Chapter 388: By accident, Qian Tang City is broken
Chapter 388 Accidental collision, Qian Tang city destroyed
Author: Playing with Basilisk
Chapter 388 Accidental collision, Qian Tang city destroyed
From the last moment of eclipse in the morning to the third moment of sunrise in the afternoon, the fortress at Ruxukou faced huge challenges.
Sun Quan's total military strength was only 50,000 to 60,000, and the main force was all deployed here.
There are about 40,000 people, including more than 30,000 in the Ruxukou camp, and only 8,000 defenders in Zheqi City. They are struggling to support themselves in the face of an enemy twice their size.
The Ruxukou Fortress was connected as a whole on the river. It was originally a huge fort with half on the water and half on the land.
But at this moment, the fences and walls outside the Wubao were basically destroyed, and many water towers, high oars, arrow towers, and fortresses also fell down.
The buildings on the northern periphery were almost crushed into ruins, and there were huge stones and wood fragments left after the tumbling of boulders.
For wooden towers, catapults were full of destruction. Many three- and four-story water towers were destroyed.
At this time, Pan Zhang's tribe in the north had been forced to retreat to the camp of Zhu Ran's tribe in the middle, because his camp had been occupied by soldiers led by Ma Chao.
The periphery of the front camp was littered with corpses of both enemy and enemy soldiers. The areas where the yellow-brown rammed earth and wooden fragments had collapsed were completely soaked with blood, ranging from fresh blood to dark red.
Cast iron helmets and leather hats can be seen everywhere on the walls. Clusters of bald arrows and broken weapons are scattered all over the floor. Even the shelves of the collapsed tall buildings above are densely packed with arrows, telling the world about the war.
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Ma Chao personally led the death squad to capture Pan Zhang's North Camp. Soldiers from both sides used the towers and docks in the camp to launch an offensive that was close to street fighting. They could shoot arrows into the camp while standing on the roof.
This made Jiang Dongjun's life worse than death.
They couldn't rush out, they couldn't fight back the enemy, and the surrounding water was controlled by Guan Yu's navy. They were almost surrounded and couldn't fly.
In desperation, Pan Zhang even proposed to set up an isolation zone in the middle camp and burn the northern camp.
However, this proposal was opposed by He Qi and others.
Too risky.
At this time, except for Zhu Huan who stayed in Zheqi City on the north bank of the Yangtze River, the few remaining generals of the Jiangdong Army were defending here.
The four camps of He Qi, Pan Zhang, Zhu Ran, and Lu Fan formed an intersecting situation, guarding the north, east, west, and south sides of Ruxukou respectively, including Ruxushui in the west, the Yangtze River in the south, and the rivers in the north and east.
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Now that the northern camp has been breached, the rest of the people can only retreat to the other three camps.
The four camps are connected to each other. Although there is a river below, once the fire is lit, it is likely to spread to the other three camps and burn them too.
Playing with fire and burning yourself, even if we both die together, is not how we play.
It's just that the current situation is indeed difficult enough for them. There are only more than 30,000 soldiers on the north bank. No matter whether they are dead or injured, there are already as many as 2,000 defectors. Those who sneak out of the camp at night to surrender cannot be stopped.
Now the total number of the four troops is less than 30,000, and the morale of the army has dropped to the bottom, making He Qi and others look ashen, and everyone's heart is full of despair.
There was only one motivation that could keep them going - Sun Quan sent someone to deliver a message that Cao Chun's reinforcements were coming.
If they wait a little longer, they can wait for reinforcements to arrive.
"Cao Chun sent a letter to tell Gu that he has arrived at Dongxing Dam and is about to fight Zhao Yun."
On Zheqi City, Sun Quan looked at the river in the distance.
Today, Guan Yu still launches a fierce attack. The river is densely packed with Jingzhou Navy ships. The fleets are crisscrossing the river, almost covering the river, and they are constantly releasing bows and crossbows at the camp.
