Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

In the battle in the south of the city, Li Yu and his courtiers almost lost control of the situation. The only thing they could do was to decide not to surrender and fight the Zhou army decisively. ○

As for the specific deployment of the war, it was very chaotic due to various disadvantages such as the siege of the isolated city, low morale, and panic. The defense of the water fortress guarding the river was very messy and sloppy. At the beginning, it was easily burned by the Zhou army, and then the originally elite imperial army collapsed at the first touch, unable to rescue each other.

The army of more than 100,000 soldiers in the Southern Tang Dynasty was defeated in one day. Only then did Jiangning City truly become a lonely city, and the land outside the city walls was completely lost, all under the control of the enemy.

The next day, when Li Yu boarded the gate tower of the imperial city, he heard the impact of the stones of the catapult hitting the city wall, as well as the shouts of people in the distance. The Zhou army in the south of the city began to attack the city first, and I am afraid that the enemy troops from other directions will also start to besiege the city one after another... The foundation of the decades-old foundation established by the ancestors of the Li family.

Rao is that Li Yu has never fought a war, and he also knows that the current Jiangning City cannot be defended for too long, and the city may be broken at any time. The ancients said that the virtue of a country is not in danger; no matter how strong the fortification is, if the morale of the people is not in it, how can it be defended?

He suddenly felt less stressed, which was a strange feeling. In the past, Zhou's army was overwhelming, and he was still worried all day long; but now he feels that he can breathe a sigh of relief, anyway, the end is in front of him, and he is completely helpless.

Li Yu returned to the main hall of the Shang Dynasty, thought for a long time, and asked someone to prepare firewood and fire oil to move to the main hall. If you want to set yourself on fire after the city is broken, it will be over once and for all.

This move alarmed his biological mother, Empress Dowager Zhong, who led the palace people to the hall to cry bitterly, and persuaded Li Yu to stay alive. Li Yu only said: "The country died in the hands, ashamed of the people of the country, this is the only way."

Empress Dowager Zhong burst into tears, and choked up: "My son is a benevolent and kind person. He has no fault at all. The fault is that you shouldn't be made emperor. You are not an emperor!"

After all, Li Yu was born by Empress Dowager Zhong. Empress Dowager Zhong understood his character, so she said the painful situation during the fire and the tragic situation after death. Sure enough, Li Yu had a look of fear on his face.

But after much deliberation, he still didn't give up the idea of ​​self-immolation. At this moment, Li Yu's eyes were inadvertently attracted by the little girl behind the Queen Mother, who was Zhou Jiamin, the younger sister of Empress Zhou Ehuang. The young lady is only nine years old, but she is beautiful, even more delicate and beautiful than Ehuang; after all, Ehuang has been a queen, her temperament is more dignified, but the second sister is naturally charming, and she has her own style at a young age.

Li Yu couldn't help thinking: That dog|day's Guo Tiejiang caught Zhou Zhoumei, can she let her go?

"My mother doesn't need to persuade me any more, just leave Jiamin in this hall to accompany me." Li Yu said.

Although the young lady is less than ten years old, she is smart, and she understood the meaning immediately, "No..." Zhou Jiamin lost color and turned around to run, but an eunuch immediately grabbed her petite body. Li Yu sighed and said kindly: "I'm doing this for your own good too."

...

People in the palace went to the barracks to get fire oil for defending the city. After the general asked about it, he asked about its use.

Hearing this, Yan Yan bowed down to the direction of the imperial city together with the general Ma Chengxin and others, feeling sad. He Yan was so ashamed: "We have received the emperor's favor, food and salary, and now we can't defend the emperor. We just sit back and watch the country fall, and we will lose face and live without face!"

The surrounding soldiers bowed their heads after hearing this, feeling desolate.

He Yan looked up at the ramp to the city. Some law enforcement officers held weapons and shouted and forced the soldiers to go to the city. The defenders were chaotic and had no fighting spirit. I knew in my heart that the city could not be defended, and soldiers could not fight by threats and coercion.

"Kuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..." Another group of stones flew from the air and hit the city wall continuously. Yan Yan was in the barracks below the city, feeling even more intense at this moment, bricks and stones splashed on the female wall, and the whole city seemed to be shaken.

"Everyone..." Yan Yan stood up, raised his head and said, "Since ancient times, there has been no country that is immortal, and surrendering is nothing but humiliation. Your Majesty will also die for the country. Who will fight with me to serve the country?"

