I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 275 Jiangdu Attack and Defense
"What Gongjin said coincides with what I said. The enemy army is indeed hastily fighting and was unprepared. It can be seen that our planning is thorough, and there is a great hope of winning this battle." Frowning, he continued: "However, regarding the strength of the Bingzhou Army The rumors of being powerful and tyrannical seem to be true, but the attacked army was not defeated, and quickly organized a counterattack, which shows the elite of the enemy army, and we need to treat it with more caution and not underestimate the enemy." Sun Ce said very emotion.

Zhou Yu also nodded in agreement, and quickly suggested: "My lord, in order to prevent any changes, the top priority is to capture the water village immediately. As soon as the water village is broken, our army can rush directly to Jiangdu along the Yunyan River." Under the city. Although the city of Jiangdu is high and deep, our warships are also tall, so it will be much easier to grab the top of the city as long as we get close to it."

The salt river starts from Zhuyu Bay in Wantou in the west, passes through Yiling and goes to Hailing in the east until Panxi in Rugao, with a total length of 159 kilometers. It was excavated by Liu Bi during the Wenjing period of the Western Han Dynasty (after 179 BC).Later it became a moat.

The very important reason why Sun Ce chose this place as the first battle was to give full play to the advantages of his navy and take it here quickly, and it was also for the convenience of transporting soldiers and food for himself.

"That's right, come on, pass on the order to let General Huang lead [-] elite troops to attack the water village, and must take it within an hour." Sun Ce ordered decisively.

Under the cover of the long-range firepower of Sun Quan's army, dozens of small Qinglong warships began to rush into the water village. The soldiers on board were protected by layers of shields and rushed up against the dense rain of arrows. The leader was the hair The gray veteran yellow cover.

Cai Yang discovered the enemy's intentions, and immediately focused his firepower on this group of enemies. Even ordinary bows and crossbows could not penetrate the enemy's thick shields, so he adjusted the two crossbows to aim at the enemy ships' fire output.

The crossbow with a thick arm pierced through the armor in an instant, and the huge impact was mixed with fierce murderous aura, killing more than a dozen people like candied haws, and some soldiers who were badly injured and bleeding fell to the ground and howled.

"Ah... help..."

The shrill shouts echoed on the river, and just a few rounds of salvos took away the lives of nearly a thousand soldiers, which shows the power of the crossbow.

Soon, the first wave of Dongwu soldiers charged close to the water stronghold, and under the leadership of Huang Gai, they started a hand-to-hand battle with the defenders. Although Huang Gai was old, his force remained the same as before. At the same time, the tigers and tigers dancing with big swords are in full swing, and the soldiers of the tiger and ben army have no enemies.

Seeing the soldiers buried in the flames, Zhou Yu apologized shamelessly: "My lord, please punish me for the crime of negligence. It's because my subordinates didn't realize the enemy's conspiracy. I didn't expect the enemy to have such a backhand."

However, the Soochow Army was also very brave. After paying a heavy price, they finally rushed into the water village.

Dozens of flying ropes grabbed the gate of the village, and then the three Qinglong warships quickly retreated. The ropes pulled the gate of the village creaking. Under the huge pulling force, the gate of the village could no longer bear it and collapsed.

He took out his close-fitting kit from the meeting, looked at it carefully, and then shouted: "Brothers, withdraw..."

Seeing that the enemy was outnumbered, Cai Yang remembered Jia Xu's words: "General Cai can open this kit when he is in a hurry, and he can just obey orders when the time comes."

Seeing that Huang Gai had entered the water village, Sun Ce immediately dispatched another [-] troops to rush into the water village by boat, taking advantage of the opportunity to capture the place in one fell swoop.

Just as Cai Yang was retreating, hundreds of mysterious dead men rushed into several secret warehouses of the water village in disorder, and ignited a large amount of kerosene that had been sealed inside. It didn't take long before several black smoke rose into the sky. , Immediately afterwards there was a crackling sound, and the fire ignited ragingly in an instant.

As time passed, the Soochow army poured into the water village continuously, and the Huben army was killed and retreated steadily, and it seemed that they could not hold back.

Sun Ce clenched his fists tightly, and his joints rattled with great strength. Such a loss made him feel very painful. Of the more than 1 elite soldiers who rushed in, only Huang Gai escaped with hundreds of people, and the others were buried in the sea of ​​flames. Dozens of warships, large and small, were lost. It was really a failure, and the loss was not small.

However, the soldiers of the Huben Army were very tough, and they were not afraid of life and death. Under the command of Cai Yang, they resisted desperately.

In addition, most of the water villages are made of wood, which turned into a monstrous sea of ​​flames in no time. The Soochow army rushing over obviously did not expect the enemy to be so fierce and ruthless. They were trapped in the sea of ​​fire without warning, accompanied by wisps of black smoke, It was so smoked that it was hard to breathe, and even the dozens of warships that rushed into the water village fell into the sea of ​​flames.

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Originally, Tai Shici was going to fall into Sun Ce's arms in the end, but Li Shimin cut him off by mistake.In order to repay his kindness, he helped Kong Rong, the former prefect of Beihai, resist the Yellow Turban army. Later, the main force of the Yellow Turban banditry disappeared completely under the attack of Li Shimin, and Tai Shici went home to support his mother.

The raging fire continued to burn for several hours and finally subsided. Taking advantage of this time, Cai Yang led more than a thousand remnants by boat to return to Jiangdu City behind him, and joined Tai Shici who was stationed here. The garrison has a total strength of [-] troops. With the defense of a tall city, there will be no worries in a short period of time.

"Gong Jin, get up quickly, how can I blame you for this? If you want to blame me, blame me for underestimating the enemy. I didn't expect the enemy army to be so fierce and decisive. They really are well-known soldiers with a reputation. I'm afraid our army will not be so easy in this battle." Win." After saying that, Sun Ce helped Zhou Yu up.

Seeing so many soldiers die tragically, Huang Gai's eyes were about to burst, he gritted his teeth and shouted: "Soldiers, follow me to charge, kill, kill in..."

After his mother passed away, he went to Luoyang to join Li Shimin under the recommendation of his mentor Zheng Xuan, a master of Confucian classics.

Zheng Xuan and Tai Shici are both from Beihai County. When they were young, Tai Shici studied with Zheng Xuan, and later Zheng Xuan was invited by Li Shimin to serve as the director of the Taixue. Tai Shici was originally going to fall into the arms of Sun Ce. He joined Li Shimin's camp by mistake.

Later, he was sent by Li Shimin to Yangzhou as the governor, mainly responsible for the appeasement and military training of several counties in Jiangbei, and the purpose was to keep an eye on the changes of Jiangdong army.

Tai Shici learned the news that Jiangdu Shuizhai had been captured at the first time, and immediately closed the four doors to strengthen the defense. Before besieging the city, he led a hundred guards out of the city in advance and headed west, but they disappeared.

Not long after Taishi Ci left the city, the army of the Eastern Wu Dynasty surrounded Jiangdu, and hundreds of warships passed through the water village and killed Jiangdu along the Yunyan River.

(End of this chapter)