The night is as dark as ink, and the stars and moon have no light.
You could hear needles dropping in the Han army camp. The soldiers stared blankly at the dozens of heads on the ground, still as if they were in a dream... These are all noble nobles who are beyond words?! His Highness the King of Han actually said to chop them off.
Just cut them all off!
Until King Han's voice sounded again, everyone couldn't help but hold their breath.
"A raging soldier will make a raging nest! I will never let these incompetent people turn my invincible lion into a bear!"
"Everyone! We have no retreat. Prince Gu and Prince can only survive. We can conquer Zhenjiang City, and we will share the wealth in the future!" King Han paused, and then said in a deep voice: "If we cannot take Zhenjiang City, we will die.
Got it!"
The words of the King of Han were like a heavy hammer, hitting the hearts of all the soldiers. They already fully understood that the victory or defeat of this battle was related to the life and death future of everyone...
"Tomorrow, I will personally command the siege!" King Han roared in the loudest voice: "You must fight to the death!"
"Fight to the death!" "Fight to the death!" "Fight to the death!" The tide-like voice sounded again, even alarming the head of Zhenjiang City in the distance. Only then did the King of Han nod with satisfaction, and accompanied by his trusted generals, returned to the Chinese military tent...
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In the Chinese army tent, Li Maofang, Zhu Zhanqi, Wang Bin, Zhu Heng, Wei Hu, Wei Hong, Wei Xing, Wang Yu, Li Zhi and other generals stood in line, watching the King of Han sitting behind the case without moving.
Your Highness... Obviously, the heads of Song Hu and others fell to the ground, which also sounded a loud alarm for them - Zhu Gaoxu has turned into a tiger that chooses and devours people, and will not show mercy to anyone.
"Tomorrow's battle, are your respective positions clear?" Zhu Gaoxu's eyes swept across the generals. Everyone he looked at straightened their chests and nodded vigorously. Then he said in a deep voice:
"There is no main direction of attack! We must attack with all our strength from all directions! There is no time to withdraw our troops! If we don't capture Zhenjiang for a while, we will continue to fight day and night! Until the city is broken! Do you hear me!"
"Yes!" All the generals responded in unison.
"Go and prepare!" Zhu Gaoxu said in a deep voice: "Eat at Yinshi and attack at dawn!"
"Yes!" The generals once again accepted the order in unison, then turned and left, leaving only Wang Bin... Zhu Gaoxu's most trusted general.
"Hey..." With only Wang Bin in front of him, Zhu Gaoxu finally revealed his true mood, with a look of anxiety on his face and a heart full of confusion.
"You don't have to be like this, Your Majesty, let's let those pustules take the lead," Wang Bin comforted softly: "Don't you just want them to make a fool of yourself so that you can seize the military power?"
"I'm not worried about this..." Zhu Gaoxu shook his head and sighed.
"That's... the north?" Wang Bin whispered.
"Yes." Zhu Gaoxu nodded and sighed: "Father will kill me..."
"Haven't the arrangements been made?" Wang Bin said in a faint voice, "The emperor should have passed away soon, right?"
"Yes." Zhu Gaojiu nodded expressionlessly: "Originally, I wanted to wait until my father died before starting any trouble, but that would give Zhu Gaochi a chance to prepare, so we started in advance." Zhu Gaojiu sighed.
Said: "Now the boss is unable to fly, but the people in Beijing don't know..."
"As long as they launch the attack according to the agreed time, the emperor will not know the situation in Nanjing. Without any precautions, they will definitely succeed in one fell swoop." Wang Bin, the king of Han, also cheered for himself: "That is a sure-fire situation!
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"Yes. It's just that if there is no obituary for a day, I will not be at peace for a day." Zhu Gaoxu said, rubbing his face vigorously, putting the fear behind him and said: "Never mind! Take Zhenjiang with all your strength, kill the boss, and half of the country will be at hand.
Now, what else is there to be afraid of?!"
"Your Majesty is so right!" Wang Bin said solemnly: "If we take Zhenjiang, we will be invincible! Even if the Emperor is still alive, we have to sit down and talk with him..."
Zhu Gaoxu nodded slowly, the sadness finally disappeared from his face, revealing a complacent look...
The sky finally dawned, and the defenders on the city were horrified to see a horrific scene that they would never forget. They saw hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses outside the city working together for dozens of miles, and the water surrounding Zhenjiang City was impenetrable. Countless people also appeared on the river.
Qing warships.
When the sun rises, the soldiers' armors and weapons shine with dazzling light. The fluttering flags and sails on the river form a circle of breathless dark clouds, covering Zhenjiang City in all directions. This scene is full of excitement.
I have never seen a veteran who has experienced war? Just looking at it is enough to make people lose their fighting spirit...
The prelude to this battle was played by the naval fleet on the river. The cannons on the warships fired in turn, and the shells roared towards the city, exploding over the heads of the prince's officers and soldiers, destroying the city defense they had managed to put together overnight.
The equipment was smashed to pieces!
There was no transition after the prelude. The cannons sounded and the general attack began. The overwhelming Han army, carrying siege equipment, rushed towards Zhenjiang City from all possible attack directions. Standing on the city, it looked like a tidal wave.
Like a city wall!
