Chapter 868: Swept
In Jiankang City, Hu Hai and Feng Wan are leading more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to rely on the danger of the palace city in Jiankang Lake to make the last resistance. 【】【】
A day ago, when Hu Hai received the holy decree to withdraw from the quarry, he was still a little unwilling in his heart. Jiankang's inner and outer cities have been taken, but there is only one Huxin City left, and it only takes half a day to take it, how can he be willing to retreat at this time. By waiting for Feng Wan's father and daughter to converge, he led 10,000 people to stay in Jiankang.
As soon as Li Chengyi and the others left with their troops, he immediately launched an attack on the palace city in the middle of the lake. The palace city in the center of the lake is built in the center of Xuanwu Lake, surrounded by lakes, only a ten-mile-long imperial road is connected, and there are nine palace gates on the royal road.
However, Hu Hai was determined to take the palace city in the middle of the lake, so although the officials and nobles of the Chen State who hid in the city also resisted desperately, they only lasted for half a day after all, and were finally captured by Hu Hai in one fell swoop.
However, Hu Hai, who captured the entire Jiankang City and successfully rescued the Emperor Taishang and the children of the imperial family, only had time to rejoice for a while, and received extremely bad news. Feng Wan's father and daughter, who went south to search for the main force of the Wu army, came back, but when they went south, they brought 20,000 Turkish troops, but when they came back, they brought with them less than 8,000 defeated soldiers.
Brought back with the 8,000 defeated soldiers, there was also the intelligence that Shen Luoyan led the army to appear in Yuhang.
The two armies converged in Jiankang City, and before they could catch their breath, Hu Hai was about to escort the Emperor Taishang to retreat to the quarry. Countless Wu troops had suddenly appeared outside Jiankang City. It was under the banner of Du Fuwei, the marshal of the Huainan Army. There are many enemies, according to the Malay report, Du Fuwei led 70,000 troops to surround Jiankang City.
The defeated army of Hu Hai and Feng Wan combined was less than 20,000 horses, including 70,000 troops surrounded in the city.
Jiankang City is indeed very tall and strong, but there are too many gates in Jiankang City, and it is easy to defend with many soldiers and horses, but it is difficult to defend with few soldiers and horses.
There are 18 gates in the outer city, 13 gates in the inner city, nine gates on the outer wall of the palace city, and nine gates on the royal road in the lake. It adds up to forty-nine gates. With so many gates, it is undoubtedly very difficult to rely on less than 20,000 soldiers and horses to defend them. What's more, Hu Hai and they still play away. The people of Jiankang City are not on their side.
As soon as Du Fuwei led the troops, he immediately besieged Jiankang City, making it clear that he was not going to let anyone go. And he actually did the same, and immediately after the soldiers and horses surrounded Jiankang, he launched a siege battle. It doesn't stop for a moment, and it doesn't stop at all.
Even in the face of Hu Hai's stubborn defense, the Huainan army simply ignored the casualties and kept attacking fiercely. For a whole day, the eighteen gates of the outer city had been lost, and it was less than half a day. Eighteen gates of the inner city were lost.
In the end, Hu Hai and the others only had more than 7,000 people left to retreat to the city in the middle of the lake, relying on the danger of Xuanwu Lake to hold on step by step. However, they held out for two days, and at this time they were almost in a state of curling knives, running out of arrows, hungry, and physically and mentally exhausted.
Hu Hai, who was dyed and wounded in several places, knelt in the main hall and said to Emperor Chen Shen in the dragon chair in the hall: "Your Majesty, the last general is incompetent, and the palace city will not last long." The end is ready. After a while, His Majesty the Emperor Taishang put on the uniforms of Wu Jun's soldiers, and the two generals, Feng Wan and Feng An, would take a small team of elite soldiers to leave from Xuanwu Lake by boat at night. Xuanwu Lake can have a river leading directly to the Yangtze River, and His Majesty the Emperor can withdraw to the north of the Yangtze River. As long as you get to Jiangbei, you don't have to worry about it! ”
"What about General Hu and the other soldiers?" Chen Shen sat on the dragon chair. The face is calm, under the gray hair. I don't seem to see the slightest panic or panic. Perhaps for him, he has experienced too many such moments in his life, suffering the death of the country when he was young, and being exiled to Hexi for decades as an adult. His son's rebellion implicated him in prison, and he was rescued by the old ministry to protect the country, but in the end he was placed under house arrest in the deep palace. His life is a legend, a history of humiliation. …,
"Your Majesty the Emperor, the last general will hold on to the end, for His Majesty."
