Chapter 330 Shanyin City is destroyed (a big chapter of 7,000 words!)
In late January, more than 4,000 people from Zhu Zhi, together with 1,000 remaining soldiers from Cheng Pu and Huang Gai, rushed to the foot of Shanyin City.
That night, Sun Ce killed all the pigs and sheep in the camp to reward the soldiers.
A large amount of meat and a sufficient amount of rice restored Sun Cejun's morale a lot.
Early the next morning, Sun Cejun began another day of siege.
Wang Lang stood at the top of the city. His eyes were tired at this time, his clothes were quite disheveled, and his usually clean robes were stained with stains.
But Wang Lang couldn't care about this at all at the moment. He looked at Sun Cejun who was forming out of the camp in the distance, with an expression on his face that was angry, confused, and even a little bit fearful.
"Daming, Zhongxiang, and Sun's army have been attacking for five days, with nearly two thousand casualties. Why can they continue to fight? Are they all iron men?"
Wang Lang's words are clear. With a deep sense of puzzlement, judging from the Kuaiji Army, except for a few elite troops from the powerful gentry clans such as Zhou Xin and Yu Fan, other troops and county soldiers could only last for two days at most, or even the next day. There won't be as ferocious an offensive as the first day.
But Sun Cejun has lasted for five full days, and it seems that he will continue to attack today.
This made Wang Lang shocked, confused and unable to understand.
Zhou Xin smiled bitterly, where is this?
At the beginning, the three brothers, with their elite troops and Danyang soldiers, took advantage of Sun Jian's attack on the Xiliang army. With the support of Yuan Shao, they succeeded in a sneak attack and captured Sun Jian's advance base Yangcheng.
Most of Sun Jian's food, grass, baggage, ordnance and clothing were stored here and then transferred to the front line.
It can be said that Sun Jian's life is in the hands of the three brothers Zhou Xin.
But what's the result?
Zhou Xin and his group of more than 20,000 people defended Yangcheng, but they were defeated by Sun Jian's 10,000 people.
Where is the reasoning in this?
What is even more unfortunate is that the Zhou army's stray arrows shot Gongsun Yue to death on behalf of Gongsun Zan as an envoy to Yuan Shu, which made Gongsun Zan furious. From then on, he began to fight against Yuan Shao until Gongsun Zan was destroyed.
Therefore, Zhou Xin had long been psychologically prepared for the strength of Sun Ce's troops, and he and Yu Fan jointly deployed the Qiantang River-Guling defense line.
Throughout Sun Ce's sweep across Jiangdong, there were only two obstacles.
The first time was when Liu Yao used the Yangtze River to block him in Niuzhu, and the second time was when Wang Lang used the Qiantang River to block him in Guling.
These two obstacles have one thing in common, that is, Sun Cejun is afraid of water battles.
On the contrary, whether it is Shicheng, Moling, Wuxi, Wuxian, or Shanyin, these strong cities can never stop Sun Ce's progress.
Because the main elite of Sun Ce's army at this time was still the group of people who followed Sun Jian across the Central Plains, and water warfare was precisely a technical job, which not only had high requirements on soldiers, but also on warships.
Sun Ce's troops had just arrived in Jiangdong and had no accumulation of warships, and temporary construction also required qualified materials and time. Therefore, they were hampered by the quality of the ships and could not win the water battle.
After Sun Cequan took Jiangdong, he acquired a large number of ships from Liu Yao, Wang Lang, Xu Gong and other powerful nobles from all over Jiangdong, including many main ships.
At the same time, the Sun family also recruited many local soldiers from Jiangdong. As a result, the strength of the Sun family's water warfare began to increase rapidly, reaching the peak of the Sun family's army.
This point in time was undoubtedly the end of Sun Ce's power. At that time, the Sun family army was amphibious by water. It was extremely arrogant in both land and water battles. They deceived Liu Xun and swallowed up the Lujiang River.
Then they attacked Jiangxia and defeated the Huang family army in a water battle. They captured seven of his wives, concubines and children. Huang Zu fled alone.
Liu Biao sent to rescue Huang Zu's nephews Liu Hu and Da Han Xi, as well as Liu Biao's elite spearmen. Five thousand people and more than 20,000 tribesmen were killed. More than 10,000 people drowned in the water. Sun Ce seized more than 6,000 ships. Ships and belongings piled up like mountains.
