Chapter 403: Man Jianghong
After the big sacrifice, Yang Yi finally had a military operation, but he did not directly send troops south to attack Kunlun Pass. And let Liu Wu lead 5,000 cavalry to the east and seize Guizhou.
Penn Prefecture is less than 200 miles away from Guizhou, with hilly terrain and relatively flat roads, and Liu Wu's 5,000 cavalry can reach Guizhou in about one day.
At this time, under the city of Guizhou, the drums of war were already beating, and the blood was flowing.
Su Qingliang, the fourth general of Guangxi, got Yang Yi's death order, and did not dare to slack off at all, leading more than 10,000 people and horses from various states to attack the city day and night regardless of casualties.
The deadline given to him by Yang Yi is June 30, which is today, and if he can't take Guizhou back today, Su Qingliang believes that Yang Yi will definitely cut off his head.
Because this is the first military order since Yang Yi's southern expedition, if the first military order is not implemented, Yang Yi will have no prestige in front of the generals in the future, and whoever is the commander will not hesitate to make the knife, how can Su Qingliang not know such a simple truth.
Although Su Qingliang's troops are similar to Chen Chang, who is defending the city, he can only break the cauldron and risk a death blow, and he also gave a death order to his soldiers, Wu Chang retreated, Wu Chang retreated, Shi Chang retreated, all Shi Chang retreated, all everything was killed. The captain died, all on the head; All heads are dead, and the commander is on the top; The command is to die, and he himself is up.
This battle lasted for four days and four nights, extremely tragic, 15,000 men and horses, more than half of the dead and wounded, and the officers and generals were even more than seven out of ten.
Chen Chang, the enemy general in the city, was not happy, because the Song army was superior to the Yue army in weapons, and the Guizhou city wall was less than two zhang high, and the grenades could be easily thrown on the city, causing a lot of casualties to the Vietnamese army.
Up to a few days ago, the casualties of the Vietnamese army were no less than those of the Song army, and there were less than 4,000 of the original 10,000 horses left, all of whom were wounded, exhausted, and demoralized.
After four days of unremitting fighting, no one cared about burying the dead, blood and corpses drifted down the Xijiang River, and the river water dozens of miles away was still red, and the bloody wind was blowing in the face.
Su Qingliang was thirty-six years old, his helmet had been taken off, his long hair was scattered, and he was standing on a mound of dirt with a steel knife full of gaps, looking at thousands of soldiers with clotted blood and smoky fire, many of whom were wrapped in straps, and blood was still seeping.
At first, they were forced to fight hard because of strict orders, but after a few days and nights, the companions around them fell one by one, and the generals died one after another generously, and the monstrous blood feud almost broke everyone's chest. Now, every soldier has only one thought in his heart: killing one is enough, and killing two is profitable.
Su Qingliang's eyes widened violently, and he shouted: "Soldiers, today is our deadline, if we can't recapture Guizhou City, we will never steal our lives, and swear to throw the corpses of our brothers who died in battle together and go to Huangquan together." When the time comes, no one will care about you, whether you retreat or flee, you can always stay alive. Soldiers, please take another look at those comrades who died in battle, their heroic spirits are watching you, whether to die with them or live in secret, what do you decide? ”
"Never steal your life, go to Huangquan together!"
"Never steal your life, go to Huangquan together!"
"Never steal your life, go to Huangquan together!"
…… Thousands of soldiers brandished swords and guns, roaring with tears, the bleeding wounds, mutilated swords and guns, loose armor, and death-defying eyes, a tragic aura condensed between heaven and earth, and the scorching sun was eclipsed.
Su Qingliang shouted again: "Now, Ben will order you to attack the city for the last time with Ben General." Born to be a hero, to die to be a spirit! ”
"Born to be British! Die for the Spirit! ”
"Born to be British! Die for the Spirit! ”
"Born to be British! Die for the Spirit! ”
…… The war drums beat again, startled the red waves of the Xijiang River, shook the crumbling city wall, the solemn murderous aura made the birds dare not cross, the beasts fled far away, thousands of Song soldiers under the leadership of Su Qingliang, carrying the ladder, holding the iron shield, braving the enemy's arrow rain, such as the waves of the Han Sea, pounced on the city wall of Guizhou.
The hoarse shouts, the whistling of arrows, the clashing of armor, the dull footsteps, the sound of sorrow and gall.
Seeing that the Song army pounced again, Chen Chang, the Yue general in the city, was very anxious, and kept running and shouting at the head of the city: "Brothers, cheer me up and repel the Song army, Ruan Dashuai has sent 20,000 reinforcements, led by General Ke Changluo to reinforce us, as long as it is supported for a while and a half, the reinforcements will arrive at any time......"
"General Chen, be careful!"
The guards around him exclaimed, raised their shields to block, and a sharp arrow shot by the Divine Arm Bow snapped, piercing the guard's body, and the strength was not exhausted, and it was nailed into Chen Chang's right arm before it was stuck by the bone.
The guard vomited blood and died, Chen Chang also snorted in pain, one of his right arms was suddenly soaked in blood, the guard fell to the ground with arrows, the barb of the arrow hooked a large piece of flesh on Chen Chang's arm, and one arm was so painful that he lost consciousness...... "General Chen!" ”
"General Chen!"
Other guards surrounded him one after another, to help him into the watchtower, at this moment of life and death, where did Chen Chang dare to retreat, regardless of the blood flowing, he still kept shouting to boost morale: "Brothers, you must hold on, the Song army is repulsed, the Song army is also the end of the crossbow, as long as they block their attack this time, they will definitely not be able to attack again, and when our reinforcements arrive, we can destroy these remnants in one fell swoop......"
