PFC Chapter 315 Battle of Xiangyang
Chapter 315 Battle of Xiangyang
The commander defending Xiangyang was named Yu Chenglong, a close confidant of Crown Prince Ning Gao and the most powerful general under Ning Gao's command.
Therefore, he was entrusted with the important task of guarding Xiangyang City.
At this moment, Xiangyang City was already ready, and the city walls were full of defenders.
Outside the city, there was a huge army with fluttering flags and a strong momentum.
"General, these are all elite troops."
Beside Yu Chenglong, a lieutenant general said with a serious expression.
"Yeah! It's true!"
Yu Chenglong's face was as gloomy as water.
The invading enemy troops are indeed extraordinary, they are all elite soldiers.
If it weren't for the strong city walls, he would have no confidence in this battle.
"General, should we send someone to inform His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to speed up the march?"
Pian will continue to speak.
"No need. Your Highness certainly knows the importance of this matter. He will definitely not be delayed on the way. There is no need to rush him."
Yu Chenglong shook his head.
"Yes, I understand!"
The lieutenant general responded quickly.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
At this moment, a horn sounded suddenly from below the city.
"The enemy has begun to attack!"
When he heard the horn, Yu Chenglong's face suddenly changed.
Turning around, I saw tens of thousands of troops rushing towards me, with shouts of killing reaching the sky.
"Pass on this general's order. All archers, prepare to shoot immediately."
"The other soldiers are ready to fight the enemy."
Yu Chenglong's expression changed slightly and he gave a loud order.
"Yes, General!"
As the order was given, the soldiers on the city wall quickly prepared to fight.
"kill!"
At the same time, the siege army, led by generals such as Li Cunxiao, quickly rushed towards the city.
"Archers, shoot!"
Seeing the siege troops getting closer, Yu Chenglong shouted loudly.
"Whoosh whoosh!"
In an instant, a sky full of feather arrows whizzed out and headed straight for the siege troops.
"Pfft!"
"Pfft!"
A rain of arrows whizzed in, and in the blink of an eye, hundreds of enemy soldiers fell.
But this rain of arrows alone was obviously not enough to stop the enemy's attack, and they soon rushed to the city.
Then the soldiers set up ladders and began to climb up.
Yu Chenglong would never sit there and wait for death, so he immediately organized his soldiers to meet the enemy.
For a time, the two sides started fighting fiercely.
Just as the two sides were fighting, a captain with a dozen soldiers took advantage of the chaos and sneaked to the city gate.
"Quick, set off the explosives."
The captain gave orders to the soldiers.
"Yes."
A dozen soldiers nodded, then took out explosives from their backpacks and tied them to the city gate.
The explosives were placed in less than a few minutes.
"Quickly release the line, let's retreat!"
After finishing it, the captain shouted loudly.
Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen soldiers fled quickly.
After running about a hundred meters, the captain stopped.
Turning his head to look at the city gate, the captain resolutely pressed the detonator button.
"boom!"
Suddenly, a violent explosion sounded.
The extremely powerful force swept across the entire city in an instant.
The city gate collapsed in an instant, and smoke and dust billowed.
"Army attack."
Seeing that the city gate was successfully blown open, Li Jing immediately gave orders.
Of course, Li Jing would not force an attack on the city and suffer heavy losses in vain.
Therefore, placing explosives to blow open the city gate was Li Jing's strategy.
This time the troops were divided into two groups. Ning Quan gave Li Jing 300 kilograms of explosives, enough to destroy more than a dozen city gates.
"kill!"
As soon as Li Jing finished speaking, more than 40,000 troops rushed out in an instant and poured into Xiangyang City like a tide.
The army that was originally outside the city rushed into the city gate as soon as possible.
Everything that happened suddenly made Yu Chenglong confused.
Who would have thought that the city gate would be blown up.
"Quick... block the city gate!"
But he reacted quickly and gave the order.
"promise."
Several deputy generals immediately took the order and rushed towards the city gate with their soldiers.
At the same time, the enemy had also rushed into the city gate.
Afterwards, the two sides engaged in a fierce battle around the city gate.
But soon the defenders could no longer hold on.
Because whether in terms of manpower, morale, or combat effectiveness, the defenders were no match.
Especially after the city gate was broken, they became even more frightened.
More importantly, several enemy generals were so powerful that killing them was as easy as chopping melons and vegetables.
Our own deputy general couldn't even last three rounds.
Even Yu Chenglong was injured and almost died.
Finally, after half an hour of fierce fighting, the defenders were completely defeated.
They either fled in all directions or knelt in surrender.
Yu Chenglong also died in the chaos.
At this point, Xiangyang City fell into Ning Quan's hands.
"Congratulations, general, congratulations, general!"
After conquering Xiangyang, all the generals shouted to Li Jing in unison.
"Thank you all for your hard work!"
Li Jing said with a smile on his face.
Xiangyang has a very important geographical location, controlling the throat of the Yangtze River. Taking Xiangyang is of great significance.
"General, now that Xiangyang City has been captured, should our army rest for a while?"
Li Cunxiao walked up and asked Li Jing.
"No need. Our losses in this battle were not great, so we don't need to rest. The army will march towards Suizhou tomorrow."
Li Jing waved his hand and spoke.
"General Li, what about the enemy reinforcements?"
Hearing this, Li Cunxiao was puzzled.
According to the scouts' information, Crown Prince Ning Gaozheng led an army of 200,000 and rushed to Xiangyang.
"Don't worry, since Xiangyang has been lost, Ning Gao will not dare to act rashly. His only option is to retreat."
Li Jing said confidently, his face full of confidence.
Although Ning Gao was ordered to go on the expedition this time, perhaps only he himself knew the difficulties involved.
Daqian no longer has any elite troops, and the 200,000 troops he commands are all new recruits.
They might be able to defend a city, but they have no combat capability in a field battle.
Now that Xiangyang has fallen, and Xiangyang is the most important city south of the Yangtze River in Daqian.
Then the remaining cities don’t matter, they are lost if they are lost.
The most important thing is that Ning Gao doesn't want to fight this battle at all.
Ning Gao was clear about the conditions that Ning Quan put forward to His Majesty.
In Ning Gao's opinion, as long as Ning Quan doesn't want his life and is willing to sign a peace treaty with Daqian.
Losing some land and getting rid of the sixth and eighth brothers at the same time is not unacceptable.
In this way, he can sit on the throne safely.
Li Jing is not only well versed in military affairs, but also good at understanding human nature, so he knows Ning Gao's thoughts clearly.
"Yes, I understand!"
After hearing Li Jing's words, Li Cunxiao didn't say anything more and quickly accepted the order.
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On the other side, it was just as Li Jing expected.
After Ning Gao received the news of the fall of Xiangyang, he immediately ordered the army to stop advancing and quickly return to Nanyang.
At the same time, the news of Xiangyang's fall was reported to the court, and Ning Yuanwu was asked for instructions on the next course of action.
After all, withdrawing troops is not a trivial matter, so he still has to put on an act for His Majesty to see.
At the same time, in Guiyang City.
After Ning Quan received Li Jing's victory report, a smile appeared on his face.
"As expected of Li Jing, he conquered Xiangyang City so quickly."
Ning Quan muttered to himself.
Taking Xiangyang would mean cutting off Daqian's barrier south of the Yangtze River, so Ning Qu was of course happy.
Then, it all depends on your own journey.
Whether they can successfully defeat the 300,000-strong army of Da Qi, if they can annihilate them all, the destruction of Da Qi will be just around the corner.