Zhen Jian was resting at night, the sound of trumpets and drums suddenly sounded, he and Ye Qiu were suddenly awakened, the two of them picked up their weapons and rushed out of the dormitory, and the envoys of the other dormitories also rushed out of the dormitory, shouting in a chaotic voice: "It's the south, the drums in the south, there is an enemy attack!"
” Zhen Jianjian shouted: "Quickly lead the troops to help the pontoon bridge, quickly!"
” "Yes!"
All the battalion envoys shouted their orders and ran out of the dormitory, Zhen Jian also rushed out, running straight to the outside of the camp, and just met Qin Xueyang, Qin Xueyang shouted urgently when he saw him, "The enemy is attacking the pontoon bridge, go for reinforcements!"
” Zhen Jiandao: "I have already told the battalion envoys!"
” While speaking, I saw that the soldiers of each battalion were quickly gathering towards the school field, Qin Xueyang said: "You stay here and wait for a while, and when everyone is ready, take them to reinforcements immediately, and I will go to see the situation first." ” "Good!"
Zhen Jian nodded vigorously.
Qin Xueyang immediately rushed out, took the war horse from the hands of the guards, and galloped out of the camp on horseback.
After all, everyone is not undressed at night, the soldiers do not leave their hands, and they are ready to fight at any time, and they are assembled very quickly, Zhen Jianjian immediately took 10,000 soldiers and horses from the Chinese military camp to gallop to the south gate.
Zhen Jian took everyone to the south gate, through the open city gate, you can see the fire on the river outside the city gate, the river will naturally not catch fire, it is the pontoon bridge that burns, as soon as he saw this scene, Zhen Jian's heart suddenly cooled half, and he rushed out of the city gate with everyone, only to see that countless people had already gathered outside the city gate, and the people in the southern military camp were trying to put out the fire, but the fire was too big, how to water it had a feeling of a drop in the bucket, and some people jumped into the river desperately, drilled under the pontoon, and splashed the river water into the wooden boat at the bottom of the bridge, Trying to extinguish the fire at the bottom of the pontoon bridge, many people were stunned at the bottom of the bridge, washed away by the river, and never came back, only to see a corpse being washed out of the bottom of the bridge from time to time, down the river, and there were corpses one after another on the river.
Zhen Jian wanted to go forward to fight the fire, but there were too many people fighting the fire, and he was blocked by the fire at the head of the bridge, and he couldn't get on the bridge at all, Zhen Jian couldn't get close to the pontoon bridge, so he could only watch with everyone, he was really anxious and angry, just cheered for the pontoon bridge a few days ago, and tonight, the pontoon bridge was destroyed by the enemy, and countless people sacrificed their lives to defend the pontoon bridge, knowing that jumping into the river would die for a lifetime, but everyone still jumped down without hesitation, and the war was ......
It's really cruel.
"Don't go into the water!"
Suddenly there was a cold cry from the city, this was the voice of Lei Yao.
I only heard Lei Yao continue: "I can't save it, don't make senseless sacrifices anymore, save your strength and defend the city."
His voice was full of helplessness.
"General, the enemy navy is coming!"
Someone shouted, Lei Yao heard the words and hurriedly turned his head to look to the west, only to see that there was a fire six or seven miles away on the river to the west, and it was the Huns' warship.
Lei Yao immediately shouted: "Prepare to meet the enemy!"
” At the sound of an order, Qin Xueyang and the commander of the southern military camp immediately began to command to meet the enemy, all the people withdrew to the city, went to the city wall, prepared the catapults, and the logistics soldiers began to carry arrows to the city wall one by one.
Zhen Jian followed Qin Xueyang to see how he commanded the army, he is now in the internship period, and he must learn how to be a qualified commander.
At the time of most of the incense, the enemy's warships arrived, and at a distance of two miles from the Hengjiang iron cable, all the warships anchored and stopped, just stopped in the middle of the river, no longer moving forward, a total of 100 warships, because they were too far away from the pontoon, the fire burning on the pontoon bridge could not shine on these warships, and only some shadows were faintly seen.
"General Lei, do you want to fight?"
Someone asked.
