In a place like this, if birds don't enter the forest, they will be disturbed by the army.
Sure enough, within half an hour, the heavy sound of horse hooves and shouts came from the mountain road in the distance.
Without Zhang Fu's order, all the Nanning Guard sergeants were already in place, either standing on the city wall holding crossbows, spears, and swords, or lining up below the city, ready to climb the city and fight at any time.
The army led by Hu Mu has appeared in the distance.
Zhang Fu walked out of the tower, followed by Huang Gui, Wang Yuanxing, Pan Cheng, Yuan Yue and others.
Stepping forward, Zhang Fu saw a group of sergeants with tired faces, but resolute and brave soldiers. They were all dressed in tatters, but proud and proud. They were full of blood, exuding heat in the desolate wind.
"We have climbed over dangerous mountains and crossed rift valleys. Now we have occupied the Zhennang Pass, completely closing the Annan army's retreat. It's a good time to close the door and beat the dogs! Do you think we can let them go back? ?”
Zhang Fu shouted sharply.
"cannot!"
All the soldiers replied in unison.
Zhang Fu pointed his hand in the direction of Hu Mu's army and shouted: "Mad dogs will bite people. What we have to do is to break their teeth, break their legs, and twist their necks! Use any means, no matter how hard you use your knife, , or with fists, I want you to nail them to the city gate and not let an Annan dog board the city gate! Can you do it?!"
"able!"
"Speak louder and tell me, can you do it?"
"able!"
"able!"
"Then let's fight and bring out the glory of our Nanning Guard! Kill!"
Zhang Fu drew out his knife and shouted loudly.
"kill!"
The Nanning Guardsmen's fighting spirit rose, and the momentum was overwhelming!
Hu Mu led 3,000 people to the outside of Zhennan Pass. Hu Mu walked in fear along the way, for fear of encountering an ambush. But to his surprise, he did not encounter any trouble until outside Zhennan Pass.
This was not because Zhang Fu did not want to ambush him halfway, but because the troops were really insufficient and the sergeants were too tired.
In more than ten days, the Nanning Guards had not been repaired properly. After capturing Zhennanguan, the sergeants were at the end of their strength and had to stop and rest.
In addition, if the ambush fails, it is very easy to get entangled. Once there are losses, it will be too difficult to defend Zhennan Pass.
Hu Mu looked at the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty on the city gate, and focused his eyes on the city tower. The sun and moon flags were fluttering in the air. That was the flag of the Ming Dynasty!
The city gate was indeed lost!
Hu Mu knew very well that if he wanted to leave Siming Mansion alive and return to Annan, he had to capture Zhennanguan Pass. This was the only way to survive!
"Prepare logs and siege ladders, and capture Zhennanguan before dark!"
Hu Mu gave orders to his lieutenants, Li Xingyuan and Chen Zhe.
The two agreed and immediately arranged for people to go to the mountain to prepare siege equipment. There was a lot of wood, so it was easy to build a few ladders. As for the logs to hit the city gate, just find a thick tree trunk.
In less than an hour, everything was ready.
Hu Mu looked at Li Xingyuan and said, "I'll give you two thousand men. You must capture the city gate!"
Li Xingyuan gritted his teeth and agreed, then called his generals to organize the sergeants to start attacking the city.
Rows of Annan sergeants spread out in the relatively open space in front of the pass. Some people carried siege ladders, more than 60 people carried large logs, and hundreds of infantry shouted and rushed towards the city pass.
Zhang Fu raised his hand and saw Sergeant Annan entering the place where he could shoot.
Order: "Fire arrows!"
The arrow rose into the sky and fell gracefully.
Sergeant Annan collapsed instantly and screamed repeatedly, but other sergeants soon followed, and the entire attack formation remained intact.
"Fire the arrow!"
Zhang Fu observed the battlefield coldly and ordered.
After three rounds of arrow rain, although Annan lost more than 300 people, most of them had reached the city gate thirty steps away.
"kill!"
Sergeant Annan rushed towards the city wall quickly, and siege ladders were erected one after another, with the top extending directly to the crenellations of the city wall. The Ming sergeants pushed down the siege ladders with their long spears. The dull sound of the siege ladder falling was accompanied by the sound of broken bones. .
Big stones rolled down from the city tower and hit the big log. The heavy force caused dozens of people carrying the big log to fall to the ground. At the same time, the sergeants on the top of the city tower began to release the stones below. arrow.
Some Annan sergeants climbed the siege ladder to the crenellations of the city wall. Before they could jump onto the wall, they were chopped down with a knife.
Bodies began to pile up under the city, and the fighting became increasingly fierce.
Seeing that the losses were so great, Li Xingyuan quickly went to Hu Mu and begged: "Sir, please use the divine machine cannon to cover it!"
Hu Mu shook his head and said: "I only have three divine machine cannons in my hand. I am not sure about the position of the Ming general, so I must not use them. Besides, the Ming army is still in momentum, so it is not the time to use the divine machine cannons."
Li Xingyuan saw Hu Mu jumping up and down anxiously, and shouted: "If this continues, our sergeants will suffer heavy losses. When the time comes, we will not be able to capture the city pass, and we will all die!"
This guy looks smart, but is actually a fool.
If he hadn't relied on Hu Du's connections, how could he have commanded the army? !
Chen Zhe looked in the direction of the city gate, pointed, and said: "The man standing at the top of the city holding a knife and commanding should be the commander-in-chief, General Hu. If we use the divine machine cannon at this time, we will definitely kill him in one fell swoop. It can boost the power of our army and capture Zhennan Pass in one fell swoop. Once this pass is reached, the general will be famous in Annan."