Sun Quan in Zheqi City could only watch. He was stationed on the south bank. Guan Yu's army obviously planned to concentrate on breaking through all the way, but there was nothing he could do.
But it's not without good news. Cao Chun sent someone over yesterday to tell him that Cao Jun had already set off, with 5,000 tiger and leopard cavalry and 20,000 Cao Jun vanguard heading straight for Dongxing Embankment.
Because Dongxing Dike guards the passage from Chao Lake to Ruxushui, if Cao's army from behind wants to come for reinforcements, it must capture Dongxing Dike.
Sun Quan naturally knew about this, so he felt that it would not be a big deal if 25,000 Cao's troops destroyed Zhao Yun's troops. He would hold on for a few more days and wait until Cao's front troops came to rush for reinforcements, then the main force of Cao's troops would arrive.
But of course he didn't know that there was no main force of Cao's army. Cao Pi sent a total of 8,000 Cao Chun, which was only claimed to be 25,000.
But even so, it gave Sun Quan great confidence. He kept writing letters to He Qi and the others in Ruxu's mouth, encouraging them to continue to hold on and wait for the moment when reinforcements arrived.
Zhu Huan said to Sun Quan: "Marquis Wu, we still need to confirm with Cao Jun as soon as possible when their main force will arrive. If the front army only has more than 20,000 people, we still can't withstand Liu Bei's nearly 100,000 troops."
"Lonely knows."
Sun Quan said in a somewhat harsh tone: "But now the life and death of Jiangdong is in the hands of Cao Wei. I can only send people to ask, where can I dare to urge him?"
"The King of Wei will not watch Jiangdong fall into Liu Bei's hands."
Gu Yong thought for a while and said: "General Zhu should be more relaxed. After a few days, after Cao Chun's former army has defeated Zhao Yun's tribe and occupied Dongxing Embankment, they will naturally go south to contain Guan Yu. This can also relieve some of our pressure.
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"Um."
Zhu Huan sighed, nodded and said, "I'm afraid that even if Cao's army arrives, the situation in the south will not be too good."
After hearing his words, Sun Quan looked towards the south, his eyes filled with worry.
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On August 14, countless people came to the Zhejiang River on the south bank of Qiantang.
At first glance, the army looked like there were no less than 40,000 to 50,000 people. Except for the army at the front, the troops behind were noisy and chaotic, like a bunch of bandits and bandits.
Pound was riding on a white horse. Because he liked riding white horses, the army called him General White Horse.
At this time, Shamoko, who was a former soldier, was already in formation on the edge of the Zhejiang River.
They arrived in Yuji County yesterday. They set out in early June and traveled more than a thousand miles for two months before finally arriving on the other side of Qiantang.
Yuji County on the other side of Qiantang County was the Xiaoshan District of Hangzhou City in later generations. It was established in the Han Dynasty and faced Qiantang County across Zhejiang Province.
There were almost no defenders in Yuji County, and the one Sun Quan sent to guard the southern front was his last veteran general, Zhu Zhi.
Originally, Sun Quan planned to send his brother Sun Ben to garrison. Sun Ben had been the governor of Yuzhang for many years. At that time, Liu Biao sent Liu Pan to fight from the south to Qiantang, but Huang Gai, Sun Ben, and Zhu Zhi were able to defeat them.
But as Huang Gai was killed by Shen Chen, and Sun Ben died of illness at the beginning of the year, only Zhu Zhi was left who was familiar with the south and was good at fighting.
Therefore, Sun Quan could only place his hopes on him.
Zhu Zhi is also 65 years old this year. His eldest son Zhu Ran is currently on the Ruxukou battlefield on the Western Front. His second son Zhu Cai died in the Battle of Jingzhou last year. Now that he is over 60 and has to go into battle, it is inevitably a bit sad.
However, a veteran is a veteran, and Zhu Zhi had very few troops, so he did not station anyone on the south bank. Instead, he retracted all his troops back to the north bank and watched.
