The Qingshui Water Gate creaked open, the huge iron fence was hoisted one after another, the wide water gate in the north of the quarry city slowly opened a passage, and countless assault boats had been put down on the naval warships on the Yangtze River.

On the battlefield of Nancheng, the Wu army was on the offensive, and although Quarry had 20,000 reinforcements, it had already fought two battles outside the city before, and retreated into the city at this time. Although the number of soldiers and horses reached 20,000, but the city defense equipment has long been exhausted, Li Chengyi's 20,000 reinforcements marched all the way to the hurried, and there were two major battles outside the city, at this time they were all empty quivers, and the gunpowder was exhausted. 20,000 horses defended the city, all with spears and horizontal knives in their hands, fighting to the death.

The Wu army has 80,000 people, at this time in the face of the quarry city that has been broken once, there is no scruples at all, the whole army is divided into three batches, the east, south, and west three city walls are attacked at the same time, countless siege ladders are set up on the city head one after another, and one after another Wu army is like ants attached, desperately crawling to the city head.

"The first one to rush to the head of the city will have a bounty of one hundred taels!"

"Whoever wins Xu Shiji's head will be rewarded with a thousand taels!"

The rewards were released one after another, which stimulated the morale of those Wu soldiers to the peak. Especially Shan Xiongxin's Zhennan Army, which had suffered such a big loss before, was even more desperate in attacking the city at this time, and it seemed that it was going to be ashamed.

The Wu army attacked the city on three sides, and relied on the strength of the army, at this time to carry out a non-stop wheel warfare method. One by one, soldiers and horses rushed forward. Take turns storming. Not a moment was given to the defenders to rest.

By the afternoon, the offensive and defensive battles had reached a fever pitch. The defenders of the city have almost exhausted all their equipment, and the Wu army under the city has already cut down trees at this time, and under the desperate efforts of the craftsmen, they have instead made hundreds of siege equipment, catapults, ladders, rushing cars, battering rams, trestle bridges, and large shields!

With the addition of this batch of siege equipment, the offensive of the Wu army became more violent, under the long-range suppression of catapults and bows and arrows. The defenders at the head of the city were completely suppressed. Countless Wu troops took the opportunity to desperately attack the city, and in the afternoon, the south gate of the outer city was the first to be breached.

The city gate was smashed open by a huge iron-clad siege hub, and the Wu army, which had been waiting for a long time, immediately poured in like a tide with a large shield.

At this time, the 20,000 defenders of the city also suffered heavy casualties. By this time, there were nearly 10,000 casualties, and there were only more than 10,000 people left who could fight, and they had to defend the three cities at the same time. In the face of the influx of Wu troops, they could only retreat.

At this point, it's really a bit exhausted.

"Retreat to the inner city!" Xu Shiji reluctantly ordered.

"Woooooooooooo ————”

At this moment, the direction of the Yangtze River in the north of the city suddenly sounded a continuous horn, and the sound was excited.

"Report! General Chen Shan, the governor of Anhui, led 5,000 defenders of Liyang, and the fourth detachment of the Anlan fleet of the Yangtze River Navy Division has crossed the river! In the midst of the confusion, a herald hurried to the head of the city and reported loudly.

"What? Governor Chen Shandu has arrived? Good. Well, God help me! As soon as Xu Shiji heard that the reinforcements had arrived, although there were not many of them, since Chen Shan, the governor of Anhui, had arrived, it was estimated that the army led by the emperor himself would not be far away.

"Come on, blow the horn and beat the drum, the whole army will counterattack, and they will all rush with me and take Nancheng back!" Xu Shiji waved his sword and roared, and took the lead in getting off the city and getting on the horse. Kill towards the south gate. Immediately, thousands of infantry immediately screamed and slaughtered towards the south gate, and many Chen soldiers who were injured and resting under the city also carried weapons and killed them after the big rear.

Outside the south city gate, Sun Shihan, who was about to ride into the city with a happy face, suddenly found out. The subordinate soldiers who were originally advancing suddenly retreated. It was constantly pushed out of the south gate.

