Chapter 22: A Turning Point in the Tide of War
The city was fought to the death, and the quaint city walls were stained red with countless blood. On the corridors and in front of the city gates, soldiers from both sides were dumped, and weapons and flags were thrown everywhere. What makes people sick is that half of the stump limbs, green intestines, and milky white brain pulp can be seen everywhere.
The sun in the sky was shining hotly on the soldiers who were constantly fighting in the city, and they could no longer tell whether their faces were blood or sweat. They only know mechanical combat, wielding knives to kill, repeating every action until they are killed.
The sound of killing was loud, and the battle became more and more intense.
The Jiangdong Army's fighting spirit was even higher, and under the leadership of the fierce general, the scene steadily prevailed.
Jiang Qin had already led his soldiers to rush to the city command, and he also had a few wounds on his body, but it was fine. With a flick of his wrist, the speed of the spear's lightning flew out, and a soldier who had just rushed out from the left side of the tower was mercilessly pierced by the spear without the slightest sign of reaction. All that was left was a fist-sized hole, and a puddle of blood gushing out, and it fell to the ground. Jiang Qin didn't even glance at the other party, his body was lightning on one side, and at the same time, the weapon flashed back, not only dodging two halberds, but also knocking a Pu knife.
The generals on the side rushed up, swept the thousands of troops with the broadsword of the ring road, repelled several enemy troops who rushed up again, and shouted at Jiang Qin, who was just about to rush up: "General, just now Vice General Li sent someone to send the news, and the enemy army has returned to help." It is estimated that it will be about two hours away. ”
Jiang Qin had already killed his red eyes, and his whole person was highly excited, but this did not make him lose his mind. immediately shouted: "Brothers, work hard, the dog army can't support it anymore, let's take the city tower and kill them all." ”
The generals on the side also used very provocative language to motivate the soldiers. The soldiers who had already killed a little numb, seeing the dawn of victory, were even more like tigers and wolves, desperately killing the enemy one by one. On the contrary, the enemy began to retreat one after another, and the general situation was cleared.
Half an hour......
An hour......
Time passed quickly in the sound of killing, and Jiang Qin finally led his soldiers to occupy a large area of the city tower, while the enemy defenders were still fighting desperately, expecting a miracle.
Watching his posthumous soldiers continue to fall beside him, the outer encirclement is getting smaller and smaller, and the enemy general seems to feel that his limit is approaching. He watched more and more soldiers rushing in front of him, and finally couldn't help but ask a soldier with an extraordinary face and armor different from ordinary soldiers, "Who are you, and why are you invading my lord's territory?" ”
Jiang Qin raised his iron spear, and in the sound of killing, he still heard what the other party said clearly. Jiang Qin said coldly: "Jiang Qin is also Jiangdong." As for why you attacked Suizhou, I believe you will understand without me saying it. ”
The guard's body was obviously shocked, and the light in his eyes dimmed a lot, but he didn't give up, but laughed and said: "Good Zhang Lang, surprise troops attack Suizhou, do you really think that you can capture Xiangyang?" ”
Jiang Qin sneered and said, "Who is going to fight Xiangyang?" ”
The guard general obviously didn't understand what Jiang Qin meant, and said in amazement: "Then why did you send troops to Suizhou?" ”
Jiang Qin lazily answered his question, waved his hand to signal the soldiers to rush forward, and said indifferently: "As long as you surrender, you will know the cause and effect." ”
The guard general was obviously a loyal fellow, and said sharply: "If you want to surrender, first ask the general if the sword in his hand agrees." After speaking, with the last hope, with the only hundreds of parts around him, he killed with the soldiers who rushed up. However, the miracle did not appear, and at the last moment of his fall, there was still no shadow of the expected reinforcements. And the gate of Suizhou was finally completely controlled by Jiang Qin.
As a result of this battle, the enemy army has drawn all its troops, and the battle failed, marking that Suizhou has changed hands.
Jiang Qin did not have time to taste the taste of victory, nor did he have time to give the soldiers a minute of rest, so he immediately gave an order to let the soldiers prepare the equipment for defending the city, boiling water, rolling stones, boiling oil, etc., and also asked the soldiers to go to the battlefield to collect available arrows and start preparing for the enemy's counterattack.
Since the city gate could not be repaired in a short time, Jiang Qin could only come up with a vicious way to have the soldiers move the corpses of the enemy soldiers, stack them one by one, and pile them up in the passage of the city gate to prevent the enemy from rushing in at once. And they can't have any siege equipment, and it is unlikely that they will be able to move away in a short time under the defense of the soldiers in the city.
