Chapter 597 Deterrence to open the capital
At this time, on the official road outside Kaijing City, businessmen were either detained or had fled in despair.
In the Goryeo Army camp, General Cui Zhen is urgently summoning General Zhonglang and General Lang to discuss matters.
Lin Yan, the general, said: "The Song army came suddenly, and we are in a dominant position. If we launch a sudden attack on the Song army now, we will definitely defeat the Song army."
Another Lang Jiangqing said generously: "The news just came at noon that Li Chengxi's three thousand troops have been defeated. The fighting power of the Song people cannot be underestimated."
"That's because Li Chengxi's men and horses are idle and idle all day long!" Lin Yan said, "And our Shenhu Guards and Jinwu Guards are the best of His Majesty's elites. We still have 7,000 men and horses to fight!"
Cui Zhenxian nodded and said: "All the gates of Kaijing City have been sealed. If we avoid fighting, we will soon run out of food and grass. By then, morale will definitely be affected!"
Lin Yan said: "General, we are under the capital of Kaijing right now. How can we still lose? Once we shake the Song army, we will immediately send a message to the city. The main army in the city will be dispatched, and the Song army will be unable to fly!"
"Song troops don't know how to spread their wings, they can only jump into the sea! Hahaha!"
Everyone burst into laughter immediately.
Cui Zhenxian said: "In this case, we must gather immediately to make a surprise attack on the Song army before they can react!"
As soon as he finished speaking, an emergency report came from outside: "Report! General! Something bad is going on. An enemy army is approaching us!"
Cui Zhenxian was stunned for a moment, and everyone else was also stunned.
The Song army came so quickly!
Cui Zhenxian immediately left the camp, and the others followed suit.
"How many troops did the enemy come?"
"Thousands of people!"
"Quick! Gather all the troops!"
The sound of the horn sounded and spread to all directions.
Standing on the tower of Kaijing City, you can also see the Song army's troops advancing far ahead.
The Song army has already formed a square formation, wearing neat armor, marching in uniform steps, with the same rhythm.
The ground was shaken loudly, as if it was shaking slightly.
Zhao Chen, who was tanned in Liaodong, seemed to have firm eyes.
In the past two years, he has indeed matured a lot and even grown taller.
As a Du Yuhou, he had 500 men under his command and a considerable number of crossbowmen.
The Goryeo army is rapidly gathering.
At this time, the hard power of the two armies will be tested. Whoever has better military discipline, moves faster, and is braver will win.
Of course, the Song Army also has a big advantage, and that is the crossbow!
The crossbow battalion in front quickly advanced forward, and before the Goryeo army was fully assembled, they brazenly launched an attack on the Goryeo army.
This includes Zhao Chenbu.
I saw that the arrows all over the sky were flowing with cold metallic luster, and they were like dense iron rain, pressing towards the area in front of the Goryeo Army.
The arrow landed on the armor and made a clanking sound. In an instant, dozens of Goryeo soldiers fell to the ground and howled miserably.
Even though he was wearing iron armor, he was overwhelmed by the terrifying impact of the arrow rain.
I saw that the shields were full of arrows, and some soldiers were hit in the face and fell to the ground twitching.
After the first batch of arrows, the second batch came in a blink of an eye.
This kind of crossbow battalion, which frightened the Xixia people, once almost led to the annihilation of the brave and capable party members in the northwest.
Not to mention the important force deployed by the Liaodong Army behind the Jin Kingdom, Zhao Ning provided the best equipment at all costs.
With the vibration of countless bowstrings, the second batch of iron rain rose from the ground instantly.
As soon as Goryeo's forward battalion formed its formation, it was suppressed and the formation of hundreds of people became chaotic.
The officer roared angrily: "Everyone line up! Anyone who dares to take a step back will be shot to death!"
But the third batch of terrible arrow rain from the Song Army came again.
The Goryeo army hurriedly began to pull the bows and arrows, and the bows and arrows were scattered everywhere.
However, the forward battalion of the Song Army has begun to speed up its pace.
Zhao Chen turned around and saw that the forward battalion had accelerated, and immediately asked someone to wave a flag to stop shooting.
