Three Kingdoms Eschatology

Gongsun Dan pondered for a while and said: "If you don't look at the sea road, there is Lelang County in the belt. Compared with Liaodong and Xuantu County, it is farther away from the Central Plains. But because of years of wars in Liaodong, Xuantu County The attack and encroachment of the surrounding Dongyi tribes caused a large loss of Han population, and there were not many left. Many of these lost population came to Daifang Lelang, so the Han population here is relatively much larger than that of Liaodong and Xuantu. It can account for 2% of the total population, with more than [-] households and nearly [-] people. The remaining [-]% of the population includes Dongyi Zhuhu and a small number of Japanese."

Speaking of this, Gongsun Dan seemed to suddenly think of something, and continued: "However, Brother Xu, if you think the Han people are reliable, then Chen Han, some Fang countries in Bian Han can also be used."

"What's the meaning of this?"

"Because some of the tribes in these two Koreas were also formed by immigrants from the Central Plains, rather than the natives of Han and Yi. Many of the people in Chenhan are the descendants of refugees who fled to the Qin Dynasty to escape the hard labor of the Qin Dynasty, so although they are not Han people, their language But they are similar to us, except that they have a lot of Qin Shi accents. As for Bianhan, let alone. Many people even came from the Han people who migrated from Xuyang area for two or three hundred years."

Xu Rong laughed loudly and said, "Very good. In this way, I will be more sure of completing the edict of the Holy Majesty." The two had a chat with each other before going back to their rooms to wash and sleep.

In the early morning of the second day, while Xu Rong was still asleep, he vaguely heard the rumble of war drums and horns outside the city, as well as the sound of noisy footsteps and shouting from outside the mansion.Xu Rong suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. After all, Gongsun Dan was just an enemy general who had just surrendered to Daliang, and he was only a "classmate in elementary school" with him, and he hadn't seen him for more than ten years.It shouldn't be completely trusted.If Gongsun Dan really had something on his mind, Xu Rong and the thousands of soldiers under his command must be doomed.

Xu Rong hurriedly jumped up from the bed with a carp, and finished dressing as quickly as possible.He rushed out with a spear in hand, and shouted loudly: "Where are the soldiers, what happened outside?!"

At this moment, two personal soldiers hurried over and said to Xu Rong with cupped fists, "General Qi, just now I went out of the mansion to check the situation, it turned out that there was an attack from outside the city."

After Xu Rong heard this, he thought about it again, if Gongsun Dan really wanted to harm him, the best time to do it was when he was drunk last night, why did he let him sleep peacefully for a night.So he threw away the worries he had just had.

Xu Rong strode up the city wall with a long spear in his hands. Gongsun Dan was already there, and was talking with the people below the city.He also looked down, and found that the army under the city did not have a uniform uniform, and was dressed in strange clothes, which were not dressed by people from Middle Earth.Most of the generals and cavalry on horseback seem to be dressed as Buyeo people.The armor worn by those pawns is another style.

Gongsun Dan beside him had already shouted: "King Qiu, why did you break your promise and attack my city of Liekou!"

At the foot of the city, a strong Fuyu man riding a tall horse, wearing fur and armour, lazily replied: "What kind of faith and righteousness does this king have with you? Don't forget that we canceled the alliance agreement yesterday. The one you sent Five hundred gold is the remuneration that should be given to the king. We are no longer in debt."

Gongsun Dan was furious and said: "Then it won't turn your back and deny people, turn around and send troops to attack my city."

King Qiushou replied again: "Prefect Gongsun, to tell you the truth, it's not that I want to embarrass you. It's the Wei people in Nanxin City who want me to beat you. In fact, this is also a deal. If you say the following, they Then Nanxin will also be handed over to the king, this kind of business that kills two birds with one stone, why doesn't the king do it?"

Chapter 710

Facing the arrogant and unreasonable words of Qiu Shouwang, Gongsun Dan was speechless in anger.Xu Rong who was standing next to him said, "Brother Gongsun, don't pay attention to this guy. You just command the officers and soldiers of Liekou to prepare for the battle. The army under a certain command is now stationed in Liekou City. When they are attacking the city, they will make a surprise attack and fight They were caught off guard and taught these barbarians a profound lesson."

Gongsun Dan nodded, and then questioned: "Brother Xu, we will be able to teach this barbarian a good lesson, but in this way, wouldn't Daliang become an enemy of Baekje in advance? Baekje is now the most powerful among Mahan , can be regarded as the leader in name. If Baekje is an enemy, it is equivalent to going to war with Mahan directly. Wouldn't this disrupt the strategy plan of Xianping leading Fang Lelang and then accepting Sanhan?"

"It doesn't matter! The Holy One always taught me that when leading troops abroad, we must adapt to the situation and not always follow the strategy. Because the plan can never keep up with the changes. Since Baekje provokes first, we should first conquer Baekje and then settle on Samhan. Maybe This is better than the previous plan, because it is more convenient to go to the rear of the Central Plains by water from Sanhan than by land from Liaodong.”

