The second watch arrives!
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The air of murder filled the space between the heaven and the earth, the sun had already risen to the sky, and when the sun shone down, the entire Yongzhou city was bathed in the sun. This warm sunshine did not add even a sliver of warmth to the hearts of people inside and outside the city. Like the ice in winter, it is cold from the outside to the bone.
Under the sunlight, the sharp tip of the gun shone with a cold light.
At noon, Xue Poye swung his saber, and the war drum immediately rang "dong dong". Soon, from the north gate of Yongzhou City, there was also a loud drum sound.
The battle is about to kick off!
"Commander order, storm the city, smash open the city gate, and shoot the defenders with force!" Yang Yijun shouted, waving the saber in his hand: "Brothers, for the sake of Dachu, for the brothers who died, kill! "
Amidst the thundering roar, the Chu army held up their shields and waved their sabers, and most importantly, they protected the siege troops from attacking forward.
The Northwest Army apparently had no fear of the attack of the Chu Army. They had a strong city. The Northwesters secretly called this city "The Unbreakable City". In their hearts, this city might not be broken by any army in the world. The possibility of being able to break through this city, unless the defense forces in the city have fierce conflicts, as long as they are united, this is definitely an "unbreakable city".
Today, the defenders of Yongzhou City are naturally united as one, and they do their best to support the emperor in their hearts---Mingyue King!
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In the hearts of the Northwesterners, there was no panic just because the Chu army approached the city.
They are very experienced. During the more than ten years when King Mingyue was in charge of Yongzhou, although this kind of situation was rare, it was not unheard of. It was just that the Hu people attacked at the beginning, but now it is the Chu army.
The front line of Yanmen Pass has strict and unbreakable defenses. The northern Hu people have attacked many times, but the defense on that front line has become more and more tenacious, and the Hu people have suffered countless casualties. It is no longer like many years ago. Of course it was because of the veteran general Ren's ability to command the army, but the most important thing was that the Beizhen army had already figured out the Hu people's routines after fighting with the Beihu people all year round. able to do.
Since the Hu people could not stop attacking Yanmen, and wanted to dominate the Central Plains, they would naturally turn their attack point to Yangguan in the northwest.
Compared with the huge scale of Yanmen Gate, Yangguan is obviously much smaller, and the solidity of the defense is naturally not comparable to that of Yanmen Pass, but Yongzhou can be used as a first-line barrier in the northwest against Hu, relying on Yongzhou City.
If the Hu people want to attack the Central Plains, after breaking through Yangguan, they must capture Yongzhou City. This is the most basic strategy.
Of course, they can also bypass Yongzhou City and continue to advance eastward, but if they abandon Yongzhou City, once they go deep into the Central Plains, they will immediately be caught in the back and forth of the Great Chu Army and the Northwest Army of Yongzhou. At that time, there is no way to retreat Therefore, from a strategic point of view, as long as the Beihu people cannot take Yongzhou City, they will not dare to advance from the northwest to the Central Plains.
In the past ten years or so, the people from Beihu have harassed Yangguan time and time again, and even broke through Yangguan twice and came to the city of Yongzhou.
Yongzhou City, which is as solid as an iron barrel, made the brave Beihu people feel helpless. They tried their best to attack Yongzhou City, leaving corpses one after another, but they never broke through the strong Yongzhou City.
When the Beihu people were exhausted and killed and injured, Yongzhou City even dared to rush out of the city in a silent state like knights like heavenly soldiers. He took off the head of the leader of the Hu people and forced the Hu people to retreat in embarrassment.
Therefore, everyone in the Northwest knows that if you want to win the victory over Yongzhou, even if you take down all the areas except Yongzhou City, it is not a victory, because the elite soldiers of Yongzhou City can come out of the city at any time to kill For every enemy covering the land in the northwest, if they want to truly occupy Yongzhou, they can only take down Yongzhou City.
And Yongzhou City is unbreakable!
Not finally occupying Yizhou and Qingzhou, it just shattered the offensive strategy of the Northwest Army, but this does not mean that the Chu Army won the victory.
Even if the Chu army is approaching the city, in the hearts of all Northwesterners, it is only temporary. The solid Yongzhou City is impossible for the Chu army to break through. The Chu army will be dragged outside the city for a long time. As time goes by, Their food supply will gradually be insufficient, their morale will be worn down bit by bit, and they will have to face the harsh climate in the Northwest, some special diseases in the Northwest, and even in the dark night. A sneak attack by local rogues loyal to King Mingyue.
As long as a certain time comes, the Chu army will surely retreat slowly, and these hundreds of thousands of troops consume an astonishing amount of supplies every day. Once the main force of the Chu army retreats, the Great Chu court may no longer be able to form With such a large army, at that time, the Northwest Army, which had been on the defensive all along, could come out in full force and launch a fatal attack on the weak Chu.
