Therefore, at the beginning of the war, Kang Maocai, as the envoy of the Dushui camp, sent a letter of help to Jinling as soon as possible. Then he led his troops, fortified along the river, and defended the water village of Jiangxin Island, and did not fight the menacing Chu army head-on at all.

In this way, the 30,000 sailors and horses who were taken as the vanguard by Zhang Shihua couldn't help but have no strength.

So much so that for two days, no breakthrough was made in the war.

"Marshal, the war can't go on like this." After the attack on the water village on Jiangxin Island failed again, Wan Sheng, who led the army back to the camp, looked at his brother-in-law Ming Yuzhen, and couldn't help but say something heart-wrenching.

"Marshal, we are pawns. And so far, except for a surprise in the battle of destroying the sky, we have no more merits. Now, the king asked the marshal to take us as a vanguard, probably just to see if we are truly obedient.

Therefore, if we want to gain a firm foothold in the next step and be trusted by the king, we must fight this battle beautifully. Otherwise, if we wait until the king leads the army to kill in person, our future achievements will really end here. ”

When Wan Sheng said this, his words suddenly couldn't help but make Ming Yuzhen's expression a little moved.

After all, this time, in the eyes of Ming Yuzhen and others, this time the Great Chu launched more than 200,000 land and water troops, and the people added up to nearly 400,000, and the total number of people mobilized before and after reached 600,000. With such a huge momentum, it is absolutely impossible to attack Zhu Yuanzhang, who only occupies one place in eastern Zhejiang, and there is absolutely no possibility of failure.

In this way, the generals are naturally looking forward to making more contributions.

Because no one will want to be left behind at this critical moment when Da Chu is about to sweep the southern country.

Therefore, when she heard Wan Sheng say such a thing, Ming Yuzhen couldn't help but nod in agreement, "Ah Sheng, you're right." Nowadays, looking at the world, the king is undoubtedly the person who is most likely to achieve great things. If we don't make meritorious deeds this time, it will be difficult for us to have a place in the future.

However, this Kang Maocai is not a mediocre person, this person is quite disciplined in the use of soldiers, and some turtles have shrunk up, and they do not fight with our army. It's like a hedgehog shrunk into a ball, it's really hard to start! ”

"Brother-in-law, I have an idea for this, maybe it can have some effect."

"Oh, so, Ah Sheng, come quickly."

"Yes" Wan Sheng answered first, and then walked to the table where the sand table was placed in the camp tent, pointed to Ming Yuzhen and said to the sand table with exquisite work: "Brother-in-law, look. Now, Kang Maocai has put the 3,000 soldiers and horses who are the most proficient at fighting under his command on this Jiangxin Island.

And he himself led the 5,000 Tuntian soldiers to retreat in this Guichi City. These two places are now horns against each other, and if we attack one, the other will surely be attacked and harassed. But brother-in-law, look, there is a river between this Jiangxin Island and Guichi City.

You said that if our army gave up this Jiangxin Island, it would only leave 5,000 sailors to watch over it. Then you personally led the remaining more than 20,000 soldiers to storm Guichi City, can that have an unexpected effect? ”

"This, Ah Sheng, do you want to lure out the soldiers who are cowering on this Jiangxin Island water village, and then our army will surround and annihilate them."

"Hehe, brother-in-law, that's exactly the case. You think, now that their main general, Kang Mao, is in Guichi City, then if we attack Guichi City, we will attack it and save it. As long as Guichi City is overwhelmed by the onslaught of our army, the 3,000 elite soldiers on Jiangxin Island will definitely take the initiative to leave this turtle shell that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

And when they leave Jiangxin Island and reach the river, brother-in-law, you can seize Jiangxin Island with 500 soldiers and cut off their back road. At that time, this Chizhou Road will definitely be in your brother-in-law's pocket. ”

"Well, that's a great plan. In this way, tomorrow you will break the enemy according to your strategy. In the end, they were not indecisive, and in a few words, the two of them also finalized a new plan to attack the city.

……

The next day, the bright sun rose in the east as usual. And whenever this time came, Kang Maocai, as the general of Chizhou, couldn't help but withstand the scorching sun, wearing an armor weighing dozens of catties, and taking dozens of personal guards to climb the not very tall Guichi city wall.