When the siege troops rushed within the bow and arrow range, sharp whistles sounded at the top of the city. Countless archers emerged from all over the city, bows and arrows, and shot the first arrow as quickly as possible. They did not aim at all.
, because there is no need to aim - the enemy troops under the city are too dense...
Bows and arrows rained down, and countless officers and soldiers of the King of Han fell down in response, but just like the waves rising in the tide, it did not weaken the momentum of the tide at all!
The officers and soldiers of the King of Han raised their shields to block their heads and continued to push the siege equipment forward. When the cart was in place, the archers of the Han army climbed up, and the soldiers below shook the turntable desperately to raise the cart to the level of
The city wall was the same height, and the archers of the Han Dynasty launched a counterattack immediately!
The archers on the city couldn't care about themselves at all. Their mission was to destroy the enemies below the city. As for the archers on the carriages, they were the targets of the crossbows on the city walls - several crossbowmen turned the crossbow carriages to the buildings outside the city.
The car, shaking the winch desperately, cocked the crossbow on the crossbow, and then gave it a heavy blow, breaking open the mechanism. A hammer-headed crossbow with a thick arm roared out, and hit the carriage of the building in the blink of an eye.
, the carriage suddenly disintegrated under the violent impact, and the archers on the carriage screamed and fell to the ground one after another...
But this is just a glimpse of the battlefield. The tidal wave of offensive has already reached the city walls, and the rolling stones and wood from the top of the city have also poured down. The losses of the Han army have increased sharply. Countless officers and soldiers were crushed into meat patties by the rolling stones and wood. There are also
Each basin of boiling oil poured down from above would make more than a dozen officers and soldiers scream and roll on the ground!
However, the Han army was unusually unafraid of death and ignored sacrifices! With red eyes and roars, they put ladders on the city wall one after another, and the more advanced siege vehicles also came one after another.
Here we go... These siege vehicles are equipped with stairs one by one, allowing your own soldiers to run up the stairs to the top of the city. They are also well-protected, not only can they protect the soldiers attacking the city, but they are not afraid of fire. They are much more powerful than cloud ladders.
many.
Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty focused on developing cavalry, and there were very few such equipment. Otherwise, if hundreds of siege vehicles were on top of the city at the same time, the battle would be impossible to fight!
But these dozens of siege vehicles have already put great pressure on the defenders. None of the Han soldiers who climbed up the ladder have climbed up. The officers and soldiers on the siege vehicles are already at the top of the city with the defenders.
A fierce battle!
The defenders naturally knew that these siege vehicles were the biggest threat, so they invested the maximum amount of troops and tried their best to prevent the enemy troops from ascending the city! Therefore, wherever the siege vehicles were, they became a Shura field of flesh and blood, and wave after wave of
Waves of siege soldiers rushed up and fought with waves of defenders. Both sides refused to give in, and in the blink of an eye, rivers of blood flowed...
When the Han army on the ladder also climbed to the top of the city, the battle started on every inch of the city wall. Those Han soldiers fought like crazy, slashing with knives, kicking, biting with their teeth, and attacking madly at the risk of their lives!
The soldiers of the Prince's Army were obviously paralyzed by yesterday's victory. They thought that the Han army was nothing more than this, so when faced with their crazy attack, the situation was very passive. In less than half an hour after the battle started, a section of the west wall was lost!
This shocked Mo Wen, who had an overview of the overall situation. He never underestimated the enemy, but he still underestimated Zhu Gaoxu! He did not expect that Zhu Gaoxu could reunite the scattered military spirit overnight and inspire the most ferocious side of the Han army.
At the first moment of the battle, use your maximum attack power!
There is no need to deny that compared to His Highness the King of Han, who was the God of War, he was still too young... Mo Wen sighed secretly in his heart. But the next moment, his face that was as cold as ice was filled with excitement! As a result,
A natural general is born in peace and rarely encounters a war. This is the greatest tragedy!
At this moment, the strongest enemy and the cruelest battlefield are right in front of him. He no longer has to lament that he was born at the wrong time!
‘Come on, His Highness the King of Han!’ Mo Wen felt as if his blood was boiling. He waved his hand violently, and the flag officer beside him raised a red flag and waved it twice in the air.
After receiving the order, a battalion of officers and soldiers hiding under the city wall immediately climbed up to the top of the city under the guidance of the red flag. A moment later, there was loud gunfire on the top of the city! Those Han soldiers who had just captured the city were shot and fell to the ground like wheat.
...The intensive bullets sent sawdust from the siege vehicles flying, abruptly blocking the torrent of offensive by the Han army. The Prince's Army took advantage of the situation to recapture that section of the city wall...
The intensive gunfire also attracted the attention of the King of Han below the city. Wang Bin on the side said strangely: "Didn't Shenjiying go to Beijing with the emperor?"
"Ji Gang said that Fu Si of Beizhen and the vanguard of the imperial army were secretly building firecrackers," the King of Han frowned and said, "I didn't expect it to have reached such a large scale."
"It doesn't matter," Wang Bin said, "They have guns, we have cannons."
"That's right, a few broken guns are of no use. We still have to rely on real swords and real spears to fight!" The King of Han said with a cruel smile: "Is Zhu Heng commanding over there? Tell him that the city wall cannot be recaptured before noon.