The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 152 The Death of Wuzhou ([-])

The shield soldiers in the front row of the Yuan army were a little flustered.

Then, before they could kill Yue Peng, Ma Jun, the guard of the Song Army, rushed to the front of the formation like a tide.

The city gate of Lipu County was only a few meters wide, and the cavalry rushed in together, smashing the shield with a powerful impact.

Outside the city, arrows were still raining down, and countless rolling stones fell down.

The kerosene burned on the ground, forming a sea of ​​flames, which scorched the fallen soldiers black, but still couldn't stop the cavalry attack.

Ali Hague stood on the top of the city, clenching his teeth.Before the battle started, the city gate was bombarded by shells, which really caught him off guard and lost the opportunity.The advantage of defending the city can be said to be gone.

If the city gate is not broken, with his strength, not to mention that he can definitely stop the Song army outside the city, but if the Song army wants to break the city, at least they have to pay a heavy price.

One move is lost, one move is lost.

At present, Ali Haiya could no longer control the battle situation, so he could only order the soldiers at the gate of the city to block the Song cavalry.

He knew very well that the cavalry of the Song army broke through the city gate, relying on the impact of the horses, it would only be more difficult to deal with, and the city would inevitably be chaotic.

And outside the city, there are still tens of thousands of infantry of the Song Army!

After a few minutes like this, countless corpses were piled up in the corridor of the city gate.

Under the powerful collision of the cavalry, the shield formation of the Yuan army was completely smashed, and the cavalry of the Song army was able to rush to the front of the archer formation.

Yue Peng didn't know where to get another horse, and rushed to the archer formation with all the soldiers. They kept shooting silver spears, but they didn't fight, but kept rushing into the city.

In front of them, on the street, are densely packed, countless soldiers of the Yuan army.

"kill!"

Yue Peng raised his gun and shouted.

Before the siege, Zhao Dongting told him, "In this battle, you are the vanguard. The vanguard is like the tip of a knife."

What is the function of the blade point, Yue Peng knew very well, that is to break the Yuan army regardless of the cost, and let the army enter the city.He didn't blame Zhao Dongting for entrusting him with this arduous task, but he was grateful in his heart.He knew that this was Zhao Dongting's chance to make meritorious service.

He has no foundation in the army, and only by accumulating countless military exploits can he truly become a general of the army.

Zhao Dongting has attached great importance to him since he was in Quzhou.Therefore, Yue Peng clearly knew that the siege was dangerous, but he still chose to lead the way.

A scholar dies for his confidant, even if he really dies on the way to attack the city, he is not afraid.Zhao Dongting's trust and promotion to him are worth repaying with his life.

At least Yue Peng himself thinks so.

What does it matter if there are tens of thousands of enemies in front of you?
Without fear in the heart, it is like a horse stepping on the flat river, going forward without hesitation.

More and more cavalry rushed into the city and fought with the soldiers of the Yuan army.The inside of the entire city gate immediately became chaotic.

Ali Haiya watched the cavalry rushing into the city outside the city, and knew that the soldiers at the city gate were struggling to resist, so he immediately ordered his deputy general to lead the army down the city to resist the Song army.

He couldn't let the Song Army's cavalry break through the city so aggressively, so he had to stop the Song Army's pace with the lives of his soldiers.

The cavalry relies on charging. If they are blocked, their lethality will be greatly reduced.

However, at this moment, something happened in the Yuan army on the streets of the city that made Ali Haiya's eyes split.

When the Song army broke the city, some Yuan soldiers mutinied after all.

In the army formation on the street, someone suddenly shouted: "Those who want to survive, follow this general to defect and help Song!"

This person stood on the horse, and he was the former general who guarded the city.

When he was reprimanded by Ali Haiya in the Lipu County Government Office, he had already rebelled, and it is rare to be able to bear it until now.Every night before, the Yuan army mutinied, or wanted to escape out of the city, but he never made a move, waiting for this moment.If he can help the Song army to break through the city and surrender with his military achievements, he will definitely receive preferential treatment in the Song Dynasty.

For this reason, he has secretly colluded with many cronies in the Yuan army.

Although he was just a partial general without much real power, he was still at the level of a commander in chief, and he was a Han.

As soon as he yelled, the hundreds of yuan troops beside him immediately drew their knives and slashed at the non-Han soldiers beside him.

"Children of the Southern Song Dynasty, come out of the city with me!"

"Children of the Southern Song Dynasty, come out of the city with me!"

Their sudden shouts even obscured the sound of fighting at the city gate.

This made many former Southern Song soldiers and generals in the Yuan army feel dazed and ready to move.None of them had a good time in the army.

Fighting started on the streets of the city, and the chaos gradually spread.

Ali Haiya heard these roars from the top of the city, his eyes were red, and he was furious, and said angrily: "Behead and kill all the soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty!"

Now he inevitably felt a little regretful. If he had known earlier, he should have killed all the generals and soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty instead of keeping them in the army.Otherwise, such troubles would not have occurred.

But it is obviously too late to say this now.

It can be said that Ali Hague made another stupid move at this critical moment.

In general, the Yuan Dynasty was far more powerful than the Southern Song Dynasty. In fact, some Southern Song generals still did not want to return to the Song Army. They believed that although the Song Army had an absolute advantage in Guangxi, it would eventually be wiped out by the Yuan Dynasty.Although they were discriminated against in the Yuan Dynasty, it is better to live than to die, and it is better to die with the sinking ship of the Southern Song Dynasty.