"General, General." The soldiers and soldiers guarding on the city wall saw Kang Maocai, who was known as a prestige in the army, and immediately couldn't help but greet Kang Maocai.

As for this, Kang Maocai, who was covered with sweat on his forehead in just a moment, couldn't help but endure the heat and greet the soldiers around him one by one.

"Look, General. Chu army, they are moving again. Just when Kang Mao was inspecting the city wall and was about to go down to rest, a personal guard beside him couldn't help but see the Chu army camp on the opposite bank, with 30,000 Chu army sailors and horses, and they drove out of the camp in a mighty way.

Seeing this, while the pro-guard exclaimed in surprise, Kang Maocai, who was also nervous, couldn't care about the heat on his body, grabbed the wall in front of him with both hands, and stared at the Chu army sailors who were leaving the village one after another.

"Don't panic" stared for a while, perhaps because he found that his reaction was a little too nervous, so Kang Mao couldn't help but pretend to be calm and squeezed out a smile on his face, "Two days ago, this Chu army was also exhausted, but my city and water village are still as stable as Mount Tai, which shows that the combat power of this Chu army is only like this."

Now they rely on the superiority of their forces and temporarily gain the upper hand, but as long as they wait for our reinforcements to arrive and defeat the Chu army, it will only be a matter of reversal. ”

"......" saw that his master was so confident and calm, and he was infected by it, and the nervous guards around him couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

But what they never expected was that after their main general Kang Maocai calmly instructed the country, the Chu army outside the city, which had more than several times their strength, was divided into two parts. Some of them, with 5,000 people, sailed to the side of Jiangxin Island with seventy or eighty warships; On the other hand, more than 25,000 Chu soldiers and soldiers, adding up to nearly 300 Chu warships of all kinds, abandoned the Jiangxin Island Water Village and drove directly towards their south bank.

"Damn, the Chu thief is going to attack my city!" Seeing this, Kang Maocai, who had been in battle for a long time, couldn't help but change his expression in an instant.

Compared with the good war veterans who guarded the water village of Jiangxin Island, the 5,000 soldiers in the city, in addition to the more than 100 guards beside him and the 300 cavalry soldiers who were regarded as the root of his life, were all farmers who had just put down their hoes.

These people can also make a strong presence on the battlefield and make up a number of people, so that they can resist the Chu army, which is also quite good at fighting, but Kang Maocai is really lacking in confidence in his heart.

But in the end, he is also a famous general in the history books, and Kang Mao, who has turned his back on the Yuan and joined the Wu army, knows that unless he would rather abandon his wife and leave his mother, he will also be a slave with three surnames. Otherwise, he would have no other way to go than fight to the death.

Therefore, when he saw more than 20,000 Chu troops slaughtering them in a mighty manner, and the soldiers and horses guarding in the water village were powerless to stop them, he couldn't help but order to the left and right: "The soldiers in the city have not experienced the battle formation, and now the people are panicking, and the morale can be boosted but not discharged.

Now at once take me all the money that is in the treasury, and lay it on this wall, that I should be encouraged by a great reward. ”

"Yes, my subordinates will go now." When the guards heard this, they didn't dare to delay, and they took three steps and two steps one by one, and then they couldn't help but rush to the treasury in the city. Then let the people in the city push the cart and take dozens of boxes of property prepared for Tuntian in Guichi City.

……

"Xichu Zhang Shihua, the wolf's ambition, offended me for no reason. to kill my people, and to invade my land. My son of Chizhou, if you want to keep your hard-earned gains in the past six months, and keep the family business that you have worked so hard to keep, this time you should fight to the death!

The general promised you and the others that in this battle, as long as you kill a Chu pawn who came to attack, you will be able to receive a reward of 20 taels of silver from the general after the battle. Soldiers, sons, fight!! ”

"Battle, !!" The Wu soldiers guarding the city roared one by one. Under the dual role of Kang Maocai's heavy reward and encouragement, these thousands of Tuntian soldiers suddenly couldn't help but boost their morale.

Therefore, seeing this, Kang Maocai, who was still anxious, couldn't help but settle down a little. A pair of eyes were firmly fixed on the Chu army that had landed on the shore one after another and gathered on the shore like a black tide.

"Quick, give it to me, immediately remove all the guns on the ship."

