Jiangling City's city defense was in danger at this time. After replacing the Northern King's army, the Jin Army launched a fierce offensive against Jiangling City. The trebuchet fire on the city also caused heavy losses to the Jiangling City defenders on the city wall.
There are now less than 10,000 soldiers left in the entire Jiangling City, and most of the city walls are composed of young men from Jiangling City. They are full of passion and only want to defend Jiangling City and prevent the Jin army from slaughtering the city.
They shed their blood on the city wall and left their lives on it. The entire Jiangling City has a population of nearly one million, including three to four hundred thousand young adults. They rushed towards the city wall in a steady stream.
One group died, and another group died. The entire Jiangling City wall was covered with blood. Everyone had only one thought, that is, the Jin army must not be allowed to attack the city.
After five days of offensive, the Jin Army also lost nearly 20,000 people, but compared to the losses in Jiangling City, it was negligible. The Jiangling City defenders lost more than 50,000 people.
Hundreds of thousands of young and strong common people were killed in the battle. They almost spent their lives to block the Jin army outside the city. Their combat effectiveness was not as good as that of the Jin army, so they chose to die together. Several or even a dozen people surrounded them. He grabbed a Jin Army soldier and pulled them together to fall off the tower.
Many others were killed by artillery fire on the city wall. After five days of attack, the Jin army almost used up the gunpowder they brought with them. Even the gunpowder used for blunderbuss was used to attack the city.
After all, the use of firecrackers still has huge drawbacks, but bombing the city wall with gunpowder gave them a chance to seize the city. But the result was that the people and defenders who attacked Jiangling City were united, just like a copper city and an iron city. Wall general.
Zongbi looked at the fiercely fighting city wall in front of him, his eyes were about to burst, and his whole body exuded a violent aura. The violence in his eyes made him have the urge to tear everyone in Jiangling City into pieces.
He has been fighting for so many years and has attacked countless cities. This is the first time he has encountered such a bloody city. Still encountered such a difficult city to capture.
Only less than 80,000 of the 100,000-strong army were lost, and only 20,000 of the army sent by the King of the North were left. If these people were not useless, he really wanted these people to rush forward and become cannon fodder.
What he couldn't believe the most was that just three days ago, he had sent the head of Hu Kui, the leader of the Yongle Army's reinforcements, to the city wall, and informed Yu Zhenhai, who was defending the city, that no reinforcements would come to rescue them.
Unexpectedly, not only did he not let Yu Zhenhai surrender, but he even made Yu Zhenhai have a death wish, and even the people in Jiangling City were also greedy.
They were preparing to use human lives to drag them down alive. He gritted his teeth and felt helpless in his heart. However, this time he sent 20,000 people to attack the city with all his strength, and he also used all the gunpowder in his hand.
He must capture Jiangling City today, and he will not hesitate to use all his trump cards.
As long as Jiangling City is captured, he can slowly rest and wait for supplies from the rear to be delivered, and then he can capture the entire Yongle Dynasty again.
On the city wall, artillery fire was flying, and the young and strong people were blown away with their limbs flying everywhere, screaming in agony, but even so, all of them rushed desperately towards the Jin army who climbed onto the city tower.
Even if they only have one arm and one leg left, they will drag Jin Jun down the city wall together. However, as the Jin army attacked the city with more and more soldiers, the artillery fire caused huge suppression on them.
The walls of Jiangling City were about to become undefendable, and everyone was exhausted physically and mentally from the five days of high-intensity confrontation.
Seeing that several city walls had been climbed up by the Jin Army, despair surged in everyone's eyes. This time, they were afraid that they really wouldn't be able to hold on.
The fighting power of the Jin Army is too strong. As long as they increase the number of people on the city wall, no matter how many people there are, it is already impossible to drive them down.
By then, as long as they open the city gate, Jiangling City will completely fall. Yu Zhenhai, who was fighting against a Jin army general, fought hard to push the opponent back while watching the Jin army keep coming.
His face was full of despair, his eyes were red, and he sighed in his heart, it's over! I am afraid that Jiangling City will not be saved this time. I think that after the Jin army enters the city, they will definitely massacre the city. His heart ached.
He raised his sword and slashed at the Jin Army general in front of him. The two fought together, and Yu Zhenhai, who was furious, forced the Jin Army general to retreat. But although he had the upper hand, he could no longer change the situation of Jiangling City being destroyed.
What he saw from the corner of his eye was that more and more Jin troops rushed up the city wall. Although the people and defenders fought desperately, most of them were slaughtered in front of the powerful Jin army.
It can be seen from the casualty and loss ratio in the past few days that if it were not for the city defense battle, they would have wiped out the Jin army long ago.
The surrounding Jiangling people and defenders also knew that there was no way to save the situation, but none of them gave up. Even if they fought to the last man, they would still defend the city in front of them.
Because everyone knows that behind them are their relatives and compatriots, hundreds of thousands of Jiangling people, and they have to make a last-ditch effort.