Although it is said that this "corpse wall" has hurt the heavens and harmony, there is no way to do it.
The soldiers were tired, their red eyes bloodshot, and their pale and gray faces devoid of any life. Some are tired and swaying, some are hungry and weak, and some are even sleepy and can fall asleep while standing. Even the iron man Jiang Qin felt that his palms were still trembling. Trembling and waiting for the next counterattack of the enemy troops.
The dead and wounded have been counted, and so far as 500 soldiers have been killed and 2,000 wounded, and countless have lost their combat strength. Although the victory of the stage surname was achieved, such a result can only be described as a miserable victory.
The enemy army in Suizhou was even more miserable, with 1,000 killed and 800 captured, and nearly 1,000 fled.
Hurry up and prepare fortifications. Also eat some dry food, drink saliva, squint a few times, and replenish your strength.
It's been busy for nearly an hour......
Before the sun set, when the sky was burning red, I finally found a black figure floating in front of me.
I don't know who shouted: "The enemy army is coming." Suizhou, which had just quieted down, immediately became noisy again. The horn of war began to blow again, and all the soldiers who were busy with them stopped what they were doing and quickly took their places. Everyone's spirit is tense, everyone knows whether they can return to Jiangdong alive or not, it depends on this time. So even if they were suffering and tired, the queens gritted their teeth and persevered.
There are quite a few enemy troops, and it is estimated that there are about three or four thousand, although Jiang Qinzhan has a city tower, but just after the attrition of a big battle, whether the soldiers can withstand it is a question.
The enemy army obviously also knew about the changes that had taken place in Suizhou City, and it stands to reason that they did not have siege weapons and should act safely, but considering that the Jiangdong Army had just finished a vicious battle, the soldiers were tired, their morale was low, and their foothold was unstable, which was a link that could be used, so Liu Biao's army immediately began to launch the first wave of offensive.
Falling rocks, boiling water, boiling oil, wooden fences, etc., all over the city, quickly repelled the enemy's first tentative attack. The enemy retreated quickly, but left behind a dozen new grievances.
Less than halfway through, the enemy organized a second wave of attacks.
This time, the enemy forces significantly increased their forces. began to make people brave the flying arrows and stones to rush to the city to carry the corpses.
By the time they succeeded in clearing the barrier to the city gates, it was already dark, and at the cost of the deaths of nearly a hundred soldiers.
Then the soldiers began to pour into the city gates. Within a day, a second large-scale battle took place in Suizhou.
This time the battle was unprecedentedly tragic, and it is really not enough to describe it with pen and ink. The two sides fought hand-to-hand with almost all their might, and the bayonets were red. Almost every soldier was killed, not a single pawn. The strength of the two sides is generally equal, one side has a certain advantage in defense, and the other side has the upper hand in form. One wants to desperately hold Suizhou and control the overall initiative. The other side wants to take back Suizhou no matter what, and protect the safety of the rear of Xiangyang.
From the beginning of the night battle after dark, within a radius of 100 miles, children dare not cry at night, and strong men dare not go out.
The battlefield was blurred with flesh and blood, and the corpses were piled up.
The strong smell of blood stimulates everyone's blood from time to time. The crazy killing cry made everyone fall into a state of madness.
The two sides fought fiercely until the fourth watch, and Jiang Qin fought hard to kill the enemy general, so that the victory of the battle began to tilt towards Jiang Qin's side. Coupled with the spirit of the Jiangdong soldiers who did not dig up, most of them held the belief that if they did not succeed, they would become benevolent, which changed the trend of the battlefield and ended in victory.
Although this battle is not a big scene in terms of troops, the intensity is far from the saddest one since Jiang Qin joined the army. Yes, the 5,000 soldiers who set out with Jiang Qin from Jiangxia left less than 500 soldiers after life war II. And all of them have suffered injuries of varying degrees. Jiang Qin had seventeen knife wounds and six gunshot marks all over his body, and there was not a single piece of skin that was completely complete. At the moment when he repelled the enemy's attack, he fainted from excessive blood loss.
But the Jiangdong Army won in the end, and won this battle of the key surname.
With the state in hand, Xiangyang shook.
Liu Biao's face was blue without a trace of color, and the light in his eyes was extremely terrifying.
Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang all stood quietly on the lower side, and none of them dared to speak out at this time.
Liu Biaomeng slapped the table and made a crisp "pop" sound, and then he stood up angrily and said sharply: "Rice buckets, a group of rice buckets." The land of Suizhou, occupying the right time and place, will even give people to break through the city, and 8,000 soldiers, only 200 survived, you are all eating dry food, can anyone tell me how things will be? ”
Everyone was frightened, and no one dared to make a sound.
