Lord of the House

For more than ten days in a row, the battle was endless. The Huaidong Army would throw more than 10,000 stone and mud bullets, and the kerosene tanks were not less than this number.

In the later period, the Huaidong Army even moved the heavy stone throwing crossbow forward, pushed it into the trench, and threw stone bullets weighing more than 100 catties, directly hitting the front of the wall. Every time a stone bullet hits the city wall, the entire section of the city will tremble like an earthquake, and the city surface is like a tortoise shell, full of cracks that open up.

In traditional city building, the floating soil is first dug up, the large bluestone is laid as the foundation, the earth is rammed on the top, and the two sides are then covered with masonry and plastered with mortar. Whether the foundation of the wall is stable or not, the amount of masonry and slurry used determines the firmness of the city wall.

In the majestic Yanjing City, throwing stones at the front with a heavy sling crossbow might be able to knock down a corner of the city wall in ten days and a half.

It's just that Jiahe's anti-blockage was strengthened on the basis of Minzhai. Although She Feixiong took into account the use of catapults in Huaidong's siege, the time left for him was extremely tight. From the official decision to dig Guanxiling Road in Huaidong, to the time when the main force of the Changshan Army was stationed at the western foot of Guanxiling Road, it took more than three months. Coming from Saicheng?

When the front of the city began to be smashed by heavy stone bombs one after another, and the fighting continued until the sixth day of April, the walls on the south and two wings of the Jiahe fortification collapsed on a large scale, and almost all the walls at the front of the city were interrupted. Hundreds of defenders and civilians had no time to evacuate, fell into the cave and buried it with earth and rocks, causing heavy casualties.

Although the Huaidong Army had no intention of launching a **** siege immediately, and the defenders at the front of the fortress did not need to be full of troops, the casualties accumulated under the projectiles and arrows in the past ten days were also terrifying.

Although the collapsed gap was sealed with a wooden fence in time, filled with earth and stone, and temporarily repaired, the firmness is much worse than that at the beginning.

At first, the generals of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops still had a fluke mentality, thinking that the upstream hanging lake would release water and absorb it into the upstream valley, the impact force would be weakened, and it might not be able to directly cause much impact on Jiahe anti-clogging.

At this time, under the constant bombardment of the Huaidong Army, the entire front of the Jiahe Anti-blockade and the blocking walls on the two wings were covered with scars, giving the impression that it was like an old man with a waning candle, and it fell with a gentle push.

Don't say that you are facing the impact of the big water head-on. If you soak it in the big water for a few days, the plug wall may collapse in large sections.

The successive counterattacks put pressure on the north of the moat, and it was difficult to cross the moat. Not only could they not destroy the Huaidong Army's weapons deployed behind the moat, but the counterattack also brought more casualties to the defenders.

The Shanxi River has been completely cut off, and the black and ugly riverbed is exposed. The fish, shrimps, turtles and crabs are still struggling to survive in the puddles. More than a dozen awning boats that have not been evacuated in time are stranded on the riverbed, unable to move.

The news that the Huaidong Army had built a dam and built a lake upstream and wanted to use the flood to prevent the blockage had already spread among the army. Although from late March to early April, it did not rain much in the south of Hengshan, and the Hanging Lake built by the Huaidong Army in the south still had insufficient water for a while, but how could ordinary generals guard the city head with peace of mind?

In the past ten days, if She Feixiong had not strengthened the blockade between Jiahe Fortress and Hengshan City, and imposed strict laws and harsh punishments to restrain military discipline, the number of soldiers and civilians who fled to the rear would probably be far more than thirty or fifty people.

At the same time, the Huaidong Army began to build camps on the Meihua Mountain, a branch extending from Guanxi Ridge to the southeast of the Jiahe Anti-blocking to the Shanxi River, and on Chenjialing to the southwest of the Jiahe Anti-blocking. Move the main force of the front line to Meihua Mountain and Chenjialing from the front base camps built along the river that may be impacted by the hanging lake. The Huaidong Army's offensive against the Jiahe River was gradually shifted from the front of the southern city to the two wings that were farther from the river bank but higher in terrain.

The adjustment of the Huaidong Army's attack direction made the defenders feel more and more aware that the hanging lake created by the Huaidong Army's damming and intercepting the river upstream would be flooded at any time.

The heavy fighting equipment that was used to determine the garrison within the fortress was almost exhausted in the fierce confrontation of the previous ten days, while Tang Fuguan and Zhang Gou began to build siege roads from the two wings.

The wall was built high and steep, and it was easy to be hit by a stone throwing crossbow, and it was easy to collapse.

The Huaidong Army made good use of the stone-throwing crossbow. She Feixiong could only build the wall of the Jiahe anti-block in the direction of "thickness and shortness". It will also save a lot of effort when directly connecting to the siege road at the head of the defensive city.

The amount of earth and stone consumed to build a road connected to a two-zhang-high city wall is several times that of a siege road that is more than zhang-high.

The defenders lacked heavy long-range weapons, so the Huaidong Army began to push nest carts and building carts to the inside of the trenches, two or three hundred paces close to the wall, and used dense bed crossbows and crossbows to suppress the defenders at the front of the city and cover the carriages. , Minfu transport earth and stone landfill road.

Under the cover of a large shield, She Feixiong approached the mutilated wall that looked like the teeth of an old man in his 70s or 80s. He could see that the Huaidong Army was filling up the road very fast, as if a hill was constantly heading towards the city. Come. Moreover, the Huaidong Army built three 墁道 at the same time in the east wing, and two 墁道 at the same time in the west wing. Perhaps, Huaidong troops and horses could directly use the 墁道 to attack the city head without having to delay it until the day after tomorrow.

