The last three kingdoms

Chapter 1342 Wuchang Bloody Battle

Basically, Zhou Chu ordered the navy to set sail as soon as he heard the news of Liu Yin's dispatch of troops, so the departure time was not much later than that of the Han army.

Liu Yin took the land route. Because he bypassed Baqiu, he took the road of Mufu Mountain. The road was mountainous and relatively steep, which was not very conducive to the march of the cavalry.

And Zhou Chu walked by water, with the wind and the water flowing smoothly, and it only took about four or five days to arrive at the foot of Wuchang City.

When Zhou Chu arrived in Wuchang, he could vaguely see the banner of the Han army waving on the north bank of the river, and a crowd of people could be seen vaguely, presumably it was Wang Qi's troops of the Han army who had already attacked the north bank of the river.

But Zhou Chu was not too worried about the troops along the way. Without a ferry, no matter how many troops the Han army had, they could only look at the river and sigh, and they would not pose any great threat to Wuchang City.The only thing Zhou Chu was worried about was Liu Yin's cavalry unit. If Liu Yin arrived in Wuchang first, the situation would probably be bad.

Fortunately, Wuchang City is still safe now, obviously Liu Yin's troops have not been killed, Zhou Chu breathed a sigh of relief.

Xue Ying, governor of Wuchang Left Department, heard that Zhou Chu had come to Wuchang in person, and hurried out of the city to meet him.

Zhou Chu immediately asked about the situation in Wuchang.

Xue Ying reported one by one that Wuchang City has not yet been affected by the flames of war, but the Han army has already reached the north of the river. Attack Wuchang.

Zhou Chu took it lightly, and said to Xue Ying that the Shu army in the north of the Yangtze River should not worry too much. No matter how many people cross the Yangtze River without boats, it is nothing serious. The only variable now is the threat from Liu Yin. Regardless of the fact that Liu Yin has only 3 horses under his command, they are all cavalry who have experienced many battles.

Fortunately, I arrived in Wuchang one step ahead, avoiding the crisis of Wuchang's fall, and temporarily stabilized the morale of the army.

Zhou Chu immediately ordered to merge the naval forces he brought with the original Wu army stationed in Wuchang to strengthen the defense of Wuchang in an all-round way without any omissions as much as possible.

The situation is now in danger. Wuchang is already the last territory of Wu State in Jingzhou. If Wuchang City falls again, it means that the entire Jingzhou will be completely lost.

Although Zhou Chu understood the current situation, he was still full of enthusiasm and rushed to Wuchang City. Since Liu Yin chose to fight in Wuchang, Zhou Chu was destined to stay with him to the end.

Liu Yin is more than capable now, Baqiu is not easy to fight, that is to temporarily give up and attack Wuchang.Liu Yin knew that Wuchang was the accompanying capital of Wu, second only to Jianye, Zhou Chu couldn't tolerate the loss of Wuchang, so he really gave up Baqiu and came to Wuchang city.

Now Wu Jun's strength is not as good as before, and he can't keep every place. In order to help, Zhou Chu simply brought all Baqiu's troops to Wuchang, and gave up Baqiu altogether.

Zhou Chu understood that if he wanted to defend Baqiu to the death, Wu Jun would have to invest at least more troops than now to be able to sustain it. But now that Wu Jun is in a hurry, and the smoke is everywhere, Wu Jun has no extra troops to support him. Baqiu and Wuchang are fighting on two fronts, so there must be a choice between Baqiu and Wuchang.

According to Liu Yin's plan, he took advantage of Zhou Chu's garrison in Baqiu to lead his troops eastward and destroy the city of Wuchang in one fell swoop.Unexpectedly, Zhou Chu's reaction was extremely fast. As soon as he left Luo County, Zhou Chu withdrew from Baqiu with his back foot, and took advantage of the fast speed of going down the river to reach Wuchang first, taking the lead.

This time, Liu Yin was a little depressed. It seems that Zhou Chu really had some strategies. He didn't stick to defending Baqiu. , able to assess the situation, voluntarily abandoned Baqiu and withdrew to Wuchang, which demonstrated his overall view.

However, since Zhou Chu arrived in Wuchang first, Liu Yin was not in a hurry. He simply stationed troops in Huangshi, south of Wuchang, and waited for Wang Jun's water army to arrive before preparing for a land and water attack on Wuchang City.

After Wang Jun conquered Jiangling, he continued to march eastward, sailed through the waves, and captured Gong'an City, where there were not many troops stationed.

Gong'an City is not far from Baqiu. After finding out in advance that Zhou Chu, the governor of the state of Wu, led his army to garrison Baqiu, Wang Jun naturally expected that the battle of Baqiu would be a fierce battle. He ordered all the fleets to prepare for the battle. High alert, ready to fight at any time.

However, the closer he got to Baqiu, he found that there was no movement in front of him. Wang Jun couldn't help wondering whether this was Wu Jun's trick to lure the enemy, but the scouts he sent out reported that not only Wu Jun's navy disappeared, but even Baqiu's army disappeared. In the city, there were no more soldiers of the Wu army. Only then did Wang Jun suddenly realize that Zhou Chu had slipped away a long time ago.

After Wang Jun entered Baqiu, he received an order from Liu Yin, asking him to rush to Wuchang as soon as possible to cooperate with Liu Yin's army and storm Wuchang.

Upon receiving the order, Wang Jun immediately commanded the water army to go down the river and approach Wuchang.

Before arriving in Wuchang, Wang Jun's water army was intercepted by the Soochow water army. On the river, the two sides launched a large-scale water battle.

However, before the Wu army had a way to deal with the gunpowder and crossbow arrows of the Han army, the contest on the water was still at a disadvantage. The Han army navy gave full play to the characteristics of fierce firepower, and completely defeated the Soochow navy with a destructive force. The building boats of the Han army approached the gate of Wuchang.

With the cooperation of the navy, Liu Yin's army immediately launched an attack on Wuchang City, using firearms as the vanguard of the assault, bombarding indiscriminately, trying to knock a hole in Wuchang City.

However, the Wu army was quite tenacious, and did not give up resistance because the Han army used firearms. Instead, under Zhou Chu's command, they fought bloody battles and resisted the Han army's strong attacks again and again.

Wuchang City is also the accompanying capital of the Wu State, and its strength is naturally far superior to other cities. Liu Yin has traveled all the way, but anyone who uses firearms to attack the city only needs to destroy the first line of defense of the Wu Army, and the entire defense system of the Wu Army It will collapse, and the Han army will take advantage of the situation to attack, and they can easily take the city.

However, the situation in Wuchang City seems to be a bit special. With Zhou Chu personally supervising the battle, these Wu army officers and soldiers were all sacrificing their lives and not afraid of sacrifice. When the attack stopped and the siege troops rushed up, they were still able to stick to the front line and fought desperately with the Han army.

After many days of fierce fighting, the Wu army suffered heavy casualties, but due to the relatively large number of Wu troops stationed in Wuchang, they were able to persevere.

(End of this chapter)