Although Shimazu Tadahisa was accidentally injured and died, it did not affect the Japanese soldiers in the slightest, and the city wall was robbed section by section under the fierce attack of the Japanese soldiers, and the entire city wall was stained red with blood.
"My lord, the Xia army has already attacked the city wall, let's retreat quickly" "Ben Shuai still has more than 100,000 troops, you let me withdraw."
Chen Lin glared angrily and said: "The herald ordered the whole army to resist desperately, not to retreat a single step, and to die without permission." ” "Yes, follow your orders" After Chen Lin's military order was issued, the resistance of the Song army was more intense, although the combat strength of the Song army was not as strong as the Japanese soldiers, but it could be completely compensated by the number of people, as the physical strength of the Japanese soldiers declined, the advantages of the Song army gradually appeared, sometimes a Japanese soldier even had to be besieged by three or even four Song troops, and the casualties of the Japanese soldiers became larger and larger.
"The last general will see the prince."
Seeing Li Qing coming to the watchtower, Zhou Hai immediately ordered.
"How is the battle going?"
"Although the Japanese soldiers have already attacked the city wall, the losses are huge, and if they continue like this, they will be driven down sooner or later."
Li Qing looked at the battlefield that was fighting fiercely and ordered: "Order, order Yamashita Masao to lead the army to take the city gate, after the city gate is opened, you lead the cavalry into the city, and you must take Wuxi City before sunset." ” "Yes, the last general commands" On the city wall of Wuxi, a Japanese general said to Yamashita Masao: "Your Excellency, General Zhou has sent a military order, let us quickly seize the south gate and open the city gate to welcome the army into the city." ” "Roaring west, the cavalry of Great Xia is finally willing to make a move, and they will quickly come and quickly kill to the city gate to welcome the army into the city to work."
"Hai" Under the leadership of Yamashita Masao, the Japanese soldiers concentrated a large number of troops to kill the city gate, the Japanese soldiers did not take a step forward to pay a painful price, just a few hundred meters away, the number of Japanese soldiers killed more than 5,000 people, even if they were stepping on the corpses of their companions in the forward, Li Qing, who was fighting outside the city, was very dissatisfied with the attack speed of the Japanese soldiers, and urged Yamashita Masao many times, but despite this, it was very easy for the Japanese soldiers to successfully open the south gate of Wuxi City in the evening.
At the moment when the city gate opened, Zhao Ge, who had been waiting impatiently, immediately waved his saber and pointed at the wide open south gate of Wuxi and ordered: "Kill" The cavalry of the Xia army, which was already hungry for killing, quickly slaughtered the city of Wuxi like a wild horse, and the Japanese soldiers who had no time to hide at the gate of the city were trampled directly under the horse's hooves, and the Song army, which was already tired, quickly collapsed after being attacked by the Xia army's new force, and the Xia cavalry successfully took the southern city of Wuxi City in just half an hour, and it was only a matter of time before the city of Wuxi was taken.
Outside the south city of Wuxi, the summer army camp and the Chinese army tent.
Yamashita Masao bowed his head and trembled and knelt on the ground waiting for Li Qing's sentence, Li Qing walked down from the handsome chair, walked to the side of Yamashita Masao, who was covered in blood, and put it outside the tent door, Yamashita Masao, who was in pain, quickly got up from the ground and continued to kneel at Li Qing's feet and prayed: "Master, spare me this time, the slave promises to take Wuxi City tomorrow, and the slave will make a military order." ” Zhou Hai, who was standing on the side, pleaded for Yamashita Masao: "Lord Wang, this Song army is indeed different from the past, the Song army is desperately resisting, Yamashita has done his best, the prince is still giving him a chance."
"Only this once, if you fail to occupy Wuxi City tomorrow, all the Japanese soldiers will be decided."
Li Qing indifferently issued military orders.
