Chapter 62: Sorrowful Slaughter, The Long River of Blood (3)(1/2)
In late November of the thirteenth year of Jinghan's reign, there was heavy snowfall in Bianliang. Lewen's novel.
∴ Regarding the heavy snow, the Jurchens' siege is the biggest disaster facing the entire Bianliang and even the entire Wu Dynasty. Over the past few months, the Jurchens' sudden southward movement has been like a devastating disaster to the Wu Dynasty people. Zong Wang
The feat of leading a rampage of less than 100,000 people, overwhelming and defeating hundreds of thousands of troops outside Bianliang City, in a sense, seemed to have given the people of the Wu Dynasty, who were declining in their twilight years, a fierce and fierce attack.
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For a long time, under the appearance of singing and dancing to promote peace, the people of the Wu Dynasty did not pay attention to military affairs. Civilians were in charge of the army and invested a lot of money. What gave back the most was the rampant use of various military theories. How to fight the war and how to ensure the logistics
, there are actually many people who know how to use conspiracy. Therefore, if you can't defeat the Liao people, you can buy your achievements with money. If you can't defeat the Jin people, you can sow discord and drive away tigers and devour wolves. However, it has developed to this point.
For a moment, everything was useless.
Wanyan Zongwang's actions in the past few months have crushed all the extravagant hopes of military theorists. Every time he sent troops, he was decisive and resolute. The heroic and bloody spirit of the troops once launched was enough to defeat almost all conspiracies.
The conspiracy, especially after the general attack on Bianliang City was launched on November 22nd, the Jurchen army came like a burning fire. Every attack of Zong Wang seemed to be a firm cut into the key points of the Wu Dynasty.
There are almost no childlike feints when using a knife.
What Bianliang City can compete with is its national heritage accumulated over the past two hundred years.
The literati have accumulated more than two hundred years of governance, and they have accumulated something that can be called a foundation. After all, there is still something that can be called a foundation. Loyalty to the emperor, patriotism, sacrificing one's life for righteousness, and driven by real and immediate interests, Bianliang City finally...
It is still possible to mobilize a large number of people to join the defense team in a short period of time like moths flying into a flame.
If Zong Wang's every attack is aimed at the vital points of Bianliang, as a bloated and weak behemoth with weak combat power, Bianliang is almost unable to evade. The only way to deal with it is to use a large number of human lives to make up for it.
.From the night of the 22nd to the 25th, when Zong Wang made the heaviest blow to Bianliang, it was just this night when hundreds of Jurchens broke into the city. In order to retake the wall and clear out the Jurchen soldiers who entered the city,
The number of soldiers and civilians gathered near Xin Suanzao Gate exceeded 6,000. There were mountains of corpses and seas of blood all over the city.
(Not as good as thinking about the meaning of life and death. In such a battle, soldiers and a large number of mobilized people were filled into the abyss of death one after another. It is difficult to tell whether people should be moved by this, or reflect on it, and feel sad.
But at least at this moment, the old men responsible for guarding the city were indeed carrying out their duty to defend the city with a life-extending attitude. Li Gang once led his troops to the top of the city with a steel knife, while Qin Siyuan at the rear. After learning that
After the huge casualties, I sat on the chair with the numbers. After a long time, my hands were shaking and I couldn't even speak.
When a country loses its strength, it can only waste its lives.
≮On the line of Bianliang City, Dingzhuang Zhenren suffered a huge loss of life. Outside Bianliang City, many teams that had been maimed and frightened were unable to rescue the siege. They even lacked the courage to face the Jurchen army.
Not much. However, at dusk on the twenty-fifth day, the battle that suddenly broke out at the Jurchen Moutuogang camp was resolute and fierce. In a sense, after more than 300,000 Qin Wang troops had already
After being run over by the Jurchens, the sudden offensive launched by more than 4,000 people was so determined and fierce that it was staggering.
≮While Zong Wang led the army and slashed at Bianliang City, the spy lurking in the dark finally took action and struck the Jurchen’s back with the same decisive blow!…
From the appearance of these 4,000 men, the heavy cavalry's opening was a sudden and strong blow to the Jurchens who stayed behind in Moutuogang. This completely different style from the ordinary Wu Dynasty army made the Jurchen army a little stunned.
, but they were not afraid because of this. Even though they suffered a certain degree of casualties, the Jurchen army still dealt with the incoming Wu Dynasty troops outside Moutuogang under the excellent command of the general.