Gongsun Dan pondered for a while, and compared with the context of Xu Rong's sentence, he understood the meaning of his strange words.Because of Feng Yu's influence, there were some new words and expressions in the Daliang court.

At this time, King Qiu under the city stopped talking nonsense. After riding his horse and running back to the main formation, he waved his hand and deployed in the Baekje army formation with 3000 horses and horses under the city. Begin to push forward slowly, and the speed is getting faster and faster.When the crossbowmen among them approached the city wall, dense arrows flew towards the city like locusts.

Xu Rong had ordered his lieutenant to go down to the city to arrange for the deployment of troops to fight back, but he himself squatted behind the wall to observe the battle situation.He touched an arrow that had fallen on the corridor of the city wall and observed it carefully.It was discovered that the arrow clusters of this arrow were actually bronze triangular arrow clusters. At present, arrow clusters of this style are rarely seen in the Central Plains, and no one would use bronze to make arrow clusters. Generally, wrought iron or even refined Steel to build.The regular regiment of the Liang Army uniformly uses the latest wootz steel to make arrow clusters.Xu Rong sneered secretly, when the emperor set up two legions for the border troops of the Three Hans, some people in the court thought there were too few of them.But the emperor said that considering the current strength of Daliang, the vast national border that needs to be guarded, and the ability to supply materials, it can provide the strength of two legions at most.Any more will definitely consume the power of the people and the country.Now it seems that Baekje, the most powerful among Mahan, is no more than that, and the strength of the two legions is more than enough to calm down Haidong.

When Xu Rong was thinking, there were bursts of shouts and shouts from the city, and the Baekje soldiers were rushing to the city wall, and densely packed ladders were erected along the city wall.Without saying a word, Xu Rong moved down to the stairs and ran down the city.

A Baekje Buyeo general, wearing double armor, holding a two-foot machete in his mouth, using both hands and feet, took the lead and quickly climbed up the ladder, followed by a large number of Baekje infantry.When the Baekje general was less than four feet away from the top of the city, a huge boulder fell on his head, and his helmet collapsed with a bang, and his body fell like a weight.

Before the stone-throwing city guard could retract his body, a Baekje crossbowman who followed closely behind the Baekje general lifted up the hand crossbow that had already been loaded with arrows, and shot an arrow.The arrow hit the defender's eyes two feet deep into the skull, he swayed twice and fell headfirst into the city.

In the fierce mutual throwing and shooting attacks between the two sides, a Baekje leader wearing a large shield and double-layer heavy armor finally boarded the crenel of the battlement wall.A defender directly opposite him screamed and pierced his spear into his body. Unfortunately, the force of this blow was too small, it only penetrated through one layer of armor, but was resisted by the last layer of armor.

The soldier blushed and pushed his spear forward with all his strength, while the seven-foot-tall Fuyu man on the opposite side remained motionless. shield hand.The soldier who used the gun had no choice but to draw back the gun, ready to charge up and stab again. Unexpectedly, as soon as the gun was closed, the Fuyu burly man took advantage of the momentum to take a step forward, and the knife flashed, and he chopped off the guarding soldier's head on the ground. .

When the Baekje chief raised his head and laughed, he didn't notice that a defender crossbowman came quietly behind him, aimed the arrow cluster at his temple not covered by the helmet, and pulled the hanging knife.The seven-foot-long body of Fuyu's big man suddenly threw himself on the corridor of the city wall.At the same time, another Baekje infantry jumped onto the city wall from the ladder...

The sound of fighting at the top of the city, the sound of weapons clashing, and the sound of arrows piercing through the air screamed one after another.Relying on the advantage of their strength, the Baekje army continued to rush towards the top of the city along the ladder. Although they had piled up corpses at the foot of the city, more and more Baekje soldiers climbed to the top of the city.Gongsun Dan, who was supervising the battle at the head of the city, was sweating profusely, and his vest was soaked.

King Chou Shou under the city looked at the crumbling Liekou City, and when he was feeling proud, the city gate facing his army formation suddenly opened wide, and a large group of hundreds of cavalry rushed out of the city.

These warriors are tall and mighty, well armored, like a torrent of steel.King Qiushou didn't expect this scene anyway, he was stunned on the spot, and a thought just flashed in his mind---how could Gongsun Dan have such an extra fine iron cavalry? to near.He didn't have time to think about it, and shouted: "The left and right cavalry step forward to block the enemy cavalry!"

But where did the Baekje war ride come and respond.As soon as King Qiushou's words fell, Liang Jun's heavy cavalry led by Xu Rong raised their lances, and the spear blades were less than five feet away from the soldiers in the front row of the Baekje army.Facing the torrent of steel, these soldiers had already turned pale with fright, some involuntarily pushed their legs to the back of the formation or leaned to the sides, some raised their spears and swords reflexively, and many of them were dumbfounded on the spot .

Puff puff puff, the cavalry spears of Liang Jun's heavy cavalry instantly picked and killed hundreds of Ji's soldiers to the ground.The heavy cavalry continued to charge forward, and some cavaliers did not have time to take off the corpses on the barrels of their guns, and simply used the momentum to carry the corpses forward for a few feet, stabbed and killed the next Baekje soldier, and the riders just dropped their hands and gave up. gun.The Liang Jun heavy cavalry rider who took off his gun took advantage of the situation and took out his mace and swung it around.

