Prince of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 158: A massive siege battle

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"There are not many Han people in the city. There are more than 100,000 women who have no fighting capacity! Besides, everyone knows that the people and women are not at the same heart with us. You think, light With those people who are not one with us and strengthening the city and trenches, can we hold on to the reinforcements that our big golden country is thousands of miles away?"

There was silence in the Jin Junjunyi hall. Liu Lin looked at everyone one by one, and asked, "Or, who is sure to stick to it for three months and wait until the reinforcements arrive?"

No one answered, a group of Jinjun generals who usually despised and underestimated the Han generals were silent under Liu Lin's gaze.

Shi Guduo, who was in the upper position, coughed lightly. In this situation, seeing the military discussion is going to be deadlocked, he can't help but speak.

Shi Guduo said to Liu Lin, "So Master Liu, do you have any good strategies?"

Facing Shiguduo, Liu Lin only slightly reduced his momentum. The reason why Liu Lin is so popular is because he hates it in his heart! If it hadn't been for these selfish golden generals to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, they wouldn't have been defeated so miserably and caught Yue Fei's ambush. He has even compromised all the generals, finally gained real power, and became the commanding group of selfish and arrogant generals. How can he let go of the opportunity to speak in front of these golden generals

Seeing Shiguduo's words, Liu Lin leaned back and said, "General Shiguduo, I do have a plan, but I need to keep extreme confidentiality. Please allow me to discuss it with you alone."

The generals of the Jin army showed anger, and Ah She evacuated and said angrily: "Master Liu, all the generals present are my Daijin generals. Could it be possible to hide the spies of the Han Chinese?"

His words are a little bit stingy. Liu Lin is a Han Chinese. What he means is that their golden generals will be more loyal than Liu Lin, a Han Chinese.

Liu Lin looked at him calmly and said, "Ashe evacuates your lord. Naturally, you won't have a problem. Please stay here later."

The generals of the Jin army were in an uproar, and Liu Lin's implication was that others were hard to be trusted. The generals of the golden army were indignant, and Nie Er and Telmen even waved their sleeves away. As soon as his two golden army generals left, several of their generals followed and left. The remaining generals of the Jin army, no one dared to protest against Liu Lin.

In fact, Nie'er and Telman who had left were ecstatic. Whoever discusses the fight against the enemy and defends the city, whoever will dispatch his troops. The two of them wanted to preserve their strength, so they left without even answering Liu Lin's words.

Liu Lin, Shiguduo, and A She evacuated several people secretly discussing for more than an hour, as for what Liu Lin's plan was, no one knew.

Outside Jiangzhou city, a large number of people from all walks of life of the letter kings gathered, flat land, ravines, valleys, plains, hills, high slopes, the letter kings army rushed back and forth everywhere. Like the sea like a tide, Wang Junjun and horses spread all over Jiangzhou outside the city. Behind the troops of King Xin's army, there are tents, which stretch for miles and endless.

The total attack started when Xin Wang Zhao Zhen arrived. All armies of the letter king approached Jiangzhou City slowly, drums shook the sky, and horns rang in unison. The letter king, Zhao Zhen, personally rode his horse to watch the enemy.

Under the blue sky, above the black city wall, there are densely packed with golden army. Looking from a distance, at the place where the day and the earth stretched and connected, there appeared female walls. Under the shining sun, the walls of this city were illuminated with blue light. The city walls are towering, with stacked walls and towers, dense like forests of golden army. It shows that the strongest golden army on Hedong Road will defend the city at all costs.

Thinking of liberating this city where the Golden Army was heavily stationed, the entire Hedong area can be liberated and recovered. In addition, the invincible Lord Lord Gongxin Wang personally supervised the battle in the rear, and the soldiers of the Xinwang army who participated in the battle were all invigorated and murderous.

According to the plan formulated in advance of the battle, the Chinese army Zhang Xian’s Beiwei army pretended to attack the East City Gate, the Chinese army Zhang’s brave army pretended to attack the South City Gate, and Wang Shan’s victory over the Czech army pretended to attack the West Gate. Wang Gui led Qinglong, Baihu, The four armies of Zhuque and Xuanwu led the firearm battalion to attack the North Road Gate.

