Chapter 191 Rebirth from ashes
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The stalemate between the inner city of Chaisang and the outer city did not last long and was soon broken by the attack of the Jiangdong Army. Under the command of the command of the chief general Ling Cao, the Jiangdong Army changed its offensive strategy.
Ling Cao deployed two crossbow troops on the northern city to suppress the Jingzhou soldiers on both sides of the inner city with his superior forces. In this way, the Jiangdong army that had attacked the city could raise its huge shield and move forward slowly, and no longer be shot from both sides by Jingzhou crossbowmen.
A thousand Jiangdong soldiers had already entered the city with giant shields. Under the cover of their giant shields, more than one strong man rushed towards the inner city gate with a huge hammer. This scene was exactly the same as when Liu Jing recaptured the Chaisang City.
The arrows on the top of the city were like rain, but the strong man holding the siege rifle slowly moved closer to the inner city gate under the strict protection of the giant shield. This is the most direct and effective way to break through the inner city. A huge siege rifle requires only a heavy blow to break open the city gate.
Liu Jing looked at the attacking rifle slowly approaching, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. Just when the attacking rifle was still twenty steps away from the city gate, Liu Jing issued an order to "drop"
The soldiers on the top of the city picked up one ceramic altar and threw it down. A sound of rupture sounded in the urn city, and black viscous liquid flowed all over the ground. Ling Cao could see this scene clearly in the outer city. He was shocked and said repeatedly: "Soldiers in the urn city retreat quickly."
But it was too late. Dozens of rockets rose from the inner city and shot towards the urn. The flames suddenly flew into the urn. The fire burned rapidly. The sudden fire caused the soldiers in the urn to fall into a sea of fire.
There was a chaos in the urn city, and the soldiers trampled on each other and rushed to flee outside the city. Many soldiers became firemen, wailing around and running around, and soon fell to the ground.
Arrows were fired in the city, and the soldiers who fled out of the city were not as good as defense. They were shot down one by one, with heavy casualties. A jar of tinea oil kept throwing down from the city. Several rockets flew in the sky. The bigger the fire, the flames in the city flew several feet, and the soldiers on both sides were frightened.
Many accidents seem to be accidental, but they will happen in a certain way.
At this time, a soldier in Jingzhou was slightly stronger and shot a rocket to the target. The rocket flew past the city wall and shot the city above the water gate.
In the initial siege, Wang Tai was preparing to burn the enemy warships with tinder oil, but before he could throw the tinder oil, the roaring huge rocks smashed two jars of tinder oil, and the tinder oil flowed all over the city.
This is Wang Tai's regret to die with his eyes, but this regret brings an unexpected ending. The rocket that deviated from the target accidentally ignited the turbulent oil all over the ground. The outer city near Water Gate also began to burn, the flames soared into the sky and thick smoke rolled.
The area of this flame is not large, only more than twenty feet. If it were a quarter of an hour ago, it might not have any impact, at least it would not have serious consequences. However, the burning of the fire in the urn city at this time has made the hearts of Jiangdong soldiers particularly fragile and sensitive.
When the north city also suddenly burned, the tense string in the hearts of the soldiers in Jiangdong suddenly broke, and the city was in chaos. Countless soldiers climbed the ladders and ran to the city, accompanied by their shouting at the top of their lungs: "The fire is burning, the north city is burning."
The soldiers in Jiangdong were extremely frightened and fought to escape. They trampled on each other and shouted wildly. Many people jumped off the city regardless of everything. Ling Cao was so anxious that he shouted and killed several people, but he could not stop the soldiers from being in a hurry, and his morale seemed to collapse in an instant.
This accident shocked Liu Jing, but he almost didn't hesitate and immediately said to Liu Huling, who was anxious and uneasy, "Heavy armored infantry attacked and regained the northern city."
Liu Hu jumped two feet high, screamed, turned around and ran towards the city wall, and shouted loudly at the city: "Brothers, the business is here, kill me with me."
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As the iron gate of the west gate of the city opened, the heavily armored infantry, under the leadership of Liu Hu, were wearing heavy armor, holding a sharp two-edged sword in his hand, and rushed to the north city with murderous aura. Behind them, Wei Yan led more than a thousand soldiers to follow closely.
Most of the Jiangdong army in the north city fled, leaving only more than a thousand people directly commanded by Ling Cao. Under Ling Cao's power, he had recovered slightly from the chaos, but he was still in shock.