At this moment, King Qiushou saw that the situation was not good, and he had already fled away on his horse.Under the impact of Xu Rong's heavy armored cavalry, the rest of Baekje's generals collapsed in half an hour.Another light cavalry battalion rode out from the city and began to pursue the fleeing Baekje soldiers.

At the same time, a large number of soldiers with guns and shields from the Liang army poured out of the city, and they easily eliminated all the Baekje soldiers on the city like cutting melons and tofu.Those Baekje troops who were still gathering under the ladder and climbing on the ladder were in bad shape, and they were about to flee, but the five hundred heavy-armored cavalry who left the city first had come back and almost none of them were alive. Might have run away.

Chapter 711 Deep Water Port

Outside the city of Liekou.A large number of naked Baekje soldiers were escorted to this place, and they knelt in a row in the scorching sun of early summer, with rows of executioners from Daibang County standing behind them.The general commanding them gave an order, and the executioners swung their knives together, and a row of heads fell to the ground immediately.Then another row of Baekje prisoners was brought in, some of them had already lost their legs and were incontinent to urinate.

Xu Rong stood in the scorching sun of early summer, chewing an unknown local fruit, squinting at the pile of human heads that were getting higher and higher.These heads are not only from the prisoners of war who are being beheaded, but also from the corpses of the Baekje army above and below the city.From time to time, Liang Jun Qingqi galloped back with a group of twenty cavalry. They were all Qingqi Feiyu who went to divide their troops to chase down Baekje's defeated soldiers.

Not far away, there is a group of ragged civilians in Liekou City, who are looting the clothes stripped from the bodies of prisoners of war.From this we can see how barren Daifang County is.

Xu Rong spat out the fruit that had been chewed dry in his mouth, and came to the group of people, followed by more than [-] of his personal soldiers, with his right hand resting on the handle of the knife vigilantly.Xu Rong shouted at the top of his voice: "Everyone, this is General Xu Rong of Daliang Zhendong, everyone, please listen to a certain statement."

These people were startled when they heard Xu Rong's loud roar, and stopped the snatching.

"I, the emperor of Liang, ordered to form the Haidong Army in the leading area. Anyone with Chinese blood and a good command of Chinese can join. From now on, soldiers will be exempted from hard labor at home, and the rest of the family will no longer have to serve in counties and counties. This military salary Well, two taels of silver per month. If there are casualties during wartime or peacetime drills, each injured person will receive 200 taels of silver as a pension. Can anyone among you be willing to sign up to participate.”

In fact, the recruitment of soldiers will be handled by a special person in the legion. Xu Rong is doing this now just to test whether the soldier can be recruited well.He originally thought that with such a favorable condition, even if it did not reach the level of enthusiastic registration, at least it would attract enough people to participate.Unexpectedly, these common people looked at each other with blank expressions.But he didn't respond to Xu Rong at all.

Xu Rong thought to himself, could these people not be Han Chinese, could they not understand Chinese?But Gongsun Dan said that the Han people in Daifang County accounted for forty percent. Among the hundred or so people, it is impossible that there are not a few Han people?

When Xu Rong was wondering, Gongsun Dan came to Xu Rong's side and bowed to him, with a smile on his face, he said: "Brother Xu, you can't recruit soldiers in the leading side if you recruit like this."

Xu Rong was even more puzzled, and quickly asked, "Why?"

Gongsun Dan sighed and said: "In the past ten years, the government offices of the four counties in Liaodong have been rotated like a revolving lantern. This is especially true in our Daifang County. In the early years, this was just a large barren land in the south of Lelang County. Although it belongs to Lelang in name, in fact bandits, barbarian tribes, and refugee groups are all over the place, and the government can't manage it effectively. Later, Gongsundu designated this place as a county and built a city in order to control Sanhan, and sent heavy troops to suppress it. This is barely The county government of Daifang was established. But within a year, the king’s banner changed on the top of the city, and the Wei army attacked again. The people thought that they would be settled down under the direct rule of the Central Plains court. Who knew that in less than a year, A large number of Hu Qi went south again, and Sanhan in the south also repeatedly went north to harass and erode the county and occupy the city. At that time, Wei Ting did not respond effectively. When my brother and I came here to take office, Daifang County was only in name Now, half of the city and land are occupied by bandits and bandits from the south, and the Han and Yi tribes. In this case, it is useless for Rukai to have any favorable conditions. They believe that Daliang can honor their military pay, and they also worry that Daliang’s rule over this place will not last long. When the court transfers them away, but the family stays here, their wives and children will be separated forever.”

Xu Rong stroked his beard and said: "So that's the case. It seems that these young men are still not available in a short time." His eyes suddenly rolled, and he suddenly asked Gongsun Dan: "Then how did the prefect's soldiers recruit? recruited?"

Gongsun Dan laughed and said: "If you follow your method of recruiting soldiers, you will naturally not be able to recruit them. Half of the soldiers in Daifang County are servants brought by me, brothers, and the other half are surrendered thieves and bandits. The rest So we can only force the strong men to serve. Fortunately, the relatives of the strong men are in the local area, so we are not afraid that they will become deserters."