When Hu Hai said this, a sense of absolute emotion arose. The Huainan army that appeared outside Jiankang City had already made him understand that everything was really as His Majesty the Emperor said, because of his unauthorized actions, Shen Luoyan finally set a trap for this, and counted the entire Chen army in Jiangdong. And all this because of him. Because of his unauthorized transfer of troops, because of his greed for merit, there will be such a result of losing a teacher and misleading the country.
At this point, he no longer dared to ask for the emperor's forgiveness, he only hoped that he could die on the battlefield in the end and atone for his sins.
"Please make a quick decision, we won't last long." Hu Hai reminded.
Seeing that Chen Shen was still hesitating, Feng Ang on the side immediately said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, if you continue to stay in the city, in fact, not only can you not increase the morale of the soldiers, but it will make the soldiers worry and affect their combat effectiveness." What's more, if the city is broken, and His Majesty falls back into the hands of Shen Luoyan, His Majesty will become a bargaining chip for them to confront His Majesty the Emperor. And if Your Majesty leaves, this will actually let the soldiers have no worries, and it will not give Shen Shun a chance to coerce. What's more, if you go north, Your Majesty the Emperor will be able to reunite with His Majesty the Emperor, what a happy thing it is, Your Majesty the Emperor should not hesitate any longer. ”
Chen Shen hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded in agreement. Because of the urgency of the matter, Chen Shen was only escorted to break through this time, and the Empress Shen and the young prince he had previously ordained did not bring with them. Chen Shen wanted to bring them with him, but when he mentioned it, Hu Hai, Feng Ang and the others did not respond, and he already knew about their thoughts. Empress Shen is the cousin of the original queen, but she is also a member of the Shen clan. Although the young prince is young, he actually has a conflict with his son Chen Pojun.
Chen Shen turned out of the hall under the escort of Feng Ang and others, and Hu Hai caught up with Feng Wan when Feng Wan was about to leave: "No matter what happens, please escort the Emperor Taishang back to Jiangbei!" For Hu Hai, this may be the most meaningful thing he has done in Jiangdong this time.
Feng Wan nodded: "I will not disgrace my mission!" ”
In addition to admonishing Feng Wan, Hu Hai also told the members of the small pair who broke through this time one by one. For the sake of secrecy. In addition to Chen Shen and Feng Wan's father and daughter, the people who broke through this time. There are also eighteen highly skilled lieutenant officers. These people are not only good at martial arts, but also the best middle-level officers under Hu Hai. He couldn't bear to let these people die here, and hoped that they would make new achievements after breaking through.
Looking at the back that was gradually moving away, Hu Hai sighed in his heart. That's all he can do, and I hope that when the emperor investigates the responsibility of this time in the future, he can remember that he saved the emperor and treat his family well. []
As soon as Hu Hai walked out of the main hall, a herald had already hurried over. "Dudu, the Wu army has broken through the outer city of the lake, and they have made a batch of woodcuts. did not storm the nine gates of the imperial road, but directly killed the palace city in the center of the lake from the lake. At present, they have broken through Jian'anmen in the west of the island city, and hundreds of people have already attacked. ”
Hu Hai jumped to his feet and scolded, and quickly jumped on the war horse. He knew there would be this moment. But I didn't expect Wu Jun to be so fast.
Although it is traditionally necessary to pass through a ten-mile royal road to climb the palace castle in the middle of the lake, but now is the time to siege the city, and the enemy will not follow the rules, so they will come directly by wood. There is also a ring of siege along the water around the Miyagi in the center of the lake, and there are nine gates. He didn't expect that the Wu army would capture a city gate so quickly.
Hu Hai led the guards directly through the center of the palace, the island in the middle of the lake is not small, and there are 9,999 palaces. However, at this time, the entire palace city had long been under martial law, and those who had retreated into the Jiangdong aristocratic family in the palace had already been arrested and imprisoned, and the remaining palace maids and eunuchs in the original palace. As well as the Chen clan members who were under house arrest, they were also placed in some halls. At this time, the streets of the palace gate were completely empty and silent. …,
The iron hooves of the war horse stepped on the palace road paved with bluestone, and Dada rattled. Because of this, Hu Hai was able to rush to Jian'anmen in the fastest time. When he arrived at Jian'anmen, there were countless corpses on the streets inside Jian'anmen, and it was impossible to distinguish between the enemy and the enemy, and at least thousands of corpses were piled up within the small city gate.