As if confirming his thoughts, he only heard a huge roar suddenly erupt from the south city gate: "Long live the broken army!" Then Wu Jun was knocked out at a faster speed, and in a moment, a huge banner with the character Chen had been replanted on the south city gate. …,

"Report!" A gallop to the scene.

"Report, report to the general, I found that there are a large number of warships on the surface of the Yangtze River! The battleship has already landed, and a large number of Chen troops have landed in the city! ”

"Damn it!" Chen Guoren scolded angrily when he heard this. "Do you know how many Chen army reinforcements have arrived?"

"It's estimated to be over 10,000!"

"More than 10,000?" Sun Shihan on the other side stroked his beard when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "All the Chen troops in the north and south of the river add up to only 50,000 people, and Chen Feng has led 20,000 people across the river and captured Jingkou. The brothers Li Chengyi and Li Chengli led 20,000 people to cross the river from quarrying. Counting up, there are at most 10,000 people left in Jiangbei and Huainan, and now it seems that they have fought hard and sent all the soldiers and horses across the river. It's okay to do this, just in time to be annihilated in one fell swoop, and when we cross the river, it will be just the time to fully recover the land of Huaisi without trouble. General Chen, General Shan, fight, let's fight with them here! ”

Chen Guoren and Sun Shihan both nodded, the battle was fought to this point, there was no advance or retreat, no matter how many reinforcements there were, they could only fight.

The drums rumbled, and the Chen army received a new reinforcement, and it was the morale that was strong, and it took the opportunity to counterattack. However, the Wu army also relied on the large number of people and did not plan to stop, intending to break through the quarrying in one fell swoop. Both sides were completely red-eyed, one counterattacking, the other onslaught.

Chen Shan led 5,000 reinforcements to arrive, but the situation of quarrying did not improve. On the contrary, because of the arrival of Chen Shan, the direction of the Wu army has comprehensively strengthened the offensive.

Kill from afternoon to sunset, from dusk to late at night!

Raise fire and fight at night, non-stop!

Under the quarrying city, nearly 100,000 troops tore apart for a whole day and night, and the blood had already stained the city walls and the earth, and the corpses were piled up like mountains, and the blood flowed like a river.

The corpses under the city were piled up into a hill, reducing the walls of the city by a few points.

The outer city of quarrying has already been breached again, and not only that, but the inner city has also fallen under the accumulation of countless soldiers' lives.

By this time, the defenders of the city had less than 8,000 left, and they had to retreat to the small inner fort to resist. However, the tall and sturdy castle had been damaged in many places, and several places had been destroyed. If it weren't for Chen Jun's desperate life, he would have re-plugged the gap. Quarrying has already fallen several times.

The Wu army has not stopped attacking, and is still attacking wave after wave, not giving Chen Jun time to rest at all.

For a day and two nights, Chen Jun didn't sleep until he even had time to take a sip of water, and he was completely on the verge of collapse.

"General, take a sip of porridge!" A squad officer with a broken arm and an injured eye was directing a group of wounded soldiers who were also seriously injured to carry several buckets of gruel up the city wall.

Xu Shiji grinned his chapped lips and smiled bitterly.

"Leave it to the brethren to drink, and the brethren have worked hard."

"Is General Xu worried that His Majesty's reinforcements won't arrive in time?" Chen Kedi strode over. Scooped up a large bowl of gruel and drank it all in one gulp, and said with a smile.

Xu Shiji looked in the direction of Jiangbei and was speechless.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty will be here soon. When you get to Liyang, you have to mobilize boats to cross the river. Otherwise, it should have arrived. ”

Xu Shiji sighed: "But the quarrying has been lost, even if Your Majesty comes to help, I am afraid that I will not be able to land at that time." ”

While the two were talking, they suddenly heard a loud bang, and then a burst of color suddenly erupted in the dark night sky. A huge flower of flame blooming in the sky is so charming.

"It's Your Majesty, Your Majesty has arrived!"

Many Chen Jun officers in the city have already shouted, this kind of fireworks is so beautiful, the whole world. Only Chen Jun has mastered this thing, and only Chen Jun likes to use fireworks as a signal.

