Chapter 121 Downstream (Part 2)
A loud noise echoed through the heaven and earth crossbow arrows, hitting heavily on the city walls on the left and right sides of the city gates. A large hole was opened, and the Shu people were desperately dragging the crossbow arrows back with a wheel and manual dragging. The long iron chain behind the crossbow arrows was very strange.
Wu Yan stood on the city tower and swallowed his saliva. He was secretly glad that the crossbow arrow did not shoot at the city gate, otherwise such a strong impact would be enough to defeat the city gate. However, after a turn of his mind, there were a few loud noises, and the other city gates would not have such good luck. The Shu army aimed at the iron arrow and hit the city gate hard, and the city gate was damaged in various ways.
Some city gates were completely sunken and shaking, some were half-moved, and one city gate was penetrated by an iron arrow. The Shu people pulled the iron arrow back and the barb of the iron arrow stuck to the city gate, which actually meant to pull the city gate down!
"Not good! Block the city gate quickly!" Wu Yan's heart was heavy and then he hurriedly ordered the defenders to drop stones and block the city gate.
The city gates were destroyed everywhere, and the Wu army blocked the city gate with the intention of death. When Yang Hu and Huang Chong saw it, they couldn't help but sigh slightly. Such loyal generals deserve respect, but the fate of the people of Chaisang... The two of them had no intention of forcing Chaisang to attack Chaisang, so they stayed with Huang Chong to lead 30,000 Shu troops outside Chaisang City as planned, while Yang Hu led 40,000 Shu troops to continue to advance eastward, and his destination was Poyang County!
The Wu Kingdom did not have much combat power, and even the Lu Kang who helped Chaisang had only more than 40,000 people. As Chaisang's support, Poyang had about 10,000 troops. He barely collected all kinds of supplies and waited for the arrival of the army to help the Lu Kang to arrive, but the Shu army arrived first. The Shu people came in a very fast speed, and most of the people and soldiers in the fourth field had no time to rush back to the city and had to flee everywhere.
Yang Hu knew that Jianye's reinforcements must have been going day and night, so he prepared to attack the city without hesitation. The Wu generals in Poyang were just middle-aged and inferior. Seeing that the city gates were broken, they were already scared, and were attacked by the Shu army and had to give up resisting surrender to Yang Hu.
The Shu army entered the city, but a Wu army came from afar! Only when people looked at it would know that this Wu army was not the main force of Lu Kang, but Sun Yi, a royal general of the Xindu County Governor of Wu State. He heard that the Shu army invaded Sun Yi could not sit still. Sun Yi, who was fighting side by side with the Shu army under Shi Ji's command, knew the power of the Shu people, so he lit up 15,000 elite soldiers selected by the post-paced Shanyue to come to Poyang, intending to join the Lu Kang army.
When he arrived in Poyang, he met the people and soldiers who were dispersed by the Shu army and realized that the Shu people were moving quickly. They rushed to the city one step slower. The Shu army did not go out of the city to fight, but hundreds of people were repairing the city gates everywhere. Sun Yi hesitated for a long time and did not dare to act rashly. He led the Wu army to retreat from a distance and set up camp and waited for the reunion of the Lu army to join. There were 30,000 to 40,000 Shu troops in the city, and if his own troops were attacking the city, he would be overestimating his own abilities.
Yang Hu looked around the city for a long time, but saw that the Wu army was strong and strong, and they were indeed elite troops. After thinking for a while, they thought about it and thought about it. That night, the Shu army broke out of the city and made a move to rob the camp. Even though Sun Yi was prepared, the troops were far more powerful than him, so he hurriedly allocated all the troops to guard the camp. Unexpectedly, after waiting for a long time, the Shu army was just creating momentum, but there was no intention of coming to fight. After a while, he slowly retreated into the city.
As he was surprised and suspicious, he came to report that when the Shu army was showing off his power in front of the two armies, a Shu army quietly rushed to the direction of Xindu!
"What!? Being trapped!" Sun Yi was shocked when he heard this. All the troops in Xindu were brought by him. If the Shu army went to seize Xindu, it would be unsafe!
At night, the 15,000 Wu troops packed their luggage and hurried back to Xindu. Yang Hu in the city smiled slightly when he saw it, leaving more than 10,000 Shu troops to defend the city, and he followed the Wu troops to chase after him with 10,000 horses! The Wu troops returned home like arrows and were unintentionally entangled with the Shu people. Most of the soldiers and horses that were behind were killed by the Shu people. The Shu army still stole them halfway through the journey. Sun Yi couldn't help but roared like thunder: "It's too much to deceive people! Turn around and fight!"
The Wu army ran away overnight and was in a mess. Hearing this, they waved their weapons and turned to fight Yang Hu. Yang Hu shook his head and sneered, leading the army to fight with the Wu army. In less than a moment, behind the Wu people, there were tens of thousands of Shu troops, which were the Shu army that had gone to Xindu before. The Wu people could not defend themselves and turned around and rushed back, and were immediately caught in a disadvantage and were surrounded and killed by the Shu army.
