Although there are now 50,000 Wu troops in the city, only half of the veterans who have been in the battle array are left. But because they have plenty of bows and crossbows and firearms in their hands, the combat power of these new pawns in defending the city is not weak.

Therefore, for a time, it was difficult for the brave Chu army in a small boat to approach the Dangtu Water Gate.

In this regard, Ming Yuzhen, who was in command in the rear, couldn't help but be furious.

Mobilize artillery to attack the Wu army in the city, not to mention, but also beat the drums of war in person, in order to encourage his subordinates.

Therefore, under another fierce attack, these brave Chu soldiers couldn't help but rush to the water gate of Dangtu City in the dense arrows of the Wu army.

However, when Sergeant Chu finally came to the water gate, he realized that his desperate efforts were useless. The sluices that blocked the gate were all made of steel, and each of them was the thickness of an adult's arm.

With such a strong sluice, the Chu army soldiers chopped with axes and machetes, but they failed to leave any traces on their bodies.

"Damn, this kind of water gate can't be destroyed by manpower at all, it has to be blown up with gunpowder before it can be broken!" With a knife slashing down, there was nothing wrong with the sluice, but his arm was numb from the shock, and a hundred-person team leader under Ming Yuzhen couldn't help but scold for it.

However, just as he was about to command his men to turn the bow of the ship so as to report the matter to Ming Yuzhen, he couldn't help but hear an exclamation from his subordinates.

"Hide, it's fire oil!"

Hearing this exclamation, the team surnamed Liu was subconsciously looking up, and sure enough, they couldn't help but see one by one Wu soldiers, holding bottles of clay pots that seemed to be filled with wine, smashing their heads and covering their faces. Then, immediately after the sound of the clay pot cracking, the strong irritating gas of the oil could not help but fill his nasal cavity.

"Abandon ship, go!"

Seeing this, this team surnamed Liu couldn't care about the warship under his feet and the subordinates beside him. With just a loud roar, he immediately abandoned the squid clipper he was on and fled into the water. Immediately afterward, the ship they were on was enveloped in raging fire.

As for the team surnamed Liu, the timely response temporarily saved the lives of him and most of his subordinates.

However, without the protection of the boats, these people who fell into the water were naturally beaten mercilessly by the Wu army. So much so that the three hundred warriors who were personally selected by Ming Yuzhen were able to escape back into the battle this time, but there were only a few dozen of them.

"Bastard, a person who is trapped in the city and waiting to die, dare to be so arrogant!"

After the battle, Ming Yuzhen, who commanded the battle, saw a Wu army in the city, accompanied by the screams of the Chu soldiers who were burned by the flames, beating the weapons to show off his might, and he felt that he was slapped in the face by the Wu army in public, and he couldn't help but be furious.

"Pass my military order and let Wang Pu lead his troops and horses to seize the beach and attack the city. Ben Shuai wants to see this time, under the white blade of our army, do these Wu thieves who are waiting to die dare to be so arrogant! ”

"Yes, my subordinates have orders!" When the herald heard this, he shouted, and hurriedly conveyed Ming Yuzhen's military order to Wang Pu, who had never made any meritorious deeds until now.

"Haha, gentlemen, this time it's finally time for me to show my merits!"

After receiving Ming Yuzhen's military order, Wang Pu knew in his heart that this battle would definitely not be easy to fight. But as a new subordinate general with the lowest status in the Chu army, he had to fight this battle. And I can't help but fight, and I have to fight beautifully.

The king of his own family has the most important military exploits, and with his military exploits in Dachu, the generals have the confidence to speak. And if you don't have the military exploits that you can get your hands on, you won't even have the qualifications to speak during the military discussion.

Wang Pu naturally understands this at this time. Therefore, after pretending to be heroic to the subordinates, Wang Pudang even arranged tasks for his subordinates.

"Gentlemen, this southern country will be in the king's pocket sooner or later. And in the future, the monarchs plan to live in the southern country, and what kind of shade they will leave for their sons, it will depend on this experience. With this, do you dare to work hard? ”

"Cheer !!"

When the generals heard this, their morale doubled. Therefore, after shouting in unison, the generals of the Chu army, who were eager to make meritorious contributions, couldn't help but lead a group of sons under their command to rush towards Dangtu Cheng like hungry wolves.