Both sides are well aware of such strategic intentions.
Therefore, the strategic goal of the Chu army is to conquer Yongzhou City in the shortest possible time, and Yongzhou is trying its best to keep Yongzhou City.
One attack and one defense, this is the art of war belonging to the two armies!
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The defenders obviously prepared enough feather arrows. When the soldiers of the Chu army rushed towards the city gate with enthusiasm, arrows rained all over the sky like snowflakes, falling from the top of the city.
In the Chu army formation, soldiers fell from time to time.
Stepping on the corpses of their companions, amidst the shouts of the generals, the Chu army rushed to the east gate of Yongzhou City without hesitation.
The soldiers also knew in their hearts that the sooner the city is captured, the less the losses of the Chu army will be. Once it is delayed, even if they do not die in the hands of the Northwest Army, they will die in the harsh environment of the Northwest.
Although it has only been a few days into the northwest boundary, many soldiers have already felt unwell. This situation also clearly reminds the soldiers that if Yongzhou City is not captured for a long time, then a large area of disease will follow. At that time, the military's medical conditions were extremely poor, and many people would probably die of diseases.
These diseases may not be regarded as serious diseases in normal times, but are nothing more than physical abnormalities caused by acclimatization, but if they are not carefully treated, they will naturally turn into more serious diseases soon.
So they would rather pay the price and capture the city as soon as possible.
Amid the shouts, the rain of arrows on the top of the city was sharp and dense. Even the bravest soldiers of the Chu army found it difficult to move an inch. The closer they got to the city gate, the more difficult it was to move forward. , Breaking into the charging Chu army formation, a large number of people died, and they were crushed to death by huge stones, which was terrible.
The soldiers approaching the city gate could clearly see at this moment that this city gate is surprisingly huge. If the city wall of Yongzhou City is as high as the two of Kyoto City, then this huge city gate is as tall as Kyoto City. The entire city wall is so high.
Not only tall, but also thick.
Although the city gate is tightly closed, its true thickness cannot be seen, but seeing the huge light brown city gate, everyone knows in their hearts that this huge city gate like a moat may not be forged by human beings, it should be It is the gate of heaven from heaven, or the gate of demons from hell.
Standing in front of this door, human beings look extremely small, like babies standing in front of giants.
The Chu army's catapults were not idle either, but the city wall was too high, and the boulders thrown by the tall catapults could not reach the city wall at all, but just hit the solid wall, leaving traces one after another, like countless mosquitoes Biting on a person will cause some damage, but it will definitely not be fatal.
The huge Yongzhou city seemed to be laughing at the soldiers who attacked it like mosquitoes and ants in its eyes.
There was also a sky-shattering roar from the north gate, and the fighting situation there was obviously extremely tragic.
At this time, human life is like a dead leaf in the autumn wind, which withers away lightly.
When the first group of soldiers rushed to the gate of the city, the rolling stones and wood on the top of the city immediately smashed down mercilessly, and the scalding hot oil was mercilessly poured on the soldiers of the Chu army. Shout, resounding through heaven and earth.
When the first tiger-headed hammer rushed to the city gate, the corpses of the Chu army were already piled up in front of the city gate, blocking the advance of the tiger-headed hammer. Protecting himself, he pulled his companion's corpse aside to clear a path, but the boulders and trees on the top of the city continued to fall down, and many soldiers who cleaned up the corpses were soon smashed by the boulders and trees with their shields Rotten and become a new corpse.
The tragic situation of the battle is really tragic.
This is purgatory on earth!
The most advanced siege weapon in the empire, the tiger-headed hammer, with the endless hatred of the soldiers of the Chu army, slammed into the city gate fiercely. The dull "dong dong" sound proved the thickness of the city gate.
The siege troops soon discovered that the fortification of the city gate was stronger than previously expected.
Because the tiger head hammer hit the city gate, except for a slight vibration, it did not really hurt the city gate at all. The skin of the city gate was actually made of black iron.
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Looking at the Chu army lying in a pool of blood, Xue Poye's eyelids twitched, and he felt that his heart seemed to be being cut piece by piece by a sharp knife. This feeling was so real. The soldier rolled to the ground in an instant, unable to move, he only felt that his eyes were a dream.
Turning his head to look at Lady Lv, he saw that her eyes were flushed and she was also looking at him. After looking at each other, her expression was extremely sad.
Xue Poye approached and sighed softly: "Sister, do you know that if Qinglianzhao really formed a huge force and had the ability to rebel against Chu, then such a bloody scene will also appear... Jianghu vendettas are two completely different concepts!"
The green lady's eyes were red, and she couldn't bear to look at the soldiers rushing to kill, she sighed quietly: "I understand...!"
Xue Poye raised his chest, looked at the bloody warriors, and murmured: "It is my honor to lead this group of warriors on the battlefield. It is my honor to be able to witness such a fierce battle!"