Ji Han Da Sima

Chapter 156 Beacon fire captures Jingkou

Everything in the world has advantages and disadvantages, and there are few things that have both sides.

Sun Yu built a beacon tower on the Yangtze River more than [-] miles from Niuzhu to Jingkou. Externally, it has the effect of beacon fire warning; Mobilization effect.

The Beigu Mountain beacon tower not only has the effect of overlooking the Yangtze River and preventing enemy attacks; at the same time, the beacon tower is located at a high place and also has the function of sounding the golden drum.

That is to say, the effect of using Huo Du is the same. It receives the information from the checkpoint on the river and feeds the information back to the soldiers on the river.For Jingkou City, gold and drums will be sounded to inform the defenders in Jingkou City of the role of war preparations.

In this kind of link-by-link defense, there is no doubt that the soldiers in Jingkou City are prone to slackness.Just like Huo Du and Cao Cao's surprise attack on the beacon tower, except for Niu Zhu's effort, there was not much difficulty in capturing the subsequent beacon tower.

When they arrived at the waters of Jingkou, Jiangdong Navy had no doubt about Huo Du's identity.Therefore, when the Beigu Mountain beacon tower was taken down and the Jingzhou Navy arrived at the shore of Jingkou, the soldiers keeping watch in Jingkou City were still in the dark and did not know the changes in the outside world.

Under the cold moonlight, Gan Ning and Chen Yue each led a thousand elites to land.Then, amid the sound of military drums and the light of fire, the two men slowly gathered the infantry under their tent.

In order to prevent the soldiers in Jingkou City from discovering it, Gan Ning and Chen Yue ordered the sergeants to extinguish the torches and let the soldiers with strong night vision slowly open the way ahead.The other soldiers followed closely, connecting everyone with ropes in their hands to prevent them from getting lost.

Under the night, two thousand elite soldiers marched separately, one heading south and the other heading east.The soldiers held the coins in their mouths and slowly moved toward Jingkou City in the faint moonlight.

At the same time, Gao Xiang took a boat down the river, leaving hundreds of people to climb up from the rope ladder to the outside of Beigu Mountain. He led a thousand people to the shore where he had landed before, with the help of Jingzhou soldiers.Then, like Chen Yue and Gan Ning, they gathered their soldiers and headed towards the east gate of Jingkou City.

Last year, when Peng Hu was conquered, the number of soldiers in Huo Jun's camp increased to 6000. Although the number of new soldiers accounted for [-] or [-], after the Battle of Wanshui, they had experience in fighting, and after long-term training, most of these new soldiers were transformed into veterans. , among which the brave soldiers can be regarded as the elites of each ministry.It is not a problem to send [-] elite troops and divide them into four divisions to besiege Jingkou.

The generals had seen the topographic map of Jingkou City and Beigu Mountain countless times. Under the two landmark buildings of Beigu Mountain Beacon Tower and Jingkou City, the generals quickly took their positions and waited for the signal from the beacon tower.

At Yin hour, Huo Jun led several soldiers to climb Beigu Mountain from the west side path.Under the campaign of his brother Huo Du, the back peak of Beigu Mountain near the river has been controlled by the Jingzhou Army, and Huo Jun will also command operations on Beigu Mountain.

"Gan Ning, Gao Xiang, and Chen Yue lurked outside the city, and they are all in place now." Huo Du cupped his hands and said: "Captain, the soldiers under the general's tent have also lurked outside the north gate of Jingkou."

Seeing his brother who was personally handling the matter, Huo Jun ignored the military rules and stepped forward to hug his brother and said, "The success of this battle depends on my brother's control!"

"Thank you for your hard work, brother!"

"Zhong Miao!"

Huo Du hugged his younger brother tightly with both hands and wanted to say something personal, but thinking of the war that was about to start, he instead said: "Now that the soldiers are in place, please give the order to Zhong Miao."

Huo Jun let go of Huo Du and warned: "Swords on the battlefield have no eyes, so be careful."

"it is good!"

Huo Jun climbed up to the beacon tower and took in the view of the inside and outside of Jingkou City. He said in a deep voice: "Light a fire, gather elite troops, and attack from all sides!"

"promise!"