In desperation, they burst out with strong willpower and temporarily resisted the Jin army rushing to the city wall, but it was only temporary. As long as the Jin Army allows them to stabilize for a period of time, the city wall will be in their hands.
Just when Jiangling's defenders and people were in despair, Zongbi was filled with joy, thinking that Jiangling City would be defeated soon. Suddenly, bursts of whistling sounds sounded from outside the city.
The sound came from behind the Jin Army. At the same time, nearly a hundred hot air balloons appeared in the sky and headed towards the Jin Army's camp. The roaring sound fell into the Jin Army's formation.
Bang... bang... bursts of explosions sounded instantly, resounding throughout Jiangling City and the entire sky. The moment the Jin Army's formation blossomed, the Jin Army among them was immediately blown up to the point where they cried for their fathers and mothers.
The formation was in chaos, and the dense explosions almost never stopped. On the city wall, the already desperate Jiangling defenders and people saw this scene, and there was a look of astonishment on their faces.
But they were soon replaced by ecstasy. They knew that reinforcements were coming. No matter where the reinforcements came from, as long as they were slaughtering the Jin army, it meant that Jiangling City was saved.
Yu Zhenhai came to his senses, raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers, our reinforcements are here, kill the golden dog. We cannot lose Jiangling City at the last moment!"
Following his voice, the defenders and people immediately cheered and rushed towards the Jin army. They were ready to use their lives to knock down the Jin army from the city wall again.
Even though the fighting power of the Jin army in front of them was so strong that they had no way to fight against it, they saw hope and unleashed unprecedented fighting power.
In addition, the Jin army also discovered the sudden change in their lair, and their morale suddenly dropped sharply. All the Jin army who attacked the city wall were suddenly filled with anxiety.
At the same time, only a burst of trumpet sound was heard. Neither the Jin army, nor the common people, nor the Jiangling garrison had heard this sound, but the sound was rapid and high-pitched.
The moment the trumpet sounded, the overwhelming shouts of killing immediately covered up all sounds. Hundreds of thousands of people suddenly appeared from behind the Jin army.
The leader was holding a Mo Dao, and he took the lead with one sword. He exuded a domineering momentum, and the sweat-blooded horse king beneath him looked heroic. One man and one horse looked like gods and demons from the nine heavens. The invisible power made the entire battlefield tremble.
"That's... the People's Army!" Yu Zhenhai said in shock. The uniforms of the KPA are unique and instantly recognizable.
On the Jin Army's side, Zongbi looked at the people's army charging over, and at the man and horse rushing in front. He instantly recognized the man on the horse. His eyes were full of shock and disbelief, and he exclaimed:
"It's Yunze, how is that possible! How could he come..."
When the surrounding Jin Army generals heard this, there was a sudden surge of fear in their eyes. The name Yunze was a curse among them. Especially those who had suffered losses at the hands of Yunze.
"Where's Aliku? Why didn't he guard the rear... Why did they come..." Zongbi said angrily.
Seeing the surrounding army being massacred by artillery fire, he raised his gun and headed towards Yunze. Now at this time, he had to face Yunze head-on. The soldiers of the Jin Army who were sorted out behind them also followed Zongbi and rushed towards Yunze.
Yunze took the lead, looking at the approaching Jin army with cold eyes. Behind him were Gao Chong and other generals of the People's Army, as well as Wang Yin and other generals of the Yongle Army.
It's not that Yunze doesn't want to fight with the Jin Army slowly. If he really wants to fight with the Jin Army slowly, the Jin Army will definitely be wiped out, and the army in his hands will have the lowest casualties.
But when he arrived, he had already seen the critical situation in Jiangling City. If he waited any longer and waited until the Jin Army captured Jiangling City, it would be extremely difficult for him to destroy the Jin Army, and the casualties would also be huge. .
After all, if he came to attack the city, he would be confident that he could capture Jiangling with the troops and weapons at hand. However, the casualties during the siege would definitely be several times more than what he had done now, which he couldn't afford.
Not to mention, there are hundreds of thousands of people in Jiangling City. Once they fall into the hands of the Jin Army, Yunze will be passive regardless of whether he saves them or not. He can only choose to fight hard with the Jin Army.
Fortunately, in addition to the 50,000 People's Army cavalry on his side, he also had the 60,000 troops of the Yongle Dynasty. After they destroyed Aliku, they snatched the horses from Aliku.
The two parties combined had 110,000 cavalry. Yunze believed even more in the fighting power of the People's Army. Even without the 60,000 Yongle Army, even with 50,000 people on his side, he was confident enough to wipe out the 100,000 Jin Army.
Besides, after several days of siege, the Jin army was afraid of suffering heavy losses. It would be good to have 80,000 people. Would he be afraid of such a force? The only thing that made Yunze feel distressed was that there might be some casualties this time.
This is what he doesn't want to see. Every soldier of the People's Army is a precious pimple on his hand.
Soon, the two sides got closer and closer. After more than ten breaths, the two sides collided with each other in an instant.