On the shore, Ming Yuzhen, who was also dressed in armor, also looked serious at this time. At this time, his only intact eye was emitting undisguised killing intent. It was not easy to get a pioneer opportunity, and this time I also made up my mind, and I must make a meritorious achievement.

"Bang, bang, bang!!" One artillery cannon after another was laboriously dismantled from the warship by hundreds of Chu soldiers.

In the end, there are many people and great strength, but in just a short time, more than 100 iron cannons specially made by the Chu army were disassembled from their warships by the Chu soldiers.

Then, with 5,000 people as a basic phalanx, the Chu army, which formed five phalanxes, couldn't help but take these more than 100 artillery pieces and the siege ladders left over from the last battle, and slaughtered towards Guichi City, which could be said to be close at hand.

......Even though he was just now, he had already been inspired by General Kang Maocaikang's words and his morale and courage were doubled.

However, seeing the countless Chu soldiers under the city, the forest-like guns and halberds in their hands, and the nearly 100 siege ladders that were higher than the city wall, the group of Tuntian soldiers on the city wall who had never been in the battle array and experienced the battlefield battle must also feel chilled and frightened for a while.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Under the extremely rhythmic drumbeat, all the Chu soldiers and soldiers walked in a neat pace.

And I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, the footsteps of every Chu soldier were so loud. So much so that the simple sound of footsteps gave the defenders of Guichi City a sense of thunderbolt on a sunny day.

"Kill, !!" There was still a mile between the two sides, and the more than 25,000 Chu soldiers and soldiers couldn't help but let out an angry roar in unison.

The sound is so loud that it can't help but give people the feeling that even the city can be overturned.

Therefore, when he heard this sound suddenly, the Tuntian soldiers who had never been in battle behind the battlements, five or six out of ten, couldn't help but weaken their hands and feet, and dropped the blades they were holding tightly on the ground.

"Haha, this Wu Jun is really unbearable." Under the city, seeing just a threatening shout, the guards on Guichi City became a mess. Ming Yuzhen, who was still a little worried in her heart, suddenly showed a steady expression on her face.

"Pass my military order and let all the artillerymen build forts and aim at the city walls." An order came out of the mouth of Ming Yuzhen, who seemed to be more and more confident, and thousands of Chu soldiers and soldiers began to work under his command.

Seeing this, a general under Kang Maocai's account couldn't help but anxiously say to Kang Maocai, whose face was becoming more and more gloomy: "General, you can't go on like this. I heard that the artillery of the Chu army is actually a first-class siege weapon.

The walls of Guichi Castle were not built very tall, and even the Urn Castle was not built. If the Chu army was allowed to bombard the city with artillery like this, the consequences would be unimaginable. The last general implored the general to let the last general lead his three hundred elite cavalry to rush at this time, in order to destroy the artillery array of the Chu army! ”

"Destroy the artillery array of the Chu army, just with you and the three hundred people under your hands, I think you are looking for death!" Kang Maocai, who had a gloomy face, heard this, and immediately scolded as if he had found a punching bag, "You don't open your eyes wide, you think that the three thousand cavalry soldiers placed by the Chu army on his left and right wings are a group of decorations!"

For now, we can only hold on to the city. Only when reinforcements from the state come that we have the hope of turning defeat into victory, otherwise everything is empty talk. Kang Maocai shouted and cursed, but after saying that, he hurriedly took more than 100 guards under his command to a dead corner outside the city that the Chu army's artillery could not attack.

As a former military governor of a province in the Yuan Dynasty, he can be said to know the power of artillery.

Although the accuracy of artillery is now similar to that of a catapult that attacks the enemy by fate alone, the cautious Kang Mao would not take such a risk.

……

In just a few moments, the fort positions used by artillery to siege the city were built by thousands of Chu soldiers.

At this time, a cavalry soldier of the Chu army couldn't help urging the war horse under his crotch and galloped all the way to Guichi City a hundred steps away.

"Listen, the people on the city wall, the general of my family is the lieutenant general and marshal under the command of His Royal Highness the King of Chu. Today, on the orders of the king of my family, as a vanguard, I have led 30,000 troops. And after that, there were hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses led by the prince of my family. So you don't have any chance to lay down your arms and surrender at once, and you can still take your life.

Otherwise, after the city is broken, those stubborn generals and officers will not be spared! ”