Chapter 45: The Defeat

The northern section of the city wall on the east side of Wuchang suddenly collapsed, not only the Chen army at the head of the city fell to death, but also the soldiers gathered behind the wall were also buried by the fallen city wall.

The soldiers of the Chen army, who had not yet recovered from the city, were caught off guard by these skeletal soldiers, and most of the soldiers of the Zhou army were unstoppable with their two-handed long knives and wielding long axes, and the hastily organized Chen soldiers were quickly defeated.

Li Shimo used an axe to split a Chen saber player with a shield, and the red and white things splashed and dyed his armor with another layer of color, and the rest of the Chen soldiers were cut to the ground by Li Shimo's left and right comrades before they came to their senses.

"The first team opens the city gate, and the others follow me and rush inside!!" A general shouted, Li Shimo knew that it was the owner of the building, Chen Midou, who was ordering, so he led his fifty comrades to follow the team leader and rushed to the city gate.

Before the Chen army behind the east gate had recovered from the nightmare of the sudden collapse of the city wall, they were cut down by Li Shimo and others, and they struggled to open the city gate, and as soon as they put down the drawbridge, they saw many Chen soldiers rushing to the south side of the city.

In this battle, the Zhou army is not superior in terms of troops, even if it broke into the city of Wuchang, the number of Chen troops in the city is more than them, as the so-called narrow road meets, the brave wins, with fewer enemies, the Zhou army can only win if it fights hard and defeats the Chen army, if it is a stalemate, it will definitely be pushed back by the Chen army with many people for a long time.

"Ready for battle!" The leader shouted, the soldiers didn't think so much and carried their weapons to meet them, they were the first to enter the city, and since the other party rushed over, they didn't have to look for it themselves.

The sword player was in front and the rest followed, and the two sides faced each other in the short street, and soon approached a distance of about twenty paces. Some of the soldiers in the Zhou army took out their short guns and threw them forward.

There's something special about the shape of the short gun. The two ends are thin and thick in the middle, like an elongated jujube pit, and its front end is made of iron, with a slender neck, which looks quite weighty. The thrown spears were as fast as lightning, piercing into the group of Chen soldiers, splashing blood flowers, and then the Zhou soldiers screamed and charged hard.

The sword players at the front of the two sides collided together, but the Zhou army sword players only struggled forward with their shields, and their comrades behind them also followed with cats, pushing their shoulders against the waists of the soldiers in front of them.

Chen Jun did not expect the other party to adopt such a strange tactic, for a while, the knife player could not support it, and the top could not help but retreat, and this created the conditions for the next attack of the Zhou army: the Zhou soldiers who followed up followed the first two rows of comrades as the steps 'climbed the stairs', and finally struggled to jump forward, waved the weapon in his hand, and slashed down the head of Chen Jun in front of him with the speed of landing.

Li Shimo is one of them, he danced the axe and slashed the head, first the halberd rod hit the front person, and then the end of the axe blade split the head of the person behind him in half, and in an instant, the two fell and fell to the ground Li Shimo abandoned the axe, did not need to roll on the spot, knocked the person in front of him over, and then pulled out a short knife, stabbed in a mess.

The sword soldiers who had been behind them threw their shields, raised their knives and rushed forward, and the comrades who should fall to the ground fought together, and as soon as the two sides engaged, more than ten people were killed on the spot, and the soldiers of the Zhou army, who were like mad dogs, were not afraid of death, and fought forward to make the Chen army retreat step by step.

They were dressed in two armors, did not avoid slashing, slashed hard, swung the long knife in their hands, and slashed at the axe, the Chen army's forward was repulsed, and then pressed forward step by step, the Chen army, which was obviously superior in numbers, was forced to be in chaos, the streets were on both sides of the makeshift wooden houses, they could not detour, their numerical advantage could not be brought into play, and the soldiers engaged in the battle could not beat the other party, resulting in a series of retreats, after the chaos of the formation.

The soldiers of the Chen army who dared to fight were cut to the ground in a few rounds, in front of them were the hideous Zhou army wearing skull masks and covered in blood, and behind them were the murderous generals who supervised the battle, which was already in a dilemma. At this moment, they saw a large number of Zhou soldiers rushing to the collapsed city wall in front of them, so they could only fight with their heads and do a trapped beast fight, but after being cut down, more than ten people could no longer support it, turned around and ran.