Xu Rongyao said: "The Haidong Army has a great mission to completely pacify the four counties in Liaodong, and most of the three Hans will be conquered by this new army. The two regular legions sent by the imperial court only have 8000 to [-] troops, and they can only be used in key battles. The rest has to be borne by the Haidong army composed of local people. If the strong men are forcibly recruited, they can barely be used as the local county and county soldiers where their families are, but they are required to fight in the three thousand miles of Haidong. , it must be useless."

Gongsun Dan spread his hands, saying that he had no better way.At this time, someone shouted again: "There is another boat from the other side of the sea!"

Xu Rong and Gongsun Dan hurried to the beach.Sure enough, several mast sails appeared on the sea level in the west.Xu Rong said firmly: "Someone from the Wei Wen Fleet has sent some news."

After a while, several traditional sea warships sailed to the sea near Liekou City and dropped anchor.Someone boarded the coast in a sampan, and when he opened his mouth, it turned out to be a messenger sent by Wei Wen.

The messenger said to Xu Rong: "General Wei Wen received a letter from General Zhendong in Donglai yesterday. The Dongyang Fleet is ready and ready to leave at any time. But now there is one more condition, the Dongyang Fleet can safely send troops Ma crossed the sea to transport them here. The Eastern Fleet needs a deep-water seaport that can accommodate thousands of large warships. Outside Liekou City, the ships can only anchor in the sea far from the coast and have huge waves. There is no problem with temporary docking like this, but it will take a long time It would be a huge risk for the fleet. Therefore, General Wei Wen begged General Zhendong to conquer a city with a harbor first. For the details, General Wei Wen wrote them in the letter, please have a look."

After the messenger finished speaking, he handed over a piece of letter paper.Just as Xu Rong was frowning at the letter, Gongsun Dan had already said: "Brother Xu, the Nanxin City occupied by the remnants of the pseudo-Wei has an excellent deep-water port, and its area can accommodate at least a thousand large ships. It's just that Brother Xu Three or four thousand soldiers and horses..."

Xu Rong interrupted him and said, "According to what the military newspaper said earlier and Fuyu Choushou said before today's war, most of the puppet Wei remnants in Nanxin City should have gone south. The new city is not difficult. It’s just that Nanxin is nearly [-] miles away from Liekou. I’m afraid that after my army leaves, the head of the enemy will go and return, and the general will come back. How about this, I will leave another infantry battalion to help guard Liekou mouth."

Chapter 712

Xu Rong wanted to leave an infantry battalion for Gongsun Dan to defend the city. On the surface, he was worried that Baekje would go and come back, but there was another more important reason. Xu Rong was still wary of Gongsun Dan.Although it seems unlikely that Gongsun Dan will have any problems now, if that low-probability thing happens, the result will be extremely dangerous.Probability and consequences are multiplied together, and the risk of being completely undefended to Gongsun Dan is still too great.

Gongsun Dan didn't seem to think too much about it, and promised Xu Rong that Liekou City would not be lost.At dawn on the second day, Xu Rong led three thousand cavalry and took three days' worth of dry food with him, and headed for Nanxin City with light clothes.Nearly [-] miles away, it took two days and one night to arrive at Nanxin City.

Seeing that the defenders in Nanxin City failed to respond, and there were very few defenders at the top of the city, Xu Rong was even more convinced that Cao Pi and Guo Jia's main force had withdrawn to the south.At this time, it was getting late, so Xu Rong ordered his soldiers to sleep in the open not far from the city, and set up guard posts and sentries all around as usual.

In the middle of the night, Xu Rong, who was sleeping soundly, heard the clamor and shouts around him in a daze.He opened his eyes abruptly, and he could already hear the warning sound of an incoming enemy in his ears, and he saw countless rockets flying through the air in his eyes.He rolled over from the floor in a jerk, and picked up the weapon.

Looking around, he could see enemy infantry holding torches besieging Liang Jun everywhere, and a large group of enemy cavalry riding on horses also surrounded Liang Jun's camp, chasing Liang Jun Qingqi.Fortunately, Liang Jun's sentries were alerted in time, and Liang Jun's infantry had formed teams and battalions to organize a counterattack, fighting with the incoming enemy.

At this time, a group of more than [-] enemy soldiers found a gap and ran towards Xu Rong's position.Xu Rong shouted: "Array!" The hundred or so personal guards behind him immediately formed a simple small phalanx.A Wei soldier approached Xu Rong less than three feet away, the steel knife in his hand was raised high, but the spear in Xu Rong's hand pierced the Wei soldier's chest like a poisonous snake.Because of the short distance, the Wei Bing was pierced right in the middle of the gun barrel.Another Wei soldier had already attacked from the left flank, Xu Rong didn't have time to close his gun, he pulled out the first knife from his waist and sealed the opponent's weapon, making a crisp sound of clanging weapons.At the same time, seven or eight javelins projected the Wei soldiers into honeycombs.With a shout, the soldiers followed Xu Rong to meet these Wei soldiers, stabbing with swords, guns, swords and halberds at the same time, soldiers on both sides fell in a pool of blood continuously.

