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Chapter 606: The Battle of Juma City (2)

At the fourth day of the morning, Juma City had already fallen into peace, and the whole city seemed to be asleep. Years of peace had already made the soldiers in the city lose their vigilance. However, at this moment, a cavalry suddenly rushed out of the dark night on the south bank of Juma River. The guards at the bridgehead in their dreams were almost unprepared. When they were awakened and opened their eyes, they saw a bright sabre passing through their necks.

"Ah~" A shrill scream passed through the night sky, breaking the tranquility of Juma City. Especially the sleepy defenders on the top of the city suddenly woke up. When they saw clearly the cavalry that was massacring their comrades below, the "enemy attack" immediately formed, and the entire Juma City also woke up.

But it was too late. Although the guards were arranged by Jumaqiao, these soldiers were usually only responsible for collecting taxes or bullying the merchants of the Song State. Not only were there a small number of people, but they were also negligent in training. In addition, they were not prepared for any defense. Faced with this cavalry that broke out in the dark, they had no power to fight back and were slaughtered in the blink of an eye.

The defenders were destroyed, and the Juma Bridge naturally fell into the hands of the cavalry. However, although the bridge was important, their purpose was not just the bridge, especially the defenders on the city, and they also reacted at this time. There were already a few bows and arrows shot down. If they did not act, they might miss the opportunity.

"Running" With Di Qing's order, a cart of special carriages rushed to the bridge. Di Qing was the leader of this cavalry. He had already served under Cao Ma. He made great contributions when attacking Dangxiang before. He has now been promoted to commander of the army and is in charge of the 2,500 cavalrymen in the musket army. This time the task of fighting the vanguard was also handed over to him by Cao Ma.

The special carriage ran wildly under the city gate. The defenders on the top of the city also discovered the abnormality of the carriage and immediately wanted to push down the rolling wood to stop it, but it was too late. After the carriage rushed into the door, the soldiers in the carriage immediately took off their horses, then lit something, and then ran away.

"Boom~" With a loud bang, the Liao army on the top of the city felt that the city wall was extremely solid at the foot, but at this time it seemed like it had turned into a wave. It suddenly shook a wave, overturning all the defenders on the top of the city to the ground, and the solid city gate was immediately blown into pieces. After all, no matter how strong the city gate was, the main body was made of wooden, far less than the city wall built by earth and stone, so the city gate was also the easiest place to explode.

"Come!" Di Qing saw the city gate explode and immediately ordered loudly, and then he was the first to rush towards the city gate. Everyone was the first to take the lead. At this time, although the Liao army on the top of the city was shooting arrows down desperately, it could not stop the cavalry's charge at all. In the end, he could only watch the opponent enter the city.

Although the defenders in the city were awakened, they were running around like headless flies because they were not prepared in advance. After Di Qing led the cavalry into the city, he immediately set fires everywhere and threw grenades when encountering tenacious resistance. Anyway, it was to disrupt the order in the city as much as possible and lay the foundation for the main army behind to enter the city.

The defender in the city also rushed to the top of the city and immediately commanded the troops in his hands to prepare for a counterattack. After all, he had at least three thousand defenders in his hands. At this time, he also found that the person who came in was the Song army that they had never taken seriously, which made him both embarrassed and angry. Even if he defeated this Song army today, if what he would say in the future, he would probably become a laughing stock in the Liao army. After all, he was actually killed into the city by the Song army, which was always cowardly.

However, before the general could convey the order, he suddenly heard the sound of "rumbling" footsteps coming from outside the city again. When he turned his head and passed, he couldn't help but widen his eyes in shock. Although it was in the darkness, he could still feel a huge army approaching in the distance. After all, the footsteps during the march would never lie. He could even tell from his voice that the number of this army was definitely beyond his imagination.

"Kill into the city, no one of the Liao troops will stay!" Cao Mahata rode on the horse, looking at the brightly lit city in the distance, and then issued his own order. This order was ordered by Liu Ping long ago. The first battle of the three armies must be fast, accurate and ruthless. Especially the first battle, the murderous aura of the Song army must be expelled. After all, the Song Dynasty has been suppressed by the Liao Kingdom for too long, and even the soldiers in the army have a natural awe of the Liao army, so the first battle is particularly critical.

