Soldiers come to the world

On the river west of Chaisang, a flotilla of eighty fast boats was sailing eastward. disappeared.

But today, it appeared on the big river again, all the boats in front of it gave way in horror, Gan Ning stared at the front sharply.

His hair was disheveled, his long thick black hair fluttering in the wind, his breasts were spread out, revealing the bronzed muscles on his chest, and he stood at the bow of the boat with a pair of halberds in his hands, rough and mighty.

Sitting next to him was a young man who was as thin as a monkey. He was Hou Wu, who was sent by Liu Jing to deliver a letter to Gan Ning. rather.

Hou Wu sat on the side, looking at Gan Ning in awe, so tall and mighty, fierce and elegant, this is the hero he admires most, far surpassing Jiangxia Zuo Wang, and now he is actually on the same boat with him, so close to him.

Hou Wu's heart was in a mess, he seemed to have turned into a stone monkey, and remained motionless for two full hours.

"Brother, there are still twenty miles left, and we will arrive at Chaisang City!" On the mast, one of Gan Ning's cousins ​​shouted loudly.

Gan Ning nodded, turned his head and said: "Raise the blood flag and order the brothers to prepare for battle!"

A bright red pennant appeared on the top of the mast, which was a semaphore command to prepare for battle. Immediately after, more than [-] fast ships also raised their blood flags.

The fleet braved the wind and waves, and sailed towards Chaisang City at high speed.

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Although the catapults and stone cannons brought heavy blows to the Jiangdong army, the Jiangdong army was strong and invested 5000 people to attack the city successively, so that the catapults and stone cannons gradually lost their sharp defensive effects. More and more Jiangdong army Attack the top of the city.

The pressure on the west city was even greater than that on the east city. A section of the city that was about twenty feet long was full of dangers. The Jiangdong army with two siege ladders broke through the defense and killed the top of the city. Going up the city, controlling this section of the city wall, making Chaisang's defense extremely dangerous.

At this extremely critical time, Liu Jing led more than [-] people to support him, and fought fiercely with more than [-] Jiangdong troops who killed the top of the city. The two sides were crowded together in a fan shape. Long weapons can only be hacked with knives, stabbed with daggers, poked with arrows, even smashed with fists, and bitten with teeth.

People kept crying and fell to the ground, maybe they were only slightly injured, but they were soon trampled to death and suffocated to death. The screams continued, dead bodies were everywhere, and blood stained the city.

Liu Jing's eyes were red and his voice became hoarse. He kept shouting with all his strength: "Don't retreat, not even a single step!"

On the several siege ladders outside the city, there were densely packed soldiers of the Jiangdong Army. They just had nowhere to go up the city. As long as the defenders on the city retreated a little, hundreds of people would immediately kill the top of the city. go.

There is no way out for both sides, and we can only see who can persist until the end. In fact, the situation of the defenders of Chaisang City is extremely critical. If they can't kill the enemy troops rushing to the city, they will collapse soon.

At this time, a soldier rushed over and shouted in a crying voice: "Young master, Dongcheng can't hold on any longer. General Liao asks for support!"

Liu Jing was dripping with sweat on his forehead, and his face was covered in blood. He looked around and shouted loudly, "Let Wang Tai come to see me!"

Wang Tai was in charge of commanding the civilian husbands. At this time, the civilian husbands were also in chaos. At least half of them could no longer face the bloody killings. They fled to the city secretly and hid in their homes. In order to become a truly qualified fighter.

They were recruited temporarily and only trained for two or three days. It might be possible for them to deal with Xu Sheng's thousands of people, but facing the attack of [-] Jiangdong troops, it is obviously unrealistic for them to treat death like home and fight to the end.

Wang Tai commanded more than [-] people to defend the middle section. The pressure here was much smaller than that at the east and west ends. It was not the focus of the Jiangdong Army's attack, and no Jiangdong Army attacked the top of the city. In the attack, the arrows from both sides rained down, and the rolling logs and stones fell like hailstones. Soldiers on both sides were casualties, and the screams rang through the city.

"General Wang!"

A soldier rushed over and said loudly to Wang Tai: "My lord has an order, I order you to go there immediately."

Wang Tai gave a few words to a village head, and ran to the west of the city, sweating profusely.

"My lord please give me instructions!" Wang Tai rushed to Liu Jing, panting.

"How many civilian husbands are left?" Liu Jing asked anxiously.

Wang Tai looked back at the peasants beside the stone cannon and the catapult, thought for a moment, and said, "There are about six hundred more people."

Liu Jing ordered without hesitation: "All the civilians are all engaged in the battle, and they can be divided into two. You lead 300 people to reinforce the west city, push the Jiangdong army down the city, and hand over the remaining 300 people to me, and I will go to support the east city."

"As ordered!"

Wang Tai flew away, and more than 300 civilians were quickly divided into two. Wang Tai led [-] people to increase the defense of the west city, while Liu Jing led the remaining [-] people to kill the east city.

At this time, the Liao Hua Department in Dongcheng was gradually unable to support him. There were only more than [-] men left under him, while the Jiangdong Army had increased to more than [-] people. Seeing that the defense on the Eastern Front was about to collapse, at this extremely critical moment, Liu Jing led a group The new force arrived in time.

