Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1371
In the dark night, there was a gust of cold wind.

The night sky of Jianye City has been illuminated by the light of open flames as if it were daytime. Regardless of the east and west of the city, the inner city and the outer city, there are crowds of people and voices.

The atmosphere is like an oil barrel about to be ignited.

The inner city of Jianye is actually not that big. It was built on the basis of Moling City Huan. There are only three gates. After Jianye New City became the capital of Wu, the inner city is naturally worth every inch of gold and land, and Chenghuan has also been rebuilt. up.

Mo Dongmen is the east gate of the inner city.

The city is three feet high and wide, with a thousand-jin gate in front of the gate. Its defense is better than that of the outer city, and it can withstand multiple soldiers outside the gate.

But now, there are only less than [-] soldiers and horses in the inner city.

And outside the city, on the main roads, there are never more than tens of thousands of Ming army soldiers and horses in formation. Once they attack, the inner city may not be able to hold on overnight.

"When will the soldiers of the aristocratic families in the city gather?"

Sun Jian's tiger eyes flickered, looking at the surging head below the city, he felt a sense of frustration in his heart.

This feeling is very sad and indignant, just like how his brothers died in battle. The four sworn brothers, Zu Mao, Han Dang, and Cheng Pu who traveled the world together, have all died in battle.

At that time, he also felt the same way. He was obviously the master of one side, holding a heavy army, but he couldn't keep what he cherished most.

"I have already ordered people to pass on Lu Jun and Wei Teng to gather immediately, but the mansions are distributed in the inner city and the outer city. The mansion soldiers in the inner city may be less than two thousand. Within an hour, they will be assembled. The soldiers in the city will not be able to reach the inner city until early morning at the earliest, and once they send troops to intercept them, they will probably be defeated in the outer city!"

As a civil servant, Zhang Zhao was not supposed to go to the battlefield, but when he got to the gate, he was fearless and stood by Sun Jian's side bravely, facing thousands of troops without fear.

"Your Majesty, [-] soldiers of the Tiger Guards have assembled for the city!"

A school lieutenant stood up and said with cupped hands.

His name is Xu Kun.

Sun Jian's nephew.

He was also Sun Jian's most trusted person. He led the tigers to guard the palace, and Sun Jian was always surrounded by the old guards. He was Sun Jian's last protective fence.

The tiger guards under his command are also the soldiers with the most ferocious fighting power, the most skilled battle formation, and the most experienced soldiers in the Tiger Army.

At this moment, the only thing the inner city can rely on is this army.

"Prepare for the battle with all your strength, recruit the people in the inner city, and move the equipment. Within an hour, all the ordnance must be transported to the city wall, and tell the tigers that you are standing here alone, and you will live and die with the generals. It is a hard fight, but we would rather die in battle than retreat half a step. The people in the city are the foundation of our country of Wu, and the officials in the city are all the treasures of our country of Wu, and we must never lose them!" Sun Jian said coldly.

"promise!"

More than a thousand soldiers immediately arrived at the top of the city, and various defensive equipment were also moved to the city, which gave the city wall a lot of defense.

"Come on!"

"exist!"

"This is the solitary tiger talisman, you hold it immediately, hurry to the stone city, and order Huang Gai to withdraw his troops and return to the inner city before dawn, and stick to the inner city!"

Sun Jian was silent for a while, and suddenly gave an order.

At this point, as a person with rich experience on the battlefield, he already understood the entire strategic deployment of the Ming army, attacking the west and covering the main force of the east, and used it well.

He did.

The main forces in the city were all in Stone City, defending the attack of the Ming army, but the East City had no defense at all, and it was easily broken by the Ming army's long-distance attack.

As for why the Jingping Navy appeared from the east, there is only one explanation. The Jingping Navy abandoned the warship and Jiang Cheng went ashore.

He was too careless.

He has always been unable to figure out where the main force of the Jingping Navy is. Now that the sound is heard, he has simply ignored too many conscripts. He should have thought of it since the Ming army went mad to attack Stone City.

Although the navy is mainly engaged in water warfare, whoever said that the navy can no longer land and fight. It is possible to fight in the water by driving a warship, and attack the city by landing on land. This is the navy.

It's useless to say anything now.

The outer city has been broken, and Huang Gai blocked the stone city, which is useless. At this time, it may be the most important time to keep the inner city. As long as it takes a day or two, the main force of the Wu army will arrive, and the Ming army will be defeated.

"Your Majesty!"

"No!"

"If you lose your outer city, how to hold on to your inner city is not the best policy!"

