Changzhou is more important to the Huai Army, but not that important.
It is important because it is an important area at the junction of the Huai Army's west and Liu Song's territory. Changzhou's change of hands means that Liu Song's troops can threaten Wuxi and Jiangyin.
But there is some truth in saying it is not important.
Because the Huai Army only needs to defend the Jiangyin and Wuxi defense lines and create opportunities for the Huai Army to the east to win.
As long as Soochow is defeated by the Huai Army, it doesn't matter whether Changzhou is in their hands or not. After Soochow is overthrown, Changzhou's affairs will be between the Huai Army and Liu Song.
Whether Changzhou is in hand or not will not affect the situation of the war between the Huai Army and Soochow.
Faced with more than one million soldiers besieging Liu Song's troops, if Liu Yu did not want to be defeated and flee, he had no choice but to withdraw from Changzhou's territory and must not confront the Huai army head-on.
At this time, the Huai Army's West Route Army had a total of 200,000 soldiers. It was only a small number of the elite who went south to ambush Sun Jian.
After taking Wuxi, the subsequent troops quickly crossed the river to join Fu Youde.
Yang Dayan had hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in Wuxi. After receiving Fu Youde's order, he did not dare to neglect and immediately sent a general and tens of thousands of infantry to support. Xiao Daocheng also sent people to expedite a large amount of food and grass supplies.
Thirty miles outside Changzhou City, the camp built by the Huai Army is getting bigger and bigger. Cloud chariots roar in every day to transport weapons, supplies and soldiers.
Fu Youde's 20,000 cavalrymen continuously patrolled the camp for dozens of miles to guard against Liu Laozhi suddenly sending troops out of the city to rob Yunche.
At first, Liu Laozhi did send a horse forward to test.
But as soon as more than a thousand cavalry left the city, they were found by the Huai Army's elite cavalry and were quickly annihilated.
After such a loss.
Liu Laozhi did not send any more troops out of the city, but began to recruit young men within his ranks to repair the city and prepare to withstand the siege.
Late December in the fourth year of Taichu.
It was supposed to be the time for the Chinese New Year, but the elite troops of the Huai Army and the Liu Song Dynasty began to engage in a bloody battle relying on Changzhou City.
boom!
The trebuchet fired a large number of kerosene bombs, and the red kerosene turned into red flaming meteors. The blazing fire was like a meteor shower, bombarding the city of Changzhou indiscriminately.
In order to attack Soochow, the Huai army prepared a large amount of supplies.
Among them, the kerosene bombs alone can satisfy the Huai army's base of using kerosene bombs to completely ignite and burn a city dozens of times.
The fire oil and flames were burning, and when they landed on the top of the city, the red flame meteor seemed to have touched the barrier, but it was like piercing a layer of gauze, without any stagnation.
After all, Changzhou is not Changshu or Suzhou. Without the military formations of the Sun family of Soochow, ordinary military formations would be difficult to effectively resist when faced with the evil aura of iron fire and the murderous intent of tens of thousands of troops.
The greatest ability of the magic circle is to weaken the vitality of heaven and earth. It can bombard physical objects such as kerosene bombs, and its defense is limited.
When the fireball landed on the top of the city, a large number of sparks were scattered in all directions. As soon as these sparks landed on the soldiers, they burst into flames again.
I saw the garrison soldiers screaming horribly.
Flames rolled, screams shook the sky, and the city of Changzhou was plunged into blood and fire.
The soldiers of Liu Song, who could be called veterans, and the young men who were forced to the top of the city were burned miserably.
There were as many as two to three thousand soldiers killed by kerosene bombs alone.
The biggest effect of the kerosene bombs was not to directly kill, but to cause a large number of wounded soldiers to consume Liu Laozhi's resources and break the formation of the guards on the city, creating opportunities for archers and early soldiers to attack the city.
"Use sand and earth to extinguish the fire. Don't be afraid, the Huai army won't be able to attack!"
Liu Laozhi commanded his soldiers on the top of the city to defend against the first round of bombardment from kerosene bombs.
At this moment.
A majestic voice echoed between heaven and earth. Like rolling thunder, shocking the mind.
"Liu Laozhi, how dare you come out and challenge me!"
While launching the siege, Fu Youde jumped into the air, his temperament touching the sky and the earth, and his powerful aura crushed the city head, causing considerable pressure on Liu Song's soldiers.
"Why don't you dare!"
Of course, Liu Laozhi was not that timid turtle. After being invited to fight, he directly handed over the command to his deputy, Sun Wuzhong, and with a flash of his body, he also arrived in mid-air.
The two people in mid-air just looked at each other.
The next moment, boundless red flames and storms swept across the sky.
The two ninth-level top generals were fighting, alarming the fighting soldiers on both sides. The sky was full of different phases, filled with wind, fire, thunder and lightning, as well as magical auras such as blood evil and earth.
The movements of both sides caused the mighty power of heaven and earth to surround them.
Such magical powers and abilities are almost the same as those of the half-immortals and land gods in historical legends.
Fu Youde's personal ability is still above Liu Laozhi.
However, Liu Laozhi was assisted by city walls and soldiers, and the Faxiang Gangqi was consumed very slowly. This kind of blessing allowed him to hold off Fu Youde for a while.
Without ten days and a half, it would be difficult for Liu Laozhi to highlight his defeat.
When the two figures turned into rainbow lights and violently collided, creating waves of ripples in the sky and earth, shattering countless clouds in the sky.
Thirty miles away to the west of Changzhou.
A man wearing iron armor with a majestic face was looking in the direction of Changzhou. His eyes seemed to be able to penetrate the void and see the two sides fighting.
As well as countless generals and soldiers who fought hard on the battlefield.
"His Majesty……"
He Qian, the general of Liu Song Dynasty, urged his war horses to come to this man and saluted respectfully.
"General Liu Laozhi is fighting Fu Youde, and there is no winner for the time being!"
The visitor was Liu Yu, the emperor of Liu Song Dynasty.
The three thousand cavalry beside him were Beifu soldiers, a special force selected and trained by Liu Song from among the elite soldiers and horses, replenished and armed.
Each one of them is a warrior who can equal one to a hundred.
"There is no winner for the time being... Okay!"
"Okay! Wang Jing's men are really talented. Just Fu Youde can stop the elite soldiers led by Liu Laozhi. Then if the main force of the Huai Army advances westward, won't our country be wiped out by the other side?"
Liu Yu admired it but also felt a little regretful.
He had a high opinion of Fu Youde, believing that the opponent was as talented as a general, as good as his own generals Wang Zhene and Tan Daoji in history.
"Your Majesty, the Huai army is attacking the city now. There is a gap in the strength of the troops in front and behind. Why don't our army take this opportunity to attack and cooperate with General Liu Laozhi inside and outside to defeat the powerful enemy?"
General He Qian reminded.
Liu Yu was slightly moved. What the other party said was very tempting. He led the elite Beifu soldiers without letting the Huai army find out, but it was a great advantage. If used well, he could be surprised and kill with one blow.
"No!"
Liu Yu thought for a while and still refused. "Fu Youde seems important, but in fact he is just a troop of the Huai Army's West Route Army. There are less than 100,000 troops outside Changzhou City, which is too few."
"Even if Fu Youde is defeated by an internal and external attack, with the opponent's strength, I can't stop him if he wants to leave... If we can't kill the enemy general, it will have no effect on the current situation!"
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