The name of this spear team may seem ordinary, but it is actually Liu Biao's heart and soul. In Liu Biao's army, it is on the same level as Yuan Shao's Euphorbias, Cao Cao's Qingzhou Army, and Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. Top military unit.
How can a person who can make Cao Cao say "Ri'er is difficult to compete with" not have a high level of fighting skills?
On the contrary, it was after Sun Ce died in battle, because Sun Quan's strategic goal was always Jingzhou upstream, not Xuzhou and Yuzhou in the north.
This strategic decision affected the upper echelons of the army. In addition, the middle and lower-level officer corps and veterans who had followed Sun Jian across the Central Plains were gradually aging. After the replacement, the land warfare level of the Sun Army began to decline. .
By the time Sun Quan took charge of the army, Sun's army had completely degenerated. Not only did it rely on land battles and ships, it also became an alliance of warlords. The military leaders and noble nobles below had completely transformed into household dogs.
The defensive battle is awesome, the offensive battle is like a dead dog, and the peak combat power of Sun Jian and Sun Ce is no longer there.
“What, what should I do?”
Wang Lang was completely confused after hearing what Zhou Xin said about the Battle of Yangcheng.
More than 20,000 people defended the city, cut off the opponent's food routes, and occupied the opponent's food storage city. As a result, in just a few days, the opponent defeated the city.
Then how can we defend Shanyin City?
Zhou Xin heard Wang Lang's timidity and could only comfort him: "Yangcheng is a small city. Shanyin is a strong city, so it is different. Moreover, Sun Bofu is not Sun Wentai, so he may not have With his father's ability, the prince doesn't have to worry too much."
Yu Fan also spoke out in support: "Although we have been working hard to defend with the fierce attack for days, for example, Sun Jun's army is getting tired day by day. The offensive has been somewhat slack. The several attacks on the city were not as fierce as the first day. Instead, they were intended to protect themselves. "
The purpose of the warriors going to the city was to open a landing point for the following soldiers. It is good to protect the soldiers who will continue to climb to the top of the city.
But in this way, the warriors need to take the initiative to rush into the enemy's position, disrupt or even force the defenders to retreat, so they are extremely threatening.
But if the warriors do not rush into the formation, the landing point cannot be opened, and the offensive will certainly fail, but the warriors themselves will be able to gain a little more vitality and retreat to the city unharmed.
Yu Fan obviously noticed Sun Jun's fatigue, and his desire to forget about death was obviously fading.
Wang Lang cheered up a little: "Daming, Zhongxiang, this time the city wall has to be entrusted to you."
Zhou Xin and Yu Fan immediately saluted and said: "Entrusted by the Ming government, We will do our best to protect Shanyin."
"Okay, okay!"
Wang Lang said hello repeatedly, and seeing that most of Sun's army had left the camp, Wang Lang descended from the city wall under the persuasion of Zhou Xin and Yu Fan.
After Wang Lang left, Zhou Xin looked at Yu Fan and asked, "How did you do with the things we discussed yesterday?"
Yu Fan nodded at Zhou Xin He nodded: "Brother Daming, don't worry, I have already prepared a boat at the south gate. If we really can't hold it anymore, we can evacuate from the water gate."
The south of Shanyin City faces Jingruo Lake, and there is a place in the south of the city. Shuimen is the south gate of Shanyin.
There is a pier in Watergate, which is quite big enough to dock dozens of boats and even five boats.
Therefore, the defenders of Shanin are not actually an isolated city, because the waterway is still unobstructed.
"That's good."
Zhou Xin breathed a sigh of relief. Sun Jun's attack was too fierce, which made him quite difficult. Several dangers appeared, indicating that Shanyin City might be defeated at any time. .
"There is another good news."
Although Yu Fan said the good news, his expression was still stiff: "Shangyu sent someone to go to the city by water to inform Guling. More than 2,000 people have already withdrawn. If we insist on staying, they can enter the city by water to reinforce us.”
Zhou Xin was overjoyed at first, then thought of something and asked: "How long will it take to enter the city?"
Yu Fan immediately replied: "Five days!"
Zhou Xin frowned: " Why does it take so long? Shangyu is only a day’s journey away from me.”
