Chapter 303: Nandu Offensive and Defensive Battle III

"Kill..."

'Flutter...'

"Ahh

The sound of shouting and killing, wailing, the sound of swords entering the flesh, the sound of cannons, and the sound of gunfire are heard one after another.

Staff General You Dai has been wounded in more than a dozen places at this moment, and he is still holding a broken sword to resist on the front line.

"Have the Overseer's reinforcements arrived..."

The 3,000 soldiers and horses who rushed to reinforce in the early stage have now left less than 1,000 people, and the defense line of Guanyinmen is already in danger.

A rebel soldier who had just chopped down and climbed the city wall, You Dai could no longer hold on and fell backwards, if it weren't for the two personal soldiers beside him, he would have been crushed by the dead body on the city road.

"General, withdraw..."

Reinforcements were delayed, and the Guanyin Gate was breached early in the morning, and after the arrival of 3,000 reinforcements, the recapture battle lasted from Chenshi to noon.

"Reinforcements are coming..."

I don't know who shouted, but the defenders, who had already retreated a little, suddenly gained confidence, raised their swords and fought the siege rebels again.

Ma Shilong personally sent 5,000 men and horses to come for reinforcements, and 10,000 horses came one after another.

The defensive command of Shangyuanmen at this moment was taken over by Sun Chengzong himself, and the deputy commander-in-chief Cheng Lin commanded at the head of the city, and the siege battle became more and more fierce every time.

"Supervisor, Foning Gate has come to report, tens of thousands of rebels have attacked Foning Gate, and Foning Gate is in an emergency."

Sun Chengzong frowned in front of the map and turned his back: "Zhang Gaoping only has 100,000 horses, according to the report of Guanyinmen, there are at least 50,000 people in the direction of Guanyinmen, and the offensive of Shangyuanmen is fierce, could it be that King Fu is dividing his troops to come?"

The order was issued to mobilize a battalion of 5,000 men and horses to reinforce Foningmen. ”

"Yes..."

Guanyinmen garrison 10,000 and 20,000 reinforcements, a total of 33,000 people, Foningmen garrison 10,000, reinforcements of 5,000, a total of 15,000 men; In addition, Yuejiangmen, Dinghuaimen, and Fengyimen each have 10,000 garrisons, with a total of 30,000 troops; The rest are all stationed in Shangyuanmen, and Sun Chengzong's mobile soldiers and horses are now only 5,000 people left, and the huge defense line of the northern city, once there are other city gates in an emergency, his 5,000 people are simply a drop in the bucket.

"Immediately send someone to the inner city to inform Governor Qi that the northern city is in an emergency, please send troops and horses to rescue."

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"Grandpa wants us to meet a big man..."

"At present, the curfew in the city has not been lifted, if you rashly go to the street and be caught by the Terracotta Division, wouldn't it be a big deal for your grandfather?"

"The only way to do this is to pretend to be a night fragrance to recycle the cart and horse, so it shouldn't arouse suspicion on the street."

"Xuanwu Lake Inner Street is far away from us, and it will not work at all if you pretend to be a night fragrance car and horse in the direction of the north inner city."

"It's not good to cruise on the Neicheng River, but Lao Li and we are proficient in water, and now we can only snorkel from the Neicheng River."

"It's... Lao Zhang, swim for at least six miles, this cold winter wax moon, you have to freeze to death, and Xuanwu Lake has to freeze. ”

"For today's plan, this can only be the case, Lao Li, prepare, for the sake of my grandfather's explanation, you and I can only act desperately."

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Sun Chengzong stepped on the head of the Shangyuan Gate, and the dead and wounded soldiers all over the ground could show the fierceness of the battle throughout the day, and the city bricks under his feet were still sticky because of the blood.

Cheng Lin stood on Sun Chengzong's side, he was born in the Datong border army, and it was the first time in so many years that he fought such a fierce battle, even if he fought with the Tatars in Datong in the past, it was only a small battle with a few hundred people.