When the ministers heard Sun Jian's military order, they said one after another.

The outer city is the barrier of Jianye. Without this barrier, Jianye is like a girl who has taken off her clothes and let the Ming army play.

Moreover, the two main forces of the Ming army joined forces, and the pressure on the inner city was even greater, and the city would be destroyed if it couldn't hold for half a day.

"If you can't withdraw the main force, you can teach me how to deal with the heavy enemy troops outside the city, and protect the safety of my court in Wu Kingdom!" .

He didn't want to withdraw either.

He also didn't want to lose the outer city and lose the barrier that could protect him.

But now he can't even keep the inner city.

What about the outer city.

All the officials listened to Sun Jian's questioning, and they were speechless for a while, and they all became silent.

This is a dilemma.

No matter how you choose, it's all wrong.

There is only the lesser of two evils.

"Order!"

Sun Jian shouted angrily.

"Yes!"

A minister took the order to go.

"Sun Jing!"

"exist!"

As Sun Jian's younger brother, Sun Jingfeng Marquis Wucheng, is the Da Zongzheng of the Wu royal family, who is under one person and over ten thousand people. He is also a brother who was born and died with Sun Jian, and has been on the battlefield for a long time.

"You personally led three hundred fierce tigers to protect my civil and military officials of the Wu Kingdom, and retreated to the palace of Taichu. If the inner city is destroyed, no matter what you do, you must let the officials cross the water channel of the North Palace and withdraw from the inner city. Meet the main force of our army!"

Sun Jian ordered calmly.

"Your Majesty, we are willing to fight against foreign enemies together with Your Majesty, and we are willing to live and die with Wu Guo!"

When more than a dozen officials heard the words, they suddenly bowed their heads and spoke loudly.

Today's Wu State is united as one. At this moment, in times of crisis, it is even more necessary to work together, and there is no one with two hearts.

"You and others are the foundation of the Wu Kingdom. There is no one alone in the Wu Kingdom, and there is still Bo Fu Zhongmou to continue, but if there are no princes to help, the country will perish!" Sun Jian hurried up, and then bowed his hands to the ministers: "Everyone It is useless for you to stay here, and I hope that you can protect yourselves wisely and bear the burden of humiliation for our country of Wu!"

The battle was so dangerous that Sun Jian didn't even have confidence in himself, so he could only plan for the worst. Once the city was broken, he had to let people leave through the last passage north of the palace.

"Your Majesty, why don't you personally lead three hundred fierce tigers to guard the city and retreat when all the officials come to guard the city? I would rather die here than retreat half a step!" Sun Jing said, cupping her hands.

"You can not!"

Sun Jian shook his head, and he looked around at the generals: "It's not that I don't spare my life, but now that the country of Wu is at the end of its life, and I'm the king, if I can't set an example, how can I let the children of Wu country fight to the death for the country of Wu!"

He can't go back.

Because he is the great king, representing the state of Wu, if he retreats, the morale of the army will be directly shaken, and the inner city will be broken by the vicious Ming army in less than half an hour.

The only thing he can do is to stick to the inner city and wait for reinforcements. If the worst solution comes to him, he would rather die in battle than keep the foundation of Wu.

Most of Wu's courtiers were in the inner city. If the Ming army entered Bufeng Dao, there would be heavy casualties. At that time, the whole Wu Kingdom would probably be in chaos.

"Your Majesty is benevolent and righteous, how can we not serve our country with our bodies? I don't know about military affairs, and I can only add chaos to the King on the city wall. I am willing to wait in the palace, but I hope that the King will cherish his life and can bear the honor and disgrace for a while. Think about the future!"

Zhang Zhao pondered for a moment, knelt down and saluted, bowed his head and kowtowed, then turned and left.

He is a straightforward person.

At this time, procrastination can only make the situation more and more chaotic. At this moment, any kind of chaos can cause Wu Guochao to collapse. He would rather not bear it and follow Sun Jian's will.

This is the tacit understanding between the monarch and his ministers.

"I hope that the king spares his life, and the minister waits for the good news of the king!"

Seeing that Zhang Zhao, the head of civil servants, was like this, all the ministers bowed helplessly, bowed their heads and bowed, and then retreated.

They are very clear that if they stay in the city and fight together, they will be the target. At that time, they will only add casualties, and they may also impair the combat effectiveness of the soldiers because of them.

Sun Jian watched all the ministers leave, and he was relieved. This is the foundation of Wu State. As long as they have children, Wu State will have children. They are not here, and he has no burden.