Shangyu is not far from Shanyin, and its geographical location is also very good, just to the east of Jingruo Lake. When troops are dispatched from Shangyu, they can march directly across the lake without worrying about being attacked by Sun Ce's army, because Sun Ce's army has no navy in Jingruo Lake.
Therefore, Zhou Xin felt that it should be possible to arrive in one day.
As long as they reach the other side of the lake, the boats in Shanin City can transport them into the city. Why does it still take five days?
Don’t the other party know that Sanin is tight?
Yu Fan sneered and said: "Jiao Chuang really has a good plan. He really calculated the right time to enter the city."
Zhou Xin was stunned for a moment, then suddenly woke up. .
Today is already the sixth day of Sun Ce's attack on the city. If it takes another five days, then wouldn't it be ten days after Sun Ce's attack on the city when reinforcements enter the city.
No matter how fierce Sun Ce's army is, it's time to rest after ten days.
At this time, Jiao Chuang brought reinforcements into the city again. He gained fame without contributing any effort. It was really a good plan.
After waking up, Zhou Xin cursed bitterly: "Jiao Chuang is really worse than a pig or a dog!"
Zhou Xin scolded Jiao Chuang on the city tower, but Sun Ce wanted to kill him below the city. he.
The grievances between the Zhou family and the Sun family are indeed second only to Liu Biao and Huang Zu, and even to a certain extent, they are actually higher than Liu Biao and Huang Zu.
Although the three Zhou brothers were defeated in the Battle of Yangcheng, Yuan Shao's goal was achieved. Even Yuan Shu benefited, but only Sun Jian suffered a big loss.
Although Sun Jian won the Battle of Yangcheng, his dream of becoming the Lord of Yuzhou was completely shattered.
Afterwards, Sun Jian had to abandon Yuzhou and honestly returned to Yuan Shu's command, so that he could go south to attack Liu Biao. The origin of this lies in the Battle of Yangcheng.
How can Sun Ce not hate the three Zhou brothers to the core?
As Sun Jun got ready, the battle resumed.
But Sun Ce was not on the front battlefield, but quietly came to the east battlefield.
As mentioned before, Sanin is surrounded by water on three sides, but it is not complete. Only the southern side is completely surrounded by lakes.
Therefore, there is still an open area to the east and west that can be used to attack the city.
It’s just that this open space is not big, and only a few hundred people can be moved away even if it is stretched to death, so it has become a secondary battlefield.
Sun Jun used this place to contain some of the city's defenders, while the Kuaiji Army used a small number of troops to defend here to prevent Sun Jun from stealing the city.
But on this day, Sun Ce led eight hundred elites to ambush in the east of the city.
These eight hundred people are all elites left by their father in many battles, and all of them are wearing iron armor. The worst-equipped ones are also half-armored.
These armors are all trophies captured when they defeated the Xiliang Army in succession.
The reason why Sun Ce has not used these elites is because these people are too precious. If they die, one will be missing. Sun Ce will never let them go to the battlefield until the most critical moment.
This is an elite who can defeat the Xiliang army!
At that time, the Xiliang Army was regarded as the largest force in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Not only was it experienced in hundreds of battles, it also annexed the Central Army of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Most importantly, it also plundered all the equipment from the Luoyang arsenal.
And Sun Jian's troops defeated such a Xiliang army, and one can imagine how terrifying its combat power was.
It’s just that Sun Quan was too stretched out and failed to unify the three kingdoms. Naturally, future history books will not record this.
Taking the Battle of Lucheng as an example, Marquis Wu beheaded 3,000 soldiers, defeated King Sima Xuan, and even counterattacked to Shanggui City. If Li Yan hadn’t been blinded by jealousy and lied about not having enough food, he would have Marquis Wu had no choice but to retreat, and King Sima Xuan even lost Longyou.
How is it recorded in the history books?
The catalog of the Magic Book of Jin clearly records that King Sima Xuan defeated the Marquis of Wu and beheaded more than 10,000 people.
The Shu army at that time only had a total of only 100,000 people, and more than 10,000 people were beheaded. How could the losses be as high as tens of thousands?
The funniest thing is that there is a chicken foot missing at the end of the section of the Magic Jin Book of Contents, saying that Chen Tai and Guo Huai predicted that Zhuge Liang will definitely come again next year.
