The Rise of the Song People of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 289 Bloody Battle in the Palace

On the fifth day after Liu Chong sent troops, and on the first day when he invaded Xudu and attacked the imperial palace, after Xun Yu asked for help from all directions, Cao Ren led Chao Gai, Li Tong, Niu Jin, Cao Yong and others to dispatch troops quickly, and the rescue of Xudu had already started On the second day, calculate the distance and arrive tomorrow.

At the same time, Cheng Yu from Yanzhou also led people to set off in person. At this time, Cao Cao, who was far away on the other side of the Yellow River, had just received a letter from Xun Yu, and Xia Houyuan and Xu Huang led Qingqi to rush to Xudu in a hurry.

With the speed of Xia Houyuan's attack, plus riding two horses, he can reach Xudu in at most four days. Double speed reduction.

Liu Chong and the others naturally knew that time was running out. After attacking all night regardless of losses, nearly 5000 people were lost, but they still did not take down the palace.

But this night's attack on the palace was not fruitless, and nearly half of the defenders on the city wall were lost. There were only more than [-] people left. Because of insufficient troops, Xun Yu decided to abandon Guocheng and retreat to the inner city with a narrower terrain. The morale of Liu Chong's army, Zhu Ling's arm was shot through by Hua Rong's arrow when he was retreating, and now Lu Qian took over the defense.

When Xun Yu decided to abandon the Guocheng and retreat into the inner city, the Guocheng gate was finally breached after no one could resist it. Liu Chongjun was extremely excited and felt that he was done. However, when he saw another palace gate that was exactly the same, everyone's morale dropped a lot. , thanks to Liu Chong being present and once again boosting morale with heavy rewards.

As the saying goes, one effort, then decline, and three exhaustion, Xun Yu took advantage of this mentality to hit the morale of Liu Chongjun.

At the same time, through the craftsmen contributed by all the servants, private soldiers, and ministers, dozens of ladders for attacking the palace were finally made overnight.

Liu Chong no longer kept it, and let as many soldiers as possible participate in the siege. If it weren't for Dong Cheng and Luo Jun's insistence, Liu Chong would have personally taken the ladder to attack the palace.

Even so, Liu Chong always lowered his bow and shot arrows on the palace wall to kill the defending Cao soldiers. Liu Chong was not a scribe, he was very brave and good at archery.

It is not that Wang Zhong and Lu Zhao did not do nothing. They frequently attacked Liu Chong's army in the middle of the night. Unfortunately, Liu Chong had too many soldiers and the two had few soldiers. In addition, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were brave and were beaten every time. The retreat effect is not great.

The attack on the palace is still going on, and the small space is already covered with corpses. There are soldiers from Cao's army, and more soldiers from Liu Chong's army. Now Liu Chong's soldiers are attacking the city with corpses and rivers of blood.

Cao Jun's army guarding the palace had already run out of arrows, and hand-to-hand combat had already begun. If Liu Chongjun's soldiers hadn't climbed the palace wall several feet high, and then went up to fight Cao Jun hand-to-hand, the palace would have fallen long ago.

Li Kui and Mu Hong were taken care of by Zhu Ling and Lu Qian. Several times Li Kui had to step on the city wall with one foot, and more than a dozen long spears appeared at the same time, so frightened that Li Kui could only jump back, and then used the axe. Hooking the ladder to slow down the landing speed, the ladder was scrapped immediately, and at the same time smashed to death several unlucky siege soldiers. The rough-skinned and thick-skinned Li Kui just felt very painful.

Mu Hong's best achievement was when he stepped onto the city wall, but was forced down by Lu Qian and his own soldiers. Mu Hong clung to the ladder during the fall, strained an arm, and could no longer fight.

The hand-to-hand combat is very fierce. The brave generals such as Li Kui and Mu Hong are unable to protect themselves in the fight. The soldiers of the Cao army who are at a disadvantage cut off the rolling blade with their swords. They pick up other weapons on the ground and then chop them. Even if the brave Cao Cao soldiers are seriously injured, they will jump off the palace wall with Liu Chong's soldiers.

Cao's soldiers knocked away several soldiers of Liu Chong's army who were about to attack the city. They hugged Liu Chong's soldiers tightly after landing. Although there were corpses everywhere, they were basically crushed and seriously injured, and the Cao soldiers would also be seriously injured. He was chopped into pieces with random knives.

Such tragic scenes happened one after another. Even Man Chong, Mao Jie, and Xun Yu drew out their swords to assassinate the soldiers of Liu Chong who were climbing up. The soldiers who climbed up were hacked with a large sword with a curly blade.

The two armies fought fiercely for a whole day. Wang Zhong and Lu Zhao went crazy and rushed to kill Liu Chongjun, hoping to reduce the pressure on Xun Yu in the palace. During a fight, Wang Zhong's deputy general Liu Zhu was stabbed to death by Zhang Fei. Lu Zhao He was also seriously injured by Zhang Fei's spear, but Wang Zhong and his guards fought to the death to escape.

From the fierce battle during the day to the night, everyone has reached their limit. Most of Liu Chong's soldiers can attack in batches. Even so, from the attack on Xudu to the attack on the palace, more than [-] people have been lost, leaving only [-] of the [-] army .

As for Xun Yu, Man Chong, Mao Jie, Zhu Ling, Lu Qian and others who guarded the city, counting the remaining soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army, there were no more than a thousand soldiers.

"Kill! Brothers, kill! If you work harder, you will conquer the city!"

After dinner, another siege began. This time it was a new team of thousands of people, carrying a ladder and began to climb and attack the palace. Xun Yu and others on the palace wall watched them go up like ants Climb, everything that can be smashed down has been smashed down during the last siege, even the corpses of the enemy soldiers and compatriots.

"Push down those high ladders, and the Imperial Forest Army joins the defense!"

Xun Yu supported his body with his sword, and shouted in a hoarse voice, the Imperial Forest Army is the last trump card in Xun Yu's hands, and even in the most critical moment, the Imperial Forest Army was suppressed by Xun Yu.

This troop was small in number, only a few hundred, but they were fully armored, each of them was holding a big axe, and they were usually used as a guard of honor to guard the emperor when he entered and exited the palace.

But at this moment, the Imperial Forest Army is not a guard of honor, but the most elite army under Cao Cao's command, and also the most trusted army, monitoring everything in the palace.

The dispatch of the imperial army meant that now, except for some eunuchs, there was no power to control the palace. All of them were transferred by Xun Yu to guard the palace. However, Xun Yu had no choice. If he did not mobilize this army, he might attack the palace this time. be broken.

Hundreds of Imperial Forest Army soldiers were standing on the city wall, armor pieces made of fine iron scraped together, and the big axe in their hands was a heavy weapon, bigger than an axe. Slash down.

"Crack! Ah!" The leather helmet had no protective effect at all. With the sound of the skull breaking, there was a scream, and several soldiers of Liu Chongjun fell to the ground.

The iron armor made of fine iron has extremely strong defensive power. The Imperial Forest Army, which is regarded as heavy armored infantry, is very terrifying. It directly repelled the thousand-man team that attacked the city this time. Let the siege side make things worse.

(End of this chapter)