After entering the fourth day of the New Year, a cold wave hit the entire Jiangnan Road from north to south. Not only did the temperature drop rapidly, but there was also a howling north wind mixed with dagger-like arrows of rain and snow, which seemed to be able to wipe out everything here. All frozen.
But even such bad weather still could not stop the Wu army's offensive on Changshu City. Every day, there were still horns and loud killing sounds. The besieging army took turns to attack the city, not giving the defenders any chance to breathe. .
The only difference is that in the past few days, the focus of their attack has changed from the south gate to the other three gates. It seems that even they feel that the south gate of Changshu is difficult to attack due to its tight defense, so they chose other places to attack first. But in fact, in Sun Tu's view, this was entirely the cleverness of the enemy generals. They did this to quickly consume the arrows, wood and rocks in the city and other defensive weapons, and at the same time to prevent the defenders from transferring weapons from other city gates. Go to Nancheng.
Because as long as the other three sides are under attack, the defenders will not dare to take it lightly. Even if they know that the situation at the south gate is more tense, they can only pretend not to know it just in case. This is particularly evident in the Huainan Army at the North Gate.
In fact, when it comes to the equipment of various weapons, the Huainan Army is far above the other three. After all, they defended one gate with the entire army, and the main force in previous battles had always been the Shandong Army, so their consumption was naturally the least. But even so, the entire Huainan army was still in a hurry when facing the Wu army's offensive. The situation happened frequently. The enemy was killed on the city wall several times. It was only after a desperate battle that the enemy was driven back. Under such circumstances, let alone allocating weapons to support the other three sects, Peng Yongzhen sent people to the city several times to ask for help, hoping that Sun Tu could send troops and horses to assist them.
Regarding the Huainan Army's poor performance, Sun Tu didn't know what to say. He could only rush there in person to give some comfort, and gave them instructions on how to deploy defenses based on the characteristics of the section of the North Gate City Wall, which was able to temporarily stabilize the position.
But soon, new problems appeared. Because the city wall had not been repaired at all before, and after days of hard fighting, finally in a battle on the evening of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, a section of the city wall at the north gate suddenly collapsed, and the enemy quickly seized the opportunity. A team of thousands of people actually He rushed directly into the city and immediately killed the defenders below, catching them off guard and seeing that they could no longer hold on.
When the fatal news reached Sun Tu, he was patrolling at the east gate and trying to appease the soldiers. Because in the past few days, the Wu army continuously attacked the east gate. Although they repelled the enemy with the stubborn resistance of Song Jiang and others, the defenders of the east gate also suffered heavy losses, with nearly 500 dead and nearly a thousand lightly and seriously wounded. , and several former Liangshan leaders died here, which was a serious blow to morale.
In order to prevent the Liangshan troops who may not be convinced of him from suddenly turning against him, Sun Tu has recently put a lot of thoughts on this. At this time, he even went to the city in person to express condolences and calm the morale of the troops: "You are all from our Shandong Army. I believe that as long as our three armies are united, Changshu City will be defended until the end and the enemy will not be able to enter the city!"
After giving some encouraging words to the ordinary soldiers, Sun Tu called aside the pale-faced Song Jiang, Wu Yong and others: "The losses are so great this time, can you still persist? If you really resist, If you don't stay, I can ask the reserve team in the city to guard the west gate for you, and you can go to the city to rest temporarily."
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Xu remained silent, but Song Jiang glared and said in a hoarse voice: "Qianji, at this time you don't have to test our brothers anymore. Since I surrendered to the imperial court, I, Song Jiang, have never thought about rebellion again. Although I failed this time, We have killed many brothers, but we have also killed many rebels, so it is not a loss. The brothers have already stated their position. We will defend the west gate to not embarrass the Shandong Army. We will also kill more thieves to pay tribute to the dead brothers. revenge!"
"Sun Qianji, our biggest problem now is the lack of weapons supply, especially arrows. If you can allocate some, Ximen will be able to hold on!" Wu Yong also made his request.
But what he got in return was Sun Tu's wry smile: "I don't know what our problem is. But this cannot satisfy all the armies. Now not only your east gate, but also the west gate and south gate defenders are short of arrows and stones. , each time you can only fire arrows after placing the enemy close, which greatly increases the risk of defending the city."
Hearing this, the two sighed again, not knowing what to say for a moment. This tough battle was unexpected, so it was understandable that there would be problems with weapons logistics. Song Jiang made a bitter face and said: "This is really difficult to handle. Even if the brothers fight to the death, they are still flesh and blood. The rebel forces far exceed ours, and they are more proactive. As long as they use the siege equipment We have to do our best when we get close to the city, but this is not an option after all."
"Yes, we really need to think of a way to defeat their offensive near the city." Sun Tu also said with trouble, but for the moment he couldn't come up with any solution.