More than 10,000 people have been beheaded, why don’t you take a good rest?
As the war unfolded, there was already a cry of killing in the north of Shanyin City.
Even in the east of the city, there were more than ten ladders, and more than a thousand soldiers of Sun Ce's army tried to climb the city wall.
But there were more than 800 defenders on the city wall. Under the command of the officers, they used stones and hammers to fight back, and the defense was very tight.
Sun Jun’s offensive was unexpectedly fierce, one wave after another.
Zhou Xin and Yu Fan tried their best to keep the city intact.
But just when the two of them were relieved, a report suddenly came from the west of the city, saying that a group of four hundred enemy troops had raided the west of the city, and the defenders were unable to fight.
Zhou Xin and Yu Fan were immediately shocked. After a few brief discussions, Yu Fan immediately separated 600 people from the last reserve team and headed to the west of the city. As a result, Zhou Xin only had the last 400 men left in his hands. However, seeing that the sky had reached Shen hour, and it got dark very early in winter, it would only take an hour at most for Sun Jun to retreat.
Zhou Xin did not expect that Sun Ce in the east of the city finally stood up and began to put on his armor. Behind him, the eight hundred warriors who had just replenished their water and eaten some dry food also began to put on their armor.
A quarter of an hour later, the entire army put on their armor and, led by Sun Ce, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Chen Wu and other fierce generals, charged straight towards the east city wall.
Because there was already fighting at the top of the city, the defenders did not focus on the distance.
But when this armored army rushed to the city, the defenders noticed them immediately.
"No! Sun's army sneak attacked Dongcheng. Go and report to Lord Zhou and Master Yu, asking them to send reinforcements as soon as possible!"
The defending captain looked down and immediately saw I broke out in a cold sweat.
With so many iron armors, it was obvious that this enemy army was the elite among the elite. How could he withstand such a small number of people? He quickly ordered his soldiers to go for help, and also used two quick speeds in succession.
But it’s too late to ask for help at this time.
The armored soldiers soon began to climb, and Sun Ce also took the lead as in history, mixing with the armored soldiers and climbing up together.
Sun Ce himself likes to be on the front line, fighting bravely and risking his own life just like his father.
Yu Fan once attacked him. The reason was that in order to pursue a mountain crossing, Sun Ce broke away from the group and rode alone deep into the forest, and happened to bump into Yu Fan.
Perhaps it is because Yu Fan is also a person, so Sun Ce refused Yu Fan's advice. You haven't done it yourself and you still care about me?
Yu Fan immediately held a spear to explore the way ahead, and asked Sun Ce to follow him out of the forest.
Afterwards, Yu Fan once again begged Sun Ce to pay attention to his own safety. Sun Ce finally agreed this time, and then died in an assassination attempt by Xu Zhao and others six months later.
Although Shanyin City is dangerous, its biggest reliance is that it faces water on three sides. The city wall is not high, only two feet.
Sun Ce moved very quickly. In just ten breaths, he had already climbed to the top of the city.
As soon as he entered the city, two garrison soldiers, one holding a spear and the other holding a push fork, rushed towards him.
This kind of push fork is similar to a pitchfork, but it lacks the forks in the middle and has a large gap, which is specially used to push people.
If they were hit by this push, the defenders would only need to push forward, and even the armored soldiers would have difficulty standing firm on the top of the city. If they fell, they would be injured or killed.
Sun Ce, on the other hand, was content and undaunted. He held the shield in front of him with his left hand and squatted down slightly. When the push fork reached him, he flicked his left hand upwards and pushed the fork toward him under the obstruction of the shield. Flying up, Sun Ce took advantage of this gap and rushed directly into the opponent's body. With just a single stroke of the long knife in his hand, he cut the opponent's neck.
Then, Sun Ce exerted force with his left hand and slammed his shield against the spearman. The opponent couldn't stand and was knocked to the ground by the force. Sun Ce went up and stabbed the opponent to death.
With just two breaths, all two defenders on this section of the city wall died in battle, and the defenders on both sides didn't even have time to come over for reinforcements.
Following this, another Sun Jun armored soldier jumped onto the top of the city.
