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Chapter 739 Siege
The night is like ink, the stars and the moon are dark.

The needles could be heard in the camp of the King of Han, and the soldiers stared blankly at the dozens of human heads on the ground, still as if they were falling into a dream... Are these all nobles? !His Royal Highness the King of Han even said that he would cut them all!
Until Hanwang's voice sounded again, everyone couldn't help holding their breath.

"One raging soldier, one raging general! This king will never let these incompetent people turn my invincible lion into a bear!"

"Everyone! We have no way out. Gu and the crown prince can only live alone. If we break through Zhenjiang City, we will share the wealth in the future!" King Han paused, and then said in a deep voice: "If we can't take Zhenjiang City, we can only die. Already!"

The King of Han's words were like a heavy hammer, knocking on the hearts of all the soldiers. They have fully understood that the outcome of this battle is related to the life and death of everyone...

"Tomorrow, the king will personally command the siege!" The king of Han roared with the loudest voice: "Everyone must fight to the death!"

"Fight to the death!" "Fight to the death!" "Fight to the death!" The tide-like voice sounded again, even alarming the city of Zhenjiang in the distance.Only then did the King of Han nod his head in satisfaction, and accompanied by his confidant generals, he returned to the tent of the Chinese Army.

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In the tent of the Chinese army, Li Maofang, Zhu Zhanqi, Wang Bin, Zhu Heng, Wei Hu, Wei Hong, Wei Xing, Wang Yu, Li Zhi and other generals stood in line, staring at the King of Han sitting behind the big case without moving. Your Highness...Obviously, the heads of Song Hu and the others fell to the ground, which also gave them a resounding alarm - Zhu Gaoxu has become a fierce tiger that chooses and eats people, and will not show mercy to anyone.

"Tomorrow's battle, are you clear about your respective positions?" Zhu Gaoxu's eyes swept across the generals, and everyone he saw straightened their chests desperately, and nodded vigorously.He also heard him say in a deep voice: "There is no main attack direction! All directions must be attacked! There is no time to withdraw troops! If Zhenjiang is not captured for a while, we will continue to fight regardless of the day! Until the city is broken! Did you hear that!"

"Obey!" All the generals responded in unison.

"Go and prepare!" Zhu Gaoxu said in a deep voice: "Eat at Yinshi, attack at dawn!"

"Yes!" All the generals took orders again in unison, then turned and left, leaving only Wang Bin... the most trusted general of Zhu Gaoxu.

"Hey..." There was only Wang Bin in front of him, and Zhu Gaoxu finally showed his true mood, which was anxious and full of confusion.

"My lord doesn't need to be like this, let's let those pustules take the lead," Wang Bin comforted softly, "Don't we just want to make a fool of them so that we can take the opportunity to seize the military power?"

"I'm not worried about this..." Zhu Gaoxu shook his head and sighed.

"That's...the north?" Wang Bin whispered.

"Yes." Zhu Gaoxu nodded and sighed, "Father will kill me..."

"Isn't the arrangement properly?" Wang Bin said in a faint voice: "The emperor should die soon, right?"

"Yeah." Zhu Gaoxu nodded expressionlessly: "I originally wanted to wait for the father to die before starting the incident, but in that case, it would give Zhu Gaochi a chance to prepare, so we launched it in advance." Zhu Gaoxu sighed Said: "Now the boss is hard to fly, but Beijing doesn't know..."

"As long as they mobilize according to the agreed time, the emperor will not know the situation in Nanjing, and if they are unprepared, they will surely succeed in one fell swoop." As the king of Han, Wang Bin also cheered himself up: "That will be a deadly situation! "

"Yes. It's just that there is no obituary for a day, and the king will be in trouble for a day." Zhu Gaoxu rubbed his face vigorously, put his fear behind him and said: "No matter! Take Zhenjiang with all your strength, kill the boss, half of the country is in your hands Now, what else is there to be afraid of?!"

"My lord is so right!" Wang Bin said in a deep voice, "We will be invincible if we take down Zhenjiang! Even if the emperor is still alive, we have to sit down and talk with lord..."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded his head slowly, his face was finally full of worries, showing a smug expression.

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It was finally dawn, and the defenders on the top of the city were horrified to see a terrifying scene that they will never forget.I saw a joint camp of 10,000+ soldiers and horses outside the city for dozens of miles, and the siege of Zhenjiang was impenetrable.Countless warships also appeared on the river.

When the sun rose, the armor and weapons of the soldiers shone dazzlingly, and the fluttering flags and sails on the river formed a circle of breathless dark clouds that shrouded Zhenjiang City in all directions.Even war-torn veterans have never seen such a scene, just looking at it is enough to make people lose their fighting spirit...

The prelude to this battle was played by the naval fleet on the river. The cannons on the warships fired in turn, and the shells roared and smashed towards the head of the city. Equipment, smashed to pieces!