On the high platform, torches lit the fire, and the flames shot into the sky, which could be seen by Jingzhou sergeants from miles away.This fire was like an accelerant. The originally dark night outside Jingkou City suddenly became lively. The footsteps of soldiers running, the shouts of generals, and the sound of horns in the army resounded throughout the city.

"rush!"

Outside the west gate, Gan Ning holds a sword in his mouth, wears armor, and holds a flying hook. He obeys the military order and will attack the city first.Along with Gan Ning were dozens of strong infantrymen, who were also the first warriors to ascend.At the same time, more than [-] crossbowmen will follow closely, providing them with crossbow cover.

The north, east and south sides of Jingkou City are built against mountains, with only the west gate located on a flat wilderness.The sprint of a hundred steps came in an instant. When they approached the city, they waved the flying hooks in their hands and threw the flying hooks hard. The iron flying hooks got stuck in the parapet.

"Enemy attack!"

Jiangdong's soldiers who were on guard at Jingkou City saw the Jingzhou Army outside the city wall and shouted in panic: "The enemy is attacking, the Jingzhou Army is outside the city."

At night, there were naturally no more soldiers on the Jingkou city than during the day, and they were unprepared. On the city wall, which was about 340 steps (today's 480 meters) long, there were very few night watchmen, only about a hundred or so. If we include the dozens of people resting in the tower, we can barely make up around [-] people.

"Arrow, cover!"

The first climbers used flying hooks to climb up the city wall, and the crossbowmen had already been deployed outside the city. With the light of the fire on the city tower, the infantry who dared to take the lead were directly set on fire.

"what!"

An infantryman who was looking out to see the situation outside the city just popped up and was hit by an arrow in the chest. He screamed, leaned forward and fell on the city wall.

"on!"

Throwing the flying hook into a dark place where it was not easy to be found, Gan Ning held the knife in his mouth, grabbed the flying hook with both hands and climbed up. He stepped on the rough brick wall with his feet and exerted force on his arms. In a few steps, Gan Ning Climb to half the height of the Jingkou city wall.When he was observing his surroundings, he saw several people climbing up the city who were stabbed in the chest with spears and fell to the bottom of the city with a scream.

Gan Ning was on guard. After a few more steps, Gan Ning waited for the crossbow to stop firing. He climbed over to the wall of Jingkou in one breath and looked around. When he was not yet firm, he saw a flash of cold light. The spear came at him.

Gan Ning dodged sideways, holding the knife in his mouth. He looked for an opportunity to grab the spear with his bare hands, then pulled hard and pulled the soldier over. He kicked the enemy soldier in the crotch and poked his eyes. He took off the enemy soldier while he was in pain. The Han sword in his mouth can cut down the enemy with one blow.

Another cold flash came, Gan Ning blocked it with his sword, stepped in, and chopped down the enemy again with his sword.With Gan Ning and several warriors boarding the city, the following soldiers climbed up the city wall one after another along the flying hook.In an instant, there were more than fifty Jingzhou troops on the city tower, and the number of people was still increasing.

The one or two hundred infantrymen guarding the city tower were completely caught off guard when they saw the Jingzhou army suddenly attacking the city.Gan Ning and his Jinfan soldiers were originally good at duels but not good at battles. Now with their personal force, they quickly gained a foothold on the city tower and killed the defenders steadily.

The bells and drums on the four walls of Jingkou City were ringing incessantly. The soldiers in the city who woke up from their sleep were at a loss. There were too many new soldiers and they fell into chaos.

As the city's commander-in-chief, Sun Yu has woken up from his dream.

He heard the faint sound of golden drums coming from the night sky, and felt a strong sense of crisis in his heart.He quickly stood up from the couch with bare feet, took the long sword in his hand, opened the window and looked in the direction of the beacon tower, and saw that the beacon tower was already filled with flames.

"Enemy attack?"

"The beacon tower is lit and the Jingzhou army attacks!"

An idea flashed through Sun Yu's mind. Huo Jun led the Jingzhou navy down the river and arrived at Niuzhu, where he was about to launch an attack on his Jingkou.

"Ok?"

