The night was quiet, in Linzhou City, Xu Chunyi led the people through the streets and alleys occasionally guarded by soldiers, and walked towards the gate to the southwest of the city.
As a general who was once relied on by Tian Shi, Xu Chunyi, who was born in a noble family, has an upright temperament, is brave in battle, and is a worthy companion on the battlefield.
Today's Jurchen siege, although the main pressure was borne by the Huaxia Army, Xu Chunyi's soldiers still blocked a lot of offensive pressure. Especially in the weak points in the west and south, the Jurchen once launched a surprise attack on the city. It was Xu Chun who led the elite to retake the city wall. His heroic running on the city wall was recognized by many Chinese soldiers.
During the day, the Jurchen attacked in succession, and the Huaxia army was only more than 8,000 people. Although they kept some spare strength as much as possible, all the soldiers had actually walked to the city wall for one or two rounds. At night, the active forces in the Xu Corps are more suitable for duty. Therefore, although there are night watchers from the Huaxia Army in most of the key areas in the city, the Xu Corps also takes on some responsibilities for the wall.
This is the time when everyone is the most tired. It is not surprising that Xu Chunyi cares about the city's defense situation, so as not to be exploited by the Jurchen. When the soldiers encountered along the way met, most of them cheered up and saluted, and most of them were honored to follow such a responsible general.
Gradually reaching the city gate, Xu Chunyi glanced at the city tower over there, and then turned into the nearby courtyard with his confidants...
Yan Qing hid in the darkness, and behind him, people came one after another. After a while, on the side of the courtyard where Xu Chunyi and the others entered, a black figure stuck his head out and made a gesture.
Beside Yan Qing, someone sighed softly...
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Outside the city, the huge military camp had already begun to rest, gathered in the Han army camp at the rear, but soldiers gathered quietly in the dark.
In the camp, Shen Wenjin was wearing armor, picked up a steel knife, and told the whole thing to all the confidants in the tent.
"...The wolf eats the meat, the dog eats the dung, and although they are with the Jurchens, I think what everyone wants is not only to survive. The present riches, if you hold it, you will eat the meat. If you can't hold it, the Jurchen will look down on us! "
Everyone nodded, in this chaotic world, if they just wanted to live, they would not have to work hard during the day. Wu's vigor is exhausted, they have no choice, the people around them have to live well, they can only follow the Jurchen and conquer the world. Everyone armed with knives and soldiers, filed out.
When the night was at its deepest, Shen Wenjin led his elites out of the camp quietly. They circled a little, then crossed the side of the battlefield covered by a hill, and arrived at the city gate in the southwest of Linzhou.
A small group of people moved forward first, and then the city gate quietly opened. The small group of people went in to check the situation, and then waved their hands to summon the other 2,000 people to enter the city. Under the cover of the night, these soldiers entered the city one after another. Then, with the cooperation of Xu Chunyi's soldiers, they quickly occupied the city gate and then went into the city.
In the Jurchen camp, the messenger passed through the camp and handed over the news that the Shuri Speed troopers had entered the city. Shu Lisu read it silently, without speaking.
The fire in the camp was dim, all the soldiers seemed to have fallen asleep, and only the patrolling figures passed through.
Occasionally, a few figures silently passed through the tent at the southwest end of the camp. They entered a tent and left calmly for a moment.
The Jurchen soldiers in the tent opened their eyes. During the fierce attack from day to midnight, more than 30,000 Jurchen elites took turns to go into battle, but there were also thousands of living forces who were kept behind all the time. Waiting for the day.
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The sky is dimly lit. Among the miscellaneous trees a few miles away from Linzhou City, Zhu Biao bit the dry food that was almost frozen into ice cubes in his hands, and passed through the group of soldiers who were squatting here for their final rest.
"Eat something, don't rest... eat something, don't rest..."
He whispered these words to every soldier. Among the crowd, several leather bags were passed one by one. That is to let the scouts who arrive nearby first, on the premise of not disturbing anyone as much as possible, warm up the spirits.
There was not much wine, and everyone drank two sips.
Then, start off...
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In Linzhou City.
Standing in a cautious array, walking through the dark alleys, Shen Wenjin saw the general who was carefully waving to them on the street corner ahead.
Xu Chunyi.
Shen Wenjin sighed in his heart. Before that, the two had met several times. If it wasn't for Tian Shi's sudden death, Xu Chunyi and the Xu family behind him would not have surrendered to Jurchen in this battle.
And in such a sigh, what he really felt was the power of Jurchen, and the power of Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Xiyin behind it. The war in the second half of last year seemed to be unremarkable. While the Jurchen pushed the front south, Jin Wang Tianshi also played his prestige firmly.