He can fight hard, and he would rather fight than be begged for mercy, because he is a fierce tiger in Jiangdong.

"Gu, it's King Wu of the Great Han Dynasty, the king of Wu, Sun Wentai, who is in the city, please report his name!"

Sun Jian went up, walked to the crenel, and roared at the bottom of the wall from the top of the wall.

He is full of energy.

It means that he has a lot of fighting spirit. Even if he loses all his martial arts, his aura is still there. As long as he goes to the battlefield, he is still a ferocious tiger.

"I am Gan Ning, the commander of the Jingping Navy of the Ming Dynasty!"

Gan Ning came out, he raised his head, his armor was shining brightly in the firelight, and he was holding a battle flag in his hand, on which was flying a clear word: "I am here today without invitation, but by order of my king, I want to invite you." The King of Wu will go to Yudu to discuss the crusade against the bandits Cao who kidnapped the Son of Heaven, and ask for permission from the King of Wu!"

"Hahaha!"

Sun Jian laughed angrily, laughing wildly: "Your Ming country is already a rebellion under the heavens, how can you be righteous, if you want to take Gu to Yudu, just daydream!"

He would rather die in Jianye than be humiliated in Yudu.

"King Wu, you should think about it carefully. If you are alone, you can make Jianye safe and healthy. I think the people of Wu will remember his kindness. If you are alone, Jianye will be destroyed by fire, and countless people will be displaced. We will blame you for your stubbornness!"

Gan Ning was very eloquent, and he followed the guidance, saying: "The king of Wu is the monarch of Wu, he should be responsible for the people of Wu, I hope the king of Wu will think twice, it is better not to let this Jianye fall into ruins!"

"Humph!"

Sun Jian was condescending and unyielding, with a loud and firm voice: "I am the monarch of the Wu Kingdom. Wu Guo would rather die in the last battle and not be humiliated. If you stand today, you will be alone to the end. The lonely Jianye today No matter how much suffering I have suffered, I will repay Yu Du a hundred times in the future!"

As he spoke, he shouted: "Your son of Wu, would you rather suffer humiliation and live, or would you rather fight!"

"war!"

"war!"

The morale of the tiger's personal guards has not weakened in the slightest, and is still fierce.

………………

"General Zhonglang, it seems that they want to fight to the death!" Several lieutenants of the navy came up and looked fiercely at the inner city. It is impossible for them to give up after fighting to this point.

"We don't have to wait, let's attack!"

Said a lieutenant.

"Not urgent!"

Gan Ning was very calm, and didn't waver his tactical arrangement because of Sun Jian's words. He said indifferently: "At this point, they are just cooked meat in the pot. They can't escape. We There is no siege equipment, and it is too difficult to attack by force, first join forces with the Violent Bear Navy, and then make plans after merging!"

He thought for a while, and ordered: "The seventh battalion of the fifth battalion, go immediately to cut bamboo and wood, make ladders, and don't need anything else. As long as the ladders are used, it's too late, no matter if it's a well rail or a trebuchet, just sit on the simplest one." Ladder!"

"Lei Han!"

"exist!"

"You lead the ninth battalion to search the granaries in the city. We attack quickly. There must be granaries in the city that have not been emptied. Supplement our logistics!"

"promise!"

"General Zhonglang, maybe there is an arsenal in the outer city. Once we take down their arsenal, there should be all kinds of siege equipment!" A staff officer said.

As the capital of Wu State, Jianye must have a lot of arsenals and grain depots.

"Gan Yu!"

Gan Ning thought for a while and let out a low drink.

"exist!"

"You have made great achievements in entering the city this time, and your soldiers will continue to belong to your commander. You lead the boys and see if you can find the arsenal outside the city!"

"promise!"

Gan Yu took the lead.

"General Zhonglang, I know a few locations for the arsenals in the outer city, but these arsenals should supply the weapons used by the Wu army to conquer Shanyue. They are used for mountain warfare. There must not be many siege equipment. Most of the siege equipment arsenals are In the city."

The person who spoke was Jingwu Division Jianye Town, the flag envoy Ye Yong, Ye Zihan, from Yuzhang County, who had been in Jingwu Division for five years, and was personally promoted by Tan Zong to be the banner envoy of Jianye Town.

"That's better than nothing!" Gan Ning said, then nodded to Gan Yu.

Gan Yu immediately moved.

Gan Ning looked at Ye Yong and said, "You know the situation in the city best. Is there any other way to open the inner city?"

Strong attack is not impossible.

But he won't use it unless he has to.

