart, anyone could cry, but he couldn't.

"Lord Wang, should we take advantage of the victory to pursue?!" After dealing with the post-war matters, Cheng Yanjin couldn't help but ask, they didn't have the opportunity to participate in the big battle just now, and they were very sorry in their hearts.

"No need, the night is dark, we don't know if there will be an ambush in the city, and we must guard against the enemy's counterattack, and more importantly, we can't push them too quickly, it's not for nothing that the mourning soldiers will win, now we have the advantage, we must not rush forward!" If he could take the entire city in one fell swoop, Yang Jun would not refuse, but if the conditions did not allow it, he would not venture in. And Xu Shiji didn't move all day, Yang Jun vaguely felt that Xu Shiji was carrying out a certain plan, and he also had to control the progress and cooperate with Xu Shiji's plan.