Sun Ce glanced at the other party, with a smile on his handsome face and said: "Zi Lie, you and I both work together to clear out this section of the city wall!"
Following Sun Ce was Chen Wu. In fact, he should have been the first to climb the city, but Sun Ce took his place.
After hearing Sun Ce’s words at this time, Chen Wu echoed loudly: “Thank you, general!”
Sun Ce’s eyes flashed with approval, and he asked with a smile: “Why are you thanking me?”
Chen Wu chopped down a Kuaiji sergeant who came for reinforcements with one sword. While dealing with several other defenders, he replied: "General, you will give me a gift for your first achievement. How can Wu not be grateful and shed tears!"
Sun Ce laughed heartily, turned around and faced the soldiers from Kuaiji who were coming for reinforcements.
The captain of the Kuaiji Army in the distance had noticed the situation here, and immediately rushed here with five or six soldiers.
Sun Ce and Chen Wu have opened a gap. If this section of the city wall cannot be taken back as soon as possible, more Sun Ce soldiers will surely board the city here.
By then, even if reinforcements arrive, it may not be useful.
The captain had to take risks himself to repel Sun Ce.
With just this little effort, five more armored soldiers climbed up, three of them followed Sun Ce, and the other two followed Chen Wu.
"This thief should be the guard here. Please watch me kill the thief on the battlefield!"
Sun Ce pointed his sword at the east captain of the city and led three soldiers to greet him. Go up.
The opponent has six soldiers beside him, plus the four defenders on this section of the city wall, there are a total of eleven people.
But Sun Ce only had four people.
But while all Sun Ce's troops were in armor, the opponent only had one captain in armor, and even his own soldiers only had full-body leather armor.
The two sides collided hard, and Sun Ce directly overturned his opponent, and then stabbed him to death.
The other three armored warriors also had the upper hand. The armor on their bodies weighed thirty or forty pounds, and it directly turned into kinetic energy under the impact, causing the opponent to almost vomit blood.
Fortunately, the opponent had a large number of people and was not afraid of death. The injured soldier actually hugged the armored soldier's legs on the ground, trying to pull the opponent down.
The armored soldier was just a distraction, and the other two defenders bumped into each other with their shields, successfully knocking them down. Next, you only need to hold down the opponent's arm, and you can easily wipe the opponent's neck.
Just when the three garrison soldiers were overjoyed, one of them suddenly screamed. Sun Ce was kicked away by Sun Ce who was rushing towards him, and he fell directly from between the battlements and fell off the city wall. The other man also saw a flash of snow in front of his eyes and immediately fell down. On the ground.
The wounded man holding the armored soldier's calf on the ground had his neck broken by Sun Ce's trampling.
In just this short time, Sun Ce had killed four people in a row and saved one of his own.
“Get up!”
Sun Ce just said a few words, turned around and killed the crowd again.
There, two armored soldiers from Sun Jun were standing back to back, relying on their armor, stubbornly resisting the attacks of the other seven people.
When Sun Ce arrived, the defenders were obviously panicking.
The seven of them failed to take down two of the other side. Now the strongest warriors from the other side have also arrived. How can they fight?
Sun Ce, however, ignored what the other party was thinking and turned on the killing mode on his own.
Even the captain was no match for Sun Ce, he just held on for a few more rounds.
By the time Sun Ce beheaded the captain, there were already more than a dozen Sun Army armored soldiers standing on the top of the city. The defenders in other sections were also shaken. Sun soldiers began to break through the opponent's defense and successfully boarded the city. head.
As time went by, the Kuaiji garrison in the east city began to collapse, and deserters continued to abandon the city wall and flee. The garrison above the city was either divided and surrounded, or simply surrendered.
However, Sun Ce had no time to pay attention to the other party, and headed straight for the city gate with twenty or thirty soldiers.
There was originally a group of fifty defenders at the city gate.
But due to the tight situation on the city tower, all the defenders here have been mobilized.
Sun Ce easily captured the city gate. As soon as the gate opened, more than a thousand Sun troops from outside the city immediately poured into the city.
When things have reached this point, Shanyin City can actually be declared broken.
The main formation of Sun Ce's army in the north of the city had already discovered the situation in the east of the city, and the soldiers of Sun Ce's brigade began to circle the east of the city.
