Chapter 33 Yuezhou
The two Tang soldiers took a deep breath, one of them plunged into the water, and dived into the depths, the deeper they went, the darker they became, and suddenly, one hand touched something, only to hear a soft sound, from both sides of the water gate, a mechanism moved, the sound of the water sounded, several bamboo guns suddenly appeared, inserted into the bodies of the two, the dark red blood was suddenly used, and a large group of water poured onto the water. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Seeing this, Tang Jun on the raft knew that there was a mechanism under the water, and his face changed, how could this be good?
A capital head struggled to get close to the water gate, raised his knife and slashed, and in the water gate, a spear stabbed out, and the tip of the spear carried a chill from the forest, forcing the head to retreat.
Wu Yuejun saw that the Tang army was getting closer and closer, and some soldiers brought stones, and the two carried one and threw it down. The Tang army dodged one after another, and the gravel hit the raft, the raft shook a few times, and the gravel fell into the water from the side, causing little damage to the raft.
The crossbowmen of the Tang army accelerated their shooting, and more and more Tang troops arrived near the water gate, but at this time, the water gate was not opened, and the water army could not enter the city, and many soldiers were sweating profusely.
Lin Renzhao watched from a distance, Wu Yuejun's water gate was heavily guarded, and it could not be easily broken, but Yang Jiedu needed his support, only by advancing by land and water, the Tang army could fully control Yuezhou, otherwise Wu Yuejun could use small boats to fight guerrillas in Yuezhou City, so that the Tang army could not fully control the city, once it fell into a stalemate, the army from Hangzhou came, and the situation was very unfavorable to the Tang Dynasty.
Under the arrows, Lin Renzhao asked people to line up the rafts, more than a dozen soldiers held siege turrets, charging towards the water gate, Wu Yuejun also made a counterattack, the arrows and feathers on the city head, the stones fell one after another, and the casualties of the Tang army continued to increase.
"Rush! Crossbowmen cover! The water gate is about to be slammed open! One of the heads shouted loudly.
The Tang saber and shield soldiers covered the robe and kept charging towards the water gate.
"Hey! Hey! Under the constant impact, the water gate made a sound of resistance, the water gate gradually loosened, the gap became larger and larger, and the Tang soldiers were encouraged and accelerated the pace of the impact.
"Whoa!" Finally, under the continuous impact, the water gate was finally broken, revealing a hole, the morale of the Tang soldiers was greatly boosted, and the gap continued to expand, the attack of Wu Yuejun became more and more fierce, the river was already full of corpses, and the river water was also dyed red.
The Tang army gritted its teeth, stepped on the corpse of the robe and struggled to impact, several soldiers stood on both sides of the raft, constantly shooting arrows into the city, commotion Wu Yue army, after the gap appeared, it continued to expand, and finally, after the Tang army paid more than 500 casualties, the water gate was broken.
A raft entered first, and had just marched out of the city wall when arrows rained down on it. Some of the Tang soldiers raised their shields to resist, and some jumped off the raft with great skill, and after dodging the arrows, they turned ashore and threw their spears out.
"The Tang Army is in!" Wu Yuejun shouted loudly. Several small boats drove over quickly, trying to block the Tang army.
The two sides had a fierce battle in the river, the arrow feathers flew in the air, the eardrums were buzzing, and if you were not careful, you would be shot by the stray arrows, after the water battle began, the advantages of the Tang army were gradually revealed, the special structure of the raft made it not sink, and the boat of the Wu Yue army was attacked by the Tang army, some strong Tang soldiers jumped off the river, chiseled through the bottom of the boat, the river water quickly poured into the boat, the Wu Yue soldiers panicked, although the weather has begun to warm, but the river is still piercing.
However, the soldiers of the Tang Army were not afraid of the cold at all, you must know that when they were in the north, Yang Lian trained them to bathe in cold water, even in winter, and the warmer weather in the south seemed nothing to them.
The soldiers of the Tang Army did not wear much, almost shirtless, they grabbed the soldiers of Wu Yuejun, and pressed them into the water, some of the Wu Yuejun were wearing armor, needless to say, falling into the water, it was difficult to get up, wearing leather armor or thick clothes, they were also soaked by the river, and it was very difficult to raise their hands.
The Tang soldiers entered the river in batches, chiseled through more than a dozen small boats of the Wu Yue army, and killed at least more than 250 Wu Yue soldiers, seeing that the Tang soldiers were not afraid of the cold, the Wu Yue army was panicked, they did not dare to fight in the water, but kept shooting on the shore, the Tang army was also fighting back, and soldiers landed on the shore one after another, and the two sides began hand-to-hand combat.
At the same time, on Yang Lian's side, the battle situation has also changed, Luo Sheng was cut off one shoulder, Wu Yuejun's morale was frustrated, Zhao Chengtai himself was injured, and it was okay to shoot arrows at close range, but it was not possible to do close combat, Jin Xin was a civilian official, although he was not powerless, but he could not go to the battlefield.
The scale of the battlefield gradually tilted towards the Tang Army, but it was just that it could not be seen for a while. By dusk, the Tang army had occupied half of Yuezhou City, and the land and water were fighting fiercely, Yang Lian stood aside to observe the situation, and there were only more than 30 personal soldiers left around him.
The news kept coming, Lin Renzhao also invaded the city, and the waterway was basically controlled by him, so he sent a raft to defend the main road, intercept Wu Yue's army, and cut off the support line of Wu's army. It was getting dark again, and the soldiers were fighting with torches.
At this time, in the northwest of the city, more than 5,000 displaced people gathered here, all of these displaced people are people from Shangyu, Yuyao and other places, there are men and women, and a small part of them are old people and children. After Jin Xin placed the displaced people here, he sent people to take care of them, and he was also worried that there were Tang spies among them, and there were 500 Wu Yue troops stationed here, which was enough to take care of them.
