284 The Emperor's Crit!(1/2)
As the center of gravity of the Wu army's siege turned to the west gate, more than ten large camps of miscellaneous soldiers headed towards the west gate. They wanted to gather superior forces and break through the west gate of Danyang City in one fell swoop.
On the slope battlefield at the south gate of Danyang, there was only a camp of 10,000 elite infantrymen in the Wu army that were still fighting with the heavy stairs and spearmen in the court.
Because the vanguards of the two armies were completely intertwined, the Wu army did not dare to retreat easily. Once they turned around and fled, they would be chased by the imperial army and fall into a tragic defeat.
Fifty trenchers and fifty ladders, in the face of hundreds of small steel cannons, were beaten into a piece of wood ruins and had no power to fight back.
The elite infantry camp of Wu's army has lost long-range support.
To put it bluntly, they have been abandoned by the King of Wu to restrain the heavy invaders and spearmen and artillery guarding the city army.
"All small steel cannons aimed at the center of the Wu army's 10,000-person camp."
Chu Tianxiu shouted.
"Boom~!"
Hundreds of small steel cannons fell into the Wu army's infantry camp.
The powerful small steel cannon can fly more than ten Wu army soldiers in one piece. Hundreds of small steel cannons fell at the same time, creating a large bloody hole in the center of the Wu army camp, and thousands of Wu army soldiers fell.
The terrifying power destroyed their armor and fighting will.
This elite infantry camp of ten thousand people finally collapsed.
They fought with the imperial court's heavy stairs and spearmen for half an hour, but they only lost more than 1,500 people, and the deaths and injuries on both sides were almost the same.
However, by this round of bombardment, so many soldiers were killed and injured.
How can I support it?!
The remaining seven thousand elite infantry soldiers of the Wu army abandoned the battle and fled to the west gate, and met with the main force of the Wu army.
"Three thousand Danyang musketeers, support the Xicheng Gate! Kill from the city wall."
"Ten thousand stairs and spearmen, go back to the city. Block the main street from the city. Once the Wu army breaks through and enters the city, fight them in the city!"
"This slope wooden rack will blow it up!"
Chu Tianxiu didn't dare to relax and immediately took people to Ximen to support him.
The Wu army mainly attacked the Xicheng Gate.
Now there is a section of the city wall in the West City Gate occupied by elite soldiers of Wu's army, which is quite dangerous.
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Ximen.
The battle was extremely fierce.
The Danyang soldiers were attacking fiercely, trying to retake the city wall.
More than 200 Wu soldiers and thousands of elite armored soldiers on the city wall are still defending a wall that is dozens of feet long.
Thousands of elite infantrymen under the Wu army outside the city climbed the ladder and climbed up the city desperately. From the city, they attacked the three thousand Danyang musketeers led by Li Gannian.
Under their restraint, Li Gannian's troops of 3,000 Danyang musketeers were somewhat stretched and could not attack further, and even had to retreat.
The Wu army's 20,000 light cavalry and two miscellaneous battalions watched under the city. Once the elite infantry retreated, they rushed forward.
Many ministers and generals of the Wu Kingdom watched the battle tensely under the city.
"Quick, attack the city!"
The prince Xiang Xian's eyes turned red and he shouted.
"This victory and defeat are all here!"
King Xiang Bi of Wu had a bright light flashing in his eyes, and he was quickly planning.
It only takes half an hour to completely capture the Xicheng Gate.
Before dark, take down this Danyang City.
Although he paid a huge price for this, with Danyang City, he could cross the river with more than a dozen princes from Jiangbei. Reinforcements and food will come continuously, enough to destroy Jinling City.
suddenly.
King Xiang Bi of Wu felt the ground shaking in the noisy battlefield fighting, as if it was the vibration caused by tens of thousands of war horses running.
The 20,000 light cavalry of the Wu army were waiting under the city and did not run.