Liu Biao snorted heavily, looked at his subordinates with a dissatisfied expression, and shouted: "Kuai Yue, you come out and tell me about it." ”
Kuai Yue, who was named, secretly screamed bad luck in his heart, but he still calmly came out of the queue and said seriously: "Lord, my subordinates think that the reason why the enemy army captured Suizhou was because General Wen Ping put too much pressure on them in Shaxian to give them Xiakou, so they took a risk, wanting to break through Suizhou, let General Wen come back to the rescue, and solve the danger of Xiakou." ”
Liu Biao's eyes rolled, the complexion on his face faded a lot, and his voice softened: "Then according to Mr. Kuai's intentions, what should we do next?" ”
Kuai Yue thought about it, shook his head and said: "In the opinion of his subordinates, Jiangling is too far away, and Xiangyang's troops are heavy in the north, if you want to recapture Suizhou in a short time, let General Wenpin lead the troops back to help." ”
Liu Biao didn't want to be angry and said: "How can this matter be, Cheng Yu let people sneak attack Suizhou, just to let Wen Ping retire from the army, so didn't he fall for his plan?" ”
Kuai Yue sighed and said, "Lord, this is also the way that his subordinates can come up with." ”
Liu Biao gritted his teeth angrily and said, "Which of you will give me a way to come out?" ”
Cai Mao on the side rolled his eyes, and said with a stern smile: "Lord, Cheng Yu's troops in Xiakou are not much, and this time he sent people to attack Suizhou, I am afraid that Xiakou is empty, it is better to let General Wen seize the time to storm Xiakou, and there will be results in a few days." ”
Liu Biao nodded heavily, and said with a very relieved face: "De Jue's meaning is extremely true. ”
Kuai Yue shook his hand again and again: "No, don't." If you don't care about Suizhou, I'm afraid that Xiangyang is in danger. ”
Cai Mao was a little dissatisfied and said, "Why did Lord Kuai say this? ”
Kuai Yue said: "Since Jiang Qin dares to attack Suizhou, he must be heading towards Xiangyang. In this case, Xu Huang's army in Runan will inevitably make some moves, and perhaps in a head-on battle, it will be even more difficult for Xu Huang to capture Xiangyang. But now there is a team of people behind the hinterland, no matter how many people and horses, the strategic position of our Xiangyang is like an empty shell, and the rear troops are meager, but it is the material place, they are in front of the side, I am afraid that Xiangyang will not be able to protect it. ”
Liu Biao was shocked, but Cai Mao didn't seem to believe it.
At this moment, a doorman reported: "My lord, Xiangyang has stepped up the paperwork." ”
Kuai Yue said lightly: "If it is not expected, it must be the movement of Xu Huang after discovering Runan." ”
Liu Biao's face was even heavier, and he asked the soldier to present the letter, and after opening it, the more he looked at it, the more his face turned blue. In the end, he took a slow breath and said, "Mr. Kuai, Xu Huang really sent troops to Xiangyang." ”
As soon as Liu Biao finished speaking, there was an uproar in the hall.
Cai Mao was unconvinced, but she always felt like a thorn in her heart, and asked casually: "What does Lord Kuai think is good?" ”
Kuai Yue is also an old man, and replied: "Let's still let the opinion just now." Let Wen Ping return to Suizhou. ”
Liu Biao said helplessly: "Is there no way?" ”
At this time, Kuai Liang also came out and said: "Back to the lord, if General Wen is allowed to continue to attack Xiakou, even if it is really taken." I'm afraid that I will also lose a small and big loss, and I will lose sesame seeds and watermelon. ”
Liu Biao was a little surprised: "How do you say this?" ”
Kuai Liang said seriously: "Jiangxia looks at Jiangdong, and Xiakou is the window. Xiangyang is based on the Central Plains, connecting Hebei and Hanzhong, and looking at Guanzhong from afar. Which is better and which is inferior is clear at a glance. ”
Liu Biao understood a little, nodded and said: "Yes, if you get Xiakou, you can't take Jiangdong." But if you control Xiangyang, you can take Hanzhong in the west, enter Yuzhou in the east, and go north to plot Xuchang and Luoyang. But then again, it's a bit unwilling, just to return to the army in vain. ”
Kuai Yue said lightly: "If you miss a move, you can't lose it." Stay in the green mountains, not afraid of no firewood. ”
Liu Biao stomped back and forth, pondered carefully, and finally sighed helplessly: "Order, let Wen Ping withdraw some of his men from Shaxian and recapture Suizhou from the new." ”
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