Chapter 227: Night Attack on Nanchang
At dawn the next day, Gan Ning immediately led his army out of the city and went straight west along Xiushui. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoIt was late autumn, and the weather was already quite cold, although it was not difficult to armor and the angle bow was difficult to control, but it was also cold, and the sergeants tightened their necks one by one to prevent the cold wind from pouring into their necks.
At this time, Jiangnan is completely different from the four seasons like spring in later generations, but the four seasons are distinct, and it is already unbearable before winter. However, since the Jingzhou army, which is full of fighting spirit, has defeated Zhou Tai, broken Chaisang, captured Chen Wu, and Shamoke and Gao Ran have successively attacked Songzi and Anhui counties, everyone wants to make meritorious contributions, so they naturally put these colds aside, and only want to win a few more battles, which is enough for themselves to eat for a lifetime.
Fifty miles to the west, is Shangrao County, Wu Jing in the evacuation of the sea dusk people and horses at the same time also withdrew hundreds of county soldiers here, only one or two thousand people left in the city, seeing the arrival of the army, immediately closed their homes, did not dare to go out. Gan Ning led the army into the city, and found that there was not a single soldier, so he naturally looked down on Jiangdong even more, and laughed: "Jiangdong is really a rat, and even these hundreds of county soldiers have not forgotten to withdraw, which shows how the strength of the troops has become." Pass on our military order, rest in the city for an hour, turn south, cross Xiushui, and attack Nanchang! ”
Chen Wu was originally a general under Cheng Pu, and he was worried that he had no face to see Cheng Pu, and when he heard this, he was naturally happy. But Pan Zhang is different, he is naturally obedient to Liu Yong, and he is even more convinced of Lou Gui's suggestion, and immediately found Gan Ning to confirm: "General Gan, aren't we going to Ai County, how can we go to Nanchang, in case ......"
"What's in case? In my hands Gan Xingba, there is no case, you just listen to the order, I am the main general, and I will bear everything by myself! Gan Ning interrupted without waiting for Pan Zhang to finish speaking.
Pan Zhang has been following Gan Ning for a long time, and naturally knows that as long as he decides something unless Liu Yong is there in person, it will be difficult to turn back.
Haiyang is only 200 miles away from Nanchang, and it was faster to return by water, but Gan Ning was unwilling to clash with Lou Gui face-to-face, pretending to go to Ai County, and now he could only march by land.
Leaving Shangrao, marching continuously, to the second day, quietly arrived at the west of Nanchang City, twenty miles to the east, across the Zhangshui is Nanchang City. Gan Ning saw that the soldiers were tired, so he ordered him to find a hiding place to rest, and attacked the city in the middle of the night.
But what Gan Ning didn't know was that two hours after he passed the military order to rest and recuperate, an army of 10,000 horses came to Nanchang City, and the main general who commanded this army was the fierce general Donglai Tai Shici, who fought with Sun Ce, who was known as the little overlord of Jiangdong, for 300 rounds.
It turned out that just a few days ago, Sun Quan was shocked after learning that Chaisang City was broken, and hurriedly convened the civil and military forces to discuss countermeasures, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong and others suggested that Sun Quan send a messenger to Liu Yong to ask for peace, but Sun Quan felt that there was a fire and did not speak.
Gu Yong, who was the Cheng of Huiji County at the time, happened to come to the court to see him, so he came out and said: "Lord, Liu Yongbing in Jingzhou is strong and strong, and now his morale is strong, if he goes to seek peace at this time, he may not necessarily agree, after breaking through Chaisang, he will inevitably join forces to attack the army of Cheng Pu in Ai County, or attack Nanchang, if Nanchang City is broken, then the entire Yuzhang will fall into the hands of the enemy." It is better to send an army led by a fierce general, go to Nanchang to defend to the death, waiting for an opportunity to attack, as long as one of the armies of Huang Zhong and Gan Ning can be broken, the pressure on Yuzhang can be greatly reduced, and then go to seek peace again, before it can succeed! ”
After hearing the great joy, Sun Quan immediately got up and looked around and asked: "What Gu Yuanxi said is good, Liu Yong is strong, and he will inevitably attack again, only by teaching them a hard lesson and defeating them once can there be room for maneuver." Now that an army is needed to support Nanchang, I wonder who is willing to lead the army to go? ”
At this time, all the generals looked at each other, and they all knew that they might die if they were not careful, so they were reluctant to go out of the ranks. Suddenly, a person came out and said, "Subordinates and lead the army to go!" ”
Everyone saw that it was Tai Shici. When Sun Ce was in power, this fierce general was naturally highly valued, but since Sun Quan came to power, he was bent on recruiting and establishing his own group of people, and Tai Shici slowly fell silent, and it was difficult to have a chance. At this time, the opportunity was rare, and he immediately volunteered.
Sun Quan was naturally happy when he saw that it was Tai Shi Ci: "Tai Shi Ziyi is really the pillar of our army. Since General Taishi is willing to go, he will definitely succeed. The herald sealed Tai Shici as the general of Suinan, appeased Yuzhang for my Jiangdong, and led an army of 10,000 to Nanchang! ”
Tai is also worried that he will come too late and let Nanchang be lost, but fortunately, when he arrived, the worry did not appear. Wu Jing was naturally very happy when he saw Tai Shici leading the army coming, and immediately opened the city gate to welcome him into the city, and took the wind and washed the dust.
When Gan Ning rested, the scout came to report: "There is a new team of people in Nanchang City!" ”
Gan Ning didn't care, and asked lightly, "How many people?" ”
"About 10,000 people, it seems that they are the elite men and horses of Jiangdong, led by a powerful general!" The scouts spoke in detail one by one.