The 20,000 cavalry in Danyang City were on standby in the city, and the city gate was blocked by a pile of mud and sand and chores, and they could not leave the city for a while... Even if they left the city, the huge gap in the troops between the two sides was meaningless, and the Danyang cavalry was killed.
Where did the cavalry come from?
The King of Wu and the generals looked back and looked back.
“Where is it?”
"Whose army?"
They were surprised to see a huge army of cavalry dressed in dark green armor coming to their hearts.
This cavalry is all in one, with as many as five cavalry camps of ten thousand people.
"Imperial ~ Imperial Guard!"
King Xiang Bi of Wu swallowed his throat and felt extremely dry.
Fifty thousand imperial guards, elite cavalry!
Guarding the Imperial Palace in Jinling City, the most elite cavalry of the Great Chu Dynasty, led by the nobles of the family and nobles, and fought cavalry for three years on the border before joining the Imperial Guard. You can fight in an infantry battle while you can get on the horse and ride on a horse and shoot.
The last 50,000 strongest elite soldiers in the Jinling imperial capital were sent!
At this critical moment, if these 50,000 imperial guards stabbed the back of his army, the entire Wu army would collapse.
"That banner is the dragon flag!...the emperor, the dragon flag that the emperor personally conquered!"
"Father! The emperor is here, what should I do?"
The prince Xiang Xian was frightened in his eyes.
The generals were confused.
They did not expect that Emperor Xiang Yanran would appear at this critical moment.
The emperor personally led the only 50,000 imperial guards in the Jinling imperial capital to fight. He ignored the imperial capital? Aren’t he afraid that the princes from Jiangbei will go south and take the opportunity to capture the imperial capital?
"What a panic!"
King Xiang Bi of Wu roared angrily: "It's coming just right, I'm trying to replace him. His old emperor stays in Jinling City, and I can't kill him. If he dares to come out, I'll take his Xiang Shang head!"
He has no way out.
Two of his elite infantrymen were put into the battlefield.
The remaining group of miscellaneous soldiers could not withstand the impact of the Imperial Guards.
Apart from a head-on battle, there is a dead end.
Xiang Bi grabbed a spear and spear in his hand and shouted at the two 10,000 cavalry battalions of the Wu army, "Cabinet camp, come with me! If you kill the dog emperor, I will ascend the throne and become emperor!"
"kill!"
Two camps of 10,000 people in Wu army broke out and drank together.
King Xiang Bi of Wu suddenly grabbed the war horse under his crotch, led 20,000 Wu cavalry and rushed towards the 50,000 imperial guards on the opposite side.
"kill--!"
After a moment, two huge cavalry collided directly, and the people were on their backs and horses fell over.
King Xiang Bi of Wu saw the emperor Xiang Yanran, who was riding a tall horse in the Imperial Guard.
This emperor Xiang Yanran is also a warlike strange man. As an emperor, he often couldn't help but take risks and insisted on learning from Emperor Taizu Xiang Yu, fighting on the battlefield, killing generals on the horse.
King Xiang Bi of Wu stabbed him with a spear.
But it was blocked by Xiang Yanran's sabre.
The two of them fought for ten rounds, and it was difficult to decide the outcome.
"Kill the emperor, give him a reward of a thousand taels, and be granted the title of king!"
King Xiang Bi of Wu roared angrily to the left and right.
"Kill the rebels, cut off King Xiang Bi of Wu, and rewarded him with a thousand taels of money and granted him a marquis!"
Xiang Yanran shouted loudly.
"Bah, you dog emperor, is my head worthy of a marquis?"
"If you kill the emperor, you will be granted the title of king. If you kill a prince, you will be granted the title of marquis, will you still be detrimental to you? Take my sword!"
Xiang Yanran waved his sabre and slashed over with one knife.
King Xiang Bi of Wu fought hard.
He didn't expect that Xiang Yanran, the emperor who was pampered in the deep palace, had a terrifying military value.
Are Xiang Yu's legitimate sons and grandchildren all born with hereditary inheritance?
To be continued...