Who knows, an assassination at the beginning of the new year knocked down the condensed prestige in an instant, and then the Jindi split up and fought, and the Shuri quickly went south to take the black flag. In the case of 30,000 Nuzhen against 10,000 black flags, and Gu The surrender of Xu Chunyi, who had been contacted by God long ago, the whole situation can be said to be interlinked, and it must be completed in one battle.
After careful calculation, the entire Jin area has millions of rebels against the army, nearly 10 million people, and there are many rugged and difficult mountain roads. However, the immediate solution is only half a month away, and with the failure of Jindi's resistance, the car is in front, and the entire Central Plains, I am afraid it will be difficult to have such a large-scale resistance.
As a Han Chinese, what he saw was the fall of the afterglow of the Han family.
He can only make such a choice.
Shen Wenjin remained cautious, and let the front of the queue go over to Xu Chunyi. He walked slowly in the back. At a certain moment, a blue brick on the road was probably loosened. He swayed under his feet and took two steps. Realize something, look back.
In the darkness, the situation on the ground could not be seen clearly, but the confidant general who followed on the side realized his doubts and began to check the road. After just a moment, the confidant general said, "The road is wrong... It was turned over..."
Shen Wenjin took a step back, and there was a voice in the darkness on the side.
"Don't move!" the man said, "Go further... there will be a lot of movement..."
In front of the street, Xu Chunyi looked helplessly here. Behind and beside him, a gun muzzle was pushed out. There was movement in the courtyard around the street, and a figure walked up to the roof and stuck in the face. The flag, the flag is black.
Shen Wenjin raised his hand and touched his helmet, knowing that he was in an ambush. But there is no way. If the Jurchen is blessed by the world, the real Son of Heaven who reigns over the world, this black flag is the great devil who can also make everyone die.
For a moment, he didn't know what choice to make.
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To the southwest of the city, Chen Qi stood in the cold wind, pressing his hand on the hilt of the knife, and staring at the column of soldiers not far away who were hiding under the parapet to keep warm.
He is Shen Wenjin's confidant, has high martial arts skills, and is ruthless. Since he surrendered to the Jurchen, Shen Wenjin wanted to make a name for himself in front of the Jurchen, and the atmosphere in the army also changed. Fierce people like Chen Qi were widely used.
Originally under the King of Jin, Shen Wenjin's army had low morale and no reputation. When they surrendered to Jurchen, everyone pointed to their performance. During this period of time, they achieved a lot of dazzling results. Everyone felt that they were already a strong army. Like Chen Qi and other "heroes", they have also subconsciously started to despise those tired and lazy. soldier.
The few soldiers not far away who were afraid of the wind and the cold were naturally the men of Xu Chunyi's command. When Shen Wenjin entered the city, he left nearly half of his men on the side of the city gate to help the defense, and there were no men under Xu Chunyi's command. I left here—mainly because I was afraid that such a move would disturb the black flags in the city—so up to now, all of you, me, and you, have gathered around the city gate and at the top of the city, monitoring each other, but also waiting for the city. The message of action from inside and outside came.
Xu Chunyi's general who was in charge of guarding the city head came over, and the soldiers hunched up and stood up. The general met with Chen Qi: "Get ready, soon." Chen Qi glanced at him, too lazy to pay attention to him. The general left in a hurry, and a few cold-blooded soldiers over there didn't know what to say to each other, and came over here.
Chen Qi put his hand on the hilt of the knife, and the few people who came over were hesitant. Only the one in the lead, with a slick demeanor like a gangster, raised his chin: "Brother, your name is your name, it's quite kind."
"What?" Chen Qi looked bad.
"Nothing else." The man took a step back when he saw that Chen Qi refused to be thousands of miles away, "Just to remind you that our boss can hold grudges."
"Humph!"
"I know you're not afraid." These soldiers came here probably to make friends. Seeing that Chen Qi was not good, the man in the lead put his hand on the parapet and began to look at the scenery, muttering: "Mother, stand in the middle of the day during the day. I don't dare to take the risk, it's all right now... It's okay, anyway, in the future, the Jurchen world will be broken... Well, everyone is brothers, the Jurchen won the world, and we Han people can't hold together. I know your martial arts is high, I have killed a lot of people, but I also followed the master of the Imperial Boxing Gym back then..."
Chen Qi turned his head to look at the soldier, and saw that although his expression was smooth, his body seemed to have practiced martial arts: "Oh, Yuquan Gym? Who is it?"
"Who are you?" the other party replied.
"Humph, a certain surname is Chen, Chen Qi." He said, "Tell me about you."