Although Chen Chang roared hard, the effect was not great, and Song Jun shouted, "Born to be a hero!" Die for the Spirit! "With the determination to rush to the end together, at this time, the so-called reinforcements are all jokes before they see it! There were less than 4,000 people in the city, and they were all scarred, and even the arrows were running out, and the rolling stones and wood were already exhausted.
Now it is the will of both sides that is fighting, but it is obvious that the will of the Song army is stronger than theirs.
As soon as the cloud ladder with barbs went up to the city wall, Su Qingliang was the first to rush up, there was no way out, if he couldn't take the city today, he would die anyway, it was better to die a heroic death. He bit a big knife in his mouth, raised his shield in one hand, climbed in the other, and struggled to climb up to the top of the city.
When there was a bang, a stone smashed on his shield, the shield was smashed out of his hand and flew away, Su Qingliang simply used both hands, quickly climbed up, took off the big knife when he approached the city, roared violently and waved the knife to cut off a spear that was stabbed down, and then made two steps in three steps, and struggled to jump on the head of the city, roaring and splitting, splitting the heads of the two attacking Vietnamese soldiers into a flying head, and blood spurted like a spring.
It is not the first time that the Song army has killed the head of the city, but this time it is very different, everyone risked their lives, regardless of life and death, and went forward one after another, and Su Qingliang's tyrannical roar continued to echo in the city, inspiring all the Song troops to be churning.
The corpses of the Song soldiers continued to fall under the city, but at the same time, more Song troops rushed to the city, the blood of the robes sprayed their heads and faces, and the dead Heroic Soul rope wrapped around their heads.
"Born to be British! Die for the Spirit! ”
"Born to be British! Die for the Spirit! ”
"Born to be British! Die for the Spirit! ”
…….
In the continuous shouting, the white-knuckle battle at the head of the city entered the **, with more and more Song troops rushing up, soon opened up a position at the head of the city, the Vietnamese army in Chen Chang's angry shout, but also counterattacked again and again, hoping to drive the Song army down the city.
Swords and spears flew on the head of the city, swords were broken, the two sides gritted their teeth and fought hard, a puddle of blood sprayed on the city, corpses piled up like a wall, and the blood on the ground was almost up to the surface of the feet!
"Kill! Kill, kill, kill! Su Qingliang was constantly arrogant, the sword light rolled over, and the blood on his body made him look like a demon that devoured people, and the Vietnamese army was intimidated by his fierce murderous aura, and they retreated one after another, and the soldiers around him continued to advance with Su Qingliang...... "Yue Gou is defeated!" Chen Chang escaped! ”
"The dog is defeated! Chen Chang escaped! ”
…… The Song soldiers began to shout excitedly, and many Vietnamese soldiers looked back, and sure enough, they saw several guards fleeing down the city with Chen Chang, in fact, because Chen Chang had been fighting for several days, and had just been pierced in the right arm, and he had lost too much blood and fell into a semi-coma.
The Vietnamese soldiers did not care about this, and as soon as the main general fled, they no longer had the heart to fight, and they rushed one after another. After fighting to the death for several days, the battle came to this, the enmity between the two sides was as deep as the sea, and the blood debt was like a mountain, where would the Song army let them go? Fight to catch up, slash and kill, clearly not planning to let go of a live mouth.
The defeat was like a mountain, the Vietnamese army no longer had the courage to turn back and fight again, one by one lost their armor and took off their armor, they fled from the south gate, and then fled along the river to the southwest, the Song army did not give up, chased all the way for more than ten miles, until the knife could not be held, the feet could not be lifted, and then they gave up.
At dusk, Su Qingliang, who had collected his troops and returned to the city, looked at the corpses all over the city, the ruins and ruins covered with black smoke, no joy or sorrow, his heart was numb, and the soldiers who left behind were all so tired that they didn't even have the strength to move.
Su Qingliang only asked people to remove the corpses blocking the city gate, close the city gate, and then everyone didn't even eat dinner, and fell asleep at the head of the city.
Su Qingliang also roughly guessed why Yang Yi ordered him to recapture Guizhou as soon as possible, Guangxi is narrow and sparsely populated, and there is a lack of materials, so it is impossible for Yang Yi to raise the supplies of tens of thousands of troops on the spot, and it is extremely difficult to transfer them from the direction of Guizhou, and the mountain roads are rugged, and there is no room for carriages and horses.
Guangzhou is one of the four foreign trade ports of the Great Song Dynasty, and the materials are abundant, and the most convenient way to transport Guangzhou's materials in is the Xijiang waterway.
After figuring out this, Su Qingliang doesn't blame Yang Yi, Guizhou is too important, if it is not controlled, Yang Yi's tens of thousands of troops will become trapped beasts in a cage, and if they are recaptured, Guizhou and Penn will be able to form horns and force Yongzhou.
If you want to blame, you can only blame yourself for the hardship of your life, and you have to bear this drudgery. Su Qingliang is not like other soldiers, he can sleep with confidence, his mind is turning over and over, seeing that the night is approaching, suddenly, the soldier in charge of the guard post ran over and shouted loudly: "General Su, the big thing is not good, there is a fire in the upper reaches of the Yujiang River, it seems that the army is in action, General Su go and take a look......"
Without waiting for the soldier to finish speaking, Su Qingliang had already jumped up and went straight to the city, and sure enough, more than ten miles upstream of the Yujiang River, pieces of torches were intertwined, like a sea of fire.
Su Qingliang's eyes were stung, the enemy army, only the enemy army coming from this direction is the enemy army, his thousands of men and horses are exhausted, do you still have the strength to fight again? Now I'm afraid the knife is on their necks, and they don't bother to move.
Su Qingliang couldn't help but shout in despair: "Heaven will kill me!" ”
(To be continued)