Hu Mu's eyes lit up and he was overjoyed. He sent Li Xingyuan away: "Go back and order the sergeants to attack the city at all costs. I will immediately arrange divine machine cannon support!"
Li Xingyuan glanced at Chen Zhe gratefully, then hurried back to the front of the formation and directed the subsequent sergeants to rush through the pass.
Hu Mu ordered to take out his three divine machine cannons, and then arranged for people to block them, and arranged them two hundred steps away from Zhennan Pass, pointing the barrels towards the city pass.
"Boom boom boom!"
There were three thunders and three gunpowder stones flew out.
Wang Yuanxing was commanding the battle. When he suddenly saw this scene, he rushed towards Zhang Fu without thinking. The cannonball exploded on the city wall, and the powerful power tore apart the city wall bricks at the crenellations. Four or five Ming Dynasty sergeants He was blown out of the city wall and fell to the bottom of the city.
Zhang Fu felt that his face was covered with viscous liquid, and he quickly grabbed Wang Yuanxing and shouted: "Wang Yuanxing, get up, get up!"
Wang Yuanxing looked at Zhang Fu with a grin, blood coming from the corners of his mouth. He opened his mouth, but there was no sound.
Yuan Yue looked at Wang Yuanxing, who had half of his waist penetrated by artillery fragments, and the bones on his shoulders were also exposed. He couldn't help shouting, and slashed a soldier who was climbing the city with his knife. The knife got stuck in the opponent's neck. Then he cut it suddenly!
Zhang Fu was sitting behind the city wall, looking at the dead Wang Yuanxing, clenching his fists, standing up and shouting to Huang Gui: "Find the opponent's artillery points and kill them for me!"
Huang Gui wiped the corners of his eyes and went to prepare. At this time, Annan's divine machine gun was activated again!
city wall
Trembling, the crenels began to crack, and Sergeant Annan began to appear in some areas cleared by cannon stones, and they were quickly annihilated by the Ming army that rushed over.
Fighting over and over again, blood flowed like a river!
When Hu Du's magic cannon sounded again, Huang Gui ordered the cannon to be fired. More than ten shells and three shells went towards each other, and then staggered in the sky, going opposite to each other!
Earth-shaking roars continued to be heard.
The Zhennanguan Gate Tower was destroyed, and Hu Du's three divine machine guns and gunners were killed, resulting in heavy losses.
A cannonball landed not far from Humu, and the scene was a mess of blood and flesh.
"Withdraw, withdraw!"
Hu Mu couldn't help but be horrified when he saw this situation, and quickly ordered a retreat.
Li Xingyuan looked at the sergeants who were ascending the city, and his heart was full of unwillingness. If he persisted, would he have a chance to recapture the city gate? If we retreat at this time, wouldn't it mean that so many sergeants have been sacrificed in vain?
But without the support of follow-up forces, Li Xingyuan simply did not dare to continue fighting!
"withdraw!"
Li Xingyuan issued the order to retreat.
Zhang Fu looked at Yuan Yue and Pan Cheng, and coldly ordered: "Pursue!"
Yuan Yue and Pan Cheng agreed, walked down the city wall, and led people to open the gate of Zhennanguan.
Li Xingyuan, who was retreating, was suddenly shocked. The gate that he couldn't enter was actually opened?
Li Xingyuan just wanted to call Hu Mu, but there was no trace of Hu Mu anywhere, and the sergeants he brought were in the process of retreating. How could they be organized in a hurry.
Turning your back to the enemy is already a defeat!
Run!
Li Xingyuan heard the sound of the cannon and knew it would be too late if he didn't run.
Yuan Yue and Pan Cheng led not many people, only five hundred, but they were all cavalry, and these horses were also captured from Sergeant Annan.
The speed of the cavalry was much faster than that of the infantry. In addition, Annan's army was disorganized and lost the battle. It was unable to resist at all. After chasing for more than ten miles, they defeated Hu Mu's army five times and killed more than 600 people. Fang withdrew his troops and returned to Zhennan. close.
After this battle, Hu Mu lost more than half of his 3,000 men, and he only escaped with more than 1,000 men, and met Hu Du's main force halfway.
Hu Du couldn't believe that Hu Mu was in such a miserable state and was so helpless that he had to fight a good siege but ended up being chased. He was so incompetent that he really exhausted his entire army!
But what can I do? This is my younger brother and I can’t kill him...
Hu Du ordered to remove Hu Mu from his command position and arranged for Chen Zhe to take over the command. Before Chen Zhe could be happy about his promotion, he heard an order:
Attack Han Guan with all your strength, fight to the last man, and don't let Han Guan enter Zhennan Pass for ten miles!
Chen Zhe is not Hu Mu, who has a muddled brain. He is an extremely sober general. Let him lead more than a thousand defeated soldiers to resist Han Guan's 10,000 army?
Doesn't this cost your own life?
But Chen Zhe did not refuse. Instead, he led Li Xingyuan and a group of sergeants to find a suitable defensive place.
The corpse of Sergeant Annan could be seen from time to time along the way, but Hu Du had no intention of stopping until eight miles outside Zhennanguan. Hu Dufang ordered a halt and ordered Yang Xiu to lead a thousand men to groping forward. After confirming that there was no danger, he set up camp. They moved outside Zhennanguan and occupied the entrances to the mountains on both sides.
Hu Du studied the city defense of Zhennanguan, summoned the generals, and issued a murderous military order: "Fight at the third watch. With the order of one drum, go to the city; with the order of two drums, ascend the city; with the order of three drums, those who do not climb the city will be killed." !”
