Kai Fu Han

Chapter 613 Nowhere to hide
In these two days, Li Gang organized more than 3 people to climb the city wall.

The city of Hangzhou was not originally a capital city. It was not expanded after moving south, and its scale was larger than that of an ordinary state capital. The only difference was that there were many buildings outside the city to accommodate the population of the capital city.

Li Gang organized 6 people to go to the city and filled up the walls of Hangzhou City. However, both Zhao Liang and Li Gang knew in their hearts that this was all in vain.

The Xinghan Alliance captured a city that was several times stronger than Hangzhou, and a city guarded by several times more defenders than 6 people.

No matter from any aspect, Li Gang could not see the hope that he could hold the city of Hangzhou with 6 people.

Zhao Liang was making preparations to attack the city outside the city unhurriedly. The main purpose was to force Li Gang into chaos.

The two parties are wrestling to see who can't stand it first.

"It's done. Li Gang has withdrawn the defenders of the three mansions. I'm already [-]% sure where Song Gou is hiding." Zhao Nan went out of the city in person to report to Zhao Liang the changes in the city.

The defense of Hangzhou City was useless against these warriors who came and went.

"When will you act?" Zhao Liang asked.

From the beginning, Zhao Liang had no intention of attacking Hangzhou City by force. The key point in the offensive and defensive battle of Hangzhou City was Song Gou, and Li Gang made a miscalculation.

"Without further delay, we'll take action tonight." Zhao Nan replied, "I need your help."

"How can I help?" Zhao Liang asked.

"Two things. First, lend me some manpower. After several raids, the Imperial Guards of Southern Zhao have almost figured out our tactics. The raids have become much more difficult. I don't have enough manpower. The second thing is that I need you at night. If I launch a night attack to divert Li Gang's attention and attack in the east and west, my success rate will be greater."

"No problem, I'll have someone accompany you to select someone." Zhao Liang responded readily.

As of now, Liu Xinjun's second brigade has just entered Huzhou, leaving plenty of time for their navy.

After seeing Zhao Nan off, Zhao Liang sat down with several fleet captains and continued chatting.

"I feel that the Southern Zhao court is too weak. So far, no decent King Qin army has come to save the savior." Ruan Xiaoqi was a little confused.

It stands to reason that the Xinghan League only invaded the coastal areas, and it was far from the extent that it left Southern Zhao cornered.

You know, even at this time, Nan Zhao's tax system in Henan still shows no signs of collapse. With Nan Zhao's vast territory, even if the city of Hangzhou is captured by the Xinghan League, there is still a large area of ​​land in Jiangnan that can be used as strategic In depth, there are many dynasties in history that divided rivers from north to south and ruled.

But the strange thing is that the capital of Southern Zhao was attacked by dozens of ships from the Xinghan League, but the reinforcements from other state capitals were frightened and did not dare to come to King Qin.

"Those who have gone before have learned lessons from others. During Yuankang's crisis, how many of those who went north to Qinwang left good results? Even if they made meritorious deeds, how many of them were rewarded by the court?" Zhao Liangdao said.

"So, the remaining state capitals are no longer optimistic about the Southern Zhao court." Ruan Xiaoqi responded.

"I think it is, the 20 troops were easily breached by 2 of us. Whoever replaces them has to think about it." Zhao Liangdao.

"I don't think so. In fact, it has only been half a month since the Northern Expeditionary Army of Southern Zhao began to move north. It is estimated that the news of the defeat of the Northern Expeditionary Army has not spread very far. You must know that the military information of Southern Zhao relies on people, and it is very slow. ." Ye Chuan expressed his different opinions: "Furthermore, it takes time to prepare for the military towns and border troops in various places to organize Qin Wang. It takes time to assemble troops and horses, prepare supplies, and dispatch troops. It is estimated that they still have to do it. Not ready."

"It makes sense." This was the chief of naval staff. He agreed with Ye Chuan's statement. After all, Southern Zhao had not yet conquered the capital, so it was unlikely that there was even a single loyal minister.

"No matter what the reason is, as long as we can break through Hangzhou as quickly as possible and capture Song Gou alive, this war between the Southern and Northern Dynasties will be over. I believe that the other states in Southern Zhao will know how to choose." Zhao Liangdao. …

At Haishi, the bright and clear moon hangs high in the sky, the clear sky is cloudless, and under the midsummer moonlight, the visibility at night is quite high. Even ordinary people can vaguely see the movement a hundred meters away.

This added some difficulty to Zhao Nan's night attack, but it also provided a lot of convenience for Zhao Liang's night attack.

Two thousand marines from the three fleets, plus 3000 transferred navy officers, formed a 5000-man siege force. In order to increase the firepower of the siege force, thirty ship-borne artillery pieces were also unloaded from the battleships. There are ten artillery pieces, and there are 3000 artillerymen operating sixty pieces of artillery.

The final number of siege troops reached 8000, and almost all the people in the fleet who could disembark were mobilized.

The sand in the hourglass flows downward from the upper part of the funnel at a constant speed, time slowly flows away, and the appointed time arrives soon.

"Siege!"

The infantry advanced slowly, and the artillery began to roar, directly breaking the silence of Hangzhou City at night.

The siege troops walked closer and could vaguely see the panicked defenders on the city wall.

During the two days of preparation, the naval officers not only unloaded the artillery from the ship, but also made some siege equipment, of which the cloud car was part.

The musketeers stood on the cloud cart and fired condescendingly at the defenders on the city wall, forcing the defenders to hide in the corner of the wall and not dare to show their heads.The infantry under the cloud chariot calmly approached the city wall step by step.

It's midnight.

The siege army arrived at the moat of the east gate. The east gate tower of Hangzhou City was heavily protected by artillery. Standing outside the wall, no defenders could be seen above.

Two cannons were pushed up, aimed at the east gate, and fired at close range.

boom!boom!
The cannonball shot through the city gate and flew into the city gate, but the city gate did not shatter. From the gap where the cannonball flew through, it can be seen that the city gate was reinforced by the Nan Zhao defenders.

"It's not enough to fill up the city gate hole with sand. Keep shooting!" ordered the Marine company commander who was directing the operations on the front line.

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In Hangzhou City, on a roof outside the gate of Cheng Mansion, Zhao Nan and his deputy were lying on the roof, staring closely at the large courtyard.

"There's still no movement." There was some urgency in the deputy's tone.

"Don't worry, there will definitely be different signs."

There are also listeners monitoring the other three places, but it is inconvenient to transmit information at night, and Zhao Nan doesn't know much about the situation in the other three hiding places.

Less than a quarter of an hour later, a spy ran over quickly, not even bothering to hide his figure.

"Director, the guards from the other three locations are all coming this way." The agent who spoke was a soldier. His rapid running made him gasp for air, but it could be heard from his excited tone that this was a good move. information.

"Hahahaha, Song Gou is about to run away, this is the right place, send the signal to attack!" Zhao Nan couldn't help laughing after hearing this, and immediately ordered.

(End of this chapter)