The enemy gathered in the city will be the strongest army of Jin Guo's army on Hedong Road, so before the war, Zhao Zhen instructed Wang Gui to fight steadily! No matter which army can open the gap in the city wall, you don't have to blindly rush into the city to avoid falling into the ambush of the gold defenders in the city. Just hold the gap firmly and wait until the follow-up army keeps up with the support, and you are done!

A long and sharp "Woo woo woo -!" resounded through the Xin Wang Jun camp, and then hundreds of drums rang at the same time, and the sound shook the earth.

Hundreds of thousands of troops were dispatched together, shaking the sky and the earth. The flags of the various armies were fluttering with the wind like waves and waves, and the cavalry from all quarters was sent to run back and forth between the various army formations on the high-headed horses. The generals shouted: "Expelling the Tartars! Give me back! Long live the King! Defend the country and protect your family! No regrets and no regrets! Dead on the battlefield! Dead well! Fight--! Fight--!"

"Expelling the Tartars! Give me back! Long live the King Believe! Defend the country and protect your home! No regrets! No regrets! Dead on the battlefield! Dead right! War! War! War!" One hundred thousand warriors of the King's Army roared at the same time, and all the troops rolled over. Following up, the infantrymen from all walks of life rolled towards Jiangzhou City like black dust clouds.

The army of the King of Letters marched forward, like the roar of the sea, the smoke and dust billowed towards the distant city wall, and surged like a rough sea to the distant city. And above each phalanx, their respective flags were flying.

Within the farthest range of the three crossbows, the Xinwang Army stopped. The three crossbow is the best crossbow bed in the Northern Song Dynasty. Of course, it is a bit worse than the crossbow car of the Xinwangjun.

However, the three crossbows imitated or seized by the Golden Soldiers are also extraordinary. The three crossbows are the first two bows and one crossbow. The larger ones require seventy people to skewer and have a range of three hundred steps. The Jinjun’s latest three-bow crossbow was strung with one hundred and seventy-eight men, with a range of eight or nine hundred steps.

"Raise the shield!" Following the commanding officer's command, the soldiers of the Royal Army in the front row raised the wooden long shields, as if a copper wall and iron wall.

In the middle of the infantry phalanx, there are five hundred catapults, artillery, and ladders, moving arrow towers, and climbing towers. So many siege weapons were used in a siege, including many new artillery. , Both in human history and in the history of world warfare are unprecedented.

In order to wait for these firearms, ammunition and equipment to be transported from the rear and reduce the loss of the siege, Zhao Zhencai deliberately delayed the total attack time by a few days. After he and Yelu Dashi hurriedly signed the Anti-Golden Alliance Treaty and came back, he launched a general attack on Jiangzhou City.

In the entire army of the letter king, the crowd was like a mountain like a sea, the iron armor was sonorous, and the horses screamed. As the formation progressed, the tens of thousands of people marched in unison, and the earth was shaken by the same fluctuating stepping frequency.

Seeing such a mighty power of Xin Wang Jun, the defenders of the Golden Army on the city's head became uncontrollable chills. Once upon a time, when the Dajin Empire defeated the Song State and failed to form an army, how did you ever think that the Song people could also build such a powerful army? When the black and heavy forces flooded into the distance of Jiangzhou City, the artillery and giant slings of the Xinwang Army began to operate.

One after another sharp whistling tore through the sky, and a black spot and the tongue of fire from artillery rose from the ground. The dense slings and fire bombs rapidly expanded in the vision of the golden soldiers on the city wall, and they heard in their ears. There was a sharp whistling sound.

Thousands of large stones or blooming fire bombs descended from the sky with a terrible impact, like a dense meteor shower falling into the sea, as magnificent waves, countless stones and blooming bombs exploded or rolled on the wall. Brought up and splashed with blood-red waves and flames.

Splashing shrapnel shot and killed countless soldiers of the Golden Army who were guarding the city wall. Seeing that a large part of the golden soldiers fell on the city wall, immediately, under the command of those golden army generals and the supervision of the supervising team, the golden soldiers in the back row unswervingly stepped on the bloody corpses to continue to guard the city wall.

The Jinjun’s catapult also began to sway and radiate stones, but its range could not reach a thousand steps. Even if a few stones fell in the army of the King of Letters, under the guardianship of the shield wall of the King of Letters, the entire army of Letters of Kings remained firmly and did not receive any loss.