Although the Kuaiji defenders on the city tower were also aware of it, they were powerless. Even their own morale had dropped significantly, and they were unable to stop the opponent at all.
After Zhou Xin received the news, he hurriedly took the remaining 400 people to the east of the city for reinforcements.
But he happened to bump into Sun Ce who was opening the city gate.
The enemies were extremely jealous when they met. Sun Ce was so brave that he led the twenty or thirty soldiers to kill the enemy directly.
After Sun Junzu, who had just entered the city, saw him, he hurriedly greeted him and followed him.
The two sides started a fierce fight in the middle of the road.
Zhou Xin and the others saw Sun Ce and others early, so they had time to set up their formation.
Although Sun Ce and others were wearing iron armor, because of the siege, they basically used sword and shield weapons. If they were armor-breaking weapons, there would be small melons, awls, etc., but there were no long-handled weapons.
After all, who would attack a city with a polearm?
As a result, the two sides reached a deadlock for a while.
But time is on Sun Ce’s side.
As Sun’s reinforcements continued to pour in from the east gate, Sun Ce’s side became increasingly advantageous.
Zhou Xin was sweating profusely and quite lost his temper.
Looking at it, let alone retaking the east gate, my own reinforcements may be trapped here.
Especially when she saw Sun Ce staring at her like a jade-faced devil on the opposite side, not concealing his murderous intent at all, Zhou Xin only felt that her legs were a little weak.
After careful consideration, Zhou Xin decided to keep the useful god for the future.
So, Zhou Xin immediately handed over the command to a general beside him, then turned around and left with about twenty soldiers.
Finally, Zhou Xin did not forget to send someone to the west of the city to inform Yu Fan. As for Wang Lang, he was originally placed in the south of the city. If he found that the city was breached, he would have boarded the boat early.
Seeing Zhou Xin escape, Sun Ce was furious: "Zhou thief, don't leave!"
After Zhou Xin heard Sun Ce's roar, he ran faster.
Sun Ce was furious in his heart, but his mind was clear. He immediately ordered Sun’s soldiers to shout loudly that Zhou Xin had escaped.
Zhou Xin’s subordinates couldn’t help but look back, and sure enough, Zhou Xin had disappeared from his original position, and their morale suddenly plummeted.
Zhou Xin's men were already struggling to hold on, and Sun Ce's army fought more and more. On the contrary, Kuaiji's army relied on the advantage of the road, making it difficult for Sun Ce's army to deploy its superior strength.
The soldiers in the front were still resisting desperately, but Zhou Xin in the rear ran away directly, and the hearts of the Kuaiji army suddenly became dispersed.
Sun Cejun took the opportunity to attack fiercely, and the already shaky formation was immediately broken. The Kuaiji troops on the field no longer had the will to resist, and they knelt down and begged for surrender.
Sun Ce ignored these surrendered troops and assigned some men to guard them. He asked Cheng Pu and Huang Gai to lead people to seize the North City Gate and let the main force enter the city.
As for Sun Ce himself, he led Chen Wu and more than 300 people to chase Zhou Xin.
After Yu Fan got the news in the west of the city, he was immediately frightened.
The east city was destroyed, Zhou Xin fled, and there were no generals in the north of the city.
"Master, let's go quickly!"
The followers around Yu Fan saw that he was still in a daze, and hurriedly persuaded him: "If you don't leave, we will wait until Sun Jun blocks our retreat. I can’t even walk away!”
Yu Fan suddenly woke up and said that it was indeed good.
Fortunately, Yu Fan also had a decisive temper. After making his decision, he immediately ordered the entire army to retreat and fled directly with more than a thousand people in the west of the city.
At this time, Sun Ce's army was still in the east of the city, either chasing Zhou Xin, or attacking from the north of the city, and no one cared about the west of the city. Although Sun's army in the west of the city had already boarded the city gate, the defenders under the command of Yu Fan continued to resist, and with the terrain advantage, they were finally able to withdraw smoothly.
After Sun Cejun climbed to the top of the city, he quickly opened the city gate. After entering the city, Sun Hao hesitated for a moment. In the end, he neither chose to pursue Yu Fan nor went to the north of the city. Instead, he headed towards the city's arsenal, Seal warehouses, grain depots and other important places and leave.
(End of this chapter)