There was no transition after the prelude, the cannons sounded, and the general offensive began. The overwhelming Hanwang army, carrying siege equipment, rushed towards Zhenjiang City from all possible attacking directions.Standing on the city and looking at it, it looks like a tide is rolling towards the city wall!
When the siege troops rushed to the range of the bows and arrows, a sharp whistle sounded from the top of the city, and countless archers emerged from all over the top of the city, stretched their bows and set their arrows, and shot the first arrow at the fastest speed.They didn't aim at all, because there was no need to aim-the enemy army under the city was too dense...

Bows and arrows rained down, and countless officers and soldiers of the King of Han army fell down, but like the waves turning up in the tide, they would not weaken the momentum of the tide at all!
The officers and soldiers of the King of Han Army raised their shields to cover their heads, and continued to push the siege equipment forward.When the building cart was in place, the archers of the King of Han Army climbed up, and the soldiers below shook the turntable desperately to raise the cart to the same height as the city wall. The archers of the King of Han Army immediately launched a counterattack!
The archers on the city didn't care about themselves at all. Their task was to destroy the enemies below the city.As for the archers on the building carts, they were the targets of the crossbows on the bed in the city—several crossbowmen turned the ballista to the building carts outside the city, shook the winch desperately, stringed the crossbows on the ballista, and then smashed them open After getting the machine gun, a hammer-head crossbow with a thick arm flew out with a roar, and hit the carriage of the building in the blink of an eye. The carriage disintegrated under the violent impact, and the archer on the carriage screamed. Landed one after another...

But this is just the tidbits of the battlefield. The tide of attack has reached the city, and the rolling stones and trees on the top of the city are also pouring down.There is also the boiling oil poured from above, each pot will make more than a dozen officers and soldiers scream and roll all over the ground!

However, the King of Han's army was unusually brave and fearless, ignoring sacrifices at all!With red eyes and roaring, they put ladders on the city wall, and those more advanced siege vehicles were also put in place one by one... These siege vehicles have a series of steps, You can let your own soldiers run to the top of the city along the stairs.And the protection is perfect, not only can protect the soldiers who are attacking the city, but also it is not afraid of fire itself, which is much stronger than the ladder.

Fortunately, the focus of the Ming Dynasty was cavalry, and there were very few such equipment. Otherwise, hundreds of siege vehicles were pressing on the top of the city at the same time, and this battle would have been impossible!
But these dozens of siege vehicles have already put a lot of pressure on the defenders.None of the King of Han troops climbing up the ladder made it up.The officers and soldiers on the siege engine are already fighting fiercely with the defenders at the top of the city!

Naturally, the defenders also knew that these siege vehicles were the biggest threat, so they put in the most troops to prevent the enemy from entering the city!Therefore, wherever the siege vehicles were located, it became a bloody Shura field. Wave after wave of siege soldiers rushed up and killed wave after wave of defenders. Don't let it go, blood will flow like a river in a blink of an eye...

When the King of Han army on the ladder also climbed to the top of the city, the battle started on every inch of the city wall. Those King of Han troops fought like crazy, slashing with knives, kicking with their feet, biting with their teeth, and attacking madly with their lives!
The soldiers of the prince's army were obviously paralyzed by yesterday's victory, thinking that the king's army of Han was nothing more than that, so when they faced their crazy attack, the situation was very passive, and they lost a section of the city wall to the west within half an hour of the battle!
This shocked Mo Wen who was looking at the overall situation. He never underestimated the enemy, but he still underestimated Zhu Gaoxu!He didn't expect that Zhu Gaoxu could re-condense the slack military spirit overnight, and stimulate the most fierce side of the King of Han army. At the first moment of the battle, he would exert the greatest attack power!
Needless to say, compared to His Highness the King of Han who descended from the god of war, he is still too tender... Mo Wen sighed inwardly.But in the next moment, excitement was written all over his ice-like face!As a born general, it is the greatest tragedy to be born in peace and rarely encounter a war!

At this moment, the strongest enemy and the cruelest battlefield are in front of him, so he no longer has to lament his untimely life!
'Come on, Your Highness the King of Han! Mo Wen felt that his blood was about to boil, he waved his hand violently, and the flag officer beside him raised a red flag and waved it twice in the air.

After receiving the order, a battalion of officers and soldiers hiding under the city wall immediately climbed up to the top of the city under the guidance of the red flag. After a while, there were loud gunshots on the top of the city!Those King of Han troops who had just captured the top of the city were shot and fell to the ground like cutting wheat... The dense bullets sent sawdust flying across the siege vehicles, forcibly blocking the torrent-like offensive of the King of Han army.The prince's army took advantage of the situation to regain that section of the city wall...

The dense gunshots also attracted the attention of King Han under the city.Wang Bin on the side asked strangely: "Didn't Shenjiying go to Beijing with the emperor?"

"Ji Gang said that Beizhen Fusi and the avant-garde guards of the government army are secretly building firecrackers," King Han frowned and said, "Unexpectedly, it has already formed a scale."

"It doesn't matter," Wang Bin said, "They have guns, we have cannons."

"That's right, a few broken guns are useless, we still have to fight with real knives and guns!" The King of Han grinned and said, "Is Zhu Heng in charge over there? Tell him that the city wall cannot be taken back before noon. Come see me!"

"Yes!" Wang Bin replied in a deep voice.

(End of this chapter)