On the top of the city, he looked at the mighty troops of Liu Bei's group on the other side of the river, just like the waves of the Zhejiang River. They had reached the shore, and seemed to be preparing to cross the river to attack the city, so he said to the deputy general, Lieutenant Ye Xiong: "Come here
I’m afraid I’m not familiar with water warfare.”
Ye Xiong wondered: "How did the general know?"
Zhu Zhi smiled and pointed to the river and said: "If you are familiar with water warfare, you should not send out only a small force to test. This is the way the northern cavalry fights. When fighting on ships, especially ashore warfare, the fleet should approach the shore in large numbers.
, the soldiers first disembarked from the boats and formed a formation, using the boats as a fortress, seizing the beachhead, and then taking advantage of the situation to attack. Is there any sense in such a temptation? "
"General, what you mean is that we can attack halfway across the border?"
Ye Xiong asked.
Zhu Zhi nodded: "If they send out the whole army and tens of thousands of people land on the river bank, I would not dare to attack. But if he lands with a small number of people and horses and wants to seize the river bank step by step, it is obviously wrong. Let us prepare."
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"yes."
Ye Xiong went to make arrangements.
On the other side now.
Pang De frowned and looked at the messy Shanyue people behind him.
He only brought 15,000 elite troops with him in this dispatch. As a result, many Shanyue tribesmen on the way heard that Liu Bei's army was coming to destroy Jiangdong, and they suddenly became excited.
Shanyue leaders Peng Qi, Fei Zhan, Peng Dan, You Tu and others raised their arms and called out, and countless people responded, all coming to help.
If Pound hadn't asked them to select elite soldiers, there might not have been 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers, but more than 100,000 or 200,000.
Historically, the Shanyue issue has not been resolved during Sun Quan's time. There were no fewer than thirty bandit rebellions in Shanyue alone in recorded records. Lu Xun put down several of them, capturing tens of thousands of people each time.
The rest of the counties in Yuzhang, Kuaiji, Xindu, Linchuan, Poyang, Jian'an, and Linhai were later divided into Danyang County, Yuzhang County, and Kuaiji County in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The rebellion was the most popular.
According to historical records, at its peak, Guangdong Wu defeated Guangdong Wu and captured more than a hundred Shanyue bandit commanders, more than 100,000 people, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and bandits. This shows how many Shanyue there were in the southeastern hills at that time and later in southern areas such as Fujian and Jiangxi.
Moreover, Shanyue and Jiangdong were very hostile. The two sides fought many times, but the Shanyue people always ended in defeat. So when Liu Bei's group came to destroy Soochow, they responded in large numbers and came to fight with farm tools.
This still gave Pound a headache.
It is said that there are not many soldiers but good ones. Although these people are all friendly troops, it is uncomfortable to see their messy situation and obvious ragtag group.
The only good news is that Wei Yan is already in place.
He sent people from Linshui County, which was later Lin'an District of Hangzhou, to cross the mountains and cross the river to Fuchun County, which was Fuyang District, and conveyed the news to Pound that he was about to attack Yuhang.
At this moment, Pang De was on the riverside, ordering Samoko's advance army to cross the river first, and then he would lead the main force across.
The attendant next to him, Lieutenant General Qu Gan, was a little hesitant.
Zhang Nan and Qu Gan followed Shen Chen into the southeastern hills, and along with Shen Chen got to know some Shanyue leaders, so they had been in contact with the Shanyue people during this period.
However, they were from the Jiangxia Navy and knew a lot about water battles. Seeing Pound crossing the river like this, Qu Gan stepped forward and said, "General."
"Um?"
Pang De turned his head and asked, "What's the matter?"
Qu Gan said: "I once heard the Governor say that when you cross a river to land, you must not send a small number of troops to cross the river first. This will be like adding fuel to the oil lamp. If you add too little, it will be consumed quickly. All the troops need to be dispatched.
