Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2628 The bloody battle of Nanzheng's offensive and defensive battle broke the city

Chapter 2624: The bloody battle of Nanzheng offensive and defensive battle breaks the city

With the support of King Ruan and King Yue, Princess Anyang of the Great Qin Dynasty Ying Nongyu became the leader of the Allied Forces of the Four Nations by accident, and Han Shizhong also became the commander of the Allied Forces of the Four Nations.

After Han Shizhong took over the command, he wanted to quickly stabilize the morale of the army, and then rely on his command ability and superior force to defeat the Chu army as soon as possible, but he didn't expect that what he took over was just a mess.

In yesterday's battle, under Han Shizhong's timely intervention, although Qinnan, Ruanyue and the four parties joined forces to repel the Chu army and kill Yang Xiuqing, the governor of Jiaozhou in Chu State, the Ruanyue coalition army also suffered heavy casualties, losing nearly More than [-] people.

Unlike the Qin army, the Ruan-Yue coalition army had a large number of downsizing in a short period of time, which inevitably had a great impact on the morale of the army. The soldiers were more afraid of fighting, and they were indeed exhausted, and they were obviously unable to fight anymore.

In order to restore combat power and stabilize the morale of the army, Han Shizhong decisively ordered to retreat, first retreating to Rinan County for a rest, and then making a comeback.

Han Shizhong's order was correct, but it was obviously not that easy to go back.

After Yang Xiuqing died in battle, Ma Yuan, with the support of Zeng Guofan, took over the command and became the commander of the Jiaozhou Chu Army.

After Ma Yuan and Zeng Guofan's analysis, they could see at a glance that they had fallen for Han Shizhong's bluff. Han Shizhong didn't have many soldiers and horses, otherwise it would not have been so difficult to raid Yang Xiuqing's already exhausted army.

It's a pity that it's too late to find out now, otherwise it might be possible to turn defeat into victory.

After this defeat, the Chu army not only lost Jiaozhou governor Yang Xiuqing, but also lost [-] troops. This was a case that had never happened in the previous war with Ruan Yue.

Although the disastrous defeat in this battle caused the Chu army to lose a lot of troops, the arrival of Ma Yuan and Zeng Guofan also made up for the lack of Chu army's strength.

Although the total strength of the Chu army is still smaller than that of the Ruan-Yue coalition army, the comprehensive combat power of the Jingnan Chu army is much stronger than that of the Jiaozhou Chu army. Otherwise, it would be impossible to almost defeat the Ruan-Yue coalition army.

Even after a small defeat and a slight drop in morale, the overall combat strength of the Chu army is still higher than that of the Ruan Yue coalition army.

Therefore, when they learned that the Ruan Yue coalition forces were withdrawing, both Ma Yuan and Zeng Guofan chose to take the initiative to attack, and did not give the Ruan Yue coalition forces a chance to retreat to the city to rest.

Han Shizhong also guessed that Ma Yuan would take the initiative to attack, so he set up an ambush on the way, but Ma Yuan was not fooled at all, so the ambush turned into a large army.

Just when Han Shizhong was fighting wits and courage with Ma Yuan in Jiaozhou, and weakened Chu with the help of Ruan and Yue, Chi You in southern Shu also learned what happened in Jiaozhou.

When he learned that his fiancée, Princess Ying Nongyu of Anyang of the Great Qin Dynasty, had become the leader of the Allied Forces of the Four Kingdoms, Chi You was so startled that he spit out his tea.

It was Shi Jie who was sprayed all over the face, and he was not annoyed, and wiped his saliva with his sleeve blankly.

Seeing this, Chi You hurriedly helped and said: "Prime Minister, I didn't do it on purpose, but I was a little too surprised."

Shi Jieren said: "According to the information sent back by the garrison at Qingmei Port, this Princess Daqin is indeed not simple. She can see at a glance that the Ruanyue coalition army has been tricked, and even rescued the Ruanyue coalition army with a combined army of [-]. .

Saving the Ruanyue coalition forces is also equivalent to saving Qingmei Port, as well as the maritime trade routes between our southern country and Daqin.

Although Han Shizhong deserved the most credit for this, it is remarkable that the Great Qin Princess can discover this and use the right person. "

Hearing this, Chi You also had a flash of admiration in his eyes. After all, even he had never had such an honor as the leader of the Allied Forces of the Four Nations, but his fiancée did it, even if it was just a puppet.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations to your Majesty, Daqin did not deal with this marriage, and sent a wise and wonderful woman, and my Southern Kingdom is about to get a worthy empress." Shi Jieren cupped his hands.