There is a particular need to escape, if you run too fast, it will be cut by the generals who oversee the war, but if you run too slowly, you will be cut by the chasing soldiers, so as long as you don't fall behind, but it's easier said than done, and no one wants to be left behind, so the result is to run faster and faster, and then it will collapse.

The Chen army, who rushed to block the east gate, was beaten to a crumble, and was chased and killed by the Zhou army, and the sound of horses' hooves sounded, and many cavalry rushed into the city from the east gate that had been opened outside the city, and directly collided with the Chen soldiers who were rushing from the other road, and the flat end of the horse lance in their hands picked them up before the opponent's spear stabbed them.

The cavalry of the Zhou army rushed in from outside the city, so the speed had risen, and the weight of the men and horses together was hundreds of catties, plus the speed of the sprint, it was not impossible for the infantry to stop the formation, and when the first few cavalry were side by side, they were only slightly stunned by the chaotic Chen soldiers for a while before breaking through the 'block'.

The soldiers of the Chen army were knocked down by the war horses and then trampled under their feet, and more people tripped each other in the retreat, and then were trampled by the cavalry, these cavalry of the Zhou army did not avoid swords and guns, charged on horses, trampled on the body of the enemy, and after a while, the Chen army on the street was crushed to the head of the rat.

On the other hand, the Zhou army that entered the city formed a gun array and advanced rapidly through the streets. From time to time, the crossbowmen shot arrows at the enemy stragglers rushing in front of them, and the Chen soldiers who came in groups were stabbed to the ground after a few rounds of fighting with the spear array.

There were also bold sword players who formed a shield formation to block, but the axe soldiers who rushed up and the spearmen were put down. After several rounds of confrontation, the counterattack that Chen Jun hastily organized was defeated by the Zhou army, and was no longer able to seal the gap in the east gate.

"No retreat, no retreat!" There are generals of the Chen army brandishing sabers and struggling to command the soldiers to meet the Zhou army rushing in front of them, "Our army has tens of thousands of troops in the city, don't be afraid"

Before he finished speaking, a feather arrow flew to hit his front door, but the people around him looked at it, but there were archers from the Zhou army opposite, climbing up to the wooden house on the side of the road, condescendingly putting cold arrows, the general who commanded the battle died, and the soldiers had no intention of fighting, and when they saw the murderous approach of the Zhou army, they immediately turned around and ran.

The fire in the city was blazing, and the rows of wooden houses built up as military camps were lit one after another, and the flames were connected into a sea of fire, which not only illuminated the defenders who were in a bitter battle with the Zhou army rushing up at the head of the city, but also alarmed the Chen soldiers who were fighting in the field outside the city.

They fought with twice the strength advantage of the other party, but they could not advance or retreat, the length of the spears used by the Zhou army was amazing, and they thought that they were only used to deal with the cavalry, but they did not expect that after forming a gun formation, the melee combat was still sharp.

The dense spear forest repelled the decisive assault of the Chen saber player several times, and the soldiers of the Chen army looked at the corpses of countless comrades in front of the enemy formation, and finally understood that the failure of their own attack on the riverside was not an accident.

Compared with the disadvantage of the battle, what worries them is how the battle in Wuchang City is. The city wall on the east side of Wuchang fell inexplicably in front of them, and as a result, the Zhou army rushed in. Now that the sound of killing inside is shaking the sky, and there are fires jumping, it seems that the situation is not good.

The comrades at the head of the city were now retreating, and the Zhou army was slaughtered from the east gate to the southeast corner, so the progress of the battle situation made them uneasy. This batch of landed Zhou troops seems to be less than half of their own number, but their combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated, and if they don't do it, they will really give the other party a lot of victories!

"Don't panic, there are more than 10,000 people in the city, they can't win!!"

"Rush forward! Defeat them and you're outflanked! ”

The generals are right, their own troops are abundant, even if the other party uses tricks to destroy the city wall and send troops to rush into the city, it is that the rabbit's tail will not grow, and there are tens of thousands of people in the city, where is it so easy to lose.

Thinking of this, the morale of the soldiers of the Chen army was somewhat restored, and after adjusting the formation, they continued to fight with the Zhou army's spear formation in front of them, but the opponent's very skillful spear forest educated them with bloody facts: To break the formation, it is delusional!

They tried all of them, and they were all defeated in front of the spears, and they tossed and turned in front of a wall for a long time, unable to advance a few steps. Originally, I thought that the city would use artillery trucks to help with stones, but now it is difficult to protect itself, and I still have to take care of them.