"All soldiers are here"
Ling Cao shouted loudly: "Raising a shield to protect the bow and arrow"
The soldiers ran back to their positions and squatted down to avoid the arrows shot from the inner city. At this moment, Ling Cao unexpectedly discovered that the bows and arrows in the inner city stopped shooting. He was confused. The smoke in the urn was rolling, blocking his sight.
Suddenly there was a riot in the west, and screams kept coming. Ling Cao was shocked. Looking back, he saw an army coming from the west, which was particularly clear under the flames.
The soldiers were particularly tall and burly, like an iron tower, all over black, holding sharp two-edged swords in their hands. Wherever this army passed, flesh and blood were flying everywhere, and they were unstoppable.
Ling Cao suddenly remembered what Lu Xun said. Chaisang had an elite heavy armored infantry, which should be this army. Seeing that this army killed the Jiangdong Army and could not resist it, Ling Cao was furious and shouted, and shot it up.
The heavy-armored infantry were not fast. Every step they took was very steady. The team was extremely neat, with six people standing side by side, a total of fifty rows. They moved like mountains, with blades slashing by, and ghosts and gods killed them.
At this time, Ling Cao led several people to come towards him. Ling Cao shouted loudly, and the big iron spear pierced Liu Hu's chest in the middle. The tip of the spear was filled with strong wind, and it was extremely rapid.
Liu Hu shouted lowly, and the formation of the heavy-armored infantry immediately changed. Six people in the second row flashed out from the side and surrounded Ling Cao from the left. Two rows of twelve people and twelve knives were slashing towards Ling Cao at the same time.
Ling Cao welcomed twelve pointed two-edged swords at the same time, which means that even if he stabbed Liu Hu, he would be chopped into pieces by the other eleven swords at the same time.
Ling Cao was secretly surprised, with a retracted spear, jumped backward, avoiding the collective killing of heavy armored infantry. The heavy armored infantry did not change the rhythm because of Ling Cao. They resumed their formation and moved forward step by step, killing the soldiers of Jiangdong step by step.
Seeing that the heavy armored infantry was so sharp that Ling Cao was helpless. At this time, a riot came from the east, and a soldier rushed to report, "Report to General Ling, there are also Jingzhou troops coming to the west, and for the general, it seems that Liu Jing, the enemy's chief general."
Ling Cao was overjoyed. It turned out to be Liu Jing. If he could capture him, Chaisang City would be at his fingertips. He ignored the heavy armored infantry and turned over and ran eastward. Several soldiers could not resist the impact of the heavy armored infantry and followed Ling Cao to retreat eastward.
The ticket gate to the east opened, and Liu Jing led two thousand soldiers to kill. They rushed through the burning flames above the Shuicheng Gate and rushed straight to the Jiangdong Army...
At this time, the morale of the Jiangdong army was sluggish and could not resist the attacks of the Jingzhou army on both sides. It was gradually unable to support it. The two-mile-long northern city wall was only half a mile away, and it was still shrinking. The soldiers of Jiangdong were not interested in fighting and climbed the ladders to escape outside the city.
Seeing that the north city was about to be recaptured by the Jingzhou army, the soldiers of Jiangdong, led by the commander Ling Cao, launched their last counterattack. They were no longer facing heavy armored infantry, but the main force of the Jingzhou army came from the east.
In the chaos army, Ling Cao found Liu Jing at a glance. Liu Jing was eight feet tall and held a long halberd in his hand, like a god. Ling Cao killed a piece of blood, less than four feet away from Liu Jing. He shouted, "Liu Jing, take my Ling Cao, shoot me."
Liu Jing had already seen Ling Cao, and a soldier told him that it was this person who killed Wang Tai. When the enemy met, he was very jealous. Liu Jing waved his long halberd, nodded with a move, and stabbed Ling Cao's chest with a flat tip.
Feng nodded is the official version of Feng Lei Transformation, and it is also the first move of Bird's phoenix spear. Although it is also a single blow, it is much more difficult than Feng Lei Transformation. Feng Lei Transformation emphasizes the change of speed, slow first and then fast, while Feng nodded is a kind of control of power, neither fast nor slow.
Ling Cao is a person who knows the goods. He shouted, "It's good."
He dodged Liu Jing's halberd, and Ling Cao stabbed Liu Jing's left rib from the side. When a loud noise, the spear collided. Liu Jing opened the iron spear, but the crescent blade slashed at Ling Cao's neck...
The two sides fought each other, and they fought one by one. The two killed more than ten rounds. At this moment, the Jiangdong Army camp in the distance suddenly rushed up, and the shouts of killing were shocked.