, use ships as fortresses, use bows and arrows to drive away the enemies on the shore, then disembark the army in large numbers, use baggage, chariots and horses to cover the outside, form a semicircular formation, and seize the beachhead."
"Is that so?"
Pound had indeed never had a water fight, so he said, "Then why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Qu Gan scratched his head and said, "The general is impatient. This order has already been issued, and I thought the general had other plans."
Pang De also scratched his head and said: "I actually don't have any plans, but Wei Yan is already on the north bank. If the enemy can come out of the city to fight us, it will be convenient for Wei Yan to make a sneak attack."
"Forehead"
Qu Gan thought for a while and said, "Then you should listen to the general."
Pang De also thought about it and said: "Then let's do it."
The two bastard generals discussed it over and over again, but they didn't come up with any good ideas, so they just decided to use a stupid way to cross the river.
At that moment, Samoko attacked and led 5,000 people to cross the river first.
Soon they temporarily asked the Shanyue people to help collect and build small boats and crossed Zhejiang, that is, the Qiantang River, and arrived at the beach on the north bank.
According to the plan, after Samoko seized the beachhead, he would immediately form a formation to cover the soldiers in the rear.
Pound then ordered the main force to begin crossing the river.
But when they were halfway through the crossing, in the Qiantang County city, Zhu Zhi gave an order, and the 10,000 Jiangdong disciples who defended the city were immediately dispatched.
The city gate opened wide, and the soldiers rushed out bravely.
The so-called attacking halfway across the river does not mean attacking when the enemy is halfway across the river, but means attacking when half of the enemy's troops have reached the shore and the other half is still on the water.
Pang De had been in the north for a long time, and he was a brave charger rather than a wise commander. Therefore, he was not familiar with water warfare and suffered a big disadvantage.
The army on the north bank was suddenly in chaos, and the Shanyue army on the river was also in chaos. Some wanted to flee back by boat, some wanted to continue the attack, and some stopped on the river and hesitated.
Shamoko soon fought with Zhu Zhijun. The Wuxi barbarians were very brave and managed to hold on to the situation in a short time.
Seeing this situation, Pound immediately ordered to hurry up and cross the river.
But he made a fatal mistake.
It would be fine if the Shanyue people were put at the end to cross the river, but if they led the main force of 15,000 people to cross the river first, they would be safe.
As a result, he chose to go in with the main force. As soon as the Shanyue people landed, they encountered Zhu Zhi and attacked them head-on. There was chaos. In the chaos, they actually broke through their own formation, leaving Pang De's army on the river bank in a state of near defeat.
Pound was shocked.
He was not familiar with water fighting and did not expect it to turn out like this.
The only good news is that he chose to cross the river today because Wei Yan had already sent him a signal.
Otherwise, given Pound's caution, he would probably still choose to discuss with some generals in the army who are familiar with water warfare before deciding how to cross the river.
So at this moment, in the north of Qiantang City, a desolate horn sound suddenly sounded.
From the last moment of noon when he started to cross the river to the beginning of noon, Zhu Zhi fought a wonderful blocking battle. Pang De's army on the north bank of the Zhejiang River was about to be defeated.
At this moment, the horns of Qian Tangcheng suddenly sounded continuously in the rear, which surprised Zhu Zhi and quickly turned around to look.
At this moment, I saw that the city top that was originally the flag of Jiangdong had actually changed.
The "Zhu" flag above has been changed to the "Wei" flag.
There were less than 500 defenders in the city, but they were unexpectedly attacked from behind. Qiantang County was breached!
Pound made a mistake and helped Wei Yan create the best opportunity!
Today is just one chapter. Brothers, there are too many things to do today. I went to the county town with my mother to buy some things. I didn’t go back until after six o’clock in the afternoon. I was typing words in a hurry, so there is one less chapter today. And yesterday someone said
It’s only one chapter, which is embarrassing. Yesterday it was two chapters in one.