Ma Chengxin and other generals agreed, willing to fight to the death with Kui Yan.

He Yan said again: "The city can't be defended anymore. Let's deploy our own soldiers and horses in the city, wait for the enemy soldiers to enter the city, and fight with them in the streets."

... Within a few days, the various ministries of the Zhou army and the Wuyue army were besieged on three sides. The south city wall was first climbed by Zhou Jun. Soon, the south city gate was opened from the inside, Zhou Jun's cavalry waiting outside swarmed in, and the army poured into the city like a flood.

Yan Yan led the army to form an array on the street outside the main gate of the imperial city, ordered Ma Chengcheng to form a phalanx on the front of the street to resist the advance of the Zhou army, and led his own troops to ambush in the flank lanes. After planning to block the Zhou army's forward with a phalanx, the ambush soldiers rushed out from the flanks and attacked from both sides.

Leaning less, the roar of horseshoes is getting closer. Zhou Jun's vanguard cavalry was also straightforward, and went straight in from the central axis avenue, heading straight for the direction of the imperial city. He Yan yelled at Ma Chengcheng at the entrance of the alley: "Good time, Brother Ma is ready!"

As it was expected that the Zhou army would enter first with cavalry from the center, the phalanx was lined with thick pikemen, with sharp spearheads facing the front densely. Not long after, I saw horse soldiers coming, a group of disorderly soldiers who were not in formation at all, rushing wildly in a mess. The street here is paved with flat bricks and stones, and the sound of iron hooves stepping on the hard ground is louder, making people's ears buzzing.

The sharpness of the cavalry had no intention of stopping. He Yan widened his eyes and held his breath, waiting for the moment when the two armies confronted each other.

"Ah, ah..." Suddenly, a large number of spears were thrown in the air, and people in the Southern Tang Army's phalanx fell down one after another. After a while, a man ran straight into the spear, the horse didn't rein in, and fell to the ground neighing. The soldier fell to the ground with the horse, and quickly got up, slashing the weapon in his hand, and the sound of "ding, clang, clang..." was heard endlessly;

"Boy!" An iron horse raised its front hooves high, then fell heavily, and finally stopped its momentum. Immediately a nine-foot man, taller and bigger than everyone else. At this time, Ma Chengcheng, the general of the phalanx, was shouting: "Fight to the death!" The nine-foot man suddenly threw an iron gun towards him! Ma Chengxin was alert and raised his shield to block it, "Bang!" With a loud noise, the iron spear pierced through the shield and pierced into the chest of Ma Chengxin who was wearing two layers of heavy armor!

Brother Ma was killed like this? All this happened in an instant, he was stunned for a while, then he gritted his teeth, raised his sword and shouted: "Kill!" He ran out with the long sword in both hands.

Zhou Jun was as brave as crazy, not afraid of spears, not afraid of death, the cavalry rushed into the phalanx and trampled on the ranks of the Southern Tang army, and broke up the phalanx in a short while, and the soldiers scattered. Kui Yan led the crowd to rush forward to fight desperately, and was in a state of chaos, but was slaughtered by the cavalry condescendingly. Even a fallen knight is extremely difficult to kill. A sharp weapon can't pierce plate armor without any force, and it's even more difficult to pierce armor when hacked. He Yan saw two soldiers holding down a fallen knight and beating his head with a stone.

The Kui Yan troops suffered heavy losses, and retreated while fighting, and retreated back to the alley. The place here is narrow, and it is difficult for the cavalry to break in. Two sporadic cavalry came in and were besieged and pulled off their horses. The nine-foot man got off his horse and called his subordinates to get off their horses and gather together.

At this moment, Yan Yan heard a sound of killing from behind, and when he turned his head to look, a group of Zhou army's elite infantry came to kill on the other side of the alley. In the first place, a fierce man wielded a big axe, which made the soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty howl with ghosts.

Someone shouted: "Surrender to avoid death!"

He Yan shouted: "To serve the country with death is today!"

So he raised his sword and turned back to face the one who carried the axe, but there were too many people, so he couldn't squeeze past for a while. The dismounted cavalry of the Zhou army on the street also came to kill them.

"Kuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" who was knocked down to the ground inadvertently, and saw a ferocious man stabbing down from above with a long spear. He hastily stretched out his hand to grab the spear, but it was too late, his grip couldn't stop the stabbing momentum, and he felt a chill on his chest... He opened his eyes wide, feeling that his strength was being taken away from his body, the cold came, and he was still watching the people around him desperately stabbing each other.