Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2354: Shouchun City Falls, Zhu Di is Doomed

The battle situation in Jingnan continued to change, and it seemed like it was no longer possible to maintain it!
Shouchun!

At this time, it has developed to the final step!
The protracted siege by Wang Jian and Hulugu's tens of thousands of troops finally made the city shaky.

During this period, the navy on the Yangtze River had considered supporting Zhu Di.

However, Guo Ziyi's troops set up layers of defense in the rivers along the route to Shouchun, and installed a large number of hidden stakes and iron chains in the waters at several key nodes.

Guo Ziyi even ordered people to prepare a large number of sandbags, ready to block the river at any time.

Whenever the Yangzhou navy showed any possibility of breaking through the previous barrier, Guo Ziyi would act decisively and use this method to completely block the river.

If the river is blocked, how will their warships rush over?
If the other party wants to break through the obstacle, they will have to land. But if they dare to land, facing these navy troops coming ashore, won't Guo Ziyi be able to ravage them however he wants?
In this way, the Yangzhou navy would not be able to get through Guo Ziyi's obstruction at all.

In fact, at the beginning, Zhu Tianpeng did obey Zhu Di's orders and gave up rescuing Zhu Di.

However, after Lu Xun led a part of the Yangtze River Joint Navy from the middle reaches of the Yangtze River to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, he had more power in his hands, and naturally he began to become arrogant.

However, facing Guo Ziyi, who had a strong army and had made sufficient preparations, he could only return empty-handed time and time again.

As for Zhu Di in Shouchun, he had already prepared himself mentally and had the idea of ​​sacrificing his life for the sake of righteousness when there was only this isolated city left in the Jianghuai region.

Therefore, even if Lu Xun's troops could not break in, he never took it to heart. From the beginning, he did not expect the other side to break in.

Furthermore, there were more than 200,000 Jin troops gathered in the Jianghuai region. It was difficult to break in, and it would be even more difficult to get out.

Shouchun is located in the northernmost part of the Jianghuai region. If a group of soldiers invade and then want to fight their way back to the south of the Yangtze River, the difficulty is...

During this period, Zhu Di even organized a counterattack, organized a thousand death squads, and personally took advantage of the cover of night to sneak attack Hulugu's military camp.

During this period, considerable results were achieved.

However, just when he was about to quit, Wang Jian unexpectedly led an army to attack and blocked Zhu Di's retreat.

They thought they could capture Zhu Di early, but suddenly a strong wind arose. It was already night, and the strong wind made it impossible to open their eyes. Zhu Di, who was surrounded, launched a counterattack. Not only did the cooked duck fly away, but he also suffered another small defeat.

However, because of the sudden gust of wind, Zhu Di took advantage of it.

However, since then, Zhu Di has never launched a similar counterattack again.

In fact, Zhu Di felt extremely lucky when he returned. If it weren't for the sudden gust of wind, he would have been left on the battlefield by Wang Jian.

If it weren't for that gust of wind, the Jianghuai battlefield would have ended early.

However, even though Zhu Di escaped with the help of that gust of wind, it ultimately failed to help him reverse the overall situation, and the Jianghuai war finally came to the last moment.

In fact, people in Shouchun had already been in panic for a long time, and the Jianghuai families had taken action during this period.

However, he was discovered by the Jinyiwei in advance, and Zhu Di sent troops to suppress him in time. Before the other party had time to make a move, he had already suppressed him. Because of Hefei, Zhu Di's control over the city became more and more strict.

Asking the Jinyiwei to strengthen control is just one of the means.

As soon as night fell, Zhu Di implemented a strict curfew.

Except for the soldiers on duty, the rest who appear during curfew will be shot without asking any reason.

Moreover, except for the generals on duty every day, anyone who wanted to approach the city gate had to get Zhu Di's order. Otherwise, no matter who it was, once they approached the city gate, they would be shot without hesitation.

Furthermore, Zhu Di was even more imitating Wang Yu's fishing mode.

Let the pawns of the Embroidered Uniform Guard instigate chaos among the noble families, so as to distinguish the situations of each family, and secondly, let the noble families with ill intentions take the initiative to jump out and solve the hidden dangers in time.

Moreover, similar things happened more than once.

It was indeed quite difficult for Zhu Di to hold on for such a long time in the isolated city of Shouchun under such circumstances.

However, several rebellions in the city caused the already declining morale to decline further.

The prolonged siege resulted in fewer and fewer soldiers in the city, and most of them were injured.

The Jianghuai region still had some wealth. Although Zhu Di did not have extra food and grass, he was able to hold on. He just lived a harder life and did not encounter a food crisis like Zhao Kuangyin.

However, there is no food crisis, but there is a herbal medicine crisis.

Since there were few medicinal herbs in the city, and Shouchun's connections with the outside world were completely cut off and there was no logistical support at all, it didn't take long for all the herbs in the city to become scarce.

Although many soldiers only suffered minor injuries, their wounds were not treated. In addition, infections were more likely to occur on the battlefield, so a small injury eventually cost them their lives.

Such losses in battle made Shouchun unwilling to bear the heavy burden.

Therefore, by now, the defensive forces in Shouchun have been almost completely exhausted.

Wang Jian, Hulugu and others also felt this more and more during the siege battles during this period.

Therefore, under Wang Jian's suggestion, all their forces were concentrated and a general attack was launched.

In this general offensive, all the powerful generals like Li Cunxiao and Hou Yi were brought out, and some troops that the two had been hiding before were also sent out by them.

Hulugu and Wang Jian each had a fresh force in their hands, but they hadn't put it into action yet!

It is for the purpose that one day, when the time is ripe to launch a general offensive, this fresh force will replace the troops that have been attacking the city for days and are actually already exhausted, and launch an overwhelming offensive.

How can the strength of a fresh force that has been hidden for a long time when attacking a city be compared with the strength of a tired army that has been fighting for a long time when attacking a city?

Therefore, the Shouchun defenders, who were already on the verge of collapse, were completely stunned!
Under the leadership of brave generals such as Li Cunxiao and Houyi, more and more soldiers rushed up the city wall.