Chapter 384: Three Thousand Praetorian Guards [1 Update]
Several generals got up from the ground and shouted, "All men go up to the city wall to defend against the enemy!" ”
The group of people who came back to their senses in a daze grabbed their weapons one by one and ran to the edge of the jagged city wall, and looked down with a look of horror one by one.
I saw that like a black wave below, countless soldiers carried high ladders towards Nanjing City.
The ladder was set up on the city wall, and a group of soldiers climbed up the high ladder with shields in their hands, and from the air, it looked like countless ants climbing on the ladder.
"Kill!"
Not all of the rebels were rabble, and some brave men tried to knock down the ladder one by one, but many archers from the imperial army below shot waves of arrows at the city wall.
At the same time, the rebels were condescending and shot their arrows downward.
In the final analysis, the rebel side has the advantage of defending the city, and in the past siege battles, even if the elite division wants to break the city, it is impossible not to pay a little price. Unless you can open the gates from the city.
The previous wave of shelling gave King Ning a feeling that a lifetime had passed, and when the shelling stopped, King Ning walked out of hiding under the protection of several cronies.
These generals were not bad with their own force, relying on the shields in their hands to block the stray arrows that were inadvertently shot, and escorted King Ning to the city wall.
From the gap in the shield, King Ning looked towards the city, and at a glance, he saw that there was a black oppression below, all of which were imperial court troops.
Especially the morale of the imperial army is high, and the momentum of the siege is really amazing, even King Ning can't help but feel a little worried when he sees it.
His eyes fell on a general beside him, and King Ning gritted his teeth and said, "General Li, in your opinion, how long can this Nanjing City be defended?" ”
Li Zhenshan is one of King Ning's most trusted generals, and King Ning's forbidden army is led by Li Zhenshan, and it can be said that this person controls the most elite soldiers and horses under King Ning.
Li Zhenshan frowned and said, "Your Majesty, the last general will not dare to speak falsely!" ”
King Ning said: "Say whatever you want, I forgive you for your innocence!" ”
Taking a deep breath, Li Zhenshan said slowly: "Your Majesty, in the opinion of the last general, the morale of the imperial court is high, while our side is demoralized, and it is very likely that the other party will be swept down......"
Seeing that King Ning's face became ugly, Li Zhenshan hurriedly said: "But if we can block the first wave of offensive, then the soldiers defending the city will be able to settle down, as long as the army is not disturbed, with the 100,000 troops in the city, relying on the city wall, it is not difficult to hold Nanjing City." ”
If it was said at the beginning, Li Zhenshan's words really startled King Ning, but after listening to Li Zhenshan's last few words, King Ning breathed a sigh of relief.
However, when King Ning's gaze fell on the soldiers guarding the city around him, he couldn't help but frown again.
Obviously, even King Ning himself could see that the morale of the soldiers defending the city was very low, and in this case, it seemed that it was a little difficult to withstand the first wave of siege.
Taking a deep breath, King Ning gritted his teeth and said: "Spread my will, as long as you can defend the city wall, kill one enemy, and reward ten taels of silver, survive today, everyone will be rewarded with ten taels of silver!" ”
I have to say that King Ning has made a bloody investment, there are as many as 100,000 troops in the city, if he really survives the first day, then he will at least take out nearly a million taels of gold and silver to reward the army.
Even if he removed some of the people killed in battle, he also promised to reward ten taels of silver for killing one enemy, so if it is calculated, that is to say, King Ning will take out millions of taels of gold and silver.
When King Ning's order was conveyed, the eyes of many soldiers lit up.
Although it is said to be a group of rabble, this does not mean that these soldiers are really waste, that is, the military aircraft is scattered and the sense of cooperation is poor, if you choose carefully, among the 100,000 troops, you can still select tens of thousands of strong men.
Nine out of ten of these soldiers are from poor backgrounds, and even many of them join the army just to eat a mouthful of food, and now King Ning actually took out a reward for silver, how not to let these soldiers be moved.
King Ning can rely on the reward silver to unite the army's heart, but he also stabilized the sloppy army's heart in time, otherwise, if it is really according to the previous situation, I am afraid that in less than an hour, Nanjing City may be breached.
In the case of 100,000 troops defending the city, if they can't hold it for even an hour, it can be seen how weak these rebels under the command of King Ning are.
A roar suddenly exploded on the city wall, and a general jumped from the top of the ladder to kill several rebels, and jumped down on the city wall.
This was followed by a group of soldiers who ascended the ladder to the wall, and soon occupied a small area above the wall.
"Hahaha, all the soldiers, the one who killed the king of Ning, the marquis! Kill me ......"
Han Bao roared, waved the big knife in his hand, and slashed away several rebels who stepped forward, his eyes fell on the body of King Ning, who was protected by the forbidden soldiers in the distance, and his eyes couldn't help but show a little excitement.