The remaining crossbow battalions also stopped shooting.
Huyantong's forward battalion wore iron armor, carried axes, and held iron bone flowers, and the formation was still very neat.
Looking down from a high altitude, it looks like a torrent rushing forward rhythmically.
The footsteps of the Song army seemed to be heard even on the city walls of Kaijing City several miles away.
The Korean army on the opposite side felt their feet trembling slightly.
"Long live my emperor!"
The main force behind them suddenly shouted loudly, and the sound shook the whole country.
The distance began to close, until it reached two hundred meters, and Huyantong's forward battalion began to jog rhythmically from a brisk walk.
This can be considered a warm-up.
Zhao Chen turned around and saw that the situation was about to enter a close combat. He immediately ordered all the crossbow archers to put away their crossbows, advance from the right wing, and attack the right wing of the Goryeo army.
The dust in the air was mixed with the smell of sweat. It was still very hot in Beijing in July, but the air in this area seemed to have been burned even hotter.
Zhao Chen held a shield in his left hand and an iron bone flower in his right hand. He also started to trot among the crowd.
It was a bit difficult at first, but after running more than a hundred meters, my body began to slowly get into shape.
At this time, Huyantong's forward battalion had already swarmed in front of the frightened Koryo army, rushing over like a flood.
The sound of weapons clashing suddenly started, followed by the screams of Korean soldiers.
The Song Army sword and axemen at the front are all as strong as cattle.
The first one to slash at him hit the Goryeo Army's helmet with his ax, denting it directly.
The forward formation of the Goryeo Army was simply vulnerable, and blood and flesh flew everywhere.
After Zhao Chen's men rushed toward the right wing, the screams became more and more loud, and the thick smell of blood soon filled the air.
Goryeo's right wing struggled for a moment and was torn to pieces by the Song army. Amid the crumbling flesh and blood, the Song army charged in from the right wing.
Before General Lin Yan could figure out what was going on, the man in front of him started yelling, threw down his weapon and ran away, and he quickly turned around and ran away.
But just after running a few steps, he was hit in the head by an iron bone. His expression suddenly froze, and he fell to the ground stiffly, and was trampled by the Song army coming up from behind.
By the time the war was over, the fields were littered with corpses.
From the other side, voices begging for mercy continued to be heard.
The prisoners were gathered together and taken back.
In the evening, the Song army dragged the captured Korean Jinwu Guard and Shenhu Guard soldiers to a place not far from the city tower.
Kneeling in row after row, the Korean defenders on the tower cast curious glances at first, and then turned pale.
The Song army began to chop off the heads one by one, and then piled the heads outside the city gate.
This was the biggest blow to Kaijing's morale.
In the evening, the news that the Jinwu Guard and the Shenhu Guard were completely annihilated by the Song Army reached Kaijing.
Kim Boushi and the Goryeo ministers, who were still full of confidence at noon, were dumbfounded when they heard the news.
In the evening, the news that the entire imperial army was annihilated outside the city caused great panic in the city.
Wang Kai stayed up all night.
After breakfast early the next morning, the Song army began to assemble again.
They have strong willpower and strong morale.
The trebuchets transported from the warships were neatly arranged in front, with eight oxen crossbows interspersed between them.
The earth-shaking war drums sounded.
Wang Kai sat in the main hall with two dark circles under his eyes, and the officials were divided on both sides.
Under this huge military pressure, the court of Goryeo finally split into two factions: the peace negotiation faction and the main war faction.
Jin Fushi said: "I have already sent a letter to the Kingdom of Jin. Soon the Kingdom of Jin will find out that the Song Army has sent troops to Fuzhou. Don't panic, it is the Song Army that should panic! Continue to send people out of the city to negotiate peace, to confuse the Song Army and delay time!"
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In the morning, envoy Li Guxian brought two more people to Han Shizhong.
"Angel, we are willing to negotiate peace and stop fighting."
"Where are the rebels?"
"The rebels are still in the city."
"When will it be sent out?"
Li Guxian said: "We are getting people now."
Chapter completed!