"Thank you host, thank you host" Zhou Hai scolded Masao Yamashita and said, "Don't hurry up and get out yet" After Yamashita Masao got out, Zhou Hai reported to Li Qingyu: "Lord Wang, more than 25,000 Japanese soldiers were killed and thousands injured in World War I today; More than 100 of our cavalry were killed, and more than 400 were wounded; The casualties of the Song army were estimated at no less than 50,000 or 60,000. ” Li Qing nodded, and then ordered: "Order all the cavalry outside the north gate to withdraw to the camp." ” "The prince means to let the Song army live" "The reason why Wuxi City resists so strongly is because they can't see the hope of life, so the king will give them a so-called way to live to consume their will to resist."
"Yes, the last will retire" After Zhou Hai left, Li Qing stood in front of the big tent and looked up at the starry night sky, the change in the battle situation in the south of the Yangtze River made Li Qing feel a lot, although Li Qing did not say it, but Li Qing had to admit that the combat power of the Song army was improving, especially the battle of Wuxi, if the people in the city ran away long before the war, but now they stayed and resisted together, if every city in the Great Song Dynasty resisted so desperately, it would be impossible to swallow the Great Song Dynasty if the blood of the Great Xia Empire was drained; In the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, there are hundreds of cities of this size in Wuxi City.
Li Qing thought a lot about this night, including the occupation between Song and Xia, from the battlefield today, the Xia army seems to occupy this advantage, but this advantage is gradually being lost, with the prolongation of the war, the number of veterans has increased, and the overall combat power of the Xia army has begun to decline after the addition of new recruits, and the logistics of the Xia army has also begun to have problems, and now the reason why the Xia army can still persist in fighting is mainly because of the grain and grass captured by the Xia army from the Song army, but the opportunity to seize the grain and grass in the future is probably less and less, the Song army has gradually begun to strengthen the wall and clear the field.
In the early morning of the next day, with the Japanese soldiers as the vanguard, the Xia army continued to attack the city of Wuxi, because Li Qing ordered the north gate of Wuxi City to be opened, a part of the people began to flee from the north gate, and the will of the Song army to resist also declined, Li Qing's plan has been initially successful, and the people of Wuxi began to evacuate under the protection of the Song army.
Wuxi City and County Ya.
"My lord, the people in the city have almost withdrawn, let's withdraw too."
Chen Lin glanced at Wuxi City and said: "The herald army alternately covers the retreat, but this Wuxi City cannot be left to the Xia army, and it will be burned by Ben Shuai." ” "My lord, it is a serious crime to burn the city without His Majesty's Shengyu without permission."
"We can't keep it and can't leave it to Xia Jun, if Your Majesty blames it, Ben Shuai will bear it."
"Yes, the last general commands" So the Song army began to set fire everywhere in the city before the final evacuation, first of all, the granaries and armory, and the whole city of Wuxi soon became thick with smoke; Li Qing, who was outside the city, looked at the burning city of Wuxi, clenched his fists and ordered angrily: "Order half of our army to stay behind to put out the fire, and half to go out of the city to pursue the Song army, even if you chase to Changzhou, you can't let go." ” "Humble Command" How could the people who fled with the old and the young run over the four-legged cavalry, the cavalry of the Xia army soon caught up, a massacre began, the entire area north of Wuxi City became a slaughterhouse within a radius of thirty miles, the Song army that had just left the city became the first batch of slaughter objects, the scimitar of the Xia army continued to harvest the lives of the Song army, and the Song army soon collapsed under the impact of the cavalry, and the generals of the Song army protected Chen Lin to flee along the path to Changzhou.
In just one day, the Xia army slaughtered no less than 100,000 people in the north of the city, and this time everyone did not let go, and the blood stained the entire canal; In the following days, the Japanese soldiers led by Yamashita Masao attacked everywhere and swept the surrounding villages and towns, and Li Qing also fulfilled his promise, and this time everything they robbed was basically owned by the Japanese soldiers, but the 40,000 Japanese soldiers who followed Li Qing north in this battle were less than 5,000 left
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