Listening carefully, Sun Yu seemed to hear the warm sound of golden drums and the soldiers' shouts of killing.In an instant, his head woke up from sleep.

wrong!If the enemy invades Niuzhu, the city will not be in such chaos.

Could it be that the Jingzhou army came to Jingkou and sent soldiers to launch a night attack on Jingkou City, and the Beigu Mountain beacon tower was lit as an early warning?
Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, but Sun Yu didn't bother to think about it. He took the armor and put it on himself, preparing to gather the generals to discuss the situation and understand the current battle situation.

"General!"

Just when Sun Yu was putting on his armor, his attendants crawled into the house they had broken into and shouted in horror: "The Jingzhou army climbed the city walls from all sides and has now entered the city!"

"what!"

Sun Yu's face changed greatly and he couldn't believe it and said: "Didn't the beacon tower give an early warning? How could the enemy invade the city now?"

The attendant looked confused, shook his head and said: The beacon tower is not like an early warning, but like a signal for the Jingzhou army to attack the city. "

"Siege signal?"

Sun Yu fell into confusion and said: "Could it be that the defenders of the Beacon Tower were bribed by Jingzhou?"

"That's wrong!" Sun Yu said in confusion: "The soldiers of Beacon Tower have just been replaced. How could they be bribed?"

"But it was taken away?" the attendant asked.

"impossible!"

Sun Yu put on his armor and went out, objecting repeatedly: "It is impossible for the Beigu Mountain beacon tower to be captured. I have deployed sentry posts on the river, and the tower is high up, so the enemy can be seen. If the enemy invades, how come our army will not know about it, unless they can Fly into the sky.”

After a little hesitation, Sun Yu murmured in his heart again. If it hadn't been taken away, then something had happened to the beacon tower.Moreover, there was no response from a series of beacon towers from Niuzhu to Jingkou.In an instant, Sun Yu was worried about the war situation in the city again, and had to wait for news from the captains at each city gate.

Sun Yu has a stable temperament and knows the importance of gains and losses in Jingkou City.He appointed four of his confidants as city gate captains, stationed around the city gate and responsible for guarding the city gate.If there is a sudden enemy attack today, these confidants will lead their troops to support each gate, and the golden drums that are constantly ringing in the air are the signal that the city gate is under attack.His deputy general Sun Shao led his elite troops to be stationed in the city. As the mobile force of Jingkou City, they would not move until important moments.

Just as Sun Yu was convening his troops, the sound of the golden drum, symbolizing the attack on Ximen, suddenly stopped.

"what happened?"

Sun Yu squinted his eyes to try to understand Ximen's victory, but unfortunately his vision was blocked in the night, making it difficult to see the situation.

"Could it be that the Xicheng captain defeated the Jingzhou bandits?" the attendant said happily.

Before he finished speaking, the soldiers under Sun Shao's tent ran to report and said: "General Qi, the captain of Xicheng was beheaded by Jingzhou Xiao general Gan Ning, and the gate of Xicheng was captured by Gan Ning, and the west gate has fallen into the hands of Jingzhou army. Now the city gate is wide open, Jingzhou soldiers are pouring into the city, and my general is leading his soldiers to support the west gate."

"what!"

Sun Yu lost his voice and said: "Ren Zong claimed to be brave, why did he die in battle?"

Ren Zong, who followed Sun Ce in his early years, also made outstanding achievements and had outstanding military force.When Sun Yu was stationed in Jingkou, he appointed Ren Zong as the Ximen captain and guarded the most important west gate in Jingkou.

Jingkou City was built on the mountain, with only two west and south gates. The north and east gates had no city gates because they were close to Beigu Mountain.Therefore, the most important gates of Jingkou City are the west and south gates. Sun Yu appointed Ren Zong to guard the west gate. He was a very trustworthy person, but he unexpectedly died at the hands of Gan Ning.

Sun Yu knew that Ximen was important, and how could Huo Jun not know that? He had this idea in mind when he ordered Gan Ning to attack Xicheng.Seize the city gate and lead the Jingzhou army into the city.

Of course, Sun Yu's surprise was not only that the west gate was lost. After Sun Shao's soldiers came to report, another soldier ran over, raised his hands and said: "The captain of the north gate is in urgent need, please help the general."

"it is good!"

