Chapter 598: Storming Kaijing
Li Guxian thought he heard wrongly, but several Song soldiers came up and detained him. With the shocked expressions of his companions, they pulled him aside.
Before Li Guxian could even beg for mercy, his head was chopped off.
The Goryeo monarchs and ministers were still arguing in the main hall, and Jin Fushi was still impassioned. However, Li Guxian's head was brought in.
There was sudden silence in the hall.
The envoy sent trembled and said in shock: "Your Majesty, the Song Army said that if it is not done before noon..."
Wang Kai's face turned pale: "Why not?"
"If we don't send out the rebellious officials and traitors, we will attack the city by force!"
As soon as he said this, everyone was in an uproar.
The Forbidden Army stationed outside lost nearly ten thousand people, and the envoy sent out to delay the attack was beheaded after only saying a few words.
From this point of view, the commander-in-chief of the Song Army this time is not easy to fool!
Jin Fushi shouted loudly: "Let the Song army attack the city, we are not that easy to bully!"
"What should we do if the royal city is captured?" Wang Kai asked.
"All the imperial troops in the city have been dispatched. There is strict defense at the top of the city and it will not be easy to capture! Your Majesty, please rest assured!"
"You said yesterday that the Shenhu Guard and the Jinwu Guard might be able to resist the Song Army. What about now?"
"Your Majesty, it is best not to say depressing words now, but to unite people!"
"It's you who want to kill the Song Dynasty envoy, and it's you who cut off all contacts with the Celestial Dynasty!" Wang Kai accused angrily.
"I am also doing this for Your Majesty!" Jin Fushi said in a stern voice, "The Song Army refuses all negotiations now, so we will fight them to the end and see how long they can resist!"
Originally, some among the ministers wanted to take this opportunity to impeach Jin Fushi for his tyranny, but at this time, Jin Fushi suddenly became angry, and those people all retreated.
Everyone is beating drums in their hearts.
The current matter is not as simple as the Song Dynasty conquering Goryeo, but also involves the power of a third party, the Jin Kingdom.
Jin Fushi was the spokesperson of the Kingdom of Jin in the Goryeo court.
Impeaching Jin Fushi, even if it temporarily captures him, eases the relationship between the Song Army and Goryeo, what should we do when the Jin Kingdom comes to question him?
They knew in their hearts that as the leader of Goryeo, Wang Kai did not dare to touch Jin Fushi at will.
In the Three Kingdoms of Song, Jin, and Goryeo, Wang Kai could not even decide some things according to his own will, and he could not even speak according to what he wanted to say.
Wang Kai fell silent.
Jin Fushi said: "Mobilize everyone in the city immediately to defend the capital. The Song army can't do anything to us! Jin reinforcements will arrive soon!"
At noon, the sun hangs in the sky.
Seeing that there was no movement, the Song army began to attack the city.
The first offensive was not men, but trebuchets.
This small trebuchet is a weapon placed on sea ships, and its range is about 130 meters.
As the trebuchet started to operate, stones were thrown high and hit the head of Kaijing City, which was about four meters tall.
The hit rate of this kind of stone is very low. It is not intended to hurt the enemy, but to put psychological pressure on the defenders at the top of the city.
Under the cover of a group of trebuchets, there was a widespread panic among the Korean troops on the tower.
Jin Fushi and Minister of War Zheng Yongke came to inspect the area near the tower in person.
Zheng Yongke said: "Xiangong Jin, the Song army is using trebuchets against us. You should not go to the front easily."
"What's so scary about trebuchets? How many stone cannons can the Song army have?" Jin Fushi disagreed, but still did not easily go to the top of the city.
"Don't worry, everyone! The Song army has a limited number of stone cannons. All of them should return to their positions!" A general shouted to the Goryeo soldiers at the top of the city.
The Korean soldiers, who were a little panicked, began to return to their positions one after another.
"Everyone, be prepared, don't be afraid, the Song army won't be able to fight..."
Before Lang Jiang finished speaking, an arrow suddenly flew over and pierced his temple.
The moment the sharp arrow pierced the skull, there was a crisp sound. Amidst the blood, the general's body hit the ground like a stiff piece of wood, motionless.
The soldiers looked grim.
"Look!" A Goryeo soldier raised his head and shouted in surprise.
Only then did everyone's attention come to him.
I saw dense clusters of arrows rising into the sky from the Song army's formation, gathering into a dark "cloud" in the sky, and casting a large shadow on the ground.
At that moment, the Korean soldiers on top of the city were covered by this terrifying "heavy rain" before they could take action.
The armor on the soldiers wearing iron armor made a "ding" sound from the impact. Those who were lucky were forced to take a few steps back by the impact, while those who were unlucky were shot in the face, neck, and legs.
The soldiers without armor were even worse. Some were instantly shot into hedgehogs and fell to the ground dead before they even had time to scream.
There were even arrows that flew over the top of the city and flew into the city, hitting the soldiers inside the city indiscriminately.
At this moment, the area around the city fell into a state of panic.
When Jin Fushi and others who were about to arrive near the gate tower saw this, they suddenly panicked and ran away crawling on the ground.
The power of the Eight Ox Crossbow is really terrifying.
After being covered by several dense waves of arrows, suddenly hundreds of eight-oxen crossbows shot out spears made of fine iron.
That scene was like a hundred flying swords rising into the sky, and the air seemed to be torn apart.
The spear was nailed straight into the city wall, and a thick, straight, black, and strong rope was tied to the end of the spear.
This was one of the methods of siege in the Song Dynasty.
At this time, the flag of the Song Army was waving, and the forward battalion quickly moved forward with the moat bridge. After reaching the moat, they began to build a bridge to cross the river.
The Song army behind them moved very quickly. After crossing the river, they quickly built a ladder before the Korean army had time to counterattack.
Some soldiers rushed to the bottom of the tower, held the rope, put their feet on the wall, and used their hands and feet to climb up quickly.
In this way, the city walls were soon covered with Song troops.
Some of the Korean troops on the top of the city recovered from their panic and hurriedly threw stones, wood, and wooden boards covered with iron picks at the bottom.
Some Goryeo soldiers also started firing arrows.
But it was too late, a large number of Song troops shouted long live and poured into the city like a torrent.
Unless Goryeo has technological weapons like the "Fierce Oil Tank".
But apparently Korea did not.
Not only that, but the morale at the top of the city was also shattered to pieces by the Eight Ox Crossbow "Iron Rain" just now.
Goryeo once fought with the Liao Kingdom, and that was when the Liao Kingdom was very powerful.
Called three times in total.
The Liao army even opened the city gate of Kaijing and captured Kaijing.
This was the first time that the Goryeo regular army fought against the Song army.
Those who were in Dori Castle before can only be said to be local soldiers from Goryeo.
In the impression of the Korean people, even when the powerful Liao Kingdom came to attack, it took a lot of effort to capture Kaijing.
But the current tactics of the Song Army made them feel collapsed.
This is the first time I encountered so many powerful bows.
Those crossbows seemed to be free of charge.
Chapter completed!