Xu Shiji stood up, breathed a long sigh of relief, looked around at the surrounding people, and said loudly: "Everyone, the reinforcements have arrived, and His Majesty personally led an army of 100,000 to help!" When he said this, he smiled and tried to pretend to be calm, but his tone trembled involuntarily. …,

There was silence. Silent.

When the soldiers finally reacted, they erupted into a frenzied cheer. In less than half an hour, the good news spread throughout the quarrying inner fort, and the hungry and cold soldiers burst into tears of excitement one by one.

This is not only because they have the hope of being rescued, but also because they are moved.

They never imagined that it was His Majesty the Emperor who personally led the army to help. At this moment, all the defenders felt a great sense of excitement. They fought bloodily. They were under siege, but the court did not forget them, and the emperor did not forget them.

"Dispatch 3,000 elite warriors who dare to fight, follow me to the northern city, and welcome His Majesty's landing!" Chen Kedi drew his sword in his hand and shouted loudly. Suddenly, countless soldiers responded, and everyone rushed to greet His Majesty. I want to sweep out a landing beach for His Majesty.

At the same time, the generals of the Wu army, who had completely occupied the inner and outer city walls, also learned of the arrival of Chen army reinforcements as soon as possible.

"Report! Countless warships were found crossing the river, and they were now less than two miles away from the south bank! ”

"Report! There are thousands of battleships in size, including hundreds of large warships! ”

"Report! The enemy flagship was found, and the flag on it was Chen Kefu's Yellow Dragon Banner! ”

"Report! At present, at least eighteen battalion flags have been discovered, all of which are the elite battalions of the Chen army! ”

One report after another came, which immediately stunned Shan Xiongxin, Chen Guoren, Sun Shihan and others.

"Impossible! Yellow Dragon Banner? Do you want to tell me that Chen Kefu actually got here? Chen Guoren's first reaction was that this was not true. A few days ago, I heard that Chen Kefu was still supervising the battle in Taiyuan, how could he bring so many soldiers and horses to Jiangbei all at once. And even if Chen Kefu really came, it would be impossible for him to bring so many soldiers and horses at once. Where did he come from? There is no longer a single soldier in the land of Jiangbei and Huainan, this cannot be true.

Shan Xiongxin also said with a solemn face: "There are a thousand warships, even if there are only three hundred warships among them, it is equivalent to all the warships of the Anlan fleet of the Chen Junjiang River Navy." But our news, Chen Kefu's 100,000 sailors have been transferred to various places tomorrow morning, and there is only one detachment left in the Chen Junshui division in Jiangbei, how could he suddenly transfer the entire fleet under our noses, we don't know yet? ”

"Could it be a trick played by Chen Jun? They got some wrecked boats and flagged them out, trying to scare us away? Sun Shihan hesitated, although he himself felt that this possibility was too small, but he still said it.

The three generals looked at each other, full of suspicion, and no one wanted to believe that Chen Kefu really brought the soldiers to this juncture.

Because in addition to Chen Kefu, he can really pinch and calculate. Otherwise, how could it be possible to leave the 400,000 Turkic cavalry in the north alone. Instead, he ran to the south. You must know that a few days ago, the situation in Jiangnan was still Chen Jun's victory.

But right now is a legendary person like Chen Kefu, but none of the three dares to be careless. No one dares to guarantee 100% that Chen Kefu will not come, you must know that Chen Kefu is the most non-logical person in the eyes of the world. When everyone didn't expect him to stand on his own feet in Liaodong so soon, he supported his troops and stood on his own.

When everyone didn't expect him to come with the Turks, he fought with the Turks.

Therefore, although the current situation is logically impossible for Chen Kefu to come south. But no one can really guarantee that Chen Kefu will not come.

"Divide 30,000 horses to guard the inner city walls and gates, and surround the Chen army in the third inner fort. In addition, the remaining 30,000 men and horses were immediately concentrated, and troops were immediately arrayed on the quarry rock to prevent the landing of Chen's army's water division. Regardless of whether it is true or not, Chen Kefu is here. None of us can land them. Ladies and gentlemen, His Royal Highness the Lord Regent has given us the task of seizing the quarrying and preventing the enemy of Jiangbei. We must not be burdened! ”…,

"Yes!"

