Chapter 183: Bloody Landing in Hunan

On August 10, 14th year of Qianyuan, Chang Yuchun, Yang Yanzhao met with Linxiang City.

At this moment, the smoke of gunpowder in Linxiang City was filled with smoke. Deng's army failed to attack for several days. In desperation, he had to temporarily siege Linxiang City.

In the head of Linxiang City, the King of Xiang was wearing armor and holding a sword, standing on the head of the city, looking indifferently at the Deng Jun camp outside the city.

At this time, the Hunan Kingdom had reached the end of its territory. The only 30,000 troops in the entire Hunan Kingdom were concentrated in Linxiang City. After a few days of bloody battles, there were only less than 20,000 people left in the 30,000 Hunan Army, and many of them were injured, but there were more than 100,000 Deng troops outside the city.

"The King of Hunan is really tough. He is like this and he still refuses to surrender." In the Deng army camp, Chang Yuchun and Yang Yanzhao stood at the camp gate, looking at the devastated Linxiang City Wall, sighed.

"Yes, Yan Zhao, do you know? When I first entered Jingnan, except for the old golden man Tang and Linyuan, most of the cities were descending in sight. Unexpectedly, I encountered a hard bone in the end." Chang Yuchun also sighed. He remembered that since the march, except for the one who fought with Linyuan, everyone else took over the city directly.

Seeing that Chang Yuchun mentioned Tang and Linyuan, Yang Yanzhao showed a worried expression on his face and said, "Yuchun, when you are Tang and Linyuan, you may be impeached by many people in the court after returning to Wancheng. Are you not worried?"

Although this incident will not be involved in Yang Yanzhao, Chang Yuchun and him have known each other for many years and have fought side by side many times, so he is still a little worried about Chang Yuchun.

However, Chang Yuchun said indifferently: "These are all expected, there is nothing to worry about. Besides, I don't regret it. The king will understand me. How can those corrupt scholars in the court know about Jingnan's situation? If they don't commit a killing, how can Jingnan be calm?"

Yang Yanzhao nodded. To be honest, if he hadn't been ruthless enough, he might have caused a massacre in Xiajun, and he would have killed him until the people of Jingnan were frightened.

"Since you know it, I can't say anything more. Let's talk about it now. The last elite troops of Hunan are in Linxiang City. We have been attacking for several days. What should we do next?" Yang Yanzhao said.

Chang Yuchun thought for a while and said, "I will continue to attack fiercely for a few days. And this time we will attack together with four gates to fight to capture Linxiang City within one day. I have a premonition that King Xiang will not surrender. Instead of letting King Xiang have fantasies, it is better to break through Linxiang. As long as we break through Linxiang City, Guiyang, and Lingling, we can go down without a fight."

In the next few days, the Deng army did not make any noise, which made King Xiang very confused. Originally, King Xiang thought that Deng army still had the intention to persuade surrender, but he had not seen a Deng army envoy for even a few days.

"Xiang Liu, General Xing, what do you think of Deng's army? Why didn't attack for several days?" King Xiang asked Liu Hong and Xing Rong.

Liu Hong didn't understand what the marching and war was, and he couldn't figure out what tricks Deng Jun wanted to play.

However, Xing Rong, as the general of Hunan, guessed something. Although his ability is far inferior to Chang Yuchun and Yang Yanzhao, as the commander for many years, he still has this military qualities, so he said: "King, I think Deng's army is raising our strength and preparing to give us the last blow."

After hearing this, the King of Xiang was not panicked at all and said firmly: "In other words, the next one will be the most difficult days. Haha, I want to see what methods Deng Jun has. If you want to take down Linxiang City, you don't want to enter Linxiang City without paying the price of blood."

