It sounds nice to be ready for the day, but it comes at the cost of morale and fatigue. Unless there is a big battle tomorrow, the military generally does not do this. Only when the soldiers are well rested can they better start training tomorrow.
Then these soldiers obviously have no chance to participate in a real battle, at least tonight.
"General, it's almost done." Cheng Feng strode over. Among the 1,000 Shu Han soldiers in the vanguard, 300 were part of his team. The sharp knife in Li Xinchen's hand showed its power without hesitation.
Xiao Shilian nodded slightly: "Check the trebuchets, crossbows and other equipment, and we are preparing to attack the city."
"Attack... siege the city?" Not only Cheng Feng, but also several generals who followed him also stared wide-eyed and couldn't believe it.
There were only a thousand men around Xiao Shilian. At least two to three hundred were left to guard the prisoners. The remaining seven or eight hundred men went to attack important towns like Xiangzhou. Is this just a dream? It is said that Guan Gong used 500 swords.
The shield bearers captured Changsha, which is Xiangzhou in front of them, but the Guan family's sword shield bearers were originally the first-class existence among private soldiers. In this era, they are probably on par with Cheng Feng's monster subordinates.
Give more.
Was Xiao Shilian going crazy because of the victory in this battle?
"If we don't attack the city now, will we wait until daybreak and Chen Shujian discovers that we are only a thousand people and have to control thousands of prisoners?" Xiao Shilian snorted coldly, "Not only must we attack the city, but we must also fight vigorously and reach the target."
Chen Shujian and Chen Shujian can only hide in the city and dare not show their heads, otherwise we will have nowhere to run at dawn."
"No!" The generals realized it at this time and hurriedly agreed.
And Xiao Shilian obviously understood at this time why Li Xingchen would give this task to him without hesitation. Obviously Li Xingchen also realized that the occupation would not always be as smooth as imagined. At this juncture,
After all, Cheng Feng and the others' horizons were a bit shallow.
What's more, the navy has already rushed up, so they can't watch the fun here!
"Whoosh!" The arrows whizzed past his head. Chen Shushen, who had never been on the battlefield before, felt his thighs tremble and subconsciously wanted to step back, but he saw that the guards were all holding on in front.
Picking up his shield, Chen Shushen mustered up the courage to continue moving forward.
After all, he is the royal family of Nanchen. If Nanchen loses this battle, he will definitely be the real unlucky one. Therefore, the only ones who can defend Nanchen at this time are the royal family. As for the rest of the army...
·As long as they don't defect before the battle, that's fine.
After going up to the North City Gate, Chen Shushen looked at the enemies appearing one after another in the light of the fire, with a solemn expression, and a personal guard came over quickly: "Your Highness, His Highness the King of Changsha, please come over."
The first place Xiangzhou City was attacked was the Water Gate located in the northeast corner. It is connected to the Xiangshui River to the east and Dongting to the north. It has always been a place where waterways meet and develop. Therefore, there are also a large number of houses and docks outside the city. Now
These houses, which had long been empty due to the war, had turned into stones for the navy's trebuchets, which were constantly thrown onto the city walls. It was obvious that the Shuhan navy was also conserving reserves and waiting for the subsequent war.
Xiangzhou is the western fortress of Nanchen. Of course, it is impossible for the city to be shaken just because one camp is breached. In Xiangzhou City, Nanchen still reserves a large amount of equipment, food, grass, etc., and of course the more important thing is soldiers.
Horses, not to mention the tens of thousands of defenders in the city, there are also more than 10,000 mobilized civilians. With such a city, it is enough to stop the attack of 30,000 to 40,000 people.
For such a city, Li Xingchen certainly did not expect to win a battle. Historically, Yang Su was able to capture Xiangzhou City not because of the army's capture, but because the Jiankang Prefecture area was already in danger. The commander-in-chief of Xiangzhou, Yueyang
In order to avoid unnecessary military disaster, Wang Chen Shushen took the initiative to open the city and surrender.
It's just that the general guarding the city is no longer Chen Shushen, who has never been on the battlefield, but Chen Shujian, who once sat on the Western Front and ran Xiangzhou single-handedly.
This means that Xiangzhou can no longer be conquered casually. Li Xingchen is already prepared for a protracted war. The reason why he wanted to sneak attack and capture the camp in the north of the city is actually more because Li Xingchen took a fancy to the camp.
With the food and grass in it, Li Xinchen can use more ships to transport troops and horses. Calculating, as long as he can persist for more than a month, new food in Shuzhong should be able to arrive.
But at least before that, Li Xingchen still had to worry about everything.
"Bang!" There was a loud noise, and stone bullets hit the city wall heavily. The rammed earth wall could not withstand such a long-term bombardment, especially since this was not the main city gate, but the water gate, which meant that the city walls and battlements
Its thickness was not comparable to other city gates, and soon many of the battlements on the city wall were collapsed by stone bullets.
"Cover with shields, don't let enemy ships come forward!" Uncle Chen ordered decisively, with a bloodstain on his face. He didn't know if it was because he rushed too fast just now and his bodyguards didn't keep up.
The fire arrows shot out one after another, like meteors streaking across the darkness. However, the Shu Han navy was always very shrewd. They just kept throwing stones at the edge of the fire arrows and did not seem to have any intention of directly hitting the water gate.
But Chen Shujian did not dare to take it lightly. With the help of Jingzhou Navy, the enemy's navy had completely occupied the water surface, so storming Shuimen was indeed a good choice, especially since the Shuhan Navy had a criminal record. It was not possible to capture Chengdu Prefecture in the first place.
With this move, Chen Shujian couldn't let himself become another Shu Commandery Governor Chang Li.
"Brother, it's too dangerous here, you should go down first!" Chen Shushen hid behind the shield and came over quickly, "At least retreat to the wall next to it!"
Chen Shujian did not refuse. The superstructure of the water gate was almost wiped out. If the enemy's ships really risked being set alight and rushed up with a barrage of arrows, then Chen Shujian would be in trouble.
Even Chen Shushen could see the current situation clearly, let alone Chen Shujian.
Qi Xin, the mainstay of the Jingzhou Navy, has surrendered. Coupled with the "example" role played by Lu Zhongsu, Gu Jue and others before, there is no need to say who the officials and generals in Nanchen are looking for. I am afraid that the one who can really be relied on is
There are only people from the Nanchen royal family, so Chen Shujian knows very well that he cannot die now!
After retreating to the upper city trail under the cover of his personal guards, Chen Shujian discovered that the wounds on his cheeks had scabbed over, but he didn't care about it and said in a deep voice: "Although the enemy's offensive is fierce, they have not yet attacked."
city, indicating that their number of soldiers and horses should not be very large, but reinforcements must be on the way. The enemy can appear directly under the Xiangzhou City. Needless to say, the Jingzhou Navy has all rebelled." (To be continued)