Chu Yi once said that as long as King Ning could be captured or killed alive, the imperial court would definitely reward him.
The temptation of the marquis is too great for a lot of people, who doesn't want to be a marquis with military merits.
If it was in the past, even if it was a great feat, it would be extremely difficult to seal the marquis, but this time it was different, King Ning set himself up as the emperor, then the meaning of capturing King Ning was very different, it can be said that as long as King Ning was taken, the marquis would be stable.
King Ning saw that there were already several places around the city that had been rushed up to the city by the imperial army, and even occupied a part of the area, if it was really allowed to be killed by the follow-up imperial court soldiers and horses, it would be impossible for this city to fall.
Once the city wall falls, I am afraid that Nanjing City will not be far from the city break.
"Chase them all!"
King Ning's face was full of surprise and anger, and he roared again and again.
Li Zhenshan waved his hand, and suddenly a team of strong soldiers in armor stepped forward quickly, and hundreds of soldiers were already quite crowded on a section of the city wall.
These soldiers are actually armed with powerful crossbows in their hands, just looking at this equipment, they are definitely the elite of the elite.
These are the three thousand janissaries under King Ning, and it can be said that these guards are composed of elites selected from the 100,000 troops under King Ning's command.
King Ning has put a lot of effort into this elite, and he uses the best everything, whether it is armor or weapons.
A big killing weapon like a strong crossbow, under normal circumstances, it would be good to be able to find dozens or hundreds of them in a team of 10,000 people, but in King Ning's Praetorian Guard, there were as many as five hundred strong crossbows alone.
Under the hundreds of powerful crossbows, I am afraid that even the top martial arts masters will be shot on the spot, as for the army, at least hundreds of people can be shot in a wave.
King Ning has always been very precious to his guards, and he didn't use them much at all, but this time, even he, the emperor, personally climbed the city wall, and these guards were naturally brought over by King Ning.
King Ning watched the most elite Praetorian guards under his command take place, and a bright light flashed in his eyes, and then he heard Li Zhenshan shouting: "Shoot!" ”
The area in front of him was a section of the city wall occupied by Han Bao and other soldiers, and it can be said that at least dozens of court soldiers continued to climb the city wall, and under the leadership of Han Bao's brave force, they occupied that section of the city wall to the death, and more soldiers climbed the city wall.
If Han Bao and the others really stabilized that section of the city wall and received more soldiers to climb the city wall, the consequences would be quite serious.
Not far below the city wall, Chu Yi stood there, staring at the Nanjing city wall in the distance.
From where Chu Yi is located, it is at least a few hundred meters away from the city wall of Nanjing, if it is an ordinary person, it is just a vague figure that can be seen on the city wall.
However, Chu Yi's cultivation in the innate realm, his eyesight is naturally far beyond ordinary people, but he can probably see the movement on the city wall.
As the so-called momentum of a drum is like a tiger, the long city wall has been broken through several places by the imperial army, and successfully climbed the city wall, occupied a small section of the city wall, and fought to the death with the rebels on the city wall.
Some of the small sections of the city wall that had been occupied were strangled by the rebels because of the strong counterattack of the rebels, and it was just a cup of tea that the rebels recaptured that section of the wall.
It can be said that in the siege battle, the soldiers on both sides were bleeding all the time, and the tragic shouts of killing resounded in the sky.
Standing beside Chu Yi, Qi Hu squinted his eyes and said, "Overseer, you see, that section of the city wall seems to have stabilized, and there is a tendency to gradually expand the results of the battle. ”
Obviously, Qi Hu noticed the section of the city wall occupied by the guerrilla general Han Bao on the city wall, this Han Bao is a middle and high-level general promoted by Chu Yi from the army, and his strength can be described as brave, so Chu Yi glanced at it, and said with a slight smile: "Han Bao is an amazing person who has practiced kung fu in a single class, even if he is a first-rate good player, he may not fall behind, unless there is a general in King Ning's army who can drag it down, otherwise, Han Bao will definitely be able to stabilize the situation on that section of the city wall." ”
Qi Hu praised: "Han Bao is a fierce general, and the overseer has the discernment to promote him, but he has given him the opportunity to throw himself into the ground!" ”
Chu Yi said lightly: "I'm just giving him a chance, if he is a puddle of mud that can't support the wall, even this overlord can't help him!" ”
Han Bao, who was fighting on the city wall, didn't know that his figure had entered Chu Yi's eyes, and suddenly, Han Bao felt a little frightened in his heart.
Killed a rebel with a knife, his eyes swept away, and suddenly Han Bao's face changed greatly, and he roared loudly: "All the soldiers, all lie down!" ”
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