However, the situation of Jian'anmen was okay, and under the counterattack of Chen Jun, Jian'anmen was finally recaptured desperately. However, at this time, more and more soldiers of the Wu army had already landed on the island outside Jian'anmen on the wooden fell, and even set up a shield array.
Under the cover of the shield array. More and more Wu troops are pouring towards Jian'anmen.
"Bang!"
Jian'anmen shook for a while, and I don't know when the Wu army actually brought a siege force and was slamming into Jian'anmen.
"-." Hu Hai burst into flames, and they in the city had already been wiped out. Facing the Wu army under the city, in addition to demolishing houses and taking stones and wood. There is simply no other way. But the houses in the palace are too tall and difficult to dismantle, far from enough.
"It's not the way to wait, we're going to open the door, we're going to kill them, and we're going to drive all the dogs down the lake to feed the fish." Hu Hai waved his lance and roared, and the big scar on his face was even more purple and hideous.
Su Lie said cautiously on the side: "Governor, the last general feels that it is better to hold on to the city. The enemy army is outnumbered, and it is impossible to kill. If you are not careful, the city gate may be lost. We have already gone out of the city three times before, and it won't take long for the Wu army to regroup. But we can't, for every one who dies, one less. It's better to hold on, maybe hold on for a day or two, and Your Majesty will arrive. ”
Hu Hai had completely aroused his ferocity at this time, this general Yuanzuo, who had been following the emperor from the beginning, had fought too many bad battles in those most difficult years. At this time, in the face of a group of soft-footed Jiangdong shrimp that he had never looked down on, he was surrounded and beaten, and he was forced to be like this, and the fire in his heart went straight up. And this time he has decided that even if he survives by luck in the future, he will not be able to escape the emperor's punishment.
Under this mentality, he has more of a mentality of seeking death, a heart of dying vigorously on the battlefield.
"it, mother-of-the-art Wu Jun. Open the door, let them in, and we'll round them up and kill!" Lao Tzu wants to see if Wu Jun's dog day is fast, or if we kill it quickly. Brethren, perhaps this is our last battle, killing one is enough, killing two to earn one. What is so terrible about death, even if it is dead, it is nothing more than a horse leather shroud. Your family will be taken care of by Your Majesty and the court. Anyway, it's all a death, if you want to die, you will die happily, and you will kill enough! ”
"Kill enough, die a happy death!" These proud soldiers of the Chen Army, at this time, the mountains and rivers were exhausted, and there was no way out, and they all broke out with the fierceness in the deepest part of their hearts. These soldiers who have experienced countless lives and deaths, there is a hidden evil aura in everyone's heart, and at this time, they have no scruples and are completely released.
"Squeak!"
The Jian'an Gate slowly opened. The Wu army, which was pushing the battering ram outside, was caught off guard. Directly pushed the battering ram into the city. The soldiers of the Wu army under the shield behind thought that the battering ram was effective, and broke through the city gate, and immediately roared one by one and rushed into the city with their shields and knives.
In a few moments, hundreds of Wu troops had already rushed into the city, but they didn't have to wait long for them to be happy. Suddenly, countless spears flew in the whistle, killing dozens of Wu soldiers in an instant. Immediately afterwards, a shocking roar sounded, and countless Chen Jun with steel knives and spears around them had rushed over to kill. The Buddha should kill the Buddha, and the god should block and kill the god.
Hu Hai seemed to have entered a state of madness at this time, and the armor on his body had been taken off, in early winter. He was wearing only a pair of calf-nosed shorts, a naked chest full of scars, two strong thighs bare, and a handful of bright light in both hands. A huge and incomparably enlarged version of the Changmo knife. …,
With a strange knife in hand, there is a tendency to look at the world.
Hu Hai held the knife with both hands, but the Da Mo knife that weighed dozens of catties was as light as a weight, and every time he took a step, Hu Hai yelled a killing word.
Swinging knives with both hands, cutting horizontally and vertically, there is no enemy at all. Wu Jun was already much weaker than the northern men, not to mention that Hu Hai was still a general with a hundred enemies. A Mo knife in hand, left and right chop, horizontal and vertical chop. The blocker is clothed.
In a few moments, at least ten people had already died at the hands of Hu Hai, and all of them were in a terrifying state of death, either split in half or cut into two pieces, and there was not even a single intact corpse. When he was killed, Hu Hai was completely red-eyed, he cut when he saw it, and he split it when he encountered it.