The road is a **** with a width of several feet. It is built to the top of the city, and it is not afraid of being destroyed by the guards. It can even directly drive chariots and armored horses to fight at the top of the city. With ample time and sufficient supplies, building a road to attack a city is always the best choice.

In order to deal with the direct attack of Huaidong troops and horses from the road, the defenders built several towers with a height of more than six feet behind the city wall, so that when the Huaidong troops and horses attacked, the defenders could still follow the towers. Condescending archery suppression.

The crenel at the top of the city had already been disabled by the Huaidong Army's stone throwing crossbow, but She Feixiong built many wall carts in the city, and they were all pushed up to the city head at this time.

The wall-stacking cart is made of thick wood into the shape of a stacking wall. It is placed on the head of the wheelbarrow and pushed up on the city wall. It can be temporarily used as a crenel to form a blockade against the enemy soldiers who have attacked the head of the city for defense.

Of course, the most troublesome thing was the Huaidong Army's intensive use of bed crossbows and catapults to suppress the city. Even a stack of masonry walls often collapses in a single shot.

"Young Commander, it's time to make up your mind!" Deng Yu said in a low voice, "Please, Young Commander, go back to Shangrao first, and I'll stay in Jiahe for a few more days!"

After several counterattacks, they were unable to disrupt the Huaidong Army's position, and they couldn't hit the Huaidong Army's front camp.

As long as the strength can be preserved, even giving up the city of Shangrao is not at all hesitant. Instead, it will use the deep hinterland from Shangrao to Ganzhou to delay the advance of the Huaidong Army into Jiangxi, and support the Beiyan army to capture the southern part of Guanshan. The overall situation may not have a chance. !

After ten years of fierce battle with the East Fujian Army, the Zhejiang and Fujian Army finally left Jin'an intact. Didn't they survive at the last moment?

No matter what, Bamin's last capital can't be spent with Huaidong Army in Hengshan!

Shewenzhuang is in Jiangzhou, and it is also very clear about the situation in Shangrao-Shangrao is like this, it is not a war, including the turbulent situation in the hinterland of Jiangxi. quickly.

After the Jiangning War, the Zhejiang-Fujian Army lost its foundation in Eastern Fujian, and its vitality was severely damaged. Before Jiangxi could recuperate at all, it faced a comprehensive reaction from the Huaidong Organization. In the periphery of Shangrao, Jiangzhou, Yuanzhou, Huaidong, Chizhou, Jinghu, Tanzhou and other towns in Jiangxi have a total force of nearly 300,000, while the hinterland of Jiangxi is still in chaos. No matter who comes, it is difficult to turn the tide.

The current goal of the She family is very clear, that is, to preserve the strength and maintain the situation until the moment when the Beiyan troops and horses go south, it is possible to usher in the reversal of the situation. If the Bamin elites are exhausted in Shangrao, even if the Beiyan iron cavalry goes south in the future, there will be no extravagant family in this overall situation.

She Feixiong knew in his heart that there was no way to defend, but the Huaidong Army was so tight, it was not easy to withdraw, but when the Huaidong Army built the siege road, it would be even more difficult to withdraw. Must go in batches today.

"No, General Deng, you go back to Shangrao, I'll stay here," She Feixiong said resolutely, "Shangrao can't hold on, even if Shangrao's army follows the plan drawn up before, immediately go to Hengfeng, Kuixi, Yujiang, etc. The local branch retreated, and the Fuzhou troops and horses were withdrawn to the south, retreated to Shanguan, and kept Fujian in the middle..."

She Feixiong is afraid that he will go first~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The soldiers and horses who stay behind will collapse immediately. Only if he stays will he be able to calm down the scene. If he asks Deng Yu and Wang Hui to lead the troops to go first, he will keep more. The combat power of Huaidong will not be entangled by the Huaidong Army.

Hengshan and Shangrao could no longer defend.

Shanxi is the main tributary of the upper reaches of the Xinjiang River. After Huaidong cut off the Shanxi River, the water level of the Xinjiang River also dropped sharply, making it difficult for large warships to enter. If they retreated their main force to Shangrao, they would soon be surrounded by Huaidong troops. In Shangrao, the grain they have stored can't even support forty or fifty thousand soldiers and horses for a month.

In addition, although Shangrao is regarded as the eastern gateway of Jiangxi, from the early stage of the East Fujian war, Shangrao City was once surrounded and disabled by the Zhejiang and Fujian troops, but it has not been completely consolidated for more than ten years. However, Deng Yu and She Feixiong have successively rectified the Shangrao defense line. With limited resources, they can only first go outside and then inside. The strength of Shangrao City is not even as strong as Jiahe Defense and Changshan City in the eastern section.

"Young commander!" Deng Yu choked out.

It is a matter of the survival of the seven surnames, and the personal life and death can be put aside. Deng Yu is afraid that She Feixiong has the will to die, and will fight recklessly with the Huaidong Army. She Feixiong is going to die in Hengshan, and the blow to the troops and horses on the east front will be devastating. He has no confidence to lead the remnants to use the hinterland from Shangrao to Ganzhou to delay the rhythm of the Huaidong army occupying the entire Jiangxi——

"I know in my heart," She Feixiong said, "Don't think that the materials accumulated here can be brought back. If you want to withdraw, you must be quick, you can only take people away, and you can't give Huaidong troops a chance to swarm them. The timing is right, I I know what to do! She Jiao is still very tender, but staying here will cause trouble for me, so I asked him to go first with General Deng."

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