"I..." The man just opened his mouth, and the movement came suddenly!
Inside the city on the side of the field of vision, the light of the explosion roared, and fireworks rose into the night sky—
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At the Jurchen camp, Shu Lesu put down the telescope.
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The earth shook.
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In the dark streets, Shen Wenjin shouted and ran away, behind him, the flames rose from the soil!
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Chen Qi turned his head and looked in the direction of the accident in the city. He only took a step and suddenly realized that several soldiers under Xu Chunyi's command were too close, and his companions pressed the handle of the sword, and their The front of the knife is chopped down.
Warm and sticky blood splattered on Chen Qi's face.
He shouted violently, the sword light rose against the wind, and then suddenly cut off.
With a bang, the blade was caught, and the tiger's mouth hurt.
In front of his vision, Bing Youzi's eyes suddenly disappeared without a trace, as if in the blink of an eye, there was another person in front of him, and there was only the cold of winter in those eyes.
Two shields were smashed towards his face, Chen Qi's hand was stuck on top, he staggered back, someone rushed out from the side, a long knife slashed people's feet, a short spear was thrown into the air, and the brush swept away. Crossing Chen Qi's profile, he plunged into the neck of a companion behind him.
Shields, knife lights, long spears... The few people in front of them seemed to have turned into a giant wall in the blink of an eye. Chen Qi and the others fell quickly in the staggering retreat. Chen Qi fought hard and slashed with a few knives. He only slashed on the shield, and in the end the shield suddenly withdrew, and the soldier who was talking to him before was still in front. The eyes of the two sides crossed each other, and the other's knife had already slashed. Chen Qi raised his hand to meet him, with only half of his arm left. A steel knife in the hands of another soldier slashed his neck.
When the blood spurted out, Chen Qi seemed to be still puzzled by the fact that he had severed his hand.
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In the darkness of the night, the earth shook faintly, causing the arrow to explode in the sky. There was no expression on Shu Liesu's face. He stood up, surrounded by the gathered Jurchen generals.
"Chen Wenjin's three thousand people fell into the city. In order to survive, they must fight to the death." His voice sounded, "How can you miss such a good opportunity!"
From the beginning to the end, the 30,000 Jurchen elites attacked the city of 8,000 black flags. Quick victory was the only purpose. Yesterday's fierce attack all day has actually exerted all the offensive capabilities of the speed. It would be best to break the city. , even if not, there is still the option of sneak attack at night.
If the sneak attack failed, there was Xu Chunyi's response.
Even if Xu Chunyi in the city is turned into a trap of the black flag, Shen Wenjin who enters the city will surely cause huge damage to the defense forces in the city in order to protect himself.
"Pass our military order, and the whole army will launch a general attack."
Shu Lisu put on his helmet and mounted his horse with a knife.
"Breaking Linzhou City is today!"
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The night is late, the day is not yet bright.
On the north side of the city tower in Linzhou, Li Nian, the staff officer, held a telescope and looked at the explosion rising in the city. Not long ago, Xu Chun's decision to cast a Jurchen was confirmed, and the entire staff had acted as planned. He was initially responsible for the placement of artillery, mines, and a lot of gunpowder in the city.
Finally put this Yan Xiyin together...
He took a breath and looked at the telescope to the other side of the city wall. At this time, in the Jurchen camp, countless firelights were burning.
The fireball thrown by the catapult slid across the deepest night, like an early dawn. The city wall shook violently. The Jurchen army, carrying the ladder, rushed towards the city wall, shouting and roaring. This was the living force that the Jurchen had retained from the very beginning, and now it was the first to fight.
Cannons rang out on the city wall.
Bugle after another, the huge city wall stretched to the distance on both sides.
On the east side of the city, there seemed to be an unexpected fight broke out at this time. Perhaps the others who were preparing to surrender to Jurchen couldn't hold back any longer and started their dangerous blow.
At this time, it was only a little after three quarters of Yin Shi, and when the night was at its deepest, the entire Linzhou City was suddenly awakened. This sudden awakening almost surpassed the noise of the day.
Huaxia Army, Jurchen, Anti-gold, Gold-conquering... Ordinary siege and defense battles, if not for the disparity in strength, usually take a long time. However, this battle in Linzhou only lasted for two days. Everyone, put all their power into the night before dawn. Fighting in the city, and then outside the city has also woken up, gathered, fiercely rushed towards the tired city defense.
On the snow-covered field, Zhu Biao held a long spear and was walking fast. Behind him, the figures of the three thousand Huaxia soldiers spread out in this dark and cold night. I vaguely saw the floating fire in Linzhou City...