"What is there to worry about 10,000 people, Jiangdong is a group of rats, how about Zhou Tai? It's not that he was defeated in a certain battle, it's just a little guts. Don't worry, everything goes according to plan, tonight to see some broken city! Gan Ning heard that there were only 10,000 people, so he was naturally not worried.
The chill of the late night made the Jingzhou sergeant shiver constantly, and quietly took advantage of the night to touch Nanchang City. Because Gan Ning came quietly, Wu Jing didn't dare to send scouts easily, for fear of attracting Gan Ning's attention, he came to attack directly, so he didn't know Gan Ning's movements. Let Gan Ning quietly raid two villages along the river, and gather more than 100 boats to cross the Zhangshui safely.
At that time, the night was as dark as ink, and the cold in the middle of the night was even more chilling, and the defenders of Nanchang City couldn't stand the cold, and they looked for a warm corner to avoid the cold wind, but some people were left shivering at the head of the city.
Gan Ning looked at the defenders at the head of the city and sneered: "With such a defender, Jiangdong is really a man of wine bags and rice bags." Order, siege the city, no sound in advance, to the city in a sudden kill! Violators will be killed! ”
When Gan Ning quietly touched the city, he was not discovered by the defenders at the head of the city.
"There seems to be someone in the city?" A defender soldier said to Shi Chang Shi Ren next to him.
"Nonsense, you're dazzled, aren't you? You think you're a cat? Shi Ren laughed.
"No, you see, it's dark and it's moving, it's not a person, it's a ghost? Mom, it's not going to be a Yin soldier crossing the border, I hope you don't find me! The defender's face immediately turned pale and trembled.
"What nonsense ......" Shi Ren scolded and looked down, but suddenly his scalp was numb, and he was also frightened, the city was black and oppressive, as if it was a person, but there was no sound, and there was no trace of fire, and he was also chuckling in his heart, he wouldn't really be hit by the crow's mouth next to him. Let him swallow the rest of the words raw.
Gan Ning had already sent Pan Zhang to take a few people across the moat, ready to see the suspension bridge, immediately took his iron bow, took the arrow and opened the bow, aiming at Shi Ren who poked out his head is an arrow, Shi Ren didn't see it clearly, just heard a trace of breaking wind and felt a cold throat, was shot through directly, and suddenly felt weak, fell from the city, and became a corpse.
"Kill!" As Gan Ning's arrow was shot, a sudden killing sound sounded under the city, which was even more shocking in the quiet night! Pan Zhang, who crossed the moat, also immediately waved the saber in his hand and slashed at the rope of the suspension bridge, and heard a bang, and the suspension bridge fell.
"Kill!" More than 20,000 horses immediately shouted in unison, and the fire was lit, and they rushed across the drawbridge and set up the ladder on the city wall. There were even siege vehicles pushed by more than a dozen sergeants to rush to the city gate.
The defenders at the head of the city are only county soldiers, and they haven't really fought yet, and they are completely frightened at this moment, so many enemy troops suddenly appear under the city, is it really that the Yin soldiers can't be turned into Yin soldiers? Why did he approach the city without a trace of movement. But at this time, no one cared about this, and after a short period of confusion, they immediately shouted and ran down the city wall into the city, and even more panicked people fell directly from the city wall and died, and the city was in chaos for a while.
Tai Shi Ci led the army to march rapidly for several days, and 10,000 horses from soldiers to generals were tired and half dead, and when they saw that no abnormality was found, they accepted Wu Jing's suggestion and went to rest. Tai Shi Ci worked all the way, drank some wine, and was sleeping sweetly, when he was suddenly woken up by his own soldiers, and was immediately shocked when he learned that the enemy army was coming.
But he quickly calmed down after a long time on the battlefield, and after asking about the situation, he immediately put on his armor and rode to the west gate where he was attacked, while giving orders for the men and horses of the city to come and defend the city.
Tai Shi Ci climbed the city wall, and found that the enemy army was about to climb the city wall, and immediately became furious, the spear stabbed out, and pushed out violently with a cloud ladder, and the Jingzhou sergeant on the cloud ladder immediately screamed and fell down the city, killing on the spot.
"Quickly send an order to climb the city wall to defend the city, and those who dare to retreat will be killed on the spot!" Tai Shi Ci was furious, he was attacked as soon as he stepped into Nanchang City, and if he was breached, it would be really embarrassing to throw him to his grandmother's house. Immediately let the soldiers go and summon the men.
Looking at the many enemy troops below and about to enter the city, he suddenly picked up the sunset bow on his back and shot several arrows in a row, and the arrows were not missed, and four or five Jingzhou sergeants fell from the arrows one after another.
But he came a little late, there are already a lot of Jingzhou troops about to enter the city, although his magic archery is not missing, but two fists are hard to beat four hands, he can't stop it, and soon Gan Ning, Pan Zhang with more than ten sergeants on the city wall, and there are no sergeants in the back are climbing.
"Bold enemy generals, they don't take Jiangdong too seriously!" Tai Shici gave up his bow and arrows, picked up his spear and immediately killed the Jingzhou sergeant who had just ascended the city.
Tai Shi Ci is worthy of being a fierce general in the world, the spear poked out, and with a flick of the tip of the spear, an enemy soldier would be killed, and several people would be killed in an instant.
"The enemy general is rampant, watch Dongjun Pan Zhang take your name!" Pan Zhang was closer to Tai Shi Ci, and when he saw that his own soldiers were killed several people in a row, he immediately shouted angrily, and raised the iron gun in his hand to kill Tai Shi Ci!