Outside Yangzhou City, five soldiers held horn horns and puffed up their cheeks. "Woo..." the vigorous trumpet sound tore through the sky. "Dong, dong, dong..." Five big men waved desperately in front of the erected drum. Hit the drum head with two hammers.
The Far Eastern Army, a lonely navy, quickly sent out an order for an all-out attack on Yangzhou City. However, instead of continuing to attack the east city, the army rushed towards the north gate of Yangzhou City.
On a hillside in the northeast corner, Huang Shaoqiu stood on it specifically today. In fact, there were 13,000 infantry in the northeast corner ready to go, and there were 2,000 cavalry next to them, ready to attack at any time. Only 5,000 infantry were actually used to attack the city. .
Huang Shaoqiu originally wanted to notify Shen Guang and Xu Jingzong with the sound of plum blossoms and drums during the third wave of siege and ask them to open the north gate of Yangzhou City from the inside, but unexpectedly an accident happened and the north gate was opened in advance.
Fortunately, Huang Shaoqiu had been instructing his soldiers to keep an eye on the north gate with binoculars, so the north gate of Yangzhou City suddenly opened in advance. His soldiers discovered it immediately and reported it to him in time, and then he immediately issued the order. .
Two thousand cavalry shouted killing sounds and rushed towards the north gate as fast as possible, followed closely by more than 10,000 infantry.
The crowd shouted, and the sound resounded through the sky, shaking the mountains and rivers.
The diffuse cavalry, crowds, and armor surged toward the north, like a flood or a sea tide!
The two thousand cavalry were formed from the war horses that Huang Shaoqiu had accumulated in Yangzhou City in the past few years. Each unit of the Far East Army Navy has taken turns to undergo infantry and cavalry training at the Shedao training camp, and must reach a qualified level. However, The navy was inconvenient to transport cavalry, and in order not to arouse the suspicion of Yang Guang before, there were not many cavalry in the army.
These two thousand iron cavalry had been hidden by Huang Shaoqiu in Yangzhou for more than a year, and they had been idle for more than a year. They finally got the opportunity to go to the battlefield and make contributions. They all stared at the North City Gate with their eyes widened. After a bloody battle, more than 70 of the 100 Military Intelligence Bureau masters remained, but they still guarded the city gate.
At the same time, many people suddenly appeared from all over Yangzhou City and shouted: "The city gate is broken, the Far Eastern Army has entered the city, everyone, please run for your life!"
Along with the shouting, some places in the city suddenly caught fire, and the people in the city were immediately in chaos. Some people put out the fire, some packed up their things and fled, and some fled in groups to the west and south city gates.
Soon, the streets and alleys in Yangzhou City were filled with people. Liu Zhifei got news of the changes in the north gate, and the elite troops dispatched were blocked by layers of people.
, it was difficult to reach at all for a while.
There are thousands of people from Xiaoyu Theater, Martial Arts Guild, Military Intelligence Bureau and Lanyiwei who spread rumors and set fire to cause trouble. This was originally arranged in advance and was part of the plan made by Shen Guang and Xu Jingzong.
At the north city gate, a thousand defenders besieged more than 170 masters of the Military Intelligence Bureau. The people of the Military Intelligence Bureau refused to retreat. One third of them died, but the city gate was still open.
On the defender side, more than 400 people died, and they were already frightened. In addition, Huang Weiyang and Ma Daxiong were dead, and there was no general in command. At this time, no one dared to rush towards the masters of the Military Intelligence Bureau. Both sides It stopped temporarily and became a confrontation.
At this time, the chaos in the city finally extended to here, and the morale of the more than 500 remaining defenders at the city gate was shaken. Then they saw that the two thousand cavalry were less than 500 meters away from the city gate, but the reinforcements never arrived. , someone finally shouted and turned around and ran away, running for his life.
With the first one, there will be a second one, and soon all the more than 500 defenders fled.
Naturally, Xu Jingzong and Shen Guang led the remaining seventy masters not to pursue them, nor did they cheer, but silently welcomed the two thousand cavalry into the city.