The incoming Wu Dynasty army quickly launched an attack on the outer wall of Moutuogang's camp with the same resolute attitude. After a moment of dealing with each other, the two light cavalry outside the camp collided with each other again.
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At the same time, the heavy cavalry and infantry who had stopped in front of Moutuogang launched a charge towards the Jurchen camp. In the blink of an eye, the entire war was pushed to a climax.
In the current numerical comparison, more than a hundred heavy cavalry is definitely a huge strategic advantage. They are not impossible to restrain. However, this kind of arms that are piled up with a large number of strategic resources cannot compete in a head-on confrontation.
It can only be a large amount of resources and lives. The Jurchen cavalry are basically light cavalry. That is because the heavy cavalry must be saved when attacking the enemy. If it is in the wilderness, the light cavalry can easily kill the heavy cavalry, but at the moment,
Pulu's more than a thousand infantrymen became the first victims.
In the camp at the rear, it is true that bows and arrows can be used to support, but the threat of bows and arrows to heavy cavalry is minimal. Even to infantry, if the opponent starts to ignore casualties, the casualties that bows and arrows can cause will not be unbearable for a while.
In front of Mou Tuo Post, iron hoofs were lined up in a row, like thunder, rolling in. From behind, nearly two thousand infantrymen began to charge with shouts. In the array in front of the camp, Pulu looked back at the speed of the military trains on the camp wall, but he got
The order was almost desperate. He turned around and shouted in a deep voice: "Hold it!" The Jurchen infantry under his command looked at the black heavy cavalry pushing towards them like a giant wall, and their faces became paler than the snow at night.
At the same time, the rear camp gate began to open, and the last five hundred light cavalry in the camp rushed out. He wanted to bypass the heavy cavalry and attack the infantry rear formation!
On the other side, nearly four thousand cavalry were fighting and fighting, sweeping the battle line this way!
In the heavy snow, the battle lines were slapped together like a sea wave. Blood waves surged out. The equally powerful Jurchen cavalry tried to avoid the heavy cavalry and tear apart the opponent's weak parts. However, at this moment, even the relatively weak light cavalry
and infantry, also possess considerable fighting will. A young general named Yue Fei led 1,800 infantry, using spears, swords and shields to fight against the rushing Jurchen light cavalry. At the same time, he tried to merge with his own cavalry to squeeze the space of the Jurchen cavalry.
, and in the front, Han Jing and others led the heavy cavalry, which had crushed Pulu's infantry formation in the blood wave. At a certain moment, he looked at the sky behind the Moutuogang camp wall.
Shu Lie quickly turned around.
There seemed to be noise and fighting.
Behind the camp, flames and columns of smoke rose.
"Brothers -" In the wind and snow in front of the camp, someone was shouting excitedly and hysterically, with a heart-stopping madness, "Follow me - let me kill you -"
"Wow--"
At this moment, it was like a pot of old soup finally boiling through. The crazy atmosphere that usually belonged to the Jurchen army when they defeated the enemy was reappeared in this boiling and bloody battle.
Although they were determined to fight in the previous period, Qingqi was still not experienced enough to fight. At this moment, they pounced on them like a pack of wolves. In the infantry formation, Yue Fei, who was originally young but calm-tempered, was also excited.
, as if he had been drunk, his eyes showed a red color. He held a long gun and laughed loudly: "Kill with me -" organized the forest of guns and pushed fiercely towards the front cavalry formation. The spears stabbed
The moment he entered the body of the war horse, what flashed through his mind was the figure of the old man Zhou Tong who had died trying to assassinate Zong Han. His master...
There seemed to be flames exploding in the knotted muscles of his hands. The Jurchen cavalry hesitated for a moment, and the whole body of the war horse and its leader was lifted up by the young general and a few people beside him. Suddenly, the war horses neighed and the snow rolled.
, sticky blood also sprayed on the heads and bodies of the soldiers in front. Around them, horses fell down, or people were rushed away. Countless killings became intense...
Time moved forward not long ago. As darkness fell, more than a hundred figures crossed the frozen lake and headed straight to the back of the Jurchen camp.
Although they focus on defending the front of the camp, the Jurchens' defense on three sides of the lake is actually not lax. Even before the lake freezes, the Jurchens have strong surveillance in these directions, and even more after it freezes.
Patrols were intensified, and there were watchtowers built into the towering camp walls to monitor the nearby lake.