Gradually, the shouting and killing around gradually stopped. As far as the eye can see, except for the black armor or the black armor, there is no longer a Wu army soldier in red armor. Shaking his head, Hu Hai saw that the Chen soldiers around him were looking at him with strange expressions, and couldn't help shouting, "What." What about those damn Wu Jun? ”
Su Lie, who was stained red with blood, stepped forward with a big smile on his face: "Governor, good news." Your Majesty's reinforcements have arrived. Just now, there was a loud noise outside for a long time, but the governor was red-eyed and deaf. ”
"What, Your Majesty has arrived?" Hu Hai was stunned, a little incredulous.
"Indeed, Your Majesty has arrived. Moreover, they had previously defeated the two armies of Wu Junzhen's southern army, Shan Xiongxin, Sun Shihan and Chen Guoren, and recaptured the quarry. Just now, he chased and killed the Zhennan army all the way and killed outside Jiankang City. His Majesty's army attacked three times, and Du Fuwei was completely defeated. I heard that the loud noise I heard earlier was that our sailors were helping to fire artillery on the Yangtze River, and a few rounds of artillery bombardment made Wu's lungs tremble, and then he was rushed by His Majesty's horse, and he was immediately defeated. ”
Hu Hai still had a look of disbelief, but after seeing that in addition to the countless corpses outside Jian'an Gate, there was not a single Wu soldier again, and he couldn't help but believe a little.
"And that's the end? Your Majesty, I have to go and ask Your Majesty for my guilt. Hu Hai, who picked up a life, did not feel relaxed, but felt a little heavier.
"Your Majesty left Marshal Li Benlei to sit in Jiankang, responsible for attacking the Wu army in Jingkou and clearing and dispersing the Wu army. His Majesty has already led most of the troops to chase and kill Du Fuwei, Shan Xiongxin and others all the way to the south. Your Majesty ordered me to wait for a short rest and recuperate, and immediately lead my headquarters south to join Your Majesty, this time, Your Majesty will sweep Jiangdong in one fell swoop, completely defeat the Wu army, and take Jiangdong as a whole! ”
Hearing the news, Hu Hai was also overjoyed and surprised. The good thing is that although there were many twists and turns in the Jiangdong affair this time, it seems that because of his unauthorized actions, the imperial court was able to recover the entire Jiangdong ahead of schedule. But one yard is one yard, although the imperial court recovered Jiangdong and was exempt from being calculated by Shen Luoyan. But all this is the credit of the emperor, and his responsibility is still inevitable.
"Quick, quickly send someone to recover the two General Feng and let them escort His Majesty back." Now that the emperor has arrived and defeated Du Fuwei, it is natural that there is no need to send the emperor to Jiangbei again.
"Don't worry, I arranged someone to go early." Su Wei said with a smile on his face. Just a moment ago, they all thought they were dead, but they didn't expect that a moment later, instead of dying, they stood here as the reconquests of Jiankang City. Don't mention this feeling in my heart, it is an indescribable feeling for the rest of my life.
"Governor, when are we leaving?"
"Of course, we will set off immediately, send down the order, gather the troops and horses, and immediately deliver Jiankang City to the old Marshal Li Benlei, and we will immediately set off south to join Your Majesty after supplying to the marshal." Hu Hai said loudly.
Although the Wu army in the quarrying direction and Jiankang had already fled, they were only defeated and fled, and they were not annihilated, or even severely damaged. These soldiers and horses are not afraid of being separated, but once they are gathered, plus there is Shen Luoyan, a woman who is good at strategy, it will still be a big trouble.
And this time there will be no more trouble, Hu Hai now just wants to rush to the emperor's side as soon as possible, perform well, and strive to atone for his crimes.
However, except for Hu Hai, the other soldiers did not have so many worries. In their opinion, this time they turned to fight thousands of miles, first breaking Jiujiang, and then fighting Jiangdong. In the end, he captured Jiankang and rescued the emperor, but this feat cannot be erased. Now that the moment of desperateness has passed, everyone's mind is looking forward to how the emperor will reward them next.
Is it wealth or land, or an official position, or a knighthood?
The soldiers of the Chen army, who had survived the 8,000 bloody battles, immediately left the city quickly after the Li Benlei battalion in the city was hurriedly replenished, and their morale was high all the way, the flags were fluttering, and they chased after the south with swords and guns. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )