Chapter 277: The Destruction of the City (Part II)
Luojing has one of the biggest weaknesses in defense is Luoshui, Luoshui passes through the city, dividing Luojing City into two, the river is wide, the river level is gentle, and it is also the mother river of Luojing City, this wide river has brought huge trouble to Luojing's defense at this time.
The Chu army's powerful naval division and sharp artillery made Luojing a difficult city to defend, but despite this, Luo Wei still did everything he could to defend, in fact, long before the Chu army entered Xuchang, the Qi army began to make special defensive preparations for the Chu army's naval division.
They laid thousands of three-zhang long wooden piles at the place where Luoshui entered the city, so that the big trees in the suburbs of Luojing were cut down, and the wooden piles became an obstacle for the thousand-stone ships to overcome, not only that, but the Qi army also pulled up three iron cables on the river to block the river, Luo Wei did not expect these measures to really stop the Chu army ships, he only hoped that the Chu army sailors could be intercepted for more than ten days, when the river began to freeze, and the Chu Zhou naval army would be useless.
But Luo Wei had not seen the artillery of the Chuzhou Navy with his own eyes, and he couldn't imagine the sharpness of the artillery.
At the beginning of the watch, five hundred warships full of sailors of the Chu army began to slowly sail towards Luojing City, led by ten thousand stone ships, they stopped at the entrance to the city a hundred steps away, nearly 100 water ghosts dived into the water, they were looking for the underwater dark pile, after finding, they tied a water hyacinth on the dark pile, floating on the water surface, the upper part of the water hyacinth was coated with phosphorus powder, fluorescent flashing on the water surface, not long after, the whole river surface appeared a fluorescent shining light band, on the water surface quite weird.
And the way to deal with the three barrage chains is simpler, a water ghost climbed on the chain, tied a thunderbolt, he lit a fire, at the moment when the river wind was about to blow out the fire, ignited the fuse, the water ghost turned over and fell into the river, struggling to swim into the distance, less than a hundred steps, only heard a red flame burst out on the river, sounded an earth-shattering explosion, in the red flame, two iron chains danced like a golden snake, instantly exploded, followed by the second and third explosions, the three Qi army painstakingly built the barrage iron chain was easily blown up.
The sound of the explosion on Luoshui alarmed the Luojing Qi army, and countless Qi troops rushed towards Luoshui, and even Luo Fu, the commander of the Qi army, was also attracted to it, he immediately realized that this was the Chuzhou Navy Army that would attack from the water, he knew that this day would come, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly.
Luo Wei ran to the riverside, he was like all the Qi army, was stunned by the situation on the river, only to see a blue and bright light band appear on the river, and two hundred steps away from the light belt, ten thousand stone military ships opened horizontally, just on the river bank Qi soldiers do not know why, ten big ships suddenly opened fire, the white smoke on the river surface, like thunder echoes, one by one cannonballs into the fluorescent belt, suddenly, a column of water rose to the sky, mixed with the fragments of wooden stakes at the bottom of the water, forming a drainage wall, magnificent.
Soon, the waves rolled on the water, and a large number of broken wooden stakes floated to the surface, and as the shells fell into the water, the water columns rose one after another, and more and more wooden stakes turned out of the water.
Luo Wei looked at the artillery of the Chu army blankly, he couldn't help but sigh, the Chu army has such a sharp weapon, why worry about the injustice of the world, Huangfu Wujin did not equip it in the infantry, it is already a great mercy.
"General, the Chu army has broken through!"
The shelling on the water had stopped, and a convoy of warships broke through the underwater piles and sailed into Luojing.
Luo Wei was so anxious that he shouted: "The whole army enters the defense and strictly prevents the Chu army from landing!" ”
At the sound of his order, 20,000 troops rushed to the three wharves along the Luoshui coast to defend the Chu army tightly.
........ The attack of the Chuzhou Navy on Luojing transferred most of the Qi army, and there were only more than 1,000 people left in the 3,000 defenders of Changxiamen, almost all of them were watching the battle of Luoshui, at this time, the sky was fluttering and a light snow was falling, the sky and the earth were gray, and every soldier's heart was heavy, and many people began to miss their hometown.