Suddenly, there was a loud noise behind him, and some people turned their heads to see that the south gate of Wuchang was opened, and there were cavalry rushing out, thinking that the city was sending troops to reinforce it, but when they saw clearly, the color behind the opponent's uniform and banner changed.

"It's Zhou Jun, they're coming to copy our back road!!"

No matter how stupid the soldiers are, they all understand that since the other party can come out of the south gate, it means that the situation in the city is really not good, and now they can't attack in front of them, and then they are outflanked in the back, and they are about to be finished!

"Kill, kill, kill!"

The sound of shouting and killing sounded in their ears, and the soldiers of the Chen army turned their heads to see that the pikemen of the Zhou army, who had been in formation in front of them, began to advance, and saw that some people were howling and fighting with them on their backs, and then aroused everyone's fighting spirit and decided to fight hard.

There are a lot of us. Victory or defeat is not certain!

Blood splattered everywhere, and the soldiers who howled and rushed towards the spear array fell under the spear without exception. Before the others could come back to their senses, they saw the horn sound in the middle of the Zhou army's formation, and then rushed out, a group of soldiers with faces like skeletons, brandishing weapons and rushing into their own phalanx.

The Chen army, which had been attacking with all its might, did not expect that there would be soldiers on the other side who dared to break through the formation, and many people were cut down to the ground in a hurry, and the others were about to surround them, but they were stabbed by the rapidly advancing pikemen and suffered heavy casualties.

Those 'skeleton soldiers' kept slashing and killing Chen Jun under the cover of spears, like a tiger wandering through the forest, and with the rapidly advancing spear formation, Chen Jun was forced to retreat step by step.

The sound of horses' hooves started, and the cavalry of the Zhou army in the rear had already begun to charge, looking at the dense horse lance and looking at the dense spears on the other side, some people finally couldn't hold their legs and ran towards the lake in the south, and at this moment the Chen army collapsed.

"Surrender and don't kill, surrender and don't kill!"

One after another shouts rang out on the battlefield, reflecting the defeated soldiers of the Chen army......

"If you live in a second-hand house, you don't see if there is a problem with the load-bearing wall, you deserve to be unlucky!" Yu Wenwen stood on the east gate of Wuchang and looked at the pile of rubble in front of him and said, at this time, it was only more than two hours before he led the troops to land in the south of the Yangtze River.

"Envoy, Chen Jun didn't expect our army to have this hand, except for hundreds of people who slipped away quickly, everyone else was surrounded." Fifth Brother Chen said on the side.

"Thanks to Yang Sima's directional collapse of the city wall, what about others?" Yuwen Wen asked, there are a lot of things to do after taking Wuchang City, but there is no need for him to handle it personally, this battle Yang Ji also took the state soldiers to participate in the battle, which is considered an experience, but I don't know where this Yang Sima slipped away now.

Fifth Brother Chen said that Yang Sima took the state soldiers to train his courage, and now Wuchang City has been taken, but there are many prisoners, so things can not be delayed, Yuwen Wen nodded, and then looked at Fan Mountain on the top of Fan Mountain on the west side.

A pillar of beacon smoke fluttered on Fan Shanshu, because it was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and because of the tension of the troops, Yuwen Wen was attacking Wuchang with all his strength this time, and did not divide his troops to attack Fan Shanshu, and it was impossible to expect that the Chen army would be paralyzed this time.

After taking Wuchang, the army was much more abundant, and it would be easy to use all kinds of tricks to play those Chen troops on the mountain.

One of the generals was escorted to Yu Wenwen, his armor was in tatters, full of blood, and his legs were lame, looking quite desolate, after learning that he was a Wuchang guard, Yu Wenwen waved his hand and asked the soldiers to escort him down and treat him well, in order to show the benevolence of the Zhou army.

"Wait!" The general struggled and shouted, "What the hell is going on, how did the wall be dug down in just a moment?"

"Because when the official took Wuchang more than a month ago, he hollowed out the foundation of the wall." Yuwen Wen replied with a smile, in order to avoid the other party's depression, he told the truth.

"How is this possible," General Chen muttered to himself in distraction when he heard this, he couldn't believe that this was a trap that had been designed more than a month ago, and then trapped more than 20,000 troops in it.

"Since you have asked sincerely, I will tell you with great mercy"

"In order to prevent the destruction of Bazhou, in order to maintain peace on the north bank of the Yangtze River"...... (To be continued.) )