Chapter 265: Critical
Huang Zhong stood on the tower of the city gate and looked at the other side of the Minjiang River. The dry village of the Jiangdong army stretches for more than ten miles, and the flag is displayed, in which the figure is longing, and the killing atmosphere is faintly revealed. Turning his head to look to the right, the boat formation on the south bank of the Yangtze River is mighty and stretching, the water village is like a city, and the Jiangdong Navy is shouting and drilling. In the distance, there is a long line of barges of all sizes that are moving towards the Jiangnan Water Village.
Huang Zhong frowned, feeling extremely stressed, he was a veteran of the battlefield, but he had never encountered such a difficult battle during this time. Huang Zhong couldn't help but be a little worried, he wasn't worried about himself, he was only worried that he wouldn't be able to complete the task entrusted by the general.
Zhu Rong walked to Huang Zhong's side, looked at the Jiangdong military camp in the distance, and couldn't help but be moved: "I'm afraid we can't hold it!" β
Huang Zhong said categorically: "I will definitely be able to hold it!" Be sure to hold on! I'm sure the general will come! β
Zhu Rong couldn't help but think of Zhang Lang and frowned.
There was no fighting on the first day, and the night was eerily quiet, and the city was full of people, but not a single one spoke. The lights of the place were kept on until dawn.
Early the next morning, the Jiangdong war drums rang out, and suddenly the quiet earth was overturned, and countless frightened birds flew up their faces, and they flew around in panic.
The soldiers of Lu Bujun, who were awakened, stood up and looked outside the city, and in the early morning fog, hundreds of thousands of Sun Jian's army were pressing over, and the black pressure was like a sea tide surging, a killing atmosphere, spears like a forest, and the cold light was shining.
Huang Zhong carried a big sword and a bow and arrows on his back, and ran up the city wall surrounded by several personal soldiers, glanced at the scene outside the city, and frowned. Huang Zhong looked around, all the soldiers were ready to fight, although the soldiers were very tired, but there was not the slightest color of fear, Huang Zhong couldn't help but feel some relief.
"Look, General!" An officer next to him suddenly pointed to the river on the right and shouted.
Huang Zhong immediately looked in the direction of his finger, and saw that hundreds of warships were leaving Shuizhai and heading up the river, and they wanted to attack from the waterway to cut off the back road of Lu Bu's army. Huang Zhong frowned and muttered, "I hope Zhurong and they can resist!" It turned out that Zhu Rong and her barbarian army were already uncomfortable along the river, just to prevent Sun Jianjun from taking advantage of the naval army to copy the back road.
The battle began, and in the sound of the earth-shattering war drums, the Jiangdong Army came like a tide, the sky was covered by a rain of arrows, and the earth was trembling violently.
Soon, the city fell into a bloody battle, the soldiers of both sides fought bloodily on the city, their eyes were full of blood, more and more people fell, and in the blink of an eye, the corpses were piled up! A red-eyed soldier of the Lu Bujun jumped off the city wall with the two Sun Jianjun soldiers who had just rushed up.
At the same time, the battle on the riverside also began, and the Jiangdong naval army launched a landing operation under the cover of the ship's ballista, and the barbarian soldiers used the trap to resist the horses. Sun Jianjun's sailors were wrapped in turbans, holding special swords and leather shields, charging like a tide, and those who were transferred into the pit were killed by bows and crossbows and poisonous arrows, but they continued to charge one after another. The barbarian soldiers tried their best to resist, but the defense line was lost one after another, and the casualties were heavy!
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The battle continued until sunset, when the army attacking Fuling temporarily retreated, while the barbarian army guarding the river was broken through the defense line by Sun Jian's army, and the remnants of the defeated army retreated into the city. Immediately, Sun Jian's navy cut off the connection between Fuling and the rear, and surrounded Fuling City together with the army. Today, Fuling has become an isolated city.
At night, the sky was full of stars and moons, and the proud Sun Jian took his building boat to inspect the river in the night, looking at Fuling City. The lights in Fuling City are lit, but there is a dead silence.
Sun Jian said proudly: "An old man and a woman also want to block my soldiers, it's just wishful thinking!" β
Zhou Taixing rushed to ask for orders: "Lord, please let me lead the naval army to raid Fuling City!" β
Sun Jian thought about it for a while, and felt that the new defeat of Lu Bu's army was the right time to take advantage of the victory to attack, so he nodded and said: "I'll give you 10,000 elites to raid at night!" As soon as I break into the city, send a signal to meet you, and I will immediately lead the main army to attack the city! β
Zhou Tai excitedly clenched his fists and rushed down.
In the middle of the night, Zhou Tai led 10,000 elite sailors out of Xizhai and sneaked into the vicinity of the west gate of Fuling. After observing for a moment, Zhou Tai ordered the siege of the city. 10,000 elite sailors quickly attacked, shot the sentries on the city wall with strong crossbows, and then attached their hooks to the head of the city, and then began to climb the city wall.
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Huang Zhong, who was patrolling on the east city wall, suddenly heard the sound of killing in the west city and thought of it, and he was shocked, and hurriedly looked to the west, only to see the firelight shining, and the figure in the firelight was longing. Huang Zhong immediately realized that the enemy army had taken advantage of the darkness of night to surprise attack. At this moment, the gong from the west sounded rapidly. Huang Zhong was shocked, because the sound of the gong meant that the opponent had broken through into the city.
Huang Zhong didn't have time to think about it, explained to Zhu Rong, and went down the wall with a big knife. Immediately, he led the only 2,000 cavalry towards the west gate. The 2,000 cavalry had been staying in the square near the East Gate, originally intended to be a force for counterattack if necessary.
Zhou Tai was dressed in black, with a long knife in one hand and a leather shield in the other, leading his elite sailors to sprinkle down from the city wall. Zhou Tai led his people to open a bloody road to the city gate, and more than a dozen soldiers of the Lu Bu army rushed up with a roar. There was a scuffle between the two sides, and more than a dozen soldiers of the LΓΌ Bu army were all killed.
Zhou Tai didn't care about wiping the blood on his face, ran to the city gate with his subordinates, raised the door bar, and then pushed the city gate open.
Hearing only a shout, nearly 10,000 Sun Jian's naval troops poured into the city. At this moment, Zhou Tai ordered people to send a signal rocket.
Sun Jian, who was waiting for news in the east of the city, was very excited when he saw the signal rocket, and immediately led tens of thousands of elites to kill at the east gate. For a moment, the entire night sky was filled with noise.
Zhou Tai's naval army continued to pour into the city, and Fuling was in danger. At this moment, Huang Zhong led two thousand cavalry to arrive, and before he could think about it, Huang Zhong bent his bow and fired several arrows at the surging enemy tide, and the arrows hit the enemy's generals, and the enemy's offensive was paused. Huang Zhong took this opportunity to lead two thousand cavalry to charge. Two thousand iron hooves surged forward in the narrow streets, trampled with iron hooves, slashed with long knives, and saw blood flying all over the streets, and screams rang out, and Sun Jianjun, who had not even worn leather armor, fell one after another like harvested wheat.