At this moment, two groups of soldiers, a total of more than 1,000 people, rushed out from the Guide Fang, they walked extremely fast, wore armor, fully armed, did not pause at all, rushed directly to the city gate, and were found by the defenders when they were still fifty steps away from the city gate.
The fire at the city gate was bright, and the defenders were stunned, where did this army come from? The Qi army is not like the Qi army, and the Imperial Forest Army is not like the Imperial Forest Army, but everyone didn't realize that this was actually the Chu army, and the Chu army was outside the city, and it was impossible for them to appear inside the city gate.
"Who? Hold it! ”
Shouting loudly for the captain of the capital, as soon as his words fell, a thousand Chu troops suddenly launched, and the arrows were fired in unison, and a thousand arrows roared towards the defenders of the city gate, and more than 100 defenders of the city gate were defenseless, screaming and falling to the ground one after another, and even the lieutenant was hit by three or four arrows, screaming and falling to the ground.
"It's the Chu army, the Chu army has entered the city!"
Several Qi soldiers at the head of the city shouted, 'Dang! While! While! The alarm bell rang, the Changxia Gate was in chaos, and a hundred Chu troops rushed out of the city gate hole, controlled the city gate, smashed the iron door bolt, and squeaked the heavy city gate apart, but there was a drawbridge outside the city, and hundreds of soldiers rushed towards the city.
Nearly 1,000 Qi troops on the head of the city also rushed forward, swords and guns were connected, and the Chu army was in one place.
The thousand Chu army sent by Huangfu Wujin is also the elite of the entire army, all of them can be one enemy and five, extremely brave, under the leadership of the general Zheng Yannian, with tacit understanding, the Qi army was defeated and retreated, and in an instant, hundreds of Qi soldiers fell to the ground, along with the twenty heavy trebuchets on the head of the Changxia Gate City were all destroyed.
Another team of 100 Chu troops was fighting for the drawbridge winch, and more than 100 of the strongest Qi soldiers had a bloody battle, they were already less than ten steps away from the winch, and there were more than 50 Qi troops desperately resisting, they were huddled together, blocking in front of the winch.
At this time, a group of 200 muskets rushed to the city, and they all raised their guns together, aiming at the last 50 people, "Get out of the way!" "The musketeers shouted, and the Chu soldiers dodged one after another, 'Bah! Bang! Bang! After several rows of gunfire, the Qi soldiers fell to the ground in a row.
There were only a dozen or so last Qi soldiers left, they were dumbfounded, but a little dazed, the musketeers quickly loaded and raised their guns to aim mercilessly, and another row of guns rang out, and the last dozen Qi soldiers all fell in a pool of blood.
The winch began to turn, the huge drawbridge fell with a bang, the soldiers set fire to the tower, poured fire oil, and the fire rose into the air, and the flames on the Changxia Gate flew and the smoke billowed out.
Three miles away, the 50,000 Chu troops who were already ready to attack saw the fire signal at the head of Changxia Gate, and the deputy general Zhang Long waved his long knife and ordered: "Advance to Changxia Gate!" ”
The 50,000 Chu army rushed like a sea tide, swept towards the Changxia Gate in the snowflakes flying in the sky.
........ On the Luoshui River, the Chu army completely controlled the initiative, 500 soldiers divided into two routes, one way to the palace, while the other road was cruising in the Luoshui, shelling the Qi troops on both sides of the river, two of the three docks have been blown into ruins, and the two wooden bridges connecting the two banks of Luoshui have also been blown up. Luo Wei has understood the tactics of the Chu army, the Chuzhou naval army intends to be in the palace, although he is aware of this, but he is also out of reach, he is on the south bank of Luoshui, the main forces are also concentrated on the south bank of Luoshui, the bridges leading to the palace on the north bank have been blown up, he can not command the army on the north bank, nor can he get close to the river, hundreds of warships are showing off their might in Luoshui, any Qi army close to the river bank will be bombarded by artillery, and the Qi army is completely suppressed on both sides of the river A hundred paces away.
