Chapter 644 Danyang Chaos (Part 2)
The night is about to end and dawn is dawn. The chaos inside and outside Danyang City has entered a white-hot situation.
In the city, the defenders were beaten to retreat and shrink, almost giving up half of the city. But Fang Shifo was not satisfied and continued to urge his troops to attack wildly. At the same time, they would set fire everywhere every time they further, igniting shops and houses along the street, making the entire county more chaotic. Many people screamed and fled in a hurry, thus making the situation in the city even more chaotic.
Fortunately, many people in Danyang City were forced to flee elsewhere by the official army before, and only 30% of the population was allowed to die. Otherwise, there would be too many innocent people who died tragically tonight.
Fang Shifo knew very well that his biggest threat was outside the city, so he had to completely seize Danyang City before the opponent defeated the rear army, so that he could fight against the enemy with the city. Even if he was not good, he had to take down the most critical granary in the city first.
But the defenders on the opposite side obviously understood this, so even though they were killed and retreated step by step, they were almost collapsed. They were still making the last stand. Especially when they retreated to the continuous warehouses in the north of the city, these defenders showed extremely strong resilience under the urging of the generals. They withstood several rounds of fierce attacks, but refused to retreat half a step to give way out.
Because the convenience is that the Jiangnan granary that had accumulated hundreds of thousands of stones of grain. Once it was lost, it would mean that the entire battle situation in Jiangnan would be completely collapsed, and no army could fight as usual when food was out of stock. If Jiangnan really lost, these defenders would inevitably be punished for being severely punished and died at all times, which naturally inspired their last courage and fighting spirit, and fought to the death to fight the enemy.
However, the combat power between the two sides was too large. In the end, there was no favorable terrain available for utilization, relying solely on formations to block them, they finally paid an extremely heavy price after several rounds of death battles. Thousands of people died on the spot, and the team was beaten to continue to retreat, and they were about to be blocked.
In fact, the situation of Fang La's army in front of him was not optimistic. Such a desperate battle also increased their casualties. Although several powerful generals such as Fang Shifo were charging forward and encouraging the morale of the entire army, in such a large-scale battle, personal courage was limited in the end and could only gain an advantage in one direction, but it was difficult to completely defeat the enemy.
Especially at this time, the defenders had already given everything and shot their arrows forward as if they were desperate, which hindered their forward attack. Even if they were less than a mile away from the warehouses filled with food, they still could not get close.
"General, you can't wait any longer. Why not attack with fire..." After Fang Shifo led his army to attack again but was forced back by arrows, some subordinates hurriedly suggested: "Otherwise, once the Song army entered outside the city, it would be even more difficult for us to accomplish anything."
Fang Shifo's face was as gloomy as ink, and he gritted his teeth and stared at the row of granaries in front of him. He really didn't want to get to this point. Because the food here is not only the guarantee of the Song army, but also an extremely important supplement to Fang La army.
Although Jiangnan is a home of fish and rice, and is rich and abundant, the sudden rebellion of Fang La in the past two years has also greatly reduced the local grain harvest. Even though Fang La and his friends have been urging farming and sericulture since last year, and have also seized the rich grain reserves in Suzhou and Hangzhou, this little grain is still not enough for the Fang La army with a sharp expansion of troops. Therefore, taking over Danyang and getting the grain here became the key to their respite.
It is precisely because of this that when their military advisors set up such a strategy for Fang La to attack the east and seize Danyang, he sent out all the two important generals under him. Not only that, for the sake of making plans, he also handed over the most elite group of hundreds of thousands of soldiers to Fang Shifo, so that he must take Danyang down in a hurry.
But now, all kinds of changes have forced him to destroy the food in the city, which naturally made him feel very unwilling. However, after hesitating, he could only accept: "Prepare the rocket!" Since his family cannot take it down, the food that destroyed here is better than being defended by the Song army!
After obeying the order, a group of archers stepped forward to prepare. The arrows had already wrapped around the heads, and there was a pungent smell of tinder oil on them. Then the torches were quickly sent. With just one order, thousands of rockets flew over and ignited the warehouse.
Fang La's army's actions were naturally seen by the defenders in front, which made them anxious: "What should we do?"
"Soldiers, it's time to be loyal to the country! If you have enough food, kill me and stop them from shooting arrows!" A general shouted loudly, and he had already raised his sword in his hand. But the soldiers around him stood still and looked at him blankly, without any intention of following him to serve the country.
