Chapter 84 Strike Langzhou
Zhao Kuangming, Zhao Kuangning brothers and Cui Ying negotiated in Yuezhou, according to the agreed plan, the Jingxiang Navy commanded Ma Wanli, the deputy commander Niu Qianjin led the Jingxiang 10,000 sailors, Wang Houju and Li Xiong led 3,000 musketeers, and secretly set off from Huhu Lake that night and pointed directly to Langzhou.
Langzhou is located in the west of Dongting, and is connected by Yuanshui.
In the east of Langzhou, in the north of Yuanshui, there is a lake, which is Baima Lake.
In that year, Lei Man was stationed in Langzhou, dug a canal to divert water, and surrounded the city with Yuanshui as a moat. Therefore, after many years of fighting with the enemy, Langzhou is impregnable.
An army of 13,000 took advantage of the darkness to cross the Dongting, and in the evening of the same day, the fleet arrived at the entrance of the Yuanshui on the west side of the Dongting Lake.
After a little trimming, the fleet sailed into the water.
At midnight, the lookout post saw a sparkling light ahead.
Someone came to report that Longyang Water Village had arrived.
Longyang is located in the south of Yuanshui, between Dongting and Langzhou, and is a city with high military value.
Lei Yangong set up a water village on the surface of the Yuanshui River in Longyang, leaving only one waterway for ships to pass through.
It is undoubtedly the sharpest to deal with the fire attack of the water village.
Li Yu ordered Ma Wanli to adjust the current of the ship, throw the things that ignite the fire, and blast the small boat with gunpowder, both at the same time.
At that moment, Li Xiong took ten small boats, filled with gunpowder kegs, and Jingxiang sailors drove the boat close to the wall.
Because the water village stands for the river, it will not deviate at all, and soon touched the wall.
Hold the boat close to the wall and light the fuse. Everyone retreated to the spare boat and rowed back to the fleet quickly.
As soon as he left the distance of more than thirty zhang, several huge fires flashed in the darkness.
Earth-shattering explosions rang out one after another, waking up the water village and the Longyang City next to it.
The explosion sent the world into silence for a moment, followed by panic and noise.
"Cast!"
Bang bang bang ~~~~
The trebuchet on the big ship threw out the oil skin and smashed directly into the water village.
Then, one by one, fireballs pierced the sky, with red flames, and shot into the water village.
Rumble~~~~
The fireball ignited the oil and nearby timber, barracks, and then the wooden fence and wall.
In only two or three quarters, Longyang Water Village was a sea of fire.
Taking advantage of the panic in the water village, hundreds of ships shot out and rushed towards the gate of the village that had been blown open.
Soon, the Jingxiang water army killed the water village and gathered the barbarians who surrendered.
The gates of Longyang City were wide open.
Leave Niu Qianjin and lead thousands of people to garrison Longyang and repair the water village.
Li Yu led the army to march overnight and took Langzhou.
The capital city of Langzhou is Wuling.
As soon as the sky was bright, some defeated soldiers fled back to Wuling City.
Call the door through the moat.
The guards at the gates were given a death order to strictly manage the gates, and no one was allowed to enter or leave at will, especially at night.
These defeated soldiers wanted to run back to report the news, but the guards didn't pay attention to it at all, and told them to wait for dawn.
The defeated soldiers were helpless, and they all fell to the ground, scolding their mothers in their hearts.
When it was daylight, they called the door again, but the city was still not opened.
"Wait and wait, the hour has not yet come, what is the hurry?!"
The city was still impatient.
"Brother, open the door quickly, the enemy is coming."
"yes, it's too late if you don't report it."
"Shut up! What's the noise? Where? Where? Also enemy attack! ”
The leaders of the city didn't believe it at all.
You must know that Lei Shuai has just returned from Jiangkou not long ago, and his old man didn't say anything about the enemy attack!
Of course, Lei Yangong didn't know that Jiangkou and Yuezhou had been taken, he thought that how could Jiangkou be able to resist, who would have thought that Li Yu had already come with a large army at this time.
Turning the bend of the river, a large city is ahead.
The plaque hanging at the head of the city is impressively written with the two big characters "Wuling".
"Fight the ship out of the siege in front of the battleship."
The leader of the city team was impatiently scolding the defeated soldiers outside the drawbridge, and when he looked up, a black and oppressive fleet appeared in front of him.
Yes!
Enemy attack!
The leader of the team picked up the gong with trembling hands and feet and struck it, and the rapid sound of the gong could not be heard.
Seeing this, the defeated soldiers outside the city turned around, sat down on the ground, and pointed at the soldiers in the city and cursed.
But it's too late.
When the defenders of the city rushed up to the city wall to defend it, the moat under the city was crowded with warships.
Lei Yangong has been back for more than ten days.
When he first came back, he was worried for several days, for fear that the Jingnan army would chase after him.
But he didn't move for more than ten days, and his heart gradually let go.
In the past two days, he has been thinking about where to grab another vote to solve his immediate needs.
The gains outweigh the losses in this battle.
Not to mention the loss of his own troops, he also lost a large number of warships.
It hurt him.
He was afraid that Xiang Bi, Song Ye and Shi Changyi would come to him.
They went to rob by themselves, and as a result, they lost their troops and lost their generals, and they were all spared. No one can accept such a result.