However, at times like this, when the snow is falling, night falls, and the soldiers have become accustomed to the calm conditions for several months, they still have blind spots after all.
They dug a hole in the ice in the distance, entered the water quietly, and then appeared silently on the shore. Several men in white moved quickly and cut the throats of three patrolling Jurchen soldiers in the blink of an eye. They put on the clothes of Jurchen soldiers and pushed the bodies away.
After entering the water, he took out the crossbow and rope wrapped in oilcloth from his arms, shot the Jurchen soldiers on the watchtower behind the nearby camp wall, and then climbed up to replace them.
More than a hundred people in white sneaked into the Jurchen camp in the next few moments.
This group of people trained in Luliang Mountain have already undergone a lot of training in matters such as infiltration, destruction, concealment, beheading, etc. In a sense, there are many green forest masters who are good at such actions, but
Most of them are unorganized and undisciplined, and just like to work alone. Ning Yi has masters like Lu Hongti as consultants, and then systematizes everything, which becomes the prototype of the special forces at this time. This time, all the elites are available, and there are also Hongti
The leader, in a blink of an eye, paralyzed the peripheral defense behind the Jurchen camp.
If in normal times, most of the Jurchen troops were stationed here, such an action would be basically difficult to achieve. But this time, nearly five thousand Jurchens have left the camp gate and are engaged in a fierce battle with Qin Shaoqian and others outside. The northern camp wall
Defense is the top priority. After Qin Shaoqian and others launched a determined attitude to storm the camp, Shu Liesu and others wished they could call all the craftsmen over and put them to use. The defensive force that could be allocated to the rear was really not much.
Already.
After all, if it weren't for Ning Yi, other people would not be able to sneak in silently even if they organized a large number of soldiers. And even if one or two green forest experts worked hard to sneak in, it would basically be of no great significance.
They then found the warehouse where the Jurchens stored food and grass. When Hongti led people to sneak into it, Ning Yi led several people back and found the barracks where the Jurchens held Han prisoners. The defense here was quite weak, and they killed several
Guarding the soldiers, Ning Yi cut open the big lock of the camp door and threw the Jurchen's body and weapons in front of these prisoners who had been tortured for a long time.
"Listen outside, the Jurchens have gone to Bianliang. The imperial army is attacking here. If you can still move, grab your weapons. Then follow me to kill people and get more weapons! Otherwise, you will die."
At this time, there were thousands of prisoners held in the camp by the Jurchens. The first batch of prisoners were still hesitating. Ning Yi ignored them, took out the bamboo tube filled with kerosene from his clothes, poured it around, and then directly
Light a fire in the barracks.
The whole camp instantly became chaotic. On the other side, a blazing fire broke out in the Jurchens' grain and grass warehouse, and small-scale fighting began. When Wanyan Yanmu led a few elite soldiers to kill, half of the camp had exploded.
The fire had begun to burn and spread in several grain and grass warehouses, and most of the Han prisoners were released, or organized desperate killings, or fled in all directions. Many people no longer dared to resist and fled.
, just hoping to survive, but with more than a hundred people sneaking in among them, how can they not control these things...
A quarter of an hour later, the main gate of Moutuogang Camp fell, and blood flowed into rivers inside and outside the camp...
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It's late at night, Bianliang City, Xin Suanzao Gate has calmed down a little.
Shishi stood in front of the pile of burned-out ruins, with the embers of fire drifting past her eyes.
Her face was covered with dust. Her hair was a little curled due to the fever, and there were vague traces of water on her face. I don’t know if the snowflakes melted on her face, or it was caused by crying. The steps under her body also changed.
I had to stagger up.
After fighting for half a night, the Jurchens temporarily retreated. Under the towering city wall near Xinzizao Gate, people began to try their best to treat the wounded and collect the corpses. The smell of blood filled the air around them. There was also the smell of burning.
Many, many people died.
She feels so tired...
Li Yun hurried over from the Alum Tower and found her. She was sitting in a corner under the city wall, stunned and didn't know what she was thinking. She looked sad, her eyes were dull, and one of the shoes on her feet was gone.
, was so frightened that Li Yun thought she had been raped, but fortunately she was not.
"I can't do it anymore, I'm so tired, I'm so tired..." She sobbed in a low voice and said, "I want to take a rest... I'm so tired..."
Li Yun knelt down and hugged her sadly...
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Moutuogang.
To be continued...