On the night of the fourth day of the eighth lunar month, Shi Jin and the others turned back to Xinzhou all the way through the mountains. In the early hours of the morning, the number of Jurchen scouts passing by in the mountains gradually increased, which meant that they crossed the mountain where tens of thousands of Jurchen troops were temporarily stationed. , can vaguely see the light of the bonfire rising into the sky, leaning over the ground, can feel the humming that tens of thousands of horses can still bring at night.
There was even a faint cry in the air.
In the early morning of the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, they had already arrived in Xinzhou. At this time, the north gate of Xinzhou city was closed, and the south gate was open. The soldiers entered and the civilians were released. The news that the Jurchen army was coming to the south had also reached Xinzhou at this time. Shi Jin and the others entered Xinzhou almost at the last moment of closing the city. At this time, the city was already in chaos.
The sudden southward movement of the Jin * team has caused huge waves in the entire Wu Dynasty, but for ordinary people, the information they can get is often various and varied. Even though Jurchen has broken through Yanmen Pass and headed all the way south, most people still can't understand the meaning of it accurately. Those who are willing to leave are mostly those who can't make the decision to escape with their family in a short time, waiting anxiously in their hearts. With the development of the situation, and due to the influx of a large number of refugees, tens of thousands of troops, and the panic caused by the departure of some original residents, a large number of ecology in the city are rapidly tilting in the direction of disorder.
Refugees poured into the city and began to ask for food from the government. Some people saw the escape of the city residents and began to occupy the vacant houses. The friction in the panic led to a large number of fights, and the secret conflicts between several gangs in the city began to intensify. The army only cares that there will be no chaos in the city, but they don't care about the details. They requisitioned a large number of houses in the north of the city, and began to demolish the houses near the city wall to make rolling stones. Many enthusiastic people also participated in it and hoarded materials for the defense of the city on the city wall.
Qian Fei still had some connections in the vicinity, and he quickly found acquaintances in the government. Arrange Shi Jin and Chen Xiuqing into the team of civilians guarding the city - as for the two "Hebei Shuangying", because Chen Xi's right hand was broken, they could not move quickly, Tang Zuhan had to take care of his companions, and the two went with Shi Jin and others. Off the team. The rivers and lakes gather and disperse like duckweed, after this. It should be difficult for everyone to see each other again.
It was too late to do too many things, Shi Jin and others helped demolish the houses and consolidate the defense in the team of civilians, and on the sixth day of the sixth day, the first batch of Jurchen troops. Arriving at the hillside in the northwest of Xinzhou, after that, horse teams, infantry teams, and groups of Yisheng Army who pressed civilian prisoners, gathered from all directions in the north to Xinzhou City.
Looking over from the Xinzhou city wall, on the opposite field and hillside, the figures gathered in batches gradually merged into the scale of tens of thousands of people, stretching all over the mountains and plains. In front of the Jurchen army formation. A large number of civilians of the Wu Dynasty were gathered, and from time to time a horse team in charge of guarding passed by, waving whips at the crowd. He even waved away the steel knife, bringing flesh and blood on the bodies of the men and women in the crowd. In the weeping, the black piece was like a huge flock of cattle and sheep.
The staggering old man, the pale-faced child, the swaddled woman, the young man covered in blood, and even the corpse of the deceased were all held by ropes piece by piece. Rich businessmen, officials, soldiers, and civilians were in that dark crowd. One by one, the ragged voices made low-pitched sobbing—due to the scolding and beating of the Jurchen, there were not many people who dared to cry loudly. Occasionally one or two would be shot dead by a nearby Jurchen archer—so much so. The large-scale crying still merged into a miserable sound, which spread to the city wall of Xinzhou.
The defenders on the city wall could only watch all this silently, and this afternoon, there was a riot in this part of the outer city for a while. It was a young general who wanted to lead an attack, but was scolded by the defender of the city. go back. Shi Jin was preparing to roll a log in the corner of the city wall, watching all this silently.
The Jurchen army, the Liao people who originally formed the Yisheng Army, are still gathering constantly, and the number of civilians who have been arrested and driven from the vicinity is also increasing. That night, the Jurchen army outside the city did not even set up large-scale tents. They were preparing a ladder to attack the city in the mountains behind the army formation, and they were also waiting for equipment from the follow-up army, while a large number of Jurchen slept in the wilderness. , on the hillside, waiting for the day.
