Prince of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 92: Siege and bloody battle

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The thick smoke dissipated, and the beast, ignoring the black and gray face, climbed to the city wall to see the results of the battle. There were dozens of big pits in the distance. There were about a hundred corpses of the golden soldier, but there was more gold. The cavalry was hit by the flying iron nails and shattered tiles, and suffered various injuries. These golden cavalrymen have seen firearms, but they have never seen this kind of bomb. After being frightened, they quickly withdrew hundreds of meters back.

However, under the supervision of the generals of the Golden Army, the cavalry of the Golden Soldiers rushed up in a looser formation and continued to ride their horses to shoot arrows into the city. Seeing this scene, seeing that the artillery needs a cooling time. In the eyes of other Xin Wangjun, this time the results were brilliant, and hundreds of golden soldiers lost their combat effectiveness. But Zhao Zhen still slammed a punch on the wall in annoyance. The Golden Army was so powerful, and the power of this bombshell didn't hurt many Golden Soldiers at all.

Zhao Zhen walked quickly to Zhang Baoliang who was instructing the soldiers to reload the ammunition, and said: "I said General Zhang, next time you don't let the 30 guns run out in one breath, divide them into three waves and release them one by one. Don't let the cavalry approach. Archery is it!"

But Zhang Baoliang didn't even turn his head. He pointed to the soldiers who were rushing to fill the ammunition, and shouted with a loud voice: "Give me all to hurry up, you haven't eaten!" The voice was so loud that it shocked Zhao Zhen. They all felt pain in their ears, but the soldiers didn't lift their heads, as if they didn't hear Zhang Baoliang's words! Zhao Zhen paused before realizing that their ears were probably because they were too close to the artillery when they fired, and they were temporarily deaf by the loud noise!

The previous artillery had no earplugs, and the sound of the artillery was very loud. Ten artillerymen and nine deaf people were not blown away. Old artillerymen were often deaf by the loud sound. Thinking of this, Zhao Zhen hurriedly took a picture of Zhang Baoliang. Zhang Baoliang looked back at Zhao Zhen and hurriedly said in a low voice: "His Royal Highness, don't worry, you have to wait for a while before firing!"

Zhao Zhen shouted: "General Zhang, I want you to divide the cannon into three waves, fire them in batches, shorten the interval between firings, and contain the golden cavalry!" Zhang Baoliang was startled when he vaguely heard Zhao Zhen's roar. There was a buzzing in her ears, although she didn't hear all Zhao Zhen's words clearly, she also heard most of it. After thinking about it, I understood what the prince meant, and said with a thumbs up: "Master Shengming, a good way, this will be arranged at the end!" After that, he yelled again, but everyone’s hearing was restored at this time. He is busy.

Seeing that he started to make arrangements, Zhao Zhen immediately sent someone to prepare cotton earplugs to plug the ears of the artillery when they fired. All the artillery officers and soldiers saw that the master loved them so much. Although they did not know the identity of Zhao Zhen, they were also grateful for Dade's indispensable. Zhao Zhen didn't stop much at this time, shouting loudly along the city wall to boost the morale of the soldiers.

After a while, the blooming shells fired by the artillery began to roar again, and the Golden Cavalry retreated again after losing more than a hundred men. But the shelling was divided into three stages, divided into three batches. When the golden cavalrymen were about to approach the city wall again, the artillery began to roar, and the golden army left more than a hundred corpses.

The cavalry of the Jin Army are all elite, and there are many Jurchen tribesmen inside, and any Jin Army general can't bear to consume it like this. Therefore, the golden cavalry had to retreat, and the arrows falling on the city's head were greatly reduced.

With fewer arrows, the casualties of the defenders at the top of the city were greatly reduced, and there was no threat, and everyone threw stones and arrows down the city. For a time, the golden soldiers screamed constantly, and from time to time, someone was crushed into a mass of flesh by the boulders that fell from the city! Many golden soldiers were shot into hedgehogs, and many more golden soldiers were smashed down the ladder by rows of nailed rolling logs.

The Jin soldiers suffered heavy losses. Due to the rush of the march, the Jin soldiers did not have too many siege weapons, let alone heavy firearms. Therefore, the Jin Army's attack strength was really insufficient. Finally, in desperation, the Jin Bing began to call for gold to retreat. The siege soldiers picked up the ladder and began to run back, leaving more than a thousand corpses.