After a few days of rest, the Deng army launched another fierce attack on Linxiang City, and it was an unreserved fierce attack. Yang Yanzhao and Chang Yuchun divided the troops into four parts, surrounded Linxiang City, and then attacked together with the four gates. Zhang Fei attacked the east gate, Wang Yanzhang attacked the west gate, Yue Yun attacked the south gate, and Pang De attacked the north gate.

Suddenly, there were shouts of killing around Linxiang City, and the Hunan Army also divided into four parts to fight to the death. However, after the dispersion, the Hunan Army became even weaker, and each sect was shaking in the Deng army's attack like a wave.

"Boom!" Deng's army attacked fiercely for a day, and the first thing that collapsed was the East Gate, which Zhang Fei led the way and took the lead in killing the city. The Hunan Army had no enemy in a single alliance. Zhang Fei relied on his personal courage to kill the Hunan Army on the city and opened the city with his troops.

As soon as the east gate opened, Deng's army swarmed in, and the Hunan army was defeated.

"King, the east gate is broken and the city can no longer be defended. Please ask the king to break through quickly." At this time, Yang Jing brought his personal soldiers to the Xiang King at the north gate and said.

Faced with Yang Jing's suggestion to break through, King Xiang shook his head helplessly and said, "I will not retreat. This time I will live and die with Linxiang City."

"King!" Yang Jing was very anxious when he saw that King Xiang refused to break through.

But the King of Xiang was very determined and said, "General Yang doesn't need to persuade him anymore. The outer city has been lost. I still have a royal city. If I don't fight one soldier, I will never let Deng get involved in the Xiangjiang River. General Yang will inform General Xing, quickly retreat into the royal city and fight Deng's army again."

Yang Jing was very surprised. He didn't expect that the always weak King Xiang had such a tough side. He looked at him with admiration. Since King Xiang had the determination to sacrifice his life for his country, Yang Jing would not be behind others. So he nodded and said, "Okay, king, let's retreat into the royal city and fight Deng's army again."

Soon, Yang Jing sent someone to notify Xing Rong and asked him to lead his troops to retreat into the royal city, while he protected the Xiang King to retreat. When the Hunan Army evacuated the city wall, Deng's troops outside the city broke through the city gate and rushed into the city.

When King Xiang and Yang Jing retreated to the center of the city, they met Xing Rong, but Deng's army had already come here at this time. Yang Jing looked at King Xiang and Xing Rong, gritted his teeth, and said, "General, you protect the king and retreat into the royal city, and I will lead troops to block Deng's army." After that, he rushed out with a team of troops.

Before King Xiang and Xing Rong could stop Yang Jing had already fought out. The two of them looked at Yang Jing's back with tears in their eyes and turned their heads to retreat to the royal city.

With Yang Jing blocked, King Xiang and Xing Rong finally retreated to the Xiang Palace smoothly, and Yang Jing was not so lucky. He met Yue Yun, the general of Deng Army. Within a few moves, he was killed by Yue Yun's sledgehammer. The rest of the Hunan Army were already scattered, but there were still many scattered soldiers and brave men insisting on fighting with Deng Army in the city.

"Return to General Chang, General Yang, and the Hunan Army General Yang Jing, the last general, have been killed by the Hunan Army General Yang Jing, but King Xiang and Xing Rong have retreated into the royal city. The last general cannot catch up with him. Please ask the two generals to punish him." After King Xiang and Xing Rong entered the Hunan Palace, Yue Yun immediately came to report to Yang Yanzhao and Chang Yuchun.

Yang Yanzhao nodded and said, "It's okay, General Yue Yun, you go and clear the outer city first, and then arrange for your brothers to rest. Today, you are tired. There is only this royal city left in Hunan. Don't worry, clean the outer city first."

"Here!" Yue Yun responded, and then took a team of troops to clear the Hunan Army's scattered soldiers You Yong in the city.

At dusk, the entire Linxiang City was quiet, and all the soldiers of the Deng army were raising their strength, waiting to break through the last fortress of Hunan in one fell swoop tomorrow.
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