"Overseer, it's very likely that the rebels will continue to attack the city at night, and their ladder is just outside the moat."

The torch does not have such a long irradiation distance, and it is now winter, the heavy snow in the north has also affected the south, since the beginning of the Chongzhen years, the weather is particularly strange, the summer is hot, the winter is particularly cold, Liaodong is already snowy in October, that is, Hebei Shanxi and other places have also entered the frost and snow weather in early November.

I can clearly see the fog when I take a breath, and there is no moon tonight, and the sight distance is only in the periphery, and I can't even see the city clearly.

"It will take an hour for reinforcements from the inner city to come," Sun Chengzong looked coldly at the dark distance: "Press up the reserve of 5,000 people, and in addition, tell the soldiers of each battalion that the lightly injured soldiers should also go to the city to guard." ”

"Supervisor..."A garrison ran up to the city tower and handed the official document to Sun Chengzong: "This is the news from the Governor of Qi, the rebels entered the city from Fengtai Gate during the day today, and Mrs. Qin hurriedly dispatched a large army to build a position on the front line of Jubao Mountain, and it was not until dark in the evening that the tens of thousands of rebels who attacked the city were driven out. ”

After reading the official document, Sun Chengzong's face wrinkled even more: "There are only 30,000 reinforcements, and there are no more." ”

A group of fast horses came under the city gate, and immediately the knights shouted under the city gate: "Master Inspector, read the Jiangmen urgent report, tens of thousands of rebels stormed the Jiangmen and asked for reinforcements." ”

Sun Chengzong was shocked, before the rebels launched an attack, he had carefully discussed with his henchman Zhang Guozhu about the defense of the gates of Beikuo City, the city wall of Yuejiangmen was the lowest, and it was connected to the remaining veins of Lime Mountain, and the defense of the junction was weak, so he specially arranged 15,000 men and horses in Yuejiangmen.

At this moment, Zhang Guozhu came to ask for help, it was not a trivial matter, 15,000 people defended the city, no matter how bad it was, he could resist until dawn and then ask for help, but he didn't hear the sound of artillery just now, so that Shangyuanmen didn't find that Yuejiangmen was attacked at all.

"Cheng Lin, how many adjustable soldiers and horses do we have?"

"Inspector, after the last 5,000 people go to the city, there are no soldiers and horses in the camp, if the Guanyin Gate is in an emergency again tomorrow, there are no soldiers to adjust, and the reinforcements will take an hour."

"Send someone to report back and let Zhang Guozhu hold out at least until dawn, and the reinforcements will arrive after dawn."

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"The three divisions of the Longwu Army were all dispatched, and they went to Qilin Gate, Xianhe Gate, and Cangbo Gate respectively, and feinted to attack the three gates, and they must not let Xu Hongji's army return to the past."

Chen Cao, who received information from all over the world, immediately issued a combat order to Tang Kainian, although it was a feint, but the battle had to be 'fierce', otherwise it would be difficult for King Fu to explain, although he refused to attack the city if he delayed, it was still completely feasible to drag the 100,000 garrison troops on Xu Hongji's side.

Until now, Chen Cao still thinks that it is necessary to let the Fuwang army enter Nanjing first, and the battle to attack the outer city is the most although the time to consume troops, once the army enters the inner city and surrounds the inner city, then attack at that time, the result is twice the result with half the effort, and the plan can also be implemented when attacking the inner city.

"Grandpa, before dark, King Fu sent someone to urge us to step up the siege."

"Before noon, Li Wanchang led the army to personally attack Fengtai Gate, but unfortunately Qin Liangyu personally led his troops to drive them out before dark in Jubao Mountain, if they can gain a firm foothold in Jubao Mountain, the battle situation on the side of Nancheng can be laid."