"Lao Zhou, you take five hundred sons and give Ben to be the team of the overseers. From now on, if the one who dares to lead the troops to retreat without permission, he will immediately fetch his head from me. ”

"No!" The big man surnamed Zhou responded with an ancient meaning. Then, without saying a word, he immediately ordered five hundred soldiers and horses, and stood behind the army by boat.

……

"Brothers, life and death are here to fight. If you don't want to become a prisoner of others, and your wives and children become playthings in the hands of others, you dare not do your best in this battle! "Seeing that there was movement on the side of the Chu army, 15,000 people came down the mountain like fierce tigers, wanting to attack with white blades, and Wu Jiang, a member of the city, saw this, but he couldn't help but raise his sword and shout to boost morale.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

In the world, how can there be no worries. Therefore, Wu Jiang's method of using his wife and children to boost morale suddenly achieved miraculous results. In the face of the menacing Chu army, the soldiers of the Wu army who were defending the city on the city wall couldn't help but have red eyes and murderous spirit.

"Shoot the arrows!" "Kill!"

There were no other useless words, and as the distance between the two sides narrowed little by little, the bloody and brutal battle began in an instant.

Dressed in black and holding a black flag, the Wanwu Chu army, under the cover of its own artillery, was like a night that could envelop the heavens and the earth. Even if the Wu army had all the means, relying on the excellent equipment and the rain of arrows and lead bullets, the Chu army still gained a firm foothold in the city little by little.

"Set up a ladder and attack the city!"

With a just right military order, the ladder with a solid iron hook suddenly stood at the head of the city one by one by countless Chu soldiers. At this point, the gap between the new pawn and the old pawn was suddenly revealed.

Seeing that the cloud ladder was erected by the Chu army, the new soldiers in the Wu army who had been recruited for a short time immediately panicked. Although he also held a sharp blade that could kill people in his hand, he didn't know what to do when he saw a famous Chu soldier under the city coming and yelling.

But fortunately, at this time, the ratio of Wu Jun's new pawns to old pawns barely remained at one to one. Therefore, driven by an old soldier beside him, Wu Jun also quickly launched an effective counterattack. Iron hammers, giant axes and other objects were in battle at this time, even if the iron hooks on the ladder of the Chu army were as thick as a baby's arm.

But with a smash and slash at the junction of iron and wood, the Chu army's iron hook and cloud ladder couldn't help but be separated a lot.

And once the iron hook and the ladder were separated, more than a dozen Wu Junerlang couldn't help but hold something that looked like a fork, and roared and worked together to overturn the ladder at the head of the city.

However, in the end, there were still many iron hooks of the ladder that could not be separated, and the continuous artillery of the Chu army also made it difficult for the Wu army to exert its full strength. Therefore, even though the Wu army has done its best, there are still many Chu army soldiers who come to the city and wave their troops to fight with the Wu army.

"Die!"

Holding a sledgehammer and roaring, Wang Chi exerted all his strength, and finally smashed it on the body of the Chu soldier who stepped on the cloud ladder to fight them, and smashed it down from the city.

"Haha, okay. Wang Chizi, you kid is okay, but you didn't waste the food that your kid ate in the morning. ”

Seeing this, the ten-division commander on the side couldn't help but praise, and reached out to pat Wang Chi's shoulder. However, Wang Chi himself is not proud of this at all.

He is a veteran of the Wu army, who has been fighting in the south and north for several years, and it is not the first time he has killed people.

Therefore, he didn't say anything about the praise of the Ten, but took a step back, returned to the formation to recover his strength, and let the Tencenturion take his place.

This battle will definitely take a long time, so he must be smart, and he can't be like those new pawns next to him who are killing people for the first time, yelling and waving knives and slashing, wasting his precious strength in vain.

"Brother Wang, drink, do you want to drink water?"

Just when Wang Chi was recovering his strength and paying attention to the safety of the Tenth Commander who had taken his place at any time, a slightly immature inquiry couldn't help but reach Wang Chi's ears at once.

Hearing this inquiry, although Wang Chi didn't turn his head, he recognized it immediately.

Wang Da, a small fellow of the same clan in the same county as himself, only joined the army more than half a month ago, and has never been on the battlefield once, and has not even killed anyone until now. Therefore, it is also the lowest group in the world. However, because of the relationship between the same clan and the same county, Wang Chi took care of him.