However, Ali Hague's military order forced them to mutiny.

Because after the military order was circulated, the Mongolian and Uighur soldiers had already aimed their weapons at them.

Mutiny, probably not dead yet.If you don't mutiny, you will only end up being wiped out by the Yuan army in an instant.

Under such circumstances, how would these generals and soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty choose?
This is obviously a multiple-choice question in which a choice can be made without much thought.

As a result, more and more former Southern Song soldiers in the city turned against each other.The Mongolian and Uighur soldiers next to them had just swung their knives at them, and they all raised their swords to resist.

Although these generals and soldiers were only a small part compared to the entire Yuan army, they still made the city even more chaotic.

Moreover, soldiers from other tribes also chose to defect like them.

They were tired, exhausted, and had little loyalty to the Yuan court. At this moment, they just wanted to rush out of the city and get food from the Song army.

As for the hegemony of the Yuan Dynasty and the glory of the Uighur clan, let them go to hell!
They're neither Mongols nor Uyghurs, so it's none of their business?

The composition of the Yuan army was mixed, and many of them were soldiers of various ethnic groups who were captured after the land was invaded.Many of them lost their families because of the iron hooves of the Yuan Dynasty, and they hated the Yuan Dynasty.In the past, they had no chance to mutiny, so they could only beg for food in the Yuan army, hiding their hatred deeply in their hearts.Now that he has such an opportunity, under the temptation of food, even the hatred from the past wells up in his heart.

The mutiny in the city gradually became irrepressible.

Immediately after the guard Ma Jun, the Ma Jun of the Imperial Guard Army and the Xingguo Army also entered the city one after another. Under the leadership of Yue Peng, Du Hu, Liu Zijun, Jiang Cunzhong and other generals, they rushed deeper into the city.The Yuan army had to deal with them and the mutinous soldiers again, and the formation was in chaos.

At this time, outside the city, the second drum also sounded.

Tens of thousands of infantry guarded Zhao Dongting's chariot and marched towards the city gate.

A general next to Ali Hague saw this scene and hurriedly said, "Marshal, shall we abandon the city?"

Ali Haiya pondered for more than ten seconds, gritted his teeth and said, "Our army's tens of thousands of soldiers are still here, how can we just abandon the city! Sound the drums! Restrain the morale of the army!"

It wasn't that he was unwilling to give up Lipu County, it was because he had other worries in his heart.

He didn't know if Boyan's reinforcements had broken through Wuzhou and marched here.At this time, he only resisted the Song army for a moment. If he just abandoned the city, he didn't know how many soldiers and horses he could take out of the city.Lipu County is still not close to Wuzhou. The soldiers under his command can't stop the Song Army by relying on Lipu County. How far can they escape from outside the city?

Ali Hague really had no confidence in his heart.

Originally, according to his idea, at least he had to resist the moment when the Song army arrived to reinforce Wuzhou City.Even, it is best to block the Song army until the reinforcements approach the city of Lipu.

It's just that he never thought that Song Jun could break through the city in such a short period of time.

After all, it was Song Jun's damned mysterious weapon.The grenade completely disrupted the layout of Ali Hague.

Thinking about it, he said again: "Even if it is a deadly battle, we must fight the Song army in Lipu County for five days!"

As he spoke, he looked out of the city, his eyes full of anticipation.How much he hoped that Boyan's Yuan army would appear in the middle of the mountains at this time.

But this... is obviously impossible.

Even if Wuzhou City has been breached, it will take at least four or five days for the reinforcements to rush to Lipu County, even if it is the vanguard cavalry.

The sound of fighting spread in Lipu County.

More and more Song troops rushed into the city and spread to everywhere.The flames of war extended from the gate of the city to the streets and alleys in the city.

Both sides are losing countless soldiers all the time.

Not to mention the Yuan army, even the Song army suffered unprecedented losses.Without cannonballs, thunderbolts, etc., they would have no trump card.

In the past 10 minutes, the streets near the city gate and the steps leading to the city wall were filled with corpses.

However, the Song army was finally able to attack the city wall and fight with the Yuan army guarding the city wall.

This greatly reduced the pressure on the Song army who was entering the city at the head of the city.

Zhao Dongting's chariot also slowly entered the city at this time, surrounded by hundreds of flying dragon soldiers, guarding the chariot tightly.

As the emperor, there was no need for Zhao Dongting to enter the city.However, with his chariot and dragon flag, the morale of the army is bound to be stronger.

Wherever the chariot went, the soldiers all raised their arms and shouted, and their morale was high.

After many great victories in Qizhou, Qiongzhou, Tanjin, Pingnan, etc., and with deliberate exaggeration, Zhao Dongting's image in the army has become like a god.

Most of the soldiers in the Song Army saw with their own eyes how Zhao Dongting rescued the precarious Southern Song court, and also saw how he built Leizhou into an orderly state in a short period of time.Leizhou is the kingdom of heaven in their hearts and the utopia in their hearts. They hope that Zhao Dongting will regain the lost land of the Southern Song Dynasty and make the entire Southern Song Dynasty like Leizhou.

For this, they are willing to sacrifice their lives.

However, what no one noticed was that when Zhao Dongting's chariot was getting deeper and deeper, dozens of Yuan troops in the rebellion army were also quietly approaching his chariot.Among them was a person who was known as the number one killer in Jianghu... Li Ge.

(End of this chapter)