With Cao Ma's order, the musket army was the main force, and another 10,000 infantry as the auxiliary army immediately rushed to Juma City. Cao Ma was the main general of the Eastern Route Army, and Hu Yan Shouxin was his deputy general. After all, Hu Yan Shouxin was a little worse than Cao Ma's.

Hu Yan Shouxin also led a large army into the city at this time. Di Qing set fires and threw grenades around the city, which had already caused chaos in the city. In fact, the cavalry under his command could control the city. However, the city of Juma also needed to train the main army. Therefore, while he was making trouble, he also kept people guarding the city gate.

"Kill!" Hu Yan Shouxin commanded his soldiers to start climbing the city wall, and then fought for the city wall with the Liao Kingdom. The city wall was also the focus of the Liao army's guards. Most of the troops in the city were arranged on the city wall, which was also the main reason why Di Qing was able to gallop across the city before. After all, as long as the city wall was not lost, the Liao army could block the city gate at any time and trap these thousands of cavalry to death in the city.

But the defenders in the city never dreamed that the Song army had used so much force this time. Even in the dark, they could estimate that the Song army that had entered the city was no less than 20,000. If the city gate was not broken, they still had the confidence to defend the city wall and wait for reinforcements in the rear. However, now the other party has entered the city and attacked the city top, which made all the Liao troops feel desperate.

"Mull and Mi..." The musket army climbed to the top of the city, and rows of gunmen took turns to shoot. When they defeated the stubborn Liao army, the spearmen on both sides immediately stepped forward to chase and kill. If they encounter a strong enemy again, the muskets will step forward again to defeat the strong enemy. The cooperation between the two sides is perfect.

Hu Yan Shouxin, who was behind, looked at the cooperation between the musket army and the spearmen, couldn't help but show an expression of admiration. The first batch of those who entered the city were experienced Northwest Army. After all, the Northwest Army was all veterans who had seen blood and had rich experience, so they were all their battles, while the Hebei Army was arranged behind, mainly to clear the remaining soldiers in the city to train troops so as to avoid mistakes.

The Liao army's resistance has to be said to be very tenacious, but in the face of the invincible musket army, their resistance was meaningless. The Liao army on the top of the city fell one after another, and blood continued to flow down the steps at the top of the city. Finally, the remaining Liao army finally collapsed, and the command of the generals also lost its effect. They fled to the top of the city.

However, there were Song troops everywhere in the city, and teams of Song troops began to take over the entire Juma City. Because Juma City is a transportation hub, there were many residents in the city. However, when wars were fought at night, these residents were also closed their homes. Those who were more bold were only waiting until dawn to look out through the crack of the door.

Cao Ma and Hu Yan Shouxin walked on the streets of Juma City. Both sides of the street were completely martial law. However, Cao Ma looked around and said with great dissatisfaction: "I remember that most of the residents in Juma City are Han people. Now we have captured Juma City, why don't they open the door to welcome the King's Army?"

"The Han people in the Liao Kingdom were ruled by the Khitans for many years, and those with backbone had been killed long ago. The rest were a group of people from the Liao Kingdom. In their eyes, our Song people were their enemies, how could they come out to greet them?" Hu Yan Shouxin replied with a smile.

Hu Yan Shuxin stayed in Suicheng for many years and had long been aware of the situation of the Liao Kingdom. Especially after Li Zhang returned from his mission to Liao Kingdom, he wrote to him to discuss the situation of some Han people in Liao Kingdom. Therefore, he was not surprised by the situation in front of him. As for Cao Mata, he had been in the northwest for many years and did not know the situation of the Liao Kingdom.

Hearing Hu Yan Shouxin's answer, Cao Ma couldn't help but frown, but at this moment, suddenly, a person rushed out of the yard on one side of the street, holding a long knife and shouted at them, "Song Thief was killed!"
Chapter completed!
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