Lu Jiulang shouted outside the city for a long time before a sentry lazily poked his head out and asked, "What's going on down there?"
"I came from Jiangyang County. Something big has happened. Jiangyang County has been lost, and the Jin army is about to attack!"
The sentry was startled, "Just wait, I'll report it!"
The sentry turned around and ran to report. Not long after, the captain on duty hurried over and asked loudly: "Which family are you a child from, and you come here to talk nonsense?"
Lu Jiulang suddenly said angrily: "I am not a child, I am Lu Jiulang, the famous kappa in Jiangdu City. Everyone in the city knows me!"
The captain heard that his voice did not sound like a child's, and asked again: "You are here to deliver a letter. Where is the letter?"
Lu Jiulang pulled out the bamboo tube and shouted loudly: "Go on, I'll throw it to you!"
He struggled to throw the heavy bamboo tube towards the top of the city. He stood at the head of the stone bridge, which was only four or five feet away from the top of the city. Most people could throw it, but Lu Jiulang was weak and weak, so the bamboo tube hit the city wall and fell.
When they got down, the soldiers burst into laughter.
"Damn it, you can't even throw it up from this close!"
The captain cursed and was about to order someone to open the city gate to pick it up, but when he accidentally looked up, he saw a few miles away, under the bright moonlight, a mighty fleet heading towards Jiangdu City.
The captain was stunned. He suddenly shouted and shouted: "Go and report to the general, sound the alarm, the Jin army is coming!"
The soldiers also saw the fleet in the distance. They were in a mess. Someone sounded the alarm bell, "Dang! Dang! Dang!"
The rapid sound of alarm bells echoed over the city. The sleeping soldiers were awakened, and the general Xue Lun was also awakened. He put on his outer clothes and came out, shouting: "What happened?"
"Reporting to the general, the alarm bell has sounded at the top of the southern city!"
At this time, the sound of rumbling drums came from the direction of Nancheng, and Xue Lun's expression suddenly changed. If it was just an alarm, it might be a sneak attack by a small army, but if the drums also sounded, it would mean that a large army was attacking.
"Order all soldiers to go to the city and fight!"
Xue Lun shouted loudly, he simply put on his armor, got on his horse, and ran towards Nancheng with a spear in hand.
At night, there were five thousand soldiers on duty on the top of the city. Although most of them were lazy and sleeping, the sound of alarm bells and war drums woke them up, and the soldiers rushed towards the south city from all directions.
At this time, the fleet has entered the moat, and the soldiers lowered the sails one after another. Although the sails are power, they are also the most susceptible to being ignited by fire. Entering the moat, the ships can sail by inertia and poles, and there is no need to use them anymore.
sail.
There were thousands of soldiers on the top of the city. The soldiers fired arrows at the nearby ships. The soldiers on the ships also raised their shields and fired back with crossbows. People on both sides kept screaming in pain after being hit by arrows.
The leading ship stopped, and three huge ship planks with iron hooks were set up on the top of the city. They were firmly hooked on the city bricks, and the other end of the ship planks was also fixed on the side of the ship. They were specially used to attack the city.
On the ship's bridge, Jin soldiers on the ship, holding short spears and large shields, quickly rushed to the city along the ship's bridge.
At this time, Xue Lun also rushed to the top of the city. He saw large ships moored by the city wall, countless ship planks erected on the top of the city, and countless Jin soldiers swarming up the city. Xue Lun's eyes suddenly turned red and he shouted
Said: "Burn the boat with fire! Burn the boat with fire!"
Torch after torch was thrown at the big ships, and finally the ropes of two big ships were ignited, and then the sails beside the ropes were ignited. The decks of the big ships turned into a sea of fire, but the Jin soldiers were also furious, and countless soldiers ignored them.
They all rushed through the flames and reached the top of the city.
"Why haven't the reinforcements arrived yet?"
Xue Lun watched helplessly as more and more Jin soldiers stormed the city, and the defenders on the city retreated steadily. He shouted in despair.
At this time, a general rushed over and shouted: "General, my brothers can't hold it anymore, please withdraw from the city first!"
Just as Xue Lun was about to rebuke angrily, there was a sudden shout from his left. His army was routed. The defeated soldiers swarmed in and almost knocked him down. Seeing that the situation was critical, his soldiers picked him up and fled. They ran to the corridor.
Lun looked back and saw countless Jin troops coming to attack him. They were only a dozen steps away from him. The position where he had been standing had been overwhelmed by enemy soldiers.
Xue Lun felt frightened in his heart, and ran towards the city in panic without caring about his image.
The thousands of defenders at the top of the city finally could not withstand the fierce offensive of 10,000 Jin troops, and fled to the bottom of the city...