Shan Xiongxin personally wrote an urgent letter to Shen Luoyan, reporting the latest situation here, and immediately led the mobilized more than 30,000 soldiers and horses to quickly deploy on the Yangtze River north of the quarry city.

The city is lined up according to the back of the river, and more than 30,000 troops are waiting for it.

Shan Xiongxin looked at the river, but saw that on the wide Yangtze River, there were sparks, and warships were densely packed on the river. Thousands of sails are racing, and thousands of ships are flying at the same time. For a time, there was a tendency for the river to be cut off.

Rejection of horses, fences, corners of nails, ditches

One defense line after another was arranged, most of the defenses were already in place, and at this time it was just a reinforcement of the garrison. In a short time, eighteen lines of defense had been laid out in a row on the north bank. Not to mention that it is solid, but in the eyes of Shan Xiongxin and others. But it is not something that Chen Jun can easily break.

"Knock knock!"

On the river, countless warships had begun to stop when they were still hundreds of steps away from the river bank, and the war drums sounded, and the lanterns on the masts of each ship rose and fell from time to time, and the ships quickly changed formations according to the lights.

After a long time. Suddenly, the drums stopped, and the trumpets were silenced. The entire Yangtze River. Except for the gushing sound of the waves, it seemed to be quiet for a while.

This sudden silence made Wu Jun, who was waiting strictly on the north bank, feel a burst of panic.

It's like the calm before a storm, the quieter it is, the more violent it feels like the next storm will be.

"What are they doing here? How come all the big ships are connected together, lined up, and all sideways against us? ”

"It's a little strange, it seems that those big warships have some weapons on their sides, they all look like big weapons, what are they going to do? That's more than two miles, at least a thousand steps. Even the range of the winch crossbow is only more than 700 steps, what are they trying to do? ”

Looking at the battleships of the Chen Army's naval division lined up in a horizontal formation two miles away on the Yangtze River, the generals of the Wu army were a little stunned. At this distance, the catapults and rockets of the Wu army on the shore could not attack the Chen army, but the Chen army's warships could not attack the Wu army.

Thousands of steps away, above the surface of the Yangtze River.

On the largest battleship Anlan in the middle of the lined up warships, Chen Kefu was landing on the top of the five-story ship, stroking the ship and looking at the opposite shore.

On the tall quarry city in the night, the Wu banner could still be seen, and even with the help of the clairvoyant mirror, Chen Kefu could clearly see the Wu soldiers walking back and forth on the city wall, wearing red robes.

"Alas, after all, did you still not hold it?"

Chen Kefu let out a long sigh, and after he speculated that Shen Luoyan might have laid a trap, his heart was full of worry. Although he sent someone to deliver a message to Jiangdong and personally hurried south to help, but now depending on the situation, it is still too late.

Quarry City has finally fallen, but I don't know if the defenders in Quarry City have been surrounded and annihilated, or if they have broken through.

However, no matter what the outcome is, it can't stop his determination to climb to Koto. For Chen Kefu, although Hu Hai's previous actions were wrong, whether it was right or wrong, since it has happened, he will not just blindly hold him accountable. Either way, it's always right to figure out how to fix it, change the bad outcome, and make things as good as possible after they happen.

The offensive in Jiangdong has already been launched, and seventy or eighty thousand men have been invested before and after. This time. One way or another. It can only be inherited and fought. And it must be won, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable. Because of this, Chen Kefu hurriedly mobilized 90,000 horses and went south in person.

This time, he wants to completely recover Jiangdong, no matter what the cost, he has to take it. Otherwise, the price paid by Chen Jun would be too great.

"Are all the cannons in red raised?" Chen Kefu said softly. …,

"Report to Your Majesty, a five-tooth warship. Ten Yellow Dragon three-decker warships and one hundred double-decker Blue Dragon warships are all in place. All the red-coated cannons on each ship were also raised to the batteries, and a total of 400 red-coated cannons were all in place. The flagship captain of the Anlan replied loudly.