Seeing Jin Bing retreat, the sweaty beast sat on the ground and raised his right hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead. He didn't know that the back of his hand hurt as soon as he touched his forehead. I took a look in front of my eyes, and the back of my hand had become bloody. In such a large-scale siege, he, an infinitely powerful savage, was helpless. In addition to killing a few more golden soldiers who hit the wall, it didn't have much effect. With a sigh, the fierce beast picked up the battle armor and tore a piece of cloth from the inside of his clothes, and hurriedly wrapped it around his right hand.

At this time, a lieutenant beside Zhao Zhen limped and ran over, clasping his fists and said: "Master, the final general just counted. This time we defended the city, we killed nearly a hundred brothers in total. More than two hundred people suffered arrow wounds, of varying severity."

After resting for less than half an hour, the Jin Bing attacked again, and the attack intensity was slightly stronger than last time. However, Qingshicheng still survived the second round of the Golden Army's offensive under the firing of advanced bullets and steel cannons.

This time because of the three-stroke firing method, the Golden Cavalry did not dare to get too close from the beginning. Coupled with the first round of defensive experience, a defensive battle was fought, and the number of casualties was greatly reduced. This time, the Jin Army left 700 to 800 corpses, and Xin Wang Jun lost a total of deaths and injuries. Less than a hundred people.

After this attack, Jin Bing died down, and then there was no more movement. The guards of the city couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief. Of course, Zhao Zhen, as the main general, knew that this was just a tentative attack by the golden soldiers, aiming to find out the strength of the city's defenders! And the Jin army is waiting for siege equipment and firearms. The really hard fight will be staged tomorrow where the firearms arrive, and then it won't be the way it was today.

At night, in the brightly lit camp of the Jin Army, in the Great Tent of the Chinese Army in the Wanyanlou room, ninety thousand households and generals stood on both sides, listening to the remarks of the Wanyanlou room of Master Dutong.

After the last big defeat, Wanyan Lou's room is obviously older, but still full of energy, with a loud voice: "Dear warriors of the Great Golden Kingdom, how do you feel about the defenders in the city during the first battle today?"

After a long pause, Shi Guduo got up and said, "Master Dutong, in today's battle, the defenders in the city have a degree of defense and no chaos. It can be seen that the defense of the city is a very powerful army. This bluestone city is high and solid. , Built on the mountain, there are rivers and creeks in the city, it is not advisable to cut off the water to attack. At the end of the first day, the army was killed in battle, more than one thousand were injured, and three thousand people were lost. I feel that if we want to win this bluestone city, it is not enough to use the remaining less than 7,000 warriors under the command of the end to serve as the main attack."

The firearms of the Xinwang Army were too powerful. Shiguduo's army lost two thousand people in the first day, and another thousand people lost their combat effectiveness. There are now less than 7,000 of the 10,000 under his command. Seeing that his army has suffered a great loss, Shiguduo is anxious in his eyes, and that's why he said this.

Wanyan Loushi nodded and said, "You are reasonable. Since the defensive Song army in the city is strong and there are powerful new-style firearms, I will allocate 10,000 people from each department to temporarily cooperate with you to attack the city. "

Shi Gu Duo felt helpless when he saw Master Du Tong specified that he wanted to go out. In fact, he has repeatedly fought against the King's Army, and he has been frightened. What he said this time was actually trying to retreat to the second line and let other generals take the lead. But seeing that Du Tong insisted on letting himself go, Shi Guduo could only hardly scalp, "Thank you, Master Du Tong, I will definitely try my best to attack the city and take this Bluestone City as quickly as possible!"

The Wanyan Lou room nodded. This time, part of the army he led was from Kaifeng Mansion, the army that had just passed away from Wanyan Zongwang. He didn't trust this group of people and was afraid that they would not work hard, so he only trusted his own people.

Wanyan Zongwang's death was delayed by more than a year than Zhao Zhen knew in history. The internal news is said to have been poisoned by King Taizong. But what is going on is not clear to everyone. The power struggle between regimes in the Kingdom is also fierce, and many generals of the Jin army will become victims of regime struggles. And the prestigious Wanyan Zongwang, I'm afraid it was because of the defeat of the king of the letter that he lived a little longer.