The surrounding battle groups, Liang Jun also calmed down from the initial panic.Round after round of javelins were thrown at groups of Wei army soldiers, and Wei army soldiers who were too close fought with the first dagger.The beheaded soldiers of the Wei army fell to the ground, and the torches in their hands fell into the grass. It was already the local summer dry season, and the grass and shrubs were dry and flammable.After a short time, the fire started to burn in clusters in the east and west.

There was a place where the flames were burning, and with a muffled bang, the flames rose to a height of more than [-] meters. It turned out that the flames detonated the place where Liang Jun piled up the explosive bombs.This time Xu Rong's army was traveling lightly, so they did not bring conventional ballistas, but they still carried portable ballistas.Therefore, there are also a lot of small hot bombs for portable ballistas.

The two sides were still fighting fiercely in the raging fire. Although Liang Jun had organized an effective counterattack, the Wei soldiers who came to sneak attack gave Xu Rong the feeling of boundlessness, and it seemed that no matter how hard they killed, they would never be able to kill them all.In the light of the fire, a one-eyed Wei general wearing a blindfold looked around on his mount. Soon he spotted Xu Rong, and galloped towards him.Xu Rong also spotted him at the same time, and immediately recognized that it was Xiahou Dun, a general of Wei State.Xu Rong knew Xiahoudun's prestige. He trembled in his heart and did not dare to confront him. He shouted anxiously: "Stop this general!" More than a dozen spears were thrown at Xiahoudun immediately, but soon The spears danced by Xiahou Dun swung away one by one like a pile of rotten silver.

Xiahou Dun and Wei Qi who followed behind him quickly rushed to open a bloody road and galloped towards Xu Rong. Xu Rong's soldiers held the idea of ​​​​doom, raised their swords and shields, and stood in front of Xu Rong.There was a muffled sound from the canopy, and the first soldier of Xu Rong had been picked up by Xiahou Dun's spear and flew away, and the other was knocked down by Xiahou Dun's mount and trampled past.

Seeing that the opponent's iron cavalry was about to pierce through the miniature phalanx formed by his own soldiers in front of him, Xu Rong couldn't retreat half a step.He knew that if he ran away, the whole army would be defeated, and the consequences would be disastrous.At this critical moment, Xu Rong heard continuous loud noises and the neighing of horses, and he was overjoyed, knowing that it was his heavy cavalry that came close.It turns out that according to Liang Jun's code of conduct, camping is usually done in the wild.The cavalry cannot camp at the same place as the infantry, just to prevent the infantry and cavalry from being mixed together during a surprise attack by the enemy, resulting in a chaotic situation where the infantry cannot form a formation and the cavalry cannot form a formation.

At that moment, these heavy armored cavalry rushed into Xiahou Dun's Wei cavalry team from the side. In an instant, dozens of Wei cavalry were either picked off by spears or knocked over by the six-foot-high Shire horse.

Even Xiahou Dun himself was almost stabbed by the spears of Liang Jun's heavy cavalry. He hurriedly turned his horse's head and ran towards Nanxin City, shouting as he ran, "Retreat! Quickly retreat!" Wei soldiers who were fighting fiercely with Liang Jun Hearing this shout, they broke away from the battle one after another and fled to the city. Liang Jun took the opportunity to chase and kill them all the way, and captured countless Wei Jun.

When all the Wei troops fled into Nanxin City, the sun had already emerged from the hills in the east, and the sky was already bright.The wasteland outside Nanxin City was full of corpses of Wei Liang's army.Xu Rong hurriedly assembled his troops, counted the number of people, and found that more than [-] troops had been lost after the first battle, which made him feel distressed like a knife.

Xiahou Dun, who fled into the city, was also shocked.Just the day before Xu Rong led his army to Nanxin City, news came from Wei Jun's scouts.At that time, Cao Pi and the other generals had brought 5000 troops and escorted all the officials. The concubines of the Wei family left Nanxin by boat and went to a Mahan city-state newly occupied by Wei soldiers in the south.Sima Yi and he were also going to take the last 4000 soldiers and horses of the Wei army to escort the remaining families of hundreds of officials to leave.

When Sima Yi heard the news, he had a plan in mind, and left most of the remaining soldiers and horses of the Wei army to Xia Houdun, asking him to deliberately paralyze Xu Rong and then attack Xu Rong's soldiers at night.It is planned to completely eradicate this tail that came from Qingzhou in one fell swoop.

Unexpectedly, although this action was successfully implemented and caught Liang Jun by surprise, it still did not achieve the desired results.Not only did not achieve the goal of completely eradicating the tail of Liang Jun, but he also lost more than 400 infantry and more than 200 Wei cavalry including more than a hundred tiger and leopard cavalry.This made Xiahou Dun, who was extremely proud, also marveled. Liang Jun is really an elite army that has been rare in the world for hundreds of years.To deal with such an elite division, the best strategy can only be to maximize their strengths and avoid their weaknesses, and try not to fight with them.