Chen Kefu nodded, and looked back at the dozens of large warships lined up on the side of the line.

These warships were all urgently dispatched by Chen Kefu. It has almost reached the size of a full large fleet. And this time, in order to increase combat effectiveness and make up for the lack of military strength, Chen Kefu even intercepted the latest batch of red-coated cannons that were ready to be transported to the north, and equipped them all on the battleships.

His seat ship, the Anlan five-story battleship, a super-large giant that can carry 5,000 soldiers, was directly installed by him with a hundred red-coated cannons and directly converted into a super battleship. The other ten three-story Yellow Dragon battleships were also equipped with thirty cannons each.

Ever since the Red Cannon was made. Because of the difficulty of the manufacturing process, and although this cannon has a long range, it is powerful, and the range of up to 3,000 steps makes Chen Kefu attach great importance to it. However, the super-heavy gun body weighing 3,000 catties and the low accuracy also greatly reduced the performance of these weapons.

The greatest power of these red-coated cannons is that they are erected on the fortress city, and they can play a huge role in large-scale offensive and defensive battles. But in addition to defending the city, if you want to use it for field warfare, it is difficult and difficult. Unless it's on top of an ambush. Otherwise, a super-heavy cannon weighing 3,000 catties per cannon would be quite inconvenient in terms of transportation and mobility.

However, although it is difficult to use infantry in field combat, it is quite suitable if it is loaded on the battleships of Chen's naval division. Chen Jun's naval fleet can be said to be the strongest at this time, especially those super-large warships. The five-tooth battleship, the Huanglong three-story battleship. The Qinglong double-decker warships are basically invincible existences that crisscross inland rivers and lakes in the coastal sea. Each battleship is almost a moving castle, and the combination of super-heavy guns on top of a moving super-battleship is a perfect match.

If it weren't for the difficulty of building cannons, this time Chen Kefu planned to arrange cannons on all the big warships, instead of just installing them on the Anlan and the ten Huanglong three-story big warships.

With a battleship and a giant cannon, Chen Kefu is ready to shock everyone today.

Yangtze River, Huaishui, Surabaya, Jishui, North-South Canal, Yellow River

The rivers of Huaxia, especially in the south, have a vertical and horizontal water network, and most of the cities and towns are basically standing by the water. Chen Kefu believed that as long as there were enough artillery and warships, he would be invincible in the south and recover the south in one fell swoop almost with such a naval fleet.

And today, it's time to put it all to the test.

Chen Kefu looked at the densely packed phalanxes on the opposite shore, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, revealing a confident smile.

The accuracy of the Hongyi cannon is indeed not high, but tens of thousands of people like the Wu army lined up in such a dense phalanx, if they can't inflict heavy damage on the Wu army, it will really be hell. While laughing, Chen Kefu took out two silk balls and plugged his ears tightly.

The generals next to him also immediately followed suit and plugged their ears one after another.

"The Zhuyuan calibration is complete, and the target is within 1,000 to 1,500 steps!" The officer in charge of the shelling said loudly.

Chen Kefu smiled slightly, looked at the quarry city and said, "The goal is changed to within 1,000 steps to 2,000 steps, and the outer city of the quarry city is also included." In one shelling, we not only have to defeat the Wu army by the river, but also directly defeat the Wu army in the city! ”

"Yes! Zhu Yuan calibrated and the goal was 1,000 to 2,000 steps! ”

"Zhuyuan is finished! Your Majesty, please! ”

Chen Kefu took a signal arrow, put his bow on it, and pointed the arrow at the sky.

"Bang!"

A brilliant firework blooms in the sky, and it is extremely beautiful.

Just as the fireworks were bursting in the night sky, two hundred cannons on the side of eleven large warships simultaneously launched shelling on the south shore.

Two hundred cannon muzzles flashed red in the night sky, and then a thunderclap rang out, and the whole sky was shaken, as if the sky was falling apart, and the tsunami mountain was collapsing. Two hundred shells roared and slammed into the Wu army!

(This chapter is 6,000 words, and today 12,000 is over!) (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. )