Chi You waved his hands and said with a smile: "Whether you are good or not, we have to look at it again. As long as this Princess Daqin doesn't cause trouble after she gets married, I will be satisfied."

Having said that, Chi You was obviously very satisfied with Nongyu's actions of saving the Ruanyue coalition forces and indirectly saving the southern kingdom, and at the same time he was looking forward to meeting Nongyu after the war ended.

Zhu Rong took back Shengjing Pass, and Nong Yu saved the Ruan-Yue coalition forces, which greatly reduced the threat of Chu State.

Now the expeditionary army of Chu State is blocked by Zhu Rong outside the Shengjing Pass, and the Chu army in Jiaoguang and Guangzhou is restrained by the Allied Forces of the Four Kingdoms and the Navy of Wu State and Yizhou. To deal with the Shu army.

Just when Chi You was about to launch another counterattack, the battle situation in Hanzhong on the northern front changed again.

The Shu army was burned in the Nanzheng granary, confiscated all the grain and grass in the hands of the people, and abandoned part of the city, throwing the old and the weak to the Qin army, and continued to weaken the Qin army with the lightness of the fall. It did cause a lot of losses to the Qin army.

After Chenggu County, the Shu army abandoned Xi County.

However, after Li Jing took over the city this time, he did not plan to launch another suicide attack on the Shu Han. Instead, after Shangyong's catapults arrived, he used a thousand catapults to launch a fierce attack on Nanzheng.

In order to prevent further losses and Hanzhong being completely turned into a wasteland, Li Jing decided to capture Nanzheng as quickly as possible, so he adopted a strategy of encircling three and missing one but attacking one side.

Li Jing personally led the army to attack the north gate, while Han Xin and Wu Qi surrounded the east and west gates respectively, but left the south gate vacant, deliberately leaving a glimmer of life for the Shu army, so that the Shu army in the city would not fight to the end.

In addition to besieging three and missing one, Li Jing also used the strategy of attacking the heart and attacking the city at the same time to reduce the fighting spirit of the Nanzheng defenders as much as possible.

The Shu Han sent out all the young and strong in the occupied area as cannon fodder, so as to avoid being disintegrated by the Qin army from within in the heart attack.

However, the total population of Hanzhong County is 45, and there are always people in each county who are related to each other. Therefore, Li Jing recruited people who are related to Nanzheng City and kept accusing the Shu army of atrocities against Hanzhong and Nanzheng City. The defenders and Qingzhuang tried to persuade them to surrender.

If the defenders in the city were all from Hanzhong, Li Jing's scheming would have worked, but unfortunately the defenders in the city were all from Shuzhong, and only the Qingzhuang who were temporarily recruited were natives of Hanzhong.

Zhang Ren's control over Qingzhuang is extremely strict. Once he finds anyone who is dissatisfied with the Shu army, he will immediately take him down and imprison him. Therefore, even if the Qingzhuang in the city has already developed dissatisfaction, he still cannot resist the Shu army. .

Li Jing was well aware of this, but he didn't care about it. After all, the heart attack had already been used at Yangping Pass, so it would be unrealistic to use the old tricks to attack Nanzheng again.

Li Jing didn't think at the beginning that the gate of Nanzheng could be opened with his voice, and that he would have to fight a bloody battle if he wanted to break through Nanzheng, and both he and Han Xin were ready to shed blood.

The onslaught of the first three days was personally directed by Li Jing. Six hundred catapults, three thousand crossbows of various types, and other dazzling siege equipment were driven like arms under Li Jing's command, and swarmed south and north. The door clears the firepower.

Most of the defense materials in Hanzhong were consumed at Yangping Pass, and now the defense materials in Nanzheng City are only one-third of what they were in its heyday.

If the Qin army attacked from all sides, the Shu army would really not be able to afford it, but if it was only a one-sided attack, the Shu army could barely support the demolition of houses, using the walls as thunderstones and the beams as rolling logs.

However, the Qin army is not only powerful in military weapons, but also strong generals such as Yang Jian and Xuanyuan participated in the siege, so Zhang Ren personally led Liu Er, Kong Peng and other prizes to guard the north gate.

The Shu army deliberately used light and strong as cannon fodder in the battle to defend the city, so as to consume the strength of the Qin army.