Sun Yu greeted him quickly and said: "Cai Yu, you lead 300 people to support the north gate; Lu Ji, you lead 500 people to support the south gate..."

As soon as he finished speaking, first the drums from the north gate stopped, and then the drums from the east and south gates also stopped.

"General Qi, the second gate has been lost. Will we rescue them?"

Cai Yu and Lu Ji looked at each other, but at a loss, they raised their hands and asked.

In a short period of time, the four city gates were lost, which made Sun Yu at a loss. He said in a daze: "Have all four city gates been lost?"

In fact, it is no wonder that Sun Yu was at a loss. Each of the four captains at the city gate commanded a thousand soldiers and horses. Now they have all been defeated, which means that the four thousand soldiers and horses have lost their organization.

The total number of new and old soldiers in Jingkou City was 8000 to 4000. 4000 men and horses were defeated, and they were the backbone of the city's defense. What else could the remaining [-] or [-] people do?

Among the four commanders at Jingkou City Gate, the west and south battalions have more veterans and fewer new soldiers, and their defenses are slightly tighter.After Gan Ning captured the city gate, he led hundreds of elite men to directly attack the Xicheng captain's camp. The sleeping sergeants hurriedly fought, unable to withstand Gan Ning's bravery.

For example, Ren Zong gathered a hundred elite troops to fight, but was hit by Gan Ning's troops. After several attacks, Ren Zong was beheaded by Gan Ning. Most of his hundreds of troops were killed or injured and fled in all directions in the night.Without the command of the general, the Ximen camp was directly destroyed.

It was not until Sun Shao, a mobile force, led his troops that he could resist Gan Ning and his sergeants and start fighting in the streets.

Xiying was like this, and the north and east gates of Jingkou near the mountain were even more unbearable. Huo Ducong captured the middle peak of Beigu Mountain and followed the attic connecting Beigu Mountain to Beicheng. He did not use flying hooks to seize the city and directly killed him. Tower.

When the attack came from the direction of Beigu Mountain, the soldiers from the north gate were more frightened than the soldiers from the west gate, so they broke up and ran away.In one breath, Huo Du led thousands of elite men to directly attack the Beimen captain's camp. There was a camp roar in the Beicheng camp where there were many recruits. Under the surprise attack and the camp roar, the Beimen captain died in the chaos.

Huo Du fought down from Beigu Mountain Beacon Tower, broke through the North Gate, and then broke through the North Gate Camp, approaching Sun Yu's base camp in the city.After a moment of panic, Sun Yu, on the advice of his generals, led his troops to move closer to Sun Shao, trying to join forces to recapture the west gate.

On the beacon tower, Huo Jun sneered when he saw the movement of the torches in the city. He glanced at the sky that was about to dawn and ordered: "Beat the drums and ring the gold to signal all the ministries in the city to surround and kill the remaining troops."

"promise!"

"Send an order to Shiren and ask him to lead his cavalry to the west gate and look for opportunities to pursue him."

"promise!"

Huo Jun chose to besiege on all sides with the purpose of fighting a battle of annihilation.If Sun Yu was timid and fled from the weak south gate of Chen Yue, Shiren and his five hundred cavalry would tear the defeated army apart and swallow them up bit by bit.If you want to resist stubbornly, you will be surrounded by enemies from all sides.

As for whether the remaining soldiers in the city could break through Gan Ning's troops, Huo Jun was not worried, because after Gan Ning took the lead in capturing the west gate, he had ordered Ding Feng to lead a thousand people into the city from the west gate to help Gan Ning gain a foothold.

As a military fortress, Jingkou is not a big place. It is more than 340 steps long from north to south and more than 210 steps (300 meters) long from east to west. It only takes a short walk from the west to the east of the city.The reason why the four schools are divided is just for the convenience of administration.

When Sun Yu gathered the men of the central army and moved towards the west gate, Huo Jun ordered Gao Xiang, Huo Du and Chen Yue who broke into the city to surround and kill them. Together with Gan Ning and Ding Feng's troops, the west city was already crowded. , hand-to-hand combat, a life-and-death hand-to-hand battle.