"Take a skirmish line! Go ahead!" The commanders of the army formation of Wang's army began to issue orders to attack. At the same time, all the commanders of the Xinwang Army at the rear were all face-sweeping. On a hill, Wang Gui issued an order: "Ballista Army, prepare for precise shooting! Firearms camp, prepare to suppress cover shooting!"

As the order was issued, amidst the sound of "creaking", the soldiers launched a high-firing 1,000-step superbowhead with gears and chains, and a cannon with shells in front of the door. A row of metal arrows appeared in the army formation of the King of Letters, exuding a cold light, and it was chilling to see. A dark muzzle also appeared, and the frightening black hole muzzle was aimed at the opposite city wall.

The soldiers quickly winded up and aimed. "Report, the shooting is ready!" Wang Gui shouted: "Let's attack immediately, and the artillery and ballista armies will shoot at once!" Under the flag bearer shaking the order flag, artillery began to fire, and ballistas began to fire. Launched, a group of troops began to rush towards Jiangzhou City.

The golden soldiers on the city wall didn't understand what was going on. A golden soldier in the front row of the city wall suddenly screamed and fell to the ground with a crossbow arrow stuck in his chest. Immediately afterwards, the golden soldiers on the city wall hit arrows one after another, and the wounded soldier lay on the ground.

The arrows became more and more dense, and they swishly brushed past the ears and shoulders of the soldiers and generals of the Jin army, or made a low puff, and then a low scream would surely be heard.

At this time, countless artillery shells shot over, and the city wall was blown up to the gravel, shaking, and shrapnel flying everywhere shot countless golden soldiers.

The wooden shields of the Golden Army could not stop the sharp arrows and fierce gunfire. More and more people were hit by arrows and shots. Before the offensive troops of King Xin's army came forward, the defenders of the Golden Army had obviously withered away.

On the city wall, the dead and wounded soldiers of the Jin Army lay down on the ground. The wounded soldiers or generals of the Jin Army or the Jin Bing Han soldiers or generals huddled together on the ground in pain, the screams of the dying and sharp swishes. The sound of the wind was mixed, and the feet of the gold soldiers were soft and slippery with blood and corpses.

The Xuanwu army that was in charge of the attack by the Xinwang army was only 500 steps away from the city wall. Dong Xian drew his sword and waved and shouted: "My great sons, good brothers, for the Xinwang, for our homeland, rush! "

"Long live the King of Letters! Go!" The soldiers of the King of Letters were beaten in blood one by one, and the entire basalt army clamored and rushed towards Jiangzhou City. Such as the flood of the embankment of the breach, an uncontrollable pounce on the walls of Jiangzhou City, and the heavy losses of the Golden Army defenders also immediately launched a counterattack on the wall, ballistas and catapults launched their power, arrows Arrows poured down like a torrential rain, and rocks fell in large numbers like hail.

The falling boulder hit the ground and the ground was trembling. Because the king's army was attacking the city as a skirmisher, so the stone fell but no one hit a few people. The stone smashed a large hole in the ground, and several soldiers of the Royal Army were swept down by the huge stone, and their bones and tendons were broken immediately.

However, all the soldiers and horses of the basalt army just swooped forward, ignoring the casualties and moving forward. Behind the assault infantry group, thousands of catapults, artillery, and ballistas were already in situ and violently fired at the defenders. The golden soldiers who will bear the ICBC can't hold their heads up.

"Report your lord! The Xuanwu army has already approached the city! The battle is about to begin!" Chuan Lingbing quickly reported to Wang Gui. On the high post, the spectators were very excited, and Niu Gao eagerly said: "Dong Xian is really good! It seems that the city is in front of you! Our army must also quickly prepare for reinforcements!" Di Lei was excited. Said: "General Niu is right! I have to go back to the army to fight!"

At this time, under the three city gates of east, west, and south, some large crossbow beds and artillery were fired at the same time in the army formation of Wang Xin. The crossbow arrows and the flowering fireballs swept out one by one. The arrows covered the sky and suppressed the golden army on the city wall. Wherever the arrow rain and the fireball went, the golden army on the city wall was flying all over the place. However, the Xinwangjun under the city concealed a charge once, and then retreated like a wave, leaving the golden soldiers beaten in vain, but did not cause much loss to the Xinwangjun under the city.