Ling Tong rushed to the top of the city and shouted in the distance: "Father, Wu Hou has an order, and order you to retreat immediately."
Ling Cao also saw the fires of the Jiangdong Army camp in the distance soaring into the sky from the corner of his eyes. He was secretly surprised. Seeing that he could not defeat Liu Jing for a while, he had no intention of fighting again, so he sold a flaw and jumped out of the battle circle.
"Liu Jing, let your life be spared today, we will fight again tomorrow"
Ling Cao retreated to the edge of the city under the desperate escort of soldiers Yu. How could Liu Jing allow him to escape? He drew out a bow and arrow from behind, and aimed at Ling Cao with an arrow. The strings were as full as the moon, and an arrow shot out.
For more than a year, Liu Jing has practiced archery hard every night, and the night arrow has already mastered its skills. This arrow passed through the crowd. At this time, Ling Cao had already climbed the city ladder. Just as his figure was about to disappear at the top of the city, the wolf-tooth arrow shot like lightning. Ling Cao heard the strong wind, but it was too late to dodge.
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The wolf-toothed arrow shot through Ling Cao's throat. Ling Cao groaned, rolled down the city from the siege ladder, and fell into the moat.
"Father"
Ling Tong shouted, and he jumped down from the city and fell into the moat. When he touched his father from the river, he found that his father was dead.
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In the Jiangdong Army camp, Huang Zhong led a thousand troops to suddenly arrive. The camp was empty and there were only more than 2,000 defenders. He was caught off guard and was in chaos.
Huang Zhong led his army into both sides and set fire to the camp at the same time. In the chaos, Jiangdong soldiers protected more than 20 officers and fled the camp.
At this time, Sun Quan was already on his boat. He stared blankly at the fire in Chaisang City, and his heart was blank. He received news half an hour ago that Pengze Water Village was attacked by Ganning, and the warehouse and military camp were burned down, causing heavy losses.
This news severely hit Sun Quan's confidence, and finally shook his determination. He developed the intention to retreat. It was this news that made Sun Quan return to the ship. This was a kind of subconsciousness, and even Sun Quan himself did not realize it.
But bad news came one after another, General Pan Zhang was killed, the camp was attacked, and the siege was not good, and Sun Quan felt his heart began to feel cramped.
He sat down slowly, lowered his head and said nothing. The generals and ministers around him were quiet. Even Zhou Yu dared not come forward to persuade Sun Quan, and he didn't know how to persuade him.
At this time, Lu Su walked forward, bit his lip tightly, and slowly advised: "Wuhou, we have suffered nearly 10,000 casualties, and our morale is low. We can't continue to fight. If we continue to fight, we may not be able to return to Jiangdong."
Sun Quan still lowered his head, his body trembled slightly, his fists were clenched, and his knuckles were white. At this moment, Ling Tong rushed in with tears and knelt down on the ground, "Wu Hou, my father was unfortunately killed in battle."
Sun Quan was shocked, as if thousands of arrows were pierced into his heart. He could no longer support him. He squirted out a mouthful of blood and immediately fainted on his back and fell to the ground. All the generals were stunned and rushed up at the same time.
"Wuhou Wuhou goes to find a military doctor."
After a while, Sun Quan woke up and sighed, "You guys, I'm going to see my father and brother Wuyan and go to see the elders of Jiangdong."
Zhou Yu said in tears: "Mr. Wu, please take care of him."
Sun Quan shook his head, sighed again, and said to Zhou Yu: "Gongjin, please send my order quickly. The whole army will board the ship, withdraw the troops back to Jiangdong, and order Cheng Pu to give up Wuchang and Xiakou, and the whole army will retreat."
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The Battle of Chaisang lasted for two days and two nights, from Yangxin County to Chaisang City, both sides suffered heavy casualties. The Jiangdong Army was ultimately unable to conquer Chaisang. At this time, the Shanyue tribe rebelled in several counties in Jiangdong, and urgent reports came one after another.
Helplessly, Sun Quan had to order to give up Jiangxia, and the entire army retreated to Jiangdong. The battle of Jiangxia, which had been fiercely fighting for nearly half a month, finally came to an end.
A morning glow rose slowly, and a golden light shone on the head of Chaisang City. Liu Jing bathed in the morning glow and his whole body was dyed golden. He stared at the Yangtze River for a long time without saying a word.
At this time, Xu Shu slowly stepped forward and whispered: "Congratulations to Sima for successfully defeating the Jiangdong Army and about to collect Jiangxia."
Chapter completed!