At this time, the sky gradually became brighter, and the enemy flag could be vaguely seen without relying on lights.In order to occupy the ground, Gan Ning ordered his sergeants to retreat fifty or sixty steps to the city gate to form a formation, and fight head-on with the Jiangdong Army who were stubbornly resisting. The two sides fought, and shouts of killing continued one after another.

"Fire arrows!"

Ding Feng led his crossbowmen to form a formation on the city wall, and fired at the Jiangdong army who had gathered together. More than two hundred arrows pierced the sky and fell into the Jiangdong army, and the wails could be heard endlessly.

Under the attack of several waves of arrows, those Jiangdong soldiers who stood up hastily and lacked armor and shields were unable to resist. They could only retreat continuously to avoid the arrows, or rely on the surrounding fortifications to block the arrows.

Seeing this, Gan Ning seized the opportunity and led his elite soldiers to break through the formation and charge forward.

Gan Ning quickly stepped forward and hacked to death a retreating soldier, and then used his shield to block the Jiangdong soldier who was slashing with his sword.Gan Ning stopped and used his strength, pressed forward with a single shield, held the Huanshou knife tightly and stabbed the enemy's flank from the side of the shield.He exerted all his strength to stir up the enemy's abdominal cavity with the blade, and only after making sure that he was completely dead, he drew out the sword.

After Gan Ning charged for a while, he was not eager to fight and retreated sixty steps in front of the west city, waiting for Jiangdong's sergeants to attack.Jiangdong's sergeants were afraid of bows and crossbows, so how dare they attack.And they also felt the pressure from the north, east, and south. Sergeant Jiangdong had nowhere to escape.

"Disarm without killing, surrender without killing."

Suddenly, the Jingzhou sergeants shouted in unison: "Disarm without killing, surrender without killing."

In the Jiangdong Army, Sun Yu looked at the "Huo" banner erected on the west city with an angry look. He looked up to the sky and sighed, saying: "It's not Er Liu who takes away the foundation of my Sun family, it's actually Huo Jun!"

Although Sun Yu, who had been fighting until now, didn't know what methods Huo Jun used, he knew that he was defeated by him again, and he was completely defeated by him.

In order to defend Jingkou City, he had already racked his brains. He did not fall for Huo Jun's routine of getting married and indulging in women. He built a beacon tower and ordered his sergeants to be on guard.

Even though it was so strict, Huo Jun was still able to find a gap and charge into Jingkou City like a divine soldier descending from the sky.With such a terrifying enemy, Sun Yu had already lost the confidence to fight.

Not only Sun Yu, but also the Jiangdong sergeants whose morale was low saw their morale drop instantly when they saw 'Huo' Dajun. In response to the repeated calls to surrender, they no longer had the will to fight.Some infantrymen even abandoned their weapons and fled to the Jingzhou military formation to surrender.

Cai Yu smiled bitterly and said, "General, why don't you vote?"

"Vote!"

The generals who were surrounded had no fighting spirit. When they saw Huo Jun's banner, their remaining fighting spirit was gone.

"Gongli!"

Sun Yu looked at Sun Shao, trying to understand his thoughts, but saw Sun Shao looking downcast.

Sun Shao was only young, and he was quite proud of his ability to command troops.If we follow the historical route, he will have performed well in the war against Wei and was awarded an important task by Sun Quan. He will serve as the governor of Guangling and guard the northern border of Soochow. He can also be called a good general among the Three Kingdoms.

But since his debut, he fought against the Jingzhou Army twice, and was defeated by Huo Jun both times.The arrogance in his heart was long gone. Instead, he felt frightened when he saw Huo Jun. He was really frightened.

As for you asking Sun Shao if he wanted to surrender, the young man had such a good face, how could he say surrender so easily.

On the west gate tower, surrounded by Ding Feng and a dozen sergeants with shields, Huo Jun stood in the crowd and shouted: "Brothers Sun Bi and Sun Fu, their families and money are all saved, our army will not take any of them, and we will give away two more." I'm going north to Xuchang. Didn't Mr. Sun see what happened between the two of them?"

Seeing Huo Jun personally trying to persuade him to surrender, Sun Yu sighed and said, "Send in!"

"Thank you, General!"

Sun Yu led his soldiers to surrender, and Huo Jun captured Jingkou City.

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