The Golden Soldiers were in this terrible metal storm of the King of Letters, their flesh and blood were as fragile as paper. The Golden Soldiers on the city wall were screaming, blood, death and panic. The Golden Soldiers archers shot arrows. Although the rain of arrows flew like locusts, and the sharp wind that broke through the air filled the space, they could do nothing to do with the King Xinjun who was hundreds of feet away from the city wall.

At this time, Zhao Zhen, with a displeased face, immediately rode on his horse. He had always believed in zero or low casualties, and he was reluctant to fight a tough battle. However, this time the Jinbing has a large number of troops, and the combat effectiveness is also strong, and the retreat speed is also extremely fast. Moreover, the Jinbing support troops from various places soon entered Jiangzhou City. His plan to take Jiangzhou City by surprise attack failed.

This time, Zhao Zhen took out almost all the ballista, gunpowder, artillery, and ammunition in Bluestone City, but still couldn't see the results he hoped, so he couldn't pass it anymore and had to personally command it.

"All the artillery in the firearms camp, give me a fierce attack on the section of the city wall about a hundred meters south of the city gate!" Zhao Zhen shouted loudly. Following the order he personally issued, the artillery fire from the firearms battalion poured out, and the artillery group suddenly changed direction and violently bombarded the section of the city wall about 100 meters south of the gate. The artillery hit a bombardment point, and the city wall immediately couldn't hold it, and the shell immediately made a crack in the city wall. Gradually, the crack suddenly collapsed and a huge gap appeared.

From the opening that opened, Dong Xianshuai's basalt troops flooded into the city. In panic, the defenders of the Golden Army had only time to quickly mobilize more than a hundred archers to snipe at the gap.

At this time, the soldiers of the Xuanwu Army's forward camp rushed up with their shields, braved rainy bows and arrows, climbed the gap in the city wall, stepped on large chunks of rubble and bricks, and rushed into the city. There was a melee with a group of golden soldiers.

The Xin Wang Jun has already invaded the city! The Azure Dragon Army, the White Tiger Army, the Suzaku Army, and the Qilin Army rushed forward, following the basalt army, covering and killing like inside the city.

The Xin Wang Jun attacked and entered the city, which was extremely shocking news for the Jin Jun. At this time, a rapid horn sounded at the city head, and the golden army flag was slammed. The long line of troops on the city moved quickly to the gap like an Oolong squad. It was the golden army that was urgently mobilizing troops to the gap. The rapidly swaying formation revealed a bit of panic.

On the contrary, the army of the offensive Xinwang Army had high morale and high morale. The army of Xinwang continued to flock to Jiangzhou City, and the soldiers filled the mountains and plains, endless, like a tsunami, and the reinforcements of Xinwang's army kept rushing up.

The city wall was shattered by artillery fire. There were more and more gaps in the city wall, and fierce battles took place at each gap. The defenders of the golden army gradually retreated, and the kings of faith advanced step by step, more and more. The part of the city wall was covered by the army of the Xinwang Army.

At this time, Wang Gui looked at the battle ahead with anxiety. And from the corner of his eye, he looked at Zhao Zhen, the faithful king who resembled the runaway Emperor Zhao Gou, but was younger, wise and brave. He found that Zhao Zhen's expression was always indifferent, except for directing the artillery of the firearms battalion to hit and attack the city wall, he did nothing else.

The letter king Zhao Zhen's face was relaxed, as if he hadn't taken the battle to heart at all. Seeing the master's confidence, Wang Gui finally calmed down. At this moment, their long-awaited call finally came from the front line: "The city is broken! The city is broken!"

On the battlefield, the soldiers of the king’s army shouted in ecstasy: "The city is broken! The city is broken! Kill!" It can be seen that countless long dragons filed into the city, and the defenders in the city were fleeing the city wall in panic. position.

Under the combination of the inside and the outside, the four gates of Jiangzhou city east, south, west, and north were occupied by the full letter king army. From the opening of the gate, all soldiers and horses of the letter king army are pouring in.

In some neighborhoods of Jiangzhou City, the defenders of the Jin Army were still fighting stubbornly, and the sound of ping-pong-pong fighting continued to be heard. The outpost quickly rushed back to report to Zhao Zhen and the generals: Your Royal Highness and sirs, the defenders of the Golden Army are retreating towards the center of the city! They dug trenches and built arrow towers in several important strongholds and streets in the center of the city. The resistance of the Golden Army is very fierce!"