713 Empty City

At dawn on the second day, Xu Rong assembled his troops and prepared to storm Nanxincheng.In fact, right now his heart is beating a drum in a panic.Although Wei Jun's night attack was repelled last night, Liang Jun also lost a lot, and what's worse was the loss of a lot of strategic materials --- explosive bombs.In addition, last night's battle showed that the number of Wei troops in the city was still considerable, which made Xu Rong's confidence in successfully conquering Nanxin City a lot less.

With the sound of drums and trumpets, Liang Jun's infantry formed a siege formation, and under the leadership of Xu Rong, they advanced towards Nanxin City.Fortunately, Nanxin City, like Liekou City, is not blocked by a moat, and there are no crossbowmen at the top of the city to shoot arrows to stop Xu Rong's army from attacking.However, this made Xu Rong even more nervous. The more this happened, the more likely the enemy would be fully prepared at the top of the city.

Liang Jun, who had advanced to the root of the city, began to set up portable ballistas, and fired the remaining hot bombs at the top of the city one after another.These small fireballs flew toward the top of the city at a nearly right angle, and then fell down like a free fall, landing on the bluestone slabs at the top of the city, shooting up clusters of flames several feet high.At this time, Xu Rongfang, who was watching the battle from a distance, felt weird, because at this moment, the top of the city still didn't respond at all.If Cao Pi's army crouched behind the wall in the city, there should be a few people who were licking their clothes by the flames and making noises, it would not be so quiet.

Because the hot bombs used by Liang Jun are small and the number is very small, it is impossible to cover the city with flames like the usual Liang Jun siege.General Liang Jun, who was commanding at the front, saw that there was no response from the top of the city, so he simply launched an attack on the city ahead of time.Flying claws were shot towards the city head by portable ballistas. They hung on the city wall with a strip of soft rope ladders, and Liang Jun soldiers erected long ladders to climb the city.

When Liang Jun's pawns were about to climb up the ladder, Xu Rong came up to him in person and told him: "You guys, the city is so quiet, I would have guessed that there must be something strange, you must be extremely vigilant." Having said that, the soldiers of the Liang army who were preparing to climb the city became extremely nervous.

Half a quarter of an hour later, the No. 1 Liang Jun infantry had climbed to the top of the ladder. He poked his head out from the crenel and looked left and right.Then he stabbed a few times at the back of the wall with the weapon in his hand, and found that the back was empty and there was no one at all.Then he jumped up, climbed over the wall, and stood on the corridor at the top of the city.The soldier was leaning against the wall, holding a steel knife and looking around, it took him a long time before he was sure that there were no soldiers stationed at the top of the city.He and several soldiers of the Liang army who then climbed to the top of the city shouted to the people below the city: "There is no Wei army stationed at the top of the city. This seems to be an empty city."

Xu Rong's heart moved, and he shouted loudly: "Since it is an empty city, there is no need to wait any longer. You go down a few people first and open the city gate quickly." After a while, the east gate of Nanxin City suddenly opened, and there was only Several Liang Jun soldiers.

Xu Rong didn't dare to enter the city at this time, and his heart was even more agitated. He thought that there were so many people from the Wei army attacking the camp yesterday, so why did it become an empty city this morning?Could it be that Wei Jun left by sea overnight by boat?Thinking of this, he immediately ordered a few cavalry scouts to go around the city and go to the back to find out how many Wei army warships were still moored in the deep harbor near the sea.Half an hour later, he received a report that there was indeed no sign of a boat on the sea in the harbor.

Only then did Xu Rong feel completely relieved, expecting that the Wei army had all left overnight, he ordered loudly: "Qingqi Feiyu goes to the west port of the city, and the rest of the soldiers will follow XX into the city!"

The infantry of the Liang Army outside the city followed Xu Rong and poured into Nanxin City.As soon as he entered the city gate, Xu Rong found that the streets and alleys were empty, not to mention Wei Jun, and he couldn't even see a commoner.Xu Rong said to the lieutenant beside him: "Wei Jun must have taken away all the population in Nanxin City." The lieutenant also echoed: "There is not even a shadow of a chicken or a dog."

As soon as the deputy general finished speaking, he heard the sound of a dog barking, which made the deputy general quite embarrassed.But a soldier said: "This is the barking sound of our own scouting mountain dog. This barking sound is very familiar to the young ones. Because the young ones have worked as scouts before."

While they were talking, they had already arrived in front of the government office in the center of the city, but Xu Rong suddenly grabbed his mount and muttered: "Dog barking? Our mountain dog." He yelled loudly: "Not good, There is still an ambush in this city!"

Before he could finish his words, a loud arrow screamed into the sky.There were sudden shouts of killing inside and outside the city, except for the head of the east gate occupied by Liang Jun, the rest of the city walls were filled with dark figures.Countless figures suddenly emerged from the streets and alleys in Nanxin City, rushing towards Xu Rong's team from all directions.