"Brothers, follow me!"

Liu Jing yelled sharply. He waved his long spear in his hand and rushed into the enemy group. The big gun fluttered and disappeared like ghosts and ghosts. He overturned three enemy generals in a row and cut a bloody path abruptly. .

The general's leadership boosted the morale of the Jingzhou defenders, and the offensive was like a tide, killing the Jiangdong army to retreat steadily. People kept rolling down the city. Even Pan Zhang couldn't support it, and retreated down the city with a sharp ax in hand.

With just a cup of tea, all Jiangdong troops who attacked Dongcheng were driven down the city, and the crisis was finally resolved. At this moment, Liu Jing shouted to Liao Hua: "I will defend Dongcheng, you hurry to support Wang Tai!"

Liao Hua was so impressed by Liu Jing's admiration, he clasped his fists and saluted, "Follow the order!" He led more than [-] people to help Wang Tai in Xicheng.

At this time, Liu Jing picked up the drumstick and sounded the battle drum taught by Zhao Yun again.Boom!Boom! The more and more urgent, the drums echoed over Chaisang City, and every drum beat hit the hearts of Jingzhou soldiers, boosting their morale and fighting spirit.

On the top of the city, the battle situation began to reverse, and a group of peasants who had fled down the city returned to the top of the city again. They mustered up their courage and joined in the defense of the city.

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On the hill, Lu Su looked at the fierce battle on the top of the city, frowning. It had been an hour and a half, and Chaisang City had not been taken yet. Seeing that the casualties were getting heavier and heavier, he silently calculated in his heart that the casualties had already been taken. Nearly 4000 people.

If adding more than 5000 casualties caused by Xu Sheng a few days ago, the loss would exceed [-]. Lu Su did not expect such a heavy casualty. How could he explain this to Marquis Wu?

At this time, Xu Sheng stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Commander, the morale of our army is already declining, while the morale of the enemy army is high. It is estimated that this wave of offensive will not be successful. It is better to withdraw first, rest and fight again, otherwise the casualties will be even greater." big."

"no!"

Ling Cao said decisively from the side: "5000 people attacked the city, and the enemy army only had thousands of people. They were killed and retreated. If the news spread, it would make Jiangdong Army lose face. Please give me [-] reinforcements from the commander. Capture Chaisang within two hours, if you don't succeed, you will be dealt with by military law!"

As soon as Ling Cao finished speaking, there was shouting from behind, and everyone turned their heads in unison, only to see that the river behind them was already ablaze with flames and thick smoke billowing.

The place where the fire was ignited was the mooring place where their grain and grass ships were stored. Lu Su was taken aback and asked around anxiously, "What's going on here?"

A soldier rushed over and reported in a hurry: "Report to the governor, the Jinfan bandit Gan Ning led more than a thousand people to kill him. The defenders of the water village were defeated. He broke into the water village and set fire to it. The grain storage ships are all gone." Burned down, the situation is urgent!"

Everyone looked at each other, Xu Sheng said anxiously: "Commander, Gan Ning is brave and good at fighting, and has a long-standing reputation. It is difficult for ordinary people to resist the enemy. If you don't return to defend, I am afraid that all the ships will be burned!"

Lu Su's face was pale, he knew that Gan Ning had surrendered to Liu Biao, he was the guard of Yangxin County, so he must have come to help Liu Jing.

Lu Su was in a dilemma. After a long while, he let out a long sigh and gave the order to withdraw the troops: "Take the troops back to the water village!"

'when!when!when! '

The rapid sound of the golden bell sounded, which was an order for the Jiangdong Army to withdraw troops. Gan Ning's unexpected sneak attack caused heavy losses to the Jiangdong Army, and Lu Su was forced to order the troops to withdraw.

The Jiangdong army retreated like a tide. Looking at the retreating Jiangdong soldiers and the flames in the enemy's water village, the city was filled with joy.

On the top of the city, Liu Jing was standing with his gun in his hand. He also saw the thick smoke and flames on the river. It must be Gan Ning who killed him. He was so excited that he couldn't restrain his emotion anymore. Eyes welling up.

Only in an almost desperate war will he deeply appreciate the preciousness of reinforcements, and Gan Ning finally arrived at the moment when he needed them most.

At this moment, Liu Jing felt a feeling of rebirth like a phoenix nirvana in his heart.

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When the Jiangdong Army withdrew to the ship, Gan Ning's fleet disappeared on the river, but he did not go far away, but hid somewhere, patiently waiting for an opportunity.

If Jiangmian is also a hunting ground, then Gan Ning is undoubtedly the best hunter in this hunting ground. He leads his men like a pack of the most cunning wolves.

In the cabin, Lu Su was distracted and paced back and forth with his hands behind his back. In just one and a half hours, his army had suffered 100 casualties. On the stone cannon.

Including Xu Sheng's loss of more than a thousand people, there would be 200 casualties. This is the heaviest casualty of the Jiangdong Army in recent years. More importantly, Chaisang City has not been taken yet.

Lu Su didn't know how to explain the casualty to the lord, let alone how Zhang Zhao and others would reprimand him.

At this time, Xu Sheng's voice came from the door, "Captain, may I come in?"