On the New Year's Day of the first lunar month, Chen Shubao and his ministers and concubines were extremely drunk. Chen Shubao lay drunk in the fairyland with the queen and concubine in his arms, and did not wake up from his dream until noon the next day.

At this time, the Sui army had launched a full-scale attack on Nanchen. Nearly 600,000 Sui troops spread out along the river, divided into multiple routes and went south to launch a fierce attack on Nanchen. The battle for the Sui Dynasty to unify the world finally kicked off.

The sun had just risen from the east. The sentry of the Quarry Fortress rubbed his hazy sleepy eyes and looked towards the river. Suddenly he saw, in the hazy mist, an overwhelming array of Sui warships approaching. The sentry was shocked and rolled over.

He crawled to the ground and ran to ring the alarm bell. The ding-dang-dang alarm bell echoed in the air, waking up all the officers and soldiers of Nanchen. The officers and soldiers of Nancheng ran up the city wall and saw the formation of Sui warships covering the river and blocking the sun. They were all frightened to death.

Xu Zijian ran up the city wall in full robes to encourage and cheer up the soldiers. Chen Jun regained some fighting spirit and began to enter the fighting position under Xu Zijian's order to prepare for battle.

He Ruobi's army was responsible for attacking the quarrying fortress. He Ruobi did not immediately use his boat formation to attack the quarrying fortress on the river. Instead, he divided his troops into two groups. One group was bluffing on the river, while the other group was led by him personally in the quarrying area.

Land on the side and storm the quarry fortress from the land.

I saw the Sui army rushing towards the fortress like a tide. Chen's officers and soldiers tried their best to resist under the command of Xu Zijian. Arrows were shot down desperately, and the rolling stones and wood rumbled non-stop. The battle lasted from morning to noon.

After more than two hours of fierce attack, the Sui army still could not break through Chen Jun's defense. At this moment, there were mountains of corpses under the city wall, and the ladders burned by rockets were burning fiercely. Chen Jun's resistance was somewhat beyond the Sui army's expectations.

He Ruobi, who immediately stood under the commander's banner, frowned and shouted: "Yue Peng!!"

A dark-skinned general with a tough temperament immediately rushed over, clasped his fists and said, "General Mo is here!" This person is Yue Peng, General Zuo Xiaowei, He Ruobi's right-hand general. He has a wolf army under his command, which is very powerful.

He is brave and good at fighting. He has repeatedly performed extraordinary feats in the war against the Turks, making his enemies frightened.

He Ruobi pointed to a section of wall on the left side of the city gate where there was no fighting and said: "Immediately lead the Langtu soldiers to attack that wall."

Yue Peng glanced in the direction of He Ruobi's finger and saw that although his own army did not pay attention to that city wall, Chen Jun's officers did not seem to notice it either. There were not many defenders on that wall. Yue Peng clasped his fists confidently

He said: "The general will definitely live up to his command!" Then he dismounted his horse and called on his three thousand wolf soldiers to join the wave of attack. They quickly ran to the relatively calm city wall and set up a ladder to quickly attack the city.

Chen Jun, who was defending that section of the city wall, was caught off guard. There were shouts and exclamations. In the blink of an eye, the Sui army's wolf soldiers rushed to the top of the city. They killed Chen Jun's officers and soldiers with such savage blows that their bodies were turned upside down and their bodies were flying everywhere.

It's time to break through Chen Jun's defense.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Xu Zijian hurriedly ordered all the reserves to join the battle. At this moment, Chen Jun's soldiers were also desperate, and one after another they rushed towards the wolf soldiers on the top of the city. The soldiers on both sides fought bloody battles, with roars and screams, and flying

With the light of the sword and the blood flying all over the sky, the soldiers fell into a pool of blood one by one, and the officers fell from the top of the city one by one. However, the Langtu soldiers were too powerful. Although the Chen Army reserve team was dozens of times larger than them,

However, they were still unable to repel them. Instead, the battle situation gradually became unfavorable to the Chen Army's officers and men. The Langtu soldiers' savage killing sprees left Chen's officers and soldiers covered in blood and flesh, leaving mountains of corpses. Chen's officers and soldiers gradually became frightened.

Xu Zijian was so anxious that he had no choice but to order the crossbowmen to shoot at the city head. At this moment, he could not take care of his own officers and soldiers. After receiving the order, the crossbowmen immediately turned around and fired arrows at the city head.

The rain of arrows swept away the city wall one after another. The Wolf Tu soldiers on the city head were hit by arrows one after another, and the Chen Army soldiers were not spared. They screamed and fell into a pool of blood. The Wolf Tu soldiers' offensive was finally contained.

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When Yue Peng saw that his Langtu soldiers failed to break through Chen Jun's defense line in one fell swoop, Yue Peng became furious and ordered his Langtu soldiers to continue attacking.

However, at this moment, Xu Zijian personally commanded the soldiers to dump barrels of kerosene from the top of the city, and then threw down the torches. The flames suddenly shot up and spread instantly, turning the area under the city wall into a sea of ​​​​fire. Wolf Picture

The soldiers fell into the sea of ​​fire and screamed strangely as they were burned. Yue Peng was so shocked that he had to lead his Langtu soldiers to retreat temporarily.

At the same time, other troops and horses failed to break through the Chen Army's defense line. Although the battle was very fierce, it would be difficult for the Sui Army to break through the Chen Army's defense line in a short period of time.

He Ruobi frowned. He originally hoped to break through the Quarry Fortress with lightning speed, but now it seems that he was too optimistic before. He Ruobi was a famous general in the Sui Dynasty. Seeing this situation, he made a decisive decision and ordered the army to stop attacking.

. He planned to wait for various heavy siege equipment to be delivered before launching a fierce attack. The Sui army's various heavy siege equipment had already been prepared, but the equipment was too heavy, so it fell behind and it would take another day to arrive.

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The Sui army stopped attacking and retreated. Chen Jun on the quarry fortress couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and cheered. However, some soldiers couldn't help crying when they saw the bodies of their companions. Xu Zijian stood at the top of the city.

Patrolling everywhere, cheering for the soldiers. Xu Zijian stood by the city wall, looking at the prosperous Sui army camp outside the city, feeling extremely heavy. He knew that although he withstood a round of Sui army attacks, he could not rely on quarrying alone.

The tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the fortress cannot be defended no matter what. The only plan for now is to quickly gather the national army to block the navy along the Yangtze River, otherwise the victory of this great battle will be determined.

Xu Zijian rushed back to the government office and immediately wrote a memorial, ordering his subordinates to rush back to Jiankang and present it to the emperor.

The Sui army's tent outside the city.

He Ruobi and a group of generals were discussing matters, and all the generals looked annoyed. Yue Peng cursed angrily: "How dare the people of the Southern Dynasty resist the heavenly soldiers. When the city is broken, they will be killed without leaving a trace!" Many of them!

The generals all echoed the call and shouted to kill, as if they couldn't get rid of the hatred in their hearts until they killed all the people in the Southern Dynasty.

At this time, a scout hurried in and reported to He Ruobi: "General, General Han Qinhu has broken through the front line of Dangtu and Chen's army has marched straight in!"

He Ruobi frowned, and all the generals became anxious. Yue Peng said anxiously: "This is not good! Han Qinhu broke through Dangtu, and he is afraid that he will invade Jiankang before us!" Then he cupped his fists at He Ruobi.
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