Xu Ronggao shouted: "Don't panic! Spear and shield soldiers line up! Retreat to the east gate in an orderly manner!" Then, he grabbed the captain's collar of the heavy cavalry battalion again and said: "Your heavy horses are in the crowded street. The alley is useless, and the enemy army has not cut off the road to the east city, and quickly retreats to the east city gate, and then guards the east city gate and the tower on the city gate. The east city gate must not be lost, otherwise our army will be wiped out. !"

The captain of the heavy cavalry still hesitated and said: "General, if the heavy cavalry is transferred away, you don't have many soldiers and horses, why don't you and our heavy cavalry retreat to the east gate together."

Xu Rong scolded and urged: "Nonsense, if you leave, the morale of the remaining soldiers will be demoralized. How can they resist the enemy's siege. Military orders are like a mountain, and if you grind your mouth again, you will follow the military law! Go!"

The captain of the battalion had no choice but to raise his whip and whip his horse, and led his [-] cavalry to turn around and rush towards the east gate.While he was talking to Xu Rong, the remaining Liang Army infantry of the third battalion had already lined up on the main street in the city, marching and defending.At the same time, countless soldiers and horses armed with assorted weapons and dressed in various costumes are coming from the west, south, and north streets and alleys, very close at hand.

At this time, Xu Rong realized that their costumes and armor were not in the style of Cao Pi's army, and he had no time to think about it, so he commanded his army to retreat eastward along the main street.But after a dozen or so breaths, the tide of enemy soldiers hit the shield wall of Liang Jun's formation from three sides. The soldiers in Liang Jun's formation struggled to throw their spears, and the soldiers on the edge struggled to stab their spears through the gaps and edges of the shield. out.The enemy troops near Liang Jun's formation were constantly overturned in a pool of blood, but they also launched a counterattack immediately, throwing countless arrows and a whirling sickle at Liang Jun.Although it was difficult for the arrows of those bronze arrow clusters to penetrate the ring armor on Liang Jun's body, the flying scythe could cut a huge hole in the lobster shell, and then cut into Liang Bing's flesh.Liang Jun had no choice but to raise their respective big shields and put together a large formation of tortoise shells.

Liang Jun's army was fighting and retreating, moving slowly.However, those unknown enemy troops detoured to Dongcheng District from other streets and alleys, blocking the way for Liang Jun's army to retreat to the Dongcheng Gate.Xu Rongzheng took the lead, and when he was fighting with his guns, he heard a wild laughter coming from the upper left.He looked around, and suddenly understood in his heart.The person standing on the roof was none other than the King Qiushou of Baekje whom Xu Rong had dealt with just a few days ago.

Chapter 714

Nanxincheng Main Street.Standing on the roof, King Chou Shou waved his hand, and the commanding soldier beside him immediately picked up the horn and blew two consecutive short beeps.The Baekje soldiers, who were fighting fiercely with Xu Rong's army, heard the sound of the trumpet and took a few big steps back in unison.In this way, Liang Jun's army was trapped in the street, but it was a few steps away from the enemy soldiers on all sides, and they were out of contact.

King Qiu Shou then shouted loudly: "This general Liang, I don't know your surname, what should you call me?"

Xu Rong replied angrily: "This is Xu Rong, General of Daliang Zhendong."

King Qiushou laughed and said in blunt Chinese: "It turned out to be General Xu Rongxu. To tell you the truth, more than [-] soldiers and horses under my command have gathered in Nanxin City, and you are already unable to fly. There is a saying among you that is called knowing current affairs." He is a hero. Listen to me, I want your soldiers to quickly put down their weapons and surrender. This king will make you a city lord and let you lead one side, no worse than you being a bird general in the Central Plains emperor. No thief, you and All the soldiers under your command will die without a single body!"

Xu Rong took a sip without hesitation and said: "Fuyu Huyi, who was crowned with monkeys, asking someone to surrender to you is simply a daydream."

King Qiushou was furious immediately, and shouted: "Then don't blame me for being cruel." After finishing speaking, he waved his hand vigorously and said: "Kill!" The soldiers blew again in another rhythm under the horn.Thousands of Baekje soldiers shouted in unison, and once again came to surround and kill Liang Jun like a tsunami.

Almost at the same time, thousands of spears flew out from Liang Jun's army in all directions. Amidst the screams and howls, hundreds of Baekje soldiers were pierced by the spears and fell into a pool of blood.Liang Jun took advantage of the moment when Qiu Shouwang temporarily stopped attacking, and was able to open his big shield and throw his spear in the gap time.

Immediately, the dense arrows and flying sickles of the Baekje soldiers rushed towards Liang Jun again, and the latter was forced to form a turtle shell formation again for defense.The Liang soldiers on the edge stabbed their spears vigorously, and all the Baekje soldiers close to the shield wall were stabbed and killed on the spot, but many of them were pushed by the Baekje soldiers behind like a tide, and their bodies were pressed against the shield wall and could not fall down. on the ground.As a result, the spears of some Liang soldiers completely penetrated the corpses of the Baekje soldiers, and they could not be retracted, so they had to draw out the first knives to fight.Many of them were also killed from time to time by spears pierced by Baekje soldiers through the gaps in the shields and above the shields.