The fire continued, and that night, the gathering of the Jurchen army in batches did not stop from beginning to end. The cavalry scouts walked around the city with torches, simply preventing the attack of the Wu Dynasty army. Early the next morning, when mist was still in the air, Wanyan Zonghan watched the surrounding situation on the hillside, and then waved his hand.
"Offensive," he said.
The Jurchen blew the horn.
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The severe pain seemed to have gradually become numb until now, and the chill fell on him, as if he had no longer felt it. When the noisy sound sounded, he was dragged to his feet and squeezed forward. There was mist in the air, and in the distance, was the city wall of Xinzhou, and the voice of the Jurchen came from behind.
His name is Wu Cheng, and he is a farmer near Dai County. He is thirty-five years old. Not long ago, he had a wife and a daughter who was about to marry, but now he has no more.
He... always felt that everything that happened in front of him was an illusion, maybe he could wake up at some point...
Two days ago, the team of the Yisheng Army rushed into his village and they were taken out. He saw a group of people insulting his wife and daughter, then killed them and broke one of his hands, Another stone was thrown on his head.
When he woke up, he was already tied and led in the team. The moment his broken right hand was pulled, it was an unspeakable pain. He staggered forward, trembling, and only his wife flashed before him. The scene of dying with his daughter, he kept thinking back to that moment, regretting why he didn't find a hoe or rake, or... There was a kitchen knife not far from him, but he didn't know why he didn't get it.
In front of him was a fat woman whose clothes were sparsely torn, and she was about forty or fifty years old, crying all the time. His severed hand was pulled, and the pain caused him to keep falling. Because the clothes on his body were not very good, the waistband was broken, and when the pants fell, he tripped on the ground. The Jurchen came over and beat him, and the team walking back and forth dragged him in the muddy water. After that, he didn't even have any pants, and he was dragged in the line like that.
For a middle-aged man, walking all the way without his pants, he couldn't figure out what it meant. All the way. Without stopping, many people in the crowd had their feces and urine in their trousers, and the stench rose as they walked. There was no food to eat, only when passing through the stream. They were allowed to drink water. After traveling for two days, they were gathered under the Xinzhou city. Then this past night, Wu Cheng was pulled to walk.
Why don't you try your best... He thought to himself, but there are people who are crying and have to move forward. It seems that someone in the back has been killed, and Jurchen's voice is getting more and more fierce. In the hazy vision, Wu Cheng knew that the Jurchen was driving them towards Xinzhou City. There are flags of the Wu Dynasty on the city wall. There are a lot of officers and soldiers, Wu Cheng thought, they might come down to save people. But a certain understanding and fear in my heart also deepened. Surprisingly, he knew in his heart that there was going to be a war.
The force of the pull made him stagger forward a few steps, the voice of the Jurchen getting closer, and then someone passed him and slashed the rope with a knife. But it's also those Jurchen soldiers dressed in weird clothes, they are mixed in the crowd. The bow and arrow were raised towards the city wall.
In the noisy voice, someone shouted from the back: "Go! Run! If you don't go, you will die!" Sometimes there are screams. The rope that bound Wu Cheng's arm was still there, but it was no longer connected to the people in front and behind, but Wu Cheng was still being pushed and squeezed forward, and the one in front of him was already leaning on his back. The Jurchen who was walking forward with the bow and arrow, Wu Cheng wanted to go up and bite him, but it seemed that some kind of repulsion prevented him from doing so. The image of his wife and daughter being insulted again swayed in front of his eyes. The daughter was torn off her clothes. Crowd screaming...
With a swipe, the Jurchen soldiers in front loosened their bowstrings, and arrows flew towards the city wall of Xinzhou. Not far from the side, there was a long ladder walking.
The battle ahead suddenly became even more chaotic. Countless voices made Wu Cheng's ears noisy. He was pushed to the ground, and someone stepped on him. When his eyes recovered again, he howled not far away. It was the fat woman who used to walk in front of him. She was crawling on the ground, blood all over her body, and crying frantically. One of her calf was trampled off, twisted so badly, her blood was dripping with white blood. Broken bones, when a Jurchen rushed over, she desperately put her hands on the ground, trying to crawl to the side to avoid the other party.
Why don't you work hard... Wu Cheng's mind came to this thought again, but he was in severe pain and his hand was broken, but he thought, he could use his body to kill a person and bite him. Thinking like this, he Trying to stand up with difficulty, suddenly, a greater thrust pushed him to the ground, and an arrow flying from the city wall shot into his neck.
