Chapter 1078 The Doomsday Arrives
On February 11, the first year of Kaiping, Daliang (330), the first year of Taihe in the Dajin Dynasty, the sun shone brightly.
A sound of horse hooves sounded, and more than a thousand riders walked around from behind, and slowly stopped after taking hundreds of steps forward.
Yi Cong Governor Xu Yu got off the horse, looked at the dozens of horses running back from the front, and asked, "Maybe he rush?"
"No." The whistle driver who was exploring the way replied concisely.
Xu Yu nodded and stopped talking.
There are too many places where cavalry cannot be used in Jiangling, Jiangxia, Jingling and even Xiangyang, and he has long been used to it.
For example, in the lake area east of Jiangling City, some places are OK, at least they can run, or they can run in winter, but not in summer. But some places are purely mudflats. In winter, the water is dry and the lakes are shrinking, so you can pedestrians, but you cannot let the cavalry charge on a large scale.
What's more, there are crisscrossing unknown rivers that cut the battlefield terrain to a very broken shatter. There may only be two or three thousand people standing on a piece of land. When the two sides fight, they are like wild beasts in a cage, and they cannot threaten the opponent in another cage.
But the cavalry was not completely useless. Xu Yu carefully observed the battlefield and tried to find a place where he could break through.
After a moment, he gave up and instead gave an order: "Take off the armor."
Everyone was a little surprised, but they still strictly executed the order.
The more than a thousand cavalry around you are not wearing heavy armor like the Youzhou Tuqi Superintendent. Instead, people have armor or horses, they are heavy cavalry, but they are not armored cavalry, or half armored cavalry (only horse head armor and chest armor). , bodyless armor, back, skirt armor and other armor).
After removing the iron armor from a person's body, the weight is greatly reduced. Maybe you can try it.
Thinking of this, Xu Yu had already sent someone to come forward to test it.
Behind them, groups of heavy armored infantry were sitting on the ground.
They looked at the Jin army navy on the lake with a relaxed expression, with a glimmer of eagerness to try.
Come on, get ashore quickly and have a good fight.
No matter how far away, there are still a large number of cavalry leading war horses. While walking, my eyes involuntarily glanced to the east,
The siege also stopped.
The Ding Zhuang of the various counties and the Mian Hu of the various ministries breathed a sigh of relief, it was too cruel.
Some people who have never experienced it will burst into tears. A moment later, a military supervisor came over with the soldiers and captured them on the spot, lifted his sword and slashed them at the gate.
Everyone was silent as the bloody head rolled to the ground.
Is it easy to win fame and wealth right away? In fact, it is not easy to win. Most people cannot win, and they will become a pile of dead bones.
The sound of "dongdong" drums resounded throughout the earth, and battalions of soldiers lined out of the city, standing in the wilderness with guns or sitting on the ground, staring at the enemy troops on the lake.
Judging from this posture, it is obvious that it is a lion fighting against a rabbit and dealing with it with all its strength.
A total of 15,000 infantry and cavalry were waiting for the battle, as if they could drive the invading enemy into the water at any time.
The enemy ships on the water are also moving.
The boats cruising around, traveling between the upstream and downstream of Yangshui, either patrolling or passing messages.
From time to time, a group of ships drove out and headed south. A knight immediately ran out on the shore and watched closely. Both sides watched each other's movements without any relaxation.
The only thing that was moving in the field was probably those earth platforms.
The crossbow was still firing continuously for a moment, and the archer also aimed carefully in front of him, shooting an arrow from time to time, continuing to harass the Jiangling defenders.
The atmosphere of the war breaking out is very strong.
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Tao Kan doesn't want to fight.
As a veteran who has been fighting for many years, he has abandoned all his fantasies and has to stop even if he knows that things cannot be done.
Just like a gambler who lost all, always thinking that it might be different if he wants another hand, but the cruel reality will tell them that the last copper coin on them can't be saved, and you will fall deeper and deeper, and you will never be able to turn over. .
He has arrived at the south of the city at this moment.
Dozens of ships sailed into the original water village.
The white-haired Tao Kan stood solemnly at the bow of the boat, staring at the burnt water village, speechless for a long time.
The boatmen rowed the wooden pulp hard, and each ship carried dozens of fully armed soldiers, approaching the water camp little by little.
Liang's army, who was monitoring the shore, discovered the enemy's approaching, and immediately retreated, ran wildly, and informed the news.
There seemed to be a fierce shouting and killing sound in the north wind, and the drum beats were everywhere. Slowly, the deep horn sounds also sounded, as if a fierce battle was breaking out in the north of the city.
Tao Kan was unmoved.
The ship approached little by little.
Some ships shot dense arrows, forcing a few Liang troops to retreat.
"Bang!" Tao Kan's ship quietly leaned on the water camp that was burned to the dark.
Tao Kan drew out his sword with a silence, glanced at everyone on the ship, and said, "Some of you have been with me for more than ten years. Have you ever treated you badly on weekdays?"
Without hesitation, the personal soldiers clasped their fists and said, "Ming Gong treats me as much as a mountain, and now I should repay it with death."
Tao Kan sighed lightly and said, "I am over 70 years old, and I will die if I die, and I have no regrets. However, I am really uneasy to touch all the heroes."
Seeing that a military academy wanted to speak, Tao Kan waved his hand gently and said, "As long as my Tao family is here for a day, I will definitely protect you from your wives, children, and children."