More than 10,000 infantrymen followed behind, led by Huang Shaoqiu, with countless iron helmets flashing and spears like a forest.
In the city, Liu Zhifei was so anxious that he ordered the massacre of the people blocking the road. Some people ran out of the fire, but were immediately shot and trampled by the guards. The situation was horrific.
Thousands of elite infantry and cavalry soldiers of the Far Eastern Army continued to enter the city from the north gate.
"Ka, ka, ka..." A large number of infantrymen passed through the city gate like a dark steel torrent. The sound of neat footsteps, drums and trumpets blended into the chaotic scene ahead.
The city of Yangzhou was destroyed, but Liu Zhifei believed that he still had 20,000 to 30,000 troops and there was still a chance, so he organized his troops to fight in the streets with the Far Eastern Army.
Unfortunately, among the 20,000 to 30,000 defenders, there are less than 5,000 capable soldiers who have actually been on the battlefield, and many of them are soldiers who surrendered after Liu Zhifei took control of Yangzhou City. Their combat power, morale, and sophistication of weapons and equipment are not far behind that of the Far Eastern Army.
Generally large.
As a result, after a street fight, less than half an hour later, the defenders finally began to collapse. Even if Liu Zhifei asked his own soldiers to kill more than a dozen deserters, he gradually could not control the situation.
At this time, there were fires everywhere in the city, thick smoke billowing into chaos, shouts of killing, and screams one after another.
Affected by the people running around, and keeping
Because the army intended to fight in the streets, the Far East Army had also been disrupted. When Huang Shaoqiu entered the city, except for the soldiers guarding the north gate, no one could be found.
Huang Shaoqiu led his soldiers to climb up the already deserted city wall, and asked two hundred soldiers to shout together: "If you can't find anyone who can reach the top after entering the city, you can fight on your own, and the generals at all levels will make decisions on the spot."
"Anyone who captures or kills Liu Zhifei, whether it is our Far East Army, the people of Yangzhou, or the Yangzhou garrison officers and men, will be promoted to the third rank of our Far East Army Officer and receive a reward of ten thousand gold."
The two hundred soldiers roared together, like rolling thunder, and could be heard clearly by most of Yangzhou City.
As soon as these words from these soldiers came out, it was the straw that broke the camel's back.
In the south of the city, Liu Zhifei was tightly surrounded by five hundred personal guards, and he did not dare to let other soldiers get close. Except for the five hundred personal guards he trusted most, the other defenders and people seemed to look at him.
Different, the greed in his eyes is hard to hide.
Liu Zhifei felt sad in his heart, and suddenly realized that their army was really a ragtag group compared to the Far Eastern Army.
The only ones currently fighting against the Far Eastern Army are Yu Wenzhi and his 5,000 direct descendants, who were supported with a large amount of money and food. However, nearly half of them have been killed or injured now, and most of the other 20,000 defenders have already fled or simply knelt down and surrendered.
Under such circumstances, this battle can no longer be fought.
But Liu Zhifei, who wanted to be prime minister, was unwilling to give in. He still persisted and did not want to order the withdrawal of troops.
However, the entire city of Yangzhou groaned and trembled under the flames of war and iron cavalry!
The city was in chaos, and Huang Shaoqiu couldn't figure out which movie was where.
However, he couldn't understand that Liu Zhifei had completely lost control of the army. During the melee, many defenders surrendered, and the overall situation was decided.
Ancient armies were good at field battles, but not so easy in street battles. After losing their formations, they relied entirely on low-level generals to control their subordinates.
Huang Shaoqiu, Xu Jingzong and Shen Guang had already given instructions to their subordinates to prevent Liu Zhifei from escaping as much as possible, life or death.
But they knew that it would be difficult to do this. After all, there were many defenders, and Liu Zhifei had thousands of capable soldiers under his command. In addition, there was chaos in the city. If they wanted to kill Liu Zhifei, they would have to do so at all costs.
At the same time, the death day of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty also came in the Jiangdu Palace next to the Grand Canal in the south of Yangzhou City.