At this moment, many soldiers exclaimed, "Fire! The Long Summer Gate is on fire. ”
Luo Wei also saw the thick smoke billowing above the Changxia Gate, and the flames were soaring to the sky, he was suddenly unable to sit down, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh, it's over, Luo Jing is lost.
He suddenly turned to the soldier and shouted, "Everyone's gathered here!" ”
Nearly 10,000 soldiers gathered beside him one after another, and he shouted loudly: "Brothers, the Chu army has entered the city, Luojing has been lost, there is no point in defending, don't fight with the Chu army in the streets, that will hurt more innocents, everyone surrender!" Strive to meet your hometown as soon as possible, let's go! Put down your weapons, take off your armor, and don't resist any more. ”
Everyone in the Qi army was panicked, and the military spirit was discouraged, they threw down their weapons, took off their armor, and rushed to several military camps near Nanshi, everyone had their own personal belongings, and they wanted to protect their property, which was the property they had been soldiers for many years and were ready to bring back to their hometown to buy land and buy a house.
More than 10,000 soldiers ran clean in a short time, and only Luo Wei and a few of his personal soldiers were left in the square.
Luo Wei smiled bitterly and asked several of his personal soldiers: "Why don't you leave?" ”
"Let's go with the general."
Luo Wei sighed, "I won't leave, as long as my son and daughter are still alive, my surname is no longer important, you are still young, let's go!" Let's go! ”
"I'm gone, what about the general?"
"What if there is nothing? There are a lot of vacant rooms in Luojing! You can find a place to hide, take off your military uniform, I'm an insignificant old man, you follow me, but you will expose me, let's go! ”
Several pro-soldiers kowtowed to him, and then left him to escape, Luo Wei walked aimlessly on the dark street, and he didn't know where he should go? There were fine snowflakes floating in the sky, he felt that he was extremely relaxed, and he would never worry about the hegemony of King Qi again, he planned to return to his hometown to open up a vegetable field and live for the rest of his life.
Suddenly, a group of people rushed out of the dark alley, pointed at him and shouted: "There is a lone soldier over there, kill him!" ”
This is the riot squad spontaneously organized by the people in Ancongfang, they hide in the shadows, specifically to attack the lone Qi soldiers, the people of Luojing have a monstrous hatred for the Qi soldiers, dozens of people rushed up, and the sticks were thrown together, Luo Wei screamed and was knocked to the ground, the riot squad had no mercy, the iron rod and wooden stick smashed down on the head and face, and the poor once commanding Qi Qingjie envoy and the generalissimo of the Qi Wang Army, a group of angry people were beaten to death on the street.
........ The day gradually dawned, Huangfu Wujin led 100,000 Chu troops to begin to march into the city, at this time Luojing was still under martial law, the streets were empty, there was no one, the bridge connecting the two sides of Luoshui had been repaired by engineering troops.
Huangfu Wujin rode on a horse, looking at this familiar capital, looking at the streets and alleys, he felt a lot of emotion in his heart, the capital of the Daning Dynasty after the looting of wars again and again, important calm, it will regain the majestic posture of the world.
At this time, Zhou Yanbao stepped forward to report, "Your Highness, we searched every corner of the palace, but we couldn't find the emperor, and finally found a little eunuch, he knows a little about the situation. ”
With a wave of his hand, the soldiers escorted a little eunuch up, the little eunuch had been appeased in advance, he knelt down and said: "Back to His Royal Highness King Liang, King Qi had fled Luojing three days ago, and Princess Qi and the prince were no longer in the palace ten days ago. ”
"Where did they flee?"
"I've only heard a little bit, it may be the direction of Shuzhong, I don't know where it is."
Zhang Yannian next to him hurriedly said: "If you go to Shuzhong, it is likely that you will go to Hanzhong from Nanyang County first, and in three days, you may be able to catch up." ”
Huangfu Wujin shook his head, "Don't chase him, tell Yongjing the news, and let Yongjing clean them up!" ”
He turned around and ordered: "After cleaning up the remnants of the Qi army, you can lift martial law, rectify military discipline, and those who dare to disturb the people will be beheaded immediately!" ”
With that, he sped up his horse and ran towards the palace..........
(To be continued)