Wu Cheng was nailed to the ground and died forever.
Around the corpse, countless people were screaming, running, and shouting. The Jurchen drove the civilian captives, shot bows and arrows, carried a ladder, and rushed towards the city wall of Xinzhou City.
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Shi Jin poured a pot of boiling oil and stood there, watching the Jurchen rushing frantically.
He studied under Wang Jin, the instructor of the 800,000-strong forbidden army, and later joined Liangshan. He also fought against officers and soldiers. He had seen some things in the world, and he probably understood what it was like to attack and defend a city. Although it was unclear how many officers and soldiers the Wu Dynasty had prepared in Xinzhou at this time, according to his approximate visual estimation, the preparations for defense should be quite sufficient.
The Jurchens had little preparation for the siege equipment. They gathered under the city of Xinzhou, but it took a day to transport them from places like Yanmenguan and Daixian, or make them from local materials. It's just something as simple as a ladder. Large instruments like catapults, they don't have one. But they still attacked.
The arrows covered the top of the city wall, and the defenders of the Wu Dynasty immediately responded with color. Most of the surging crowd below were actually civilians who originally belonged to the Wu Dynasty. However, at this moment, no one has the power to choose. When the Jurchen drove them over, their fate was almost decided.
Then, the cloud ladder was set up, followed by flying hooks.
The Jurchen set up the ladder, pulled the rope, and climbed up bravely and frantically. The defenders above put down the rolling wood and stone, and put down the wolf-toothed slap with barbed iron thorns to defend against Yaksha. In Shi Jin's eyes, the Jurchen even had obvious dodging movements during the rapid climb.
"What are you doing! Don't die! Go down!"
The moment Shi entered the station, the Wu Dynasty officer next to him suddenly rushed over and pulled Shi Jin. It was a young petty official, Shi Jin hurriedly ducked to the back, and he called him down to move the stone, and then the petty officer took out a small iron pan-like goggle from his arms and threw it to Shi Jin.
The other side huddled behind the parapet wall and shouted, "Put it on your head! Put it on your head!" Xu Shi regarded Shi Jin as a stupid big man.
Shi Jin rushed down the city wall and came up the second time. Seeing that the little officer had an arrow stuck in his head, he fell in a pool of blood and stopped moving. He took off the bow and arrow that the junior officer was carrying, and shot a few arrows under the city wall. One arrow also rubbed his cheek and shot in the surging crowd. A Jurchen archer saw him, and Shi Jin returned an arrow. The arrow missed the opponent and killed a civilian in front of him. The opponent shot another arrow, Shi Jin ducked, and then headed down. When I pulled the bow with all my strength, the little bow snapped.
The entire city wall stretches out. The Jurchens are climbing frantically. They have avoided the sweeping swipes of the wolf-tooth slap, the yaksha slam, and even cut off the ropes of these defensive devices. further afield. The Jurchen cavalry was rapidly expanding in two directions. Most of the knights on these cavalry were carrying bows and arrows and hooks to threaten the city walls in other directions of Xinzhou.
In the past, Shi Jin had heard about the siege of the Jin people. In the most powerful news, Wanyan Agu led the army to conquer the Liao Kingdom and went to Beijing, which only took three hours. It's almost unbelievable. However, the moment he witnessed these Jurchen offensives, he suddenly understood. This statement may not be surprising.
When the arrows covered the city wall, the defenders of the Wu Dynasty hardly dared to lift their heads. However, under the city wall, those tall and fierce Jurchens came up quickly along the ladders and ropes. Some people's ropes were cut off and fell into the moat, but the moat had already been filled with the blood and corpses of the civilians of the Wu Dynasty. , If these people were not dead, they rushed out and started the second round of climbing. Taking the city wall as the boundary, in the huge conflict and chaos, the first Jurchen soldier rushed to the wall in less than half an hour. After being beheaded by soldiers of the Wu Dynasty, the city wall of Xinzhou was repeatedly killed by Jurchen Step on.
Shi Jin gritted his teeth, ran down the city wall, and rushed to a nearby blacksmith shop that had been demolished. The blacksmith had been called by the army to build weapons, but there was also something the army didn't want. It was an iron rod hidden in the ruins. , Shi Jin pulled it out and rushed towards the city head again. Huge chaos was ringing on the other side of the city wall, and on Shi Jin's side, a Jurchen climbed up the wall and was slapped on top of his head by Shi Jin. The whole person exploded like a watermelon and fell down. .
