Chapter 985: No Melee Combat
It sounds good, but it is all at the cost of morale and human fatigue, unless tomorrow is a big battle, so the army generally does not do this, so let the non-commissioned soldiers rest well in order to start tomorrow's drill.
And then these soldiers obviously don't have a chance to take part in a real battle, at least tonight.
"General, it's almost there." Cheng Feng strode over, three hundred of the one thousand Shu Han soldiers who were the vanguard were his team, and the sharp knife in Li Xinchen's hand showed great strength without hesitation.
Xiao Shilian bowed slightly: "Count the trebuchet and bed crossbow and other equipment, we are ready to attack the city." ”
"Attack ······ Besiege? Not only Cheng Feng, but also the generals who followed behind were also wide-eyed, and they couldn't believe it.
There are only a thousand people around Xiao Shilian, not to mention leaving two or three hundred to guard these prisoners, and the remaining seven or eight hundred people will attack an important town like Xiangzhou, is this a fool's dream? It is rumored that Guan Gong used five hundred swords and shields to capture Changsha, that is, Xiangzhou in front of him, but the Guan family's swords and shields were originally first-class existence among the private soldiers, and in this era, I am afraid that they are not much better than those demons under Cheng Feng.
Xiao Shilian is afraid that he is not crazy because of the victory in this battle?
"If we don't attack the city now, will we wait until dawn and be discovered by Chen Shujian that we are only a thousand people, and we still have to control the fact that we have to control thousands of prisoners?" Xiao Shilian snorted coldly, "Not only do we have to attack the city, but we also have to fight vigorously, until Chen Shujian and Chen Shujian can only shrink in the city and dare not show their heads, otherwise we will have nowhere to run when it is dawn." ”
"No!" The generals only reacted at this time and hurriedly agreed.
And Xiao Shilian obviously understood at this time, why Li Xinchen did not hesitate to hand over this task to himself, obviously Li Xinchen also realized that the occupation would definitely not be as smooth as imagined, and it really came to this juncture, Cheng Feng's vision was still a little shallow after all.
What's more, the sailors have already rushed up, and they can't watch the excitement here!
"Whoosh!" The arrows whistled overhead, and Chen Shushen, who had never actually been on the battlefield, only felt that his thighs trembled, and subconsciously wanted to retreat, but seeing that the guards had all raised their shields in front of him, Chen Shushen still mustered up the courage to continue to walk forward.
After all, he is Nan Chen's royal family, and if Nan Chen loses this battle, he will definitely be the one who is really unlucky, so at this time, only they are the royal family who can defend Nan Chen, as for the rest of the army······ As long as they don't defect, that's fine.
On the north city gate, Chen Shushen looked at the enemies who appeared in the firelight one after another, his expression was solemn, and a personal guard walked over quickly: "Your Highness, His Royal Highness the King of Changsha, please come over." ”
The first place to be attacked in Xiangzhou City is the water gate located in the northeast corner, which connects Xiangshui to the east and Dongting to the north, and has always been the intersection and development of waterways, so there are also a large number of houses and docks outside the city.
Xiangzhou, as the western fortress of Nanchen, of course, could not be fundamentally shaken because a camp was breached. In the city of Xiangzhou, Nan Chen still has a large number of equipment, grain and grass, etc., of course, the more important thing is the soldiers and horses, not to mention the tens of thousands of defenders in the city, and more than 10,000 people who have been mobilized, relying on such a city, it is enough to block the attack of 30,000 or 40,000 people.
For such a city, of course, Li Xinchen did not expect to be able to fight a war, in history, Yang Su was able to take Xiangzhou City, not because the army conquered it, but when the area around Jiankang Mansion was already in danger, Chen Shushen, the chief general of Xiangzhou and the king of Yueyang, took the initiative to open the city and surrender in order to avoid unnecessary military disasters.
It's just that now the main general guarding the city is no longer Chen Shushen, who has never been on the battlefield, but Chen Shujian, who once sat on the Western Front and single-handedly ran Xiangzhou.
This means that Xiangzhou is no longer able to be conquered by casual fighting, and Li Xinchen is ready for a protracted war. And the reason why he wanted to take the camp in the north of the city was actually more because Li Xinchen took a fancy to the grain and grass in the camp, with grain and grass, Li Xinchen could use more ships to transport soldiers and horses, and as long as he could hold on for more than a month, the new grain in Shuzhong should be able to come down.
But at least before that, Li Xinchen still had to be careful.
"Bang!" With a loud bang, the stone bullet smashed heavily on the city wall, and the rammed earth city wall could not withstand such a long-term bombardment, especially since this was not the main city gate, but the water gate, which meant that the thickness of the city wall and the battlements could not be compared with the rest of the city gates, and soon many of the battlements on the city wall were smashed by stone bullets.
"Shield cover, can't let enemy ships come forward!" Uncle Chen gave the order resolutely, and there was still a blood mark on his face, and he didn't know if it was because he rushed too fast just now, and the guards didn't follow.
One after another fire arrows shot out, like meteors streaked in the dark, but the Shu Han sailors have always been very shrewd, just constantly throwing stones on the edge of the fire arrows, and they don't seem to have the intention of directly impacting the water gate.
But Chen Shujian didn't dare to take it lightly, with the help of the Jingzhou Sailor, the enemy's Sailor had completely occupied the water, so it was indeed a good choice to storm the Water Gate, especially the Shu Han Sailor had a criminal record.
"Brother, it's too dangerous here, you go down first!" Uncle Chen hid behind the shield and hurried over, "At least retreat to the city wall next to it!" ”
Chen Shujian did not refuse, the superstructure of the Water Gate was almost swept away, if the enemy's ships really risked being ignited and rushed up with a random arrow, then I am afraid that Chen Shujian would really be more than lucky.
Chen Shushen can see the current situation clearly, let alone Chen Shujian.
Qi Xin, the mainstay of the Jingzhou Naval Division, has surrendered, coupled with the "role model" of Lu Zhongsu, Gu Jue and others before, there is no need to say who these officials and generals in Nanchen are looking for, and I am afraid that the only people who can really be relied on are the people of the Nanchen royal family, so Chen Shujian knows very well that he can't die now!
Retreating to the Shangcheng trail under the cover of the guards, Chen Shujian found that the wounds on his cheeks had scabbed, but he didn't care about it so much, and said in a deep voice: "Although the enemy's offensive is very fierce, it has not been attacking the city, which means that their number of soldiers and horses should not be very large, but the reinforcements must be on the way, and the enemy can appear directly under the city of Xiangzhou, needless to say that the Jingzhou Navy Division has all been reversed." ”