bookrebus Chapter 740: Crazy Siege
Chapter 740: Crazy Siege
The next morning, after the Yan army set up their pots to cook, the entire army had their fill and then prepared for battle.
There were two large armies, the Mighty Tiger Army and the Unparalleled Army. Guan Shouchang put his Mighty Tiger Army in the front.
The Weihu Army was one of the three earliest Yan army legions. It marched south from the old Yan State, conquering cities and strongholds without fail. It could be described as an elite force that had fought in hundreds of battles. To deal with this tough challenge, Guan Shouchang decided to send the strongest legion.
He called all the generals to his presence and said loudly,
"Everyone, you have all seen the terrain of Nanjiang City. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and we can only attack from the north.
The enemy will certainly send all its main forces to the north to defend. This will be a tough battle.
The enemy has a total of 120,000 troops, but we can only charge forward at one time with tens of thousands of people. Whether the troops behind us can charge forward depends entirely on whether you can break in!
I will use artillery to suppress the enemy, and you will blow up the city gate, charge in, and fight a bloody battle with the enemy.
The first battle is full of energy, the second will weaken, and the third will be exhaustion. The first battle is the decisive battle!
Our army must never retreat!
If the delay continues, it will be extremely disadvantageous to our army!
If we fail to break in within the morning, I will make explosives, blow down the city walls, and charge in!
I hope you will fight to the death and enhance the might of Great Yan!"
"I will obey your orders!"
All the generals shouted in unison.
Guan Shouchang understood the importance of morale. If they could not win the battle and were defeated by the enemy, the morale of the soldiers would inevitably be low, and they would even feel fear when looking at the long steep slope.
So this battle must be won.
The Yan army was too proud. They were invincible and could not accept the fact of defeat.
This time, Guan Shouchang personally went to the front line to command the battle, and Chen Qing led 100,000 white-robed soldiers to follow closely behind.
The entire Yan army's infantry marched towards Nanjiang City.
The Shenji Camp set up artillery on the slope and began bombarding the top of the city.
Boom boom boom!
Bursts of artillery fire were heard, falling on the top of the city. The Sichuan Army on the top of the city was also stubborn. They did not dodge or avoid it, but hid behind the women's wall, leaving their life and death to fate.
It’s not that they don’t know fear, but their coach doesn’t allow them to retreat.
Although Li Yu was arrogant, looked down on others, and treated his subordinates extremely harshly, this was also a manifestation of his tough style.
At this time, he was squatting on the top of the city wall, occasionally sticking his head out to look down.
A general, covered in dust, ran up to Li Yu and said loudly,
"General, we can't do that! The Yan army's artillery is too powerful. We've suffered heavy casualties!"
Li Yu immediately glared and cursed,
"Bullshit! How many people can stand on the city wall? How can there be such heavy casualties? If too many people die, just send more people over. The Yan army will rush up and attack the city at any time!"
"As ordered!"
The general answered with a bitter face and quickly ran down the city wall. However, part of the area behind the city wall was also under the artillery fire of the Yan army, and it was a mess.
He transferred some more people up.
After the Yan army's artillery fired ten rounds, Guan Shouchang ordered the entire Weihu Army to attack and advance in a corps formation.
The First Corps of the Weihu Army roared and charged towards Nanjiang City.
Although this terrain is much more difficult than attacking a city on the plains, it is far less difficult than that in Jiange. At least it can accommodate the army's advance.
Li Yu heard the roar from below and quietly looked out. Seeing that the Yan army had already rushed up, he immediately shouted,
"All troops, assemble! Prepare to counterattack!"
At this time, the artillery had stopped, and the Yan army had rushed to the distance of an arrow from the wall of Kuli, but stopped.
The soldiers above wanted to shoot arrows down, but they couldn't reach them.
Then, a team of Yan army soldiers were seen, holding their shields high above their heads, moving quickly towards the city gate.
When Li Yu on the top of the city saw this, he immediately shouted,
"They're coming towards the city gate, shoot!"
Some Sichuan Army soldiers immediately leaned out of the parapet, drew their bows and arrows and shot at the group of people below!
However, all the arrows hit the shield, broke and fell to the ground.
Seeing that it had no effect, Li Yu yelled again,
"Wait until they get closer and throw rocks at them, quick!"
Li Yu gave orders loudly, and the soldiers on the city walls hurried to look for stones, because many of the previously piled stones had been scattered by artillery fire, killing many people.
They were in a hurry to find stones, but the team of soldiers below started to charge. By the time they had prepared the stones, this team of soldiers had already arrived at the city gate.
The Yan army soldiers quickly put down their shields, lowered the fire bombs, straightened the fuses, lit them, and then ran away with their shields raised.
boom! ! !
There was a loud bang and the city gate shattered.
This loud noise was the signal for an attack. The First Corps of the Weihu Army outside the city immediately roared, picked up their weapons and rushed towards the city gate desperately.
"Shoot! Shoot arrows to suppress them!"
On the top of the city wall, Li Yu roared loudly, then ran to another direction and roared towards the city.
"Stop the enemy, stop the enemy!"
After shouting, he hurried down the stairs and went down to command the Sichuan Army to resist the Yan Army.
The Yan army outside the city naturally did not rush forward all at once. Those who attacked were melee soldiers. The archers were all outside the city, shooting arrows at the top of the city to attack the enemy. The archers of the second corps also caught up quickly, followed by the archers of the third corps.
They lined up in rows, constantly suppressing the city walls, ensuring that anyone who showed their head would be killed instantly, buying space for the Yan army melee soldiers below so that they would not be disturbed by the enemy archers.
The vanguard of the Yan army rushed into the city gate with roars. They were full of fighting spirit, like bloodthirsty demons, with their eyes wide open and weapons in hand, they rushed towards the enemy fiercely.
Even if the enemy's spear pierced their chest, they would push forward and thrust the weapons in their hands into the enemy's body to open a path for their comrades behind them.
The elite of the elite of the First Corps who entered the city first were similar to the Xianzhen Camp. They were fierce and would fight to the death, risking their lives. Under their fighting style, the Sichuan Army who were caught off guard and rushed to fight were directly stunned.
By the time they reacted, although the Yan army had left behind a pile of corpses, they had also rushed in, dozens of meters away from the city gate, and had begun to expand the space to both sides. The Yan army outside the city was also running in madly, filling the occupied space tightly, and then helping the people on the front line to rush in.
Li Yu was extremely anxious when he saw this scene.
He didn't know where the Yan army got the strength to tear through his defense so easily and rush into the city to engage in close combat with them.
At this moment, he could do nothing but feel helpless and furious.