After Wan Yan Zongwang's death, his tens of thousands of troops were dispersed and dispatched to all the Jin Army units. Jindu unified Wanyan Jammu, Jindong Road all unified Xigu King Xi Dahao, and West Route Army all unified Wanyan Lou room. Among them, because of the unfavorable war in Wanyanlou's room, the most soldiers and horses were transferred to him.

At this time, Wanyan Loushi said to Jin Jiangzhe Bie Zilin who was also responsible for spying on intelligence, "Zhe Bie Zilin, do you know who the chief of this Bluestone City is?"

Zhebie Zilin held his fist and said: "Hui Dutong, the guardian of Bluestone City is named Gao Pang, and the spy reported that he is a leader under the trust king Zhao Zhen, but this person is leading several leaders, I am afraid it is one. Control may also be possible. This person's name has not changed, so he should be someone who has no abilities."

Wanyan Loushi quietly listened to Zhebie Zilin's words, but slapped the table suddenly, and said angrily: "Zhebie Zilin, you are all responsible for this information, but you are so bad. Tell me. You, the city’s lord will be called Gao Pang, but he is not a nameless person. He is the one who robbed me of food and grass twice and defeated my army! In your eyes, such a person is an incompetent person, eh?"

Zhebie Zilin was startled, and hurriedly stood up and knelt in the middle of the big tent, and said, "Master Tutong, the final general... You will be guilty at the end, the intelligence is not good, please punish!

Wanyan Loushi let out a heavy sigh, and after a long pause, he said, "Get up, after all, it's the first time you took over this intelligence matter. Some mistakes are inevitable. Just remember this lesson. You are all He is a veteran who was born and died with Pondotong. Now Pondotong is very old, and you have multiple abilities, and you will have multiple outlets in the future." After all, it is his confidant, Wanyan Lou Shi will certainly not blame him too much. On the contrary, he said bitterly.

Zhebie Zilin slammed his head again and said, "Thank you, Marshal, Zhebie Zilin will definitely not let you down again."

In the early morning of the second day, the sun had just risen, and the rumbling drums of war came from the Golden Army camp. The beast on duty in Chengtou hurriedly put down the big steamed bun in his hand, and a Ji Ling stood up. He looked at the battalion of the Jinbing attacking the city rolling down the city, and after swallowing the buns in his mouth, the soldiers under his opponent shouted: "Brothers, the golden dog sent to death is here, and they all cheer me up. !"

Then, the beast turned his head and shouted to Zhang Baoliang, who was playing with the thirty steel cannons, and shouted: "Old Zhang, the four-legged golden dogs at the back will be handed over to you." Zhang Baoliang responded with a smile: "Okay. Lord Meng, don't worry."

The beast looked at the Jin soldiers approaching under the city, and shouted to the soldiers at the top of the city: "Brothers, I have won this battle. Tonight I beg General Gao for some beef."

When the soldiers who were busy moving stones and looking at the arrows heard this, they shouted happily. The nervousness that was originally before the war was reduced a lot at that time. Zhao Zhen in the distance smiled slightly when he saw the sound of the beast. It seemed that the beast was coarse and fine, and after a little experience, he could be on his own.

At this moment, the beast looked at the golden soldier who was less than a hundred steps away from the city wall, and shook a few times with a mace of more than 60 kilograms as if nothing, and then shouted loudly: "Archer prepare!"

The thousand archers who had already held strong bows immediately rushed to the forefront to draw their arrows and wind their arrows, one by one, staring at the golden soldiers under the city closely. The lieutenant beside the beast lay on the walls of the city wall and watched the Jin Bing approaching the city, and silently calculated the distance between the Jin Bing and the city wall.

"Sixty steps!" The archers couldn't help but tighten their hands. "Fifty steps!" The lieutenant continued to estimate the distance, and the two hands clenched into fists unknowingly, and the archers began to slowly pull the bows in their hands.

Finally, the lieutenant beside the beast jumped up and shouted: "Shoot--!" Instantly, the archers drew their bows to release their arrows, and the arrows on the strings turned into a sharp shadow and shot towards the Neng Jinbing. The dense arrows fell one after another like rain, flying into the golden army formation. In an instant, dozens of golden soldiers fell to the ground with arrows, screaming.

The archers did not stop at all, reaching out their hands to grab the arrows that had already been filled in the arrow gourd behind them, and shooting the arrows with the bow and firing three movements in one go.