However, the offensive of the Qin army is too fierce. Once the Qin army climbs the tower, a Qin soldier can chase more than a dozen Qingzhuang and attack, and Qingzhuang is not proficient in the operation of defensive equipment, so they all use Qingzhuang to defend the city. The words of the city must be unbearable.

Therefore, the Shu army can only let the main force to defend the city, and let Qing Zhuang engage in dangerous tasks such as throwing thunder, rocks, rolling logs, and playing fire oil, so as to reduce the casualties of the main force.

As a result, after a day's siege, the Shu army on the defending side had more casualties than the Qin army on the attacking side, and the light and strong casualties were nearly double that of the Shu army.

Similarly, the casualties of the Qin army were not small. Even if Li Jing personally commanded and Yang Jian and other generals participated in the battle in person, they could only reduce their own casualties, but could not avoid them.

Yang Jian, Xuanyuan and other fierce generals have long been on the blacklist of the Shu army, and they will be set on fire by the Shu army as soon as they appear. Either fighting in groups or forming an formation, this also greatly reduces the role of fierce generals in siege warfare.

In the siege battle on the first day, Yang Jian fought hard all day, but under the restraint of Liu Er and the Shu army, he managed to behead only a hundred people, not even two hundred heads.

Other generals, such as Xuanyuan, Yang Ren, Longxuhu, etc., will only be beheaded less than Yang Jian, not more than Yang Jian.

Li Jing also knew that in this siege battle, the role of fierce generals was not that great, but in order to increase the casualties of the Shu army, he still chose to send fierce generals to participate in the battle. After all, if Yang Jian killed a hundred Shu soldiers in one day, then ten days would be a thousand soldiers. No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat.

Of course, Yang Jian is not an iron man, and it is impossible to fight for ten days in a row. He always needs to rest and recover his strength.

Three days later, Yang Jian was not participating in the battle, and Han Xin also took over the command from Li Jing and continued to storm the South Zhengbei Gate.

Three days after Han Xin stormed Nanzheng City, Wu Qi took over the command from Han Xin, and started a three-day storm on the north gate of Nanzheng.

Li Jing, Han Xin, and Wu Qi took turns to storm the North Gate for three days, and Zhang Ren also rotated the defenders of the North Gate in three waves to ensure the physical strength of the defenders.

Finally on the tenth day, the Qin army no longer just stared at the north gate, but stormed the three north, east, and west gates at the same time.

The power distribution of the Shu army in the four gates was uneven, and the main combat power was concentrated in the north gate. They couldn't react at all for a while, and they made a wrong step, and the tight string was finally broken.

Wu Qi and Xuanyuan broke through the west gate first, and Zhang Ren, who received the news, decisively dispatched the main force, as well as a large number of young men, to prepare for street fighting with the Qin army.

But without the cover of the city, they are just lambs waiting to be slaughtered in the eyes of the Qin army, and street fighting cannot cause too many casualties to the Qin army.

An hour later, the east gate was breached by Han Xin overnight.

Xuanyuan was also terrified of the Shu army killed in the street battle, a large number of young and strong chose to surrender, and a large area of ​​Xicheng was occupied by the Qin army.

Seeing this, Zhang Ren also knew that Nanzheng couldn't stand it anymore.

Nanzheng can be lost, even Hanzhong can be lost, but the Shu army can't fight to the death in Nanzheng.

Therefore, Zhang Ren decisively decided to let Liu Er, Kong Peng and others lead a [-] main force to withdraw from the south gate, while he personally led a [-] main force, and all the young and strong to defend the southern city area, to cut off the rear for the retreating army.

"Big brother."

With tears in his eyes, Zhang Hao looked at Zhang Ren with a look of reluctance. He also knew that the fall of Yangping Pass and the fall of Hanzhong made his brother want to die, and he wanted to die to apologize.

After Zhang Ren glanced at Zhang Hao, he said: "I, Zhang Ren, am incompetent. I failed to defend Hanzhong. I have betrayed His Majesty's trust. Only death can atone for my sins." We must bring the [-] troops back safely."

Upon hearing this, Shen Shiqi clasped his fists and said in a deep voice, "Shen Shiqi will definitely live up to the entrustment of the governor."

Not long after Shen Shiqi, Liu Er and others led their troops away, Hua Xiong, Li Siben, Zhang Xiu and other generals led their troops to attack the south gate.

After seeing Zhang Ren, Hua Xiong was naturally very excited. After all, Zhang Ren was the Governor of Hanzhong in the Kingdom of Shu. Whether he was captured alive or beheaded, it was a great achievement.

(End of this chapter)