Chapter Seventy-One: Breaking the City
Of course, Sun Rong immediately saw through the intentions of the rebels, if they were allowed to gain a firm foothold in Fanjin City, the next battle situation would be very unfavorable to him. Fanjin must be taken before their army arrives.
Sun Rong immediately decided: "Jiang Rusong, Guo Ru, the opportunity to make meritorious service has arrived!" Immediately lead an army of 70,000 and march into Fanjin with this general! ”
Jiang Rusong and Guo Ru: "Yes! ”
Sun Rong: "Sun Wannian, the remaining 10,000 soldiers and horses in Sanggan City will be controlled by you, hold Sanggan to prevent the rebels from attacking from Shanwu, Pingcheng and other places in the north." ”
Sun Wannian: "Yes! ”
Sun Rong: "Be fearless first, Sun Huan, the two of you hurried to Pingqi and Yanmen respectively, and urged Sun He and Sun Wei to bring soldiers, horses, grain and grass to Sanggan City as soon as possible." ”
First Fearless and Sun Huan: "Yes!" ”
The distribution was properly distributed, Sun Rong immediately ordered the troops and horses, and on the same day with Jiang Rusong and Guo Ru, the three of them led the army to the battle, he knew in his heart that it was not easy to attack from the low to the high, if Yu Chenglie and they entered the city, the chance of winning would be even slimmer, so he must not lose this battle against time.
The army rushed all the way from the evening until late at night, and during the day because he heard that Sun Rong was named a county candidate by the imperial court, the military camp temporarily decided to prepare more good wine and good food for the soldiers, and it was to sell wine and kill pigs, so when the army suddenly opened, the whole army did not even eat a mouthful of food. After driving this road for a long time, the soldiers were now hungry and exhausted.
Guo Ru found Sun Rong on behalf of many sergeants: "General, the soldiers are very tired, do you want to allow everyone to rest on the spot and sit down to eat?" If you don't cultivate your spirit, you may not be able to do well in the war. ”
Sun Rong patted him on the shoulder meaningfully: "The rebels are the same as us, they are also hot-blooded men who have been in battle for a long time, maybe the battlefield experience is still better than ours, if we don't make greater determination than them and put in more efforts, why should we win from their hands!" Tell my brothers that difficulties are always coming, so let's overcome them and eat dry food while walking! When we wait to attack Fanjin City, everyone will understand that the hard work at this moment is worth it! ”
Guo Ru looked ashamed: "Yes!" Turning around slowly, he seemed to be in a heavy mood.
"Guo Ru!" Sun Rong suddenly shouted, stopping his drifting figure, "This battle is the last battle between us and the rebels, as long as we win this battle, we will be able to enjoy the rest of our lives!" ”
"Yes!" Guo Ru's response was already full of passion, which was completely different from the previous state of helplessness.
The next day, the sun was shining brightly, the sky was like a wash, but the surrounding area of Fanjin City seemed to be shrouded in a layer of clouds, and the city gate was no longer bustling with people, replaced by rebel soldiers and people who were in full swing to arrange defensive facilities. I saw that some of them were digging trenches, and some of them were placing horses, constantly shuttling through various construction bases, looking tense and orderly.
However, what they didn't expect was that Sun Rong had already approached the city of Fanjin, and at this moment, they were working under the city with a horsewhip, and they said to Jiang Rusong and Guo Ru proudly: "See! If we hadn't marched overnight, we would have arrived here with the help of a man who would have finished the city, and it would have been a great price to pay for the siege! ”
Guo Ru was convinced: "The general is wise!" It is an honor for us to follow the general in battle! ”
Sun Rong scolded with a smile: "Young flattery in front of General Ben!" If you don't strike quickly, is it still waiting for them to finish? ”
"Yes!" Although Guo Ru was scolded, his heart was beautiful, because he could also hear that Sun Rong was quite useful for his flattering words.
"Kill!" Thunderous shouts of slaughter rang out from afar, accompanied by the violently undulating ground due to the galloping of thousands of horses, and continued to shake the hearts of every rebel outside the city. It is not difficult to see from the actions of the rebels in building fortifications that they are still prepared for Sun Rong's attack, but perhaps because Sun Rong came too quickly, he forgot how to react in surprise, and watched the enemy army getting closer and closer.
"Close the gates!" The rebels shouted from someone in the formation, and only then did the petrified gatekeepers wake up, and hurriedly divided into two groups to push the heavy gate.
Sun Rong's iron cavalry was approaching the city gate in a blink of an eye, and those rebels and people who were far away did not have time to return to the city at all, so they had to scatter in a hurry, hiding in the gaps between the horses' hooves and war knives in order to seek that slim glimmer of life, but all the struggles were in vain after all, even if they avoided a knife or two knives, a horse and two horses, it was only a moment of life extension for themselves, and the army passed everywhere, and finally only a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood remained.