"The defense of the inner city has always been the top secret of the state of Wu, and we can't find any news about it!" Ye Yong shook his head: "However, I found a few records of Chenghuan's manufacturing from the former Moling county government, which may be useful !"

"Bring it immediately!"

"Yes!"

"Hong Chong!"

"exist!"

"You lead the generals, discuss an offensive tactic as soon as possible!"

"promise!"

"The rest of the battalions should besiege the inner city to maintain pressure on the inner city. In addition, some troops should be left at the gate of the outer city. The Wu army may besiege us from the outside at any time!"

"Yes!"

At this time Ye Yong said again: "General Zhonglang, I came here in a hurry just to tell you some bad news. Wu Jun's Danyang County soldiers will arrive at Jianye in the early morning of tomorrow, and Wu Jun's Chaisang Navy will also arrive at noon tomorrow. The mouth of the Yangtze River, and the main force of Taishici in the north of the Wu army, I am afraid that they will cross the river at noon the next day at the latest!"

"That is to say, within two days at most, more than [-] to [-] Wu troops will gather around Jianye!"

Gan Ning's eyes moved slightly.

"Not only!"

Ye Yongdao: "Sun Quan, the second prince of Wu, has rushed to Wu County to gather troops. Within three days, he will definitely lead some troops to block the back road to the east. Jiang Cheng may lose his defense by then!"

"Then we will solve Jianye City within two days!"

Gan Ning said domineeringly.

........................

Stone Town under the night sky.

The bloody battle was fierce, and the two sides had reached a desperate point. The Ming army wanted to break through, and the Wu army fought to the death and blocked the stone city. Now they are fighting for one breath.

"kill!"

"Rush over!"

"Bump, hit me hard!"

"As long as anyone who stands in front of us, I will knock them down hard!"

The Ming army went crazy, one after another warships charged outside the water fortress, the entire water fortress was torn apart by the impact, and many warships of the Wu army who stood in front of them were sunk.

"Fight to the death!"

"I am big Wu Erlang, I would rather die than take half a step back!"

"kill!"

Wu Jun also fought frantically. As Sun Jian's direct descendants of the Tiger Army, every soldier is an elite. At this moment, they can only fight desperately and have no other ideas.

Huang Gai was injured.

His shoulder was pierced by a blow, and his entire left arm was useless, but he was still at the forefront, the most dangerous place, and the generals spared no effort to let the sons and daughters go forward. In this critical time, the soldiers on the battlefield law.

No matter how resourceful you are, in the most dangerous time, those desperate sons can only see what is in front of them, and only the generals who take the lead can win the sympathy of others.So this is an era of military commanders getting ahead.

"Father, the first sluice has been breached, and the second sluice won't be able to hold it for long. We have lost nearly one-third of our soldiers. The burden is too heavy for you guys to fight for a long time!"

Huang Shan rushed forward, gritted his teeth and said to Huang Gai.

"If you dare to confuse the army again, I will kill you to sacrifice the flag for my father!" Huang Gai shouted angrily, and drew his sword: "The survival of this city today depends on the life and death of my father, and the only thing we can do is fight to the end!"

"Father!" Huang Bi couldn't bear it.

Huang Gai stared, the sword in his hand used all his strength, the skin of the yellow hilt had been cut, and after a while, he put away the sword and kicked the yellow hilt over: "Go to the front line, commit crimes and make meritorious deeds, if you die in battle, it is an honor , if you escape before the battle, Your Majesty will spare you, and I will kill you for my father!"

"Yes!"

Huang Bing sighed, maybe there is only a fight to the death tonight.

But he didn't expect that the changes would come so quickly.

"General, Your Majesty is in a hurry, quickly withdraw the troops and retreat to the inner city!"

"what?"

Huang Gai's eyes widened, if it wasn't the order sent by Zhang Hong, he would have thought that someone was passing the military order falsely, he widened his eyes and asked angrily, "Why?"

Zhang Hong stepped forward and whispered in his ear, "The outer city has been breached from the east gate, the main force of the Ming army is approaching the inner city, and the king is in danger!"

"how come?"

Huang Gai suddenly lost his mind.

After guarding for several days and fighting bloody night, countless sons fell down one after another, the river was already dyed blood red, but I didn't expect this to be the result.

But time really didn't allow him to think too much.

Everything, for Huang Gai, will never compare to Sun Jian's life and death, even if he is unwilling, even if he is unwilling, even if he feels very humiliated.

But he had to withdraw, and protecting Sun Jian was his top priority.

(End of this chapter)