Lei Yao visually measured the distance, shook his head and said: "It's too far, the bow and arrows can't be shot, don't attack for the time being, waste the arrows, they stop here, just to deter us, not to give us the opportunity to rescue and repair the pontoon bridge, and at the same time to contain the strength of our southern military camp." ” Zhen Jian happened to be near Lei Yao, and after hearing this, he suddenly stepped forward and said, "General Lei, we can use a catapult to throw the oil pot into their ship, and then I will set their boat on fire!"
” Lei Yao was shocked when he heard this, turned his head to look at Zhen Jian, and asked, "Jiang Xin is more than a hundred feet away from here, can you shoot it?"
” Zhen Jiandao: "My bow is a strong bow with two stones and three buckets, condescending, and can be shot." ” Lei Yao hesitated for a moment when he heard this, and immediately ordered: "Replace the bullet stone with a fire oil pot, and the trebuchet is ready at any time!"
” The soldiers began to get to work, and replaced all the stones on the catapults with oil jugs, and they were large oil jugs, and one catapult could hold three or four cans of fire oil in its net pocket.
Lei Yao said: "You shoot an arrow first." ” "Yes!"
Zhen Jian took out his bow, took a fire arrow handed by Ye Qiu, estimated the distance height and wind power, and shot an arrow, only to see that the arrow drew an arc and accurately hit a boat.
"Good!"
Lei Yao was overjoyed when he heard this, and shouted, "Throw fire oil!"
” More than 30 catapults were launched together, and hundreds of oil pots were thrown, and bursts of water were splashed in the center of the river.
Zhen Jian shot a fire arrow and hit a warship, but it failed to ignite the warship, probably because it didn't hit the oil, so Lei Yao ordered to continue throwing the oil.
The catapult throws things very slowly, and it is good to be able to throw them once a minute, on the Hun warships in Jiangxin, everyone is screaming urgently, and the commander with the troops seems to have discovered the intention of the Chu army, and shouted the order to let all the warships disperse.
However, they had already dropped anchor, and if they wanted to disperse, they had to lift the anchor first, and then turn the rudder and sideboard, which would take seven or eight minutes.
Countless oil cans had been thrown on their ships, and the Huns could only pour the water prepared on the hull of the ship, and where there was oil, they would pour it.
Zhen Jian kept shooting fire arrows, and finally, a boat was ignited, even if it was watered, it was useless, it was impossible to pour water everywhere, and besides, such a thing as fire oil could burn even on the water.
A ship was ignited, suddenly the fire was bright, the ship became a lantern that illuminated the river, Zhen Jian saw the location of the other ships, and immediately fired fire arrows, and ignited three boats, this time, the river was bright, all the ships had nothing to hide, Zhen Jian's arrows were fired in succession, and the warships were ignited, and eighteen warships were ignited at once, and the Huns on the river saw that the situation was not good, and they shouted to retreat, but now where do they have the opportunity to retreat, the river is turbulent in summer, can they still go upstream, Many Hun soldiers began to put down the lifeboats and escape in the boats.
Zhen Jian looked at those warships intently, and handed him one fire arrow after another, because the projectile needs to be predicted, he can't miss the shot, but ten arrows can also hit six or seven arrows, just this range and accuracy, it is already amazing.
Although the enemy warships scattered, it did not affect Zhen Jian's shooting, only in an instant, more than fifty of the hundred warships had burned into a raging fire, and the catapults were also replaced with stones, and they were smashed into those ships, and Xiangyang also launched an attack, Qin Yuan held his own strong bow, and also shot those warships with fire arrows, his bow was stronger than Zhen Jian's bow, and his archery skills did not have to be bad for Zhen Jian, and almost all of the hundred warships were ignited.
Seeing that those Hun soldiers landed on the shore in small boats, the soldiers on the city walls on both sides began to shoot indiscriminately with arrows, and those Hun soldiers became ready-made targets, and there was nowhere to escape.
The battle lasted for nearly an hour, and the light of the fire from a hundred warships illuminated the river, and the river was full of corpses......