There were wails outside the city, and the rebels who had successfully withdrawn from the city were not necessarily able to go easily, the vanguard cavalry of the other side was very close at this moment, and they could even see the beads of sweat on the foreheads of their horses, but the city gate was not completely closed. Whether it is a sapper or a soldier, a rebel or a citizen, at this moment, under the threat of death, all the people in the city, as long as they still have a little strength, have used their strength to push the city gate. No sooner had he closed the last crack and bolted the door with lightning than he heard a loud bang on the outer wall of the door, and a cavalryman led by the other side slammed his men and horses into the door. "Almost! It's dangerous! The rebels inside the door wiped the sweat drops on their foreheads, whether they were tired or frightened, and exclaimed in unison.
"Almost!" Sun Rong outside the door also exclaimed, but the second half of the sentence became "It's a pity!" ”
After the cavalry charged, Sun Rong's infantry followed. When the rows of soldiers rushed all the way to the bottom of the city and set up the ladder, the city wall was instantly filled with besieging soldiers, and from a distance it looked like a piece of meat crawling with ants, and it was impossible to see its true face. And after recovering from the panic, the rebels gradually entered the state, after all, in order to cope with this moment, they also made some preparations, rolling wood, stones, hot oil rockets, and all kinds of props that could be used in one go. Under their tenacious perseverance, they miraculously resisted Sun Rong's first wave of attack.
Looking at the mountains of corpses piled up under the city, Sun Rong suddenly had a plan and ordered Bai Sang: "You organize a team of soldiers to go and burn the city gate for me!" ”
Bai Sang's execution is naturally not a problem, and it won't be long before the city gate has been engulfed in raging fire. However, to Sun Rong and the others' surprise, the fire has been burning for a long time, but it is still not extinguished, it stands to reason that the entire city gate should have been reduced to ashes at this moment, but what is the matter with this long-lasting flame? It turned out that the rebels in the city could not stop Sun Rong from burning the city gate, so they simply lit a huge fire inside the gate, and kept moving all combustible things from the city and throwing them into the fire. And they stood behind the flames. Once Sun Rongshi is really lucky enough to break out of the sea of fire, there will only be ruthless swords and guns in the face of them.
"This fire is a little weird! Why can't you burn it out? Guo Ru's eyes reflecting the light of fire were full of doubt.
"General Ben understood!" Sun Rong finally figured it out, "It must be the rebels who have also set a fire in the city, and if we force our charge, they will burn us into roast ducks one by one!" ”
"Then the fire is in vain?" Guo Ru was a little unwilling.
"They want to be beautiful!" Sun Rong snorted coldly, "Immediately ask the sappers to assemble a few rushing cars and come out!" ”
The three rushing cars were quickly pushed in front of Sun Rong, and the wooden wheels rolled and rumbled, giving people an inexplicable confidence, especially the three pieces of hitting wood with iron plates wrapped at the front end of the battlefield at this moment were full of strength, inspiring Sun Rongjun's morale.
"Soldiers! Follow the car rush into the city! With Sun Rong's military order, the first rushing car roared towards the sky-rushing flames.
When the rebels in the city heard the movement, they were immediately alerted, and the hanging swords and guns were raised again. The sound was getting closer and closer, and the rebels swallowed their saliva unconsciously, and they must not let the other party enter the city, and at this moment there was only one thought in the hearts of every rebel.
"Boom!" With a loud bang, the doors, windows, tables and chairs piled up at the door flew away with sparks and landed on the rebels in the city, emitting a scorching stench. However, before they could recover from the mutation, they saw a huge tree emerge from the flames and strike at them at lightning speed.
"It's a rush!" By the time the rebel who had been hit head-on by the striking wood shouted these three words, the man had already been knocked into the open space a few feet behind.
After the three rushing cars, the rebels were no longer in formation, and the original layout had long been scattered. The rebels panicked, and immediately after rushing to the car, they covered up and killed countless Sun Rong's soldiers, and cut people with red eyes.
There was no one to stop him in the door, Sun Rong's army swarmed into the city, the victory and defeat had been divided, and Fanjin City was already in his Sun Rong's bag.
From the beginning of the battle to the moment when the city was broken, in just a few hours, Sun Rong was a little complacent, and pointed at Jiang Rusong: "Quickly lead the troops to sweep away the remnants of the rebels in the city!" ”
Jiang Rusong took the order and left, and after about an hour, he appeared in front of Sun Rong again: "General Qiyu, the remnants of the rebels have all been evacuated, and they should have escaped from the city to make peace with Yu Chenglie!" ”
"Slip away pretty fast!" Sun Rong sneered.
Suddenly, thick black smoke rose from the northwest direction of the city, and it seemed that there was a fire somewhere, Sun Rong grabbed a common person and pointed over there and asked, "Do you know where the fire is over there?" ”
The man thought for a moment: "There doesn't seem to be anything special in that direction except for the granary!" ”
"What!" Sun Rong was shocked and hurriedly greeted Jiang Rusong, "Go and put out the fire!" ”