These displaced people were quite peaceful, but they fled here, and it was enough to have a place to sleep and eat. But today, the Tang army is attacking the city, and the Wu Yue army is very busy, and many displaced people have no food to eat, let alone know that the Tang army is attacking the city, and many people have opinions.
The homeless people gathered together to discuss things, and their whispering attracted the attention of the officers and soldiers, but before they could react, the hungry homeless people began to make food, and after being hungry for a day, they only had a few mouthfuls of water to drink, and they finally couldn't bear it anymore.
More than 50 strong men demolished the doors and windows, and even used the dead branches in the courtyard as weapons, and launched a riot, 500 soldiers seemed to be many, but they were affected by the Tang army's entry into the city, and they were not mentally prepared for the riot of the homeless, and several people were knocked to the ground for a while, and the homeless people grabbed their weapons and took the young and strong men out of the door.
On the streets, the people closed their doors tightly, only the soldiers of the Wu and Yue Army were patrolling, and the displaced people did not know why, so they ran out. When the officers and men saw that there was a sudden disorder, they could not understand what the situation was for a while, so they had to raise their swords to meet them.
The riot of the exiles accelerated the defeat of Wu Yue's army, and Jin Xin originally wanted to trap the Assassin Mansion, after all, this is the eastern capital of Wu Yueguo, and the Assassin Mansion was built as strong as a fortress, but the exiles suddenly rushed out from the rear wing, which caught Jin Xin and Zhao Chengtai off guard.
"Kill!" The homeless people shouted loudly, for food, for food, they went out.
Wu Yuejun's abdomen was attacked by the enemy, and the crumbling defense line could not be supported, and after a moment of fighting, Zhao Chengtai ran to Jin Xin's side and said: "Jin Thorn Shi, go, I can't resist." ”
Jin Xin pursed his lips, thought about it and thought, he had to nod, the two of them took their own soldiers and fought and retreated, walked less than two miles away, a chaotic people suddenly killed, at this time the situation was chaotic, Zhao Chengtai threw down Jin Xin and left, in the chaotic army, Jin Xin was slashed, and was stepped on the abdomen by a war horse, blood flowed out of his mouth, he didn't understand when he died, how did these homeless people rebel?
Wu Yue's army was defeated and retreated, Yang Lian immediately ordered to take advantage of the situation to cover up, in the city of Yuezhou, the shouting of killing shook the sky, Jin Xin was killed, Zhao Chengtai fled from the north gate, Wu Yue's army was leaderless, lost its unified command, and was gradually broken by each one.
At the same time, Yang Lian led the army into the Thorn Mansion, the Assassin Mansion was extremely gorgeously decorated, Yang Lian strictly forbade the soldiers to destroy, and at the same time sent troops to guard the Yuezhou Treasury, and the soldiers or homeless people were never allowed to rob the food money. After the Tang army took control of the city of Yuezhou, there were still small groups of Wu Yue army and displaced people resisting, and the Tang army spent a lot of effort until dawn to clear the recalcitrant forces in the city one by one.
Yang Lian immediately ordered to appease the people and stabilize the situation in Yuezhou, Fang Jinzhao, who was far away in the Shengsi Islands, got the news and immediately led twenty warships to Yuezhou, at this time the Tang army had blocked the mouth of the Qiantang River, and the Hangzhou naval division of the Wu Yue army could not threaten the Shengsi Islands. Moreover, as far as the current situation is concerned, it is obviously not cost-effective for the Wu Yue people to divide their troops to occupy the Shengsi Islands.
Fang Jinzhao praised Yang Lian, and at the same time repaired a book, telling the Son of Heaven about the war in Yuezhou, at this time, Cha Wenhui's soldiers and horses also killed in Chuzhou, and the general Chen Zhi struggled to attack the city, due to the lack of troops in Chuzhou, Chen Xue spent five days, and finally conquered Chuzhou, and the next step was to enter Wuzhou.
Although Yang Lian did not know the whereabouts of Cha Wenhui, but after capturing Yuezhou, he immediately divided his troops to capture Xiaoshan County, which was located on the south bank of the Qiantang River, Xiaoshan County had less than 500 troops, and when he heard that the Tang army was coming, the soldiers and civilians fled one after another, Zhang Wenji led his troops to chase and kill, and the Qiantang River was filled with corpses, until Shao Keqian got the news and led the sailors to come, and Zhang Wenji led the troops to retreat.
Yang Lian ordered Zhang Wenji to lead two thousand and garrison Xiaoshan, and at the same time, the sailors prepared to attack Hangzhou Bay and cooperate with Xiaoshan County.
In order to control the waterway, Qian Hongyu ordered Shao Ke to move into the Qiantang River, and at the same time pardoned the defeated Zhao Chengtai and stationed him in Hangzhou Bay.
Wu Yue's army mobilized frequently, made a gesture of sticking to Hangzhou, Yang Lian did not rush to attack, but began to rectify Yuezhou, after all, the Qian father and son have been operating in Yuezhou for many years, Yang Lian wants to use Yuezhou as a base to attack Hangzhou, it is necessary to win the hearts of the people.
For this reason, he opened the treasury, opened a warehouse to release grain, Wu Yueguo is located in the south of the Yangtze River water town, rich in products, the treasury hoarded a large amount of grain, Yang Lian did not hesitate to give out, get the support of a part of the people, in the eyes of these people, it doesn't matter who is in charge, as long as he can survive and live well, whether he is Wu Yue or Datang? Besides, grandpa's generation is a Tang person! (To be continued.) )