"Ming Gong." A personal general knelt down and said, "I used to be seriously ill in my family. I rely on Ming Gong to invite famous doctors to treat him. I was able to live for several years. If I don't repay this kindness, I will be useless to be a human being."
"Ming Gong." Another knelt down and cried, "There is no Ming Gong. I was starved to death on the streets. I should report it now."
"If there is no Gong Ming, how can the servant marry and have children? If a real man dies, he will die. Gong Ming will give the order."
"Ming Gong..."
Everyone expressed their opinions and took the initiative. Tao Kan showed a look of relief and said, "I will go ashore with you."
With words, I first stepped onto the green grassland on the shore.
Hundreds of personal soldiers followed closely behind, surrounded him. After a distance, they scattered slightly and formed an army.
Behind them, more than two thousand people went ashore silently and lined up.
The marching column of 2,500 people also showed a different momentum.
It is not convenient to launch a large army in the south of the city, but in fact, there have always been a small number of Liang Jun responsible for monitoring.
At this moment, seeing that the Jin army had actually arrived ashore, the brave military academy rushed up with a hundred people, not afraid.
But the opponents they met this time were different.
Tao Kan's hundreds of personal soldiers had the ambition to die, and they were all extremely brave, strangled with the rushing mansion soldiers.
People on both sides continued to fall, and as more than 2,000 Jingzhou soldiers from the back formation set up, the two wings surrounded the troops. The soldiers who rushed to the formation finally felt something was wrong and retreated directly.
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There was a crisp sound of horse hooves on the long dike, and dozens of other riders rushed over.
The Jin army fired their bows and crossbows at once, and stopped them outside.
The main force was moving forward in a row.
More than half of the more than a hundred soldiers in the palace were killed on the spot and nailed to the ground, while the rest dispersed.
The south gate of Jiangling City was opened from the inside.
Soon, hundreds of soldiers left the city first and saw that most of the Liang army were driven away, they were overjoyed and escorted more than a dozen carriages out in a row.
Tao Kan didn't even look at them, and continued to lead the team forward, driving the Liang cavalry who was still unwilling to give up further.
Someone still gushed out from the city.
In addition to the hundreds of people at the beginning, many men, women, young and old came out this time. They looked panicked, looked anxious, and even cried loudly, making it so messy.
Tao Kan turned his head and frowned. But he sighed quickly and didn't care.
There was a sound of horse hooves like thunder in the west, as if thousands of troops were rushing towards this side.
Tao Kan and others looked terrified, knowing that the Liang army was going to come in a large-scale killing.
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At the critical moment, Tao Bin finally had some backbone.
After hundreds of pioneering troops escorted the family, guests, and maids and maids, he asked the city officials and the generals' families to follow him and retreat to the water village.
He walked at the end with more than a thousand Jingzhou soldiers and ran towards the south gate.
There was also a sound of killing sound in the east of the city.
He knew that some of the soldiers on land and water came ashore, and the Liang army, who had been staring at them, would definitely draw troops and rush to the scene.
Those people are not elite soldiers and have weak combat power and cannot stop the Liang army for long. Thinking of this, he repeatedly urged and rushed out of the south gate with his long dragon-like troops.
The battle outside the South Gate also broke out.
Liang Jun should have drawn people from the west of the city. A few heavy armored infantry were in front, and the light armored infantry wrapped in yellow turbans followed. The high-nosed cavalry came out from the two wings, holding swords and round shields, and did not care about casualties. They rushed towards their own formation with their teeth.
The narrow battlefield was almost filled with soldiers from both sides!
Tao Bin sighed inwardly.
At this time, how could he leave his father and run away? Then you won’t be scolded to death? But the group of people under him were already angry and just wanted to escape, so how could they fight?
At the critical moment, he asked his generals to take away these Jingzhou soldiers' seeds and led 200 personal soldiers to step forward to reinforce his father.
The battle became more and more intense.
Tao Kan's 400 personal soldiers suffered almost half of them, and the soldiers who rushed to the opposite side also suffered heavy casualties, but they still gritted their teeth and persevered.
One side has aspirations to die, the other side has high morale, and both sides are willing to spoil their lives and fall one by one.
The West heard neat footsteps again, and more Liang troops arrived.
They stopped outside the narrow battlefield and quickly deployed their troops: heavy armored elite soldiers were in front of ordinary soldiers, and advanced in line with the wall.
There were also large groups of soldiers and horses on the long dike.
"Grandma, please withdraw." Tao Bin rushed to the front and said loudly.
There was actually a noise behind them. How could so many people retreat in a hurry?
It’s better to retreat before the Liang army’s troops arrived.
Tao Kan did not answer, but only looked at the entire team of Liang army infantry in the west.
Tao Bin signaled to his personal soldiers.
Everyone understood and directly raised Tao Kan and said, "Ming Gong, please withdraw."
Tao Kan had less than 200 personal soldiers. Seeing this, he shouted and rushed forward together, completely desperately fighting, and rushing backwards from the opposite army.
Tao Bin followed closely with his 200 personal soldiers and rushed towards the Liang army. At the same time, he ordered the more than 2,000 Jingzhou soldiers who had landed in retreat to the water camp.
Outside the south gate, more and more people were crying, with a faint mixture of blockbusters.
The barbarian soldiers, Xiangzhou soldiers, and wealthy servants rushed out in a mess.
They had just received the order to retreat and immediately understood that they were left as scapegoats. Although they were not completely disheartened, they still knew to let them retreat.
The whole south of the city was in chaos, as if the doomsday had arrived.
(This chapter ends)