Although the total annihilation of 2,000 enemy troops this time, but everyone was not happy, because the pontoon bridge was destroyed, it was the hub for them to maintain communication with Xiangyang City, Fancheng became a lonely city, the last time the Chaharhan of the Liang State destroyed the pontoon bridge, and captured Fancheng a few days later, this time the enemy army has as many as 200,000 troops, it is obvious that this time the situation is more dangerous than the last time.
"Woo woo ......"
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The horn sounded, and the troops were suddenly startled when they heard the sound, Lei Yao turned his head to listen carefully, and said in a deep voice, "It's the military horn of the West Camp District and the North Camp District, the enemy army actually attacked the city overnight, Qin Xueyang, Zhen Jian, you quickly take people back to the Zhongjun barracks, and the school field is on standby, ready to rush to help at any time." ” "Yes!"
Zhen Jian and Qin Xueyang immediately gave the order and took everyone back to the Zhongjun barracks.
As soon as they arrived at the school yard in the Chinese military barracks, two war horses rushed into the school yard with command flags in their hands, shouting loudly: "The enemy army on the west city wall is attacking fiercely, ask for reinforcements!"
The enemy army on the northern wall is attacking fiercely, asking for reinforcements!
” The west city wall and the north city wall were actually in an emergency at the same time, Qin Xueyang immediately said in a loud voice: "I will bring 4,000 people to reinforce the north city wall, Zhen Jian, you bring 4,000 people to reinforce the west city wall, Zhang Yuan, you take 2,000 people to stay in the camp, in case other places need reinforcements, temporarily exercise the power of deputy commander!"
” "Yes!"
Zhen Jian and Zhang Yuan received orders at the same time.
Zhen Jianjian carved 4,000 soldiers, and Qin Xueyang went out of the camp at the same time, Qin Xueyang went to the north city wall, and Zhen Jian went to the west city wall.
Zhen Jian took 4,000 soldiers to the west city wall, only to see flying arrows in the sky, and before he climbed the city wall, there were already two people who were unfortunately hit by flying arrows and fell to the ground and wailed.
Zhen Jianjian immediately shouted: "Everyone look for cover, be careful of flying arrows, immediately take position, and start to resist the enemy!"
” After giving the order, Zhen Jianjian quickly ran towards the city tower, and on the city tower, he saw Dong Sangzi, the commander of the western military barracks, Dong Sangzi was born in a literati, and later put pen to paper, and his own martial arts were not high, but he was very good at commanding wars.
Zhen Jian stepped forward and saluted him: "I am Zhen Jian, the deputy commander of the Chinese military barracks, and I brought 4,000 people to reinforcements, what is the current situation?"
” Dong Sangzi said solemnly: "I heard that the pontoon bridge was broken, the enemy immediately launched an attack, the offensive is fierce, it is estimated that the enemy army on the west city wall is as many as 50,000, the situation is not urgent for the time being, but I think we estimate that it will not last long." ” Zhen Jian said coldly: "It won't last long?"
That's going to have to hold on, too!
After that, he turned around and left, his soldiers were responsible for guarding the left half of the city wall, and Dong Sangzi's soldiers were responsible for guarding the right half of the city wall.
Although the city wall is a good bunker, but the enemy army has catapults, there are constantly boulders flying, if you are accidentally hit, it will be over, they only have 9,000 defenders at the head of the city, the enemy army is more than 50,000 troops, the disparity between the forces of the two sides, and they can only rely on the geographical advantage of the city wall to block the enemy.
However, the enemy's arrow rain and flying stones are too dense, their firepower is completely suppressed, even if the stones and rolling wood are difficult to stop the enemy's offensive, fighting for more than an hour, the east camp also came from the horn and war drums, it seems that the enemy army is also attacking the east city wall, this is the rhythm of a full-scale attack, the enemy marshal obviously wants to take Fancheng in one go.
Began to have enemy troops attack the city, Zhen Jian led everyone to fight hard, the enemy attacked again and again, they were killed and retreated again and again, people kept falling, the wounded were constantly carried off the city wall, a pot of boiling water was poured down the city, so hot that the enemy screamed, and the stones and rolling wood smashed the enemy like dumplings and fell, fortunately, there was a wide moat to slow down the enemy's pace, otherwise the enemy army would attack fiercely, and the number of people alone could crush them.