If they ask for compensation from themselves, it's a real headache.
In the past few days, he has borrowed wine to drown his sorrows, and last night he vented his hatred on the concubine he had just snatched back.
was waking up from a sweet dream when he was shaken by his own soldiers.
"Chieftain, chieftain, big things are not good."
"Huh?"
When he opened his eyes, he saw that it was his own soldier.
"What's the matter? What a fuss. ”
He also subconsciously reached out to pull a brocade quilt for his concubine.
"Jingxiang's navy has besieged the city."
"You say, what?!"
Lei Yangong's big eyes were about to pop out, and the tattoos on his face trembled.
This, this is a fantasy, right?
Jingxiang's water army? Where's Jing Xiang?!
His mind didn't react for a moment.
The soldiers were also in a hurry, and hurriedly pulled him out of the bed, put on his robes and clothes, and then hurriedly went to the city wall.
I don't know if I don't see it, and I'm shocked when I see it.
It was surrounded by warships in all directions.
Originally, it was used as a moat to protect Wuling City, but now it has become a waterway for the Jingxiang Navy to surround Wuling.
There are four suspension bridges at the four gates.
Pull up at night and put down during the day.
I thought it was good, so I could be safe. Now it seems that I can't run if I want to.
Shout~~~
A letter shot up at the head of the city.
Someone brought the letter to Lei Yangong.
When I opened it, it was a letter of persuasion.
The gist of it is that during the Battle of Gangneung, you were defeated and fled, and Jing Xiang remembered the former alliance and returned your family.
But what about you? Regardless of the feelings of returning his family, he also raised troops to invade the country, killed people and set fires, and mutilated the people.
I read that the people of Wuling are innocent and can't bear to be hurt, as long as you surrender and confess, everything is easy to say, otherwise the blame will not escape.
It means surrender, otherwise it is a capital offense.
Lei Yangong is not scared.
He sneered and tore the letter of surrender to shreds.
"Prepare for war."
For a while, Wuling City was busy.
Seeing this, Li Yu knew that the persuasion had failed. Where can he wait for you to be ready to fight? War is all about taking advantage of your illness to kill you, how can there be so much benevolence and morality?!
"Hit."
At the sound of an order, stone projectiles emitting flames and smoke were shot into Wuling City.
Shout~~~~
Bang~~~~
Cracking sound~~~
The house collapsed, and the fire broke out.
Wuling City instantly became a purgatory on earth.
"Arrows, arrows."
Not to be outdone, the city leaders shot arrows at the boats in the moat.
"Bring our trebuchets up and throw fire canisters into the ship!"
If this trick can be implemented, it will work, but do they still have this chance?
A burst of flaming stone projectiles was thrown, and the ship's crossbow bolts were fired wildly at the city.
These crossbow arrows are the thickness of a forearm and can kill anyone who hits them.
The archers at the head of the city took refuge.
The three-story ship was full of archers, shooting wildly at the city, and everyone had to dodge.
"Siege."
A ladder stretched out from the building ship and landed directly on the city.
The sword and shield hand, one hand shield, and the other hand horizontal knife, trotted all the way to the city.
The four city walls were in constant danger, and Lei Yangong led his personal troops to rush left and right, desperately slashing and killing the Jingxiang army that rushed up.
Just as he was sweating profusely, a crowd rushed to the city.
"Hikoo, come and help me!"
The person who came was Lei Yangong's younger brother.
The two brothers teamed up to barely control the situation.
"Up."
Li Yu gave an order, Wang Houju and Li Xiong led people to jump on the ladder and rush up.
Halfway through, he stopped, squatted on the ladder, took out his six-turn gun and began shooting.
Boom boom boom ~~~
Gunfire rang out, fires flashed, and smoke billowed out.
The defenders of the city fell one after another.
Li Xiong held his breath.
On this expedition, he fought desperately, and King De finally agreed. But along the way, he vomited and was weak, let alone fighting, even normal life was difficult.
Finally, after relieving myself, I can finally go into battle, so what are you waiting for?!
He had long seen that the defenders of the city were not pleasing to the eye.
Especially the two big men, with their hair disheveled, tattooed faces, and bruised green fangs.
At the head of the city, he opened his teeth and claws, hacked and injured countless Jingxiang troops. How unreasonable!
Look at mine.
He crouched on the ladder, motionless, raising his gun to aim.
The ladder rose and fell slightly, and the muzzle of his gun floated with it.
He is looking for the balance point of ups and downs, and only when he finds the balance point can he hit the enemy.
Rumble~~~
A gunshot rang out, like a muffled thunderbolt.
I saw Li Xiong's six-turn gun flashing with fire, and a puff of gunpowder smoke was raised.
Smack, poof~~
Lei Yanxiong looked at his chest in disbelief, and a hole appeared in the spotted bamboo armor, and a stream of dark red blood flowed out of the hole.
"Ah~~~"
He touched the hole with his hand, stuck out his tongue and licked the blood from his hand.
Turning his head to Lei Yangong and said, "Brother, I have a hole here......"
Before the words fell, Lei Yanxiong fell to his knees with a thud, looking at his brother not far away with a confused look, his body twitched, his hand was holding the hole in the bamboo armor, and blood flowed out of his fingers.