Chapter Twenty-Seven: Flames and Cavalry, The End of Eastern Wu

Countless rockets were launched, and the sky was illuminated in an instant, like a curtain of fire, and through that bright light, the soldiers of Soochow noticed that the alleys of the houses next to them were actually piled with straw, and when they approached, they could smell a faint smell of sulfur.

But they don't have time to think about that.

The rain of arrows is like a canopy of heaven.

First of all, countless soldiers of the Eastern Wu Army were shot by rockets and fell to the ground, and then the clothes on their bodies and the houses on both sides were ignited in an instant, burning with raging flames at an extremely fast speed.

In just a few moments, the entire city was turned into a sea of flames!

Lots of soldiers were stained with flames, they wailed in pain, and rolled on the ground, but the fire was too big to extinguish the flames, and they could only watch as their flesh began to change color, and even they could smell the barbecue......

Burned alive and roasted!

Isn't it miserable? The Western Wu Army thought it was not enough.

The cannon fired, and the shell left deep holes in the ground, accompanied by the flying of flesh and blood; The fire guns rang out, accompanied by the soldiers falling to the ground, and the addition of gunpowder made this grand flame party even more lively.

Adding fuel to the fire, many people recognized the meaning of this idiom for the first time.

This is a carnival, the carnival of the Western Wu army, because the soldiers of the Eastern Wu have completely lost the strength to resist, and they are like moving targets for the Western Wu army to practice archery.

The fire was raging, and the surviving Eastern Wu army was crying, and they desperately begged for mercy from the Western Wu army on the city tower, but in exchange for indifferent arrow feathers.

They will not stop attacking until they have inflicted enough casualties on the Soochow army.

The soldiers of Soochow scurried around, trying to find a safe area, but as they ran, a fire ignited on their bodies, and then one by one they fell to the ground while running, and some people turned their eyes for help to their commander, who in the past, they were the backbone, and following them, there was a direction.

But the generals can't save their lives, how can they still have the heart to command the troops? Riding on tall horses, they became the most conspicuous targets, and were named one by one by the Western Wu army, and even those who survived were quickly consumed by the flames.

The 60,000 Eastern Wu troops who entered the city completely lost the power to resist and were slaughtered!

The attack of fire and water, the most poisonous plan in ancient times!

Yuwa stood on the edge of the city that had turned to hell.

For this war, they spent an unknown amount of manpower and material resources. In order to ensure maximum damage to the Soochow army, they even demolished the eastern wall of the inner city, connected it to the outer city, and mobilized the people to place straw gunpowder in the houses. The bustling city of Quzhou has turned into a huge trap.

Big, really big! In order to bury the 60,000 Eastern Wu soldiers who had already entered the Eastern Wu Dynasty, the high-level leaders of the entire Western Wu finally decided to bury this ancient city with them!

At such a huge price, what was done was to completely annihilate the main force of the southern front of Soochow and defeat Soochow in one fell swoop!

Is it worth it? It's worth it.

He looked coldly at the screaming Soochow soldiers below.

It is not that the Western Wu Army does not accept surrender, but it will have to wait a little longer, and if the Eastern Wu Army loses its structure and they are completely discouraged, at this time, the soldiers of Western Wu will generously give them a way to live.

As for how much they will survive at that time, it will only depend on their own creation.

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When the jack gate fell, Lu Zhen was unprepared.

At that time, his mind was full of desire to make a contribution.

So when he rode his horse and raised his whip and was about to enter the city, the jack gate fell next to the horse's head and smashed the front half of his horse, along with dozens of soldiers in front of him, he was confused.

But the world spun around, and he fell to the ground.

Looking up, there was a gate made of fine iron in front of him, and blood was flowing from below.

Hit the trick!

Zhu Wenzheng actually surrendered by fraud and was deceived! is a good Zhu Yuanzhang, and he is willing to take out the strategic importance of Zhuquan to trap us!

Lu Zhen's reaction was very fast, his mind was full of thoughts, but his subordinates were not slow, and immediately commanded the soldiers and began to dig the floodgates.

His order was correct, because the general gate was wrapped in iron sheet with solid wood, and so many people dug it with weapons, and it was indeed very quick to dig through.

It's just that what he can think of, the generals of Western Wu can also think of.

This gate, in order to ensure that the Eastern Wu army could be divided into two sections, was made of fine iron.

You can't dig it, you can't dig it at all.

The soldiers of the Eastern Wu Army used the weapons in their hands to "clang" on the iron gate, but they soon found out in despair that no matter how hard they worked, they could only leave small pits on the gate, and the small pits were still iron, which had to be dug until the Year of the Monkey!

Lu Zhen is keenly aware that confluence is no longer possible.

What is really done now is to stop losses.

At this moment, a rough voice came from the city tower:

"Shoot!"

That is Yu Tonghai, responsible for guarding the east gate of Quzhou City!

With his order, the rain of arrows was mixed with the roar of artillery, and the Eastern Wu army behind him was hit from overhead, however, because the main force was in the city, this wave of Eastern Wu army could barely withstand it.

At this time, in the city, the screams came, Lu Zhen pricked up his ears, and vaguely heard "Fire, fire!" from behind the gate. Exclamations.

Fire?

He understood in an instant that the 60,000 troops inside were finished.

It's still too late! Go back with an army of 40,000 and take all of them, it's not a loss! They can regroup their troops and horses at any time and attack Quzhou again!

After figuring out this section, Lu Zhendang ordered a retreat.

However, he was facing Zhu Wenzhong, Tang He, Yu Tonghai, Zhu Wenzheng and Yan Ling, Zhu Yuanzhang's military generals.

So as soon as he shouted the phrase "withdraw troops", he was horrified to find that the ground was shaking.

For such a situation, he is too familiar with the battlefield, and it is precisely because of the familiarity that he feels frightened.

It's cavalry! It's a massive cavalry swarm charge!

And this kind of formation, he only saw it when Gaoyou fought with the Yuan army that year, when the Yuan army had collapsed, and only part of the cavalry was stubbornly resisting, although they were finally defeated by their superior forces, but the terrible impact made him unforgettable.

At this time, he seemed to have returned to that night, and the righteous army trembled in front of the cavalry of the Yuan army, which was no more than thousands.

The Eastern Wu Army is just as familiar.

As the gates fell, the walls began to attack, and many of them realized that they had fallen into a trap, and their morale plummeted.

The soldiers knew that they had been defeated, and that more than half of the brothers had fallen into the city, and they knew their fate by the light of the fire. The imaginary reward has come to naught, and now they are facing imminent death, which is a huge psychological gap that many people cannot bear.

At this time, the cavalry came.

No one wants to fight anymore.

The 40,000 Wu army began to break up and fled in all directions, looking for a way to survive.

"Don't run! Formation! Lu Zhen let out a hoarse cry, but in the sea of tens of thousands of people in a panic, this sound seemed so weak.

In the dark, a pair of eyes were shining, with a "da-da" sound, it was a horse's hoof from the underworld!

The urging voice prompted the soldiers under Lu Zhen to run even harder!

The two sides have not officially engaged in battle, and the Eastern Wu army has been defeated!