The battle situation was extremely fierce, but Liang Jun could still move the entire army formation slowly and continuously to the east under the cover of the "turtle shell".Those Baekje soldiers who tried to stop Liang Jun's formation from withdrawing to the east gate all killed and wounded on the street, and the road paved with corpses was everywhere.

Chou Shouwang's expression became tense. He didn't expect Liang Jun to be trapped in this way. If Liang Jun retreated to the east gate, all previous efforts would be in vain.He immediately shouted an order: "No matter what you do to stop Liang Jun, you can't let them move to the east." Turning his head, he whispered to the soldiers: "Quickly inform the soldiers and generals on the corridors of the city wall, and ask them to move to the east." Quickly take down the east gate and tower, as long as we close the east gate, Liang Jun will not be able to fly out even if he grows wings!"

Up and down the East Gate Tower, Baekje and Liang Jun are also fighting fiercely.It's just that Liang Jun's situation here is more difficult and dangerous than that of Liang Jun on the main street.Because there are only four to five hundred infantry stationed on the east gate tower, and the Baekje soldiers rushing towards them are dense, at least two to three thousand.

On the corridor at the head of the city, Liang Jun set up more than ten rows at both ends, and the deep-rowed phalanx blocked the passage from the north and south walls to the head of the east city.The Baekje soldiers came rushing along the corridor, and when they encountered these two shield walls, they stopped abruptly like a flood blocked by a dam.The two sides stabbed each other with spears, spears and swords on both sides of the shield wall, and soldiers kept falling to the ground.The Baekje soldiers were inspired by something, they died one floor after another, rushing forward desperately.

Liang Jun also suffered constant casualties. Even if they had the depth of the platoon, if they were consumed at such a speed, in less than half an hour, even if they didn't collapse, they would all be killed or injured.Suddenly, in Liang Jun's phalanx, five or six fireballs rose into the air and fell towards the crowd of Baekje soldiers.The Baekje soldiers had never seen hot bombs before, so they thought they were ordinary firearms of Liang Jun.Those who were close moved their steps to prevent being hit in the middle by the fireball.Some even use shields to block them.

Only a few muffled bangs were heard, flames several feet high shot up from the corridors of the city wall, and each cluster of flames instantly burned one or two Baekje soldiers who were splashed with naphtha nearby into burning men.The Baekje soldier who used his shield to block the fireball caused a catastrophe. A pottery pot full of naphtha hit his shield, and the splashed naphtha splashed the heads of several nearby Baekje soldiers. It was full of brains, and was ignited by the flames on the shields. The upper bodies of several people suddenly burned, and the screams and howls were endless.

The Baekje soldiers were in chaos immediately, and Liang Jun fired a few more explosive bombs to completely suppress their charge.It's a pity that these are Liang Jun's last few explosive bombs.Otherwise, a random bombardment would probably defeat the Baekje soldiers instead.But how to say, the two or three hundred Liang troops at the head of the city temporarily stabilized their positions.

In the city gate below the city tower, nearly two hundred Liang army infantry desperately blocked the oncoming Baekje army, with only the last spear left in their hands.The rest of the spears had long since been hurled as javelins.Behind Liang Jun's shield wall, more than a dozen spears stabbed forward continuously.A soldier of the Liang Army just pulled out his spear from the chest of a collapsed Baekje soldier. A whirling sickle happened to pass by the upper edge of the shield, and was embedded in his forehead. among.Liang Bing and his large shield fell to the ground together, and Liang Bing from behind hurried up to fill his position.The Baekje soldier who was throwing the sickle took the opportunity to rush to the shield wall. Liang Bing's four-foot spear was no longer effective against him, so he had to throw away the spear and drew the first knife at his waist.The two captain archers behind them could only be in a hurry, because the restriction on the shooting angle of the city gate prevented them from using their long-distance sniper skills. Shoot indiscriminately.

Seeing that his defense line was crumbling, the commander in chief of the Liang army shouted, "Vote!" The Liang soldiers in the rear all threw the last spear in their hands, and then drew out their first knives as the main soldiers. blade.The Baekje crowd was intensively projected by the javelins, and burst into screams and wailing, and a large crowd of people fell in all directions.However, after a slightly hesitant pause, the Baekje soldiers came up again in unison shouting.At this time, most of the Liang soldiers only had a short knife in their hands.He had no choice but to desperately use his shield to withstand the random chopping and stabbing of the Baekje soldiers' swords, guns, swords and halberds, while stabbing and killing the Baekje soldiers stuck to the shield wall with a two-foot short blade.

After all, the Baekje soldiers were numerous, and they resumed their previous offensive after a while.Liang Jun became precarious again.At this moment, the sound of horseshoes came from behind the Baekje soldiers.Some Baekje soldiers turned their heads to look, their faces were already pale.It was Xu Rong's heavy cavalry battalion who came, and all of them raised their maces at this time.

Chapter 715 Strong Army

At the east gate of Nanxin City, before the heavy armored cavalry rushed behind those Baekje soldiers, the witty ones pulled away and ran away, while others stood there in a daze in fear, and most of them still turned their backs to the heavy armored soldiers. Iron cavalry, the attention is only on the Liang Jun infantry in front.