So now this recruit has become a little brother of Wang Chi. Although it can't help much, it is quite discerning to serve tea and pour water.

Therefore, when he heard the words of his little brother, Wang Chi didn't say a word, took the water hyacinth, opened his mouth and drank all the water in it.

"Don't be afraid, with Grandpa Guo here, we will definitely win this battle. Don't look at the crowd of these Chu thieves, but there is a city, and they are not so easy to come up. ”

After drinking the water, Wang Chi wiped his mouth, but kindly comforted the little brother.

However, just as he said these words and was about to return the water hyacinth in his hand, the hot blood of the little brother beside him splashed his face at once.

"Uh...... Uh......"

A short spear pierced directly into his lungs, and blood poured into his throat in an instant, yes, Wang Da couldn't say anything at all. He could only cover his wounds in pain with one hand, and hold Wang Chi's arm tightly with the other, his eyes full of thirst for life.

Then he died. Frightened and painfully died, he couldn't kill anyone as a backing, and even when he was dying, he didn't know who killed him.

"The Chu thieves have landed in the city, drive them down for me!"

The generals immediately shouted and hurriedly responded with their reserves. As for this trivial episode, no one cares. Because at this time, human life is too cheap.

"We must not let the Chu thieves gain a firm foothold and kill them all!"

It took only one day for the two armies to officially fight, and the Chu army was allowed to climb the city wall, which was definitely a big blow to the Wu army.

Therefore, the general of the Wu army guarding this section of the city wall also knew very well that he had to kill all these Chu soldiers who came to the city. Otherwise, the lord of his own family must not mind that he sacrificed the flag, in order to save the morale of the Chu army that was greatly reduced by the arrival of the Chu army.

"Kill, !!"

The shouts of killing became louder and louder, and compared to the Wu army, which was a little flustered, the Chu army couldn't help but boost their morale at this time.

Even Ming Yuzhen couldn't help but mobilize a division of soldiers and horses again, so that he could always support Wang Pu, so that his sons could stand firm on the city wall.

But this final decisive battle will obviously not be so easy. At this time, the Wu army had sufficient reserves of soldiers and horses. Therefore, even if the generals reacted, those Chu soldiers who climbed the city were finally driven off the city wall.

Then, Zhu Yuanzhang also issued a strict order.

"If there is anyone who lets the Chu thief climb the wall of his own section, die!" In this way, in order to keep Xiang Shang's head, the generals of the Wu army naturally used all their skills.

Therefore, no matter how fierce the attack launched by Wang Pu and them, it was difficult to climb the city wall again for a while.

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"Today's battle is already off to a good start. Ming Yuzhen and Na Wang Pu did a good job this time, and it was not interesting to continue fighting. Alright, Mingjin, let them collect their troops. ”

At the same time, on the high platform of Jiangxin Island, Zhang Shihua, who was standing on a sentry platform several feet high to watch the battle, saw that his sons had never been able to ascend to the city, but he did not show his anger. On the contrary, Cheng Zhu smiled slightly in his chest and gave such an order to the left and right.

His opponent is Zhu Yuanzhang, and the enemy he faces is almost a group of outlaws who have been driven to a corner. Dealing with such a group of enemies, there is naturally no possibility of a single battle. Therefore, Zhang Shihua is also very satisfied with the record of being able to climb the city wall on the first day.

'Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty, these three armies are the worst in the entire Chu army. But today, even they only took one day to climb the Dangtu city wall, which shows how the quality and morale of the defenders in Dangtu City have fallen.

Thinking about it, as long as you are steady and steady, the last one with this smile must be yourself. ’

Looking at the orderly withdrawal of the army, Zhang Shihua, who was smiling, couldn't help but become more and more confident in his heart.

And it was also at this time that looking at the orderly evacuation of the Chu army, the man who was regarded by Zhang Shihua as the biggest enemy in his life, his face couldn't help but become more and more gloomy.

"I must hurry up and come up with a plan to save the morale that has fallen to the bottom, otherwise I will definitely lose this battle!"

The man said in a voice that only he could hear, and then shook his cloak, and without looking back, he quickly walked down the city wall with a group of guards under his command.