Around, there were flying arrows and countless screams of surging killing. Shi Jin hid by the parapet. When another Jurchen soldier rushed up, he rushed over and killed him, while another Jurchen soldier not far away. On the side, the sound of fighting sounded, and a tall Jurchen man rushed up, wielding a steel knife to cut melons and vegetables, and killed two soldiers of the Wu Dynasty. Shi Jin rushed over, handed the iron rod, and shattered the man's knee, the Jurchen The man fell to the ground, swung the steel knife horizontally, and cut off a soldier's calf before being stabbed to death on the ground.
More Jurchens rushed towards the city wall...
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First, one, two, three, then five, six, seven*... When the fifth person was killed, "Iron Hook" Chen Xiuqing also rushed up and gestured towards Shi Jin, and when the seventh person was killed, Shi Jin took iron The stick was replaced with a long gun.
The blood on his body was rolling, and the palms of his hands had become hot. On such a battlefield, a person's spirit and energy have been condensed to the peak, and the flying arrows may take his life every moment, and in such a situation, he still needs to kill the enemy without error, every blow The power contained in it has reached its limit, and many previous combat experiences are not applicable here.
There is a difference between the real and the fake in the competition between the green forests. The reason for the fake and real is that you make a move at the opponent, and the opponent will avoid it when they see it. In the past, many moves in kung fu had to pre-calculate the opponent's dodging. You made a false move and pretended to attack his vital point. If he diddges, your more powerful moves would greet him, but there is no longer the distinction between false and true. Every move you make, you must go all out, the other party hardly cares about your false move, and he rushes over. You can't kill people, you just die.
In the past, the enemies Shi Jin faced, whether they were officers, soldiers or bandits, swung an iron rod around and beat them to the point of breaking their hands and feet. When the other party fell to the ground and howled, he lost his combat effectiveness, and more people would even be scared away by his bravery. And at this moment, if you break the opponent's knee, the opponent may cut you even more deadly. Similar to when you stabbed someone in the stomach without wringing hard to break his intestines. He could have slashed your head with a knife. In this way, the scene of life and death, every moment, happens on the city wall...
An hour after the battle, the battle line on the city wall was like a violently fluctuating waterline, and the Jurchen offensive was simple and direct. The strong fighting will and personal fighting skills were transformed into entities, and they were directly pushed up the city wall. Shi Jin had never seen such a solid battle, even in the heyday of Liangshan, it was impossible to fight like this.
He could only use the spear or steel knife to hit the opponent's vital points with every blow. When he killed about a dozen people, Chen Xiuqing was killed by the Jurchen soldiers in a pool of blood. Shi Jin was shot in the shoulder, and he was stabbed twice. Fortunately, he was highly skilled in martial arts, and these were minor injuries, but the pressure brought by the fierce and frantic battle directly reflected on everyone on the city wall. Every time Shi Jin kills a person, he can feel the intense consumption of mental energy. The Jurchen offensive was almost endless, constantly shooting into this reef, the city wall was rushed up from time to time, and even broke through the obstacles, and then the defenders of the Wu Dynasty mobilized soldiers to force them down the city. But the whole situation. Still slumping at a speed almost visible to the naked eye.
For the generals of the Wu Dynasty, Yanmenguan, Shuozhou, Daixian, and Xinzhou were good. Each batch of guards may have heard rumors about the Jurchen before, but most of them are also confronting the Jinren head-on for the first time. According to the city and defend the battle. At the beginning, they were more or less rational and confident, but perhaps every time, their confidence was quickly shattered by the madness of the Jurchen.
In the Battle of Xinzhou, the Wu Dynasty gathered 48,000 defenders to fight against the 32,000 Jurchen cavalry commanded by Wanyan Zonghan and the more than 10,000 Yisheng Army. The Jurchen began to drive the civilians to fight in the early morning. The broken place is the south gate of Xinzhou.
In this battle, it was the city wall on the northwest side of Xinzhou that was really attacked by the Jurchen. More than 10,000 Jurchen soldiers and the Yisheng Army, who were originally Liao people, drove the same number of civilians to carry out almost a Continuous attacks, at the same time, two teams of Jurchen cavalry walked around the city.