As the battle continues, the moat outside has been filled up by the enemy. In addition, there are not many bows and arrows left, and they dare not shoot at random. As a result, the enemy can easily kill directly to the bottom of the city, and then launch a wave of attacks through wood bumps or ladders. Wave attack. Although the former can be attacked with fire, or with gold juice boiled from dung water, it is difficult to deal with the ladder that is brought up to the city. Once the enemy is allowed to attack the city from above, it will be a life and death battle.
And as the fighting becomes more and more intense, even the supply of gold juice is almost running out. Once the enemy really allows the enemy to blast open the city gates or walls, the consequences will be...
Just when Sun Tu and others were frowning and not knowing what to do, someone rushed towards them from below like their buttocks were on fire: "Sun... Sun Qianjia, something serious is going to happen. The wall on the north side of the city has been broken. Our Huainan Army is almost unable to withstand it..."
"What!" Sun Tu almost jumped up in shock. At that moment, he didn't care to talk to Song Jiang and the others anymore. He quickly ran down the city and shouted loudly: "Qingzhou Army, follow me to the north to kill the enemy!" Before he finished speaking, He had jumped on his horse, whipped his whip fiercely, and rushed towards the north gate as quickly as possible.
The more than two hundred soldiers who were waiting below also quickly moved and followed closely while shouting. But Song Jiang and the others were dumbfounded, and the worries in their hearts became more serious: "The north gate was actually broken? How long can Changshu hold on?"
In just one meal, Sun Tu led his army to the north gate. What caught the eye was an extremely chaotic scene. A section of the city wall in front had collapsed, and enemies continued to rush in from the outside, thus engaging the Huainan Army in a head-on battle. Although the Huainan Army was far superior to its opponent in terms of military strength, they were all afraid of death. They were actually killed by the thousands of people who entered the city and were forced to retreat. Even the city gate area was about to be occupied by the enemy.
Seeing such a situation, Sun Tu was really furious. He shouted loudly and rushed forward. The spear in his hand turned into a flying dragon, flying towards the enemy: "Qingzhou Army, kill the enemy! "
"Kill..." Yue Fei, Tang Feng and other soldiers all followed him and shouted violently, killing them like tigers descending from the mountain, until the officers and soldiers of the Huainan Army on their path were frightened to avoid them, leaving a large passage. This allowed them to quickly reach the gap.
Puffing sounds were accompanied by screams. Although there were only about 200 people, this elite Shandong army exploded with a powerful combat power that far exceeded a thousand people. They actually killed the enemy in one fell swoop and rushed straight into the gap. The castration stopped at the front. Behind them, the bodies of more than 500 people fell in an instant.
The remaining Wu army finally couldn't resist the thousands of Huainan troops who were inspired to cover up and kill them. They could only retreat in embarrassment, but they collided with Pao Ze who was still trying to get in. His own position was disrupted.
How could Sun Tu let go of such an opportunity and immediately lead others to fight hard? Thanks to the heroic performance of the soldiers, the enemy was finally completely defeated before dark and the gap was held.
It wasn't until the fighting stopped that Peng Yongzhen hurried over, escorted by several soldiers. As soon as he saw Sun Tu, he clasped his hands and clasped his fists: "Thanks to Sun Qian for your timely rescue, otherwise our north gate would have been completely lost. However, the city wall here is no longer usable, but what should we do? good?"
This person is really a person who doesn't know what politeness is. If there is a problem, he doesn't find a solution by himself, but just throws it to Sun Tu.
If it weren't for the Huainan Army to guard the north gate - after all, the Shandong Army could no longer spare a group of troops to guard this place. Even if their tens of thousands of people were useless, they could still help to some extent - Sun Tu really wished he could kill them now. The incompetent guy vents his hatred.
In fact, long before Wu Jun arrived, he already knew that the North Gate defenders had been hiding and doing nothing. I just didn't expect that they would make things so bad and create such a shoddy project. If I hadn't rescued him in time, I'm afraid Changshu would have been lost because of them.
After his face changed several times, Sun Tucai suppressed the anger in his heart and hummed: "What else can we do? Of course we need to repair the city wall again, do I need to say that?"
"But, the enemy troops outside the city are watching eagerly, how can we stand a chance..."
"It's getting late. They don't dare to fight at night. This is our opportunity. Now let's have people try to repair the city wall."
Seeing Sun Tu's unkind expression, Peng Yongzhen didn't dare to say anything, so he quickly asked people to find some soldiers who knew how to work as masons to start building the city.
Even though the Huainan Army is useless in combat, there are quite a few who are good at work. Now it's not like before where everyone didn't take it seriously. Naturally, everyone worked hard and started repairing the city wall immediately, which was quite impressive.
But soon, a problem appeared again. The cracks in the city wall were too big, and the walls built with only stones and yellow mud were not strong enough. For a while, everyone was helpless. A soldier who was good at doing this even said with a bitter face: "If there is no reinforcement such as glutinous rice juice, the city wall will not be built in three to five days. Even if it is built, it will be easily broken by the enemy from the outside. …”
As soon as he said this, everyone was really dumbfounded.