Chapter 62: Sorrowful Slaughter, The Long River of Blood (3)
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.
The fighting has stopped, there is blood everywhere, and there are a lot of traces of being burned by fire.
Shu Liesu was holding a long sword, standing on the high place of the ruins. The long sword was covered with blood. Below, a pile of flames was still burning, illuminating his face.
"Do you know who it is?"
He asked in his mouth.
The Han prisoners who were tied and pushed to the front cried loudly and shook their heads desperately.
"Spare my life..."
Shu Liesu kicked out violently, knocking the man down into the burning fire pit, and then, the most piercing screams could be heard.
"Do you know! Those are the people who killed you! You are looking for death——"
His appearance originally looked handsome and masculine, but now he had become twisted and ferocious. The sound sounded above the camp, and then, another person was pushed down.
In the previous battle, as the rear of the camp was burned, the more than 4,000 Wu Dynasty soldiers in front unleashed the most astonishing fighting power, directly defeating the Jurchen warriors outside the camp, and even in turn, seizing the camp gate.
However, if we really measure the strength of our hands, after all, the total number of people on the Jurchen cavalry is tens of thousands. If the opponent defeats the Jurchen cavalry, it will not be able to achieve the effect of total annihilation. It will only temporarily boost morale and gain the upper hand. The real comparison
Up, the power in Shu Liesu's hand is still dominant.
But this time, it is not a duel on the battlefield.
The moment he saw the fire in the grain storehouse, Shu Liesu knew that he had lost.
The camp became chaotic in the fierce fighting. All the prisoners who were originally detained in the camp were released, and the Wu Dynasty people who sneaked into the camp were mixed among them. In the end, those Wu Dynasty soldiers stood guard at the gate of the camp for a long time, and rescued
About one-third of the Han prisoners were taken away. Most of these Han prisoners were weak, and many were women. After they left, Talai gathered all the cavalry - excluding the wounded, there were about 1,200 capable ones -
Shu Liesu proposed to Shu Liesu that he should follow the opponent and chase them one after another. But Shu Liesu knew that this was meaningless. If the opponent arranged an ambush, he might lose more than 1,200 people.
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"Send scouts to follow them to see who they are," he ordered.
Many of the remaining Han prisoners in the camp had been killed in the chaos, and about a third of them survived. In the current state of mind, Shu Liesu did not want to keep any of them, and was ready to kill them all.
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"If you don't resist, you won't die. You were all killed by those Wu Dynasty people."
He said this and then killed them all.
At the same time, in the Jurchen camp outside Bianliang City, Zong Wang, who had failed to attack the city, had listened to the whole process of the attack on Moutuogang. He sat in his seat and was eerily quiet.
At this moment, someone finally took action and stabbed him in the vital part.
"How much food and grass are left?"
"No, I don't know the specific number. The camp is still counting, and not all of them have been burned. There must be...some of them..." The person who came to report the news was already frightened by the appearance of the commander in front of him.
"Who did it?"
"I don't know. I'm already following them."
"Where's Pharmacist Guo?"
"Uh... General Guo went to find the Western Army..." Zong Wang knew this clearly, and the scout didn't know if he was asking him.
"I mean, why hasn't he taken action yet? Come here, send an order to Yaoshi Guo to defeat the Western Army as soon as possible! Steal their food and grass. If you find these people again, I will cut them into pieces.
." He took a breath, "Strengthening the walls and clearing the fields, burning grain, crossing the Yellow River... I think I know who he is..."
In the high-level confrontation game, the emperor of Wu Dynasty was an idiot. At this time, the old men who faced him in Bianliang City could only say that they tried their best to block his attack. This was not easy, but they could not
It put pressure on him, and only this time, he felt a little pain.
Four thousand people...
Defeated Shu Liesu...
Thinking of this, he punched the table in front of him.
"...Tomorrow, we will continue to attack the city!"
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In the dark night, in the wind and snow, there was a long queue.
There were many wounded soldiers, and there were also many trembling civilians in ragged clothes behind them, all of whom were rescued prisoners. But when it comes to the whole team, the morale of this team is still extremely high, because they have just defeated the strongest in the world.
The army - well, you can say that anyway.
A scout on horseback was chasing him from behind. The scout was injured and rolled off his horse with a human head in his hand. The warriors in the team who were proficient in cuts and bruises quickly came over to bandage him.
"The Jurchen scouts have been following behind. I killed one of them, but for a while, ahem... I'm afraid I won't be able to drive them away..."
"They won't let us go..." Ning Yi looked back at the distance of the wind and snow. In fact, everything was pitch black. "Inform Wenren Fuji that we will not go back to Xia Village now. We will go to the previous place."
The town has settled down. Let out everyone who can investigate. On the one hand, practice with them. On the other hand, keep an eye on the situation of Guo Yaoshi and Bianliang. When they come to attack us, we will run away."
He paused, and after a while, he asked: "Has the news been sent to Bianliang?"
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When I woke up the next morning, Shishi heard the news... (To be continued)