Huang Chunyao put down the fan and looked at Chen Cao: "Qin Liangyu's battle situation was aimed very accurately, without the slightest hesitation, after receiving the news that Fengtai Gate was breached, he resolutely took 20,000 people to Jubaoshan to arrange a position, seized the camp of Jubaoshan, and seized the opportunity, so that Li Wanchang had no place to turn around and gain a foothold;

Grandpa, Qin Liangyu has to pay attention to this person. ”

"Zhao Xin, have you sent what I want?"

"Hurry up and report that Zhenjiang has just passed, for the sake of safety, it will be after noon tomorrow at the earliest."

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"Fengtian is difficult..."

"Fengtian is difficult..."

"Hooray... Banzai... Hooray..."

"Kill..."

"Kill..."

Flutter...

Swish...

Zhang Gaoping pulled out his long sword from Zhang Guozhu's body, raised his sword and shouted, and the troops behind him rushed into the outer city from the city wall and the city gate like ants, according to the battle plan formulated before, the battalions that rushed into the city will enter the lime mountain from the remaining veins of the lime mountain, and then wait for the army to assemble to seize the entire Lime Mountain Northern Army camp, and disintegrate all the military forces of the Nanjing defenders in the north of the city.

Zhang Guozhu did not expect that the most fierce Guanyin Gate and Shangyuan Gate were not the direction of the main attack, but the Yuejiang Gate stationed on his side.

However, Zhang Gaoping led the army not to attack the inner city directly from Yuejiangmen, but to attack the city from the connection of the outer city and the inner city in the northeast of Yuejiangmen.

He arranged that there were still thousands of troops in the Lion Rock camp that were not used, and when Zhang Gaoping climbed the connecting section of the city wall, Zhang Guozhu, who had received the news and rushed to reinforce to check the situation, met Zhang Gaoping who climbed the city wall, and the two ended in Zhang Guozhu's tragic death after a fierce fight.

Yuejiangmen was not lost, but the city wall in the northeast section of Yuejiangmen was lost, where there was a doorway for materials to enter.

At the same time, Zhang Gaoping quickly sent people from the river to inform King Fu of Nancheng, and he quickly gathered his 30,000 horses and horses into the lime mountain.

The battle situation on the side of Beikuo City was not known to Qi Boyu, the governor of the inner city, and Li Wanchang, who was driven out of Fengtai Gate in the evening, was like thunder, and the duck in his hand was actually lost by an old woman, and he couldn't help but have the idea of preparing to attack the city at night.

At this time, Zhu Changxun's left-behind soldiers at Dasheng Pass came with the news that the two rescue armies of Jiangxi and Huguang had arrived in Wuhu by boat from the Yangtze River, and would arrive at the city of Nanjing by tomorrow evening at the latest, while the garrison of Dasheng Pass was only 2,000 people.

For this reason, Zhu Changxun quickly gave Li Wanchang an order, asking him to continue to attack the city at the same time, mobilize 20,000 people to quickly return to the aid of Dashengguan, and prepare to resist the reinforcements of the northern army from Jiangxi and Huguang.

In order to invite merit in front of Zhu Changxun, the eunuch Gao Qiqian proposed that he lead 20,000 soldiers to defend the Great Victory Pass, and Zhu Changxun had already agreed, but he had just met Li Wanchang, who came to report the battle situation.

When the two sides were arguing, Zhang Gaoping's herald arrived at the camp and reported to Zhu Changxun and others the news that the army had entered Yuejiangmen.

"Good..."

Zhu Changxun laughed, his face suddenly turned red, and his blood pressure rose sharply: "Quick, General Li, I ordered you to attack the city at night and spread the news that Yuejiangmen was broken." ”

Gao Qiqian saw this, and immediately became angry, and no longer argued with Li Wanchang, although Li Wanchang fought all day and was not in good spirits, but at this moment he received that his old brother Zhang Gaoping had already invaded Beikuo City, and he was immediately overjoyed, hugged his fist towards Zhu Changxun, and then immediately rushed to the front line to arrange.