Among the 20,000 Shu troops, there are 3,000 Shu soldiers wearing advanced fighting tools. They are rampant in the Wu army formation, as easy as cutting melons and vegetables. Even the 15,000 Wu troops are still flesh and blood, and their swords, axes and armor cannot block the sharp swords, and they can only do nothing! Sun Yi fought with a gun but was hard to defeat. Seeing that the surrounding Wu troops were either killed or surrendered, Sun Yi was fighting with a desperate battle and shouted angrily!
Yang Hu shouted outside the formation: "The destiny of heaven is in Han, and the general should know the destiny and return!"
Sun Yi ignored him and still killed him desperately. Yang Hu shouted three times in a row but didn't respond. She sighed and gave the order to kill Sun Yi. Even if you are extremely brave and proud, life and death are in the hands of others. Apart from admiration, only souls can return to the Nine Springs.
Yang Hu's spirit was doubled, and Liu Chan tried his best to conquer the opinions of the people and gave him important tasks. After several years of his career as a minister in Shu, Yang Hu felt increasingly that destiny was indeed in the Shu Han area. If he could really pacify the world and create a peaceful and prosperous era, what would it be wrong to bear the name of a rebel general? Right and wrong are things that future generations judge. He should be worthy of his heart in this world, and he would do his best to serve the country and the people.
The surrendered Wu army had a total of six or seven thousand people. Yang Hu carried these surrendered soldiers back to Poyang. As for the empty Xindu Yang Hu, Yang Hu, did not send troops to capture it. If the Wu army wanted to defend Xindu, it would inevitably increase its troops. Once the troops were increased, its defenses would be weaker. Naturally, these six or seven thousand surrendered soldiers would not stay in Poyang, but were sent to Jingzhou through the Shu Han navy. Although Jiangdong is not as good as before, Lu Kang and others were all famous generals, and as strong as Shu Han, they did not have the confidence and plan to swallow Eastern Wu in one bite. The less unstable factors, the better, so the surrendered soldiers were sent to the border of Shu Han, which was convenient for appeasement and supervision.
Sun Yi's head was sent to Chaisang City. When Wu Yan saw it, he whirled and almost fell down. Sun Yi pacified Shanyue and guarded Xindu. He was originally a general who was relied on in the court. Now, he was killed by the Shu army in just three or five days. It was really unacceptable!
Huang Chong went on a mission to Jiangdong several times and was very clear about the details of the Wu people, so he kept writing letters to Chaisang Guard Wu Yan to persuade him to offer the city to protect the people. Shu Han was not a violent army, but he urgently needed a city as an example to alert the military and civilians of Jiangdong. If he surrendered, he would definitely be without any offense; if he resisted, he would definitely be blood flowing into a river.
In the past, this move must have aroused the indignation of the Wu people and made them unite with the enemy. However, with constant wars, the mind and will of the Wu people are fragile and they are really tired of the word "war". Especially after the destruction of the Wu Kingdom, in order to ensure that so much military power can operate, the people's taxes and labor will be more rigorous than before, and life is even more difficult.
This can be said to be a sign of a destruction of the country. It is not that the ruler does not know how to be polite to the people, but because of the situation, it is forced to do so.
The Wu army in Chaisang was not in motion, but Lu Kang's 40,000 Wu troops arrived in Poyang. After occupying Poyang City, Yang Hu received the supplies originally supplied to Lu Kang, and the materials transported by the Shu army from both water and land were sufficient. Therefore, Yang Hu did not go out of the city to fight, but only comforted the people in the city, and even sent some Shu troops to assist the Wu army in the city to build houses and help the poor, old and weak. Although such actions were suspected of being artificial, the people who received benefits were ultimately the people, and the people's requirements were not high.
Chaisang was trapped, Poyang was lost, and the Xindu military was destroyed was useless. There were already many difficulties in front of Lu Kang, but there were only 40,000 troops in his hand to complete the important task of defending the enemy from outside? We were rushing all the way, which was supposed to be replenishing supplies in Poyang, but now Poyang has become the treasure of Shu people. On the contrary, the supply of the Wu army of Lu Kang cannot last long, which is even more troublesome.
At this moment, Wang Ji, commander-in-chief of the southern commander of the Wei State, decisively issued an order. The Shu army claimed that its strength was no less than 200,000. It was so powerful that the Wei State could not compete with it. All the Wei army spared no effort to start to attack Jianye and even Kuaiji, striving to seize the land of the three Wus before the Shu army broke through the defense of the Western Front of Wu, and then competed against the Shu people!
For a time, the Shu Han army was approaching, and the Wei people all came out together. The Eastern Wu, who survived for more than a year due to the turmoil of foreign races, was once again facing the danger of destruction!
Chapter completed!