Dense arrows poured down the sky and the sun. When the golden soldiers began to rush to the city and began to erect the ladder, hundreds of golden soldiers fell to the ground with their arrows, clutching their wounds and screaming! Some golden soldiers turned directly into corpses.

At this time, the golden cavalry arrived. The golden archers suppressed their shooting, and the arrow rain fell suddenly. The golden soldiers under the city also began to attack by climbing the ladder. At this time, the golden army pushed the goose chariot and the heavenly sedan to approach. One by one, the soldiers of the Jin Army stepped up from the sedan chair to the city wall and killed them. At this time, the role of the archer is no longer great, and rows of pikemen are instantly killed. The hook gun and the red cherry gun assassinated the golden soldiers, the slingers slammed down the stones, and the soldiers pulled down the rolling log full of nails and threw them down, smashing the golden soldiers down the city one by one.

The cavalry of the Kingdom of Jin began to shoot arrows to cover the infantry attacking the city, and the thirty artillery on the city wall also opened fire. Following Zhang Baoliang's order, a number of righteous cannons roared one after another. With a loud noise and thick smoke, flowers exploded in the Golden Army cavalry team. All the cavalry of the Golden Army didn't care about shooting arrows to cover them.

The fighting became more and more intense, and the number of corpses under the city increased. At this time, the offensive of the golden soldiers under the city did not weaken in the slightest, but intensified. Although the Jin soldiers who attacked the city suffered heavy casualties, the defenders of the Xinwang Army at the head of the city were not much better. The northern city wall that Jin Bing took care of was even more tragic. The beasts who personally supervised the battle looked at the soldiers lying motionless on the ground or wailing.

In desperation, he had to ask the lieutenant to bring a battalion of soldiers to replace them. After this battalion of soldiers and other soldiers in the city helped each other down, a new battalion of soldiers took over the soldiers and began to fight.

Jin Jun climbed and screamed and killed the city wall, but was stabbed by countless spear forests. The brave Golden Army carried a sword to slash, and the soldiers of the King's Army were hit by the sword one after another. You come and I go, blood and weapons are flying everywhere, screaming and roaring together. The battle between the two sides entered the bloodiest state, and the soldiers on both sides were blushing, and each life turned into a corpse.

After an hour finally passed, most of the soldiers were already exhausted. Many soldiers picked up the stone and threw it down, but a few others were dragged down by the stone because they let it go slowly. Seeing this scene, Zhao Zhen had no choice but to order reinforcements under the city to take over for them to defend the city and let them go down and take a breath.

As soon as the reinforcements came up, the golden soldiers under the city were immediately suppressed. Seeing that the guards on the city began to slowly weaken, the golden soldiers who dreamed of rushing to the city leader to receive the reward were scrambling to climb up. At this time, they were still thinking of the first one to rush to the top of the city and enter the city to receive a huge bounty.

On the ladder and the heavenly sedan, there are all Jin Jun lying all over, with their heads and buttocks densely packed. But before they had time to kill the city, the reinforcements from the city arrived, and the stones and logs on the top of the city fell like rain. Teams of archers shot and killed the Jin army. There was nowhere to hide the golden soldiers screaming and falling down the ladder and turning into meatloaf, or being smashed into flesh by the falling stones, the entire attacking formation of the golden soldiers was chaotic in an instant.

Most of the soldiers who believed in the king's army had been staying under the city, listening to the screams of killing on the city's head, and looking at the blood-stained robe that was being lifted down, they had already suffocated in their hearts. At this time, I went to the top of the city, where I could not give my life, I would throw stones or shoot arrows below without stopping. Seeing the stones and arrows falling like a torrential rain, no matter how hard the Golden Soldier could resist, the heavy casualties of the Golden Soldier threw down the ladder and ran back.

Shi Guduo, who had been following Wanyan Lou's room to observe the battle, was taken aback for a moment, and quietly glanced at the expressionless Wanyan Lou's room of Bluestone City, and said cruelly to a thousand households behind him: "Go, dare to retreat. The one chopped it down for me!"

The thousand households took the order and left. Wanyan Lou Shiwu Shu still did not move. Seeing the soldiers falling to the ground under the city, his army was dying more and more. Shi Guduo tried to persuade Wanyan Lou Shi to retreat several times. When I reached my lips, I didn’t have the guts to say it, so I just stood there in a hurry.