At this time, the second batch of 20,000 Jin troops, under the personal command of Li Bing, also arrived outside the south city of Jiangdu. At this time, the south city gate had been opened, the suspension bridge was lowered, and the soldiers rushed into the city. One soldier unexpectedly
I picked up a sealed bamboo tube near the city gate.
The soldiers of Zhu Si's army in the camp in the city also rushed out of the camp. After all, there were 20,000 people. Especially in the middle of the night when the soldiers were sleeping soundly, the process from reorganizing the army to massing out of the camp was not so fast. When they came out, the Jin army
They have captured the southern city head and entered the southern city.
Xue Lun didn't bother scolding his generals. He shouted at the top of his voice to the soldiers: "Fight to the death... If we lose tonight, no one will survive!"
Half an hour later, another 10,000 Jin troops from behind rushed into the city, bringing the total strength of the Jin troops in the city to 40,000, which outnumbered the defenders in the city. Every household in the city closed its doors in fear, and everyone was there.
Silently praying for the victory of the Jin army.
Two powerful armies fought in the city of Jiangdu. At the same time, hundreds of warships sailed past the city of Jiangdu and headed north. This was the Yangtze River navy that went to blockade the Huaihe River. In this battle,
Li Bing is bound to win...
At dawn, Guo Song arrived at Jiangdu City by boat. He had been on the Yangtze River all night last night. This time he did not overstep his authority and replace Li Bing's command. He completely let Li Bing fight this battle.
In fact, Guo Song had already received news that the fighting in the city ended at five o'clock, and he only entered Jiangdu at dawn.
The Jin army has completely taken control of Jiangdu City, and countless soldiers have surrendered. The soldiers are searching for fleeing soldiers from house to house. This is not to disturb the people. Many soldiers will take civilians hostage after escaping into civilian houses, so it is very useful to confirm by going house to house.
necessary.
When Guo Song entered Jiangdu City, he happened to hear cheers all over the city. Although the people could not go to the streets, they opened their doors and windows one after another, beating gongs and drums to celebrate the victory of the Jin army. After being extremely oppressed by Zhu Si, they were full of joy
All the depression was released at this moment.
When Li Bing heard that His Royal Highness the King of Jin had arrived, he quickly led his generals to the south city gate to greet him.
"See Your Highness!" Everyone knelt on one knee and saluted.
Guo Song waved his hand and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, generals. Please get up!"
All the generals stood up one after another. Li Bing stepped forward and clasped his fists and said: "I have to report the battle situation to His Highness!"
Guo Song looked back at the city and smiled: "I want to go to the city to have a look, let's go up and talk!"
The generals accompanied Guo Song to the top of the city. Guo Song looked at this world-famous city and sighed slightly: "Back then, I accompanied Liu Xiangguo to Yangzhou to urge the salt tax. Jiangdu was so prosperous. He never imagined that I would come here a second time.
Yangzhou has become so desolate!"
With a slight sigh, he turned back to Li Bing and said, "Tell me about the battle situation!"
Li Bing knew what King Jin was most concerned about, and said quickly: "Your Highness, in this night battle, we suffered about 3,000 casualties, including 1,300 killed, 1,200 slightly injured, and 500 seriously injured."
Guo Song nodded. It was pretty much what he expected. Now the Jin army has been able to control the number of casualties to about 10% of the total number of people participating in the battle. This is also the result of the army's long-term and unremitting training.
"Where is the other party?" Guo Song asked again.
"The other side suffered about 6,000 casualties, twice as many as ours, and 16,000 surrendered soldiers, including more than 1,400 Plum Blossom Guard soldiers."
"Where's Xue Lun?"
Guo Song asked: "Why is there no news about him?"
"Xue Lun died in the rebel army. We just dug up his body. He was hastily buried by the soldiers. He must have died under random arrows."
Guo Song nodded, "Now the army is searching the city. Is there any harvest?"
"There are gains, mainly Plum Blossom Guard soldiers. Many of them took off their military uniforms and fled into the civilian population. Some were beaten to death by the common people, and some were escorted out. There are currently about 300 people, and it is estimated that there will be more. They did not participate in the battle. There should be
Six hundred people fled into civilian homes."
"Maybe there are a lot of locals?"
Li Bing shook his head, "They all came from Luoyang, there are no locals, and we control the city gate, they have no way to escape. Now they disappear out of thin air, which only proves that they escaped into the private sector."
"Okay! End the search as soon as possible before noon today, all troops will move out of the city, and normal order will be restored in the city."
"I humbly obey orders!"
At this time, Li Bing remembered something again, took out a bamboo tube and said: "A soldier picked this up at the gate of the city. Inside was a secret letter. He wanted to tell the city that Jiangyang had been lost. He humblely asked the defenders of the city at that time.
Soldier, it was a dwarf who came to inform us, but he could not throw this informant letter into the city."
Guo Song took the mailbox, poured out the informant letter, read it over, and asked, "Who is this person signed by Wu Duo?"