For the Song army, it was already a miracle to survive. In fact, many people had already developed the intention to retreat. They were only constantly suppressed and beaten by the enemy, so they did not dare to scatter, because that would only die faster. But now, when a general asked them to kill him, they would never follow him-
The Xiang army of the Song Dynasty only joined the army to eat food and get salary. I wanted them to fight to the death, but I was a little overthinking.
After seeing the soldiers around him motionless, the generals showed sadness on their faces. At the same time, the last sharpness was also exhausted. Soldiers are the courage of generals. When they are no longer willing to fight to the death, they will be of no use for generals.
Fang Shifo, who was about to order the rockets, suddenly caught this change keenly and immediately shouted loudly: "Don't shoot the arrow first! Brothers, let me kill you again! This time I will definitely defeat them and take the granary! Kill!" As he said that, he waved his copper hammer and rushed forward with great strides.
The Fang La army was obviously much stronger than the defenders. At this time, when they were inspired by the commander, they immediately screamed again, holding up their weapons and rushed forward fiercely. This time, they indeed broke through the defense line in front, causing the team to quickly enter the enemy formation, and rushed straight to the defenders to quickly disintegrate, and the road leading to the granary in front had been cleared!
After realizing that the situation was hopeless, both the generals and soldiers of the defenders completely collapsed in an instant. No one tried to desperately stop the enemy's footsteps. Instead, after the enemy attacked and killed, he quickly turned his head and fled to the rear and left and right.
The victory or defeat on the battlefield often appears in an instant. The defenders could have forcibly withstood the enemy's rounds of fierce attacks before, but because of a little change, they quickly dispersed. Thousands of people suddenly became dispersed, and there was no power to resist. Only one thought was to escape. Fang Shifo was so energetic that he was very excited when he saw this and laughed: "The Song army is indeed vulnerable! Take the granary and then turn back to guard the city gate. Everyone is a meritorious minister! Your Majesty will reward us heavily in the future!"
This once again raised the morale of the entire army. With the shouts, the army rushed forward quickly. After completely eliminating the remnants of the defenders in front, they had already attacked the row of granaries in one go. When the gate of the granary was knocked open and people saw the bags of grain stacked like mountains, cheers were even louder: "The Kingdom of Wu will win! General Fang is mighty!"
The sound spread, but it frightened the defenders who fled around. They had the courage to fight to the death before, but at this time they had completely turned into a betrayal dog. They didn't even have the courage to look back and ran around with their heads covering their heads. Some ran into the houses and hid, but more of them directly opened the city gates in other directions and escaped from Danyang City.
It is really another great shame for the Song army in Jiangnan. They obviously have more troops, and there are reinforcements outside the city that can quickly come in, but they are killed by only three thousand Fang La troops at their home court, and they have truly become a group of stray dogs.
Of course, they are not the only ones in the wreckage dogs. The thousands of Fang La army rear teams in front of the South Gate completely collapsed after fighting one after another. Everyone lost the courage to resist and could only escape with their heads in their arms, but they even threw away the weapons in their hands.
Faced with the continuous pursuit and attack of the Qingzhou army, they retreated all the way, died all the way, and suffered heavy casualties. But this army was at least the most elite among Fang La's army, so even at this time, they were still struggling for the final struggle, but the defensive formation became increasingly scattered while the continuous retreat, and they were almost unable to cooperate.
Sun Tu and the others quickly saw this, and immediately he issued the order of the final general attack: "Can the camp, kill me and break their formation in one fell swoop! Lu Da killed the enemy general in the formation who wore the red tassel helmet and used a big sword!"
With his call, the Qingzhou Army, who had been following the entire army forward but could not exert all its combat power, immediately roared in a low voice and rushed forward like a whirlwind.
As the camp that can fight the toughest battle, they had long thought of rushing over and fighting directly with the enemy. Only under the military order did they keep their fighting spirit in their hearts. This anger was completely ignited under the order, and then released it on the enemy who was on the verge of collapse.
So, an extremely terrifying scene appeared. As the camp rushed over with all its strength, it actually penetrated the enemy's defense line like a cicada wing. Lu Da and Wu Song entered the flock like tigers, constantly harvesting and killing all enemies they encountered on the road, and almost at the same time rushed to the Red Tassel Helmet General who was still thinking of commanding the soldiers to stabilize the formation.
When the Zen staff and the ring knife were swept up at the same time, and when they waved it again, the general had no time to let out a scream and died instantly.
And with his death, it became the last straw that broke the camel's back. After a moment of staying, the Fang La army, which had thousands of people, shouted, and then disappeared from its formation, and everyone fled in scattered.
Chapter completed!