The speed of the Jurchen cavalry is extremely high, but the defenders on the city wall may not be able to be so fast. As noon approached, they made a feint of attacking the eastern city wall. Afterwards, they quickly concentrated near the south gate, and carried out an extremely violent attack with bows, arrows and hooks, and it took less than a cup of tea to break the city. The Jurchen who rushed into the city opened the city gate, and the south of Xinzhou fell into street fighting. At the same time, it cut off the possibility of the Wu Dynasty defenders and residents escaping.
About an hour and a half later, the North Gate was breached by a formidable attack, the defense of Xinzhou was smashed abruptly, and the crazy and tragic street battle in the city began...
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The setting sun dissipated in the sky, the smoke column rose with the flames, and countless screams and screams were heard in the ears. When the horse rushed over, the man put one end of the long spear on the ground and sank his steps.
Suddenly, there was a clattering sound, and the corpse of the warhorse pushed him, and even the Jurchen rider fell to the end of the alley, and then knocked down a wooden frame. In the dust, the Jurchen rider staggered to his feet, recognizing what was in the dust, and slammed the tip of his spear through his neck. After he fell, another swaying figure leaned against the wall and emerged from the dust.
He was also half covered in blood, and his ragged shirt revealed a scratched chest and back. On that figure, the dragon's tattoo was clearly revealed.
it's over... it's over...
Looking at this city that seemed restless in the midst of destruction, this thought flashed to Shi Jin's mind. On this day, he participated in the entire process of the battle, and he really learned what it means to be overwhelmingly powerful. In front of Jin Bing, even if they are defending the city, they can only fight to this extent, let alone fighting in the wild, what kind of situation will it be.
As a result... I forgot what I wanted to do...
He was watching the people fleeing in the county at the time, and he wanted to run away, but when he heard Qian Fei and the others discussing, he also wanted to come up and have a look. As a result, at this time, several people died and scattered, and now I may have to die...
He took out a piece of dry food on his body, took only a small mouthful, and tried to breathe as evenly as possible to regain his strength. When the footsteps of another group of soldiers came, he climbed over the wall, and then chose a direction to run over.
Several key places out of the city are said to have been mastered by Jurchen. At this time, tens of thousands of troops and the same tens of thousands of civilians were divided into the city. Resistance and fighting were still fierce, but most of the resistance and fighting were It happened in a state of collapse, and it will be annihilated sooner or later. Xinzhou is really over, and he doesn't know if it is possible for him to survive. When he rushed to a courtyard like this, it was bloody all over the place, and he suddenly confronted five Jurchen soldiers who had just finished killing people.
The two sides were stunned for a moment, and the opposite side raised their swords to kill. Shi Jin turned around and ran, crossed the hall, and rushed forward. When he rushed forward, he collided with another Jurchen soldier. Hit the wall, Shi Jin backhanded the knife and slashed, slashing the man's throat, the blood line flew out, and the rest of the people had already surrounded him.
In the light of the waving sword, Shi Jin slashed a man's throat, and he was also hit with a knife in his arm. At this moment, the sound of breaking wind roared, and some people rushed into the room, waving a large sword, slashing at the remaining ones. Four Jurchen soldiers. Shi Jin took the opportunity to behead one person, the sword killed one person, but the other two Jurchen soldiers fell directly after being hit by darts.
The one who wielded the big sword was a tall and strong man with a burly body, and the one who threw the dart outside was a middle-aged woman. The two had also experienced fierce fighting, and there was a lot of blood on their bodies. The three looked at each other for a moment, and the big man said, "Is it a brother on the road? You are good at it, do you want to come with us?"
Shi Jin just looked at them, and the woman raised her head: "You are good at martial arts. If you come, you can follow." She turned and left. The tall and strong man raised his hand: "Let's go, everyone is better than you alone."
Shi Jin nodded and followed suspiciously. The woman in front was extremely fast, and the big man followed quickly. Shi Jin exerted force with his feet, but his speed was no lower than the two of them. The woman in front of her was obviously very skilled, and she probably wouldn't be inferior to Shi Jinxiang, and she had a long stamina and still had spare strength. Every time she walked forward, she noticed that there were Jurchen soldiers in front of her, so she quickly changed her path. Seeing that Shi Jin's martial arts are really strong, the big man with the knife in the back said in a low voice, "Peng Dahu in the lower Shuanglian Mountain, what kind of way are you brothers?"
"Yan Yeren, Shi Jin." By this time, there was no need for him to hide his identity. As he ran, he bowed his hands in return, "Where are you going?"
"Go see Zhou Zongshi." Peng Dahu said. ()
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